I’m in Hollywood Chapter 634: It ’s too generous
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I do n’t know how long it has passed. The office is still inexplicably warm and ambiguous. Kelly Haynes sits demurely across the desk with a pencil in his hand to supplement the music scores for Eric according to the memory. Just occasionally answer the opposite man the question raised. ≤,
For Eric, it was found that Ron Perelman bought Firefly Group bonds on 《Los Angeles Times》 in the morning, no matter whether it is Katzenberg or New York Chris, the conclusions given are no need to worry. Buffett holding the same point of view also specially delivered a detailed report to Eric An autograph, trying to reassure him.
Because there are many precedents, Ron Perelman ’s mind is not difficult to guess. This The Wolf of Wall Street is likely to want to use the Firefly internal reforms caused by this Animation Department to join other creditors to settle in Firefly Board of Directors to obtain the number of directors and participate in the group. Business and management decisions.
This is only the first step of the Ron Perelman plan if you think about it in the longer term.
After successfully entering Firefly Board of Directors, Ron Perelman needs to wait for the moment when Firefly encounters difficulties.
Film and television media has always been a very high-risk industry. Although Hollywood has experienced ups and downs over a hundred years, it is still the major Film Studio. But in fact, the owners of these Film Studios have no idea how many times they have changed. Every time Film Studio encounters bankruptcy due to the loss of the film, the original owner may take the initiative or be forced to transfer it to the next one.
After the current bond issuance is completed, the accumulated debt of Firefly Group will reach 10billion USD. According to various interest calculation formulas of different bonds, the total amount of final repayment is expected to be around 15billion USD. According to the average ten-year bond time limit, Firefly Group then requires an average annual debt expenditure of 1.5 billion USD. Of course, this is only theoretical data, and, although it seems that this figure even exceeds the annual profit of the previous years of Firefly. But in fact, according to Firefly Group's annual market value and revenue growth expectations, and a complex tax relief system, this expenditure will not become a burden for Firefly Group.
But. All of this has a premise, that is, Firefly's operating performance has been maintained in good condition.
However, in the minds of all industry professionals, a media group with film and television business as its core. It is almost impossible to maintain a stable performance level all the time. Perhaps the failure of several large-scale production films or TV series in the next one or two years may cause Firefly Group's financial constraints, and the domino effect caused by the lack of locomotive power will also cause other business downturns. And thus a vicious circle is formed.
Ron Perelman is waiting for that moment in the future.
Once Firefly Group is in trouble, creditors can use the banner of protecting their own funds to submit a debt-to-equity swap request to the Federal Exchange Commission and Firefly Board of Directors, so that the creditors can become the owners of Firefly Group.
In the original space and time, Metro Goldwyn Mayer, which has huge debts, has been hovering on the verge of being dominated by creditors more than once.
In a handwritten letter from Buffett, the sharp-eyed investment tycoon analyzed Ron Perelman's attempt to launch this attack. The biggest reliance is likely to be joint Disney's Hand-Drawn Animation Department to pressure Firefly shareholders. Buffett said that if he didn't see the data that night, because "The Lion King" is expected to create huge profits. He will judge that Eric will keep Disney Hand-Drawn Animation Department foolproof at all costs, and this may also be a threat to creditors to join Board of Directors.
However, now that Eric has every reason to be determined to reform Disney Animation Department, the threat of Ron Perelman reliance on chips has not been established from the beginning. Buffett also said sincerely that even if other situations occur, Berkshire Hathaway will stand firm on the side of Eric and can provide maximum help.
After reading several documents, Eric looked up at Kelly and asked, "Have you read the letter Buffett?"
Kelly shook his head, wondering: "What's wrong?"
"Look at it first." Eric handed over Buffett's handwritten letter.
Kelly quickly read the contents on the stationery, thinking for a moment, and said: "I think there is no problem, Buffett said very reasonable."
"I don't mean this. Look at the last paragraph."
Kelly read the last paragraph again, the beautiful eyebrows slightly frowned, thought for a while, and said: "Buffett promises that Berkshire Hathaway will stand firmly on the side of Firefly, there seems to be no problem, I think this is very good Thing. "
"According to Buffett's personality that has turned the pursuit of profit maximization into Basic Instinct. Don't you think this promise is too generous?"
Kelly smiled and said, "Eric, you are too suspicious. I think Mr. Buffett is doing this, it is more likely to be fancy to you, want to take you to Berkshire Hathaway as the successor, huh, huh."
Listening to the joke of Kelly, Eric also laughed, and no longer struggled with this issue.
Reviewed all the information quickly. Eric suddenly thought about the pigeons being released by Peter Schneider this morning, and looked up and asked, "Did you see Peter Schneider at today's high-level meeting?"
Kelly said: "No, shouldn't he and Roy Disney come to your side?"
Eric frowned and said quickly: "Kelly, help me inquire about the whereabouts of the two of them?"
Kelly noticed that Eric suddenly became serious and said, "Is it now?"
"Yes, now, right away."
Kelly nodded, took out his mobile phone and address book, rummaged and started making calls.
Eric picked up a pen and quickly wrote Firefly Group, Disney Animation Department, Ron Perelman, Chris, Buffett, David West and other information on a draft paper, and connected related words with his commonly used lines. Very Soon a net was formed.
The blank space in the middle of this web was quickly filled with another word by Eric.
It did n’t take long for Kelly to put down the phone and said to Eric: "Their personal calls between the two of them cannot be reached. I only heard that Peter Schneider and Roy Disney went to New York. The specific situation is not very clear."
When Eric heard New York, they basically understood it and said, "No need to check, they must have gone to see Ron Perelman."
Kelly immediately thought of the intention of these two executives to meet Ron Perelman and asked, "What now?"
Eric smile becomes a little mysterious. Tao: "It's a good time to pay for it with teeth."
Kelly is somewhat inexplicable, Eric continues to say: "Tomorrow is the premiere of 《Charlie's Angels》, right?"
Kelly recalled the schedule of Eric and asked: "Do n’t you say you do n’t plan to participate?"
"Go, you must go. And everyone will go together," Eric patted the table lightly and said, "The three old mans still in Los Angeles, and Chris in New York, let him fly over tomorrow too. , And Katzenberg and Michael Lynn ... "
Think for a while, Eric did not continue to add people.
The people just mentioned are all communities of interest closely related to Firefly Group. Needless to say, the shareholder identity of the Buffett trio, Chris is absolutely trustworthy. Katzenberg is the next CEO of Firefly. If even he cannot be trusted, Eric need not continue to play in Hollywood. Although the last Michael Lynn is about to leave, he is also a minority shareholder of Firefly Group.
As for other senior executives, Eric temporarily dismissed the idea of telling them, after all, the fewer people who knew something about the mind, the better.
Oh. There seems to be an insider.
In the original article on the analysis of the 2D animation industry, Eric specifically asked different employees of the assistant office to collect different information, and the final summary work was completed by Kelly in person, so she was the only one who had a sneak peek at the "evidence chain" The whole picture. Moreover, whether it is Kelly's status as the first assistant of Eric, or the current close relationship between the two, Eric does not want to exclude her.
Eric looked at the Kelly Haynes in front of him and smiled: "You will come together tomorrow, after watching the movie, let's talk together."
Kelly is also aware at this time. Tomorrow is definitely not as simple as watching a movie. There must be something going on. However, Eric's unhesitating trust also warmed her heart.
"Then let me inform them first?"
Eric shook his head and said, "I'll call these in person. You can help prepare a few opening ceremony invitation letters. In addition, don't forget to send a car to pick them up Buffett tomorrow, there are Buffett, three old man sure Not willing to spend money, in case they appear outside of red carpet in a taxi, I can't afford to lose this person. "
"Oh. Okay."
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"The Lion King" experienced the record-breaking Box Office of 4more than 6 million USD in the first three days of the first weekend, and in the first seven days of the first week, the total Box Office reached an astonishing height of 69million USD. Correspondingly, the Western movie "JAG" with the production cost of 6more than 3 million USD only had a poor 10 million in the first week of Box Office. Warner, a large-scale production film that originally aimed at "The Lion King", not only failed to complete its own "mission", but After falling behind "True Lies", "Star Trek Generations" and "Saving Private Ryan" other than "The Lion King", it has become a cannon fodder work for this hot summer.
In the face of direct losses exceeding 70 million USD, in order to give an account to shareholders, Warner has involved Director, Producer of "JAG" and the corresponding senior executives. After Paramount "Beverly Hills Cop 3", Hollywood has been the first Two batches of unlucky eggs.
Eric himself did not expect that before Waterworld, Kevin Costner had experienced a silent bash. The first part of this time and space "Mission: Impossible" has entered post-production. Eric has seen the samples in detail. The Kevin Costner version of Ethan Hunt and Brian De Palma's shoots results are still very satisfactory.
Therefore, the only thing that Eric is worried about after "JAG" is whether "Waterworld" will be yellowed. If there is no "force" in this film, then Flower Films will definitely face Kevin Costner in the "Mission: Impossible" sequel. 'S lion opened his mouth.
The day before July, the new version of 《Charlie's Angels》 secretly led by Eric held a grand premiere at Los Angeles.
After experiencing 《Rain Man》 in 1988, Metro Goldwyn Mayer has been silent for six years in a row. During most of the years, there were no more than ten films released, and even Box Office broke 100 million movies. After many twists and turns, last year's two new helmsmen of Metro Goldwyn Mayer, CEO Frank Makasso and Chairman John Calley, attempted to complete the company's recovery plan by issuing "Bei Ling Xiong Feng" and "Last Action Hero".
Now, the DreamWorks Studios's ten film production plan and the 007 series restarted by its United Artists company have become the last stroke of Metro Goldwyn Mayer. Once it fails again, the only way out for Metro Goldwyn Mayer is bankruptcy and liquidation, and the company ’s assets will be auctioned to repay the huge debt of more than one billion USD. 75% of Metro Goldwyn Mayer shares in the hands of Crédit Lyonnais S.A. in France will become a pile of waste paper.
Compared with Metro Goldwyn Mayer executives, Crédit Lyonnais S.A., and Europe major shareholders of the DreamWorks production company, or the various thoughts of tension, worry, or expectation, Eric's mood is relatively relaxed. For this film, Eric has spent enough thought, from script to Actor, from Director to the producer are all designated by Eric according to the memory, and the participation in the film production progress and final editing is far more than other films.
Judging from the results of several trial screenings of the new version of 《Charlie's Angels》, the film participants and the general audience have given enough praise. If this film still fails, it can only be said that the sky does not bless Metro Goldwyn Mayer.
As for Eric himself, he has experienced so much glory since his rebirth. Although he has not changed too much to start to expect failure, he will never fear failure.
Although there was no plan to participate in the premiere, but since the change of mind appeared on the scene, Eric has also done its due diligence. I was interviewed by some reporters on red carpet, and I specially recruited the three girls to take a series of photos to meet the gossip thoughts of the live media.
When Buffett three old man came out of a luxury car at the end of red carpet, Eric immediately greeted them, greeted them, and then ignored the media people who had become more boiling because of the emergence of Buffett, and took three people cinema.
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