"John, Barry and Frank are on the phone, saying they're coming to visit you!"

"Oh, let them come then!"

"Okay, I'll reply to them. ”

"Sister Qing, you can put these things down for the time being, didn't you let you rest?"

"Anyway, there's nothing to do at home, why do you annoy me so quickly!"

"Ahh , how can I be, I'm not worried about you!"

"You'd better talk to Diane and Harry, you said you put them all on Lanai, although you say that you chat through video every day, but it's not a matter of video, you think so?"

"Well, then let's go together!"

"I think John, you still need to go around more, I think you should understand, but for the time being, you probably can't leave Los Angeles, Barry seems to have something to talk to you about, and it's probably going to be busy for a few days. ”

"Okay, let's let Barry come first, depending on the situation. ”

"Okay, I'll go to Barry first. ”

"Well, Sister Qing, thank you for your hard work!"

“...”

This afternoon, although the weather in Los Angeles began to cool down in December, but today's rare temperature exceeded 25 degrees, Li Feng was lying on the edge of the garden pool at home, basking in the sun with sunglasses, Wang Siqing suddenly appeared by the pool, and such a scene appeared.

Perhaps thinking that Barry and Frank were coming next, Li Feng suddenly got up and jumped into the pool for a 10-minute swim, and then returned to the villa wrapped in a swimming towel, and waited on the boat in a relaxed and comfortable new Saint Laurent spring and autumn casual suit.

In less than 1 hour, Li Feng received a message from the security booth at the gate that Barry Diller and Frank had entered the manor in a company car.

......

"Barry, Frank, welcome to Century Manor!" At this time, Li Feng was wearing casual shorts and a T-shirt on the mini golf course in the garden, waving his clubs, and when he saw the two coming, he immediately smiled and quipped.

"Boss, we're not as dashing as you. ”

"Haha... , Barry, the studio can't be done, you have to know how to combine work and rest!"

“...”

Listening to their boss's ridicule of the two of them, the two media and entertainment industry tycoons who are now in the United States suddenly shook their heads and smiled bitterly.

For Li Feng, whether it is Barry or Frank, the two actually have a certain amount of catch-up in their hearts, Li Feng's trust in the two makes the two very grateful, thinking about handing over a huge media group to the two of them to manage, it is almost 100% trust, which is almost impossible to find with the boss.

He handed Barry the baseball stick he was waving, and he also swung it a shot, and finally Barry swung the club under the watchful attention of Li Feng, the big boss, and Frank, a good partner, with a wicked smile.

After some greetings, he naturally began to get down to business, and Li Feng also knew that he was able to let Barry Diller and Frank, two Hollywood media bigwigs, come to him in person to explain the situation, and it was obvious that he needed to make up his own mind.

For this, Li Feng is very satisfied in his heart, although he handed over the company's management power to Barry Diller and the management, but Barry Diller may have learned enough lessons in his previous career as a manager, and whenever he made major decisions in the company, he always went to himself to explain in person, at least fully considering the majestic face of being a 'boss'.

In short, Li Feng pulled Barry Diller to become his partner in the media group, such a person is really right, and he can be called the best partner, although now with the continuous expansion of the media group, Barry Diller's stake is actually very small.

......

"Boss, do you remember what we told you about Polygram last time?" asked Barry Dille after the pleasantries.

"Oh, of course I remember, can't I help it over there?"

"Hehe... Yes, there was news that Polygram was going to be sold, and some media companies also started to contact them, but now it is basically obvious that in addition to our interest, the biggest competitor is Universal Pictures, which is the Canadian beer giant Seagram. ”

"Hey... , I really don't know why Seagram is so interested in the media and entertainment industry, not to mention the previous acquisition of Universal Pictures, and now it is still interested in Polygram. Li Feng couldn't help but joke to himself.

"Hehe, the development strategy of Renjia is like this, in fact, it's not just Seagram, for example, France is now rising a media giant, recently changed its name to Vivendi, I think BOSS should have an impression, wasn't it a water company before.

Before, they also wanted to buy our shares in Eurovision, and they also traded a part of the shares with them, before they laid out in Europe and became a media predator in Europe, and now they are not only satisfied with Europe, but also recently set their eyes on the United States. ”

"Are they buying media companies in the U.S. again and starting to expand?"

"Not really, but the CEO at Vivendi has been active in Los Angeles lately. ”

"I'm still in Los Angeles, so I can get to know each other when I have a chance. ”

"Hehe... You see, this is an invitation from Siemens and Philips, the two major controlling shareholders of Polygram, and there will be a reception at the Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills in 2 days, and we have already been invited, and I think the ambitious CEO of Vivendi may also be one of the guests at the reception. ”

“...”

......

"BOSS, it seems that Philips and Siemens, the two major controlling shareholders of Polygram, can't sit still, before we adopted delaying tactics, resulting in the slow progress of Polygram's acquisition, Seagram is hoping to acquire Polygram in the form of cash and shares, but in the face of Polygram's offer of tens of billions of dollars, it is now hesitating.

In addition, we fanned the flames on the sidelines, especially our proposal to use Yahoo shares as a bargaining chip, which made Siemens and Philips very interested, but with Yahoo's stock price rising and the progress of negotiations is really slow, it is estimated that the two companies will not be able to sit still. Frank, who was on the side, interjected with a smile at this time.

"Oh, so the two companies are basically going to have a showdown. ”

"Yes, it's about to enter 99 years now, according to our estimates, we can make a complete decision in a few months at most, boss, and then it's up to you to make an idea. ”

"By the way, what is the market value of Yahoo now?" Li Feng asked with a sudden change of style.

"BOSS, I have to say, you were so wise to invest in Yahoo at the beginning, and now Yahoo's market value has exceeded $70 billion, which is really crazy. Frank replied with a look of envy.

"Haha... , 70 billion, it's going to be 99 years soon, well, it should be about the same. In the midst of laughter, Li Feng whispered to himself again.

Thinking of this, Li Feng suddenly said to Barry Diller and Frank: "OK, I think it's about the same, then the two of you will immediately organize a team to start formal negotiations with Polygram." ”

"So is BOSS going to merge our own record label as part of the negotiations?"

"No, let's be relatively independent for the time being, just talk to people with my Yahoo shares, I think my Yahoo shares are enough to buy PolyGram or even redundant, maybe you can engage in a three-way cooperation or something, Seagram doesn't also want to buy Polygram, in fact, I am also very interested in Universal Pictures. Li Feng couldn't help but speak again.

Li Feng knows that the future income of his record company is definitely beyond the imagination of ordinary people, and the music scene around 2000 can be said to be Britney's world, and he has achieved the status of a diva in just a few years, which is a real cash cow.

With the addition of several idol groups including Jay-Z, Beyoncé's real girl, as well as the record company's Backstreet Boys, Super Boys, etc., it can be said that in the years before and after the new century, when Li Feng's own record company was absolutely crazy to make a lot of money, Li Feng naturally would not merge it into the rest of the record companies.

......

At this time, Li Feng thought of including Vivendi and Universal Pictures, the future Universal Records, and later NBCUniversal, etc., Liu Feng suddenly found that he should put a long line to catch big fish, and in the future, he may be able to include Universal Pictures, Universal Music and NBC.

However, this is definitely a relatively long one, which will take about 10 years, which is really a long-term layout for Li Feng today.

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