The car accelerated toward the highway. Eric recalled the situation just now and sighed: "I really didn't expect that except for several major TV stations, even cable stations like HBO came together. However, what was the situation when Michael Eisner sent someone?"

Friends achieved remarkable results. As Eric's assistant and the sense of superiority that he had just been chased by a group of people, Allen was slightly excited. When he heard Eric's problem, he thought for a while and said, "I think Mr. Eisner should be the one who came for ABC."

Eric instantly remembered the incident of Disney's acquisition of ABC TV in his previous life. However, although Eric can't remember when Disney acquired ABC in his previous life, it must be many years before now. How could Michael Eisner come forward for ABC now?

I noticed Eric's puzzled expression from the rearview mirror, and Allen took the initiative to explain: "The relationship between Disney and ABC has always been very close. When I was a child, I have been watching Disney cartoons on ABC TV."

Eric was a little surprised and said, "Allen, please help me sort out a copy of the information between Disney and ABC these two days." After thinking about it, he added: "Please organize the relationship between several other major TV stations and the seven major Hollywood universities."

"No problem, but it may take about a week." Allen turned his head and said.

"Don't hurry, you do it slowly, the most important thing is to be accurate."

"I understand, Eric, where are we going now?" Allen asked again. When he was in front of outsiders, Allen always called Eric Mr. Williams. However, he called Eric by his name privately. This was something Eric had specifically instructed him. After all, Allen was almost thirty years old, almost ten years older than Eric. If he had a serious name in private, even Eric himself would feel very awkward.

Eric said without thinking, "It's already evening when I go home. There's no need to bother others now. I'll go back and call Jeffrey and the others to say hello."

Back at the Beverly Hills mansion, Allen and the driver helped Eric move their luggage into the villa. The little girl who had been waiting for Eric to come back rushed to a bunch of luggage and started looking for gifts without waiting for outsiders to leave. Eric knocked on the little girl's forehead a few times before sending Allen and the driver away.

"If the arrangements for the past few days are about Fox invitations, find an excuse to help me turn them off. If other TV stations have contact, arrange time to meet you." Standing at the door of the villa, Eric said to Allen by the car.

Allen also knew that Eric was going to be sold among several major TV stations, but he asked in confusion: "Eric, what if Murdoch came to him personally?"

"He won't," Eric said confidently: "Before, sending a private plane to pick me up in person, Fox was just expressing sincerity for the negotiations later, and it still seemed a little anxious to do so. If Old Murdoch couldn't help but come to the door in person, of course I would slap it hard without hesitation."

"Eric, are you planning to change to another TV station for Friends?" Allen asked after a smile, but after speaking, he regretted it. This question was a bit sensitive.

Of course, Eric could not tell Alan his plans. Although Alan has always been conscientious, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not be tempted by interests and reveal some things. If you want to remain loyal, the most important thing is to try not to give the other party enough to betray the chips. If the opponent knows some of his plans through Alan, then Eric will find it difficult to get the most benefit from it.

However, he also saw from Allen's expression that the other party was not interested in asking this question, and smiled and said, "This must depend on the quotation of each party. We must choose the one with the highest price."

Allen nodded, asked no more questions, and quickly said goodbye and left.

When he returned to the villa, the phone in the living room had been answered by Drew, so Eric had to make the same call as the morning when the "Friends" ratings were just released. He made another call for an hour or two. This time Rupert Murdoch also called himself and invited Eric to have lunch together tomorrow. Eric found a few reasons to refuse the other party.

He planned to at least contact several other major TV stations to make Fox feel urgency enough and then talk about the deal so that benefits can be maximized. Although several other major TV stations were so eager, Eric did not intend to change the TV station for "Friends" from the beginning.

Compared to Fox, which is "young", several other major TV stations are more like white-haired old men. Even if the other party lowers his posture and cooperates with Eric, they will inevitably "rely rely on their seniority to make their old age". Fox is different. Eric knows that Fox has developed into a North American TV industry giant that side by side with the three major TV stations in just over a decade in his previous life. But except for Eric himself, even Murdoch, the helmsman of News Corporation, cannot know this, and at the same time, it is impossible to have enough confidence in the prospects of Fox TV. In this case, the importance of "Friends" to Fox is extraordinary.

The next day, the first thing Eric did was to visit the crew of "Friends". At noon, under the help of Michael Eisner, he had dinner with a vice president of ABC TV station, who came to Los Angeles. In the evening, Robert Sheila went to meet an NBC executive. On the morning of September 7, he was pulled by the manager of the CBS Los Angeles branch to play golf all morning.

I have to say that the three major TV stations are very generous in price, and they didn’t mention the matter of buying out the series at a price. The condition directly offered was to participate in the advertising share of the TV series. In the information Eric knew, the proportion of the share offered by the other party was quite high. At the same time, the three major TV stations all revealed the meaning of wanting to intercept Hu Fox and win the next episode of the first season of "Friends".

Through these contacts, Eric also found that the three major TV stations must have reached some consensus before, and may even form a loose alliance. However, this "alliance" can be blown away by a fragile gust of wind. The three major TV stations have relatively fierce competitive relationships with each other. Although there will be cooperation, just like it is impossible for each of them to allow the other two companies to get involved in their own ace programs. In the matter of "Friends", they also have their own thoughts, because with the ratings of "Friends", any TV station is destined to become ace.
Chapter completed!