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Chapter 401: Marginal Figures at the Party. What does it mean that anything can happen in the future?
🕑 Added 2025-07-23 15:06:26 +0000 UTCThe meaning of Robert Iger's words was very clear. He was saying that Washimine might not be able to support Nanaya in making movies in the future.
As the heir to a century-old store, Shion has a heartfelt sense of pride in Washimine.
As a company inherited from his ancestors, Shion has always wanted to develop it.
Therefore, facing Robert Iger's provocation, Shion felt extremely angry.
Robert Iger didn't know what Shion was thinking. As a professional manager, he only looked at problems from a business perspective. He didn't realize that he had accidentally touched upon something that made Shion very unhappy.
But he could still see Shion's anger.
"I'm sorry, Ms. Washimine, that's not what I meant." Robert Iger apologized immediately, "I just think that a director like Nanaya Kiryu needs a broader platform. And I also hope to work with Washimine in the future. After all, Disney has strong strength in the children's peripheral market."
Robert Iger seemed to be saying something very casual.
In his opinion, the failure of Washimine Entertainment was natural.
Don’t think that Washimine Entertainment has opened up the market with Fate, but it lacks foundation and will be back to square one if it suffers setbacks from one or two movies.
Robert Iger was not surprised by this.
Because DreamWorks died in the same way.
Studios in Hollywood rise and fall, but only the big six remain forever.
But although Washimine Entertainment GG belongs to GG, its IP copyrights still have great value.
In addition to Fate, which can now be included in the popular movie series, Washimine Entertainment also has the adaptation rights for Marvel and popular games including "The Saint and the Brave".
These are things that Disney is very envious of.
Robert Iger, who has already started the strategic layout of large IPs, already has good IPs in Disney's development plan, and he will certainly not let go of high-quality assets like Washimine Entertainment.
But Robert Iger never thought that the Washimine Group would go bankrupt.
As a native of the North American entertainment industry, Robert Iger is well aware of Washimine's position in the gaming market.
With countless loyal fans, no matter how bad the situation is, Washimine will not go bankrupt or be acquired.
Although the gaming pie is not too big, it is enough for Washimine to be self-sufficient.
Therefore, in Robert Iger's view, there is room for cooperation between Disney and Washimine.
However, his arrogant attitude obviously made Shion unhappy, and he received a glare from Shion.
Robert Iger also noticed this, so instead of continuing to focus on whether Washimine Entertainment would go bankrupt, he chose another entry point.
"I just feel sorry for Washimine Entertainment's IP. After all, they are all very good kids, right?"
Robert Iger showed a concerned look, "Washimine Entertainment is already stretched to the limit with its funds to develop the Fate and Marvel series alone, right? Wouldn't it be a strong combination to select a few IPs to cooperate with Disney?"
Shion covered her face with her folding fan and sneered, "Mr. Egg is really good at calculating. He has already started planning for ten years from now."
"After all, we have a big family and a lot of business, so we need to prepare early."
“Tsk.”
The veins on Shion's forehead bulged with anger.
You, Disney, are a huge company, and I, Washimine, am just a small workshop, right?
However, at this time, other people came over to greet Robert Iger.
Shion could only exchange a few polite words with the other party and then took Nanaya to another place.
"It really pissed me off."
When they reached a place where Robert Iger couldn't hear them, Shion turned around and cursed.
"This damn Mickey Mouse is so abominable. He made it sound as if Washimine Entertainment was bound to fail!"
"There's nothing I can do about it. This is their confidence in the film and television industry."
Nanaya didn't take it too seriously. The six arrogance had been going on for a long time. He would just find a chance to slap them back.
It’s a pity that both Disney and Washimine are not for sale, otherwise there might be a scene where the plumber takes Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse for a walk.
Similar to Washimine who is from the Washimine family, although the Disney family has lost complete control over Disney, it still has a huge influence on the Disney company.
This kind of old family inheritance makes them extremely attached to the company passed down from their ancestors.
This is true of Shion to Washimine, and this is true of the Disney family to Disney.
"It's just a matter of luck." Shion was still a little indignant, "Besides Pirates of the Caribbean, what else do they have to show for it?"
Nanaya smiled bitterly: "Well, I can't deny this."
Just now, when Nanaya was moving among the crowd in the banquet hall, he could occasionally hear people saying that Disney was lucky and had shit luck.
Although the envy, jealousy and hatred in the words sound more like the wailing of a loser, they can still reflect the public's views to some extent.
After all, the pirate film genre has long been outdated and dead, and who would have thought that a Disney project to promote its own amusement facilities would suddenly become a first-class IP.
You have to know that when "Pirates of the Caribbean" was being filmed, even Disney's own senior executives were not optimistic about it.
Robert Iger's old boss Michael Eisner even tried his best to oppose the project. He felt that no one in the world would like a sissy pirate character.
However, it turns out that no one can resist Captain Jack's charm.
The fact that Michael Eisner had always been opposed to "Pirates of the Caribbean" also became an excuse for Robert Iger to overthrow his old boss and successfully take over.
It can be said that the success of "Pirates of the Caribbean" not only created the classic image of Captain Jack Sparrow, but also laid the foundation for the healthy development of Disney.
However, in this world, Nanaya feels that it is time for a change.
"If you really feel unhappy, Shion, you can take some necessary measures to respond."
Nanaya pointed his finger into the distance and said, "Look, isn't that an opportunity?"
Shion looked in the direction where Nanaya's finger pointed and found that George Lucas was surrounded by a group of people.
"Are you planning to poach someone?" Shion said angrily, "But isn't the movie copyright of Star Wars in the hands of Fox?"
Nanaya said with a sly smile: "The development of the peripheral copyrights of "Star Wars" has always been a joint effort between Disney and Lucas."
Although George Lucas has the copyright to "Star Wars", copyright alone cannot be monetized, so Lucas definitely needs to find a reliable partner.
This is also why Disney was able to successfully acquire Lucasfilm in the future, because they already had a basis for cooperation.
"Look, if we can take over Lucasfilm, we will not only get a world-class IP, but also severely hit our two arch-enemies, Fox and Disney. This is simply killing three birds with one stone."
Seeing some movement on Shion's face, Nanaya immediately struck while the iron was hot and said, "Even if we can't reach an agreement in the end, it's good to disgust them a little."
Shion nodded in satisfaction. She hid her face behind her folding fan and grinned, "Not bad, your idea is good. You are really bad enough, Director Kiryu~"
Nanaya said in a servile manner: "You didn't refuse, did you? Chairman Shion."
Pop.
Shion tapped Nanaya on the head.
"You want to be beaten. I'm going to poach people. Aren't you going to join me?"
"No, no." Nanaya waved his hand and said, "You two capitalists have more time to chat. I'm going to go see the others and say hello."
Such parties will definitely be attended by many Hollywood stars, and building good relationships with these people will lay a solid foundation for possible future cooperation.
This was Nanaya's plan when he decided to attend this party.
If Nanaya hadn't been chatting and laughing with "Mickey Mouse" at the door just now, he would have joined the party by now.
So Nanaya and Shion split up into two groups.
Shion took the excuse of Marvel movie special effects to say hello to Lucas and also tried to explore the possibility of poaching him.
Nanaya, on the other hand, began to look for targets at the party, trying to see if he could lure one or two actors who were not yet particularly famous and sign them at a cheap price.
However, the first person Nanaya communicated with was not any prey, but Orlando Bloom, who invited him to the party.
As a guest, it would be inappropriate not to say a few words since someone has invited you.
As one of the leading actors in the movie, Orlando Bloom was surrounded by some people, but Nanaya could feel from a distance that the atmosphere was not very harmonious.
"Orlando."
"Director Kiryu."
Seeing Nanaya's appearance, Bloom seemed relieved. He apologized to the people around him and then came to Nanaya.
Nanaya opened his arms and hugged Bloom tightly, pretending that they knew each other very well.
"Congratulations on your box office success, Will Turner Blacksmith."
Bloom forced a smile. "Forget it. You know my situation. I was the protagonist in Pirates of the Caribbean 1, but now... hey."
"It can't be helped. Captain Jack is so charming."
The success of "Pirates of the Caribbean" is essentially the success of Captain Jack Sparrow.
Coupled with Bloom's acting problems, it's inevitable that he is outdone by Depp.
Bloom obviously didn't want to talk about this anymore, so he changed the subject.
"Thank you for coming to the party, and thank you for giving me the role. Except for you and Peter, no one else will even give me a chance now."
It seems that Bloom is not doing well. He was so heroic in "The Lord of the Rings" but now he has become a little depressed.
Nanaya and Bloom did not have much contact, except for some contact when they were filming the FZ dock scenes.
Judging from the situation during those few days, Bloom was working quite hard on the filming. Perhaps because he was an action actor, he was very serious when filming the action scenes.
【Maybe we can prepare a few less important roles for him? 】
Looking at the frustrated Bloom, this thought suddenly popped up in Nanaya's mind.
