Letting go of the file in his hand, he typed a line on the document opened on the laptop again, Eric inadvertently looked up at the window, and found that it was already early in the morning, because of the time difference, plus yesterday he had a day off, Eric did not sleep all night, and a bunch of materials on the desk also made him unintentional to sleep, compared to Allen's simple introduction on the plane to Paris, this time the information can be described as very detailed, which also made Eric feel more and more uneasy.

In 1985, when preparations for the start of Disneyland in Europe, the success of Tokyo Disneyland was so successful that the new park was the object of competition for almost all of Europe.

The decision to choose Paris is also due to the fact that the potential tourists within a two-hour drive around Paris are as high as 17 million, and the number of potential tourists who only need a two-hour flight is as high as 300 million.

In contrast to the success of Tokyo Disneyland, the original project plan predicted that the overall annual profit of various projects in Europe Disneyland would be at least $600 million. This extremely optimistic estimate has also led to the project's budget ballooning in the seven years of construction, from the initial $1 billion to a staggering $5 billion, not to mention the park's themed projects, with seven Disney-themed hotels built alone.

Eric didn't see any specific reasons for the failure of Disneyland in Europe, but he did realize that the cost of the project had ballooned from a billion dollars to five billion. This certainly means excess resources and huge O&M expenses. At the same time, hundreds of millions of dollars in loans are needed each year to be repaid on time. If the number of tourists and the average amount of tourists spend do not meet the original estimates, it means a huge loss.

Disneyland is not only a source of pride for Disney, but also a symbol of American culture, otherwise there would not be so many European cultural people who oppose the construction of Disneyland.

Although the project was launched during the time of Michael Eisner, the park failed, and as the parent company, Firefly Pictures must have to bear the blame. Although Firefly is not a public company, Eric does not have to worry about things like falling stock prices. But this kind of reputational blow will affect Firefly's overseas expansion, capital is profit-seeking, originally the whole world is optimistic about a project failed, next time I want to play will definitely not be followed by investment.

After Disneyland Paris in the original time and space, Hong Kong Disneyland, the third overseas park, opened to the public 20 years later, and at the same time, the scale is far smaller than any other, and it must have been influenced by Disneyland Paris.

Theme parks are a very important part of the business of any major Hollywood studio, and the profits it brings are far more than the profits of the film at the box office, and it can also improve the brand influence of the film company.

Now aware of the possibility of the failure of the new park, Eric has to pay attention to it. He didn't want the influence and profits he had created in the film to be eaten up by the losses of Disneyland in Europe.

Copying a survey form from last night's analysis into a floppy disk, Eric got up and washed up. Leaving the suite, we walked downstairs to the dining room.

Arriving at the restaurant, Eric was surprised to find that the entire restaurant was empty, with only a few waiters cleaning and arranging tables and chairs. This discovery made Eric feel a little surprised, and looked at his watch, it was already a quarter past six in the morning local time in Paris, September is still considered summer, and the time is not too early, and Eric also knows that there are many guests in the hotel, and it is impossible that no one eats breakfast.

A waitress with a ponytail noticed Eric walking into the dining room and approached to say something, but quickly recognized him.

"You...... Good morning, Mr. Williams," the waitress stammered, looking a little excited, trying to get close, but also a little timid.

Eric smiled at the girl, picked a window seat and sat down before he said, "Can you give me a menu for breakfast?"

The waitress who followed Eric to the table seemed a little embarrassed, and explained in a low voice, "Sorry, Mr. Williams, breakfast is not served in the restaurant, if you want, I can go out and buy one for you." ”

Eric frowned, the park is about to open today, and the hotel is already occupied with a large number of tourists, so it stands to reason that the hotel should be fully prepared: "Why don't you serve breakfast, is it because it hasn't officially opened, it's not prepared, or something else?"

Although Eric's tone was not intense, the waitress still felt Eric's displeasure, and in the face of his questioning, the waitress pinched the corners of her uniform a little nervously, hung her little head and couldn't speak.

"Forget it, you go and call the manager," Eric waved his hand, looking at the figure of the waitress who turned away in a little panic, and couldn't help touching his cheek, he shouldn't look like a murderous boss at all.

A few minutes later, a middle-aged man hurried into the restaurant with the waitress she had just had.

"Hello, Mr. Williams, I'm Gerald Robinson. ”

Eric got up and shook hands with the middle-aged man, pointed to the opposite position for the other party to sit down, motioned for the other party to wait, took out a bill from his wallet, and glanced at the waitress's badge: "Miss Sophia, can you buy me a breakfast, anything." ”

"Of course, of course," the waitress took the bill from Eric and hurried out of the dining room.

After the waitress left, Eric turned his attention to the hotel manager opposite: "Mr. Robinson, are you French?"

"Yes, Mr. Williams, I was born in Lyon, in the east of France, but grew up in Paris," replied Gerald Robinson politely, and Eric could only hear the accent of English with a French accent.

Eric snorted, then stared into the other party's gaze and said, "You must know the reason why I asked Sophia to call you just now, I want to know why?"

Gerald Robinson did not feel timid at all in the face of Eric's gaze, but his tone was a little unhappy, and said: "Mr. Williams, you may have to ask the management team on your side, I don't know who told them that we Europeans don't eat breakfast, anyway, Mr. Patrick Schneider personally decided to cancel the breakfast service in the hotel. ”

Although the controlling power of the joint venture company is on the French side, but the management right is in Disney, Eric knows that the management team of the new park is all American, Patrick Schneider is the CEO of Disney in charge of operating Disney Europe, and Eric also met each other at the airport yesterday.

"Mr. Robinson, since this was a mistake, didn't anyone bring it up?"

"Of course," Gérard Robinson said helplessly and angrily, "We made a lot of comments, about the breakfast in the hotel, about the non-serving of alcoholic beverages in the park, about the parking spaces, etc., but no one listened to them at all." ”

Eric could hear that Gerald Robinson was very angry with the Disney management team, and frowned again, and after thinking about it, Eric asked again: "What about Mr. Jeffrey Katzenberg, have you reported these problems to him?"

Even if the original management team was blindly arrogant, Eric knew that Katzenberg was definitely a pragmatic person and would not be unaware of these problems.

Gerald Robinson was stunned, shook his head, and said, "No, Mr. Williams, I'm just a lobby manager, and I can't talk to Mr. Katzenberg at all." ”

Sensing Gerald Robinson's somewhat distracted tone, Eric realized that the French employees were probably completely disappointed with the management team, and even if they were able to contact Katzenberg, they probably no longer had expectations for the Disney management team.

After thinking about it, Eric said to Gerald Robinson, "Well, Mr. Robinson, can you write a report and list the problems you know, and I will be living here for the next few days?"

Of course, Gerald Robinson knew Eric's problem, and since he applied for an employee at Disneyland, Gerald Robinson certainly wanted to do a good job, so he didn't refuse, and readily agreed: "Mr. Williams, I will hand it over to you as soon as possible." ”

"Well, if you can't find me, you can leave it to my assistant, who lives next door to me. ”

Gerald Robinson nodded, "It's Mr. Alan Fiessman, I see." ”

The waitress quickly bought breakfast, and Gerald Robinson got up and left without disturbing Eric's breakfast.

After a while, Alan also walked downstairs and came to the restaurant, seeing the deserted situation in the restaurant, Alan also felt a little surprised, at this time Eric had finished breakfast, and was reading quietly with an English newspaper in his hand, and saw Alan walk in, Eric took out the floppy disk and handed it to the other party, and said: "There is no breakfast in the restaurant, you can go out and eat something." Also, this floppy disk has a survey form that I did last night, which you personally handed to Patrick Schneider, and within a week, I'm going to see the detailed survey results of 10,000 visitors. ”

Alan could hear Eric's tone a little blunt, although the two were the relationship between the boss and the employee, but they had been together for so long and had cultivated a friendship, so Alan had no scruples, picked up the floppy disk and put it away, and asked his curiosity very directly: "Eric, what's wrong?"

Eric shook his head, "It's not clear yet, but the problem should be serious, you just have to ask Patrick Schneider to do it." ”

"Then I'll do it," Alan nodded, didn't ask any more questions, and turned to leave the restaurant. (To be continued......)

PS: I'm really sorry for the updates these days.,But the old bookworms who pay attention to the online text must know what's going on.,There should be a lot of books missing from your bookshelves.,If it's not.,Then congratulations.,You're still a pure person.。 Anyway, I've been changing and changing in the last few days, and I'm really sorry that I hope things can pass next month and return to the normal update rhythm.