Chapter 676 Negotiations with Disney (Daily Update 12,000~)
"Not Penny?" Linda looked at Johnson with some suspicion.
Wu Jianye on the side expressed his understanding. When he learned that the relationship between Oceanwide Cinemas and Phantom was leaked, Wu Jianye really suspected that Penny had leaked the secret.
However, after some thinking, Wu Jianye believed that the possibility of Penny leaking the news was relatively small, because if the news was leaked, although the situation of Phantom Entertainment would become difficult at this time, it would also affect the future of Phantom Entertainment.
In terms of development, there is actually not much of a threat.
As mentioned before, Phantom Entertainment has now basically completed its ecological closed-loop chain in the entire film industry and completed its establishment.
As long as Phantom can continue to make blockbuster movies, Phantom can get through these things without any danger. What is really devastating to Phantom is the news that the boss behind Phantom Entertainment is Wu Jianye.
If this news is spread, even if Phantom is now doing well, it will still suffer a devastating blow. First of all, the North American Congress will not let Phantom Entertainment go. By then, it will not be possible for 30 million US dollars to
Things have been resolved.
Although the case of the villain Ramon has been loosened, it does not mean that it can be done blatantly. The resistance of the United States to China has always existed. If they know that Phantom, one of the largest film production companies in North America, is behind it,
The boss is a Chinese, so their methods will let you see how dirty the Congress in North America is...
"Since it's not Penny, then it's an insider from Oceanwide and Phantom. You two should investigate carefully after you go back. This person must be found!"
"Now that he can break this news, it means that other news may break out in the future!"
Wu Jianye preached seriously.
Johnson and Linda nodded and said, "We will handle this matter!"
Wu Jianye nodded, and then continued to ask: "What's going on with Buffett?"
Only when Phantom Entertainment truly takes ABC into its hands will their status undergo a fundamental reversal. Now they are one of the seven major Hollywood studios on par with several major studios. Their ceiling is limited and they are still
Limited to the simple industry of film.
If Phantom can win the ABC TV network, their development will immediately become different. By then Phantom will be able to complete the transformation of its own media group, and Phantom's opponents will no longer be the other six major producers.
Factory.
They are the three largest media groups in the world!
Time Warner, News Corp, Viacom!
Disney, which was originally affiliated to the four major media groups, has not yet risen, because without Wu Jianye's appearance, Disney will acquire the ABC TV network. Disney without ABC will never become like another time and space in its future development.
big mac.
In another time and space, Disney has several major weapons that have kept them invincible, namely their animation industry, Disneyland, the Marvel Universe and the ABC television network.
Now that Phantom Entertainment has acquired the Marvel Universe and ABC TV Network under Wu Jianye's advance plan, it can be said that it has cut off more than half of Disney's interests. It will be difficult for Disney to develop in this time and space!
Linda said: "We are still negotiating. Buffett has been taking a wait-and-see attitude. I estimate that formal negotiations will have to wait until "Jurassic Park" is released!"
Wu Jianye nodded and said: "It's pretty much what I thought. Since he wants to talk, let's talk slowly, but don't take it too lightly. If you want to not be controlled by others for the future development of Phantom, you must win abc
, so keep an eye on Buffett, and if there are any competitors, tell me immediately!"
Linda: "Got it!"
After talking about the business, the two formally bid farewell to Wu Jianye. Now that the two companies have the insider, they will naturally investigate. What has been revealed now is only the relationship between Phantom and Oceanwide, which is still within the acceptable range.
If more news breaks out, the problem will become really big.
At the same time, Linda also wants to negotiate cooperation with Disney.
When Michael Eisner took over the floundering Disney in 1984, after he took over Disney, he first made huge moves in Disney's two core businesses, reviving Disney's animation and updating and expanding Disney.
paradise!
This also allows Disney, which originally had only 1.4 billion in assets, to be valued at more than 10 billion US dollars today!
It can be said that Michael Eisner contributed a lot to Disney's re-emergence, but unfortunately, he was just a jobber after all. When Disney's development once again hit a bottleneck, Michael Eisner became the scapegoat introduced by the board of directors.
, at the 2004 Disney shareholders meeting, 43% of shareholders voted no confidence in him. In 2005, Eisner resigned from all positions at Disney!
Officially drawing a clear line with Disney!
At that time, no one could say that Eisner had no faults during his tenure. At least his general strategy was not wrong. What was wrong was that in terms of small-scale development, he was still unable to realize the properties he acquired.
It's because Disney shareholders don't trust him.
Disney's equity distribution is very complicated, coupled with Eisner's strong and meticulous management, it naturally made many people dissatisfied.
Today, Eisner came to Disney headquarters as usual. When he got out of the car, Eisner tightened his suit. You could see that the staff around him became busy immediately after seeing his car.
Everyone at Disney headquarters knows that Eisner's authority cannot be challenged and that he has supreme power in Disney.
Seeing the staff behaving like this, Eisner smiled. He liked this feeling. If Disney is regarded as the starry sky in the dark night, he is the irreplaceable moon, and everyone else can only
It's the stars, surrounding me.
Eisner was in a very good mood today. Yesterday he saw reports about Phantom Entertainment and Oceanwide Cinemas and knew that Phantom Entertainment was in trouble.
If there is one thing that Eisner was dissatisfied with during the past few years of managing Disney, it is that "The Lion King" produced by Athena Animation under Phantom Entertainment has become the highest-grossing animated film in the world!
This honor should have belonged to Disney, but now it has been overtaken by Phantom Entertainment. He is naturally dissatisfied, so he has already asked Disney's animation department to quickly produce his own animated film. But unfortunately,
Although the animated movies produced by Disney have done well at the box office, there is still no way to compare with "The Lion King"!
Now that the relationship between Phantom and Fanhai has been exposed, he knows that Phantom will be in big trouble, but he also knows that such troubles are only temporary for Phantom. As long as they can continue to release popular movies, then Phantom
The sign will not arrive!
It's not that easy to make a big-selling movie. Even "Jurassic Park" that everyone is optimistic about now, in Eisner's opinion, this movie may achieve a certain degree of success, but to say
How successful it will be, I’m afraid it’s hard to tell!
As many people think, the movie "Jurassic Park" has to face too strong an opponent, such as Spielberg, Lucas, Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman and "Peter Pan"
The combination can be said to be a dream combination.
Even an arrogant person like Eisner believes that it is impossible for such a movie to find a rival, so he has ordered Disney to contact Spielberg to inquire about the release time of this movie. Disney does not need to choose a head-on confrontation!
As long as Phantom Entertainment fails, its power to intimidate will be reduced. When several major production companies join forces, it is not impossible to get a few pieces of the cake!
After arriving at his office, Eisner received a notice from his secretary.
"Boss, the secretary of Phantom's president, Miss Linda, just called and wants to meet with you!"
Eisner sat on his office chair, took out a good cigar from the drawer, clipped off the tail, lit it, and with the curl of smoke, he smiled and said: "It's really here!"
Eisner's secretary did not respond to Eisner. She knew that this was Eisner enjoying the feeling of victory. The Phantom's current strength is as good as Disney's, but the problems that the Phantom is facing now are not what Disney has.
They had met each other before. The two were originally of the same level, but now Linda asked her secretary to make an appointment with Eisner in person, which was enough to make Eisner feel that he was a head above Linda.
"Let her in!" Eisner said with a smile.
Linda found out about Eisner's response from her secretary and said with a smile: "Let's go and meet this senior worker!"
Eisner regards himself as the emperor of Disney, but in the final analysis, he is just a high-end wage earner. Linda met Eisner at this time because she now needs to find an ally for the Phantom!
At around ten o'clock in the morning, Linda saw Eisner in Eisner's office!
"haven't seen you for a long time!"
"haven't seen you for a long time!"
This is not the first time the two have met. As the bosses of the seven largest production companies in Hollywood, the two have naturally met more than once at various cocktail parties!
Eisner led Disney, the aging empire, to regain its glory, while Linda led Phantom Entertainment from scratch, turning Phantom Entertainment into a company on the same level as Disney in a few years.
Both men are arguably Hollywood's most successful corporate leaders of the past decade.
And Eisner has always regarded Linda as his biggest rival!
Now Linda has taken the initiative to seek cooperation. This kind of inner satisfaction is something that ordinary people cannot experience!
"Linda, I know what you came here to do this time, but you will be disappointed. Phantom is developing too fast. I know what you think, but your ability must be directly proportional to your achievements. According to me
You should wait a few years to settle down the Phantom. You can't touch the theater chain now!" Eisner came up and talked to Linda with a superior attitude.
Linda remained calm. After running Phantom Entertainment for so many years, she was no longer the same Linda as before. Although many people said that Phantom's success was due to a good screenwriter, who was able to produce so many movies.
Excellent movies, if these movies are given to any of the seven major studios, it will be enough to make this studio the largest studio in the United States.
But if we just rely on these reasons to erase Linda's achievements, it would be unfair to Linda. In recent years, although the Phantom has relied on Wu Jianye's scripts, it has become very popular in Hollywood, and has even become a new top seven actor.
One, but Linda's contribution here is also indelible.
Today, Phantom has nearly a thousand employees. Just managing such a large company is a very difficult task.
The relationship with independent studios, the relationship with theater chains, the relationship with the Big Seven, and the relationship with global distributors, it can be said that these are all handled by Linda.
Others don't know, but Wu Jianye knows clearly that without Linda, Phantom would never have developed to this stage!
It seems that Linda followed Wu Jianye's instructions at every step of the Phantom's development, but Linda was doing the specific execution. Wu Jianye once told Zhou Tao that if he was allowed to do these things,
Things may not necessarily be better than what Linda did!
Everyone has their own specialty. Wu Jianye can be precise in major matters with the help of his reborn memory, but he is also a newcomer when it comes to specific details.
However, only a few people know about these things. Most people today still think that Linda's ability to achieve this level of Phantom is due to a lot of luck.
Linda didn't take Eisner's words to heart because she knew that this kind of meaningless dispute would not bring any benefits to this negotiation.
"This is Phantom Entertainment's own development plan. It has nothing to do with you, Eisner. As for whether Disney will reach a cooperative relationship with Phantom this time, I think you'd better listen to our plan!"
Eisner waved his hand and said: "I'll forget about the plan. Now that Phantom has been involved in the villain Ramone case due to its acquisition of Oceanwide Cinemas, it will be questioned by Congress. I think the whole of Hollywood already knows about it."
Well, I think it’s better to wait until Congress makes its decision!”
Linda smiled and said: "I don't think I need to tell you what the situation is in Hollywood now. Everyone knows very well that which company has already started investing in theaters. For this, I quite admire Disney.
, being able to remain unmoved..."
Disney is a rare company among the seven major Hollywood companies that does not invest in theaters. This is not Eisner's decision, but a resolution of the entire Disney shareholders. Even Eisner has no way to object.
Eisner's expression changed slightly and he said, "If you say that, I doubt whether you are here to negotiate!"
Linda smiled and said: "Of course it is. It is precisely because Disney does not have its own theater chain company that the Phantom chose to cooperate with Disney. If Disney had a theater chain, we Phantom would still look down upon it!"
Although she doesn't care about Eisner's attitude, Linda is not someone to be looked down upon, and she still has to refute what should be said!