Chicago 1990

February 14, 2004.

The dim room was filled with laughter from men and women. Jennifer Love Hewitt turned her face and rolled her eyes secretly, then gently and weakly supported the edge of the table and walked away, just touching the TV remote control with her hand.

‘The Federal Communications Commission has issued a fine to CBS, the broadcaster of the Super Bowl, and called on Congress to enact a bill as soon as possible to avoid pornographic behavior on television for all age groups...’

Song Ya was distracted by the news report and the small screen lights that turned on, to stop Laura Lemsey from being obsessed with her arms, and looking at this white girl who was looking down for clothing, she couldn't help but recall that she didn't seem to have met when she met at the beginning of the year. As an adult, she did not expect her first friendly match to wait until she was twenty-five years old...

The real person is very thin and thin, but the better proportion of body makes up for her less than 1.6 meters tall. If yes, she is definitely no longer able to play one of Hepburn’s most popular pure idols. The tuxedo film that Chen collaborated with was dragged down. In the past two years, she has accelerated to the air passage in Hollywood.

But her celebrity is undoubtedly still crushing Laura Lemsey, who is still playing a supporting role in Grey's Anatomy. Maybe because of this, she just appeared to be not happy about the game in her office today. He quickly packed up, pulled up his long blond hair at random, and planned to leave.

"Wait, what's the number of your agent's phone number?"

Song Ya knows exactly what she wants. Looking at her current attitude, it is not Scarlett’s kind of cheerful personality who is willing to play a pure friendly match with herself. After all, she has experienced many ups and downs in the entertainment industry for so many years as a child star. It was no longer the proud princess who looked down upon this and looked down upon that. Adults must be very practical in their intentions, otherwise, why take advantage of the guest intern Grey in Chicago to get in touch with yourself, and take the initiative to follow up this office on the top floor of A+ Records?

Then he didn't eat for nothing, so he called her to stop, and at the same time reached out and picked up the landline microphone.

She didn't pretend, and immediately took a business card from her bag and handed it back.

"Rashida, let your dad do me a favor..."

Her singer signed an appointment on JIVE Records, but JIVE has super red stars such as Britney Spears, almost all younger than her, she doesn't have much resources, "Yes, help my friend invite a song to MaxMartin... um, The number is..." Song Ya reported the name and phone number of her agent, "Of course it would be good, uh, just one song?" Then he looked at her with inquiring eyes.

Her negative emotions were swept away in an instant, and she nodded silently with joy.

MaxMartin is the only true producer leading the youth pop genre of JIVE Records. This year seems to be focusing on creating a new female singer Kelly Clarkson, but he will sell the face of the old Quincy Jones. This will allow him to spare the time to help others. It is not easy to create songs exclusively.

I can only move around like this. Jennifer Love Hewitt's goal here is undoubtedly herself at the beginning, but she has no songs to give anyway, and she is not in the same company.

"Thank you APLUS..." She thanked her happily, biting her lip as if she was a bit hesitant to leave now.

"You are welcome, everyone here is helping each other."

Song Ya waved her hand and let it go, Laura Lemsey in her arms was younger, more well-proportioned, and easier to get along with, she was also blond, and she smiled sweetly like Amy...

"Will Janet Jackson be banned?"

Laura Lemsey, who was not serious enough, just concentrated on watching TV, and asked after the sound of closing the door.

Not long ago, MJ’s sister, DIVA Jenny Jackson, had a dew point accident during the Super Bowl halftime show. The chorus who took off his clothes at that time was also Britney’s ex-boyfriend, and the popular singer Justin Timberlake from the super boy group said afterwards. Jenny's costume is looser than during rehearsal, which probably implies that Jenny is doing this deliberately for the sake of heat.

Due to the extremely high ratings of the football Super Bowl halftime show all-meters, all ages can watch it, and the broadcast accident caused a lot of trouble, and Jenny was quickly criticized by the all-meter media.

"There may not be a formal ban, but freezing for a while is inevitable."

Song Ya answered. MJ's case will be officially opened next month. Jenny has already stated that she will continue to support her brother and testify in court. At this time, the all-Mi media's unanimous accusations against her will definitely not be a pure accident.

Of course there is no need to say this to Laura Ramsey, the MJ brothers and sisters have to solve their own troubles by themselves, "hehehehe..." Song Ya smirked and restarted the action.

"Of course, of course, I welcome the changes made by Disney very much, and it is time for Disney to change, especially the chairman and CEO Mr. Eisner..."

Um? Steve Jobs' voice suddenly came from the TV that was turned on. Song Ya pushed aside the noisy girl in his arms after hearing a few words, frowned and walked to the small screen.

"I don’t like him, it’s always the case. I never shy away from saying this. He doesn’t understand 3D movies at all. I clearly remember that he once said to me,'The little people made with computer animation look very pitiful'... his The concept has long been behind the times, and now the only pretense in my mind is to fight for power."

Jobs was still in the old style. He leaned on the sofa to accept an interview with his cheeks on the sofa. When faced with the host's question, "Do you mean you are expressing welcome to Comcast's acquisition of Disney?", he replied: " I have talked many times with Mr. Roberts from Comcast. We have a common language. The key question now is that if Disney is still the same, then I must end the partnership between Pixar Animation and it, you know, 3D animation film The development cycle is extremely long, and making this decision will be very, very painful, but it’s time to have to face it..."

What was broadcast was only an interview clip, but the information was enough. Song Ya's face sank like water, "I'll go to your place." He immediately picked up the phone and called Sloan, then put on his clothes and rushed out the door.

"It's on air? I see."

At the same time, Jobs just put down the phone, "I have to do this, Larry." He said to his friend Larry Ellison with a firm expression: "Now Comcast is in a bad situation, we must have someone in this group. Stand up, otherwise we will lose all credibility with Roberts and his son!"

"Jobs has already expressed his opinion, then we and Pixar only have the last release of "The Incredibles", and then we will completely lose them! Mr. Eisner!"

Robert Iger also uncharacteristically, he suddenly yelled at the meeting: "I am the COO, let me be responsible for continuing to negotiate with him! We must make him change his mind! At least keep the "Automobile" project that is already in development! Otherwise, the consequences will be disastrous. !"

"Shit!"

Eisner fought back with foul words. He refreshed the stock page on the laptop in front of him a few times. Disney's already standing on the 27-yuan K line seemed to have turned and fell. "Who can satisfy the appetite of a person like Jobs?" Me? You!? His Pixar wants to share all the rights and interests of the film!"

"At least my personal relationship with him is okay, so he won't let him come out and talk about this at this sensitive time!" Robert Iger retorted.

"The clown who jumped out to take advantage of the fire, he's in Bluff!"

Eisner used a Texas Hold'em term: ye bluff, "Now we are not Disney."

"Oh! God!" Robert Iger hugged his head in pain, then got up and walked away.

"No one is allowed to negotiate with Jobs!"

Eisner looked around the other people in the meeting room domineeringly, and pointed to the office door that Robert Iger had just fallen on, "Go and stare at him, he has no authorization."

stare? The executives looked at each other.

"I'll go." Linton followed out to share the worry, and took the opportunity to call Song Ya to inform him on the way.

"Is the draft ready?" Eisner looked at the stock price again and asked.

"Ready." A senior executive presented him with the document.

"Send it, send it right away."

‘After Disney handed in a beautiful answer sheet, News Corp. also disclosed its fiscal year 2003 annual report. The data showed that its profits have increased substantially. Motivated by this good news, there are rumors that News Corp. intends to join the battle for Disney...’

There are not many companies in the market that have the ability and motivation to join the game. Redstone’s Viacom is beyond its ability. General Electric NBC is acquiring the Global Department. AOL Time Warner and ATandT are overwhelmed. There is only Murdoch’s news in the industry. The group is qualified enough.

Everyone is a media giant, and there is no shortage of news-making machines. What we need most now is time. Just give a little more time for a small favor.

757 landed in Maine, Song Ya also took a look with his smartphone, the rice stock just closed, Disney's stock price swayed and still held 27 dollars, 27 dollars, and Comcast fell again. It’s fifty cents.

"We, of course, won't be fighting, Disney."

That night, News Corp boss Murdoch was dressed in a grand formal attire and was'stopped' by reporters at the entrance of a high-end dinner party in Washington. He stopped halfway up the steps, turning around and clarified with words that seemed to have been carefully considered, extremely deliberate and clear. The smile is also very subtle.

‘Huh! ’

He has experienced countless winds and waves, but his majesty, who has been strong for many years, was a little broken by Murdoch’s words and his attitude. He swept all the objects on the table down angrily, and then slumped in a chair. Keep going smoothly.

"Eisner always thought that relying on the common stocks he stole from Disney through various dirty means for so many years, he is a real tycoon? What is he, what Disney emperor, the king of the media? He is not a fart either. , He is a thief, a thief!"

According to the current stock prices of the two companies, if the share exchange ratio offered by Comcast 11 is still calculated, Comcast will have to pay about 60 billion dollars to complete the acquisition. The board of directors on the 16th will inevitably reject the previous five. With a bid of $4 billion, Roy Disney, the old man, is getting more and more gloomy, and his mouth is getting more and more broken. He is saving the Disney website and issued a signed article: "He may think that the Roberts family’s shareholding ratio in Comcast is He is almost the same at Disney, so everyone is the same? The Roberts family is the founder of Comcast! And most of the shares in his hand are B shares with ten times the voting rights!"

"YES!"

On the fifteenth, the last day before the Disney board meeting, Disney’s share price opened lower and then went all the way down. Comcast Chairman Roberts Jr. threw his fist in excitement, although Comcast was also falling, "Now investors We are betting on the psychological price of the shareholders of both parties. As long as it is less than 60 billion, we can make a second offer tomorrow! Even if Eisner can still control the board of directors tomorrow, we can wait until their shareholders meeting on the 3rd of next month! Eisner will lose! Jobs did a good job

! "

"APLUS went to see John Malone..." Old Roberts passed the briefing submitted by his men to his son.

"At this time?" Little Roberts was taken aback.

"He got it from his own Taiwan newspaper."

"APLUS, do you have any questions about our acquisition?" Little Roberts immediately picked up the phone.

"Doubt? You are cooperating with Jobs! Don't think I can't see it!"

The young black man on the other end of the phone yelled: "I don't think this kind of thing needs to be said clearly. You know I'm playing a Walkman war with him, he's suing me, I'm suing him, and he instigates other companies. Sue me together! I don't want to see him have the right to intervene in the distribution affairs of my film and record companies!"

"So? You went to John Malone, who was swept out by ATandT? Can the LMC company he re-established now give you Comcast's No. 1 channel resource?" Little Roberts was angry and asked.

"I know, but you guys have left me with no choice. This is a very simple math problem. One, plus one, equals two, exceeding the warning line! Bang! It's time to pull the trigger!"

"you…"

"I don't even have to open the board of directors, no! Have a meeting! Stamp! Then go! Go straight away! Just leave! M-FXXK will take the ACE station and go together!"

"You can calm down..."

"I'm like this, I'm like this, I'm sorry, Mr. Roberts, I have this kind of character... No way. But don't forget, my station and I have accompanied you Comcast from childhood to big step to today!"

Little Roberts was so quarrelsome that his ears hurt, so he had to pull the microphone away.

Old Roberts sat there, holding his forehead, and sighed softly.

"The ability to act is quite strong..."

In Manhattan, Paulson rolled his eyes and spit: "Eisner made up a timely quarterly report on the second day after receiving the offer. Jobs still charged before the 16th, and then APLUS turned his head and looked for others. Cable TV operator..."

"Where are we?" Harvey asked on the other end of the phone.

"George Mitchell is old and doesn't know how to operate, so we only have one goal, chairmanship, so..."

"Michael, everyone is asking, especially when the stock price was high yesterday, when you opened a board of directors with 60 billion yuan, wouldn't it be possible to kick the ball back to Comcast?"

George Mitchell is an independent director. He had to wait until tomorrow for the meeting. Before the lunch break, Disney’s stock price fell below 26. He made a surprise visit to Eisner’s office. I can speak for you."

"What the **** are you trying to say? George." Eisner asked impatiently, "I still have a lot of things!"

He is frantically calling the American Jewish Pension Fund, the California Public Service Fund and other institutional shareholders, and various financial institutions, seeking all the life-saving straws.

"Like Robert Iger said yesterday, we must now do everything we can to keep Jobs' Pixar animation, otherwise the market value of a maliciously acquired company will be ridiculous if it is not enough for the other party's offer...Who can afford this responsibility?"

"Then I will resign, and you will be the chairman?" Eisner heard blood rushing to his head, and asked quietly, "Anyway, I am leaving for Jobs' offer."

"This is a good way, Michael, I am about to quit the board of directors at the age of 72. We have worked together for so many years, and our wife and children are as close as a family. First, we will unite to tide over this difficulty, and then... everything It's still yours."

George Mitchell slapped a snake with a stick to persuade him to retreat. I don’t know how many times a senior politician has done this, and his face is even less valuable. "The time is not bad..." He took out a note from his arms. Put it on the table, "Or you write down the numbers you are thinking, and I swear to do so."

"what!"

Is this the price for yourself to pay severance pay? Eisner was not surprised. He sneered and pushed the note back. "Then I ask you, Jobs’ Pixar stays, APLUS’s A+ Entertainment and A+ Records, Metropolis Records are gone, what can you do?"

"Uh…"

George Mitchell was stunned, "There is always a way..."

At this time the phone rang, "BOSS, he will go." It was Linton's voice.

"Sorry, I have something else."

call! Eisner felt all the pressure in his body disappeared instantly, got up and pushed George Mitchell away roughly, and strode out.

‘Click, click...’

What followed was endless joy filling his chest, which almost killed him. He only heard the echo of his own footsteps in the corridor, dizzy, he leaned against the wall and quickly took out the quick-acting heart-saving medicine to his mouth. Lisay.

'boom! ’

Song Ya was hunting in John Malone's private forest. Pulling the trigger, the wild ducks flew around, but didn't see anything.

"I'll answer the call, Linton?" Song Ya took out the vibrating cell phone and motioned to John Malone who was hunting together, and then went to a quiet place with one ear plugged.

"He's here."

"Okay..." Song Ya smiled slightly, put away the phone and went back.

"There is still work?" John Malone asked.

"No, little thing."

"You have to practice APLUS..." John Malone laughed.

"When Disney returns to Comcast, I will have a lot of time to come and practice."

"Hahaha!"

"Where is Eisner?" In Manhattan, Paulson asked George Mitchell in wonder, this time there is no middleman Harvey.

"I don't know, it's okay now, the obese fat guy will definitely get revenge after passing the test." George Mitchell was also puzzled.

"Hello, Mr. Eisner."

"Hello, Bill."

In Los Angeles, Disney copyright company and Microsoft's MSN department have planned a small cooperative event roadshow. Eisner strode to meet the world's richest man with a harmless smile to himself: Bill Gates.

In the shutter sound of the bewildered reporters, the two hands clasped tightly together.

Disney stock rose sharply.

"It's **** it again."

Jobs cursed and closed his eyes for a while, "Now I can only look at Comcast himself."

"According to our closing price of 28 yesterday, Comcast's original share swap plan was worth $66 billion, so...54 billion? 54 billion? Huh? Huh?"

On the 16th, Eisner opened his hands on Disney’s board of directors and easily said to the directors: "I don't have to say what choice should I make?"

The directors all laughed happily, and George Mitchell also laughed sadly.

‘Disney’s board today rejected Comcast’s $54 billion hostile merger request on the grounds that the price was too low. It is reported that this decision of Disney’s board of directors was made after hiring Bear Stearns to conduct detailed consultation and evaluation on the acquisition...’

‘Will Comcast recover the premium commitment of 12 billion out of 66 billion to assume Disney’s debt? ’

‘After this week, Disney’s new market value is likely to discourage other bidders...’

‘The upstart seems to find that he can’t afford to marry Snow White...’

"The Disney Emperor..."

The takeover battle lasted for a few days, but its stock price dropped from nearly $34 to $31 or nearly two at the close, not counting the ammunition, contacts, etc. that the company and the family had launched...

Roberts and his son were lost for two days without any reaction to Disney's refusal, but on the 18th, seeing that the market will open again tomorrow Monday, I have to say something.

Little Roberts sighed and asked his father, "Shall we stick to their shareholder meeting at the beginning of next month?"

"Too messy, too many foxes want to use us."

Old Roberts shook his head, "Give up, it's time to stop the loss in time."

"Okay, but it's really unpleasant..."

Little Roberts shrugged, "But forget it, it's always the case anyway, win or lose..." He pressed the phone, "Send in the prepared speech."

"The price must be paid by the people who humiliated our family." Old Roberts reminded his son. UU reading www.uukanshu.com

"I know."

Later, Eisner was facing the list of Disney directors and senior executives such as George Mitchell and Robert Iger in the file in front of him, and suddenly realized that the time was up, he turned on the TV, and Comcast held the press conference on time. .

"After careful consideration, Comcast's board of directors decided to abandon the acquisition of Disney..." Little Roberts said calmly.

"Huh?" Eisner stopped writing and frowned.

"As the chairman, I must apologize to all shareholders and investors, and I am willing to take all responsibilities..."

"In fact, in January, I privately asked Disney Chairman Mr. Eisner about the purchase intention, and received positive feedback from him. I didn't expect Disney's resistance to be so fierce..."

When Eisner heard this, the smile on his face disappeared instantly.

(End of this chapter)