After resting for seven or eight hours on the plane, they arrived in Los Angeles.
At this time, it was four o 'clock on the 6th in Los Angeles. The person who came to pick them up was the butler of Xiao Yunhai's villa, Ivor Spencer.
In the car, Xiao Yunhai asked, "Ivor, is there any interesting news in Hollywood recently?"
Ivor Spencer thought for a moment and said, "There's a lot, but they're all boring news. Like this movie king and that actress in a private room, who divorced who, who held a third wedding, and so on. It's a mess and has no value. But recently, I heard that a few stars from entertainment companies are causing trouble. I don't know if it's true or not. "
Xiao Yunhai was stunned and asked, "What trouble?"
Ivor Spencer said, "It seems to be about some personal studio. I also saw it in some newspapers and magazines. I can't tell if it's true or not."
Xiao Yunhai and Zhao Wanqing looked at each other and remembered that Xiao Yunhai agreed to let David Hartnett set up his personal studio in order to sign him to his company.
Could it be that it caused this trouble?
Thinking of this, Xiao Yunhai picked up his phone and called Raúl.
"Raúl, what are you busy with?"
Raúl said, "Boss, I'm in a meeting with Miss Mo to discuss the issue of artist studios."
Xiao Yunhai chuckled and said, "What a coincidence. I called you because of this matter as well. I just heard that a lot of artists from entertainment companies in Hollywood are asking to set up their own studios, right? Does our company have one? How did this happen? Tell me all about it. "
Raúl said, "Okay. The cause of this is Mr. Hartnett. He … "
It turned out that since Hartnett joined Marvel, he built his own studio with his own money.
A movie king's big move naturally attracted the attention of the Hollywood media. Many stars didn't pay much attention to his personal studio at first. After all, it was a new thing. Who knew what the result would be?
Originally, this matter was going to pass muddle-headedly. However, when one of Hartnett's financial personnel was calculating the annual accounts, he discovered that Hartnett had actually earned 340 million USD in a short span of half a year. Therefore, he took a picture of it and posted it on the Internet.
No one would have thought that a celebrity studio could actually earn 340 million USD. This did not include David Hannett's salary and advertising fees. Therefore, Hollywood's eyes were all focused on David Hannett.
Those award-winning actors and actresses came to him one after another to learn from him. Although David Hartnett couldn't put up with their harassment, he couldn't do anything about it.
After learning about the entire operation process of their personal studio, these Hollywood stars couldn't remain calm at the moment.
Although most of them were members of the multi-million-dollar club, they could only shoot three films a year at most. Even if they included advertising income, it would be good if they could get 200 million dollars after tax.
However, David Hartnett's personal studio actually earned 340 million USD in half a year. One could imagine how big of an impact it had on their hearts.
Therefore, these award-winning actors and actresses, and even some A-list stars, went to their bosses one after another and requested to set up their own studio under the company.
The award-winning actors and actresses were still fine. The company itself could only take 10% of the profits from them. As long as they were still in their own company, they could do whatever they wanted. However, those A-list and B-list stars couldn't do that. Most of the company's income came from them. How could they be allowed to do that?
Therefore, conflicts between artists and companies arose. However, most of them were in those second-rate and third-rate entertainment companies. Artists under those giants didn't have the guts to bargain with them.
However, as long as the artists of those companies succeeded, they would definitely join forces to contend with the parent company.
Therefore, everyone was waiting for the development of the matter.
Most of the Hollywood media were in the hands of the giants. Ivor Spencer could only learn about the situation from some mediocre magazines.
Xiao Yunhai asked, "Raúl, how did David's studio earn so much money?"
Raúl said, "Boss, Mr. Hartnett filmed a total of three literary films in the second half of last year. One was a fiasco and lost 60 million USD. The other one was balanced and didn't make any profit or loss. The third one he acted in personally and earned 400 million USD. Subtracting the loss of 60 million USD, it was exactly 340 million USD. As a result, those superstars who thought they were great became jealous. This caused conflicts between artists and their companies. "
Xiao Yunhai said, "Then what are the attitudes of our Marvel artists now?"
Raúl said, "Let Miss Mo tell you about this."
Mo Yina was the manager of Marvel's management company. Naturally, she was very familiar with the artists. It was most appropriate for her to say it.
"Sister Mo, long time no see."
Mo Yina snorted and said, "Boss, it's good that you know."
In public, Mo Yina still knew her limits. She always called Xiao Yunhai boss. But in private, it was different. Sometimes it was Yunhai, sometimes it was that guy. She called him all kinds of names.
The two laughed and joked for a while. Xiao Yunhai asked, "Sister Mo, what's the situation with the artists now?"
Mo Yina's tone was a little serious. She said, "They haven't talked to me about this problem officially, but I know that they are discussing it in private. There is a big change in their mentality. Your personal studio is too attractive to them. If I were them, I would definitely choose to be my own boss. "
Xiao Yunhai smiled and said, "Why do I feel that you are blaming me? But let me tell you, it's not so easy to set up a personal studio. After David got lucky this time, he filmed three films. One of them was a big hit. But they didn't think that if the third film was also a failure, David would suffer a lot of losses. You have to talk to the artists about this. Don't let them think that setting up a personal studio is a profitable business. It's riskier than an entertainment company. "
Mo Yina smiled bitterly. "Do you think they will listen to me? The whole Hollywood is jealous now. Who would want to lose money? Not only the artists, but the directors also want to set up a studio. "
Xiao Yunhai said, "It seems that I have to go to your place for a meeting. How about this, Sister Mo, you invite all the artists over tomorrow. I will talk to them personally. This problem has to be solved as soon as possible. Otherwise, the longer it is delayed, the bigger the problem will be. By the way, what is David doing now? He's not filming, right? "
Mo Yina said, "No."
Xiao Yunhai said, "Okay, you have to call him for the meeting tomorrow. He caused this trouble, let him deal with it for me. I don't care about other companies, but our company can't have any problems. Forget it, I will call him. "
Mo Yina said, "Okay. By the way, Director Bikven's' King Kong 'will premiere in North America at 8 pm tomorrow. Since you are here, why don't you go and stand on stage for him? "
In order to establish his position as the chief director of Marvel Comics, Bikven was extremely strict with the filming of 'King Kong'. Every scene had to be perfect, not to mention the post-production. It was almost to the point of nitpicking. So even though the Magic Visual Effects staff did their best for his movie, it was still very slow. It was finally completed last month.
Xiao Yunhai smiled and said, "Let's talk about this after I meet with Director Bikven tomorrow."
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