Chapter 383 (1/2)
In the mansion on the hillside of palisade in Los Angeles, as soon as Simon got out of the car, Amy Pascal welcomed him.
They came to a living room on the second floor of the villa. When they saw them enter, they stood up on the sofa in the living room. In addition to Simon's female assistant, Jennifer Leibold, the other person is somewhat unexpected, Meg Ryan.
Just nodding slightly, Simon sat down on the sofa beside him, looked at Meg Ryan, and said in a flat voice, ”to be specific, what's going on?”
Meg Ryan carefully looked at the young man on the opposite sofa. The first time we met, he was not that kind of approachable temperament. He had been up and down in the shadow of this young man for more than a year. Seeing her again at this time, he seemed to be more alienated.
Noticing his eyes again, Meg Ryan cheered up and talked about recent events.
Relying on ”when Harry meets Sally” to become a first-line actress, but after last year's inexplicably implicated incident, Meg Ryan suddenly fell into the situation of no film to shoot for a year in a row. For a time, Meg Ryan almost collapsed and resented a young man with growing power in Hollywood.
So when Michael owitz came to her and wanted her to file a public lawsuit against Denise entertainment, Meg Ryan immediately agreed.
There's no way out anyway.
However, as things approached, Meg Ryan became more and more nervous.
Because she gradually understood that Michael owitz just wanted to use the lawsuit to stop danilisi Entertainment's acquisition of MCA.
And the more he thought about it, the more Meg Ryan felt like a pawn in the whole thing.
Michael owitz's promise to help her claim huge compensation from Denise entertainment and help her revive her career after the event is unlikely to be realized in Meg Ryan's view.
Meg Ryan secretly consulted her lawyer for more than one time, and the response was that owitz had not found enough litigation reasons and evidence for her. The best result was that danilisi entertainment was forced by public opinion to seek a private settlement as soon as possible and compensate for it.
However, this lawsuit may destroy a big business worth billions of dollars.
Some hateful young man blocked her just because she terminated her contract early after she became famous. If her relationship messed up a multi billion dollar acquisition, she didn't know what would happen.
As for CAA, the talent agency failed to protect her last year. Meg Ryan doesn't think that Michael owitz will really spare no effort to help her under the pressure of the whole danilisi entertainment and a $21 billion super rich.
Or, even if owitz is really willing to do so, when most of Hollywood is closely connected with Denise entertainment, and when she spoils a multi billion dollar business of Denise entertainment, which leads to the intensification of the conflict between the two sides, MEG Raines does not think that the major studios will risk offending westero to cooperate with her.
When Michael owitz informed her yesterday that she would formally file a lawsuit against danielis entertainment in the near future, Meg Ryan, who has been hesitating for a long time, finally made up her mind to seek cooperation with Simon westero in turn.
Although this will certainly offend CAA, it is not wrong to choose the stronger one between Michael owitz and Simon westero. If westero still refuses to lift the ban on him afterwards, there is nothing to lose anyway, and it is not too late for her to file a lawsuit.
Simon listened to Meg Ryan's story, looking through a prepared indictment, took her to finish, looked up and asked, ”is there anything else besides that the actors' Union will cooperate with you in this lawsuit?”
Meg Ryan thought about it and said, ”there should be more, but Mike When owitz talks to me, he only talks about me
Simon withdrew his direct gaze at Meg Ryan and leaned back on the sofa to think.
If it is other times, such a lawsuit is nothing to danielis entertainment. Almost any large enterprise is surrounded by all kinds of lawsuits all the year round.
However, at the critical moment of danielis Entertainment's acquisition of MCA, the sudden appearance of such a lawsuit that danielis entertainment uses its own industry advantages to suppress the actors in the circle will definitely easily cause the media and the public to worry about and denounce the continued expansion of danielis entertainment.
In the original time and space, influenced by the ”eavesdropping scandal”, news corporation had to give up its long-standing wholly-owned acquisition of sky television. Because the timing of the two incidents at that time was very coincidental, it is difficult to say whether there was any causal relationship between them.
Denise entertainment is clearly going to face the same situation.
Of course, there are differences.
If there is any connection between the ”eavesdropping scandal” incident in my memory, it may be that the whole British people do not want News Corporation to expand further, because Murdoch's manipulation of British public opinion has left everyone on pins and needles.Now Simon knows that many people in Hollywood must have doubts about danielis Entertainment's acquisition of MCA, but few of them will really come out against it. Michael owitz obviously did this just to ensure that his employer Panasonic could successfully complete the acquisition, and then he could get tens of millions of dollars in M & a consulting fees.
After carefully combing in his mind, Simon opened his eyes and looked at Meg Ryan with a worried look. He took out a checkbook from his pocket, put it on his knee, wrote a picture, tore it off, handed it to the coffee table in front of him, and said to Meg Ryan, ”wait, let Jennie contact wma for you, or you want to go to ICM, and sign a new agency contract. Denise entertainment can sign another movie with you if you like. In addition, this is for you. Take the money and go abroad for a few months. Come back after the new year. ”
Meg Ryan finally breathed a sigh of relief at Simon's words, even a feeling of bitterness.
Simon's assistant personally introduced the brokerage company to her, which was enough to show danielis Entertainment's attitude. If she signed a film contract with danielis entertainment, she would have completely lifted the ban.
Then, after looking at the check on the coffee table, Meg Ryan didn't know if she should get up and get it.
Simon did not wait for her action, said to the female assistant: ”Jennie, you take Miss Ryan away first, Amy and I still have something to talk about.”
Jennifer nodded, got up to help pick up the check, handed it to Meg Ryan, who was on the other side of the table, and said, ”Miss Ryan, come with me.”
Meg Ryan took the check and followed her. She walked out the door and across the corridor until she stepped up the stairs. Then she took a careful look at the check in her hand and almost staggered.
Five million dollars.
Far more than she expected.
In a word, Meg Ryan has not only failed to get a film contract this year, but also started to run out of money.