High-end business warfare often only requires simple skills.

Just as Gu Miao did to Mardete's company, he didn't use any superb conspiracy, he just simply bought people's hearts.

But that's enough.

Originally, Mardete Company had a large number of shareholders who fell to Wanbao and bowed to Gu Miao's jeans, and the only thing that Old Man George could fight for was that part of the wavering shareholders.

If he can stabilize the morale of the army and gain the support of this part of the swing shareholders, then Gu Miao really has nothing to do with him.

After all, this part of the swing shareholders plus the equity held by Old Man George is enough to control the situation.

But the problem with Old Man George now is that he can only draw pies, and cannot stabilize the actual interests of other shareholders.

The movie "Doctor Night" invested nearly 300 million, and the box office in the first week of release was only 34.7 million US dollars, which was a very unsuccessful achievement.

Swing shareholders are representatives of major investment banks, banks or insurance giants, and their best game is the icing on the cake and the trick.

When Mardete's company was thriving, it was only natural that these people would support George and obey him.

But when the company faced a huge crisis, these people were also the first to betray.

"Investment banks have approached us."

Lao Zhang said with a smile: "They are willing to sell their shares in Mardete, on the condition that they must calculate according to the previous valuation." ”

"Promise them."

Gu Miao didn't hesitate and said, "A lot of money has been spent, and this premium is nothing." ”

Taking the shares in the hands of these investment banks, the total number of shares held by Wanbao has reached the same level as that of the founder of Old Man George.

This means ......

Mardete is about to have a new chairman, and the old man George, who has betrayed his relatives, will not be able to stay in that position no matter what.

Steve Jobs was swept away by the company he founded, and today, George will have the same experience.

The difference is.

After Jobs was swept away, he was able to gather a large number of supporters and finally make a comeback, but Old George had no chance.

Gu Miao won't give him a chance to make a comeback, and when the Mardete company is in his hands, then don't think about being taken back again.

Suppressing company founders, or even driving them out, is not uncommon or even commonplace around the world.

It is rare to find a founder who can really control the company from beginning to end and bring the company to the top of the world.

Most companies will be like Mardete comics, because they are coveted by large companies, and in the end, after some twists and turns, the founder leaves the scene and someone else takes over.

Old man George was lucky.

At least he holds about 24% of the equity of Mardete, Gu Miao will not do things too badly, and will give him a chance to exit with dignity.

Willing to be decent is the best ending.

If he is not willing to be decent, then Gu Miao will help him be decent, after all, he is really not qualified to fight with Wanbao because of the betrayal, and he can't do anything with 24% of the equity.

"He's a smart guy, and I saw early on that he's not going to fight us to the end."

Gu Miao said firmly: "Old man George is old after all, he has to think about the aftermath." If you leave the scene with dignity, you can leave yourself some coffin books, and you will have nothing left in the end. ”

In the current situation, he believed that Old Man George had seen it.

If nothing else, the internal feud over Mardete's company will come to an end before the movie "Doctor Night" is released.

Knowing that you can't do it, that's not a hero but a fool.

Old man George has been treacherous all his life, so naturally he will not make such a low-level mistake.

After learning that "Doctor Night" was suppressed by Wanbao and that the company's internal turmoil was also set off, he quickly compromised.

Gu Miao is very accurate in looking at people!

Old man George was indeed very smart, and knew that there was no chance of winning at this time, so he simply made an offer and was willing to take the initiative to withdraw from Mardete.

"Nope! This is my ......."

Old man George relented, but his stupid son did not see the situation clearly, and was furious when he learned that Wan Bao would not give him any soup to drink.

"If you don't keep your promise, you clearly said that this part of the equity will be left to me......"

"I won't let you succeed, treacherous guy, I will join other shareholders in opposing the takeover!"

"They won't listen to you." Gu Miao said indifferently, "The promise without contract binding is just a, even if there is a contract binding, the liquidated damages are not unpayable." ”

Gu Miao taught this stupid and rich second generation a hard lesson, and made him understand what it means to be sinister in society.

Old man George was also very disappointed in his son, when did this happen, and still have such a naïve idea?

No wonder it lures wolves into the house!

Old man George, who was extremely disappointed, silently made a plan, he would rather donate all the money after transferring the shares than leave a penny for this loser.

……

The last day of March.

Mardete, a company based in Hollywood, North America, held its latest board meeting.

Nam Tong assumed the position of director and was nominated as a candidate for the new chairmanship.

The results of the vote are clear at a glance.

Under the premise that Wanbao has been thoroughly infiltrated and won an absolute controlling stake, Nan Tong was elected as the new chairman of Mardete Comics without any suspense.

The first thing he did after taking office was to announce his acceptance of the acquisition of Mardete Comics by Wanbao Comics, and submit it to the commercial department for review.

Under normal circumstances, the acquisition is highly likely to be rejected.

After all, in the North American comics market, Marbucca Mardete is about a monopoly, and the two occupy more than 78% of the market share.

Moreover, Wanbao Comics is still a company from China, so no matter how you think about it, you know that this acquisition will not be approved.

But now it's not the case.

Even if the acquisition is not approved, Wanbao Comics has already taken over Mardete Comics, which is a prelude to the first cut.

That's why.

The acquisition, which may have been suspected of a monopoly investigation, was approved with little hindrance.

However, as soon as the acquisition was completed, Lao Zhang told Gu Miao a bad news, that is, Wanbao's strong acquisition of Mardete comics and monopoly of comics in the United States have caused dissatisfaction among many North American politicians.

Superman, Batman, forget it.

At this time, even the well-known Iron Man and Spider-Man in North America...... Even the American team, which has a special meaning, fell into the hands of Wan Bao.

It's no wonder that those old men aren't angry!

There are only a few superheroes in North America, and they are all served by Wanbao now. If Wanbao doesn't have some blood, I'm afraid that he will inevitably be wearing small shoes in the future.

"It doesn't matter, it's okay to let some blood."

Gu Miao, who has mastered the core of Meiman's development in the next 20 years, doesn't mind letting out some blood.

For example, Team America!

This guy may have to be transferred, after all, it is too special, and staying in Wanbao's hands will only become a "hot potato".

The audience in North America is afraid that they will not be able to accept an American team produced by Huaguo Company, although they are a little reluctant, Gu Miao still chooses to give up.

The bulk of the American market has been eaten by him, and if he doesn't give others a little soup to drink, I'm afraid that everyone won't want to play, and the table will be flipped directly.

"It's not a big problem."

"Although we want to release a few characters such as Team America, we have mastered a large number of American superheroes and occupied the absolute initiative."

Gu Miao couldn't hide her smile and said: "In the next 20 years, Wanbao Comics and Wanbao Pictures don't have to worry. ”

20 years is too small.

The current foundation of Wanbao Comics is about equal to the combination of DC and Marvel, not to mention 20 years of dominance, I am afraid it is not difficult to dominate for 40 years.

The success of Meiman's grand strategy finally loosened Gu Miao's tense nerves.

At least he doesn't have to worry about it now, one day Wanbao doesn't have an original work, which will lead to him not being able to live.

But that's just the North American market.

On the Asian side, you have to see Gundam!

Superheroes are the whole industry chain in North America, and what comics, animations, movies and peripherals are all popular.

But in Asia, only movies and anime have a certain appeal for superheroes.

Other influences?

Regardless of the world, at least not in Asia, it can only be said that so-so is better than ordinary works.

At the end of the day, Asian audiences don't have that much affection for superheroes, and their obsession with superheroes isn't as strong.

Therefore, Gu Miao did not relax because of the achievement of the American comic strategy, and he would not despise the work "Mobile Suit Gundam" because of this.

The Wanbao version of the Gundam animation is not a pure 0079, but is integrated into some subsequent sequels.

It's a smorgasbord of Gundam!

This also leads to the fact that the Wanbao version of "Mobile Suit Gundam" will be more suitable than 0079 in terms of plot rhythm and broadcast results.

After all, times are different.

In the context of different eras, it is really not good to make Gundam according to 0079, and incorporating some new elements and new ideas is also a necessary measure to adapt to the times.

It is worth mentioning that although the results of "Mobile Suit Gundam" in all aspects of animation are not particularly good, it can even be said to be mediocre.

But the fanaticism of the fans exceeded everyone's expectations.

How frenetic?

On the Wanbao video website, an animation with an average single episode of less than 10 million views has been broadcast for about 10 episodes in total, with the number of barrages exceeding 1 million times and the total number of comments exceeding 2 million.

Quite exaggerated data!

To be done, even if it is a lot of popular animations with a single episode of 50 or 60 million views, such as "Divine Soldier Boy" and "Digimon", there may not be so many barrages and comments.

How can you describe this......

Hou Bin used a powerful singer who is currently popular as an example, saying that his fan base is not large, and even many passers-by don't know him.

But in the singer's circle, his fans are extremely active, and every concert can be full, and tickets are sold for tens of thousands of yuan.

Gundam is in this case.

You said that Gundam is very popular, but it's not that popular, after all, the broadcast volume and ratings are here, and it's really average.

But you say that Gundam is not popular, it doesn't feel right, this discussion and fan enthusiasm are too exaggerated, and it doesn't look like an unpopular work at all.

"I know what you mean."

Gu Miao nodded and said, "What you want to say is actually that the number of Gundam fans is not much, but the quality is very high, one can top ten?" ”

"Yes, yes, yes!"

"That's what I mean......"

Hou Bin nodded again and again, and couldn't help but sigh: "Gundam fans should be the most enthusiastic group of people I have ever met. ”

There has never been an animation where someone has built a building in the comment area to make a document science introduction to every character or body that appears in the animation.

There is no animation that will be so dense with barrages, and will be so keen to set and background science for new audiences.

"High" scientists!

That's what Hou Bin called this group of people.

According to him, after the anime Mobile Suit Gundam aired, a group of avid fans who delved into Gundam appeared on the Internet.

They detailed every statistic and setting of Gundam, and even he, the producer, was shocked to see some of the information.

Because...... Even the information within the animation production team may not be as detailed as the information collected by these fans.

They're really frame-by-frame viewing!

Every detail is not spared, and the seriousness and rigor are comparable to that of Sherlock Holmes solving cases.

To be reasonable, it's a good thing to have this kind of fan, after all, who doesn't love a serious audience?

But it's also a bad thing.

The audience is so serious that it doesn't even feel like they're watching an anime, but a documentary.

If they catch loopholes or even flaws, they will immediately attract a large group of people to spray wildly, saying that you are not serious, how can you make such a low-level mistake?

Hou Bin gave an example.

In Gundam episode 11, there is a scene where a building appears in previous episodes and is destroyed by a cannonball fired by Zagu.

As a result, it was restored to the same state in episode 11.

The reason for this problem is naturally that the production team was lazy and directly applied the background of the previous episodes.

But the "high" scholars who found this problem couldn't bear it, and accused the production team of being careless, which made Hou Bin instigated, and hurriedly replaced and modified this scene.

Scald!

You've all got a good eye, right?

Hou Bin, who didn't expect this to be discovered, deeply admired the audience's insight.

That's awesome!

This can be found, and that is enough to prove that many people have watched the "Mobile Suit Gundam" anime carefully and carefully, otherwise they would not have found it.

Someone else made a chronicle.

According to the storyline in Gundam, the list of which year, day, and time happened in which place is surprisingly detailed.

"That's really perverted."

Gu Miao couldn't help but smile and said, "But in the past, I think about it, having such a group of fanatical fans is also a good thing for our peripheral derivatives sales." ”

Great good thing!

As Hou Bin said, there are not many Gundam fans, but the quality is very high, and one can top ten.

Reflecting on the sales of peripheral derivatives, the quality of Gundam's fans has also been reflected.

Normally, an animation like Gundam can't sell a few copies of peripheral derivatives. But Gundam is different, and the fans are too loyal.

Not only is it loyal and fanatical, but because of its age, its spending power is still very strong, and it is several copies to buy at once.

When the Gundam factory was first opened, Lao He had a lot of opinions, thinking that Gouda would not be able to absorb such a huge production capacity.

But now, his face has changed.

The assembled model of the RX-78-2 Ancestor Gundam sold 500,000 copies in just one week.

Isn't it doubtful that so many people are buying?

Doubt it!

Lao He has already counted that the actual number of buyers is not as large as 500,000, and the sales volume is so high mainly because there is no limit to purchase.

I don't have a rule when I think about it, but one person can only buy a Gundam?