Reborn America, this is my time

Chapter 186 Dark Arrow!

The Reed Creek Improvement District in Florida was famous in Ethan's previous life, because before he crossed over, the governor of Florida tried every means to deprive Disney of the autonomy there.

The cause of the matter is actually very simple. The governor of Florida wants to implement a bill to protect minors in Florida, prohibiting teachers and staff in public schools and even the school itself from carrying out any classes about LGBTQIA from kindergarten to third grade. Teaching, because he thinks that the children during this period are immature in thinking, and their thoughts are not perfect. When they can’t distinguish right from wrong, teachers in public schools chant scriptures to them. This kind of behavior is doing evil, even worse than Satan. Be scary.

When the governor of Florida publicly announced his position, Disney directly jumped out to object, saying that he was hindering the awakening of children and a violation of human rights.

then……

The two sides hit it off.

After arguing and arguing, the governor of Florida took out the trump card of the Reed Creek Improvement District. He used the excuse of depriving Disney of its privileges in Florida to force Disney to admit defeat, but Disney refused and was willing to fight to the end for diversification. , the two sides can't beat each other.

Because there were too many crazy things in America at that time, and the New York vendors who talked about cross talk were more interesting than them, so this kind of ordinary melon was not sweet at all to Ethan who lived in New York. So he didn't care much.

But after the media continued to report Disney's privileges in Florida...

He immediately called out "good guy!"

Because of the self-taxation, the exemption from regulation, the privilege of issuing debt at will...

That's awesome!

Many people want to know, did Walt Disney save eighteen generations of ancestors of the governor of Florida?
Why can he give the Disney Group such powerful power?
Countless people want to find out, how did Florida pass this bill?
Has everyone's brains been kicked by a donkey?
It's a pity that, regardless of the turmoil on the Internet, no media reported the inside story of the whole incident. This disappointed Ethan, who was holding a knife and fork, sitting at the table, twisting his buttocks, and wanting to eat melons.

In his previous life, he didn't get the answer, but in this life...

"Steven, do you know how they got this land?"

Ethan is eager to hear the inside story.

However, Spielberg on the other end of the phone said: "How do I know this?"

"If it wasn't for Sidney, I guess I wouldn't even know about Disney's privileges in Florida. Besides, Sidney just envied Disney for having such privileges. As for imitating? I don't think anyone can do this kind of thing, right?" ?I personally feel that, if nothing else, the current Walt Disney and Roy Disney family probably don’t know how their parents succeeded.”

This answer made Ethan hang up the phone regretfully.

But after thinking about it, he felt normal again.

This kind of privilege of a country within a country should be the top secret of the Disney family, as long as it is a normal person, it will be brought into the coffin, because it is not good for them to spread it out.

And since Roy Disney is fighting for this supreme privilege, it is normal for him to sell his company's secrets. After all, this privilege...

Even he, Ethan Jones, is greedy!
"Oh—what a pity—"

"This kind of company has only one destiny, and that is to become a public company."

"Because other capitalists definitely don't want them to be happy and happy."

Although Ethan didn't know how Roy Disney retired in his previous life, he knew that Roy Disney could not easily give up the chance to ascend the throne, and he would definitely fight for it all his life until he found out Only when there is no way to recover, it is possible to regret letting go.

And this process...

It must be long and cruel.

But this kind of thing has nothing to do with him, Ethan Jones. When he is already surrounded by a bunch of enemies, it is a bit unwise to get involved in another family's battle.

Shaking his head with emotion, Ethan put this kind of thing aside, and when Roy Disney's behavior is justified, then the copy of the contract he brought has a high probability of being true.

Since that is the case...

Picking up the calendar on the table, Ethan studied the release time of the new game.

After MGM, Paramount and Disney stated that their new games will be released in summer, autumn and winter, the meaning of this group of people is actually very clear. They want to block the game of fate in all directions and use their own The popularity of movie characters overwhelmed the limelight of the fate game.

Although this kind of ambition cannot really be realized, because the reputation of Destiny Games in the video game circle is not comparable to that of the three of them, but this kind of blocking idea is really a headache.

Fortunately, there is no PPT in this era, otherwise, Ethan dared to assert that in order to step on him, the guys who borrowed from his game would definitely do some comparisons with friends and businesses.

Staring at the calendar for a while, he finally circled the last ten days at the end of May.

He wants to hold the company's new product launch conference during this period.

With the passing of May and the arrival of June, the summer vacation that students are thinking about will appear. New products will be released in late May, and the goods will be distributed within ten days. Playing the new game, this huge flow of people will make the income of the arcade very good.

Although on the surface, these incomes will not fall into his pocket, Ethan Jones, but satisfying customers is what a serious business should do.

Just like what Steve Jobs said when he promoted "Snake", when the buyers of electronic arcade machines are merchants, making money and making a lot of money is the game experience they want, and only their needs are met first. Then there will be a steady stream of games being pushed to the market.

As for whether this choice will directly compete with MGM and the others?
Ha ha.

If he is even afraid of these trivial things, then he might as well go back to finance.

Just engage in value investing, wait for other companies to appreciate in value, and then wait for death.

Now that the decision was made, Ethan started to prepare, called Steve Ballmer, and found a lot of things to do for this big bald man who might have a debuff——

"You ask the marketing department to list a purchase ranking for me according to the previous cooperation records. If there are more than ten units, the top 150. Summarize it and give it to me."

"By the way, those people from the North American Theater Alliance are counted separately, don't count them within 150."

"Then help me get in touch with the school. I may borrow their auditorium to hold the company's new product launch conference this year in late May. You can ask them when they will be free."

"Then help me find the contact information of the American Truck Association... Forget it, you can directly contact them for me. I want to know how they calculate the price for long-distance transportation."

"These three things are relatively simple, I'll give you two days, Okay?"

"No problem, boss." Steve Ballmer nodded without hesitation.

The first two jobs arranged by Ethan are actually very simple, that is, to find someone to sell the goods, and the third job is related to the factory under the name of Destiny Games.

Before, as the president of the company, he had agreed with the CEO to dismantle the factory where the employees were constantly expanding, and the time was before new products were put into production.At that time, CEO Evelyn said that while the factory was dismantled, the internal fleet would also be cancelled, allowing those drivers to return to their original lives. way out.

Finding someone from the Trucking Association to contract is the most feasible method at present.

As for splitting...

Ethan has to think carefully about this matter, how to communicate with his father's comrades in arms.

As the task was issued, the entire Destiny game became busy. Steve Ballmer's actions were fast, and it took him only one day to deal with all the matters.

Stanford was easy to talk to, saying that he would set the time, and if Destiny Games thinks it is suitable to hold a press conference, they will be able to empty the auditorium on that day.

So, Ethan chose a time he liked, May [-]th.

The Truck Association also provided a transportation price list, and at the same time said that the price list can only provide an approximate price reference. The specific cooperation needs to be discussed in detail, because the goods receiving locations of their destiny game are very scattered, and they have special issues special.

And the sales ranking table...

This is quite interesting.

Because after looking at the data, the east and west coasts account for [-]%, and Texas and the Great Lakes region have [-]% of the consumption differentiation. In fact, the population division of America is roughly similar.

After asking Steve Ballmer to bring a map of the United States and instructing him to mark the merchants on the purchase list according to the location of the state, the intuitive consumption profile of electronic arcade machines in North America was instantly presented. When Ethan found out When all the states except Hawaii and Alaska were on the list, he ordered the bald head to let the people in the marketing department contact these bosses, tell them the time for the company's new product launch, and invite them to come.

Of course, the round-trip air tickets and accommodation expenses during this process will be fully borne by Destiny Games.

"Steve, the people from the North American Theater Alliance who asked them not to be included in the list should also contact them. Since they accept the arcade of "Star Wars", they will be our target customers."

"Ok."

Steve Ballmer nodded to show his understanding. After he left, Ethan also turned over the price list provided by the Truck Association to prepare for the contact later.

While Ethan was busy, Roy Disney, who was friendly to Ethan yesterday in San Jose near Palo Alto, was enjoying his own breakfast in a hotel.

Taking a sip of the coffee, the Italian taste that filled his mouth made him frown slightly.Putting it down gently, he turned his gaze to the secretary beside him, and asked, "Is there any news from the company?"

"No." The male secretary shook his head slightly and said, "In the past 24 hours, they called us three times, each time saying that Ethan Jones had not contacted them."

This result made Roy Disney nod his head, and his eyes went blank. He didn't know what he was thinking, but after a while, he retracted his thoughts and picked up the knife and fork again, preparing to kill the fried egg in front of him.

This situation was noticed by the male secretary. After pondering for a long time, he leaned forward slightly and asked cautiously, "Boss, why don't we go back first?"

The sudden words interrupted Roy Disney's movements. He stared at the fried eggs on the plate for a while, then chuckled, and said, "Do you think Ethan Jones won't contact me?"

The male secretary didn't know how to answer this question, and Roy Disney didn't intend to dig into the answer, so he said to himself, "You might be curious now, right?"

"Curious why I'm looking for the Ethan Jones Alliance?"

"Because my demand is very simple, that is to go back to the board of directors, get the chairman, and kick those two guys, Ron Miller and Don Tatum, out of the company."

"To achieve this, there is only one way for a listed company like Disney, and that is to gain the trust of other shareholders, obtain their support, and then reorganize the board of directors."

"This method will not involve Disney's non-shareholding personnel, and even if it is involved, those non-shareholding personnel must be related to Disney's business. Their existence may increase Disney's operating income and allow the company Only then do shareholders value their opinions as they increase profits and help stock prices go up.”

"Ethan Jones does not hold our Disney stock, and his business has nothing to do with us, at least so far they have chosen Columbia, so my connection with Ethan Jones will not actually compete for the sovereignty of the company any help."

"The place I'm going now should be the home of other shareholders."

"Right?"

The male secretary was a little embarrassed to hear the long speeches.

Because a few months ago, after Ethan Jones rejected the boss, when the boss wanted to talk to Ethan Jones about cooperation, he felt that his boss was a little Shi Lezhi.

Since Ethan Jones resolutely refused, it meant that he had heard the inside information and was unwilling to enter this muddy water. Under such circumstances, finding a new way out was much better than hanging himself from a tree.

And this trip seemed even more meaningless to him.At the helm of Disney, the guys from the Walt Disney family have already hooked up with Philips. After obtaining the patent authorization from the other party, the Roy Disney line can actually be regarded as the end of the world.

The reason is simple, the cooperation between Disney and Philips is more in the interests of shareholders.

If Disney and Destiny Games cooperate, there are only two ways to go.

The first is that Disney entrusts Destiny Games to make games for Disney.

In the case of Destiny Games' annual revenue exceeding 3000 million yuan, this kind of buyout entrusted funds should not say [-] million yuan, but [-] million yuan must be there, right?

Otherwise, why would Destiny Games make games for you for Disney?
The second is that Disney authorizes its classic characters to Destiny Games to make games, and the two parties share the game revenue. In this case, even if Disney holds Mickey in his hand, Destiny Games can still open his mouth and take away a lot of money. share ratio.

If Destiny Games owns Ralph Bell's video game patent, then Disney can only pinch its nose and be a man, but when the patent is in the hands of Philips, obtaining the patent and making it yourself is the embodiment of maximizing benefits, while Now Walt Disney's son-in-law has done it.

When Disney already held the patent license...

Are you sharing interests with Destiny Games?

Then this is a brain bubble!
Therefore, in the eyes of Roy Disney's secretary, his boss has no way to recover, and even looking for cooperation with Ethan Jones will not win back the hearts of shareholders.

In this case, it is better to step aside with dignity and wait for a better opportunity...

Although the male secretary did not say these words, how could Roy Disney not know his true thoughts?In other words, before coming to Palo Alto again, his old subordinates who have followed him since the 50s have been advising him to be careful and not to catch Ron Miller.

But even so, he still came stubbornly.

Because he knows-

"You all probably think it's too easy to make a game."

He fiddled with the fried eggs on the dinner plate with a knife, and murmured:

"You might think that anyone can make a video game."

"But that's not the case."

"If anyone can succeed in making video games, then Ethan Jones would not be able to earn [-] million yuan a year. There must be some unknown secrets in it."

"I don't know what the secret is, but I know that Philips must not know what the secret is, because they have lost three times in a row at the hands of Ethan Jones."

"If you fail once, it can be said to be bad luck."

"If you fail twice, it can be said to be a bit unlucky."

"But after failing three or four times..."

"They are doomed to nothing in this industry!"

"Cooperate with this kind of person?"

"That's just a rapid slide into the abyss of failure!"

"And since Ron and the others are doomed to fail, then I have to maintain a good relationship with Ethan Jones, because once the opportunity arises, I can firmly grasp it."

The slightly mocking tone made the male secretary stare slightly.

He didn't expect the boss's mood to be like this.

Although he wanted to refute, but he knew that what the boss said was right.

But even if he said 'quiet' silently in his heart, he couldn't hide the doubt in his heart.

"Boss, I have a question." He couldn't help but said.

"You say." Roy Disney didn't mean to hide it.

The male secretary organized his words, and said, "I want to know, is it too much to pay to win Ethan's favor by walking on the edge of the law?"

The straightforward question made Roy Disney chuckle.

He had been playing with fried eggs and cut the yolk with the knife.

With his movements, the condensed egg liquid also flowed out.

"Who said I would always walk on the edge of the law?"

Roy Disney raised his head, his calm eyes focused on the secretary.

"The contact yesterday was just to prove to him that I have the willingness to cooperate."

"Tell him I'm here in good faith this time."

"And after that, we will have an equal partnership."

"because of him……"

"need me!"

…………

"WTF? People from North American theaters can't come to our new product launch?"

When Ethan heard the news, he immediately jumped off his seat.

He stared at Steve Ballmer who came to report with wide eyes, hoping to get a positive answer.

"Yes."

Ballmer nodded, looked at his boss seriously, and said: "The theater owners all said that they don't have time. When I communicated with them and said that they could let their theater managers talk about these things, they regretted it." Not to mention theater managers, even doormen in theaters, they don’t have time to attend our new product launches.”

"I think they are hinting, so..."

"I'm here to report."

Hearing such words, Ethan looked gloomy, stared at Steve Ballmer for a while, and finally ordered: "You go and contact Roy Disney, I really want to see him!"

…………

'? ? ? '

The boss's self-confidence made the male secretary a little confused, and when he was wondering if he had missed something and didn't pay attention, a burst of hurried footsteps came from far and near.

Roy Disney looked up.

The person who came was his assistant.

After realizing that the boss was paying attention to him, the male assistant immediately ran quickly.

Such an action also made Roy Disney smile knowingly.

"coming--"

he murmured.

(End of this chapter)