[Shout out to Timothy S!]
Hollywood What If Chapter 110
When Kazir said it, both Michaels realized his iion. Kazir was not ied in money, he had another motive.
The two old men looked at each other. Then Michael Eisner put down his wine gss and crossed his arms.
"What do you want?"
"Chairman Eisner, I want to knock a million off the price. But I have a very small request."
'Small request, my ass. Yrin is so wide you look like a devil.'
The old men realized that Kazir Grey was not that simple.
"It's very simple. I want you to get rid of the pest in your pany. I have heard that the pest is crawling around in your administration. I'm worried about what the pest might do to you, Mr. Eisner."
"..."
Michael Eisner uood Kazir's iion. He was old and experienced.
'So he wants me to kick Harvey Weinstein out of Walt Disney.'
Kazir didn't say anything obvious, but Michael Eisner easily uood his words.
"... You have to uand, making a decision like this is messy. The pest could fly in and make a mess. Give me a week. I'll think about it."
"Then thank you, Chairman, fivihe ce to talk to you."
Kazir bowed ahe private room.
When Kazir was gohe two old men sighed.
"I thought we were ing, but this guy is too calg. He probably expected this meeting and pnned his move."
Michael Ovitz muttered. He had the feeling that Kazir Grey had a clear goal for this meeting. He listehe whole time and found out that Kazir uood the situation.
"Indeed. I didn't sense any nervousness on his part."
Michael Eisner nodded.
They were just trying to buy a script, but ihey got a terrifying proposal.
This man, Kazir Grey, was trying to vihem to cut Harvey Weinstein out of Miramax.
"It's uandable because Harvey Weinstein is one of the people who caused Kazir trouble."
Michael Ovitz added.
"Ovitz, I see that you have a favorable opinion of Kazir Grey. What do you think of him?"
"The reason I like him is because he signed a deal with CAA. Simple as that. Even though I'm not the president of CAA anymore, I'd rather work with them than WMA."
Michael Ovitz was kicked out of the William Morris Agend had a grudge against the pany. He formed CAA with the others and slowly built up the agenbsp;
Of course, he would never help WMA destroy Kazir's career. When the sdal started, Michael Ovitz did his best to maintain his ral position.
'Phenomenon and The Hangover were g at the time, so Walt Disney agreed with Harvey Weinstein's decision to destroy his career.'
Michael Eishought. There were two sides to the , and he knealt Disney had partnered with WMA.
But tely, Harvey Weinstein had bee an eyesore.
"Harvey Weinstein is getting closer to the shareholders. He is trying to solidate his position." Michael Ovitz recalled.
"On top of that... He reached out to Roy Disney."
"..."
When Ovitz said that, Chairman Eisner got serious.
There was only one person in Walt Disney who could challenge his authority. It was the Disney family, specifically Roy Disney.
"The Disney family has already lost trol of the pany, and you already have the ultimate authority. But let's not fet that the pany is owned by the major shareholders of Walt Disney. It will be problematic if they start to act."
"I uand."
Michael Eisner could not agree more. The Walt Disney of the Disney family was already gone. Now it was Michael Eisner's Walt Disney.
Still, the ces of the Disney family taking over the pany were obvious.
"If Harvey Weinstein sides with Roy Disney and tries to make an alliah the shareholders, it will be bad for both of us."
President Ovitz was hired by Chairman Eisner, so they were on the same side. If one of them was forced out, they would lose a tremendous amount of strength.
In this timelihe two friends had a better retionship. Perhaps Kazir actually ged the timeline.
"The only thing stopping us from expelling the Weinstein brothers is their influe Miramax. If we recklessly kicked them out, Miramax might cease to fun altogether."
From the moment Walt Disney reached out to Miramax, it was clear what their iions were. Miramax was getting stronger, and the Big Six realized it very early on. So the Big Six did their best to keep Miramax from gettier.
'The Weinstein brothers were broke at the time, so they were forced to sell Miramax to Walt Disney.'
To be ho, Michael Eisner had enough evideo send Harvey Weio jail. He knew all of his dirty deeds. The only thing stopping him was the sequences.
He wao get rid of Harvey Weinstein as soon as Miramax was stable. But the pany was still growing.
If there was oher thing to sider, it was the fact that Harvey Weinstein was Jewish. So was Michael Eisner and Michael Ovitz.
'This is crazy because Kazir Grey is also Jewish.'
Yet both sides were trying to sabotage each other.
"First of all, let's think seriously about this. We 't throw Harvey Weinstein out because he's still useful."
"I uand. I will try to keep informed about his retionship with Roy Disney."
The two old men agreed. It was not difficult who to choose between Harvey Weinstein and Kazir Grey.
Harvey Weinstein was a talented executive. Even though he was a bad guy, the truth is that he got Miramax to where it is now.
As for Kazir Grey. It was obvious that his talent was as a director. He could make good movies, especially edies.
"Kazir's new project is an aovie, right?"
"That's right." Michael Ovitz nodded.
"What a waste... If he chooses a edy, I will not hesitate to sign a deal with him. Even a thriller like Se7en is no problem. But an aovie? Does he even know how difficult it is to shoot an aovie? A lot of acts happen when shooting an aovie."