Rebirth

"Haha..., it seems that Mr. Ovitz should have tasted all kinds of tastes, then what do you think will be the end of you next?" Seeing the face of Michael Ovitz, Li Feng asked again.

After Li Feng met Michael Ovitz this time, he was ready to completely wipe out his pride. After all, it didn’t take long for him to accept Disney. Even if he felt regretful, he should not be as strong as later, and Li Feng was ready to completely tear off his last Of a fig leaf.

"Mr. Li, you see me just to humiliate me."

"Of course not, I just want to have a good chat and discussion with Mr. Ovitz, but I think before the chat, if I can get rid of the last trace of luck in Mr. Ovitz's heart, the next talk will be more Be more comfortable.

In fact, in my opinion, if Mr. Ovitz left CAA to join Disney, your ending is doomed. If there is no accident, you will eventually be swept out by Disney, then you will not be able to gain a foothold in Hollywood.

Everyone knows what Michael Ovitz means to Hollywood. Hollywood media giants will not make you come back. CAA may welcome you back, but when you go back to CAA, then the CAA is no longer your Ovitz’s. CAA."

As Li Feng said, Ovitz's face was getting darker and darker, while Barry Diller almost jumped up to stop Li Feng from speaking.

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"Mr. Ovitz, I should be able to guess the problem you are facing now. When you were at CAA, you were opposed to these media giants. I think you should have dealt with these executives. .

You think, if you are yourself, you can accept such an airborne, former enemy.Anyway, if it were me, I guess it would be unhappy in my heart, even if I didn't express my objections, I could just stumble and stumble when doing things."

Hearing what Li Feng said, Michael Ovitz sighed again.

"Moreover, managing a media group and a brokerage company are two different things. In addition, even though I have not worked with Eisner, people in Disney are very eloquent, and even Disney shareholders can't help it.

Such a strong chairman is not a good boss for someone like Michael. Maybe you used to have a good friendship, but that was when you didn’t work together and had no direct rights to fight for the battle, waiting for you to work together for a long time, conflicts It will definitely happen. As the ending is predictable, do you think I made sense?"Li Feng asked with a smile.

"It's true. I thought it was too simple and sloppy. Since the end of last year, I have been busy communicating with these executives for several months, trying to find ways to adjust the problems between them, but it seems that the effect is currently Not big.

And I had an exchange with Eisner, but unfortunately I did not get more support from him and the board of directors."

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"Yes, this is in my expectation. If you leave Disney, there will be two places to go. One is to return to CAA. However, the current CAA group of "young Turks" is not ordinary and has been completed very well. Succession, and it seems that they are more gentle than you before, and their business strategy is more popular with Hollywood giants.

The second is that you start your own business again, but you will have to face the competition from the company that you created by yourself. You should be very clear about the situation in the CAA company. The outcome of such competition is actually predictable, and you will still fail."

Regarding the two points mentioned by Li Feng, Michael Ovitz is also very clear that CAA was created by himself after all, and the various rules in it are clear to him. The cost of betrayal is very high. Under such circumstances, it is basically necessary to dig out CAA. Impossible, and the most important resource of a brokerage company is top stars. Without such resources, it is not easy to establish a foothold in Hollywood.

"Mr. Li, according to your statement, that means my ending is doomed. Maybe next year I will be swept out by Disney and disappear in Hollywood." Michael Ovitz interrupted Li Feng's words, and then concluded with a dark face. Tao.

"If there were no accidents, it would indeed end like this." Li Feng replied with a smile.

After listening to Li Feng's words, there was a moment of silence on the spot. Everyone silently shifted their minds to think, feeling that the ending of Michael Ovitz was really like what his boss said, and there were different thoughts in their hearts.

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"No accident, Mr. Li, do you mean an accident happened?" Ovitz listened to Li Feng's words, and then naturally heard Li Feng's words, and then asked back.

"Yes, originally I didn't think about getting involved in the brokerage company business, but Barry suggested to me to buy CAA last time. He thinks that CAA has just experienced management succession and it is an opportunity.

However, after I learned more about the current CAA situation, I think it is obviously impossible to acquire CAA. Over the past few months, the management of CAA is now clear. In addition to maintaining the essence of Ovitz’s management, The management is now smoother, not as strong as when Ovitz was you.

Although the final result is actually what Ovitz did before, it is a pity that at least the attitude is more smooth, and it has been favored and recognized by Hollywood giants again. Naturally, we missed the opportunity.

If Ovitz originally said that you were leaving CAA and transferring shares, we would accept the shares directly. That would be the best opportunity, but unfortunately..."

After hearing Li Feng's words, everyone nodded, apparently approving the analysis.

"Actually, I don't quite understand, Ovitz, whether you can explain to me why you suddenly decided to leave CAA, I never understand.

In China, there is a saying,'I would rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail'. A simple example is that I would rather be the boss of a small company than a part-time job in a large company."

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"It's also to blame myself for being fainted. I have been a brokerage company for 20 years, and the brokerage company is considered to be the top in Hollywood. I want to try a new breakthrough.

Secondly, with the departure of Meyer and others, none of the 5 people who founded CAA together are now present in CAA.

The third point is that we have dealt with some huge capital acquisitions before. To be honest, no matter how big the CAA is, it can reach hundreds of millions a year at most.

Regarding the multi-billion-dollar business that I have handled before, I find that my CAA is impossible to achieve no matter what. If I hadn't been a middleman, I might not have such a multi-billion or even hundreds of dollars in my life. Billion trading experience.

As a result, you also know the situation."Michael Ovitz replied with a helpless shrug.

Feng Li knows what Ovitz is talking about after several billion acquisitions. One is Sony’s 3.4 billion acquisition of Columbia Pictures in 1989, and the second is Panasonic’s acquisition of MCA for 6.5 billion in 1990. Finally, MCA was sold to West again in 1995. Gram Corporation.

It has to be said that in these few transactions, Michael Ovitz did a very beautiful job. No wonder that in those few years, Michael Ovitz was named the'Hollywood Power List' for three consecutive years.