Time Warner's top brass quickly approved James' resignation, saying that they had no intention of retaining the guy who was at odds with the company's philosophy. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 Info James's annoyance with Lin Mu at the negotiating table quickly reached the ears of the board members, who were worried that Lin Mu would end Friends' partnership with Warner because of this. And they seem to have forgotten that it was James who discovered "Friends" in the first place, which is somewhat ironic.

Mr. Xylonn came to see my jokes, right? James didn't expect that the first person he came to the door was Lin Mu.

"Is there anything ridiculous about you?" Lin Mu looked at James's somewhat messy room with interest, "Your home should be tidied up!" ”

"If you're always teaching me a lesson to show your success, then you can leave now!" James had become sensitive now, and he unceremoniously ordered the eviction.

"My success is never based on the pain of others!" Lin Mu didn't have the slightest intention of leaving, he threw the newspaper on the sofa to the side, and sat down naturally.

"But you've already done it!" James attributed his failures to the woods.

"Your current pain has nothing to do with me!" Lin Mu looked at him with a relaxed face, "First of all, you chose to leave, and secondly, it was Time Warner who abandoned you, and all of this is beyond my control!" ”

"It's useless for you to say anything now, your home doesn't welcome you, so please leave right now!" James made a gesture of please, he was ready to make a complete break with the woods.

"That's how you're hospitalized?" Lin Mu didn't expect James's reaction to be so intense, he stood up with a little regret, "It seems that I really came to the wrong place today!" ”

"Please!" James was reluctant to tell Lin Muduo that he was a loser, but he also had his own pride.

"Okay, I know you're in a pretty shaky mood right now, but I want you to take a look at this." Before leaving, Lin Mu handed James a package, "If you're interested in what's inside, know where to find me!" ”

Jaime hesitated. In the end, I took the package. He didn't know that Lin Mu had put something in it that he didn't expect. But it's definitely something that many people dream of.

Accompanying Lin Mu was Dilik, who had just been promoted to his assistant. "Are you sure James will accept your invitation?"

"This guy has a stubborn temper like a cow. But a record company restructuring was imminent. So I'm just going to give him a week to think about it! A week later, he still didn't react. I'll have to find the right person again! Lin Mu glanced back at James's Land, "If he wishes, give himself up." So why should I bother to hold up a pile of mud that can't get up the wall? ”

After Warner Records was acquired by Viacom. Officially changed its name to FreeLoopp Records, abbreviated as FL Records. The name comes from a song that Lin Mu loved very much. Viacom's board of directors did not dispute this. It is a tacit acquiescence to the woodland proposal. But the name of the record company has changed. However, there has been no movement on the personnel adjustment and organizational restructuring plan of the new company. There is a lot of discussion about this in the company. People speculate that the biggest reason for this is that the local FL record company has not yet found a suitable president after the name change.

Viacom's MTV music television network has actively recommended several candidates to the company's board of directors. Warner Records was an important partner of MTV before it was acquired by Viacom. This made Shirley Lansing feel that the two companies could be merged together. But she enthusiastically touched a soft nail in the wood, and the forest told Shirley Lansing very clearly. FL Records will remain managerially independent. And he has found the right person for the position of president.

And the place that Lin Mu refers to is the right person. In the past two days, there has been a fierce ideological struggle. What Lin Mu left to James was a letter of appointment as president of FL Records. On the one hand, James does have a lot of ideas about managing a record label. But on the other hand, he couldn't let go. He spoke coldly to Lin Mu twice in a row. Even at the cost of tearing his face. But Lin Mu gave him such a big gift, and he felt that he was ashamed of it.

Just when Lin Mu was about to give up, James finally mustered up the courage to come to the door, and Lin Mu naturally expressed a warm welcome to his arrival.

"Mr. James was able to come to me, can I understand that you have accepted Viacom's appointment to you?" Lin Mu needs to confirm James's attitude one last time.

"Mr. Xylon is ashamed!"

"If you feel guilty about your previous attitude towards me, I don't think it's necessary for me to be a person who has always been based on ability, regardless of personal relationships; If you're ashamed of your lack of confidence in your abilities, I think it's too early to be ashamed. Lin Mu didn't have time to be polite with James, "Actually, what I want to know most now is your specific idea for developing this company, Yacom is willing to make a big investment in FL Corporation, but I want to make sure that every penny spent by the company is worth it!" ”

"First of all, FL must be completely reorganized, the focus of the adjustment is the original management, what I want is a complete purge!" James first came up with the idea of restructuring the company's management.

I think that's exactly what the company's board of directors wants to see! "The trees are dotted; Momes continued.

"After completing the personnel adjustment of the whole company, I think it is necessary to clarify the development positioning of FL first, and I think the future development of FL will definitely be a combination of globalization and local operation. The 'localization' of local operations includes two main aspects: one is the localization of cultural product content, and the other is the localization of company management and cultural product creators. ”

"The so-called localization of product content means that our cultural products want to take root, sprout, blossom and bear fruit in the target market, and the product itself must be localized, that is, it must be based on the needs and tastes of the target market and the public, and produce the content they like. I think that there is no boundary between cultural resources themselves, and the company can only make a profit from the cultural resources that can be produced and processed to adapt to the cultural products of the global market. ”

"In terms of management, we should also pay attention to the combination of our own advanced management and local cultural background, because only in this way can we produce high-quality cultural products that are popular with the public in the target market. Striving for the joining of excellent management talents in the target market is the key to expanding overseas markets! ”

Lin Mu can be said to be deeply touched by James's statement, because James's ideas have been confirmed one by one in the development of Warner Records in later generations. In 1992, the famous Taiwanese record company UFO was controlled by Warner, and in 1993, Warner officially acquired UFO Records and established Warner Taiwan Records, marking Warner's full entry into the Chinese music scene. Although the acquisition of UFO Records, the record rights of the original UFO singers Wang Jie, Cai Qin, Aaron Kwok, Jiang Yuheng, Ye Qianwen, Su, Zhang Yusheng, Chen Baiqiang, Lu Fang, and Lin Yilian also belonged to Warner, but Warner's development in the 90s was not smooth.

The most noteworthy thing about Warner singing in the 90s is that in 1995, Zhu Zheqin Adawa was successfully promoted to the world market, and "Sister Drum" was simultaneously released in 56 countries and regions, becoming the first globally released and highest-selling Chinese record in the history of international records, causing strong repercussions in the international music scene.

The real rise of Warner Records began around 2000. In 1998, after Zhou Jianhui was appointed as the new general manager of Warner Greater China, Warner acted as an agent for the distribution of EEII records owned by Gigi Leung and Koo Juji. In addition, Warner has set its sights on the Taiwan and mainland markets, signing two big names in the two places, Zhang Huimei and Na Ying, respectively, and successfully created the popular little diva Stefanie Sun, plus Sammi Cheng is in Hong Kong, constituting Warner's unique "Tianhou Palace".

In addition, in the mainland market, Warner signed contracts with "Wheat Field Music", an independent brand specializing in campus music, and "Pulai Music", which is based on the concept of professional performing arts and management, and both became Warner's franchise brands. Warner's Pu Shu, Zhou Xun, Lao Wolf and others, as well as the mainland's number one male and female singers Sun Nan and Na Ying, were all recruited, which did not expand Warner's brand connotation and mainland influence.

This series of measures can be seen in the shadow of the localization operation proposed by James, and James recognized these problems before all this happened, which made Lin Mu feel that he was not looking for the wrong person.

"This is the global development strategy of FL companies, what do you think is the biggest problem that FL companies are facing in China?" After learning about James's whole development idea, Lin Mu was eager to know how FL could get out of the current predicament.

"First of all, the pressure on debt!" James knew that Warner Records, which Viacom had taken over, was still in debt, and although the company had changed hands, the debt was also with it.

"The head office has already reviewed the debt of the original Warner Records, so you don't need to worry too much about this!" Lin Mu said this mainly to dispel James's worries, and the debts owed by Warner Records before would naturally be repaid by Viacom.

"The rest of the problem is a little trickier!" James looked at Lin Mu with a sad face, "The company's contract with Madonna is about to expire!" ”

"Madonna?" Lin Mu was stunned, the goddess of music who dominated the joys, sorrows and sorrows of global pop culture, and more than a quarter of a century, turned out to be a singer under the original Warner Records, this news is really shocking. In fact, this is also to blame Lin Mu, he invested most of his energy in the film industry, and he even forgot that Madonna's first record contract was with Warner Records. "Is there anything you can do to keep her?"

"I'm afraid there's nothing I can do about it?" James said regretfully.

"So who will be able to convince her?" Lin Mu knew that FL Company had to keep Sister Mai.

James looked at Lin Mu, "I think you're the most suitable person!" ”

I? Lin Mu was confused by James, he and Maidon had never met, let alone had any friendship.

If you insist on saying that Lin Mu has any advantages, the identity of Vice Chairman Viacom may still have a bit of weight to speak.

"Madonna has always wanted to get into the film industry, and it's a well-known thing in the industry. And you are the chairman of Paramount, the most famous person in Hollywood, and your words are the most convincing for her! James broke through the sky and pointed out the mystery of the woods.

"But I don't have a movie for her." Lin Mu's sentence actually has a subtext, he thinks Madonna is not suitable for acting in movies. Lin Mu knew that Madonna's big-screen acting career began in 1985 with "Looking for Susan", and her performance won critical acclaim, but the subsequent film was a series of disasters, the worst of which was "Amazing Sirius" starring her first husband Sean Penn in 1986, which made Lin Mu doubt Madonna's acting ability.

"In the end, it doesn't really matter if you can make a movie or not, the key is that you are a person who interests her very much." James further analyzed the woods. "Now that a lot of record companies are in contact with her, FL's current situation is difficult to convince her to continue to renew her contract with the company. You're different, you're talking to her from a broader perspective, Viacom's advantage in the industry is obvious, and I think Madonna will seriously consider your opinion! ”

"Then I should have an entry point, right?" James said in a vague way, and what the forest needed was a concrete and feasible plan of operation.

"There's a great opportunity right in front of you!" "I know Madonna is running around right now to get the lead actress in Ellen Parker's Madame Peron, and I think you can do her a great favor!" ”

James is good, and Lin Mu did a lot of help to Madonna in the end, and personally found Alan Parker and recommended Madonna to her. Alan Parker is not a very prolific director, and Lin Mu only remembered that his 1994 "My Fair Madhouse" persuaded Alan Parker.

He first emphasized to Alan Parker that this is a musical-turned-movie protagonist Evita is a controversial figure: some people worship her as the mother of the Argentine nation, and some people call her a white-boned and careerist who takes a lot of state property for himself. She was born from a humble background, worked as a star, climbed up the road to meet Juan Perón, and eventually became the first lady. And Madonna's personality traits are actually very close to the prototype of this character. And Madonna herself is an actor who can sing and dance, which also fits the characteristics of the heroine herself. (To be continued.) )