Don has already decided to shoot Warcraft, provided he can successfully acquire Blizzard.

Warcraft American dramas, with Warcraft stand-alone games, World of Warcraft online games, and backgrounds, will complement each other even more.

As for whether Vivendi will sell Blizzard, as long as the price is in place, there is no suspense.

Vivendi's brutal cutting of game companies is almost as notorious in the industry as EA.

The Xuele Mountain studio, which produced more than half a life, has been closed, and the northern Blizzard, which has produced Diablo, has also been closed for half of it, and the Blizzard team has long been in conflict with the French and wants to change owners.

Video games are an unpredictable industry, and many of the biggest game companies in the past two decades have gone out of business, from handheld games, to video games, to computer games.

Times are changing so fast.

Even Microsoft is stumbling in the gaming industry.

Only Don can see through the direction of the times, dare to invest, and dare to promote the development of games.

After computer gaming, there were online gaming, then mobile gaming, and then multi-screen streaming video games

After Universal Pictures' original game division was acquired by Vivendi, the business was reorganized, merging the game department with Blizzard to become Vivendi Games, and even Universal Music was also spun off

All Don has to do is take the assets that belong to Universal Pictures and the properties that belong to Hollywood!

Two weeks later, the internal private placement of Down Pictures has been basically completed, with a total of 38.7 million shares subscribed by Don Film employees, 7.84 million shares subscribed by female stars who are close to Town, and Mel Gibson and Leonardo Ricaprio divided the remaining 3.46 million shares.

So far, the number of shareholders of Down Pictures has reached 1,635, and more than 90% of employees have been given the opportunity to hold shares.

In particular, many of the royal teams who were promoted by Tang En from the bottom have become shareholders of the company, and they all have the opportunity to become multimillionaires in the future.

will leap from the bottom of society to the upper class in one fell swoop!

Tangen Pictures also had nearly $500 million more on its books because of the private placement of the 50 million original shares.

However, this does not mean that the stock of Down Pictures is only $10 per share!

This is the original share, which is the benefit that Tang En took out his own shares and gave to the employees.

According to the estimation of the underwriter Citibank, the current market value of Tangen Pictures is not less than $13.5 billion!

Among them, STA TV network has the highest valuation, as much as $2.2 billion!

Marvel Entertainment and Marvel Studios have also been valued at $2 billion because of the popularity of superhero movies.

But that's not enough to show the value of Down Pictures!

Brandi Norris, the chief financial officer, came to report to Donne, "Boss, I think the company should go public as soon as possible, and then we will start a series of equity mergers and acquisitions." However, it is not in our interest to acquire at the current valuation. ”

Tang En shook his head, "The current economic situation will wait for a few years, anyway, our next acquisitions are mainly based on cash mergers and acquisitions." ”

Dunn Pictures' acquisition of Dolby Laboratories and Pixar Studios has already said that it will be in a "cash + stock" situation.

But these two acquisitions are just a small fight.

The highlight of the year is the acquisition of Universal Pictures, Universal Records, and Blizzard Games!

Vivendi faced a debt crisis, and after changing the CEO, the first thing he did was to sell his assets and pay off his debts.

At this time, Vivendi needs cash, not shares!

This is in line with the current situation of Down Pictures.

Brandi Norris subscribed for 2.1 million original shares and is the 9th largest shareholder of Down Pictures, he is a "newcomer", and he must be full of gratitude to Don for having such a high subscription target.

He paused for a moment before he said slowly: "Dolby's initial negotiations have been reached, and the other party's offer of $500 million is in line with our psychological expectations. ”

Don's eyes lit up, and he was very satisfied, "Good news, what's the matter?

Brandi Norris nodded, "Dr. Dolby asked for $200 million in cash, plus 20 million shares." At the current Citibank valuation of us at $13.5 billion, our stock could reach $9. But at Dolby's request, it will bring our stock price down to $5. ”

Down Pictures now has 500 million shares, of which Down owns 800 million shares.

The issuance of an additional 20 million shares to acquire Dolby Laboratories has no impact on Don's control.

Don En paced around the room with his hands behind his back, muttering for a while, "Dolby Laboratories, we must take it as soon as possible, so as not to have too many dreams at night." We can accept their offer!"

Dolby Laboratories' prospects were so good that its market capitalization soared to more than $2 billion as soon as it went public in 2005.

Buy now and make a big profit!

Brandi Norris frowned: "But the stock price is too low, which will affect our next negotiations with Pixar." ”

Donn waved his hand, "Disney is putting pressure on the side, Jobs can't wait, Pixar is a big trouble for him, he wants to sell Pixar, and he is more eager to sell Pixar than we buy Pixar!"

Brandi Norris seemed to understand what Donn meant, "You mean to delay the signing date of Dolby Laboratories and complete the negotiations with Pixar before the acquisition is confirmed?"

Tang En said: "That's what it means, pay attention to secrecy." Jobs has not had a good time lately, because of the piracy turmoil, Apple's side is under a lot of pressure, and he definitely wants to solve the Pixar problem as soon as possible. We also have to hurry up and try to win Pixar within this month!"

On March 21, 2002, Towne Pictures and Pixar issued an announcement at the same time: Towne Films spent $800 million to acquire Pixar Animation Studios!

Because Pixar is a listed company, the specific acquisition situation is also public.

Towne Pictures will issue an additional 80 million shares of Down Pictures to Pixar shareholders for $800 million in cash.

According to this calculation, the stock price of Down Pictures exceeded $3!

After the completion of this transaction, the total share capital of Down Pictures will reach 300 million shares, with a valuation of more than $15.1 billion!

Among them, Steve Jobs, the chairman of Pixar, got $500 million and 48 million shares, and Don also got 15 million new shares because he owned 15% of Pixar.

Counting the soon-to-be-completed acquisition of Dolby Laboratories, the total share capital of Down Pictures has expanded to 500 million shares, of which Towne sits on 1.5 billion shares, accounting for 7% of the total share capital, making it the largest shareholder worthy of the name!

The second largest shareholder has changed from Bill McNick to Steve Jobs, who got 48 million shares because of the Pixar deal, accounting for 5% of the total share capital of Down Pictures, and is the second largest shareholder.

Don was in a very good mood, and he ate Pixar and Dolby Labs one after another, which lifted the spirits of Don Pictures up and down!

But some people are happy and some are sad.

Don was happy, and Disney was dumbfounded.

Michael Eisner could no longer sit on Tarzan and dialed Donn's phone directly.

Don was not polite, and said with a smile: "Michael, I just finished buying Pixar, and I received too many congratulatory calls, but I didn't expect that you would also call to congratulate me." ”

Michael Eisner's words were directly blocked, and he was almost mad.

His days at Disney were just a little better, but he didn't expect Don to be a moth again.

Isn't the acquisition of Pixar cutting off Disney's back road?

Disney's animation industry has been supported by Pixar in recent years!

The whole of Disney could recognize Pixar's role, but unexpectedly, it was intercepted by Donn.

With the relationship between Donn and Disney, can the cooperation between Pixar and Disney continue?

Disney's board of directors has given Michael Eisner a death order to keep his partnership with Pixar no matter what!

To renew!

To extend the contract!

Now Disney's stock price is sluggish and can no longer withstand the toss.

Michael Eisner had no choice but to call Don in person, listening to Donne's ridicule, he could only sigh, "Don, I'm convinced!"

"Mr. Eisner, what do you mean by that? I don't understand. Tang Enyou said a word, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

For a while, Donn wanted to work with Michael Eisner, but he was tricked.

One chance!

Whether it's a plea or a promise, it's useless!

This time, Donn only looked at the results.

A result that is in his interest!

If the other person is not satisfied, then say goodbye completely.

Don is fed up with that kind of trick of being false and wronged, one trick in front of him and one trick behind his back.

Michael Eisner also knew that he was being held by Don by seven inches, and muttered: "Done, I understand what you mean, this time, I will do my best to fight for the board of directors and ensure that it will be done! I just hope that Pixar can continue to be a partner of Disney."

"It can't be!"

Before the other party could finish speaking, Tang En directly interrupted and sternly refused.