"I'm sorry." Linton apologized for the gaffe.
"As long as you stand in line with me, APLUS won't go, at least most likely not, Linton..."
Eisner turned and said earnestly: "If you think about it, whoever he or Steve Jobs left first must be our Disney and the enemy who stayed behind. The energy that rises up is something that neither of them who are fighting the Walkman business war can fight against!"
Prisoner's Dilemma? It seems reasonable. Has the Emperor still found a way out of the impossible?
Linton's mouth grew wide upon hearing this.
"So the next most likely situation is that they will all clamor to leave Disney, but they all dragged and hoped that the other party will go first. Time, I only need time now. The stock price of $20 is already low enough to deviate from Disney's fundamentals. , As long as I restore the stock price during my tenure as CEO, all the opposition today will calm down!"
Eisner continued to draw cakes. Usually he would not bother so much with the man in front of him, "So, accept the arrangement, Linton, you are the youngest, and the future belongs to you. Help me keep APLUS, and then you personally. I have to do some more work, so I can silence those opponents when I appoint you as CEO."
"But I'm in the copyright company..."
Linton was a bit wronged. As the guardian of copyright, this position is extremely important, but his achievements are generally not paid attention to by the outside world.
"In this way, you will also serve as the president of Bowei Pictures, and then you will work hard for me! Since you are so confident in your live-action film strategy, I believe you will have good results."
Bowei is the distribution company of Disney’s live-action films and some animated films. Due to its great power, the CEO of the group used to be the CEO of the group, that is, Eisner himself.
Now that it’s done, maybe...
Do not! no no!
Linton's internal fighting sense is extremely sensitive, and he suddenly found his blind spot in a daze. "You told Robert Iger the same thing just now? BOSS."
"Say what?"
"Forbearance George Mitchell for two years to take over as CEO... Except for your promise of the CEO position, I can't think of anything he is willing to compromise." Linton replied.
"What are you suggesting!? I'm kidding you?!"
Eisner was furious, and roared like an old lion: "I trust you Linton so much, but what are you like now!? Take a good look at yourself! You are the vice president of Disney, not some APLUS. Spokesperson, megaphone!"
Is the megaphone of a billionaire embarrassing? Linton’s tone is also getting higher: "I am also for the company. You also know the character of APLUS. His record and film companies are not like Jobs’s Pixar animation! Pixar’s many sequel projects are due to the copyright of the first song animation and characters in Disney. , If you leave, the economic loss will be even greater, and there will be halfway car mobilization...APLUS? The big deal is to pay us a huge break-up fee like we did in the world, and then we can slap the ass..."
"Yes, he can walk more freely and easily than Jobs, but what about yourself? The more you bind with him, the more enemies you will have at Disney. He doesn't want Paulson or Jobs. Who else does he have in his eyes? !?" Eisner interrupted and asked: "I will promote you to the CEO position tomorrow, and it is likely that I will be attacked by everyone the day after tomorrow. Goldman Sachs, Jobs, Roy... They all know that you are from me and APLUS. , They have a high probability of joining together to make up two-thirds of the votes for the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders!"
"But Jobs can't tolerate you!"
Linton became more confident the louder he retorted, "And we have been happily working with APLUS for many years! He and I are friends, he has always respected you very much, he and Blake, Eric, Anders and their peers The friendship between me and him is also good! Me and him... We have a bad relationship with some people. Isn’t it because we listen to your orders? For example, Roy, APLUS is Johnny Carson’s year-end friendship, and the previous relationship with Roy Very good! Roy originally admired him!"
"We are talking about real problems! Linton!"
Eisner was stung by his words about Jobs, "George Mitchell promised to bring back Katzenberg’s DreamWorks animation department, and then we squeezed out Robert Iger and Jobs together, but that will take time! APLUS From now on, we will only need to tolerate Paulson temporarily. With us, George Mitchell and Paulson can't do much to him. The chairman of Goldman Sachs is not an impenetrable person."
"Anyway, you can't throw us away like a rag!" Linton appealed to emotions: "Will Katzenberg believe you? I doubt that it might just be Harvey taught George Mitchell to deceive you. ."
"Oh! Damn it!"
Eisner was so angry that his heart was in pain. He slammed Linton's chest with his index finger, "I promoted you. Don't think I don't know how much you acted as the **** president of Hollywood Pictures." Incompetent! I saved you, protected you, arranged for you to disappear from a post that was followed by the media, and no longer lose your own face and my face! I have given you unlimited trust! Everything you have now is mine. Instead of APLUS!"
"So when I become CEO, I will continue to return 100% loyalty!"
Linton's momentum was suppressed, but the matter was over, he refused to show weakness, and shouted, "George Mitchell... he is not even our own! Think about it yourself!"
Talking collapsed, Linton slammed out the door.
Eisner sank into the boss chair, the angry expression on his face gradually converging.
The flames in the company made him very tired, and Linton's last words softened his already made determination. Yes, George Mitchell is not his own... he is not Jewish.
The founder Walt Disney, like Ford Motor founder Henry Ford, had a very arguable position towards Jewish people before World War II. When he seized power from the Disney family, the ethnic group quietly used a lot of energy behind their backs. Then, Take pains to completely reverse Disney's political orientation step by step.
Now for the sake of personal power, I have to give the chairman seat back to a... White American?
whatever! Comcast’s Roberts family stabbed me back, and News Corp’s Murdoch looked at the joke, which one is not his own, the times are different now!
After thinking about it, he decided to grit his teeth and overcome the difficulties to do it. Only George Mitchell is suitable. First protect himself, and then find a way to maintain a fragile balance. Time and time are everything!
At this time, his eyes fell unintentionally on the cover of the magazine on the bookshelf that had an interview with his youngest son Anders.
Linton is also right. The businesses of his three children almost overlap with APLUS, and APLUS is really helping them sincerely...
This natural power mad is not reluctant to hurt his sons to lose business and contacts, but at least remember to say hello to the sons in advance to prevent them from turning their faces in anger with APLUS.
"Blake, are you okay lately?" He called the eldest son first.
"What's the matter? It's four o'clock in the morning on my side..." The eldest son asked impatiently after being woken up when he was shooting on location abroad.
"I think it is necessary to tell you that tomorrow, I will resign as chairman of Disney..."
"OK."
The eldest son on the other end of the phone doesn't care about boring power struggles. He is confident in his ability to direct.
"Uh, maybe my relationship with APLUS will be unpleasant, and it will affect you a little bit."
"Awarding? My Sahara is a commercial film, and I don’t expect the awards season." The eldest son still doesn’t matter, but he personally always appreciates APLUS. "But as for? APLUS is a real artist, a super genius, no matter what popular he creates. Songs, symphonies or scripts...even the legendary cat-and-mouse game editing. He discovered that other artists also have a hand, Linkin Park, Beyoncé, Alicia Keys...and Hollywood A+ gangs. Disney losing them would be a very serious loss. ."