Chapter 51: The Man Who Bears the Blame
After Nancy left, John began to deal with the termination of the partnership with RCA Records. Originally, he could have done it with a phone call, but he decided to go to RCA Records to solve the recording of the movie songs, and to discuss the release of the movie soundtrack.
In many cases, movie soundtracks will be released to the market before the movie, the purpose is to let the song warm up the market for the upcoming movie, convert a part of the fans into fans, and let them go into the theater and pay for the movie.
Another purpose is to increase the income of investors by relying on movie soundtracks. The box office only accounts for 40% of the revenue of a movie, and the real 60% is the periphery of the movie.
The third reason why John went to RCA was to see the little goblins he had invited, Tido, Nana, Maria Carey, and Jay-Z.
RCA Records, one of the three major audiophile brands in the embryonic era of stereo, is headquartered in New York, USA. It is one of two entertainment companies under the General Electric Group, the other being NBC, an American broadcaster.
That's why John swore that RCA Records would continue to record songs for "Stealing Love" and undertook the release of the soundtrack.
After a long flight of more than six hours, John and Dinie finally arrived at JFK International Airport.
As soon as he got off the plane, John rubbed his stiff neck, "I have to move RAC Records to Los Angeles in the future, otherwise I will fly for more than six hours each time, which is really unbearable." ”
Dani on the side obviously didn't say anything when she heard her boss's complaints, because this kind of thing can't be done in a day or two. And it also requires the consent of the elder Morgan.
After getting off the plane and riding for another two hours, John and Dinie finally arrived at RCA Records' headquarters.
"Knock Knock Knock ......"
"Please come in!"
As soon as John entered the office, he saw a man in his 40s sitting behind a large desk, with a somewhat bald head.
As soon as Tom Hansen saw John, he immediately got up from his chair and walked up to John and bowed his head slightly: "Hello!JK"
John looked at Tom Henson and didn't speak, but walked directly to the chair behind the desk and sat down, and waited until he sat down before he said lightly: "I'm not good at all......"
"Hmmm......"
Tom Henson was speechless when he heard John's words. From John's tone, he could tell that the boss seemed to be unhappy today, and he was here to find fault. He quickly recalled what he had done during this time, and he didn't realize that he had done anything wrong!
And John looked at Tom Hansen's changing face and said, "Do you know why I'm bad?"
Tom Hansen shook his head.
"Because someone stopped recording my movie songs. John was really afraid that the president of RCA would think about it and lose the little hair on the top, so he reminded him directly.
"Movie songs!" Tom Henson has only stopped recording songs for one movie during this time, and that is "Stealing Love". Thinking of this, Tom Hansen suddenly realized. "JK! You're the director of "Stealing Love" John Chris Deng. ”
"Isn't it like?" John looked at Tom Hansen with a cold face.
He came to RCA Records this time and was ready to knock the president of RCA. Not because Tom Henson stopped recording his music, but because when did the company affiliated with the Morgan consortium become so weak that it was actually coerced by Michael Ovitz.
"Like ...... Like ......" Tom Hansen replied in a cold sweat, and at the same time greeted the women of Michael Ovitz's family in his heart.
If Michael Ovitz hadn't asked him to stop recording movie songs for "Stealing Love," he wouldn't have made that mistake.
Looking at the sweat like raindrops, Tom Hansen John asked in a cold voice, "President Hansen, what group does RCA Records belong to?"
"Part of the General Electric Group. Tom Henson didn't understand why John asked the question, but he answered obediently.
John then asked, "Do you know what General Electric's turnover was last year?"
"$52 billion!" replied Tom Henson again.
"And what was CAA's turnover last year?" John continued.
"$1.8 billion"
"Boom ......"
John slapped the table directly after hearing Tom Hansen's answer. "I thought you didn't know how to count, and it's a shame that a company with an annual turnover of more than $50 billion should bow down to a company with an annual turnover of $1.8 billion. ”
"Shame ......" John repeated again, biting the word "shame" hard. "You bring shame not only to RCA and GE, but to the entire Morgan consortium, with 186 directors in shame for what you did. It's a good thing it's not RB, otherwise even if I spare you, those 186 directors would have killed you by caesarean section. ”
The Morgan family has four major systems, political, military, economic, and community, and the Morgan family's economy is the Morgan consortium.
The JPMorgan consortium has a total of 187 directors, each of whom is directly responsible for a subsidiary of the JPMorgan consortium. The 187 directors of the vast Morgan consortium are managed by the Morgan family on behalf of the Morgan family.
And Tom Hansen is one of those 187 directors. He is responsible for the management of RCA Records.
After John calmed down, he looked at Tom Hansen and said, "I don't think RCA needs a cowardly person at the helm, don't you think!" John wanted to replace the president of RCA. It's not because he stopped John's movie songs, it's that John feels that Tom Henson doesn't have the ability to run the company well.
In his previous life, RCA fell into the hands of Tom Hansen, and John didn't want RCA to follow the same path in his previous life, and was eventually abandoned by the Morgan consortium.
"JK! I ......" Tom Hansen panicked when he heard that John was going to replace himself. He tried to explain, but he never spoke.
"Say whatever you want, don't ramble," John said unpleasantly as he looked at Tom Hansen's expression.
"Hey!" Tom Hansen sighed and looked at John and said, "JK! Actually, I don't want to ask Michael Ovitz, but the current RCA is not as strong as the CAA at all, I have to compromise, the company has been going downhill in recent years, and it has not been as good as a year." ”
"Hmph......" John snorted coldly when he heard Tom Hansen's words, "You still know that RCA is not as good as a year, as the president of RCA, you can bring such a good company like this, this also requires ability!" John sneered at Tom Hansen.
Tom Hansen said loudly: "JK! I don't blame me, it's all because President Welch, some of the rectification plans and promotion plans we put forward were all rejected by him, so that it became what it is now." ”
"Welch!" John fell silent when he heard Tom Hansen's words, Welch is a very good person in business, but if he wants to engage in the entertainment industry, this famous president is obviously a small novice.
GE has two entertainment companies, an RCA record and an NBC. Both companies were in decline when Welch was at the helm of General Electric, and it was not until Welch left and the new president took office that the entertainment industry was vigorously developed and NBC was brought to life, but by that time RCA had already been sold.
Thinking of this, John was going to give Tom Hansen a chance to see if the president was a straw bale or buried gold: "Tom Hansen, since you think that the decline of RCA is due to President Welch, then I will give you a chance, I will let RCA break away from General Electric, but when the time comes, you still can't develop RCA, so you can only leave." Is it leaving...... Isn't it a transfer, understand?"
"Understood!KA" Tom Hansen nodded, he knew that he had put the blame on his immediate boss today, and he had no way back, but he believed that as long as there was no interference from Welch, he would be able to lead RCA from a new one to a new glory.
"Okay, then I'll see. John got up from his chair, looked at Dani and said, "Danie, submit an application to the consortium on my behalf to split RCA from General Electric." As for the reason...... John said that he thought about it, and of course it can't be said that because Welch is incapable of management, the split is carried out. Although a manager does not have to compromise with his subordinates, sometimes he needs to assess the situation.
Welch now manages GE very well, and John doesn't want to let this matter affect the man who has led GE to glory.
One reason is to protect Tom Hansen, a subordinate who overstepped his boss to beat his boss's small report, this kind of person can't get along in the company.
So John thought for a moment and said, "As for the reason, I want to manage it myself. John was ready to take the blame for Tom Henson himself.
Since Liu Bei can buy Zhao Yun with a wrestler, John might as well come back and buy horse bones. Today he took the blame for Tom Henson, and Tom Henson will fight for him in the future, but only if Tom Henson is a talent, otherwise John will definitely kick him out at that time.