Chapter 483: Confusing situation
When Barry Diller left Fox, he received dozens of cooperative invitations in a short time, but he was rejected by him. In the end, he chose qvc. In addition to optimistic about the prospects of TV shopping, the most important thing is that qvc agreed. The conditions for Barry Diller's shareholding.
Hearing that Barry Diller once again said the phrase 'will not sign a employment contract again', John Malone just shrugged: "Well, Barry, I will cancel the plan to acquire Paramount from telecommuting. Support your side, but what are you going to do with the current situation?"
Barry Diller glanced at John Malone and said faintly: "When I want to do something, telecommunications can be supported as long as it is supported."
John Malone snorted and waited for Barry Diller to continue, but Barry Diller just threw the sentence and looked down at the documents in front of him. John Malone soon realized that Barry Diller had lost trust in him and smiled awkwardly. He knew that he would not have any gains when he stayed again. He stood up and said: "If this is the case, then I will wait for you. Message."
After John Malone left the conference room, Barry Diller patiently read the files in his hand and tapped his finger on the table to think for a while before pressing the call button on the phone on the desktop: "Jack, help me book a trip to Hawaii. Ticket."
"Okay, Mr. Diller," the assistant's voice quickly came out of the speaker.
Barry Diller ordered, just finished the call, thought about it, and suddenly said: "Forget it. Go to Los Angeles first."
"No problem, Mr. Diller," the assistant responded again. After a moment, I didn’t hear Barry Diller continue to speak, and asked: “Is there anything else?”
"No, for the time being," Barry Diller cut off the call and fell into consideration of the current situation.
Although not willing to admit, though. Barry Diller also had some pessimistic premonitions about the prospect of the acquisition of Paramount, and Barry Diller had known John Malone as early as the early 1980s. He knows very well that John Malone is a man who has no position at all and is good at seeing the wind and turning the rudder.
In other words, where can I get benefits. John Malone will not hesitate to choose which side. If it weren't for a series of actions by Redstone and Martin Davis that he saw the opportunity for telecom to acquire Paramount alone, Barry Diller confirmed that John Malone would not appear in his office today.
The bottom of my heart sighed, and Barry Diller once again opened the information in front of her eyes. This was the evaluation of the cooperation between Firefly and the two film companies in the film when the Japanese acquired Columbia and Universal.
The "Instinct" that cooperated with the World did not cause too much obstacle to Panasonic, but it also had a positive impact on the share price of the global parent company mca. Further, Sony sent a wholly-owned offer to Colombia to complete the transaction. It just happened to span the release of the two high-box movie "Little Ghosts" and "Dark Wars". In the meantime, Colombia’s market value soared from 2.2 billion to 5.5 billion, which anyone can see. The two films played a very important role in it.
Thinking of Eric, Barry Diller always unconsciously produces a sense of powerlessness. He spent more than twenty years searching for the peak of power in Hollywood, but in the end, he left the circle and exhausted. I want to go back. The success rate is also low, and the young man only spent four years. It's easy to have it all. Moreover, from the shooting plan of a series of special effects of fireflies, he also did not stop to expand and wait for the opponent to catch up.
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"...Firefly movie ceo Michael. Lynn said at a recent press conference that Paramount will cooperate with Firefly Films, but according to sources, Eric William James and Martin Davis have already negotiated the details of the final cooperation and will announce it in the near future."
"... It is rumored that Firebug's attempt to cooperate with Paramount is the "Star Trek" series of big films. The two sides attempted to use the advanced cg special effects technology of Firefly's digital domain special effects company to create an interstellar legend that surpassed "Star Wars."
"...Somer. Redstone has publicly stated that it will acquire Paramount in the near future, and said that the acquisition, Viacom is inevitable."
"...The rumor that Barry Diller, who has withdrawn from Hollywood, suddenly appeared in Los Angeles and had lunch with Bruce White, one of Paramount's shareholders. The unseen qvc media's acquisition of Paramount was clear."
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Martin Davis put down a thick stack of newspapers with anxiety in his face. He had been on Kauai for more than a week, although during this time Paramount’s share price was due to his Hawaiian The line has risen by 5.7%, and since he disclosed the news of the cooperation to the media, some of Paramount’s shareholders who are eager to move have also stood on his side. The overall situation looks good, but Martin Davis It is clear that if the cooperation between Paramount and Firefly is not enough, the stock price that has improved will definitely fall again, and those shareholders who are just inclined to him will definitely centrifuge again.
On the other side of Eric, Martin Davis had already given the relevant project information to the other party, but he did not receive any response. He can see that Eric is not eager for this cooperation. Martin Davis is not like the two helms of Colombia. Even if he is forced to choose to sell at the end, he can’t make Colombia’s Drinking and quenching thirst.
Although many people who are unclear are envious of the five film contracts signed between Columbia and Firefly Pictures, Martin Davis knows how much Colombia has paid. It can be seen only from the fireflies in 1991 and 1992, "Terminator 2" and "Tornado".
Last year's "Terminator 2" overseas release, Firefly film industry took half a year to complete, originally a summer movie, many European ticket warehouse countries were released at the end of the year. Although the quality of Terminator 2 is good enough, the long process of distribution and the impact of piracy, as well as the weakness of the negotiations. The benefits that the Firefly Films should have gained have shrunk a lot.
But just after a year, the integration of Colombia and Disney's overseas distribution resources, "Tornado" North America released less than a month, has been on the screen of European countries, not only that, "Tornado" is still closed The Japanese market has got the end of the summer file, which is definitely the treatment that most Hollywood movies envy and hate.
so far. The tornado’s overseas box office has reached $180 million, and last year’s "Terminator 2" was even negligible at the overseas box office.
These things are being considered. Martin Davis’s assistant, Danny Cooke, hurried into the coffee shop: “Mr. Davis, something went wrong.”
Martin Davis subconsciously wanted to reprimand the assistant's gaffe, but in the end suppressed the idea, only slightly frowned.
Danny Cork noticed the look of Martin Davis. Quickly put away the flustered expression, silently took a deep breath, calmly said: "This is the case, Viacom revealed the news, Lei Shidong has planned to make the first offer to the company."
Martin Davis did not doubt the accuracy of Danny’s message, but asked: “How much?”
"$6.5 billion," Danny Cork gave a number.
Martin Davis sneered aloud: "Where is Lei Shidong, where do you want to fall, where do you get up?"
Danny Cork squatted and didn't know what to answer. Just standing quietly.
The figure of $6.5 billion is exactly the amount of the firefly's acquisition of Disney.
After the failure of the acquisition of Disney, Lei Shidong learned the lesson. Once again, Viacom’s shareholding structure was reformed, confirming that there will be no further internal opposition when the next acquisition.
At the same time, Lei Shidong did not repay the financing obtained for the acquisition of Disney in the previous period, but turned to the acquisition negotiations with the video rental industry giant Blockbuster as a video rental company similar to retail sales. The biggest advantage of Blockbuster is the abundant cash flow, which can provide a large amount of funds for Viacom's acquisition of Paramount.
Although the simple Paramount Pictures is definitely not worth $6.5 billion. However, Viacom’s acquisition is not solely for Paramount Pictures, but for Paramount’s parent company, Paramount Communications, which includes not only Paramount Pictures, but also Paramount Pictures. It also has a range of assets related to television, publishing, music, etc. These assets add up, but they are much larger than the original Disney.
Martin Davis did not get an answer from the assistant, and did not pursue it. He signaled Danny Cork to check out and left the coffee shop in the small town of Lie.
Time is approaching noon, "Jurassic Park" is still in closed shooting, although Martin Davis knows that if he really goes to the studio, he will not be stopped, but it will be eager to appear. Leave Williams with the words of negotiation.
But after so long, Eric did not give any cooperation intention, Viacom shot soon, Martin Davis also knew that he could not continue to consume in Hawaii.
The driver drove the car and Danny Cork opened the door for Martin Davis and asked, "Mr. Davis, where are you going now?"
"There is a ticket to Los Angeles, the sooner the better, now we go to the Jurassic Park."
"Okay, Mr. Davis," Danny Cork promised, closing the door for Martin Davis, signaling the driver to drive to the destination, driving another car and rushing to the ticket.
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Eric is watching the camera with Nickel through the monitor. A staff member hastily came over and said to Eric: "Director, Mr. Davis is here."
"I know, take him to the rest area, and inform the follower, the crew will have lunch in advance," Eric seemed to have expected, and skillfully told him, and if he had nothing to do with Nickel.
Five minutes later, Eric appeared in the rest area temporarily opened by the crew and got into a tent.
"Sorry, Mr. Davis, I have kept you waiting," Eric said.
Martin Davis still smiled on his face. Hearing this sentence, he couldn’t help but say something: "It’s been a long time, Eric, I may be going back soon, so I have to Come."
"Mr. Davis, why not continue playing in Hawaii for a while?"
"Haha, let's play again, Paramount can be someone else's," Martin Davis said not salty.
Eric also realized that the patience of the old guy had been completely exhausted, and told the assistant to take two lunches before he sat down with a table around Martin Davis, half-truthfully explaining: "Really Sorry, Mr. Davis, you know, I am too busy recently."
"It doesn't matter," Martin Davis shook his head and didn't want to go around with Eric. He didn't have that time: "Eric, I just want you to give me an accurate answer."
"Now?" Eric asked.
Martin Davis decided to nod: "Now!"
Eric hesitated for a moment, as if he couldn't bear to let the old man feel like a disappointment, but in the end he said: "Mr. Davis, I have already read the information that Paramount gave me, but, to be honest, and There are no projects that make me feel very promising."
"Sixty-five carefully selected scripts, none of them?" Martin Davis showed an incredible expression.
Eric nodded honestly and Paramount gave him information on sixty-five reserve projects, but there was no film project that Eric remembered. In fact, it is understandable that Paramount has not been so good at the box office throughout the 1990s.
Although there are some memories in these projects, Eric seems to have a very promising script, but without a memory reference, the movie prospects are completely unpredictable. After all, it seems to have great potential, but in the end there are too many movies at the box office, not to mention that Eric himself is not too interested, and he has no intention of taking risks.
Seeing Eric’s expression, Martin Davis’s face was a little embarrassing. Of course he couldn’t think that all the items were rubbish, but that Eric might be perfunctory, or fancy some The project, after waiting for Paramount to give up, the fireflies will be robbed again. This kind of thing is not happening in Hollywood. (To be continued)