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  Chapter 960 Double Reed

This year is the year with the biggest changes in the technology industry. All kinds of weird and weird news are emerging one after another. There are those who messed up, huge Internet companies that collapsed overnight, and some who became scapegoats, took the blame and were driven away. founder.

However, Omidyar retired bravely. He chose to retire at the age of thirty. Practitioners in Silicon Valley, who can't get a good knife for a lifetime or even ten lifetimes, and then leave gracefully, who can't be envious!

  As soon as he announced his retirement, Omidyar announced the establishment of a charitable foundation, and then donated $100 million to the International Association of Investigative Journalists, claiming that everything is for the authenticity of the news!

  This time, it really caused a sensation in the global media. The media of all sizes in America, and even overseas media, began to report Omidyar's "legendary experience".

It can be said that Silicon Valley has been unheard of for ten years, and the $100 million dollar is worthless. As soon as the $100 million dollar was released, Omidyar immediately became the "person" of journalists around the world, and Bruno, who also participated in this donation The family has also won the favor of countless top reporters.

  Song Yang returned to Houston, but the split and reorganization of ICQ did not stop and continued. ICNC TV officially announced that it would merge with NBC Group and be promoted to become the top media giant in America!

No matter how the outside world speculates and criticizes, Song Yang is left-handed and right-handed. He emptied ICQ and is still unstoppable. American Telecom went out from ICQ and set up a new portal. Universal Music was acquired by Saipan Music Store. Business income in the bag.

And ICQ has also recovered tens of billions of dollars in cash flow. After repaying the debt, there is still a large amount of cash flow in hand, so that ICQ no longer has to worry about going bankrupt. With this dollar, ICQ can advance and retreat Ke Shou, began to invest a lot of money to develop two major products, Twitter and Skype, and on the other hand, he also started to get in touch with Xueleshan games.

   As for ICQ’s acquisition of Xueleshan Games, it’s not about whether Xueleshan games will be sold or not, nor is it about how much to quote. The entire Silicon Valley and Wall Street know that this acquisition is all in the mind of Song Yang.

Just look at Song Yangxin, it’s not black, it’s black, ICQ’s acquisition of Xueleshan Games, I’m afraid it will lead to another huge acquisition of tens of billions of dollars, and ICQ, which has just saved some money, will be emptied again. I like to mention the title of cash-out tool person, so I have to borrow a large sum of dollars from major banks and institutions!

If the heart is not dark, the Xueleshan game can be sold to ICQ at the price of cabbage. It is cheaper for ICQ investors. Everything is in Song Yang's mind. It depends on how Song Yang plays. Who made Song Yang the absolute majority shareholder of Xueleshan Games and ICQ.

Coupled with the current Internet market, there is a slight turmoil, and Nasdaq collapsed. Even Microsoft and the Federal Securities Commission are unwilling to dismantle it, let alone clean up ICQ. What kind of moth is ICQ doing? You can only turn a blind eye and close your eyes, and at most a symbolic fine of several million dollars will be settled.

   Otherwise, the timing of entering the market is very important. If ICQ collapses again, the American Internet industry estimates that it will not be able to breathe for ten years if it is really beaten.

  On the other hand, Western Films acquired Universal Pictures at a price close to the price of cabbage and less than US$3.5 billion.

In this regard, Western Film still exchanged part of the equity with ICQ in the form of equity exchange. ICQ and Western Film became allies with cross-shareholding. The two parties reached a long-term cooperation agreement, including film and television copyright, online video, etc. In the end, Western Films paid ICQ less than one billion dollars in cash...

   This caused many Wall Street analysts to ridicule. ICQ might as well just give Universal Pictures to Western Films. What kind of double act is played here, and the IQ of the audience will be rubbed against the ground.

But no matter how much you complain, the routines of ICQ and Western Films are too rough. On both sides, one is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer. No one can say anything. ICQ is willing to sell the original Universal Pictures and What's wrong with Universal Music, they allow Edgar Bronfman Jr. to prodigal, and ICQ is not allowed to deal with the "garbage industry"?

   Is there any king's law, is there any federal law, is there any justice in this, are they honest people who bully ICQ's board of directors? !

  Just after taking over Universal Pictures, Ted Sarando, the president of Western Films, suddenly announced again that Western Films would make two large-scale mergers and acquisitions!

  Western Films invested 2.9 billion US dollars to acquire Hasbro, the world's second largest toy manufacturer that just listed on the New York Stock Exchange this year!

This news caused a sensation in the whole Wall Street. Now Hasbro is not the toy giant that makes the wind and rain. It has not embraced Disney's thigh. It mainly produces some brand toys launched by itself. That being said, it's really not that low.

   While the outside world was still paying attention to this acquisition, Isaac, the current president of Marvel, came to the headquarters of Western Films in Los Angeles.

  Western Films headquarters in Los Angeles moved several times, and finally settled down. The building of Western Films headquarters is not tall, but it occupies a huge area. It itself is the merger of several Hollywood studios.

  The headquarters of Western Films includes office buildings, filming studios, Weta special effects studios, etc. If the requirements for location are not very strict, then a movie can be shot directly in the headquarters of Western Films.

Isaac is also an insider in Hollywood. Looking at the scene in front of him, he was really curious. This kind of large-scale studio model is no longer mainstream in Hollywood. Paramount and other major Hollywood giants have closed down and reduced their production capacity. Many big studios, in order to reduce costs, also have a voice that these big studios are outdated.

   But looking at the studio of Western Films, Isaac passed by in a golf cart, and saw that the interior was brightly lit, and staff were constantly busy coming in and out, obviously all of them were in use.

   Came outside Ted Sarando's office and was brought into the office by Sarando's assistant. Isaac saw Ted Sarando on the phone.

   Seeing Isaac, Ted Sarando motioned for Isaac to sit down, still talking to the person on the other end of the phone.

"Godnow, believe me, this offer is definitely the highest price Hollywood can give. Yes, Western Films will produce animated movies or even live-action movies for Hasbro's IP, just like It's like Disney!

I know you've seen "Lord of the Rings" too, you know Western's Weta Studios, the best special effects studio in Hollywood, this week, have to give me an answer Godnow, I'm patient , but it does not mean that Mr. Bruno, the big financial backer of Western Films, is also patient. Western Films can choose, not just Hasbro! "

Listening to the name Ted Sarando said, Isaac knew that the other party was the president of Hasbro. Hearing the last sentence that was vaguely threatening, Isaac couldn't help twisting his body, Ted Sarando What Sharando said was not only for Hasbro, but also for Marvel!

   "Isaac, right? I'm really sorry. As you can see, I'm really busy here!"

Ted Sarando picked up the coffee, took a big sip, and said to Isaac "sorry", but what Isaac felt was more the power of this big Hollywood figure, the president of Hasbro, who was overwhelmed by him Under pressure, I, the president of Marvel, was also called by the other party.

However, Isaac doesn’t have much dissatisfaction, let alone him, how many small and medium-sized film and television companies, how many actors and even stars in Hollywood, facing Ted Sarando, Disney Emperor Eisner, and others, it’s not called They come and go, and even ordinary practitioners have no chance to visit them.

  Those who dared to refuse basically disappeared in this industry, and they didn’t even need these big shots to do it themselves, just letting out some rumors could make some people completely unable to get along in Hollywood.

  Hollywood is the top Vanity Fair in the world. It is true that people can become famous overnight and become the focus of the world, but it also has a strict pyramid level. There are only a few people who can stand at the top of the tower.

"Isaac, I think, you also know why I invited you here this time!" Ted Sarando put down his coffee and cast his eyes on Isaac. An invisible pressure hit.

  (end of this chapter)