MTL - American Fame and Fortune-Chapter 753 face to face conflict

Chapter 753 Face to Face Conflict

 “Hey guys, you’re welcome to my party.”

At the door of the brightly lit banquet hall, Meryl Streep saw the trio of **** coming together, and stepped forward to hug everyone.

She looked at the three famous **** in Hollywood and said deliberately: "Actually, I have overcome a lot of difficulties and made a lot of determination to invite you here?"

 Martin was very cooperative and asked: "Why?"

Meryl said: "I'm worried that you will take off the ceiling of the banquet hall and turn the party into a battlefield."

Leonardo pushed Nicholson forward: "Don't worry, for Jack's sake, we won't mess up your party."

With no outsiders to deal with now, Martin immediately targeted Nicholson: "Jack, you should stand next to Meryl and accompany Meryl to welcome the guests."

　　Meryl Streep has been divorced and has always had intentions for Nicholson: "I think it's okay, I just need a male host tonight."

Nicholson said: "Don't be kidding, can anyone stand in this position?"

Meryl’s eyes were fixed on Nicholson, but her hand opened the handbag hanging on her arm. There seemed to be a square box inside.

Nixon stepped over from one side and looked at the door, and asked, "She didn't say anything, did she?"

Suddenly, a blond girl came over: "Hi, Martin, Leo."

 She greeted Martin and Leonardo, but turned a blind eye to Nicholson.

Martin's eyes quickly glanced over her body. This girl was tall and had blond hair. Her facial profile looked a bit like Meryl Streep's, but her facial features were more delicate than Meryl's and she was also prettier than Meryl.

 Louisa Jacobson said: "We met in New York a few years ago..."

 Martin understood what this **** meant and said, "There are a lot of things going on recently, I'm afraid I don't have time."

Louisa smiled at him, then turned to Martin and said, "I'm going to hold a party next week, can you come?"

"We have met before." The girl frowned: "Have you forgotten?"

“No.” Martin asked, “What, are you worried about Meryl proposing to you in public?”

 Martin looked like he was watching something good.

The three **** entered the banquet hall laughing and joking, found some familiar people, and started chatting.

 “Let’s chat when we have time.” Martin also left.

Nicholson said: "What if she loses her mind? If I refuse, I won't even be able to be a running partner."

 Martin and Leonardo also entered the banquet hall.

Nicholson suddenly floated in front of Martin like a ghost.

 Leonardo was about to say that I had it, but was pulled away by Nicholson.

 “Don’t go.” Leonardo pretended to pull him away, but failed to hold him back just in time.

 Martin thought about it: "You are Meryl's little daughter, Louisa."

 Blonde hair, long legs, delicate and beautiful, Leonardo nodded: "You were still a little girl at that time, I didn't expect you to be so big now."

Without saying a word, Nicholson walked quickly into the banquet hall.

Meryl took out her makeup mirror, touched up her makeup, and snorted: "This one is no coward."

Louisa looked at Nicholson's back with obvious resentment in her eyes.

Arriving at a deserted place, Leonardo said dissatisfiedly: "Jack, what are you going to do?"

 Martin shook his head slightly and asked, "Isn't that your daughter?"

“Don’t frame me!” Nicholson quickly defended: “That’s Meryl and Don Gumo’s daughter.”

 Martin and Leonardo looked disbelieving.

Nicholson knew these two **** well and knew that the darker they were, the darker they became, so he simply said nothing.

 Leonardo found a new goal: "I'm going to go talk to someone for a while."

 Martin also saw an acquaintance: "I'm also going to find someone to chat with for a while."

Nicholson became lonely, looked around, and went to find Meryl Streep.

Spielberg had just been chatting with someone for a while, when he turned around and saw Martin.

The old man adjusted his iconic round glasses and said to Martin who came over: "I heard that you made Megan Ellison so angry that she almost exploded on the spot a few days ago?"

"It's nothing." Martin said from his own perspective: "Her newly completed film "The Seventh Son" was not very good, so my bid of $30 million was risky."

He went directly to the topic: "Nolan came to see me a few days ago and talked about "Interstellar"."

Spielberg said: "In large-scale projects, I think the absolute protagonist should be a superstar. Whether it is you or Tommy, both are suitable for this role."

This statement is very Spielberg, but it is also hard to fault.

Martin followed his words and said: "The key to the matter still lies with Jon Berg of Warner Pictures." Spielberg smiled and reminded: "He is coming."

 Martin turned his head and saw Jon Berg from Warner Pictures walking towards him.

 “You guys talk.” Spielberg stood up and moved away from the place.

 Jon Berg came over, pulled up a chair and sat across from Martin: "Let's chat for a while."

 Martin smiled slightly: "Okay."

Jon Berg said: "A few years ago, when I was still at New Line Cinema, I often heard people talking about you. You were still a new actor and you just started working with Warner Pictures. "

These resumes are obvious, and Martin will not deny it: "Several films with Warner Pictures opened up my career in Hollywood."

ˆ Jon Bogner stared at Martin: “Without Warner Pictures, you wouldn’t be where you are today!”

He is married to Kevin Tsujihara's wife, a Japanese woman who is also greatly influenced by Japanese culture: "If you don't respect and be grateful to Warner Pictures, just forget it, and instead take the lead in suing Warner Pictures?"

Martin said: "In business, don't engage in moral kidnapping. It's Warner Bros. Pictures that doesn't respect the business contract and breaks the contract first."

 Jon Berg sneered: "Warner Pictures reconciled with you, but you refused Warner's hand of friendship."

“It turns out that breach of contract was such an understatement from your mouth.” Martin said: “By June, your default period will exceed half a year. Do you think the liquidated damages and late payment penalties stipulated in the contract do not exist?”

Jon Berg said: "Next month, Warner Pictures will pay your share and corresponding bank interest in full."

 Martin was too lazy to say any more: "Please ask your legal department to talk to my lawyer."

 Jon Berg leaned forward and put one hand on the table: "You have to think clearly, you are facing Warner Pictures, Warner Brothers!"

He said coldly: "Warner Bros. has been around for nearly a hundred years and has experienced countless superstars. After the brief peak of their careers, these people all fell down without exception."

Martin could naturally hear the threat in his words. He said: "I remember that Jack often collaborated with Warner, and he is living a carefree life now."

Jon Berg said: "Do you really want to face the wrath of Century Warner?"

Martin shook his head and said: "It is indeed a century-old Warner, but I have a question? How many presidents has Warner Pictures had? Let me think about it, the president before Alan Horn lasted less than a year. Half of them were fired by the group company due to poor performance. In the 1990s, two others worked for less than two and a half years. They messed up big-budget movies and were forced to leave..."

ˆ Jon Berg’s face turned from white to black in an instant.

 Martin stood up to leave, and before leaving, he said: "Jon, I wish your new movie "Jack the Giant Catcher" will be a success at the box office, and I wish you a promotion and a salary increase."

Jon Berg flashed the main poster of this film in front of his eyes, and suddenly remembered one thing. The distribution label Warner Bros. released "Transcendence" and "The Lone Ranger" for Annapurna Pictures. Failed miserably.

Because of this, Warner Bros. terminated the distribution contract for "The Seventh Son" with Annapurna. The latter held a preview event a few days ago and wanted to sell the rights, but no one wanted the $40 million.

 It is said that Megan Ellison snatched all three projects from Martin Davis.

 Warner Pictures also has projects that it has snatched from Martin Davis, "Pharaohs and Gods" and "Darkland".

Both films were also failures.

  Jon Berg’s hands and feet were numb for a moment, and there was a cold feeling on his back.

 Where did the project "Jack the Giant Catcher" first come from?

Jon Berg remembers clearly that before the Davis Studio moved, he followed Daniel to the Davis Studio. On Martin Davis' desk, there were two fairy tale books - "Jack and the Bean". Man" and "Jack the Giant Slayer".

The two books are curled and have obvious signs of being read. There is also a script of the same name nearby.

 So, he launched this fairy tale magic epic project.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible." Jon Berg shook his head: "No one thought I would go there that day. I also discovered these two books by accident, and then I came up with this project."

He will never admit that he was deceived: "Martin Davis's despicable methods cannot escape my eyes."

  If nothing else, in the "Jack the Giant Catcher" project alone, Warner Pictures has invested more than 200 million U.S. dollars, and the distribution company has invested 100 million U.S. dollars. The sunk costs are frighteningly high.

 Jon Berg refused to consider that direction.

 Because he cannot afford the terrible consequences.

 Jon Berg looked at Martin's walking back again. "Jack the Giant Catcher" was about to be released. He didn't have the energy to pay attention to this **** for the time being. After the film was released and became a hit...

On the other side, Nicholson glanced at Jon Berg, who was leaving alone, and asked: "Did he threaten you just now?"

 Martin shrugged: "Warn me to my face that a big mountain called Warner is about to come down and smash me into a pulp."

Nicholson laughed first and then said: "You should be more careful."

Martin nodded and said: "I have long expected that this day might come. After all, Warner's new team management is extraordinary, so I chose to cooperate in depth with Disney."

Leonardo interjected at this time: "Passive defense is not our style, we have to find a way to deal with him!"

 Martin glanced at Leonardo and said: "You have been cooperating with Warner recently. When the opportunity is right, help me stand up and say something."

 “No problem.” Leonardo responded.

 (End of this chapter)