King of Hollywood Chapter 77: Pull back 1 round

Chapter seventy-seventh to pull back a game

Anywhere, the political fǔ department or the board of directors of a large company will always have to struggle with power. This is the best. No one wants to taste the sweetness it brings. How can Disney be an exception?

Yes, Michael Eisner is a strong man with a good wrist, and Disney’s board of directors has almost become his word. [Ye*zi] [Yu*you] In fact, on another parallel timeline, he had been in power for nearly ten years. The members of the board of directors were either the company’s senior executives or attached to him, Eisner It's almost like it is.

Although such an overly strong character will never end too well, Eisner was eventually dismissed by the board of directors, but it is undeniable that he is quite a legend. If let him succeed in the acquisition, in two or three years, Disney's board of directors still can't escape his fate, but unfortunately now there is one more Adrian.

Disney’s internals are not monolithic now, and many people are quite vocal about acquisitions. After all, they have been losing money for too long. It is likely to be a huge burden for Disney. Not everyone has a forward-looking vision, let’s say The other parallel line did start to make profit after a decade of loss. So it is not difficult for Claude to contact people who want to replace Eisner, such as Jeffrey Craven.

Craven is also a more qualified director at Disney. Before Eisner, he was a member of the board of directors. It is inevitable that Eisner is gradually increasing his rights and driving his friends out of the board. There will be a feeling of sadness for the rabbit and the dead fox, plus there is affection for Disney’s animation, and it is also dissatisfied with Eisner’s strategy on this, and it is against the acquisition. It can be said that it coincides with Claude. The only question is whether the other party can provide this opportunity. .

So when Pixar raised his eyebrows in "Toy Story", Disney started to talk about it. Cox, the head of the animation department, repeatedly persuaded Eisner not to give up Pixar. Most people know that, but Eisner did not Mindful, Craven, who realized that the opportunity was coming, immediately began to struggle with the people he had contacted.

It is a pity that Eisner is Esner after all. He has been sitting in this position for seven or eight years, and he has controlled Disney to a certain extent. Even if there is a butterfly Adrian, if he does not produce with him In the episode, Eisner will undoubtedly take complete control of Disney, so how could Craven be his opponent?

After the meeting, Eisner immediately and vigorously began to rectify internally, and finally hesitated to declare his authority. Craven was caught off guard. Several people who had contacted before also quickly fell apart under the other’s wrist. The rebellion, the resignation of resignation, and finally he was kicked out of the board.

For a time, Disney’s internals were in a state of anxiety, and there was a sense of uneasiness everywhere. Many economic critics also criticized Eisner’s toughness, saying that he did nothing to stabilize the situation.

"Anyway, Michael Eisner did make a mistake in decision-making, and Jeffrey Craven’s request was not excessive, but Michael not only did not give a corresponding answer, but instead Getting out of the board of directors, while stabilizing your position, has also had a considerable negative impact." An article in the Wall Street Journal said.

As a result, Eisner then began to appease non-stop, although he was in power for a long time and his style was tough, but after all, the results were there, plus a lot of help, and he announced to the outside world This was just a very normal adjustment arrangement, and it was also indicated to the animation department that the support for them would never be reduced, so it took a while to settle down internally.

It seems that they have not achieved the expected effect of Adrian. However, even a moment of hesitation and fooling about many things is enough to be turned over by the other party.

"Okay, you won again. Although I believe it should be a success, your vision is always sharp, but I didn't expect to succeed to this point." Claude said from the phone with a cheerful tone It came very happy.

"So are you going to worship me?" Adrian said jokingly, and then sighed again: "But I did not expect that Craven would lose so fast and so thoroughly, if he can persist for a while Alright."

"It doesn't matter, anyway, we have got what we want." Claude said dismissively.

With Eisner’s opportunity to deal with Disney’s internal turmoil, Claude Xun reversed the negotiation of peace. Take a look at Eisner. Although he has great wrists and abilities, he still has many enemies. He doesn’t necessarily consider perfection everywhere. What he likes to you is more in broadcasters. China-Germany status and influence. We are different. Although we are young, we are more energetic and do not have so many constraints. The prospect of the exhibition is far better than them.

Of course, the well-known keen eye of Adrian also played a great role. Everyone knows what happened to this Silicon Valley ugly duckling when he took over Pixar, but now it has become the enviable white swan in two years. . Looking at the current exhibition of tbs, think about the achievements of the miracle director selling ng on TV, it seems that bsp; "If Craven knew that the final ending would be like this, I don’t know if you would agree to your proposal. "" Adrian exclaimed.

"Even if he doesn't agree, there will be others. There will always be people who don't like Eisner. Some people think they are right," Claude said with a smile. Prepare, if you change to me, even if you are inevitably swept out, it will definitely not be so fast, you can only say that Craven has ideas and lacks ability."

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

"Not counted, but with a little ridicule, it seems a little dissatisfied," Claude recalled. "Don't worry, you also said that on this occasion, everyone wears a mask, even if they can't wait for each other. Beating hard, you also have to have a peace talk with a smile. As for Eisner's possible counterattack, hehe, since the initiative is now in our hands, how can I let him succeed."

"It sounds as if the godfather and my uncle are prepared over there." Adrian suddenly sighed. If the size of the media exceeds Disney in the future, this will also happen.

"Sometimes it's not good to think too much," Claude seemed to know what he was thinking, saying that over there, "I remember where you quoted the sayings before? Japan or China? Meaning, Even if there is no road on the mountain, when people walk up there will be a way out."

"Of course it is China," Adrian listened to his description in amusement, "Okay, I know. (Read the novel to the leaves · You ~ You M)"

Sharing is inevitable, so this situation is also inevitable, but it is a long time ago. Even so, as long as it remains profitable, and with its support for Claude, it is not difficult to master the company. Why can Esna take over power at Disney? It's not because he has expanded Disney from a company with billions of market capitalization to tens of billions now, so why bother with this issue now.

"Let’s talk about Pixar, after achieving such dazzling success, don’t you plan to make persistent efforts?" Claude also changed the subject.

"You know, my principle is to just ask Pixar's internal things, they have their own system, and they are the soul of the animation." Adrian replied, "Of course, I will give them advice on how to do it. It depends on them."

If the memory is correct, after the unprecedented success of Toy Story, Jobs will let Pixar go public. But Adrian does not intend to do this, and it is not the best opportunity to go public. Pixar has a far broader prospect than expected, and each of its animations has been greatly welcomed, so it will definitely be listed after two or three years. It is several times that.

Adrian understands Jobs’s approach. After all, Pixar lost a loss for almost ten years at that time. Although “Toy Story” was a big seller, not only did it have to share the box office with Disney, all the copyrights of the surroundings belonged to Disney. Jobs' main energy is not on Pixar, nor can he afford more money, so he has to choose to go public.

Now it’s different. Adrian bought back the contract with Disney early, and the copyrights of the surroundings are also in the hands of Pixar and the media. However, from the crazy snapping of toys from Hudi and Bass, we know how amazing the profits of the surroundings are. . Everyone knows that the most profitable animation is the surroundings. Disney can expand to the present scale. The profits brought by the surroundings of animations account for a large part. This is also one of the reasons why Disney has caused such a big response internally. As a well-known old brand The chairman of the animation company has lost such a big piece of féu because of the small profit, and ignored the part that is famous, and the directors have no opinion that it is a strange thing, but it is forced by Eisner Pressure, no one dared to make it difficult except for Craven.

"I guarantee their glory is just beginning." Adrian said this, and then thought of Jobs.

After Pixar raised his eyebrows, the media did not sneer at Jobs when he was highly sought after, saying that he had lost an excellent opportunity, or he had worked hard for a few years and finally made a wedding dress for others, etc. I forgot that they still praised him for doing a good job just a few months ago.

But Jobs didn’t seem to take it seriously. Two days ago, Adrian was bī, but he went to a reception with Crowder, and then he met this middle-aged man. The other party congratulated him calmly, and asked about the current situation of Carmore, Rast and others, and promised that Adrian would come back to Pixar to see if they are free. Although this is basically a polite word, Jobs behaved very well, completely No other bad emotions. Of course, the other aspects are still the same, and after a few sentences, he soon began to talk about his company and introduce new technologies.

No ecstasy because of his success, no regrets because of his mistakes, his changes were really great after being swept away by Apple, but this is the person who made a big deal, the subsequent glory is not accidental, count him It's time to prepare to return to Apple. Adrian thought so. It's not anxious now, if you remember right, the chance of cha hand will soon be available.

I knew this opportunity very accidentally. I still knew it by chance when I went online to find a movie. I didn’t expect it to come in handy now, but I have to wait at least two years.

"Okay, Crow, what happened to the previous thing?" I remembered another thing when I thought of the network Adrian.

"Which one?" Claude immediately asked back, he has a lot of things every day, and really can't remember the one that Adrian said.

"The British movie website."

"Oh, yes, I remembered that according to contacts, they already had the intention to set up a business company, but they were skeptical of our motives."

"What are you going to do?"

"If you really want, there are many ways to win this small website."

“No, no, no, we need their brand. If it’s just a website, we can fund one, but word of mouth is hard to say. Although they are free websites, they are a lot of together. Work hard to build up, and word-of-mouth is more important than reality in the Internet. If we forcefully take down the website, these movies can completely build another one and then pull the popularity." Adrian said that there was a pause, "So I suggest, Talk to them first, such as funding them to set up a business 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 information they collect when promoting or doing special topics , And we can update the information of new or old movies on their website as soon as possible."

"Then wait for a long time and slowly infiltrate, both maintaining the reputation of the site and holding it in your hands, is that true?" Claude said with a smile, "Well, I like this The proposal is very in line with my style."

"So just like that, here you are." Adrian said, finally put away the phone and gave it to Charlize, who was sitting next to him in the compartment.

"British movie site? The one you asked me to collect data from six weeks ago?" asked Charlize, who collected the phone, saying that he paused and looked at the driver and bodyguard sitting in front. Immediately chose to ignore it and put it on his lap and stroked it.

"Yes, imdb, a very good movie information website, was founded in 2010, and it has a good reputation among the movie mí." Adrian looked at Charlize with a smile, and did not mean to retract his hand.

In formal occasions, such as in the office or when going out as a producer to discuss things with the star, Charlize will be dressed very formal. Frankly speaking, her black or gray o1 dress is quite temperament. Although she has only been a model for a short period of time, she is very hanger-style, plus her slender legs wearing black transparent stockings, she feels very xìng u people.

"Yes, your vision is rarely wrong, is it?" Charlize glanced at him.

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 is still only a medium website, but Adrian knows this website and its How famous the movie rankings will be in the future.

Countless people are looking for movies in this ranking, and countless people are scrambling for rankings, as if they haven’t watched the top ten movies on the rankings and it’s not worth talking about. Adrian admits that these movies on the leaderboard are still very good, but is it really good enough that everyone should watch the must-see point? Not necessarily, in the final analysis it is a herd effect.

Although imdb’s voting system is indeed good, the members who are eligible to vote have killed hundreds of thousands. There are hundreds of millions of people in the world-there will be billions in the future-how many people can be represented by hundreds of thousands of members? But the ordinary image mí is just a rush to imdb, this is the effect of the brand.

As a Adrian aiming to develop the media, how could he miss this opportunity? To know that the opportunity of the Internet exhibition is coming soon.

With imdb and Rotten Tomatoes, the right to speak in the comments and data collection will increase greatly in the future, but Rotten Tomatoes may not be established until a few years later, maybe it can be the first step?

This idea was rejected by Adrian as soon as it came out. He knows less about rotten tomatoes than imdb. It is likely that it will be self-defeating if made in advance, or wait for them to appear. As for the possibility of being dropped by him, anyway, I already have imdb, and there are no rotten tomatoes or rotten apples. Just pay attention to it.

Just when he was thinking, the car was already driving into a grand villa.

"Hi Tommy." After converging and getting off, Adrian immediately greeted Tom Cruise.

"Hah, I finally waited for you, you are too slow, Ed." Cruise standing at the door smiled and shook hands with him, then looked at Charlize beside him, "You The female secretary is still so beautiful."

Charlitz smiled back and said nothing.

"I came from another region, and you don't know the situation of certain road sections." Adrian shrugged somewhat helplessly, and looked around, but did not see Nicole's figure~IndoMTL .com~ Do you have any suggestions, Tommy. "The agent who came to the living room and Cruise and the one who arrived first, greeted the person in charge sent by Bosworth. After sitting down, Adrian went straight to the theme and asked.

"Oh, of course, regarding the supporting actors, I think the young Cuban? Godin is the most suitable among the candidates you provide. I know him. He is an excellent black actor." Cruise immediately replied, with a tone of voice. With a sense of superiority.

"Really?" Adrian raised his eyebrows. It seems that Godin and his relationship are indeed good. "I think he can."

Cruise’s smile suddenly warmed up a lot, and immediately sat up straight: "As for the supporting actress, I recommend Renee Zweig."

"Really?" Adrian's eyes narrowed suddenly, "I have decided on the supporting actress, starring Cate? Blanchett, this Australian actress is very good."

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