Hollywood What If

Chapter 404

The Continental Cinematic Universe was strongly connected to Kazir. He was the founder of this Cinematic Universe, and his name would always be associated with it no matter what. He had a cameo in every CCU movie, so people already knew him.

The fact that his scandal surfaced around the time 2 Fast 2 Furious was released was not a coincidence. Someone was trying to tarnish his reputation and defeat 2 Fast 2 Furious at the same time, as if the enemy was holding a grudge.

Kazir thought about anything that might have pushed Universal Pictures to do this. It was true that their relationship was not that good, but they didn't have to go so far.

'Perhaps Universal Pictures is getting tired of Grey Pictures' success. Not only Universal Pictures, but the other studios are probably feeling the same. They just can't show their dissatisfaction because they still need me. Once I'm no longer useful, they will crush me.'

Only Universal Pictures and Walt Disney had shown animosity so far... But it wouldn't take long for Paramount Pictures to target Kazir.

Kazir had to stop this before it became irreversible.

First, Universal Pictures targeted Tobey Maguire.

Now, they were attacking Kazir Grey.

Kazir glanced at the television that was reporting Hollywood news. He confirmed that Walt Disney had also started reporting about Kazir's so-called sexual abuses.

Walt Disney had no clear evidence. They were just stating what was "happening" in Hollywood. A case of bad journalism.

Kazir knew that they could file a lawsuit against the TV show, but the best they could do was get the news anchor and the journalist fired for spreading fake news. In the end, the people at the top were safe from the consequences.

The result of 2 Fast 2 Furious in its third week was weaker than forecasted. It was obvious that the scandal affected the box office results.

From April 10 to April 17, the movie only made $37 million. The current box office was $181.59 million after 17 days of screening. This week's performance was 20% lower than expected. If the current problem was not resolved, 2 Fast 2 Furious would suffer even more.

The movie was expected to reach at least $700 million at the worldwide box office. Unfortunately, it seemed that they had to lower their expectations. At best, 2 Fast 2 Furious would gross $500 million, which was already a success, especially in this current situation.

"... Universal Pictures wants me gone, I guess. This is probably not the last time they will fester me."

Honestly, Kazir could reconcile with Universal Pictures and Walt Disney, but he felt like that would be betraying himself. He had promised that he would never work with the two studios after what they did to him a few years ago. He never gave them scripts and never worked for them.

In fact, Walt Disney invited Kazir to direct John Carter, but Kazir declined... Perhaps that was the reason why Walt Disney was attacking him.

Anyway, Kazir had his dignity. He wouldn't work with the two studios. The situation was different now, and Kazir was in a position where he could do what he wanted to do. He didn't have to be afraid of them.

Since he had no intention of working with the two studios, he had to solve this problem.

Thankfully, he had an idea.

"They are saying that I'm a predator, using my position to have sex with the actresses. Then why don't we ask those actresses themselves if I'm really a predator?"

Hollywood, this place has a lot of predators who take advantage of the weaknesses of small people. However, Kazir was definitely not one of them. He never used his position to get sex... In fact, the actresses in question were the ones who seduced him.

How could a guy who's scared of women even do that? Kazir was too afraid to make the first move.

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"Those damn traitors..."

Billy Baker cursed under his breath while looking at the Facebook page that their fan club had launched.

Facebook was just a recent social media platform, but it had already gathered more than 20 million users. Of course, their fan club had to create a page where they could show support for Kazir and his films. Ȓᴀ𝐍ỔВΕŜ

The internet was a powerful thing, and communication became easier. A few years ago, people still used letters to communicate, but now the internet had revolutionized society.

Billy was the president of the Grey Fans, and his position was not that of a simple supporter anymore... He actually received cash from Grey Pictures to maintain the fan club. So yeah, this was technically his job now.

Facebook and MySpace were both used by their fan club to communicate, and everything was going well... until the scandal happened.

Most new members who joined the fan club started insulting Kazir, saying how bad of a person the director was. These new members were probably spies who joined the club to destroy its unity. In fact, some longtime members were also affected, and some even left the club. They didn't want to support someone as horrible as Kazir.

Billy couldn't help but click his tongue while reading their comments. Most were insults.

"I have to talk to Wallace later to control this situation... Hm?"

While scrolling down, Billy read the recent comments.

-- Haha, you fucking cunts! Open your TV and check Fox News right now! Your opinions are all baseless because the actresses denied all of the allegations! Director Grey is innocent! You fake fans, sowing discord in our fan club. I already have the list of all the bastards who disrespected Director Grey! I'll block and kick you out of the fan club! Huhmp!

Reading the comment, Billy immediately turned on his TV just to see what was happening.