My heart is about to jump into my throat.

"Gans, is something happened to DreamWorks?" Stiller couldn't help asking.

Gans shook his head: "Nothing happened to DreamWorks. The company is developing very well."

"That's what happens to other branches?" Griffith asked.

Gans continued to shake his head: "Our Lockettke consortium has no problem. Global and Crescent are all very good."

"What the hell is that?" I asked.

Instead of answering me immediately, Gans turned to look at Marskolov.

His actions made me understand. It seemed that the problem was in the hands of Marskolov.

"Old Ma, is there something wrong with you?" I patted Marskolov's thigh.

"Yes, it's our MGM problem. And it's a big problem." Marskolov sighed long and then lowered his head in pain.

Looking at his expression, my nervous mood suddenly felt much more relaxed.

If there is a problem with MGM Film Company, it basically doesn't matter with DreamWorks. Now, for me, I definitely don't want DreamWorks to have problems, even small problems. Because now I'm all my energy on the shooting of "Gladiator". If there is a problem with DreamWorks, it means that the shooting of "Gladiator" will definitely be affected. This is something I absolutely don't want to see.

Since there is something wrong with MGM, even if it is a big problem, it should not have any huge adverse effects for this movie tycoon. After all, this film company is MGM, known as the "tumbler".

"Old Ma, stop teasing. What big problems can you MGM have? If you have any other film companies, I believe it, but I don't believe it." I laughed.

Amid my laughter, Marskolov's face became heavier and Grant next to him even lamented.

"Old Ma, what unfortunate thing happened? Just tell me. Don't go around. You come to me, I'm afraid you'll come to discuss it with me." I laughed.

"Andre MGM is probably going to split this time." Before Marskolov finished speaking, I stood up.

"What!? MGM is going to split!? How is that possible!? Lao Ma, don't joke about me, I don't have the time to do this." I opened my eyes wide.

God, this is just a joke about me as a child. If it is another company, I believe it if it goes bankrupt. If it is a step back, I believe it even if it is a split between Warner Bros. and Columbia Film Company, I believe it, but I will never believe it.

On the one hand, MGM Film Company is a super tycoon in Hollywood, with strong strength and high reputation. Such a company, let alone split, no one will believe even big setbacks. On the other hand, although MGM Film Company is not as centripetal as DreamWorks people to their own company, in Hollywood, MGM people have only a handful of pride and identity. How can such a film company be divided?

Furthermore, it is also the main reason. According to Marskolov's meaning, the split that he mentioned seems to be not a simple split. It should be that MGM wants to split into a big tear in a whole. This situation is not a rare thing in Hollywood. There are so many companies in Hollywood that they can merge and integrate with each other. However, companies that occur in this situation generally have several characteristics: First, the scale of the film company is generally not large. In this way, if a film company is interested in it, it will inevitably undergo subversion actions, and the film company will correspondingly break through and merge. Second, such film companies are often not very ideal in operation and economic problems. It is equivalent to a crack in the company, and the opponent can naturally penetrate and split the company.

For MGM, these things are obviously impossible to happen. MGM is strong and has no business problems, so it is absolutely impossible for other film companies to attack him.

Moreover, the fundamental reason why I was determined to believe is that in my memory, MGM Film Company seemed to have never split. Although it changed hands several times in history and was finally bought by the Japanese, it was basically a whole transfer every time, and there was no split.

"Andre, I didn't lie to you, nor did I have the leisure to fly from Los Angeles to find you, and I also pulled Grant and the others." Marskolov's voice trembled.

"Andre, Lao Ma really didn't lie to you. Something happened to MGM really." Grant interrupted.

I restrained my smile and said seriously: "Okay, Lao Ma, then you can explain clearly, why did it split?"

Looking at my puzzled look, Marskolov nodded and began to tell the whole story.

"This matter is all about Sissidimil." Marskolov's first words made me unable to sit still again.

"Dimil!? What can he make a fuss!?" I didn't believe my ears.

Siss Dimil spent so many years at MGM and made great contributions to MGM. It can be said that he witnessed the entire development process of MGM from childhood to adulthood. In this process, Siss Dimil himself also rose to prominence because of MGM and became a first-class director and a first-class film master in Hollywood.

Over the years, Siss Dimil has become the spiritual leader of MGM. In the eyes of others, Siss Dimil is almost MGM, and his movies are all the main movies of MGM Film Company.

In Hollywood, people say that MGM has three owners, the first owner is Marskolov. As MGM's boss, Marskolov controls most of the equity of MGM Film Company. He is the real owner of MGM.

The second owner of MGM is MGM's general manager Meyer Meyer. Although there are not many shares of MGM in his hands, it starts with the establishment of MGM. Its entire business strategy and overall planning are from Meyer. It can be said that Meyer is the helmsman of the super big ship MGM. He directly guides the way the big ship is sailing. He is MGM's absolute leader.

The third owner of MGM is Sissy Dimil. He is the engine of the MGM ship. It was he who led many directors under MGM to shoot another immortal place-famous work, making these movies the pride of MGM and also bringing huge economic benefits to MGM.

From this statement, it is easy to see the importance of Sidmier to MGM.

Sissy Dimil is indispensable to MGM, but the other way around. MGM is undoubtedly a name engraved in the bones of Sissy Dimil.

How could he do something like this? Even if he is related to the Sir Dimil, he does not have the strength. After all, he is just a director. How big can he do?

"Andre, do you think he can't make a fuss? You're wrong, you're completely wrong." Marskolov smiled bitterly and said to me: "I'll tell you a highly confidential thing belonging to MGM: Siss Dimil has 20% of the shares of MGM Film Company."

"What?! He has 20% of the shares!?" It is worthy of being a highly confidentiality of MGM. This statement caused me to be thrown into pieces on the spot.

What does MGM Film Company have to do with 20% of its shares? What does that mean? With this money, Sissy Dimil can be the boss of a film company of Universal Films or Columbia Films!

"Old Ma, how could Dimil have so many shares!?" I can't figure it out.

Marskolov said: "No wonder you don't know. This is MGM's high secret. Dimil joined MGM very early. In fact, he was my partner before MGM was established. After MGM was established, he owned a little equity. Then in the following time, he gradually became the core of MGM. With this influence, and with the huge profits he brought to MGM, the board of directors agreed that he could continue to buy equity, and you know. This approach is reasonable. Twenty percent of the equity is the result of all efforts of Sisse Dimil over the years. He is the largest shareholder of MGM within MGM."

Inside the tent, only Marskolov's voice echoed, and the others were quiet.

"Okay, Sissie Dimil has the ability to split, but he has no reason to split MGM. You know, MGM is everything about him." I still shook my head.

Marskolov said: "I'm afraid that ordinary Hollywood filmmakers know this. But you don't understand what we do inside MGM. Yes, Dimil himself has a lot of feelings for MGM, but in the past or two years, Dimil has not had a deep relationship with MGM as before."

"You also know in the past or two that Dimil has filmed many movies, and although some are excellent, overall, it is incomparable to his previous masterpieces. Especially in the past year, he has filmed high-investment blockbusters. I know why MGM invested so much money to shoot blockbusters. This is not my initial idea, but Dimil himself proposed. If the board of directors does not agree to his request, he will obviously do something that is not conducive to MGM."

"Although the blockbusters invested in the filming have gained some box office revenue, they have a very bad reputation. In addition, the MGM board of directors has always had a lot of objection to Dimil. The board of directors is very opposed to him, and there were conflicts in between. Of course, this kind of conflict is obviously something that others don't know."

"The relationship between Sissidimil and MGM is not as solid as you think. On the contrary, the relationship between him and MGM is a cause of separation."

"Now there is this trigger." Marskolov said this and closed his mouth.

"What temptation did Sisidimil suffer?" I understood.

"No," Marskolov answered the question in great pain.

"Who? Carrey Rockefeller?" In Hollywood, the only one who can do such a thing and has the ability to do such a thing is probably Carrey Rockefeller.

"How to say it. On the surface, it's not him." Marskolov shook his head.

"Not Kerry Rockefeller, who else can you?" I wondered.

"First National Film Company," Grant added.

"Charles Rey did this!" I patted my forehead hard.

Damn, I really forgot them.

First National Film Company is not in Hollywood, and this company is different from all Hollywood companies. It does not produce movies. It is just responsible for screenings, and I rarely take them into consideration.

"How could Old Ma Grant, Charles Rey get on the line with Dimil?" Griffith asked.

"It's hard to describe it. Anyway, I'm still a little confused. Dimil and Charles Rey had a good relationship. Now he is rejected by the board of directors at MGM. He has so many shares in his hands. If he is bewitched by Charles Rey, he will naturally do this."

"Charles Rey has that great ability?" Stiller sneered.

"Stiller, you're too naive. Dimil has so much capital in hand. With this money, he can set up a film company of the same size as Colombia or Universal. In addition, he has extremely high film talent. Once such a company is established, as the boss, he not only has a high degree of freedom, but also can obtain much more profits than he did in MGM. The reason why he didn't have this idea before was because even if he established his own film company, his distribution would have problems, because there are no shares in theaters in his equity."

"But now, if Charles Rey, the owner of First National Film Company, told Dimil if Dimil set up his own film company, his First National Film Company could support Dimil in theaters, and Dimil naturally had no worries. After all, the theater system in the hands of First National Film Company is the most developed in the United States."

"Charles Rey really agreed to Dimil?" Griffith asked coldly.

"I found this news from Dimil, it's true." Marskolov replied.

The tent fell into dead silence again. Obviously, facing such a result, everyone was still unwilling to accept it. Not only did we not accept it, but even Marskolov himself probably could not accept it.

My mind is completely messed up now and has become a mess of numbness.

To be honest, I know better than anyone what consequences will happen once Sis Dimil split from MGM to set up his own film company.

First of all, MGM Film Company's strength will inevitably suffer a great loss. Twenty percent of the shares means that MGM has suddenly reduced one-fifth of its property. At this moment, it is undoubtedly a heavy blow to MGM. In this way, MGM has fallen from the film company, which is second only to DreamWorks, to the back of Adolf Chuck's Paramount Film Company, and also lags behind Thunder Dinghua Film Company in terms of strength.

Secondly, Sissy Dimil is not an ordinary person. He is the soul of MGM Film Company. His departure means that to some extent, a pillar of the MGM building has completely collapsed, and there is no Sissy Dimil, just like Paramount without John Ford, such a large film company, no one comes out to take on the main role. MGM will face the situation that Lei Dinghua Film Company is now facing.

Although MGM Films now has many excellent directors such as Zinerman, these people cannot compare with Sissy Dimil's departure at all, which will cause MGM to suffer serious internal injuries.

Secondly, MGM's split will also be a heavy blow to the Red Dragon League. On the contrary, it will greatly increase the strength of Lei Dianhua's side. In this way, it will inevitably make the current good situation in Hollywood become more serious.

Thinking of this, for some reason, a thought suddenly flashed through my mind like a flash of lightning.
Chapter completed!