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, The fastest update of the latest chapter of Hunting Hollywood!"It's so beautiful here, Daenerys Studios is definitely the most special movie studio I have ever seen."

In the second floor area of ​​Daenerys Studios in Malibu, CNN TV female reporters Dana Rogan walked side by side with Amy Pascal in an office LoFT, and there were also lights and photography staff around. Everyone was recording a Interview.

Strolling in the open corridor outside the office area, Amy smiled: "Simon personally designed it, which is said to refer to the old factory building where many artists gathered in Soho, Manhattan."

Dana Logan looked at the busy staff in the surrounding open office area and nodded: "If I can work here, I would like to work overtime every day."

"We have been creating the most comfortable working environment for our employees as much as possible," Amy said, converging slightly, and solemnly said: "However, I still have to declare again that Daenerys Entertainment will never force Any employee works overtime."

Dana Logan did not shy away, and asked: "So, regarding the recent lawsuits of the three major unions on this ground, Amy, how do you explain?"

Amy thought for a while and said: "I think this is a natural enterprising nature of a new company, everyone is for Daenerys Entertainment to develop faster and better. And, not just the comfortable office in the studio Environment, the employees of Daenerys Entertainment, but the basic salary is at least 20% higher than other companies in the same industry. Therefore, I think that the three major unions have many accusations and lawsuits against Daenerys Entertainment, which seems very unreasonable. ."

Dana Logan nodded slightly, but immediately asked a sharp question: "However, Amy, how do you explain the memorandum of cooperation that Daenerys Entertainment just signed with Australia? If Daenerys Entertainment With the acquisition of mCA, the market share has increased again. Does this mean that more job opportunities will be lost in Hollywood?"

Amy did not answer directly, but looked at Dana Logan: "Dana, if you have a job with a more generous salary and a very good job, will you invite you? Will you accept it?"

Dana Logan paused and said, "Probably."

"That's the reason. After employees have the choice to work better, the company also has the freedom to move to a more relaxed business environment. The union's abuse of its power has forced the company too much, and the company's escape is inevitable. It's not just Daenerys Entertainment, In recent years, due to the restrictions of the California film industry, many studios have been continuously moving film shooting overseas."

Dana Logan couldn't help saying: "I suddenly thought of Detroit."

"Indeed, the decline of Detroit is a very regrettable thing, in which trade unions really have to bear a lot of responsibilities. Like some Latin American countries, their politicians, in order to win voters, completely disregard the affordability of a country's economy. The constant promise of high welfare has resulted in the collapse of the country’s economy, and it is the ordinary people who endured the suffering.”

"Amy, do you mean that this lawsuit by the three major labor unions is abusing their power?"

"As one of Hollywood's studios, we strictly abide by the basic agreement programs of major unions. Even after the acquisition of mCA, this situation will not be adapted. Any union member who cooperates with Daenerys Entertainment You will get a series of welfare guarantees such as pay, insurance, etc., which are even higher than those obtained from other studios. We have fulfilled all the obligations we should undertake, and the three major unions still come forward to obstruct Danieli With Silk Entertainment’s acquisition of mCA, it’s hard to imagine that there are other reasons besides abusing one’s own power.”

The interview took two hours to record, and Amy and Dana Logan traveled the entire Daenerys Studios.

Finally ended the interview, temporarily arranged the CNN team to rest, and Pat Kingsley, who had been standing by Amy as a public relations consultant, came over and turned over the memo: "There are many topics about Simon, which is easy to distract the audience. ,

Amy looked at Kinsley's memo and thought for a moment, then nodded: "No problem."

Pat Kingsley added: "Also, the remarks about Latin American countries are also somewhat inappropriate and can be easily borrowed. Daenerys Entertainment has a lot of business in Latin America and there is no need to trigger those in power. Disgusted."

Amy recalled the situation just now and said, "Does this section need to be re-recorded?"

"No, just do the editing."

Kingsley shook her head and talked about other issues.

The two discussed for more than ten minutes. Jin Sili turned to CNN's team to discuss the editing plan of the interview. Amy rushed to a meeting in the administrative district. The content was about the public relations of Da Ni Lisi Entertainment in the media level around the three major union lawsuits. And counterattack, as far as possible to promote the direction of public opinion to their side.

After Thanksgiving, briefly returned to Los Angeles a few days, Simon returned to the East Coast again, focusing on the operation of the Bell Atlantic acquisition.

The acquisition of Bell Atlantic was much smoother than mCA. Simon planned to take this company first, and arranged for Amy to make the public opinion on Hollywood side as loud as possible and attract more people’s attention. In order to reduce the various resistances that Westeros may encounter in the acquisition of Bell Atlantic.

Today’s interview is just one of Daenerys Entertainment’s most frequent recent arrangements.

In the interview process, Amy focused on the topic of the three major unions' "abuse of their own power", which is also a well-thought-out media public relations strategy.By doing so, the top three trade union leaders can be labeled with a “bureaucracy” that opposes ordinary union members, implying that a union executive is just playing with power and does not really seek welfare for union members, and then plays a kind of subconscious impression. Differentiate the role of trade unions.

In fact, the lawsuits of the three major trade unions did not bring any direct benefits to their members.

Moreover, I have to admit that, relying on a lot of salary and benefits higher than the industry and more opportunities for fame, Daenerys Entertainment is definitely the most popular studio in Hollywood in recent years, entertainment of all levels Industry practitioners are very inclined to cooperate for this company.

The cooperation agreement signed by Daenerys Entertainment with the Victorian Government of Australia and the plan to establish a film and television production base in Toronto, Canada, have aroused the disgust of some Hollywood practitioners, but more people still see this matter. To a large extent, the three major labor unions were the first to initiate litigation and provoked it. Daenerys Entertainment only made its own counterattack.

Unlike the usual strike, this lawsuit of the three major trade unions cannot bring direct benefits to their members, but it has caused many people to lose countless job opportunities. Then, under the public opinion that Daenerys Entertainment can create, the three major trade unions face One can imagine the pressure.

The interview with Amy appeared on the CNN channel the next day, followed by a survey article from the Los Angeles Times on employee compensation data for Daenerys Entertainment.

The three major labor unions accused Daenerys Entertainment of acquiring mCA in the lawsuit, which may lead to industry monopoly and trigger the deterioration of the industry's working environment. But in fact, whether it is far more comfortable and luxurious than the other Hollywood studios, Daenerys Shadow City, or Daenerys Entertainment's significantly higher salary level than studios in the same industry, proved that the accusations of the three major unions are difficult to hold.

Universal Studios Burbank.

When Barry Gordon, the chairman of the American Actors' Union, arrived, Lu Vasalman had just watched Amy's interview video, and his face was somber.

Barry Gordon is not in a good mood, but he is relatively lucky.

Two days ago, "Hollywood Reporter" exposed a scandal about George Cogo, chairman of the West Coast Branch of the American Screenwriting Union. An American Screenwriting Union member who had the right to vote in Oscar came out to publicly testify that the original "Pulp Fiction" selected the Oscar. At that time, George Cogo called him personally and asked him not to vote for Simon Westeros.

George Cogo made a firm denial for the first time and threatened to initiate a defamation lawsuit against the screenwriter.

However, everyone knows what the facts are.

This matter naturally could not have arisen out of thin air, and a series of articles appeared in the media immediately, pointing out that since Simon’s debut, he has launched "Laura Run", "Butterfly Effect", "The Grim Reaper", "Pulp Fiction", " "Sixth Sense of Soul" has new works.As a result, as Hollywood's best screenwriter, it even received recognition for the best editing and best soundtrack award in the technical category, but the American Screenwriters Union deliberately ignored it, not to mention the award, and even few nominations were given.

In fact, everyone in the circle knows that the root cause of this incident was the strike in 1988. The reality show that Daenerys Entertainment did not need to participate in the screenwriter made the strike very passive, and wGA finally had to make a compromise.However, under the operation of Daenerys Entertainment, this matter has become another proof of the Hollywood union's "abuse of its own power".

George Cogo’s term of office began in 1987, and he would not resign until the end of 1991.

Affected by the report in The Hollywood Reporter, George Kogo may be forced to resign as chairman of the WGA Western Conference in advance.

In fact, the most helpless of the three major trade unions during this time was Daenerys Entertainment's ability to control and guide public opinion.

A lot of careful people in the circle distribute, Daenerys Entertainment is far more always a media network than other studios. What is more difficult is that Simon Westero is rich enough.

Just at the end of the year, a series of film publishing companies produced by Daenerys Entertainment was significantly stronger than the end. It is said that Westeros approved an additional $20 million advertising budget for several films. Gucci, AOL, Cisco and many other companies suddenly launched a powerful wave of offensive again at the end of this year.

These can all mean generous advertising budgets.

As we all know, mainstream media in North America, whether it is a TV platform or a paper platform, the main source of income is advertising.

Although the advertising of Daenerys Entertainment is not enough to cover all types of media platforms, however, its field of involvement is also broad enough.

On the other hand, the mainstream media in North America have basically existed in the form of integrated media groups, like the Hurst Group and Newhouse Group with hundreds of newspapers, weekly magazines, and magazines, or with public television networks and cable. Metropolis/ABC Group of TV stations, radio stations, etc.

Daenerys Entertainment only put ads on some of these media groups, which is enough to make these media groups short-cut.

As a result, the efforts of the three major labor unions to try to counterattack in the media these days have had little effect. Many articles that refute Daenerys’ entertainment views have been stopped before they have even been published.This made the three major labor unions seem very passive. Coupled with the movement of Daenerys Entertainment to move film and television production overseas, it was not only the voice of opposition to continued confrontation with Daenerys Entertainment within the union. The people who had trouble with Silk Entertainment all retired.

Ordinary people always have a hard time understanding the power of capital, and they have to admit in the game that a super rich with a personal net worth of more than $20 billion, a rapidly emerging business empire, is indeed not so easy to provoke.

Entertaining Barry Gordon gave a cigar, and when the secretary brought coffee to leave, the two old men were silent in the office.

Lu Vasalman is in a bad situation these days.

Especially after Westeros suddenly announced the Bell Atlantic acquisition.

The shareholders of mCA were not too anxious, and waited patiently for the management led by Lu Wasalman to fight for more benefits for them.However, the Bell Atlantic acquisition has made many people nervous, worrying that the intentional procrastination of mCA management will lead to the failure of the acquisition.

Or, even if the acquisition is finalized, will the transaction price be lower than the last $7 billion quote from Daenerys Entertainment?

You should know that mCA's share price fell all the way after the announcement of the Bell Atlantic acquisition.

Coupled with the withdrawal of Panasonic and the disruption of the three major trade unions, it is difficult to say in which direction things will go.The dark clouds of the Gulf War have now enveloped the world, and the US economy is already weak. I recall the trauma that the Vietnam War had brought to the US economy. If this acquisition case becomes protracted, and the stock market goes down, the mCA will only collapse even more when the war breaks out. .

These days, Simon Westero has clearly turned his attention to the acquisition of Bell Atlantic on the east coast, and even ceased contact with mCA.Although in the media there is no compromise with the three major trade unions, many people feel that Westeros may be deliberately procrastinating and looking forward to the outbreak of war.

From Halloween's "Dangerous Ten Days", to "Dancing with Wolves" and "Pink Alliance", Da Nellis Entertainment has appeared in three films at the end of this year's period, which is enough to explain Danny Even if Lisi Entertainment does not have mCA, it is still developing rapidly.

Conversely, mCA is far from this kind of confidence.

As of now, the film produced by Universal Pictures in 1990 has not even had a box office that broke the 100 million box office. The best performance of "Back to the Future 3", the North American box office eventually only had more than 87 million US dollars."Dangerous Ten Days", which cooperated with Daenerys Entertainment, although selling similarly, has not reached the level of breaking 100 million.

Therefore, the demand for mCA by Daenerys Entertainment is really not so urgent.

If the management controlled by Lu Wasalman blindly delays Simon Westero's patience, the other party wants to cancel the acquisition, and even only needs to pay an exit fee of $60 million.Not to mention $60 million, even if it is more, for Westeros, it seems to be painless.

As for Lu Wasalman himself, he is now hesitant.

Some of the chips that Michael Owitz transferred to him have shrunk a lot compared to the agent's original plan.

Paramount Communications, which is enough to directly fight against Daenerys Entertainment, withdrew, and Meg Ryan, which may have caused a scandal, withdrew, originally intended to publicly oppose the acquisition of Dustin Hoffman, Tom Ke A few of Russ also retreated.

Now, the three major Hollywood labor unions that are most likely to suppress Daenerys' entertainment are losing ground under the recent public offensive.

Although he still has some cards in hand, Lu Wasalman really has little confidence.

Even if Westero is rushed, Vasalman is not sure whether the young man will bypass the mCA board directly to contact shareholders. He understands that Westeros didn’t do it, just wanted Through standard procedures such as board approval and shareholder voting, the goal of one-time acquisition of all shares of mCA was achieved.

Buying mCA shares directly from shareholders with cash may easily allow Simon Westero to take control of mCA, but he wants to buy all the shares of mCA, the more difficult it will become in the future, and many insist The shareholders who did not sell at the end will definitely sell for the price, causing Westeros to pay a higher and higher price.

However, even if you do not directly buy shares from shareholders, Westero can actually call mCA shareholders and vote to remove the current board of directors.

By that time, Lu Wasalman will lose his biggest support.

Of course, the biggest disadvantage of this is that this acquisition will become protracted.

However, no matter from which point of view, Lu Vasalman does not feel that the delay of this acquisition for several months will be harmful to Daenerys Entertainment.No one will think that after the outbreak of war next year, the US economy will not only continue to decline, but will quickly recover, which is not normal.

After quietly smoking a cigar, Barry Gordon first said: "Lu, we intend to reach a settlement with Daenerys Entertainment next week at the latest and withdraw the lawsuit."

Lu Wasalman heard the words, but only smiled bitterly.

The three major trade unions also seem to have no other better option.