I’m in Hollywood

Seeing Elizabeth to ask, Eric shook his head and said: "You don't want to ask about this matter. Now it's not clear, but Marvel's dish is very big, and the firefly family is definitely not enough to eat. Everyone has a share."

I heard Eric’s nonsense, and Elizabeth, who had no intention of continuing this topic, heard him say this. Instead, she was curious again, and even the fireflies couldn’t eat it. The potential of the Marvel would be great.

I was about to continue to ask, a waiter hurriedly walked to Eric and said something in his ear.

Eric nodded to the waiter and said to Elizabeth: "Come with me to meet the guests."

Elizabeth followed and stood up and asked, "Who is it?"

Eric lifted his arm toward Elizabeth, waiting for the girl to hold herself and said, "Warner's Terry Semel, so, the performance is intimate."

Elizabeth immediately guessed Eric’s intentions. If they were intimate, Terry Semel, who is heading to Disney’s animation department, would definitely reevaluate Fox’s competitiveness and fireflies would get a higher offer. .

"Hey, you used me," Elizabeth complained a little, but she leaned back and leaned against Eric, and the two greeted them together.

Terry Semel has gray hair with a pair of rimless glasses and a few scholarly temperament. Although he has just been in his early fifties, he has been working in Warner for nearly two decades and is one of the important successors trained by Steve Rose.

However, after Steve Ross’s death, Terry Semel, who has been spurred by internal competition as Time Warner ceo, has not been very happy recently. On the big side, after the fireflies and abc mergers and acquisitions, Warner was immediately kicked down by the fireflies and sat on the throne of the media for many years. On the smaller front, at this box office total once again broke through the hot summer record of the Hollywood box office record, Time Warner's film and television business has gone against the trend, reaching the lowest level of Time Warner's film and television business for many years. All of this has led Terry Semel to receive tremendous pressure from all sides almost every day.

Terry Semel immediately realized that it was a great opportunity to get rid of the current dilemma when he heard that the firefly was about to sell the Disney animation department. The $100 million starting price for fireflies is not a big deal for Time Warner, which has reached tens of billions of dollars. But if you can win the animation production department, Time Warner can immediately open the animated film market that has never been successfully developed. This will be a very big good news for him personally.

After Terry Semel got out of the car, he saw Eric coming towards himself, just about to get ready to meet, and noticed Elizabeth next to Eric. The achievements of Murdoch’s outstanding daughter in Hollywood in recent years are obvious to all. Terry Semel also vaguely heard that Elizabeth has a close relationship with Eric. But with the higher status of Eric, the jealousy and his influence, and the reports on his private life in the media are getting less and less, Terry Semel really doesn't know what the relationship is.

Seeing Elizabeth’s relatives holding Eric’s arm, Terry Semel’s eyes suddenly slammed. If Eric and Elizabeth are lovers, it will become a major variable for Warner's acquisition of Disney's animation department. After all, Fox will certainly not let go of this opportunity.

Eric noticed that Terry Semel’s expression changed, his mouth smiled and he reached out to the other hand: “Mr. Semel, welcome to the sharp corner manor.”

Terry Semel quickly put away his mind to deal with Eric, and he greeted Elizabeth with enthusiasm, and the three men walked toward the villa.

“Eric, can you talk alone?” Entertain the guests in the lobby. Terry Semel whispered to Eric.

Eric knows that Terry Semel is only trying to win the animation department before the public auction, and perhaps wants to bargain for the copyright of animations such as "The Lion King". Anyway, the animation department is the private property of fireflies. In what form is the sale of the finals or the meaning of Eric.

However, the animation department was originally just a bait that Eric released to attract Hollywood's attention. Before he successfully won Marvel, he did not intend to entangle with other people in this respect. He just wanted an excuse to refuse Terry Sai. Mel, I heard someone reporting that Paramount's ceo Shirley Lansing also rushed to the Pointe Manor.

"Sorry, Mr. Semel. I need to pick up someone, maybe we can have another appointment," Eric apologized to Terry Semel and walked out of the villa with Elizabeth again.

There are also no eternal enemies in the business field. Although there was a contradiction in the process of competing in Disney, Lei Shidong did not personally come forward, but sent Shirley Lansing, the Paramount ceo personally to come to this party that is very sensitive to many people.

After Shirley Lansing, many important figures in Hollywood also came to the scene. Under the circumstances of the people, they were not able to contact Eric alone.

Although the party did not invite reporters at the party. However, the competitive scene of Jianjiao Manor was immediately transmitted the next day. Subsequently, Eric simply released the list of assets of the animation department to be auctioned and related information to the Yahoo website, which suddenly caused a heated discussion.

The media's focus is mainly on the seemingly low-cost $100 million auction reserve price. You know, just a "Lion King" will not bring less than $100 million in net profit to fireflies in the next few years.

“With the sale of the Disney Animation Department to counter the invasion of capital, Eric Williams undoubtedly made a very crazy, capricious and stupid decision, although the Disney Animation Department’s ticket value is the percentage of revenue in the entire Firefly Group system. Very low, but don't forget that Disney's amusement parks, surrounding stores, and exclusive licensing businesses all need the locomotive effect of Disney animation. The box office success of "Lion King" proves the unlimited economic potential of Disney animation owners. We can hardly imagine that. Losing the Disney animation department, where the Disney brand will go."

"Although we don't know what Eric Williams intended to abandon the Disney animation department, but the $100 million auction pricing shows the savvy of the Firefly Group, this low pricing strategy will undoubtedly attract more More interested in the acquisition of investors in the Disney animation department, and in the auction process to produce more exciting competition, the current three major Hollywood giants, Time Warner, Viacom and News Corp. have already expressed strong opposition to the Disney animation department. Interest, the French Vivendi Group, which intends to enter Hollywood, and the Seagram Group of Canada, also began to have close contact with the fireflies, according to analysts at First Boston Bank. The final auction price of the Disney Animation Department is likely to exceed $200 million. More than twice the price of fireflies."

"Walt Disney's nephew Roy Disney has publicly criticized Eric Williams for wanting to obliterate the Disney spirit, claiming that he lost the Disney animation department, and Walt Disney's philosophy will be gone. When Walt Disney’s daughter Diana Disney Miller was interviewed by the Los Angeles Times, she also expressed her disappointment with the Firefly Group’s decision.

"Eric Williams's ability to operate in film and television has been proven countless times, so I think everyone should have a good reason to pay attention to another thing that happened with the firefly sales animation department, that is Why did the fireflies rush to grab Marvel Entertainment from Wall Street investor Ron Perelman. Although most media tend to retaliate against the firefly group’s actions against Ron Perelman’s firefly creditors, Irene Ke Williams’ excellent business performance over the past few years. I absolutely don’t believe that this young Hollywood tycoon will spend hundreds of millions of dollars to retaliate against his enemies, not to mention that the whole thing has been carefully planned and even Even the legendary investor Warren Buffett is involved. This evidence is enough to prove that the whole thing is not revenge. Perhaps, Marvel Entertainment is in the eyes of Eric Williams than the Disney Animation Department that created Lion King. It’s important. If this is the case, if there is any powerful investor who dares to grab the Marvel at this time, No doubt will get unexpected results. "

Ron Perelman sat in his luxury car and silently turned over a thick stack of today's newspapers. In a news about the firefly's upcoming sale of the animation department, I finally saw someone mentioning Marvel, and the chapter in the Manhattan Morning Post was almost identical to his recent speculations about Marvel's series of encounters.

However, Ron Perelman did not have any sense of excitement to find a confidant, because two days ago, the New York District Court quickly approved the compulsory bankruptcy protection proposed by Marvel creditors with a astounding efficiency. With the cooperation of Marvel Ace Arad, Marvel's creditors, represented by Kasenberg, quickly controlled the Marvel Board.

The luxury car slowly stopped at the Marvel headquarters outside the 5th Street in Midtown Manhattan, after Ron Perelman got off the bus. Walked into the office building of Marvel with an assistant.

It happened to be during working hours. Several Marvel's staff were waiting for the elevator in the corner of the hall. When Ron Perelman walked in, several people who were whispering immediately stopped talking. Roughing around Ron Perelman, walk towards the safe staircase.

Ron Perelman has long known that most people in Marvel are very disgusted with him. If he was before, he would not care about these little people at all, but today, Ron Perelman looks like a **** Just avoid his Marvel staff. Suddenly a strong anger was born in my heart.

With his fist clenched, Ron Perelman whispered to the assistant next to him: "Neil, write down the names of those people, then inform the personnel department and let them all go."

Assistant Neil looked at the boss who was almost hysterical and wanted to remind him. Ron Perelman had already snarled: "Do you even want to resist me? I am still the master of Marvel!"

Neil did not dare to hesitate, and quickly walked toward the safety stairs.

When I came to the floor where the Marvel Entertainment Headquarters was located, Ron Perelman found that the lights in the corridor were still all lit. In the conference room not far away, people from time to time held the data in and out. En Perelman stepped into the conference room and found that Jeffrey Kasenberg, Avi Arad and others were all there, and it was obvious that those who were looking through various reports and financial data, Either a lawyer or an accountant.

Kasenberg, with a faint black eye, heard the prompts from others, looked up from a pile of pieces, saw Ron Perelman coming, raised his hand and looked at the watch, and said: "It is already nine. The clock is over."

That being said, Kasenberger stood up from the seat and stretched his body, told the assistant to prepare breakfast for himself, and then walked straight toward the door. Ron Perelman had long expected that once the fireflies controlled the Marvel, they would definitely Will be the first time to start with Marvel's financial situation, but did not expect that, without any notice, Kasenberg has already taken people to start reviewing Marvel's financials overnight, which has just suppressed him. The anger broke out again and saw Kasenberg moving towards himself. Ron Perelman said with a grin: "You didn't get my permission. It's illegal. I will protest to the federal court. I Most definitely."

Kasenberger came to Ron Perelman with some stiff neck. He didn't mind Ron Perelman's threat. He took a few shots on his shoulder and said, "Go to protest, Luo. Well, before that, I think we have to talk about it first, like the $470 million thing."

Kasenberg left the meeting room after leaving these words. Ron Perelman’s heart was a chill, and Kasenberg’s arbitrarily stated figure, but he encroached on Marvel debt financing. The amount is exactly the same. This probably means that just one night, the fireflies have mastered enough. He just didn't know. In fact, the fireflies had mastered the data before launching the offensive against Marvel. Without enough evidence, the New York District Court could not approve the Marvin creditor's bankruptcy protection application so soon. What Kasenberger did at this time was to find the exact evidence from the internals of Marvel.

Unable to attack Kasenberg, Ron Perelman is not willing to point the finger at Marvel Ace Arad: "Avi, why do you betray me, don't forget, I support you to get the man. What is the location of Wei Ceo?"

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*ps: There is one more

*(To be continued.)