Chicago 1990

‘A hostile takeover was initiated on the 11th, and on the 18th, the short and **** Seven-Day War of Comcast, the telecom giant, ended in a very sloppy and indecent way. ’

'Like what has happened countless times in history, the story ended with a hundred years of Mickey Mouse's complete victory. After defeating Comcast, its market value increased from more than 42 billion before the war to after the war. Nearly 54 billion...'

‘This difference in numbers is exactly equal to the premium Comcast is willing to pay for the acquisition: that is, to assume Disney’s $12 billion in debt. ’

‘Michael Eisner, Chairman and CEO of Disney, once again proved his consistent toughness and supreme authority in this media giant...’

Song Ya raised her head, listened to the news for a while, and then sighed softly.

On the surface, His Majesty the Emperor won very cleanly this time, but everyone in the game can see that his control of Disney is rapidly declining after this battle, or that it has been hidden before, so he was caught by Concass. It was only after the special surprise attack that he was so panicked, overreacted, and shot too fast, too hard, and the Roberts family, which was beaten and beaten, quickly shrank back.

This decisive behavior of the Roberts family opened another extremely dangerous breach, that is, between the 18th and the 3rd of the next month, a period of about two weeks and ten stock trading days.

The major benefit of malicious mergers suddenly disappeared. After the Seven-Day War, Disney, whose market value has soared by 20%, can still maintain its current stock price of more than $28 out of fundamentals?

Hostile mergers and acquisitions are a big problem, no one is a bigger problem!

Considering that Jobs' Pixar animation is so important to Walt Disney Pictures, Disneyland, toy surroundings, etc., under the premise that Jobs has already brightened his attitude and refused to change his mind...

I'm afraid it will be difficult.

Roberts deliberately dirtyed Eisner's hand during his surrender speech, claiming that he and Eisner had communicated with Eisner as early as January, although he took the initiative to mention this seems to have given the outside world more ridicule of him and his How stupid the family is, how naive and credulous, to consolidate Eisner... Disney’s invincible, insidious, cunning, and ruthless king set up narrative material, but if Disney’s market value fell below the pre-war 420 in ten trading days How about a billion knives?

It might as well be acquired by Comcast!

At the shareholders meeting on the 3rd of next month, Disney shareholders will definitely be upset.

Don’t think that those Disney directors and senior executives who have been digging under the wings of Eisner for twenty years are really loyal. His Majesty the noble Emperor is no more than a fig leaf from shameless bandit leaders...

"What are you thinking about?" Amy, whose belly is getting bigger, stretched out her hand and gently fiddled with the man's hair.

"Nothing, some business matters."

"Humph!"

This answer made Amy very upset, and her subordinates pushed the man's head back alive, and then closed her eyes. Soon, the rose color climbed back to her white to glowing skin, and joy sounded in the bedroom again.

"Congratulations! Beyonce! Ladies and gentlemen! We respect her...and Jazzy!"

On February 20, 2004, Disney's stock price fell back to the 27 block range.

Song Ya hosted a grand party at the Highland Manor home, in the name of celebrating his singer Beyoncé and Jazzy's multiple awards at the Grammy at the beginning of the month. At the same time, A+ Records and Metropolis Records will also take the opportunity of everyone's presence. Renew and reorganize a series of artist contracts.

On the next day, A+ Entertainment, A+ Records and Metropolis Records will sign so-called "deep-level cooperation" strategic agreements with Disney’s websites and multimedia platform companies, and hold a signing conference. The main purpose is naturally to help the emperor support the stock price. .

Piggybackers will also take the opportunity to take the opportunity to remove the'Disney stock ban' that His Majesty the Emperor had previously defended against him earlier, but it is meaningless, at least for a while. It does not mean that he has no idea about Disney, but now it is terrible. Circumstances, I can’t really go to die generously for His Majesty the Emperor...

"Yeah!"

Amidst the enthusiasm of countless celebrities and friends, Song Ya raised his glass, then drank the champagne with his neck up, and took a few photos with Beyoncé and Jazzy, the two protagonists of the party who had returned to the party. Sound offense away.

"Continue to scold the Grammy Jury." When passing by the ACE director, he did not forget to put his arm around the other person's shoulder and exhort.

"Hey, Alicia!"

Then he laughed and strode to the other DIVA, Alicia Keys.

"Yo."

This mixed-race brunette has definitely been dressed up today, exquisite makeup, iconic dreadlocks changed to a retro hairstyle, a satin green short cheongsam will undoubtedly show the exquisite figure.

But it's still so cool, raising his chin like a boy on the street while holding out his fist, "Just call me AK, APLUS."

"AK..."

Song Ya knew that the initials of her name AliciaKeys happened to be AK, and his friends had always called her that, but this suddenly evoked some memories of the past.

"What?" Alicia Keys naturally didn't know that there was another AK.

"It's nothing, okay, is AK?" Song Ya quickly got rid of the brief stupefaction, smiled and stretched out his fist, "No, can I call you a small AK? I used to have a friend whose nickname was also AK."

"Well, uh... won't you be more complicated?"

The two punched, Alicia Keys seemed a little unsatisfied, "In our Brooklyn..."

"Haha, look down on me? I will all be OK? Well, today I will teach you a set of authentic Chicago GD Gang boxing..."

Song Ya was amused. It’s been a long time since I played a fancy fist. "Let’s do this first, uh, your hands up, up and down, and then stretch out your thumbs... Yes, hold on to me, and then …" She immediately taught her patiently from the Hell's Kitchen block in Brooklyn, New York.

Beyoncé, who was held in the moon by the stars, happened to see this scene, curled her lips downwards, and immediately returned to her perfect smile.

"Um?"

At the same time, the cousin Connie, who had nothing to do, was also aware of the abnormal situation, "Mam! Look!"

After smelling the scent of ambiguous interaction, immediately notify my mother Susie.

"Um?"

Aunt Susie watched the whole process of Song Ya and Alicia Keys fisting, laughing, bumping, hugging, and slapping each other on the back, her eyes turned immediately, "Go! Let's go over and say hello! Amy Li! You die for me!"

The three mother and daughter rushed over, "Ahaha! AK! Oh Honey...Welcome, welcome!" Susie raised the voice of the black aunt: "Have you been here? Show you a visit?"

"Where are all...?"

Rashida, who had just been happily chatting surrounded by three black bucket relatives of his lover's family, suddenly found that there seemed to be a whirlwind around him, and in an instant, people walked cleanly.

She stood where she was holding a wine glass, her nose suddenly sour in grievance.

Rustle...

On February 21, 2004, Disney's stock price fell below the 27-block defense line.

Song Ya at the press conference held his breath and signed the documents, then smiled and got up to exchange documents with people from Disney, shaking hands and taking pictures.

"If this goes on, it seems that it won't work... If I help out, it will only stabilize the basics for you."

After moving away from the flash, he asked Linton, who was inconvenient to show up on this occasion: "What is Eisner doing? Is there no other way?"

"We are doing everything we can." Linton can only say so.

And it's already difficult to stabilize the basics.

According to Linton, Robert Iger, who yelled at His Majesty the Emperor at the meeting, was not punished after the Seven-Day War. Eisner did not dare, and had to rely on Robert Iger to go to Silicon Valley and talk to Jobs. Meet.

Now only Robert Iger can see Jobs for Disney, and to talk to Jobs, Disney needs Pixar animation to change his mind, especially not to take away the Cars. This is Disney's current biggest business crisis, and the biggest knife hanging above the bad side.

Of course, with His Majesty’s hand, he wouldn’t be so humble and wait for death. While doing shareholder work frantically, he also sent Harvey as an intermediary to lobby Katzenberg. Only by winning over the animation department of DreamWorks can he hope. It really fills the vacuum that Pixar left.

Although Katzenberg was driven away by him, and the two have a great hatred, but at present the Big Three of DreamWorks has also collapsed with each other. Business is business. As long as Disney offers a good price, Katzenberg is not impossible to eat. Looking back, after all, Disney is still the most perfect distribution platform for animation companies.

Unfortunately, no matter how fast it is, it will definitely not catch up with the shareholders meeting on the 3rd of the next month.

Moreover, after Song Ya refused to intervene in the internal disputes of the three giants of Katzenberg, David Geffen and Spielberg, in order to buy Harvey, he was sincere and had to make clear the alliance with Harvey, the Seven Day War. During this period, independent director George Mitchell, who had tried to brutally seize power, backed down.

The capital and free space under the emperor's imperial **** are getting less and less, and authority is not far from vanishing.

"Hahaha! Ms. Sloan, I read the article you published in the Foreign Affairs Magazine. It is very, very exciting!"

On February 26, 2004, Disney's stock price fell below $25.

Song Ya again received Comcast Chairman Roberts Jr. at the headquarters of Litman Media. This second generation was much more mature and rational. He smiled heartily with Christine Wislon in front of the flash. Here comes some generous treaties to appease oneself.

Comcast, who is licking his wounds home, also needs to stabilize the basic market and let the stock price recover.

"Microsoft? Eisner can find the richest man in time to meet in Los Angeles, and the platform endorsement is indeed a super master who turns defeat into victory. Microsoft has never concealed their attempts to have media hegemony, such as the joint venture MSNBC with NBC. 24 hours news channel, but the richest man took the shot at the most critical time on the 15th. I am afraid that it is more because Microsoft also owns a large number of Comcast stocks and ten times the voting rights of B shares... They don’t want to be Roberts. The family used the acquisition of Disney to dilute its shareholding in Comcast."

Sloan looked at Roberts’s back, and whispered to Song Ya: “It’s very rare for Microsoft to remain silent after the war. It’s impossible for them to formally confirm that there is a so-called plan to acquire Disney. Eisner hasn’t Strength makes Microsoft help so much. Don't participate in it..."

"Of course I won't."

As for tens of billions of super mergers and acquisitions, what brand can you have that can make the world's richest man change his mind in a short time?

"So, they..." Song Yachao little Roberts said, "Isn't it possible to wait for Disney to fall into turmoil again and kill the carbine?"

"Yes, the fatal backstab of the richest man shows that Comcast's internal conflicts have also started to erupt due to the merger and acquisitions, and Eisner has won the bet."

Sloan nodded, "The first task of the Roberts family now must be to find a way to deal with Microsoft's internal offensive. It is impossible to have the energy to look outside."

"Who do you think will win?" Song Ya asked.

"It's hard to say that Microsoft is much stronger, but their investments outside the software industry have all failed." Sloan replied.

On February 28, 2004, Disney’s stock price fell back to $23.08 before the Seven-Day War.

"Jeff, how are you thinking about it? Are you interested in GE... Oh? Really? Are you close to signing a contract with Vivendi Global? What about strategic investment? I can... OK, OK, it doesn't matter..."

His Majesty was panicked, but his fighting spirit was still tenacious. He called Immelt, the head of GE. He had personally visited banks and investment banks in various countries before, and tested the attitudes of foreign governments and even oil trenches.

But even if many people are interested in Disney, time is too late.

"Hey!"

He took out his handkerchief and wiped his sweat, exhausted physically and mentally. After a while, he just gathered up his ambition again and picked up the microphone, ready to ask a certain prince about the progress of electrifying, when suddenly he saw a short message popping out from the Bloomberg machine.

'Breaking news, Goldman Sachs Chairman Paulson has just publicly expressed dissatisfaction with the agenda of the Disney shareholders meeting to be held on March 3. He severely criticized the nomination committee of Disney’s board of directors for nomination of Eisner as the sole candidate for chairman and CEO. It is also recommended to use this conference to separate the positions of chairman and CEO to change the status quo of Disney's over-concentration of power. ’

‘Boom! The microphone in his hand fell.

In deep depression, the emperor's eyes gradually rekindled in his eyes, who had only recovered after a long while, "Okay! Come on!" He picked up the microphone and thought for a while, and unrelentingly called Robert Egger again.

"Jobs's non-committal statement is the biggest statement. He is now firmly seated in Diaoyutai, Mr. Chairman."

Robert Iger said tiredly: "Furthermore, he still has a big deal with Apple... and his health is very bad."

Yes, after the rapid contraction of Steve Jobs in Comcast, his situation in the game has become more favorable, and his kind of extremely arrogant person will not change his mind if he decides to drive him away...

"Steve..." At the same time, Paulson watched Disney stock prices continue to fall, and finally dialed Jobs gracefully, "We have to talk."

‘Goldman Sachs subsequently disclosed the Disney stock data held in its hands...’

Song Ya withdrew his attention from the Bloomberg machine, his body straightened and said nothing.

"Yo?"

Little AK, who was lying on his side on the sofa, smiled and looked at him as if he had been subjected to a fixation technique, "What's wrong with you?"

"Ah!" The man's eyes looked back and were so different from just now. They were as fierce as electricity, and the black pupils seemed to contain monstrous hatred and cruelty.

She was a little frightened and whispered.

"Zicheng, you let..."

Song Ya picked up the microphone, "O'Grady, Amelio, Dr. Chen and they immediately joined the conference call."

"BOSS!"

Linton was so excited that he didn't even knock on the door. He pushed open the door of His Majesty's office and shouted his congratulations, "APLUS money has come in!"

On March 1, 2004, before the opening of the rice stock market.

"I just throw so much anyway! Let's act in concert!? According to the agreed ratio! No one should play tricks!"

Roy's old eyes swept over the beautiful and glaring little rebound curve of Disney yesterday, and then turned to look at the portrait of Uncle Walt Disney on the wall, gritted his teeth, and said to Jobs and Larry Ellison : "Sign this, it's not that I don't trust you..."

After getting the affirmative answer, he signed the document in front of him with trembling hands, pushed it to Larry Elson, and then slumped down on the chair.

"The unprecedented achievements in the Fifty Shades of Grey series, the Pirates of the Caribbean series, and even the more distant Beauty in the Moonlight show the success of Disney's touchstone strategy and prove that Disney has unlimited potential in the field of live-action movies..."

For a company with extremely dispersed stocks like Disney, the general meeting of shareholders is also an election. It has all the elements of an election. Even the turnout rate does not exceed 50% throughout the year. It also needs a good story. Good story through.

The number one Hollywood power list who was finally won over by a big price, the super producer Brookeheimer told the interviewer: “Yes, losing Pixar is a disaster for Disney, but the 3D animation production cycle is too long, I heard Preparations for their Cars General Mobilization began in 1998, and they are expected to start painting in the summer of 2006? My God! This is an unimaginably long time..."

"I have nothing to say. I support Mr. Eisner. He and I, or he helped me to create the great business of Disney Records together. During this wonderful time, Disney Records ranked among the top six and established the world's top record. The glory of the company..."

The royalist party can only tell the story of'live-action movies'. Song Ya said: “The same is true for cooperation in the film industry. I don’t think those animated villains have any advantages over professional actors who have polished their acting skills for many years. The practice in is already very mature, including 3D special effects... In fact, Disney does not lack IP, just take out the classic animation characters and remake them one by one, and they can be photographed in the next century..."

"Live-action movie..."

"Live-action movie..."

Linton also talked wildly with senior executives such as Bowei Pictures and Touchstone Pictures. This is the reason why he has been pulling Song Ya to attract these people from the beginning. They feel that professional managers who can be trusted have swayed attitudes.

Comcast's malicious merger only happened suddenly, but the black swan incident had extremely bad influence on the emperor's authority.

"Bruckheimer is talking bullshit. If Eisner's mind is all about his Pirates of the Caribbean series, there is no way to establish a project! Maybe you don't know it, it's me! I first supported the Lord of the Rings project directed by Peter Jackson, and even participated in it. Early investment! And Harry Potter! But Eisner is! Yes! He! Damn! He refused to give me an extra penny! As a result, I had to watch these promising projects go to other homes!"

Harvey vomited excitedly: "They are so embarrassed to talk about live-action movies..."

"Nowadays, audiences don't like to watch 2D movies produced by Disney Animation. Children also prefer the new animated images of Pixar's Buzz Lightyear and the clownfish Nemo... Our sales of peripheral products in recent years have also proved this."

"Whether in California or Tokyo, visitors to Disneyland are more and more interested in more futuristic projects, and the increase mainly comes from new amusement projects related to Pixar Animation..."

"We can't lose Pixar..."

"Pixar..."

The big guys on the'anti' side are not to be outdone even when they talk about it.

"Disney's value has indeed fallen a lot during the bursting of the Internet bubble, but it was a stock market crash! Who is not the same, what can be done? Looking at the timeline, Disney under the leadership of Eisner has not given us rich long-term shareholders. In return?"

"Eisner deliberately concealed the conversation he had with Comcast chairman in January, UU read www.uukanshu.com, I didn't see any record files he reported to the company afterwards..."

"It was the rescue plan initiated by Roy Disney that allowed Comcast to see an opportunity to save Disney... I think it would destroy Disney."

"The Walt Disney Company is no longer what it used to be Walt Disney, and its renamed Michael Eisner does not violate any harmony... This is really a sad story."

"Where did United Films go? What is Marvel's current situation? I heard that MGM is going bankrupt again... For the past two decades, Mr. Eisner has led us to the present. , The second largest TV network takes everything Disney deserves!"

"A thousand words and ten thousand words, Goldman Sachs is right! At least Eisner shouldn't be so rampant, and the chairman and CEO should instruct the nomination committee to make him the only candidate? That's it?"

On March 2, 2004, the rice stock market closed on Friday. Disney’s share price was $21.1, and the market value was less than 37.5 billion.