Brandy restaurant.

Abel smiled and said to Da Yao: "Are you still used to living in the United States?" ”

Young Da Yao smiled honestly: "Fortunately, the people here take better care of me." ”

Da Yao is talking about CAA's agent.

In CAA, Abel only holds about 36% of the shares.

But this share has allowed him to become the chairman of the board of directors steadily.

After he became the boss of MGM and gained his current social status and fame.

Invisibly, it also strengthened his position in CAA.

Now even Abel's stake is lowered.

The shareholders of CAA will most likely still make him the chairman.

In the United States, Aberdo has become a famous brand in the brand effect to a certain extent.

This also made his influence on CAA more than ever.

Much more than the founder, Michael Ovitz.

With such an old man not letting him be the chairman, the shareholders of CAA are not so stupid.

That's why.

Abel doesn't have to do anything to CAA, but his influence on CAA has been increasing day by day.

Therefore, it is only necessary to let the agent of CAA know that Abel attaches great importance to Da Yao.

Then these elves, their attitude towards Da Yao naturally became very good one by one.

Moreover, after Abel mastered CAA, Michael Ovitz returned to the company.

In addition to continuing to maintain the original entertainment brokerage business.

At present, it is also vigorously developing the brokerage business in sports events.

The four major leagues in the United States are a feast not to be missed, and the NBA is naturally the focus of the CAA.

Since the boss attaches so much importance to this Chinese person.

In addition, the company would have focused on developing this aspect of the NBA's business.

On the CAA side, it also attaches great importance to Da Yao.

By the way of mentioning – Da Yao's main agent and Scarlett Johansson's main agent are the same.

It's Mr. Derek Wright.

This is a person in charge named by Abel for Da Yao.

Because Abel knew that Derek Wrett was very good at being a man and was smart enough to judge his intentions.

After understanding Abel's intentions, Derek Wright naturally took good care of Da Yao's life in the United States.

So much so that the young people of China have a good impression of this capital country.

made Da Yao feel that the capitalist was so gentle.

The little giant didn't know that it was only because there was a super capitalist who paid more attention to him.

Other petty capitalists, or the lackeys of the capitalists, will pay so much attention to him...

"It's good to be able to adapt." Abel smiled and nodded, he looked at Da Yao's size, "You look too thin." It's probably fine in your country, but not in the NBA. The NBA is all muscle sticks, too thin and easy to get hurt. ”

Da Yao also knows this.

Da Yao came to the United States without any income, and he didn't even sign a contract.

Derek Wright has been funded and named by CAA.

Within a few days, I found a professional physical trainer and nutritionist for Da Yao.

This part of the cost, in the name of early investment, CAA came out first.

Later, after Da Yao has income, it will be deducted from his income.

This kind of treatment is only available to Da Yao who is personally ordered by the boss.

With Michael Ovitz signing in support, there is the Big Buddha of Abel standing in the back.

Even if someone in CAA has an idea, they don't dare to bring it up.

"I'm already gaining muscle and weight, and I'm being guided by the dietitians and trainers here." Da Yao said honestly.

Abel smiled and nodded.

Next, Abel didn't know what to say.

Let's talk about basketball, in fact, Abel doesn't like basketball much.

Abel before the rebirth preferred football, and the original Abel Smith liked baseball.

In terms of basketball, Abel before his rebirth, in junior high school and high school, happened to meet the years when Da Yao played in the NBA.

He watched it with his classmates, fascinated it together, and enjoyed the atmosphere together.

In other words, Abel's memories of basketball and the NBA all come from Da Yao.

It was precisely because of this feeling that when he bought his own basketball team, he thought of getting Da Yao over in advance.

This can be regarded as a kind of sentiment for Abel.

For ordinary people, it is probably after growing up and working and getting the first salary.

When you have money, you want to buy back the toys you bought when you were a child because you didn't have the money.

But after buying it back, I found that I didn't need this toy anymore except for feelings.

After realizing this, Abel directly asked Alan Baker next to him to call George Postlos, the current general manager of the Houston Rockets.

The current general manager of the Rockets is not that thunder yet.

George Postlos joined the Rockets in October 1998 and is responsible for all aspects of business management.

In the process of Abel's acquisition of the Houston Rockets, George Postlos was also taken over by this side.

Abel didn't have the right talent at the time.

Coupled with the fact that George Postlos was able to make the Rockets profitable under Alexander's kind of pick-and-shoot boss, this is already a good management talent.

Abel didn't let George Postlos go, but let him continue as the general manager of the Rockets.

Abel wants to see Da Yao today, but in fact, George Postlos is already waiting outside.

As soon as the phone call came out, George Postlos immediately walked in respectfully.

Abel didn't know George Postlos either, but the other party knew him.

After confirming that this is the general manager of the Rockets.

Abel pointed directly at Da Yao, an action that made the latter a little at a loss.

"This tall man sitting in front of you is the cornerstone of my Team Rockets for the next ten years."

Abel said to George Posteros:

"His mission is to be the cornerstone of the team and fight for the Rockets."

"My task is to stand behind you and provide you with support, including but not limited to funding."

"And you, George, your mission. It's about matching him with players who can win the championship, as well as other configurations. Can it be done? George. ”

In his heart, George Postlos was very surprised by how much the boss paid attention to this Chinese man.

At the time of coming in, or even before that.

George Posteros has already seen Da Yao's profile.

Honestly, George Posteros has seen it later.

The general manager of the Rockets, in addition to the height.

Compared with many NBA rookies this season, Da Yao's conditions in all aspects can only be regarded as some of the outstanding statistics and a general passing level.

To put it simply, Da Yao is not the best one in terms of data.

What's more, Da Yao in 2001 had one year less experience in beating in the CBA than he did in 2002.

It's really more youthful, and the ability is a little worse.

But reality is reality, and the will of the boss is the will of the boss.

Compared with the two, George Posteros naturally pays more attention to the will of the boss.

"Understood. I was able to do it. George Posteros said earnestly to Abel:

"I will definitely tailor a system that is most suitable for Yao! It's sure to bring a great result to Team Rocket! ”

Abel nodded with satisfaction, although it was actually just feelings.

But after having this level of wealth and power like Abel.

In many cases, feelings will be something that people like him cherish very much.

This is just like the Celestial Empire, there are also many rich people, after becoming famous, they all like to remember the bittersweet and sweet.

What they are remembering is not something from the past.

What they are remembering is actually their lost youth.

It's just that something just happened to carry their memories in their youth.

That kind of thing has become the past they remember.

This is called feelings.

For Abel, Da Yao is one of the bearers of youth in junior high school and high school.

Abel is willing to spend a little money in his eyes for his feelings.

Abel stood up and patted George Posteros on the shoulder.

"Then I'll give him to you. By the way, I should have been there to watch this year's NBA Draft. ”

What to think, George Posteros doesn't know why.

Abel will think so highly of this Chinese person.

But Abel's latter words immediately made George Posteros happy.

Since Abel bought the Rockets, he hasn't been to the Rockets headquarters once so far.

This was a cruel thing for the entire Rockets who were excited about being acquired by Abel at that time.

When it was first acquired, the Rockets were collectively excited.

Everyone has long had enough of Alexander's slamming.

If you can change any boss who doesn't pick the door, everyone will be happy.

Then the boss of this door was changed, and a top super-rich man came directly as the owner of the team.

This super-rich man is also recognized by the media as one of the most generous bosses to his subordinates.

At that time, everyone felt that Team Rocket had also become the other party's company.

Wouldn't it mean that they could also welcome the most generous boss in the United States?

Wouldn't everyone's treatment be improved?

Anyway, the whole Rockets at that time, including the players, thought so.

As a result, Abel bought the Rockets, yes.

But he just sent a professional manager, came and walked around, and declared sovereignty again.

Later, two more treasurers were sent over to take over the financial work of the rocket team.

In other aspects, not to mention Abel himself.

Even the people on Abel's side didn't come to take a look.

The Rockets, which were acquired by Abel, have a feeling of being abandoned over time.

Former boss Alexander is a big picker, yes, but Alexander appears in the team at least a few times a week.

Now it's better to replace it with Abel, and he won't even come once.

Team Rocket, up and down, was a little panicked because of this.

I'm afraid that Abel will sell them again, and I'm even more afraid that the next buyer will be Alexander's kind of pick-picking.

George Postlos came to New York this time, ostensibly for Da Yao.

In fact, there are also attempts to represent the team's management and explore the owner's meaning of the Rockets.

What the owner meant to the Rockets, George Postlos didn't feel.

But now George knows that the boss takes this tall Chinese man very seriously.

even to the extent that he will go to the NBA draft and watch the show.

George Postlos felt that if the boss really went to the scene.

That boss will probably become the most wealthy and highest-status viewer in the history of NBA talent shows.

At that time, the Rockets are bound to become one of the most watched NBA teams because of this owner.

This means... George Postlos thought to himself that he wanted the owner to focus on the team.

Maybe it's about to fall on the tall man in Huaxia in front of him

This made the general manager look at Da Yao's eyes, which can be described as more and more friendly.

It's like you're looking at a baby.

This also made Da Yao even more flattered, and the little giant felt that after he came to the United States, he seemed to have become a sweetheart.

Are Americans so good?

The little giant, who was still a little ignorant, thought.

But this is actually just one of Abel's many feelings for himself, an attitude of remembrance and protection.

Just like this, George Posteros and CAA's Derek Ritter have the same attitude towards Da Yao as a big baby.

What is good at the top will be very bad at the bottom.

That's probably what I'm talking about.

met the young Da Yao once, and after fulfilling his feelings in his youth.

Abel's focus has shifted away from the entertainment nature of F1 and the NBA for him.

His attention was focused on the integration of his media companies.

At present, Abel has a number of media companies.

MGM and its subsidiaries (Marvel, Dark Horse, DreamWorks, Pixar, etc.).

AMC TV, AB Smith Newspaper, AB Smith Entertainment, Yin Lizabeth's Back Garden, etc.

These companies, except for AB Smith Entertainment, which has a little control, are basically fighting on their own.

At most, it is only a business cooperation between sister companies.

This situation is obviously not conducive to the flow of resources and channels

On the recommendation of the Advisory Panel.

Abel decided to consolidate them all under one group.

It's like Time Warner, News Corp., Hearst Corp., ABC Disney Inc.

It's not that hard.

Mainly, these companies are almost all wholly owned by him.

He is the chairman of so many companies alone.

They have the greatest power over them all, and they cannot disobey the integration that Abel has emanated.

So on the day of May 25th.

Abel summoned all the heads of these companies to New York.

All called to the Woolworths Building.

Negotiations for the acquisition of Woolworths House have been well underway.

The shares of several major consortia, under Abel's sincere offer, have agreed to sell their shares in the building to him.

At present, the last 10% of minority shareholders are still in negotiations.

But it's only a matter of time, and the issue of attribution is expected to be resolved next month.

At that time, the entire Woolworths Building will all be owned by Abel.

Abel plans to integrate the media group, and the headquarters will be located here.

Calling everyone over can be regarded as letting everyone know the way in advance and know where the group headquarters is.

First high-level meeting of Smith Media Group.

It was also held on the 33rd floor of the Woolworths Building, the original headquarters of Smith Capital.

Robert Iger, Michael Came, Dylan, Richard Pleppler and other media company executives also arrived at the scene.

When CAA's Michael Ovitz heard about the meeting, Ovitz wanted to come too.

However, Abel only holds about 36% of CAA's shares, and does not have absolute control.

Abel is too lazy to carry out the work of equity division after the integration, plus he already has a new love of MGM.

The old love of CAA is no longer as important as it used to be.

If CAA is not included in the territory, it can also avoid CAA being boycotted by other media giants.

It's good for CAA itself.

However, Abel eventually asked Michael Ovitz to come over for the meeting.

Just to come to this meeting in his personal capacity, not as the CEO of the CAA.

The meeting was held at 10 a.m.

At half past nine, the leaders of these media companies had all come to the conference room to wait.

The meeting hasn't started yet, and the boss hasn't come yet.

These elites in the media industry got to know each other with a smile on their faces.

Because if there are no accidents, after the integration of the group.

After that, everyone will become colleagues.

One of these people may also become everyone's immediate boss and become the CEO of the group company.

In the area of relationship, it is natural to get along a little better, then get a little better.

The conference room was very lively for a while, everyone said a word, and the atmosphere was very friendly.

It wasn't until about ten o'clock that the door to the conference room was opened.

Abel walked in first, and everyone in the room fell silent.

Everyone looked up at Abel, who walked in front smiling, followed by Alan Baker and David Jones of the advisory group.

"Good morning, everyone." Abel greeted the crowd as he walked towards the throne.

Naturally, everyone responded to the boss with a smile, and the atmosphere was joyful.

After Abel had sat down on the throne, he smiled and spoke:

"The purpose of today's meeting should already be known to everyone. Yes, you can't do it alone anymore. I'm going to bring you together and make you one of the most powerful media conglomerates in the United States and the world! ”

"At this point, I would like to announce one thing first, that is, the Smith Media Group, which can rank eighth in the world and sixth in the United States, is officially established today!"

As soon as Abel's words fell, Michael Ovitz, who was closer to him at the conference table, was the first to applaud.

The other high-level executives were stunned for a moment, and quickly applauded.

For a while, there was thunderous applause in the conference room, until Abel raised his hand with a smile and signaled everyone to be quiet.

The applause then faded.

Abel's voice sounded again: "The specific integration work, as well as the internal structure adjustment work, will be held later." That was not discussed at the meeting. ”

"There are two main things to be discussed in today's meeting."

"First things first..."

Speaking of this, Abel deliberately paused and smiled at everyone present: "The first thing is probably the thing you are most concerned about. ”

"The first thing is that in addition to myself, I will be the chairman of Smith Media. Internally, the group will also introduce a CEO who is responsible for the daily management of the group and coordinates the work of various departments and subsidiaries, that is, the CEO! ”

It's like Abel said.

Who will become the CEO of this huge nascent media group is the most important thing for everyone present.

The person who is qualified to be the CEO is smiling on the surface at the moment, but he is a little nervous in his heart.

And those who are obviously not qualified, look at several qualified people.

Among them, it seems that the most qualified to be the CEO of MGM Entertainment at the moment should be Robert Iger.

Who is the current Smith Media Group, MGM Entertainment is the highest subsidiary in terms of scale and importance.

It is also reasonable to be the most important company leader of the group and serve as the CEO of the group.

So everyone felt that Robert was the most likely to become the first CEO of the group.

But in addition to Robert, there are two other people who are likely to hold this important position.

One is the communication of Michael Communications.

In Abel's media company, everyone knows that Abel trusts him very much.

Michael Libel can be said to be the first media person to come to Abel and work for Abel.

In addition, everyone knows that although there are many boss women, there are always one or two with special status.

Among them, Anne Hathaway and Jessica Alba are more special.

As the son of Anne Hathaway's mother's godfather, Michael Incoming has a natural advantage in this regard.

Robert is most likely to become CEO, but Michael Incoming also has some hope.

In addition to these two men, there is also hope for another Michael, that is, Michael Ovitz.

Michael Ovitz is currently the most senior member of the group in the media and entertainment industry.

Back in the late eighties of the last century, Michael Ovitz was already one of Hollywood's giants.

At that time, Robert and the communication had just entered the industry for a long time!

And Michael Ovitz, who was also one of the first media personalities to work for Abel, was only a few days later than Michael Communications.

What's more, he is the CEO of CAA, and CAA will not be merged into the group.

are able to participate in this meeting at the highest level of the group.

That means that the boss also trusts him very much.

So Michael Ovitz also has hope to get on the top.

Now I just don't know who the boss is going to choose.