I’m in Hollywood Chapter 443: The largest collective robbery

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In the following two weeks, Firefly successfully completed the Disney's stock repurchase work with the assistance of the Morgan Stanley acquisition team. On February 5, 1992, Disney officially announced the privatization and became a wholly-owned company of Firefly Pictures.

During this time, Universal Pictures controlled by the Japan Matsushita Consortium signed an agreement with Michael Eisner, who just left Disney, to appoint Michael Eisner as Universal Pictures CEO, and the original Universal Pictures head Sid Sinberg was fired.

Sid Sinberg has been in control of Universal Pictures for nearly two decades. It is deeply rooted in Universal Pictures and has discovered a large number of famous filmmakers, including . The Japan Matsushita Consortium is the same as Nepal because of fear of the rebound of the United States people. In the two years after the completion of the acquisition in 1990, the decentralization process was even greater than that of Nepal for Columbia. Panasonic basically participated in any decision of Universal Pictures.

Although Sid Sinberg is not like Peter Guber of Columbia, it only cares about its own profligacy and has no intention of operating Film Studio. However, as a businessman, Universal Pictures ’s performance in the past two years has not improved, but there are signs of a significant decline, but Sid Sinberg has used The resources of Universal make a lot of profits.

Panasonic executives realized that going on like this, the acquisition of Universal Pictures will become their biggest failure, in order not to let the situation continue to deteriorate, seize the good opportunity for Michael Eisner to leave from Disney, and began to greatly adjust the management of Universal.

Because of the deep-rooted influence of Sid Sinberg, the process of taking over Michael Eisner is not easy.

"Michael Eisner was dismissed 14 people at the top of Universal Pictures at any time last week," Eric pushed a copy of newspaper to Jeffrey Katzenberg who had just entered the office.

Everyone who knows Katzenberg knows that he is a very arrogant person, but at this time Katzenberg is sitting across from Eric with a smile, at least on the surface with a respectful look.

newspaper, who passed over Eric, quickly browsed the news on one side. Katzenberg said: "This is a must. Many high-level Universal follow the lineage of Sid Sinberg for more than ten years. If Michael does not do so, then it will not take half a year. , Universal he had to go, he had to leave, and Panasonic had to honestly invite Sid Sinberg back. "

Eric is holding a pen. If nothing was written on the manuscript paper in front of me, I asked casually: "Disney now also has a lot of Michael promotion. Out of the lineage, what do you think I should do?"

Although Eric asked very casually, Katzenberg has taken the initiative, for more than half a month. The position of Disney's CEO has been vacant, many people are speculating about who the next Disney's CEO will be, the rumors are spreading, some say that Eric will personally serve as Disney CEO, some say that the successor is the current Disney Frank Wells, and even rumors Firefly will appoint Walt Disney's nephew Roy Disney as the new CEO.

However, Katzenberg early got some hints from Barry Diller. During this time, he has been making quiet preparations, and has not jumped up and down like some people.

Disney currently faces the biggest problem at the beginning of the acquisition. The total compensation amount approved by the management of Disney is up to 500 million USD's 'Golden Parachute' plan, which means that within two years, Firefly will make major changes to the Disney high-level.

"Eric, Disney and Universal are very different. Universal has been operated by Sid Sinberg for 20 years. It is completely a metal bucket. At the same time, Sid Sinberg was once a major shareholder of Universal. Panasonic moved Sid Sinberg, which is equivalent to moving Universal a lot. People's interests. But Disney is different. Michael did promote a lot of people personally. But Disney is not his own world, plus all the focus of Michael is now on Universal, will not be separated Many experiences have caused trouble for Disney. As long as we proceed in accordance with the established development track of Disney, there will be no problems. I think even if someone ca n’t help but want to make trouble, one or two people can still get the compensation Firefly? "

Eric looked at the talkative Katzenberg and smiled and asked, "Did you know?"

Katzenberg stunned slightly, nodded slightly awkwardly, and said, "Barry gave me some hints."

"Since this is the case, a lot of things can be said." Eric put down the pen he kept playing and leaned on the back of the chair and smiled: "The reason why I am talking to you now is because I have been a little bit uncertain, I do n’t know if handing Disney to you will turn into a disaster. "

Katzenberg shook his head confidently: "I promise absolutely not."

"Jeffrey, you know, this promise has no effect, and your personal work ability has no problems. Over the past few years, of the 11 films you have produced, 9 of them have been profitable. This is definitely a Hollywood. Miracle. And Barry personally recommended you to me, but, well, do you know where your problem is? "

Katzenberg's lips moved, and Eric did not force him to speak out personally. He continued: "I heard that you have forced the studio staff to hold a meeting at seven o'clock on Sunday morning. As a result, many people wore pajamas to protest. And, your relationship with Roy Disney of Disney Family is also very bad. If you are only in charge of the production department, this situation will not have a big impact, but if you have served as Disney CEO, I can hardly imagine that all employees do not like you What kind of terrible consequences will the action style have? "

"I can change it, Eric, give me a month," Katzenberg said without hesitation.

Eric raised the eyebrow, asked: "Month?"

Katzenberg nodded again: "It only takes a month, if I ca n’t change it within a month, then I will egg."

Eric looked at expression of Katzenberg, and he was almost relieved. For a person with strong self-control ability, since he said this, then maybe Katzenberg can make changes in less than a month.

Eric reached out his hand and said: "Okay, just a month, but I still want to remind you, except for the 30 million separation compensation of Michael, about the golden parachute agreement. Firefly will not pay a penny, which also It is a test for you. You need to get along peacefully with the old man left by Michael, and it must not affect the operation of Disney's. Otherwise, even if you fail. "

Katzenberg hesitated for a moment, but nodded quickly.

Eric smiled with satisfaction, said: "About your treatment, we will talk about it later, now. You can talk about your thoughts, since Barry has disclosed the news to you, I think you are sure Have you made any preparations? "

Katzenberg said concisely and clearly: "I want Pixar."

After the success of "Toy Story", all Film Studio of Hollywood have basically seen the potential of 3D animation movies. Since the release of "Toy Story", Pixar studio has faced several digging craze, and even John Lasseter has been touched by someone. Fortunately, the measures taken by Eric are appropriate, and Pixar is not muscular .

Before "Toy Story", animated movies have been monopolized by Disney. Since Disney was acquired by Firefly, in order to maintain the original monopoly position, Katzenberg now proposes this as normal.

Eric said: "Without your request, starting with the next animated movie, all the works of Pixar will be handed over to Disney for release, and the derivative business development of Pixar animation will be operated by Disney."

"Eric, I read some Pixar data, don't you think that Pixar is inefficient?"

"A two-year animation movie is indeed a bit low, but Pixar is taking a fine line. And, as a Disney studio , you should know that animation movies will not be fast even if you want to."

"But at least one animation movie a year should be okay, computer production is much faster than manual?"

Eric remembered the original time and space. The DreamWorks animation created by Katzenberg is known for its high output, but apart from "Shrek", DreamWorks animation has not produced a few pieces, which may be the result of focusing on quantity.

"Jeffrey and Disney's animation studios are also making animations. The two studios are combined. It can also be said that it is an average movie per year. By the way, when it comes to Disney's animation studio, you must also watch it. It ’s time to realize the potential of computer animation, so I like to use the time of the year to digitize all the original hand-painting methods of Disney Animation Studio. "

"You mean, full transition to 3D animation production, but now Disney has 600 Hand-Drawn Animation divisions, if reform, these people can just ..."

Eric shrugged: "Jeffrey, if any industry ca n’t follow the trend, they can only face elimination. I have given the time for the year, they are already very ample, they have enough time to receive training, if they still ca n’t adapt. , Then I can only say regret. "

In the original time and space, "Toy Story" was a great success, and it directly announced the decline of Disney Hand-Drawn Animation. Except for the subsequent "Lion King", Disney has never appeared in a 2D Hand-Drawn Animation movie that appeared on the Box Office ranking.

"Okay, I will arrange it," Katzenberg nodded and promised.

After this conversation, Eric soon announced the appointment of Katzenberg. Although this appointment made many people unhappy, compared with the hardship of Michael Eisner to Universal, Disney is generally calm.

Many people are worried that after taking over Disney CEO, Katzenberg will act according to the original behavior style, and even prepare for resignation in the face of high pressure, but less than a week, many people find that the management style of Katzenberg has changed a lot. It's no longer so unscrupulous, and I even say 'thank you.' This is a shocking thing. Because the original Katzenberg never said 'thank you' to people at work, and explained it in his own words. He was not ignorant of politeness, but he was unwilling to waste this time.

After appointing the new CEO, Eric is finally a little easier. There is no need to put more energy on Disney. Although the acquisition has been completed initially, it will take at least half a year for the remaining business handover and integration. These things, It is still the responsibility of the Morgan Stanley team. For this professional acquisition team, Eric is not only at ease, but even coveted. Unfortunately, Firefly investment can not afford such a team.

"Not only can we not afford it, but we don't need it either," Chris said while eating dinner in the restaurant of Cliff Peak Manor.

After completing this acquisition, Chris will also return to New York. Eric is specifically practiced as Chris in Cliff Peak Manor. In addition to Chris, Chris ’s girlfriend Emily Brighton also appeared on the scene because of his work in Los Angeles.

"I just talk about it, although I can't afford it now, I will definitely use it sooner or later," Eric retorted.

Chris laughed: "Maybe, Eric, what do you do next , our funds are less than 1.5 billion USD, which is not enough to pay off the debts left by Disney, and I do n’t recommend you Debt settlement. In the course of business operations, proper debt is necessary. Compared with the current market value of Firefly, 2billion USD is only equivalent to a debt ratio of about 25%, which is the lowest among the seven major Film Studio of Hollywood. "

Eric thought for a while and said, "Actually, I have also considered that since I can't pay off the debt, then make an investment. Hey, it's just a pity that last year when Soviet Union broke up, we didn't take advantage of it."

"Do n’t even think about it, Soviet Union is a piece of fat. It ’s not something we can touch at all. This is a worldwide plunder. In order to prevent the possible attachment of Soviet Union, this incident is behind European and American countries. The government is manipulating, "Chris said, and could not help swallowing a sip. He took a sip of the red wine in front of him and continued:" In just half a year, the ruble has depreciated by 110,000 times. Soviet Union has accumulated over 80 years. Nearly 28 trillion USD of wealth, it has been wiped out by hundreds of millions of USD, and it feels exciting when you think about it. "

Sitting beside Eric, the Jennifer Connelly who has been quietly and quietly ladylike can't help but ask: "Hey, what are you talking about, how can I not understand?"

Chris looked at the beautiful beauty on the opposite side. Although his girlfriend was by his side, he could n’t help but the man ’s Basic Instinct flaunted: "Talking about human history ." (Unfinished.)