Herbert Allen Jr. is a capable heir to a wealthy family, who made a decision against his ancestors many years ago to enter Hollywood and invest heavily in Columbia Pictures.

Later, Columbia Pictures was acquired by Coca-Cola, and he took the opportunity to make a fortune and join the latter's board of directors. Since the latter did not understand the film and television industry, he naturally became the real director in charge of the film and television business, that is, the management of Columbia Pictures.

The object of Lou Coman's secret conversation that night was none other than Herbert Allen Jr., and when he heard Hall mention it, he suddenly felt a deep malice.

"Yes, Herbert Allen Jr."

Hall gave him enough time to react before continuing: "This business seems to have three camps: Sony, Coca-Cola, you + Herbert Allen Jr., is that really the case?"

"Herbert Allen Jr. is a shareholder of Coca-Cola and a shareholder of Columbia Pictures. Whether Sony buys Coca-Cola or Columbia Pictures, it makes a profit for him, it's just the difference between making more and making less."

"And you're just the management of Colombia, and if you fail to jump up and down with him, you'll be out of the game in embarrassment."

Lou Coman asked noncommittally, with an unconcealed vigilance, "What about you, what camp are you?"

Since the bottoms have been seen through, there is no need to detour anymore, and he will never believe that this ghostly guy in front of him is harmless to humans and animals.

"You should ask me what I want."

Hall avoided answering with a pretending to be mysterious, and his mind raced to test whether there were any loopholes in the context of the whole thing.

There are two key problems with Buffett's pit for Sony, one is what if Sony gives up Columbia Pictures and chooses to acquire other Hollywood giants?

The answer is very simple, as early as the twenties, the Morgan family united with Lehman Brothers to control Paramount Pictures, and the Rockefeller consortium controlled Twentieth Century Fox, and alone controlled Warner.

The Rockefeller consortium controlled MGM with the Dixiong Ritter Bank, united with the Giannini Bank to control Lianyi, and divided the Thunderbolt with the Morgan family.

It can be said that Hollywood was monopolized by Wall Street at the beginning of its establishment, and it continued until the birth of the anti-monopoly law in the fifties that the situation was improved, but there are still inextricable links between Hollywood and Wall Street.

So when Warren Buffett hit it off with the new blood "strongly promoted" by the Wall Street Vespa group, Sony will unconsciously have an extremely natural and reasonable choice for Columbia Pictures.

The second problem is that Sony indirectly controls Columbia Pictures through the acquisition of Coca-Cola, and the Coca-Cola shareholders led by Warren Buffett make a lot of money, but the management and board of directors of Columbia Pictures represented by Lou Coman do not make much profit.

Maybe the new owner will change the dynasty and kick the entire management away.

From Lou Coman's point of view, guiding Sony to directly acquire Columbia Pictures can get more revenue.

In short, the interests of the two sides are divided, and the board of directors of Columbia Pictures is not willing to cooperate with Coca-Cola, they prefer to go it alone!

This question is a bit troublesome, Hall can't spread the word that we are setting up a game all over the world, and in the end I still want Sony to buy you directly; And even if he did, Lou Coman had no reason to believe it.

So that day, in Mellon's study, he conspired to decide that he would provoke the board of directors of Columbia Pictures to pull the space, and Coca-Cola took the opportunity to bring Sony into the game.

「…… So what do you want?" Lou Coman asked after a long silence.

Hall had a teachable smile on his face, "I want to gain the power of Hollywood, and buying a Hollywood giant is the easiest way to achieve this goal."

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It's not in my interest to bind Herbert Jr., and I have to sow discord between you and help you understand where you really need to go."

Hall was righteous and awe-inspiring, and said shameless remarks.

Lou Coman sneered and shook his head: "Don't be kidding, am I going to do nothing, wash my neck and wait for death, wait for Sony to buy Coca-Cola and get nothing and be swept away?"

"Mr. Koeman, have you considered a [management buyout]? Always put yourself in the position of a professional manager, which leads you to be passive in the face of me now."

Hall sat up straight, "Do you know Johnson, CEO of the Nabisque Group, he was facing the same dilemma as you a few months ago?"

"When I came to the door and announced that the acquisition of Nabisco would definitely make him go, he chose to fight back and implement the management buyout plan. Although he failed in the end, he received hundreds of millions of dollars in severance pay for the entire management team."

"As long as you initiate a management buyout, the passive ones are Sony and Coca-Cola. A true warrior dares to face challenges head-on and will never be willing to be a gun in the hands of others."

Lou Coman was inexplicably in a daze, and Herbert Allen Jr. had said something similar to him that night......

A management buyout is easy to say, who wants to provide him with financial support? Words alone will not convince the board of directors and the parent company.

Thoughts flowed through his mind, and his eyes unconsciously met Hall's expectant gaze.

"You ......"

"Honor, I'll be a good white knight." Hall picked up the Bass Medal on the table and said solemnly with his hand on his chest.

The corners of Lou Coman's mouth cracked a little and pulled into a smile, and his eyes were fixed on him and said:

"You're short of money, you're far more hungry than you seem to want to get Columbia Pictures, but you don't have enough money to compete directly with Sony. You encouraged me to get rid of Herbert Jr., and only a management buyout will give you a chance to compete."

Hall sighed, put down the medal, and remained silent.

"Young man, I have to say you're smart, but it's not Wall Street, and you can't handle the water here." Lou Coman stood up, "It's not just about profit, it's about people. Little Herbert wants to invite us to dinner to celebrate our partnership, would you like to come?"

"Heh, 50 million dollars smashed into the Pacific Ocean can also make a big splash, don't rush to make a decision, I'll wait for you."

Hale drank the wine from his glass and got up and walked to the bedroom.

Lou Corman tightened his face and picked up the Bass medal on the table and tossed it gently, and the medal smashed into the empty wine glass with a crisp clanging sound.

The young boy is indeed capable, and he has created a conversation situation full of information gaps.

The other party knows all the details, and he doesn't know anything about Brother Gongzi.

"Why can little Herbert be sure that he doesn't need to care about his son, but can use him to raise the price? Did little Herbert really know nothing about Brother Childe...... originally planned to negotiate with Coca-Cola and Sony to reach an agreement, but with Brother Gongzi acting as a spoiler, it was difficult to hide it. What does the Coca-Cola board think, are they really willing to be bought by a neon company......

Lou Coman had more and more questions in his mind, and he cursed in frustration.

It seems that negotiations with Shulhoff in a few days need to be reconsidered, he does not want to be a gun for anyone!