Chapter 1814: Choice

In Manhattan, Cummins suddenly calmed down when he saw Egger finally jumping up and taking action. Haha, it seems that this time, he has really touched the seven inches of Disney.

That’s great!

"Acquire Pixar? Why? Why?" Egger was so anxious that he didn't care about what he said.

"Why? There's no reason for this? We want to acquire it," Egger said, and Cummins responded lazily.

"As for why, you know the relationship between Feng and Jobs," Cummins said playfully, "I can reveal a little bit. Jobs was very willing to accept Feng's criticism more than once."

Egger's expression at this time can be described as having mixed emotions.

Can Steve Jobs accept Feng Yiping’s criticism? If it is true, it is enough to show that their relationship is really extraordinary.

But their relationship between Disney and Jobs, let alone harmonious, is actually not even passable now.

This is naturally mainly because of Eisner.

That guy really didn't have the slightest idea of ​​the overall situation. He didn't say anything privately, and he criticized Jobs more than once in public and semi-public occasions.

It would have been okay if Jobs had not returned to Apple. At that time, Jobs was in a state of decline, and his reputation in the high-tech circle was not very good.

After leaving Apple, his personal strength and influence naturally declined.

With the rapid development of Disney behind him, Eisner would even scorn him, but Jobs was unhappy and had no choice.

But who is the Steve Jobs of that time?

Since being invited back by Apple as a savior again, especially after the highly successful iPod was released, and iTunes was also launched with great success, it is equivalent to allowing Apple to make money even while lying down...

Jobs's current reputation is greater than before.

So much so that he can now criticize his old rivals in public, as well as Bill Gates, who lent money to help Apple survive its financial crisis when he first came back.

And there are many users who support his remarks.

It can be said that Microsoft has become more and more arrogant in recent years. Although everyone has to use their products, if we say how much we like them, that's really hard to say.

As for those entrepreneurs, they will not have a good impression of Microsoft, which almost monopolizes all opportunities.

But everyone likes Apple now.

In other words, everyone from insiders to consumers has implicitly recognized Jobs' status as the "helper" in the high-tech circle.

Under such circumstances, Eisner publicly criticized Jobs several times. With Jobs' temperament, how could he possibly endure it?

The Steve Jobs of today is not the Spielberg or Lucas that Eisner once criticized.

As a result, the two companies were working so well together and their interests were so closely linked. However, because Eisner failed to properly handle his personal relationship with Jobs, Disney and Pixar had no chance to proceed with the ongoing cooperation negotiations.

However, Pixar is particularly important to Disney today. How important is it?

Without Pixar, Disney would soon be reduced to an average company in the field of animated feature film production, or a second-rate company, even inferior to DreamWorks, but this is only one of them.

More importantly, Iger, who is aspiring to be the head of Disney, has also specifically studied that in the current Disneyland, only a few of the cartoon characters are from recent Disney cartoon characters, and a large part of the new cartoon characters are , all from Pixar.

If the cooperation with Pixar fails, and if Feng Yiping acquires Pixar, how much royalties will Disney have to pay for it?

And how much adverse impact will such a fact have on Disney's reputation?

Looking at Egger, who was sitting there a little stiffly but his eyes kept rolling, Cummins added with a smile.

"This is in work and in life. Jobs and Lorena also have a very close relationship with Feng. Let's put it this way, they will even give Feng some advice on spouse selection or parenting,"

Publicly, Jobs and Eisner were already at odds with each other, let alone privately.

Privately, they will not meet at all. Of course, if they meet, it will be an even bigger headache. Who can guarantee that the two of them, two big men with extensive influence in the United States and the world's business circles, will meet. Will there be a fight?

But Feng Yiping actually had such a good relationship with the Jobs family in life.

In the United States, if one person gives advice to another person on their life, there is no doubt that their relationship is extraordinary.

Regarding these two points, Jobs would be willing to talk to Feng Yiping about the ownership of Pixar, which is not his main business now.

But wait, Egger seemed to have thought of something, and he looked at Cummins.

Cummings shook his head, "Their suggestions are naturally for Feng's future. Feng is still so young, how can he use this?"

He had an expression on his face that you were so gossipy at a time like this.

"Haha," Egger laughed dryly, his face a little red, yes, why do I still care about these issues at this time?

He shook his head mockingly.

Little did he know that when he shook his head, Cummins quietly wiped his sweat. I went, a little carried away, and almost revealed that Feng already had a child.

"In addition, there is another very important point. At present, our cash reserves are very sufficient," in order to prevent Iger from noticing his abnormality, he quickly turned to the next topic.

"You know, how to find a good place for the funds in the account is also a matter of concern to me. If it is used to acquire Pixar, it is obviously a good idea,"

Iger looked at Cummins with a rather unpleasant look. Can you stop showing off in such a way?

As one of NEXTDOOR's partners, from how much money his company gave to NEXTDOOR, you can roughly calculate NEXTDOOR's current financial situation.

What's more, they have so many advertisements.

In the field of online advertising, they have easily surpassed Yahoo and become the second only to Google.

Except for Tesla and Facebook, their projects are still burning money, including YouTube, which are currently making a lot of money. It should not be a lie to say that they have sufficient funds.

If it is a project that requires tens of billions of dollars to acquire a giant like AOL, Iger believes that Disney will have more advantages, but for a project like Pixar that is at most 600 million or 700 million dollars, there is really no difference between Disney and NEXTDOOR in terms of funds.

Considering the composition of the NEXTDOOR board of directors, they will definitely be more flexible and generous than their own side, which means they have more advantages.

However, of course, we have to find a reason to fight back against Cummins, who is so proud and arrogant, and feels so good about himself, "Do you think that Jobs only focuses on selling Pixar, how much direct benefit can he bring to him?"

Cummins took a deep look at Iger, and that look made Iger quite unhappy, because it was clearly the look of an experienced senior looking at a fledgling rookie.

In other words, Iger was despised.

"You have to understand that this is an acquisition project of at least 5 billion US dollars," Cummins said lightly.

Iger's face was a little red again.

Yes, this is an acquisition project of at least 5 billion US dollars.

In such an acquisition, it is not uncommon for the bids to differ by 10%.

That is, the difference in funds here is often more than $500 million.

Even if there is not a 10% difference, but a 5% difference, there is still a difference of more than $250 million.

Iger believes that Jobs should pay attention to the impact of this acquisition on his reputation. He does not want to leave the public with the impression that he only cares about how much money he makes.

However, if the difference is at least a few hundred million, he believes that Jobs has every reason not to care about the possible negative impact.

Iger will not let Jobs make a choice with a few hundred million dollars and possible negative impacts. That is simply like trying to see if a cat will eat fish.

Let alone a few hundred million, even if it is tens of millions, even a businessman like Jobs will definitely make a practical choice without hesitation.

Moreover, will it definitely bring him a negative impact if he gives Pixar to Feng Yiping instead of Disney?

It really won't. Feng Yiping is currently a popular figure, and everyone believes that as long as he wants to do it, there is nothing he can't do well.

"So, Egger, what do you have to say?" Cummins asked.