Chicago 1990

"Oh, my god!"

At the voting site of the general meeting of shareholders, there was too much movement in contacting the shareholder representatives of the camp to change the original voting tendency, and a ghost could easily stab the news out, and it was impossible to keep it secret.

Announcing the end of the shareholders meeting personally, Eisner got up and left the meeting in applause, but was soon blocked by the angry George Mitchell.

George Mitchell criticized loudly: "What the **** did I do to you? What did I do to Michael? Why do you hate me so much!?"

"Didn't you keep your seat as an independent director?"

Eisner didn’t mean to feel guilty for his back stabbing in the slightest, and retorted quietly: "As Paulson said, you have proved your influence at Disney... But George, you are so old, why bother to go again. Be a puppet of Goldman Sachs?"

"Fxxkyou, Michael."

George Mitchell swears, "Friends always help each other! Always like this! You don't really want to see Robert Iger or Linton share power with you, do you? And... and this is an election year! Donkeys need Disney. , Needs ABC, and so does Goldman Sachs!"

"You need the donkey party, right? You have retired from politics, and it is impossible to go back to George!"

"Who can tell? Reagan can be re-elected at the age of seventy-four!"

"Okay, okay, stop yelling here, let's go back to the company to talk...together?"

Eisner offered to invite George Mitchell to get into his car.

"He and George Mitchell are returning in the same car!"

This move was quickly grasped by someone with a heart, and Linton anxiously informed Song Ya: "I didn't kill George Mitchell at the meeting today. That old thing is going to compromise!"

Eisner’s re-election motion was rejected by up to 68% of valid votes, and George Mitchell’s re-election only had 43% vetoes. The difference of 25% in the middle seems to be very powerful. Fear, but not all of George Mitchell’s supporters.

Since Eisner changed his mind temporarily, it is impossible for Linton and other cronies to get all the shareholder representatives of his own camp in a short time. In addition, there is no public opinion preparation about whether George Mitchell can be a sole director. Most of the intermediate shareholder representatives should Neither would tend to vote vetoes.

But does the 43% who rejected George Mitchell's re-election belong to their own camp? It’s impossible. Eisner himself only got 32% of the votes, so at least 11% of the valid votes came from George Mitchell’s other enemies, such as the alliance of Robert Iger and Jobs, and A small number of representatives of intermediate shareholders.

Song Ya and Linton have supported Eisner from the beginning to the end, which can be counted as 32% of today’s support votes. Eisner must know how much he and his other cronies have directly controlled. To estimate the approximate ratio of the middle shareholder representatives, use 32% and then reduce it again. It is probably clear how many votes Song Ya and Linton’s alliance can affect.

After figuring this out, the 68% of the veto votes will be used for non-stop subtraction, stripping off Robert Iger and Jobs camp, George Mitchell and Goldman Sachs camp, California Civil Service Retirement Fund and other institutions as well as possible most intermediate shareholders. Representative, can almost estimate the value of Roy Disney's camp.

After all, His Majesty the Emperor is His Majesty the Emperor. Through a sudden backstab on George Mitchell, he measured the approximate shape of the five sides of the game.

So, it’s easy to speculate that the board of directors will be held tomorrow to discuss and implement the resolutions of the general meeting of shareholders. Eisner will not only withdraw from one of the positions of chairman and CEO, but also must ensure that the new candidate will not trigger a collective riot by shareholders and be deceived. What an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders to confront.

If the new candidate will trigger Disney's ‘constitutional crisis’, he may not even be able to keep the remaining position.

If he intends to choose the most secure plan, that is, to launch the one with the greatest influence on shareholders among the three of George Mitchell, Robert Iger, and Linton, and then remove the completely unacceptable Roy Disney, look at today's ticket type, indeed There is a high probability that George Mitchell will have the last laugh.

"We are his basic set, Linton, if he thinks you will always obey him, then you will be the one who has been sacrificed all the time!"

Tonight is the last moment, Song Ya also hurried out, contacting Linton and others to carry out the ‘forced palace’ plan.

"whispering sound…"

In the office of the chairman of the Disney headquarters, George Mitchell went out with his hands in his trouser pockets and saw Robert Iger and others waiting for the emperor to summon them with a gloomy face outside.

Today's 43% of the re-election vetoes are nothing more than a dangerous pass. The face of his former Senate majority leader is equally ugly.

He knew that Eisner's backstab was just playing power, and there must be Robert Iger in those votes. The fragile alliance reached by the two parties to overthrow Eisner before the general meeting of shareholders has now lost the basis for cooperation.

Victory was in sight, the old man sneered with disdain from his nostrils, then nodded with everyone at the door and walked away.

"Goldman Sachs is Goldman Sachs after all..."

Robert Iger looked at his back, frowned slightly and sighed inwardly, then cleared up his mood and knocked on the door of the room.

"George Mitchell left, looking very proud, and then Robert Iger and the others went in."

The insider who sniffed the news immediately gave a small report, "Robert Iger, and the ABC TV network...ESPN..."

"They're out! Wait! Robert Iger doesn't seem to be there! One, two, three... well, no, he was left by the boss to speak alone!"

Real-time reporting.

"BOSS sent two sandwiches in..."

"Robert Iger is out! He is depressed!"

"BOSS is looking for you!"

Waiting until His Majesty summoned, Linton glanced at the time. It was already more than eight o'clock in the evening. Eisner and Robert Egger negotiated alone for more than an hour, "Let's go there too."

He sorted out his suits, and led the majestic high-level leaders of the "Live Action Movie Gang" such as Bowei and Touchstone Pictures to the appointment.

"Please wait a moment, he confessed to let you in alone, Mr. Vice Chairman." The secretary stopped everyone and let Linton go in alone.

"I've decided to let George Mitchell take over as chairman." Asner got to the point.

"This this…"

Linton, who was slapped in the head, would almost stop saying, "You can't be a boss like this, think about Paulson standing behind George Mitchell...think about the wolf of Wall Street!"

"You are mine! Linton, don't forget this."

Eisner poured him a glass of wine and handed it over, "We will be very difficult during this period. I need you to watch George Mitchell in the position of vice chairman."

"he…"

"He has no foundation in the company, he won't have much power, and he is almost 72 years old. After two years of tolerance, we can drive him away. Then you take over as CEO, and I can go to the chairmanship and prepare to retire. "Eisner said.

How about coaxing a three-year-old child? ! Linton knows his majesty, the emperor who has served his horse for ten years. Hearing the word'retirement', he knew that the other party was not telling the truth, but he was frightened by years of accumulated prestige and did not dare to turn his face on the spot. final decision?"

"Yes, tomorrow's board of directors will announce it."

"What about APLUS? Don't you see him?" Linton moved out of the backstage, "He is waiting."

"I know, see you later."

Asner raised his glass, "That's it."

"No, no no..."

Rebellion requires psychological construction in advance. Linton can only now realize that Song Ya has tossed the giants so hard for more than ten years. It is not easy, and can no longer be counseled. Today is not only related to his own future, but also to the outside world. Allies are waiting eagerly!

He refused to clink glasses for the first time, "Once you announce George Mitchell as chairman, APLUS will take the film and record business away, you know he did it! BOSS! There are many people out there who don't like George Mitchell! Shareholders don’t like it either. Today he was almost passed the motion of no confidence..."

"and also?"

Eisner raised his eyebrows displeasedly.

"I'm sorry." Linton apologized for the gaffe.

"As long as you stand in line with me, APLUS won't go, at least most likely not, Linton..."

Eisner turned and said earnestly: "If you think about it, whoever he or Steve Jobs left first must be our Disney and the enemy who stayed behind. The energy that rises up is something that neither of them who are fighting the Walkman business war can fight against!"

Prisoner's Dilemma? It seems reasonable. Has the Emperor still found a way out of the impossible?

Linton's mouth grew wide upon hearing this.

"So the next most likely situation is that they will all clamor to leave Disney, but they all dragged and hoped that the other party will go first. Time, I only need time now. The stock price of $20 is already low enough to deviate from Disney's fundamentals. , As long as I restore the stock price during my tenure as CEO, all the opposition today will calm down!"

Eisner continued to draw cakes. Usually he would not bother so much with the man in front of him, "So, accept the arrangement, Linton, you are the youngest, and the future belongs to you. Help me keep APLUS, and then you personally. I have to do some more work, so I can silence those opponents when I appoint you as CEO."

"But I'm in the copyright company..."

Linton was a bit wronged. As the guardian of copyright, this position is extremely important, but his achievements are generally not paid attention to by the outside world.

"In this way, you will also serve as the president of Bowei Pictures, and then you will work hard for me! Since you are so confident in your live-action film strategy, I believe you will have good results."

Bowei is the distribution company of Disney’s live-action films and some animated films. Due to its great power, the CEO of the group used to be the CEO of the group, that is, Eisner himself.

Now that it’s done, maybe...

Do not! no no!

Linton's internal fighting sense is extremely sensitive, and he suddenly found his blind spot in a daze. "You told Robert Iger the same thing just now? BOSS."

"Say what?"

"Forbearance George Mitchell for two years to take over as CEO... Except for your promise of the CEO position, I can't think of anything he is willing to compromise." Linton replied.

"What are you suggesting!? I'm kidding you?!"

Eisner was furious, and roared like an old lion: "I trust you Linton so much, but what are you like now!? Take a good look at yourself! You are the vice president of Disney, not some APLUS. Spokesperson, megaphone!"

Is the megaphone of a billionaire embarrassing? Linton’s tone is also getting higher: "I am also for the company. You also know the character of APLUS. His record and film companies are not like Jobs’s Pixar animation! Pixar’s many sequel projects are due to the copyright of the first song animation and characters in Disney. , If you leave, the economic loss will be even greater, and there will be halfway car mobilization...APLUS? The big deal is to pay us a huge break-up fee like we did in the world, and then we can slap the ass..."

"Yes, he can walk more freely and easily than Jobs, but what about yourself? The more you bind with him, the more enemies you will have at Disney. He doesn't want Paulson or Jobs. Who else does he have in his eyes? !?" Eisner interrupted and asked: "I will promote you to the CEO position tomorrow, and it is likely that I will be attacked by everyone the day after tomorrow. Goldman Sachs, Jobs, Roy... They all know that you are from me and APLUS. , They have a high probability of joining together to make up two-thirds of the votes for the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders!"

"But Jobs can't tolerate you!"

Linton became more confident the louder he retorted, "And we have been happily working with APLUS for many years! He and I are friends, he has always respected you very much, he and Blake, Eric, Anders and their peers The friendship between me and him is also good! Me and him... We have a bad relationship with some people. Isn’t it because we listen to your orders? For example, Roy, APLUS is Johnny Carson’s year-end friendship, and the previous relationship with Roy Very good! Roy originally admired him!"

"We are talking about real problems! Linton!"

Eisner was stung by his words about Jobs, "George Mitchell promised to bring back Katzenberg’s DreamWorks animation department, and then we squeezed out Robert Iger and Jobs together, but that will take time! APLUS From now on, we will only need to tolerate Paulson temporarily. With us, George Mitchell and Paulson can't do much to him. The chairman of Goldman Sachs is not an impenetrable person."

"Anyway, you can't throw us away like a rag!" Linton appealed to emotions: "Will Katzenberg believe you? I doubt that it might just be Harvey taught George Mitchell to deceive you. ."

"Oh! Damn it!"

Eisner was so angry that his heart was in pain. He slammed Linton's chest with his index finger, "I promoted you. Don't think I don't know how much you acted as the **** president of Hollywood Pictures." Incompetent! I saved you, protected you, arranged for you to disappear from a post that was followed by the media, and no longer lose your own face and my face! I have given you unlimited trust! Everything you have now is mine. Instead of APLUS!"

"So when I become CEO, I will continue to return 100% loyalty!"

Linton's momentum was suppressed, but the matter was over, he refused to show weakness, and shouted, "George Mitchell... he is not even our own! Think about it yourself!"

Talking collapsed, Linton slammed out the door.

Eisner sank into the boss chair, the angry expression on his face gradually converging.

The flames in the company made him very tired, and Linton's last words softened his already made determination. Yes, George Mitchell is not his own... he is not Jewish.

The founder Walt Disney, like Ford Motor founder Henry Ford, had a very arguable position towards Jewish people before World War II. When he seized power from the Disney family, the ethnic group quietly used a lot of energy behind their backs. Then, Take pains to completely reverse Disney's political orientation step by step.

Now for the sake of personal power, I have to give the chairman seat back to a... White American?

whatever! Comcast’s Roberts family stabbed me back, and News Corp’s Murdoch looked at the joke, which one is not his own, the times are different now!

After thinking about it, he decided to grit his teeth and overcome the difficulties to do it. Only George Mitchell is suitable. First protect himself, and then find a way to maintain a fragile balance. Time and time are everything!

At this time, his eyes fell unintentionally on the cover of the magazine on the bookshelf that had an interview with his youngest son Anders.

Linton is also right. The businesses of his three children almost overlap with APLUS, and APLUS is really helping them sincerely...

This natural power mad is not reluctant to hurt his sons to lose business and contacts, but at least remember to say hello to the sons in advance to prevent them from turning their faces in anger with APLUS.

"Blake, are you okay lately?" He called the eldest son first.

"What's the matter? It's four o'clock in the morning on my side..." The eldest son asked impatiently after being woken up when he was shooting on location abroad.

"I think it is necessary to tell you that tomorrow, I will resign as chairman of Disney..."

"OK."

The eldest son on the other end of the phone doesn't care about boring power struggles. He is confident in his ability to direct.

"Uh, maybe my relationship with APLUS will be unpleasant, and it will affect you a little bit."

"Awarding? My Sahara is a commercial film, and I don’t expect the awards season." The eldest son still doesn’t matter, but he personally always appreciates APLUS. "But as for? APLUS is a real artist, a super genius, no matter what popular he creates. Songs, symphonies or scripts...even the legendary cat-and-mouse game editing. He discovered that other artists also have a hand, Linkin Park, Beyoncé, Alicia Keys...and Hollywood A+ gangs. Disney losing them would be a very serious loss. ."

"Anders, what are you doing? It's noisy over there." He called the younger son again.

"Wall Street Dinner."

Noisy conversations and women’s laughter came from the other end of the phone, "Don’t be discouraged father, I watched the broadcast today, you will take care of the trouble."

The younger son seemed to care more about himself. He was a little relieved and told the same thing.

"SHXT! I can work in APLUS investment bank!"

Sure enough, the youngest son immediately protested, "My performance is very good, and I am waiting for the option to be rewarded. Please don't mess with me..."

"Then turn to my perspective and analyze it again? After all, you are also an investment bank elite. Try to put aside your own personal interests and feelings." He compared it.

"George Mitchell...Alright, I got along with Harvey's friend Epstein brothers, and take care of them in New York. Harvey supports George, right?"

The answer was wrong, he said a few words unhappy and hung up.

"Eric..."

The reason why I called my second child last is because his favorite is a rebellious son. Blake and Anders have lived too smoothly under their own wings. Only Eric was the real one in the stock market crash. After experiencing the trough of life, I have really grown up.

In order to save the Internet company created by himself, Eric transformed into a pornographic network community, sent phishing links, used social hot spots, half-coaxed and half-deceived investment, regardless of legality or illegality, morality and immorality, and tried every means by any means. At the point, he also thinks that he is most like himself.

"My website also depends on YAHOO and Goto search to help promote, you must not leak my words."

The second son also had to bow his head under the eaves. He first reminded him and analyzed it carefully: "APLUS is not paying attention to Goto and the YAHOO alliance's life and death assessment dog sniper battle. Go and play a Walkman battle with Jobs? I. I think this strategic decision is very problematic. In order to win, he spent 500 million dollars to buy Sony, collected the copyright library authorization of the music store, and spent a lot of money to expand the direct operation and join the franchise store. In your Disney? Billionaires like helicopter money, Beats Walkman’s current sales are only one-eighth to one-tenth of that of iPod. Last year’s annual report was quite tragic. I think he is at least in the purely commercial field, with personal abilities. Far below Jobs. He is not as shrewd as the outside world claims."

"Then what would you do?" Eisner asked.

"I don't know, you all betrayed your relatives and left. Or... you just announce your retirement tomorrow, let them fight, maybe in two years everyone will think of your kindness again."

"Hey!"

Eric is smart and capable, but his personality is too jerk. He was so angry that he almost didn't catch his breath. "APLUS is still waiting? Call him over."

"APLUS, sorry, it was really **** today..."

He personally opened the goalkeeper and greeted the young black pharaoh in the door, "What to drink?" The other party's more easy-going expression and attitude also made him let go of a snack.

"Whiskey is fine."

"Ha, I know you." He went to the wine cabinet to find the Royal Salute Fifty Years Collection.

"Linton told me, is there no room to turn? I..."

"Please stop talking about that, I have already decided."

He interrupted the other party while pouring the wine, "Linton is mine, and the seniority is almost too, the shareholders will not agree." He also placed the ice cubes intimately, "Mainly shareholders, I can't appear to be out of control. The risk of an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders."

"You always have a way, Mr. Eisner."

"Haha, today I'm almost at the end of the road, you have to help me, this is the problem with us...APLUS?"

He has a heart attack, he doesn't drink, and he turns around holding a whiskey glass but no one is found. Isn't it possible? The office is so brightly lit...

So freshman half-blood old black...

‘Dang Cang! ’

His pupils contracted suddenly, his hand loosened unconsciously, and the wine glass smashed to the floor, smashing to pieces, "You!" He was so angry at the scene in front of him that his expression was instantly out of control.

APLUS actually sat in its exclusive position, the chair belonging to the chairman of Disney!

"What are you doing!?"

And with the backrest facing me, I leisurely admired the scenery outside the window!

This is even more unacceptable than Murdoch mocking himself with the yin and yang tone and gesture at the time!

"Get me up!"

"What?" APLUS supported the floor with his long legs and turned back 180 degrees, "Oh, sorry."

Apologizing in his mouth, but the body is still adjusting the sitting posture, as if planning to adapt to this chair in advance!

"Get up! APLUS!"

He was so angry that there were 10,000 harsh words and curses in his stomach. UU read www.uukanshu.com, but only the word ‘get up’ was left on his lips.

"You understand my concerns, and I understand you, Mr. Eisner."

He glared at the relaxed posture, but he didn't have the self-confidence and domineering like a king, the black pharaoh who always smiled indifferently at the corner of his mouth.

And in the eyes of the other party, maybe he is just a pale old man who is extremely gaffey?

Song Ya admired and patted the armrest before Shi Shiran got up, and gestured to the chair with a sideways gesture, "Sit down."

"No need, go out."

Eisner lowered his head and got out of eye contact, knowing that he had lost the respect of the other party forever, "Please go out first."

(End of this chapter)