The two women suddenly came and left in a hurry. Eric, who was squeezed for three days, joked that he was being played with when he sent the two women away, because most of his energy was put on "Jurassic Park" For this reason, Eric did not notice the abnormality of Virginia and Joanna.
On the afternoon of July 15th, a helicopter landed at the airport in the north of Kauai Island. An old man in casual clothes refused the help of his assistant and jumped off the helicopter skillfully.
"Danny, is the reporter ready?" Seeing a man in his thirties approaching not far away, Martin Davis asked the assistant beside him again.
The man in the suit named Danny whispered: "It has been arranged, and the news will appear in the newspaper tomorrow."
Seeing that the man not far away had approached, Martin Davis didn't speak any more, just nodded slightly and walked forward.
"Mr. Davis, welcome to Kauai," Allen greeted him and stretched out his hand.
Martin Davis smiled and shook hands with the other party: "You must be Alan Fishman, I remember your voice."
Allen nodded politely: "Yes, Mr. Davis, our crew is now stationed in Lihue, but the conditions there are not as good as the resorts here. Mr. Williams 2→, sir let me stay at the Westin Resort Hotel A room is reserved for you."
"No, no, no, I'm not here for vacation, it's fine if I live in Lihue too," Martin Davis shook his head.
Allen didn't object either, and stretched out his hand: "In this case, please come with me, the car is over there."
The three walked out of the tarmac. Come to the curb. Martin Davis signaled to follow his assistant and bodyguards into another car. I followed Allen into a black jeep.
After the car started, Martin Davis said to Allen: "Eric must be on the set, can you take me to see it?"
"No problem, the crew is filming at a ranch not far away, not far from here," Allen promised, and asked the driver a few words.
It took only a few minutes for the two cars to arrive outside a blocked pasture and enter the set. Not far away, a man with a camera jumped out, quickly pointed the lens at this side, and frantically pressed the shutter.
Allen, who was negotiating with the guard, noticed this detail and narrowed his eyes slightly, but soon relaxed.
Eric and Stan Winston were discussing the details of the next shot of the long-necked dragon with Stan Winston, when they saw Alan walking over with several people.
"Martin Davis, why is he here?" Stan Winston followed Eric's gaze and asked in surprise. The top management of each family is still very clear.
"Of course it's for the movie." Eric smiled and clamped the pencil in his hand to his ear: "Stan, let's go over and say hello together?"
"No need, you go, I'll discuss with Nicole about the next seat," Stan Winston said casually, not too impressed with Martin Davis.
Eric nodded and walked towards Martin Davis.
When he came to Martin Davis, the other party's eyes were on the six-meter-high behemoth not far away.
"That's the Giraffe, one of the main dinosaur models Digital Domain designed for Jurassic Park. At 20 feet tall, it's one of the biggest props in the movie," Eric said to Martin Davis. Next to him, he casually explained that this long-necked dragon originally planned to use CG to make it, but because of the need to shoot close-up shots, and compared to the design of Tyrannosaurus rex, the movements of this dinosaur are not complicated. For the sake of realism, Eric still chose the model.
Martin Davis looked back, smiled familiarly and said to Eric: "It's really surprising, looking at this big guy, I suddenly thought of "Star Wars" many years ago, Eric Ke, I believe you will definitely create a miracle this time."
"Whether a miracle can be created or not depends on the audience," Eric smiled, and then reached out to Martin Davis: "Mr. Davis, nice to meet you."
"Me too, Eric, just call me Martin," Martin Davis smiled and looked amiable.
Eric nodded, but he was not confused by the friendly appearance of the other party. The reason why Stan Winston was unwilling to come to say hello together just now was mainly because most people in Hollywood knew that Martin Davis was a very Bitter people. The reason why Barry Diller left Paramount back then was that apart from differences in business ideas, a large part of the reason was that he could not stand the character of Martin Davis. Barry Diller basically spent his last days at Paramount in Spent in a quarrel with Martin Davis. And Michael Eisner, who also worked in Paramount, commented on Martin Davis as "how can there be such a person in the world".
"Okay, Martin," Eric said, looking at his watch, "I've prepared a dinner tonight, and it's still two and a half hours before I get off work. Maybe you can walk around. The scenery here is still very beautiful."
Martin Davis waved his hand: "Eric, you just keep working, but I don't think you mind me staying here, do you?"
"Of course not," Eric shook his head and smiled. At this moment, the assistant director not far away also gave Eric a ok gesture at the right time.
After saying sorry again, Eric told Allen a few words, and walked not far away.
…
The shooting started again soon. Looking at the long-necked dragon that seemed to come alive under the control of the special effects artist not far away, Martin Davis sent Allen away in a few words, and asked the assistant beside him in a low voice: "Danny ,what do you think?"
"It doesn't look too special, Mr. Davis," Danny Coker said, "These should be some of the most common shots. I have read the original "Jurassic Park". If I were the director, I'm definitely putting more energy into the T-Rex, that's the selling point of this movie, Eric Williams certainly can't miss that."
"Are you familiar with Jerry Bruckheimer?"
"Of course, but Jerry can't tell me too much. But I know Williams thinks very much about Jerry. He left Paramount not long ago. Williams signed him to a long-term contract."
Martin Davis hummed and didn't say anything, but Danny Koch could still realize that his boss must have some regrets about terminating Jerry Bruckheimer's contract, just like regretting that Barry Diller, Michael Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg kicked out of Paramount. Of these three people, one is the CEO of Universal, the other is the CEO of Disney, and the last one, Barry Diller, has left Hollywood for less than a year. The idea of acquiring Paramount came up.
Danny Koch couldn't help fantasizing that if these three people hadn't left yet, then Paramount would definitely be the overlord of the top seven in Hollywood, and wouldn't be reduced to the current situation of sluggish performance and internal instability. From the bottom of his heart, Danny Koch is not optimistic about Martin Davis' trip to Hawaii, and he is not even optimistic that Martin Davis can keep Paramount, but he dare not say these words anyway. Speaking to Martin Davis.
…
In the restaurant of the hotel where the Lihue crew was stationed, Eric had already taken a shower and changed into a comfortable uniform. He sat opposite Martin Davis, and the waiter brought Hawaiian specialties from time to time. The two were also chatting casually, and Martin Davis didn't seem to be in a hurry to say what he came for.
Of course Eric is not in a hurry. Anyway, the initiative is on his side. Before Martin Davis came, Eric investigated the situation of Paramount in detail.
Paramount's parent company was originally Gulf Western Industries, which started from the smelting of non-ferrous metals. After the company made a fortune, its business became very diversified. It once involved liquid crystal, petroleum, electronics, entertainment and publishing businesses. The famous Simmons It used to be the industry of Gulf Western Industrial Company, but in the past ten years or so, Gulf Western Industrial Company has been divesting its own industrial business and shifting its focus to the cultural and entertainment industry. A few years ago, Martin Davis even took Gulf Western Industrial Industries is reorganized as Paramount Communications, which includes Paramount Pictures, Paramount Television, and Simon & Schuster.
Perhaps because he was forced to leave Paramount that year, Barry Diller has always missed Paramount for so many years. After resigning from Fox, Barry Diller took over qvc, a TV sales company owned by two cable service providers, Comcast and Telecom. Communication Two cable TV companies of similar size are interested in getting involved in the film industry. Barry Diller felt that the time was ripe, so he proposed to the two companies to jointly acquire Paramount.
At the same time, Redstone did not give up his ambition to enter Hollywood. After failing to compete with Disney, Redstone's Viacom Group also directly pointed the finger at Paramount.
In addition to the two pretenders on the surface, Eric also knows that Telecom, the parent company of qvc, seems unwilling to share Paramount with Comcast, but wants to take it all alone.
Simply put, in the eyes of many companies, Paramount is now a piece of fat that has attracted a lot of beasts.
After reviewing the scenery of the Hawaiian Islands, Martin Davis finally said tentatively, "Eric, I heard that when Disney acquired Disney last year, Firefly and Viacom had a lot of unhappiness?"
Eric nodded lightly: "Yes, but this is a normal business competition. There are very few things in the mall where everyone gets rich together, so this is nothing."
Martin Davis smiled like an old fox: "It's not that simple, Firefly spent at least 2 billion dollars more in this deal."
Eric really wants to ask, are you always good friends with Lei Shidong? Is it really appropriate to sow dissension
"If I sell Disney now with an additional US$2 billion on top of last year's purchase price, I'm sure someone will take it over," Eric said confidently: "So, Firefly didn't lose money on this business, and Disney is worth it." For the price, that's enough."
Because of privatization, Disney did not disclose much information, but Martin Davis did not doubt Eric's words. Although Disney's film business has not shown signs of improvement, and there are no stunning works, but the whole However, due to the expansion of the market scale, the entertainment industry in North America is constantly increasing in value.
Even if Disney's performance has stagnated, according to the current development speed, it will not take a few years for Disney to break through the market value of tens of billions of dollars, not to mention that under Eric's manipulation, and with the benefits of Pixar animation, how can Disney Will it stand still
Seeing that Eric didn't answer his own words, Martin Davis knew that the young man opposite him was also a little fox, and it was useless to say those words by himself: "Eric, let's get straight to the point, I think you must know what I said this time. Come on, Viacom wants to buy Paramount, but I don't want to sell, so I think maybe we can cooperate, although Disney's acquisition didn't cause you a loss, but Viacom still made Firefly more You spent a lot of money, don't you want to retaliate?"
"In the mall, it's very unwise to fight fire with fire. I won't go into this muddy water for no reason." Eric shook his head and said lightly: "Besides, I don't even have the business of Firefly itself now. That hasn't been sorted out yet, so, sorry, Martin, I just don't have the energy to work with Paramount."
"It doesn't require you to expend too much energy." Martin Davis was not in a hurry, and continued: "As long as you can provide Paramount with a few more promising movie projects, and Paramount absolutely You won’t suffer any disadvantages, you can personally take the lead in these projects.”
Martin Davis's idea is very practical. He himself does not want to sell Paramount, but although he is the largest shareholder of Paramount, he does not have a controlling stake. Coupled with the sluggish performance of Paramount, once When the opponent initiates a hostile takeover, when the price reaches a certain level, other shareholders will definitely choose to sell their shares. At this time, the only thing that can turn the situation around is to have good results. As long as those shareholders see the prospect of benefits, those people will definitely not choose to sell. And working with Firefly, or Eric, is undoubtedly the fastest way.
"Mr. Davis, you have to know that a high-quality cooperation project is something that can be encountered but not sought after. Movies are like gambling. No one knows what will happen next, and no one can guarantee 100% success. Everyone was so optimistic about Spielberg's "Captain Hawk", didn't this movie fail in the end?" (To be continued...)