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"We signed an investment agreement for three films with the film group, and at the same time, the Chinese side will open the door for Tianshen-Universal to enter the mainland market. This was originally a win-win thing."

"The problem is that according to Jeffrey Katzenberg's current attitude, he wants to kick the film group out of the project of "The Trap 3"."

Judging from the current test screenings, there is basically no doubt that "The Trap 2" continues the success of the previous work, so the third part has been given the green light within the shortest possible time. The first draft of the script came out and began to be polished after the meeting.

And according to Jeffrey Katzenberg's "private opinion" conveyed to Tom Rothman, he believes that the main location of the third film should be set in South Korea, and cooperate with South Korean film and television companies, so as to better A good copy of the successful model of "The Trap of Stealing the Sky 2".

As for the cooperation agreement with the film group, every year under the label of Universal Pictures, there are some B-level projects with certain missions or tepid projects. If you just throw one in the past, I am afraid that the other party should also be thankful.

It can be seen from this that Jeffrey Katzenberg himself does not attach importance to the mainland market. Like most Hollywood executives, he believes that South Korea and Benzi are the economic and cultural centers of Asia.

Therefore, it is only natural to be so arrogant.

Of course, you can also test Qiao Qian's control over this project and even its film production label, so as to better determine how to handle the relationship between the two parties in the future.

It just happened to ignore Josie's feelings.

But isn't that the case at Vanity Fair?All for the greatest good!

They have already boarded the chariot of God-Universal. Even if they failed to manipulate the sequel project this time, and even if the trial failed and made Josie unhappy, could she still really ignore it and take "Stealing the Sky" as she did when she betrayed Fox? Trap" this major IP, jumping to other Hollywood studios?

Jeffrey Katzenberg didn't think that Josie Horton was the kind of crazy woman whose rationality and calmness would allow her to make the most correct choice.

However, he and the people behind him missed a crucial point:

Compromise is not in Josie's dictionary.

If Universal couldn't do a good job as a distributor, she wouldn't mind switching.

Predictably, other studios in Hollywood would be more than happy to help.

Josie's face was slightly solemn, her right hand rested lightly on the rim of the glass, she bent her index finger and tapped it one by one, without making any unnecessary noise.

It's just that her slender and white fingers were originally like a sculptor's favorite masterpiece. Under the reflection of the light and glass, even the blue on the back of the hand showed the beauty of a work of art.

Josie's ambition, however, was anything but artistic.

She also makes no secret of her quest for power, and obvious desire to control.

I saw this woman with a beautiful appearance and elegant demeanor held an indifferent smile on her graceful red lips, and continued: "I don't mind whose lackey he is, but I don't allow Jeffrey... Katzenberg is dictating my turf."

Eli thought for a moment after hearing this, and said: "Jeffrey Katzenberg's position cannot be moved now. It wasn't long after Michael Ovitz was kicked out, and the merger of Tianshen-Universal has not yet been completed. Frequent high-level Change is not desirable."

"So——" Josie never expected to overthrow Jeffrey Katzenberg's job with a single sentence, and immediately changed her mind when there was a dispute, "He has already affected my work, Eli. Maybe, You are willing to give him a 'reminder' that our common goal is to make money, not to squeeze into the ridiculous 'Hollywood power list' of "Vanity Fair"."

The truly powerful people hardly care about the annual list of "Vanity Fair". The previous Michael Ovitz who was once at the top of the "Hollywood Power List" has packed up and left.

But last year's top spot, Tom Cruise, was always a regular on the list.

Interestingly, it is difficult to find women on this list, whether they are actresses, female singers, female producers or female executives. Can be photographed to No.11.

It seems that the top ten are just the private plots of those old men.

"First of all, I need to make a few calls to understand the specific situation." Eli did not agree, but said: "After that, I will ask someone to solve this matter. If the problem still cannot be solved, then I will seriously consider whether to People who want to solve problems that create."

Jeffrey Katzenberg was able to sit on the throne of Tianshen-Universal CEO. Although it was the result of a compromise between the interests of all parties, of course there is no lack of backing behind it.

The Hollywood executive was once a confidant of Disney CEO Michael Eisner. Later, he left Disney due to a failed office struggle and co-founded Dream with David Geffen and Steve Spielberg. factory.

Also officially due to his experience at DreamWorks, Jeffrey Katzenberg found a new financing channel outside of Hollywood and Wall Street, from a chaebol family in South Korea.

This was the fundamental contradiction between him and Josie.

Josie raised her glass with water instead of wine: "I hope our cooperation will always be so pleasant."

Eli glanced at the brunette in front of him who didn't seem to be aggressive at all. He didn't speak, but took a sip of the water in the glass as his own response.

The collaboration between the two has always gotten what they needed.

She needs his strong capital, and the influence of the Texas consortium; and he needs her ticket to the top of Hollywood, as well as her smart mind, world-renowned fame, and the luck that the "Golden Girl" has never failed.

More importantly, she is an easy-going and trustworthy partner.

Always have a clear goal, always calm and calm, and never tire.

Even ambition is written in those beautiful blue eyes.

Yes, pretty.

—Well, when did he start thinking she was pretty?

Eli frowned silently.

The next day, Josie had other plans.

She disguised herself a bit, and very low-key appeared with Martha at the opening ceremony of the International TV Week. This was another itinerary of their trip to the East this time, and had nothing to do with film promotion.

TV Week brings together TV stations and film and television organizations from more than 20 countries around the world. They bring their latest film and television works, cutting-edge technology and cutting-edge academic achievements. It is also a large-scale audio-visual product exchange and exhibition.

"Obviously, Hollywood is about to start a new war." Martha sighed.

Last year, Sony presented a new generation of Blu-ray Disc technology at domestic exhibitions, and its rival Toshiba prepared an upgraded version of DVD, HDDVD, to challenge. Now that Sony's technology has become more and more perfect, many people are discussing this topic today.

The era of channel supremacy has long passed, and now is the era when content is king. Whoever can win the support of Hollywood film studios is equivalent to basically winning the new generation of media wars.

"How about Las Vegas?" Josie was not very interested in the Blu-ray vs HDDVD competition, because she knew who the final winner was.

"As always." Martha spread her hands, "It's worth mentioning that Fox has played a game like a shareholders meeting, hosted by TV personality Vanna White, and every clue in the game refers to what Fox will launch next year. Movies. It is said that every time White announces the title of a movie, a movie star will come on stage, such as Ben Affleck, Colin Farrell, Harry Bailey, Russell Crowe, etc., and the atmosphere at the scene is very enthusiastic."

Josie raised her eyebrows and only asked, "Then?"

"Then?" Martha glanced at her boss, a mocking smile appeared on her red lips, "They spent a lot of money to hire people to 'perform', just to negotiate with the theater for the next Strategies for the summer, including but not limited to requiring some theater chains to show Fox movies on designated opening dates, better screens, show dates, and in-theatre advertising."

"I'm sure any publisher would ask for that," Josie said.

"Yeah, except they also spent an hour talking about the pitch for X-Men 2," Martha said.

Thanks boss.

Thanks Don Conkey.

The flying mirror research firm that started on Wall Street has expanded its business to Hollywood and Las Vegas.

And this time, Don Conkey himself took the lead, adhering to the principle of "don't ask, don't tell" - if no one specifically asks, Don Conkey will not be introduced to the participants - followed a theater manager to watch the entire Fox talk .

Martha continued: "Fox has prepared a model of the brain wave enhancer in the movie for the theater, which is equipped with three screens and a reserved short film, which can simulate the feeling of using superpowers."

The expression on Josie's face became even weirder, as if she doubted that any audience would walk into the cinema just because of this shoddy model.

Martha answered her doubts: "Yeah, that's right, the target audience of X-Men 2 should like this idea very much. So I plan to get someone from Universal to build a full-scale Iron Man armor wearable Model, used for theater promotion and follow-up lottery activities.”

Josie nodded, it sounds like a good idea.

From the perspective of ordinary people, she thinks Martha's plan is attractive, and who doesn't want Iron Man's armor?

She also built a cliff villa...

So Josie said, "So, is there any problem now?"

"Yes." Martha replied, "The cost of the wearable model is a bit expensive. Universal Pictures thinks this is beyond the budget of "Iron Man". They think it can be replaced by a normal model that is forbidden to touch, at most on both sides of Los Angeles and New York. A small number of theaters use models of the crew for demonstrations."

"I understand." Josie said, "Tom Rothman can only control the general situation on Universal's side for the time being, and Jeffrey Katzenberg has not completely cleaned up the influence of David Geffen within Universal— If I remember correctly, the former CEO of Universal Pictures, Ron Meyer, joined Tenjin-Universal again."

In a sense, Jeffrey Katzenberg received part of the "inheritance" from David Geffen.

Of course, they were meant to be friends.

But the problem is that these people are still proud of the glory of Universal Pictures as one of the six major Hollywood companies, and regard Tianji Pictures as a small label acquired by Universal, and even the films they produce are not in the orthodox Hollywood model.

Even until now, the publisher Universal does not believe that "Iron Man" can do better than the star-studded "X-Men 2" blessed by the previous work.

In fact, the films that Universal will promote next year have already been determined.

Also adapted from Marvel comics, but the protagonist is the first-line superhero "Hulk"; the sequel movie "Fast and Furious 2", which is popular among teenagers, is not super-produced, but it is definitely a qualified popcorn movie.

Both of these two films will be released in the summer of 2003. The former is an enhanced version of "Iron Man". Of course, Universal takes care of its "pro-son" more than its "step-son".

And the reason why "Iron Man" confronted "X-Men 2" on the premiere day is not without Universal's help.

After all, the time for the summer vacation is limited. Universal does not think that "Hulk Hulk" can withstand the storm of "X-Men 2". It is a perfect idea to make "Iron Man" a test of the waters of its comics. s Choice.

Josie thought for a while and said, "Iron Man is very good. I personally don't think it will lose to any superhero movie on the market. If Universal continues to fight among itself, I will consider introducing another distribution company for "Iron Man." company."