King of Hollywood

Chapter Seventy-Seven

Anywhere, the government department or the board of directors of a big company, there is always a power struggle, this is the best, no one wants to taste the sweetness it brings, how can Disney be an exception?

Yes, Michael Eisner is a powerful man with a lot of wrists, and Disney's board of directors has almost become his voice. [Ye*zi] [Yu*you] In fact, in another parallel timeline, he had monopolized power for nearly ten years, and the members of the board of directors were either the company's executive confidants or attached to him, Eisner It's almost like that.

Although such an overly strong figure will never end well, and Eisner was ultimately disgraced by the board of directors, it is undeniable that he is still quite a legendary figure. If he succeeds in the acquisition, Disney's board of directors will still be unable to escape the fate of becoming his one man in two or three years. Unfortunately, there is now an extra Adrian.

Disney is not monolithic now, and many people are quite critical of the acquisition. After all, it has been losing money for too long, and it may become a huge burden for Disney. Not everyone has a forward-looking vision. Let’s talk about another parallel It is true that online companies only started to make profits after losing money and growing up for ten years. So it wasn't hard for Crowder to get in touch with someone who wanted to replace Eisner, like Jeffrey Craven.

Craven is considered a relatively senior director in Disney, and he was a member of the board of directors before Eisner. Seeing that Eisner is increasing his power step by step and kicking his friends out of the board of directors, it is inevitable that rabbits will die and foxes will be sad. In addition, he has feelings for Disney animation, and is dissatisfied with Eisner's strategy in this regard, and opposes the acquisition. It can be said that he hit it off with Claude. The only question is whether the other party can provide this opportunity.

Therefore, when Pixar was proud of "Toy Story", Disney began to talk a lot. Cox, the head of the animation department, tried to persuade Eisner not to give up Pixar. Most people knew, but Eisner didn't take it seriously. , So Craven, who realized that the opportunity was coming, immediately started having trouble with the people he was in contact with.

It's a pity that Eisner is Eisner after all. He has been in this position for seven or eight years, and he has controlled Disney to a certain extent. If so, Eisner will undoubtedly completely control Disney, so how can Craven be his opponent?

Immediately after the meeting, Eisner resolutely began to rectify internally, declaring his authority without hesitation. Craven was caught off guard. , Resigned resigned, and finally he himself was kicked out of the board of directors.

All of a sudden, people inside Disney were panicked, and there was a sense of uneasiness everywhere. Many economic commentators also criticized Eisner's toughness, thinking that his actions would not help stabilize the situation.

"In any case, Michael Eisner did make a mistake in decision-making, and Jeffrey Craven's request was not too much, but Michael not only did not give a corresponding answer, but kicked him out of the board of directors , although it has consolidated its position, it has also brought considerable negative impact." An article in the "Wall Street Journal" said so.

Therefore, Eisner began to appease the work without stopping. Although he has been in power for a long time and has a tough style, the results are there after all. It was a very common adjustment arrangement, and it was stated to the animation department that it would never reduce their support, so it didn't take long for the internal stability to settle down.

It seems that Adrian and the others have not achieved the desired effect. However, even a moment of hesitation and confusion in many things is enough to be overthrown by the opponent.

"Okay, you won again. Although I believe you should be able to succeed, your eyes are always sharp, but I didn't expect to succeed to this point." Claude's cheerful tone came from the phone, looked very happy.

"So are you planning to worship me?" Adrian said jokingly, and then sighed again: "But I didn't expect that Craven would lose so quickly and so thoroughly, it would be great if he could hold on for a while longer gone."

"It's okay, anyway, we've got what we want." Claude said indifferently.

Taking advantage of Eisner's opportunity to deal with the internal chaos in Disney, Claude quickly reversed the negotiation situation with Disney. Take a look at Eisner, although he is very skilled and capable, but he still has many enemies, and he may not always be able to consider perfection in everything. What he likes about you is more in the broadcasting company gain status and influence. We are different. Although we are young, we are more energetic and have less constraints. The prospects for development are far better than theirs.

Of course, Adrian's well-known sharp vision also played a big role. Everyone knows what the ugly duckling in Silicon Valley was like when he took over Pixar, but now it has become a white swan that everyone envies in just two years. Looking at the current tbs show again, and thinking about the various achievements of this miracle director on the TV side, it seems that bsp; "If Craven knew the final ending would be like this, I don't know if he would agree to your proposal " Adrian said with a sigh.

"Even if he doesn't agree, there will be others, there will always be people who don't like Eisner, and there will always be people who think they are right," Claude said with a smile, "Besides, Craven is not ready at all. If it were me, even if it is inevitable that I will be kicked out in the end, it will definitely not be so fast, I can only say that Craven has ideas and lacks ability."

"I heard that you met with Eisner at the reception before, and he didn't seem very polite." Adrian suddenly thought of something.

"Not really, it's just a little sarcasm, it seems a little unconvinced," Claude recalled, "Don't worry, you also said that everyone wears masks on this occasion, even if you want to beat each other hard Even now, we have to have peace talks with a smile on our face. As for Eisner's possible counterattack, hehe, since the initiative is now in our hands, how can I let him succeed."

"It sounds like the godfather and my uncle are ready." Adrian suddenly sighed. If the scale of the media surpasses Disney in the future, this will inevitably happen.

"Sometimes it's no good to think too much," Claude seemed to know what he was thinking, and said on the other end, "I remember where did you quote the saying? Japan or China? That means, even if there is no A road, when people walk on it, a road will be created."

"Of course it's China," Adrian said while listening to his description with a smile, "Okay, I get it. (You can go to Yezi·you~you M when you read the novel)"

Sharing is inevitable, so it is inevitable that this situation will occur, but that will be a long time later. Even so, as long as it can maintain profitability and support Claude himself, it is not difficult to control the company. Why can Eisner monopolize power at Disney? It's not because he has developed Disney from a company with a market value of billions to tens of billions now, so why bother with this issue now.

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

"You know, my principle is not to ask about Pixar's internal affairs. They have their own system, which is also the soul of the animation they make." Adrian replied, "Of course, I will make suggestions to them. Watch them."

If memory serves me right, Jobs took Pixar public after the unprecedented success of Toy Story. But Adrian doesn’t plan to do this. Now is not the best opportunity to go public. Pixar’s prospects are far broader than imagined. It will definitely be several times what it is now.

Adrian understood what Jobs did. After all, Pixar had lost money for almost ten years at that time. Although "Toy Story" was a big hit, not only did it have to share the box office with Disney, but the surrounding copyrights were all owned by Disney. It can be said that it was just more beautiful. Jobs' main energy was not on Pixar, and he couldn't spend more money, so he had to choose to go public for financing.

It’s different now. Adrian bought back the contract with Disney early on, and the peripheral copyrights are also in the hands of Pixar and the media. But judging from the crazy buying of Woody and Buzz’s toys, we know how amazing the profits of the peripherals are. Everyone knows that the most profitable part of animation is the peripherals. Disney can expand to its current scale, and those animation peripherals account for a large part of the profits. 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 lost such a large piece of féu because of the small profits, and he didn't pay attention to the part of his fame. Pressure, no one except Craven dared to make it difficult.

"I guarantee that their brilliance has only just begun." Adrian said something along with it, and then thought of Jobs.

After Pixar was proud and elated, the media did not sneer at Jobs less when they were chasing after him, saying that he lost a great opportunity, or that he worked hard for several years and finally made wedding dresses for others, etc. A few months ago they were applauding him for making a good deal.

But Jobs himself didn't seem to take this seriously. Adrian was forced to fail two days ago, and he went to a reception with Claude, and then met this middle-aged man. The other party congratulated him very calmly, and asked about the recent situation of Kamal, Last and others, and promised Adrian to go back to Pixar to have a look when he had time. Although these were basically polite words, Jobs behaved very decently , no other bad emotions at all. Of course, other aspects remained the same. After a few sentences, he soon began to talk about his company and introduce new technologies.

He is not ecstatic because of his success, nor regretful because of his mistakes. After being kicked out by Apple, he has changed a lot, but this is the person who makes great things. The subsequent glory is not accidental. He should be prepared after all. Back to Apple. Adrian thought so. There is no rush now, if you remember correctly, you will have a chance to cheat soon.

I found out about this opportunity by accident, and I found out about it by accident when I went online to watch movies in my previous life. I didn't expect it to come in handy now, but I have to wait at least two years for it to work.

"By the way, Crowe, what happened to that incident before?" Thinking of the Internet, Adrian remembered another incident.

"Which one?" Claude immediately asked back. He has many things every day, and he really doesn't remember the one Adrian said.

"That movie site in England."

"Oh, yes, I remembered. According to contacts, they already intend to establish a commercial company, but they are skeptical of our motives."

"What are you going to do?"

"There are many ways to take down a small site like this if you really want to."

"No, no, we want their brand. If it's just a website, we can pay to build one, but it's hard to say something like word of mouth. Although they are free websites, they are built with the efforts of many filmmakers. , and word-of-mouth on the Internet is more important than reality, if we forcibly take down the website, these movies can build another one and pull the popularity over.” Adrian said and paused here, “So I suggest, first Talk to them, such as funding them to set up a commercial 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 data they collected when we promote or do special topics, And if we have new or old movie updates, we can put them on their website as soon as possible.”

"Then wait for a long time and then slowly infiltrate, not only maintaining the reputation of the website but also holding it in your hands, is that right?" Claude then continued with a smile, "Well, I like this proposal, very much It fits my style."

"Then that's it, here you are." Adrian said, and finally put away the phone and gave it to Charlize who was sitting next to him in the carriage.

"British movie website? The one you asked me to collect information about six weeks ago?" Charlize asked after putting away the phone, paused for a while, then glanced at the driver and bodyguard sitting in front, and then chose Ignoring it, he put it on his thigh and stroked it back and forth.

"Yes, imdb, a very good movie information website. It was founded in 1999 and has a good reputation among movie mí." Adrian looked at Charlize with a smile on his face, without any intention of withdrawing his hand.

On formal occasions, such as in the office or when going out to discuss things with stars as a producer, Charlize will dress very formally. To be frank, she is dressed in black or gray O1 and she is very elegant. Although she has only been a model for a short time, she has the aura of a clothes hanger. Coupled with her slender legs in black transparent stockings, she is very sexual and sexy. u people.

"Yeah, your eyes seldom go wrong, do you?" Charlize gave him a white look.

Adrian laughed, and finally withdrew his hand.

The Internet Movie Database, or imdb for short, is an online database of movie actors, movies, TV shows, TV stars, video games, and movie productions. It's only a modest website right now, but Adrian knows the site and its movies How famous the ranking list will be in the future.

Countless people are looking for movies in this ranking, and countless people are fighting for the ranking, as if they are not worthy of talking about movies without watching the top ten movies on the ranking. Adrian admits that these movies on the list are still very good, but are they really so good that everyone should watch them? Not necessarily, in the final analysis or the herd effect.

Although imdb's voting system is really good, but the number of members who are eligible to vote is only a few hundred thousand. There are hundreds of millions of people in the world—there will be billions in the future—how many people can hundreds of thousands of members represent? However, ordinary movie fans flock to imdb, this is the effect of the brand.

As Adrian, who aspires to develop the media, how could he let go of this opportunity? We must know that the opportunity for the Internet exhibition is coming soon.

With imdb and Rotten Tomatoes, the right to speak in reviews and data collection will be greatly increased in the future, but Rotten Tomatoes may take a few years to be established, maybe it can be a step ahead?

Adrian vetoed this idea as soon as it came up. He knows even less about Rotten Tomatoes than IMDB, so doing it in advance might be self-defeating, so let's wait for them to show up. As for the possibility of being butterflyed by him, anyway, there is already imdb, and there are no rotten tomatoes or rotten apples, so just pay attention to it at that time.

Just as he was thinking, the car had already driven into a magnificent villa.

"Hi, Tommy." Adrian greeted Tom Cruise immediately after getting out of the car with a restrained mind.

"Ha, I finally waited for you, you are too slow, Ed." Cruise, 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 pretty."

Charlize returned a faint smile and said nothing.

"I came from another region, and it's not like you don't know the situation on some roads." Adrian shrugged helplessly, and looked around at the same time, but he didn't see Nicole.

"Do you have any suggestions, Tommy." He came to the living room and greeted Cruise's agent and the person in charge sent by Bosworth who arrived earlier. Adrian sat down and went straight to the topic. asked.

"Oh, of course, regarding the supporting actor, among the candidates you provided, I think Cuba Godin Jr. is the most suitable. I know him well, and he is an excellent black actor." Cruise replied immediately, with a bit of superiority in his tone feel.

"Really?" Adrian raised his eyebrows. It seemed that Godin had a good relationship with him. "I think he can do it too."

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

"Really?" Adrian's eyes narrowed immediately, "I have already decided on the supporting actress, and it will be played by Cate Blanchett. This Australian actress is very good."

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

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