Chapter 1840 Envy

Burbank, Los Angeles, West Coast of the United States.

In Jessica Dunn's mind, the equally irritable boss, Michael Eisner, the current helmsman of Disney who will have to leave in more than half a year, is in the same mood as Dunn.

He also wanted to pick up a gun and shoot Robert Iger.

After Iger, who was not good at doing things but was more likely to cause trouble, returned from Manhattan, things still did not go in the direction Eisner hoped.

Although Iger's trip not only obviously did not complete the task assigned by the board of directors, but also brought a huge threat to the company - even those on the board of directors knew the importance of Pixar to Disney.

Figuratively speaking, for Disney, Pixar is a wife who will definitely give birth to many excellent offspring. With Pixar, the smooth continuation of Disney's incense can be guaranteed.

In comparison, Marvel is like an object that can be taken in as a concubine. It can be there, but it is not indispensable.

What NEXTDOOR's Cummins claimed is indeed true. Given the current situation, if they also express interest in Pixar, Disney may not be able to compete.

But in this matter, there must be no such thing as "maybe". Disney must ensure that it can successfully acquire Pixar.

Otherwise, with the rise and fall of one and the other, coupled with Mr. Feng's planning, Disney may really have big problems.

In terms of animated feature film production, it may fall from its current leading position to third place - behind Pixar and DreamWorks.

The operation of the park may usher in a strong competitor - they have deduced that with Feng Yiping's financial resources, capabilities, and influence, if based on the well-known cartoon characters and scenes in Pixar movies, plus the demonstration of Disney, the good teacher, the Pixar Park they are talking about is not impossible to succeed.

And ABC, which has spent a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources to acquire and gradually straighten out, may face strong competition from Feng Yiping's Netflix and YouTube...

If that day really comes, the record that Disney has always maintained, the only one among the eight major Hollywood film companies that has not been acquired, will probably be broken.

So, after Iger returned home in defeat, Eisner not only failed to realize his wish and took the opportunity to take the relevant acquisition business into his own hands, but Iger instead received further authorization and support from the board of directors.

The board of directors respected Iger's opinions and unanimously understood Iger's concerns, so they gave Iger the right to self-determination and let him decide whether to give up the acquisition of Marvel, so as to ensure that Feng Yiping and NEXTDOOR would not intervene when Disney acquired Pixar.

In other words, the board of directors can be said to have determined Iger's position as the successor to the helm of Disney.

Why did things develop like this? That's because everyone blamed Eisner for the feud with Pixar.

This made Eisner, who was originally so powerful that he disdained to explain, feel very aggrieved. Which decision I made was not considered from the perspective of the company?

Isn't my value to ensure that everything we do is ethical, meaningful, and creative?

Isn't it normal to have disputes and disharmony with partners? Why put all the responsibility on me?

But what made Eisner even more angry was that from Iger's words and deeds after he came back, he was sure that Iger had actually made up his mind to give up the acquisition of Marvel.

And the guys on the board of directors obviously agreed.

These short-sighted and troublesome guys!

If I had been scared by someone all these years, how could Disney be so glorious today?

Yes, Eisner was sure that NEXTDOOR was just scaring Iger, so that they could successfully acquire Marvel.

Although the possibilities they described were very likely to become a reality under the auspices of Feng Yiping, they obviously would not do so for some reasons that Eisner was not clear about at the moment.

Although he didn't have much contact with Feng Yiping, Eisner knew him quite well. If he really wanted to acquire Pixar, he would do it immediately, and there would be no such nonsense.

If he really wanted to acquire Pixar, no matter how difficult or stressful it was, he would insist on taking a two-pronged approach, acquiring both Marvel and Pixar.

He would never give up acquiring Pixar in exchange for his smooth acquisition of Marvel.

Eisner saw clearly that Feng Yiping looked easygoing and harmless, but in fact he was a very strong, stubborn, or even a bit paranoid person. He would not accept other people's doubts about the strategy he set.

Without such characteristics, he would not have achieved such success today.

The funny thing is that Iger and the short-sighted guys on the board of directors could not see this at all, although, yes, Feng Yiping might also acquire and operate Pixar as Cummings said, which would undoubtedly put Disney at great risk.

But as the helmsman of such a behemoth as Disney, if he does not have the courage to take risks, what kind of achievements can you expect him to make?

A sharp contrast is that Feng Yiping should have predicted all the reactions from Disney, so he let Cummins say those words.

The comparison between Iger and Feng Yiping was immediately clear.

Eisner really regretted it at this time. He regretted that he had never put the issue of training a successor on his agenda before. Now it seems that this is obviously a failure.

If he had treated this matter correctly in the early years and raised it to the strategic level, he believed that he would not be facing the current predicament.

Once, Eisner seriously considered the issue of succession.

That was 11 years ago in 1994. That year, Eisner, who had been in charge of Disney for ten years, fell seriously ill and was once in a dangerous situation where his life and death were uncertain.

That year, he had four major operations.

In such a pessimistic situation, he made arrangements for the issue of succession for the first and last time.

The way he arranged it was quite high-end. He borrowed the practice of the Qing emperors, sealed the name of the heir in an envelope, and announced that the envelope could only be opened if the operation was unsuccessful.

He finally survived the difficulty in 1994, so no one knew who the successor in his "will" was.

It may be because of this experience that he has been disgusted with the mention of successors ever since.

The rising sun shone into the office and on him.

Although the office was warm enough, it still made Eisner feel a little lazy. Seeing people coming in and out of Iger's office constantly, Eisner, who felt lazy and very disappointed, suddenly lost interest in work.

This old boss pressed a switch and hid himself behind the sunshade, like an ordinary old man over 60, half-squinting his eyes and bathing in the warm sun.

At this time, he envied Feng Yiping very much.

He knew that the biggest difference between himself and Feng Yiping was that Feng Yiping was in charge of a company that he founded and belonged to him. From any perspective, he had the greatest say and decision-making power.

Although he had made great achievements in Disney over the past 20 years, he was still just a worker. Even if he was an emperor, he was just a worker. When shareholders were happy, they would support him. When shareholders were unhappy and did not support him, he could only leave sadly.

If I could start my life over again, I would definitely choose to be an entrepreneur rather than a professional manager.

Eisner was also very envious of Feng Yiping's good vision - he did not believe in luck.

Eisner admitted that he did not do well in some aspects because shareholders were unhappy and did not support him.

After entering the 1990s, Hollywood movies, as a representative of American globalization, entered an era of global release, global realization, and increasing profits, but large-scale production has also become a significant feature.

That is, the production and distribution costs of movies are getting higher and higher, so high that once a single film fails, the company will face the risk of closing down.

Although I have repeatedly avoided such a situation, it still happened. Pearl Harbor, which I once boasted would be more amazing than Titanic, ended up with a terrible box office.

I also made a fatal mistake in the expansion of Disneyland. Paris Disneyland did not fully consider European consumption habits and concepts, resulting in huge losses to this day.

I did not realize the importance of the Internet to the media industry like Feng Yiping did...

If I could do these, hum, would they force me to retire early? I'm afraid they would use cash and stocks to keep me working for a few more years.

And Feng Yiping did all these things that I couldn't do.

I really envy that young man!

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Street food stalls in Myeongdong, Seoul.

From the laughter and noise coming from the surroundings, Feng Yiping knew that everyone was obviously getting better.

Of course, Owen and his people were exceptions. At this moment, they still didn't drink a drop of wine.

Feng Yiping now feels that he used to think that the soju Koreans drink in Korean dramas is also called soju, so he took it for granted that the soju they drink is the same as the soju we talk about, so he thought that they can drink a lot of alcohol, which is really childish and ridiculous.

The so-called soju in Korea is only about 20 degrees, which is about the same as our rice wine, and it doesn't make you drunk, which means that he can't get used to the taste, otherwise, he can easily drink a bottle (usually 360ml).

But as a girl, Jun Ji-hyun's way of drinking a glass of wine is too generous. Is she trying to get herself drunk, or to get me drunk? Or to get both of them drunk?

He couldn't help but persuade Jun Ji-hyun, "Hey, even if you can drink, you have to be slow,"

"Don't worry, I won't be like in the movie, I will go crazy when I get drunk," Jun Ji-hyun drank another glass of soju.

"Am I so safe in your mind?" Feng Yiping whispered.

"What?" Jun Ji-hyun asked, having understood what Feng Yiping said, and couldn't help but laugh, "How could you have such an idea? So you care about these things?"

"Of course, with a beautiful woman in front of him, which man can not care about these things?"

Feng Yiping is also a man. Even if he has no idea and just enjoys the charm of a strange city with a beautiful woman, he also cares about his charm in the eyes of the beautiful woman.

"You, of course, can't be called safe, but you see, you have your assistant and I have my assistant," she pointed to the other four food stalls surrounding their food stall, "They are all following, how can it be unsafe?"

"What do you think, hum, if I want to do something, will my assistant stop me, or will your assistant stop me?" Feng Yiping tried to make his expression look a little evil.

The main thing is that at this time and place, this situation and this scene are really more suitable for some small ambiguous words.

In other words, at some time periods, especially for men, it is difficult to restrain the expression of some instinctive emotions.

But the person sitting opposite is a professional actor, a leader among professional actors, how could he be scared by Feng Yiping's exaggerated performance? She blinked and raised her glass, "You can try,"

"Or, you try?"