Chapter 1480 The Second Battle of Disney

The Beats music store has finally come out of the negative shadow of being killed by software and manslaughter. The innovative high-spec large touch screen in the walkman industry has gradually won the recognition of consumers. Unexpectedly, just at the beginning of the year, Apple began to use iPodmini to lead the trend. Leading the way to smaller, lighter and sleeker.

"iPodmini is cheaper than the original version, but it also costs $249, which is not cost-effective. Our second-generation Beats still has some advantages...especially in terms of performance."

On February 11th, Song Ya appeared again in a PalmBeats franchise store in New York, still accompanied by Beats president Donna Dubinsky, "This is the owner...Mr."

"Hello."

This store was the sales champion of PalmBeats global franchise stores last month. Song Ya shook hands with the owner and took a photo with a smile on her face. "Congratulations haha, do you have any tips for bringing goods?"

"I can't figure it out myself, maybe it's because of the location?"

The owner is a white old man with a lot of money. The location of this store is very good. It is located in the Madison Avenue business circle. The owner just divided the watch shop into half and participated in the PalmBeats franchise plan to resell mobile phones and Walkmans. "I noticed that most of the people who paid readily were elites or older tourists."

"Um."

Song Ya also noticed when she came here that half of the street here sells high-end watches. Except for Zenith made by the owner and Athens watches endorsed by herself, almost all famous watches such as Rolex, Omega, Tudor, and Tissot are gathered here.

I don’t know why, but the electronic consumer products I invest in always take the road of performance as the king. 3DFX graphics cards, Palm mobile phones, and Beats walkmans are all a bit high-end at the beginning...

In addition, Jeffrey Hawkins has always loved design elements such as black and gray, and the products he leads seem to be more suitable for older people.

But this also leads to a sense of distance from the main buyers of Walkmans: young people.

"Is it because our mobile phones and Walkmans are the cheapest watches a customer can buy off the street?"

At this time, an accompanying executive interrupted with a smile, Palm mobile phone and Beats Walkman can be used to tell the time.

"Impossible, there is a Casio store over there."

The shopkeeper joked by pointing in a certain direction outside the door.

"Hahaha!"

The owner of the store is a very interesting and cheerful person, with witty remarks, and Song Ya and others burst out laughing from time to time.

Maybe this is how the business can run so well?

"Summarize the experience and promote it to other franchise stores to let them learn from it. The same is true for our own franchise stores."

The interior design of the franchise store should be unified. Before leaving, Song Ya took a last look at the decoration that was still a bit of a watch shop style made by the owner. She was a little touched but didn't think much about it, and didn't say much.

There are too many companies under his umbrella, and it would be too tiring to do every business by himself, and during this period of time, on the one hand, he has to keep an eye on the near-completed acquisition negotiations between General Electric NBC and Vivendi Universal, and continue to help Linton to form alliances faction, build momentum.

The Disney shareholder meeting is less than a month away.

Roy's campaign to save Disney is intensifying under the impetus of those who are interested in it. The glorious image of His Majesty the Emperor is gradually fading, and nicknames such as 'the clown who plays power', 'stumbling block', 'the servant who drives away the owner of the house' and 'usurper' are added to him Roy, who lost his directorship and all company positions, and even his son was denied entry into the family company, gained widespread sympathy.

Although His Majesty still firmly controls the board of directors, management, nomination committee, remuneration committee, audit committee and almost all important internal institutions of the Disney Group, he and the royalists are far from being completely relieved.

'APLUS made a statement the day before yesterday, claiming that he has great respect for Mr. Eisner, the chairman and CEO of Disney. His A+ Entertainment, A+ Records and Metropolitan Records have ushered in a new big development completely relying on Eisner's trust. The cooperation between the two parties is tacit ,joy. APLUS said that Eisner is the guide in his life and career, they trust each other and are the perfect partner...'

On the way to the airport, the car radio was playing the rainbow fart that he had filmed for His Majesty the Emperor. The reason why Linton had teamed up with him to contact Disney related mountains was to prepare for the shareholders meeting next month.

Although "outsiders" such as myself and Jobs who only distribute their own products through Disney cannot participate in the board meeting, but because they can profoundly affect Disney's business stability and financial income, many outsiders are often industry leaders and have great personal influence. Charisma and hype, Disney's highly dispersed shareholders are easily swayed by their positions and rhetoric.

Ovitz, the former founder of CAA, scolded his former friend Eisner several times earlier, but Roy Disney did not buy it, claiming that the 100 million severance package he took from Disney was entirely through his personal relationship with Eisner. The result of the secret room transaction...'

Katzenberg, former chairman of Disney Animation and founder of DreamWorks, has also criticized Eisner recently. He believes that if Eisner retires in the mid-1990s, he will be a perfect manager comparable to Jack Welch. Unfortunately, there is no if in reality, and all of Eisner's subsequent decisions were failures. But Katzenberg also dismissed Roy Disney. He believed that it was Roy’s connivance and appeasement that led to Disney’s current bad situation. Under the management of the two, Disney Animation has become a second-rate company...’

Many off-court bigwigs also began to get involved, including Ovitz and Katzenberg who took the opportunity to get revenge.

This is also a clear proof that His Majesty's control over public opinion is rapidly declining.

This situation never existed before.

This year's general meeting of shareholders has passed the pass before it can be called really stable.

"Has Jobs made a statement?" Song Ya called Sloan.

"No, people like Jobs, Murdoch, and Redstone have not expressed their views, but their actual actions show that they are likely to be behind this round of instigation and ignition." Sloan asked, "When will you come back?"

"It's the airport." Song Ya glanced out the car window. The main purpose of returning to Chicago today is to spend Valentine's Day with Amy.

"Jesse Jackson and Quincy Jones told me to tell them when you got back to Chicago," Sloan said.

"I see hehe."

After MJ was prosecuted again, arrested, released on bail and other big news at the end of the year, and before the overwhelming election heat in the general election year, an unknown California tabloid suddenly released some screenshots of video tapes, which were new evidence of R Kelly’s crime. , For a while, public opinion was once again in an uproar.

If there is a screenshot, it proves that the tabloid has the videotape. Alicia immediately stood up on behalf of the Cook County prosecutors to criticize the media's behavior of obtaining evidence but not submitting it to law enforcement agencies. Exclusive headlines interfere with justice and allow perpetrators to go unpunished.

The tabloid was quickly judged by a California court to cooperate unconditionally with Chicago prosecutors, but before they handed over the video tape to Alicia, it had the audacity to post all the content on an online video site.

Alicia continued to denounce and revealed the latest progress of the relevant investigation, claiming that there was evidence to prove that the video tapes obtained by the media were not limited to that one, and there were more R Kelly and different victims. Other videotapes of the man were left outside.

So everyone looked online again. Many online video publishers and even those who sell pirated discs can attract a lot of good people by just picking up a title like "R Kelly Series Part 3". Share it so you don't let yourself be the only fool.

Song Ya and Sloan both guessed something at this time, and both laughed, "How is Alicia's approval rating now?"

"There is no professional organization collecting Alicia's polls recently, but according to the keyword data analysis that our Littman Internet Consulting Company transferred from the Goto search engine, Alicia began to be widely sympathized by people, which completely reversed the previous R Kelly. The bad public opinion in the period after the acquittal."

Sloan asked again: "What do you think? It should be taught by Peter?"

"It has nothing to do with us anyway."

It should be, but Song Ya didn't have to figure this out, he quickly boarded his plane.

The 757 landed in Chicago shortly after, and someone at the airport scoured some of today's local papers, 'Should we apologize to Ms. Alicia, the Cook County State Attorney? '

A piece of news pictured is Alicia's lonely back when she got into the car, which contrasts sharply with the photo of R Kelly and others happily celebrating their acquittal outside the courtroom.

"Go to Litman's headquarters." Song Ya shook his head and put the newspaper aside with a smile. He changed his mind and ordered the driving muffler to take him to see Sloan first.

But before he reached his destination, his mobile phone and car phone rang crazily.

"Linton?"

"Sudden event! Just now Comcast suddenly announced a major event, and they officially issued a takeover offer to us! A takeover offer totaling 54 billion knives!"

Linton yelled hastily on the other end of the phone.

"here we go."

Silicon Valley, Jobs put down the phone and said to Larry Ellison beside him.

In Manhattan, New York, Paulson picked up the microphone: "Harvey, let George Mitchell cooperate with me."

In Burbank, Los Angeles, Linton immediately rushed to His Majesty's office after putting down the phone.

"Calm down! Go back to your posts!"

There were some scattered pieces of paper in front of His Majesty's desk, and there were already many royalist cronies standing in the room. He also held a microphone in his hand, and he glanced up at Linton who rushed into the door, and drove them all away sternly. .

"Get me Ralph Roberts, the old one," he ordered to the operator outside.

Linton had no choice but to return to the office, and met Robert Iger, who came a little later, outside. The two nodded at each other and passed by blankly. The clear footsteps brought by their leather shoes echoed in the corridor.

"His Majesty the Emperor is looking for you..."

In Philadelphia, Roberts Jr. chuckled and covered the microphone with a derisive tone as he handed it to his father, Comcast founder Ralph Roberts.

"Michael." Old Roberts pressed the speakerphone and put the microphone back.

"Ralph, what on earth are you trying to do!?" Eisner's calm yet angry voice sounded.

"To help you solve the recent troubles, we also need to carry out comprehensive expansion." Old Roberts replied: "Don't worry, it's just a normal investment, and it won't affect your position and status in Disney...I promise."

"At least give me advance notice."

"Sorry, the current stock price of Disney is right, for us, the time is fleeting."

"You'll regret being my enemy."

"Got to try, right? Michael..."