Chapter 522： I'm taking him home!

Barry Diller's fame in Hollywood is too big!

He is the founder of "high concept" movies and the enlightenment of Hollywood's industrialized commercial films.

Two of Hollywood's most powerful managers today, Disney's Michael Eisner and DreamWorks' Jeffrey Katzenberg, were Barry Diller's chaperones back then.

Even under the oligopolistic situation of the three major television networks of nbc, cbs and abc, Barry Diller created the fox television network and became the fourth largest television network in the United States!

Such an achievement, even Tang En, who is in his prime at the moment, does not have the confidence to achieve it.

More than a decade ago, Barry Diller was almost able to make a name for himself in Hollywood, especially after successfully building the Fox TV network, he became dissatisfied with his status as a manager and wanted to turn himself into a boss.

As a result, it was stabbed.

Competing with Murdoch for control of Fox was brought up by 20th Century Fox; and competing with Redstone for Paramount, it was a disastrous return.

After being continuously suppressed by the two bosses, Barry Diller had to leave Colorado and go to the TV king John Malone.

This is the end of a generation of Hollywood legends.

Tang En shook his head again and again, unable to believe it at all, "This is so unrealistic!"

Jack Welch looked at Dunn jokingly, "Have you ever had contact with him?"

"No." Dunn paused, "However, his reputation is so loud that I don't think I am qualified to be his boss."

Jack Welch laughed.

Dunn's face was a little embarrassed.

"Dawn, humility is a virtue, but excessive humility will make a big mistake."

"But there's no reason." Tang En hesitated. "He's so famous, he has a lot of connections, and he has strong abilities. I heard that he changed his career to join the e-commerce business, and he did a lot of work."

"E-commerce?" Jack Welch shook his head, "His interactive company is developing well, but there are still many problems. In short, he does not have enough Internet thinking. He is 60 years old this year, but you Look at other CEOs of Internet companies, how many are over 40 years old? The Internet is a world for young people."

Dunn's eyes lit up, and there was some hope in his heart.

Jack Welch said: "I am a consultant for Interactive, and I have a deep understanding of not only the company, but also Barry Diller. Some words are inconvenient to say, so I will say it bluntly, the big boss of Interactive. It was John Malone, but in the past ten years, the contradiction between the two has deepened."

Dunn has heard of this.

At that time, after Barry Diller left Hollywood in despair, he went to John Malone, because he was "the king of television" and "the father of cable TV".

Although he left the movie, but turned around and entered the cable TV industry, he did not count as leaving this big circle.

Unexpectedly, John Malone didn't want to play anymore, and soon dismantled his TV kingdom and auctioned off most of his assets, including the usa TV network and the sta TV network.

Barry Diller wanted to go to John Malone and join the TV industry, but he didn't expect to end up like this.

Dunn asked excitedly: "You mean... Actually, Barry Diller is not interested in e-commerce at all?"

"I can't say I'm not interested," Jack Welch thought for a while, "but... in my opinion, he is more interested in the entertainment industry! You must know about the beginning of this year, right?"

Dunn laughed, "Of course!"

In December last year, Vivendi acquired the usa TV network from John Malone at a price of $10.3 billion. In January, it hired Barry Diller as the chairman of Vivendi Global Interactive and became Vivendi. Head of the entertainment department.

Under the operation of Barry Diller, the content of Universal Pictures was successfully integrated with the channels of usa TV network, which achieved good performance growth.

However, later, the debt crisis of Vivendi became more and more serious. In order to save the crisis, Messier wanted to transfer a large amount of funds from the entertainment sector, that is, the entertainment assets of the United States, which was firmly opposed by Barry Diller.

Using American money to save the French, Barry Diller can't possibly agree.

In particular, this money is the production budget of Universal Pictures and USA TV Network, and it was transferred away. What should these two companies do?

Continue to be in debt?

If so, then Universal Pictures is likely to encounter an MGM-style tragedy!

That year, after Kirk Kerkorian acquired MGM, he began to squeeze whatever he wanted. As a result, MGM encountered serious financial difficulties. In order to solve the debt and deficit, not only a large number of land assets were sold, but even the studio and distribution department were sold.

This directly led to the rapid decline of MGM, the largest film company in Hollywood at that time, in a few years.

In order to keep Hollywood's century-old "Universal", Barry Diller and Jean Messier fought fiercely.

Later, the board of directors came forward.

The shareholders of the French department fired Barry Diller, and the shareholders of the American department also fought for enough rights-without allowing the Vivendi headquarters to divert the cash flow of Universal Pictures and the usa TV network.

Barry Diller quit the entertainment industry again, very heartbroken, can only helplessly accept John Malone's advice, and began to seriously start Internet e-commerce.

My heart is cold.

However, Dunn is very clear about the future.

In the world of the Internet, there is no such thing as "Barry Diller".

He belongs only to the entertainment industry, to Hollywood!

Jack Welch said: "Back then, Barry Diller and Summer Redstone had a very good personal relationship, but later they fell out because of the Paramount incident. This is also a lot of Hollywood companies, who dare not accept Barry Diller's reason, if you dare to take him back, I'm afraid you will face..."

Before he finished speaking , Tang En interrupted him directly, and said sternly: "Facing Redstone's revenge? Humph! I really don't care! Barry Diller is playing e-commerce, it's just The best player in rugby goes to play English football. If he can come back, it will be a glory for Hollywood!"

For Dunn, if Barry Diller can come over as CEO, it is the best choice.

First of all, Barry Diller's prestige and reputation are high enough to deter the old staff of Dunn Films, especially Bill McNick;

Secondly, he is very familiar with Hollywood's internal environment, rich in contacts, mature and prudent, and stable in style. This is a good complement to Dunn's bold style.

Third, many Hollywood executives were under Barry Diller, including DreamWorks chairman and CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg. If Dunn is interested in DreamWorks in the future, he will take the lead.

Finally, Barry Diller is gay. He has no family, no children, has a lover, and can only date furtively. His work is almost everything he has. He can devote more energy to the development of Dunn Pictures.

"So, you decided?" Jack Welch looked at Dunn deeply.

With what he knew about Barry Diller, as long as Dunn agreed, the matter would basically be done.

Barry Diller is 60 years old, but in terms of personal assets and industry influence, he was surpassed by his men Michael Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg.

Of course he wasn't happy!

As long as there is a slight possibility, he will definitely return to the entertainment industry, return to Hollywood, and prove his strength!

Dunn took a deep breath and said two words——

"Hollywood is his home."

"I'm taking him home!"

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(Sanqi Chinese)