409 Roy Disney

On the second day of the celebration party, Forbes officially released a new issue of the newspaper, officially announcing the latest survey results, the global Chinese rich list.

First place: Xu Zhi $3.5 billion

Second place: Wang An $1.8 billion

Third place: Bao Yugang $1.4 billion

Among them, Wang An's asset structure is relatively simple, and the core asset is Wang An Computer Company.

Pao's assets are the Wharf Group, Global Shipping and a large number of property and equity assets around the world.

Xu Zhi's assets are even more complicated, because a large number of his companies are not listed, and it is difficult to estimate his true worth if outsiders do not know the debts, but Forbes still calculates that his worth is definitely not less than 3 billion US dollars based on his entrepreneurial history and a large number of data in the Xiangjiang business community.

At the same time, Forbes also made an analysis, believing that Xu Zhi's acquisition of Disney consumed too much money and seriously increased his debts.

However, this does not prevent Xu Zhi from becoming a new generation of influential figures in the United States, in a capitalist society, unless it is related to their own interests, otherwise, the people do not care too much about who the president of their country is, but most people admire the self-made super-rich very much.

Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple, started in a garage and became the youngest billionaire in the United States in a few years, and at this moment, countless Americans know that on the other side of the Pacific, there is also a young rich man who has also started a business and achieved even more.

The August issue of Forbes Economics was a sold-out affair, with many American readers eager to learn more about the new Asian billionaire, while Chinese and even other Asians living in the United States were more interested.

Coupled with the previous acquisition of Disney, countless reporters couldn't wait to gather at the Hilton Hotel where Xu Zhi lived, but they were empty.

Having already acquired Disney, it is natural to come to its headquarters.

However, after arriving in California, Xu Zhi did not rush to the Disney headquarters, but met with a guest.

"Hello, Mr. Disney. Looking at the gray-haired, half-hundred-year-old middle-aged man in front of him, he smiled politely.

"Please call me Roy, the name Disney is too misleading. The person said politely.

"Okay, Roy, please take a seat. Xu Zhi stretched out his right hand and prompted.

Roy Edward Disney, the nephew of Walt Disney, the founder of The Walt Disney Company, is now an honorary director and advisor to The Walt Disney Company, and currently works in Disney's animation department.

Walt Disney has two daughters, an older brother Roy Disney and his son Roy Edward Disney (the father and son have strange names), and such a family is a very withered existence in the American consortium.

After Walt Disney's death, his son-in-law Ron Miller and Roy Disney fought for the inheritance of this rich country, and in the end, the son-in-law won and took control of the entire Disney company, but Roy Disney is still a shareholder of the company, and is still working in the animation department of Disney Company, and Ron Miller can be said to be close to incompatibility.

In the early days, the two did not have much conflict, because no one could help the other, Ron Miller could not kick the person with the surname Disney out of the company, while Roy Disney was in charge of technology and products, and did not have much management power, and the balance was maintained for a short time.

But a few years later, Ron Miller's lack of ability was gradually exposed, he simply did not have the ability to run such a large company, and he survived completely by relying on Walt Disney's huge cultural heritage, but one day after eating, Roy Disney has always intended to do something to change the current Disney situation.

But the sudden acquisition ruined his plans, and although he was at odds with Ron Miller, he was just as bitter when faced with a foreign enemy, and he didn't want Disney to be bought by an outsider.

It's just that like Ron Miller, in the face of strong capital, the two are simply powerless, and the combined shares of the two of them are less than 10%, which is very important when running the company in the past, when those large investment funds did not ask about the company, but now they are facing billions of dollars of acquisitions, and at the same time, the entire company is operating poorly for a long time, and a large number of shareholders want to take the opportunity to get out, at this time, the equity in the hands of him and Ron Miller does not play a role at all.

Disney's board of directors has agreed to sell the company, and while the two of them are legally allowed to refuse to sell and keep their shares, the other people and the fund have stepped in, and the acquirer has gained absolute control.

Just when Roy Disney was hesitating about how to choose, he received an invitation from Xu Zhi.

Faced with this Asian who bought his own company, Roy Disney did not show any unfriendly expression, but took the initiative to ask, "I don't know why Mr. Xu invited me here?"

"If I say that I want to discuss with you the future development path of Disney, do you believe it or not?" Xu Zhi asked with a smile.

Roy Disney was stunned for a moment, seeing that Xu Zhi was not joking, so he said: "Mr. Xu, I think you have found the wrong person, although my surname is Disney, I do not participate in the management of Disney, I think, you should be looking for my brother-in-law Ron Miller, he is the current president of Disney." ”

"I'm looking for someone who can revive the glory of Disney again, not someone who almost ruined the entire company. Xu Zhi took a sip of coffee and said seriously.

After hearing this, Roy Disney frowned and said, "What does Mr. Xu mean?"

"After the death of Mr. Walt Disney, I don't care how Ron Miller got the position of CEO of Disney, but over the years, the entire Disney company has fallen into a quagmire and cannot extricate itself, and various business units of the company have fallen into losses one after another, which is definitely due to Ron Miller. Xu Zhi continued: "Roy, you and I should think the same!"

Roy Disney said: "Maybe, but now that Mr. Xu, you have acquired most of the shares of Disney, no matter who you are optimistic about or who you are not optimistic about, it is not a matter of your word."

If you don't like Ron Miller, you can just fire him, it doesn't seem necessary to tell me this, right? After all, my surname is Disney. ”

"It's because your surname is Disney that I'm looking for you. Xu Zhi said with a smile: "I did buy Disney, but I hope that the culture of Disney will be the same as before, not changed because of my appearance, I think Roy you also want this, don't you?"