Chapter 396： A gentleman takes revenge, 10 years is not too late

Who is Barry Diller?

Hollywood in the 1980s!

Why is Michael Eisner so tyrannical at Disney? It's because he and Jeffrey Katzenberg were both Barry Diller's chaperones back then, and they all learned Barry Diller's way.

After News Corp acquired 20th Century Fox, Murdoch had no choice but to start his own TV network because the three traditional public television networks, cbs, nbc and abc, were not open to foreigners. Diller, who built the Fox network.

How difficult is this task?

At that time, the three major public television networks in the United States, cbs, nbc, and abc divided the market, and each had a market share of more than 30%, which was equivalent to the monopoly of three oligopolies!

It is difficult for independent Hollywood film companies to break the monopoly of the six giants, and it is undoubtedly more difficult to break the more resource-intensive monopoly of public television.

Barry Diller led the Fox TV network, facing the pressure of the three tyrants, tenaciously opened up a living space in this field, grabbed 15% of the market share, and became the fourth largest public in the United States today. TV network.

So much so that the market share of today's public television networks, in addition to Viacom Group's cbs, nbc and abc, has dropped to about 25%.

However, such a Hollywood legend who put forward "high concept" film theory in the field of film and created the Fox network in the field of television has met a wall with two tycoons successively.

First, Rupert Murdoch.

Barry Diller has a strong attitude and demands more control and equity in the Fox network with the power of the dragon. The result was unexpected. Murdoch's methods were more aggressive and merciless. He directly bought out the contract and repurchased shares, and swept him out of the house.

The emperor's domineering display of the media tycoon is no doubt!

The second place is Summer Redstone!

Before that, Barry Diller and Redstone were still friends and kept in touch, until they both fell in love with Paramount, the best film company in Hollywood at the time.

Paramount's price is too high, and it is impossible to acquire it with its own funds.

Redstone used the leveraged buyout that was common in the capital market at that time;

Barry Diller's approach is to win over Wall Street's private equity funds, holding acquisitions. And in the 1980s, he led the two younger brothers, Michael Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg, and led Paramount to the top in a troika, becoming the best in Hollywood.

So in terms of management support, Barry Diller has an absolute advantage.

Everyone thought it was going to be a big show!

Unexpectedly, the result is completely one-sided!

Redstone's connections and influence played a great role, and behind the scenes, the Wall Street funds that helped Barry Diller complete the acquisition chose to withdraw at a critical moment.

The result can be imagined, Redstone became Paramount's only bidder.

However, Paramount management did not support Redstone, so that after he completed the acquisition, he replaced a large number of executives. The current Paramount chairman, Ms. Shirley Lansing, was appointed by Redstone in that critical situation.

Lei Shidong's boldness and fierceness were vividly displayed in this acquisition case.

This is not the end, because of the competition, Paramount's share price has soared, so that Redstone spent an extra $3 billion to win Paramount Pictures at a sky-high price of $10 billion.

Redstone was furious, and of course he couldn't stop.

As a result, it is conceivable that Barry Diller directly lost the possibility of re-employment in Hollywood.

I couldn't stay in California, I couldn't stay in New York, I had to go to Denver and take refuge with TV mogul John Malone.

Now that John Malone has withdrawn from cable TV, Barry Diller can only re-employ, it is said... He raised a sum of money from John Malone, and in this era of the bursting of the Internet bubble, playing TV business.

Completely bid farewell to the media industry.

The **** example is right in front of you. Barry Diller, a legend who created the Hollywood commercial model and created the Fox TV network, all ended in a slump.

Tang En didn't dare to offend Redstone rashly.

If the bayonet is really red, he may really have to pack his bags and go to Silicon Valley to rely on Netflix to turn over.

Tang En took a deep breath, his face was very stiff, "Mr. Redstone, I handed over the broadcast rights of "American Idol" to cbs, not fox and abc, which are more popular among young people; Ramon partnered with Legendary’s platter investment; I had the $30 million Fantastic Four licensed to…”

Before he finished speaking, Lei Shidong interrupted him, pretending to be at a loss, "Huh? Why did you say this? I said "Six Feet Under", did you hear it wrong?"

Tang En gritted his silver teeth and his face was ashen.

Penelope Cruz, Rose Byrne, and Abby Cornish, who were helping him change his clothes, stood there dumbfounded.

Obviously, Dunn Walker, who was omnipotent in their impressions in the past, encountered big trouble this time!

Is it big trouble?

Maybe, maybe not.

Between the lights and flint, Dunn has seen it very clearly.

It's actually very simple, Lei Shidong just wants to play "Under Six Feet" on the Internet.

The rise of the sta TV network is driven by a series of high-quality content in the past few months, as well as the addition of the powerful effect of "Band of Brothers".

It's impossible for sho to turn over if he wants to replay "Six Feet Under" once.

The core of the problem is not copyright, but soft service.

Ultimately, it's a question of attitude.

Redstone controls Viacom, an empire of hundreds of billions of dollars, and he doesn't pay attention to such trivial matters at all. What he cares about is his dignity as a big business man!

Tang En paralyzed Redstone through a series of small means, and then quickly let the sta grow up. Seeing that he has the momentum to crush the sho, this is a provocation!

How could Redstone allow a young man from Dunn to step on top of his head?

Besides, why does Dunn have such a huge reputation in Hollywood?

Outside, it relies on the continuous hot-selling commercial blockbuster and the inspirational legend of the "American Dream"; inside, it relies on "plattery investment" and the ruthless trampling of Disney Chairman Michael Eisner.

Redstone would never allow a similar phenomenon to happen to himself!

If the outside world spreads the news that Tang En defeated Lei Shidong, stepped on the top of Lei Shidong's head, and made the sta TV network suddenly rise, would he still need his old face?

So the cause and effect of this matter is very simple - Lei Shidong wants Tang En to admit his mistake, compromise, and surrender!

"Six Feet Under" is just one way of expressing this attitude.

Wanting Tang En to say "I'm sorry" is completely a fantasy, this is a battle, Lei Shidong is very shrewd, he sees it very clearly. What he wanted was face, not struggle.

Let starz TV's popular drama "Six Feet Under" broadcast on the TV station for one round, it is enough to let the insiders see the pattern clearly: Summer Redstone and Michael Eisner are different!

What Eisner can't do, Redstone can do!

Tang En was silent for another ten seconds, and suddenly burst into laughter, the muscles on his face relaxed, as if he was talking to a close friend, "It turned out to be "Six Feet Under", haha, look at me, You heard it wrong just now!"

"Oh?" Lei Shidong paused and smiled deeply, "So...is there a problem?"

"Of course there's no problem!" Tang En's attitude made a 180-degree turn just now, and his voice was enthusiastic, "When will it be broadcast? I'll arrange it right away."

"Let's do it now, didn't starz TV just finish the first round of the broadcast, just to take advantage of this popularity." Since Lei Shidong opened his mouth, of course he was not polite, and wanted to benefit his own industry as much as possible.

"No problem, the copyright can be handed over tomorrow!"

Dunn simply and cheerfully agreed.

Anyway, it is not an exclusive second-round broadcast right, including starz TV station, at least 50 second- and third-tier small TV stations across the country will broadcast it one after another.

Redstone was very satisfied with Dunn's attitude, "In terms of price..."

"Price? Mr. Lei Shidong, you are too polite!" Tang En smiled proudly, "You are a senior, an idol I have always admired, UU Kanshu You speak back in person, how can you still charge What? Free license!"

Lei Shidong laughed heartily, and through the phone, he could feel his high spirits.

"Okay, then, that's settled. Also, I heard that the investment in the platter has not been resolved yet?"

"Well, I'll send a fax to Legendary Pictures to urge it."

"Um."

Lei Shidong nodded slightly and couldn't help sighing in his heart that Tang En's condescension made him feel a kind of power.

It was as if he had a burst of energy in his chest after escaping the fire on the Warners set.

This young man is amazing!

Of course, he was confident enough to not believe that a young boy would shake his position.

…

Hanging up the phone, the smile on Tang En's face froze instantly, and his face became extremely gloomy, cold, and sullen!

The sta TV network is about to rise, this is a general trend and it is irreversible.

When the popularity of summer blockbusters gradually faded, "Band of Brothers" has become the most watched film and television content in North America right now.

The astronomical copyright fee of 80 million US dollars has made the audience full of expectations for this heavily invested war film.

Tang En thought that he would be under pressure from Time Warner and hbo, but he did not expect that it would be Redstone's first strike.

This old thing!

In the past, Tang En used to step on other people's faces, and the scenery was infinite.

This time... I was actually stepped on by Lei Shidong!

This makes Tang En, who has almost never encountered setbacks since his rebirth, how can he bear it?

Sitting on the two halos of foresight and the sunglasses system, can't deal with Redstone?

hum!

Tang En was ruthless secretly and lost his voice coldly: "A gentleman's revenge is not too late in ten years, Mr. Lei Shidong... Let's wait and see!"

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