Who is Barry Diller?

Hollywood domination of the eighties!

Why is Michael Eisner domineering and dictatorial at Disney? is because he and Jeffrey Katzenberg were both Barry Diller's apprentices, and they both learned Barry Diller's style.

After News Corp. acquired Twentieth Century Fox, because the traditional three major public television networks CBS, NBC and ABC were not open to foreigners, Murdoch had no choice but to start his own television network, so he hired Barry Diller to build the Fox television network.

How difficult is this task?

At that time, the three major public television networks in the United States, CBS, NBC, and ABC carved up the market, and each of them had a market share of more than 30%, which was equivalent to the monopoly of the three oligarchs!

It is difficult for Hollywood's independent film companies to break the monopoly of the six giants, and it is undoubtedly more difficult to break the more resource-intensive monopoly of public television.

Barry Diller led the Fox television network, and in the face of the suppression of the three powerful powers, tenaciously opened up a living space in this field, grabbed 15% of the market share, and became the fourth largest public television network in the United States today.

So much so that today's public television networks, with the exception of CBS, NBC and ABC, which are owned by Viacom, have all dropped their market share to about 25%.

However, such a Hollywood legend who came up with the "high-concept" film theory in the field of film and created the Fox network in the field of television has hit a wall with two tycoons.

The first, Rupert Murdoch.

Barry Diller, with his dragon power, has a strong attitude of demanding more control and equity in the Fox television network. The result was unexpected, and Murdoch was even more aggressive and merciless, directly buying out the contract, buying back shares, and sweeping him away.

The imperial domineering of the media tycoon is undoubtedly displayed!

The second place is Sammer Lei Shidong!

Before that, Barry Diller and Lei Shidong were still friends, and they often corresponded until they fell in love with the best film company in Hollywood at the time - Paramount.

The price of Paramount is too high, and it simply cannot afford to buy it with its own funds.

Lei Shidong used leveraged acquisitions, which were common in the capital market at that time;

Barry Diller's approach was to woo Wall Street private equity funds and take control of the takeover. And in the 80s, it was he who led Michael Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg, two younger brothers, to lead Paramount to the top and become the best in Hollywood as a troika.

So in terms of management support, Barry Diler has an absolute advantage.

Everyone thought it was going to be a big show!

Unexpectedly, the result was completely one-sided!

Lei Shidong's connections and influence played a huge role, operating behind the scenes, so that Wall Street funds, which helped Barry Diller complete the acquisition, chose to exit at a critical moment.

As you can imagine, Lei Shidong became Paramount's sole bidder.

However, Paramount's management did not support Lei Shidong, so much so that he replaced a large number of executives after the completion of the acquisition. The current Paramount chairman, Ms. Shirley Lansing, was appointed by Lei Shidong in that critical situation and was appointed in a critical situation.

Lei Shidong's courage and fierceness were vividly displayed in this acquisition case.

This is not the end, because of competition, Paramount's stock price soared, so much so that Lei Shi Dongduo spent $3 billion to win Paramount Pictures at a sky-high price of $10 billion.

Lei Shidong was furious, of course he couldn't stop.

As a result, Barry Diller directly lost the possibility of re-employment in Hollywood.

I couldn't stay in California, I couldn't stay in New York, so I had to go to Denver and join TV mogul John Malone.

Now that John Malone has withdrawn from the cable field, Barry Diller can only be re-employed, supposedly...... He raised a sum of money from John Malone and started e-commerce in this era of the bursting of the dot-com bubble.

Say goodbye to the media industry completely.

The bloody example is in front of us, and Barry Diller, a legend who created the Hollywood commercial film model and created the Fox television network, all came to a gray end.

Tang En didn't dare to provoke Lei Shidong.

If it was really a hard fight with a bayonet, he might really have to pack his bags and go to Silicon Valley to rely on Netflix to turn over.

Donn took a deep breath, his face stiffened, "Mr. Lei Shidong, I handed over the broadcast rights of "American Idol" to CBS, instead of FOX and ABC, which are more popular with young people, I am actively promoting the platter investment cooperation between Paramount and Legendary Pictures, and I let the "Fantastic Four" with an investment of $30 million be licensed to ...... at a low price of $8 million."

Before he finished speaking, Lei Shidong interrupted him, pretending to be at a loss, "Hmm, why are you saying this? I'm talking about "Six Feet Underneath", did you hear it wrong?"

Don gritted his silver teeth, his face pale.

Penelope Cruz, Rose Byrne, and Abby Cornish, who were helping him change his clothes, were all scared and stood stupidly.

Obviously, Don Walker, who used to be omnipotent in their impressions, is in big trouble this time!

Is it a big problem?

Maybe it is, maybe it isn't.

In the flash of light, Don had seen it clearly.

In fact, it's very simple, Lei Shidong just wants to play "Six Feet Under" on Shotime.

The rise of the STA television network is driven by a series of high-quality content in the past few months, as well as the addition of the powerful effect of "Band of Brothers".

SHO wanted to replay "Six Feet Under" once and turn over, which was simply impossible.

The core of the problem is not copyright, but softness.

At the end of the day, it's a matter of attitude.

Lei Shidong controls the 100 billion empire of Viacom, and he doesn't pay attention to such small things at all, what he cares about is his dignity as a business tycoon!

Tang En paralyzed Lei Shidong through a series of small means, and then quickly made STA grow, seeing that there was a momentum to crush SHO, this is a provocation!

How could Lei Shidong allow Tang En, a young man, to step on top of his head?

Besides, why does Donn have such a huge reputation in Hollywood?

Outside, it relies on the continuous hit commercial blockbusters and the inspirational legend of the "American Dream", and on the inside, it relies on "platter investment" and the ruthless trampling of Disney Chairman Michael Eisner.

Lei Shidong would never allow a similar phenomenon to happen to him!

If the outside world spread the news that Tang En defeated Lei Shidong and stepped on the top of Lei Shidong's head, causing the STA TV network to suddenly rise, would he still want his old face?

So the cause and effect of this matter is very simple - Lei Shidong wants Tang En to admit his mistakes, compromise, and give in!

"Six Feet Under" is just one way to express this attitude.

wants Tang En to say "I'm sorry", this is completely fantastic, this is a battle, Lei Shidong is very shrewd, he sees it very clearly. He wanted face, not struggle.

Let Starz TV's hit drama "Six Feet Under" be broadcast on Shotime TV for one round, and it is enough for industry insiders to see the pattern clearly: Summerer Leishidong and Michael Eisner are different!

What Eisner can't do, Lei Shidong can!

Tang En was silent for another ten seconds, and suddenly laughed out loud, and the muscles on his face relaxed suddenly, as if he was talking to a close friend, "It turned out to be "Six Feet Under", haha, look at me, I heard it wrong just now!"

"Oh?" Lei Shidong paused and smiled deeply, "So...... No problem?"

"Of course no problem!" Donne's attitude was a 180-degree turn from just now, and his voice was full of enthusiasm, "When is Shotime going to broadcast? ”

"Right now, didn't Starz TV just finish the first round, just enough to take advantage of this popularity. "Since Lei Shidong has spoken, of course he will not be polite, and he must try his best to benefit his own industry.

"No problem, we can hand over the copyright tomorrow!"

Don agreed heartily.

Anyway, it's not an exclusive second-round broadcast right, including Starz TV, there must be at least 50 second- and third-tier small TV stations across the country that will broadcast one after another.

Lei Shidong was very satisfied with Tang En's attitude, "The price is ......"

"The price?Mr. Lei Shidong, you are too polite!" Tang En smiled very arrogantly, "You are a senior, an idol I have always admired, you open your mouth in person, how can you still charge for it?"

Lei Shidong laughed heartily twice, and across the phone, he could feel his radiant spirit.

"Alright then, that's it. Also, I heard that the matter of platter investment has not been resolved yet?"

"Well, I'll send a fax to Legendary Pictures to urge it. ”

"Hmm. ”

Lei Shidong bowed slightly, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, Tang En's condescension made him feel a kind of strength.

It's like when he escaped death in the fire on the Warner set, he had a burst of energy in his chest.

This young man is incredible!

Of course, he was confident enough not to believe that a young hairy boy would shake his position.

……

After hanging up the phone, the smile on Don's face instantly froze, and his face became extremely gloomy, cold, and angry!

The STA TV network is about to rise, which is the general trend and is irreversible.

When the popularity of summer blockbusters is gradually fading, "Band of Brothers" has become the most watched film and television content in North America at present.

The sky-high copyright fee of 80 million US dollars has made the audience full of expectations for this huge war film.

Tang En thought that he would be under pressure from Time Warner and HBO, but he didn't expect that Lei Shidong would be the first to make a move.

This old thing!

In the past, Don En stepped on other people's faces, and the scenery was infinite.

This...... was stepped on by Lei Shidong once!

How can Don, who has almost never encountered setbacks since being reborn, endure it?

Sitting on the two auras of foresight and sunglasses system, can't deal with Lei Shidong?

Hum!

Tang En was secretly ruthless, and said coldly: "The gentleman takes revenge, ten years is not too late, Mr. Lei Shidong...... We'll see!"

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