Seeing that Elizabeth was going to ask questions, Eric shook his head and said, "Don't ask about this matter, I can't explain it clearly now, but the Marvel dish is very big, and the Firefly family will definitely not finish it. Everyone will have a share at that time."

Elizabeth, who had heard Eric's nonsense and no longer planned to continue the topic, heard him say this, but became curious again. He couldn't even eat fireflies. How great is Marvel's potential?

Just as he was about to continue asking, a waiter hurried to Eric and said something in his ear.

Eric nodded to the waiter and said to Elizabeth: "Come with me and go and greet the guests."

Elizabeth then stood up and asked, "Who is it?"

Eric raised his arm to Elizabeth, waited for the girl to hold him, and said, "Warner's Terry Semer, so, show a little closer."

Elizabeth immediately guessed Eric's intention. If the two of them looked intimate, Terry Semer, who came to Disney's animation department, would definitely re-evaluate Fox's competitiveness, and Firefly would get a higher offer.

"Hmph, you actually use me," Elizabeth complained slightly, but she still leaned towards Eric obediently, and the two of them met together.

Terry Semer has gray hair and a pair of frameless glasses, and has a somewhat scholarly elegant temperament. Although he is just in his early fifties, he has been working in Warner for nearly twenty years and is one of several important successors trained by Steve Ross.

However, after Steve Rose's death, Terry Semer, who became Time Warner CEO, has not had a good life recently. On the big side, after the merger and acquisition of Firefly and ABC, Warner was immediately kicked down by Firefly and firmly sitting on the throne of media overlords for many years. On the small side, in this hot summer season where the total box office revenue once again broke through the Hollywood box office record, Time Warner's film and television business went down against the trend, reaching the lowest level of Time Warner's film and television business in many years. These have led to Terry Semer receiving tremendous pressure from all aspects almost every day recently.

Upon hearing that Firefly was about to sell Disney's animation department, Terry Semer immediately realized that this was a great opportunity to get out of the current dilemma. The starting price of $100 million offered by Firefly is nothing to Time Warner, which has reached tens of billions of dollars. But if he can win the animation production department, Time Warner can immediately open up the animated film market that has never been successfully developed in the past. This will be very good news for him personally.

After Terry Semer got off the car, he saw Eric walking towards him. Just as he was about to meet him, he noticed Elizabeth beside Eric. Murdoch's outstanding daughter's achievements in Hollywood in recent years are obvious to all. Terry Semer also vaguely heard that Elizabeth and Eric have a close relationship. But as Eric's status is higher and he is afraid of his influence, there are fewer and fewer reports on his private life in the media. Terry Semer really doesn't know what the relationship between the two is.

Seeing Elizabeth holding Eric's arm intimately, Terry Semer's eyes suddenly narrowed. If Erick and Elizabeth were in a lover relationship, it would become a major change in Warner's acquisition of Disney's animation department. After all, Fox would definitely not miss this opportunity easily.

Eric noticed Terry Semer's expression change, smiled at the corner of his mouth, and took the initiative to extend his hand to the other party: "Mr. Semer, welcome to the sharp corner manor."

Terry Semer quickly put away his thoughts to deal with Eric, and greeted Elizabeth enthusiastically. Then the three of them walked into the villa.

"Eric, can you talk alone?" Terry Semer whispered to Eric.

Eric knew that Terry Semer simply wanted to take down the animation department before the public auction, and perhaps wanted to bargain in the copyright of animations such as "The Lion King". Anyway, the animation department is Firefly's private property, and the form of sale depends on Eric's meaning.

However, the animation department was just a bait to attract Hollywood's attention. Before he successfully took over Marvel, he did not intend to have any entanglements with the other majors in this regard. Just as he was about to find an excuse to reject Terry Semer, he heard someone report that Paramount's ceo Shirley Lansing also rushed to the sharp corner manor.

"Sorry, Mr. Semer. I need to pick someone up, maybe we can make another appointment," Eric apologized to Terry Semer, and walked out of the villa with Elizabeth again.

There are also no eternal enemies in the business world. Although Redstone did not come forward in person due to the conflicts arising from the competition for Disney, he still sent Shirley Lansing, the Paramount Ceo, to this party that is very sensitive to the timing for many people.

After Shirley Lansing, many important Hollywood figures were also present. With everyone's own thoughts, they were unable to contact Eric alone.

Although no reporters were invited at the party, the competitive scene of the sharp corner manor was immediately spread the next day. Afterwards, Eric simply posted the list of assets of the animation department that will be auctioned and related information on the Yahoo website, which immediately caused heated discussion again.

The focus of the media is mainly on the seemingly low $100 million auction price. You should know that just a movie "The Lion King" will bring Fireflies no less than $100 million in the next few years.

"Eric Williams undoubtedly made a very crazy, willful and stupid decision by selling Disney animation department to resist capital invasion. Although the box office output value of Disney animation department has a very low revenue ratio within the entire Firefly Group system, don't forget that Disney's amusement parks, surrounding stores and licensing businesses all require the locomotive effect of Disney animation. The box office success of "The Lion King" further proves the unlimited economic potential of Disney animation owners. It is hard for us to imagine where Disney cards will go without the Disney animation department."

"Although we have no idea what Eric Williams intends to abandon Disney animation department, the $100 million auction price shows the smartness of Firefly Group. This low pricing strategy will undoubtedly attract more investors who are interested in acquiring Disney animation department, and then create more intense competition during the auction process. At present, Time Warner, Viacom and News Group, three Hollywood local giants, have expressed strong interest in Disney animation department. France's Prestige Group, which is interested in Hollywood, has also begun to have close contact with Firefly executives. According to analysts from the First Boston Bank, the final auction price of Disney animation department is likely to exceed $200 million, which will be more than twice the Firefly quotation."

"Water Disney's nephew Roy Disney publicly criticized Eric Williams for his arbitrary obliteration of Disney's spirit, claiming that he lost the Disney animation department, and that Walt Disney's philosophy will disappear. Walt Disney's daughter Diana Disney Miller also expressed her extreme disappointment in the decision-making of the Firefly Group in an interview with the Los Angeles Times."

"Eric Williams's ability to operate in film and television has been proven countless times, so I think everyone should have a good reason to pay attention to the other thing that happened at the same time as Firefly's sale of the animation department, that is, why Firefly took Marvel Entertainment from Wall Street investor Ron Perelman. Although most media tend to be the revenge of the Firefly Group for Ron Perelman's slapping Firefly creditors, with Eric Williams' outstanding business performance over the past few years. I absolutely don't believe this

A young Hollywood tycoon would be tempted to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to retaliate against his enemies. What's more, the whole thing was obviously carefully planned, and even legendary investor Warren Buffett was involved. This evidence is enough to prove that the whole thing is not revenge. Perhaps, in the eyes of Eric Williams, Marvel Entertainment is more important than the Disney animation department that created "The Lion King". If this is true, if any courageous investor dares to take action to grab Marvel at this time, he will undoubtedly get unexpected gains."

Ron Perelman sat in his luxury car and silently flipped over a thick stack of today's newspapers. In a piece of news about Fireflies' upcoming animation department, he finally saw someone mentioning Marvel, and the chapter called "Manhattan Morning Post" was almost exactly consistent with his recent speculation about a series of Marvel encounters.

However, Ron Perelman had no excitement at all to find a confidant, because two days ago, the New York District Court quickly approved the forced bankruptcy protection proposed by Marvel creditors with shocking efficiency. Subsequently, with the cooperation of Marvel Ceo Avi Arad, Marvel creditors represented by Carsonberg quickly controlled the Marvel board of directors.

The luxury car slowly parked outside the Marvel headquarters on 5th Street in Midtown Manhattan. After Ron Perelman got off the car, he walked into the Marvel office building with his assistant.

It happened to be working hours, and several Marvel staff were waiting for the elevator in the corner of the hall. When they saw Ron Perelman walking in, they stopped talking immediately, and tiptoed around Ron Perelman and walked towards the safety stairs.

Ron Perelman had known for a long time that most of Marvel people were very disgusted with him. If it were before, he wouldn't have cared about these little people at all. But today, Ron Perelman looked at the Marvel staff who were avoiding him like a plague-avoiding god. A strong anger suddenly arose in his heart.

With his fists clenched, Ron Perelman said to the assistant beside him in a cold tone: "Neil, go and record the names of those people, and then notify the Human Resources Department and let them all get out of here."

Assistant Neil glanced at the almost hysterical boss and wanted to remind him something. Ron Perelman had already roared: "Even you want to resist me, I am still the master of Marvel!"

Neil did not dare to hesitate at all and quickly walked towards the safety stairs.

When he arrived at the floor where Marvel Entertainment's headquarters was located, Ron Perelman found that the lights in the corridor were still on, and people were holding information in and out of the conference room not far away. Ron Perelman, who felt inappropriate, quickly walked into the conference room and found that Jeffrey Carsonberg, Avi Arad and others were all there, and it was obvious that those who were looking through various statements and financial data were either lawyers or accountants.

Carsonberg, with a faint dark circle, heard the prompt from the people around him, raised his head from the pile of items, saw Ron Perelman coming, raised his hand and looked at the watch, and suddenly said, "It's already nine o'clock."

As he said this, Carsonberg stood up from the seat and stretched his body, ordered his assistant to prepare breakfast for himself, and then walked straight to the door. Ron Perelman had long expected that once Fireflies controlled Marvel, they would definitely attack Marvel's financial situation as soon as possible, but he did not expect that without any notice at all, Carsonberg had already led people to review Marvel's financial documents overnight, which made his just suppressed anger burst out again. Seeing Carsonberg approaching him, Ron Perelman gritted his teeth and said: "You did not get my permission, it is illegal. I will protest to the federal court, I will definitely."

Carsonberg came to Ron Perelman with his stiff neck moving, and didn't mind Ron Perelman's threat. He patted his shoulder a few times and said, "Go protest, Ron. But before that, I think we have to talk about it first, such as the $470 million thing."

Carsonberg left the meeting room after leaving these words, but a chill broke out in Ron Perelman's heart. The number that Carsonberg said casually was exactly the same as the amount of Marvel's debt financing. This may mean that Firefly had mastered enough things in just one night. He just didn't know that Firefly had roughly mastered these data before launching an offensive on Marvel. Without enough evidence, the New York District Court would not have approved the bankruptcy protection application of Marvel's creditors so quickly. What Carsonberg did at this time was just to find the exact evidence from the internal documents of Marvel.

Unable to attack Kasenberg, Ron Perelman unwillingly pointed his finger at Marvel Ceo Avi Arad: "Avi, why do you betray me? Don't forget that I support you to get the Marvel Ceo position?"

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*ps: Another update
Chapter completed!