"This damned Link, I'm going to kill him."
In the Weinstein Company conference room, Harvey picked up the documents on the table and smashed them hard against the wall. Dozens of white papers fluttered out of the folder and scattered leisurely all over the floor.
Bob Weinstein, Marketing Director Jon Gordon, Production Head Mick Locke, and other high-ranking officials of the Weinstein Company watched helplessly as Harvey lost his temper.
They had been negotiating a collaboration with the Summit Entertainment Company, planning to acquire Summit Entertainment for $280 million in cash and 45% of the Weinstein Company's shares—approximately $420 million.
After the merger of the two companies, the executives of both companies would jointly oversee the new company's production and distribution, with Summit handling commercial films and Weinstein responsible for art films.
The combination of strengths was to create a new landscape in the film industry.
