Chapter 262: AOL vs. Time Warner
It's him!
Lin Xiao's face was impassive, he looked at the staff member and smiled, "This gentleman, is he here now?" ”
"Sir?" The staff was obviously stunned: "It's a young lady for me." ”
Lin Xiao nodded, what is Steve Keys' status? How could he personally give such a thing to the staff, which also indirectly shows that the staff is not the other party's person.
Lin ...... Mr. Lin, can you sign for me? ”
"Yes, yes."
After a few signings in a dashing manner, he silently played with the coin.
Why does Warner have two CEOs, why is it called Warner Twins, everything started because of Steve Case.
The coming economic crisis, all of Warner's initiatives, all stem from the arrival of Steve Case.
He wants to buy a new line, and Steve Keys is an extremely important person, although it is the same whether he sees him or not, but he still wants to see him.
Not to mention that the other party is a Freemason, just because the other person is about to do something, he must meet!
The bad relationship with Warner has also come to an end, since the other party is not easy to mess with, then tell the other party that he is not easy to provoke and wants to bite me? Yes, but you have to be prepared to break up with a mouthful of blood first.
Coming out with the coin, the reporters just nodded their heads in congratulations, smiled and left, as if they hadn't seen him at all.
"Mr. Lin." As soon as he reached the door, an Asian woman walked up and held out her hand with a smile, "Mr. Steve Case's personal secretary, Dumen. Kasha. ”
Lin Xiao shook his hand lightly: "AOL Time Warner's distinguished guest? ”
Du Men smiled slightly, "Sir, in fact, the resentment between Dawn and AOL Times Warner does not need to be so deep. Mr. Steve has invited you to discuss a solution with you. ”
I ruined the other party's plan to open up the Asian market, and I want to discuss solutions with myself? Lin Xiao sneered in his heart, no matter what kind of medicine the other party sells, Time Warner will not let him go.
A really cunning snake, if you don't move, you will definitely die, for a giant crocodile like Warner, Lin Xiao now has no idea of rushing to death like a stunned blue.
Dawn is too small and too small compared to Warner, if Warner is a towering giant tree, then Daybreak is only a small tree that has grown halfway.
After talking to Christina, he got into the prepared car.
The car drove fast, Venice at night, the sound of the waves, surrounded by more than 100 waterways, the island city of Venice, poured out whispers in the night wind.
There are no high-rise buildings here, because of the fear of sinking into the water, the middle floor is good, in the car, he can still vaguely see the majestic, Byzantine-style Phoenix Opera House, the Gothic-style Golden Palace black shadow, in the night lights, like a silent ink painting.
The car stopped in front of a private house, and Lin Xiao followed Du Men to the second floor and saw an old man.
This is a man in his fifties, and a casual glance will tell that he must be Steve Case. Square face, tall and strong, with a very cleanly shaved beard, a deep contour, and in the deep sunken eye sockets, there are a pair of eagle-like eyes, even if they are full of silver hair, they can't hide his sharp eyes at all.
He wears a snow-white dressing gown and a precious custom ring on his hand, but the most striking thing is the intricately carved cane in his hand.
It is a precious Hainan yellow rosewood material, and you can smell its fragrance from some distances.
Noticing his gaze, the tall man smiled slightly, and paused on crutches, "This crutch beat Li Kebao in 02." It's a bit defiled. ”
His legs were slightly lame, and he habitually walked to the sofa and sat down, waving his hand, and Lin Xiao noticed that there were four or five people around who were obviously bodyguards.
With a wave of his hand, the men bowed respectfully and left.
"Mr. Steve Case, I've admired my name for a long time."
"Mr. Lin, I also admired it for a long time." Steve Case's falcon-like eyes flickered, a smile hung on his big mouth, and he picked up a cigar from the table, "Taste?" Authentic Cuban cigars, rubbed from the legs of virgins, are worth a lot of money. ”
"Thanks, but I don't smoke."
"That's a shame." Steve Keys sighed and lit his cigar.
The blue, fragrant smoke rose in the room, and he took a deep breath before saying, "Mr. Lin, let's make a deal." ”
"Warner's acquisition of Dawn is a very constructive proposal."
Lin Xiao almost laughed angrily.
I have worked hard for more than six years, plus the experience of rebirth to get to this point, which company in China has entered Hollywood in six years? Numerous awards? What artist has become an international superstar in six years?
If it weren't for his rebirth, the process would have been at least doubled!
Now Steve is starting to talk about acquisitions in one sentence?
He thought for a moment and smiled, "What about me?" ”
"You will become a member of the 20 million club in half a year, and the previous affair with Warner will be written off." Steve Keys took a deep breath on his cigar and closed his eyes to enjoy it quietly.
"If I refuse?"
"Oh, Mr. Lin, this is the stupidest choice I've ever heard." The other party opened his eyes, and his faint eyebrows furrowed slightly, "You are now going to open up the situation in Hollywood, Warner controls records, newspapers, magazines, TV stations, and radio stations, what do you use to refuse?" My choice of acquisition rather than suppression is already a win-win proposition. ”
He glanced at Lin Xiao coldly, "It's still for the sake of the old woman who gave you a recommendation, if it weren't for the fact that you might become a member of Freemasonry in the future, I think Warner would probably take other measures now." ”
Lin Xiao laughed, "Mr. Steve, you don't seem to be the CEO now, and you can't represent Warner." ”
Steve Keys looked at Lin Xiao with a smile, "Two months." ”
"I'll give you two months to prepare, and if you don't agree, Dawn won't want to gain a foothold in Hollywood."
Dream! Lin Xiao was about to say this, but he smiled, "Two months? Then I'll have to think about it. ”
"Good." Steve Keys took a breath, "So, I'm waiting for good news from Mr. Lin. ”
The talks were incredibly fast. But Lin Xiao knew that from today onwards, Dawn's every move would be under the watchful eye of this eagle.
Back at the hotel, he did not rest, but immediately called Christina.
"Warner can't sit still." He muttered, "Or rather, Steve Keys can't sit still." ”
"What's going on?"
Lin Xiao said what happened just now, emphasizing that "they must have smelled the smell of the economic crisis, the bigger the enterprise, the more serious the damage under the financial crisis." ”
"Then why did he buy Daybreak?" Christina wondered, "It doesn't help him much." ”
Lin Xiao sighed, "Do you remember the incident I told you?" ”
Christina's eyes lit up, and then she heard Lin Xiao say, "The reason why Time Warner has two CEOs and is called Warner is that everything starts with Steve Case." ”
"He is a legend, from a cleaning staff to a top 100 company, and he is the CEO of AOL in his own right, and he is known for his hard-blooded hardcore. For him, there are no allies, only enemies and his own people. At the beginning, Time Warner tried to plot the AOL market, and Steve Keys hit it off, and AOL invested 120 billion yuan to acquire Time Warner, but the next year, Time Warner felt constrained, and in turn acquired AOL for 140 billion yuan, which led to the current AOL Time Warner. ”
"I know this, this is the famous 100 billion merger and acquisition case." Christina frowned, "But what does this have to do with Daybreak?" ”
"Listen to me...... But after the merger, no one is convinced by the other, AOL and Time Warner are of similar status, and neither of the two factions wants the other party's person to be the CEO, so there are two Warner heroes, who govern separately. And apparently, Warner's CEO Dick. Parsons was a step ahead and slowly overtook Steve Keys in partisan struggles, which forced him to open up the market and set his mind overseas. And I just found that I wanted to invest in the world without thieves, so I had the original Li Kebao and Camuel matter. ”
However, the whirlpool of this merger and acquisition has never stopped for a moment, and the consequences of such a hasty merger of two such large companies are catastrophic, and when the economic crisis comes, this whirlpool will completely turn into a black hole! Blow Time Warner to the ground! Lin Xiao took a deep breath, "That's what I told you that day, Time Warner doesn't care about our roots at all!" ”
Not only that, but a major event that shocked Hollywood flashed through his mind, that is, after the screenwriters strike, Time Warner and AOL finally announced their separation!
At this moment, Time Warner itself is already in dire straits, and with the arrival of the economic crisis, this huge empire has finally collapsed because of the two emperors, and can only watch the dawn eat the new line!
And Steve Keys has obviously learned that the economic crisis is coming, and it is not too difficult for them to know this kind of news. However, he did not guess that the economic crisis would bring about a major conflict between AOL and Time Warner, leading to the separation of the two parties. He just wants to rely on this opportunity to walk to his CEO throne again! ”
"So, he needs a political achievement, and what is the best political achievement? Obviously, the vigorous spring of the Chinese film and television industry has allowed him to find an opportunity, and this opportunity, dawn is the entry point! ”
"China, now it can be said that there is no film and television company as in the sky, if he acquires Dawn, it will occupy the Chinese market in an instant, and the most important thing is that the distribution contract given to me by Minister Wang has been signed. With this, coupled with Warner Wanda, which has been deployed for several years, overseas production, and dawn distribution, Time Warner is enough to blast the country! And he, Steve Case, is likely to return to the CEO throne because of this! This is his real calculation! ”
"He wants to be Time Warner's Jobs." Lin Xiao sneered, "It's a pity, he would never have imagined how seriously this economic crisis has hit Time Warner!" ”