the Golden boy : 13

The Golden Boy Chapter 13

Ron Meyer CEO of Universal Pictures was worried about the moves of two of his rivals

Warner Bros and 20th Century Fox definitely knew that Fox was going to make a movie called Titanic

Although the problem was with Warner Bros they were moving on a new project, which according to one quite good

-this is crap- Ron Meyer would say while hitting his desk

He knew it was not going to be a good year for them, but it seemed to be more about Fox with Titanic than any other

"Melissa come I need you" Ron would call his secretary

"I want you to find out what Warner Bros is up to I need to know everything"

Melissa saw in each of Ron's words a growing anger

"Okay Mr. Ron I will do my best"

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Terry Semel was completely relaxed he had received a call from Martin Scorsese telling him that in three days they would start filming the movie

He knew that David was in charge of Leonardo DiCaprio's contract and the truth is that he was quite impressed

A salary of 1.5 million David had hit the mark

He had already spoken with Johnny Depp's agent and they had agreed on a salary of 4.5 million dollars

He had faith that this project was going to be quite successful