Chapter 778 Scandal

After leaving Walt Disney and returning to the hands of the Weinstein brothers, Miramax embarked on a literary film and a strategy around the operation of awards, which was far from Disney's business policy, and the cooperation between the two parties gradually diminished, although Switzerland En doesn't pay much attention to this company, but he personally owns nearly 20% of Miramax's shares.

Although not a member of the board, Harvey Weinstein naturally thought of informing him of such a momentous event.

Perhaps the big fat Jewish man had no intention of letting Ryan help settle it.

However, this kind of thing has not been notified by the media in advance, and it has been stabbed on the Internet. The most important thing is that it is still a video, which is really very troublesome.

After explaining a few words to Natalie, Ryan walked to the flight deck at the end of the yacht, took the helicopter directly back to Los Angeles, and made several calls in a row. Nicole who received his call was not surprised, except that she was Mi In addition to Lamax's major shareholder, he is also a member of the board of directors, and has just received news.

The matter is not complicated, the bed of the famous African-American professional manager, the current chairman of Miramax, Richard Nanura. The photos and videos were posted on a gossip website, and quickly spread, if one of the It's okay to be an ordinary woman, but the heroine in it is Jessica Alba, and the video was shot at exactly the time Miramax was casting for Sin City.

Many things in Hollywood are actually not secrets. There are many rumors in North America, but private discussions and exposure of evidence are completely two concepts.

If handled improperly, this incident is likely to affect Miramax and directly bring huge losses of hundreds of millions of dollars to Ryan and Nicole.

Harvey, this may not be an isolated scandal.

In the reception room of the Malibu clubhouse, Ryan asked Harvey Weinstein, who was sitting across from him, What do you and Bob think?

That... The big fat man frowned tightly. Ryan, is there any hope...

You should know better than me, Harvey.

After standing up and walking a few steps, Ryan turned his head, The Internet is an open media. When I came here, I read gossip websites. Now it is no longer our strength to suppress it.

In fact, needless to say, Harvey Weinstein understands this, but no matter who. There will always be a little hope, even if you know it's unlikely.

Only let Richard Nanura go.

Hearing Harvey Weinstein's unwilling words,

Ryan walked back to his seat, Richard Nanura is indeed a rare talent, but this is the best choice right now.

Things are far from simple. Ryan believes that this kind of transaction with starlets is by no means unique in Miramax, and then again, this kind of thing is not uncommon within Disney. The whole industry is like this, and now the thing to consider is how to shut up those two people and take the responsibility on their own shoulders.

Harvey Weinstein has been hanging out in Hollywood for decades, and he understands why. After a few brief words with Ryan, he left in a hurry and convened staff to carry out crisis public relations.

This was directly reflected in the stock market, and the New York Stock Exchange had just opened the next day. Miramax's stock tumbled, dropping nearly 10 percent in just half a day, according to the financial media. Ryan and Nicole's combined fortune of more than $50 million evaporated.

Celebrity scandals have always been the focus of public attention, involving not only the chairman of Hollywood's second-tier big companies, but also the third-rate little stars of Sexual Diseases, and the paparazzi and gossip media across the United States have jumped up and down.

The firepower is concentrated on Richard Nanura. First, the starlet must be weak, and secondly, his experience is much more brilliant than Jessica Alba.

As early as the early 1990s, 31-year-old Richard Nanura became Disney's chief financial officer, the youngest of the Fortune 500 companies; he also owned Starwood, a Fortune 500 company. The first black man in a Fortune 500 company.

He was one of the most promising executives in American business, once selected for the new lineup of Fortune Black Power.

In a video uploaded to a gossip website, Richard Nanura pretended to be a porn star named and recorded himself having sex with Jessica Alba.

Thankfully this guy didn't mention the movie and the characters in the video, otherwise Miramax would have been in more trouble.

It's just that the recording time shown on the video is too close to the casting time of Sin City in the text annotation explanation below, and it's hard not to think of some well-known things.

Once people are unlucky, there are often more unfortunate things to happen.

That is, on the second day, his ex-wife Tracy Nanura accepted an interview with the media, claiming that Richard Nanura had been addicted to sex for many years and had been in Santa Maria, California as early as 1999. Phil City was receiving sex addiction treatment, and when she found out that his husband had spent a full $10,000 on a prostitute, she insisted on sending him to treatment.

Although the executive's problems can be said to have nothing to do with the company, the widespread private scandals are so devastating that Miramax has not only become the focus of the public, but will also face an investigation by the Screen Actors Guild...

In addition, several Hollywood stars, including Brad Pitt, have interrupted the cooperation matters negotiated with Miramax, and several directors have also withdrawn from the films Miramax is preparing.

This all caused further volatility in Miramax's stock, wiping 15 percent of its market value in less than three days.

Under the intensifying sexual scandal, it was an inevitable choice to sacrifice Richard Nanura to quell the turmoil. Miramax soon announced that the other party was leaving for personal reasons.

As the protagonist and well-dressed victim in the video, a spokesperson for Jessica Alba said it was just a mistake she made when she was young and ignorant, and now she regrets it very much...

In short, she pushed all this to her own simplicity and ignorance in crisis public relations, and in other matters, she chose to remain silent. Obviously, Miramax paid a certain price to stop her mouth. .

According to common sense, this is the best crisis public relations strategy, and her team has done a good job. Compared with Richard Nanura, she will inevitably receive a little sympathy from the public and the media, and it is not impossible for her to turn around in the future. , but if you jump out of nonsense, the nature of the matter changes completely.

To use an exaggerated statement, that is going against the entire Hollywood studio. Who will use her in the future?

Things had the opposite effect. Her very pure and ignorant statement was ridiculed by the media. After all, even a fool would not believe the protagonist and the drug addict Lindsay Lohan who used to be 'sex. 's close friend would be a simple ignorant person.

Jessica Alba's remarks inadvertently helped Miramax relieve a lot of pressure.

Of course, Ryan doesn't pay too much attention to this kind of starlet, Miramax's compensation is not worth mentioning to him, all he cares about, as he said to Harvey Weinstein, is it only for An individual incident of Richard Nanura, or a blow with ulterior motives?

Does the other party have other goals?

From the day the gossip was exposed.

Kissing his daughter's little nose, Ryan said to Nicole, who was sitting on the other side reading the script, I told Harvey that this is definitely not an isolated incident.

Dad...Dad. Sandy's little hand scratched on him, scratching it from time to time, and then giggled and said the few words he knew, Dad...Dad, Mommy.

Don't say these things in front of your kids.

Glancing at this side, Nicole clapped Sandy's hands, the little guy struggled to get out of Ryan's arms, leaned on the couch and walked crookedly towards his mother, although the speed was very slow, he finally got through. into Nicole's arms.

Mommy.

Compared with her father, she said this word much more smoothly.

Honey. Nicole kissed Sandy's little cheek, Will Aunt Elsa take you to the garden?

The little guy had no right to object at all, and was carried into the stroller by Elsa and pushed through the back door to the garden.

Ryan, you have to pay attention in the future.

Sitting down again, Nicole put away the script and said seriously, Although Sonny is still young, our words and actions will affect her, please don't mention these too dark things in front of children in the future, okay? ?

I want Sonny to have a carefree childhood, she added.

Sorry, I may have overlooked this. Ryan understood that it was his fault, and quickly promised, I will pay attention in the future.

According to the analysis of Miramax's technical department.

Now that her daughter is gone, Nicole has no scruples in discussing with Ryan, Someone used hacking technology to steal these private contents from Richard's computer and post it on the Internet.

My people checked it out. Ryan frowned, They didn't blackmail Richard, and they didn't make any bids to the gossip website. It was published for free...

What purpose do they have?

Hearing Nicole's words, Ryan shook his head and said, The idea of ​​hackers is not something we can understand, maybe these people just think it's fun.

Having said that, Ryan doesn't believe it. Who knows what is hidden behind those doors in Hollywood in the past life.

Nicole. Ryan suddenly thought of something, Remember, don't take selfies indiscriminately in the future, and don't store too private things on your phone or computer.

I'm not that ignorant.

Standing up and tidying up her clothes, Nicole walked to the back, I'm going to find Sunny, won't you come with me?

certainly.

Ryan walked over and took her hand.

This matter gradually subsided, but Ryan did not give up the pursuit. Miramax's stock fell, causing him and Nicole to lose 80 million US dollars in the stock market. It was not so easy to end. (To be continued..)

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