Chapter 487: breakfast
I opened the file in my hand and knocked a line on the document opened by the laptop again. Eric looked up and looked out the window. It was already early in the morning, because of the time difference, plus a day off yesterday, Ai Rick didn't sleep all night, and the pile of information on the desk made him sleepless. Compared to Allen's brief introduction to the Paris plane, this information is very detailed and makes Eric feel More and more uneasy.
When the Disneyland in Europe began preparations in 1985, because of the great success of Tokyo Disneyland, the new paradise was almost the object of competition in Europe.
Determining the location of Paris, it is also out of the 17 million potential passengers within a two-hour drive around Paris, and the number of potential tourists who only need two hours of flight is up to 300 million, so a huge consumer group, let Disney and the year The French capital is extremely optimistic about the performance of the new paradise project. No one will consider the possibility of failure. If it is not the memory of the past life, Eric will see the success of the European Disneyland after seeing these 'inspiring' materials. It is almost a matter of course.
In contrast to the success of Tokyo Disneyland, the original project plan predicted that the overall annual profit of various projects in the European Disneyland would be at least $600 million. This extremely optimistic forecast also led to the project's budget expanding between the seven years of construction, from the initial billion dollars to a staggering five billion dollars, not to mention the theme of the park, the Disney theme hotel alone Built seven.
From this information, Eric did not see the specific reasons for the failure of the European Disneyland. However, he also realized that the project cost has expanded from one billion US dollars to five billion yuan, which definitely means surplus resources and huge operation and maintenance expenses. At the same time, hundreds of millions of dollars of loans each year need to be repaid on time. Once the number of tourists and the average amount of tourists' consumption are not up to the original estimate, it means huge losses.
Disneyland is not only Disney's pride, but also a symbol of American culture. Otherwise, there will not be so many European cultural people who oppose the construction of Disneyland.
Although the project was launched during the Michael Eisner period, the park failed to operate as a parent company. The Firefly Films must be black. Although Firefly is not a publicly traded company, Eric does not have to worry about issues such as stock price declines. However, this kind of reputational attack will affect the overseas expansion of fireflies. Capital is profitable. The original project that the world is optimistic has failed. If you want to play again, no one will follow the investment again. .
After the original time in Paris, Disneyland. The third overseas park, Hong Kong Disneyland, was only opened to the public 20 years later, and its scale is far smaller than any other one. It must have the influence of Disney Disney.
The theme park is a business that is highly valued by any major Hollywood film company. It brings profits even more than the profit of the movie at the box office, and it can also enhance the brand influence of the film company.
Recognizing the possibility of the failure of the new park, Eric had to pay attention to it, and he did not want his own influence and profits in the film to be swallowed up by the losses of the European Disneyland.
Copy a survey form that was made last night according to the analysis on the data to a floppy disk. After Eric got up and washed, he left the suite and walked to the restaurant downstairs.
Come to the restaurant. Eric accidentally found that the entire restaurant was empty, and only a few waiters were cleaning the tables and chairs. This discovery made Eric feel a little surprised and looked at the watch. The local time in Paris is already at 6:01 in the morning, September is still summer, the time is not too early, and Eric knows that there are many guests in the hotel, no one can eat breakfast.
A waitress with a ponytail noticed Eric walking into the restaurant and coming over to say something. He quickly recognized him.
"You... Mr. Williams, early. Good morning," the waitress stuttered, looking a little excited, trying to get close, but it looked a little dazed.
Eric smiled at the girl and picked a window seat to sit down and said: "Can you give me a breakfast menu?"
The waitress who followed Eric to the table seemed a little embarrassed and whispered: "Sorry, Mr. Williams, there is no breakfast in the restaurant. If you want, I can help you buy it outside."
Eric frowned, and today the paradise is about to open. The hotel has already occupied a large number of tourists. It is reasonable to say that the hotel should be fully prepared: "Why not provide breakfast, because there is no official opening, no preparation, Or other reasons?"
Although Eric's tone was not intense, the waitress still felt Eric's dissatisfaction. In the face of his inquiry, the waitress was nervously pinching the uniform, and her head was too small to speak. Come.
"Forget it, you can call the manager," Eric waved his hand and watched the waitress turn around and panic. He couldn't help but touch his cheek. He shouldn't look like a murderous one* Oss.
A few minutes later, a middle-aged man hurried into the restaurant with his fresh waitress.
"Hello, Mr. Williams, I am Geral Robinson."
Eric got up and shook hands with the middle-aged man, pointing to the opposite position and letting the other person sit down, indicating that the other party waited, took out a banknote from the wallet, and looked at the waitress’s badge. "Miss Sofia, can you buy me a breakfast? Anything can be done."
"Of course, of course, no problem," the waitress took over the banknotes Eric handed over and hurriedly left the restaurant.
After the waitress left, Eric turned his attention to the hotel manager opposite: "Mr. Robinson, are you French?"
"Yes, Mr. Williams, I was born in Lyon, in eastern France, but grew up in Paris," Geral Robinson replied politely, and Eric heard the other's English accent with a French accent.
Eric sighed, and he stared at the other's eyes and said, "I just asked Sophia to call you. You must know, I want to know why?"
Geral Robinson faced Eric’s gaze, and he was not timid. His tone was somewhat unpleasant. “Mr. Williams, you may have to ask your management team here. I don’t know who told me. They said that we Europeans did not eat breakfast, but Mr. Patrick Schneider personally decided to cancel the hotel's breakfast supply."
Although the joint venture company has the power to control the French side, but the management rights are in Disney, Eric knows that the management team of the new park is all Americans. Patrick Schneider is the ceo responsible for the operation of Disney in Europe. Yesterday, Eric also I have seen each other at the airport.
"Mr. Robinson, since this is a mistake, isn't there anyone coming up?"
"Of course," Geral Robinson said helplessly and a little angrily: "We have a lot of opinions, breakfast problems at the hotel, no alcohol in the park, parking spaces, etc., but simply No one listens to this."
Eric heard that Geral Robinson had a great resentment against the management team at Disney. He frowned again and thought about it. Eric asked again: "What about Mr. Jeffrey Kasenberg? Have you ever responded to these questions to him?"
Even if the original management team was blindly arrogant, Eric knew that Kasenberg was definitely a pragmatic person and would not notice these problems.
Geral Robinson groaned and shook his head. "No, Mr. Williams, I am just a lobby manager, and I can't talk to Mr. Kasenberg at all."
Feeling that Geral Robinson has some ambiguous tone, Eric realized that these French employees are completely disappointed with the management team, even if they can get in touch with Kasenberg, it is estimated that the management team of Disney is no longer Have expectations.
After thinking about it, Eric told Gerald Robinson: "So, Mr. Robinson, can you write a report and list the questions you know? I have been living here for a few days?"
Geral Robinson certainly knows Eric's problem. Since he applied for Disneyland employees, Geral Robinson certainly wanted to do it well, so he did not refuse it. He readily agreed: "Mr. Williams I will hand it to you as soon as possible."
"Well, if I can't find myself, the assistant who gave it to me will do the same, and he will live next to me."
Geral Robinson nodded: "I am Mr. Allen Fisman, I know."
The waitress quickly bought the breakfast back, and Geral Robinson also got up and left, not bothering Eric for breakfast.
After a few moments, Allen also went downstairs and went to the restaurant. When I saw the coldness in the restaurant, Allen felt some accidents. At this time, Eric had finished eating breakfast and was holding an English newspaper. Reading quietly, Yu Guang saw Allen coming in. Eric took the floppy disk and handed it to the other party. He said, "There is no breakfast in the restaurant. You can just go out and eat something. In addition, this floppy disk. There is a survey form I made last night. You handed it to Patrick Schneider. Within a week, I will see the detailed survey results of 10,000 tourists."
Allen heard that Eric's tone was a bit blunt. Although the two were the relationship between the boss and the staff, they had cultivated a friendship for so long, so Allen did not care, and took the floppy disk and collected it. I directly asked my curiosity: "Eric, what happened?"
Eric shook his head: "It's still unclear, but the problem should be serious. You can let Patrick Schneider do it."
"Then I will do it," Allen nodded. No more questions, he turned and left the restaurant. (To be continued)
Ps: I’m sorry for the updates in the past few days, but the old bookworms who care about the nets must know what happened. You should have a lot of books in your bookshelf. If there are not few, then congratulations, you are still pure. People. Anyway, I have been changing and reforming in recent days. I am sorry that I hope that things will pass in the next month and resume normal update rhythm.