Zhuke, led by two ace bodyguards, drove to the UPN headquarters building.

OK. A very small 4-story building, the kind that is inconspicuous in America.

In fact, the same is true. UPN's ratings are too low and it also loses a lot of money every year. Compared with the many TV networks under Viacom Group, it has no sense of existence at all, otherwise Paramount would not have been sold to Juke.

"Boss, you're here. If you don't come again, I have to go to your villa in person." Lawyer Zhang Wei had been waiting at the door long ago.

Of course, he was not waiting alone.

He was surrounded by several people. They were all UPN executives.

As for UPN's original CEO, he was transferred back to Viacom Group when he was acquired by Zucker.

"Sorry, everyone, wait and be anxious." Zhu Ke closed his hands and apologized.

"Mr. Wald, you are so kind."

What can everyone, including lawyer Zhang Wei, say?

Could it be that you pointed at Zhuke's nose and scolded: You are already 20 minutes late?!

All employees of the Operations Department, Production Department, Family Entertainment Department, Finance Department, News Department... etc., except for the reporters who went out to interview, there were a total of 130 people. Now they all gathered in the lobby on the first floor, waiting for the new boss Zhuke to speak.

"Gentlemen, ladies, let it go, I'm not an ogre!"

Zhu Ke pretended to make exaggerated jokes, but it still had some effect.

At least it will make everyone who is worried, relax a little.

After all, in most cases, the first thing a new boss does when he comes forward is to lay off some of his employees.

Although the per capita salary in the United States is not low, the pressure on living costs they face is extremely high. Mortgages, car loans, insurance, alimony, etc. are all huge expenses. Once they are laid off, it means losing their salary. At that time, a vampire-like bank would definitely cut off a piece of meat from you.

"Okay guys, the layoffs you are worried about won't happen to me!"

Zhuke looked at everyone with condescending condescendingly and said with a smile: "Of course, this will not happen in the short term. I will give you two months. Once someone makes me feel that you are not worthy of this salary, the result must be to leave, do you understand?"

clear?

Of course they understand very well!

The vast majority of capitalists are not enthusiastic people who do charity work.

At least Zucker is not.

To be precise, in addition to the need to avoid taxes, Zhuke donated a sum of money and bought a few dumps of corn to Africa; as for the rest, he did not invest a cent in public welfare!

Haha, I don’t like to donate money to America, you bite me!

"Just as long as you understand."

"Before acquiring UPN, I also understood it. The ratings were sluggish and they lost money every year; the ratings it occupied over the years were less than 1%. Even last year, the overall ratings for the whole year dropped to 0.5%.

"Tsk tsk tsk tsk ~!"

"Even if I don't buy it, it's basically not far from going bankrupt."

As Zhuke finished speaking, everyone present looked ugly.

They want to refute.

But this is the case, so what refutes?

Zhuke's speech was very brief, and it took less than three minutes to accumulate.

In fact, although many celebrities and bosses in America like to speak and are keen on making long and rumored speeches, they are actually a few. In most cases, no matter how much you say, you don’t have the reality that the US dollar comes. So, Zucker quickly ended his speech.

The next key task is to hold meetings for UPN executives.

"Boss, the conference room is here." A bald middle-aged man said respectfully.

"Thank you." Zhu Ke responded calmly.

Soon, Zhu Kehe mastered the lawyer, and along with the executives, entered the conference room.

There were not many participants, only 8 people.

Zhang Wei seemed to see Zhuke's doubts and immediately explained: "There are 20 executives before the boss, UPN was acquired, most of them held positions in Viacom Group, so as soon as the acquisition was over, they returned to Viacom."

"oh?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Ke looked at everyone: "In other words, many departments currently lack supervisors?"

"Yes, sir," one of the executives explained.

Then only six senior executives left introduced themselves.

For the six of them, Zhuke also did some work before the acquisition case. They cannot be said to be particularly excellent, but they can barely be competent for the job, and Zhuke will not touch them in a short period of time.

But there is one point!

UPN now lacks a CEO who can control the overall situation!

Could it be that Victor was transferred to serve as UPN CEO? Zhu Ke thought about it for a moment and rejected this idea.

Wald Pictures' recent work is enough for Victor to work. He can't find time to deal with UPN's problems.

As for Zhuke himself as the CEO of UPN?

Come on!

Don’t you know how much you weigh?

Of course, it is not that Zhuke, who has been studying for a while, has no way to take on this job personally. It is because Zhuke has other jobs to be busy with. What's more, Zhuke, who is a little lazy, is unwilling to work so hard.

"I'm doing things, doing things, and then enjoying a wave of life. Isn't it fragrant?"

Therefore, UPN CEO recruitment has become the top priority for the current work.

"It's not just the CEO recruitment work, but also the recruitment work of other departments must be completed in the near future. Zhang Wei, this matter is left to you, and you will contact the headhunting company later." Zhu Ke said in a deep voice.

"Okay, boss." Zhang Wei responded.

As for the company's executives, when they looked at Zhu Ke's burning gaze, Zhu Ke turned a blind eye.

Do you want to be CEOs too?

Go dreaming!

If you have the ability to be CEOs, will UPN now have an overall annual viewership rate of less than 0.5%?

Of course, it is not ruled out that they have the ability, because they had a low status before and did not have a suitable platform for them to develop.

But Zucker doesn't want to wait!

Rather than discovering them, Zhuke is more inclined to discover the future big bulls and little demons he knows.

.........

Back to the villa.

Zhu Ke was alone in the study, writing and drawing.

Yahoo 2% stock, now worth $40 million;

Wald Pictures, with a valuation of $30 million, is expected to have more than $70 million in cash on the books after the movie "Juno" is settled;

Standard Bank of California, with a valuation of $20 million;

45% shares of Icq, with a valuation of US$3.5 million;

.........

Well, Zucker is counting his personal wealth.

All of them add up to more than $200 million.

Of course, this is when excluding the loans owed to the bank. If the loan is removed, your net worth will be $150 million.

"It's really not easy for me to travel here!"

While sighing, Zhuke couldn't help but remember that "Hard Fruit Candy" was treated differently by theaters on the eve of its release, and the number of screens was seriously insufficient; the movie "Juno" was hostile to the big company Warner because of its hot box office.

Zhu Ke has acquired all kinds of cowardice.

The idea of ​​building or acquiring the media empire is increasingly important.

"I now have a film company, and I have distribution networks in several states, including instant messaging, TV stations, and surrounding chain stores. Now I'm just missing other corners. It can be regarded as a small media empire!"

In other words, Zhuke's media empire ambitions have now achieved a small step, and the next focus is how to achieve ***.
Chapter completed!