Don was very vigilant.

The merger of AOL and Time Warner is the biggest tragedy in the history of American companies.

In the early days of the merger, Ted Turner was the company's largest individual shareholder, and the market value of his stock grew to $10 billion, making him one of the richest people in the world.

Soon, as the stock price fell day by day, 80% of the wealth was evaporated, and the wealth depreciated at a rate equivalent to $10 million a day for two and a half years.

This long process of evaporating wealth can be imagined as mental torture for an old man in his sixties.

At the same time as the great loss of wealth, Ted Turner's personal life was also very unfortunate.

His ten-year marriage to movie star Jane Fonda came to an end, and his youngest daughter's child died tragically due to a genetic defect.

Such an old guy whose life is full of ups and downs can still make such self-deprecating jokes in front of Don, which shows how powerful he is.

"You mentioned AOL and I suddenly remembered, recently...... Netflix is on the multiply?" Ted Turner's cloudy eyes shimmered.

Tang En responded quietly: "Yes, the price has been reduced, and the number of users is growing faster." ”

"How many users?"

Ted Turner didn't seem to care about this kind of internal privacy, and asked in a dignified manner.

Tang En hesitated for a moment, then said calmly: "More than 7.2 million." ”

"It's not a lot!" Ted Turner shook his head, "Well, why don't AOL and Netflix come into a partnership? AOL has more than 30 million users." ”

Don's face changed slightly.

Old fellow, I really didn't have a good heart!

It is true that AOL has 30 million subscribers, but with the rise of the Internet, more operators, suppliers and service providers have emerged.

AOL's performance and the number of users have been declining year after year.

Even, AOL Time Warner is studying changing its name, asking to change the name of the group company back to Time Warner.

AOL…… It's totally cumbersome.

Besides, AOL's reputation is really bad!

Not to mention the merger of the century, the content services provided by AOL America Online...... It's really a bad reputation.

When the internet first appeared, AOL was born.

What was the purpose of using the Internet for netizens at that time?

Eight times out of ten, it's to watch free adult videos!

Correspondingly, it has also ruined the reputation of AOL USA.

In the U.S., if someone says, "I'm using AOL USOL," it's the same as saying "I'm watching adult movies."

Let AOL America Online cooperate with Netflix, isn't this a hack for Netflix?

What a fart the user is using!

Let AOL users come to Netflix to watch adult movies?

AOL's business, within AOL Time Warner, is about to become the target of public criticism, and Don will stupidly put the popular project Netflix together?

Dream on!

"Hehe, this is not necessary, Netflix has just reached a cooperation with Google, so it doesn't need the help of AOL USA. Don declined as tactfully as he could.

Ted Turner is not an ordinary person, if he can not be offended, he must not be offended.

As a media mogul, Ted Turner single-handedly founded the TBS television network, CNN News Network, and TNT television network.

CNN, in particular, is the most famous TV news station in the world!

But how did CNN News grow up?

In the early eighties, Ted Turner came up with the concept of cable news network, and public opinion was in an uproar.

As we all know, there's no money to be made on TV news, and news programs have always been a public service to comply with the Federal Communications Commission's regulations. And Ted Turner has to make news, and it's a 24-hour rolling broadcast, and there is a profit, isn't that the biggest joke in the world?

The result?

Ted Turner sued the Federal Communications Commission, arguing that the official organization interfered with press freedom. They then sued the White House Press Service for violating the Fair Trade Act.

The lawsuit went all the way to the Supreme Court, and after the verdict, Ted Turner won by a wide margin!

That's where CNN News came in.

But how can CNN beat the news services of established free-to-air TV stations like CBS, ABC, NBC?

Ted Turner has a close relationship with the Bush family.

During the Gulf War, the U.S. military ordered all foreign journalists to leave the country!

The international signals of the news of the three major television stations were all cut off.

Only CNN News has been granted the privilege to stay and cover the Gulf War!

During the Gulf War, CNN News relied on the most advanced communication technology to make viewers in 150 countries and regions around the world become witnesses of this war that attracted the attention of the world.

A large number of on-the-spot reports, such as the bombing of Baghdad by multinational forces, have become household scoops.

CNN News Network became famous in one fell swoop and attracted worldwide attention!

It is precisely because of this incident that Ted Turner, the big boss of CNN News, became Time Magazine's Person of the Year in 1991.

This also led to the later merger of Time Warner and Turner Group.

Now, Bush Sr. has stepped down and Bush Jr. has come to power again.

Ted Turner's background relationship is very hard, if you can't mess with it, you won't mess with it.

For Donn's refusal, Ted Turner seemed to have guessed it, his face was unwavering, he nodded lightly, and said meaningfully: "The box office of "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" is very high!"

Here it comes!

It's still coming!

Tang En's heart jumped, and he pretended to be humble and said, "No, hehe." The box office of "Harry Potter 2" is good, but compared to "Lord of the Rings 3", it is much worse. ”

The corners of Ted Turner's mouth hooked, and he said lightly: "How many movies will be released in New Universal next year?"

"About 50, no Warnerdo. Don smiled in response.

In the past decade, Warner Bros. has released between 50 and 60 films per year, with Disney, Fox, Sony Pictures, Universal Pictures and Paramount at around 30 per year. Finally, MGM has 10-15 films a year, and its business performance is even worse than Warner's New Line Pictures.

However, after Tang En integrated Universal Pictures, Tang Pictures, Marvel Studios, Rose Pictures, Focus Pictures, Rage Pictures, Pixar, Sriwood and other film companies, the overall volume has surpassed Warner Bros.

If you count MGM, which is about to be integrated, it will be even more firmly in the position of the boss.

Ted Turner shook his head, full of concern: "New Universal and Warner release so many movies every year, and they release a new film every week on average, which is probably going to spark competition." ”

Tang En smiled: "It's a good thing to have competition, competition can better promote the development of the market." ”

Ted Turner looked at him deeply, "But too fierce competition is easy to cause huge loss of profits." Because of the relationship between "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets", the box office of "The Matrix 3" is at least $400 million lower than expected! For Warner, just the box office share can lose $200 million!"

Don held back his anger and forced a smile, "You can't say that, can you? I set the schedule for the Harry Potter series a few years ago. Besides, is the schedule of "The Matrix 3" really correct?"

Ted Turner said in a deep voice: "If I'm not mistaken, the copyright of "Harry Potter" was jointly acquired by Donn Pictures and Warner. In the end, you have the exclusive copyright, can you give me an explanation?"

A look of anger appeared on Don's face, he looked at Barry Meyer beside him, and said dishappily: "You should know this very well, right?

"It has nothing to do with him!" Ted Turner waved his hand, not giving Barry Meyer a chance to speak, and directly began to play the scoundrel, "I know, isn't it the copyright of "The Chronicles of Narnia"? You used half of the copyright of the "Chronicles of Narnia" series to obtain the entire copyright of "Harry Potter". However, we paid a full $5 million for the royalties!"

"Now that you know, you still have to ask?"

Don's tone was already very unkind.

For this kind of old guy who relies on selling the old, it's really disgusting.

There was Somer Lei Shidong in the past, and Ted Turner in the back, why were people in that era all virtuous?

Ted Turner said coldly: "Young man, are you bullying me, an old fellow, who can't understand the situation? The "Harry Potter" series of movies has been a big hit, but "The Chronicles of Narnia 2" has experienced a box office fiasco! Are these two movie series on the same level?"

"What do you mean, black and white, you still want to break the contract?" Don narrowed his eyes.

Ted Turner said lightly: "Default can't be discussed, it's just that the deal a few years ago was too big a loss for Warner." It's not a fair deal. ”

"Huh, isn't it fair?" Don held back his anger and stared at him, "Ted, it seems that the fairness in your eyes is not the same as the fairness we generally know?" Barry, what do you say?"

"Hehe, there's something to discuss. ”

Barry Meyer naturally wouldn't be as rude as Ted Turner and pretend to be a good old man.

For him, Ted Turner became the best. No, there is no need to offend Donn.

There are so many lessons to be learned!

Warner Bros. has really gone awry, and it's him, the CEO, who is behind it, not Ted Turner, who is semi-retired.

Ted Turner taught Donn earnestly as an elder, saying: "Young people, in this world, it is not black and white. It is true that you have the ability, but the ability does not necessarily mean that you can do whatever you want. If you have money, everyone earns it together, this is the last word. If the appearance is too ugly, sooner or later it will cause public outrage. ”

"Just like Mr. Lei Shidong?"

Don hooked the corners of his mouth, full of contempt.

"You!"

Ted Turner's tone froze, and his expression turned cold.

"I'm sorry, I still have something to do, so I'll go first. ”

Don ignored Ted Turner's cannibalistic gaze, waved his hand casually, and turned to leave.

Leave no room for manoeuvre.

Watching Harry Potter sell so much that you want to take advantage of me?

You're demented, right?!

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