Hollywood Hunter

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Returning to the office building in the administrative district, Amy Pascal was waiting for him in the rest area next to Simon's office on the fifth floor.

Simon had dinner with Spielberg at noon, and Amy also had no time, but invited Robert Rem.

After the acquisition of New World Entertainment, Robert Rem of New World Entertainment was retained by Simon as the president of the company responsible for the film distribution business of Daenerys Entertainment. The contract period was from August 1988 to July 1991 for a total of three years. That is due next month.

Because of some unpleasant events such as salary increase and job change, coupled with Simon's fact that he does not recognize Rem's ability, the other party's age is still a little too old, so this time I don't plan to renew the contract.

Amy talked to Rem at noon about the other party's resignation next month

After Robert Rem leaves, his position will be taken over by Mark Belford, whom Simon has been cultivating in recent years.

Instructing Amy not to get up, Simon sat down opposite her and asked, "How's talking with Bob?"

Amy put a newspaper she had just read casually on the round table in front of her and said, "Bob has officially signed with Paramount yesterday. After completing the handover of affairs here next month, he will officially leave."

Since the acquisition of mca by Daenerys Entertainment, Lehman has actually started looking for the next home.

Simon also knew about it, and Martin Davis, chairman of Paramount Communications, also greeted him specifically.

Although some suspicions have arisen, Rem has been due diligence in the past three years, so Daenerys Entertainment’s public caliber is only due to normal job adjustments.

There is no negative news. Daenerys Entertainment's performance in film production and distribution in recent years is obvious to all. It has witnessed the rise of Daenerys Entertainment's Robert Rem naturally becoming the object of other studios.Shirley Lansing, who was expected to join Paramount, was intercepted by Simon and went to MGM. In order to revive Paramount's deteriorating film business in recent years, Martin Davis invited Rem to serve as Paramount Pictures. The new president of the industry.

"It's not bad," Simon said, thinking for a while and then said, "In addition, take the time to arrange a departure party for Bob in the company's name, all the courtesies should be given."

Amy nodded and said, "You are going to the UK next week, so, scheduled for the middle of the month?"

"Wonder Woman" has been filmed in the UK for two weeks. After the preliminary run-in, there will be some key shots next week.As the independent project of Daenerys Entertainment, Simon can no longer just check the shooting samples regularly by remote control like "The Flash", but intends to rush over and follow up for a week in person.

"It's still scheduled at the end of the month. In addition to the "Wonder Woman", I plan to go to Finland and perhaps Italy. Finally, I might have to stay on the east coast for a few days. AOL's ipo is officially confirmed on July 12. number."

Amy promised, and said again: "I'm really worried about which day you don't care about Daenerys."

"Can't let go," Simon smiled self-deprecatingly, "I'm actually the kind of guy with a strong desire for power."

Amy shook her head slightly and looked at Simon, saying: "I don't think this is bad, Daenerys Entertainment, and all other companies in the Westeros system. Without your personal control, it is difficult to say what will develop. Look."

Simon took a sip of the coffee from the female assistant and smiled and nodded, "It's a nice compliment. I'll say more of this in the future."

Amy also laughed, gossiping, and talking about the business again: "I have completed the layoffs of 1,000 people during this time, but the company's production department and distribution department still have more serious redundancy issues. The original belongs to mca Many of the employees are also very cryptic about our failure to mention their salary at the same level as Daenerys Entertainment’s employees, and some people are still trying to contact the union to intervene."

After winning the mca, Simon initially planned to abolish 3,000 people,

It's just that the matter has just released some rumors and found the strong attention of the media, trade unions and federal government departments.

In order to avoid the outsourcing of the two acquisitions that had just been settled at that time, Daenerys Entertainment had to quickly publicly promise to lay off only 1,000 people.

Prior to the merger, the salary level of Daenerys Entertainment employees was significantly higher than that of MCA and other studios in the same industry. Because the layoff plan was not implemented, Simon did not follow the usual practice of incorporating Daenerys Entertainment’s MCA Employee salaries have increased to a considerable level.

In addition, in order to divert employees, Simon also strengthened the construction of various overseas branches of Daenerys Entertainment during this time, and continuously dispatched many employees to overseas markets such as Europe, Latin America and Asia.

Now I heard Amy mention this again, Simon put his expression on his face and seriously considered for a moment: "The employees of the production and distribution department are dispatched as much as possible. You can also choose to be transferred to the recording and game departments that Nancy controls. These businesses are largely common. In terms of compensation, they can be given a formal notice, and if they want to adjust at least one year later, the company needs to make an accurate assessment of their capabilities."

Amy said: "Actually, most people still don't want to be sent abroad. Especially in Eastern Europe and Latin America, and some countries in Asia, you know."

"These are the top priorities for Daenerys Entertainment's next overseas expansion. Even if you can't make money now, cultivate the market in advance and let people there familiarize with the brand Daenerys Entertainment. We will have sooner or later Gained. The next expatriate plan, um... I personally talk to Mark tomorrow, and employees don’t need to move too much, since they are paid, and they hope to get more in the future, they should accept the transfer."

Simon said this, weighed it a bit, and added: "Wait early next year, if there is still a redundancy situation, the second layoff will be made. At that time, it doesn't matter if someone says anything."

The two then discussed the progress of preparations for Universal Studios in Osaka, Japan. Amy also needs to leave Los Angeles to fly to Japan next week.

As he was saying, hello came from behind.

Simon turned his head and looked, the female assistant brought a middle-aged man, and stood up with Amy.

The name is Tom Pollack, who was the president of Universal Pictures under the original mca.

Tom Pollack is in his forties and is not tall. The typical Jewish man has a big nose, some baldness, and a pair of recognizable drooping eyes.

Luca Salman, the chairman of mca, and Sid Zinberg, the president, after the transaction is completed, only officially assume the title of advisor to everyone who knows what nature and officially resigned.

After the merger of the two companies, because Amy needed to oversee the entire Daenerys entertainment industry, it was impossible to take care of Daenerys' film business again. Simon left Tom Pollack behind.

After this period of adjustment, Tom Pollack's current position is the president of Daenerys Pictures, and is also responsible for the separation and integration of Universal Studios and the three brands under Daenerys Entertainment.

As the core movie label of Daenerys Entertainment, Simon handed over the position of president to Tom Pollack, seemingly to Elaine Doichman, president of High Gate Pictures, and Danny Mo, president of New World Pictures. The two "old men" of Reese are somewhat unfair, but in fact, Tom Pollack's authority is smaller than the other two.

Gaomen Pictures and New World Pictures will further develop into two production and distribution systems focusing on their own subject matter. Therefore, Doicman and Danny Morris belong to the ranks of feudal officials.

For Daenerys Pictures, the real power is still in Simon’s hands. Tom Pollack only plays an auxiliary role, mainly responsible for administrative affairs such as contract negotiation, personnel communication, and budget formulation.

As a studio's core creative rights, Tom Pollack can't touch his finger, and the release of the label's films will also be handled by Mark Belford, who will soon succeed Robert Rem.Moreover, Tom Pollack's original concurrent post of director of mca's cinemaplexodeon chain theater company was also replaced by Nancy Brill.

However, although Tom Pollack was not satisfied with his current situation, he did not complain too much.

There was even some luck.

Because of Simon's insistence on the control of mca, Tom Polak originally thought that after the deal was reached, he also needed to leave like Lu Vasalman and Sid Simberg, but he did not expect to stay.

You know, Hollywood is a radish and a pit.

Just now again from the eighth to the seventh largest studio, the same position, Warner Brothers has Terry Semel, Colombia has Peter Cooper and John Peters, Fox has Joe Rose, MGM has snow Li Lansing, Disney has Jeffrey Kasenberg.The last Paramount was basically locked in by Robert Rem, who was about to resign from Daenerys.

As for Daenerys, it is even more powerful,

Tom Pollack did not have a large sum of money to provide for old-age pensions like Vasalman and Simberg. Only in his forties, he was not willing to provide such pensions, but if he left, the first-line studio did not have his. The location, the second and third line studios can't accommodate his big Buddha, and can't find a suitable position in the short term.

Now, I can get the position of President of Daenerys Pictures, although the power is not great, but Daenerys Pictures under Daenerys Entertainment.Executives with a little experience in Hollywood understand that this is definitely a very gilt position.

The executives of Hollywood studios are constantly changing. If they can’t climb in this position for a few years, they will surely get the head of a studio with real power like Robert Rem when they leave. The position of the person, even if it is the person in charge of the entire media group at a higher level, is not impossible.

Everyone said hello and Amy left to do her business.

Simon didn't go back to his own office. He continued to sit next to the table and chairs in the lounge area with floor-to-ceiling windows and talked to Pollack about his work.

"I met with the agents of Robert Redford and Adrian Lane separately in the morning. The two should have communicated in private. Compared to the initial salary of 5 million US dollars, plus 15% of the gross income of the local box office, this time both After making some concessions, I finally talked about the share ratio of 10%, and Adrian’s basic pay was reduced to 3 million."

Tom Pollack is talking about the "Peachy Deal" project in which Daenerys Entertainment and Paramount worked together.

After Brian de Palma withdrew from the theme because he was worried that he could not control it, Simon sent an invitation to the original director of the film, Adrian Lane.

Speaking of Adrian Lane, there may not be many people who know, but when it comes to "Love You Nine and a Half Weeks", probably many people will immediately see the various flowers of Mickey Locke and Kim Basinger Lingering.

Adrian Lane is the director of "Love You Nine and a Half Weeks".

However, although "Love You Nine and a Half Weeks" is famous for its controversy, it is not the most popular movie of Adrian Lane. In fact, "Love You Nine and a Half Weeks" has a very poor box office.Ryan's most popular movie was "Fatal Temptation", which starred Michael Douglas and sold 300 million US dollars at the box office worldwide four years ago.

Prior to this, Adrian Lane also filmed a "Dance of Lightning" squeezed into the top ten at the box office in 1983. The song and dance film that roughly followed the "fat" was also controversial, but at a cost of $4 million. In North America, it earned more than 90 million US dollars at the box office, ranking third at the box office list at the time.

Despite such successes as "Lightning Dance" and "Fatal Temptation", the box office performance of Adrian Lane's films has not been stable over the years.

After "Fatal Temptation", Ryan last year and the gold writer Bruce Joy Robin who made his name with "The Ghost Story", "Alien Life", the production cost of 25 million US dollars, but the North American box office was only 26 million dollars. .

Coupled with the director’s low production rhythm of directing a film for an average of three years, Ryan struggled to maintain a first-line level in film pay.

Simon listened to Tom Pollack and was very satisfied with the success of his work.

Since the two wanted to be split, Robert Redford’s $5 million base pay and Adrian Lane’s $3 million base pay were exactly what Simon expected.

As for the 10% local box office gross revenue share, here refers to 10% of the portion of the box office account that Daenerys Entertainment obtained from the theater.If calculated according to the proportion of the local box office of 100 million US dollars and 55% of the studios, 10% is roughly equivalent to 5.5 million.

As long as the two can ensure that the "Peachy Deal" local box office broke 100 million, and each will take another 5.5 million US dollars, they also deserve it.

Tom Pollack confirmed that Simon had no opinion on the two pay packages, and then said: "In this case, I will sign a contract with Bob and Lane as soon as possible. In addition, for the heroine, Demi Moore’s agent gave The offer price is 5 million US dollars. I talked with icm several times, and the other party did not give in. They said that Moore is not short of film appointments."

Demi Moore is the original heroine of The Peach Trade.

Simon has been hesitant about letting Moore appear in this role again this time. He has read the original book and the script and feels that the heroine Diana should be the type of Xiaojia Biyu.

Demi Moore.

Probably because of too many scandals about the other party's mess, it is difficult for Simon to put Moore into this role.

Listening to Pollack's words at this moment, Simon rethought for a moment and said, "Then forget it, you contact Valerie."

"Valerie Galino?"

"Well. Her performance in "Rain Man" fits Diana's image very well."