Chapter 1004: Chapter 903: The Era of Warner Bros. Team is Over_3 Chapter 1004: Chapter 903: The Era of Warner Bros. Team is Over_3 Nicholson continued, “Leo is a producer and investor, able to control awards nominations. l Gibson? You all understand the situation. Although he publicly apologized and expressed sincere remorse, it would be quite sothing for him to even snag a nomination, let alone win an award—that’s simply daydreaming. And as for Denzel Washington, after the big commotion with the previous black films, it’s impossible for a black person to win one of the four major awards.”
He chuckled, “As for the other directors, unless each of them throws in tens of millions of dollars, how can they compete with that bastard Martin? Not to ntion whether they can afford it themselves, the production companies behind them aren’t willing to spend so much just to vie for awards, not even able to recoup their investnts.”
Leonardo looked at Martin, “No wonder you keep saying to win awards fair and square…”
Martin countered, “Would you say this thod is fair and square?”
Unable to deny it because this season, to vie for awards, he had learned Martin’s thods and had taken out his biggest competitor ahead of ti—Martin himself.
Indeed, before knowing Martin, he consistently failed at winning awards, not for lack of public relations, but because he focused too much attention on himself and neglected his competitors.
As long as your competitors aren’t strong enough, you can easily win!
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Similarly, on that sa night, several offices in the TMZ headquarters were brightly lit, with two teams directly under Jody working overti.
A piece of entertainnt news that could shock Arica was about to hit TMZ’s hopage.
At 8:30 PM, Jody opened the editor backend, approved the freshly edited news, and moved it to the top headline of the website’s hopage, with the title bolded and enlarged.
The news consisted of several videos and recordings related to the current Warner Bros. CEO, Kevin Tsujihara.
Part of it was video and audio of Kevin Tsujihara’s secret etings with the actress Charlotte Kirk and testimonies from her close friend Emma.
The text content of the news was not extensive, but shocking enough.
“Hollywood sees another Harvey Weinstein-like scandal: Warner CEO Kevin Tsujihara cheats in marriage, engaged in quid pro quo with British actress Charlotte Kirk, using sexual favors to help her land roles!”
There were also parts of text ssages collected by Charlotte’s best friend.
This content was carefully preserved by Charlotte from before their first transaction; Tsujihara promised her in text ssages that she could trade sexual favors for acting opportunities.
That night, news about Kevin Tsujihara flooded the internet.
The explosive news spread at an astonishing pace.
Countless people inside and outside the industry were waiting to watch the spectacle.
In recent years, under the leadership of Kevin Tsujihara, Warner Bros. had slid from the top of the Hollywood performance list, with an abundance of poor decisions and botched executions of supposed trump cards.
In his Malibu mansion, Kevin Tsujihara was inford imdiately.
Neither he nor his wife were particularly disturbed.
The latter was well acquainted with Hollywood and had anticipated such scenarios, not surprised in the slightest as she quietly remarked, “A work-related issue?”
Kevin Tsujihara replied, “Yes, there’s a problem at work.”
“Try to resolve it quickly.” His wife retired to the bedroom by herself.
Kevin Tsujihara picked up his phone and dialed Charlotte’s number, “I need to see you, imdiately.”
Half an hour later, the two t in a Burbank Hotel room and concocted a unified statent.
However, the next morning, before Kevin Tsujihara could provide any clarification, he received a call from Ti Warner.
“Kevin, the situation is complicated. Warner Bros. has experienced a series of events recently, and you have an undeniable responsibility,” the person on the other end said bluntly. “Keep so dignity for yourself and the corporation, handle your current tasks, and resign of your own volition.”
Kevin Tsujihara was slightly stunned, then sighed quietly, “Is this the only way to go?”
“The board eting and shareholders’ eting will be brought forward next month. Don’t let it go unresolved.”
“I understand,” he said.
Kevin Tsujihara hung up the phone and picked up a newspaper.
Nearly all newspapers featured headlines about him on their front pages.
The entire Arican dia were fervently circulating related news, which had beco the hottest event in the nation.
TMZ had even dubbed it the “Affair-gate.”
Previously, such an affair wouldn’t have been much of an issue, but the Harvey Weinstein scandal had made these kinds of matters very sensitive.
Most crucially, both Ti Warner and Warner Bros. had significant grievances against Kevin Tsujihara and his managent team.
The failure of the “Justice League” project had left Warner facing massive losses.
Internal strife within the group began again, and those who had previously supported Kevin Tsujihara chose to give up.
Shortly after entering December, Warner Bros. held a press conference, where Kevin Tsujihara bowed in apology, announcing his voluntary resignation from the CEO and Chairman position at Warner Bros.
Resigning along with him were DC Co-Chair Hamada, Vice President Geoff Johns, and others.
The Warner Bros. Team had largely parted with Warner Bros., their era had ended.
Warner Bros. Pictures’ president, Daniel Loeb, erged as the victor of the internal battle and after the shareholders’ eting, would formally take over as the CEO and Chairman.
British actress Charlotte Kirk was blacklisted by various Hollywood production companies, and her acting career was effectively ended.
After his appointnt, Daniel imdiately reached out to Zack Snyder, inviting him to produce and direct a director’s cut of the “Justice League.”
The film perford disastrously in theaters, and after Christmas, daily revenue dropped below a million dollars, with North Arican box office earnings totaling only $182 million, with no hope of crossing the $200 million threshold.
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