Chapter 93: Atlanta (1)

Located in the eastern part of the United States, located on a plateau in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains at an altitude of 350 meters, Atlanta is one of the three major highland cities in the United States, as well as the capital and largest industrial and commercial city of Georgia in the United States. It is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Georgia, the county seat of Fulton County and the 9th largest metropolitan area in the United States. As a railroad hub, Atlanta's development began in the early 19th century, when it was destroyed during the Civil War, but was quickly rebuilt after being elected as a state capital. In the 20th century, it was the center of the American civil rights movement, where Martin Luther King, Jr., the leader of the Black Liberation Movement, was born, and Atlanta was also a transportation and financial center in the southeastern United States.

Coming out of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, Jerry felt a strong Olympic atmosphere on his face, and the "ugly" Olympic mascot Izzy could be seen everywhere.

"It's such a vibrant city." Robert Soros yawned and stretched, the thick dark circles under his eyes and his exuberant mental state formed a huge contrast.

"Overworked again last night?" Jerry couldn't help but quip.

Robert smiled bitterly, during this time, he was really overworked, but his overwork was not the same as Jerry's joke about overwork. After May, he was given a nominal sabbatical off from the JR Investment Center on the 80th floor of the Empire State Building and heading to sunny California, but he didn't have much time to rest. According to Robert, since he entered JR Investment, since he was targeted by Jerry, this kid, he has been treated like a brute, and lo and behold~ he was squeezed dry by Cindy Crawford, and he was "caught" by Emoryville, because Pixar's Big Four came up with the idea of an online bank, as a leader in the banking industry before NetGate's development engineers completed the overall architecture. Robert and the team sent by JR Investment had to assist Pixar every step of the way. Finally, the overall framework was completed, and Robert was liberated to return to Los Angeles happily and continue to live with Cindy Crawford for a period of time, so that he could take a vacation. Unfortunately, Jerry, who was filming "High School Musical" 3 in Salt Lake City, was another phone call, and we had reached a final agreement with NeXT to meet Steve Jobs and talk to Mr. Jill Amelio. A board meeting will be held in the joint name of JR Investments and Paul Allen, and Apple will acquire NeXT Inc. Robert had no choice but to go to Silicon Valley and finalize the details of the acquisition with Steve Jobs and Jill Amerio. Thinking that after all this, he could finally get a break, Jerry's call came again, Robert, go, come with me to Atlanta. Even if Robert yells Jerry, you beast. It didn't work either. Hmm~ Yes, it's useless at all. Because even Howard Stringer, who has just joined Sony Pictures and gets an annual salary of 200W, ABC and Sony, who is very busy with both businesses, was called by Jerry with a phone call.

There is no way. Because Ted Turner's CNN is located right in Atlanta.

Sending ABC's giant Howard Stringer and JR investment giant Robert Soros to CNN together can be regarded as giving Ted Turner enough face, and didn't Time Warner's Gerald Levine also come forward directly?

Robert was still protesting loudly, but when Jerry said something. The Atlanta Olympics has sports beauties from all over the world, and this guy immediately said righteously, I'm an elf god. Work is my life.

Well~ that's probably the case.

Of course, when Robert said this, he was very accidentally heard by Cindy Crawford, so Miss Cindy Crawford, who has always been the life of Robert Soros, squeezed him until dawn on the eve of Robert Soros and Jerry's flight to Atlanta.

"If you hadn't made that call, Cindy wouldn't have done this to me." Robert's eyes began to scan privately like radar.

"I made that call for work."

"Hey~ Boss, I've worked hard enough!"

"Really?"

Robert's eyes suddenly lit up like a light bulb, but a figure quickly blocked him, and he immediately shouted in dissatisfaction, "Hey~ Howard, you're blocking my view." ”

Howard Stringer, who were tall and wore gold-rimmed glasses, and Jerry beckoned, but did not consciously move their figures.

By the time Robert got him out of the way, the beauty he had just discovered was long gone.

"Ignore him, this guy is like a bull in heat." Jerry smiled and shook Howard's hand, and then he got into Howard's van, "How's it going, Sony's working environment is not bad, right?" ”

Howard closed the car door and buckled his seatbelt, "An annual salary of 200W is really not easy to get." If it's me alone, it's a bit overwhelming to juggle ABC and Sony, but I want to poach someone from Time Warner. ”

"Oh?" When Robert heard this, he retracted his radar-like gaze, and he knew very well that the biggest resistance to JR Investment and ABC's acquisition of CNN this time came from Time Warner, and Gerald Levine had lobbied Ted Turner for two years. At present, CNN's revenue is rising under the operation of Ted Turner, and if it were not for the fact that Ted Turner, who used to be the man of the year in Time magazine, wanted to use other media to expand CNN's influence, I am afraid that Time Warner and Gerald Levine would not have the opportunity to lobby.

However, Time Warner currently has a strong opponent, JR Investments and ABC.

Not only Jerry, but also Robert was indignant about Time Warner's stealing of the exclusive cable TV rights to all Sony Pictures films.

This is something that even ABC didn't get its hands on, but it was cheaper than Time Warner!

Therefore, when he heard Howard say that he was going to dig up Time Warner, he instantly became interested, "Who are you going to poach?" ”

"CEO of Time Warner, John Kelly."

Jerry and Robert looked at each other, but laughed at the same time.

"Howard, you guy, good, really good."

John Kelly helped Time Warner pit Sony Pictures, and Howard, who had just joined Sony Pictures, wanted to poach him to Sony to be a cow and a horse for him. Howard's idea, indeed, is kind of interesting.

"If you think there's no problem, dig it~ I have no opinion. Sony Pictures is now up to you! Jerry said with a smile.

The car suddenly had an emergency brake, if it weren't for the seat belts, I was afraid that Jerry and Robert would hit the front seat, Howard poked his head out, raised his arm and shouted at a black commercial car speeding by, "Hey ~ bastard, look at it, you have rubbed my car." ”

The driver of the black van looked in the rearview mirror, reached out directly, and gave Howard a big middle finger. (To be continued......)