Chapter 394: Don't argue
Because of the priority of repurchase rights, the shares in the hands of Robert Shea have been embarrassed by all parties, but no company has taken the form of malicious bidding.
After all, this stock is only 25%, and Eric has the absolute controlling stake in Firefly. Whether it is the seven major film companies or the three major TV stations, the purpose of obtaining this shares is to cooperate with Eric.
If a malicious bidding method is adopted, Eric will undoubtedly be offended, so even if Eric cannot report the price matching the malicious bidder, he has to give up the preferential repurchase right, but get the shares. The company will also be strongly resisted by Eric, so the purpose of acquiring the shares will be difficult to achieve.
Therefore, the parties who have tried to share the shares in Robert Shea’s hands are more Eric, and only Eric will let go of the acquisition. Of course, from the beginning to the end, Eric did not say the meaning of loose mouth.
Elizabeth and Eric, who suddenly visited the Sharp Corner Manor, had a hard time getting rid of the man. Because of Connery’s presence, the girl did not make a light bulb. After a while, she got up and left.
Eric sent Elizabeth out of the villa and walked on the ramp of the manor. Elizabeth looked at the lush shrubs with her hands on her back and suddenly thought of one thing: "The throat that Robert took from your hand." "The script, now everyone is robbing, Fox also wants to fight, you will not object to this matter?"
In the face of this problem, Eric hesitated for a moment, suddenly stopped, and felt that some strange Elizabeth also stopped: "You don't want to be so stingy. Anyway, this thing..."
Eric looked around and looked at the girl's gaze and briefly spit out two words: "Don't argue."
Elizabeth opened her mouth slightly and looked at Eric. Although she was a bit arrogant, she was also a smart woman. Soon I realized something from Eric’s expression: “Are you deliberate?”
Eric nodded slightly and continued to walk towards the apron: "You know what you know, don't reveal it. I can't spare you if I break my business."
Elizabeth glanced at Eric, why she should rely on her, but the girl did not talk back to Eric this time. She knew the importance of the matter, nodded and said clearly, and then curiously asked: "What is the script?"
Eric said faintly: "You should not ask this."
Elizabeth snorted dissatisfiedly, and the two walked into the apron. The girl said to Eric: "I am leaving. You continue to paint your naked niece."
"Why is it a good thing that you are talking about such a turbulence? Practice sketching is a very calm thing. You are too impetuous to look at it. You should try it."
Elizabeth said with a look of disbelief: "You face such a beautiful girl, can you calm down?"
"The fact is that there are obviously pleasing models. Can't I go to paint plaster?"
"You have too many rulings, I won't argue with you," Elizabeth said. Seeing that the pilot waved at her and said that he could get on the plane, the girl came over and picked up her feet and slammed on Eric’s face: "Goodbye, I am going back."
"Let's go. Say hello to Mr. Murdoch."
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Regarding the repurchase of the shares in the hands of Robert Shea, Eric did not personally participate, because his appearance will not only bring much benefit to the negotiations, but it may provoke Robert's grievances and hinder the negotiations.
The firefly's negotiations were mainly carried out by Jeffrey, and Eric invited his team of private lawyer Edward Lewis to cooperate. Eric intends to establish a firefighter-specific legal department after the year. And I was very pleased to have been invited by Edward Lewis, as Caroline Eliot joined the Firefly Finance Department. Edward Lewis did not consider it too long to agree.
As Eric expected, Robert Shea’s hands didn’t have much cash. I am not willing to give up all the investment rights of "cutting the throat". The desire for funds has promoted the negotiation process between the two parties to some extent. After three weeks of intense negotiations, on the day before Christmas on December 24, the two sides finally The agreement was reached, and Firefly repurchased 25% of the firefly shares in Robert Shea’s hands for $390 million. At the same time, Firefly will pay Robert Shay’s shareholder dividends and ceo salary totaling $60 million a year, spending 4.5. At the cost of billions of dollars, Eric finally got rid of Robert Shea.
The dust settled in this transaction also ignited a great response in Hollywood.
The reason why Columbia and Universal Pictures can sell for a high price of five or six billion dollars is mainly because the other party is a listed company, and the Japanese pay a high percentage of the premium in order to facilitate the transaction. For Colombia Pictures, the Sony announced the acquisition. Previously, the market value of Colombia was only over 2 billion. Now that the fireflies have not yet been listed, the firefly's valuation has exceeded the height of 1.5 billion US dollars through this transaction. If the fireflies have maintained their current performance, it is likely to exceed any Hollywood other than the merger with Time Group. A giant.
On the day when the two sides reached a deal, it was the third day after the release of Eric's filmmaker and Catherine Bigelow's "The Shock".
"The Shocking Point" was released at the first weekend of the box office. In the first day of the 1800 theaters, it received more than 16 million US dollars at the box office. For Catherine Bigelow, the average for the first three days was close to 9,000 US dollars. Absolutely very good. In Hollywood, the first week of the box office averaged 10,000 US dollars, which means that the director stepped into the ranks of the first-line director, and after the next four days of release, "Thunderstorm" will definitely break through 10,000 in the first week. The number of dollars.
However, compared to Eric’s previous films, this achievement is definitely a failure, not to mention the works he personally directed, even if it was also Eric’s producer’s “Small Island Cry”, last November. In the relatively unpopular schedule, the box office in the first weekend exceeded $20 million.
Therefore, many media blamed the failure of "The Shock" on Eric's impulse to drive away Robert Shea, and Robert Shea reopened after the first weekend of the "Stunning Point" box office. Cynical to Eric, threatening that this will be just the beginning of Eric's failure. (To be continued)