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236 Two-headed Dragon(1/2)

Real estate businessmen have actually spoken very thoroughly.

He likes Vince McMahon's creativity and is willing to make a cameo in wrestling competitions, but he won't go on stage to fight (be beaten), and feels that Vince promises too little exposure time and he needs more "spotlight".

In the eyes of real estate businessmen, perhaps Bai Quinn's appearance could affect Vince McMahon and win him better conditions.

However, Bai Quinn could not agree to him immediately because Vince McMahon's desire to control WWF in every detail. Even Bai Quinn, who is currently a small shareholder and will be the head of the entire sports and entertainment group in the future, will find it difficult to affect Vince's decision.

Maybe Vince wants to take the opportunity to get something from real estate merchants?

Vince has had a relationship with real estate businessmen for more than 20 years. Even if it is a plastic brotherhood, it is at least stronger than the relationship between Bai Quinn and the real estate businessmen. There must be a hidden secret.

Bai Quinn could only promise that he would coordinate and give real estate businessmen more opportunities to come on stage.

Seeing that Bai Quinn was so unhappy, the real estate businessman spoke more directly.

"Sorry, QB, I made a mistake. I thought WCW you can say the final word. So I have to ask Vince for his opinion."

etc!

WCW?

After saying so much by the real estate businessman, he turned out to be a guest at WCW!

No wonder Bai Quinn didn't consider WCW at all. After the WCW League program SD was dropped on Thursday night, the ratings dropped sharply, hovering between 1% and 1.8%.

The results are neither good nor bad. If you invite real estate businessmen to play on the show for free, they will definitely not do it. Just give money, and the already stretched funds will become a problem.

Take the Shark O'Neal as an example. WWF invited him to attend the show. The several appearances in a month cost more than three million US dollars in total.

It seems that the single game is much less than Tyson's $2 million appearance fee at UFC, but Tyson really played on the field, O'Neal just acted on stage, danced with Coffey, competed with Big Show, talked to Dwayne Johnson, and knocked down a villain who was not popular with everyone with one punch.

It’s so easy to get more than three million, but celebrities with their own fans are at this price, not cheap!

The real estate businessman is more well-known than the big shark O'Neal, and in theory the appearance fee is higher. He also wants to expose more. How can WCW hire him so much?

There were already many radio shows on Thursday night, especially NBC's "Friends", which made other shows unable to raise their heads.

When the one-hour "Friends" ends, most viewers will switch to the station to watch football.

In the NFL preseason, which lasts for four months in autumn and winter, there is a game every Thursday night. Every year, only from May to August, without these two great masters, WCW's SD wrestling can be better and the ratings will rebound. When Friends will come back in September...

Bai Quinn positioned SD as a newcomer training alliance, and throwing it into such a harsh environment has actually another purpose.

Only when SD can gain a foothold during this period can his first step of planning after the establishment of the Sports and Entertainment League be carried out smoothly.

At present, Randy's performance is pretty good and she has not been beaten to death by Friends and the NFL.

But if you invite real estate developers to appear on the show, you will still be unable to do so.

Unless real estate businessmen don’t need money on the stage, or get a bone-breaking price.

So, Bai Quinn still agreed, but immediately cried and said that since the reorganization, WCW finally turned losses into profits, and was afraid that she could not afford to hire a real estate businessman.

The real estate businessman waved his sleeves and said, "We are all good partners, just give the appearance fee, and you will never lose money."

"Can you be free?"

Bai Quinn's shameless words made the little beauty opposite unable to help it, and she covered her mouth with a napkin and smirked.

Real estate businessmen obviously did not expect this kind of scene and didn't know how to answer for a while.

For the second half of the year, he does need a lot of exposure, but if he really appears on the show for free, it would be too embarrassing to tell it out.

And, why! You are not my son-in-law!

Bai Quinn saw that the real estate businessman was really thinking about whether he would agree to the option of free play. Although he couldn't guess the core demands of the real estate businessman, he knew that it was finally time to negotiate the conditions.

"Mr. Donald, what I said is free is not really free, but we repay you in another form, a way that is beneficial to both of us..."

When the real estate businessman heard this, he gently put down his knife and fork and looked like he was listening attentively.

Bai Quinn glanced at the waiter who was standing aside to serve everyone. The real estate businessman immediately understood and told the waiter to leave first.

After everyone left, Bai Quinn looked at Samantha who was quietly stepping on his feet under the table, gave him a comforting look, and then said: "Actually, if WCW becomes your business for Donald, what else does it cost to play? Vince works hard every week on the show, and he has never asked for a penny of play... "

However, Vince has received a lot of dividends!

"You want to sell WCW?" Samantha, who knew Bai Quinn's sports entertainment group planning, not only blurted out, but only realized that she was concerned and confused when she spoke it out.

"No, I just invited Mr. Donald to join us. I can even give you shares. As for external publicity, of course, it can be said that Mr. Donald acquired WCW and spent a lot of money. Then Mr. Donald can often appear at the game like Vince McMahon. Whether you want to control the situation or arrange the event, it is okay to prank the players. Who is Mr. Donald, you are the boss!"

The more real estate businessman listened, the more his eyes shone. He was obviously very interested in the prospects of Bai Quinn's plan.

"We can even interact with Vince McMahon of WWF, and the bosses of both sides will come to a peak showdown with their respective top subordinates."

The real estate businessman nodded one after another, and the two alliances joined forces, and his chances of exposure increased greatly.

"What do you think? Mr. Donald."

"How can this work? How can I ask for WCW shares? This is not suitable..."

Obviously, the real estate businessman slowed down from the initial shock and immediately realized the problem.

The free-selling shares look good, but in fact the company is still in control of Bai Quinn. He cannot participate in the company's operations in depth. He has no talented people familiar with the wrestling industry. There are too many ways Bai Quinn can operate. The real estate businessman himself is a veteran of the major shareholder cheating small shareholders. How could he not know the various methods?

Don’t end up, I’ll just go to other people’s programs to bring attention and ratings to others, so I can’t even get the appearance fee.

Bai Quinn naturally saw the concerns of the real estate businessman and quickly explained: "I blame me for not explaining it clearly. In fact, what I am going to give you is not the shares of WCW, but the shares of the largest and listed entertainment and sports company in the future.

Here I need to explain the concept of entertainment sports. Mr. Donald, do you think the two events of wrestling and UFC are different from other sports?"

Before the real estate businessman could answer, Bai Quinn said himself: "The biggest difference is that ordinary audiences will not participate in these two events. Unlike basketball, football, and golf, the audience will not wrestle or fight in UFC at any time, so the only purpose of training in these two events is to perform on TV for the audience to watch.

Even when promoting boxing and taekwondo, they always call on ordinary people to practice under the banner of strengthening their bodies and promote the sport.

Wrestling and UFC are not, they are just naked performances. Some people learn them, such as me, do not regard them as a sport, but as a performance and a means of making a living, just like clowns who practice acrobatics and magicians who learn magic.

So, I see wrestling and UFC as a new sports model, entertainment sports, or sports entertainment.

And an important task I had before the new millennium was to integrate and package the entertainment and sports industry I mastered, and then go public."

The concept of entertainment sports is still easy to understand. What really makes real estate businessmen pay attention to is Bai Quinn's last sentence, "Let's go public."

"What are you going to do?"

“Having Turner Sports’ cable stations as the skeleton, Vince McMahon’s WWF, Turner Sports’ WCW, and my UFC for flesh and blood, spliced ​​together to become an organism.

Turner Sports has cable TV broadcast channels all over the country, WWF, WCW, and UFC output content, creating a sports channel, targeting Disney's ESPN!"

Bai Quinn immediately gave real estate developers a reassurance: "This plan is supported by President Richard Parsons of Time Warner, Chairman Gerald Levine, Founder of Turner Sports, and Vince McMahon of WWF.

It can be said that there is no opposition within our parties. It has not been launched before. It is mainly because the negotiations on the NFL broadcast renewal for some time are underway, so it is inconvenient to make big moves."

Bai Quinn deliberately delaying his intentional delay to give UFC time to develop in order to gain greater voice in the new group in the future, saying that it was delayed for the Rugby League TV broadcast negotiations, but it was bullying real estate businessmen who didn't know the inside story.

In fact, even if he can figure out his little thoughts, all parties will not point it out, because being able to win the NFL cable TV broadcasting rights is good news for everyone, and one cannot lose a long-term meal ticket because of the integration of the group.

As for the result, it actually makes everyone dissatisfied.

The management of Turner Sports, appointed by major shareholder Time Warner, lost in the bid for ESPN, not losing half of it, but losing both games.

At the end of 1998, it was the NFL's eight-year broadcasting rights renewal negotiations.

CBS, NBC, and FOX compete for the broadcasting rights of radio and television, and finally formed a complex "double-headed dragon model". CBS and FOX laughed to the end, NBC was eliminated with hatred. Not to mention the various bloody operations in the middle, Turner Sports is not qualified to participate in this battlefield.

Turner Sports' opponent is ESPN. In 1990, the two reached an agreement, and one and half of them divided the NFL's cable broadcast rights equally.

However, this time, Turner Sports lost the right to broadcast cable TV and was taken away by ESPN.

As a small shareholder, Bai Quinn has not had enough foundation in Turner Sports. She has only installed a few confidants, but she is not the most important position. She is powerless to do anything about this failure. She can only take the opportunity to drive away the original president and change to her own person.

But the bitter fruit of failure still has to be swallowed by itself, which means at least eight years, and until the next contract renewal, Turner Sports will be beaten by ESPN.

There is no way, rugby is the number one sport in North America. When it comes to rugby games, if you don’t broadcast it, the audience will immediately use the remote control to vote to watch other channels.

NBC next door also lost the NFL broadcasting rights, and president Littlefield immediately stepped down and replaced Garth Ansil, a protégé of media tycoon Barry Diller.

This shows the importance of its broadcasting rights.

But this failure is not a chance for Bai Quinn. Among the sports and entertainment groups to be established in the future, the old Turner Sports lineage has been hit by this, and his voice will be greater.

The real estate businessman is worthy of being a veteran in the business world. He judged his intention from Bai Quinn's words and said: "It seems that the shares of this sports and entertainment group are not that easy to get. You must ask me to help me, otherwise you just need to give me the appearance fee, so why should I pull me into your chariot?

I guess you can't finish it in a while, so we'll talk after the meal."

I have to help again. In a simple sentence, the real estate businessman put himself on a high ground and acted like you begging me. It was the second time to establish an advantage in advance for subsequent negotiations.

And forcibly interrupted Bai Quinn's words, leaving time for himself to think.

"Okay, Mr. Donald." Bai Quinn had no choice but to accept it.

After saying that, the real estate businessman clapped his hands and called the waiter back, and dinner continued.

...

After dinner, the two of them were alone in the real estate businessman's study, enjoying the invincible night view on the top floor of No. 40 Wall Street, and began to continue the previous conversation.

From Samantha's words, Bai Quinn judged that real estate businessmen may have encountered financial problems again, hoping to stabilize investors' mentality through their high exposure and strengthening the image of rich people.

So there was a previous proposal, hoping to take advantage of the real estate businessman's crisis and gain some benefits from him.

"So, how do you need me to help you?"

Real estate businessmen seized the advantageous terrain as soon as they came up.
To be continued...
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