Before I knew it, six hours had passed, and the time had come to three o'clock in the afternoon, and in order not to miss the latest news, all the reporters waiting outside the Disney headquarters did not leave. If you have a partner, you can also split up one person to buy lunch, and if you come alone, the reporter will have to go hungry.

Elizabeth of the Philadelphia Evening Post was one of the starving ones, and the Philadelphia Evening Post, which was not so big or famous as the nationally known newspapers, had to send a reporter to Los Angeles to follow one of the largest mergers and acquisitions in Hollywood's history.

In Los Angeles in January, even the warmest time in the afternoon was only a dozen degrees, Elizabeth huddled in the crowd, tightened her beige trench coat, and looked at the gate of Disney's headquarters again, expecting what news would come out.

In a conference room at Disney's headquarters, Viacom and Fireflies have entered the final moments, with bids from the initial $5.5 billion to $6.3 billion, with Fireflies leading the way in the current offer.

On the Viacom side, as analyzed by Bernie Sanders, after bidding more than $6 billion, Lei Shidong's feelings became obviously hesitant and anxious.

Eric thought that Lei Shidong's price increase would be reduced to 10 million in the future, but it didn't take long for Viacom to directly offer a price of $6.5 billion.

"Eric, this must be Viacom's last bargain," Bernie Sanders leaned into Eric's ear after hearing the offer.

Eric glanced at his watch, it was 3:15, and it was 5 o'clock before he left work. At the same time, the final bidding time for this acquisition was less than two hours.

At this time. Lei Shidong directly increased the offer from 6.3 billion to 6.5 billion US dollars. The intention of the last fight is indeed obvious, but unfortunately, Viacom never knew how many chips Eric had in his hands, and in the face of the huge amount of money in Eric's hands of up to $8 billion, Viacom's limit of less than $7 billion could not win after all.

After some discussion, Firefly quickly added $100 million, pushing the price up to 6.6 billion.

Viacom's acquisition team was brief-cut after hearing the Firefly's offer. Then ask the Disney side for a timeout. Then, Lei Shidong hurriedly left with those people.

After half an hour, Lei Shidong returned to the conference room with his main deputy, and Eric saw at a glance that there were half fewer people on Lei Shidong's side.

"Lei Shidong had a big fight with several other shareholders, and I estimate that $6.6 billion is already beyond the psychological limit of other shareholders of Viacom," Chris, who had just left and returned soon, whispered to Eric and Bernie Sanders: "The shareholders who had a falling out with Lei Shidong have left, and they have publicly told reporters outside at the gate that they will no longer support Lei Shidong, and if Lei Shidong insists on going his own way, they will sue Lei Shidong for abuse of power." So, next if Lei Shidong continues to offer. Viacom will also have a hard time completing the acquisition. ”

Eric glanced at Michael Eisner not far away and asked, "Does Disney know the news?"

Chris understood that Eric was asking about Disney's shareholders. Disney management has always leaned towards Viacom, and if they learn the news, they will likely hide it from shareholders: "I've had the news leaked to Disney's shareholder representatives, and they must know what to choose," Speaking of this, Chris showed a congratulatory smile and gently patted Eric on the shoulder, "So, Eric, Disney is yours." ”

Eric finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, half a year of preparation, half a year of busyness, a full twelve months, and finally the dust settled.

Viacom's representatives were quick to abandon the bid, as Chris expected.

Lei Shidong looked unwilling, and looked at Eric as if he wanted to swallow him whole. Although he had the intention to raise the price to $7 billion, but despite his anger, Lei Shidong did not lose his mind, he knew that this time was not like the hostile acquisition of Viacom a few years ago, that time his acquisition of the chip National Entertainment Company was completely personal property, and he had absolute control, but this time, Viacom's shares were not in his hands alone, and if the price was forcibly increased and the support of other shareholders was not obtained, the bid would still be declared invalid in the end.

Michael Eisner, who was originally full of confidence, felt uneasy when Viacom asked for a timeout, and when he heard that Viacom had abandoned the acquisition, Michael Eisner's face instantly turned a little pale, and a huge sense of anger and powerlessness rose in his whole person.

Frank Wells, who was sitting next to Michael Eisner, saw his reaction and had to take the initiative to work with Michael Eisner and get up to announce the results of the firefly.

Although the thoughts were different, but after the results were released, there was applause in the conference room, Lei Shidong and his men left quickly without saying a word, Michael Eisner, who had recovered, looked at Eric deeply, whispered a few words to Frank Wells, and also got up and walked out of the conference room, but the representatives of Disney's shareholders came over to congratulate Eric affectionately.

……

Outside the Disney headquarters building, from the moment some of Viacom's shareholders left, all reporters had already guessed the result of the bidding, and it didn't take long for Lei Shidong to leave with people, which proved the bidding results.

However, the Firefly team did not come out for an hour because they needed to sign relevant contracts with Disney management.

"You can't leave through the back door, do you?"

"Fireflies are definitely hoping to expand the reach of this acquisition, and how it is possible to leave through the back door is not a scandal. ”

"What do you think the sale price will be?"

"About 6.5 billion, one of my classmates works on Wall Street, I asked him, and he sued me. ”

Elizabeth heard the chatter of her peers around her, and looked down and silently checked her camera and recorder. At this moment, I don't know who shouted, 'Come out'. Elizabeth hurriedly raised her head and saw at a glance the gate of the Disney headquarters, and the security guards quickly organized a human wall. Seven or eight middle-aged people of various ages gathered around a young man in his early twenties.

The crowd of journalists began to stir. Elizabeth also hurriedly squeezed forward. Perhaps luckily, Elizabeth squeezed to the front of the crowd.

“…… Tomorrow morning at nine o'clock, the Fireflies will hold a press conference at the headquarters, and I hope everyone will be there on time," Eric said briefly, then motioned for security to squeeze through the crowd.

Elizabeth had just raised her camera and snapped a few pictures at Eric when she saw that Eric had finished speaking and was about to leave.

The hordes of journalists were certainly not satisfied with this answer. They waited for a whole day to get some news as soon as possible, so before Eric could lift his footsteps, the crowd seemed to burst into a violent momentum and surrounded Eric and the others.

"Ah!!h

Elizabeth moved her center of gravity up because she held the camera in her hand, and at the moment when the crowd exerted force, she happened to be stepped on her heel, and instantly fell forward, and the camera fell to pieces with a snap. The whole person also let out an exclamation.

Eric saw a girl in a beige trench coat being squeezed down, and hurriedly signaled the bodyguard to come forward to save people. If someone is stepped on at this time, then a good thing becomes a bad thing.

Fortunately, the reporter group was still a little sensible, and after hearing a woman screaming, they realized that there had been an accident, and the crowding was much weaker.

"Camera, my camera," Elizabeth woke up from her momentary fear and found that the camera on her chest was gone, and quickly turned to look behind her. The Canon camera was an asset of the newspaper, worth more than $5,000, and when the editor-in-chief came to tell her to use it carefully, if it was gone, she would have to pay for it herself, and her work for more than two months would be gone.

A big strong hand immediately grabbed Elizabeth, who wanted to run backwards: "Miss, I'll have someone pick it up later, now let's get out first." ”

Elizabeth glanced at the young man who was pulling her, and then at the crowd behind her, and a little overwhelmed to obey the young man's strength, and came to the parking lot together, and followed the other party into a black car.

"Carter, help the young lady find her camera, it seems to be where she fell," Eric said to the bodyguard in the front row when he was ready.

"Okay, Mr. Williams," the bodyguard said, picking up the walkie-talkie and saying a few words outside.

The car started slowly, and it took a while for Elizabeth to understand her situation, and in a daze, she was sitting next to Eric Williams.

This discovery made Elizabeth forget about the pain in her knee due to the fall, and glanced at the young man beside her, and found that the other party was also looking at her, which made her even more cramped, and raised her hand, wanting to fix her hair, but wondering if it would look too contrived, and finally put her hand down gently.

Eric looked at the petite woman beside him, with short black hair, a straight nose, large eyes, and slightly thin lips, with a hint of strange sexiness.

"Can you laugh for a while?" asked Eric suddenly.

Elizabeth was stunned for a moment before she reacted, "Mr. Williams, are you talking to me?"

Seeing that the other party turned his head to face him, Eric was even more certain, and repeated, "Can you laugh?"

"Hmm...... Hmm," Elizabeth didn't dare to look directly at Eric's handsome angular face, nodded a little inferiorly, pursed the corners of her mouth, and pulled out a smile.

Looking at the trademark bad smile in front of him, Eric also laughed, and made sure he didn't recognize the wrong person: "Someone has said that you always laugh like you have some bad idea?"

Elizabeth nodded subconsciously and shook her head violently: "No, I don't." ”

Eric looked at the girl's bewildered appearance, and laughed a few more times before saying, "I don't know your name yet?"

"Oh, hello, Mr. Williams, my name is Elizabeth Fey," Elizabeth politely introduced.

Eric continued, "Where's your middle name? I happen to know an Elizabeth who would confuse you two." ”

"You can call me Tina, my full name is Elizabeth Tina Fey. ”

Sure enough, it's Tina Fey.

Eric felt that things were getting very interesting: "How did you think of being a journalist?"

"I submitted articles to newspapers when I was in middle school, and I went to journalism in college," Tina Fey replied earnestly to Eric's question, which she found a little strange.

"Haven't you thought about doing anything else?"

"Yes, I applied for the University of Virginia to major in theater, but I didn't get in. ”

"It's a pity," Eric shook his head and said, Tina Fey still wrote a few good works in the original plane, Eric has seen the other party's "Mean Girls", and the TV series "I'm a Comedy Maniac". Perhaps because of her many years as a screenwriter on "Saturday Night Live", Tina Fey's narrative is slightly exaggerated, always with a slight "Saturday Night Live" spoof style.

Tina Fay didn't know what Eric was thinking, but she quickly realized who she was, and asked tentatively, "Mr. Williams, ...... Can I interview you?"

Meeting an 'acquaintance' in a previous life is always a fate, Eric did not refuse, nodded and smiled: "Okay." ”

Tina Fey heard Eric's answer, excitedly took out the recorder from her satchel, pressed the record button, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Mr. Williams, what is the final offer for Firefly to buy Disney?"

"$6.6 billion. ”

Tina Fey didn't expect Eric to be so straightforward, and then boldly asked: "Then, after completing this acquisition, will you put Fireflies under Disney?"

"No, Disney will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Firefly, as Sony Pictures and Columbia Pictures do. ”

"Will Disneyland be renamed Firefly Land?"

"Disneyland is already a very mature brand, and Firefly doesn't take the liberty of changing its name. ”

"How do you feel about becoming one of the seven major Hollywood studios at the age of 20?"

"It's just getting started, and there's still a long way to go. ”

"So fireflies will continue to expand?"

"Of course. ”

"In which direction will the firefly expand next?"

"There are no plans yet, and Firefly's main focus in the next few years will be on its integration with Disney and its own development. ”

“……”

“……”

The two kept asking questions quickly, and after a series of questions, a hint of cunning flashed on Tina Fei's face, and she suddenly asked, "How many girlfriends do you have?"

"There is ......"

Eric stopped talking in time, looked at the cunning Tina Fey, reached out like lightning, and snatched the tape recorder before she could react, Tina Fey saw Eric turn the tape upside down, and hurriedly pounced for mercy: "Don't, don't wash too much, just the last part, I'll come, I'll come in person." ”

Eric blocked Tina Fey's small hand with one hand, and expertly pressed the wash button, and Tina Fey suddenly let out a 'sorrow'. (To be continued......)