Chapter 462 (1/2)

The next day, another Sundance Film Festival closed.

The jury award was given to a low-cost black-and-white feature film, deep water, which tells the story of a frustrated screenwriter and a failed producer trying to raise money to make a film.

In previous media reviews, ”drowning dog” is controversial, but its reputation is very good, and the voice of awards is also very high.

It's just that, because many of the judges didn't like the film, which was too naked to show violence, ”the drowning dog” got nothing in the end.

In recent years, danelis entertainment has purchased movies or scripts from Sundance almost every year, and the relationship between the two sides has been very close.

However, it is precisely for this reason that in order to maintain the fairness of the Sundance awards as far as possible, danielis entertainment will not easily interfere with the Awards Evaluation unless necessary.

Simon went straight back to Los Angeles after attending the closing ceremony of the festival.

As for the follow-up of ”drowning dog”, the $2.5 million project is not enough to make him pay too much attention.

In the original time and space, the North American release of ”drowning dog” failed, but it also made Miramax and Quentin Tarantino establish a long-term cooperative relationship. It was not until the Weinstein scandal broke out that the cooperation finally ended.

After a long talk that night, Catherine went to New York.

There was not much choice, had to shoot their own subjects are not very interested.

Now, with the accumulation of several films with fairly good box office results and Simon's support, Katherine is no longer troubled by many film makers who have just started their career. After being awakened by Simon, she decides to spend the next year or two carefully sorting out and digging out some projects.

It's also planned to go to Europe.

The great changes in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, as well as the follow-up trend of these countries, made Katherine curious, and she had the idea to shoot one or two documentaries first.

From ”Gucci mark” to ”truth and bravery” and last year's ”ice and snow world”, the success of three consecutive documentaries at the box office has made documentaries a category that Hollywood pays close attention to.

Simon himself is Katherine who can shoot whatever she wants.

It's not bad for money.

It doesn't matter if we shoot the widow maker in the original time and space. What Denise entertainment lacks most now is a huge loss project.

Of course, throughout Hollywood, Simon will only indulge Catherine.

Even he himself would not be so laissez faire.

After the closure of Sundance, it was the end of January.

Back in Los Angeles, the first thing to deal with is Denise Entertainment's second layoff.

This month, after repeated review and evaluation by the company's human resources department, a preliminary list of 800 layoffs was drawn up, which was less than Simon's assumption. However, after the news was released, it caused controversy in the media.

The U.S. economy as a whole is still at the bottom. In 1991, the federal unemployment rate hit a new high.

If it is other companies, there is nothing wrong with layoffs at this time.

The survival of enterprises is the most important.

However, Denise Entertainment's layoff is hard for many people to accept.

Just look at the box office figures of last year's series of blockbuster films from danielis entertainment, and you can see the company's performance in 1991.

In the eyes of the outside world, it is a very lack of sense of social responsibility and an act of unscrupulous capitalists for a company with such excellent operation to insist on layoffs.

In fact, the layoff of 800 people, combined with the cost of all aspects, can only save less than 200 million US dollars for Denise entertainment every year. However, Simon insisted on layoffs, the fundamental purpose is not to save money, but to keep Denise entertainment can continue to operate efficiently.

Many of the big company's ailments begin with overstaffed personnel.

If danielis entertainment wants to maintain its high-speed development momentum as long as possible, it must let its employees always maintain a sense of crisis.

No matter how well the company develops, if you don't work hard, you will still lose your job.

As a result, we didn't pay much attention to the doubts from the outside world. After the layoff list was drawn up, Denise entertainment began to implement it quickly, and all 800 employees were dismissed in the following week.

Some unwilling employees are also trying to organize to launch a class action lawsuit, which danielis entertainment naturally has no fear of.

The layoff process is strictly implemented in accordance with the provisions of the U.S. labor law, which may be morally deficient, but there is no legal transgression.

Of course, allowing these people to file a lawsuit will certainly damage the reputation of Denise entertainment.

As a result, news soon spread in Hollywood.

If this group of employees who have left danielis entertainment continue to make trouble, the doors of all Hollywood studios will be closed to them.

More straightforward, restless people, don't want to mix in Hollywood in the future.With Denise Entertainment's current influence, many people will not doubt that the company has such strength.

You know, even big names like Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise have suffered from danilisi's entertainment, not to mention their little fish and shrimps.

And even if we really don't plan to live in Hollywood, we still have to live. However, probably no boss will like this kind of employees who are constantly entangled with their employers after being dismissed.

What's more, there's really no violation of Daniels entertainment.

It's hard to predict the outcome of a forced lawsuit.

As a result, the so-called class action is soon over.

After another round of layoffs, Denise entertainment announced a salary increase.

Last year, the employees who were merged into danilisi entertainment from MCA had maintained a relatively low salary level during the period of MCA. In this salary increase plan, most of the employees from MCA were raised to the same level as the employees of danilisi entertainment.

After careful media calculation, we find that such a pay rise is basically equivalent to completely offsetting the labor cost saved by Denise entertainment just after the layoff.

The news also greatly reduced the negative impact of the layoff plan.

The world is never short of discerning people.

The layoff is followed by a pay rise, which makes many people understand that the layoff of danielis entertainment is not for the pursuit of profits, but more likely for the development of the enterprise itself.

After the salary adjustment, danielis entertainment is still the company with the highest average salary in Hollywood.

To a large extent, this also makes Denise entertainment employees cherish their work more, thus improving the vitality of the whole company.

In February of 1992.

In the last box office week in January, the total box office of flash, which lasted just six weeks, officially exceeded $200 million in North America, reaching $211.81 million.