Chapter 1395 Craftsmen, Tyrants and Acquisition Wave

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On Burbank's South Boreal Street, many people were holding cameras to take pictures of a six-story red-brown building with a Roman palace style across the street.

The most eye-catching feature of this short building is the large stone sculptures of seven dwarfs on the front of the exterior wall, which serve as seven pillars supporting the low triangular eaves with their hands. This is the famous 'Dwarf Building'.

Or call it the familiar name Team Disney Building Burbank.

Yes,

This is the headquarters of Disney, the parent company of the famous top actress ‘Lenna Belle’.

Later, in order to commemorate the "tyrant" Michael Eisner, the place was renamed Team Disney - The Michael D. Eisner Building!

At that time, the tyrant who brought Disney back to life had just been kicked out of the gate by Disney people...

“The senior management offices of the Disney Company and the senior leaders of various business departments are all in this building, including the offices of the audio-visual entertainment department, theme park and resort owners and other senior management, as well as the conference room of the head office’s board of directors...

Wu, can you imagine that every month, there will be traffic jams here? Xie Te, just thinking about it makes my head hurt."

Harvey Weinstein swung his arms with a little exaggeration and introduced the Disney headquarters in front of him to Wu Xiaozu, who looked handsome and dressed in simple clothes.

"That's really too bad." Wu Xiaozu cooperated with this guy's bitch acting.

"That's right, a bad experience. They even want to build a Disney Plaza in front of it..." Although Harvey was cursing about the bad experience, he couldn't hide his pride at all.

"This cooperation with Disney will be an opportunity for Miramax. Likewise... Wu, Nugget Pictures, rather than working alone, it is better to join forces with Miramax.

We will create a new era of cinema!

I know that you are determined to let more Chinese-language films enter the North American market. This is not a problem. You have to believe in my friendship with you."

Fake squid!

Wu Xiaozu smiled and was noncommittal!

A few days ago, Miramax set aside Digger Pictures and quietly contacted Golden Harvest Film Company. The purpose is self-evident - although Golden Harvest is also having a fierce fight with New Line on the other side, the two investors

The US$45 million "Chinese Detective" has also been produced.

"Of course I believe in our friendship." Wu Xiaozu smiled and pushed up his decorative glasses.

During this time, Harvey was actively negotiating with Disney about the 'acquisition'. If nothing unexpected happened, Miramax, an independent film company, would merge into the Disney family like it did in the previous life, and stage a 'Hey

Afamu's bloody drama.

When he invited Wu Xiaozu to Disney headquarters this time, he actually intended to tie Wu Xiaozu to him.

Although Wu Xiaozu's "feelings of love" fell into the arms of Jerry Bruckheimer, in order to be able to share Wu Xiaozu's cash cow and the Chinese resources behind him, Harvey obviously didn't mind.

Nugget Pictures holds the overseas distribution rights for a large number of Hong Kong films.

Such as Wu Yusen's "The Detective", Tsui Hark's "Once Upon a Time 2 and 3", Zhang Emo's "Raise the Red Lantern", Yang Deshang's "Guling Street Murder", Li Min's "Pushing Hands", etc.

North American distribution rights are in their hands.

At the same time, Quentin is preparing "Reservoir Dogs" and Robert Rodriguez has already filmed "Elegy", which also made him salivate.

For Harvey, who wants to reap the dividends from these movies, it is not a shame to put aside his past grudges at this time.

even……

He intended to use the other party to increase his leverage in negotiations with Disney.

Nowadays, the independent market in North America has been opened up by "Pulp Fiction", and the entire market is blooming... As a leader, he is certainly not willing to miss such an opportunity.

Therefore, even if Wu Xiaozu fell in love with someone else, he still didn't care.

Because he understands that although Wu Xiaozu has begun large-scale production, the independent films produced by Gold Digger Pictures will still be mainstream...

In fact, this is indeed the case.

It is not difficult for Wu Xiaozu to survive in North America. After all, he has proven his market value. But if he wants to develop his own industry, independent films are an indispensable part and also the focus of subsequent company development.

This is not inconsistent with his own development towards the mainstream.

This guy Harvey is interested in these production resources.

"This is why I am willing to accompany you here." Wu Xiaozu added.

With the development of the independent film market, Gold Digger and Miramax have the basis for cooperation.

What's more, he also knew that Miramax and Disney were actually at odds with each other. Their films actually didn't fit in with Disney's overall image at this time.

But that’s a story for another day.

They are definitely in their honeymoon period with Disney now.

"Harvey——"

The two of them walked towards the third floor and met a bald man wearing gold-rimmed glasses. He was very enthusiastic when he saw Harvey.

"Jeffrey, let me introduce to you, this is Wu——"

Harvey took the initiative to introduce Wu Xiaozu again, "This is Jeffrey Katzenberg, the chairman of Walt Disney Studios."

If Disney is regarded as a huge entertainment fortress, then Disney Studio is the company responsible for the film and animation business. It has live-action film production groups, animation companies, and distribution companies. The bald man in front of him is definitely Disney.

Useless high-level big shot.

He can be regarded as one of Disney's most influential people in terms of movies and animation, and he ranks among the top five or even top three in the entire Disney Group.

Probably only inferior to the tyrant Michael Eisner, the chairman of the board, and Frank Wells, the president of the headquarters.

This time, he was solely responsible for the acquisition of Miramax.

"Of course I know the famous John Wu. We met at the Oscar banquet, right? Hello, Director Wu, I am Jeffrey Katzenberg. You can call me Jeffrey."

"John Wu." Wu Xiaozu smiled and shook hands with the famous Hollywood bald man in front of him.

This is one of the current Disney ‘tyrants’.

It must be admitted that the degree of "involution" of Disney's top management has resulted in the birth of a number of industry giants.

Oh, this was also one of the three giants of DreamWorks later.

I have to say, it’s really a pity for DreamWorks... We have David Fincher in music, Katzenberg in animated movies, and Spicy, one of the best film directors and businessmen in live-action movies~~

No wonder several major Hollywood giants joined forces with the media parent company to suppress them.

If they succeed, it may change the landscape of Hollywood in future generations.

Compared to their current status and energy in Hollywood, Wu Xiaozu can only be regarded as a craftsman.

The difference is probably between Hollywood industrial films and Chinese handicraft films...

"Welcome to Disney." Katzenberg smiled brightly, without any sign of being a member of the Tyrant Group.

Obviously he is also very interested in Wu Xiaozu, a film director who is like a "money tree".

This point in time is also a peak period for Disney's external expansion.

Not only is it expanding in the electronics sector, it will soon join forces with Pixar to acquire ABC...
Chapter completed!