Chapter 574: Panic Negotiations

The Boeing 747 streaked across the sky, transited Tokyo, dropped off Yu Aoi, and rounded the Bering Strait to Los Angeles.

It wasn't until he landed that Don still had all kinds of pictures of this trip to Asia in his mind.

Memorable!

In addition to accepting a beautiful, pure, and flawless eldest daughter Aoi You, what she did in the Hong Kong government is also quite interesting.

Boss Yang actually proposed Tang En to accept Miss Zhong and Miss Cai as goddaughters!

What's even more exaggerated is that these two girls didn't think about it, and before Tang En could agree, the title of "godfather" was shouted.

Don was angry and funny.

If they both wanted to be everywhere, he might have agreed.

But the most precious things in his daughter's house are gone, and he is not in the mood to play with them.

However, Boss Yang didn't seem to give up, and invited Tang En, who could often go to the Hong Kong government as a guest when he had time, and he would entertain him warmly.

Don always felt that there was something in his words.

Back in Los Angeles, Donn immediately threw his energy into his work.

The reorganization of the New Globe Group has been completed, and the entire group of companies has begun to operate at a high speed in an all-round way.

The 2003 plan has also been released.

Barry Diller said in a high-profile manner that this year, the revenue target of New Global Group will reach 21 billion US dollars!

If this goal is achieved, it will be enough for New Worldwide Group to enter the list of "Fortune 500" companies.

Among them, Film & Television Entertainment ($9.5 billion), Interactive Entertainment ($4 billion), Television & Media ($5 billion) and Tourism, Resorts & Consumer Goods ($2.5 billion).

The film and entertainment department has the highest performance target, but it is the department with the least pressure, and the foundation laid by Don is too good.

The Resorts & Consumer Goods Division has the lowest goals, but it is the most stressed department, as Universal Studios and Consumer Products have never been taken seriously in the past at Universal Pictures.

Relatively speaking, the TV media department is the most stable, and the TV network business is difficult to achieve a sharp increase in performance, and it is unlikely that the performance will plummet.

The most uncertain is the Interactive Entertainment Department.

The division includes six major companies: Netflix, Blizzard, IMAX, Dolby Laboratories, Houghton Mifflin Publishing, and Marvel Entertainment.

Covering a wide range, except for Marvel Entertainment, which is responsible for comic book publishing, Mifflin Publishing House, which is responsible for book publishing, and whose performance is stable, the other four companies have the possibility of skyrocketing and plummeting.

However, Kevin Turner looks relaxed, there is no pressure, and he is still urging Don to approve the money, asking to contact the major film companies to pocket the film and television rights in advance and lay out the future streaming media business.

After communicating with Barry Diller and Robert Iger, Donn decided to make a decisive move.

The first stop is Warner Bros., which has the richest film library resources!

Recently, Warner Bros. CEO Barry Meyer has not had a good time.

The legacy of the merger of AOL and Time Warner has been delayed in resolving the problem, and the management is turbulent and has been running deficits for many years, causing the stock price to continue to fall.

Recently there was even news from the company's headquarters that Warner Bros. records could be sold if necessary.

Warner Bros. has an independent board of directors, and Barry Diller is leading the board of directors in a protest against the group's headquarters.

Warner Records is a century-old brand, and it is a twin brother with Warner Pictures.

But what if you don't sell it?

The group's headquarters has made it clear that in the next few years, it will embezzle Warner Bros. book funds to alleviate the huge losses of other businesses.

If Warner Bros. wanted to continue making films, it would have to accept the proposal.

Sell Warner Records and become self-reliant.

It was in this predicament that Don Enlai came to deliver money.

"What? You're going to buy the online rights to all of Warner's film and television productions?" Barry Meyer was surprised.

Don smiled, "On loan, to be exact. $20 million per year package, 30 years contract, this order, the total value of this order, $600 million!"

"30 years, this can't be!" Barry Meyer flatly denied.

Tang En said: "Barry, don't be in a hurry to refuse, you can think about it." I know, 30 years is a long time, but I can't help it, the Internet is likely to change overnight, I'm also betting, you have to give me some hope, right?"

Barry Meyer shook his head and said, "The 30-year contract is too long, and the cost of 20 million is too little. ”

Kevin Turner, who came with Donn, disagreed: "$20 million, that's not enough? In 2002, the Internet on demand business was there, and a total of $1.96 million in revenue was generated. We've offered ten times the price!"

Barry Meyer glanced at him, smiling, "Don, the people in your company are all young and energetic. ”

Tang En said lightly: "Only young people dare to make such a bold decision, isn't it? 20 million US dollars, although it is not much, but if I can pay for 10 years at once, maybe it will solve the urgent need of Warner Bros., are you right?"

Barry Meyer's eyes lit up suddenly.

$20 million per year, a one-time payment for 10 years, that's $200 million!

It can indeed temporarily solve Warner Bros.'s cash flow dilemma, and can firmly reject the request of the group headquarters to sell Warner Records.

"Donn, I don't believe you're going to do something that doesn't make sense. ”

"Of course, I don't need to hide it, I'm optimistic about the future of the Internet on demand business, so I want to start as soon as possible. There are both opportunities and risks, if the Internet really develops in the future, I may be able to make a profit, if the Internet is still like this, I will definitely lose all my money. ”

Don shrugged his shoulders and said very frankly.

Barry Meyer squinted his eyes and stared at Donn, the corners of his mouth curled slightly, "Don't bully me for being a fool, the future of the Internet can be seen by everyone." ”

Kevin Turner couldn't help but say: "The Internet will definitely dominate the world in the future, but how long will it take? 10 years, 20 years, or 30 years? If the bandwidth bottleneck of the Internet can be broken through in 10 years, New Globe will make money; if it breaks through the bandwidth bottleneck after 20 years, New Globe can only save its capital; if the Internet is still in the current situation after 30 years, New Globe will not make a penny!"

Barry Meyer couldn't help but smile and looked at Donn.

Where did he find such a person?

Glib tongue.

This is not the traditional Hollywood style.

Hollywood's convention is to see through and not to break.

Barry Meyer's meaning is obvious, he wants Don to give him more favors, and he has already approved the feasibility of this deal.

Warner Bros.'s copyright library is also left open, and if it is leased to New Universal, it can generate an additional value every year, so why not?

It's just that this Kevin Turner seems to be very serious.

Donn smiled slightly, "Kevin used to work at Walmart. ”

Barry Meyer nodded as if he had come to an understanding.

Tang En waved his hand again, "This matter, you can talk about it slowly, I have one more thing to talk to you about here." ”

"Viacom?"

"It's not. ”

"As long as it's not as good as Viacom, it's fine. ”

Barry Meyer said with confidence.

Tang En shook his head a little funny, and then said with a straight face: "I heard some news that there was a sexual assault on the set of Warner-invested "The Last Samurai". The producer, Michael Dove, went after a Japanese/Ben actress. ”

Barry Meyer's face sank.

Apparently, he had heard about it too.

"What do you want to do with this?"

"Me?"

The corners of Donn's mouth hooked, he didn't want to offend people, "He's a producer at Warners, I'm just giving you a wake-up call." ”

"I see. ”

Barry Meyer nodded, giving Don a deep look.

He felt a little weak in his heart.

What does Don mean by this?

Is it a threat?

If Don really threatened this matter, then Barry Meyer was really pinched by him.

Now Time Warner's stock price continues to fall, and it has a reputation as the world's No. 1 media group, but it is experiencing cash flow difficulties.

The merger with AOL has cost them more than $100 billion!

If at this time, the scandal of Warner Bros. producers sexually assaulting actresses in the crew is exposed......

How did Time Warner live?

It's likely that all of them will cause panic selling!

In fact, when Don and Barry Meyer talked about it, they just repaid the favor of Zhou Fang Yuxiong, the president of the Burning Office, after all, he connected Don and introduced a pure and well-behaved daughter.

Unexpectedly, Donn's past notoriety directly caused Barry Meyer to have a lot of bad associations in his heart!

Last year, Donn used this tactic to win down comedy star Louis J. C.K., he has a criminal record!

Barry Meyer's heart tightened, full of worry.

I want Don to know that in order to repay Zhou Fang Yuxiong's favor, he casually said something that caused panic in Barry Meyer's heart, and he probably had to laugh off his big teeth.

"It seems that this network copyright licensing contract has to be signed if it is not signed! Now Warner can no longer withstand the turmoil!"

Barry Meyer gritted his teeth and looked at Don with a calm face, annoyed in his heart.

But what can be done?

This kid, even Lei Shidong dares to shout!

……

The next day, Don received a long personal email.

Here's a thank you letter.

From Zhou Fang Yuxiong.

Because of the crew of "The Last Samurai", executive producer Michael Doveen has been fired, and sincere apologies have been expressed to Ken Watanabe and Kato Koyuki.

Even Warner Bros. president Alan Horn came to the crew in person to apologize to the victim Kato Koyuki.

For hush money alone, Ken Watanabe got $300,000, and Kato Koyuki got even more, up to $3.25 million!

It's no wonder that Zhou Fang Yuxiong is so grateful to Don.

Keep your word, act resolutely!

This kind of disposal is much higher than Zhou Fang Yuxiong's original expectations!

It was a result he could never have dreamed of.

Tang En briefly glanced at the thank you letter, and then replied: "Zhou Fangjun, take care of my daughter." ”

Soon, Zhou Fang Yuxiong replied: "Mr. Walker can rest assured that Yukai Aoi is the happiest artist under the Burning Office. ”

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