Chapter 675

The information accused Michael Orwitz of almost all front-line media headlines the next day. As a tycoon of the brokerage industry who once founded AA and greatly pushed up the cost of production in the entire Hollywood with the packaging mechanism, the controversy caused by this material accusing Michael Orwitz of “incompetence” can be imagined. It is difficult for the outside world to understand what happened in Hollywood. They can only know through the media that the internal conflicts that the world has always wanted to cover up finally broke out. The rumors that Michael Eisner denied many conflicts with Michael Orwitz in news interviews have also been confirmed. △,

Although most people can only see the surface of this incident, Eric got the detailed ins and outs of the whole incident on the night it happened.

Michael Eisner was eager to use this deal to kick Michael Ovitz out of Universal during the process of Seagram's acquisition of Universal to consolidate his power. In order to reduce the cost of firing Michael Ovitz, Michael Eisner had the idea of ​​letting Panasonic bear the cost of Michael Ovitz's resignation, and for this purpose he also compiled such a material.

As Sony's archenemy in the electronics industry, Panasonic did not have the "consciousness" of being willing to be a sucker like Sony, so he easily disclosed the materials that Michael Eisner had compiled to join the negotiation terms to the media. Although Panasonic did not make any public comments on that information, the attitude expressed through this action is also very simple. This is an internal conflict between you Hollywood, so you can't let Panasonic pay.

Panasonic looked like an old man was about to leave, but he could still care about so many bachelors, but it made Hollywood mess up.

Although the information accusing Michael Orwitz was full of Michael Eisner's personal prejudice, the content was not fictional. Therefore, after confirming the authenticity of the information, Sony immediately gave up the idea of ​​letting Michael Orwitz take charge of Columbia. Just as Michael Orwitz thought of the first time after seeing the information, just the one who spent $2 million to decorate the office around the world, Sony, who had just experienced the pain of Peter Cooper's squandering, broke off his thoughts of inviting him.

For Global, the irreconcilable contradiction between the two helmsmen was torn apart, which directly caused the transaction negotiations between Panasonic and Sigram to be stranded, which were almost the last step away from, and both sides were very clear. If this matter is not resolved, the final transaction will be difficult to reach.

Michael Eisner splashed with "dirty water" overwhelmed by Michael Eisner. Michael Ovitz knew that it would be difficult for him to find another home, and the hope of returning to the agency industry was even more slim. So as if he was roaring to Michael Eisner on the phone, Michael Ovitz began to go to and get off work at Universal on time every day, as if he really planned to "tickle" himself on Universal's desk, but there was no direct communication between him and Michael Eisner.

With that golden parachute protocol protection, Michael Orwitz is like a hedgehog around the world, making people have nowhere to 'get down'.

Although I felt a little regretful about throwing out the information too eagerly, Michael Eisner could not admit that his mistake was in himself, because in Western society, admitting his mistake means taking responsibility. There is often only one way for the helmsman of a large group to take responsibility, and he resigned. This result is definitely not something Michael Eisner is willing to bear. Therefore, in the subsequent interview, in order to gain the recognition and support of the media, Michael Eisner completely abandoned the firm friendship with Michael Orwitz that he once publicly claimed, and discussed the correctness of the information with great fanfare.

After spending Thanksgiving amid the hustle and bustle of Yulun, Eric hurried back to New York to do the latest post-production work for the upcoming Victoria's Secret Annual Show on December 6. Despite this, Eric's eyes were always on the City of Angels on the West Coast.

If it were a few years ago, Eric would have to watch the messy things happening in Hollywood.

However, now he is considering how to further intervene in "modification" the Hollywood landscape through this incident. The development of Firefly Group has reached a peak. Eric's next plan is to take the entire Hollywood step by step in his own hands. This kind of arrogant idea that seems a bit whimsical to outsiders is not an unrealistic move for Eric. First of all, Eric already has enough economic strength. Even if the assets under Firefly Investment are not considered, it is just a matter of

Firefly Group in the media field, the initial payments of the two asset sales this year and the group's operating profits for the whole year, excluding the necessary tax expenditures, can still bring about $2.5 billion of free cash flow to Firefly. The operating cash flow of all companies in the entire Firefly Group system is almost three times that of free cash flow. With a cash reserve of tens of billions of dollars, if Eric is willing, Firefly can even pack up the two companies in the hands of the Japanese, Colombia and Global.

However, if Firefly does this, it will definitely cause uneasiness and fear in the entire Hollywood and trigger antitrust investigations by relevant institutions. Therefore, everything can only be slowly used in a subtle way. In this regard, Eric undoubtedly has another major advantage, that is time. Even if it takes ten years to control the entire process of Hollywood, Eric will only be 35 years old, and at the age of R&F, many people have just started their own careers.

Compared to the sunshine all year round in Los Angeles, just after Thanksgiving, the entire East Coast ushered in the first heavy snow after winter.

Early in the morning, the black Chrysler parked outside a high-rise apartment near Central Park at the entrance of Sixth Avenue. Kelly got out of the car with information, told the driver and assistant in the car a few words. She shrank her neck and stepped on the road that had not yet been cleared from the snow, walked into the high-rise apartment. She came to the door of Eric's apartment on the top floor, reached out to ring the doorbell. After hesitating for a moment, the female assistant took out the key and opened the door and walked in.

The cold light after the snow stopped in the early morning passed through the glass curtain wall covering the spacious living room. At this time, there were a lot of messy documents and materials everywhere in the living room. The laptop screen on the coffee table in the middle of the living room was still lit. This scattered scene seemed out of place with this luxurious penthouse apartment overlooking the entire Central Park. Kelly even felt that she suddenly arrived at the home of a Frankenstein.

Taking off his thick windbreaker and boots, Kelly changed into slippers at the entrance and walked into the living room. At first glance, he saw Eric lying on the sofa in the living room with a blanket covering his body and was sleeping soundly. This situation made Kelly both funny and puzzled. Sometimes this little man had strict requirements on the quality of life like a young man in a noble family, and even had obvious obsession with cleanliness, but sometimes he was casually like a homeless man, as if he could eat and sleep well and was already very satisfied.

He walked to Eric with a light foot. Kelly gently placed the documents in her hand on the coffee table, leaned over and carefully stroked Eric's hair on the forehead, with a gentle smile on the corner of her mouth. She wanted to go over and kiss her, but she was afraid of waking Eric and didn't move, so she got up and walked towards the kitchen.

Cut the bread quietly into the toaster and heat the milk. The female assistant was about to make the fried egg when she felt her big hands hugging her from behind.

Kelly turned her head and let Eric kiss her face, and smiled and said, "You wake up, go and wash, breakfast will be ready soon."

Eric leaned into the female assistant's neck in obsession and sniffed the charming fragrance of women for a while, then let go of Kelly, who was already weak, and walked towards the bathroom.

After a while, Kelly placed the prepared breakfast in front of Eric and sat down on the other side. Then she asked, "Why did you sleep on the sofa last night? What if you catch a cold?"

Eric picked up the cutlery and replied, "Think about something. He fell asleep on the sofa without realizing it."

Kelly said curiously: "Is it very important?"

Eric nodded, but asked, "Is there any news in Hollywood today?"

Kelly nodded and said, "Yes, Michael Eisner attended the "Larry King Late Show" yesterday. This time he actually accused Michael Orwitz of having personality defects and mental illness. I really don't know what he thought. If Michael Orwitz was really incompetent as he said, how could he have aa?"

Eric nodded and did not make any comments. Kelly continued: "There is another thing, news from Colombia. Their financial audit has ended. You must not guess that Colombia will face an asset impairment of $2.1 billion, which will be the largest loss in Sony's half a century since its establishment. Although this news has not been made public, the whole Hollywood has spread all over, and everyone is discussing whether Sony will sell Colombia."

This time, Eric shook his head very decisively and said, "No."

Kelly showed a puzzled expression, Eric took a few sips of milk, and then explained: "I read the information you collected about Nobuyuki Iri last night. We all know that he will be the eO of Sony Group. Do you know what his business philosophy is?"

Although Kelly was responsible for sorting out the information about Nobuyuki Izumi, she didn't notice it and asked, "What?"

"Nonyu Irii's business philosophy is to enable Sony to digital and informatization. Simply put, it is to focus Sony's future development on simple electronic products' special entertainment media, records, and even the Internet industry."

Kelly blinked a few times and asked in confusion: "But Sony's are electronic products such as walkman, video recorder and game console. Can't he do this..."

Eric smiled and nodded, "You guessed it right. If Shinobu Ichi intends to do this alone, it will definitely lead to Sony's decline."

As he said this, Eric couldn't help but remember that in the original time and space, after the new century, because Izumi Nobuyuki ignored Sony's fundamental business strategy, Sony lagged behind other industry competitors in electronic products such as mp3 players, personal computers, mobile phones, etc., which eventually led to Sony's only outstanding product except high-end cameras, which was also strongly competitive with Microsoft wave products.

But Kelly didn't seem to be as sure as Eric, and said, "I think Sony shouldn't be so... so stupid. Even if Shinobu Irii wants to do this, wouldn't other management oppose it?"

"Japanese companies are very different from Western companies' boards. The board members of Japanese companies are basically managers within their own company. In addition, in Japanese culture, the nature of obeying superiors, no one will oppose the decision of the senior management. Otherwise, in the process of Akio Morita's acquisition of Colombia for 5.5 billion US dollars, someone will object. However, I think Sony faces a huge loss of US$2.1 billion this time. Akio Morita, the founder, will definitely leave the position of chairman of Sony. In this way, after Izumi Nobuyuki's successor, it is even more unlikely that anyone will oppose him.

Business strategy. Since Izumi Naruto wants to make Sony digital and informatization, he will definitely not sell Colombia. This is a good opportunity for us. Since the Japanese are unwilling to sell, as an outsider, they definitely need a collaborator. Fireflies can continue to gain enough benefits from Colombia. I have considered this matter in detail last night. In the past few days, I will discuss it with Kasenberg and others. It is only good for us to stay in the Japanese, so we have to take the initiative to throw out some bait so that they are reluctant to leave."

Kelly smiled, as if she suddenly thought of something, hesitated, and said, "Eric, the one you just mentioned, the Japanese company's board of directors seems to be very similar to the Firefly board of directors."

Eric looked at Kelly's careful appearance and smiled, saying, "I happened to have this problem considered last night."

Kelly was a little surprised and said, "What's the result?"

Eric spread his hands: "The result is that I am less than 25 years old now and don't need to think about it for the long term."

Kelly was stunned for a moment before laughing out loud.

Yes, Eric is less than twenty-five years old now, and not seventy-five years old Morita Akio. There is absolutely no problem with the current development momentum of Fireflies, and Eric does not need to prepare for this at all.

"Actually, I was thinking that I can still stay awake now, but in ten or twenty years, I will probably be like Akio Morita and buy Colombia at a high price. Then, I found that I have already started to have this trend now, so I reflected on myself."

Kelly was a little surprised again: “Hmm?”

"Qualcomm, do you still remember?" Eric said.
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