Hollywood Hunter

Clive Davis, the president of Alista Records, didn’t believe that Daenerys Entertainment would make such an irrational decision to kill the enemy at the expense of the enemy. He heard the notice from Nancy Brill. , He argued with Nancy in consternation and anger, and remembered to contact Simon Westeros. He thought Nancy Brill was making his own claim.

Simon's answer can be imagined.

However, Clive Davis still did not believe that Daenerys Entertainment would suspend sales of the original soundtrack of "Bodyguard". The two sides held a stalemate for a whole day, and the news inevitably spread to the media.

As of last Sunday, September 17, "Bodyguard" has been released in North America for 15 and a half weeks, with a cumulative box office of 116.35 million U.S. dollars. The film's single-week box office has also fallen to within the range of 500,000 U.S. dollars. However, when Daenerys Entertainment and Alista Records reported that the sales of the original soundtrack of "Bodyguard" would be suspended due to a division dispute, the film, which had already begun to close in North America, once again attracted strong media and public attention.

No matter how Clive Davis reacted, the original soundtrack of "Bodyguard" did stop shipping, and related work in overseas regions such as Europe and Asia also stopped.

The strict protection of copyright in western countries is well known.

The dispute between Daenerys Entertainment and Alista Records was originally limited to unclear divisions. If Alista Records insisted on selling the original soundtrack of "Bodyguard" after the copyright-sharing Daenerys Entertainment party filed a claim, this would involve infringement. copyright.

As long as the two parties reach an agreement, the sharing dispute can be resolved easily. Even if it goes to court, Alista Records is unlikely to lose much. But if copyright is involved, a US$1 copyright lawsuit for a US$100 claim is not excessive. Daenerys Entertainment is enough to bring Alista Records into bankruptcy.

On September 20th, seeing that Daenerys Entertainment had no intention of acting in the slightest, it really stopped all the business activities of the "Bodyguard" soundtrack record, and Clive Davis finally woke up.

Daenerys Entertainment has a lot of other revenue bases, and lacks the input of "Bodyguard" soundtrack, and the impact on this company is almost negligible. However, this record is the mainstay of Alista Records' revenue. According to the original forecast, this record alone will probably contribute more than 70% of the Alista Records' profits this year.

Obviously, it goes without saying which side this record is more important.

Just after eight o'clock in the morning, Clive Davis, who had been suffering all night, arrived at the headquarters of Alista Records on Oliver Avenue in Burbank. The media reporters squatted nearby before him.

Clive Davis had just parked his car in the public parking lot next to the company's headquarters, and a group of reporters gathered around. He pushed the door and got out of the car blankly, and all kinds of questions suddenly sounded in his ears.

"Mr. Davis, will you settle with Daenerys Entertainment?"

"Does Alista Records intend to sue Daenerys Entertainment?"

"Will Alista's parent company Bertelsmann Music Group intervene in this matter?"

"It is rumored that Whitney is already preparing for her second film. Will this have a negative impact on her development in Hollywood?"

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"Clive, you have caused such a big loss to the company, will you be fired for it?"

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Clive Davis squeezed the crowd to the company office building without saying a word. He suddenly heard this question ringing in his ears. This question touched his most worried area, and he couldn't calm down and turned his head. In the past, angrily responded: "I didn't bring any loss to the company. You should ask Simon Westeros, that greedy **** is the culprit of all this."

When the reporters heard the words, they were even more boiling.

This kind of irrational scolding war in the air is simply the most popular material for the media.

"Clive, do you mean, Simon Westeros was wrong in this matter?"

"Isn't it? Just because of some minor disputes, he forcibly stopped an excellent record enough to be recorded in the history of music. This is a complete blasphemy of music. Of course, I believe that **** definitely doesn't think this is blasphemy, because He can only see money in his eyes. Otherwise, why do you think he can become the richest man in the Federation."

"However, according to Daenerys Entertainment's announcement, the cause of this incident was that Alista swallowed Daenerys Entertainment's due points."

"Of course they would say this from their own standpoint. If it weren't for Whitney's song, such a **** movie might not even be able to collect 10 million at the box office. They have made enough profits, but they are still not satisfied. There is more to be squeezed from Alistar. In my opinion, this is just insatiable."

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After some venting, Clive Davis finally entered the office building of Alista Records. However, his comments about Simon Westero's "greed and greed" and "Bodyguard" are "shit" quickly spread. A local television station in Los Angeles and the national CNN news channel soon appeared similar topics. And triggered a wider discussion about this incident.

As the other party involved in this incident, or the media and some people wishfully recognized as a party, Simon met with Janet at Los Angeles International Airport at one o’clock in the afternoon, and then boarded the plane with a bunch of entourages. The coming Boeing 767 flew directly to Milan, Italy.

In fact, Simon just made a decision, and he didn't plan to participate in the follow-up.

Clive Davis’s remarks spread, Daenerys Entertainment also made a counterattack for the first time, accusing Alista Records of being truly insatiable and swallowing Daenerys Entertainment’s “Bodyguard” A quarter of the score on the original soundtrack cannot even be called insatiable, it is a crime.

In fact, people in the circle can probably understand why Daenerys Entertainment reacted so fiercely to the behavior of Alista Records that swallowed "Bodyguard". Therefore, although it is still very enjoyable to entertain with Daenerys on the surface, it is inevitable to do some small actions that stir up the wind and rain in private, making Daenerys Entertainment unable to completely control public opinion.

Whitney Houston’s fans also jumped out to join in the fun, gathered outside Daenerys Entertainment headquarters in Santa Monica and Burbank, and asked Daenerys Entertainment to give up targeting their idols.

Clive Davis actually started to regret after saying that. However, since the situation is irreversible, he can only hold on, expecting Daenerys Entertainment to take the initiative under the pressure of public opinion and fans. Concession.

Daenerys Entertainment certainly cannot give in.

In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Nancy Brill stated strongly that unless Alista Records accepts Daenerys Entertainment’s financial audit, pays all the shares Daenerys Entertainment deserves and compensates, otherwise, The soundtrack of "Bodyguard" will never appear on the market again.

Affected by Nancy's remarks, the price of a small number of "Bodyguard" soundtracks that are still circulating on the market rose accordingly.

As the parent company of Alista Records, the German Bertelsmann Music Group was quite fortunate that it took over the bankrupt record company from RCA two years ago because of the emergence of the "Bodyguard" soundtrack. Now, after seeing the incident, Clive Davis not only failed to take measures to ease the situation, he was obviously dragging the matter to a more uncontrollable level, and soon decided to intervene.

A senior from Bertelsmann Music Group also flew to Los Angeles from Germany on the second day after Simon flew to Italy. The first thing he did after arriving was to announce that Clive Davis would take an indefinite vacation temporarily and take over Ali The operation of Star Records opened negotiations with Daenerys Entertainment.

Italy.

Simon’s residence in Milan is located on the famous Lake Como in the northern part of the city. A mansion of about two acres is built on a hillside overlooking Lake Como. It is surrounded by dense woods. It needs to be worn from the lakeside road. It takes more than one kilometer of forest path to reach, and it is very private.

Today is September 22.

Gucci's 1990 Spring/Summer show was scheduled for the morning of the 23rd. Simon and Janet arrived on the afternoon of the 21st, local time in Milan. They just went to the city to see the last rehearsal of the show and some activities at the opening ceremony of Milan Fashion Week. Without attending, the two returned to rest in the scenic mountain villa again.

In a blink of an eye, they haven't seen each other for more than a month. Compared to socializing with many strangers, the two are more willing to stay together and talk small things.

However, Simon and Janet were not the only two in the villa. Of course, the bodyguards were not counted. Besides the female assistant Jennifer, Natasha Kinsky, who came to Milan to support the Gucci fashion show, also lived in. Because she was busy preparing for this big show, Sophia Fessi did not live here this time.

Milan is still in the Mediterranean climate area, but because it is biased inland, the weather here after autumn is very cool, and the warm sun in the afternoon is suitable for sunbathing.

Janet was lying on the sun lounger by the swimming pool in the courtyard, sunning herself tightly in the sun, flipping through some news from Los Angeles at will.

After a while, the woman tilted her gaze and said to Simon: "Do they say you are a greedy guy?"

Simon is flipping through a local newspaper in Milan, and he is proficiently repeating the classic line in "Wall Street": "Greedisgood, Greedisright, Greedworks!"

"Humph."

Janet was dissatisfied with Simon's appearance, and her little feet in thin stockings came over and scratched Simon.

Women are afraid of getting tanned even their feet.

Simon lifted his leg, easily pressed Janet's feet underneath, and said, "Would you like to go downtown to play at night?"

Janet came immediately interested: "Are we the two?"