Eric ended his phone call with Amy Pascal at noon and flew to San Francisco in the afternoon. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

In addition to visiting the Fireflyer's assembly plant, Eric is most concerned about the progress of the development of several products in the Firefly Electronics program.

For any high-tech company, product marketing is important, but technology and patent reserves are the foundation for a high-tech company to survive in the end. Therefore, Eric asked Victor McNelli to introduce the research and development results of Firefly Electronics in recent months. Although the first-generation Fireflyer player was quite popular, there was still a lot that could be improved in terms of battery durability, storage capacity, audio decoding, and more. The reason why Eric has always let Victor McNelli, who is mainly responsible for technology research and development, be the CEO of Firefly Electronics is also to implicitly express his fundamental attitude towards Firefly Electronics' business strategy.

Back in Los Angeles, it was already seven o'clock in the evening.

Eric took Kelly off the plane and had just left Santa Monica Airport in a car, intending to drop her off at Sharp Corner Manor before returning to Sharp Corner Manor, when the cell phone in his pocket rang.

Kelly sat next to Eric, listened to him chat with the other person and hung up the phone, asking, "Eric, or MGM?"

Eric put his phone away and nodded, "Pierre Truck refuses to leave, and is still spending time in Century City, saying that he must see me today." ”

"Why don't we go over and have a look?"

"I'll just go over there myself, and I'll send you home first. ”

After dropping Kelly back to his home in Santa Monica's North District, Eric instructed the driver to turn around and rush to MGM headquarters in Century City.

MGM's headquarters is a tempered glass building located on a not-so-spacious street not far from the intersection of Santa Monica Avenue and Wilser Avenue in Century City. After a round trip to Santa Monica, Eric drove to Century City, it was already dark, and the shops on both sides of the street began to light up with colorful lights.

As soon as the car turned into the street where MGM's headquarters were located, Eric heard a faint noise, and looked out through the front window of the car, in front of the MGM building, a crowd of people holding various slogans were shouting something, almost completely blocking the entire street.

The driver slowed down and turned his head to look at Eric inquiringly.

Eric stared at the crowd for a few seconds, a sneer on his lips.

Real movie fans usually only come to express their wishes during working hours, and now it is obviously time to get off work, according to common sense, most of the employees at MGM headquarters have already gone home from work, who are they protesting at this time?

Do some people think that they will sell the Agent Cinematic Universe because of fan dissatisfaction, as they did in the original "The Matrix"?

Retracting his gaze, Eric ordered, "Leave them alone, just drive into the underground parking lot." ”

In front of the building, the crowd noticed a black sedan turning into the street and only consciously moved out of the way.

However, the media reporters who had been staying here noticed the eye-catching Rolls-Royce logo in front of the car, were keenly aware of something, and surrounded them one after another. Some people even boldly stood in front of the car and raised their cameras, trying to confirm the identity of the passengers in the car through the front window of the car, but the other party was quickly pulled away by the security guards who rushed out of the building, and the Rolls-Royce smoothly drove into the side alley of the building and entered the underground parking lot.

Taking the elevator to the top floor of the office building, Eric hugged the girl who greeted him, nodded to Amy Pascal, and without saying anything, he went straight to a conference room and pushed the door and walked in.

In the empty conference room, there was only a middle-aged man who had already stood up, about fifty years old, wearing a black suit, rimless glasses, and a suave appearance, presumably Pierre Truck.

"Sit down, Mr. Truek," Eric didn't mean to come forward to greet the other party, nor did he deliberately walk to the main seat of the conference table, pulled out a chair at random, sat down, looked at the other party, and said, "So, you want to see me?"

Although he was also in a high position in the Vivendi Group, Pierre Truck still felt a faint sense of oppression in the face of Eric. The ignorant are fearless, and in turn, after many years in the workplace, Pierre Truck is more able to understand how much power the young man in front of him has.

However, thinking of the instructions of the high-level of Prestige, and the promise of Richard Lovett, Pierre Truck still tried to maintain his momentum, sat down calmly, and said: "Yes, Mr. Williams, I think we have to talk. ”

Eric looked at him and said lightly, "And then?"

Pierre Truk glanced at Drew and Amy, who were sitting next to Eric, straightened up without a trace, and said in a solemn tone: "Mr. Williams, we are all grateful for the changes you have brought to MGM, but we also hope that you will not continue to interfere in the management of MGM, for MGM, you are just an outsider after all." As MGM's second-largest shareholder, we demand that management immediately reverse the decision to remove Pierce Brosnan, which would only ruin the entire Secret Service Cinematic Universe. While we will never deny that the Agent Cinematic Universe was built by you, we will not allow you to destroy it either. ”

Eric tapped his fingers twice on the smooth conference table, nodded slightly, and said, "Go on, since you're here, does Prestige still have any problems with MGM's business?"

Pierre Truck sensed that Eric was a bit pretentious, and continued: "Of course, Prestige does not approve of MGM's successive purchases of e! Entertainment TV in recent months, a one-time investment of $300 million to launch the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and the acquisition of a stake in Rainbow Media. The company is only just recovering, and the massive issuance of corporate bonds to complete these plans is likely to drag MGM back into debt. We hope that management will be able to implement these plans progressively in a more robust way. ”

Eric waited for a moment, made sure that Pierre Truck had finished speaking, nodded again, and said, "Well, in that case, Mr. Truk, I'll tell you how to solve this matter." First of all, as MGM's second largest shareholder, Vivendi only has 16% of the voting rights, and even if the other European shareholders are all on Vivendi's side, you only have 31% of the voting rights, which is not enough to decide anything. So, you have three options, first, find a way to make yourself the controlling shareholder of MGM, and then you can remove the company's board of directors and management and implement whatever decisions you want. Second, An An is the second largest shareholder of the company, accepting all decisions made by MGM's existing board of directors and management. Third, if you can't bear to be ignored, you can choose to sell your MGM shares, and I can arrange funds to take over your shares at any time. So, is there any more questions?"

Halfway through Eric's words, Pierre Truck already had an urge to flip the table, he felt that Eric was completely playing himself, and forcibly waited for Eric to finish speaking, Pierre Truk said slowly: "Mr. Williams, are you teasing me?"

"Oh," Eric slapped his forehead as if he suddenly remembered something, "I almost forgot, I'm just an outsider." So, if you want to hear it, I can ask Drew or Amy to repeat what I just said, and they should be considered insiders, right?"

Pierre Truck turned his head to look at the girl and Amy, "Miss Barrymore, Miss Pascal, are you really willing to let Williams ruin all this?"

Amy's expression was a little hesitant, she turned her head to look at the two people beside her, and noticed that Eric was looking at her with a smile, her heart was cold, her eyes were evasive, but her mind was firm, and she turned to Pierre Truc and said, "Mr. Truck, Eric's decision is the decision of the management, if you feel it is necessary, we can call the board of directors to vote." ”

Four of MGM's seven directors were selected solely at Eric's behest, and Pierre Truck didn't have to think about which side they would be on.

Realizing that today was destined to be fruitless, Pierre Truck clenched his palms on the conference table, and for a moment did not know what to say.

Eric didn't want to continue to spend time with Pierre Truck, patted the girl next to him, and said, "Let's go, we must not have dinner yet, right?"

"Uh-huh," the girl leaned over like a kitten, and stood up with Eric by the arm.

"Amy, you entertain Mr. Truck," Eric instructed Amy Pascal, and then looked at Pierre Trucker, the smile on his face still did not change, but his expression was retracted, his eyes were slightly cold, and said: "Speaking of which, Mr. Truck, some of the words you just said are still very reasonable, and MGM should indeed go more steadily." Therefore, the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy will be invested by Firefly, and MGM only needs to be responsible for the distribution. ”

Pierre Truck was still a little stunned, but Amy looked at him in surprise.

In fact, Amy also felt that it was too risky to invest $300 million in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy at one time, and once hoped that Fireflies could participate in the investment. It's just that she didn't expect that Eric would suddenly take away the entire project, leaving only MGM with a distribution right. However, noticing that Eric glanced at her again after saying these words, Amy suddenly realized that Eric's actions might also have a warning to her.

Perhaps, his performance today is indeed too forward-looking and backward, and he seems too indecisive.

Even though it doesn't have any stake in MGM, all of Hollywood knows that the big studio has always been under Eric's control. Also one of the female heads of the Big Seven, Amy is well aware that she has far more autonomy from Eric than Shirley Lansing of Paramount, which was originally a sign of Eric's trust in her. However, if she continues to suffer from the loss of Brosnan for Series 007, she will soon lose Eric's trust as well.

After secretly examining herself, Amy no longer hesitated, got up to see Eric and Drew away, and then turned to Pierre Trucker, who was still sitting on the other side of the conference table, and said, "Mr. Truck, it's a little late, do you need me to arrange a car to take you to the hotel?"

When he came back to his senses, Pierre found that Eric and Drew had left, and suddenly raised some expectations, and said to Amy: "Ms. Pascal, why don't we have dinner together and have a chat by the way?"

Amy shook her head politely, and didn't find any reason, just refused: "I'm sorry, Mr. Truk, if you don't need a car, I'll take you downstairs." (To be continued.) )