Chapter 1413 One Day of a Media Tycoon

"APLUS look at this!"

"APLUS did you vote for Al Gore!"

On November 3, 2000, voting began in the U.S. general election. Song Ya appeared at the polling station in the Hyde Park constituency early in the morning, and personally put on a show to support Gore. "Yes, of course..." He finished voting After coming out, she hugged Aunt Susie and answered reporters' questions with a smile in front of the camera.

"Yeah, yeah, we all voted for Deputy Commander Gore, I like him..." Aunt Susie shouted in a black aunt's voice.

"APLUS, about Wall Street accusing you recently..."

When a reporter spoke, Song Yabi switched from holding the scissors to waving in disgust, then ignored them, turned her head and walked away with Aunt Susie, Connie, Tony and other relatives.

"No, Daniel, don't think too much about it. The Metropolitan Distribution Company will not do the film business for the time being. This is what you and I have discussed a long time ago."

Back at the headquarters of A+ Records, Daniel was waiting in the office early. After experiencing the scenery of Cold Mountain, his Glass Films opened three movies in one go this year, all of which hit the street. He took advantage of the convenience of being the president of Metropolis Publishing Company, and planned to let Metropolis Publishing Company give him Glass Films to take over and recover some personal losses, but Song Ya naturally stopped him.

Daniel explained this when they met, and Song Ya replied calmly: "And your movie has a distributor."

"The current distributor is willing to change hands at a low price. I want to take it back and re-edit and edit it to try my luck in the overseas market? Maybe the taste in overseas is different? No matter how bad it is, the metropolitan distribution company will help spread the DVD merchandise in the form of consignment. OK?"

After the success of Linkin Park, on the one hand, Daniel enjoyed the benefits and power of controlling part of their distribution affairs, on the other hand, he also realized that this unknown band was missed by himself. There is no way, who said that he did not sign Mike What about those people in Shinda?

The status of the recording industry has a tendency to recover from the period of the previous six presidents, but the film industry has lost a lot this year. Daniel still did not forget to drag Yeremov, "Not only me, but your Yeremov did not do it this year." It’s time for the Metropolis distribution company to get involved in movies, anyway, overseas channels are ready-made.”

For the first time this year, Yeremov obtained the right to establish independent projects, allowing A+ Entertainment to invest in a 20 million-level love-burning Hawaii, a small-cost award-winning art film, and bought two independent films, all of which Yes, and Daniel can be called crouching dragon and phoenix chick.

"No, I don't want to piss off the Big Seven, and you're going to make bad movies that will only cost distribution companies more money."

Song Ya shook her head like a rattle,

"At best I'll let Yeremov buy out your three movies into A+ Entertainment's library."

"Forget it, you know I don't have a good relationship with Yeremov, the price he offered...I'm not short of pocket money yet." Daniel was unwilling again.

"Then don't get entangled, admit defeat, Daniel, that's how filmmaking is, lose money and make money."

Song Ya picked up the microphone and chatted with the secretary outside, and then went to pull away the offices, "Mr. Littman, please come in."

There is business to call Daniel over, "MP3 website, does Doug Morris have anything to say?" Song Ya asked after chatting with Littman.

"He doesn't have much room for maneuver this time. Although Bronfman Jr. is no longer in charge, he has been taken over by Ron Meyer again. He can't fully decide the lawsuits of Universal Music and MP3 website." Daniel replied.

"Will MP3 sites sell us?" Littman asked.

Daniel shook his head, "We can't solve their imminent lawsuit! Their only way to save themselves is to reach a settlement with Universal Music, the litigation party. It is impossible to let them go by selling Universal Music to us, so Universal Music is their only buyer."

The final stage of the general election is going on in full swing outside. Apart from work, life and study, Song Ya himself does not need to spend too much energy on supporting the election, as long as the money and resources are in place.

He has done a few things during this period. One is to appease Wall Street Sheriff Spitzer in the Lyle Cohen case through David Patterson of the Manhattan Gang; At the same time, the matter used Litman Media's private placement to dilute the shareholding ratio of the pretender, Redstone's Viacom Group; the third is to sell the stocks of companies such as Juniper with stock broker O'Grady, and at the same time for YAHOO and Juniper and other heavily held shares are looking for institutional buyers.

In the meantime, Littman, who has been dissatisfied with the domain name of the American music website, proposed to acquire the MP3 website, because the market value of the MP3 website has dropped from more than a billion dollars in the past to less than 100 million dollars after the stock market crash.

The reason why their situation is not as good as that of the American website is that they are about to lose the infringement lawsuit with Universal Music...

This company is also interesting. At the beginning, when the Internet music sharing trend was still in its infancy and unregulated, it enjoyed the hits brought by the sharing with American Music and other websites. It was the first time that the RIAA represented the record industry. After the warning, I was the first one to give in. I took the initiative to transform into an independent music website.

Then when American Music began to strictly abide by the Digital Millennium Act, Napster rose. They saw that Napster benefited from the traffic brought by MP3 music sharing and the pursuit of venture capital. Catching up with the trend of the Internet, the IPO was a great success. Napster, which has more traffic and more attention than them, has not yet been listed.

As a result, under the double blow of being sued by Universal and the stock market crash, the MP3 website was quickly abandoned by investors, and the stock price plummeted. It was rumored that the website executives and stockholders were willing to sell it for about 80 million knives in order to seek a settlement with Universal Music. The scenery when the market value was more than one billion yuan was like a dream to them. Of course, the founders, shareholders, executives and venture capitalists should have partly cashed out and left the market.

"In other words, they have no choice but to sell themselves to Universal Music?" Song Ya asked.

"Yes, winning the MP3 website at a low price is also beneficial to the personal career of Universal Music President Doug Morris. It can alleviate the negative impact of his Def Jam's Lyle Cohen case and create a small crisis for Vivendi Universal before it goes public in Mi. Little good news."

Daniel replied: "Although the lawsuit against the MP3 website and Napster was actually pushed by Bronfman Jr."

The third generation of rich... In fact, some things are indeed done right, such as resolutely cracking down on Internet infringements, for example, predicting the bursting of the Internet bubble in advance last year...

Even the monopoly case that has been haunting, after Vivendi Universal attracted Goldman Sachs, Lehman, and Salomon Smith Barney to assist in the listing in Mi, the U.S. Ministry of Commerce has also died down. 100 million, suddenly dropped to about 100 million knives, which can be described as a super discounted price.

It's a pity that the rich three generations didn't last until the day of victory...

The positions are different, and the butts are different. Song Ya and Underwood did not chase after that matter, but it does not mean that the Avengers will sympathize with the third generation of the rich. "Then there is no way." He shrugged at Littman.

Littman was quite disappointed, "The MP3 website is useless. The domain name of the American music website always has to be changed, right? Buy a loud, simple, short, easy-to-remember one."

"No problem, let's find a way."

Song Ya patted his arm encouragingly, "Oh yes, you have to be responsible for convincing Ms. Shirley Fleming."

"Okay." Littman nodded.

The editor-in-chief of American Music Magazine Shirley Fleming has always disagreed with changing the domain name of the website. The old lady is very stubborn, but her health is getting worse every day, and she has rarely managed the specific affairs of the magazine.

"Ms. Sloane and the others are here."

Standing in front of the window, Daniel happened to see a group of white men in suits and ties, led by Sloan, coming from the opposite Litman Media headquarters building.

"OK, then let's go down and meet him."

Song Ya and the two went out to the elevator together.

The merger between Littman Publishing and Houghton Mifflin Publishing under Littman Media is coming to an end. The guests are all Houghton Mifflin board members, company executives and presidents of its subsidiaries.

In fact, Houghton Mifflin was negotiating the sale with Vivendi before Vivendi merged with Universal. Unexpectedly, the shareholders procrastinated in order to bargain, and Vivendi could not protect itself, so they had to find another buyer in a hurry. Since they are important competitors of Littman Press in fields such as middle school educational films, and hold a much larger market share than Littman Press, Sloan quickly hit it off with them.

As for the famous works of famous writers such as Mark Twain who have published... Now Houghton Mifflin has long lost the influence of the past. At present, it basically only focuses on the English education publishing market, ranking first in the domestic market share in the United States.

2.2 billion, it is a good price to enter the 21st century when traditional paper media is gradually declining.

"APLUS!"

The elevator door opened, and unexpectedly, he met Quincy Jones who came to the door. The old man looked angry, and when he saw Song Ya, he asked, "What do you mean by M-FXXK? I helped you get off to a good start in the hip-hop competition... ...You throw me away after using me!?"

The first season of the hip-hop competition, the ace column of ACE, is coming to an end. In fact, all the shooting tasks have been recorded, because the old man's bad temper and personality when he was a judge really did not please the TV audience. The second season of ACE Taiwan has no plans to renew his contract.

"Hey, Quincy."

Daniel and Littman quickly shared Song Ya's worries, and stopped the angry old man with a smile on the left and right, "We are in a hurry to pick up the people from Houghton Mifflin, please wait a moment?"

"Little Nger, you are always like this, turning your face and denying people."

Quincy Jones will not stab Daniel and Littman, but he is not afraid of Song Ya. The old man has such a temper for so many years anyway, even his precious daughter... right? "I created this high-rated program for you, and Rashida's host also performed very well, but now you want to kick me out? This little Nger..." A stream of curses.

"Didn't Rashida renew her contract?"

Song Yana, the old man and cheap father-in-law, has nothing to do. "You're not the only one who didn't renew the contract. Director Anne Fletcher won't be in the next season either."

Of course, he used some words. Anne Fletcher voluntarily withdrew because she wanted to concentrate on directing next year's Dance Out of My Life 4. Among the three judges, only MC Hammer renewed her contract.

"I don't care, anyway, you don't want to fire me so easily, I heard that MC Hammer got a good contract!?" Quincy Jones was indignant.

"He is willing to sign for several seasons." The elevator was almost on the first floor, Song Ya scratched his head and gave Daniel a wink, "Rashida is the same."

"Let's talk about it later, Quincy?"

Daniel hugged Quincy Jones affectionately, stopping him from going out to make trouble in front of the guests, "Okay, okay, let's go there first..."

Quincy Jones was coaxed and pushed by Daniel angrily, staring at Song Ya's increasingly distant back, "Okay, Daniel, I know how powerful this kid is now, I just complained, no What to do with him!"

"That's good, that's good..." Daniel smiled hippiely, and the two watched Song Ya walk out of the gate, bathed in the morning sunshine of Chicago, and met a large group of white men in suits.

"APLUS..."

"welcome……"

Song Ya and Littman smiled and shook hands with everyone at Houghton Mifflin. Sloan stood aside and introduced each other's names and positions one by one.

"It is said that you are very lucky. This time, Litman Media suspended trading before the second wave of stock market crash. I think you can avoid the most irrational period in the capital market, right?"

The head of Houghton Mifflin asked with a smile.

"Haha, it's just a coincidence."

The acquisition is a foregone conclusion, and the internal adjustment after the merger is under the control of Sloan. Song Ya has nothing to intervene here, as long as he treats the guests well as the big boss's friendship, "May I show you around?"

"Okay, please."

"please."

The photo reporters outside pressed the shutter again and again until a group of people entered the A+ record building under the leadership of Song Ya, and the shooting mission ended.

During the visit, the chatting topics all revolved around the general election. Everyone knew who Song Ya supported, so they picked what he liked to hear and said, "Wow, is this Mr. Ballmer?" Until the people from Houghton Mifflin saw A group photo of Ballmer's visit on the wall.

"Yes." Song Yale introduced happily: "We took pictures when he came here for a meeting."

"He came to a record company meeting?"

"No, I sometimes arrange meetings of other companies here." Song Ya replied.

"Ballmer can finally breathe a sigh of relief. Microsoft just reached a settlement with the Department of Justice."

The news of the publishing house is naturally very well-informed, and the people from Houghton Mifflin asked: "I heard that the compromise condition is that Microsoft agrees that PC manufacturers can freely choose the Windows desktop and disclose part of the source code of Windows software, so that Microsoft's competitors can also You can write applications on the operating system. The federal judge who violated the program and leaked it has also been fined and dismissed. These benefits will drive the software industry to pick up next week, right?"

"Haha, it's hard to say..."

Song Ya will not express any opinions on the stock market, just play haha ​​and pass by.

"Behind Microsoft, they still have a series of state-level lawsuits, as well as a lot of lawsuits abroad." Sloan took the conversation.

"Well, I know, lawsuits in California are dangerous?"

"should be."

A group of people walked into the large conference room, Song Ya sat consciously in the first position on one side of the long conference table, and Sloan sat at the top without hesitation.

In fact, there is nothing important to talk about. Senior executives from A, ACE, Littman Publishing and other branches arrived one after another. Many of them have dealt with people from Houghton Mifflin, and they will be a family from now on. The atmosphere is relaxed.

As for the executives of Littman's other online listed companies, they are still battered by the stock market crash and have no time to come to Chicago to spoil the atmosphere.

The three listed websites under Littman are very sad. It has been a while since the site has fallen by one meter per share, and it is now a standard junk stock.

Of course no one in the conference room would mention this.

"Do you want to drink hahaha?"

When the Houghton Mifflin staff saw the assistants coming in with Martell Royal Salute brandy and wine glasses, they all laughed and said, "By the way, I haven't congratulated you on winning Mr. Seagram Liquor APLUS."

"No, it's only half." Song Ya pretended a little, then raised her glass to invite with a smile.

"The latest news." Sloan said after answering the phone: "Viacom has won the BET network, 3.3 billion dollars."

"Oh? Then Robert..." Song Ya raised her eyebrows when she heard this.

"Yes, Robert Johnson will be a billionaire when the deal is officially closed."

Sloan nodded, and then added, "It is also the second African-American billionaire after you."

"Then I'm going to call him to congratulate him." Song Ya called BET boss Robert Johnson in front of everyone.

Robert Johnson was naturally in a good mood, and sighed hypocritically, "Hey! BET is like my child, I'm still very reluctant, but it's time for me to retire. The future belongs to you, APLUS..."

"Then do you have any plans next?" Song Ya asked the African-American media tycoon who had just received a large sum of cash... The former tycoon, he now only has cash left.

And myself... Now Littman Media is already a media group spanning the Internet, traditional publishing, news, and television industries. Although it may be far away from top giants such as Viacom, if you add A+ Entertainment and What about A+ Records, Metropolis Records, Metropolis Publishing, etc.? At least in terms of comprehensive market value, it is not weak anymore.

After ten years of time travel, today's report card is okay, right? Song Ya thought proudly.

"Not yet, let's do charity." Robert Johnson replied.

"Enjoy life?"

"Haha, enjoy life... yes." Robert Johnson has lost his temper in the past two years. The entertainment transformation of BET station is considered a success, but the benefits are not large. The all-black entertainment station has obviously encountered a ceiling. Its influence is great, and their music program also threatens Viacom's station, so Redstone has long wanted to win BET.

A TV network that ranks around 20 in the number of subscribers in the whole meter sold 3.3 billion. Robert Johnson is not dissatisfied with this price, and Redstone is also quite bloody.

Sloan then announced some follow-up arrangements and personnel adjustment plans during the meeting. After the Houghton Mifflin Department came over, Littman Publishing House would basically be placed under their management. Some markets, such as middle school educational films Resources will also be managed in a unified manner.

Then there was a grand welcome luncheon. Song Ya was the center of the audience. He and everyone gathered in front of the TV to watch the general election bulletin, so everyone gathered around and expressed their opinions on the campaign strategies of Gore and George Jr. .

"APLUS?" Rashida Jones timidly appeared behind him at some point, apologizing for his father's offense in the morning.

So Song Ya found a place to accept her apology alone.

"What? OK, I'll come!"

He suddenly picked up a phone call midway, and immediately pulled up his pants, left Rashida and hurried out to say goodbye to the guests, and then rushed directly to the 3DFX headquarters in Silicon Valley by private jet.

"Jim! Jim! Why are you leaving?"

The chief designer of the new Voodoo chip, Jim Keller, has just submitted his resignation letter, Song Ya followed him and shouted: "Wait for me!"

"I have completed my mission in 3DFX, I have already negotiated with Broadcom, and I will go to them." Jim Keller was chased by the big boss, and he turned around and explained.

"Talk...are you ready? The contract hasn't been signed yet, hehe..."

Song Ya smiled cautiously: "If you are dissatisfied with 3DFX, you can tell me directly."

"I have already decided Mr. APLUS, you promised me that I can leave at any time, remember?" The top chip designer is so ruthless, "It is a waste of time for me to stay in 3DFX."

"Are you dissatisfied with the option reward?"

"No, I'm very satisfied, I don't want to talk about this anymore, I have to go..." Jim Keller continued to take big strides, without oil or salt.

"Don't! Jim! Mr. Keller!" Song Ya had no choice but to chase all the way pitifully.