Chicago 1990

In 2003, Robert Iger was choked on a piece of chicken during a work meal between a meeting of Disney executives in 2003. Seeing his life was at stake, it was Staggs who rescued him with Heimlich's first aid method. The force was so powerful that he even broke Iger. A rib.

Prior to that, the relationship between the two parties was popular, and after that, a personal friendship was naturally developed, but Staggs was still the most loyal member of the royalist...

He is not to blame, it is commendable to be able to persist until now.

The next day, after a whole night of anger and wandering, Eisner grew older. He was alone in a daze at the crystal shrimp dumplings on the plate in front of him.

Of course, of course, the best choice for Staggs is of course to turn to Iger.

Not to mention the deepened trust of life-saving feelings, Iger can still vacate the position of chief operating officer after completing the last leap. After all, Linton has a relatively shallow foundation, and the positions of the president of the copyright company and the president of Bowei Pictures should have been allowed to leave. , And the temptation for Staggs, the chief financial officer, is not enough...

He thought to himself, then blamed himself.

It should have been watched out long ago.

Soon, he shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Yes, not to mention the previous fluke, how many people are available around you? Who else can I trust if I don't trust Staggs? And he has already taken him to Xiangjiang, as some preventive measures have been taken.

Iger has not played this winning hand until now, and he is really tolerant...

After all, the general trend is gone!

"BOSS."

At this time, the chief legal officer sat down opposite, "What's the matter with you? Didn't you rest?"

"You... ahem, do you have any suggestions for the 20th?" Eisner withdrew his thoughts, and at the same time he was mentally prepared.

"I don't know, what are you going to do?"

The chief legal officer asked casually. He bowed his head and concentrated on studying the dazzling array of Cantonese-style morning tea dim sum, picking and choosing, and finally chose the egg **** and pineapple bun combination that suits Western tastes.

"I will probably resign before then, and then..."

The curtain is deep, the division is balanced, and after the plan is determined, Eisner also wants to continue the routine that has been continuously winning for more than 20 years, but this time... there is really no way, and all other parties are good players. It was the plan that was pierced in advance before the organization of the rallies to the decisive battle, and it can only be like a frustrated ball.

Just like the conversation with Staggs last night, the chief financial officer suddenly turned back. Robert Iger turned over his cards and showed his fangs. If he played any tricks, he didn't even plan to give himself a stable retirement.

"Go and spend a good vacation."

He looked at the chief legal officer who seemed to be still loyal. He moved the other party to accompany him to the end, but was also a little scared. He was afraid that the other party would suddenly "show his identity" and make himself a real lonely person. "Why do you?"

"Let me take a look and talk about it."

The chief legal officer shrugged, "Who will win?"

"Robert."

Eisner answered.

The chief financial officer has evidence of his own financial fraud, as well as Linton's. Linton was not so clean in order to fabricate performance when he was the president of Hollywood Pictures.

"Ah?" The chief legal officer stuffed the egg **** into his mouth.

"Um."

Yeah, what everyone expected...

Maybe he had lost a long time ago, and all the people betrayed their relatives and had to admit it. Eisner managed to squeeze a smile and picked up his chopsticks.

"Ha! You are here!"

George Mitchell’s loud voice broke the silence, "Morning! Did you watch the news? Doug Morris hates him, I don’t like him. Remote control...where is the remote control?"

"I've seen it." Eisner didn't want to watch it again, but George Mitchell had found the remote control and turned on the TV.

"Our integration with the Metropolitan Distribution Company is very smooth. The distribution networks of the two companies in Asia and South America are very complementary. I am very happy to take over APLUS, Lincoln Park, Black Eyed Peas, Beyonce, Alicia Kay I love some of the distribution rights of superstars such as Sri Lanka. I love them and welcome them to join the Warner family."

Warner Records CEO Doug Morris is telling reporters: "I understand that Disney Records is currently in a difficult period, but you know, we have to sit down and talk about these release agreements. The sooner, the better, I once again call on them to cooperate with Warner. …"

"I've seen it..." Eisner repeated helplessly.

"Then you let the people from Disney Records deal with him!"

George Mitchell put on the chairman's score and gestured to the TV, "This guy is so annoying."

The Metropolitan Distribution Company has some of the overseas release contracts of Metropolis Records and A+ Records. Warner Records naturally inherited these after the merger. In other words, Disney Records should now negotiate with Warner Records about joint release follow-up matters. It is a pure business change work. complex.

"It's impossible now, let's talk about it after the 20th."

Doug Morris is clearly looking for trouble, and Disney Records is currently firmly supporting Linton, internal and external collusion to cooperate with the hype agenda, Eisner sees very clearly how it is possible to stop before the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders.

"Only one week left."

George Mitchell had no idea about the showdown last night, "Have you not decided yet? Please, Michael, hurry up."

"I've decided, will you support me?" Eisner asked back.

"Huh?" George Mitchell was caught off guard.

"Robert." Eisner said.

"That means we will bring in Jobs later, and APLUS will take his record business to Warner..." George Mitchell didn't believe him, "Can you accept it?"

After deciding to let go, it was easier, Eisner shrugged, "It doesn't matter to me anyway."

"OK..."

George Mitchell looked at his expression, as if he didn't seem to be pretending, "Don't rush to announce, Paulson will come over in the afternoon, let's have a good chat, this kind of thing must be cautious."

"Of course." Eisner nodded.

Before going out, George Mitchell looked back again at him who was holding a crystal shrimp dumpling. As soon as he got out of the range, he immediately dialed Paulson's number in the corridor, "You have to come this afternoon! Henry, Eisner seems to be real Ready to bow to Robert and Jobs!"

Then APLUS and Linton will lose...

Paulson was happy and worried, and immediately went south in the wind and dust.

In the evening, when he arrived at the hotel, Eisner was already drafting a resignation speech with his subordinates. The draft was nearing completion and he did not shy away from others, so George Mitchell and others were there.

Eisner himself leaned back against the floor-to-ceiling window while dictating in contemplation. The secretary sat behind the boss’s desk and typed. Two assistants bent over and pointed softly, checking for missing vacancies. The chief financial officer, legal officer and other executives surrounded with different expressions. At the table, George Mitchell and his people are sitting in the corner to listen in. The scene is a bit like a White House work photo.

"When I got to work in William Morris' mail room for the first time, Barabara..."

Paulson picked up one of the speeches with a meaning similar to the abdication edict and ran over one of them. "I am very grateful to the friends who still give me trust, and I also call on you to continue to support Robert's work Barabara... This is a bit unlike you. Michael." He laughed and joked.

"Time is running out, isn't it a decision?" Eisner replied, "I figured it out, it's good for everyone."

"Ha ha…"

Paulson asked again: "Go back to the U.S. to announce?"

"No, after the opening ceremony of the park tomorrow, it will be announced that night, and then I will go on vacation directly, not going back to the United States for the time being."

Eisner really doesn't want to go back. Even if he retains a trace of decentness, he still cannot change the fact that he loses everything...

"Shall we talk?"

"OK."

"Uh…"

The two called George Mitchell to the small room next door. Paulson hesitated before speaking, "What if we turn to support ESPN's Bodenheimer?"

"too late."

Eisner lowered his head to conceal the bright color in his gaze, "Why do you have this idea?"

"Everyone is annoying that Linton and Robert fight back and forth. Together, we can still influence the nomination committee, right?"

George Mitchell cooperated, "When they finish re-election of directors, I will push Bodenheimer's agenda to take over as CEO, and try to see if I can vote for more than half of them directly, which will result in a fait accompli."

"If it doesn't work, support Robert Iger again." Paulson added.

"Bodenheimer...Bodenheimer...he would?"

Eisner murmured, and his mind quickly turned: "We are more than half sad. If the sneak attack fails, how will Bodenheimer face Robert in the future?"

"He promised to accompany us to gamble, anyway, according to the normal process, he is expected to rise to a position closer to the CEO at least ten years later."

George Mitchell pointed to himself: "Isn't there still me if I fail?"

Eisner entered the long exam, "No, no, I have promised Robert, you should have told me this plan long ago."

"It's not that you haven't played with him." George Mitchell smirked.

"No, this time is different."

Eisner continued to shook his head. For a moment, he planned to betray Staggs and betray his secret of taking refuge in Iger. Staggs was next door, and he persuaded Goldman Sachs and George Mitchell to coerce and lure Staggs. Change your mind...

But he held back it, it was no good.

He communicated with Iger on the phone last night. Iger is very determined this time. It is a foul to threaten with false accounts, but Iger can't take care of it anymore. If he doesn't submit, Iger would rather die together.

Iger must have already had what Staggs had in his hands, and there was no point in controlling Staggs.

He flinched, and once he thought about retirement, he didn't have the courage to die with the enemy.

Paulson and George Mitchell persuaded him for a long time, but he always refused, "You persuade Linton to leave Linton, promise his sphere of influence, and let them turn to support Bodenheimer."

He deliberately proposed, "APLUS, use the money to introduce Pixar Animation to buy his film company at a premium. DreamWorks Animation...for the time being only a release contract, Katzenberg should be able to accept it. This can basically defeat Robert and Jobs. "

"You can try it."

Paulson nodded, but did not intend to keep his promise.

"What about you?" George Mitchell asked.

"I must support Robert. It will be included in tomorrow's resignation speech. You saw it just now." Eisner replied.

"Say hello to your people in private..." Paulson hinted.

"No." Eisner refused decisively, his side has leaked like a sieve, and people's hearts are unpredictable. "Anyway, if Bodenheimer has not passed the test, you still have to continue to support Robert, don't you?"

"OK, then we..."

"Ugh!"

After talking with the two, it was too late. Eisner returned to the hotel room. He sent away the entourage, sighed alone, and picked up the speech draft left by the assistant.

‘In the twenty years that Robert Iger has served ABC...’

He scanned the text again, and every appearance of Iger's name made him feel dazzling.

In the darkness, he thought for a long time.

Paulson and George Mitchell suddenly launched Bodenheimer unexpectedly, and logically, they must have been preparing for a long time, hiding from themselves...

In other words, even if he defeated Linton and Iger this time, it is likely that Goldman Sachs will find a chance to replace him with Bodenheimer in the future, when the threat of foreign enemies retreats.

"Ha ha…"

He sneered, it turned out he hadn't had a chance long ago...

Maybe I can still struggle a bit?

When he was alone, his emperor's temper suddenly emerged from the bottom of his heart, and Paulson's half-heartedness also gave him a chance.

It's impossible to stay, at least for better conditions than the persuasive price that Iger asked Staggs to relay?

He hesitated very much, touched the landline with his hand, thought about it, and dialed the number of his elder son Blake.

"What's up?"

After the Sahara project was furious, the eldest son was autistic. He didn't want to work for the time being, and he didn't have a job to find him.

"I will announce my resignation tomorrow..." Eisner said.

"Oh…"

"you're drunk?"

"Drink some, not much..." Blake hiccuped on the other side of the phone.

"Be strong, optimistic, just temporary setbacks..."

"I know what to do with myself, OK?"

"Okay, okay, I will probably support Robert after retirement, and he will also take care of your career in the future." Eisner didn't want to quarrel with his adult son about these trivial matters in life.

"I do not need…"

"Do you like Iger? I think you like Linton and APLUS better?"

"It doesn't matter, Hollywood people are all **** like snobbery..."

Putting down the phone, Eisner shook his head and called his youngest son Anders again, in the same order as last time.

"It doesn't matter to me. I live on Wall Street by my ability. Believe it or not, as long as I make a phone call, I can work at any investment bank on Wall Street in the next second..."

There is still noisy party background sound. Anders, who is proud of his fund brokerage business, is extremely confident. He even feels that the size of the first investment bank in New Jersey is not enough to match his achievements. "It is APLUS that owes us daddy! I! Helped him make so much money!"

"Calm down Anders, too many people on Wall Street are falling into arrogant emotions." Eisner warned: "Just like you are now..."

"I even plan to work independently with my friends. It just so happens. After you retire, you can enjoy your life. Leave the trust funds you set up to me. I promise, the rewards will be higher than if you do to guard Disney... five times! "

Eisner rolled his eyes and didn't want to continue talking, "Eric, how about you?"

My favorite second son is indeed a lot more reliable, "Of course it is APLUS."

"Oh?"

Eisner became interested, "I remember you last time commented that APLUS is far less shrewd than the outside world."

"He is much younger than you guys, and he is invincible."

Eric said: "Did you see his charity activities and charity performances in New Orleans? The Donkey Party used him to rush to the front line of the hurricane-stricken area to attack the current leader. The black community's perception of him is now a bit like MJ's 80s. At the peak, Disney’s frustration is nothing to him. He is much more calm than any of you. He is also super mobile. Yes, maybe he is not that shrewd, but he will adjust in time when he makes a mistake. Billionaires also have enough room for adjustment. Seriously, I don’t understand why you would not choose him. Are there other billionaires in your game?"

"Anything else?"

Eisner keenly noticed that the second son suddenly switched to taking APLUS rainbow farts, something abnormal, "Tell the truth Eric."

"Uh... he is going to build a gossip website similar to TMZ. I think it overlaps with the style of my website Romp. This is a way and has a future. I am talking about cooperation with his Litman media. I have a ready-made one. Website, they don’t hesitate to spend money to buy time to catch up with TMZ. Litman Media can afford a high premium and hit it off!"

Sure enough, Eric is also a pure profit animal. "If Romp's transformation is successful, I will be able to grab a large share from the traditional Hollywood tabloid and have a certain media influence, at least for the entertainment industry. The founder of TMZ was just A small role in Time Warner Group, but now?"

"what!"

Eisner was amused. "Is there no lower limit for the overlap of styles you mean?"

"Um…"

After the conversation, Eisner's heart became more determined, and once again, he felt that there was something to do, so he decisively dialed APLUS's mobile phone number.

Not looking for Linton, Linton also has the possibility of succumbing to the Iger-Stags alliance.

Struggle one last time!

"Mr. Eisner." A familiar calm tone came from the other end.

"Can you find a quiet place? I want to have a good chat with you." The background sound on the other end is also noisy, "A party?"

"The Emmy Awards Ceremony."

"Oh, my memory." It's the 13th in the United States, which happens to be the time for the Emmy Awards. APLUS came to the scene to explain that they will definitely win the prize. Mei and Emmy trophies."

"thanks."

"Okay, don't talk nonsense, let's make a deal! But let's say in advance that at the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders on the 20th, you and Linton will support me as a director." When APLUS changed a quiet place, He makes a price.

"We can't do it. If we support you, we will offend a large number of shareholders who support us, especially Roy..."

Unexpectedly, he was rejected by the other party, "I don't want to play any tricks at this time, Mr. Eisner, Linton and I are willing to trade, but it is impossible to include any board seats."

"Do you think Roy will still support Linton after I resign?"

He sneered, "Oh yes, I haven't told you yet, I decided to announce my resignation tomorrow."

"I know, I received the news." I didn't get the expected response, and it was not unexpected at all.

The faces of all the people who participated in the drafting of the resignation speech flashed through his mind, but he quickly cast aside the irrelevant speculations. What's the point of uncovering a traitor at this time?

"Then... well, you tell me what you think, APLUS."

Unexpectedly, the other party already knew that he planned to support Iger and was so calm just now, he asked a little embarrassedly.

"Linton needs your support. We need enough shareholder votes. You can publicly support Iger. We can get some secret help." APLUS said.

"That's not enough, it's not enough." The voting pattern of the shareholders' meeting has been rehearsed countless times in his mind.

"Enough, we can win."

The voice on the other end of the phone seemed to have surging self-confidence, "Mr. Eisner, this is the case now. After the victory, Linton and I will calculate your'workload' and then decide what to give you back, such as a consultant position, or By supporting the business between you and your family, I'll talk about it then, in short, it will satisfy you."

"You! Haha, you..."

Eisner was furious. The other party’s attitude made his previous plans look like a clown. He looked forward to it but was extremely disappointed. He smirked and said, "You are too bloated APLUS! Give it back to me on the phone." Is it necessary to carry such a multi-billionaire shelf!?"

"I repeat! We can win."

Song Ya said decisively: "The only thing you have to consider is how to face the problem of Linton and me after winning, Mr. Eisner, save yourself some points! Otherwise, our subsequent revenge may cause you. very ugly!"