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Chapter 674 Negotiations with Disney

"Not Penny?" Linda looked at Johnson suspiciously.

Wu Jianye, who was on the side, expressed his understanding. When he learned that the relationship between Oceanwide Cinemas and Phantom was leaked, Wu Jianye really suspected that it was Penny who leaked the secret.

However, after some thinking, Wu Jianye believes that the possibility of Penny leaking the news is relatively small, because if the news is leaked, although the situation of Phantom Entertainment will become difficult at this time, but for the future of Phantom Entertainment In terms of development, there is actually not much threat.

As I said before, now Phantom Entertainment has basically completed its establishment in the ecological closed-loop chain of the entire film industry.

As long as Phantom can continue to make blockbuster movies, these things can let Phantom survive without any danger. What really kills Phantom is the news that Wu Jianye is the boss behind Phantom Entertainment.

If this news gets out, even if the Phantom is doing well now, it will still suffer a devastating blow. First of all, the North American Congress will not let Phantom Entertainment go. At that time, it will not be 3000 million US dollars Solved the matter.

Although the case of the villain Ramon has been loosened, it does not mean that it can be done blatantly. Lao Mei’s resistance to China has always existed. If they know about Phantom, one of the largest film production companies in North America, what is behind the The boss is a Chinese, so their methods will show you how dirty the North American Congress is.
"Since it's not Penny, it's an insider from Oceanwide and Phantom. You two should investigate carefully after you go back. This person must be found out!"

"Now that he is able to release this news, it means that other news may be released in the future!"

Wu Jianye preached seriously.

Johnson and Linda nodded and said, "We will deal with this matter!"

Wu Jianye nodded, and then continued to ask, "What's going on with Buffett?"

Only when Phantom Entertainment really takes ABC into their hands, their status will be fundamentally reversed. Now they are one of the seven major Hollywood studios with the same reputation as several major production companies. Confined to the pure industry of film.

If the Phantom can win the ABC TV network, then their development will immediately become different. At that time, the Phantom can complete the transformation of its own media group, and the opponent of the Phantom will no longer be the other six major producers. factory.

But the world's largest three major media groups!

Time Warner, News Corporation, Viacom!

Disney, which originally belonged to the four major media groups, has not risen yet, because if there is no Wu Jianye, Disney will acquire the ABC TV network. Disney, which has lost ABC, will definitely not become like another time and space in the future. Big Mac.

In another time and space, Disney has several powerful weapons that have always kept them invincible, that is, their animation industry, Disneyland, Marvel Universe and ABC Television Network.

Now Phantom Entertainment has obtained Marvel Universe and ABC TV Network under Wu Jianye's advance layout, which can be said to cut off more than half of Disney's interests. It will be difficult for Disney in this time and space to develop again!
Linda said: "We are still negotiating. Buffett has been holding a wait-and-see attitude. I guess the formal negotiation will have to wait until the release of "Jurassic Park"!"

Wu Jianye nodded and said: "It's almost the same as 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, you must win the ABC , so keep an eye on Buffett, and if there is a competitor, tell me immediately!"

Linda: "Understood!"

After discussing the business, the two formally bid farewell to Wu Jianye. Apart from the insider, the two companies will naturally go to investigate. What has come out now is only the relationship between Phantom and Oceanwide, which is still within the acceptable range. Within a short period of time, if more news broke out, the problem would really be big at that time.

At the same time, Linda has to negotiate with Disney about cooperation.

Michael Eisner took over the quagmire of Disney in 1984. After he took over Disney, he first made huge moves in Disney’s two core businesses, resurrecting Disney’s animation and updating and expanding Disney paradise!

This also makes Disney, which had only 14 billion assets at the beginning, have a valuation of more than [-] billion U.S. dollars today!

It can be said that Michael Eisner contributed to the re-emergence of Disney, but it is a pity that he is only a part-time worker after all. When Disney's development fell into a bottleneck again, Michael Eisner became the scapegoat launched by the board of directors , At the 2004 Disney shareholders meeting, 43% of shareholders voted for him with no confidence. In 05, Eisner resigned from all positions in Disney!

Officially draw a line with Disney!
At that time, no one can say that Eisner was not at fault during his tenure, at least his strategy in the general direction was not wrong. What was wrong was that in the 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 allocation is very complicated, coupled with Eisner's strong and meticulous management, naturally aroused many people's dissatisfaction.

Today Eisner came to the Disney headquarters as usual. When he got out of the car, Eisner tightened his suit. He could see the staff around him, and they 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 at Disney.

Seeing the performance of the staff, Eisner smiled. He likes this feeling. If Disney is regarded as the starry sky in the dark night, he is the irreplaceable moon. It is the stars, arching around him.

Eisner was in a very good mood today. Yesterday he saw the report about Phantom Entertainment and Oceanwide Cinemas, and knew that Phantom Entertainment was in trouble.

If there is one thing that Eisner is 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 preempted by Phantom Entertainment. He is naturally dissatisfied in his heart, so he has already asked Disney's animation department to produce his own animated film, but unfortunately, Although the animated films produced by Disney have a good box office, there is still no way to compare with "The Lion King"!
Now that the relationship between Phantom and Oceanwide 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 big-selling movies, then Phantom will The sign will not arrive!
It’s just that it’s not so easy to make a big-selling movie. Even if everyone is optimistic about "Jurassic Park", in Eisner’s opinion, this movie may achieve a certain degree of success, but to say How successful it is, I'm afraid it may not be so!

As many people think, the opponents that the movie "Jurassic Park" has to face are too powerful, Spielberg + Lucas + Robin Williams + Dustin Hoffman + " A combination like Peter Pan can be said to be a dream combination.

Even an arrogant Eisner believes that it is impossible for such a movie to find an opponent, so he has already ordered Disney to contact Spielberg to find out when the movie will be released. Disney does not need to choose head-to-head!
As long as Phantom Entertainment fails, its deterrent power will decline. When the major production companies unite again, it is not impossible to share a few pieces of cake!

After arriving at his office, Eisner received a notice from his secretary.

"BOSS, the secretary of Miss Linda, the president of Phantom, just called and wants to meet with you!"

Sitting on his office chair, Eisner took out a good cigar from the drawer, clipped off the tail, lit it, and with the curling smoke, he said with a smile: "Sure enough!"

Eisner's secretary did not respond to Eisner. She knew that Eisner was enjoying such a victory. The current strength of the Phantom is comparable to that of Disney, but the problem that the Phantom is facing now is that Disney does not have. They met before, and they were originally at the same level. Now Linda asked her secretary to meet 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 learned of Eisner's response from her secretary, and said with a smile, "Let's go, let's meet this senior worker!"

Eisner regards himself as the emperor of Disney, but in the final analysis, he is just a high-level wage earner. Linda met Eisner at this time because she needs to find an ally for the Phantom!

At ten o'clock in the morning, Linda saw Eisner in Eisner's office!

"long time no see!"

"long time no see!"

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 receptions!

Eisner brought the old Disney empire back to glory, while Linda brought Phantom Entertainment from scratch, and within a few years, Phantom Entertainment became a company at the same level as Disney.

Both are arguably the most successful corporate leaders in Hollywood in the last decade.

And Eisner has always regarded Linda as his biggest opponent!

Now Linda took the initiative to seek cooperation. This kind of inner satisfaction is beyond the reach of ordinary people!
"Linda, I know what you are here for this time, but you will be disappointed, the development of the Phantom is too fast, I know what you think, but the ability should be in direct proportion to the achievements you have made, according to me Let’s see if you settle the phantom for a few years, now the theater chain is not something you can touch!” Eisner came up and spoke to Linda with an attitude of a superior.

Linda didn't change her face. After running Phantom Entertainment for so many years, she is no longer the same Linda as before. Although many people say that Phantom's success is due to getting a good screenwriter to make so many films. Excellent movie, if this movie is given to any one of the seven major studios, it will be enough to make this studio the largest studio in the United States.

However, it would be unfair to Linda to obliterate Linda's achievements based on these reasons. Although the Phantom has become popular in Hollywood these years with Wu Jianye's script, it has even become a new top seven actress. One of them, but Linda's contribution here is also indestructible.

Today's Phantom has nearly a thousand employees. Just managing such a large company is a very difficult thing.

The relationship with independent film studios, the relationship with theater chains, the relationship with the Seven, and the relationship with global distributors can be said to be handled by Linda.

Others don't know, but Wu Jianye clearly knows that without Linda, Phantom would never have developed to the present stage!

It seems that Linda followed Wu Jianye's instructions for every step of the Phantom's development, but Linda was doing the specific execution links. Wu Jianye once told Zhou Tao that if you let yourself do these Things are not necessarily better than Linda's!

Everyone has their own good side. With the memory of rebirth, Wu Jianye can be precise in major events, but he is also a newcomer in the operation of specific details.

However, only a few people know about these things, and most people still think that Linda's ability to make the Phantom do this is due to a lot of luck.

Linda didn't take Eisner's words seriously, because she knew that this kind of unnecessary dispute would not bring any benefits to this negotiation.

"This is Phantom Entertainment's own development plan, and it has nothing to do with Eisner. As for whether Disney will reach a partnership with Phantom this time, I think you'd better listen to our plan!"

Eisner waved his hand and said, "I think the plan is fine. Now that the Phantom has touched the case of the villain Ramon because of the acquisition of Oceanwide Cinemas, I think the whole of Hollywood already knows the news that it will be questioned by Congress. Well, I think we’d better wait until the Congress’s judgment comes down!”

Linda laughed and said, "I don't think I need to tell you what's going on in Hollywood right now. Everyone knows which company is already investing in theaters. For this, I really admire Disney. , able to stand still”

Disney is one of the rare companies among the Big Seven that does not invest in theaters. This is not Eisner's decision, but the resolution of the entire Disney shareholders. Even Eisner has no way to object.

Eisner's face changed slightly, and he said, "You say that, I doubt you are here to negotiate!"

Linda laughed and said, "Of course it is. It is precisely because Disney does not have its own theater company that Phantom chooses to cooperate with Disney. If Disney had a theater chain, we Phantom would still look down on us!"

Although I don't care about Eisner's attitude, Linda is not someone to be looked down upon, and she should refute if she should!

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