Chapter 670 Conflict between Warner executives
Since the first episode was aired, "Edgewalker" has become the hottest topic.
More importantly, the commercial value brought by this series far exceeds people's imagination. It can even be said that no drama has ever had such high commercial value.
Of course, in the past, maybe people didn’t know how to develop, or maybe there were too many things to develop. Jennifer Aniston has been playing "Friends" for so long, but she still can't compare with Hollywood's A-list stars.
This is the embodiment of value. The value of a hit commercial movie is far greater than the value of a hit TV series.
However, the operation of "Edge Walker" seems to prove that as long as a series is popular enough, its value will soar significantly.
No, under the influence of "Edgewalker", "Fantastic Four 2", which 20th Century Fox had high hopes for, didn't even make a splash.
Twentieth Century Fox has canceled subsequent sequel plans and suspended the development of this series. Now all they can count on is the X-Men series.
Twentieth Century Fox has planned to develop a "Wolverine" solo movie, and they expect this solo superhero movie to be as popular as "Iron Man".
Another impact is on Chris Evans. In the latest negotiation, his agent made concessions and Chris Evans joined "Captain America" with a salary of US$3.5 million.
As a result, the highest paid person in "Captain America" is Scarlett, and her salary has risen to 8 million US dollars.
Finally, Sijia’s plan to transform from the previous goddess of literary films to commercial films went smoothly. She was very grateful to little Gilbert, and for this she even called Avril Lavigne together to reward little Gilbert severely.
Having said that, Scarlett and Avril Lavigne often quarrel, but they have a good relationship, which makes it difficult for little Gilbert to understand.
Once little Gilbert heard them arguing about who was his sister.
Avril Lavigne said confidently: "I am two months older than you, you have to call me sister."
"No," Sijia was not to be outdone: "I came in earlier than you, so you have to call me sister."
"Really? If we come in early, we should all call sister Michelle, then why Is Naomi the eldest sister?" Avril Lavigne started digging.
Scarlett held her chin and thought: "Because Naomi is older than Michelle."
"Bingo!" Avril Lavigne snapped her fingers: "That's right, That’s it, so you have to call me sister.”
Sijia reacted and immediately shook her head: “No, that’s not right, you should call me sister...”
Seeing the two girls arguing endlessly, little Gilbert shook his head helplessly. But perhaps such arguments can enhance feelings, and the two little ones have become very good friends.
Little Gilbert didn't understand the principle of this, and he could only blame it on the fact that the little wives were having more fun.
On Monday morning, the high-level meeting of the week was being held at the Warner Pictures headquarters building. At this time, the new CEO of Warner Pictures, Keeley Ross, was facing a siege from senior executives.
“Let’s look at a set of data. During the premiere of “Edge Walker”, HBO’s audience increased by 53% compared to the same period last year.
If there was no diversion from Disney Channel, It might even break Edgewalker's record
In terms of online discussion, most of the top ten searches on Watermelon, Google, and Banana are related to "Edge Walker". IMDB even gave it a high score of 9.5, with as many as 110,000 comments.
Up to now, more than 100 media have evaluated and rated it, with an average score of 98. Now, people are talking about this series both online and offline.
Even the gangsters in Chicago, the homeless in Detroit, the stock elites on Wall Street, and even the politicians in Washington, no one does not watch this series.
What does this mean? This shows that "Edgewalker" caused enough phenomenal sensation. "
Another executive stood up and continued: "There is no doubt that, not to mention the popularity, "Edge Walker" is also very good in terms of commercial performance.
In the three days last weekend, peripheral products related to "Edge Walker" generated US$42 million in sales in North America. This series will air two episodes every Friday, and its popularity will spread throughout the following summer. "That's not all," an executive said, holding the laptop in his hand: "Just now, "Edge Walker" was launched on Xigua Video.
In just twenty minutes, there were already a lot of clicks. Comments are also increasing rapidly, and it is expected to become the most popular series on the video platform.
The streaming media platform was axed by the company and considered completely useless. ”
Faced with the aggressiveness of the executives, Keeley Rose felt unprecedented pressure. She was not as calm and confident as before, and she also understood the influence of Little Gilbert, who had been working with Warner for more than ten years, on Warner Power.
So she held on and said: "Strategic decoupling is the decision of the head office. If you have any dissatisfaction, you can go to the head office and complain."
Of course the executives refused, and they refused to give in.< br>
“Director Gilbert Jr. is the backbone of Warner Pictures. Thirty to 40% of Warner Pictures’ performance is related to Little Gilbert. Director Gilbert.
Is the parent company willing to give up this part of its performance to complete the decoupling? "
"Yes, let alone the "Harry Potter" series? , development of follow-up works of "Lord of the Rings", "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, and other big-selling commercial film rights
Although these are shared with Disney, they are quite important to Warner. Do we have to give them all up? ”
“Quiet! quiet! quiet! "
Seeing that the conference room turned into a vegetable market, Qili Rose had to stop it loudly and banged the table hard.
"We are not saying to give up and decouple immediately, but It took several years to complete. In the past few years, we can find new performance growth points. "
Seeing the executives quiet down, Keeley Rose's voice became louder: "Are there so many of us that we can't compare to a little Gilbert? ”
"It's hard to tell..."
"Who?" Keeli Rose was very unhappy, but no one came forward.
She had no choice but to emphasize her tone: "Whether you are willing or unwilling, this is the decision of the group company and cannot be questioned.
If anyone thinks that he or she is not capable enough or has any objection to the group company, If you are dissatisfied, you can submit your resignation and I will accept it all.”
Under Keeley Rose’s tough attitude, the executives collectively tried to force the resignation but failed.
However, this forced abortion also severely damaged the prestige of Rose, and even deepened the conflict between Warner Pictures and its parent company Time Warner.
The conflict between the executives and Keeley Rose quickly spread throughout the upper echelons of Hollywood, causing quite a stir.
On the beach at Melon Manor, little Gilbert was fishing with Robert Egger. However, the two of them did not focus on the fishing rod at all, but talked about various recent news.
“Although Warner Pictures has been decoupling itself from Melon Studios and you, the strange thing is that Warner Pictures’ stock price has not fallen, but is rising.”
Little Gibbert Te smiled and said: "This is not surprising, Bob. Those people on Wall Street are masters of stock trading. If they want Warner to complete the decoupling from me, they must pay off elsewhere."
The essence of the world is a naked exchange of interests. Even the emperor must provide corresponding benefits if he wants his ministers to work hard. It can be official position, wealth, or anything else.
What's more, in modern society, no matter how powerful you are, how can you make people do things for you willingly if you don't give them some corresponding benefits?
Especially in an environment like the West, interests are everything.
(End of this chapter)