Text Chapter 701 The Sword Refers to the ABC
In order to avoid long nights and dreams, Su Chenyu signed an acquisition contract with Steve Jobs the next day, and took Pixar Animation Studio into his arms first. After all, no matter how good things are, they are only their own when they are in their own hands, as the saying goes-a thousand birds in the forest, it is better to have a bird in hand.
After the news of Tianchen Fund's acquisition of a controlling stake in Pixar Animation Studios came out, the outside world was in an uproar, and no one expected that Tianchen Fund, which had just finished doing something on Microsoft's side, would jump out restlessly - it would quietly bring Pixar Animation Studio under its umbrella.
In other words, is Pixar Animation Studio very powerful? I haven't heard much of it before? Is it animation?
Well, yes, for many people, Pixar Animation Studio is really not very famous, it's very simple, "Toy Story", the pioneering work, has not yet been released, and now Pixar is just a nobody. Even, even people who know the animation and film industry don't know much about Pixar's situation, or that sentence, the famous work has not been released, everything is in vain.
However, although many people don't know much about Pixar Animation Studio, and they don't know how awesome Pixar is, and they don't know why Tianchen Fund is suddenly interested in this small company, there are still "people" who know how to do it!
This "person" is none other than - Disney!
Yes, when Disney learned the news, Michael Eisner almost fainted, and the whole person was not good. You know, there is still a cooperative relationship between Pixar and Disney, but who would have thought that it would be cut off so suddenly.
The most important thing is that the person who cut off the beard is still Disney's enemy - MGM, who doesn't know that Tianchen Fund is MGM's parent company, which is simply unbearable.
But what if you can't bear it? Now that the wood is in the boat, even if Disney has more dissatisfaction in his heart, he can only break his teeth and swallow it in his stomach. As for settling accounts with Steve Jobs and the Tianchen Fund, hehe, that's completely funny, because the relationship between Disney and Pixar is just a weak partnership in itself - how do you go to someone else to settle accounts? That's completely self-defeating.
Moreover, a rather serious problem is in front of Disney, that is, in the field of computer animation, Disney has seriously lagged behind the "old rival" MGM. You know, with Pixar being included in the MGM Group, MGM is already the absolute NO.1 in the field of computer animation - Blue Sky Studio and Pixar are unbeatable.
Hehe, obviously, Disney and Michael Eisner didn't know, in fact, they were "robbed" by Su Chenyu, or rather, they were robbed by Su Chenyu for the second time this time. Because, before this, Su Chenyu had already robbed Disney's "The Lion King", and now he has robbed Pixar Animation Studio - he really wants to kill Disney.
However, Su Chenyu said that this is not over, because he has already decided to do it to Disney for the third time!
This time, Su Chenyu's goal is ABC!
Yes, it's ABC, this time Su Chenyu has a crush on the famous ABC!
This ABC is not the Agricultural Bank of China, but the American Broadcasting Corporation, one of the three major commercial television broadcasters in the United States.
Su Chenyu has always wanted to expand the scope of MGM Group's business in North America to the television media circle, but unfortunately, he has never been able to get the opportunity. In fact, it's not that there are no opportunities, it's just that there are no good opportunities, after all, in Su Dashao's eyes, some small TV and radio companies can't look down on them at all, and those who can get into his eyes are some giant-level big TV and radio companies, not something that can be met at one or two clicks.
Therefore, Su Chenyu can only choose to wait patiently, waiting for NBC, ABC, and CBS, the three major broadcasters in the United States, to make a mistake, and then he can take advantage of the situation.
As the saying goes, the emperor lives up to his wishes, after such a long time, it really made Su Chenyu wait for an opportunity!
Metropolitan Communications, the parent company of ABC, has been in bankruptcy due to poor management in recent years, so it is now preparing to sell its subsidiaries to save itself. Among them, ABC is the first to bear the brunt, sentenced to death by Metropolitan Communications, ready to clean it up.
No way, the development of ABC in recent years is really not good, and it can even be said to be quite bad, and among the three major broadcasters in the United States, it is completely devoid of the awesome style of killing all sides in the 70s.
In fact, in Su Chenyu's heart, ABC is not his best choice, and he used to prefer NBC and CBS. Unfortunately, both NBC and CBS are in good business and financial shape, or their parent companies are healthy and have no chance of getting their hands on them.
However, it doesn't matter, ABC is also very awesome anyway, but now it is at a low ebb, and with his Su Dashao's intervention in the future, are you still afraid of a fart?
What's more, ABC was Disney's dish in the past life, and now it has the opportunity to grab Disney again, why not?
Therefore, without any hesitation, as soon as he got the news, Su Chenyu immediately asked Peter Chening and Shirley Lansing to put down all the work in their hands and immediately go to negotiate with the Metropolitan Communications Company. Moreover, Su Chenyu also gave Peter Chening and Shirley Lansing a death order - no matter what, you must take down ABC, no matter what the price.
With the promise of the big boss, Peter Chernin and Shirley Lansing instantly became much more confident, so they began to launch a "tentative attack" against Metcom Communications.
When Peter Chening and Shirley Lansing "tentatively attacked" Metropolitan Communications, Su Chenyu was not idle, but went to the public relations US Congress. Yes, if Su Chenyu wants to bring ABC under the MGM Group, then the U.S. government and Congress will have to pass the hurdle.
You must know that the U.S. government's control over the television broadcasting industry is still quite strict, and it is really not a trivial matter for a film and television media giant like MGM to "swallow" a TV broadcasting giant like ABC. Therefore, although the negotiations over there have just begun, Su Chenyu decided to take a good path and build a good relationship first, so as not to give himself a big thunderbolt at that time.
Fortunately, it may be difficult for others to attack the U.S. government and Congress, but for Su Chenyu, it is not too much of a problem. Don't forget, the current US President Bill Clinton has a very unusual relationship with Su Chenyu, and in Congress, Su Chenyu also has his own spokesperson - this is one of the reasons why he can get so much attention from the Rockefeller family and the Morgan family.
Therefore, with almost no effort, Su Chenyu easily got the US government and Congress, and they said that the current declining ABC is not a giant at all, so there will be absolutely no problems with MGM's acquisition.
Well, I have to say that after these words came out, Su Chenyu couldn't bear it himself, it was too fake.
However, it doesn't matter, as long as the goal is achieved!
Rushing all the way from Washington to New York, Su Chenyu constantly discussed negotiations with Peter Chernin and Shirley Lansing on the special plane. It turns out that Metropolis Communications Company is really not good, although this guy's business is struggling now, but the bones are still quite hard, and it can also be said that the bones are quite cheap.
In the first negotiation, Metropolitan Communications actually put on a look of not selling ABC, which really made Peter Chernin and Shirley Lansing look confused. Before coming, the two of them had already learned in detail about the current predicament of Metropolitan Communications, which can be said to be quite bad, and according to the news from some "special channels", the board of directors of the other party has made a decision to sell ABC.
In that case, it became clear that Metcom was taking care of MGM — who was making MGM so eager. Speaking of which, this is all to blame on Su Chenyu, who was in a rage, shouting and shouting to kill as soon as he came up, and when Metropolitan Communications Company saw this situation, they were sorry for their current predicament if they didn't pretend to be forced and raise their value.
Now that you've roughly guessed the true intentions of Metropolitan Communications, the next thing is easy to do—aren't you trying to pretend to be forced to raise your price? Hehe, I'm not going to serve you now.
So, after Metropolitan Communications showed enough coldness in the first contact, Peter Chening and Shirley Lansing did not rush to contact Metropolitan Communications a second time, but ostensibly stopped the matter. Moreover, after the big boss Su Chenyu came to New York, the two actually went home directly and returned to Los Angeles.
Damn, Metropolitan Communications is in a hurry now, after all, they are in a hurry to sell ABC, and the company's poor financial situation can't wait long. Originally, seeing MGM's eagerness, Metropolitan Communications wanted to slaughter a fat sheep properly, so he pretended to be full of cold style in the first contact. However, who would have thought that this forced pretending seemed to be a bit too much, and it actually scared MGM away directly.
In this way, there is no way, I can only go back to find someone with a slap in the face, who let me pretend to be forced by myself, even if I kneel, I have to swallow this bitter fruit......