Chapter 708： looks too ugly

Dunn's vigilance is very strong.

The merger of AOL and Time Warner is the biggest tragedy in the history of American companies.

In the early days of the merger, as the company's largest individual shareholder, Ted Turner's stock market value rose to $10 billion, making him one of the richest people in the world.

Soon, as the stock price fell day by day, 80% of the property was evaporated, and the wealth depreciated at a rate equivalent to a loss of 10 million US dollars a day for two and a half years.

This long process of evaporating wealth can be imagined what kind of mental torture it is for an old man in his sixties.

At the same time as the great loss of wealth, Ted Turner's personal life was also very unfortunate.

His ten-year marriage to movie star Jane Fonda came to an end, and his youngest daughter's child tragically died prematurely due to a genetic defect.

Such an old guy whose life is full of ups and downs can still make such self-deprecating jokes in front of Dunn, which shows how powerful he is.

"You mentioned aol America Online, and I suddenly remembered that recently... Netflix is ​​on the rise?" Ted Turner's cloudy eyes shone with light.

Tang En responded calmly: "Yes, the price has been reduced, and the user growth is relatively fast."

"How many users are there?"

Ted Turner didn't seem to care about this kind of internal sex, and asked openly.

Tang En hesitated for a moment, then said calmly: "More than 7.2 million."

"Not a lot!" Ted Turner shook his head. "Well, how about aol AOL and Netflix reach a partnership? AOL has more than 30 million users."

Tang En's face changed slightly.

Old guy, really not at ease!

aol America Online has 30 million users. However, with the rise of the Internet, more operators, suppliers and service providers have appeared.

Aol's performance and the number of users have been declining year after year.

Even, aol Time Warner is studying to change the name, requesting to change the name of the group company back to Time Warner.

aol...completely cumbersome.

Besides, aol's reputation is really bad!

Not to mention the merger of the century, the content service provided by aol America Online... also has a very poor reputation.

aol was born when the internet was just emerging.

What was the purpose of Internet users at that time?

Seven or eight times out of ten, it's to watch free adult videos!

Correspondingly, it also ruined the reputation of aol America Online.

In the US, if someone says "I'm using aol AOL", it's the same as saying "I'm watching an adult video".

Let aol AOL cooperate with Netflix, isn't this a hack for Netflix?

How much use is there for users!

Let AOL users come to Netflix to watch adult videos?

America Online's business is about to become the target of public criticism within aol Time Warner. Will Dunn foolishly put together the popular project Netflix?

Go dream!

"Oh, that's unnecessary. Netflix has just reached a partnership with Google, so there's no need for AOL's help." Tang En tried his best to decline.

Ted Turner was not an ordinary man. If he could not be guilty, he should not be guilty.

As a media tycoon, Ted Turner single-handedly created the tbs television network, cnn news network and tnt television network.

Especially cnn news network, is the most famous TV news station in the world!

However, how did cnn news network grow up?

In the early 1980s, Ted Turner proposed the concept of a cable news network, and public opinion was in an uproar.

It is well known that TV news is not profitable at all, and news programming has always been a public service in order to comply with FCC regulations. And Ted Turner has to do news, and it's a 24-hour rolling broadcast, and it has to be profitable. Isn't this the biggest joke in the world?

The results of it?

Ted Turner sued the Federal Communications Commission, arguing that the official organization interferes with press freedom. They then sued the White House Press Office, arguing that they violated the Fair Trade Act.

The lawsuit went all the way to the Supreme Court, and after the verdict, Ted Turner won!

The cnn news network came into being.

However, how can cnn news network beat the news services of old free TV stations such as cbs, abc, and nbc?

Ted Turner has a close relationship with the Bush family.

During the Gulf War, the US government ordered all foreign journalists to leave the country!

The international signals of the three major TV stations were all interrupted.

Only cnn news network has obtained the franchise to report the Gulf War!

During the Gulf War, cnn news network relied on the most advanced communication technology to make audiences in 150 countries and regions around the world become witnesses of this war that attracted worldwide attention.

Numerous live reports, such as the bombing of Baghdad by multinational forces, have become household scoops.

The cnn news network became famous in one fell swoop and attracted worldwide attention!

It is precisely because of this incident that Ted Turner, the big boss of cnn news network, became the man of the year in 1991.

This also led to the subsequent merger of Time Warner and Turner Group.

Now, Bush Sr. has stepped down, and Bush Jr. has come back.

Ted Turner's background relationship is very hard, if you can't mess with it, don't mess with it.

As for Dunn's rejection, Ted Turner seemed to have guessed it, his face was unwavering, he nodded lightly, and said meaningfully: "The box office of "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" is very high!"

coming!

Still here!

Dunn jumped in his heart and pretended to be humble: "No, hehe. The box office of "Harry Potter 2" is good, but compared with "The Lord of the Rings 3", it is a lot worse."

Ted Turner curled his lips and said lightly, "How many movies will New Universal release next year?"

"Around 50, no Warnardo." Dunn responded with a smile.

In the past ten years, the number of movies released by Warner Bros. each year has been between 50-60; the second tier is Disney, Fox, Sony Pictures, Universal Pictures and Paramount, which are around 30 per year. The last is MGM, which is 10-15 films a year, and its business performance is not even as good as Warner's New Line Cinema.

However, after Dunn integrated film companies such as Universal Pictures, Dunn Pictures, Marvel Pictures, Rose Pictures, Focus Pictures, Furious Pictures, Pixar, and Slywood, the overall volume has surpassed that of Warner Bros. .

If you count MGM, which is about to be integrated, it is even more secure in the position of the boss.

Ted Turner shook his head and said worriedly: "New Universal and Warner Bros. release so many movies every year, and an average of one new movie is released every week. This may stimulate competition."

Tang En said with a smile: "It's a good thing to have competition, and competition can better promote the development of the market."

Ted Turner gave him a deep look, "But too fierce competition can easily lead to huge loss of profits. Because of the relationship between "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets", the box office of "The Matrix 3" is at least higher than that of "The Matrix 3". It's estimated to be $400 million lower! For Warners, the box office split alone can lose $200 million!"

Dunn endured his anger and forced a smile, "You can't say that? A few years ago, I set the schedule of the "Harry Potter" series. Besides, the schedule of "The Matrix 3" really Is it correct?"

Ted Turner said solemnly: "If I remember correctly, the copyright of "Harry Potter" was jointly obtained by Dunn Pictures and Warner. In the end, you have the exclusive copyright, you can give an explanation ?"

A look of anger appeared on Dunn's face, he looked at Barry Mayer beside him, and said displeasedly, "You should be very clear about this matter, right? Dunn Pictures paid a great price for this!"

"It has nothing to do with him!" Ted Turner waved his hand and didn't give Barry Mayer a chance to speak, and immediately began to play a rogue, "I know, isn't it the copyright of "The Chronicles of Narnia"? You use Half the rights to the Chronicles of Narnia series and all the rights to Harry Potter. But we paid a full $5 million for the rights to do so!”

"Now that you know, why don't you ask?"

Dunn's tone was already very bad.

I'm really disgusted with this kind of old guy who relies on selling his old age.

There was Summer Redstone before, and then there was Ted Turner. Why were all the people of that era a virtue?

Ted Turner said coldly: "Young man, are you bullying me, an old guy who doesn't understand the situation? The series of "Harry Potter" movies are selling well, but "The Chronicles of Narnia 2" After a box office fiasco! Are these two film series on the same level?"

"What do you mean, black and white, you still want to breach the contract?" Tang En narrowed his eyes.

Ted Turner said indifferently: "There is no such thing as a breach of contract. It's just that the deal a few years ago was too much for Warner. This is not a fair deal."

"Oh! It's not fair?" Dunn held back his anger and stared at him, "Ted, it seems that the fairness in your eyes is not the same as the fairness we generally recognize? Barry, what do you think?"

"Hehe, there is something to discuss."

Barry Mayer certainly wasn't as rude as Ted Turner, pretending to be a nice guy.

For him, Ted Turner became the best. No, there is no need to offend Dunn.

There are too many lessons learned!

Warner Bros.'s performance really went wrong, and it was him, the CEO, not the semi-retired Ted Turner.

Ted Turner instructed Dunn in the attitude of an elder and said earnestly, "Young man, this world is not black and white. You have the ability to be true, but if you have the ability, you may not be able to do whatever you want. Wealthy people Earn together, this is the last word. The food looks too ugly, and sooner or later it will cause public outrage.”

"Like Mr. Redstone?"

Tang En hooked the corners of his mouth, full of contempt.

"you!"

Ted Turner's tone froze, his expression cold.

"I'm sorry, I still have something to do, let's go first."

Dunn ignored Ted Turner's cannibalistic eyes, waved his hand casually, turned his head and left.

Leave no wiggle room.

Watching "Harry Potter" sell out, you want to take advantage of me?

Are you Alzheimer's? !

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