Chapter 335: angry

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On the second day after the Venice Film Festival closed, the name "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" appeared on the headlines of many media newspapers on the other side of the Pacific Ocean and Hong Kong.

"Yesterday, the 56th Venice International Film Festival came to an end. Zhang Yuan, director of "Going Home for the New Year", won the Silver Lion Award for Best Director, and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" won the Golden Lion Award at this Venice Film Festival, becoming the second film to win the Golden Lion Award. Lion Award Chinese language film."

"The entire film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has an investment of up to 15 million U.S. dollars. It was jointly invested and filmed by Xiangjiang Golden Harvest Film Company and Hollywood Orion Films. It took as long as two years."

"It is said that Director Ang Lee himself admitted that Orion Films, one of the producers of the film, decided to participate in the Golden Globe and Oscar competition..."

There was no need for Orion Films to promote it, and the media on the other side of the Pacific Ocean and Hong Kong reprinted the report one after another, stirring up the topic of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

Especially the topic of the Golden Globes and Oscars caused quite a stir.

In the three major European film festivals, Chinese films win awards almost every few years.

But on the Golden Globes and Oscars, there are no Chinese films at all.

Many people began to expect that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" could gain something from the Golden Globes and Oscars.

Even if it is only a technical award, it can be regarded as a breakthrough.

There are also many people who believe that this is just a hype, just a sensationalist, a Chinese-language film wants to hit the Golden Globes and Oscars!

It is simply a fantasy.

Of course, anyone who knows about Orion Films knows that this is definitely not a hype. With Orion Films' influence in Hollywood, it is fully qualified to compete for the Golden Globes and Oscars, and even win important awards.

"Damn bastard."

Inside the office of Miramax Films, it was a mess, with folders scattered everywhere.

At this time, Harvey Weinstein, one of the founders of the company, was so angry that he almost tore down the office, but he still couldn't calm down the anger.

"Who is behind the support!" He gritted his teeth, looking terrified.

Originally, Miramax Films had verbally reached a settlement agreement with those former employees, and the two parties were short of formally signing it.

But in a blink of an eye, the other party not only refused to sign the settlement agreement, but also sued Miramax Films and the major shareholder Disney in court. In addition to compensating for overtime pay, they also opened their mouths to demand compensation of up to 10 million US dollars. .

If it was just an ordinary lawsuit, it would not make Harvey Weinstein angry. As the largest shareholder of Miramax Films, Disney CEO Michael Eisner took the opportunity to beat him hard at the meeting some.

Michael Eisner severely criticized Harvey Weinstein and must resolve this matter as soon as possible, otherwise he will propose the board of directors to replace the head of Miramax Films.

"enough."

"Harvey, calm down." Bob Weinstein opened the door and walked in, frowned when he saw the mess on the ground, "The most important thing right now is how to solve this matter instead of getting angry. "

Seeing Bob Weinstein come in, Harvey Weinstein took a deep breath, took out an expensive cigar and lit it, and said with a low face, "Who did it?"

"Could it be Eisner's fault!"

Recently, Michael Eisner has been very dissatisfied with him and Miramax Films. If it weren't for some restrictions, he might be kicked out of the company.

The most suspicious thing is that normally, this lawsuit is not considered important news, and no media will pay too much attention to it.

However, the fact is just the opposite. Many North American newspapers and television stations are closely following this matter, and they continue to stir up the matter of Miramax Films refusing to pay overtime pay.

"Harvey, I already said that."

Bob Weinstein sighed and said helplessly, "Some things are better not to be touched, otherwise once the boundary is crossed, there will be a price to pay."

"Damn it, I didn't do anything," Harvey Weinstein yelled.

"Look at this." As he spoke, Bob Weinstein passed a newspaper in his hand to Harvey Weinstein.

After receiving the newspaper, Harvey Weinstein glanced at it, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival!"

"You mean!"

Harvey Weinstein raised his head suddenly, with a hint of danger in his eyes, "Ryan Gosling and Orion Pictures are behind this matter?"

The more he thought about it, the more likely it was.

"I'll make him pay the price." Like an angry lion, he slammed his fists on the desk with a bang.

"It was the bottom line that you touched first." Bob Weinstein said in a cold voice, "What happened to the crew of "Blade Runner" and "X-Men" has nothing to do with you!"

Based on what he has known about Harvey Weinstein over the years, the incident at the British banquet would never just be left alone.

It will definitely make people watch every move of Orion Pictures, and even make some small moves.

"I haven't had anyone do it, and I'm not stupid enough to ask someone to poison me." Harvey Weinstein roared again.

"Harvey!" Bob Weinstein took a deep look at him, "Regardless of whether you did it or not, you must calm down first, control your emotions, and don't let Orion Pictures catch anything."

"Otherwise, your situation will only be worse than it is now."

Bob Weinstein changed his voice, "In the past few months, Ryan Gosling has continuously withdrawn funds from the stock market, and the amount has reached a very scary figure, and Orion Pictures seems to be collecting funds, Next, there will likely be new moves.”

The last time Orion Pictures collected funds, it wholly acquired Marvel Comics, one of the two largest comics in North America, and interrupted the creation of super movies.

This time, I don't know what new plans Orion Films has.

Harvey-Weinstein suddenly fell silent.

From the beginning of the whole incident, Miramax Films tried its best to solve it and publicized the news media.

However, it didn't have any major effect. Apparently, Orion Films vented their anger on Miramax Films some time ago.

Miramax Films can control the wind and rain in the independent film circle, but the revenue of Miramax Films is far from being comparable to that of Orion Films. To put it bluntly, the film "Inception" The revenue is almost equal to the revenue of Miramax Films over the past few years.

By the way, there is also Disney, the major shareholder of Miramax Films. Michael Eisner hopes that Miramax Films will have an accident and teach Harvey Weinstein a lesson.

The most important point is that, apart from Orion Films, Ryan Gosling's withdrawal from the stock market is so huge that any Hollywood film company is dumbfounded.

The money from the sale of Yahoo shares alone is astronomical.

During this period of time, the tone of many Hollywood people has become more and more bitter. Ryan Gosling should not come to Hollywood, but should go to Wagu.

There is also Google, the search engine invested by Orion Films, whose value keeps rising, and it may not be long before it will become the second Google.

The United States is a money society. Ryan Gosling, who currently holds a lot of money in his hands, can completely change many things, such as spending a lot of money to suppress Miramax Films.

What's more, there are many people who are dissatisfied with Harvey-Weinstein, and they don't mind stepping on a few.

At least the media under Warner Bros. did not wave their flags and shouted, and even drove the news broadcast truck outside Miramax Films.

"Michael Eisner and Harvey Weinstein have a heated argument at a Disney meeting."

Seeing the news headline in the newspaper, Ryan couldn't help showing a smile, "It is estimated that Harvey Weinstein will need to be busy for a long time."

The former employee's lawsuit against Miramax, penned by Penelope Pataky, is going to be very lengthy, and unless Miramax agrees to pay huge damages, it won't be quick End this lawsuit.

Besides, Disney, as the major shareholder of Miramax Films, may not agree to pay tens of millions of dollars in compensation.

"This is the list of invited guests for the premiere of "Reaper 2"."

John Denise walked in and put a list of invited guests on the desk, "Nancy, I hope you can attend the premiere in person."

"Tell her ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ I don't have time." Ryan briefly glanced at the list, "Ask her to attend for me."

"Reaper 2" is a sequel to a horror movie, as long as there are no accidents, there is almost no possibility of failure.

And, unlike the original, James Wong continued to direct Reaper 2.

"Universal Pursuit", this film is still on paper, and the crew has not yet started preparations.

The original James-Huang did not continue to direct "Reaper 2", but chose to direct the higher-invested "Universal Pursuit". With an investment of 50 million US dollars, it only returned a global box office of 70 million US dollars, and "Reaper is Coming" 2"'s box office is not satisfactory.

It can be said that it is a lose-lose situation.

Naturally, Ryan would not make such a low-level mistake, and chose to continue to let James Huang direct "Reaper 2".

As for "Cosmic Pursuit", he has no interest and left it to Sony Pictures to shoot.

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