Now Don is shouldering two big tasks at the unsinkable box office, the rise of the STA TV network.

In comparison, STA TV network is even more important!

Unsinkable, no matter how famous and invested, it is just a movie. Even if it fails at the box office, it will not have much impact on Donn's film industry, the Marvel Universe, the Pirate League, Transformers...... These are also enough to support the future of the film industry.

But STA TV network is different, in this sensitive time period, once it is not handled well, it is very likely that the entire TV industry laid out by Tang En will be swept away!

This is by no means alarmist.

In 2001, Time Warner was in the midst of a merger with AOL, and the two shareholders' meetings were arguing. Viacom Group, led by Lei Shidong, is the undisputed most influential media giant in the world today!

Even Disney's market capitalization is less than half of Viacom's!

Don has the courage to call Michael Eisner and Disney, but in the face of Lei Shidong's absolute strength, he is not qualified to fight at all.

Viacom Group is too strong!

The four major business segments, the cable TV network Viacom headquarters, CBS Group, Paramount Pictures, and Pepsi Company, each of them is an industry giant, except for Paramount, the other three are the industry leaders.

In particular, Pepsi has almost monopolized the video tape and DVD rental market in the United States.

Don dared to call Disney because Disney's development direction had little to do with the business of Down Pictures, but Viacom was different.

Pepsi alone can deal a fatal blow to Down Pictures in the film field.

For STA TV network to rise, Viacom's SHO TV network and Time Warner's HBO TV network are two mountains that must be overcome.

Time Warner is too busy to take care of itself and can be ignored.

But Viacom must be taken very seriously!

Especially the old guy Lei Shidong, as soon as he launched a ruthless attack, the whole Hollywood was filled with a terrifying atmosphere.

Now the best manager in Hollywood, everyone knows Disney's Michael Eisner. But before Michael Eisner, who was the best manager in Hollywood?

It's Barry Diller!

Where is Barry Diler now?

Driven away by Lei Shidong!

Barry Diller, who once shocked Hollywood, ran MA, ABC, Paramount, and founded the Fox TV network, has now switched to the Internet, played e-commerce, and completely bid farewell to the media field.

I can't afford to provoke, I can only hide!

Therefore, in front of Lei Shidong, Don En didn't dare to play with fire like he did with Michael Eisner, and he had to deal with it carefully.

Fortunately, this old guy is 78 years old this year, far from the wisdom of the year, he has become groggy, and his management of the company has become more and more chaotic.

So much so that his sons and daughters had serious disagreements with him.

……

May 27 is Mr. Summerey's 78th birthday.

However, on this day, the Lei Shidong family did not have a big banquet, but held a private banquet for their own family.

On May 30, we recruited guests and received blessings from elites from all walks of life.

The pomp is huge!

Tosca Musk was appointed by Don as the vice president of Don Pictures, in addition to being in charge of Silkwood Animation, he is mainly responsible for communicating with Viacom Group, that is, Lei Shidong himself.

She's doing a good job.

Tang En received an invitation with Mr. Lei Shidong's autograph: "I sincerely invite you to my birthday party. Summer-M Ray Stone East. ”

On such a formal occasion, Don definitely can't go with a messy female companion, but fortunately, Harvard's summer vacation has begun, and Natalie is by his side.

"What? you're not going?" Donn looked at Natalie in surprise.

Natalie pouted, "How am I going? It's not a Hollywood party, it's a formal business occasion." Most of the attendees are old guys, the youngest has to be forty or fifty years old, I am a little girl, a primary school student, how embarrassing is it to go?"

Donn said disapprerovingly: "What an elementary school student, you are a student at Harvard University!

Natalie said weakly: "In the entertainment industry, of course, my academic qualifications are proud, but on that occasion, how can I be embarrassed to talk about academic qualifications? Do you know that Mr. Lei Shidong was admitted to Harvard at the age of 17? Do you know that when he was studying at Harvard, he also served the US military, and he was a war hero!"

"Huh, so powerful?" Donn's eyes widened.

Natalie sat on the bed and threw five or six dresses around her to the floor in a huff, "I'm just an actress who doesn't know anything, in front of those big people, if I say the wrong thing, how embarrassing it is?"

Tang En pondered for a long time and let out a long sigh.

Of course he understood Natalie's thoughts.

Where is she afraid of being embarrassed?

She was afraid that she would say the wrong thing and lose face to her boyfriend.

The latest Forbes magazine has announced that Donne's assets have reached $8 billion, ranking 37th in the ranking of the world's richest people. Although it is far less than the 18th-ranked Summerray Stone East, which has a net worth of more than $14 billion, it is enough to shine the entire banquet.

It is conceivable that Don will definitely be the focus of this banquet, and as a girlfriend, Natalie will definitely have to deal with the interrogation of many ladies and wives.

Natalie, who is under the age of 20, will definitely struggle to cope with such an occasion.

When something goes wrong, it makes a big joke.

"It's because I'm not strong enough. Don sat down on the edge of the bed, took Natalie into his arms, and sighed.

Natalie shook her head, leaned lightly on his embrace, and whispered, "No, you're only 23 years old, even Bill Gates, at your age, can't be so successful." In my heart, you're strong enough. ”

Don shook his head, a little self-deprecating, "It's still too weak, if I'm the richest man in the world now, hum, even if you say the wrong thing, even if you're an actress, so what? Hmph! The whole world wants to see your face!"

Natalie pursed her lips, "Then you work hard and become the richest man in the world as soon as possible!"

Don smiled a little strangely, "You have so much confidence in me?"

Natalie raised her head, bit her lip and said, "It doesn't matter, I'll try hard anyway, I was in school, and I minored in etiquette classes, language classes, and social theory classes...... Anyway, a whole bunch. When I graduate from university, I will definitely be very good, I am confident!"

Don En was angry and funny, "You have confidence in me, you have confidence in yourself!"

"I'm an actress anyway, but...... I'm going to make sure that no one looks at me like an actress. Natalie's words are categorical.

Tang En nodded solemnly, "Let's work together!"

……

When it comes to social etiquette, Don is definitely inferior to Natalie.

But the status and wealth are there, and these are Donn's confidence.

It's like a class reunion, if a person with status and wealth says a few wrong words, everyone won't laugh at all, but feel that this person lives a very real life, but if the worst and poorest person makes a joke, even if everyone is kind on the surface, their hearts must be full of contempt.

In the 21st century, wealth is the greatest capital!

Tosca Musk acted as Donn's female companion and attended Lei Shidong's birthday party.

She is only 27 years old this year, blonde hair and blue eyes, white skin and long legs, pouting forward and back, holding Tang En's arm, she has a feeling of a golden boy and a girl.

But the more this kind of match, the more uncomfortable Don felt in his heart.

"The whole world knows that my girlfriend is Natalie Portman, don't get me wrong. ”

Don said quietly.

Tosca Musk smiled awkwardly, holding his arm, it was not so intimate, and he followed by his side, a little more secretaryly.

Her work tonight is mainly the duties of the secretary, and she whispered in Donn's ear: "At nine o'clock on the left, it is Rupert Murdoch, the big boss of News Corporation!"

Don turned his head slightly, and sure enough, in that direction, he saw the newspaper tycoon Murdoch and his Chinese wife, communicating with an old man of about the same age.

"The man who spoke to him was John Malone, the godfather of cable television! He was well-known in the industry, and even Mr. Lei Shidong and Mr. Murdoch had to respect him enough. ”

Tosca Musk's words surprised Donn, and he couldn't help but look at it a few more times, and asked in a low voice, "Why have I never heard of it?"

"He's retired. Tosca Musk shook his head, "But his business philosophy has influenced a generation." ”

"Oh?"

"One of his classic phrases is that high profitability means high taxes, so the strategic way to build a giant company is to use all possible conditions to reduce reported profits and taxes, and use pre-tax cash flow to support internal development and acquisitions. In fact, Comcast and Viacom have adopted this business philosophy to develop into today's scale. ”

Hearing this, Don couldn't help but widen his eyes.

What a concise summary!

Wall Street typically values companies in terms of earnings per share, so for a long time, the biggest goal for a city company to make a profit was to make a profit.

Until the advent of the Internet era.

But John Malone, that's a few decades ago.

Why is Amazon developing so fast? In addition to the fundamentals of e-commerce, it is this way of avoiding profits and reducing taxes, and using all means and cash to expand the company's business.

Amazon shareholders haven't seen a penny in dividends for decades!

As a result, the company's market capitalization is approaching a trillion dollars.

Tang En swallowed his saliva and nodded a little sneeringly, "This person is so powerful!"

Tosca Musk gave Donn a strange look, "You really don't know John Malone?STA TV Network, which was originally a company under his TCI Group."

"Huh?" Donn's eyes widened.

Tosca Musk suddenly realized and patted his head, "Also, the STA TV network is too small, and he had the idea of retiring at that time." In '97, he sold the Teleport business for $11 billion, in '98 he sold the SprintPCS business for $9 billion, and in '99 he bought General Instruments to Motorola for more than $11 billion. Later, TCI's main business was also sold to AT&T, STA TV Network, for $48 billion...... It's so inconspicuous. ”

Don gasped.

Only then did he know how small the STA TV network business he paid close attention to was in the eyes of those big people!

He bought the STA television network and spent only $1.7 billion.