Chapter 1287 David Geffen Is on the Move

Text Chapter 1287: David Geffen in action

"Hey David, what are you up to?"

When Song Ya called, the line happened to be busy, and David Geffen was answering a call from Harvey Weinstein.

He was very upset when he heard Harvey using that kind of triumphant and slightly mocking tone, but the situation is different now. Harvey gained the absolute friendship of the commander by contributing money and efforts to help fight the public opinion war before and after the impeachment case, And myself... because I disliked the commander-in-chief's betrayal of the promise of supporting the same-sex group, I have gradually alienated him over the years. I never thought that after the impeachment case passed, the commander-in-chief seems to be more supported by the people, and the commander-in-chief's wife is expected to be in office after he leaves office. inherit his political influence.

Mistake, Harvey, the fat pig, trembled, but he couldn't tear his face apart. This has nothing to do with the difference in wealth between him and him. Hollywood and Hollywood Jews need a bridge of close communication with the big boss. After all, Harvey is his own. , everyone can rest assured.

If I had known earlier... I shouldn't have been affected by the brotherhood's anger at being betrayed, David Geffen secretly regretted, "Is there something wrong, Harvey?" He asked impatiently.

"I heard you left Universal?" Sure enough, because of this, Harvey smelled it.

"It's just a good deal. I'm not here, so why leave?"

David Geffen was actually quite able to accept the transfer price of 600 million. He was in urgent need of cash. As for the reason...he looked up at Neverland Ranch in the distance.

"So that's it." Harvey said eccentrically.

"Don't believe the rumors outside, there is no problem between me and little Edgar."

David Geffen knew that after the deal was finalized, there were rumors that he was kicked out by Bronfman Jr. in the high-level circles of Hollywood. From a certain point of view, it was true. Since then, he has completely lost his influence on Universal. Because DreamWorks is in the hands of many foreign distribution contracts, and because Universal Pictures itself is a shareholder of DreamWorks, the relationship with Bronfman Jr. has also changed from cooperation to unilateral constraints.

This is probably why Bronfman Jr. was willing to spend 600 million in cash to buy himself out when the cash flow was not abundant. Lost business? snort! He is dreaming!

It's better to leave Universal, that inexplicable psycho!

"Haha, I can guess what you want to do with Bronfman's money..." Harvey showed off on the other end of the phone.

"oh?"

This guy is too flamboyant...David Geffen smiled in his heart. In fact, everyone is willing to endure all kinds of problems of this fat man precisely because he is vain and shallow enough to see through it at a glance, "Please tell me."

"Because mj's business is having trouble, right?" Harvey asked.

I really guessed it right, but David Geffen didn’t want to admit it. He didn’t want to share this good deal with anyone. Sometimes, vultures don’t need to go with them, and they have enough cash in hand. They just took 600 million , "How did you get involved with MJ? Harvey, did you drink too much?"

"No, in broad daylight..."

"Don't die on a woman's belly."

"Hey, don't interrupt David. I know that MJ is short of money recently. Who do you think spread the rumors of his bankruptcy? It's me. So I think I'm a little bit qualified to participate? We both had a good cooperation before. , such as Lazarenko...isn't it?" Harvey kept pestering.

"It's not MJ, don't think about it."

David Geffen was made more and more irritable by this guy, "We'd better keep a little distance in the near future, your Shakespeare love story is attacking Saving Private Ryan during the awards season, those things you made... PR judges, public opinion hype No problem, ok, slander? You crossed the line Harvey, but Spielberg and I don’t want to argue with you because of such a trivial matter, and be laughed at by outsiders.”

"Spielberg is Spielberg, you are you, David, business is business, and how much of the money from Saving Private Ryan is Spielberg willing to give you and Katzenberg? I know too well he,

I also understand Katzenberg, the three of you have different personalities and ambitions. "

Harvey took the opportunity to provoke.

"Okay, okay, I don't have much time to chat with you."

I was a little hit. As one of the Big Three in DreamWorks, I had just started a big business. I had accumulated a lot of conflicts with Spielberg and Katzenberg. Those two were a live-action commercial film and an animated film. When it comes to money, and the music business I am in charge of has a little success, but most of it is obtained by selling their movie soundtracks... Spielberg and Katzenberg have long complained about this.

One of the reasons for selling the shares to Universal this time was that the president of Universal Pictures, Ron Meyer, lobbied those two guys in private, causing them to worry about being suppressed by Universal to suppress the release of DreamWorks, so they worked together to persuade themselves to submit.

At the strategic level, there are also big differences among the three. Katzenberg has the least wealth but the greatest ambition. He is determined to build DreamWorks into the eighth largest film company, hoping to take the most dangerous and most promising path.

But that's because Katzenberg had no way out after being kicked out of Disney by Eisner, and he had only DreamWorks.

However, Spielberg and himself have a way out. For example, Spielberg has Amblin Entertainment, which is already very powerful in Hollywood's second-tier companies. I am a little less burdensome than him, but Geffen Films, which was planning to close down, has just accidentally won the distribution rights of several sequel films from Aplus Film Studio under Aplus, and then cooperated with Warner to play and distribute...

The two of them have a lot of wealth, and the interests involved in the business are intricate. How could it be possible for them to be as decisive as Katzenberg.

In addition, Spielberg is dedicated to film and television art, while he is more utilitarian and more inclined to make quick money. When we were friends before, we could understand each other, and even didn’t mind occasionally making innocuous jokes to ridicule each other, but After the real partnership started the company, everything changed. Spielberg and Katzenberg stood together at this time, and neither agreed to let DreamWorks get involved in other investment fields.

"Don't hang up, David, hehe..."

Unexpectedly, Harvey looked determined, "Seriously, I can help this time, I know that MJ must be short of money, and I also know that Aplus kid has never stopped trying to get back his money from MJ." Song copyright, how about it? You wouldn't be happy to see me go to him to cooperate and compete with you, would you?"

This is a threat, "Then go find aplus." Hehe, David Geffen smiled instead. Harvey may really know a lot of information, but he still lacks understanding of MJ's character. I will sell aplus's song copyright, and it is impossible for aplus to buy it back. I have absolute confidence in this.

"Don't be like this David, everyone is our own, and aplus is much more distant..." Harvey said again.

It’s not good for this guy to think about bad things. David Geffen thought about it, forget it, and bought it off with a little bone, “Okay, okay, I’ll bring you one, and wait for my news when the time comes.”

"Okay! Thanks, David."

Harvey Weinstein was finally happy.

"Mr. Geffen, please, MJ is waiting for you."

The car drove all the way from the oversized Dream Manor to the gate of the villa, and the new lawyer hired by MJ was already waiting at the bottom of the steps.

Back then, I and MJ teamed up to squeeze out Yetnikov, the president of Sony Columbia Records in the cbs era, and the former Iron Triangle, after MJ's most trusted lawyer Branca, I set up a net to surround MJ, and the agent Sandig Lun, lawyer Lee Phillips, Bott Fields and Aaron Brugman, and took advantage of this to intervene in many of MJ's businesses and made a lot of money.

After the 1992 case broke out, MJ was dissatisfied with Bottfields' response, and handed over the leadership of the case to the black barrister Cochrane. Later, because he insisted on agreeing to settle the civil case, Cochrane also stayed away from him in anger. go.

Later, MJ kicked Sandy Glenn and Lee Phillips out of the house, and those two guys went to join Mariah Carey, because he had an interest in Aplus, and he didn't look for them this time.

MJ played a good game, except for Aaron Grubman, the president of Sony Columbia, Motura, it was equivalent to indirectly sweeping away all his influence, and at the same time, he decoupled himself by paying a 'breakup fee' most of their business.

Aaron Grubman, who changed his court in the middle, failed to persist until the end. After Aplus was shot, MJ fired him under the pressure of the black group, and brought back his old partner, lawyer Branca, who had been marginalized.

"Thanks."

Except for Blanca, who has a bad relationship with him, the lawyer team around MJ is all strangers now. It is not so easy to take advantage of his cash flow problems to eat this piece of meat. David Geffen calmed down and walked into the villa.

The King of Pop was surprisingly watching the video of Jordan's retired star game. David Geffen just saw Aplus go to the basket with the ball. He felt very strong in reality, but he looked well-proportioned against the backdrop of a group of professional players. The kid took an ugly crab step, jumped high and dunked with both hands, and Jordan, Barkley and Rodman became the background board.

"David..."

MJ in pajamas was terribly thin, the curtains in the room were drawn, the light was dark and chilly, he used his usual soft and pleasant voice, and he spoke slowly and enviously watching the celebratory scene on the TV. aplus sighed: "Look, it's nice to be young."

"yes."

David Geffen agreed, just at this time Aplus rushed to the broadcasting machine again, pouted and kissed the camera, "hoho..." This scene made him and MJ laugh at the same time.

"I need your help, David, now that I think about it, the time we worked together was really good."

MJ turned off the TV, "I'm sorry, I know I have hurt our friendship, and there are some things I can't control..."

His apology is sincere but also a bit hypocritical. David Geffen knows that the king of pop is not unsmart in business, but it's not okay to stay in the palace for a long time like this...

"I found that I still need your help, can you?" MJ asked softly.

I am a ruthless person, so of course I would not give any positive suggestions, "It's okay, I didn't take it to heart... Uh, what's the reason this time? As long as I can help you, I will do it." It is also hypocritical.

"That's Mr. Geffen..."

MJ gestured to his lawyer, and the other party began to introduce: "We and Sony Music Copyright Company..."

Vulture's mobility must be extremely strong. In fact, David Geffen has already done a good job in intelligence work. After all, the business with MJ still has some disconnected edges and corners. This is his unique advantage.

After mj merged with Sony Music's copyright library, when the new song copyright was transferred to this copyright library by Sony Columbia Records, if mj wanted to maintain 50% of the shares, he had to pay the same purchase fee as Sony, mj It was also affordable to start with and the problem didn't break out.

But last year, with Universal's acquisition of Polygram, the record market was shaken, and Sony Copyright Corporation also took the opportunity to acquire the copyright library. Maybe Sony set up an ambush here for MJ from the very beginning. Although MJ is a top money printing machine, but financially It finally started to keep up.

"So Sony is willing to lend you money, and then let you use the money to maintain the percentage of ownership?" David Geffen asked.

"Yeah, do you think that's okay?" MJ asked.

This is a test, and David Geffen knows he can't answer wrong: "Are there any additional conditions? If not, it looks pretty good. Wait until your new album and new tour make money and pay it back, right?"

"Of course, they want the right to repurchase first, in the event that I can't maintain this model." mj replied.

"That's not so good? If you go bankrupt, I mean if, wouldn't they take the opportunity to buy back at a lower price? You know that there are fewer and fewer major record companies now, and the tacit understanding between the five is getting deeper..." David Geffen said.

"Yeah...so I'm hesitating..." Correct answer? mj nodded.

"Any other options?" David Geffen asked.

"I don't have a clue, so I want to sell some other businesses first, but it needs to be kept absolutely confidential. I hate being rumored to be bankrupt again..." MJ said in a depressed mood: "Other things are fine, but the tabloids spread rumors that I went bankrupt because of need I can't bear to pay those kids huge sums of money..."

coming! David Geffen secretly ecstatic, easy? It's great to be able to free up as soon as possible, and then find a way to get revenge on the rich three generations! "It's okay, it's a small matter. Don't worry about Michael's case in 1992. I happen to have some cash in my hand. Let the lawyers discuss the rest."

"That's great...thank you David."

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