Chapter 378: Exploitation
Of course, blind investment can also trigger a butterfly effect.
For example, Roland is not married to Kate but to Princess Celestia.
Then, more than ten years later, Comrade Jianguo may hold on to his son-in-law's thighs, and will not think about entering the White House.
However, this is only because the current founding comrades can be influenced by Roland, and other things that cannot be influenced by Roland, or in other words, those things that are enough to affect Roland, will still run according to their own trajectory.
Like a natural disaster, no one can stop this thing;
Like the development of society, there are very few people who can influence it.
And now, Henry Rumsfeld's new master is actually the same thing.
Born in a political family, his grandfather is a senator in Maine, and his father is two terms of deputy commander and one term of general president, in this case, even if he develops the habit of a son-in-law, even if he lacks federal and diplomatic work experience, and has no international influence, as long as his father is there, then he can obtain resources that are the envy of countless people.
The capital that supports his father will bet on him, and he doesn't need to recruit himself, the top staff group can be formed, and when he encounters a backward vote and needs to fight to the death in Florida, the state government responsible for counting the votes is like the party's own people, and the governor is still his own brother, such an advantage is the foundation of the judicial war of the century, and the thirty-six days of confrontation, and finally let the judiciary cross the line of decision politics, but also highlights the replacement of resources and the charm of the family.
Ruth Ginsburg, who had a headache for the founding comrades in later generations, could be pushed by him, in this case, unless it was to sacrifice Lee Oswald, Roland couldn't think of any other reason to let this son fail.
After finalizing the donation with a few words, the atmosphere at the next table was even more relaxed, although these guys were not used to talking about things at the table, but now, it was Roland's home field, and he wanted to talk, and the other two [5200] would accompany him to talk.
"If he wins, I think I'll resign as Gilead's chairman." Henry Rumsfeld put broccoli in his mouth, chewing on it and saying, "The vacated spot for David to take over?" β
In Roland's previous life, Henry Rumsfeld resigned as chairman of Gilead and took over, the founder of Gilead, and until the 10 years of the documented year, he still held a large number of shares in the company and had a lot of say.
To put it mildly, without him, Gilead would not have been able to have smooth sailing.
But now, compared with that liar, it is more reassuring to let the community of interests take over.
As for company development?
Companies that are capital-driven and grow through mergers are fine as long as they have money and people.
Because of this, Roland shook his head and said, "No need, you just arrange people." β
"David is now a member of the board of directors of Amazon, Apple, and Google, not only that, but all the companies under my name are represented by him, in this case, it is not only meaningless to bear the status of a director of Gilead, but it is also easy to be affected by public opinion, so you can just watch and send people in, I believe you anyway."
βOkayγβ Henry Rumsfeld nodded, not insisting.
But even so, he still wanted to tie Roland to the station car, "Then, after James graduates, he will come to work in the company?" β
"Starting from the department manager, whatever project he is interested in, let him open whatever kind of project."
"Then it depends on his own will."
Roland did not agree to such a bundle proposal, and Henry Rumsfeld also smiled and said that he understood, and after a brief chat, he turned the topic to the movie.
"Black Hawk Down" started in May, and it was completed at the end of September, and according to the four-month production process, it will be released in January next year, but even so, Sony has not finalized the file, and pushed everything to Warcraft Film and Television.
"So, when are we going to bring the film to market?" Arnold Schwarzenegger asked.
"It can't be scheduled for October 3rd." Henry Rumsfeld instructed: "While we want to stir up public sentiment and pressure Congress to increase military procurement, we must not do it too obviously. β
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Roland was speechless when Bitch was still going to set up the archway, but it was already a very good thing that he didn't force his head and let him launch the movie on the day of the Black Hawk Fall.
So, he said, "The end of August and the beginning of September." β
"The flow of people is low in February, March and April, even if it is released, it will not have a publicity effect, there is Memorial Day for the Civil War in May, Flag Day in June, and Independence Day in July, which is easy for the opposition to make a fuss, and there is Veterans Day in October, and November and December are Christmas stalls, so August without a major festival is the best time to release it."
"Then it's scheduled for Labor Day in September?" Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed.
Before the words fell, Henry Rumsfeld had already taken out his mobile phone, found the calendar, and said: "Labor Day is the first Monday in September, and next year is September 3rd, and there should be no competitors when it is released at that time." β
'September 3rd?' β
That's only eight days until the 11th! β
As soon as he heard about this day, Roland was happy.
I thought to myself, 'You chose this day, it has nothing to do with me', "Yes, respect your opinion, my original intention was to release a war movie, and now if I can help my friends, then why not do it?" β
"Hahaha~"
Such words caused the two of them to laugh again and again, and after raising their wine glasses and touching them lightly, everything was silent.
After a two-hour meal, in addition to the two key topics of the campaign situation and the release schedule of "Black Hawk Down", they also chatted about Arnold Schwarzenegger's new movie, as a guy who wants to continue to make the "Terminator" series, the future governor is racking his brains to fool James Cameron out of the mountain.
Yes, after filming "Terminator 2", the truck driver who felt that the series had ended did not want to continue, but for the future governor, his only series is the foundation based on Hollywood.
Roland could understand the thoughts of the future governor and the mood of the truck driver to keep his reputation, so he did not give his own advice on this, but happily asked him to have a good talk with the old man.
Such a result disappointed the future governor a little, but he did not dwell on it.
After eating, the group parted amicably, and when Roland wanted to find a place to catch his breath, Jerry Levine, the owner of Time Warner who remained on the island, came to the door, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he complained about his difficulty.
"Roland, it's so hard to meet you."
"Before Christmas last year, I said that we would talk about cooperation this year, but in a blink of an eye, I will see this Christmas."
"It's been a year! It's been a year! Do you know how I've spent this whole year? β
Although this was the third time Roland had met Time Warner owner Jerry Levine (the first time was a pre-wedding greeting and the second time was on the wedding day), he was still amused by the scumbag-like tone and waved his hand: "Oh, Jerry, is Steve Keys Tom?" Chasing you after you every day? β
As soon as these words came out, Jerry Levine was stunned.
immediately reacted, Roland was using his own name to play the stalk of "Cat and Mouse"!
He, Jerry, is the Jerry Mouse in Roland's "Cat and Mouse", and AOL's boss Steve Keys is Roland's Tom Cat, and the chase between the two sides implies that in the past year, Time Warner and AOL have been fighting for rights disputes after the merger before the America Department of Commerce has officially approved.
"Alas! We're not going to talk about that today. β
If it were someone else's joke, Jerry Levine would have had a cold face.
But after seeing the blessing lineup of yesterday's wedding, ridicule, that's just a literal meaning.
After quickly revealing the topic, he shook his head and said, "Can you start talking about the cooperation you said last year?" β
"We want to outsource the DC female superhero movie project to Warcraft Films, and we don't care which female superhero you want to shoot and how you want to shoot this female superhero."
"And we actually have only one requirement, and that is ......"
"Earn money." Before Jerry Levine could finish speaking, Roland had already told the truth.
This situation also made him stunned when he first came into contact with Roland.
After about three seconds, he squeezed out a helpless smile and said, "Yes, yes, make money." β
If last year, Time Warner stepped into the female-oriented derivative IP market, then this year, their primary goal is to make money, and the reason is actually very simple, that is, to chase fame and fortune!
When the Internet bubble collapsed, Time Warner expressed doubts about AOL's triple play integration, but under the suppression of shares, they could not seize the main control of the company, so directly making female superheroes into IP became their dream for the time being, and improving the company's profits, winning the support of the original AOL shareholders, and regaining management rights have become the goals of Time Warner.
It was precisely because of this that Roland didn't talk to him, and said directly: "But if it's because of performance, I hope you can wait a little longer, because Steven's "Harry Potter" will be launched at the end of the month." β
"Next Christmas, "Harry Potter" will definitely meet the public, not only that, but the "X-Men", which has already been filmed, will also be released to the public next year, you will see the effect first, and then decide whether to cooperate with me or not."
"Of course, I did it for a reason."
"Because I think whether it's Marvel or DC, it's still a little difficult for heroines to drive women's consumption."
"You tried feminism in the seventies, feminism in the eighties, and the same feminism in the nineties, but did it work? People don't like Disney's princess movies yet? β
"So, after reading the market feedback, my personal idea is to do it when the social wind picks up."
"And the social trend, I think you know better than me, they were born from media hype, spread through the media, implanted in the hearts of the masses, divided the people, so as to create an antagonistic atmosphere and make profits."
"This kind of thing is your forte, but the previous failures were all because the people couldn't communicate in a short period of time and find a partner to recognize, like in the 70s, 80s, and 90s, you spread feminist ideas, is it useful?"
"There are so many people in an area, and no matter how much trouble there is, it won't be too noisy."
"After you can, it's different, with the popularity of the Internet, people can be identified in the virtual world."
"In the case of information exchange, leading a wave has become a simple and straightforward thing."
"Because any wave has to rely on the recognition of the same kind in order to go further and spread more widely."
"Although the people are very easy to fool, but a single individual is still easy to be stopped, but if those who are fooled unite and find companions, then they will no longer listen to persuasion, but feel that the person who persuades them is the beast that affects their legitimate interests, and at that time, it will be easier to succeed in doing content for the target?"
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Jerry Levine was dumbfounded and exclaimed, "Is this all what Steven taught you?" β
"No wonder your movies are easy to sell!"
'Hey! And what does this have to do with Steven Spielberg. β
Roland waved his hand, pretending to be profound, "It's all good taught by Disney." β
If it weren't for "Black Panther" and "Captain Marvel", no one would know that the movie would be made like this!
Of course, while reaching a consensus, Roland also made it clear that if he really reached a cooperation, then he would definitely take Batman under the knife.
For Roland's thoughts, Jerry Levine, who has been seeking performance, is not ambiguous.
With a wave of his hand, he said: "As long as "Harry Potter" can bring us Warner great profits, and at the same time, without your "X-Men" not bad, then I can call the shots and hand over Batman to you!" β
Gotcha!
Roland was extremely comfortable to hear this!
Although the promises of the capitalists are not credible, in the face of interests, the contract is a piece of.
When "Harry Potter" won a billion box office, even if Jerry Levine wanted to regret it......
AOL's Time Warner shareholders won't agree!
And compared with Time Warner's coolness, the Disney tyrant who came to Roland at more than four o'clock in the afternoon was a bit screwed.
Michael Eisner said on the one hand that the cooperation between "Natural Pair" and "Hot Mom and Girl" is a win-win, while on the other hand, he said that he was a little puzzled by Roland's behavior of cooperating with Disney when he had distribution channels.
Before, Roland couldn't reply, but now, he said directly: "Steven, Paul, and William came to me this morning, saying that David wants to withdraw his shares and Microsoft wants to eat." β
"With Microsoft officially joining DreamWorks, they're hoping to buy Sony and Amperin and Warcraft Films from me and Steven, so if this deal does go through......"
"Then my distribution channel will be gone."
βWhatοΌ β
Michael Eisner was taken aback by such exciting news, but after seeing Roland's face that did not look like a fake, his mind immediately became lively - if it were someone else, he would definitely not believe this kind of deal, but Roland was the guy who sold Yahoo to Microsoft! A company with a market value of 100 billion yuan can be killed by him, and what is the global distribution channel of more than 1 billion?
And if Microsoft does make its way into Hollywood, the game will be unplayable if it can get the Jewish gang!
The other five could only watch them brush up on the box office, and then die a slow death, and eventually be acquired!
And in this case, early differentiation is the fundamental thing to save life!
After all, Microsoft, is really too rich!
After thinking about all this, Michael Eisner no longer hesitated, and took the initiative to reach out to Roland, "Okay, happy cooperation." β
"Tomorrow, I'll ask them to sign an outsourcing production agreement with Warcraft Film and Television."
Get!
Roland smiled and reached out and shook it hard.