Chapter 209: To Each His Own Heart
The car accelerated to the highway, and Eric recalled the situation just now, and said with some emotion: "I really can't imagine that in addition to a few major TV stations, even cable stations like HBO have come up, but what is the situation of Michael Eisner sending people?"
Achieving impressive results, as Eric's assistant, coupled with the sense of superiority that had just been chased by a group of people, Alan was also slightly excited in his heart, and when he heard Eric's question, he thought about it and said, "I think Mr. Eisner should come forward for ABC." β
Eric instantly remembered Disney's acquisition of ABC TV in his previous life, but although Eric can't remember when Disney bought ABC in his previous life, it must be many years before now, how could Michael Eisner come forward for ABC now?
β β Later, AnshβUba. noticed Eric's puzzled expression on the sight glass, and Alan took the initiative to explain: "The relationship between Disney and ABC has always been very close, and I have been watching Disney cartoons on ABC TV since I was a child. β
Eric was a little stunned, and then said: "Alan, you can help me sort out a document between Disney and ABC in the past two days." After thinking about it, he added: "Give me a copy of the relationship between several other major TV stations and the seven major Hollywood companies." β
"No problem, but it may take a week or so. Alan turned his head and said.
"Don't rush, you do it slowly, and the most important thing is to be accurate. β
"I see, Eric, where are we going now?" asked Alan again, referring to Eric as Mr. Williams when he was in front of outsiders. But privately, he called Eric by his name. This is what Eric has specifically told. After all, Alan is almost thirty years old. It's almost ten years older than Eric's body, and if you call it a serious one in private, even Eric himself will feel very awkward.
Eric didn't think about it and said directly: "Go home, it's night now, there's no rush for anything, there's no need to disturb others now." I'll go back and talk to Jeffrey and they just call and say hello. β
Back at the Beverly Hills mansion, Alan and the driver helped Eric move his luggage into the villa, and Xiao Nizi, who had been waiting for Eric to come back, did not wait for outsiders to leave. He threw himself into a pile of luggage and began to look for gifts. Eric pampered Nizi on the door of the head a few times before sending Alan and the driver away.
"Regarding the arrangement of the next few days, if it is about the invitation of Fox, find an excuse to help me push it off, and arrange a time to meet if other TV stations have contact. Standing at the door of the villa, Eric said to Alan from the side of the car.
Alan also knew that Eric was going to sell between several major TV stations, but he still asked suspiciously: "Eric, what if Murdoch comes to the door in person?"
"He won't," Eric said confidently, "the little gesture of sending a private jet to Venice to pick me up in person." Fox was only expressing sincerity for the negotiations that followed, and he was still a little eager to do so. If the elder Murdoch couldn't help but come to the door himself. Then of course I'll just stab you unceremoniously. β
"Eric, are you planning to change the TV station?" Alan asked with a smile, but he regretted it a little after he spoke, the question was a little sensitive.
Of course, Eric couldn't tell Eren about his plans, and although Eren had always been more conscientious, he couldn't guarantee that he wouldn't be tempted by interests to reveal some things. If you want someone to remain loyal, the most important thing is not to give the other person enough chips to betray as much as possible. If his opponent knows some of his plans, it will be difficult for Eric to get the most out of it.
However, he also saw from Allen's expression that the other party did not intend to ask this question, and smiled: "This must depend on the quotations of all parties, and we must choose the one with the highest price." β
Alan nodded, didn't ask any more questions, and quickly took his leave and left.
Back at the villa, the phone in the living room had already been picked up by Drew, so Eric had to call again for an hour or two like he had done on the morning when the results had just come out. This time, Rupert Murdoch also called in person and invited Eric to have lunch with him tomorrow, and Eric casually found a few reasons to refuse.
He plans to at least make a show of other major TV stations first to make Fox feel a sense of urgency before negotiating a deal to maximize the benefits. Although several other major TV stations were so eager, Eric had no intention of changing them in the first place.
Compared with the 'young' Fox, the other major TV stations are more like old men with gray hair, even if the other party puts down his body and cooperates with Eric, it is inevitable that he will 'rely on the old and sell the old'. Fox is different, Eric knows that in his previous life, Fox took more than ten years to develop into a giant in the North American television industry alongside the three major TV stations. But it is unlikely that even Murdoch, the head of News Corp., knows this or has enough confidence in the future of Fox Television Network, which is extremely important to Fox in this case.
At noon, under the guidance of Michael Eisner, he had dinner with a vice president of ABC Television, who had come to Los Angeles, and in the evening Robert Sheila went to meet an NBC executive, and on the morning of September 7, he was pulled by the manager of CBS's Los Angeles branch to play golf all morning.
I have to say that the prices of the three major TV stations are very generous, and the matter of buying out the episodes at a fixed price has not been mentioned, and the direct condition is to participate in the advertising share of the TV series, and in the information known to Eric, the proportion of the other party's share is quite high. At the same time, the three major TV stations all revealed their intention to cut off Hu Fox and win the next episodes of the first season.
Through these contacts, Eric also found that the three major television stations must have reached some consensus before, and may even have formed a loose alliance. But this 'alliance' can be blown away by a fragile gust of wind, the three major TV stations are in fierce competition with each other, although there will be cooperation, but just as it is impossible for each of them to allow the other two to get involved in their own trump card programs, in this matter, they are also holding their own minds, because with the ratings, placed in any TV station, it is destined to become a trump card.
Although the three TV stations have reached a consensus on their attitudes, they have each attacked, and it has also led Eric to implement his vision without too much pressure. After all, if the three major North American TV giants put pressure on him together, he must definitely consider the consequences of offending three TV stations at the same time. (To be continued......)