America: Starting with the acquisition of MGM

Chapter 326 324. Six major sums, it turns out that everyone is never playing on the same track

Santa Monica, in a beach house.

A black Wrangler parked nearby and Eric stepped out of it.

"You really don't need me to accompany you in?"

"Come on, what do you think it's for? Assassination?"

"What if, this is not your territory."

"But it's not their territory, or do you think I can't beat six old guys?"

"Okay, then I'll wait for you."

"No need, I'll call you when it's done."

Boom, boom, boom!

After sending Judy away, Eric knocked on the door.

Soon, a middle-aged old man with a beard and round glasses introduced him. It was Steven Spielberg, the top Hollywood director.

Since MGM started working with Big Six, as a Jew, he is definitely more emotionally inclined to Disney, Warner and other companies.

But as a company boss, his interests determine that he is more inclined to MGM, and money is often more reliable than emotion.

So after Brad Gray made the request for negotiation that day, Spielberg came forward as a middleman and set up a game in this villa.

"You're late Eric, they've been waiting inside for half an hour."

"Yeah, I did it on purpose."

"Haha... I know that important characters always appear at the end, right?"

"What to drink? Coffee, tea, wine?"

"What do you want me to drink?"

"Of course it's wine."

"Why?"

"You can drink coffee and tea at any time, but wine is for celebration. To be honest, everyone hopes that you guys will stop fighting."

"Everyone? Who are you talking about?" Eric asked knowingly.

"DreamWorks, New Line, Lionsgate, Summit..."

"Everyone has suffered enough this year. It may not be easy for you, but it's not easy for us either."

"The plans for the whole year have been disrupted by constant changes in schedules, promotions, and withdrawals. You can ask a few of them who doesn't have a few or even a dozen backlogged films."

"Eric, this is not the way to go. We are all tired of it, and it is not a good thing for the development of the audience and the entire film market."

"Do Bob and Yellen also know about today's talks?"

"No, only I know, but we will contact each other privately. Everyone has a lot of bitterness to vomit."

"Anyway, stop it. This is our common wish. I'm really tired."

Eric patted him on the shoulder: "As far as I know, DreamWorks has made a lot of money this year, and you are not qualified to complain."

"Besides, I was not the one who started the war. You can't just stop it. Just dismiss me in a sentence or two. Who is responsible for the losses suffered by MGM?"

Spielberg shook his head slightly, thinking if you hadn't insisted on getting into streaming media, how could things have developed to where they are today?

Taking Eric to the second floor, closing the door, Spielberg silently exited.

In the room, six old guys were puffing away. After seeing him, the scene instantly became quiet.

Ahem...

"I hate the feeling of smoke!"

Under the gaze of 12 eyes, Eric opened all the windows.

It was still winter, and the cold wind blew in instantly. The clothes inside the house were thin, and the older adults couldn't help but shrink their necks.

"Well it's much better now. Do you want to continue smoking? Or leave the window open?"

snort!

With a cold snort, Michael Enus put out the cigar in his hand, and the other five people followed suit.

Eric smiled, closed the window, and sat on the last empty sofa.

Then everyone looked at each other and fell into the same silence as before.

Finally, all eyes fell on Brad Gray.

His scalp felt a little numb. Looking at Eric Cooper's actions, he knew that this conversation was not going to be easy.

"Eric, originally we planned to invite your father, but it seems inconvenient for Charlie."

Eric nodded: "He and my mother are on vacation in Fiji and won't be back soon."

"OK! Then don't waste time, let's get straight to the point."

"After fighting for a year, everyone has suffered great losses. The film and television industry around the world has been affected. It is time to give up."

"Has it been affected? But I think it's very good. At least MGM's stock price has been rising. I just heard the report on the way here, and it has already exceeded 20 billion US dollars."

Michael Ainas frowned instantly. The reason why he agreed to the peace talks was because Disney had lost its position as the industry leader.

The board of directors was very dissatisfied with his performance during this period and put tremendous pressure on him.

Brad Gray hurriedly smoothed things over: "I won't talk about the stock price, but the losses everyone has suffered are real, so there is really no need to continue."

"We should go back to how we were before. We should keep cooperating. The seven major Hollywood companies have always been one, right?"

"We make the rules together, we form the MPAA together, and we conquer the market together. We should be brothers and friends, not enemies."

Listening to his high-sounding remarks, Eric sneered: "Now are we brothers again? But don't forget that it was you good brothers who attacked me first!"

"Especially the Bar Refaeli thing, you fucking want to put me in there, not only to destroy MGM commercially, but you want to kill me!"

"You want me to forget my hatred with just a few words? Why don't you ask the Indians? Why don't you ask the blacks?"

"They still remember what happened more than a hundred years ago, but you want me to forget what happened a year ago?"

"If you want to fight, fight. If you want to make peace, make peace. There is no such good deal in the world."

Michael Aeneas said angrily: "But you were unscathed in the end, and you sent Harvey to jail."

"Now he is not only bankrupt, but even Dimen fired him. He is also facing a huge compensation and decades of imprisonment."

"Miramax is also in chaos, and it has not been completely sorted out yet. Isn't this revenge enough?"

"Not enough!" Eric suddenly interrupted the other party with a roar.

"I can still sit here now because I am strong enough, not because you showed mercy."

"Especially Disney, don't think I don't know that the shitty Rio Operation was initiated by you."

"If you hadn't interfered, MGM, Universal, Fox, Paramount..."

"We could have coexisted peacefully, but you started a war for your own right to speak, Michael, you have to take responsibility for this, Disney has to take responsibility!"

"Shit! If you didn't want to do the damn streaming media, would we target you? You are challenging the rules of the industry!"

Being accused by Eric and scolded by a 20-year-old boy.

Michael Aeneas had never been insulted so much before, and he was immediately furious, blurting out all kinds of dirty words.

"Rules are made by the strong. The development of the Internet will only get faster and faster. Streaming media is the general trend."

"If we don't do it now, someone will do it in a few years. You are like a zombie about to enter the coffin. The half-dead brain is already rigid and you don't understand anything!"

"Okay, that's enough. Stop arguing."

"Everyone is sitting here today to resolve conflicts, not to intensify them."

"Eric, calm down! Michael, please sit down too, okay?"

Seeing that the two people were arguing more and more fiercely, others hurried to appease them.

Dongdongdong!

At this time, the door was knocked, and Spielberg asked with some concern: "Gentlemen, you seem to have encountered difficulties. Do you need me to do anything?"

"Water, with ice, someone needs to calm down."

Michael Enes did not sit down. The anger in his heart made him want to punch Eric when he saw him.

But he was definitely not able to beat the other party at his age, so he left the room angrily.

Seeing him go out, Eric asked, "Who else wants to go out? No need to look at my face."

Warner CEO Barry Meyer left without saying a word, and Howard Stringer also stood up, but seeing that Universal, Paramount, and Fox did not move, he hesitated and sat down again.

Without quarreling, the scene gradually became peaceful.

"Okay, the annoying people are gone, we can have a good talk, please continue, Gray."

Brad Gray nodded: "Let's talk about the issue of cooperation. We have come up with a plan after discussion."

"Regarding the streaming platform, that is, Lionheart.com, you can be allowed to continue, but the six of us need to invest."

"The specific share can be negotiated, but the total share cannot be less than 40%. Of course, we will purchase the shares, and you will not suffer any loss."

"But this transaction must be completed within three months. This is one of our few requirements."

Hearing this, Eric frowned, which was clearly taking advantage of him.

The development speed of Lionheart.com can be described as hot, but it will take at least a year before it goes public.

In one year, the company's valuation can be multiplied several times.

If they make this request after the listing, Eric can consider it.

But if they ask to enter the market now, not to mention the issue of voice, the loss of money alone is at least several billion dollars.

Are you crazy to be fleeced?

Waving his hands with a fake smile, Eric said angrily and amusedly: "Brad, there is one thing you don't seem to understand."

"The reason why we can sit here and negotiate today is because the offense and defense have changed positions."

"Before, the six of you united to deal with MGM, and now MGM is attacking the six of you at the same time."

"I still have enough bullets in my hands, "Dragon Ball", "Twilight", "Transformers 2", "Rampage", "The Hunger Games 2", "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Saw", and "The Conjuring."

"And the Marvel series that has been developed, I can guarantee that every movie will make money , can you?"

"I'm sorry that my words may sound a bit harsh, but look at you, you look like a bunch of dogs that have lost their homes."

"Who gave you the courage to make such an incredible request? Now the initiative of war and peace is in my hands."

"Whether to continue competing or to cooperate again depends on how much you are willing to pay, understand?"

"And DreamWorks and New Line, do you think they are more inclined to you or me?"

"In short, I can fight with you until the end of time, until one side falls completely!"

Eric's blatant threat did not give the four people any face.

They wanted to refute, but after thinking about it, they had to admit that what the other party said was right.

Who would have thought that in just one year, the world would suddenly change.

The new emperor ascended the throne, the old king abdicated, and the entire Hollywood structure was overturned.

Seeing that the four people were silent, Eric stopped being aggressive and softened his tone.

"But then again, after all, it's a cooperative relationship of several decades. There's really no need to fight to the death, especially for the four of you."

"I know you don't want to get involved, but Michael Ainas and Barry Meyer have to give face."

"This is a misunderstanding. I never regarded you as an enemy."

The four looked at each other. What was he trying to do? It was a bit confusing.

"Now I propose a way of cooperation. If you want to enter Lionheart Network, I can agree."

"Then what do you want?"

"Good question, I want Warner!"

"What?"

"I said I want Warner!"

Seeing that Brad Grey still didn't understand, Eric said directly: "I mean to acquire Warner!"

Boom!

His words were like thunder in broad daylight, and the four people were dumbfounded.

After a moment of silence, Howard Stringer suddenly laughed: "Eric, Eric Cooper, although there are grievances between us, I admit that you are a very capable young man."

"But are you kidding about acquiring Warner? Do you know what Warner's market value is? More than 15 billion US dollars."

"And your acquisition will definitely be at a premium. Let's calculate it based on a relatively low 35%. You have to pay at least 20 billion US dollars to complete this transaction."

"And MGM's stock price has just exceeded 20 billion US dollars. Why do you want to acquire Warner? Where does your money come from?"

"This is simply the biggest joke I have ever heard!"

Looking at Howard Stringer's disgusting face, Eric said lightly: "Who said I want to use MGM to acquire Warner?"

"What do you mean?"

"Don't you know that I am also the founder of Facebook?"

"Huh? Are you planning to?"

"Yes, I have already opened the door "The GG business is going to be fully rolled out across Europe soon, as well as Japan, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand."

"Looking at the world, except for Asia, South America, and Africa, all economically developed regions in the world have been included in Facebook's business scope."

"I will continue to conquer the remaining regions."

"And it has been proven that the GG business is completely feasible and can now bring countless profits every month."

"No. 1 in the world, no rivals, monopoly, and high profitability."

"In other words, the time for Facebook to go public is ripe, in the first half of this year."

"Let's play a little game. What do you think the stock price will be after Facebook goes public? What will the valuation be?"

"50 billion? 60 billion? 70 billion? Or 100 billion? "

Looking at each other, they suddenly felt powerless. It turned out that everyone was never playing on the same track.