novelraw Chapter 358
Chapter 358
"Eager for quick success?" Keanu had to explain for Shirley Lansing after hearing this comment, "To be honest, Paramount's contract for newcomers is not too harsh from another point of view. .”
Compared with unspoken rules, such a priority contract is more friendly to truly talented newcomers, but Josie is a special case, and the speed at which she became popular cannot be copied.
So she thought about it seriously and said, "Well, I admit that you are right."
Keanu continued: "And to be honest, as a woman, Shirley Lansing has endured more pressure in her position, especially Mr. Redstone is not a tolerant, generous and caring person. His desire to control is a bit different from ordinary people. Speaking of this, I almost forgot, Sally asked me to say hello to you on her behalf, and she hopes to have a chance to meet and chat with you."
"Of course." Josie agreed without hesitation. "In fact, I've always been curious about her, and some of her ideas have inspired me a lot."
The "Sally" in Keanu's mouth is Sally Redstone, the daughter of Paramount boss Sumner Redstone.
Simply put, Sumner Redstone and Sally Redstone respectively hold 80% and 20% of the shares of the family company, including Viocom, the parent company of Paramount.
But the relationship between father and daughter is not so good.
Two years ago, Sumner Redstone asked for a divorce from his wife who had been with him for half a century in order to marry his "true love". His mother won a 20% stake in the family business for his daughter as a divorce condition, which made Sally. Lei Shidong has the capital to say no to his father.
According to the rumors, Sumner Redstone has a strong personality and a strong desire for power. He is an outright tyrant. Although he reluctantly agreed to this condition for "true love", he quickly provoked a power struggle and tried to kick his daughter out of his life. company.
Under such circumstances, Sally Redstone certainly did not give an inch, and was very active in looking for helpers and foreign aid.
"I went to see David." Keanu changed the subject, with a somewhat complicated tone, "I don't think he regrets what he did. The only thing he regrets is that he wasn't more ruthless at the beginning."
Josie was noncommittal, not interested in this topic, and only said: "I thought I would hear the howling of a defeated dog or the confession of a crocodile, but surprisingly, he turned out to be much tougher than I expected."
Keanu smiled lightly and didn't answer.
From any point of view, David Geffen is by no means a good person. Although it is a bit embarrassing to get the current ending, it is a belated trial under the law.
The only regret is that he is far from the most evil person in the giant vanity fair of Hollywood, and there are many people who have not been tried.
Hollywood needs a new order.
This will be a bloody revolution, and only by digging out the old carrion can it gain new life and vitality.
Later, Eli arrived at the racecourse.
The relationship between him and Josie has become semi-public, and the Texas rich man is "pursuing" the goddess of Hollywood movies, which is no longer a big secret in the city.
Most people talk about whether Josie Horton will marry into a wealthy family, just as another Hollywood-style dream talk, but only a few more perceptive people think of the current acquisition and the so-called The role of movie goddesses in the case of the wildcats.
But it is undeniable that with the smooth progress of Skynet Media's acquisition and the basically irreversible change of ownership of Universal Pictures, a new Hollywood tycoon is about to officially debut.
However, should it be Eli McCullough, a wealthy Texas rich man, or Josie Horton, the future owner of Universal Pictures?
Oh, I have to say-
This is the first time in the history of Hollywood that a woman has truly controlled a giant studio. The power and wealth she possesses make the gender disadvantages in Vanity Fair disappear, not to mention the ridiculous American sweetheart dispute some time ago.
The vast majority of celebrities are commodities and tools at the mercy of capital, especially Disney-based singers like Britney, who have been in the industry since childhood, have more or less psychological problems.
And Britney's psychological problems are a little more serious. She is like an adolescent girl who will not grow up. She doesn't even have a mature mind, but she is already one of the best money-making machines in the United States.
For such a girl, everyone around her will try to control her and profit from her. It is almost impossible in this life to fully control her life and career like her predecessor Madonna, let alone the king of pop music MJ. Superstar transforms into capital.
Josie was much luckier.
It is undeniable that Tianmu Capital helped her a lot at the beginning of her fame, and the recognition of the Horton family, a wealthy family in the Upper East Side, brought her an invisible and powerful network of relationships, making her not only a new generation of East Coast filmmakers. The leading figure has expanded the power outside Hollywood.
All of these gave Josie the convenience for a smooth transition.
——Of course, her own cash flow and capital manipulation are the key to success.
The two of them took completely different paths, and they shouldn't be compared in the first place.
Therefore, when "VOGUE" approached them to invite her to shoot the cover, Qiao Qian tactfully rejected the proposal. For her, what she needed was not fame, but precipitation.
Compared with being a "star", she prefers to be an "actor".
Drama is full of wonderful unknowns, interpreting another life, experiencing another person's emotions and six desires, can make the dull life more colorful.
This does not conflict with Josie building her empire.
"I've read your proposal, and it's very interesting." Eli rode a tall quarter horse side by side with Josie's mount, "If the global box office of the Lord of the Rings trilogy breaks one billion, I will I promise you that I will support this amusement park project."
Universal has Universal Studios, Disney has Disneyland, why not have Atlas Fantasyland?
Whether it was a flash of inspiration in the early morning, or whether it was impossible to buy Universal Studios, in short, Qiao Qian thought that her genius idea was simply amazing, and she wanted to tap the maximum value of Middle-earth IP.
A Hobbiton in New Zealand is not enough.
Josie has a lot of cash flow in her hands now. Before 911/[-], the stockbroker was responsible for shorting several airline stocks including American Airlines, and made a "small" sum from the plummeting crude oil international market. All kinds of dividends that continue to come in... She can build ten Hobbitons for herself without any problem.
But doing amusement park projects is not just a question of funds.
In view of the difficulty of developing Middle-earth, it is impossible for this plan to be fully launched within the past five years, and the preliminary preparations will be an extremely large and lengthy project.
So Josie just nodded slightly, and continued: "Next, our film focus will be the "Queen of Blades" project, and the current plan is to make it into a trilogy series of movies, and then do the main story .”
To be precise, "The Queen of Blades" is the character origin movie of the game "StarCraft", and the script will be more biased towards the personal growth of the heroine Sarah Kerrigan rather than the overall world development.
Eli is not interested in the specific content of the movie.
Investing, making money, and expanding assets are the mission of his family in his blood, but there is also an adventurous factor in his nature, calmly examining whether this girl can continue to win like a bystander.
The latter was what interested him a little bit.
So, Eli just said, "Okay, I'll wait and see."
Perhaps because he felt that this was a bit blunt, he took the initiative to provoke another topic: "Are you optimistic about the future of streaming media? Jamie told me that Harvey Spector is running for Geffen's shares in RIET. "
"You are well-informed." Josie acquiesced in this matter, but did not talk about RIET, but turned the topic to the Internet, "I think the Internet is an unstoppable wave-even though the last Internet explosion made Wall Street more Many widows—the way of human communication and interaction is being changed by it. BBS and TT all illustrate the successful invasion of virtuality into reality. Maybe one day in the future, we will face each other without speaking, but only in the smartphone. Send a hi emoticon on the instant messaging software."
"Smartphone?" Eli obviously caught the point. "You mean PDA or Motorola?"
"Emmm, operate a smoother version of Motorola." Josie replied.
PDA is actually a small handheld computer, and Motorola released a touch-screen smart phone called A1999 in 6188, which supports handwriting recognition input.
However, due to the lack of key technology and creativity, i.e. the multi-touch of the touch screen, the smart phones on the market have not made a breakthrough.
This is why Josie sent an agent to raise funds early in the most difficult and confusing period of Fingerworks.
Now under her remote control, the company has initiated contacts with IBM, Microsoft, Apple, Motorola and other companies in advance. Among them, Apple has repeatedly proposed a comprehensive acquisition, obviously very optimistic about the future of this technology.
"Sounds good," Eli said.
He tried to imagine it, but it was not very successful, but his intuition told him that the idea of A6188plus should have potential.
Josie just smiled and said nothing.
Gently driving his mount, he galloped recklessly on the horse farm. His back was like a free bird, light, graceful, and full of vitality.
But as soon as you meet her eyes, you will know that she is not a sweet and cute little thing, but a hunter like a falcon.
Eli rode to follow.
There was almost no superfluous expression on his face, as always, he just looked forward, unconsciously carrying an inquiry.
Or rather, curious.
A man's curiosity about a woman should be a good thing, right?