Chapter 149: Crazy Chase
'Click! ’
The next day, Song Ya was woken up by the soft sound of the door closing, and when he opened his eyes, Amy and Shakira were there, that is, Mira had just left.
The suite in the studio lounge had no windows, and it was impossible to tell the time by the natural light outside, so he glanced at the alarm clock on the bedside table, and it was only past six o'clock.
But he also had to get up, the shooting task was very tight, and he had to hurry back to Chicago after filming his scene, and he yawned and got up to wash.
"Today's shooting schedule." Outside, in the dressing room, Taragi had already prepared breakfast.
"Hmm."
Song Ya took a brief look, and the director Lao Larry arranged to make up the footage of the football game during the day, which was about a close-up of himself with the ball, shooting, etc., and the picture did not need to take care of the stands, which was more cost-effective.
In the evening, there is also a confession scene and a kiss scene with Mira in the grove.
"It's been another busy day!" He sighed as he ate.
"There's a lot of media that want to interview you about the new president of Sony Columbia Records." Taraghi said.
"Did Rick Rubin call me back?"
"Nope."
"That's all pushed."
Song Ya wanted to communicate with Rick Rubin first before making a statement.
Motura did not succeed in the 'restoration', so now the situation is simple, he is only left with the position of MJ's administrator, and since MJ's rejection of Hayden, the preparation of public opinion on his side has begun.
Doesn't MJ suddenly marry a white nurse in Australia? This is no less than a bolt from the blue for MJ's fans, especially female fans, ex-wife Elvis Presley's daughter is the right one for him, and the nurse named Debbie Rowe is not only Pop, but also nearly forty years old! She was born in five or eight years!
It's like a flower stuck in cow dung, and his fans are heartbroken.
One MJ fan posted on the fan section of the Amerika Music website, saying that marrying Debbie Rowe was definitely not MJ's intention, and that he was manipulated by the people around him.
This post attracted the attention of Delay, and after discussing with Song Ya, the two and Ms. Sloan quickly finalized and concocted a conspiracy theory based on the views of the post: MJ was indeed controlled by a sinister villain around him, and the manager Motura was the boss behind the scenes, the big bad guy, and then reasonably deduced Motura's racism, monitoring its artists, and suppressing African stars such as Mariah Carey and APLUS.
MJ was not treated well by tabloids, and now there are many lazy and 'flexible' entertainment reporters who specialize in squatting in various gossip sources on the Internet and copying news, and these well-crafted new posts have already spread through Delai's account.
After MJ fans and melon-eating people were guided, some people began to call for him to replace Motura, or said that they didn't understand why he wanted to keep such a person by his side.
"Now that Motura has decided last night that he won't be able to go back to Sony Columbia Records, I think from today onwards, the mainstream media will have no scruples."
In the afternoon, Song Yagang had just filmed a shot of her teammates celebrating wildly after a goal, and Ms. Sloan rushed back from Washington.
"I hope so."
For the mainstream media, they still lack influence, and when it comes to another black light, black media such as A+CN, Inner City Broadcasting Company, and BET will 'close on time', so they can only make the dishes as good as possible and serve them out, and the initiative of whether to eat or not is still in the mainstream media themselves.
"Good work, Sloane, well done." He gave Sloan a big hug.
"Hmm."
Sloan stood straight, his body didn't give any response, and continued to talk about business, "Underwood hinted to me that he put a lot of pressure on Howard Stringer, which is why it was Rick Rubin who came out last night, and you took the time to call and thank him." ”
"This guy, after the deed is done, will always point to himself to ask for credit, in fact, how much role does he really play...... Who knows? ”
None of this can be said to each other, and Song Ya expresses distrust in Underwood, a repeat player who cheats on points.
"A thank you call won't be missing a piece of meat." Sloan said.
"Of course, I'll fight. You rest first, and I'll be back shortly. ”
The crew was urging, Song Ya opened the door of his makeup car, ran back to the court and filmed a scene where he was robbed by the opponent because he was too alone to kick the ball.
"Pass me the ball! Don't you see me running out of the void!? ”
Mira, a teammate dressed as a man, rushed over and yelled and complained in her ear.
In this plot, the two were having a conflict because of a misunderstanding, and Song Ya pushed her away with a straight face, ignoring her, cold and violent.
"Cards!"
Old Larry shouted to stop, and after a while he announced with satisfaction, "UH, APLUS, SOMEONE CALLED ME JUST NOW AND SAID THAT SOMEONE FROM TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX WOULD BE COMING LATER TO VISIT YOU." He called Song Ya, who was hurrying back to the van.
"I know."
Song Ya nodded to indicate that he knew, since yesterday he expressed his intention to invest in the Titonic to Xiao Lizi's agent, the president of Fox Film personally called him in the morning, and then they found their agent Donovan to help with the project, and at noon simply called Yeremov, who was in Los Angeles, to the Fox headquarters, making it clear that he wanted to launch a crazy chase after himself, the owner who could potentially save him from bankruptcy.
"By the way, what did Jesse Helms's people say?"
The Titanic project has burned more than 100 million, and it can't afford to wait for a long delay in time, and Fox Films is in urgent need of life-saving money, so the result of this investment should be very soon when it really enters the negotiation stage. Although there is a competitor in Paramount Pictures, now the initiative is completely in his own hands, he has money, and he is willing to invest, but he is not in a hurry, let Yeremov talk first, and strive to get the best investment conditions, the key is that the box office share and follow-up income are not pitted, 60 million is enough for a single Hollywood action blockbuster, which is not a small amount of money.
The facial paralyzed man stard at a relaxed and happy scene, and Song Ya returned to the van to continue the conversation with Sloan, which was the main purpose of her trip to Washington.
"The softening of the special prosecutor's attitude should be because of Gordon's black information about Danburton's extramarital affair."
Sure enough, Sloan said, "I've asked Gordon to hold off on breaking the news, but the investigation still has to continue, and try to dig up more, so that we have a nuclear bomb in our hands." ”
"If I knew I wouldn't have spent so much money on a lawyer......
Wonderfully unfolded, Song Ya and Sloan didn't expect Jesse Holmes to do so much for Danburton, and they couldn't help but regret it.
"What?" Sloan didn't hear his whispering clearly.
"Nothing." Song Ya shook his head.
As the shooting continued, the two took time to chat, and after discussing important matters, Sloan asked about his meeting with Ovitz last night.
"Ovitz didn't surprise me in any way."
Ovitz arrived late last night, and the two chatted for a long time, not as Song Ya intended, he guessed that it was because Ovitz had planned to come over as a savior after he got Motura back to Sony Columbia Records, but all this came to naught with the appearance of Rick Rubin, a dark horse.
So Ovitz talked all night about his good relationship with the top management of the book headquarters,After all, he was the one who facilitated Sony、Panasonic and other book companies acquired Columbia Pictures、Sony Columbia Records and Universal,As a 'rice traitor',It's not surprising that he has a close relationship with the book.。
But Song Ya doesn't need these very much now, and he is about to scatter with Sony, and the high-level people over there will not reconcile with him for the sake of Ovitz's face.
"A CEO who has just been swept away by the Hollywood Seven makes a special trip across the United States to meet you at such a critical moment, which shows how important you are in his mind." Sloan said.
"Well, Disney Emperor Eisner gave him 140 million severance pay, but at the same time, he also signed a non-compete clause not to hold positions in other companies in the film industry, so the other big six in Hollywood are out of play, and major agencies such as CAA and William Morris have joined forces to ban him, and stars like me are not easy to find now."
Song Ya agreed with Sloane, "The problem now is: Ovitz sticks to me and doesn't want to leave, he has to get something from me, and he doesn't use me very much, and I think he understands that, so he's a little annoying right now." ”
"How?" Sloan asked.
"Eisner's promise of 140 million to him is still a twist, and Disney's board of directors passed, but the shareholders disagreed, and they wanted to file a lawsuit against the board......"
The reason why he can be called the emperor is that Eisner's control over the Disney board of directors reached its peak after driving out Katzenberg and Ovitz in a row, and he used options and super high salaries to buy off many directors and executives, in fact, the contract he gave to Ovitz during his honeymoon period was also very good, so Ovitz was able to use Eisner's eagerness to get rid of himself to dig up 140 million.
But the shareholders didn't want to continue to endure, their shares were diluted by Eisner's options and ultra-high salaries for himself and his executives, and if they didn't do anything, they would be taken over by the dove, and they began to make Eisner and the board of directors rebel, claiming to launch a lawsuit.
Therefore, it is not certain how much Ovitz will get in the end, depending on the outcome of the lawsuit of Disney's shareholders and board of directors, which is 140 million, and the lawsuit is likely to last for many years.
"Ovitz went out of his way to show me how big his contacts were, revealing that Warren Buffett, the world's second richest man and legendary investor, and Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple and owner of Pixar Animation, were all behind his rivalry with Eisner, and behind Jobs was Oracle founder Larry Ellison. Balabala......"
Song Ya learned from Ovitz's tone and said to Sloane.
"Those bigwigs supported him at the time, and they were just happy to see him get rid of Eisner, right?"
Sloan laughed, "But he failed, so he lost his usefulness to those tycoons, otherwise why would he come to chase you madly?" ”
"That's right, no matter how fanciful he blows the social circle, it doesn't mean anything to me, after all, I don't plan to change agencies for the time being. He's no longer the same agent he used to be when he thinks about his clients, he's now a billionaire with money but can't find a new direction to start a new business. ”
"He wanted a lot more from me than I thought because we both lacked trust in each other...... Seems to want to grab some of my handles, so I just said he's getting a little annoying. ”
"Handle? If you don't cooperate with him, will he be your enemy in the Barn case? Sloan asked.
"No, if he dares to threaten like this, he will immediately become my enemy."
Song Ya shook his head, "It's still the 140 million, and he hinted to me that Disney's payment method may not be entirely cash, maybe he will take the Met record discount out of Disney, because he can't go back to the film company because of the non-compete clause, but he can devote himself to the record industry...... Maybe journalism, do you remember when he said he would take some ace journalists out of the ABC? Without Disney's distribution system, Met Records would be worthless to me, and the potential of the artists I had signed for that label would be buried. ”
"In other words, we have one more game partner."
After all, it was Ovitz, who had called for wind and rain, and Sloan was a little worried, "If he is bent on causing trouble, the destructive power will be amazing." ”
"I'm a little tired from fighting people, Sloan......"
Song Ya didn't want to add an enemy of Ovitz's level to fight around, and Motula, the former president of one of the six major record companies, was still alive and kicking around, "Anyway, I decided to skip the stage of mutual testing and games, and start a business with him first, becoming friends and partners." ”
"What business?"
"Publisher, Litman also called me today, the news that I intend to spend 60 million to invest in the Titanic spread quickly, Littleman was afraid that I would change my mind, he said that he had stripped off the conservative media in the asset portfolio, and the acquisition negotiations could start again. And I will sign a VAM agreement with Ovitz, and he will be responsible for the acquisition on my behalf, and Goodman and Hamlin's law firm will assist and supervise it, and the more the price will be pressed from Littleman, the more Owitz will get the commission, which is his old business, and it is also the first time I have tested the waters with him. ”
Song Ya replied: "It just so happens that I don't have the energy to play any marathon negotiations with Litman now, so I'll leave that guy to Ovitz to deal with." ”