Chapter 1021: Giant Game
Aggressive and unwilling to give in.
The air in the entire conference room condensed again. Although his eyes wandered in the air, the only focus in the space was obviously Michael Linton.
However, this is not unexpected.
Generally speaking, in top companies, there is only one CEO, because this is the position of the helmsman. It only requires common sense to know that too many helmsmen may cause the ship to lose direction or even lead to disaster; but now Sony Colombia is facing such a situation.
Michael Linton is the disruptor.
Amy Pascal has been the CEO of Sony Columbia for the past few years, but as mentioned before, Sony Columbia's operating conditions were lower than expected, so that they had to put all their chips in Put it on "Spider-Man"——
Do it or die.
Of course, Amy's gamble succeeded, and the historic success of "Spider-Man" caused a sensation throughout Hollywood.
However, for shareholders, this is still not enough.
The brilliance of one movie is not enough to help a large company complete a radical change. "Titanic" failed to help 20th Century Fox reach the top of Hollywood, and "Spider-Man" also failed to help Sony Columbia completely escape from The dilemma of other projects underperforming.
So, after deliberation, the board of directors hired a second CEO, Michael Linton, in March this year. They hoped that Michael could assist Amy and help Sony Columbia complete its transformation.
But there is a detail here. Who is dominant between Michael and Amy? Is Michael assisting Amy, or is he preparing to squeeze out Amy?
The board of directors did not say anything, and the division of labor was not clear, but the trend within the board of directors was to support Michael and get rid of Amy. After all, Amy has stayed in the position of CEO for many years but has never been able to help the company get out of trouble. .
In other words, nothing is said, but now Amy is guarding her job and Michael is trying to complete his seizure of power.
Between the two, we are not good partners.
All the major decisions in "Spider-Man 2" were made under the leadership of Amy before Michael was promoted.
Now that an unexpected situation has occurred, Michael will naturally not miss the opportunity. He wants to shuffle the cards and bring "Spider-Man 2" under his control.
But the point is, Michael's point of view is persuasive, and considering the expense of delaying filming, the board of directors may support Michael's decision.
Now, here’s where things get tricky——
In the eyes of these people, is Anson really irreplaceable?
Michael Linton was still elegant and professor-like. He did not raise his voice or get angry. The whole conversation was always unhurried and he presented facts and reasons. If he did not pay attention, he might be caught. Turning into the ditch, the condescending attitude in his bones could hardly be concealed.
This time, no one responded, and Michael's words once again hung in the air, slowly sinking into the quicksand of silence.
Michael didn't care, lowered his chin slightly and showed a smile.
“Now it seems that I am a villain, but let’s calm down, I have no malicious intent, I am just objectively stating the facts.”
"We need to be rational, we need to be calm, to face this difficulty."
Sam, who had been sitting next to him silently and looking down, said something, "I thought we should be facing difficulties now. It's Anson."
Michael actually choked and paused slightly, "Of course, Anson has his own difficulties, and we also have our own. I sincerely hope that Anson's career as an actor will go well, but now we have to work hard for him. What do you think about Sony Colombia’s interests?”
Ian looked up at Amy.
Amy's expression was slightly obscure. It could be seen that Amy was a little unable to withstand Michael's aggressiveness. It was not the confrontation in front of her, but more likely the confrontation within the board of directors behind her.
If Amy can no longer protect herself, how can she guarantee Anson? Ian sighed softly in his heart, and then looked at Michael, "So, what are you thinking about now?"
Michael finally achieved his goal, but it was not surprising, nor Without getting carried away, "I think we should change the actors."
As he said this, Michael pushed forward the folder that had been placed in front of him.
Ian stood up and opened the folder. Inside was a stack of A4 paper. He scanned it hurriedly. Without saying anything, Ian distributed one sheet to everyone present.
Sam still didn't look up, didn't even glance.
But Amy looked at it, and her breath was stuck in her chest, "You are ready, so what is the significance of this meeting?"
This is a list of actors, with clear names on it. The list of Peter Parker's successors is clearly written.
Moreover, there is more than one, there are more than twenty names before and after.
Considering the age, appearance, style, etc. of the actors, it can be seen that Michael not only prepared, but also conducted detailed investigations.
From the beginning, Michael was unprepared to support Anson.
Amy's anger burst out, "God, Anson is still lying on the hospital bed!"
Michael, "I didn't know you were such an emotional person, like other women. . I sympathize with Anson's situation, but we still have work to do."
Michael was not impressed at all.
The air is turbulent and filled with smoke, and Michael and Amy are fighting again.
But Sam was just bored.
Suddenly, he felt uninterested. When Anson was struggling in pain and on the edge of life and death, Sony Columbia only had interests in their eyes. They evolved people into a set of numbers, and then simply completed a Numbers game.
However, life is not a number, and that is not how it should be.
Don’t forget, the box office pressure of “Spider-Man” was all on Anson, and the movie was a huge success. Now they are considering replacing Anson, burning bridges. This is really ugly.
In Sam's opinion, this meeting should never have happened from the beginning. They supported Anson 100% without hesitation. This was the only option.
But the really sad thing is that Anson seemed to see through this early on.
In the hospital, Anson found Sam. He just wanted to express his feelings. He would recover as soon as possible and return to the crew. He knew that the delay during this period might make things difficult for the crew, so he promised to speed up the progress after returning from recovery. , ensuring that the film can catch up.
At that time, Sam also said that Anson was thinking too much and repeatedly comforted Anson to have a good rest and that there was no need to worry. The crew could shoot other scenes first and then work on the protagonist after Anson returned. He believed that they could complete it on time. Shoot.
It was only now that Sam realized why Anson was talking about this matter in the hospital.
Obviously, Anson knew that Sony Columbia had no sympathy.
However, Sam just felt desolate and sad. Not only did they not provide support to Anson, but they continued to prepare to stab Anson behind his back.
Things shouldn't be like this.
(End of this chapter)