Chapter 362 "Tomb Raider" Officially Launched

The cooperation with Disney has ended. Although Zucker was annoyed, he did not take it too seriously.

It is true that the current Disney Group is a behemoth, but under such a severe situation of internal strife and struggle, it is also powerless to target Zucker.

The "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie, after all, has to be made by Wald Pictures alone.

but not now!

The production of the two movies "Spider-Man" and "Harry Potter" has not been completed, and Wald Pictures is unable to launch a large-scale production of A-type again, and can only make a low-budget film.

"Wait a year, we can afford it," Zucker said.

Just then, there was a knock on the office door.

The chief assistant Alexander came in and said, "boss, I just received a call from Robert Iger, the president of Disney, who wants to talk to you."

Robert Iger, the future Disney helm?

"Okay, I promise, you can arrange the time." Zhu Ke said.

"Okay, boss."

After Alexander left, Zucker turned on the computer again and watched a wave of stock market quotes extracted from Nasdaq.

The Nasdaq rallied again after a two-day plateau.

And a one-time increase of 90 points!

The Nasdaq index is currently as high as 4230 points, which is not far from the peak of 5048 points on March 13 in the future.

Paying attention to Nasdaq and Gale Capital have become the focus of Zucker's recent daily work.

A multi-billion dollar business, Zucker must take it seriously.

night.

Zucker and Disney President Robert Iger are having dinner at a restaurant in the Burbank area.

"Mr. Wald, is there really no possibility for us to cooperate on the "Pirates of the Caribbean" project?" Robert couldn't help but ask again.

Hearing this, Zu Ke immediately shook his head: "Copyright,

We don't give in an inch. "

"Then if I convince Chairman Eisner to give up the copyright fight, will Mr. Wald be willing to cooperate with us?" Robert said solemnly.

"Ha ha!"

Zucker suddenly laughed and sneered: "Iger, do you think you can convince that stubborn guy Eisner?"

Robert Iger: "..."

Disney chairman Michael Eisner, who is he?

He is a well-known Disney tyrant, and a rather conceited guy!

In the 1980s, the Disney Group was in trouble, heavily in debt, and the box office performance of many of the films it shot was far worse than expected. In this situation of internal and external difficulties, Roy Disney, the core figure of the Disney family within the Disney Group, made an important move. Decide.

Hiring a foreigner, Michael Eisner, as the CEO of Disney, hoping that he can turn the tide.

I have to say, Michael Eisner did it!

Under his reforms, Disney quickly got back on track. In just five years, Disney's market value more than tripled, and Disney successfully listed on the US stock market.

Later, in the form of a snake swallowing an elephant and a small broad, it swallowed the ABC TV station, one of the largest TV stations in the United States, with a market value of more than 16 billion US dollars.

The act of swallowing an elephant shocked the United States.

"Michael Eisner is a business genius!" Countless people praised him.

Since then, Disney has embarked on a road of crazy mergers and acquisitions, acquiring one company after another, and even the rise of Steve Jobs' Pixar animation is entirely due to the support of Michael Eisner.

A huge media empire was completed in the hands of Michael Eisner.

but.......

The Disney family members of the Disney Group have also responded.

The family shares are diluted by less than 6%!

The entire Disney Group was almost completely controlled by Michael Eisner, a foreign professional manager, in the form of a gram, and he became the emperor of Disney.

If members of the Disney family are not involved, then the Disney Group will completely change its surname and will no longer belong to the Disney family.

As a result, the almost endless battle between the two sides broke out.

"Iger, all Hollywood knows that you are from Roy Disney's side, not Michael Eisner's faction, not to mention how greedy Eisner himself is, just because of Roy Disney, Ace Na will not listen to you."

Zhu Ke smiled and said, "Cooperation? It's impossible now!"

I have to say that Robert Iger is Robert Iger, the future helm of Disney, and after a few seconds of disappointment, he quickly returned to normal.

"Benevolence and righteousness cannot be achieved in business, at least, we are friends, aren't we?" Robert toasted and invited.

Zucker replied: "Naturally!"

The next time, the two sides did not talk about work, and naturally it was a lot more relaxed and happy.

After the meal was over, both parties went home.

on the car.

"Boss, Robert Iger is really amazing! He can resolve our grievances with Disney without making any noise, and he can also become your friend to boss." Alexander said.

Zhu Ke nodded: "Let's not say anything else, just in terms of dealing with people and things, it makes people feel like a spring breeze."

Robert Iger is naturally a powerful person, otherwise he would not have become the CEO of Disney after Michael Eisner stepped down, and then became the chairman of the Disney Group.

All these are enough to prove that his skills and scheming are top-notch figures.

......

the next day.

After Zucker washed up, he did not go to Wald Pictures, nor any of the subsidiaries of Golden Dawn Entertainment Group, but to Paramount Pictures.

The "Tomb Raider" project is about to officially start!

"Welcome, Mr. Wald!" Ms. Shirley Lansing said on behalf of Paramount Pictures.

For this welcome, Zucker is very useful.

After some business talk, Shirley Lansing arranged for Jordan to take Zucker to the project team. .

"Mr. Wald, this way please." Jordan gestured.

Hearing this, Zucker was immediately amused: "Jordan, come on, we are old friends."

Jordan smiled.

Her immediate boss, Shirley Lansing, is still here, and Jordan, as a subordinate, even if he knows Zucker well, he never dares to be presumptuous.

After a while, Zucker and Jordan came to the project team of "Tomb Raider".

When Zhu Ke arrived, everyone in the project team immediately got up to welcome him.

"Juck, this is Tom Harris, the executive producer of the "Tomb Raider" project. Last year's famous Hollywood "The Truman World", Tom also served as the executive producer." Jordan introduced.

"Mr. Harris, I hope we have a happy cooperation in the future." Zucker shook hands with him.

Zucker still knows about Tom Harris.

Although he has not independently served as the chief producer of a large-scale film, Ku is the deputy, that is, the executive producer, but his experience is indeed quite rich, and Zucker is very happy to partner with such a person.

Next...

Screenwriter, planning, finance, casting director... Zucker got to know him one after another.

Compared with the cooperation with Disney, Zucker is still very satisfied with the cooperation with Paramount, at least Paramount is sincere.

"Tomb Raider" movie, a total investment of 80 million US dollars.

This is the first time Zucker has worked as a producer with a film company other than Wald Pictures, which is a milestone.

"The first step in the work now is to choose the director and the actor who will play the protagonist Laura." Zucker announced loudly to the crowd.

In the original time and space, Laura, played by Angelina Jolie, fascinated movie audiences around the world.

Zucker is no exception.