I’m in Hollywood Chapter 686: There is nothing

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Eric did n’t expect the Firefly management to do things so neatly. It was just proposed in the morning meeting, and shot to JIVE Records in the afternoon. However, he was not too surprised. JIVE Records was brilliant around 2000. At present, Teen-Pop has not yet risen. The market value of JIVE is only less than 10 million USD, which is not worth mentioning relative to the entire Firefly Group.

I heard that Howard · Stringer used JIVE records as a bargaining chip. Eric just smiled and said: "Howard, Katzenberg really intend to acquire some promising Record Company recently to expand the strength of Firefly Records. It must be true. However, unless Firefly intends to acquire the entire Sony record, I will not intervene in these small things. If you have any doubts, you can call Katzenberg them. "

Howard · Stringer is of course impossible to know that this matter was instructed by Eric himself. When he said this, his heart was a little shaken.

After receiving the news from JIVE, Howard · Stringer hurried people to find the information of this humble subsidiary, and found that JIVE Records has been focusing on black Hip-hop music, except for the opportunity to sign Under Will · Smith but unfortunately missed this industry gossip, JIVE Records has never cultivated any heavyweight black singers in these years. Perhaps it is also a long-term inaction on Hip-hop. The management of JIVE Records has recently been Try to transform.

Researched this company several times, and Howard · Stringer did not find any place where JIVE attracted Firefly. Although I didn't find the key at the moment, Howard · Stringer didn't think things would be as simple as Eric said. Looking at Eric who was sitting on the opposite side, Howard · Stringer finally decided to showdown and said: "Eric, you see this way Well, the release contract between Flower Films and Columbia remains unchanged. In return, I can make the decision. Sell JIVE records to Firefly. "

Compared to a mediocre child Record Company, if you lose "Night at the Museum" and "Forrest Gump", Columbia simply cannot find two more films that can fill the summer. Columbia's lining is rotten and it's shocking, if even the superficial performance can't be maintained. Sony will undoubtedly be more pressured by investors in Film Industry business.

However, Eric still shook his head lightly and said, "Howard, I said, the little thing like acquiring the JIVE record you said. I don't care at all, you don't need to think of it as such As for the chips, I still just said that. This matter was picked up by Columbia first. Since you are not willing to cooperate well, everyone will go their own way. "

The appearance of Eric oil and salt does not make Howard · Stringer feel a bit angry, said: "Eric, Columbia and Flower Films contract has not been released, if Flower Films wants to forcibly release the contract, Columbia does not rule out the use of lawsuit Means to protect their own interests. [ㄨ] "

Eric's body suddenly leaned forward. With a dangerous breath in his eyes, he said: "Howard, listen to me, don't do this, otherwise you will find that Columbia will face more trouble than Flower Films."

Howard · Stringer tit-for-tat: "Eric, Columbia is enough trouble, if there is no choice, we do n’t mind more trouble."

"Then what?" Eric followed Howard · Stringer without waiting for the other party to speak. Just continue: "Then, you will find that Columbia's business will be even worse. You are a media background, Idei Nobuyuki hired you. I want you to revitalize the Sony entertainment industry in United States, if you can't do this, you There is not much value for Sony. When the business of Columbia gets worse, Sony will of course have to find another scapegoat. This person can only be you. And now. You have another option to endure In this matter, Columbia will only lose a summer file, but the situation will not continue to deteriorate. The responsibility for losing the summer file will ultimately be blamed on the Sony senior level at the Idei Nobuyuki level. So, Howard, what are you going to do? /

Howard · Stringer leaned on the back of the chair, his eyes blinked continuously, and after a while, he said nothing.

Eric didn't care about the other party anymore, feeling the sunset falling over her body, reaching out and beckoning the waiter not far away to come to the menu, and whispering a few words with Elizabeth, and ordered dinner, and then the menu Handed to the waitress and said to Howard · Stringer: "So, Howard, are you going to stay for dinner together?"

Howard · Stringer seemed to be suddenly awakened, shook his head slightly, said nothing, and got up to leave.

Eric just nodded, and did n’t mean to get up. Instead, Elizabeth looked at the figure of Howard · Stringer and said, "Eric, are you not afraid to make him anxious?"

"Since he can climb to the position of the CEO of the Sony United States branch, he is unlikely to do anything hot-headed. But he will definitely find that the position of the CEO of the Sony United States branch is not as good as he thought. , I ’m sure I ’m feeling down for a while. "

Although Peter · Guber was kicked out of Columbia, because of "Men in Black" and other projects, Columbia will definitely continue to survive in the shadow of Firefly for several years. Unless Howard · Stringer has broken his wrist from now on, he will abandon the dependence on Firefly and develop his own Film Industry business. But the reality is that from the performance of Columbia Film Studio after Howard · Stringer mastered the Sony United States branch in memory, he obviously does not have this talent, and even Columbia has not even an excellent manager inside.

In the following days, Columbia finally accepted the reality of releasing the contract with Flower Films. Between insisting on fighting for the benefits of Sony and protecting his job, Howard · Stringer obviously chose the latter.

However, Firefly also encountered troubles in the process of acquiring JIVE Records. Sony Records simply rejected the Firefly acquisition offer.

However, Eric is not looking for a signed singer under JIVE Records or the music copyright it owns, but for the previous life to build the JIVE management team at the peak of the Teen-pop era.

Acquisition of JIVE Records failed, Firefly waved a 'hoe' to the entire JIVE management team, and promised the high position of JIVE CEO Barry · Weiss Firefly Records Chairman, although Sony Records realized this, it also increased the number of JIVE records. The degree of attention, but between the subsidiaries of Firefly Records Chairman and Sony film. Barry · Weiss didn't have any place to hesitate, and soon led the entire JIVE management team out of Sony record to join Firefly.

Los Angeles International Airport.

The bumps when the plane landed woke Owen Jacob from his dream. After more than twenty hours of flight, he was already exhausted.

After more than three years of operation. Even a large part of the technology rights were transferred, and Qualcomm only got the support of South Korean Government on CDMA, but because of the strong rise of GSM and the widespread popularity in Asia, South Korea also began to shake a little, and Irving Jacob had to personally Hurry to South Korea to deal with this crisis.

Think of the current situation of Qualcomm in North America. Irving · Jacob is also a bit confused. AT-T, the largest telecom operator of United States, has determined the GSM standard as a mobile communication standard, which has directly caused a group of smaller-scale telecom operators to follow in the footsteps of AT-T. The Qualcomm is almost here. On the verge of life and death, if CDMA supporters cannot be attracted to United States as soon as possible, even if Qualcomm has more advanced technology, it will inevitably go bankrupt.

At the moment, meeting with the young man has become a crucial opportunity for Qualcomm.

Leave the assistant out of the airport and stand in the bright eyes of Los Angeles. Owen · Jacob's mood was slightly relaxed, and he looked around the crowd, and soon saw Allen · Salmasi, one of the partners of Qualcomm, greeted him.

The two embraced, Allen · Salmasi took Owen · Jacob on a black car, ordered Owen · Jacob's assistant to drive, Allen · Salmasi took Owen · Jacob and sat in the back row.

Just sitting in the car, Irving Jacob ca n’t wait to ask: "Allen, have you contacted Eric Williams?"

"Of course," Allen · Salmasi nodded and said, "Noon tomorrow. At Malibu Cliff Peak Manor, Eric Williams invited us to lunch together."

Owen · Jacob is anxious: "Noon tomorrow, it is only ten o'clock in the morning, why don't you make an appointment today?"

Allen · Salmasi patted the old man's shoulder: "Hey. Owen, relax, you have been flying the plane for more than 20 hours, always take a rest, you won't want to continue in this state See Eric Williams Well, and. We always have to discuss the plan again. This is probably our last chance. Once we miss it, our ten years of hard work will probably be lost. "

I heard friends say this, Irving Jacob also calmed down and nodded.

Driving all the way to a hotel in Santa Monica, Allen · Salmasi has arranged a hotel room for Owen · Jacob and his assistant, and simply washed it. Owen · Jacob came to Allen · Salmasi's room.

Allen · Salmasi asked Owen · Jacob to sit down on the sofa and turned to make coffee.

Owen.Jacob just sat down, and was attracted by a book "Fortune" magazine on the coffee table, because the magazine cover is a Eric photo taken on the film set. Picking up the magazine, Owen Jacob found a bookmark in magazine, opened the page curiously, but it was an article introducing Firefly Group.

Irving Jacob glanced at random, and was quickly attracted by the content.

Allen · Salmasi came over and noticed the concentrated look of Irving · Jacob, carefully placed the filled coffee beside him, and sat quietly on the sofa on the other side.

At the beginning of the new year, countless media are reviewing the past and looking forward to the future.

For the financial media, whenever the new year arrives, it is an intensive time for them to rank the economic statistics of the previous year. The Firefly Group, which frequently staged various major actions last year, is undoubtedly the focus of the United States financial media. Although Firefly has not announced the Fourth Season financial report for the last year and the annual financial report, with the data disclosure of the first three quarters, Fortune magazine expects that Firefly Group's 1994 annual revenue is likely to reach 18billion USD, and the annual operating net profit will also be around 1.5 billion USD , Firefly also had two significant non-operating revenues last year, 1.5 billion USD, which stripped of paper media assets, and 2.5 billion USD, which auctioned Disney Animation Department. With this powerful profitability, Firefly has cast aside the Time Warner group ranked second by Hollywood, becoming a veritable media giant.

Wait patiently for Owen · Jacob to read the article, Allen · Salmasi said: "Are you very surprised?"

Irving Jacob nodded. Tao: "The cash reserves of more than 10billion USD and the free cash flow of 2.5 billion USD are really unimaginable. Hollywood can even produce such a profitable enterprise. Is Eric Williams only 25 years old this year?"

"Yeah, but this young man appeared in this world just to create a miracle. Just like Victoria’s Secret Annual Fashion Show, which was popular in the media at the end of last year, Eric Williams relied on that luxury home for half a year to run the Victoria's Secret brand. 20 million USD was spent in the show. Many people originally thought that the expenditure of 20 million USD can only be earned from the Victoria’s Secret brand value-added and product sales profit, but after Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show released the videotape, sales suddenly broke out, and each 29.9USD videotape is expected to be sold Out of the 20 million box, this item alone will bring 300 million USD income to Eric Williams, and then, Eric Williams will return Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show program copyright to LTD, and got more equity worth 200 million, "Allen · Salmasi said with emotion. He obviously did a lot of preparation work and learned a lot about Eric.

Irving Jacob is also a bit sighing. However, he is already sixty-two years old this year and is considered to have experienced the world. Although he feels shocked, his mind will not be too excited.

After drinking a cup of coffee, the two talked about the business.

Allen · Salmasi handed over the prepared materials to Irving · Jacob and said, "This is a detailed plan, please take a look first."

Owen. Jacob was reading through the materials in his hand. The FCC just recently held an auction of spectrum licenses for incumbent telecommunications companies. For these incumbent telecommunications companies that have obtained A and B licenses. The influence of Qualcomm is very weak, and it is impossible to control which mobile communication technology these old-fashioned telecommunications companies use. Therefore, Qualcomm has mainly focused on the C-segment license from the beginning.

Compared to the A and B segment licenses, they are simply supplied to a limited number of companies. The auction of segment C licenses with countless bidders will undoubtedly be very fierce. In the future, those small and medium-sized telecommunications companies that have paid a high price for spectrum licenses will definitely pursue more affordable mobile communication technologies in actual development. Compared with GSM technology, CDMA has great advantages in network construction cost and spectrum utilization efficiency.

The worst plan at the beginning of Qualcomm is once CDMA technology is abandoned by all established telecom operators. Qualcomm will strive to obtain commercial opportunities from the license holders of Section C.

However, after Eric expressed interest in Qualcomm, one of the partners of Qualcomm, Allen · Salmasi, soon came up with a very bold idea. They plan to obtain sufficient financial support from Eric, and then eat all the C-segment licenses in one go, and then “wholesale” these spectrum licenses to the small and medium-sized telecom operators at a relatively low price by bundling CDMA technology. Even if CDMA technology is defeated by mainstream telecom operators, CDMA technology can still occupy one-third of the mobile communications market by virtue of its promotion within the scope of segment C licenses.

Allen · Salmasi said: "I have registered a company called Nextwave. As long as I can get funds from Eric Williams, I will let go of Qualcomm affairs and concentrate on NextWave, in order to grab all the C segment licenses Prepare. "

Owen · Jacob put down the plan in his hand. Although the tone of Allen · Salmasi is full of expectations, he is very clear that this old man, like himself, actually has no confidence in this matter.

Because there is a private tacit agreement, the competition of the A and B licenses is not fierce, but the FCC still auctioned a total price of 3.75 billion USD. If you want to eat all spectrum licenses during the auction of a segment C license with a large number of competitors, you need to prepare at least twice the premium relative to the segment A and B licenses. This number is also conservatively estimated to require 4billion USD.

After hesitating for a moment, Irving Jacob asked: "Allen, how big do you think Eric Williams might provide us with 4billion USD support? Do n’t forget, now the entire Qualcomm, not even 400 million USD, is worthless."

Supporting a company with a market value of less than 400 million USD to execute a huge plan for 4billion USD is what most people think is something that only lunatics will do.

Although we have prepared a set of words that have been repeatedly discussed, in fact, neither Irving · Jacob nor Allen · Salmasi has any confidence. The reason why we forcibly came up with such an unrealistic plan It is entirely because Qualcomm has nowhere to go now.

"Since Eric Williams has taken the initiative to contact us, we will certainly be able to get some support from him this time. Perhaps, Eric Williams can help us lobby a mainstream telecom operator to accept CDMA technology. As for this plan," Allen · Salmasi comforted Irving · Jacob, and at the same time comforted himself. Then, he looked at the draft plan and his face showed a slight bitter smile: "As for this, if you try it, maybe 1% Probability of success, but if you do n’t try, you will have nothing. ”(To be continued.)