Heads Up Hollywood

When he came to Bentonville, Tang En wanted to meet another young business hero——Kevin Turner.

He is the vice president and chief information officer of Wal-Mart Group.

Jeff Zucker became an executive at NBC Group when he was 26, and Kevin Turner became vice president a few years later at 29.

But relatively speaking, Kevin Turner is better.

Because he works for Wal-Mart, a top group company ranked among the top ten in the world by both Forbes and Fortune.

The position Tang En wanted to offer him was the senior vice president of New Universal Group and the CEO of the interactive entertainment department.

Originally, the headhunting company recommended two people to Tang En.

In addition to Kevin Turner, there is also Google's vice president Sheryl Sandberg.

When Tang En got the list, he couldn't laugh or cry.

These two people are more famous than the other!

Kevin Turner, the future COO of Microsoft!

Sheryl Sandberg, future Facebook COO!

After thinking for a while, Tang En still chose Kevin Turner.

On the one hand, Shirley Sandberg works for Google and has played an important role in Google's strategic promotion.

Tang En is a shareholder of Google, so it is impossible to poach his own corner.

On the other hand, from the perspective of work experience, Kevin Turner is more suitable for the position of CEO of the Interactive Entertainment Department of New Universal Group.

Although Shirley Sandberg was the deputy secretary of the Treasury Department in the Clinton administration when she was 26 years old, her qualifications are amazing. But her work direction is a bit single compared to Kevin Turner.

The Interactive Entertainment Department owns many seemingly irrelevant companies, such as Blizzard, Netflix, Mifflin Press, Marvel Entertainment, Dolby Laboratories, imax...

It is not easy to coordinate and integrate the businesses of these companies and play a role of mutual promotion.

Dunn is more optimistic about Kevin Turner, because after all, compared to Google, Wal-Mart's work is more complicated.

Kevin Turner is responsible for all of Wal-Mart's global information systems and IT businesses, as well as collecting and analyzing global market information.

More importantly, he is also the head of Wal-Mart Sam's Club, and has experience in communicating with business elites from all over the world.

This is enough to show that he is good at handling interpersonal relationships.

Some entrepreneurs are particularly bad at dealing with the media and the outside world. But in Hollywood, this is a necessary ability attribute.

No problem Kevin Turner!

However, Twain's poaching of Kevin Turner did not go smoothly. He is a technical person, good at the computer field, which is why he became a Wal-Mart executive at the age of 29.

Because talents in the direction of the Internet are very young.

New Global Group is a media company, which is completely contrary to Kevin Turner's career plan!

If it wasn't for Jack Welch's face, he wouldn't even agree to meet Tang En.

But Tang En was looking for a technical executive to be in charge of the interactive entertainment department!

Needless to say, Netflix and Blizzard will definitely make a big splash on the Internet; Marvel Entertainment and Mifflin Publishing House will also have e-books for sale in the future; imax and Dolby Laboratories are also real Technology companies...

In terms of "high-tech" content, New Global Group is much higher than Wal-Mart!

It's just that Kevin Turner is now the vice president of Wal-Mart Group. He switched to New Universal Group and is still the vice president.

Or from a top big company to a newly established company...

It's kind of like "relegation".

Fortunately, Kevin Turner did not bluntly refuse, but just talked and discussed again.

Give him enough time to understand the media field and New Universal Group before making a decision.

Dunn didn't force it either.

We'll talk about it after Barry Diller takes the stage.

With Barry Diller's prestige and qualifications, it should be easier to convince Kevin Turner.

Because he has actually managed an Internet e-commerce group.

In terms of technology, he is more convincing than Twain.

...

In Hollywood in September, there is no more madness of summer vacation.

Even "The Viceroy of New York," directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, did not produce a shining box office result.

The film opened in 2,342 theaters and was released for two weeks. It only received a North American box office of 38 million U.S. dollars, and an overseas box office of only 33 million U.S. dollars.

According to the forecast of the evaluation agency, the final North American box office of "New York Vice" will hardly exceed 75 million US dollars, and it would be good if the overseas box office can exceed 100 million US dollars.

It is impossible for this movie with an investment of 120 million U.S. dollars to make money at the box office.

Fortunately, this movie can win awards!

Moreover, with names such as Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day Lewis, and Cameron Diaz, the sales of the film's peripherals are not a big problem.

Bill McNick, Lon Meyer and others are very satisfied with such results.

MGM invested 120 million US dollars to make an R-rated film "Windtalker", which failed miserably at the box office, directly costing MGM's stock price in half. There are even rumors that MGM has entered the auction market.

But New Universal's "New York Times" is also an R-rated film with an investment of 120 million US dollars.

In particular, the film critics have a good reputation and have a good future for winning awards.

What is there to be dissatisfied with?

It's impossible for every movie to be "Spider-Man" and "Pirate Alliance", right?

"The Viceroy of New York" is not a purely commercial film.

But Tang En always felt a little dull.

After six years of hard work in Hollywood, he finally got his wish and established the New Universal Group. From a Hollywood filmmaker, he began to attack the position of a media tycoon.

This is definitely something to be proud of!

It has indeed attracted widespread public attention.

But Tang En always felt that something was missing.

Usually when a happy event happens, there will be a congratulatory gift.

It would be even better if there is more happiness.

If the box office of "The Wind and Cloud of New York" is a big hit, it will send a resounding gift to the establishment of the New Universal Group.

But the current situation is not.

The return of Barry Diller attracted doubts and opposition, not the sensational effect of "Spider-Man" when it was released.

"Without a congratulatory gift, this will not work."

Tang En sat in the office, pondering for a long time.

Can't the New Universal Group be established quietly like this?

Even if there are no congratulatory gifts, at least a few salutes must be fired, right?

"This is the "Warcraft" outline that was handed in just now, please take a look." Isla Fisher walked over and handed Dunn a document.

Blizzard has already acquired, and the American drama project of "Warcraft" is officially launched.

"Let's put it here." Tang En didn't rush to look through it, and suddenly said, "I'm out of town for the past few days. Has anything happened in Hollywood?"

Isla Fisher blinked. "What? What?"

"scandal."

"Scandal?" Isla Fisher's eyes widened. "Then I don't know! You should ask the brokerage company about this kind of thing, they often deal with it."

Tang En waved his hand, and then he contacted CAA's Brian Lord.

Brian Lord was a little surprised when he heard Tang En's words, but also a little funny, "Why are you interested in this kind of thing? What kind of scandal are you talking about? In Hollywood, unbearable things happen all the time. It's all happening."

"for example?"

"Fresh Pictures and Peter Jackson's talks broke down, saying that the accounts were confused and there were suspicions of internal manipulation."

Tang En frowned, "The degree... is a little bit lighter, no, it's better to be a scandal about the relationship between men and women, which can attract social attention."

"Huh?" Brian Lord was taken aback. "Arousing social attention? Dunn, you don't mean to expose it, do you?"

"It's exposure!"

"This is impossible!" Brian Lord immediately vetoed, "The private affairs of the stars, not to mention the reaction of public opinion in the circle, won't this cut off our money?"

"It's not the celebrity's personal business." Tang En frowned, and slowly explained his thoughts.

After hearing this, Brian Lord was angry and funny.

It turned out that this kid Tang En couldn't hold his breath anymore. The New Universal Group was established, but he didn't receive any congratulatory gifts, so he wanted to start a firecracker!

To show this important thing to the outside world.

The easiest way is to take a topic that can arouse widespread concern in the society, and let Tang En incarnate as an envoy of justice to come forward to solve it.

On the one hand, it reflects his strength and value as the big boss of New Global Group, and on the other hand, it makes New Global famous by taking advantage of the popularity.

"If that's the case...it's easy to handle." Brian Lord said thoughtfully.

"Oh?" Tang En was very excited, "Do you have materials? Give them to me!"