Sure enough, he turned his anger on himself, Lester Reed sighed inwardly. But in this case, he didn't dare to refute, otherwise he would definitely be kicked out.
"Mr. Cohen, maybe we can try to... try to negotiate with Eric Williams and re-sign the sharing agreement."
"That's what you came up with?" Blunt Cohen sneered. "If you were Eric Williams, would you agree to re-sign the agreement?"
Lester Reed bit the bullet and said: "Eric Williams should know that according to the current box office trend, it is very unfair to Columbia, which has invested far more than him, so..."
Before Lester Reed finished speaking, Blunt Cohen slapped the table and shouted: "Enough, fairness, when have you ever seen fairness in this world? What I want is a countermeasure, one that can fight for more for Colombia." A response to interests, not whims."
Lester Reed lowered his head silently, no longer speaking. Blount Cohen looked at the others and finally landed on Amy Pascal sitting at the end of the conference table. Amy Pascal, who was the only one in the conference room* to object to Eric Williams' gambling agreement, gave him a glimmer of hope.
Blunt Cohen eased his tone slightly and said to Amy Pascal: "Amy, do you have any good ideas?"
Although Blount Cohen spoke harshly in the meeting room, Amy Pascal was a little absent-minded. She was completely disappointed with Blount Cohen in her heart. I don't know how Coca-Cola chose this mediocre president. Amy Pascal even felt that maybe she should change jobs.
However, after hearing Blunt Cohen ask himself, Amy Pascal still collected his thoughts and said, "Mr. Cohen, I can't do anything about the gambling agreement. Even if we directly force the film to It is impossible to obtain the copyright of "Home Alone" for free, but will face Eric Williams' compensation of hundreds of millions of dollars."
Having said that, Amy Pascal paused for a moment, giving everyone a chance to think, and before Blount Cohen spoke again, he continued: "So, what we should do now is try our best to win over Eric Williams , earnestly implement the VAM agreement to show Columbia's sincerity. It is certain that the box office of "Home Alone" will exceed 50 million U.S. dollars, so the overseas and other peripheral copyrights will return to Eric Williams What's more, "Home Alone" will definitely produce a sequel. We have maintained a good cooperation attitude this time. When producing a sequel, I believe that with Eric Williams' shrewdness, he will definitely continue to cooperate with us. I think , which is the only way to get more benefits for Colombia."
After Amy Pascal finished speaking, the other high-level executives in the conference room couldn't help but nodded. Although Blunt Cohen somewhat agreed with Amy Pascal's point of view, he thought of Amy Pascal and Jeffrey Hansen He may be friends with Eric Williams, and his suspicious personality makes him feel that Amy Pascal's suggestion is somewhat biased towards Eric.
So Blunt Cohen couldn't help but said again: "Amy, you are an employee of Columbia, you should try your best to think about the company, and don't always turn to outsiders. If you can find a way to overthrow the gambling agreement and win more for us I will give you a promotion immediately."
As if the scene from a few weeks ago reappeared, she worked hard, tried her best to attract high-quality film projects for the company, and tried her best to advise the company. As a result, she was kicked out of the project team of "Home Alone" first, and she felt that she needed to avoid suspicion , no complaints. Then she was asked to speak because she was the only opponent of that wrong decision. She once again made a suggestion that she thought was reasonable, but was questioned again.
This made Amy Pascal feel a little cold, and strong grievances rushed straight to her forehead. She felt her nose was slightly sore, and some kind of liquid gushed out of her eyes uncontrollably. Women are made of water, and she is just a woman after all.
Standing up suddenly, the chair behind her was knocked to the ground due to her sudden movement, making a loud bang.
"Mr. Cohen, I resign!"
A cold female voice sounded in the conference room. After saying this, Amy Pascal did not organize the documents in front of her like last time, but turned and left the office directly.
"It's too much, the truth is too much, who does she think she is?" Because the matter of "Home Alone" was already at a critical point, Blunt Cohen didn't reflect on his mistakes at all, and slapped the table again and burst out, turning around He said to the assistant behind him: "Notify the security, tell that bitch to get out of here immediately, and don't let me see her again in the Columbia headquarters."
"Okay, Mr. Cohen." The assistant agreed softly while pinching his throat, and carefully got up and left the conference room.
After taking a sip of coffee and calming down, Brant Cohen said coldly, "Okay, go ahead, cheer me up, otherwise I don't mind signing a few more dismissal documents today."
Although many people in the executives think that Amy Pascal's suggestion just now is the most correct, after all, those who can sit in this conference room are quite capable professional managers. However, Blount Cohen has completely fallen into a certain hysterical mood, and no one will risk being fired at this time to support Amy Pascal's suggestion.
Therefore, the executives could only bite the bullet and start discussing. After several hours of deliberation, everyone finally discussed a countermeasure.
As soon as the meeting was over, Blunt Cohen couldn't wait and said to his assistant: "Help me contact Mr. Michael Eisner from Disney. I will treat him to dinner tonight, and he said that there is something important to discuss, about "Home Alone."
"Okay, Mr. Cohen." The assistant felt that the hostility on Brant Cohen had disappeared after the meeting, and he was relieved, and he was no longer so trembling.
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The next morning, "Home Alone"'s $27.55 million first-week box office was disclosed by the newspapers, making Eric, who had already received a lot of attention, once again the focus of public opinion. It's just that if the two giants concocted it to promote the movie, then it is completely the spontaneous behavior of the media now.
In this case, Eric, who returned to Los Angeles late at night the night before, woke up and found that there were no paparazzi in front of the house, which was already full of reporters. Yes, heaps can only be used to describe these people. Quantity, clattering one piece, holding all kinds of long guns and short cannons in his hands.
Because of Columbia's intentional or unintentional concealment, Eric did not get the box office information about "Home Alone" in the first place. But the moment he saw these reporters, Eric knew that the box office of "Home Alone" was a big hit.
Although I am very grateful to these reporters for 'notifying' myself in this way, Eric still has no desire to deal with reporters. After breakfast, he went directly into the garage, intending to drive out of the reporter's siege and go to the Columbia headquarters to find out the situation .
However, obviously, Eric had never encountered such a "beautiful" moment in his previous life, so there was a mistake in the way of coping. As soon as the car left the house, he was surrounded by a group of reporters, and several reporters even climbed onto him. On the hood of the car, while asking loud questions, he slapped Eric in the driver's seat unscrupulously. Reporters from other directions also frantically knocked on the car doors and shouted all kinds of questions.
"Mr. Eric, what do you think of the $27.55 million box office in the first week of "Home Alone"?"
"Mr. Williams, do you think 'Home Alone' will surpass 'et'?"
"Eric, according to the gambling agreement, you are about to become the youngest billionaire in Hollywood. What will you do after you have this money?"
"Mr. Eric, I'm a reporter from the Los Angeles Times, can I give you an exclusive interview?"
"Eric..."
"..."
It was as if a 10,000-word duck kept yelling in his ears. Although Eric was a little excited when he heard the box office of 27.55 million US dollars in the first week, he was more nervous and uneasy. There were too many reporters around the car. He didn't dare to bite the bullet and step on the accelerator. The fat white reporter in front of the car was obviously eager to try, with a wretched look of 'seeking collision and seeking association'.