But before that, MGM, which had already missed the opportunity, was already bankrupt, just waiting for someone to be willing to make a bid to buy them. And this person was basically determined to be DreamWorks, but what he didn't expect was that once the situation changed drastically, he turned MGM Salted Fish over.

However, no one knows how such a change came about. Rumors are flying all over the industry, so Alex doesn't know which one is true and which one is false.

"I heard that MGM received capital injection from the DuPont consortium to get rid of the fate of being dismembered and bankrupt!"

"But I heard that it was a foreign injection of funds, and how did it become the DuPont consortium?"

"Don't guess, it must be the Rockefeller family, only if they make a move, they can save MGM back!"

"DreamWorks thought it could swallow MGM, but it turned out to be ......"

In any case, DreamWorks made a mistake this time, and it didn't matter if it had accepted MGM's offer before it went bankrupt.

Now DreamWorks is like a gluttonous beast that wants to swallow its prey in one bite, but someone rescues the target prey from its mouth and almost bites its teeth out.

It is indeed not an exaggeration to compare DreamWorks to a behemoth, with the efforts of Alex, Morse and others, DreamWorks is developing faster and faster, and its influence in Hollywood is also increasing. Due to this period, the sluggish market led to the poor development of Hollywood studios, but DreamWorks bucked the trend and successively sent tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of box office masterpieces.

Not to mention the farther "The Sound of Music", this film broke the all-time box office record. And it was also Alex's first film. Its merchandise is still making money for DreamWorks, and the film's musicals alone make millions of dollars a year.

The recent "Planet of the Apes" series, although Alex only made the first two films, has been able to determine the historical status of this series of films. It is not only the first sci-fi movie to break 100 million at the box office, but also gave birth to a group of "ape fans".

These crazy movie fans are intrigued by the world depicted in the film, they are crazy about the merch of the film, and the place where the film was shot has become a good place for them to travel.

Alex built the city of the apes and has now become a local tourist attraction, with a large number of tourists visiting it every week.

The place is still in use today, with the last few ape films shot by Morris. It makes those "ape fans" excited. They all asked to play an extra, and even the faceless orangutans were scrambling.

The first ape series of movies "Planet of the Apes" has been drawn, but the second "Lost Planet of the Apes" will be released soon after. Following the east wind of the previous movie, the avid fans are the main body. actually made it break through the first part at the box office. The North American box office directly exceeded 100 million. According to the analysis of experts, this movie should still be able to win tens of millions of box office.

In front of the powerful ape series of movies, other film companies can only drool on the sidelines when their movies are released. will try their best to avoid DreamWorks movies to avoid unnecessary losses. If someone says they want to suppress DreamWorks, it's a fool's dream, and there's definitely no chance of attacking head-on, unless they can stick a knife in the back.

The enemy on the movie side did not dare to attack, and the TV station has already reversed it, and it is estimated that NBC and Disney will feel very depressed. CPT has teamed up with ARK to fight back, and it seems that IBM needs to be depressed for a while. The SCC company is even more stable, with the Hughes Group standing behind it, I'm afraid those people don't dare to mess around.

The record company can't take care of it for the time being, but with such a deep foundation, even if they want to do it, it's not so easy. Alex will also see the opportunity and take the time to help, it shouldn't be a big problem.

As for Trans Aeronau, that's a difficult problem, Pan Am and Trans Air are rivals. At the beginning, in order to monopolize the American aviation market, Pan Am did not hesitate to tear up his face with billionaire Hughes, and even secretly slandered Hughes for embezzling government research and development funds, and finally went to court.

A few years ago, Pan Am continued to make moves and almost checkmate Hughes, which also happened to make Alex a fisherman and took the opportunity to pocket Global Airlines. At that time, this matter was quite big, and even the Rockefeller consortium was ready to take the opportunity to take Hughes Tools Company.

It's not surprising that Pan Am is jumping out to make trouble. The question is, who is behind it, the Rockefellers? Or is it the Morgan family, the Boston consortium, or some other consortium?

If you only look at the identity of the shareholders, these families don't seem to have anything to do with Pan Am, but from the analysis of Hughes's experience and Alex's cognition, the company is definitely not simple. Those family consortia that have been integrated into all fields of the United States are the most dangerous enemies, and they are also the invisible enemies.

As for the Carpenter family, the Worthon family, the Disney family, etc., they are still at the top of the world, and there is still an insurmountable distance from the top of the real pyramid.

Strange to say, just as Alex was going to study the problems in the field of aviation, there was a big event here!

"What? Pan Am cut 20% across the board? Or even a price cut of up to 40% for some lines? ”

When Alex learned the news, his first thought was that the president of Pan Am was going crazy. The second thought is, should TWA follow suit with the price cut?

Although there are relevant regulations in the U.S. aviation market that discourage unfair competition, there are also certain regulations on issues such as fares. Pan Am, however, did not exceed that rule, but adopted a preferential strategy, buying more and getting more discounts. The so-called price reduction is only for those routes that overlap with global airlines, and a certain discount is made.

What's even worse is that Pan Am's discount seems to be aimed only at global airlines, and they want to use all kinds of means. Pull the users of the global airlines over.

After such a big thing happened, Alex had no choice but to stop what he was doing and rush to Global Airlines to hold a high-level meeting. The Carpenter family now owns more than 80 percent of the shares of TWA, and it can be said that TWA is owned by the Carpenter family.

In the conference room, Alex did not immediately speak, but first listened to the opinions of other executives and partners.

Some people suggested talking to Pan Am about the move to see if they could reach a consensus. However, few people support this opinion. Everyone here knows how different their companies are from each other. The grievances have long been resolved.

Some people suggest that global airlines should also reduce prices, and as much as the other party drops, global airlines will reduce as much as possible. At the very least, you must ensure that your customers will not lose too much, so as not to occupy the market share by the other party at that time.

This opinion was supported by the majority of the population. It's not like nothing like this hasn't happened to them before. Usually they fight each other. Until one side can't support it. will send people to negotiate and finally determine what the price of those routes will be.

"If the other party wants to fight, we will fight! Who's afraid of whom! ”

"yes. At this time, you must not retreat, you must resist to the end! ”

"We're going to see how much the other party is prepared to lose!"

……

No matter how excited those people were, Alex remained silent and watched them speak silently. It wasn't until someone noticed that the atmosphere was wrong that the sound of the conference room gradually stopped, and finally it reached the point where a pin drop could be heard.

After dozens of seconds, someone finally said, "Of course, the final plan will have to be decided by Mr. Carpenter......

Fight a price war with each other?

If nothing else had happened, Alex might have chosen to do so. But it was obviously a hole dug by someone else, and he didn't want to close his eyes and jump into it.

Just now, after going through the information of Pan Am Airlines in his heart, he planned to respond to all changes with the same, and the other party wanted to fight a price war, so he couldn't let them get their wish.

"We keep the original price!"

Alex figured it out and said his decision word by word. At the same time, it was decided to strengthen the safety measures and service training of the global airlines, he said: "We must provide the best service to our passengers and ensure that every passenger can fly safely and comfortably, whether it is home or traveling, safety and comfort are the most important thing." ”

"As for the price...... We still have to maintain the original price, this must not be reduced! ”

Can't reduce the price? That means don't fight Pan Am?

The executives of Trans Am were a little surprised by Alex's decision, after all, they all knew that the Dow Carpenter family had a close relationship with the Hughes Group, and Hughes hated Pan Am Airways, which in turn was an old rival of Trans Am Airlines.

With so many factors accumulating, I'm afraid most people will rise to the challenge, and they won't succeed if they don't fight to the death.

"That's it, you are also a partner of Trans Aeronau, since you don't want to be crushed by Pan Am, you need to strengthen our safety and service! Only in this way will we be able to beat Pan Am and have the last laugh! ”

Alex's words made the people present very confused, and it sounded like they meant that as long as they concentrated on cultivating their internal strength, they could win without taking the initiative to attack.

Is there something inside that can't be done?

These high-level officials were interested in asking, but seeing that Alex didn't want to explain further, they didn't continue to ask. I had to follow Alex's instructions to let the people below pay attention to safety and strengthen the service attitude, etc.

As for the price, naturally it has not been changed.

Alex isn't very sure if he's going to win, but it's hard to talk about this kind of thing, and sometimes things really go in the direction he wants. He couldn't put his thoughts into words, and if he did, someone might tell Pan American the next day, and his strategy would probably be ineffective.

Now, he can only wait patiently, he is already planning to hold on, as long as the operating loss is not too serious, he will not follow the rhythm of the other party to reduce the price. (To be continued......)