Chicago 1990

‘Hey, I met you, it’s incredible! By the way, this is my phone number, CallMeMaybe! ’

The footsteps of 2006 have quietly come. Robert Iger ended his vacation early and moved to Silicon Valley in a low-key manner.

Like all over the world, the radio stations and streets here also like to broadcast CallMeMaybe. APLUS created for ex-girlfriends. This drool song that took the world by storm is surprisingly popular. The 30-year-old Disney princess Amy Adams It was the first cross-border presentation, and the first single reached the top of the billboard in the United States, which also drove the huge sales of the original soundtrack of Magical Romance.

The performance of the Enchanted Romance movie itself is not as good as Linton and other real fairy tale movie gangs boasted before, but it is still a big profit. The production cost of 80 million can harvest nearly 400 million dollars in the global box office. The original image of Princess Giselle Provided a new IP for peripheral sales and amusement projects. Film reviews are also ok. Film critics like Disney's fusion and self-deprecating of classic animations such as Snow White and Mickey Mouse in the movie. They agree that Disney's live-action fairy tale movie strategy has won a good start. .

Iger sounded harsh, and he raised the window.

"Welcome, Robert."

All the way to the Apple headquarters, Jobs gave him a very high courtesy, led the team to greet him, and acted as a tour guide himself.

"At the shareholders meeting in March, what is the probability that we will win?"

His character does not allow Jobs to give up easily. After the visit, when the two are alone, he asks the first sentence.

"It's hard."

Iger shook his head and smiled bitterly. At present, he is still the chief operating officer of Disney. The new CEO Linton has much less control over the board of directors, and he will not be able to move him for a while.

"Linton has raised a lot of help in the past few months, with high salaries, promotions, and options, and rewards those who support him. He insisted on driving away the Weinstein brothers in order to avenge his personal revenge... The rumored layoffs were also silent. Still playing Eisner’s old style before. How about the stock price performance? The same, only $21."

Jobs held out a finger, "Shareholders found that they supported the wrong person and were very disappointed. The shareholding ratio that we participated in in March was higher than that in September's Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting. The gap between the two of you in September was already very, very small."

"The mood is different. The shareholders don’t want to frustrate anymore. They are willing to give Linton some time. Linton successfully retained the APLUS record department and obtained the distribution rights of Katzenberg’s DreamWorks Animation. Roy Disney was satisfied. , And also tend to maintain stability."

Iger replied: "The unpublished annual report should be able to make do, the current low stock price is caused by the large-scale divestment of Goldman Sachs. Linton is also preparing to increase the annual dividend by another 12.5%, and shareholders will like it. of."

"Dividends? Haha... His methods are all learned from Eisner, and he can't play tricks, so the nickname of Eisner II can be spread more and more, right?"

Jobs sneered and stretched out his second finger. "Goldman Sachs is doing a good job. They are giving us the final assist. Paulson is not a completely untrustworthy person. Goldman Sachs led the investment and funded the Weinstein brothers to create Wei. Enstein Pictures has taken responsibility. Paulson will continue to cooperate with us in March, and everyone will remain allies..."

"After the fiasco in September, Goldman Sachs began to withdraw from Disney, and the alliance between Paulson and George Mitchell became susceptible."

Iger replied: "This year is the mid-term election year. The Donkey Party has a good chance of getting a majority in both houses of the Senate. The Donkey Party politicians don’t want George Mitchell and Paulson to get closer. George Mitchell himself With his plan to return to politics in 2008, he will no longer follow Paulson's orders. ABC and I have also received unprecedented pressure."

"..."

Iger was sensible and calm but seemed to have no fighting spirit, which made Jobs disappointed in his heart. For a while, he adjusted his emotions before extending his third finger, "Don't be discouraged, Robert, you didn't succeed in attacking Disney's wholly-owned company on the board of directors." Is there a plan to acquire A+ Entertainment? The true colors of Linton and APLUS's embarrassment have been revealed. APLUS fully supports Linton but wants to sell the A+ Entertainment company, which he hasn't succeeded in a long time, for a sky-high price, so that all Disney shareholders can take over for him. "

"A+ Entertainment owns the copyrights or partial copyrights of the Dancing My Life series, Fifty Shades of Grey series, Blade Warrior series and related superheroes, the long-term income of Titanic, and other cat and mouse games, Cold Mountain, etc. …The big sellers are far more than the big ones, and many of them are sought after by the disc rental market. In recent years, they have made the number of copyrights in the copyright library much better by acquiring the copyrights of old films and independent films."

Iger replied: “They also have the right to adapt the best-selling Twilight Saga series, which is very popular among young women. I heard that the shooting will start soon. Now it’s nothing more than the specific acquisition amount that we can’t agree on. George Mitchell and I They won’t be able to stop them on the board for long.”

"I know."

Jobs still did not give up, "But in this way, their alliance with Katzenberg has problems. David Geffen and Spielberg just sold the DreamWorks studio to Paramount for $1.6 billion. , And Disney only undertook the distribution rights of Katzenberg’s DreamWorks Animation. Linton obviously intends to return APLUS first. Before the acquisition of A+ Entertainment, Disney had no money or motivation to acquire DreamWorks Animation. Katzenberg was only resolved. After the issue of the issue, he turned around and found that he was infinitely far away from his dream of returning to Disney after being acquired by a high-value acquisition and even holding power. He couldn't help but be angry..."

"They will at least wait until Cars is down after the summer gear to see if you will keep your promise and lead Pixar Animation to leave... Only after taking the reassurance that Pixar Animation and Disney officially broke up, will Katzenberg consider turning back and Lin Dayton-APLUS’s alliance goes to war..."

Iger replied: "But how much meaning will the war between them mean to you and me then?"

"Robert..." Steve Jobs was a little angry when the other party saw it.

"Don't talk about Steve, is the shareholders meeting in March?"

Unexpectedly, Iger had a big turn of 180 degrees at this time, "I will do my best to fight with you until that moment, don't worry."

"That's great."

Jobs smiled comfortedly, and was a little touched. He changed his attention and proactively revealed, "There is a certain probability that the battle will end before March, when the time comes..."

"At that time, I will also consider my own future."

Iger said: "Being the bad guy that undermines Disney's hard-to-recover stability, if I lose again... I'm destined to be unable to stay."

"Don't worry, I won't even lose Paulson's credibility."

Jobs made a guarantee.

Sending Iger away, he went back to work again.

‘I suddenly thought, listen to songs anytime, anywhere, why can’t we watch movies anytime, anywhere? You know that I am also making a movie, right? ’

When I walked into the office of John Rubinstein, the head of the iPod department, I happened to ran into the video of Rubinstein’s Beats new product launch at the end of last year. In the picture, APLUS was smiling and taking out a black rectangular product display from his pocket:'So we Made this...'

APLUS presses the side control button, a whole screen lights up, and the screen quality has a super leap compared to the previous MP3 walkman, and it is not even lost to some high-end mobile phones. It is playing Andrea Lima for this. Commercials shot for this product.

All the audience stood up excitedly and cheered.

‘I call it BeatsVideo! It uses a revolutionary MP4 format...’

APLUS raises the volume, the sound is very infectious, ‘so it’s not MP3, but MP4! truly! The era of multimedia walkman has arrived! ’

The audience applauded frantically and endlessly.

Only then did Rubinstein notice the arrival of the Apple Emperor, "very exciting product and launch event." He said contemptuously: "But it just can't be sold..."

Rubinstein is playing with the commercially available version of BeatsVideo, "It's too big, too heavy, too expensive, and it's not easy to control and overheat, just like his company's graphics card is in XBOX360."

At the end of last year, Microsoft’s new game console XBOX360 was launched, using a customized version of the 3DFX display chip. Due to the failure to solve the heating problem, users often encounter crashes with three fault lights on at the same time after buying home, and the repair rate is as high as two-thirds. , And it has not been completely resolved until now. Many users have to send it in for repairs many times. It is jokingly called TheRedRingofDeath: The Red Ring of Death.

Buying a good XBOX360 is equal to winning the lottery, and the reputation of users established by the first generation of XBOX is completely ruined.

The rival Sony’s PS3 hasn’t been released yet, and Microsoft itself took itself into the ditch.

At present, Microsoft's game console department is trying to force each other to shirk responsibility with 3DFX.

"Do you think I'm too optimistic? Steve."

Rubinstein felt that the expression of His Majesty the Emperor staring at the TV was too serious, so he asked.

The proportion of BeatsVideo's body, the full screen is too similar to the secret product that Apple is developing, and although the market share of a company is much lower than that of Apple, it can not be beaten and can maintain some technological leadership for a long time, and it is not a competitor that does not lose style. What good thing is that consumer electronics products are updated too quickly, and maybe the other generation will let the other party overtake and take the market away when they breathe a sigh of relief.

If there is a big mistake at the level of XBOX360, it will be replaced faster.

Beats is a little different from other competitors. Its parent company, Palm, is a domestic technology giant in the United States. The political and business influence of its boss, APLUS, is also sufficient to counter Apple. Many U.S. companies' methods against foreign companies have no effect on Palm.

Jobs is certainly not optimistic, but Rubinstein is not aware of the secret project, and he does not intend to tell the other party, "We will continue to put pressure on Beats before March, public opinion offensive, patent wars, supply chain wars, channel wars, etc. …I want your full commitment."

"OK."

Rubinstein knows that His Majesty the Emperor lost to APLUS at Disney in September last year. According to his character, it is not difficult to imagine that he will be anxious to find his place. "But I want to remind you Steve, it’s best to pay before our shareholder meeting this year. The flagship store on Fifth Avenue has been opened. The project has been delayed for too long and the cost is too huge. Our shareholders cannot understand whether it is worth paying so much for a franchise store. In order to wait for those beautiful big glass... Helping APLUS use this project to make a big fuss and confuse shareholders. Last year we blocked their offense, but it does not mean that we can also this year..."

"That's not something you need to care about."

Because of the epic success of the iPod series, Rubinstein's power and influence in Apple and even the industry have grown, and he has grown more and more. Jobs, who has a perverted desire for control, naturally dislikes this and bluntly left it. After speaking, he turned and left.

On the other side, Song Ya also ended her vacation early, got out of the car with a black face, and walked into her home in Chicago Highland Park.

"Alex? Why are you back? Didn't you go skiing with Mimi and Little Rega in Aspen?"

Aunt Susie asked strangely.

"I had a quarrel, I was very angry." Song Ya replied.

The parents-in-law quarreled with Aunt Susie for a long time. "What is it for this time?"

"snow boots."

"What snow boots?"

"She had to wear Dior's snow boots to take pictures for reporters. I didn't allow her to wear them, so I started arguing."

"WTF? Just for this you ran back?"

"You don't know, that snow boots are very cumbersome, especially short legs, Aspen is cold, people must wear very thick, and the down jacket is so ugly that it breaks through the sky." Song Ya complained.

"That's not enough... let her wear whatever she wants. You are all old, don't always be so naive."

"As for the noise, I have a headache, and my ears are still buzzing."

It's really a trivial matter, but the two people who have just reunited are still the same as before. You want to be like this, I want to be like that, not giving way to each other, and then the quarrel is dark and dark, "We broke up again."

For his ex-wife, Song Ya likes it. For all the things that his ex-wife was in danger of saving her life when she was shot and unconscious, it is not an exaggeration to say that she is grateful for a lifetime, but she is really offensive. Song Ya couldn't bear to get along with each other day and night, three days of small quarrels and five days of big quarrels. Song Ya couldn't bear it in less than half a year, and he was exhausted physically and mentally.

Coupled with the sudden force of XBOX360 and 3DFX, BeatsVideo applauded not to sell, and Linton first took charge of Disney’s affairs also did not proceed smoothly. The joy of defeating the enemy in September also gradually faded. Staying in the cold Aspen to accompany you on vacation and skiing with your ex-wife, the snow boot incident is considered the last straw that crushes the camel.

After so many years, Song Ya feels that the two may have more family relationships, Xiao Leijia's father, Xiao Leijia's mother, so be it...

"Oh." Aunt Susie rolled her eyes, not surprisingly.

"Xilin, Jenny, aren't you guys arguing about Twilight? Come to Chicago to quarrel, I'm back."

Hearing Song Ya was already calling the forest, he rolled his eyes again.

"You still insist on postponing the Twilight Saga film adaptation project and wait until the trilogy is finished, right?"

After the Sahara project flew, Jenny, who had taken the shadow concubine, has completely dispelled the idea of ​​staying in the entertainment circle, focusing on fulfilling the executive work of Holden Mifflin in Boston, only occasionally invited friends to return to Hollywood guest stars or play a role. The supporting role is pure help.

"Yeah." Jenny nodded, "This is the suggestion of all professionals, and it is also the choice for maximizing revenue."

An angry expression appeared on Xue Linfen's face, and the two women had broken up because of this matter, and the relationship was extremely bad.

"Then you still insist on shooting Twilight's first episode as soon as possible, and the entire series of projects and staggering are going on simultaneously, right?" Song Ya asked Xue Linfen again.

"Yeremov and I have both planned. We will shoot one when we release one, and it happens to coincide with the listing of the sequel when we start the painting. Isn't that great?"

With so many training sessions, Xue Linfen is now almost a qualified producer. There is nothing wrong with this, "We all have favorite candidates for the protagonist and heroine. Young and beautiful white boys and girls can't wait, Yan As time goes by, the value will become less and less suitable for the role..." she said.

"Who?" Song Ya and Jenny asked at the same time.

"Ben Barnes and Jemplosko." Xue Linfen reported two names.

Song Ya and Jenny had never heard of it. Xue Linfen showed them their resumes. Yes, they both selected them very well. Ben Barnes is a newcomer from the West End of London, and Jemple Losco is a newcomer to a Hollywood TV series. Then the acting skills should be basically online. This kind of vampire skin idol love drama bone, if you want to make a youthful campus movie for many years, naturally you have to choose a newcomer who is cheap and good-looking, and is willing to sign more long-term contracts.

"OK..."

Song Ya nodded in approval, "Then, let's settle things down these two days. Since you all insist on your own words, let me see who is more eager for victory."

"How to judge?" Jenny asked suspiciously.

"Of course based on my subjective judgment..." Song Ya smirked, holding the hands of the two women separately, and came up with a ridiculous idea.

"It's you..." Jenny rolled her eyes and complained, but it is impossible to admit defeat. She obediently and Xue Linfen were led into a special room.

Later, she lost, and Xuelin Finch, who was more experienced and more open, defeated her thoroughly.

The extent to which the two are willing to contribute to the Twilight Project is obviously not at the same level.

So the first Twilight Saga: The Twilight Project was launched, snap shots and cuts, to catch up with the 2006 summer file.

The result is also very good, the global sales, Xue Linfen finally rely on this series to become one of the most powerful female producers in Hollywood, the male and female protagonists also became popular.

This is just a small episode. Song Ya's main energy is still in the business of its various companies. Soon after, the cause of the XBOX360 failure was found out, and the culprit was the motherboard solder joint design problem. 3DFX cleared the grievances and the cooperation with Microsoft was maintained. However, because of the conflicts accumulated during the tearing-up with the Microsoft game console department, the follow-up cooperation between the two parties has been greatly uncertain.

The all-round battle between Palm and Apple is the main theme, and it hasn't stopped for a day.

"The best actress at the 78th Academy Awards, the winner is... Charis Theron! Northern Wind! Congratulations!"

In this awards season, Song Ya finally helped Charis to fulfill her dream of being a queen. The North Wind is a feminist awards film adapted from real events and released at the end of last year. The story of winning the first sexual harassment class action lawsuit in the whole country.

This issue is in line with the current political correctness. Back then, Julia Roberts also relied on a similar theme to "Never Compromise".

The film of Northern Wind is much weaker than Never Compromise, but Charisy's dedication of good acting skills, coupled with the strong support of the black pharaoh, she defeated a lot of strong opponents, and made at least one award-winning film every year. Persistence finally paid off.

"Congratulations, Charis."

At a later Vanity Fair dinner, Song Ya opened her arms and greeted Charis, who was flying into her arms, "Happy?"

"Of course! Thank you dear." Charisy, who has taken too many exposures and bears the name of a **** star, is very difficult to transform. She naturally knows that without the help of the black pharaoh, it will be difficult for her to defeat Reese, who is far more powerful in Hollywood today. Witherspoon did not hesitate to leave a big red lip mark on the man's cheek in public.

"Aimee Boah?" Song Ya turned to a blonde newcomer who was with her, the white girl, and smiled and squeezed the other's chin.

"Oh, now I also need someone to help me play myself when I was young." Charis lamented that she was easy to grow old in time. Amber and Amber Heard played her as a young girl in the northern wind and cloud, with very few scenes.

Being able to get this role naturally shows that Aimee Berhild and Charis have similar appearances. Compared with Charis, Aimee Berhild has a softer facial contour and a smaller body. The well-proportioned, youthful face is as top-notch and very attractive.

And it was much more open than when Charis was the same age, and the ambition seemed even stronger.

"It's an honor to meet you, Mr. APLUS." Aimee Bershid did not let go of this opportunity, and boldly flirted with the black pharaoh in front of Charis.

Charis was aware of this, and in order to express her gratitude, she made a rare exception to help beat the drum, and the three of them got together that night.

And many nights later...

In March, Disney's shareholders meeting will be held again.

"Let's try one last time for Jobs and Iger, George, is it okay?"

Perseverance is a must-have character for the chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs. Although Goldman Sachs holds much less Disney shares after half a year, Paulson still sees hope. All the shareholders have noticed that they have driven Eisner away, so why bother to endure a style of Eisner II?"

"Oh! Try it then."

George Mitchell is not so active anymore. Paulson is right. He has long seen Linton's infighting ability and only infighting, but this skill is enough for himself! The CEO was replaced by Linton. The influence of his chairman was greatly weakened compared with Eisner’s late reign, and he was once again emptied. From a purely energy point of view, he would not be able to follow Biai without Harvey’s help. Linton, who is still much younger, is dealing with Linton, which is still far from the level of Linton's power in Disney that is far from reaching the level of Eisner's peak.

I know my family affairs, as the chairman, I still have more than bad things right now, but it is definitely not enough.

"Harvey shouldn't just bow his head and leave." George Mitchell misses Harvey very much now. "If he hard-topped Linton, I might be able to keep him at the board level."

"No way, Harvey's style. In many cases, the Disney Legal Department helps to wipe his **** after the event. Linton threatened him to let the Disney Legal Department take the initiative to lift the non-disclosure agreement signed with those actresses if he doesn't get out. He can only go... No Will be ruined and be bankrupted by actresses who have been harassed and semi-forced."

Paulson replied: "At least he can still maintain basic decency now."

"Yes, you have done everything to him." George Mitchell complimented him.

"Oh, what should we do? Reputation still needs to be said. After all, Harvey is really dedicated to our affairs..." Paulson also consciously did his best, which was interesting.

"BOSS." At this time, his subordinates hurried over, "Jobs seems to have tricked us."

"What do you mean?" He was puzzled.

"He and Larry Ellison just sold their shares in Apple and Disney with APLUS, and completed the share swap." The staff report.

"What!?" Paulson almost jumped up with anger. "Is the news true?"

“Indeed, they don’t seem to dare to risk a war between Disney and Apple’s shareholders’ meeting. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com’s share swap is equivalent to holding the basic shares of Disney and Apple. APLUS individuals and Apple’s investment banks hold down Apple stocks. At less than five percent, Jobs and Larry Ellison emptied their Disney stock. The two parties should make an announcement soon. It seems that Apple and Palm will also reach a settlement agreement to exchange and share some patents."

"So Pixar Animation will officially leave Disney soon?"

Paulson sat down, "Where? And where is Iger? What about Iger?"

"It is rumored that Linton is willing to pay Robert Iger a huge severance compensation, buy him and leave, Jobs may take him in."

I'm being tricked by a monkey again?

again?

"A bunch of bastards!" Paulson scolded.

"Uh, there seems to be a rumor in Washington. The Georges really seem to be considering Percell who just left Morgan Stanley."

"if that…"

If the revolving door is closed to oneself, then oneself will have to run away as soon as possible. The current situation of the US financial market cannot be concealed from the heads of Goldman Sachs. It is good to leave early...

but…

So angry!

"APLUS! Jobs! You **** bastards!"

A violent roar came from the office of the chairman of Goldman Sachs.

Thanks to the starting point Wang Duoyu, the heart of an empty cup, and the leader who stepped on the double star to travel the world to reward!

thank you very much!

What pits are still unfilled? Please book friends to stay in this chapter to help me add something, I will read it.

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