America 1919-Chapter 680

Chapter 680: 235.

Personnel changes at ABC (Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!) Chapter 680: 235.

Personnel changes at ABC (Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!) “`

“Go to Pickford’s place!”

In the evening, after leaving the Surf Hotel, Donnie sat in the car and said to Steve Cotting, who was driving.

Donnie had been thinking about the ABC matter all day.

Although Eva Cowan had now gone to ABC, she was only there to check on the internal factions within ABC, and the successor to Mashang Evans still remained unsettled.

As someone in the media industry, finding a suitable successor was extremely difficult, so Donnie wanted to seek advice from Pickford.

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Hollywood was also part of the media industry, and with Pickford having been in the industry for such a long time, surely she would have some good advice!

When Donnie arrived at Pickford’s villa, he saw her nestled on the couch, reading some book by herself.

Pickford was somewhat surprised by Donnie’s visit, first instructing the maid at home to pour a cup of coffee for Donnie before asking him.

“How do you have time to come over today?”

Donnie placed his coat on the couch and smilingly said, “Can’t I come to see you?”

Pickford giggled, “I’m just curious, but I’m very happy that you could come.

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After all, I’ll be leaving Atlantic City in a few days!”

Donnie was taken aback and sat down next to Pickford, catching the scent of her perfume, and asked, “How come I didn’t know you were leaving Atlantic City?

Where are you going?”

Pickford leaned on Donnie and said, “You’ve been so busy recently, I didn’t want to bother you.

Lately, I’ve been feeling a bit bored in Atlantic City, so I’m thinking about traveling to Egypt for a while!”

Whether it’s Europe or some of the rich in the United States, they all like to travel to Egypt in their leisure time.

Since taking a break from the spotlight, Pickford had gone from being initially excited to now starting to feel bored, which is why she had the idea to travel to Egypt.

“I’ll send a few bodyguards with you then, it’s still somewhat dangerous over there!” Donnie did not object to Pickford’s idea of going out to have fun.

Pickford didn’t refuse Donnie’s kindness, and smilingly said, “If that’s the case, then even better!”

After a brief chat, Donnie revealed his reason for coming: “Mashang Evans’s ability is clearly no longer able to support ABC’s operations, and I want to find someone capable in the media and entertainment industry to take over as president of ABC.

Do you have any good recommendations?”

Pickford pondered for a bit, then suddenly said with a smile, “There actually is someone, but this person is quite ambitious and not very easy to control!”

Donnie asked with some interest, “Who is it?”

Pickford replied, “Joseph Schenck, the general manager of United Artists and one of its producers.

He is actually quite competent, but he has been having some conflicts with Charlie Chaplin and others, all because he wants to…”

In fact, as soon as Pickford mentioned this name, Donnie’s mind was already filled with information about this person.

Donnie was the largest shareholder of United Artists, and although he wasn’t directly managing it, he was very familiar with the internal affairs of the company.

The rapid development of United Artists in the past two years could not be separated from three conditions!

First, the major strike organized by Donnie initially relieved United Artists from the Hollywood majors’ blockade.

Second, the talent and abilities of people like Charlie Chaplin.

Their movies were the pillars of United Artists’ headlining works, ensuring the company’s profits.

Third, appointing Joseph Schenck as the general manager who was directly in charge of the company’s overall operations.

The mainstream Hollywood operation mode of the time was control by the big studios, and the production and distribution business model that became popular later on was developed by Joseph Schenck!

To put it simply, the rights to the headlining works of United Artists were still concentrated in the hands of Chaplin and his peers, but the medium and small-scale investments and productions were all managed by Joseph Schenck.

Moreover, the success of Miss America in Hollywood could be greatly accredited to Joseph Schenck!

However, it was precisely because of his exceptional abilities that his personal ambitions had inflated.

He had made several proposals to buy a portion of United Artists’ shares from Donnie, Charlie Chaplin, and others, but Chaplin had turned him down each time, leading to continued friction between the two within the company!

That was the situation with Joseph Schenck in United Artists!

What Donnie didn’t know was that on another timeline, Joseph Schenck had not joined United Artists at this point but had come on board after Griffith left.

Under Joseph Schenck’s management, United Artists became one of the Big Eight studios in Hollywood during the 1930s!

Later, Joseph Schenck left United Artists for the reason mentioned earlier and founded Twentieth Century Film Corporation.

Ultimately, Joseph Schenck even accomplished the merger of Twentieth Century Film Corporation with Fox Film Corporation, creating Twentieth Century Fox and becoming its first president!

Donnie decided to call Joseph Schenck the next day, inviting him to Atlantic City for a detailed discussion.

Seeing that Donnie had made up his mind, Pickford didn’t say anything more; the two of them lingered for a while and then went upstairs together.

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