Chapter 847： Money is the biggest capital

For the sake of confidentiality of work, Ronan left the crew of "The Infinite Walker" after Connie arrived and moved into the presidential suite of the Manhattan Hotel.

"Are you sure?" Ronan asked Connie in the study: "The news from Disney is reliable?"

Connie said: "It's completely reliable. Roy Disney has come to Wall Street. The news was personally detected by Robert Iger."

Ronan nodded: "He is seeking the support of Wall Street."

Connie glanced at the notebook in her hand: "In the past two decades, Michael Eisner has absorbed a considerable amount of funds from Wall Street in Walt Disney's continuous financing expansion and mergers and acquisitions. Wall Street includes Goldman Sachs. Many companies hold shares in Disney. Although there are not many companies alone, it may only be a few percent, but when added together, the number is also considerable."

Ronan was not surprised by this. Hollywood and Wall Street had established business ties long ago, and Wall Street capital has repeatedly penetrated into Hollywood.

Similar to other investments, Wall Street investment institutions do not seek to control a certain company. The investment is purely for profit.

Only profit is the eternal pursuit of Wall Street.

Connie’s words continue: “In addition, many banks across the United States are also headquartered in New York. They have had business dealings with Walt Disney in the past, and some of them may also hold a small amount of Disney shares. According to Robert Iger’s It is inferred that another major purpose of Roy Disney’s trip is to cut off Michael Eisner’s connection with the bank as much as possible so that he cannot raise a relatively large amount of funds in a short time."

Ronan understands the intention behind this: "While Roy Disney and Michael Eisner are fighting for shareholders, they are very likely to secretly acquire shares to gain majority support."

In fact, Roy Disney's plan is very simple, and it will be very effective if it follows normal procedures. It will unite the majority of shareholders of the company and initiate a resolution at the general meeting of shareholders to drive Michael Eisner to step down.

In the eyes of many Disney shareholders, Michael Eisner is now Walt Disney's sinner.

But similarly, there are not a few people who support Michael Eisner.

Michael Eisner is in office. When Walt Disney first went public, its market value was only US$2 billion, but in the hands of Michael Eisner, Disney has developed into a comprehensive entertainment media group with a market value of nearly US$40 billion.

"One more thing." Connie added: "Under the impetus of Roy Disney, multiple Disney shareholders have joined forces to prepare to sue the Disney board headed by Michael Eisner to the Delaware Chancery Court."

Ronan interjected: "Michael Ovitz is leaving?"

"Yes." Connie said: "Robert Iger got the news that Michael Eisner acted arbitrarily in the resignation of Michael Ovitz, made a procedural error, signed and paid unapproved 1 A severance payment of US$40 million, requiring Michael Eisner to compensate the money, with interest totaling US$200 million."

This can also be called a turning point in Michael Ovitz's life.

At that time, the talented agent transferred from CAA to Disney. He lacked the ability and experience to control a giant company like Disney, and lacked the creativity and coordination capabilities required by Disney World. As a result, both sides lost.

Since then, Michael Ovitz has never been able to make it onto the first stage of Hollywood.

Ronan thought for a while and said: "Don't worry about the lawsuit, Michael Eisner can keep his current position. He has enough strength to dismantle the litigation group. On the contrary, he can only end sadly."

In fact, the ultimate goal of the lawsuit is not to make Michael Eisner compensate 200 million US dollars, but to step down.

This can both distract the energy of Michael Eisner's team and undermine his reputation among shareholders.

Roy Disney is relatively decent, but business competition can use more than decent methods.

Similarly, Ronan considers himself very decent, and he certainly uses more than decent means when facing Walt Disney.

Frankly speaking, he doesn't care who won Disney in the end, he only cares about the benefits that Relativity Entertainment can get when facing such a golden opportunity.

Ronan remembers clearly that once Michael Eisner failed at the Disney shareholders meeting and had to step down, and then Roy Disney took the lead in Disney by Robert Iger.

Only then did Baby Di.

According to Walt Disney's rules, as long as more than half of the shareholders vote of no confidence, Michael Eisner will step down.

Ronan vaguely saw that it seemed that about 60% of shareholders had voted for no confidence.

This shows that the gap between Michael Eisner and Roy Disney is not as big as imagined.

It is also impossible for Michael Eisner to step down easily.

One of the biggest characteristics of Vanity Fair is that when you stand in the spotlight, all the money and connections are flooded with it; when you are not well-known, your family is sparse and no one cares.

Hollywood is a jungle world. It is not easy to break a **** path from a melee, and it is even more difficult to give up.

It is not easy to do this.

Money is the biggest capital in Vanity Fair.

Roy Disney came to New York to cut off Michael Eisner's financing channels.

After thinking for a while, Ronan said to Connie: "Call Roy Disney later today, I want to meet him."

Connie said, "Okay, I can contact Roy Disney's personal assistant."

Ronan and Robert Iger developed a special Disney plan, but the plan is not static, but can be adjusted at any time according to the actual situation.

Connie was about to leave, and suddenly thought of something, and reminded: ""Vampire Lane" was released last weekend, I have sent the specific data to your mailbox."

Ronan nodded slightly: "I'll take a look."

Ronan doesn't want to say much about the content of Wubao's new film, but he still has certain expectations in terms of commercial advancement.

Uvi-Bauer has been very active on the Internet recently, drawing attention everywhere.

For example, on the eve of the release of "Bloodline", Uvi-Bauer declared through Netflix sharing and other media platforms that "Bleakline" could accept normal film critics, but if someone abused him, he wouldn't mind issuing another challenge invitation.

Of course, there will never be fewer people talking.

Uvi Bauer naturally quarreled with film critics behind.

A large number of supporters from both sides also used Netflix as a platform to attack each other.

Both sides have clear views and firm positions.

Those who support film critics basically mean the same thing: the director has to rely on the work to speak.

Brother Bao’s fans are equally powerful in fighting back: Real men don’t be wordy, don’t scold like a woman, see you on the ring if you have the ability!

With the lessons of the previous film critic, of course, no more film critics will take the initiative to come up for a fight. Although the ratio of film critics deliberately trying to be famous is not lower than that of Hollywood actors, facts have proved that Bao Ge's iron fist is true Will beat people!

The title of the critic nemesis is not for nothing.

As soon as Brother Bao made an iron fist, the critics trembled.

In addition to continuing to anger film critics, Brother Bao another major action is to take advantage of the "World of Warcraft" hot, repeatedly confessed to Blizzard.

Articles like "Warcraft, my favorite" and "Stories that Blizzard and I had to tell" frequently appeared on Brother Bao's Netflix share.

As a result, many movie fans know that Brother Bao is a big fan of Blizzard.

Blizzard found that the number of users of "World of Warcraft" in North America and even Europe has recently grown more rapidly.

It seems that the reputation of "World of Warcraft" has spread to the game world.

It is not the negative fame associated with Internet addiction and electric shocks on the other side of the Pacific, but the fame that really attracts attention.

According to the latest news, Blizzard seems to have changed its attitude towards Uvi Bauer.

Although Blizzard insists on the strategy of high-quality games, how can people who have experienced Blizzard’s repeated eating and cooking, and the Lich King’s anger and anger fail to see the true face of a commercial company?

After all, Blizzard is also a commercial company, and its first pursuit is always profit.

For those who can effectively bring profit, the attitude will naturally be different.

As the saying goes, the **** decides the head, but the decision on which side of the **** sits is ultimately commercial profit.

Moreover, under the long-term harassment of Brother Bao, Blizzard has gradually gained an understanding of Hollywood and the film industry, as well as the simplest reason for the operation of a movie.

The film itself can not make money, but the film must stimulate the relevant industries to make money.

Brother Bao has already started his career as an online celebrity director, and the effect is generally good.

Some fans said just before the movie was released: Do you want to watch classic bad movies? Brother Bao's movie is definitely not to be missed! Don't miss "Vampire Lane"!

Some fans said in an interview with the media: There are many directors who can make good films in the world, and there are many directors who can make bad films, but Brother Bao has only one!

With the popularity of public opinion and the support of fans, "Vampire Lane" will be rewarded.

Although it did not win the North American box office championship in the first week of its release, the film’s North American box office revenue for the first weekend three days was as high as 15.51 million US dollars.

In only three days, Relativity Entertainment recovered all its investment in "Vampire Lane".

If you count the tax rebates and subsidies that Uvi-Bauer won from the Bulgarian government, "Bloodline" has already made millions of dollars in profit.

As for the film’s appallingly low ratings, Ronan doesn’t care, nor does the entire Relativity Entertainment.

Facing such a high-quality director who continues to bring profits from energy sources and opens the door to the Bulgarian market for Relativity Entertainment, Ronan certainly attaches great importance.

After seeing the box office data, Ronan specifically called Uvi Bauer and informed the embassy film industry to continue to pay attention to the promotion and distribution of Uvi Bauer's new film "Life and Death" next year.

As a person of conscience and integrity, even if Uvi Bauer can't make a movie one day, Ronan will place him in other management positions in the group.

For example, go to Eastern Europe to show your strengths.