Taking the elevator upstairs, at the door of the shareholders' meeting, Gu Xiaofan and others also found a strange phenomenon, many shareholders of subsidiaries were gathering at the door to chat, and did not go in, as if they were waiting for someone, among them, several major shareholders of Time Magazine......

"Who are they waiting for?" Han Sanpin also seemed to have discovered this and asked Gu Xiaofan next to him. 【Reading.com】

"Who else, their boss." Gu Xiaofan pursed his lips and looked into the distance of the corridor.

At this time, I heard a man shouting, "Mr. Abel is here." A group of shareholders of various subsidiaries who were chatting stopped, and Han Sanpin followed their gaze and vaguely saw a group of people in suits walking over at the corner at the end of the aisle.

Han Sanpin thought that there were quite a lot of people in their faction, about 20 people, but he didn't expect the people walking opposite to have a bigger pomp, and there were 3 or 40 people in the group.

As the group of people slowly approached, the faces of those people could gradually be seen clearly, the two people led by one were tall and burly, blonde hair, blue eyes, bearded and heroic, and the man in his fifties with a steady pace was holding a cigar in his hand, smiling all over his face, and seemed to be very kind to everyone, but when you looked closely at his eyes, you could not see the slightest emotional fluctuation.

And Parsons, the current CEO of Warner Bros. Pictures, is following the two.

Neil, Isaiah Kanan and others, when they saw this group, their faces couldn't help but change.

"Mr. Abel~" "Abel, you're finally here~" A group of people all gathered around and greeted each other.

Abel Warner smiled and waved his hand slightly: "Don't be so polite, let's go in, Mr. Ekane, they should wait a long time." ”

"Let them wait, they're all sitting at home and getting dividends, and I think they should come out to greet them. N's fat shareholder said with a smile.

"That's not good, when old Jett was alive, he respected them much more than you, and when people are old, they should want others to pay attention to them."

Abel Warner chuckled, but didn't seem to take the "old people" he called in his mouth at all.

Noticing that the burly Allen looked at Gu Xiaofan, his eyes seemed to be on fire, Chen Ke'er unconsciously stood in front of Gu Xiaofan and glared back without flinching.

Seeing Abel Warner and the group behind him pass by them and walk into the conference hall, Han Sanpin asked, "Who are these people around Abel Warner?" ”

Neil had just finished listening to the translation, and explained with a kind face: "It's nothing, it's all one n, the follower of Time magazine......"

When Han Sanpin frowned slightly, fortunately, Chen Keer explained in time next to him: "Abel Warner is followed by Warner Bros. A-level directors and producers, including Warner's five core directors now. ”

Chen Keer explained in a whisper, and pointed to Han Sanpin: "That fat is David Yates, the director of the "Harry Potter series", who is the guy who is highly praised by Allen, and the very handsome director of "Batman: The Black Knight Rises" Nolan is Warner's strongest director, and the one on the right is "300 Warriors" Zack Snyder, Warner's future superhero series are said to be filmed by him, British ghost director Guy Ritchie, and art film director Clint Eastwood should not need me to introduce it......"

Chen Keer said that he was introducing Han Sanpin, but in fact, he also asked Gu Xiaofan to talk about his competitors by the way.

Gu Xiaofan listened silently beside him and thought secretly, Abel asked his five directors to attend the board of directors this time, which naturally had a deep meaning, that is, he must not be allowed to get the filming rights of "The Dark Knight".

These five directors are currently ranked between 50 and 77 on the Hollywood power list, and any one of them is better than him, a director who has only filmed American dramas, and the highest Nolan is ranked 50th, which can be described as one of the best among cutting-edge directors, and he is ranked 87th, which can be more than a few notches higher......

"Let's go in too." Gu Xiaofan was not afraid of such a big pomp in the face of his opponent, but showed a free and easy smile and greeted everyone.

They also entered the conference hall and sat down at the table opposite Abel, at this time Gu Xiaofan found that none of the two factions were the chairman, and the people sitting on the chairman were 7 or 8 old men with plain clothes and gray hair, and the youngest looked at least eighty years old.

Needless to say, these people are the group of Jewish major shareholders behind Warner, and there are a few middle-aged people on the other side who look apprehensive, who have a completely different temperament from them, wearing famous watches on their heads, and acting like Wall Streeters, these people are AOL.

Now Time Warner's full name is "AOL, Time Warner", which is the name of the merger of the two companies, but everyone knows that AOL's is about to be kicked out.

After Abel saw the dojo, he immediately made a quiet gesture for everyone: "It's time to have a meeting." ”

The staff hastened to put the prepared documents on the table in front of everyone.

Abel coughed dryly and said in a low voice: "According to the process, each subsidiary will report its own financial statements for this quarter, and first clean up the group's financial situation." ”

Then he smiled at the old Jewish shareholders and said, "Then, we will submit the projects of each of our companies for the next quarter with Mr. Ikarn, and let the board of directors approve and sign them." ”

Abel's tone is unhurried, he seems to be very strong, he is like the president of Warner, and the shareholders of Icann are like parliament, the president will not bow his head and beg for anything to the parliament, but to show them enough ability to control them and make them submit, which is also Abel Warner's consistent style.

knew that Abel was showing his strong style, but everyone was still frightened, because in the past few years, everyone had a hard time when it came to this financial report.

Except for a few companies in Warner Bros. Pictures, which are profitable, other subsidiaries of Time Warner have suffered losses to varying degrees due to the economic crisis.

The CEOs of each subsidiary announced the financial statements for the quarter on a case-by-case basis, which is not good news.

n lost 200,000 viewers in the quarter, advertising expenses fell, and a loss of $5.3 million, while Time magazine sales fell by 4.3 percent, and planned to lay off 500 employees, and the Atlanta Hawks had a poor record, and attendance and advertising revenue continued to decline......

Almost every CEO of a subsidiary stood up to report with a look of extreme pain.

And the most suffocating thing is that several network-related companies in AOL have lost more than 50% of their market share...... The once-glorious instant messaging software ICQ has been completely defeated by MSN.

By the time it was the turn of Warner Pictures, New Line, HBO, and CW to announce their financial statements, Warner's loss for the quarter had reached $576.89 million......

If this result is reported, Time Warner's market value may fall sharply again, and then News Corp will only need 30 billion funds to swallow Time Warner.

At this time, it was finally Warner Bros. Pictures' turn to announce its financial statements......