Heads Up Hollywood

Tang En originally wanted to stay in the crew of "Unsinkable" for a few more days. On the one hand, he supervised James Cameron's work progress, and on the other hand, he wanted to show off his professionalism.

Now, Twain has "mirrored possession" the ability of the great director Oliver Stone, and his professional skills are very high. You don't have to change the subject whenever you encounter a professional problem like before, you can feel proud and have a long and short time with Cameron.

But Disney made a sudden move and issued the strongest banning order in history to Tang En Pictures, which directly changed Tang En's plan, and set off for Los Angeles the next day.

On the rented private jet, Tang En contacted the production assistant Glenn Fierro, who was preparing to build the crew of "A Beautiful Mind", and asked about the situation of the crew.

Even as an opponent, Tang En secretly praised Michael Eisner's powerful means, it was indeed very domineering!

Compared to Tom Rothman and Joe Ruth, the chairman of Disney's production department, who suppressed "Spider-Man" in the box office market in the summer, Michael Eisner is the real giant.

If you don't make a move, let it go, once you make a move, it will definitely shock the industry!

Don't look at Tang En's calm expression now, but it is absolutely false to say that he is not nervous or stressed.

This time his opponent is no longer a competition for movie box office, but a competition for network resources!

In this regard, Tang En Pictures has a natural disadvantage.

No matter how high the box office of "Spider-Man" is, even if Twain has made "Titanic" and "Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace", compared to Disney's sphere of influence, Twain Pictures' territory is too small.

"A Beautiful Mind" is a movie directed by Twain himself, and Twain Pictures attaches great importance to it, so Bill McNick communicated with Glenn Fierro about the current situation.

"There was a small accident, but it's not a big problem." Glenn Feyero paused and lowered his voice, "Disney's banning order only targets first-line stars and famous directors and producers, not ordinary actors. "

Tang En nodded, such a result is not surprising.

Disney issued the banning order this time to make it clear that bullying the small by the big is the rhythm of killing Tang En Pictures. It is a non-market vicious competition. Once it becomes big, the impact will be very bad.

Therefore, this banning order must be spread secretly in a small area, which not only produces the banning order, but also does not spread to the public.

It is conceivable that Disney's announcement of banning Tang En's film industry will only be directed at some Hollywood first-line producers, directors and stars, and will not affect ordinary people in the industry.

Don't look at Michael Eisner's fierce and fierce move, but he clearly understands where the bottom line is and will never touch it.

Tang En asked, "Is there any accident?"

Glenn Fierro: "Mr. Ed Harris' agent offers $10 million!"

"Huh?" Tang En looked cold, "$2 million, isn't it all negotiated? He is just a supporting role, so is it higher than the lead actor's salary?"

Glenn Fierro sighed, "Not yet the Disney influence."

Tang En snorted coldly.

Ed Harris is considered number one in Hollywood. Although he has never played a leading role, he is a gold medal supporting actor, basically at the same level as Morgan Freeman.

So although he can't be ranked among the first-line stars, because he is an important gold medal supporting role, he is also treated well in Hollywood.

Tang En didn't know whether he wanted to frighten Tang En Pictures back and comply with Disney's banning order through the lion's mouth, or he wanted to take advantage of the crisis of Tang En Pictures and take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune.

In short, Tang En will never be polite to this kind of people who add insult to injury!

"If he doesn't do it, let him go! There are not 100,000 but 80,000 actors in the world who want to make my Twain's movie! One less Ed Harris, the earth will still spin!"

Tang En's voice was resounding, swaying with incomparable firmness.

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By the next day, the news that Disney had banned Tang En Pictures gradually spread.

Tang En's mobile phone seemed to explode, and received a lot of messages from friends in the circle, George Lucas, Nicole Kidman, Steven Spielberg, Mel Gibson, Tom Hanks and others sent condolences and expressed concern.

In particular, Jeffrey Katzenberg and Tim Burton, the two big figures who were expelled by Disney at the time, spoke sincerely and harshly, expressing that they would firmly stand on Dunn's side.

If help is needed, they will spare no effort to support him.

There were still a lot of short messages, and Tang En didn't have the energy to read them. He sent a group message and replied to everyone: "Be safe and don't worry, I'm fine. The lighthouse is far away, and we are on a long voyage!"

Back at Dunn Films, it was exactly as Bill McNick said, the employees of the company were still working as before, working in a leisurely manner, and there were bursts of laughter during their busy schedule.

Without hesitation, Tang En called Bill McNick and West Cotton to his office.

"The news hasn't spread yet. At present, it is only spread in a small area. Because of its serious nature, all major brokerage companies and film companies have issued a gag order to prohibit spreading rumors."

Before Tang En could speak, Bill McNick took the lead in explaining the basic situation.

Tang En quickly asked: "What is the CAA saying?"

Bill McNick said in a deep voice: "CAA received a letter from Disney, pointing the finger at Brian Lord! Disney asked CAA to terminate its cooperation with Dunn Films immediately, otherwise Disney will no longer sign contracts with CAA for future films. service agreement."

Tang En was a little surprised immediately, "Is this true? How dare Disney threaten CAA?"

Bill McNick said: "At that time, Disney forcibly poached Michael Ovitz, the head of CAA, which caused CAA to almost go bankrupt. Brian Lord worked hard to save the company. The relationship with Disney has always been Very nervous. So Disney’s threatening letter to CAA is more of an attitude, because in the past few years, Disney and CAA have never had any close cooperation.”

"Michael Ovitz?"

Tang En raised his eyebrows, his heart beat violently a few times, as if he had thought of something keenly.

Bill McNick didn't give him more time to think, and said eagerly: "Brian's attitude is very clear. If he really wants to draw a line, he will definitely choose Tang En Pictures! But he also asked me to remind you that Disney's power Across the world, the more critical it is, the more calm you must be!"

West Cotton also looked at Tang En nervously, "Yes, boss, I think Mr. Lord's words are very reasonable! Over the past few decades, Hollywood has issued countless killing orders, but most of them were against Actor. It’s the first time in history that Disney has directly placed a ban on a film company like this!”

Tang En glanced at Bill McNick, then at West Cotton, suddenly burst into laughter, and shook his head repeatedly, "Bill, West, do you think I'm that kind of reckless person who doesn't know the importance? Christian?"

In fact, Tang En had already thought it through on the plane.

This time, Disney played against common sense, broke the rules, and issued a ban on Dunn Pictures, fully showing Michael Eisner's stubborn, iron-fisted, and strong character.

Judging from the inherent impression in the past, Tang En's character is also strong, and he is arrogant and will never admit defeat!

Michael Eisner played hard, and Tang En will definitely play harder!

what to do?

The method seems obvious - make it public!

This matter is obviously a loss for Disney, and it violates the norms of fair competition in the market. It viciously suppresses emerging small companies with the strength of large companies. It will be criticized in any industry.

Once the news of Disney's ban on Tang En Pictures is made public, the general public will support Tang En Pictures even more and boycott Disney.

This way of handling...it's beautiful to think about.

But a new problem appeared again——

This time, Tang En's enemy is the famous Michael Eisner, the most powerful and prestigious tycoon in Hollywood in the past 20 years!

Will Michael Eisner come up with such a strategy with obvious loopholes?

No matter how big the mistake is, it is absolutely impossible!

Then there is only one possibility, this loophole... It is very likely that Michael Eisner deliberately designed the loophole for Twain to "discover"!

In fact, this is a trap that can completely defeat Tang En!

Tang En also pondered for a long time on the plane before he finally figured out all the reasons. When he was shocked to learn of Michael Eisner's plot, he even couldn't help shivering a few times.

Disney's banning order appeared to threaten actors and directors not to cooperate with Tang En Pictures, but what really made Disney pay attention was the conspiracy behind it!

Once this conspiracy is successful, even if Tang En has right-hand men, he is doomed to die without a place to die!

In 2017, one of the most sensational news in Hollywood was the sex scandal of the famous producer Harvey Weinstein.

Almost overnight, the God of Hollywood was reduced to a prisoner who was shouted and beaten by everyone.

Even before the court pronounced a sentence, the stars have already sentenced Harvey Weinstein through various social media, treating him like a criminal, and even when he went to restaurants to eat, he was often insulted and beaten by customers.

Of course, Harvey Weinstein is notorious and notorious, no doubt about it.

It's just that there are countless similar scandals in Hollywood --

Woody Allen and Roman Polanski are still world-respected great directors; Kirk Douglas is an old man respected by Oscars; even the most classic "Godfather" Marlon Brando was once in Butter xx actresses during filming...

Why is there such a big difference in treatment?

It's like three years ago, Tang En and Jon Landau had a violent conflict.

It stands to reason that Jon Landau has outstanding abilities. Even if there is a conflict with Twain, Disney can always use him, right? Why has this person disappeared from Hollywood completely so far?

In fact, Michael Eisner designed a similar trap for Tang En this time.

A conspiracy against which he could never gain a foothold in Hollywood!