Hollywood Hunter

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In Los Angeles, in the mansion halfway up the hill in Palisades, Simon just got out of the car when Amy Pascal greeted him.

The two came to a living room on the second floor of the villa together, and when they saw them entering the door, both of them on the sofa in the living room stood up. In addition to Simon's female assistant Jennifer Leibold, another person is somewhat surprising, Meg Ryan.

Just nodding slightly, Simon sat down on the single sofa beside him, looked at Meg Ryan, and said in a flat tone: "Specifically, what's going on?"

Meg Ryan looked carefully at the young man on the sofa opposite. The first time they met, he was not the kind of approachable temperament. He had been up and down for more than a year in the shadow of this young man. Goodbye at this time, he gave her The feeling seems to be a bit more alienated from others.

Noticing that his eyes swept again, Meg Ryan hurriedly cheered up and talked about recent events.

Relying on "When Harry Met Sally", she became a first-line actress, but after the inexplicable accident last year, she suddenly fell into a situation where she could not shoot for a year in a row. Meg Ryan was almost To collapse, and to resent a certain young man who is becoming more and more powerful in Hollywood.

Therefore, when Michael Ovitz approached her and hoped that she would file a lawsuit against Daenerys Entertainment publicly, Meg Ryan agreed immediately.

Either way, it's all gone.

However, as things got closer, Meg Ryan became more and more uneasy.

Because she gradually understood that Michael Ovitz just wanted to use this lawsuit to stop Daenerys Entertainment's acquisition of mca.

And, the more she thought about it, the more Meg Ryan felt like she was a total pawn in the whole thing.

Michael Ovitz's promise to help her claim a hefty payout from Daenerys Entertainment and revive her career after the fact is unlikely to Meg Ryan.

Meg Ryan has secretly consulted a lawyer more than once, and the response was that the reason for the lawsuit and the evidence that Ovitz helped her find were not sufficient. The best result was that Daenerys Entertainment was forced to settle things as soon as possible under the pressure of public opinion. Take the initiative to seek private reconciliation and pay a sum of compensation.

However, this lawsuit could destroy a multi-billion-dollar business.

Some nasty young man just blocked her because she broke her contract early after she became famous, and if she screwed up a multi-billion dollar acquisition because of her connection, she didn't know what would happen.

As for caa, the talent agency failed to protect her last year. Meg Ryan didn't think that Michael Ovitz would really endure the pressure of the entire Daenerys Entertainment after the fact and have a net worth of 21 billion. The pressure of the super-rich of the dollar went out of her way to help her.

Or, even if Ovitz really wanted to do it, when she's ruined a multi-billion-dollar business for Daenerys Entertainment, when most of Hollywood has close ties to Daenerys Entertainment. Under the circumstances that led to the intensification of the contradiction between the two sides, Meg Ryan did not feel that the major studios would risk offending Westeros to cooperate with her.

Meg Ryan, who had been hesitant, finally made up her mind when Michael Ovitz informed her yesterday that she would formally file a lawsuit against Daenerys Entertainment in the near future Lowe's collaboration.

Although doing so will definitely offend the caa, between Michael Ovitz and Simon Westeros, it's never wrong to choose the more powerful one. If Westeros still refuses to lift the ban on him afterwards, there is nothing to lose anyway, and it is not too late for her to file a lawsuit.

Simon listened to Meg Ryan's narration, flipped through a prepared indictment in his hand, led her to finish, looked up and asked: "In addition to the Screen Actors Guild that will cooperate with your lawsuit, there are other Is it?"

Meg Ryan thought for a while and said, "There should be more, but Mike... When Ovitz talked to me, he only talked about me."

Simon retracted his gaze to look directly at Meg Ryan, leaning on the sofa and closing his eyes in thought.

If it were any other time, such a lawsuit would be nothing to Daenerys Entertainment, and any big business is surrounded by lawsuits of all sizes all year round.

However, at a critical moment when Daenerys Entertainment launched the acquisition of mca, such a lawsuit that Daenerys Entertainment used its own industry advantages to suppress actors in the circle suddenly appeared, which would definitely easily cause the media and the public to criticize Daenerys Entertainment. Concerns and crusades continue to expand.

In the original time and space, affected by the "eavesdropping scandal", News Corporation had to give up the long-planned wholly-owned acquisition of British Sky TV. Because the timing of the two events at the time was very coincidental, it is difficult to say whether there is some causal connection between them.

Daenerys Entertainment is clearly about to face the same situation.

Of course, there are differences.

If there is really some connection to the "wiretapping scandal" in memory, it is probably that the whole of the UK does not want News Corporation to expand further, because Murdoch's manipulation of British public opinion has made everyone feel like a needle.

Now, Simon knows that many people in Hollywood must have doubts about Daenerys Entertainment's acquisition of mca, but there should be not many people who will really jump out against it. Michael Ovitz did this, apparently just to make sure his employer, Panasonic, could complete the acquisition, and then he could get tens of millions of dollars in M\u0026A consulting fees.

After carefully combing it in his mind, Simon opened his eyes and looked at it.

Meg Ryan, who looked uneasy, took out the checkbook from his pocket, put it on his knee to write and draw for a moment, tore it off and handed it to the coffee table in front of him, and said to Meg Ryan: "Wait, let Jenny contact you. Okay, sign a new agency contract. Daenerys Entertainment can sign another film contract with you if you want. Also, this is for you, take this money to play abroad for a few months, New Years Come back later."

After listening to Simon, Meg Ryan finally breathed a sigh of relief, and even had a feeling that the pain had come to an end.

Simon's assistant personally helped her introduce the agency, which was enough to show Daenerys Entertainment's attitude, and then signed a film contract with Daenerys Entertainment, even if she was completely lifted.

Then, looking at the check on the coffee table, Meg Ryan wondered if she should get up and get it.

Simon didn't wait for her action, and said to the female assistant, "Jenny, take Miss Ryan away first. Amy and I still have something to talk about."

Jennifer nodded, got up and stepped forward to help pick up the check and hand it to Meg Ryan, who stood up on the other side, and said, "Miss Ryan, come with me."

Meg Ryan took the check and followed Jennifer, walked out the door and crossed the corridor, until she stepped on the stairs, and she dared to glance carefully at the check in her hand, and then almost stumbled.

$5 million.

Far beyond her expectations.

Speaking of which, Meg Ryan has not only been unable to receive film appointments this year, but has also begun to be stretched financially.

After becoming famous with "When Harry Met Sally", she signed the second film contract "Rocketman", and all the pay was used to pay for the termination fee from the option agreement of Daenerys Entertainment. Of the few endorsements that she contacted, none of them were received because of the rumors that she was blocked in the circle.

I just heard that the young man was going to send himself abroad, and thought he would only sign a check for a few hundred thousand dollars at most, but the actual number was 10 times more than she expected.

Although she felt unsatisfactory, in her heart, Meg Ryan found that the grievances she had accumulated against the young man for more than a year had almost disappeared for no apparent reason, leaving only some complicated emotions with unknown meanings.

At least, he is much better than Michael Ovitz.

Also a Hollywood tycoon, Michael Ovitz just gave her some empty promises that were difficult to fulfill. Westeros can directly sign a check for $5 million, and completely unblock her.

When Jennifer took Meg Ryan away, Amy couldn't help but ask, "Simon, are you still going to Japan right now?"

Simon nodded and said, "Of course, it's time to go now."

"So, what about here?"

Simon said with a solemn expression: "I may have made things a little simpler, but there is still room for recovery now."

Amy didn't answer, just waited for Simon to continue.

Simon sorted out his thoughts again and said: "The key to the matter lies in one thing, conflict of interest. Our acquisition of mca will affect the interests of which party, and which party may jump out to stop it. On the Hollywood side, we and several major The relationship between the unions is not very good, and it is not surprising that they will jump out. However, the resistance from the union is actually not great. We have joined the Producers Union and signed a formal agreement with several major unions. Even if they want to stop, they can only express some concerns broadly, or show actual evidence that Daenerys Entertainment has violated the interests of the union members. Now that Meg Ryan has retreated, I don't think they can find any other Evidence. Additional resistance could come from our Hollywood counterparts.”

Having said that, Simon suddenly stopped talking.

Amy waited for a moment and said tentatively, "Paramount?"

Simon nodded: "Paramount."

Now the Hollywood Eight, Daenerys Entertainment has deep or shallow cooperation with the other six. Moreover, three of the six major cooperatives, Fox, Warner Bros, and MGM, will definitely not jump out. Columbia and Disney are unlikely to come forward. Universal is a party, and it is impossible for it to oppose its acquisition by itself.

In the end, only Paramount, who was deliberately left aside by Simon, was left.

The tide of consolidation in the US media industry has already started since the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Bros. In the next few years, with the further opening of legal restrictions on horizontal expansion in the two major fields of the media industry, film and television, this integration will be further accelerated.

Although it missed Universal, Daenerys Entertainment is not without other options, but it is definitely difficult to meet a company that can be strongly complementary to Daenerys Entertainment at the right price.

Not even Disney, which became one of Hollywood's hegemons many years later.

Although Disney also operates the theme park business, it has not accumulated much in terms of records, TV and theaters at this time. As for the strength of the animation business, it will also overlap with Daenerys Entertainment, not to mention the 2D animation movies that Disney is currently focusing on. It is destined to be eliminated by 3D animation movies, but if you buy it, you will need to face the trouble of pruning and cutting leaves.

Even more so, Time Warner, which works closely with Daenerys Entertainment but is full of internal disputes.

For the other ones, Simon is not very fond of them.

With this clear, Simon no longer hesitates. In order to successfully complete the two acquisitions in his hands, some small entanglements must be abandoned. After all, the two scripts Paramount stole from Simon didn't do any good either.

After making up his mind, Simon said to Amy: "You can contact Martin Davis of Paramount, the two-film contract, and ask him if he is interested. In addition, as long as Daenerys Entertainment completes

For the acquisition of mca, I can guarantee that mca and Paramount each hold 50% of the usa TV station to maintain the original equity status, unless Paramount takes the initiative to sell, otherwise, Daenerys Entertainment only seeks the operation of usa TV station right. With some of the accumulation we already have in the television industry, I am sure that Martin Davis will not remain indifferent. "

Amy nodded, admiring her boss's unpretentious decision in her heart, she thought about it and said, "I remember that you used to want to buy the film and television adaptation rights of the "Mission Impossible" TV series from Paramount, maybe it can be counted in two The movie is about."

Simon wondered: "Isn't "Mission Impossible" already a project?"

"It should still be delayed, anyway, I haven't heard the news of the shooting. As long as the shooting has not started, we will have no problem getting this project."

"As long as Paramount is willing to share the project, I can personally write and produce."

Amy smiled: "This should be no problem."

Simon added: "In addition to Paramount, you recently asked the company's public relations team to pay close attention to the trends of various media. Well, isn't the year-end schedule about to start? This time, we will get an additional 2000 for several of our films. The $10,000 budget is announced, but don’t rush to sign the contract first, and talk to various media slowly to let them know how lucrative this advertising order is.”

Amy hesitated: "20 million, seems like a lot?"

The films that Daenerys Entertainment personally released at the end of the year are only "Dancing With Wolves" and "Home Alone". The other ones either don't have much expectation at the box office, or other studios are responsible for distribution.

Simon insisted: "That's it, the money that should be spent must be spent, and this money will not be spent in vain after all, it will definitely be beneficial to our movie box office. Even if it doesn't, let those media know , Daenerys Entertainment is a very generous advertiser, and giving up such a large client for a few stories is simply not worth it.”

"Okay, I'll discuss it with Bob tomorrow."

"And, if possible, find out what other arrangements Ovitz has made."

"I will."

After Simon explained this, he thought for a moment and asked Amy, "Do you have anything to add?"

Amy smiled and said, "I've been told by you for the time being, I can't remember it for a while, but as long as I think of it, I will definitely do it as soon as possible."

Simon nodded and said: "In this case, I will wait for Japan, and feel free to contact me if you encounter anything here."

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