Chapter 1178 Make the Most Beneficial Choice for Yourself

[92zw] When the millions of "Justice Masters" from China became famous on American social networks and fought side by side with American netizens, it wasn't just Tom Cruise who panicked.

Affected by such a negative influence, the entire top management of Warner Bros. fell into a huge panic. The strong public opinion made them have no way to reverse the public opinion, and even the life of Warner Bros.'s parent company, Time Warner, was extremely difficult.

Originally, Time Warner's acquisition of aol AOL was a famous failure in history. The market value shrunk by 100 billion US dollars in one year is a major event that Time Warner and AOL merged together. In this life, AOL is facing more difficulties than in the previous life at the same time. The period is even more painful, because AOL did not have Makino Technology in its previous life.

AOL was a giant in the U.S. Internet industry in the last life. However, due to the rise of yy and the follow-up of yy English.com, all U.S. Internet companies that provide page services have suffered a huge blow, and AOL is even more difficult to escape.

Time Warner has been caught in the whirlpool of huge losses since 2002. Coupled with the blessing of YY, it is now overwhelmed. What I didn't expect is that Warner Bros. has stabbed such a big basket at this time, which is bad for this group. Said, it was simply worse.

Time Warner demanded that Warner Bros. immediately find a solution to the current crisis of public opinion, and Jiro Horita also put pressure on Warner Bros.

Horita Jiro is furious at this extremely passive situation. For him, investing in this film is to promote Japanese culture and the spirit of Japanese Bushido, and to make money by the way. The purpose of culture and Bushido spirit has made the Bushido spirit, which is the quintessence of Japan, to be resisted and spurned by the whole world. If he exposes himself to be an investor, then he will not become a sinner of the whole Japan through the ages?

An angry Horita Jiro scolded Warner Bros. CEO Mayer on the phone, asking him to find a way to solve this matter no matter what. If the influence of this incident continues to expand, he will definitely make Warner Bros. pay the price.

Mayer was also about to collapse, and he said to Horita Jiro: "Mr. Horita, all the media in the United States are now standing in line, only a few media controlled by Japan Capital have not yet made a statement, but you have also seen, these media Now it has been boycotted by netizens, and what is even worse is that yy, which has a huge influence in the world, is also contributing to the flames. Its information delivery ability is really too powerful, and its views we have no way to control, so this According to the current trend, this impact can only get bigger and bigger.”

"Damn bastard!" Horita Jiro suddenly went berserk, his voice suddenly became hysterical, and he said angrily: "Mayer, I fucking warn you, this movie is my dream, if it ruins, I will definitely not get around you. At that time, you will never want to continue working in the film and television industry for the rest of your life!"

Mayer's ability to bear is also nearing its limit. Seeing that Jiro Horita is targeting himself, Mayer's emotions are also a little out of control, and he shouts: "The current situation has nothing to do with me, the movie is what you want to make. Yes, the script is confirmed by you, the director and actors are all appointed by you, I am just a shell for you to help you build a team and help you distribute and promote! My job is to help you integrate resources and start the project smoothly. I've already done my work!"

Speaking of which, Mayer burst out with dissatisfaction, and said angrily: "The shooting of the entire movie has been very smooth, and it was the script leak that caused such a thing, but the script leak is not my responsibility, blame it. Blame Edward's mismanagement for making such a big mistake! But Edward is not mine, it's yours! If you really want to be held accountable, go find him! I'm fucking fed up! "

After saying this angrily, Mayer didn't give Horita Jiro time to react, and immediately hung up the phone.

He really had had enough,

I don't want to take it any longer.

Not only Mayer, but almost every top executive at Warner Bros. has reached the limit of what they can afford.

Now they are not only being scolded to death on the Internet, but the key point is that many protesters are protesting outside Warner's office, and the scale of the protests is getting bigger and bigger. It is still increasing, so that Warner's executives have been afraid to go to the company.

Among them, Mayer was the worst. The last time he went to the company, he was surrounded by a large number of protesters as soon as the car entered the parking lot. When he got out of the car, an old Chinese lady threw two rotten eggs. Disgraced, I quickly got into the car and fled home. Not only did I fail to make it to the class, but the media also took photos and posted them on newspapers and websites, which was a huge shame.

After that, Mayer never went to the company again. He and other high-level executives hid in their respective homes and contacted through the yy group video to discuss the next steps.

Some of Warner's top executives also proposed to solve this problem quickly with the solution of a strong man breaking his wrist. He suggested that the company hold a large-scale press conference, conduct self-examination at the press conference, and apologize to the people all over the world, especially in the United States and China. Then it was announced that the filming of "The Last Samurai" would be stopped and the crew disbanded.

However, Mayer had previously disagreed.

The investment of 140 million US dollars was almost entirely given by Sumitomo. Horita completed this investment quietly through externally controlled investment companies and funds. It seems that Warner led the investment with several companies. made the movie, but in fact all the money came from Sumitomo.

This money was given to Warner, and Warner has spent most of it since the preparation of the filming. If the filming is announced at this time, Warner will suffer heavy losses.

The legal staff calculated that if the filming was stopped, the book loss would be at least more than 200 million US dollars.

The reason why it is as high as 200 million US dollars is because the investment of 140 million US dollars itself has a risk clause. If the filming is not completed as planned due to unnatural force majeure, then Warner will compensate all the investment and add 100% compensation. gold.

Originally, Sumitomo's terms were very loose. As long as the film was finished, Warner Bros. would not have any risk of violations. Even if it took an extra year, as long as the film was well-made, Sumitomo would not pursue any responsibility.

But the most embarrassing thing is that this film may have become the film with the most resistance in film history, so according to the contract, if the filming is stopped, it will pay Sumitomo 280 million. Since most of the money has been spent, there is still money left on the book. If you pay tens of millions, you will have to bear the rest yourself, and the loss will be more than 200 million US dollars.

Mayer didn't want to bear such a huge loss when he was sitting in the CEO position, more than 200 million US dollars, how many movies would he need to make to make it back.

And this is only a direct economic loss, and the indirect loss is even greater!

If investors lose confidence in Warner Bros. due to the suspension of filming, then Warner Bros.'s valuation, future project development and even the share of cooperation with other companies may be greatly affected, and Time Warner, the parent company, may be greatly affected. It is bound to be affected. The stock price has been falling for the past two days. Many of the reasons are due to the troubles caused by the Warner Bros. movie.

But now, Mayer finally figured out that this pot can't be escaped by himself, and the later you carry it, the greater the cost!

This damn Horita Jiro didn't care about the actual situation of the matter at all, and shamelessly came to him to hold him accountable. If it wasn't for the fact that his subject matter had such a big problem, how could it have caused so many things one after another? ! It's true that he made him miserable!

Before, I never wanted to bear the loss of these two hundred million dollars, but now it seems that these losses cannot be avoided. If this is the case, it is better to bear it by myself, and then immediately hold a press conference to apologize to people all over the world and admit their mistakes. , Acknowledging the evil of the extreme Bushido, and then announcing the suspension of filming, although the loss cannot be recovered, at least the reputation can be recovered! If it drags on any longer, the money will be lost, and the reputation will be completely lost. At that time, the chickens will be beaten and the eggs will be wiped out.

So, the angry Mayer immediately organized a video conference with the high-level executives hiding at home. After the connection was connected, the first sentence he said was: "Get ready, we will hold a press conference tomorrow morning!"

It was already 8:30 p.m. local time. If it weren't for the lack of preparation time, Mayer would have liked to hold a press conference immediately.

Other high-level executives immediately asked: "What strategy are we going to adopt for our press conference?"

Mayer said without hesitation: "Apologies! Stop shooting!"

After Mayer made the decision, all the executives were silent in front of the cameras.

Seeing that no one paid attention to him, Mayer said angrily: "You don't have to worry! It was my decision to stop filming, and I will bear all the responsibility!"

When Mayer said these words clearly, the executives in front of the camera finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Regarding the hot potato of "The Last Samurai", everyone wants to stop filming immediately, and then immediately apologize and ask for forgiveness from the people. In this way, the pressure on them these days will be relieved by most of them, but, after all, it involves at least two No one wants to take the blame for the direct losses of more than 100 million US dollars and the incalculable indirect losses.

Mayer was the same before, but now he can't bear it anymore, and now he just wants to get out of this thing as soon as possible.

At this time, one of the executives said: "Let's communicate with Edward and Tom Cruise to see if they are willing to participate in this conference together. If we apologize together, it will be more sincere."

"Absolutely not!" Mayer immediately frowned and blurted out: "This matter must not be notified to Edward and Tom Cruise, not only that, you must keep a high degree of secrecy before tonight, and prepare for the secret tonight. , contact the major media at eight o'clock tomorrow and inform them that we will hold an emergency press conference at ten o'clock, and I want to catch everyone off guard!"

"Why?!" Almost all the executives did not understand why Mayer had to put aside Edward and Tom Cruise at this time.

Mayer said with a gloomy face: "If three sinners confess at the same time, then these three will bear the condemnation and punishment of the people at the same time, but if one person confesses first, it will cause the people to take most of the condemnation that should have been given to him. The punishment and punishment are transferred to the remaining two people! At this time, all we have to do is to make the most beneficial choice for ourselves!"... Friends who read books, you can search for "", and you can immediately Find this site. 【I just love Chinese】