Chapter 52: Infighting
Britney's rise has been unstoppable, and at the same time, Sid's pre-set up link has also been set in motion - a CIA-level security team dedicated to Britney has begun to carry out security measures around global publicity and touring. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
At the same time, a ban on Britney Spears was issued to the gossip media across the United States from Shirley Sandberg to minimize unnecessary harassment by the gossip media.
This seemingly domineering approach was of course disgusted by some gossip media, but as the business and influence of the Fire Lion Group expanded, there were more and more partners in North America and even around the world. Of course, they don't want to delay the real business because of such a boring little thing.
Although this does not completely eliminate the tracking of massive gossip media, it is good to effectively reduce unnecessary paparazzi tracking.
What's more, Sid also has a backhand, a small team that flew in from Fire Lion Pictures and secretly joined Britney's global tour team. Their job may seem simple, makeup artists, but they are not simple because they are all top-notch special effects makeup artists in Hollywood!
Just like later, Nicole Kidman was surrounded by Hollywood gossip reporters because of her divorce from Tom. But when she wore the fake nose in "All the Moments" and passed in front of everyone in a grand manner, no one in Hollywood saw through it.
And these special effects makeup artists will not only pretend to fake noses, such a simple camouflage technique.
At this time, the gossip paparazzi from all over the world are not so high-level eyes, with the help of these special effects makeup artists, Britney can also enjoy a leisure time to tour around the world in addition to touring.
Although the news of Britney's new security team was also on the pages of some media as gossip news, everyone only released some innocuous gossip, and Sid's pre-plan had a corresponding effect.
While Sid was well planned, there were also unplanned situations - as Britney's global tour unfolded, various singers were invited to her promotional concert to participate in the warm-up.
A rumor spread among Britney's fans that the male singer K, who warmed up at the RB Tokyo Dome concert, was considered by some fans to be the secret weapon of Fire Lion Records, and although he only performed a short song, all the audience in attendance was impressed.
Some people think that this mysterious K is actually a female singer who has not debuted. In short, although it is not widely circulated, after all, it is still an era when even Google has not been widely popular, and it is too difficult for this kind of foreign news to spread. But among some of Britney's die-hard fans, K's name crept viral.
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Just when Britney Spears became the world's top with her second specialty, she returned to New York, North America, and another behemoth with Fire Lion and Sid as mortal enemies, was ushering in the most fierce infighting in history.
"You don't want to plug your people in!" said Time Warner COO Richard Patterson slammed the desk and glared angrily at the swaggering guy across the desk.
AOL's COO Bob Peterman sneered contemptuously, "You really think you can stop us? ”
"You!" Richard Patterson's swarthy face flushed, like a hybrid of Zhang Fei and Guan Gong.
But he really can't do anything about the other party, after Time Warner and AOL officially announced the merger at the beginning of the year, it is called a merger, and in fact, AOL's acquisition of Time Warner officially began.
The merger of two giant-level listed companies involves inextricable personnel and finance, and it is extremely complicated. But at the end of the day, it's a battle for control of the new company. And the most important of them is the right to personnel!
May is the deadline for the announcement of the new company's management structure.
After the merger was announced, the two companies were at loggerheads, with Time Warner COO Richard Patterson and AOL COO Bob Peterman arguing every time they met. As the time for the publication of the management structure approached, the conflict between the two sides intensified.
In the face of aggressive AOL AOL, Warner's side has been losing ground in the era of Hollywood's clamour.
Originally, Time Warner, as the biggest big brother in Hollywood at the moment, has countless subsidiary departments, from music to publishing, from film to television, it can be said that everything is all-encompassing and all-encompassing.
However, AOL has poached the personnel rights of these important companies one by one. From the chairman of the peripheral Warner Book Group, which owns Time Magazine and Life Magazine, to the general manager of Time Warner Cable, the second largest cable operator in the United States, and the executives of Time Warner's subsidiaries, all of them have been swept away by AOL.
This made Time Warner's COO Richard Patterson sad to think, is this merging and becoming stronger, or is it being humiliated?
And today, AOL COO Bob Peterman has brought a new personnel appointment, he wants to fire the CEO of Warner Records and CNN, and replace it with their AOL people.
"Whether it's Warner Records or CNN, it's Warner's core business. There's nothing to talk about!" Time Warner's COO, Richard Patterson, waved his arms and glared at Bob Peterman viciously, hoping to scare him away.
But it was apparently in vain, and AOL COO Bob Peterman chuckled lightly and said, "Yes? Warner Records and CNN are so important." Then I'd better go back and talk to Steven (Case) about another position. I've heard that the CEOs of Warner Pictures and Warner Television are new and have little experience, so let's take on AOL in the future. ”
Steven (Keys) is the CEO of AOL and the chairman of the new company in the future.
"Wait!" Time Warner COO Richard Patterson suddenly called out to the other party, staring at him with a furrowed brow.
AOL people are not stupid, although Time Warner has a big business, but the real core business is undoubtedly the film and television division.
What's more, the newly appointed CEOs on both sides, Barry Meyer and Abel Samiton, are both the confidants of Warner Group CEO Jerry Levine, and they are now the few remaining backbones of Warner.
Such talents and key departments must be left behind for Warner!
Richard Patterson, who had made up his mind, said with difficulty: "Okay, the CEO of Warner Records and CNN, I can leave it to you." ”
As he spoke, Richard Patterson felt his heart bleed.
And AOL COO Bob Peterman smirked, "Wouldn't it be nice to do this earlier, why waste everyone's time?" ”