A few days later.

Warner Bros. Pictures.

Today, Warner Bros. Pictures executives, one of them, are counting on the other. No matter how busy they are, or even some people are doing business in other places, are now rushing back to the company.

"Can you be out of the scene?"

"Man, you have to know who came today, but Steve Case, Steve Rose~"

An executive at Warner Bros. Pictures said in a deep voice.

Steve Case, founder of AOL, is currently the chairman of AOL-Time Warner, CEO;

Steve Ross, former chairman of Time Warner Group, is currently the vice chairman, executive director, executive president of AOL.

These two big names, if you come to Warner Bros. Pictures, it is like an ancient emperor, not to mention that the two are coming together now.

"Please be smarter. If anyone dares to make trouble, how can I deal with him?" President Barry Meyer heavily warned the executives.

Hearing this, many people nodded immediately like pounding garlic.

But... there are still a few people who ignore Barry Mayer's words.

For example: John Roussred!

John Rollsreid, male, 45 years old, is an executive appointed to Warner Bros. Pictures after AOL acquired Time Warner Group. His main task is to suppress the power of President Barry Mayer and strive to allow executives from AOL to control the power of Warner, one of the six major Hollywood leaders.

Merger of the two companies?

Haha, it seems like a joke now.

There is constant internal struggle!

Especially with the outbreak of the Internet bubble, the newly merged American Online-Time Warner Company has many internal contradictions.

Not long...

The door to the conference room was pushed open.

Steve Case and Steve Ross, both big names with "Steve", walked into the conference room together.

"Mr. Case~"

"Mr. Ross~"

Everyone in the conference room stood up and said hello.

"Just sit."

As the current chairman, Steve Case naturally sat in the first place. Well, this position was originally from Steve Ross, the former chairman.

"The tone is cold!" an executive couldn't help but mutter.

Upon hearing this, an executive next to him couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and whisper: "The faces of both bosses are stern, and they must have been questioned."

As expected...

"The purpose of my visit to Warner Bros. Pictures today is very simple, that is, I am very, very dissatisfied with your work performance!"

As the current chairman, Steve Keys said coldly: "Warner Bros. Pictures' performance in the first half of 2000 fell by 17% year-on-year compared with last year. Some people may make excuses, saying it was because of the running-in period during the company's integration."

"Oh, a good excuse."

"So, what about the performance in the second half of this year?"

"twenty three%!"

"In the second half of this year, your performance fell by 23%, marking the biggest drop since 1990!"

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Upon hearing this, all the Warner executives present looked extremely ugly.

President Barry Meyer's mouth moved slightly, but he wanted to speak but stopped.

Bang!!!

Suddenly, Steve Case slapped the table and roared: "Warner Bros. Pictures' performance this year is definitely the bottom of the six major Hollywood performances, and even Juke Wald's company is not as good as that. What's the face of you? It's a shame!"

Everyone was silent.

President Barry Mayer looked ashamed, and he wanted to say something, but couldn't say it.

What is the reason why Warner Bros. Pictures' performance has declined sharply this year?

The reason is very simple!

There is a serious internal struggle!

John Rollsreid, the current vice president of Warner Bros. Pictures, is responsible for the production department. However, for decades, he has been engaged in the Internet industry. How can he know about film and television production?

It’s fine if the layman doesn’t understand the movie.

The most important thing is that he is still busy seizing power from Barry Meyer.

Haha, if Warner Bros. Pictures can be good, that would be a hell!

"Ahem cough ~"

At this moment, Steve Ross, former chairman of Warner and currently vice chairman of AOL-Time Warner, stood up and became a peacemaker.

"Do you all understand what Mr. Case said? The decline in performance is a problem that we must face and pay attention to. Therefore, what I mean is that you will not pursue your incompetence for the time being, but give priority to solving the current dilemma."

Rose spread his hands and said coldly: "In December's Christmas schedule, we only have one movie this year, which is far less than in previous years."

"Also, the production cost of "Beauty Pageant Undercover" is only more than $54 million, which is far less well-made than other films, and its advantages are very insignificant."

"So, how can we reshape our Warner glory this Christmas schedule?"

"It's very simple, win this fight!"

The words fell.

Everyone present looked much better.

"After all, it's an old leader!" a Warner executive whispered.

"That's right!"

An executive whispered: "Mr. Rose can understand us because he understands movies and movies, but these bastards in America Online will only cause trouble."

However, the breath that had just been relieved was stuck.

The current chairman Ross insists on laying off a group of incompetent people.

Undoubtedly, these so-called "incompetent people" are senior workers from the former Warner series.

Actually, this is cleaning!

...........

More than an hour later, the meeting ended.

Chairman Steve Keith left straight away.

As the former chairman, Steve Ross, did not leave directly, but stayed to chat with Barry Mayer alone.

Bang!

"Damn it!"

"I shouldn't have agreed to the acquisition of AOL!"

"The $181 billion acquisition case? The largest acquisition case in history? It seems like a joke now!"

“Whether it is Warner Bros. Pictures, the parent company Time Warner Group, or even any subsidiary, is now being messed up.”

At this moment, where did Steve Rose have the same calmness and gentleness as before?

Violence, anger, depression, regret... all kinds of negative emotions completely occupied his brain.

"Oh~"

President Barry Mayer sighed: "Yesterday I saw the news that Juke Wald, that guy, put down all his work, accompanied his little girlfriend Lima shopping, and even opened a small store without doing his job, but... we are not as good as him now!"

you do not say!

During the Christmas period, Wald Pictures is under great pressure, but at least there is little internal struggle. Even if there is, it is currently controlled within a set range, which is beneficial internal competition, not internal fighting.

...........

As the saying goes: Good things don’t go out, bad things go through thousands of miles.

Look, this meeting of Warner Bros. Pictures spread throughout Hollywood not long after it ended.

Many people are so happy.

Zhuke smiled and said, "Warner is over this Christmas schedule!"

Murdoch, the owner of 20th Century Fox, said: "The world's largest media company is so vulnerable? Haha~"

Michael Eisner of Disney said: "Everyone says that Disney's internal struggle is serious and it is a storm, but now it seems that Warner's problem is even worse than us! This is really good news."

Universal Pictures said: "Warner will do nothing this Christmas time."

The Christmas schedule has not officially begun. As one of the top six, Warner was eliminated first, but still got himself in a cocoon, which made the entire Hollywood film company amaze.
Chapter completed!