Chapter 166: The Player

"Ah......" Jenny was not surprised, of course, she didn't find it unacceptable, only dissatisfied with her performance: It's really stupid, have you forgotten all the deeds of the Internet predators in later generations? Rather than trying to test the waters in a new field yourself, the best way is, of course, to buy it directly. WwW is worth your collection. LWXS520。 COM: How could she not even think of this?

If you think about it carefully, Bob's idea should not be a whim, first of all, he is the contact with Cesare, which shows that he should already know the real relationship between Cesare and Big Dream. - As you know, Jenny hadn't been in Los Angeles much last year, and Big Dreams' business hadn't stopped during her sick break, and Bob certainly didn't believe that she was the actual person in charge of Big Dreams. Secondly, this 200 million price is not arbitrary, but 30% of the copyright income of "The Devil Wears Prada" held by Big Dream, 33% of the copyright income of "The Fifth Sally", and 50% of the income of "Unlucky Eros", all the copyright income of "Old Friends Have Money", and the valuation of the existing share capital - of course, plus the selling price of the puppeteer, and a certain profit margin.

Counting the cash in the big dream account, as well as the expected income of these copyrights, even if the puppeteer is discounted by 100 million, Disney's opening price will have a profit margin of 50 million, and it can still rise, which cannot but be said to be a quite suitable deal. Even if it is sold for 200 million, this is 100 million cash for one person - even if it is a big name in Hollywood, not everyone can get 100 million in cash. It's only been a little over a year since Big Dream was founded, and Jenny can't figure out how impressive this rate of return will be - of course, provided that she is determined to sell Big Dream and the puppeteer, and give up the strategic bargaining chip that is so easy to get in her hand.

"Not for sale." She quickly decided, "What do you think, Cesare?" ”

Cesare smiled slightly, and he nodded, "I'm not short of cash. ”

"But Bob has hinted to us that he knows about your big dreams." Jenny frowned, "If we reject Disney, will he - so we still have to go back to the idea of using that fake backer to protect Big Dream and the puppeteer?" ”

"Lies will one day be exposed." Cesare shook his head, "This lie can only serve as a temporary deterrent, it can't stop the coveting of the Big Six forever." Now the big dream for them, means the manipulation of the Olympic Award and the manipulation of the network public opinion of the two energies, maybe in the first year we can still refuse the offer of the Big Six, but in the second year, the third year, especially when the Big Six find that this network marketing department is not so easy to establish, they will turn back, this time maybe the means will not be so formal, the attitude will not be so gentle. Unless you plan to never use the puppeteer, or really make it an independent company and give up ownership of it, the big dream will never be able to get rid of their entanglement until the Big Six have the same ability, and we will also put countless energy on the game with the big six unnecessarily - this is not good news for the big dream, what we should do is to develop ourselves, not fight with the big companies that are far larger than us. ”

"Sounds like you already have a complete plan." Jeanne's eyes narrowed—she may not be familiar with business struggles, but she was already familiar with Cesare: the long foreshadowing often meant that he had operated a new scheme behind her back, and now it was only inspiring her to think about identity. "Don't tell me you've put it into practice."

"You're a lot better than you were a year ago." Cesare shook his head dryly, "I have a bold idea, but I haven't implemented it yet—I can't do it without your consent." ”

"Tell me about it." Jenny's eyes narrowed even more. "Don't think of me like a child, say, Chesa—I can handle it."

Despite all the rhetoric, Jeanne couldn't help but look surprised when Cesare began to recount his plan, and her eyes flickered as Cesare's plan progressed—well, if it weren't for Cesare's foreshadowing, maybe she wouldn't have accepted his idea at all......

"Are you sure this will really work?" After Cesare's narrative came to an end, she hesitantly asked, "Are you sure Harvey and Bob will really be at our mercy?" I mean, they're already old foxes at the top of the pyramid, and you and I are at least twenty years younger than them—"

"It's up to you." Cesare spread his hands, "50 to 50, without your consent, this plan is not possible." ”

The media storm caused by the Reese incident, the covetousness of the puppeteer by the Big Six, and the unexpected results of the Oscars, the current complicated situation...... Jeanne looked at Cesare suspiciously—she almost felt that the Big Six's current coveting of big dreams was a deliberate effort by Cesare to advance the plan.

However, from another point of view, if it weren't for Oscar's unexpected result, most people would not have decided that the Reese incident was behind Jenny's team, and Jenny finally abandoned her senseless suspicions: the mall is changing rapidly, and she should learn Cesare's adaptability, instead of unwarranted doubts about his loyalty and integrity, and think about things like rushing to □□ shift when the cake of Big Dream is too small.

After thinking about it again, she also smiled dumbly: What power do you have to seize? Cesare is now in power, that is, such a big thing requires her consent - and this is not because Cesare is too power-hungry, but because she is not capable enough to balance her big dream and her acting career, if she really has the ability to run the big dream independently, why did she need to invite Cesare to join at that time?

"Since I can't think of a better way," she decided, "so be it—but we must be careful, careful, Chesa, and there is no room for error." ”

A confident smile tugged at Cesare's lips, but his tone was as calm as ever, "Of course I know, and you'll see, Jefferson—you'll just have to wait and see." ”

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"Honey, is it necessary to be so cautious?" Willow. Iger gave the child to the nanny with some confusion and turned back to her husband, "I don't understand why the children can't have dinner with us, it's not the first time Jennifer and Cesare have been guests, and they love the children too." ”

"How much can they like children, my dear, don't take kind words seriously." Robert. Iger kissed his wife on the cheek, "You're so beautiful tonight - anyway, today's dinner isn't for the kids to join, it's a business dinner after all, or you can think more of a business negotiation." ”

"Okay." Willow still seemed a little skeptical. "Say whatever you want—ah, here they are."

"Let's go, go to the door and greet the guests." Robert looked at his watch, "Virgilia should be almost there, too." ”

"Jennifer Cesare." He smiled and hugged the handsome couple and took the wine from Cesare's hand, "I'm glad you finally made the time - especially Jennifer, I know you're very busy right now." ”

"There are indeed quite a few party invitations." Jennifer showed her white teeth, and even after winning the double actress award, she still seemed so low-key and elegant, as if even these two awards could not fully excite her. Robert couldn't help but be wary of himself: this girl didn't seem to be the type to be moved by sweet words. "But Bob, of course, your invitation comes first, and even if I was invited to a dinner at the United Nations, I would say sorry to them."

Robert couldn't help but smile: Jennifer has always been a flatterer, and with her background and education, this is surprising.

"Let's have a pre-dinner bar first, Virgilia should be almost there." He led the guests to the restaurant, "Oh, Chesa, don't show such a look - don't play the family card tonight, Virgilia is here just to be a witness, you know it's the rule, it's such a big business, I can't make it alone." ”

"You're just flattering, Bob." Jennifer smiled happily, "It's only $200 million, how can this be considered big business for Disney?" ”

Indeed, spending 200 million or 300 million to buy a company is not a big deal for Disney, and it is not even as high as the investment in "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", especially the big deal that Disney negotiated last month - the acquisition of Pixar up to 7.4 billion US dollars - compared to the 200 million acquisition case - compared with the 200 million acquisition case, the 200 million acquisition case can only be regarded as an appetizing dessert, especially Disney's motives for the acquisition of Big Dream are not pure, and there are many things that are not good to talk about in the conference room, so Robert chose to take his business home, Talking about this in a more relaxed and ** environment may make Jennifer and Cesare's tone a little looser: Disney doesn't care too much about the registered capital, cash on the books, and even the copyrights of those movies, what they really care about is the two hidden forces behind the big dream - Oscar and network marketing.

Although Miramax is barely alive and still producing movies, for Disney, without the Weinstein brothers, they have almost lost all the power to impact the important Oscar awards, Miramax is indeed still running movies, but those are the Weinstein brothers' projects left at Disney, and after this batch of works is finished, Miramax can only barely maintain a name, after all, the team that really does things has been scattered, and most of them have followed Weinstein to the new company. Disney is also in urgent need of a new subsidiary to impact the Oscars and decorate the façade for the company, and it is also because of this demand that is different from the other five that Robert basically determined the idea of acquiring Big Dream on the night of Jennifer's award, with an offer of up to 200 million, not so much to buy movie copyrights, but to buy these two channels of Big Dream - dark box operation to ensure that the award is won, and network marketing guides the reputation of netizens. Of course, the latter has a wider scope of application, and it is also applicable to Disney's own commercial films.

After deducting the valuation of registered capital and copyright, the money used to buy these two channels should be between 100 million and 150 million, and this is a very suitable deal for Disney. It was not difficult for Robert to make this decision, the real difficulty was how to convince Cesare. Vijri and Jennifer. Jefferson, there is a relationship between them, but this does not affect the big business of 200 million US dollars, and his biggest worry is not that they dislike the 200 million offer too little, but that the pair of partners are unwilling to sell Big Dream, and would rather run a family business like Weinstein.

Now, hearing Jennifer's casual and loose tone, Robert's mood suddenly brightened a lot: it seems that Jennifer does have a sincere desire to sell Big Dream, and Cesare's tone on the phone is also very loose, as long as there is an intention, the details are easy to discuss. Although he also has some chips in his hand that can threaten the two of them, the relationship between the two sides has always been good, even if the other party is two young people who are just starting out, they can't threaten him at all, and Robert doesn't want to ruin his personal friendship for the sake of business - whether it is Jennifer or Cesare, they have great potential in their respective fields, and if they get big dreams, but lose Jennifer, this is also a heart-wrenching loss. Who knows how many other high-grossing films this girl can bring? At least until her box office aura hasn't faded, he doesn't want to turn his face with Jennifer.

"As long as it has something to do with you, it's not a small deal." He happily gave Jennifer a handful of words, "Ah, here comes Virginia—"

Although the food was delicious, neither Rob nor the three guests were on their minds, and after a short but pleasant dinner, Robert invited the three guests into the study. Virgilia. Instead of speaking, Vijri sat down in a corner—her role was to be a witness tonight, and to play in her own special capacity when the negotiations were not going well, and since the atmosphere seemed good now, she wisely remained silent.

"Brandy?" Robert asked, "Wine?" ”

He poured wine for several of his guests, determined to get straight to the point and get the contract as soon as possible. "So, Jennifer, you've heard Cesare say the whole thing, right? Can you tell me, what do you think? ”

Jennifer smiled, and she said in a relaxed tone, "Oh, Robert, I don't know anything about these things, and to be honest, I've only done one thing since the Big Dream was founded, and that's to pay for it, and I'll leave everything else to the men - since Cesare is here tonight, and you've been in contact with him in the first place—"

She glanced at Cesare trustingly, and took a sip of white wine to herself. Vijeri straightened his back politely, "Bob, my partner and I have already discussed your proposal. ”

He didn't look at Jennifer when he was talking about his partner, and Jennifer didn't seem to be upset by it. Robert blinked, and a string seemed to be plucked in his heart: it seemed that Jennifer was indeed not involved in the operation of Big Dream, and she was not the partner Cesare said to be.

So who will be behind her? Why is it so secretive? Does he already have a wife? Or is that a politician? No, politicians don't have that much energy, and if they are, it's also some very sensitive departments, maybe even related to national security, after 911, people don't always talk about cyber counter-terrorism......

Although Robert is the CEO of Disney and one of Hollywood's top figures, he is not omniscient, and the Internet does make him a little confused, and all kinds of ridiculous ideas are also coming and going, and he tries to concentrate on listening to Cesare. Vijeri's statement, "The first thing that needs to be stated is that this year's Oscars ...... It's a special event, and I am afraid that such a thing does not happen every year. ”

Cesare glanced at Jennifer and said in a flat tone, "Although there are many rumors from the outside world, I can assure you that this year's Olympic Awards have nothing to do with me, and what I can do is actually very limited." Best Actress is more on Weinstein...... and some other friends' PR methods, as for the Best Supporting Actress, it was entirely because of Jennifer's own relationship that she finally won this award. ”

See, someone did intervene, maybe this person was Cesare and Jennifer's other partner, another person who actually talked to Big Dream. Robert nodded with a smile and didn't speak: Cesare understood very well, Big Dream may have some energy for the Olympic Awards, but it is impossible to repeat Jennifer's crazy achievements year after year, only Jennifer can make the partner behind the scenes release such a great energy - it seems that she has fascinated the other party.

"As for the online marketing department, Big Dream won't let you down." Cesare also smiled meaningfully at him, "It's the Oscar operation, and we also plan to strengthen it through a strategic cooperation with Weinstein...... We have reached a preliminary agreement with Harvey that Big Dream and Weinstein will exchange 1% of the shares and become strategic partners. Therefore, if Disney and Big Dream reach a contract, Big Dream will also become a bridge between Disney and Weinstein, and I believe this will be a very beneficial cooperation for all three parties. ”

Weinstein - Robert could not contain his surprise: Weinstein had broken away from Eisner, and Robert himself did not approve of this decision. But it seems impossible to forge a partnership between Disney and Weinstein again. After all, Weinstein's first film after independence won two Oscars, and now he doesn't have to worry about buyers even if he wants to sell the company, so why bother to eat Disney's backgrass? Haven't you been disgusted enough before?

Even if there was a strategic cooperation intention before, after the big dream was acquired, this matter will definitely fall through. Didn't Cesare understand that? Why take it out as a bargaining chip?

Unless......

Robert smiled and picked up the question, "But I don't think it's going to raise the price, Chesa, you know, Harvey is a very proud man, Disney has broken his heart, I'm afraid he won't come back to our arms." ”

"At first glance, it is." Cesare nodded, "But what if Disney didn't buy Big Dream, but just injected capital?" Maybe Harvey would see it differently. What do you think, Bob? ”

Ahh This was also expected by him—Robert glanced at Jennifer: if it was just this girl, maybe she would have sold out the company, but with Cesare and the guy behind the scenes, a buyout was not so easy to discuss.

"And how much do you think Disney should inject into it?" He smiled and asked—in fact, this is also a way for Disney to accept cooperation, after all, in both channels, they still need the guidance and cooperation of the founders. If the Miramax model of the past can be repeated, Disney management is also willing to accept it: Disney has 80%-90% of the shares, but in terms of business, Cesare and Jennifer can lead the way. Of course, in this case, it goes without saying that Jennifer is definitely representing the rights and interests of the other party. "And how much do you want to keep, Chesa?"

"We accept a 100 million capital injection from Disney and own 40% of the equity." Cesare said smoothly, "The maximum limit is to inject 150 million and own 60% of the shares, but—"

He lengthened his voice, "The AB share system must be adopted, and the voting rights of Jennifer's and I Class A shares are 10 times that of the subsequent capital injection shares, that is, Disney's shares can only have at most-"

Robert had already figured out the answer, and his expression couldn't help but be gloomy. "0.58% of the voting rights."

"Yes." Cesare nodded, "And we have one more stringent condition: Jennifer and I are going to have the right of first refusal for the same amount of Disney's investment, Bob -- and I'm talking about the head office." ”

Even with the expectation that the conditions of Big Dream would not be so simple, Robert was still speechless: $150 million in stock may not seem like much, but it is close to 1 percent of the shares, which is much more than the holdings of many executives -- and it is not just a matter of 1 percent, but more of a status marker. Until now, both Jennifer and Cesare were outsiders in his opinion, and although they were excellent stars and agents, they were still nothing to the most central power circles in Hollywood. The surrender of the 150 million pre-emptive share option is tantamount to admitting that these two excessively young guys have entered this circle of power, and from then on they have truly become players who can be on an equal footing with various executives......

Looking at the self-confident Cesare, and Jennifer with a quiet smile, as if he didn't understand how meaningful this request was, Robert found himself in a rare hesitation: he still knew a lot about the finances of the Vijeri family, let alone 150 million in cash, and even 50 million Cesare Vijerry might not be able to take it out, Jennifer Jefferson has been very good at making money in recent years, but in the end there are only four works, she still has to pay taxes, and she has to inject money into the big dream...... On her own, it is already the limit that she can give another 70 million......

More than 100 million in cash, just take it......

Cesare. Who exactly is Vijery speaking for......

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