I’m in Hollywood

Eric didn't know Howard Stringer's secret actions, and his answer was that he had followed the American politically correct rules of conduct under the influence of the surrounding environment over the years. fastest update

In a social environment like North America, it's not just racism, there are many things you can do, but you must never say that the person who speaks out is either drunk or an idiot. And, even if you do, don't admit it.

Ke Lin, who is still troubled by the zipper door, is undoubtedly the master in this regard, but unfortunately he is unlucky, and was directly obtained the evidence.

After saying goodbye to Nobuyuki Idei, Eric didn't go far, the car turned a street corner and the driver stopped.

A moment later, Bill Michanick drove over, stopped not far behind Eric's car, and trotted over after getting out of the car.

The driver got out of the car and opened the door. Bill Michanick sat in carefully and greeted respectfully, Mr. Williams?

Call me Eric, Eric smiled. Bill Michanick was about the same age as Katzenberg. However, because of his own age and his increasing power, Eric was very interested in Bill Michanick. There is no awkwardness in the respect of such people, but they just straight to the point: After the transaction is completed, do you plan to stay?

Bill Michanick nodded quickly: Of course, if possible.

I've seen your work resume during your time at Disney. At the time, Disney's animation film and video distribution business was made by yourself. Jeffrey also thought that he could continue to hand over Columbia Pictures to you. So, during this time, you can Think carefully about Columbia's future development ideas. In the future, the film company will continue to operate independently, and I hope that after the completion of the transaction, Columbia Pictures will be able to get on the right track as soon as possible.

Bill Michanick is a little excited. Based on what he has seen and heard about Eric in Hollywood, if Eric does not plan to merge Columbia Pictures into the Firefly Group, then his future power will definitely be much greater. . As long as Columbia Pictures can recover in the future, he will surely become one of the seven leaders worthy of the name.

Trying to keep himself calm, Bill Michanic asked, W... Eric, what about these recent things?

Eric thought for a while and said: The news of Firefly's acquisition of Sony Pictures should be announced soon. However, the projects over there, which have been completed, continue to follow the normal publicity process. Others, whether they have already started Filming is still in the preparatory stage, all are suspended, you go back and make a list for me.

The recent period has come at a critical time for Sony Pictures to set production and distribution plans for the full year of next year.

However, Bill Michanick also knows what kind of attitude to show at this time, not to mention, the scale of Sony Pictures' business is really not worth mentioning in the face of several other film companies in the Firefly system, even if they stop all There won't be much to lose.

In the future, as long as he gets the help of Firefly's resources, Bill Michanick is still very confident that he can rebuild Columbia Pictures. Therefore, he nodded and said without thinking, I'll do it when I go back.

Eric was very satisfied with Bill Michanick's attitude, and took out a business card and handed it over, saying, That's all for now. This is my business card. You can call me anytime if you need anything.

Bill Michanick took the business card and put it away. Seeing that Eric had no other orders, he said goodbye and left.

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The news of Firefly's investment in the acquisition of Sony Group's film business was officially announced on Wednesday the second week.

Nearly a decade later, Americans are clearly brooding over the aggressive expansion of Japanese companies into North America.

The Los Angeles Times directly used the headline Hollywood regains lost ground, as if to say that Americans have once again held the entire Hollywood in their hands.

However, while some people are rejoicing,

Another group of people also realized that after completing the acquisition of Sony's film business, the Firefly system will control four of the seven major Hollywood studios. This kind of prosperous state has never happened in the entire history of Hollywood. For a while, Eric showed a strong stance against Sony Pictures just because of a script, and other forces in Hollywood inevitably had various concerns.

As a result, media remarks about the possibility of the Firefly system forming a monopoly in Hollywood also began to rage for a while.

I don’t know if it was really under pressure from Yulun or someone was making a fuss. A week after the news was announced, when Firefly Investment submitted a transaction application to the US Department of Justice to acquire Sony’s film business, it soon received a subpoena from the Antitrust Investigation Bureau of the Department of Justice. , requiring the executives of Firefly Investments to attend a hearing related to this transaction and explain the suspicion of monopoly that may be involved in the acquisition of Sony Pictures by Firefly Investments.

Firefly Studios.

In the studio of Gravity, other crew members were busy for the next shot. Eric was sitting at the console, looking at the subpoena sent to Chris by the Ministry of Justice with interest. Chris, who came over, said: So, our Mr. President thinks that he is not in enough trouble, or he thinks he is about to be impeached and stepped down, and plans to have a last fun?

The zipper door that broke out in the first half of the year has not only not subsided, but has shown an intensifying trend.

Recently, the U.S. House of Representatives has launched a judicial impeachment voting procedure against Clinton, intending to impeach him on charges of obstruction of justice and suspected perjury. Once passed, Clinton will become the third president in U.S. history to be impeached.

At such a critical moment, Ke Lin is definitely the most important public support. Offending the Firefly Group will do him no good. Therefore, this subpoena seems rather puzzling.

With a smile on his face, Chris said, Before I came, I had a phone call with Janet Reynolds, and she hinted that the Antitrust Investigation Bureau had received anonymous materials, and that there was pressure from the Republican Party on this matter, so they I had to do it. But in fact, this hearing is basically just a cutscene, if the Crean government is going to target Firefly, it will be you who will receive the subpoena, not me.”

After Eric heard Chris' explanation, he didn't bother to get to the bottom of it. A lot of things involve politics, and it will turn into a mess. Moreover, even if they get Sony Pictures and Firefly's market share in Hollywood, they are definitely not as high as Exxon Mobil in the energy industry or at-t in the telecommunications industry in their respective fields. Even if someone deliberately finds fault, for this The acquisition will add some twists and turns, and the final result will not change.

Returning the subpoena in his hand to Chris, Eric remembered what he just said, and suddenly asked curiously, By the way, who is Janet Reynolds?

Chris took the subpoena, tucked it into a notepad and put it in the briefcase he was carrying, explaining: Attorney General, she also wants you to go to Washington next Tuesday to attend the hearing on the phone.

Eric immediately shook his head: I can't stand that kind of situation, you can go by yourself.

Chris smiled and said: Then I'll go by myself. In addition, Yahoo's latest IPO plan has been completed. The company's original stock is split by five, and the total share capital has been expanded to 1.0825 billion shares. The issue price is temporarily fixed. 33 US dollars. According to this issue price, Morgan Stanley's valuation of Yahoo is about 35.7 billion US dollars. %, and the fundraising scale is 4.95 billion US dollars. I have passed the detailed proposal to Ms. Haynes, Take a moment to take a look.

Speaking of which, Firefly Investments and Morgan Stanley have already started discussing Yahoo's IPO plan at the beginning of this year, but with the continuous changes in the Nasdaq market situation, the original plan has long been forgotten by everyone. Yahoo's final listing date has been determined at the end of November, and there are only about two months left from now, so this plan is basically the final plan.

After digesting the information just given by Chris, Eric suddenly sighed softly: It's about $5 billion again.

Chris smiled and said, Why, you are starting to lose confidence?

Eric nodded honestly, the more he learned about the North American stock market, the more worried he became about the prospect of Yahoo's IPO.

AOL was able to successfully cash out, in Eric's view, it can be said to be a good time to catch up.

The Nasdaq index successfully broke through 2000 points, coupled with Morgan Stanley's advocacy of the prospects of the Nasdaq, and the need for investment opportunities for the return of capital from Southeast Asia and Russia, which allowed Firefly Investments to successfully complete the reduction of US online stocks.

However, according to the current increasingly fierce growth momentum of the Nasdaq market, the Nasdaq index is likely to quickly break through the 2,500-point mark by the end of the year.

AOL stocks are better at 2000 to 2500, but as the bubble of technology stocks further deepens, when the Nasdaq enters the 2500 to 3000 range, Wall Street investors will once again raise their vigilance against stock crashes and worry.

In this case, Yahoo wants to achieve 100% listing, there are really many uncontrollable factors.

Eric even worried that Yahoo's listing would really become the last straw to crush the tech stock bubble, as some media said. After all, even if Yahoo's valuation is far from Eric's expectations, in fact, Yahoo's $35.7 billion IPO valuation is seriously frothy by any measure.

With the successful reduction of AOL shares, Eric is now more and more able to understand one thing, that is, no matter how high the market value is, it is false, and only the cash in hand is the real thing.

Chris could probably guess Eric's thoughts and comforted: During this time, my team and Morgan Stanley have also conducted several researches on Yahoo's IPO risk. The overall market trend of Starq will not change much, and the possibility of Yahoo's IPO failure is very low.

I'm worried now that Yahoo itself will be a 'change' in the Nasdaq.

Chris obviously had this concern too, he hesitated, and said: Actually, if Yahoo's IPO really fails, it's fine, we've already got $10 billion by reducing our holdings in America Online, minus the expense of acquiring Sony's film business, The remaining portion is also sufficient to support Yahoo's continued expansion in the next few years.

Eric also felt that he was a little too concerned about gains and losses. He had experienced too many successes, and one failure was nothing at all.

The two chatted a few more words, and Nickel Frank, who was not far away, signaled that Eric was ready for the next shot, and Chris took the initiative to get up and said: Then I will go to Culver City first, and Sony Group and I There's a meeting with the representatives.

In recent days, the team of Firefly Investments has been auditing the assets and liabilities of Sony Pictures, which is why Chris will come to Los Angeles.

Eric got up, sent Chris out of the studio, and said half-jokingly, Would you like to take you to some parties at night to relax?

Oh, forget it, Chris shook his head and said, Also, I will probably fly to San Francisco early in the evening, and Firefly Electronics will hold a board meeting tomorrow.

Speaking of this, Sony should contact there to discuss the technology patent exchange. You should tell Victor and them again, this time you must get the micro camera module technology. The last time Victor went to Japan to go to Japan without success. , if they dare to smash things again this time, my boss doesn't mind smashing their jobs.

Chris thought for a while and said, Actually, I'm also a little reluctant. Once Sony obtains the technical patent of the digital music player, their md may become the biggest threat to the irelyer player.

The two walked to the door of the studio, and there were still a bunch of people waiting behind them. Eric didn't mean to send Chris to the parking lot himself, but just stopped and continued: As long as Sony is restricted to use its own atra audio The format is fine. With Sony’s internal problems, I don’t think they can promote an audio format alone, and it is still an audio format with strict copyright restrictions. You know, we have won the mp2 patent for further research and development to irelyer. The player, it took a full five years. What's more, Firefly Electronics also needs an opponent. If they are surpassed by Sony in all aspects, then I will accept my fate and fire all those guys. Lose.

Chris realized that Eric's attitude was firm, and he stopped persuading him. He just smiled and said, Do you need me to tell them the truth?

I'm the boss, and I have to ensure my image of being close to the people, Eric immediately shook his head with a dignified expression: Of course you are the bad guy.

Chris knew that Eric was joking, and nodded and smiled: Okay, I'll be a bad cop.