Chapter 232: Fierce Man Joins
Iger is happy about MM's invitation, his political life in Disney has come to an end, Michael will not give him any chance, confronting it head-on, only then will he know Michael's huge energy, in this media empire that he has developed and grown, he is the tyrant here, his influence is huge, and in the case of his first move, he is invincible within the group.
Egger stayed here, it was nothing more than a matter of compensation, he had served the group for thirty years, had a large number of classified documents, and was eligible for the kind of compensation that was sky-high, before that, it was Katzenberg and Ovitz who received sky-high compensation at Disney, and their gifts were more than 100 million, and Egger's status and contribution were not below them, and he wanted to replicate the same success.
However, Michael categorically refused, the first two were kicked out by him on his own initiative, they had threatened his position, and Egger had been controlled by him, forced to retreat, he had to clean him up, rectify him, this person himself could not pose a threat, who would pay sky-high compensation for such a person? What he had to do was to constantly exclude him, set him up, and make him a loner, he was willing to stay in the group, and the group did not mind raising him for a lifetime.
However, Iger is not easy to mess with, he has been buying company shares over the years, and has become one of the larger individual shareholders, and his identity is working, and he has begun to openly communicate with the shareholders' meeting to fire Michael.
Michael had no choice but to think about ending the dispute quickly, he was a man of great talent, but he was hot-tempered, allowing only submissiveness and no questioning, and his mantra was: "I am a tyrant!" ”
This is the two major rivals of Disney animation, Katzenberg of Dreamworks, and Lasseter of Pixar, both of whom are Disney people, but they have both become subversives of the Disney Kingdom.
Russell was Michael's right-hand arm in charge of the animation department in the '80s, but Lasseter's penchant for computer animation caused a major disagreement with Michael's insistence on traditional hand-drawing, which ended with Lasseter's departure from Pixar.
As the head of Disney's film department and the chairman of the famous animation department, Katzenberg created classic films such as "The Little Mermaid", "Beauty and the Beast", "Aladdin" and "The Lion King" during his tenure. After Wells' tragic death in a helicopter crash, Katzenberg decided that his opportunity had come, and he offered to replace Wells, but Michael not only vetoed the offer, but also repeatedly excluded him in the future.
After a few days of calm reflection, Katzenberg felt that he should do something. Not only for the future, but for revenge, he made three phone calls. The first call was made to David Geffin, who had just sold his record label to Warners for $700 million, the second to Spielberg, whose career was booming, and the third to Paul Allen, who was then the seventh richest person in the world.
Three leading figures in the entertainment industry and a tycoon who promised "I'll give you as much as you want" founded DreamWorks Corporation, which started with a capital of $2.6 billion and was born with a huge golden key, and Katzenberg, who was in charge of DreamWorks' animation department, worked against Disney everywhere, calling himself Disney's gravedigger, and when Pixar cooperated with Disney, he attacked Pixar together.
Iger thought about it for two days, he was not willing to rot in obscurity, he was still young, he was going to shine, maybe he was going to follow the path of Katzenberg.
Egger made three phone calls, the first to his close comrade-in-arms, his partner, and his wife: "I'm quitting. ”
The second call was to Mark: "I'm on board!"
The third call was to Michael: "I accept your offer. After three phone calls, Iger breathed a sigh of relief, the former chairman of the Disney Group, the chief executive officer, ended in such a disgraceful way, and will work hard in MM in the future.
After MM walked into his sight of "The Hangover", when MM acquired Marvel, Iger knew that these two young people with great backgrounds must be big.
Marvel jokingly said to Little Disney that it has a large number of IPs and bookstores, chain stores, and it is also trying to create an ecology of content + channels + derivatives like Disney, but their attempt failed, this is a matter of the leader's vision, not that it does not have this qualification, Iger decided to acquire the company once he took power, but MM took the lead.
MM's two young people have a strong background and good vision, and they invited him to join MM with a lot of money, he owns 10% of the shares, is one of the partners, not a worker, and he decided to fight the world with these two young people.
Since Iger resigned, he didn't go to Paris, after he completed the handover at the headquarters, he left Disney with a check for 50 million US dollars, and Michael sent him to the door, not only social etiquette, but also the meaning of watching him leave as a jerk, and more to see him make a fool of himself, Michael arranged a reporter at the door.
Sure enough, as soon as they walked out of the door, these reporters came up from the country, gossiping, competing to ask questions, and the questions asked were quite embarrassing!
At this time, ten elongated luxury Lincolns drove up, a group of big men poured out, and some people were busy rolling out the red carpet, and these big men were divided into two columns, lined up along the red carpet, and the leading big man rudely pushed away the reporters and saluted Egger.
Meghan is dressed in a white suit, wearing sunglasses, and she is high-spirited from the extended luxury Lincoln, and she walks out in high spirits, the way the underworld boss appears, has always been her favorite, today she brought thirty-six bodyguards, and requisitioned her father's luxurious extended Lincoln team, which was extremely windy and high-spirited.
Meghan walked down the red carpet and said to Iger, "Mr. Iger, shall we go?"
Iger has been in the mall for decades, very urban, belongs to the kind of person who is not shocked, in the face of Meghan's big scene, a little crying and laughing, and said to Michael: "My partner, I have invested in MM." ”
Michael felt a little embarrassed, feeling that the other party came to the door to slap his face, and he forced a smile: "I'm glad you got a job so quickly." ”
Iger smiled, "That's what I thought too. ”
Meghan said to reporters in high spirits: "It is a great honor to invite Egger as the CEO of MM, we will invite him to join with the highest etiquette and the best treatment, our company believes that with Mr. Egger joining, our MM will be more brilliant and stronger, and we will announce this to the press in the press release center of Williams Business Center later, welcome everyone to participate!"
After Meghan finished speaking, she bowed to Iger and pulled Iger away, and as soon as they walked into the car, Iger said, "Megan! ”
Megan said: "You are the CEO of the company, of course, you must take you back to office with the highest etiquette. ”
Michael saw their convoy drive away in a majestic manner, leaving only the red carpet here, and he felt very uncomfortable, could this guy be another Katzenberg?
Their motorcade arrived at the press room of the Williams Business Center, where the red carpet had been rolled out, and all the important people from the MM to Mark and then were present, and they had invited many reporters to take pictures at the moment they got out of the car, and all this kind of courtesy and grandeur.
Mark personally announced the appointment of Egger and announced it to the public, and Mark did not hesitate to praise the partner, and he made his position fully stated with one sentence: "Please support him as much as I do, and MM will go to glory under the leadership of Mr. Egger." ”
Then they had a celebration party, accompanied by Mark and Meghan, and introduced Iger to everyone, so that MM will form a triumvirate pattern, Iger CEO, Meghan Chairman of the Board of Directors, and Mark Chairman.
Mark led Iger to visit his office that had not yet been renovated and asked for his opinion on the renovation, in fact, everyone knew that this was a pretext, Mark said: "I'm sorry I didn't give you time to rest, we need a plan with high executability to convince our elders to support our plan." ”
Iger said: "No problem. "Accustomed to being in charge of large enterprises, he has little interest in MM at the billion-level level, and only by acquiring Columbia Pictures can he have a sense of accomplishment and realize his strategic intentions.
Mark is not a person who likes to take power with Michael, since he is the CEO, he will hand over the power to him, so that he can display his talent to the fullest, and he, the chairman, may hand over some of the power to the fullest, in order to have more time to focus on making movies, he has an agreement with Meghan and Iger that all big productions are decided by him, and he does this before he encounters setbacks, such confidence and courage, how many people are there?
Among the hundreds of millions of productions invested by the six giants, at least half of them have failed, and the company does not have a few big movies that have lost so much that they vomit blood, so it can be said that leading this project is both a great right and a heavy responsibility.
"Our plan revolves around whether Davis will sell this company, what if they don't? ”
Mark said: "With Columbia Pictures as the goal, Martin will definitely sell Columbia Pictures. He knows that the two blockbusters they are leading now are both blockbusters on the streets, and the whole of Colombia has hit the streets in its heyday, and now there is no luck, it is difficult for movies to sell well, and it is easy to run streets, and they who are used to speculation will definitely retreat and will definitely consider cashing out.
Egger was a man, and he immediately said, "You call Davis Martin?"
"Since we're partners, some things aren't secrets," Mark said. Mark told Iger about his relationship with Martin.
This is called employing people without suspicion, and suspects without suspicion.
Thank you for the most happy thing for the leader of the book alliance is that you are fatter than me for the reward, thank you for your support, thank you for your support, Commonwealth.