Chapter 1501 The Third Battle of the Three Emperors

The courtesy car slowly stopped in front of the red carpet in front of the Egyptian Theater, "I heard that the Chinese Theater is looking for buyers." Hayden said.

"oh."

Song Ya didn't like the so-called Huaguo style building built at the beginning of the last century, so he casually agreed, took a deep breath, and got out of the car.

"APLUS! Amy!"

Flashing lights and the noise of movie fans instantly filled the whole world. At thirty years old, he still maintains a good figure. After beckoning and smiling in a programmed manner, he immediately turned around and supported Amy in a gentlemanly manner.

Amy wore a costume from Enchantment today, a white princess dress, and exaggerated and cute puff sleeves. In recent years, Song Ya has less and less grandly appeared in public. The two appeared in the same frame There are not many opportunities for such premieres and award ceremonies, and she will use the wedding dress like carefully every time.

"Is your wedding date approaching?"

In the eyes of the outside world, the two people who have been running long distance for many years should have achieved results. When they walked all the way to the interview area, the reporter asked this in the first sentence.

"in plan."

This is exactly what Amy wanted, she looked at Song Ya happily with a happy face, and answered with a sweet smile.

"APLUS, you accused the CEO of Disney..."

But the atmosphere was quickly spoiled. The reporter who Song Yachong asked the question smiled and waved his hand to decline. Today is the premiere of the movie "Sahara" directed by Eisner's eldest son, and it is too embarrassing to talk about it.

"Thank you for coming, APLUS, Amy..."

Director Blake Eisner was waiting behind the huge stone colonnade of the theater. He greeted the two warmly, "I don't understand what happened between you and Michael. Apologize……"

It is impossible for Blake not to have heard of the lively Disney Civil War. He first apologized to Song Ya on behalf of his father, and then asked with a smile: "But I don't think this will affect the friendship between us, right?"

"Of course I appreciate your artistic style Blake."

The two are currently regarded as artists' sympathy for each other, and Song Ya asked with concern: "How is it? Has the box office forecast data come out?"

"Not very pretty."

Blake was nervous about his first commercial blockbuster,

He smiled wryly and shook his head.

"It's okay, that's what Director Cameron told me when Titanic was first released."

Song Ya gave an example, making Blake and the executives of the publisher Paramount beside him laugh.

"Matthew! Jennifer!"

At this time, louder cheers came from the red carpet, and the most watched couple at the premiere, the hero and heroine arrived.

Texans Matthew McConaughey and Jenny have been dating for some time now, and the pair clasped their fingers together on the red carpet in a show of affection.

With a production cost of 160 million yuan, all relevant personnel have put their future on the line, and they have done their best to promote the box office.

Jenny saw the figure of the real man from a distance. The Egyptian theater is very suitable for the black pharaoh. After she performed all the red carpet duties professionally, she also walked over with Matthew McConaughey, "Director Blake, oh... Amy, long time no see."

She has the advantages of height and figure, and deliberately suppressed Amy's blood with a majestic low-cut outfit by embracing her, "APLUS..."

"You are so beautiful today, Jenny."

Song Ya also hugged and kissed face-to-face politely. Jenny knew what she liked and maintained a slightly plump figure, only slightly tanned due to too many desert scenes in the movie.

"Please come in."

Everyone called their friends and walked into the theater, but the publisher, Paramount, seemed to have sent someone to guide him and Amy. Song Ya briefly separated from Jenny and the others in confusion, and was taken to the front row of the auditorium. inside corner.

"Mr. Anschutz?"

After seeing the person sitting next to him clearly, Song Ya's doubts were relieved. Philip Anschutz, a super rich man, was a hot business partner during his global tour that year.

"APLUS." Anschutz greeted briefly, "Thank you for coming."

"They're all friends."

Song Ya knew that this "Sahara" was one of the projects invested by the other party in Hollywood, and Paramount was just releasing it.

"What happened to you and Blake's father?"

Anschutz was obviously not in a good mood. The film hit the September 11 incident head-on when it started in 2001, and it was not released until 2005. It was also assigned to the off-season schedule in April by Paramount.

As the super rich man who ranked sixth in the world with a net worth of 16.5 billion in 1999, Anschutz began to suffer in the new millennium. This year, his net worth has plummeted to half of his own. This is still on the books. There are still many mines that are about to explode.

The biggest setback came from one of his listed companies collaborating with Solomon America to make financial fraud and was involved in security incidents. Pitzer teamed up for mixed doubles.

The George dynasty supported his oil company to drill wells in Montana, but after a huge investment in the early stage, it was disrupted by environmental organizations and local Indian tribes.

In addition, relying on the convenience of the largest individual shareholder of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, he laid an all-digital optical fiber infrastructure along the Pacific Railroad, and entered the promising telecommunications and broadband businesses in one fell swoop, but he never expected to hit the Internet bubble burst head-on .

After the September 11th incident, he started to buy the bottom of the Beimi film chain theater chain, and won one of the largest theater chains: Emperor Cinemas, and thus became a big player in Hollywood. However, Emperor Cinemas and his previous purchase The small and medium-sized theater chains that I entered exceeded the monopoly red line in some states of the United States, and later had to be forced to sell some at a low price...

As for the layout to cooperate with the theater chain, he has also invested in a series of companies in Hollywood, most of which have not seen any money back. The most important project right now is the Sahara, which he personally participated in.

Anyway, apart from real estate, entertainment brokerage, and investment in the sports circle, what he has been doing for the past few years has been paid for.

"Eisner has to leave Disney, everyone has had enough of him."

Anschutz should have a small amount of Disney shares in his hands, and he has a good relationship with Eisner, otherwise he would not have used such good resources to take care of Blake. Maybe this meeting was intentional, but Song Ya, who has already jumped back, has nothing to do with it. Clarify your position with a psychological burden.

"Why……"

Anschutz sighed wearily, and did not continue the topic.

The lights in the projection hall were turned off one by one, and Song Ya concentrated on watching the movie together.

He hadn't watched the previous screenings. According to Jenny's description and the lifting of the ban on film reviews, Sahara is probably an adventure action movie with mixed styles of Raiders of the Lost Ark and 007.

At the beginning, there was a well-made naval battle between the North and South Army. The first-generation steam ironclad ship restored one-to-one made a gorgeous debut. Song Ya observed that Blake's scene scheduling ability is obviously not as good as Cameron's, but this is normal. The director of the truck driver is full of There is only one world.

Then came the standard Indiana Jones-type treasure hunt plot. After the Southern Army failed, a ship loaded with a large amount of gold coins fled to Africa.

This plot is quite popular. Some top rich people, such as Microsoft founder Paul Allen, are spending a lot of money to fund teams to salvage famous shipwrecks in global waters.

"Who dares to believe that the desert that has not been in the past for forty years has a sudden rainstorm during filming..."

When the desolate desert appeared in the wide-angle picture, Anschutz suddenly complained.

It seems that because of this incident, the crew's location was completely destroyed and had to be rebuilt, and a large sum of money was lost?

Song Ya remembered that Jenny called and complained to herself about this matter, "Similarly, director Cameron encountered too many such unexpected situations when he was filming Titanic. As long as the movie can sell well, everything is not a problem." .” So he comforted the other party with the example of the truck driver.

"Yeah." Anschutz didn't speak again.

Song Ya didn't like the African plot after setting foot in the desert. I didn't expect that the movie in 2005 still had a strong Western-centrism. The protagonists encountered various emergencies in the desert, and there were too many conspiracies in the play. Illogical dramatic reversal.

Only Jenny, who is only wearing a small vest, is running in the desert. The jumping and jumping scenes are bloody, which is one of the few highlights in the second half.

Song Ya licked her lips and began to look at Jenny.

"That Blake, why don't you want to use low-level means to please the audience, even the truck driver knows to distribute Kate Winslet's welfare in the Titanic..."

Anschutz said again with resentment: "It's even more incomparable with your A+ entertainment movies."

"PG13 rating."

Fifty Shades of Gray and other A+ entertainment movies have always been relentless in giving benefits. Song Ya knows that she has a reputation for being generous in this regard, so she can only continue to comfort Anschutz. It's a bit reckless. Blake's artistic persistence is admirable, but he doesn't mind it. At least it will be good for the subsequent rental market.

"Congratulations, Matthew, Jenny."

At the end of the premiere, the professional film critics in the back row didn’t seem to be too enthusiastic. Anyway, it had nothing to do with him. Song Ya warmly complimented the two leading actors, and at the same time gave Jenny a wink to suggest that Jenny can understand where to go after the celebration party Find your own.

"Why is Blake's father suddenly willing to give up his position to Jobs?"

On the second day, Jenny covered the sky with a towel and walked to the husband who was concentrating on checking and receiving emails in front of the computer.

"Who knows what conspiracy is hidden in that old thing."

Song Ya took her into his arms, frowning while making trouble with his big hands.

His Majesty’s trick of Flying Immortal from Heaven instantly made himself and Linton impossible. It seems that the goal is very clear. Disney used the acquisition of Pixar Animation, which is likely to introduce Jobs to Disney through a stock swap and merger, and then naturally give way.

The benefits of doing so seem to be quite a lot. The veteran technology hero, Jobs, who created Apple and entered the palace to save Apple again, will be the CEO. Disney shareholders are naturally willing, and at the same time completely cut off his most worrying Katzenberg dream. Factory animation way back.

For Jobs, the bulk of his assets are not in Apple but in Pixar animation, so Jobs seems likely to agree.

Giving up the CEO position directly to Jobs also allowed Eisner and Jobs to conduct a direct exchange of benefits, repair the relationship, and lose the middleman Robert Iger to make the difference...

For investors, the good news that His Majesty the Emperor voluntarily abdicated and was replaced by Jobs, who has unquestionable management ability, may lead to a rapid recovery of Disney's stock price. They expressed their optimism and support with actions.

Goldman Sachs should also be able to accept it. Jobs is indeed stronger than Katzenberg, but it does not affect the newly established power of Goldman Sachs and George Mitchell in Disney. Jobs himself has always been unimpressed with the position of chairman.

But the only sticking point is also obvious, that is, does His Majesty the Emperor really intend to abdicate this time? If he is willing to abdicate, why bother to bow his head to Jobs, who made no secret of his dislike for him before, until all his relatives are gone?

"Will Jobs himself want to?" Jenny asked.

"I don't know, he hasn't made a statement yet..." Song Ya looked out of the window, his gaze deepening.

In Silicon Valley, Jobs, who has lost weight due to illness, stroked his chin and paced the office. His subordinates watched him with concern, "Boss, do you want to make a statement?"

"No, not for now, I haven't made up my mind yet..." Jobs shook his head, "Go out first."

Eyes dimmed, Apple was recovering rapidly, and no one wanted to see the leader leave to work for Disney.

Jobs' authority in Apple is already like a king. At the just-concluded Apple shareholders meeting, APLUS, which holds more than 8% of the shares, was blocked from the board of directors by all shareholders. If it weren't for this The well-respected Emperor of Apple led everyone to resolutely resist, which is not easy to do. Everyone didn't dare to say anything more, and they were ordered to leave.

"Robert Iger has repeatedly warned that this is just Eisner's conspiracy, obviously to drive a wedge between the two of you."

Close friend, Oracle founder Larry Ellison persuaded on the phone: "If you agree, Robert Iger will be disappointed with us and give Eisner a chance to win over the ABC department again."

"I know, I was thinking..."

Jobs undoubtedly has a deeper affection for Apple, but precisely because of this, the wealthy Pixar animation will definitely be offered a very good price by Eisner, who is looking for life-saving straws. This is a rare opportunity to sell at a high point. Concentrate on operating Apple more, and have sufficient funds to resist the powerful offensive of the black pharaoh on Apple.

Compared with making peace with Eisner, one of the most hated people, he is more disgusted to work for the black pharaoh in the son-like Apple company.

In the face of these interests, what is the friendship with Robert Iger?

If you can grasp the supreme power of Disney and gradually transfer the focus of assets to Apple, it may be a more comfortable choice for yourself.

That is Disney, which owns the ABC TV network and one of the seven major Hollywood companies!

Eisner's grasp of people's interests is still sharp!

"If you are played again by Eisner, who is already at the end of the road, think about how people will judge and laugh at you in the future." Ellison said.

"I know it all, Larry."

Jobs took a long test after chatting with the other party, and then pressed the intercom, "When is our iPod Nano new product launch event scheduled?"

"September 7th."

"Okay, I know."

At the same time, Paulson's helicopter landed on the tarmac of a golf course in Burbank, Los Angeles. When he and his entourage got off, they saw golf clubs in their hands, waiting for him with a smile. The returning Disney Emperor Eisner, alongside George Mitchell.

George Mitchell was not in such a good mood, and kept a straight face.

"You should have notified us in advance, instead of playing another surprise attack."

Paulson complained against the roar of the helicopter's rotors.

"You promised me, Katzenberg or Jobs, whichever is fine."

Eisner's response: "Remember?"

"Hehe, Katzenberg and Harvey are mad." George Mitchell complained.

"I let them die."

Eisner also changed his face, and gave the old man a domineering look, "Come on, let's have a good game before I leave." He reached out and pressed Paulson's back, inviting him warmly.

"Jobs promised to meet with us?" Paulson was gently pushed forward by him.

"Not yet, give him some time."

Eisner smiled and replied: "Let's go, we will accompany you to change clothes first, and we have time to discuss follow-up actions."

"call……"

Paulson breathed out half reluctantly, and his eyes were attracted by the red flagpole waving in the wind on the green in the distance.