Hollywood Hunter

Hollywood’s power structure is very complex and cannot be determined simply by one’s position.

Usually, if you want to sort out a person's face and potential power, you only need to see which class of Hollywood he reports to.

If a president of the studio is directly responsible to the senior level of the parent company, his power may be comparable to that of the CEO.And directors like Spielberg, because they can communicate directly with big names such as Steve Rose, his potential influence is still above the studio CEO.

Robert Rem's proposal did not surprise Simon.

At this time in Hollywood, Disney CEO Michael Eisner and President Frank Wells belong to this level relationship.Both of them reported directly to the Disney board of directors. Michael Eisner was higher than Frank Wells in his position, but in fact, he had no jurisdiction and appointment and dismissal power over Frank Wells. work.

According to the information in memory, Disney's power structure of checks and balances greatly promoted the rapid rise of the company from the late 1980s to the early 1990s.

In the mid-1990s, Frank Wells died unexpectedly in a helicopter accident, and Michael Eisner began to monopolize power. In order to maintain his rule of Disney, he spared no effort to eliminate aliens. The fierce internal struggles made Disney in the next ten years of his power. It gradually flowed into mediocrity, and it was not until the era of Robert Iger that it revived.

Simon did not hesitate too much and agreed to Robert Rem's request.

If it is a listed public stock holding company, this level of senior management is likely to trigger internal struggles within the company.But for Daenerys Pictures, Simon is not worried about this.He has absolute control of the company. Once executives are fighting inside, he has enough power to kick the unrest factors out of the company at any time to eliminate the trouble.

Determining this matter, the two discussed Robert Rem's salary.

Daenerys film industry is developing rapidly, and the expected profitability is even more amazing.Simon can no longer promise Robert Reim's overall net profit sharing plan as easily as Amy did.

However, Simon is not stingy. In addition to the same basic annual salary of $250,000 as Amy, Simon also agreed to set a bonus of up to $3 million per year, according to Robert Rem’s performance. Determine the number of bonuses he can receive.

The current Hollywood, even the seven major studios, can get a handful of executives who can get $3 million a year.Daenerys Pictures, even after integrating New World Entertainment, can only be regarded as a second-line film company. Robert Rem has no opinion on this contract.

There are many precedents for such a compensation plan in Hollywood, so how to judge details such as Robert Rem’s business performance only needs to be negotiated by the lawyers of both parties based on previous experience.

After discussing these, Robert Rem also began to talk openly with Simon about the operation status and various problems of New World Entertainment.

New World Entertainment’s current main problem is its lack of cash, and the strike of the Hollywood screenwriter, which prevented the company’s TV series from being prepared.In addition, Robert Rem also voluntarily admitted to Simon that New World Entertainment has about $20 million in hidden debt of various types.

The $20 million was not beyond Simon’s expectations, and the money was within his tolerance.

Now that he was sure of winning Marvel, Simon didn't plan to make any more money for the money.After all, this is just a common problem for Hollywood entertainment companies to make their financial situation better. It is not a shareholder or management.As long as New World Entertainment can be re-operated, this money can be directly absorbed in the company's rich cash flow in the future.

The two talked for more than an hour, and Robert Rem left.

Simon sent Robert Rem away, and just after sitting down at the desk, Amy knocked on the door of his office.

"Simon, this is an advertising placement contract that I just negotiated with Mars, AT-T and other sponsors,

Simon glanced at Amy's face as if nothing had happened, smiled, and first opened several banks' financing options for Daenerys Pictures' acquisition of New World Entertainment.

Although he resisted borrowing in his heart, Simon also knew that it was inevitable.

A quick glance at the two plans of Wells Fargo and Citibank. Wells Fargo’s 5-year loan contract, Daenerys Pictures will pay a total of $60 million in interest, and Citi’s 7-year contract, the total interest is 8000. Ten thousand U.S. dollars.

In both plans, the total interest is more than 20% of the principal.

From this, it is not difficult to see why high-debt companies such as New World Entertainment can easily fall into a crisis. Once the operating conditions are poor, such companies may not be able to pay even the interest of the loan every year.

In this transaction of Daenerys Pictures' acquisition of New World Entertainment, GE has actually taken the initiative to reduce or exempt a large amount of debt.

After reading the information in his hand for a while, Simon took the initiative to say, "I have negotiated with Robert Rem and he will stay."

Amy's eyes flickered, um, and waited for Simon to continue.

Simon didn't pause too much and continued: "You know, Amy, we had already agreed on the last dinner at the Iger's house, so he will join Daenerys Pictures next. My The plan is that your position will be changed to CEO of the company, mainly responsible for the company's day-to-day administration and film production business. Robert Rem and Robert Egger are also presidents, Rem is responsible for film distribution, and Iger is in charge of the TV business."

Amy nodded and finally relaxed.

During this time, Amy felt more and more unbelievable in her experience over the past year.The establishment of a small business less than two years ago has quickly grown into a top-tier second-line film company in her own hands. This is something she could never imagine.

Not to mention the rest, it's just that the value of the salary contract she had asked Simon from now had some staggering value.

5% of the company’s net profit share, according to Daenerys’ operating performance this year, her personal income is likely to easily reach more than 10 million US dollars. If you add forward equity awards of equal value in the contract, one The annual income exceeds 20 million US dollars.Throughout Hollywood, no executive can get such a horrible annual income.

A lot of times, Amy himself has some doubts, whether he is worth so much.

This suspicion has turned into worry in recent times.

You know, this year you can get 20 million US dollars, then next year, just with the successful "Who will become a millionaire" project, Daenerys Film’s operating performance will not be too bad. This year, such as " When Harry meets "Sally" and other projects, the later video tapes and TV broadcasting rights income will also start to bring generous income.By that time, her income may even be more.

This money Simon must be worthless this year.

However, according to the original contract, if Simon did not want to continue to pay her huge salary, he only had to pay a $1 million breach penalty to let her go.

Occasionally, Amy feels that if she is herself, she is likely to do so.

After all, such a terrible salary is enough for Simon to dig company managers who are far better than her.Daenerys's merger of New World Entertainment this time has exacerbated Amy's concerns because she discovered that it is only New World Entertainment's current CEO, Robert Rem, whose qualifications in all aspects exceed her.

Since Simon negotiated this deal with Jack Welch and others, Amy has been worried that Simon will let Robert Rem replace him.

Opposite the desk, Simon saw Amy nod, and said, "Oh, by the way, Robert also offered me a condition. Although the position is below you, he hopes to report directly to me personally. I agree. And, Iger will probably do the same after joining. Your qualifications are difficult to suppress the two of them, you should also know this, so I hope you can accept this and cooperate with both of them."

Amy was a little surprised, but she nodded again quickly.

After being silent for a moment, she took the initiative and said: "Simon, since there is a job adjustment, I think I can re-sign a salary contract."

Simon turned the page in his hand, looked up at Amy, and said with a smile: "Are you dissatisfied with the current compensation plan?"

Amy felt Simon’s relaxed tone, trying to roll her eyes at her young boss, but held back, saying: "I mean, I am paying too much now, I can take less Some. Probably, 2% is enough."

"It's not necessary," Simon shook his head. "Amy, you quit your position as vice president of Fox Pictures to work for me as a hairy kid, but it took a lot of risk. And, this year For many years, you have worked almost seven days a week, and I have not taken a vacation until now. This is very satisfying to me. I always think that hard work is more important than talent. If you don’t take care of this company, just rely on me One person, Daenerys Pictures is simply impossible to reach the present level. So, you are totally worthy of this reward. Of course, after the contract expires, Daenerys Pictures will definitely further develop and grow. If I plan to stay, I might not give you such a high share clause."

Convincing Amy to let go of her heart, the two discussed the two documents in front of Simon.

In the following days, Daenerys Films’ audit of New World Entertainment continued, and the North American summer season went unnoticed for another week.

From July 8th to July 14th, one of the most popular events in Hollywood is undoubtedly the smooth breakthrough of "Pulp Fiction".

In the sixth week of release, "Pulp Fiction" received another 9.87 million US dollars, and the cumulative box office reached 100.056 million US dollars. It successfully became the second box office 100 million work produced by Daenerys Pictures in 1988.Moreover, according to the box office trend of this movie, the box office potential of "Pulp Fiction" is definitely more than 100 million US dollars, and it will go further in the future.

With "Pulp Fiction" breaking through the box office, many people immediately turned their attention to Instinct, which was released on July 15.

During this time, various topics in the media about "Instinct" have not been interrupted.

Near the last week of the release, the gossip newspaper also revealed that the actor Michael Douglas refused to attend the news of the "Instinct" promotion because of a poster problem, which once again caused media discussion.

Fox Pictures has recently launched a huge multi-story "Instinct" poster in the prosperous areas of major North American cities, and even appeared in Times Square in New York.

However, in this poster, Michael Douglas, who is the new actor and the absolute actor of "Instinct", is completely invisible. In the entire poster, only the heroine Linda Fiorentino is alone and the queen is generally sexy. Sitting on the sofa with her legs curled up, she held a cigarette in her hand and lifted her chin slightly, looking proud and dangerous.

Anyone who has seen the original "Instinct" will definitely remember a certain episode of Sharon Stone sitting on the sofa with his legs out of the bottom when he was interrogated. Many "crazy fans" will also pause to watch frame by frame. Of course, the actual I can't see anything on it.But that plot was talked about by many people for many years.

This plot will still appear in the new version of Instinct, and the shots taken by Brian de Palma are no less than Paul Van Hoven.Linda Fiorentino's already proud and rebellious character is undoubtedly revealed in the film.Therefore, Simon specially set up a poster for this purpose.

Due to the high topic of Instinct, after this period of hard work, Fox Pictures finally expanded the scale of the opening painting again. When it was released on July 15, the number of opening screens of Instinct finally reached 1776.

As expected, "Instinct" was officially released and unsurprisingly triggered even stronger media controversy.

Moreover, due to Simon’s previous works, although it will also lead to various discussions, but carefully calculated, whether it is Simon’s personally directed “Laura Run”, “Pulp Fiction” or the Butterfly Effect handed over to others "And "The Grim Reaper Is Coming", the scripts of those films are excellent.

However, this time, in the eyes of many people, "Instinct" is completely a singular erotic film. This movie, except for a large number of big bed scenes, was rated as Simon Weiss in just a few days. One of Tello's worst works has even triggered condemnation from many Simon fans.