Chapter 521： manager

After 40 minutes, the most important guests all left.

The reception has completely become a big party in Hollywood.

Except for one person - Jack Welch.

He is the consultant of Dunn Films and won the trust of Dunn.

In the acquisition of Universal Pictures, USA TV Network and Blizzard by Dunn Pictures, many ideas have also been made.

When he was in charge of GE, Jack Welch was a master of acquisitions. In a series of sales and acquisitions, GE was once again brought to the height of the Edison period.

"I heard that just now... you and Lei Shidong had a conflict?"

Jack Welch has subscribed for more than 2.8 million original shares of Dunn Pictures and is the ninth largest shareholder of Dunn Pictures. He is very clear about the role he should play.

"I can't talk about conflict, maybe... it's just a disgrace." Dunn smiled and waved his hand, "Let's not talk about him, Mr. Welch, I have an urgent question now and I need to ask you for help."

"Oh?"

"Now that I have acquired Universal Pictures, usa television network, Universal Music, and Pixar, Dolby Laboratories, Netflix, Blizzard, the company industry is getting bigger and bigger, and I need a better and more experienced management By."

Jack Welch's eyes lit up, and he thought Dunn was very self-aware and knew that his management skills were insufficient.

Good investment means sharp vision and clear mind, but it does not mean strong management ability.

Bill Gates took a back seat in his forties.

Unexpectedly, Dunn said next: "My hobby is movies, and I haven't had a new work for two years!"

Jack Welch nearly laughed.

Dunn now has such a big group company, and he still wants to make movies.

Even if you make money from your movies, can you manage a company well and make more money?

But soon, Jack Welch came to his senses.

If you are just a manager and manager, I am afraid it will be difficult to get along with those Hollywood stars!

But the identity of the film director is different. The director is an artist!

It's easy to get in touch with those female stars, female singers, supermodels, young models.

"Cough cough..." Jack Welch coughed a few times, "You mean, you want to hire a manager to run the company on your behalf?"

Tang Endao: "It's not the management, it's the management. I am still in charge of the strategic level, but he needs to be in charge of the specific operations and internal planning."

Jack Welch nodded, "Even so, it's a great decentralization. This position will be very attractive. By the way, is it the CEO or the president?"

"Ah?" Dunn blinked, "What do you think?"

Jack Welch pondered slightly and said, "Well, you are the chairman of the company, and it will be more attractive to give up the position of CEO."

Dunn frowned, "But the decision-making power of the content industry and the strategic layer must be in my hands."

Jack Welch waved his hand, "These are all trivial matters. You can't micro-manage anyway, and no CEO is willing to go against the boss's wishes."

"That's fine." Dunn nodded, "You must know Bill's ability. Let him manage the film business. If there is more... it will be beyond his ability."

Jack Welch's eyes flashed, "If you want to find a suitable manager, I can introduce you to some excellent headhunters, and I can also introduce you to some excellent managers. But you know, most of them are not media, in the entertainment industry."

Tang En thought about it, and pondered: "It is best to have relevant experience. In fact, I have thought of one person, but I am not sure. I want to hear your opinion."

"Who?"

"Mel Kamathin."

"Camassin..." Jack Welch paused, his eyes suddenly lit up, "You mean the current president of Viacom, Mel Camassin?"

Tang En said: "It's him!"

Since Viacom acquired CBS, the conflict between Redstone and Mel Kamarcin has been an internal instability factor.

Viacom's finances have improved under Mel Kamarcin, who excels at cutting costs.

However, Mel Kamarcin's stable and even conservative management style has not been appreciated by Redstone.

Redstone accused him of only caring about immediate interests and not investing enough in film, cable TV, and radio stations to carry out program production and marketing, which affected the development potential.

Especially in the second half of this year, when cbs was hit hard by abc.

Jack Welch took a deep look at Dunn, "But I heard... His management style is too conservative. Redstone wants to increase the production budget for Paramount and produce better content. He was resolutely opposed by him. This is too far from your style! Besides, when you hired Kamathin, it was really equivalent to ripping off your face with Redstone."

Dunn is famous for his generosity in the industry.

This year, Dunn Pictures has launched the entire series of "National Treasure", "Ant-Man", "Harry Potter 2", "The Day After Tomorrow", "Dumbo", "Mad Max 4", "Ghost Rider" 7 blockbuster projects with an investment of over 100 million yuan!

For other movie giants, projects of this level cannot exceed 3 in a year.

This shows Dunn's confidence in the content industry.

Even, he has to invest 100 million US dollars to make TV series, which is even more shocking.

Dunn's generous and explosive style is completely different from Mel Kamarcin.

There is almost no possibility of fusion.

Dunn shook his head and said, "If I can manage the company well, I really don't mind breaking my face with Redstone, I've never been afraid of him! It's just that I can't find a suitable one other than Mel Kamathin. Disney's president and COO Robert Iger is good, but at this time...it's hard to dig Michael Eisner's corner."

"Aren't you afraid of Redstone?" Jack Welch half-squinted, staring at Dunn.

The corner of Tang En's mouth twitched, and he said coldly, "I'm afraid of an old stubborn centralized powerhouse? Seriously, I just don't have time now, otherwise I really have to do it and beat Viacom every minute. Get down!"

Jack Welch couldn't help laughing Dunn said sternly: "I'm not kidding! Redstone has four major industries: Paramount, cbs, Viacom Cable and Blockbuster. . Paramount is not good, I can destroy it with a little finger. CBS is also simple, as long as I team up with Disney, I can easily defeat it. Even if Viacom cable network is very powerful, I never thought about it Make money on the usa TV network."

"Where's Bestard?"

Jack Welch frowned.

"Baishida?" Tang En's expression was even more disdainful, "It's just a sunset industry, don't forget, I have Netflix!"

Jack Welch was a little shocked.

He didn't expect Dunn to have such confidence in Netflix.

I thought Netflix could beat Blockbuster!

You know, 90% of the DVD rental market in North America is now occupied by Blockbuster.

Tang En said: "The Internet is the future. As long as the traditional industry conflicts with the Internet, it is difficult to have a living space. Forget it, let's not talk about this, or the topic just now. Your social circle is so wide that you don't have any friends you know?"

Jack Welch thought for a while and said slowly: "If you are not afraid of offending Redstone, then I really have a suitable candidate here."

"real?"

Tang En's eyes brightened and he was overjoyed immediately.

Managers who can be recognized by Jack Welch, the "world's number one manager", must not be mediocre.

Jack Welch said calmly: "After I retired from General Electric, I opened a consulting firm. However, I have very high requirements for selecting clients. So far, there are only two clients."

"Out of me, who else?"

"Barry Diller."

"It's him!"

Tang En's face suddenly changed and he let out a voice.

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