Chicago 1990

"APLUS look at this!"

"APLUS did you vote for Gore!"

On November 3, 2000, the US general election began to vote. Song Ya appeared at the polling station in the Hyde Park constituency early in the morning and made a show in person to support Gore. "Yes, of course..." He finished voting. After coming out, holding Aunt Susie in front of the camera, smiling and answering reporters' questions.

"Yeah, yeah, we all voted for Gore's deputy commander. I like him..." Aunt Susie yelled in the voice of a black aunt.

"APLUS, about Wall Street accusing you of recently..."

When a reporter spoke, Song Yabi's hand with the scissors switched into a disgusting wave, and then ignored others, turned his head and walked away with relatives such as Aunt Susie, Connie, Tony and so on.

"No, Daniel, don't think about it carefully. Metropolitan Distribution Company is not in the film business for the time being. This is what you and I have discussed a long time ago."

Back at the headquarters of A+ Records, Daniel waited in his office early. After experiencing the scenery of Lengshan, his Glass Films opened three plays this year, all of them hit the street. With the convenience of serving concurrently as the president of the Metropolitan Distribution Company, he planned to allow the Metropolitan Distribution Company to take over for his Glass Pictures to recover some personal losses, and was naturally blocked by Song Ya.

Daniel explained the matter when they met, Song Ya quietly replied: "And your movie has a distributor."

"The existing distributors are willing to change hands cheaply. I want to take it back to edit and edit, and try my luck in overseas markets? Maybe the tastes are different overseas? No need for Metropolitan Distribution Company to help store DVD distributors in the form of consignment. OK?"

After the great success in Lincoln Park, on the one hand, Daniel enjoyed the interest and power of controlling part of their distribution affairs. On the other hand, he also woke up to the fact that he had missed the unnamed band at the beginning. There is no way. Who said he didn’t sign Mike at the time. What about Shinta's call?

The status of the recording business has tended to rise in the previous six presidents, but the film business has lost some money this year. Daniel has not forgotten to drag Yeremov, "It’s not just me, but Yeremov didn’t have it this year. What's the point of tossing? It's time for Metropolitan Distribution Company to get involved in movies. Anyway, overseas channels are readily available."

Yeremov won the right to independently establish a project for the first time this year, allowing A+ Entertainment to invest in a 20 million-level Hawaiian, a small-cost award-winning art film, and also bought two independent films, which are also all rushed. Now, and Daniel can be called a crouching dragon and phoenix.

"No, I don't want to stimulate the Big Seven in Hollywood, and the bad movies you shoot will only make the distribution company lose more money."

Song Ya shook his head like a rattle, "At most I let Yeremov buy out your three plays into the A+ Entertainment film library."

"Forget it, you know that I have a bad relationship with Yeremov. The price he paid...I haven't reached the point of lack of pocket money." Daniel was reluctant.

"Then don't worry, admit failure, Daniel, that's how it is to make a movie, you can make a profit."

Song Ya picked up the microphone and chatted with the secretary outside, then went to open the offices, "Mr. Litman, please come in."

Asking Daniel to come over for business, "MP3 website, does Doug Morris have anything to say?" Song Ya asked after a little greeting with Litman.

"He didn't have much room for maneuver this time. Although the young Bronfman was no longer in charge, he was climbed over by Ron Meyer. He could not fully control the lawsuits against Universal Music and MP3 websites," Daniel replied.

"Will the MP3 website be sold to us?" Littleman asked.

Daniel shook his head, "We can't solve their imminent lawsuit! Their only means of self-rescue is to reach a settlement with the litigant Universal Music. It is impossible for them to sell us Universal Music, so Universal Music is their only buyer."

The final stage of the general election is in full swing outside. In addition to work, life and study, Song Ya himself does not need to spend too much energy to support the election, as long as the money and resources are in place.

He did several things during this period. One was to appease the Wall Street Sheriff Spitzer through David Patterson of the Manhattan Gang in the Lyle Cohen case; the other was to formally negotiate the acquisition of Houghton Mifflin. The matter also used Littman Media’s private placement to dilute the shareholding ratio of the pretenders, Redstone’s Viacom Group; the third is to sell the shares of Juniper and other companies with stockbroker O’Grady, and at the same time for YAHOO and YAHOO. Juniper and other heavy stocks are looking for institutional buyers.

In the meantime, Litman, who has always been dissatisfied with the domain name of the American music website, proposed to acquire the MP3 website, because the market value of the MP3 website has fallen from a billion dollars in the past to the most successful one to less than 100 million dollars with the stock market crash.

The reason that makes them worse off than the American website is that the infringement lawsuit between them and Universal Music is about to lose...

This company is also interesting. At the beginning, when the Internet music sharing atmosphere was still in its nascent and unregulated state, it was the first time that the RIAA represented the record industry by RIAA to represent the record industry with the clicks brought by the enjoyment and indulgence sharing with websites such as Amerika Music. After the warning, the first one was frightened and became an independent music website.

Then when Amerika Music began to strictly abide by the Digital Millennium Act, Napster rose. They saw Napster's revenue from the MP3 format music sharing and the traffic and venture capital pursuit, and regretted it after listing expectations. They jumped back and continued to infringe wildly, and they were lucky. Caught up with the Internet trend, and the IPO was a big success. Napster, which has more traffic than them, and is more eye-catching, has yet to be listed.

As a result, the MP3 website was quickly abandoned by investors due to the double blow of the global lawsuit and the stock market crash, and the stock price plummeted, and it was forced to turn back to beg Global for mercy. There are rumors that, in order to obtain a reconciliation with Universal Music, website executives and investors are willing to sell it for about 80 million dollars. The scenery at the time when the market value of more than one billion yuan was like an illusion to them, of course the founders, shareholders, executives and venture capitalists should have partially cashed out before.

"In other words, they have nowhere to go except to sell to Universal Music?" Song Ya asked.

"Yes, winning the MP3 website at a low price is also beneficial to the personal career of Universal Music President Doug Morris. It can alleviate the negative impact of his DefJam's Lyle Cohen case, and create a small space for Vivendi Universal before going public in the country. Good news."

Daniel replied: "Although the lawsuit against the MP3 website and Napster was actually promoted by the young Bronfman."

The rich three generations...In fact, some things are done right, such as resolutely cracking down on Internet infringements. For example, last year we predicted the bursting of the Internet bubble in advance...

Even the monopolistic case that has been plagued by Vivendi Universal's assistance from Goldman Sachs, Lehman, and Solomon Smith Barney to go to the market in the United States, the Ministry of Commerce of the United States has also died down. The price dropped sharply to around 100 million dollars, which can be described as a super discounted price.

It's a pity that the rich three generations did not hold on to the day of victory...

Different positions are different. Song Ya and Underwood did not pursue the matter again, but it does not mean that the Avengers will sympathize with the rich three generations, "then there is no way." He shrugged to Litman.

Littleman was rather disappointed. "The MP3 website is not good. The domain name of the American music website always needs to be changed, right? Buy one that is loud, simple, not that long, and easy for netizens to remember."

"No problem, let's think of another way."

Song Ya patted his arm encouragingly, "Oh yes, you have to be responsible for persuading Ms. Shirley Fleming."

"Okay." Littleman nodded and agreed.

Shirley Fleming, the editor-in-chief of Amerika Music Magazine, has always disagreed with the site to change the domain name. The old lady is very stubborn, but her health is worse than every day, and she has rarely managed the specific affairs of the magazine.

"Ms. Sloan, they are here."

Standing in front of the window, Daniel happened to see a group of white men in suits and leather shoes, led by Sloan, coming from the headquarters of Litman Media on the opposite side.

"OK, let's go down and welcome it."

Song Ya and the two went out to the elevator.

The merger between Littman Publishing and Houghton Mifflin Press, a subsidiary of Littman Media, has come to an end. The visitors are all Houghton Mifflin’s board members, company executives and the presidents of its subsidiaries.

In fact, Houghton Mifflin was negotiating with Vivendi for the sale before Vivendi merged with Global. Unexpectedly, shareholders dragged Vivendi for bargaining and dragged Vivendi’s own protection, so they had to rush to find another buyer. Since they are important competitors of Littman Publishing House in the fields of secondary education films and holding much more market share than Littman Publishing House, Sloan quickly hit it off with them.

As for the publication of famous works such as Mark Twain...Holden Mifflin has long lost its influence in the past. At present, it basically only focuses on the English education publishing market, ranking first in the domestic market share in the United States.

2.2 billion, entering the 21st century when traditional paper media is gradually desolate, it is a good price.

"APLUS!"

The elevator door opened, and I didn’t expect to meet Quincy Jones who came to the door. The old man looked angry. When he saw Song Ya, he asked: "What do you mean by M-FXXK? I made a good start for your street dance competition... …You throw me away after you use me!?"

The first season of ACE’s ace column hip-hop contest is coming to an end. In fact, all the shooting tasks have been recorded, because the old man’s bad temper and personality when he was a judge is really unpopular with TV audiences. The second season of ACE Taiwan has no plans to renew his contract.

"Hey, Quincy."

Daniel and Litman hurriedly shared the concerns for Song Ya, and stopped the angry old man with a smile on the left and the right, "We are in a hurry to pick up Houghton Mifflin's people. Can you wait a moment?"

"Little Nger, you are always like this, turning your face to deny people."

Quincy Jones will not stab Daniel and Litman, but he is not afraid of Song Ya. The old man has been so tempered for so many years. Even the baby girl is... right? "I created this high ratings column for you, and the host of Rashida also performed very well. As a result, you are going to kick me out now? This little Nger..." scolded.

"Isn't Rashida renewed?"

Song Yana, an old man and cheap father-in-law, can’t do anything about it. “It’s not you who didn’t renew the contract. Director Anne Fletcher won’t be here for the next season.”

Of course, he used a little bit of speech. Anne Fletcher voluntarily withdrew because she wanted to concentrate on directing next year's Dance My Life 4. Only MCHammer renewed the contract among the three judges.

"I don't care, anyway, you don't want to fire me so easily, I heard that MCHammer got a good contract!?" Quincy Jones was angrily.

"He is willing to sign for several seasons." The elevator was almost on the first floor. Song Ya scratched his head and gave Daniel a wink. "The same goes for Rashida."

"Will you talk about it later, Quincy?"

Daniel hugged Quincy Jones affectionately, preventing him from going out to make trouble in front of the guests, "Okay, well, let's go over there first..."

Quincy Jones was puffed up by Daniel while pushing him, his eyes fixed on Song Ya's increasingly distant back, "Okay, Daniel, I know how powerful this kid is now, I just complained a few words, no What about him!"

"That's good, that's good..." Daniel smiled hippiely, and the two watched Song Ya walk out of the door, bathed in the Chicago morning sun, and greeted a large group of white men in suits.

"APLUS..."

"welcome……"

Song Ya and Litman smiled and shook hands with everyone in Houghton Mifflin. Sloan stood by and introduced each other's names and positions one by one.

"It is said that your luck is very good. This time Littman Media suspended trading before the second wave of stock market crash. I think I can avoid the most irrational period in the capital market, right?"

Houghton Mifflin's head smiled and asked.

"Haha, it's just a coincidence."

The acquisition is a foregone conclusion. The internal adjustments after the merger are controlled by Sloan. Song Ya has nothing to intervene, as long as the big boss’s landlord entertains the guests, "I will show you a tour?"

"Okay, please."

"please."

The photo reporter outside repeatedly pressed the shutter until the group of people led by Song Ya entered the interior of the A+ Record Building, and ended the shooting mission.

During the visit, the chatting topics all revolved around the general election. Everyone knows who Song Ya supports, so they all pick what he likes to hear and say, "Wow, is this Mr. Ballmer?" Until the people in Houghton Mifflin looked at it. Take a group photo when Ballmer visited on the wall.

"Yes." Song Ya said cheerfully: "We took the photo when he came here for a meeting."

"He came to the record company for a meeting?"

"No, I sometimes schedule meetings of other companies under my banner here." Song Ya replied.

"Ballmer can finally relax. Microsoft has just reached a settlement with the Department of Justice."

The news of working as a publishing house is naturally very well-informed. People from Holden Mifflin asked: “I heard that the compromise condition is that Microsoft agrees that personal computer manufacturers can freely choose Windows desktops and disclose part of the source code of Windows software, so that Microsoft's competitors can also Ability to write applications on the operating system. Federal judges who violated the procedures and leaked secrets have also been fined and dismissed. These benefits will lead to a rebound in the software industry next week, right?"

"Haha this is hard to say..."

Song Ya will not express any opinions on the stock market, and confuse the past.

"They have a series of state-level lawsuits behind Microsoft, as well as a lot of lawsuits abroad to fight." Sloan took the conversation.

"Well, I know, the California lawsuit is dangerous?"

"should be."

The group of people walked into the large conference room, Song Ya consciously sat in the first position on the side of the long conference table, and Sloan sat on the top of his head.

In fact, there is nothing important to talk about. The senior executives of the branches of A, ACE and Litman Publishing have successively arrived. Many of them have dealt with the people of Houghton Mifflin, and they will be a family in the future. The atmosphere is relaxed.

As for the executives of Littman's other online listed companies, they are still being burned by the stock market crash and have no time to come to Chicago to spoil the atmosphere.

The three listed websites under Litman have been very sad. It has been a period of time since they have fallen by a meter per share, and they are now standard junk stocks.

Of course no one in the conference room will mention this.

"Want to drink hahaha?"

Houghton Mifflin’s people saw the assistants coming in with Martell Royal Salute brandy and wine glasses, and they all laughed and laughed, "By the way, I haven’t congratulated you yet on winning Mr. Seagram Winery APLUS."

"Nothing, it's only half." Song Ya pretended to be a little bit, and then invited her with a smile.

"The latest news." Sloan said after answering the phone: "Viacom has taken the BET TV network, $3.3 billion."

"Oh? Then Robert..." Song Ya raised his eyebrows when he heard the words.

"Yes, Robert Johnson will become a billionaire after the transaction is officially completed."

Sloan nodded, then added, "It's also the second African American billionaire after you."

"Then I'm going to call him to express my joy." Song Ya called BET boss Robert Johnson in front of everyone.

Robert Johnson was naturally in a good mood, and sighed hypocritically, "Hey! BET is like my child, I am still very reluctant, but I should also retire. The future belongs to you, APLUS..."

"Then do you have any plans next?" Song Ya asked the African-American media tycoon who had just gotten a large amount of cash... the former tycoon, he now has only cash left.

And myself...Litman Media is now a media group that spans the Internet, traditional publishing, news, and television industries. Although it may be far away from top giants such as Viacom, if you add A+ Entertainment and What about A+ Records, Metropolitan Records, Metropolitan Distribution Company, etc.? At least in terms of comprehensive market value, it is not weak anymore.

After ten years, is this report card okay today? Song Ya thought triumphantly.

"Not yet, let's do charity work." Robert Johnson replied.

"Enjoy life?"

"Haha, enjoy life...Yes." Robert Johnson has had no heart for the past two years. The entertainment transformation of BET has been successful, but the benefits are not large. The all-black entertainment channel has obviously met the ceiling, because black people are in the American music field. The influence of their music shows is also a threat to Viacom's station, so Redstone wanted to win BET a long time ago.

A TV network with around 20 subscribers in all meters sold 3.3 billion. Robert Johnson is not dissatisfied with this price, and Redstone is also quite a bit bloody.

Sloan subsequently announced some follow-up arrangements and plans for personnel adjustments during the meeting. After the Houghton Mifflin Department came over, Littman Publishing would basically be placed under their management, such as the market for middle school education films. Resources will also be managed uniformly.

Then came the grand welcome lunch. Song Ya was the center of the audience. He and everyone gathered in front of the TV to read the general election news. Everyone gathered around and expressed their opinions on the campaign strategies of Gore and George. .

"APLUS?" Rashida Jones appeared timidly behind him sometime to apologize for his father's offense in the morning.

So Song Ya found a place to accept her apology alone.

"What? OK, I'll come!"

Suddenly answering a call midway, he immediately put on his pants, threw Rashida hurried out to say goodbye to the guests, and then rushed directly to the 3DFX headquarters in Silicon Valley by private jet.

"Jim! Jim! Why are you leaving?"

Jim Keller, the chief designer of the new Voodoo chip, just handed in his resignation~www.wuxiaspot.com~Song Ya slammed after him and shouted, "Wait for me!"

"I have completed my mission in 3DFX, and I have already negotiated with Broadcom, and I will go to them." Jim Keller was chased by the boss and explained back.

"Talk... are you done? The contract hasn't been signed yet, hehe..."

Song Ya cautiously laughed: "If you are dissatisfied with 3DFX, you can tell me directly."

"I have decided on Mr. APLUS, you promised that I can leave at any time, remember?" The top chip designer is so ruthless, "I am a waste of time in 3DFX."

"Are you dissatisfied with option awards?"

"No, I'm very satisfied. I won't talk about this anymore, I have to go..." Jim Keller continued to take a stride, not getting in.

"Don't! Jim! Mr. Keller!" Song Ya had to chase all the way pathetically.