Vol 2 Chapter 617: what happened

The bright sunshine illuminates every inch of the hotel square. Michael Eisner, who walked out of the hotel, felt that the world suddenly became a lot darker. Standing in front of his car, his brows were almost twisted into a knot, even if it was the assistant. He didn't even notice the door.
The assistant waited for a while and couldn't help but reminded, "The chairman..."
Michael Eisner came back to his senses, bent down and got into the car, and said to the assistant who was up to the co-pilot, "Call Cook Dick and ask him to come and see me."
After speaking, he slowly closed his eyes, the calmness on his face gradually disappeared, and his expression became particularly solemn.
The reason why he is like this is related to the resolution of the just-concluded Walt Disney shareholders meeting.
At this shareholder meeting, under the encouragement of Roy Disney, Disney’s shareholders demanded that someone be responsible for the failure of the Disneyland project and the investigation by the Customs and Border Protection Bureau, and pointed the finger at his side.
Those shareholders first value earnings. The failure of the Disneyland project and the investigation by the Customs and Border Protection Bureau have had an extremely negative impact on the entire Walt Disney Group. The most obvious manifestation is the stock market. The company’s stock price has continued to decline, which is a serious stimulus. To the nerves of shareholders.
Michael＄★,? After all, Eisner is the chairman and CEO of the group company. No matter how you look at it, he needs to explain to the shareholders.
And it must be accounted for, otherwise most shareholders with voting rights will definitely drive him down.
In order to calm the anger of shareholders and to stabilize his position, Michael Eisner can only choose to sacrifice his left and right hands. Warner Disney President Cook Dick became a victim of the shareholders meeting.
Robert Iger successfully sought the position of group president.
This result was something that Michael Eisner didn't want to see anyway, but he was forced to choose helplessly. Someone must be responsible for the two serious incidents. And the weight should be heavy enough, Cook Dick is almost the only candidate.
Is it possible for him to resign his position as chairman and CEO?
And even if Robert Iger became the president of Walt Disney, he would not have much substantive power. He has been operating at Disney for so many years. The triangular power structure of the president, CEO, and chairman of the board has long been out of balance. The power is concentrated in his hands.
but. Michael Eisner also saw the crisis. Robert Iger was obviously not only the Disney family represented by Roy Disney.
If you want to stabilize your position, you must cut off the hand behind Robert Iger. He knows where that hand comes from.
The car drove directly into a clubhouse, and in the private meeting room of the clubhouse, Michael Eisner met Cook Dick.
The former Walt Disney president looked gloomy, but tried his best to keep calm, said hello to Michael Eisner, and sat down again.
Michael Eisner was sitting in the chair next to him. Slowly he said, "You take a rest for a while, it won't be the case."
"I want to spend time with my family, too." Cook Dick said with some difficulty, the sense of imbalance that fell from a high position, how can he easily accept it, but he understands Michael Eisner's style, but Said, "Laura is planning a trip around the world. This time it can be done."
"Don't be discouraged." Michael Eisner said confidently, "Just cut off the hand behind Robert Iger. Disney's situation will not change."
"He..." Cook? Dick knew who he was talking about and sighed. "He is not easy to deal with. With the precedent of "Iron Man", we can't use the same method."
"Such a method must not be used a second time." Michael Eisner's eyes appeared a bit stern, "Duke Rosenberg is clear-headed and determined. It doesn't mean that everyone around him is That's it."
Cook Dick raised his eyebrows, "Michael, you mean..."
"Some people have been around him for so many years, and the position is still not high, and they must have some ideas."
Suddenly stood up and walked back and forth in the room, Michael Eisner said sharply, "The original Ron Meyer could betray Caa and Michael Ovitz, Duke Rosenberg, for the high position of the media company. People around you might not make the same choice."
He walked over and patted Cook Dick on the shoulder. "You have to rest for a while. This matter also needs your support."
As usual, Cook Dick said without hesitation, "I see."
Michael Eisner took the lead to leave the club. Cook Dick looked at his back and stood at the door for a while. The unwillingness in his eyes gradually revealed. His patron did not hesitate so much. Treat him as a victim of securing your position!
No one likes this feeling of being betrayed, and Cook Dick is no exception. He just wants to regain power in Hollywood. Besides Michael Eisner, who else can he rely on?
Out of the clubhouse, Cook Dick got into the car, and just about to start, the phone rang.
Looking at the number, he pressed the answer button, and there was a familiar voice inside.
"Sorry, Cook, I just got news from the Disney shareholders meeting, which is too unfair to you..."
Is it fair? It is indeed very unfair. Michael Eisner failed to compete with Duke Rosenberg and Time Warner, but he had to bear the consequences himself.
"Cook, do you have any plans for the next step? I don't think you have to rely on Michael Eisner. I have an old friend here who wants to talk to you..."
The other party said a lot. If it was in the past, Cook Dickley would not pay attention to Disney and Michael Eisner, but it is not the same now.
The phone finally said, "If you are interested, you can come to Burbank and meet him."
After hanging up the phone, Cook Dick hesitated for a few minutes, then started the car and drove on the road to Burbank.
In Burbank Warner Studios, after more than a month of busy work, Duke's finishing work was basically completed, and some special effects were added to it. After leaving the editing room, he went to the adjacent sound effects room, Hans Zimmer Someone just sent some samples of the main soundtrack.
The soundtrack sent was mainly divided into three aspects, involving the Joker, Harvey Dante and Bruce Wayne.
Duke asked Charles Rowan and Anna Prinz to get the sound engineer to play the first version of the soundtrack.
The first is the main soundtrack of the clown, just like Hans Zimmer told Duke, he used a lot of suppressed electronic sounds to highlight the evil of the clown.
Although he is a layman in music, Duke has made so many movies and he still has a certain understanding of the soundtrack.
Full of depression is the distinctive feature of this clown-themed soundtrack. It uses a seemingly uncoordinated monotone transposition, combined with the special sound effects produced by the electronic synthesizer, to directly give people a strong auditory stimulation.
Hans Zimmer obviously used a lot of cool tones to create the dark atmosphere of the soundtrack, many inconsistent chords and almost crazy weird melody, plus with unusually rich electronic elements, and even analog stopwatch countdown and similar explosions Sound effects are integrated into it-the mixing of various tones not only makes this electronic sound effect describing the clown not sound auditory, but also makes the feelings more full and real.
Then there is Batman’s background soundtrack. This soundtrack inherits the tone of "The Beginning of War", but is richer and more gorgeous. The violin keeps moving forward with a sixteenth note jumping bow playing, strong and powerful, with percussion instruments. The sense of urgency created shows a sense of instability and anxiety.
Coupled with the long notes displayed by the string music, it is a complete release of passion, and it is full of dynamics with the accelerated Batman theme with a strong sense of rhythm.
This soundtrack combines the effects of electronic music and orchestral music, which is quite commercial and full of modernity.
Duke and Hans Zimmer have collaborated many times. It is clear that this practice often occurs in many of Hans Zimmer’s works. The soundtrack uses a large number of electronic sounds and quickly transfers between orchestral music. This transfer is quite rapid and difficult to detect. Let the music finish smoothly.
The last one played is Harvey Dante’s background music. This soundtrack uses a lot of beautiful piano solo and a large number of Batman theme variations. It is obviously divided into two parts, like Harvey Dante’s life. .
However, even in the first half full of light, the piano melody of the soundtrack uses a string of cool notes. The melody is quite divergent and seems to tell a poignant story.
The room returned to be quiet, Duke turned to look at Charles Rowan and Anna Prinz, and asked, "How do you feel?"
"I think it's good." Anna Prinz nodded, "Always a high level."
Seeing Charles Rowan also showing a look of approval, Duke said to an assistant, "Inform Hans Zimmer, that I am very satisfied with the soundtrack and let him finish it as soon as possible, no later than early April."
The assistant was busy on the phone call. Duke and the three left the sound effects room and prepared to go to the special effects studio of Industrial Light and Magic. Suddenly, there was a rapid sound of high heels landing on the stairs, and Tina Fei's figure followed from the stairwell. Turned out.
She walked extremely fast, as if the height of Hentian on her feet had no effect, and her expression was a little strange, as if something incredible had happened.
Tina Fei's cell phone rang again before she reached the Duke trio. She looked down and answered the call first.
Duke can hear Tina Fey's words, "Confirmed? Nothing wrong? I see, I will notify Duke."
what happened? Duke frowned slightly. (To be continued...)