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After posting the actor's resume, Ernest said: "With all due respect, Mr. Walker is a pleasing vase. He is handsome, strong, and upright, but at the same time he is only performing himself; while Russell Crowe's A little less of a problem, I admit his performance was alright."

John Walter grinned and said, "You mean, we can only choose Russell Crowe?"

"No, on the contrary—" Josie added for Ernest, "What he means is that Russell Crowe can only act well."

Ernest's brows stretched slightly, and Que began to spray poisonous juice: "I think that if you want to be the leading actor in an action movie, at least in the action scenes, you must let the audience feel the basic sense of beauty."

As he said that, Ernest gave John Walter a special look.

It seems to be asking: You can't be serious about what you said just now, right?

John Walter's face flushed immediately, and he couldn't help thinking about the figure of Russell Crowe who had just left. It was indeed far from the Australian actor when he first entered Hollywood.

It seems that after "Gladiator" was released and considered the sexiest star in Hollywood in the twentieth century, Russell Crowe often spent time with the notorious Harvey Weinstein. How could he have time to spend in the gym?

Moreover, Russell Crowe prides himself on acting, and has never had appearance anxiety.

"His acting skills are not good enough to make up for the gap in appearance, and he looks too old for the actor." Ernest drew a big cross next to Russell Crowe's actor resume with a pen , "Don't forget, what's the first scene on our script, if you really want to do a naked Russell Crowe shower shot, Mr. Walter, you'd better fire me first, or kill the audience. "

At this moment, John Walter's face had turned from red to black.

At this moment, only Paul Walker's actor resume was left on the clipboard. As the director, Ernest's choice was very obvious, and it seemed that he had finally chosen a leading actor who could satisfy everyone. He was handsome, A popular and universal actor, his acting skills are basically competent for this role in the comfort zone.

But the problem is, John Walter doesn't look satisfied or happy.

He even put his whole face down, and said almost self-defeating: "You mean, we want to choose Paul Walker? No, no, really no."

Donna might like this casting, but he dared to say that that old guy, Ron Meyer, would definitely not like it.

John Walter's shoulders drooped all of a sudden, and he covered his face with his hands in pain, trying to take a deep breath.

The casting of "I, Robot" has been going on for a long time, adding up to three or four rounds, but at this time, the infighting of Tianshen Entertainment has spread from the parent company to Universal Pictures, and Paul Walker is the one The biggest victim is not only considered unsuitable for the "I, Robot" project, but also about to lose his role in the "Fast and Furious" series.

Oh, for god's sake, he just wants this project to work, and he's making money and fame as a producer, why is everything so difficult?

He has even arranged all the follow-up plans, and even selected the start-up date!

"Listen, guys, Paul Walker can't do it." John Walter tried his best to be calm, and turned his gaze to the most powerful person in the room, Josie, who had always been extraordinarily calm, "Let's be realistic, The lead actor will only be Russell Crowe, that's what Jeffery means."

"Are you sure?" Josie asked.

The producer-centred system is the cornerstone of the Hollywood film industry.

Generally speaking, the CEO of Universal Pictures will not roughly interfere with casting, not to mention that Jeffrey Katzenberg is still the CEO of the group. Their power mainly lies in company affairs, and their words on a certain project Power is not even as good as the director of the project. .

And no producer would have expected them to.

"Yes." John Walter paused, acquiescing to the question.

"Okay." Josie continued to ask, "What if I'm not ready to accept it?"

John Walter took a deep breath, and said with pity: "Then, you will leave this project, Josie."

However, after hearing these words, Josie smiled instead of anger, and even applauded symbolically, which made people astonished.

Then the producer heard her say, "Be patient, John, I'm sure Jeffrey is going to change his mind soon..."

at the same time.

In the meeting room of the headquarters building of Tianshen Entertainment Group.

"...Based on the above points, at present, Universal Pictures will devote more energy to the full exploration of the original IP of "Fast and Furious", such as introducing Japanese investment in the development plan of the next episode of the film, and expanding the story stage. To Tokyo, at the same time, the existing cast will also usher in a big change, a new, cheap, obedient actor, we will fully tap the potential of this series."

After Lon Meyer finished speaking with confidence, he noticed that all the directors present showed expressions of interest, and communicated with the people around them in a low voice.

"Steven, I am very glad to meet you here today, my friend." Jeffrey Katzenberg said, "You should pay more attention to the affairs of the group, after all, you are also one of the relatively large individual shareholders .”

Steven Spielberg, on the other hand, was rather indifferent, saying only: "I will consider it."

Jeffrey Katzenberg didn't care either, and still asked with a smile, "So, what do you think of our proposal?"

"No one knows what's going on with the Josie Horton scandal better than us, Jeffrey—" Steven Spielberg lowered his voice and suppressed his anger at the same time, "I never I thought, in order to gain the upper hand in the factional struggle within the group, you can even treat a movie with an investment of hundreds of millions so casually!"

Just because he appeared at that party, Paul Walker became a victim of the group's infighting, and was replaced by a newcomer in the third part of the "Fast and Furious" series originally starring him.

When kindness and integrity become useless things that must be cast aside, is this circle really normal?

Closing his eyes, Steven Spielberg felt tired for no reason.

"Steven, this is war." The smile on Jeffrey Katzenberg's face instantly disappeared without a trace.

"Yes, this is war." Steven Spielberg took a deep look at Jeffrey Katzenberg and reminded, "I hope you are ready for a full-scale war."

To this, Jeffrey Katzenberg just responded with a sneer and winked at Ron Meyer, who was at the top of the oval conference table.

Lon Meyer tapped the table with his fingers, and said, "The second item. If there is no doubt, we will start from—"

Before he finished speaking, the door of the conference room was opened from the outside with a bang.

The person's actions were a bit rude, but after attracting the attention of everyone in the conference room, he greeted politely: "Good day, gentlemen!"

This is a lanky middle-aged man, wearing a flamboyant ginger shirt and black pinstripe suit, wearing a purple tie that is hard to ignore, with a typical Jewish face and a proper smile.

Regrettably, this smile can't hide his oily and disgusting nature at all.

After reacting, Lon Meyer glanced at Jeffrey Katzenberg and immediately roared, "Who the hell are you? We're in a meeting! Security! Security!"

"Well——" the man raised his hands and pressed down, and said calmly: "Sorry, I seem to have forgotten to introduce myself, my humble Saul Goodman, I am currently honored to be Ms. Josie Horton's Private attorney, and representing my boss at this board meeting. I'm a little late though? Oh, it shouldn't hurt."

The entire conference room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

It seemed that everyone was stunned by the sudden appearance of a guy who looked more like a hooligan than a lawyer.

Finally, the cold-faced Jeffrey Katzenberg said, "Please sit down, Goodman."

Saul Goodman suddenly came to the front on the right, unceremoniously asked someone to move a chair and squeezed it between Jeffrey Katzenberg and Steven Spielberg. The reporter held out his hand and said, "It's an honor to meet you, Mr. Spielberg. Our whole family is your loyal fan."

"Thank you." Steven Spielberg shook hands with the other party politely.

"Can you sign me?" Before letting go of his hand, Saul Goodman asked, "Sign here, I want to get a tattoo, just write S'allgood, man!"

While he took out a signature pen from nowhere and stuffed it to Steven Spielberg, he pointed to the inside of his arm.

Steven Spielberg was numb and began to feel that today's meeting would be a farce.

"Quiet. Everyone, please be quiet!" Ron Meyer shouted, "If there is no doubt, we will officially stop the development plan of the "I, Robot" project starting tomorrow..."

"Wait a minute!" It was Saul Goodman again who interrupted Lon Meyer, who said in a casual and extremely unprofessional tone: "I guess, Mr. Meyer, you talked to Sony on Saturday night. Mr. Kazuo Hirai of entertainment, not only discussed the philosophy of life, but also "Fast and Furious 3" on the phone?"

Ron Meyer scolded: "How dare you spy on me?"

"No, it's all just my personal guess." Saul Goodman shrugged, as if unaware of the heavy news he just dropped, and said: "By the way, if you just sent If my boss' share is not included in the vote, you seem to have violated the rules?"

"Actually, this is not a vote, but a decision." Jeffrey Katzenberg, who was sitting beside him, answered Saul Goodman.

Compared with Lon Meyer, Jeffrey Katzenberg's self-cultivation is undoubtedly better.

Although he, like many people here, looked down on this rogue lawyer with flamboyant clothes and weird behavior, he was still able to speak to Saul Goodman in a relatively normal tone.

"Whose decision?" Saul Goodman turned his head and asked.

"I." Jeffrey Katzenberg replied, "As the CEO and chairman of the board of directors of Tianshen Entertainment, I think I have the power and responsibility to guide the group to develop in a better direction."

However, surprisingly, Saul Goodman actually grinned.

"You're not going to be right away." He said to himself in a very offensive way, "Given your employment agreement, we won't fire you with $1.2 million in compensation, out of the need to stabilize the management of the group Consider, you can choose to work in the group for five years like a decoration, or, like the original Ovitz, get out of the group door with proper compensation—"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Jeffrey Katzenberg said displeased.

Saul Goodman gave Jeffrey Katzenberg a sympathetic look, and said: "It seems that you don't know yet... Now, in view of the losses and serious dereliction of duty caused by the two during their tenure, , as Ms. Horton's agent, I propose to remove the current chairman of the board, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and the vice chairman, Ron Meyer. Who is in favor and who is against?"

Jeffrey Katzenberg couldn't ignore his gaze.

However, what made him even more unable to ignore was the various expressions on the faces of other people in this conference room——

Lon Meyer was at a loss like a neutered old dog. The little Jew tried to widen his funny eyes, and even took off his glasses in disbelief and wiped them. His eyes were dizzy;

The representatives of the directors of Vanguard Group and BlackRock Group were dignified and were talking to each other, while the one from Tianmu Capital had been playing with his pen all morning, so it was not as good as Blue Mountain Capital who did not attend the board meeting today;

Edgar Bronfman Jr., the honorary vice chairman of the board of directors, appeared for the first time, with a half-smile on his face at the moment, very relaxed;

And Jeffrey Katzenberg's so-called old friend Steven Spielberg looked away, as if he couldn't bear to look at him;

In the entire conference room, only Jeffrey Katzenberg's true old friend Barry Diller sighed, shook his head slightly, and said, "Don't struggle, Jeffrey, in her hand Now you have more than 30% stake in Tianshen Entertainment, you should know what this means."