Chapter 1478 Under the First Battle of Disney

It was night, and Harvey got up and left with a big belly. Bob nodded apologetically to Song Ya and Linton present and smiled, and followed in his brother's footsteps.

Linton watched the backs of the Weinstein brothers disappear, and then glanced at the black pharaoh beside him, feeling a little strange in his heart. In previous years, on the eve of the awards season, everyone would always get together like today to conduct private blending. According to common sense, Harvey at this time will always take the initiative to pester the black pharaoh to persuade him to invest in this investment, and the black pharaoh will take the opportunity to lobby the prize king for his women. Not bad.

But today, especially after the Black Pharaoh and Harvey found a place to chat privately, both parties at the dinner table began to lose interest, and the temperature seemed to drop a few degrees.

Linton took the bill from the waiter, signed it and asked, "What's the matter with you?"

"nothing."

It was nothing more than the fact that they still couldn't agree on the matter of MJ, Song Ya didn't want to talk about it with Linton who didn't know, so she wiped her mouth clean, threw the napkin on the table and asked, "What's the matter with the documentary project you talked about during the dinner? "

"Harvey and Lionsgate co-produced a 9/11 documentary. His Majesty the Emperor didn't like it and refused to let Disney distribute it." Linton replied.

"Mr. Eisner still asks about such trivial matters?" Song Ya asked again.

"It's different. Next year is the election year again."

Linton has participated in the review of the film and knows what Harvey and the others intend to do with the conspiracy theory documentary called Fahrenheit 9/11, but he also does not want to talk about it, "Let's go too."

"Um."

They don't regret not winning over the Weinstein brothers. After all, Harvey has a bad reputation. Even if he promised to join the gang today, the two dare not give them full trust.

"Aplus."

When they broke up in the parking lot, Linton thought for a while and still kindly reminded: "Harvey has a great role in the public opinion front of the Donkey Party...and it will become bigger and bigger."

"I know."

Of course Song Ya knew this, "Thank you, what will you say tomorrow?"

"Catherine and his wife from km film industry, can you..."

"Okay, I'll make an appointment."

"They had a good relationship with George Lucas at ILM.

"

"let me try."

In the following days in Los Angeles, Song Ya continued to help Linton and met a large number of people together. The tens of billionaires, the vice president of Gardinis, most of the invitees would save face.

November 18, 2003.

'Santa Barbara prosecutors entered Neverland to search again, and District Attorney Sneddon claimed that they had enough evidence to issue an arrest warrant against mj... for seven counts of child molestation and two counts of drug abuse. '

This time, Channel A used a helicopter to take a panoramic view of Neverland Manor, where a large number of police cars, police officers, and media gathered. On the TV screen in the bedroom, police officers holding cardboard boxes were walking out of the gate of the mansion.

'Truss Mesero, Mj's authorized lawyer who stayed in Las Vegas with three children, held a press conference. Mesero denied all the allegations against Mj...Mesero once helped boxing champion Mike Tyson successfully withdraw Zero year rape allegation. '

'This station also interviewed MJ's brother...'

'Mj's sister, diva Janet Jackson...'

The whole thing is like a copy of the original case ten years ago, but ten years later, many things have changed. The black barrister Cochrane is seriously ill, and MJ has created a new fantasy lawyer led by barrister Thomas Mesero. In the regiment, although Mesero is white, he has a good reputation, so choosing him is quite satisfactory.

MJ has also united his relatives better than ten years ago, and all the "Jacksons" expressed solidarity with him and protested the persecution.

Song Ya let go of the hands holding the wrist of the girl who was whining loudly in front of her, and concentrated on watching the relevant reports from her own media, and didn't look back until the phone rang.

Jessica Alba, who became famous by starring in the Doomsday Black Angel series as a truck driver, is a 22-year-old Hollywood rising star with a sweet smile, golden wheat-colored delicate skin and a good figure. At this time, she is in the empty window after breaking up with her ex-boyfriend Expect.

But this girl's personality is not as 'independent' and 'free and easy' as Scarlett's, and she is more scheming. She doesn't seem to be a good match for a friendly match. Song Ya regrets flirting with her.

"how?"

Ignoring the beauty lying there panting, twitching and raving unconsciously, Song Ya walked into the bathroom and closed the door to answer the call from Linton.

"Our side has started." Linton called just to inform.

"Okay, I'm waiting for your good news."

At the Disney headquarters, Linton hung up the phone and hurried a few steps, followed His Majesty into the meeting room. Today is an enlarged meeting of the board of directors, so apart from him, the vice chairman and a group of directors, the heads of various branches of the huge Disney empire Minds and brains were also present.

Today was a big scene, the emperor stood domineeringly before taking his seat at the top of the long table, his eyes scanned all the faces, and Linton also silently observed from the seat beside him.

Roy, who was already resting with his eyes closed, and those who supported the only child of the Disney family were sitting opposite each other, clearly different from the royalists.

The key person, Robert Iger of the ABC Department, chose to sit on the far side, as if he wanted to show a neutral attitude. The former Senate majority leader and independent director George Mitchell, who is relatively detached, sat at the top opposite, and it seems that he does not intend to get involved today.

There is no Disney stock, and the black pharaoh who is not directly under the leadership of the branch is not eligible to attend the meeting.

Similarly, Jobs, who only sold the Pixar animation that was released, will not show up. Harvey Weinstein, who sold Miramax to Disney, is naturally there. Going to the far end, on the side of George Mitchell, the two were talking in a low voice.

How to use the energy of this media giant to participate in politics, Disney usually tacitly handed over to the former boss of the donkey party to take the lead, and he and Harvey naturally had a "business" relationship.

It seems that everything is normal, and it is a good day for a decisive battle. "Don't waste time, let's start." His Majesty the Emperor officially announced and sat down: "Today's first agenda is..."

"It's starting over at Disney."

People in Silicon Valley told a close friend, Oracle founder Larry Ellison, after receiving a text message from Jobs.

The tech hero turned to another man present: Roberts Jr., chairman of Comcast.

"It starts over there."

In Manhattan, Paulson, chairman of Goldman Sachs, had just put down his phone. "How much Disney stock do we own now?" he asked his staff.

"If Roy is kicked out of the board today, we will continue to recruit." He ordered after getting a number.

"The last agenda..."

There was an undercurrent surging outside, but there was no disturbance in the meeting room until Eisner read: "About revising the age restriction clause for board members..."

All eyes are on Roy Disney.

Roy, who had always shown himself to be low-key and talkative, opened his eyes and met His Majesty's eyes without giving way.

Eisner snorted lightly through his nostrils, "I think this regulation is conducive to maintaining the vitality of the board of directors and does not need to be revised. What do you think? Roy..."

coming!

His Majesty the Emperor looked at the other people in the conference room, and everyone turned their gazes back one after another, looking at their noses and their hearts.

Only a very few high-level executives who thought they were only using it for a procedure today raised their heads in surprise, their eyes blank.

"Then start voting." Eisner was very satisfied with his control.

"etc!"

Roy stopped suddenly, "Before voting, I want to say a few words."

"Okay." Eisner didn't want to appear too stingy, but also wanted to see what kind of splashes could be made by the old man who had been suppressed by him all his life. It was best to find out some internal traitors who conspired with Roy.

"My colleagues."

Roy was clearly prepared, got up, and took out a speech from his pocket, "If you count from Iwerks Disney Commercial Art Company, my family and I have served this company for more than 80 years... "

"Today, I think we have to make a change. I am personally grateful to Mr. Eisner for his dedication and service to the company over the years, but for a new century, I think we need more adaptable management talents to help us run this business. The company, in the Internet industry... we invested heavily, but frankly, it failed very badly..."

Roy casually signaled to the leaders of the acquired Internet companies, such as the founder of Infoseek, Kirsch, who was huddled in the crowd, that Disney spent countless money on them, but lost their pants after the Internet bubble burst.

"I'm seventy-two years old, I'm old, and I don't care too much about whether I can continue to be a director. But, Michael, you are also in your sixties, and your body... sorry I said it, no better than my Where are you going?"

He looked at His Majesty the Emperor, and saw that, "I think it's time for us to let go, and put the power in the hands of young people, Michael..."

"I don't recall having an agenda for me today, Roy."

Want to play extreme one-for-one with me! ? I didn't expect that you, who have always been cowardly, would dare? !

His Majesty the Emperor was furious, and spoke in a bone-chilling tone.

"It's just adding an agenda, and it will be announced at the shareholders' meeting next year."

It seems that Roy has made up his mind to fight to the death, "Today..." He looked at Robert Iger in the distance.

His Majesty the Emperor's heart was ringing with alarm bells, and his eyes followed.

Robert Iger's eyes widened, as if he was very surprised by Roy's actions, and quickly expressed his loyalty to His Majesty the Emperor with his eyes in fear.

"Excuse me, Mr. Disney, according to the procedure, we will not discuss matters outside the scheduled agenda today."

Linton quickly shared his worries with the Lord.

Unexpectedly, His Majesty the Emperor gave him a displeased look, as if he was dissatisfied with someone on his side showing timidity in public.

"OK, I understand."

Roy didn't bother, "In short, if you vote me out of the board of directors today, I will resign from all positions in the company at the same time and leave this company completely. You can think about it for yourself."

He looked at His Majesty the Emperor again, "Michael, it's a pity that our relationship has come to this point..."

"ha!"

Eisner was happy instead, wouldn't it be better? "Are you really going to do this? Roy, today we are only discussing whether the board members will stay or stay. I have no objection to your contribution to managing the animation company. Don't regret it..."

"In short, please be careful with your voting rights." Roy Disney ignored him, "Don't let Disney continue to be a greedy, soulless company that violates its original intention..." After speaking, he sat down.

"Start voting?" asked the board secretary.

"Why don't you let everyone take a break first and give us some time to think about it?" George Mitchell said suddenly, and then accepted His Majesty's sinister eyes in the past.

Harvey quickly moved his fat body away from George Mitchell to express his loyalty.

Caught off guard, Linton looked at His Majesty the Emperor.

"Can."

Eisner's expression didn't change, he nodded in agreement, and added to Roy when he got up: "Don't forget, the market value of this company, which you said has no soul, has risen from two billion liters in the past 20 years under my leadership. To more than 40 billion yuan."

This is what I told everyone. He was the first to leave the meeting room.

Unexpectedly, this war was enlarged like the name of the enlarged meeting. He felt a little annoyed at the loss of his control, but soon returned to normal. It just so happened that he also needed to use this time to canvass votes, so he chose to continue To maintain the emperor's power, he asked his cronies to call Roy's senior officials to the office to talk one by one.

All kinds of people chatted slowly and left the meeting room one after another, but as soon as they were out of the sight of others, they immediately formed a small circle to discuss, or picked up their mobile phones to find a place to call quietly.

"It's like this when the emperor's mental technique is used too much."

Song Ya complained after receiving a phone call from Linton: "A control freak who refused to let go before heart surgery, locked the list of successors in the safe, and drove away Katzenberg and Ovitz successively. , Robert Iger and George Mitchell, who would dare to believe the bones he threw."

"What's the use of saying this now? It really smells like a conspiracy today. If Roy joins hands with Robert Iger and George Mitchell, I'm afraid that His Majesty the Emperor will stumble. Hurry up and call...aplus." Linton urged: "Is it okay to properly meet some of their requirements?"

"All right."

Song Ya also knew that time was running out, so it would be better to call immediately, and it was inconvenient for Linton to find the key figures of Bowei Films, Touchstone Films, and Disney Records one by one.

"That idiot Roy chose to betray Robert Iger!"

In Silicon Valley, Larry Ellison hung up the phone and said irritably: "But I have to say that it was a pretty good move. Robert Iger began to worry about whether he could continue to survive under the power of the suspicious Disney emperor after today. In order to protect himself, he had to Bind him even tighter...how about we just let it go and launch it ahead of time?"

"Are there enough votes?" Jobs asked.

"Not enough, unless George Mitchell rebelled together." The subordinates calculated and answered on a wall of photos of all the participants.

The two turned their attention to Roberts Jr. again, and Roberts Jr., who was silent from beginning to end, shook his head.

"Don't look at me, I have a bad relationship with George."

As one of the few conservatives in Silicon Valley, Oracle founder Larry Ellison shrugged and refused to take the initiative to contact the former boss of the Donkey Party.

Jobs had to do it himself.

"No."

Roberts Jr. suddenly held down the microphone he had picked up, "George Mitchell is now wishing that Robert Iger would jump out, Steve, it doesn't make sense for us to make this call."

"I don't want Roy, Harvey."

In Manhattan, Paulson said after a long exam while lying on the boss chair: "The Disney family staying there is not as good as Eisner for us. At least Eisner has no boring extra emotional sustenance for Disney itself."

"But Eisner's kind of power maniac doesn't have any real candidate for crown prince in his heart, and he will still raise his guard against me after today." Harvey said.

"At least he has to win over George now, let George talk to him, and ask for some benefits first." Paulson said with a smile: "I don't believe he isn't a little flustered."

"He still refuses to negotiate a price with George at this time." Harvey complained: "The emperor can only give and give alms."

"Haha, that's fine, let's ignore him, let's express our attitude." Paulson laughed, "In short, this accident is in our favor."

"Okay, he's back in the conference room."

"Voting is about to begin."

"They went in."

The news spread to the Disney headquarters through various channels. Song Ya didn't know that she was waiting in front of the phone for the final result, just like the big guys on the other side of the world.

"Let's start voting on the amendment to the age limit for board members..."

Linton took a deep breath and read out in person: "Raise your hand in agreement, and start voting now." Then he was the first to raise his hand.

The royalists raised their hands one after another, and the executives of Bowell Pictures, Disney Records, and Touchstone Pictures also raised their hands one after another.

Roy clasped his hands in front of his chest, naturally he would not raise his hands, and none of his group raised their hands for the time being.

Neither did Eisner, who scanned the room, not wanting to miss every detail.

George Mitchell also raised his hand when he looked at him, and Harvey and others next to him also raised their hands.

The dignified Robert Iger had no choice but to raise his hand, and his abc department followed suit.

Eisner breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time was secretly vigilant against the flow of power within the company and began to plan a solution.

Now that the matter has come to an end, some directors around Roy, as well as the senior executives of Disney Animation and Studios have also turned back one after another without any psychological burden.

Roy closed his eyes in pain.

"Since the motion to amend was not passed, the age limit for board members at seventy-two years old remains unchanged, so..." the secretary of the board counting the votes read out the results.

"In any case, let's pay tribute to Roy for his hard work over the years."

Eisner stood up, led everyone to applaud Roy Disney with a sneer, and then asked pretending to be concerned: "The company still needs you, Roy, I think... since you are very dissatisfied with our failure in the Internet field, then why not?" How about managing the new Disney website?"

"I quit, but won't quit Michael."

Roy did not respond to this humiliating proposal, and left the meeting room alone after leaving a sentence.

"Robert." Eisner signaled Robert Iger to go out with him, "Don't pay attention to Roy's crappy divorce trick..."

"Roy's phone..." Larry Ellison handed Jobs the phone.

"Don't give up Roy, now we need you to start agitating public opinion, you don't have to wait too long." Jobs didn't complain, and continued to cheer up the frustrated Roy Disney.

"yes!"

And Song Ya, who had just hung up on the call from Linton, was already shaking his fists in celebration. He didn't care about anything else. Roy Disney, who had the support of Jobs, was the most important thing to get out!

This means that the rear is completely safe!