Hollywood New Century

In the evening, Simon was resting with Emily Blunt in his arms in his high-rise mansion in the City of London.

A cross-ocean phone call came from Nina Jacobson at the Xinghai headquarters to report on the script of "Iron Man 3".

"Master Manchu? Who approved, is he a fool or an idiot?" Simon knew what was going on when he heard that the script of "Iron Man 3" was going to include the story of Master Manchu.

"It was suggested by Tim Connors, the operating officer of Marvel Studios, and supported by Jean Mayer and Adam Ferguson. The previous "Tai Chi" had very good earnings, and everyone felt that adding Chinese elements to Marvel would be more beneficial In the Chinese market..." Of course Nina Jacobson knows that this kind of thing can be big or small, of course it's good to add Chinese elements, especially now that Xinghai Entertainment is cooperating with China on the Shanghai Universal Studios Resort.

But what is the image of the Manchurian? What is the Ten Rings Gang? The organization that kidnapped Tony Stark in the "Iron Man 1" comics was the Ten Rings Gang, and the film was replaced by a terrorist organization in the Middle East.

Now, the Chinese market has obviously become more and more important. Isn't it waiting for China to boycott when joining the Ten Commandments and Manchurians?

"Huh, wait for me to come back!" Simon understands what's going on, the guy Adam Ferguson and Jean Mayer messed around in Universal Pictures before, bullied Panasonic and didn't understand, and fooled General Electric, a layman, to make a mess of Universal Pictures .

"What's wrong?" Emily Blunt on the side looked at the time, it was past 11 o'clock in the evening. It's almost 3 p.m. in Westworld, 6 p.m. ET.

"It's okay, go to sleep, I'm going back to Los Angeles tomorrow!" Simon continued to hug the girl and lie down after kissing the girl.

The next morning, Simon flew directly back to Los Angeles on a private jet.

In the afternoon, he appeared in the office of Xinghai Entertainment headquarters and learned about all the events.

Simon, who has long been disliked by the original two wastes of Universal, Jean Mayer and Adam Ferguson, does not intend to stay.

"How's the layoff going?" Simon asked Nina Jacobson.

"Universal Entertainment has laid off more than 3,500 people in total, NBC has laid off more than 500 people, and we have sold Focus Pictures and Hulu Network. Now the staff is streamlined and will not appear redundant," Nina Jacobs Buson didn't know what Simon meant, of course he responded truthfully.

"Are Warner Bros. going to fire Alan Horn?" Simon asked again.

"According to the news, there should be no plans to renew the contract!" Nina Jacobson seemed to smell an unusual smell.

Sure enough, Simon then said directly: "Notice to dismiss Jean Mayer and Adam Ferguson, and Tim Connors of Marvel Studios will be transferred to the TV department of Marvel Entertainment to be responsible for the production creativity of Marvel TV. ."

"Alan Horn was invited to be the co-founder and operating officer of Universal Pictures, Dick Cook was transferred to be the president of Netflix Video to be responsible for Netflix's online film and television production, and Donna Langley was transferred to be the president of Universal Pictures. She is still in charge of Star Films," Simon gave the order very bluntly, and said at the same time,

"Also, the creative committee of Marvel Studios was dissolved directly, and Kevin Feige was in charge of the creativity of the Marvel Universe. Now, Kevin Feige will report directly to you or me!"

The creative committee of Marvel Studios really can't do much, what is the film for? In order to open up the market, to earn box office, to sell toy figures, and for the number of tourists in Universal Studios Resort!

It's not for the ideas of you guys and those ridiculous comics, any villain needs to see influence, and it doesn't meet the needs of appearance.

"Finally, you go directly to Kevin Feige and talk about the "Iron Man 3" script, he will understand. Also, Lucasfilm President and COO Ms. Micheline Chow Steve has left, this is a talent, invited to Marvel Studios as president and COO to assist Kevin Feige!"

When Nina Jacobson walked out of Simon's office, she still felt a little scared. This time, the top executives of Universal Pictures were almost gone!

In the past 10 years, Xinghai Entertainment has also rushed to the first place in the North American market because of the acquisition of Universal Pictures. However, there is a bit of a stretch when it comes to awards.

In the past Golden Globe Awards, "Black Swan" was shortlisted for best drama film; at the same time, when the Oscar nominations were announced at the end of the month, "Black Swan" was shortlisted for best picture, best director and best actress. Another release, "The Rabbit Hole," landed Nicole Kidman a nominee for Best Actress.

At the same time, the high-level personnel transfer of Xinghai Entertainment also caused various speculations in Hollywood. Jean Mayer of Universal Pictures and Adam Ferguson left together;

In February, Alan Horn, the chairman of Warner Bros., left to take over the role of co-founder of Universal Pictures, joining Nina Jacobson at the helm of Starsea Entertainment's Universal Pictures Entertainment segment.

The famous Marvel Studios introduced Michelin Zhou, a Chinese executive of Lucasfilm. In the process of creating the Lucas Entertainment IP, this thin Chinese female elite has made great contributions.

Of course, the most worrying thing is the Disney Group. After all, both Alan Horn and Micheline Zhou are talents who are good at creating large-scale commercial IPs.

Last year, the focus of Xinghai Entertainment was shifted to Universal Studios Resort. Now the rise of Marvel Entertainment and the emergence of Lighting Entertainment have all allowed Disney to see the determination and means of its competitors.

After all, the sale of Focus Pictures has made Xinghai Entertainment less competitive in terms of awards, and the focus of Xinghai Entertainment has become

Focus on the location of large commercial films.

Although Disney just acquired Lucas Entertainment last year and held the "Star Wars" series in its hands, it is not easy to restart "Star Wars".

George Lucas has too much power over "Star Wars", and the low reputation of the previous "Star Wars Prequel" trilogy has made him say that he will no longer direct "Star Wars".

Burbank, Disney headquarters, as Disney chairman Robert Iger frowned.

Alan Horn still went to Xinghai Entertainment, although he had heard that Simon Pike had been in contact with him before. However, Disney also hopes to hire him, after all, commercial blockbusters will definitely be the mainstream box office in the future.

Alan Horn's big ip, big production, and big publicity strategy is very consistent with Disney's positioning. In the development of live-action movies, Disney is really not as good as the other five.

Disney's blockbusters are basically co-operated with gold medal producer Jerry Bruckheimer, but last year's two big productions led by Jerry Bruckheimer cost 160 million "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" and 200 million US dollars in production cost. Prince of Persia: The Blade of Time was a fiasco. Disney's own blockbuster, $170 million "Tron: Legacy," also failed.

Three major productions fail in one year, and Disney is also very uncomfortable! Disney desperately needs fresh blood to fill the void in live-action movies.

"However, the young people are still a little bit restless, so they made a big layoff, and the high-level executive who led the layoff was fired. Even if the contract expires, this time is not a good choice," Robert Iger muttered. , what do the outside world think? What do the people think? What do the media think?