I’m in Hollywood Chapter 1172: Microsoft’s small movements
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Eric was talking about the IMG Group with Mark · Macco Mark, while paying attention to the game in the field.
The highly anticipated Anna Kournikova still did not play exceptionally after all, and was directly cleared by the veteran Davenport in two innings, and the entire game took only two and a half hours.
In order to avoid the flow of people at the end of the game, Eric and his party left the field a few minutes earlier.
The deal is basically finalized. Mark McCorm Mark does n’t mean to stay too much. The old man lives in Greenwich Village, so he boarded a yacht at Linhai Pier in the northern part of the National Tennis Center and quickly left.
Send away Mark · McCo Mark, IMG Group CEO Payne · Foster Man tone enthusiastically invited to Eric: "Mr. Williams, do you want to visit our training center? It is the building just near the stadium, Anna They will pass after waiting. "
Eric listened to Penn Foster Man ’s tentative tone of temptation, knowing that he was worried about his position after IMG was acquired.
The CEOs of large companies seem to be very glamorous to outsiders, but in fact, except for a small number of large shareholders who are also CEOs of the company or strong enough, the others are only senior wage earners who may be fired at any time by Board of Directors. That's it.
For the acquisition of IMG Group, Eric does have a bit of whim. But since he did, he didn't even think about playing tickets.
Penn Foster Mann started working for IMG a long time ago, and has been in the position of CEO of the group for five years. Eric has learned about the financial status of IMG Group in recent years. Overall, Payne Foster Man's ability is still very good.
Although this acquisition was originally proposed by Cindy and Linda, according to the current acquisition plan, Eric will hold 80% of the shares of IMG Group, and it is impossible for the two women to participate in the management of the company in the short term.
Moreover, Eric is not like many other investors. After acquiring a company, it can't wait to replace the company's management to eliminate the influence of the original shareholders. For a long time to come, Eric still hopes that Penn Foster Mann can take care of this company.
Nodded and agreed with Penn Foster Mann ’s invitation, Eric also signaled that the other party was on his own car.
After the car was launched, Eric said to the middle-aged man next to him: "Paine, regarding the management of the company after the acquisition, I do n’t intend to make any adjustments for the time being. If you have no other arrangements, I hope you can continue to serve as IMG Group CEO. "
After hearing Eric say this, Payne Foster Man, who has been in a hurry for some days, finally settled down and quickly said: "Mr. Williams, I am happy to continue working for you."
Eric nodded, but said again: "But I must state in advance that although IMG is only a very small company for me, I personally think of a company that measures a market value of 100billion USD and a company worth 1billion USD. The time scale is exactly the same. Either it has a high growth potential, or it brings me direct benefits. So, you do n’t need to worry because IMG is insignificant for the entire Firefly system, and do n’t worry about it. Fortunately, although I will not directly intervene in the management of the company, IMG Group will need to provide me with more detailed operational and financial reports every quarter. "
Penn · Foster Mann knew the ins and outs of Eric ’s acquisition of IMG Group in advance. While envying Cindy · Crawford in his heart, he did not have the idea of having some emperor far away.
After all, although the agency brokerage industry has grown to a giant level, the IMG Group can only be regarded as a small sampan around an aircraft carrier in the face of the huge volume of the entire Firefly system.
At this time, listening to Eric's unabashed warning words, Penn Foster Man couldn't help it. At the same time, I realized that although the young man next to him was 20 years younger than him, the other party created a huge business empire in just ten years. If anyone dares to despise him because of factors such as age, That's the total idiot.
Thinking about it this way, Payne Foster Man said quickly: "Mr. Williams, I assure you that IMG's future development will definitely be better than now."
"I know that IMG Group has already achieved the ultimate in the industry, and it is not easy to think about further development," Eric expressed a satisfied expression, but continued: "So, I will not be like those listed companies Shareholders also ask you how much performance growth each fiscal year or even quarter, as long as the reason is right, I can even tolerate the company's financial situation in a certain period of time. However, you must maintain sufficient Firefly Loyalty, if you do this, you can have sufficient autonomy at IMG. If you ca n’t, I will let you lose the job within a minute. "
Eric ’s unpredictable upper-class momentum over the years has caused considerable pressure on Payne Foster Man. Although the car is air-conditioned, the middle-aged people still feel a layer of sweat on the back.
Reassure Eric again that Payne Foster Man also realized that he wanted to maintain this job, it seemed very simple, but it was definitely not so easy.
Over the years, Eric has also realized that if you want to manage the increasingly large assets of the Firefly system, in the final analysis, it is still the management of people.
As long as the right executive is selected to ensure that the other party has enough talents and can fully execute his will, then the situation of the company this person manages is usually not too bad.
The reason why many excellent companies are in decline is often due to a runaway management.
The pier just now is less than two kilometers away from the National Tennis Center, and Eric's car stopped again outside a closed stadium near the National Tennis Center.
Everyone got off together. The bodyguard who had been ordered to leave by Eric before the game also came back with a box and followed the Eric and the others who got out of the car into the stadium.
This sports center in Queens only hosts dozens of tennis tournaments of various types every year. As the world ’s largest sports star agency, IMG has a small training venue in the vicinity. People are surprised.
Eric simply walked around the training center, listening to Payne Foster Mann ’s introduction, and suddenly remembered something, and asked: "How long is the contract for Anna?"
"Three years," Payne Foster Man responded skillfully, and explained: "The company basically signs players with them at around 10 years old, and the age of formal professional games usually starts at 14. The signing age of Anna is At the age of 11, the contract period is ten years and ends in 2002. "
"According to the status of Anna, after three years, do you think IMG still needs to focus on her training?"
"This depends on the situation," Payne Foster said. "If Anna's results are still as mediocre as now, and we have better candidates, then IMG will definitely give her up."
Eric nodded and said, "I remember IMG's Florida Sports Academy has been training backup talent for the company, let people give me a piece of information."
Penn Foster Mann is a little unclear. So, he said: "Mr. Williams, do you want it now?"
Eric raised his wrist and looked at the table below, nodded and said, "There is still some time today."
Penn Foster Man quickly ordered the assistant behind him to organize the information. After the event, he saw Eric sitting down on the bench beside the indoor tennis court and walked over.
However, although the bench is enough for two people to sit, but the others who follow Eric are standing, Eric does not mean to invite, Payne Foster Man is only standing beside, see Eric took the bodyguard just to take The suitcase that came came opened and looked at it curiously, but found that there were various glasses in the suitcase.
Eric picked it with interest, picked up a pair of blue-framed glasses, took off the lens, and handed it to Kathryn Neumann who had always been quietly beside him, saying: "Nà, try Try. "
Compared to several personal bodyguards of Eric, Payne Foster Man always felt the strong presence of the OL girl who was with Eric from the beginning, even if the other party did not say a few Sentence.
At this time, watching the girl obediently took the spectacle frame without the lens and put it on, Penn Foster Man couldn't help but envy.
As the leader of hundreds of the world ’s best professional model Brokerage Firm, Payne Foster Man is accustomed to a variety of superb vases, but the tall and slender girl with a good appearance and body around Eric gives him the feeling It has absolutely nothing to do with the vase. Payne Foster Man can even feel a slight threat from the creature Basic Instinct, as if an insect might eat a male Black Widow spider at any time.
Perhaps, only Eric Williams can surrender this kind of naturally tough woman.
Kathryn, Neumann, etc. of Eric put on their glasses, carefully looked at them, shook their heads in dissatisfaction, and changed the frames of several other colors in succession, but they were very difficult to satisfy, and finally chose a slightly Fang's black spectacle frame was handed to the girl and said, "It seems that this should be it."
Women, especially women in the workplace, tend to look stronger if they wear black-rimmed glasses.
However, as Eric said, after Kathryn Neumann put on the black-frame glasses, the original domineering temperament was inexplicably weakened a lot, at least, the surrounding males including Eric I feel that Kathryn Neumann has softened at this time.
It is estimated that this is some kind of positive and negative effect.
Nodded with satisfaction, Eric closed the box on his knee and said to Kathryn Neumann: "You will be like this in the future, how good it is, don't always have the momentum that makes others want to jump the river. Nà , Smile "
Kathryn · Neumann nodded obediently, lips curled up, showing a very standard smile.
Then everyone feels bad again.
I waved my hand quickly, and Eric said helplessly: "Still do n’t laugh anymore. I can be sure that you are all pretended to be in the interview. consider as finished, that ’s the situation today, go back and tell Cindy that I ’m busy with this A few days passed to see her. "
Kathryn Neumann said goodbye to Eric, turned around and walked out.
It wasn't until the high-heeled heels with almost no deviation in rhythm completely disappeared that Payne Foster Man responded, opening his mouth to make a joke, and then swallowed again at the mouth.
The girl had just left, and Payne Foster Man ’s assistant quickly walked over with a stack of thick documents. A slightly strange atmosphere was broken.
Take the folder from the assistant and hand it to Eric, Payne · Foster Mann asked again: "How come they haven't come Anna?"
The assistant looked carefully at Eric before saying: "Miss Kurnikova had just quarreled with Mr. Esenbad. Mr. Esenbad hoped she could return to Florida to train, but Miss Kurnikova thought Go to the Caribbean to relax. Ms. Davenport sprained her ankle during the game. She still has the game next week, and was rushed to the medical center just after the game. "
Penn Foster Man ’s face is a little unsightly, saying: "You go to let Anna come, always say hello to Mr. Williams."
The assistant responded and left the training ground in a hurry.
Eric glanced at the information in his hand, and when he heard the conversation between Payne Foster Man and his assistant, he only smiled. After the two men finished speaking, he pointed to his side and motioned for Payne Foster Man to sit down. .
Paine Foster Man sat down next to Eric, glanced at the information in the hands of Eric, and said: "Our star detective recommends many children every year, but in fact, it can really become a good seed for top players. Not many, and even if the qualifications are good, most children can hardly withstand long-term boring and heavy training. Therefore, even our directly sponsored students, the proportion of students who can really grow into top professional players is very low, out of 100 people It ’s good to have two or three. Anna was born in the Russia sports family and has been in contact with tennis since he was 5 years old. This is the current result. ”
Eric listened to Payne Foster Man's words, but nodded slightly, still looking at the information in his hand without hurrying.
According to the contract time of Anna Kournikova revealed by Payne Foster Man, in memory, another tennis actress happened to be emerging before and after the expiration of the Anna Kournikova contract. .
With the strength of IMG in the industry and the coincidence in time, Eric can almost determine that the other party should also be a signing star under IMG.
Thinking about this, the information in my hand has just turned less than a third, and Eric stopped, picked out one of the thick materials, read it again carefully, and handed it to the person next to me En Foster Mann.
Paine Foster Man was a little unknown and took a look. The girl in the data is still from Russia, named Maria Sarah Pova.
"Mr. Williams, what is this?"
Eric continued to turn down hand-to-hand, and said: "Equip this girl with the best team, as to whether she can become a successor to Anna, it is up to her own efforts. In addition, she should have her teeth fixed, now My teeth are not good-looking, I do n’t like steel braces, it ’s better to use invisible ones. "
Paine · Foster Man immediately remembered something about Eric. The girl named Gisele that IMG sent him was now a first-line supermodel. Later, Eric also stuffed into IMG through Cindy · Crawford. A girl.
However, thinking about it, Payne Foster did n’t show any color on his face, nodded seriously, and said, "I will let someone do it."
Speaking and looking at the information in his hand again, this girl named Sarah Powa is just 12 years old this year. Although she still has some freckles on her face, it is also a standard beauty embryo. It is estimated that IMG will be trained as a little princess in the future, and it should be able to grow into a real little beauty soon.
Even if Penn Foster Man ’s expression is not abnormal, Eric can probably guess the other party ’s thoughts, but does not intend to explain anything. Eric really doesn't have any special hobbies for little girls, just interested in developing. But since that year's girl, some people seem to have identified certain things. If explained, it is estimated that it will only become darker and darker.
Skip this topic directly, Eric is talking to Payne Foster Man about other things, and the mobile phone he carries suddenly rang.
Eric glanced at the caller ID, which was called by YahooCEOIan · Gnier, so he answered: "Ian, it's me."
On the other side of the phone, Ian Gernier said something quickly, and Eric listened patiently, but his expression gradually became less beautiful.
Ian · Gnier brought him not so good news. Microsoft, who is in negotiation with the Ministry of Justice, suddenly contacted the management of Yahoo, saying that Washington had proposed the browser pre-installation contract signed by Yahoo and Microsoft. In response to the objection, Ian Gnell was asked to personally go to Washington for an inquiry to explain the suspected monopoly in that contract.
The Yahoo and Microsoft cooperation on browsers for five years in a row, the Federal Ministry of Justice did not say anything, and now it is suddenly raised an objection, it is not difficult to imagine, this matter is likely to be secretly dissatisfied with Eric Microsoft made small actions.