Chapter 533： you push me

Dunn's answer was straightforward, "American Idol."

"American idol?"

Michael Eisner widened his eyes with excitement and stood up immediately.

The American Idol planned by Dunn is definitely the most popular reality show in the history of American variety shows!

The ratings for the final episode are even comparable to the Oscars!

How terrifying is this?

Michael Eisner does not know the specific revenue situation, but he manages the abc television network and can speculate based on the relevant TV programs.

With the popularity, ratings and commercial value of American Idol, this first season alone can bring at least $1 billion in revenue to the cbs TV network!

As a producer, New Universal will have more income, including the sale of overseas copyrights, higher share of peripheral copyrights, and the drive of record sales. The first season of American Idol will bring at least $6.7 billion in net profit to New Universal. !

This is almost the equivalent of a big-selling commercial blockbuster!

With the arrival of the second season, American Idol is bound to have more influence and more income.

In this case, Dunn will move American Idol?

Even Michael Eisner's knowledge is unbelievable.

Tang En looked at him with a smile, "You don't believe it?"

"No it's too shocking." Michael Eisner was telling the truth.

Even if Tang En and Lei Shidong have turned their faces, their business dealings have never paid attention to their face, but their interests.

American Idol was handed over to cbs to operate, it was too hot.

For such a hot TV show, the most appropriate business behavior is to continue to hand over American Idol to cbs and maintain stability.

What's more, cbs is currently the largest public television network in the United States, and the cooperation between American Idol and cbs conforms to the criteria of strong alliance.

Tang En said lightly: "In the matter of Barry Diller, Lei Shidong turned against me. In this case, I would mind taking the initiative to attack."

Michael Eisner took a few deep breaths and his heart swayed, "Then you will give American Idol to abc, right? Barry Diller joins New Universal, and I will support you."

Tang En smiled and waved his hand, "Let's not mention American Idol, let's talk about you. Now that Disney's stock price has obviously risen, why is the shareholder's support rate for you still not high?"

Michael Eisner's face sank, and he said coldly: "Old Disney's daughter and grandson have come out to incite populism."

"It's that simple?"

"I can handle everything else, that's the main reason."

Tang En pondered: "This is troublesome, no one can control their freedom of speech."

Michael Eisner sighed, "Yeah, the only way now is to keep raising Disney's stock price and prove my strength to them."

Dunn showed a deep expression.

Michael Eisner thought, "Do you have any other way?"

Dunn whispered: "I heard that Roy Disney drove you away because he wanted to push Robert Iger to power?"

"He can't!"

Michael Eisner waved his hand and criticized the deputy very rudely, "I don't see any advantages in him except for being handsome. He is weak and incompetent, and lacks creativity. Hmph, I'm not afraid to tell you, you Do you know why Murphy and Buffett sold abc to Disney in the first place? It was because Murphy was retiring, abc lacked a suitable successor, and a young Iger was about to take office. They lacked confidence in this, so they accepted the M&A deal and put the abc to me."

Dunn's expression was a little weird.

This Michael Eisner is really conceited!

Recently, he has continuously criticized Jobs, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Roy Disney and others in the media, and now, he has criticized Robert Iger for clarity.

Who is Robert Iger? The current president, chief operating officer of Disney, and chairman of the abc group.

In the previous life, when Disney was at a critical juncture, Michael Eisner stepped down, and Robert Iger took office, and then repaired the relationship with Steve Jobs, leading Disney to make great progress, successively acquiring Marvel, Lucasfilm and other companies, creating Disney's first. Three myths.

Robert Iger is definitely a god-level existence in the media field!

Seeing Dunn's weird expression, Michael Eisner said: "I'm not greedy for Disney's power, I've been working at Disney for 18 years, I love this company deeply, and my soul has been integrated with Disney. If If there is a suitable successor, I will definitely abdicate and make way for the good. It's just that Robert Iger is not the right person, he has no ability to take charge of Disney."

Tang En remained calm, "Then the problem is simple."

"Um?"

"Roy Disney wants to bring Robert Iger to power, but you don't think highly of his ability and don't think he can run Disney. Then there is a solution, you can completely fire Robert Iger!"

Dunn directly gave him a plan to draw wages from the bottom of the pot!

After Robert Iger was fired, Roy Disney would have no sustenance. He couldn't drive away Michael Eisner and sit back and watch Disney without a leader, right?

Furthermore, with the removal of Robert Iger, Michael Eisner can find a satisfactory "successor".

This kind of precedent is not uncommon for Michael Eisner, too many!

At Disney, nearly everyone who threatened his status, or who he didn't like, was turned away.

But it turns out that they are all top business geniuses

Jeffrey Katzenberg, Chairman and CEO of DreamWorks;

Michael Ovitz, Chairman and CEO of Legendary Pictures;

Steve Burke, President and Chief Operating Officer of Comcast;

Steve Borenbach, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Hilton Hotels Corporation;

Gary Wilson, Chairman of the Board of Northwest Airlines;

Paul Pressler, Chairman and CEO of Gap Apparel;

Peter Ramel, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of St. Joseph Group;

Also includes Navteq's CEO Judson Green, eBay's CEO Meg Whitman, Amgen's CFO Richard Nanura, New Universal's Bill McNick, Yahoo Entertainment's Laura Brown, Revolution jorus of the studio

Jack Welch is honored as "the world's No. 1 manager" because he cultivated a large number of elite talents for the world during his time in charge of General Electric. Among the world's top 500 companies, 30% of the The executive officers were all his men back then.

Michael Eisner's achievements are undoubtedly eye-catching. He has also cultivated many business elites. His position as "Hollywood's first manager" is worthy of the name.

Unfortunately, his desire for power is too great.

The guys who threatened his position were driven away.

Dunn's remarks undoubtedly touched Michael Eisner's most sensitive nerve.

"Fire him?"

A strange brilliance flashed in Michael Eisner's eyes.

Dunn smiled and said, "If you fired Robert Iger, someone from the Disney family, what's the confidence to oppose you? They can't possibly watch Disney come to an end, right?"

Michael Eisner mused: "He's done a good job at Disney, and the board is happy with his work. It's hard to fire him."

"What if he's going to quit?"

"Job-hopping?" Michael Eisner's eyes widened in disbelief, "How is it possible? He is already the president of Disney, what other position does he want to jump to?"

There was a slight smile on the corner of Tang En's mouth, "You push, I pull, maybe it will have a surprising effect."

"you?"

Michael Eisner's face suddenly changed, this time, he finally understood what Dunn meant.

He wants to poach Robert Iger!

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