Chapter 1176： Hobbit

The liquidation of major shareholders is a major event.

The 135 million shares are equivalent to 6.7% of Disney's entire share capital and have great voting rights. Because for a typical U.S. listed company like Disney, almost all shareholders are "retail investors" and their holdings are extremely low. 6.7% is the absolute majority shareholder, and the entire Disney family's shares together are less than 2%.

How can many shareholders with extremely low holdings in the general meeting reflect their own interests? That is to follow the major shareholders!

Holding 6.7% of the total share capital as a major shareholder and leveraging 30%-40% of the voting rights is not difficult.

So Michael Eisner, with the support of the Bass family, can largely stabilize his position at Disney.

Now the major shareholder is going to wind up, which is a fatal blow to Michael Eisner.

What if the taker doesn't support his work?

Therefore, after receiving the notice from the Bass family, Michael Eisner immediately convened the board of directors. He believed that he should issue $2 billion in bonds through Disney's cooperative investment bank Goldman Sachs to buy back this part of the stock.

This can not only show confidence in the company's future, but also form a strong support for the stock price, and it is also a good investment.

As a result, the board of directors met with opposition.

Disney's stock price fell for six months in a row, and the board of directors was very dissatisfied with him.

Some directors stated: "Disney's balance sheet is no longer able to support $2 billion in liabilities."

Some directors said: "Disney is not a good investment direction, because the Hollywood environment has changed."

Other directors believe: "Disney currently lacks a reasonable strategic direction and is not worth investing in."

And some have questioned Michael Eisner's motives for the proposal.

I am afraid this is not a decision made in Disney's interests, but based on his personal interests!

The rejection of the proposal did not mean that Michael Eisner would back down. He immediately came up with a new plan.

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The disappearing Dunn was finally discovered by reporters.

At the scene of the Champions League group match between Liverpool and Real Betis, a live camera captured Dunn wearing sunglasses appearing in the stands, accompanied by a young, beautiful and beautiful girl.

British reporters were all dispatched to block all corners of the Anfield stadium, and finally blocked Dunn 10 minutes before the end of the game.

"Don! Dunn! Are you satisfied with Liverpool's performance in this game?" The car was blocked, Dunn pulled down the window helplessly, and reporters rushed up.

"Anyway, it's always a joy to win."

"I heard that you are very dissatisfied with coach Benitez's conservative style of play and intend to change coaches midway through. Is this true?"

"Nonsense."

"Who is that beautiful lady in the car? Is she your girlfriend?"

Tang En's face turned black, "an ordinary female friend, your question is very rude!"

Immediately, a new reporter handed over the microphone and asked eagerly: "I heard that you refused to bid for the "The Hobbit" trilogy series, is this true?"

Tang En was interested in this topic, so he lowered the car window a bit: "It's true."

"The Lord of the Rings" is a British literary treasure. When the reporters heard this statement, they were very disappointed and asked, "Why? Don't you know that movie fans all over the world are looking forward to seeing the next "The Lord of the Rings" The Lord of the Rings trilogy?"

Tang En said lightly: "Maybe you don't know much, the production rights of "The Hobbit" are in the hands of Warner, and the distribution rights are with us. It stands to reason that the two sides negotiate normally in a sincere way, and there must be no problem. Good movies are given back to fans. But Warners' attitude is very unfriendly, even a bit domineering, they have no sincerity in negotiating at all, but use a threatening method."

"But Warner has clarified that they are full of sincerity in their cooperation with The Hobbit, and they are even willing to share all copyrights with New Universal, but this has been rejected by you."

"Lie! They're liars!" Dunn's face was blushing and his heart was not beating. Cooperate, they will retaliate by some unconventional means! You have seen the fact that they have created a hierarchical power alliance to monopolize, and they have controlled the MPAA!"

Journalists are not interested in this kind of bullshit, they are more concerned about "The Hobbit".

"So fans will never see The Hobbit?"

"No, I think I'll see soon."

The reporters were a little surprised, "You will restart negotiations with Warner? But I heard that Hollywood is... quite chaotic."

Tang En said sternly: "Of course not with Warner. You may have heard the news before. A few years ago, we bought "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings" related fans from the Tolkien Heritage Foundation. TV rights. If we can’t make movies, we can still make TV series!”

"Television filming? God! Dunn, are you telling the truth?"

"Of course! New Universal has always regarded the fans as gods. The needs of the audience are our goals. Since everyone wants to see the "Hobbit" trilogy, how can we back down? Warners is unjust, then we will Well done myself! The initial goal is to shoot three seasons of "The Hobbit", and the estimated investment is... $500 million!"

"$500 million..."

All the reporters were a little dizzy.

crazy!

Does it cost $500 million to make a TV show?

This kind of thing, the whole world is probably only Dunn can do it.

Wasn't he foolishly bullied by Hollywood's Big Five and fell into madness?

You know, a few years ago, Peter Jackson spent only $250 million to shoot the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy that shocked the world.

"This... This is a Starz TV series, right?" These British journalists completely forgot their mission, and looked at Tang En with eyes wide like a star chaser.

Tang En said with a smile: "It may or may not be. In short, I will definitely shoot!"

In the end, it was no longer an interview, but a chat.

The reporters felt Tang En's approachability. You said your words, and it was definitely a very interesting experience to chat with such a big man in this way.

In the end, they even expressed their support for New Universal.

The Big Five in Hollywood is so damned, they break the rules of the market and should be severely punished.

When the game was over and the fans were leaving, Tang En finally got out of the siege of the reporters. If it wasn't for the driver's good driving skills, it would be difficult to break out of the siege.

"Is it really going to cost $500 million to make a TV show?" The beauty in the car was Blake Lively, and she couldn't believe it.

She was born between acting and her dad was a film director. Often worry about investing millions of dollars.

The result is good, Tang En spends 500 million US dollars to make a TV series here, and the gap is too big!

Tang En took her hand and said with a smile, "Of course!"

"Can you get it back?"

"Maybe, maybe not."

"what?"

Blake Lively said he couldn't understand.

Can't make a profit, what else to shoot? It's impossible to please fans for the sake of feelings, right? It's okay to deceive the ignorant public outside, but it can't deceive her.

Tang Endao: "Compared to movies, one of the biggest advantages of TV dramas is that they are long enough. A movie is only three and a half hours long, and the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy is only 10 hours long. Even if the DVD is longer The version is about 12 hours. But what about TV series? There are 10 hours in one season! Maybe the quality of the plot is not as compact and excellent as the movie. The advantage is that it can show more plot content and be more satisfying The appetite of the fans."

"But it doesn't make money! Even if it is Starz, even if it has very good disc sales, it may not be able to earn back such a high investment, right?"

"Don't sell discs."

Blake Lively didn't believe it at all, "If you don't sell discs, you can't make a profit!"

Tang En looked at her and laughed: "You know a lot. Then do you know about streaming media?"

"Streaming?" Blake Lively blinked a few times You mean web video? like youtube? "

"Uh..." Dunn nodded, "That's about it. Starz is filming the "Warcraft" series, and it's impossible to get "The Hobbit" up at this time. Isn't this a fight? Wait for Netflix to launch In the streaming media business, you might as well let the TV series of the "Hobbit" series take the lead, and you can also shoot some prequels and postquels, which will definitely be popular."

Blake Lively nodded suddenly, "Exchange mass for flow!"

Tang En laughed heartily, stretched out his hand and put her in his arms, "It's quite clever!"

Blake Lively's face turned slightly red, his chin raised slightly, and there was a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Tang En leaned down and kissed her red lips, and said in a low voice, "How is your relationship with them?"

Blake Lively said with a warm face: "It's okay."

Tang En said: "I can agree, you can follow me only if they all agree."

"Why?" Blake Lively was a little unhappy, pouting, "Aren't they all your women? If you say something, how can they disagree?"

Tang En shook his head and said: "That won't work, my family has to implement a democratic system. If I see good things, they will all come in, and the family is still in chaos? There must be a censorship system."

Blake Lively bowed his head and said with a blushing face: "I get along very well with them, especially Gail, the two of us... our good friends who talk about everything."

Knowing the inside story, Dunn couldn't help but smile, "Well, behave well. If you pass the test, you will be the No. 4 girlfriend when you enter the door. A pair with Gail is enough to compete with the combination of Natalie and Scarlett. "

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