Chapter 317 Dihua News Corporation
According to the general situation, the mutual acquisition between companies is originally a matter that requires everyone to sit down and talk slowly, but this kind of equal and friendly negotiation will bring a lot of unknowns to the entire project.
Unless the acquiree’s presence is dispensable to the acquirer—‘I may have made me stronger if I bought you, but I’m not weaker if I didn’t buy you’.
Only in this case will there be true equality. Besides, any acquisition with a purpose is extremely aggressive. Before the situation is clarified, the acquirer will not make random branded.
The situation of Roland and Blue Sky Studio belongs to the latter. As the animation production company of the top 5 Hollywood in the future, the significance of Blue Sky Studio to Roland is self-evident. Now, because of the cooperation contract, the potential buyer of Blue Sky Studio knows his plan?
Isn't this equivalent to clicking a clear card when fighting the landlord!
As a guy who really doesn't know what it means to win 5.78 million with only 200,000, Roland not only didn't dare to point the super double, but also didn't dare to point the card, because he was afraid that he would be used by others with 17 cards. The card was killed in seconds.
But now, he has unintentionally embarked on the path of gambling monsters?
this…
'Hold the grass! Is this me floating? '
Roland had deep doubts about himself.
‘Should I ask the matter clearly first? '
The plowed furrow occupied his forehead.
After briefly flipping through his memory, Roland found that since he made the Oscar deal, he seemed to be stepping on the clouds. The word retirement was deeply engraved on his forehead. Not only that, but he was also afraid that others would not agree. Knowing that he has become a serf and sang, he once mentioned his impatience with his current status in front of many people.
And this kind of impatience reached its peak when it invested in Google, and reached its peak after sending Sony to a dead end!
Having completed the capital transformation, he feels that he can travel all over the world if he has money and destiny, and he compares the Seagram family, who also holds production tools, to the second generation ancestor! Think of those guys who are working their way up the path they came from as production tools! A project like "Princess Diaries" that I have never dabbled in, just do it! Disneyland is as big as you want to buy it!
While enjoying the friendliness from the outside world, he also unceremoniously commented on them holding it!
Then…
The car overturned.
"The animation companies that cooperate with the six major companies will all bear exclusivity clauses. This kind of thing can be learned through communication!"
"But when I learned from Steven that the founder of Blue Sky Studios and the founder of Pixar are good friends, I simply ignored the supplementary information and went straight to Huanglong, thinking that I could easily win this project! "
“The success of Amazon, Apple, Gilead, and Google makes me think that relationships are everything!”
"But I overlooked one thing."
"From Blizzard at the beginning, to Marvel later, from Yahoo at the beginning to Google now, these companies are things that capital doesn't care about, so when I use the power of capital to drive people away, it's no good to anyone. It's crushing."
"But once I focus on something that other capital also wants, the previous crushing situation will no longer exist."
“It’s like Microsoft wanting Yahoo. Although I have the idea of selling it, why not sell it if he wants it?”
"Unless you directly hold a gun to its forehead like you did with Sony, otherwise, it's basically head-to-head."
"And this kind of head-to-head confrontation happens to be not something I'm good at, because those old things are fought all the way up from opponents of the same level with real knives and guns, and only I am holding my thighs to reduce the dimensionality of opponents all the way. .”
"This kind of dimensionality reduction strike is good. It allows me to accumulate unimaginable wealth in a short period of time, but it also has disadvantages. It makes me feel that other than the forces I borrowed, other opponents are hot chickens!"
"Grass! Careless... Careless!"
After a simple review, Roland, who was sitting in the study, patted his forehead with emotion.
The behavior of taking advantage of the situation to suppress others is like taking the lead in a **** battle. After one hit is sure to hit, the pain of the other party can make you extremely comfortable, and you will also like the thrill of this conquest.
Even if you are evenly matched and tit-for-tat allows you to use various tricks to rub the opponent, but the victory achieved by changing various postures under racking your brains is far from the sense of accomplishment of crushing the game.
So, it is actually a male instinct to like to take advantage of others and get used to taking advantage of them!
But this instinct will make people relax their vigilance!
After all, Little White Rabbit and Green Tea are two ranks!
However, the emotion is the emotion. While recognizing his own problems, Roland doesn't think the current situation is too bad.
Because Blue Sky Studio is the backup tire that Fox wants to find. After preparing to abolish its own animation studio, the day Blue Sky Studio completes the project contract of "Frozen Planet" is the day Fox initiates the acquisition!
For Fox, the acquisition of Blue Sky Studio is a bottom-line choice, and it will not leave any chance for the outside world to spy on it. Therefore, if Roland wants to take Blue Sky Studio away before Fox, he cannot work in Blue Sky. After completing the "Frozen Planet" project contract, we are communicating!
Because at that time, the bottom line choice in Fox's eyes will become a must-have item, and their desire for Blue Sky Studios will reach its peak with the withdrawal of its own animation studio. In this case, if someone competes, They will definitely fight with him, after all, no one wants their underwear to be ripped off!
so-
"Even if I was careless, this matter did not go to the worst step."
"Because even Fox himself doesn't know whether to buy Blue Sky Studios immediately!"
"But having said that, it doesn't feel good to have the initiative in someone else's hands!"
"How long has it been? This seems to be the first time I have encountered this kind of thing after "Home Alone"?"
"Hey!" Roland shook his head laughing at himself.
Why does Roland want to be a capital?
Isn't that because he hates the feeling of being controlled by capital!
Although in the acquisition of Blue Sky Studios, Fox, who is also a capital, did not intend to take the initiative to control him, but the failure of "I think I get it" still made Roland a little uncomfortable.
This kind of discomfort is the discomfort of not being a hit, and it is the discomfort of unequal news.
Because of carelessness, he only learned about the situation of Fox, but not the status of their parent company.
Such a mistake is unacceptable.
"Now, we can only hope that Fox will not bring the matter to News Corporation."
"Otherwise... hey..."
"Is this the trouble that the poor don't understand?"
"This is really too difficult!"
...
Unfortunately, Roland miscalculated his influence.
Or in other words, while capital brought him power, it also deprived him of the qualification to dream.
When Fox's staff in Blue Sky Studio learned that a friend of the studio's founder in Disney came to inquire on behalf of Roland, the news had already spread to the headquarters.
Peter Rice, the president of Fox Film Entertainment, listened to the report of his subordinates in the first time;
Fox Group's control Barry Diller asked his subordinates to fax the content submitted by Peter Rice to the parent company;
The content president of News Corporation reported immediately;
At nine o'clock that night, in front of Keith Murdoch, who hadn't gotten off work yet, was a pile of materials exuding the scent of ink.
Staring at the mountain of documents that was almost five centimeters high, his entire body was shrouded in confusion.
On the wrinkled face, the creases are fully displayed, but the pupils under the lens are shining with the opposite shrewdness.
After his subordinates explained the whole thing clearly, he slowly raised his head with one hand resting on his chin, and asked in a calm tone: "You mean, Roland Allen proposed to Blue Sky Studios through Pixar? offer?"
"Yes." The content president in a neat suit answered decisively.
"Oh~" The old man nodded, and asked again: "Then what does this matter have to do with us?"
Although he is the chairman of the Fox Group, he doesn't care much about Fox's content production business.
As a media tycoon, he has always regarded Ted Turner of Time Warner as a competitor, because in his opinion, mastering the channel is more effective than mastering the content-mastering the content, then you are just an excellent creator, And mastering the channel means that you can exploit those creators wantonly.
Now that he understands the relationship between food chains, he who has limited energy naturally knows how to choose.
So, in his eyes, Roland Allen and him will never be rivals in the same field.
And he didn't want to be an opponent with Roland Allen.
Because of the strong buying and selling of "Black Hawk Down", it makes one's scalp tingle!
In this way...
You subordinates rushed over in a hurry, aren't you making a big fuss?
But even if he had something in his heart, the old coin did not show it immediately, and after listening to his inquiry, the president in charge of the content production of the subsidiary did not immediately explain the key point, but asked back—
"Boss, the company controlled by Roland Allen, you should be very clear, right?"
"Yes, his net worth has long been greater than mine, it's just that everyone has a good cooperative relationship and has not been exposed."
"Did you hear about last year's Oscar deal?"
"Yes, the public doesn't know about such a big deal."
"Now that you know about the deal, you should know that Roland Allen pulled Time Warner into Harry Potter, Universal into X-Men, and Disney into Lord of the Rings?"
"What are you talking about? The investment in the first phase of the three projects exceeds 200 million yuan, big money! Big money!"
Speaking of this, the old coin couldn't help but sigh with emotion, "Berkshire Hathaway's shareholder status is really easy to use. Wells Fargo Bank didn't communicate with him at first, but once the identity of the major shareholder came out, his project really You can approve it with your eyes closed!"
The old man's emotion made the content president of News Corp. quickly apologize.
After his emotions gradually calmed down, the president who had already laid the groundwork said quickly: "Boss, you think those three projects are big money, that's because you don't know Roland Allen's next series of operations."
"After "Spider-Man 3" was finished, the first thing Roland did was to actively promote the progress of the three projects so that they could quickly get on the right track, and the second thing he did was to go to the Disney, discuss cooperation with them!"
"According to our understanding, there are two projects discussed by Roland Allen and Disney."
"First, it has to do with the Olsen sisters."
"He helped the Olsen sisters get another project at Disney."
“He hopes that Warcraft Films and Disney can reach a long-term cooperation agreement to jointly create live-action movies suitable for teenagers.”
"The first project, Disney agreed, and the second project, was rejected by Disney."
"So, two months ago, he asked Jon Landau to obtain the filming copyright of a project called "Princess Diaries", and he was looking for a leading actor, wanting to shoot that movie himself."
"The whole process didn't seem to have any problems. However, in the process of searching for an actress, he seemed to only provide Jon Landau with the other's name, as if he had decided to let her play the role. That actress, and He just happened to participate in our Fox TV series, and at the same time he found the actress, he suddenly proposed an acquisition offer to Blue Sky Studio!"
"This coincidence makes us very puzzled."
"So, we guessed that Roland Allen is acting with Disney!"
"Their goal from the beginning was Blue Sky Studio!"
"And our guess is also based on it!"
"Because of monopoly!"
"Disney has monopolized the entire animated film market since the 1990s. Except for Warner's "The Flintstones", no film company including us can stand out."
"In this case, even if they re-screen the old work, they can still get a lot of box office!"
"Because the audience has no choice at all, there are only those animated movies on the market!"
"So, after discovering that monopolistic behavior can earn more profits without innovation, they hope to continue this situation. In this way, it becomes their goal to attack our animation industry. Target."
"But under normal circumstances, they can't do this, because we won't let Disney monopolize the entire market."
“The problem is, things are different now!”
"Because of the trade war, Sony was slammed by Roland Allen, not to mention the development of animated films. Before "Black Hawk Down" was released, I don't think they would dare to continue investing in this field! And Universal Seagram's parent company, Seagram's financial situation is in trouble again, and they can't support their continued development of animated films at all!"
"Paramount has not won the top five at the box office for four consecutive years, and they are now betting their confidence on Tom Cruise! And Time Warner is now mobilizing a lot of money, trying to get Steve When Vin Spielberg's "Harry Potter" is done, they don't have the energy to manage animation development!"
"In this way, five opponents went to four, and we are the only one left!"
"And us! The whole world knows we're closing the animation department!"
"In this case, if we take away our alternatives first, wouldn't we not be able to make animations?"
"If that's true, why did Disney choose Roland Allen for the collaboration?"
After listening to the subordinate's narration, although the old coin still looked confused, but the body bowed there has been straightened.
Like a sharp sword out of its sheath, there was a dead silence all over his body.
"Because now, only Roland Allen can do this!" Seeing his boss getting serious, the content president of News Corporation became even more excited, "Because Roland Allen is the major shareholder of Apple! He can directly contact To Pixar!"
"Although Disney and Pixar also cooperate, the relationship between Disney and Pixar is far less close than Roland Allen and Steve Jobs! If Pixar came forward, Blue Sky Studios would definitely choose Roland Allen! But if If Disney made the move, Blue Sky Studios would definitely hesitate! Because they came from Disney back then!"
"Besides, letting Roland Allen make a move can also deter competitors!"
"Because we all know that no one will tear up his face until the end, right?"
When the CEO turned from excitement to helplessness, the old coin sitting there suddenly laughed—
"Yes, you are right, until the end, no one in the circle wants to treat him as an enemy!"
"Microsoft, Berkshire Hathaway, are now eating his share of the benefits, Gilead is his link to the DOD, and Ronald Perelman and Carl Icahn have earned from him Three billion has gone, and there will be more in the future!"
"No one wants to tear faces with this kind of person! No one wants to stand against him!"
"So when he comes out and asks us for a business we don't want, what are we supposed to do?"
"If you can analyze that Disney and Roland Allen are acting, then you should also be able to analyze the solution?"
“We can’t do anything but listen with our eyes wide open!”
"Because we don't know how important this company is to him!"
That's right! The old coin felt that the analysis of these subordinates was indeed reasonable, but what's the use of it?
Knowing that Roland Allen was optimistic about Blue Sky Studios, he bought the studio before him?
What is the picture!
If Roland Allen is just a simple person, then of course they can do this!
But the problem is that his group hug is a bit big, so big that News Corporation doesn't know what to do!
It is true that Microsoft in the technology field, Berkshire Hathaway in the investment field, and the military-industrial complex behind the DOD have nothing to do with News Corporation, and it is impossible for them to conflict with News Corporation because of the acquisition of Roland Allen , and cross-border to fight News Corporation, but the problem is that just Ronald Perelman and Carl Icahn, News Corporation can no longer stand it!
News Corporation can develop and grow thanks to the hostile takeover of these two guys!
They have done too many deals in private, and if they take out any one, they can kill News Corporation!
In this case, if Blue Sky Studios is important to Roland Allen, Old Coin believes that Roland Allen only needs to reveal a little bit of dissatisfaction the next time he sells Yahoo shares to them, and the two vampires will be very happy. With a clear understanding of the intention, he offered to make a deal, saying that he could blow up the stock price of News Corporation directly!
Of course, if Blue Sky Studios belongs to Roland Allen's must-take project, the old coin believes that Roland Allen only needs to reveal his grievances to the chairman of Gilead, the one who received donations during the hurricane Guys will unblock the FCC and let them review the legitimacy of News Corp!
After all, News Corporation is still an Australian company now!
Their headquarters are still in Australia! As long as the FCC feels that their business practices in America are stealing information from the American public, then this kind of investigation can continue endlessly!
Although these two may be the worst plans, as a capital, isn't the worst plan the priority?
I know what your nuke is!
Then I will formulate my countermeasures based on your nuclear weapons!
When facing the cards that Roland Allen might play, Old Coin knew that it was the best way to let go of the business that the group company wanted to give up. Although it might be a bit embarrassing, it was better than being thrown out. The guy with nuclear weapons must hold grudges!
As an Australian company, as an Australian company that controls the media, the American authorities have countless ways to get it out, and among them, all that is missing is an opportunity and a reason.
Roland Allen revealed some information, and the happiest one is Time Warner!
Old Coin believes that if the worst happens, Time Warner will jump out impatiently and prove to the world that he is Roland Allen's half-brother! If you, News Corp. bully Roland Allen, you are bullying me!
Because of this, when he finished talking about the situation with a smile, the content president of News Corporation stopped talking.
Looking at the subordinate with downcast eyes, Old Coin smiled again: "Let's not care about how to deal with this matter, you tell me first, if you are Roland Allen, why did you choose to cooperate with Disney? "
"I haven't had contact with Roland Allen, but I think he is a guy who doesn't want to be controlled."
“Remember when filming started on Titanic?”
"Kate Winslet attended the Berlin Film Festival, and Roland Allen gave her clothes in front of the media."
"At that time, it was written in the evaluation report you gave me-he is a person who knows how to use power to seek a better life for himself, and he is a person who knows how to use power to instruct others. He..."
“…like a man born to know how to master the tools of production.”
"Since you think he is a natural capitalist, in your previous analysis, he seems to be unprofitable."
"And this does not conform to the way capital operates."
Although the analysis of the subordinates is sound, the old coin still doesn't see any benefits that Roland Allen can get from it!
Even if he is willing to believe the reasoning of his subordinates, the problem is that the arguments supporting the reasoning are not enough.
Disney and Roland Allen acting?
This is understandable!
But if Disney can monopolize the animated film market in this way, what can Roland Allen get?
Take nothing?
Earn a loneliness?
Is this in the style of a capitalist?
You know, capitalists would rather dump the milk than give it away for free!
In this case, if Roland Allen cannot get an equivalent profit, then these arguments are wrong!
But just when the old coin felt that his subordinates were a little overwhelmed, the president of the News Corporation, who was still bowing his head, suddenly said: "Boss, if... I mean if, if Roland Allen wants us attitude?"
"What?" The old coin didn't understand what the subordinate meant.
In this situation, the CEO of Toolman buried his head even deeper—
"Boss, do you still remember that after you learned that Time Warner was also going to enter the Internet industry, did you plan to follow suit?"
"They're after AOL, and we're after two sites..."
"And those two websites seem to be in conflict with Roland Allen's company?"
"Damn!"
The unclear words made the old coin's complexion change instantly!
If ten seconds ago, he thought the subordinate's guess was a bit ridiculous, then now, he has become a solid supporter of the whole guess!
Roland Allen couldn't get any benefit from this incident?
He doesn't need to get any benefits!
Because hitting Fox is the biggest benefit he can get!
Why?
Because they, News Corporation, have already attacked Roland Allen's industry first!
You already raised your hand and beat me up!
Can't I fight back?
Note: ① The relationship between Murdoch, Ronald Perelman and Carl Icahn is inappropriate, that is, the younger brother hugs his thigh. As I said before, the expansion of News Corporation and Fox relied on Carl Icahn’s hostile takeover. In fact, Ronald Perelman also gave Murdoch a blood transfusion, like the four-star TV station, with a bald head. It was sold to Murdoch, and part of the funds that Murdoch lacked to enter Europe were loaned to him by the bank of the bald man. The most interesting thing is that when these people took a group photo, Murdoch, a former media tycoon, never stood in the C position. Not only that, he took a group photo with Carl Icahn’s friend, Comrade Jianguo, who had not yet become the commander-in-chief. Do not stand in the C position. ②News Corporation only moved to the United States in 2004, and in 1995, they were criticized by Time Warner because of territorial issues. Time Warner accused non-national companies of controlling domestic media (just like Toutiao today), And this investigation was finally dropped, because the reason given by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was that Murdoch was an American at the time, and the News Corporation he controlled was in the public interest. As for who helped him defeat Time Warner, I don't know. These companies use too many nasty means for development, and the same sentence, using the law to rob is the only way for capital development.
(end of this chapter)