Viacom group.
It is the parent company of paramount, one of the six largest Hollywood companies, and the third largest media group in the United States, second only to Time Warner Group and News Corporation; There are as many as 39 local TV stations and dozens of radio stations all over the United States, which can be said to be powerful.
In addition, it also owns MTV, an extremely lucrative music TV station.
You know, MTV is the largest music TV station in the world, none of which can provide Viacom with more than $7 billion in revenue every year.
However!
However, at the moment, saamer leishidong, chairman of Viacom group, is very angry.
"Asshole ~"
"This damn bastard ~"
"First of all, my dearest son, Brent, took me to court and sued me, saying that I had forced him out of the family business with a movement, which made me lose face in front of people all over the world."
"But... Now?"
"It never occurred to me that my favorite nephew Michael would dare to sue me!"
"And claim four billion dollars from me?"
"Are you kidding? Why didn't he say I gave him all of Paramount Pictures? "
"Hum ~"
At this moment, Lei Shidong, the 76 year old king of paramount, completely turned into an angry lion. His majesty still exists for a long time.
Accusing his son and nephew sentence after sentence!
They scolded them for being ungrateful and neglecting their father and son.
Yesterday afternoon, the District Court of Los Angeles held a court session. Lei Shidong, as the defendant, attended the trial. He met three people he didn't want to see most and came up with high blood pressure.
Former wife: Phyllis;
Son: brent;
Nephew: Michael;
...
"The three of them are my enemies. They don't want to squeeze money from me all the time. They are vampires and disgusting moths. They should go to hell and be judged by Satan. They should be glad that this is not the middle ages, or I will kill them one after another! "
Lei Shidong gritted his teeth and scolded again.
For a moment, the whole huge office was silent, and none of the Group executives present dared to speak.
"Dad, it hurts to be angry."
The only one who dared to speak stood up. She was Lei Shidong's daughter, Sally, 40 years old.
At present, she also works in Viacom group as one of the senior executives and one of the heirs of the old guy Lei Shidong.
Angry leishidong see their daughter Sally speak, immediately angry smile a lot.
Showing a rare tenderness.
"Sally, you still love me. It's not like Phyllis, Brent and Michael, "said Redstone in a deep voice.
Hearing the speech, Sally immediately said: "Dad, don't worry, I'm not mother Phyllis, nor brother Brent, nor Michael. I will always support your decision."
Dong Dong Dong~
At this time, Joanna, Lei Shidong's secretary, knocked on the door of the office and pushed the door in.
"Here comes the boss, Mr. Jordan from Paramount Pictures, and Mr. Zucker Wald." Secretary Joanna said.
"Oh?"
For a moment, Lei Shidong's eyes were slightly turbid just now, and his eyes were immediately shining.
"Joanna, you bring in Jack Wald and Jordan. Well, as for the rest of the people doing their own things, Sally, you stay Lei Shidong said.
"Yes, boss."
"Yes, Dad."
Everyone responded. A few seconds later, only Lei Shidong and his daughter Sally were left in the big office.
"Dad, I heard you asked for chuck ward to be the producer of Tomb Raider?" Asked Sally.
"That's right!"
Not to mention that it's OK. Speaking of this, Lei Shidong, who has just lost a lot of fire, is angry again.
"This bunch of trash..."
Up to now, the performance of Paramount Pictures this year has made Lei Shidong, who has always been unconvinced and strong, very dissatisfied.
As of the end of September 1999, only one of the top ten films in North America's annual box office was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures.
Moreover, the film "runaway bride", which occupies the top ten, was jointly produced and distributed by Disney Pictures and Paramount Pictures, and was not led and independently completed by Paramount Pictures.
Does Paramount Pictures, one of the top six, want to be a overlord?
Shame or not?
Compared with the other six big Hollywood companies, the performance is far worse.
If you look at several other movies on the list, the best one is "double crisis", but in North America, it only made $116 million at the box office, which does not match the position of one of the top six.
More importantly... The movie... Lost money.
Well, at least with the box office profit, we can't recover the cost.
"As for other films, well, it's just a small profit at most. The performance is not as good as the year before last. Of course, last year's performance was not very good. " Lei Shidong said angrily.
Anyone could tell that he was extremely dissatisfied with Paramount's performance.
If there were no suitable talents to take over paramount, he would have cleaned up all the senior executives of paramount with his fierce temper.
Sally asked: "if Zucker Wald is the producer of Tomb Raider, will he be able to win high box office and rebuild Paramount's six dignity?"
She always felt that Zhuke was too young and unreliable.
Oh, my God~
Producers in their 20s, no matter how powerful they are, where can they be?
"Ha ha!"
Leishidong said with a smile: "you don't think that guy Zucker Wald is young, you can despise him. You are not responsible for the group's film and television entertainment projects, so you don't know enough about him. "
"But
"Throughout his works as a screenwriter and producer, whether it's early" Lola Run ", not long ago" Sparta 300 warriors ", or even" Nemo "this animated film, it's a rare boutique, and has achieved high box office results one after another."
After a pause, he said, "if he doesn't have the ability, how can he become the youngest 10 billion rich man?"
Of course, Lei Shidong didn't say a word.
Tomb Raider project was originally a game project. Paramount Pictures obtained the film and television adaptation copyright, and Zhuke once asked paramount to buy it.
As a result, of course, there is no suspense... Was rejected.
Like shark smelling the smell of blood, Zhuke was naturally unwilling to give up. After some efforts, he absolutely took a share in the capital and joined the project of Tomb Raider.
"Although this guy is a jerk and shameless enough, he has a good eye. Can't he do well in Tomb Raider?"
Paramount Pictures executives, have speculated.
Thanks to the recent explosion of "Nemo", Paramount's boss Leishi Dongfang proposed to let Zhuke join the project of "Tomb Raider" as a producer.
Well, the whole buying process, Zhuke looks like a fool.
But in fact, Zhuke also has a bad heart and ulterior motives.
Dong Dong Dong~
There was a knock at the door again.
"Hey, chuck, you're here at last!" Leishidong stood up to welcome him and gave him a big hug.
Of course, Zhuke was also hypocritical.
"This is my daughter Sally, my best successor." Lei Shidong introduces his daughter.
When Zhuke saw it, he was happy.
The best successor?
Funny~
Lei Shidong recently filed a lawsuit with his ex-wife, son and nephew for property. Zhuke paid close attention to it and became a gourd eater.
As for Lei Shidong's daughter, and his most outstanding successor, Sally, Zhuke, as a passer-by, knows that in 2012, Lei Shidong and Sally, the father and daughter, had a fierce fight, which was more turbulent than the previous family disturbances.
Even, they broke up openly, claiming that they would never die and never communicate with each other!
"Tut, tut, tut, tut, tut, tut, tut, tut, tut, tut, tut, tut, tut, tut, tut, tut, tut, tut, tut, tut, tut, tut, tut, tut, tut, tut Chuck chuckled.
The second watch is on.