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The top floor of the Tianshen Entertainment headquarters building.

Jeffrey Katzenberg, who had a huge office all to himself, threw away the newspaper that boasted about Josie Horton, and suddenly felt annoyed.

"Her Majesty the Queen of Hollywood? Ha, it's ridiculous, who does she think she is, Katherine Hepburn?" He took off his glasses, pinched the bridge of his nose, his tone changed suddenly, and he said to himself again: "...but Assuming that she just wanted to be Katharine Hepburn, then everything would be much easier to operate."

The problem is, I'm afraid Josie Holden wants to be Mary Pickford.

That "Mary Pickford".

For the millennium, the name has become distant and unfamiliar, but in fact, Lady Mary Pickford was one of the most important Hollywood stars of the silent film era.

Famous, talented and other words are not enough to describe her, the co-founder of United Artists, the co-founder of the American Academy of Film and Art, the co-founder of the Independent Film Producers Association... is her great contribution to the development of the film Contribution is also her real source of power.

Coincidentally, they were both "America's Sweethearts" and also known as "World Lovers".

But even Mary Pickford is not as ambitious as Josie Horton, because the latter is obviously not satisfied with film production, but wants to get involved in the entire media field.

— not even just Hollywood.

Well, what a terrible and sharp ambition.

Great ambition like a man.

Jeffrey Katzenberg rubbed his aching temple.

Once upon a time, the original intention of him, David Geffen and Steven Spielberg to found DreamWorks was precisely to establish another brand-new media giant besides the six major studios, and to change the old pattern of Hollywood.

Regrettably, DreamWorks fell on the road to rise, and finally completely separated and collapsed because of the disagreement of the three founders' ideas, and became one of the nutrients for the establishment of Tianshen-Universal.

But the current Tianshen Entertainment has successfully completed more than half of the road they want to go.

Jeffrey Katzenberg couldn't help being jealous of this extremely lucky girl, just like many people in Hollywood, because she didn't seem to make too much effort, but just happened to stand on the right outlet, and she became an actress in a blink of an eye. After becoming the largest individual shareholder of this media group, his wealth and status took off directly.

And his so-called CEO, strictly speaking, was only working for her.

Why is Josie Horton always able to win and win?

Why is it that such a girl in her twenties has already achieved an achievement that hard-working men like them who are going through a mid-life crisis may not be able to achieve in their lifetime?

And, why was she able to be at the end of most people's life as soon as she was born, with the smell of old money exuding from every pore?

How unfair.

No?

This may be the reason why some people can't like this "golden girl".

But it is undeniable that Josie Horton does have a unique charisma and charisma in some respects. She has many enemies, but also many friends.

At her age, almost no one can do her level.

Jeffrey Katzenberg thought complicatedly.

A few minutes later, Jeffrey Katzenberg's assistant told him that his old friend Steven Spielberg was on line two.

Jeffrey Katzenberg put back on the glasses he put down, twitched the corners of his mouth, adjusted his facial expression, and showed a standard smile, and then connected to the call back, "Hi, Steven— —”

"Jeffrey." Steven Spielberg on the other end of the phone asked in a deep tone, "What can I do for you?"

"Don't be so serious, my friend." Jeffrey Katzenberg's face turned cold all of a sudden, but his tone was still relaxed and cheerful, "Speaking of which, how have you been recently?"

"Not bad, not bad." Steven Spielberg gave a universal answer.

After DreamWorks disappeared, the former Big Three really parted ways. David Geffen lost power and left Hollywood. Steven Spielberg returned to Amblin Entertainment and continued to partner with Kennedy & Marshall.

Only the last of the Big Three, Jeffrey Katzenberg, "sold" the remaining resources of DreamWorks in exchange for a promotion in his career, and became the head of Universal, the new Hollywood media giant.

Angry?

It's not like that.

After all, wealth and status mean little to the accomplished Steven Spielberg.

It's just, like an oriental proverb says: Different ways don't seek each other.

This is true of David Geffen, and so is Jeffrey Katzenberg. They are not the kind of people who really want to change the status quo of Hollywood. DreamWorks is just a tool for them to pursue fame and fortune, and it is not the only one. Tool of.

Jeffrey Katzenberg didn't seem to notice Steven Spielberg's indifference, and continued on his own: "There are rumors in the city that because of Rudy Morgan's dismissal of Josie Horton, she It is decided to mobilize the power of the actors' union and implement a law that restricts the crew from firing actors at will."

"I know. There is such a thing." Steven. Spielberg said.

"This offends the authority of many producers and directors, doesn't it?" Jeffrey Katzenberg continued to probe, "Hiring cast members is the right of the crew, and sometimes we can't be sure whether someone It really fits his position, even when it comes to filming day."

Of course Steven Spielberg heard the voice of his old friend, but continued to ask: "So? What do you want me to do, Jeffrey."

"Oh, it's nothing, I just suddenly remembered that there was also an actor who was fired by PJ after he joined the filming, didn't he?"

PJ is Peter Jackson.

When filming "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", Stuart Townsend, who was originally scheduled to play Aragorn, stayed in New Zealand for less than a week before being replaced by Viggo Mortensen.

"The crew paid Stewart Townsend's full salary for this." Steven Spielberg reminded.

"Yes, he did get what he deserved, but he missed the precious opportunity to participate in an epic movie." Jeffrey Katzenberg did not hide his sarcasm, "A real chance to become famous. "

Didn't Josie Horton want to protect the so-called rights of the actors?

But hadn't she treated other people unfairly?

It can be seen from this that people always have two sets of non-interfering and contradictory criteria for judging themselves and others.

Her phony looks are better than any of her performances in any movie.

"Jeffrey, I think your thinking is biased."

Steven Spielberg sighed inwardly, unwilling to go around endlessly with Jeffrey Katzenberg.

"They gave him enough compensation. What they are always doing is how to make the movie more perfect, rather than maliciously replacing an actor who is suitable for the role out of someone's subjective wishes."

Jeffrey Katzenberg sneered: "Ha, I originally thought that besides making movies, the only thing you care about now is maintaining the order in Hollywood, but it doesn't sound like that."

"It is to maintain the order in Hollywood, so I will not agree to what you want me to do." Steven Spielberg simply made it clear, "Jeffrey, although some old guys like Rudy et al still stick to the rules and completely ignore the contributions of female filmmakers to Hollywood... But, there are many people who don't. We still want Hollywood to be better, just like Josie is doing, even if she is not Completely selfless, but much purer than you."

What does Jeffrey Katzenberg want to do?

It is nothing more than to consolidate their power within the group by attacking Josie Horton.

In contrast, the girl who also wants to control power has a positive impact on this circle, whether it is trying to improve the very unequal status relationship between actors and producers, or relying on her own strength all the time. Try to curb the bad atmosphere in the circle.

Jeffrey Katzenberg made a huge mistake in certain perceptions of Steven Spielberg, that is, although the latter has an old-fashioned style, as a director who has produced many works full of humanistic care, Steven Spielberg There is no way that Ven. Spielberg does not have basic empathy.

However, not everyone has the courage to break the silence.

"I will acquiesce to the Horton's Law that the Screen Actors Guild wants to pass." Steven Spielberg gave his former partner a heavy blow, and added: "Jeffrey, times have changed, between you The contradictions are not irreconcilable, why not try to cooperate?"

The establishment of Tianshen-Global is a signal.

Backed by new media, Tenshen Entertainment has demonstrated the power of a media group in the Internet age. Traditional paper media and TV stations are no longer the best way to control public opinion. The sudden emergence of a single social platform has made people keenly aware of the future The situation will be completely reversed.

According to Steven Spielberg's knowledge, the Internet department of Tianshen Entertainment is completely out of the control of CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg.

He can still use Universal Pictures, which has integrated DreamWorks, to fight against it now, but what about three or five years from now?

Jeffrey Katzenberg is not unaware of this.

But just like David Geffen, Michael Ovitz and others in the past, his personal will cannot determine everything, and more often, they are dragged forward.

West Hollywood, Silver Lake.

Nestled in a restaurant near Silver Lake Reservoir, members of the "I, Robot" crew enjoyed traditional southern Italian flavors and chatted about the movie.

"What kind of video style will we have?" Josie asked.

"Blade Runner, no doubt about it."

"But the city will be different. Row upon row of skyscrapers reflecting the metallic texture, people in the city center are well-dressed, the heroine and her colleagues are the absolute elite, and the clothes are becoming more concise and frigid."

"In my imagination, the city should have the loneliness of the metropolis in the 90s, emmmmm, maybe it can be compared to New York?"

"But the neighborhood where the hero lives is another scene, with neon billboards written in Chinese, wet and muddy narrow alleys... Oh, I really like the messy and high-tech cyberpunk style!"

"What about the other protagonist, the robot named 'Sonny'? We've never been able to nail down the final solution, and the director always told us: It's not what he wanted."

Ernest, who was named, had a cold face, obviously expressionless, but in such an atmosphere, he didn't look awkward, and was even a little funny.

Josie, for example, laughed boldly.

She also supported her beautifully shaped chin with one hand, raised her overly beautiful little head, and teased, "Why don't you talk about your thoughts, Mr. Director?"