King of Hollywood

Chapter 77 Reversing a Game

Everywhere, the government department or the board of a large company, there is always a struggle for power. This is the best. No one wants to taste the sweetness it brings. How can Disney be an exception?

Yes, Michael Eisner is a strong man with a strong wrist, and Disney's board of directors has almost become his word. [Ye Zi] [Yu * You] In fact, on another parallel timeline, he had monopolized the power for nearly ten years, and the members of the board of directors were either the company's executive henchmen or attached to him, Eisner It's almost like anything.

Although such an overly powerful character will never have a good end, Eisner was eventually dismissed by the board very disgracefully, but it is undeniable that he is still a legendary character. If he succeeds in the acquisition, the Disney board will not be able to escape his fate in a couple of years, but unfortunately there is an Adrian now.

Inside Disney is not a monolith, and many people are quite cynical about the acquisition. After all, it has been losing money for too long. It is likely to become a huge burden for Disney. Not everyone has a forward-looking xìng look, and another parallel Online did indeed start to make money after a loss of ten years. So it is not difficult for Crowder to contact people who want to replace Eisner, such as Jeffrey Craven.

Craven is also a relatively senior director in Disney. He was also a member of the board of directors before Eisner. Seeing that Eisner gradually increased his rights and expelled his friends from the board, it will inevitably lead to tragedy. Feelings, coupled with Disney's animation, are emotional, and dissatisfied with Eisner's strategy on this, and opposed to the acquisition, it can be said that it is a good match with Claude. The only question is whether the other party can provide this opportunity.

Therefore, after Pixar raised his eyebrows with "Toy Story", Disney began to talk internally. Cox, the head of the animation department, repeatedly persuaded Eisner not to give up Pixar. Most people know that, but Eisner didn't take it seriously. So, aware of the opportunity that came, Craven immediately began to struggle with the people in contact.

It is a pity that Eisner is Eisner after all. He has been sitting in this position for seven or eight years. He has reached a certain degree of control of Disney. Even if there is an Adrian butterfly, if he does not have a set with him, In that case, Eisner will no doubt have complete control of Disney, so how could Craven be his opponent?

After the meeting, Eisner immediately and violently began to rectify internally. He did not hesitate to declare his authority. Craven was caught off guard. Several people who had been in contact with him had fallen apart quickly under each other's wrists. He resigned, and he was eventually kicked out of the board.

For a while, people inside Disney were worried and perturbed, and many economic critics also criticized Eisner's toughness, noting that he did nothing to stabilize the situation.

"Anyway, Michael Eisner did make a mistake in decision-making, and Jeffrey Craven's request was not excessive, but instead of giving a corresponding response, Michael pushed him out of the board. "Although it has consolidated its position, it has also brought considerable negative effects." The Wall Street Journal said in an article.

Therefore, Eisner started to calm down again. Although he had a long time in power and a strong style, his grades were there after all, and there was still a lot of help from the henchmen, and he claimed to the outside that it was only a second time. The usual adjustments are to show the animation department that they will never reduce their support, so it didn't take long for them to stabilize internally.

It seems that Adrian did not achieve the results they expected. However, even a few moments of hesitation and confusion in many things are enough to be overturned by the opponent.

"Well, you won again. Although I believe it should be successful and your eyes are always keen, but I did not expect to reach this point." Claude came from the phone in a cheerful tone, Looks very happy.

"So are you going to worship me?" Adrian joked, and then sighed again: "But I didn't expect that Craven would lose so quickly and completely, if he can persist for a while Now. "

"It doesn't matter, anyway, we have got what we want," Crowder said indifferently.

With Eisner's opportunity to deal with Disney's internal mix, Claude Xun reversed the negotiation situation. Take a look at Eisner. Although he is very capable and capable, he also has many enemies, and he does not necessarily consider consummation everywhere. What you think of you is more in the broadcast company. China's status and influence. We are different. Although we are young, we are more energetic and less constrained. The prospects for the exhibition are far better than them.

Of course, Adrian ’s well-known keen eye has also played a big role. Everyone knows what the Silicon Valley ugly duckling was like when he took over Pixar, but now it has become a white swan that everyone admires. Let ’s take a look at the current exhibition of tbs, think about the achievements of this miracle director selling ng on TV, it seems bsp; "If Craven knew that the final outcome would be like this, I do n’t know if I would agree to your proposal . "Adrian sighed.

"Even if he doesn't agree, there will be others. There will always be people who don't like Eisner. Some people think they are right," said Claude with a smile. "Craven is not prepared at all. In my case, even if it is unavoidable to be swept out in the end, it will definitely not be so fast. It can only be said that Craven Kong has ideas and lacks ability. "

"I heard you met Eisner at the reception before. He doesn't seem very polite." Adrian suddenly thought of something.

"It's not, it's just a little ridiculed, and it seems a little unconvinced," Claude recalled. "Don't worry, you also said that in this occasion, everyone is wearing a mask, even if you can't wait to slap the other side. He also had a smiling peace talk. As for Eisner's possible counterattack, hehe, since the initiative is now in our hands, how can I let him succeed. "

"It sounds as if the godfather and my uncle are prepared over there." Adrian suddenly sighed. If the scale of the media is beyond Disney, then this will happen.

"Sometimes it's not good to think too much," Claude seemed to know what he was thinking, saying so at the end, "I remember where you used the slang quote before? Japan or China? It means, even if there is no mountain Road, when people go up, they will change their way. "

"Of course it is China," Adrian listened to his description with amusement. "Well, I know. (You can go to Ye · Yu ~ Yu in the novel)"

Sharing is inevitable, so this situation is also inevitable, but that is a long time later. Even so, as long as you can maintain profitability and support Claude yourself, it is not difficult to master the company. Why can Eisner take over power in Disney? It's not because he showed Disney from a billion-dollar company with a market value to tens of billions now, so why bother with this problem now.

"Let's just talk about Pixar. After such a dazzling success, don't you plan to make persistent efforts?" Crowder changed the subject immediately.

"You know, the principle is to ask questions about Pixar. They have their own system and the soul of the animation." Adrian replied, "Of course, I will make suggestions to them, and how to do it. It depends on them. "

If the memory is right, after the unprecedented success of "Toy Story", Jobs put Pixar on the market. But Adrian didn't plan to do this, and now is not the best opportunity to go public. Pixar's prospects are far broader than expected. Each of its animations is greatly welcomed. It will take two or three years to go public again. Will definitely be several times now.

Adrian understands Steve Jobs's approach. After all, Pixar lost almost ten years at that time. Although "Toy Story" was a big sale, not only did it have to share the box office with Disney, the surrounding copyrights belonged to Disney, it can be said that it is just more beautiful. Jobs's main energy is not on Pixar, and he can't afford more money, so he has to choose to go public.

It ’s different now. Adrian bought back the contract with Disney early, and the surrounding copyright is also in the hands of Pixar and the media. But from the crazy buying of toys by Hudi and Bath, I know how amazing the surrounding profits are. Everyone knows that the most profitable animation is the periphery. Disney can expand to the current scale. The profits brought by those animation peripherals account for a large part. This is one of the reasons why Disney has caused such a big response. As a well-known veteran The chairman of the animation company, however, lost such a large piece of féu because of a small profit, and he did not pay attention to the part that became famous. The directors did not comment that it was a strange thing, but it was only forced by Eisner. Pressure, no one dared to do anything but Craven.

"I promise their glory has only just begun." Adrian then said this, then thought of Jobs.

After Pixar raised his eyebrows, the media did not sneer at Steve Jobs when he was highly sought after, saying that he had lost an excellent opportunity, or that he had worked hard for a few years, but finally made a wedding dress for others. A few months ago they still praised him for making a good pen.

But Steve Jobs didn't seem to take it to heart. Two days ago, Adrian was bī, but went to a reception with Claude, and then met this middle-aged man. The other side congratulated him calmly, and asked about the recent situation of Carmor, Rast, and others, and promised Adrian to return to Pixar to see if he was free. Although this was basically polite, Jobs behaved decently. No other bad mood at all. Of course, the other aspects are still the same, and after a few words, he began to talk about his company and introduce new technologies.

Do n’t be ecstatic because of his own success, do n’t regret it because of his mistakes. After being swept out by Apple, his changes have really been great, but this is the person who made the big thing. The subsequent glory is not accidental, and he should be prepared to count it. Back to Apple. Adrian thought so. I'm not in a hurry. If I remember correctly, the chance of cha hand will soon be.

This opportunity was known by accident. It was a chance that I knew when I went online to find a movie. I didn't expect it to come in handy, but I have to wait at least two years.

"By the way, Crow, how was that before?" Thinking of the network Adrian remembered another thing.

"Which one?" Crowder asked immediately, he had a lot of things every day, and he couldn't remember the one Adrian said.

"That British movie site."

"Oh yes, I remember, according to contacts, they already have the intention to set up a commercial company, but they are skeptical of our motivation."

"What are you going to do?"

"If you really want to, there are many ways to win such a small website."

"No, no, no, we have to be their brand. If it's just a website, we can invest in building one, but word-of-mouth is hard to say. Although they are free websites, they are a lot of efforts to build them together. And word of mouth on the Internet is more important than reality. If we forcibly take down the website, these movies can completely build another one and pull the popularity away. "Adrian said, paused," So I suggest, first Talk to them, such as funding them to set up a business company, and the price is that we have the right to use the database first-they have a very rich database-we can use the information they collect when advertising or doing special projects, And we have new movie or old movie information updates can be put on their website as soon as possible. "

"Then wait a long time and then slowly penetrate it, both to maintain the reputation of the website and to hold it in your hands, is that so?" Claude replied with a smile, "Well, I like this proposal, very In my style. "

"That's it, here you are," Adrian said, finally putting the phone away and giving it to Charlize, who was sitting next to him in the compartment.

"British film website? The one you asked me to collect information six weeks ago?" Charlize, who put up the phone, asked, saying that he paused and glanced at the driver and bodyguard sitting in front of him, then chose Ignored, stroking back and forth on his thigh.

"Yes, imdb, a very good movie information website, was founded in the year, and has a good reputation in the movie." Adrian looked at Charlize with a smile, and did not mean to retract his hand.

In formal occasions, such as in the office or as a producer to discuss matters with the star, Charlize will be very formal. Frankly, her black or gray o1 dress is quite temperamental. Although she has only been a model for a short period of time, she is very imposing, and she has long legs in black transparent stockings. u people.

"Yeah, your eyes are rarely wrong, don't you?" Charlize glared at him.

Adrian Haha laughed and finally retracted his hand.

The Internet Movie Database, referred to as imdb, is an online database of film actors, movies, TV shows, TV stars, video games, and film productions. It is now only a medium site, but Adrian knows this site and its movies. How famous the rankings will be in the future.

Countless people are looking for movies in this list, and countless people are vying for rankings, as if they have not seen the top ten movies on the list and are not worth talking about movies at all. Adrian admits that these movies on the list are still excellent, but are they so good that everyone should watch them? Not necessarily. In the final analysis, it is still herd effect.

Although imdb's voting system is indeed good, hundreds of thousands of members are eligible to vote. It is a billion people in the world-there will be hundreds of millions in the future-how many members can hundreds of thousands of members represent? But ordinary movie mí is like the imdb, this is the effect of the brand.

As Adrian who is interested in developing the media, how can he miss this opportunity? You know that the opportunity for the Internet Exhibition is coming soon.

With imdb and Rotten Tomatoes, the right to speak on comments and data collection will be greatly increased in the future, but Rotten Tomatoes will probably be established in a few years. Maybe it can be a step ahead?

This idea was rejected by Adrian as soon as it came up. He knows less about rotten tomatoes than imdb, and it is likely that he will be fooled by making it in advance. Wait for them to appear. As for the possibility of being dropped by his butterfly, there is already imdb anyway, and there are no rotten tomatoes or rotten apples, so pay attention to it at that time.

Just as he was thinking, the car was driving into a magnificent villa.

"Hi Tommy." Adrian immediately greeted Tom Cruise after getting out of the car.

"Ha, I'm waiting for you at last. You're too slow, Ed." Cruz, who stood at the door, smiled and shook hands with him, then looked at Charlize next to him, "You girl The secretary is still so beautiful. "

Charlize returned a faint smile and said nothing.

"I came from another area, and you are not unaware of the situation on some roads." Adrian shrugged helplessly and looked around, but did not see Nicole's figure ~ www. readwn.com ~ Do you have any suggestions, Tommy. "When I came to the living room and Cruise's agent and arrived one step ahead, the person in charge sent by Bosworth said hello, and Adrian sat down and asked directly to the subject.

"Oh, of course, with regard to the supporting actor, I think Cuban Godin is the most suitable one among the candidates you provide. I know him. He is an excellent black actor." Cruise replied immediately, with a little superiority sense.

"Really?" Adrian raised an eyebrow, and it seemed that Godin had a good relationship with him. "I think he can."

Cruise's smile suddenly became much warmer, and he sat up straight: "As for the supporting actress, I recommend Renee Zweig."

"Really?" Adrian's eyes narrowed suddenly. "I have already decided on the supporting actress, starring Cate Blanchett. This Australian actress is outstanding."

"No, no," Cruise shook his head. "Cate Blanchett is not suitable. Renee is the best choice."