"George..."
Paulson raised his hand to stop the prestigious old man, and patiently persuaded Eisner: "I will wait for Katzenberg to talk in person, and let him wait until next year. There will be no less seats on the board of directors, no matter what. Why is this year too in a hurry? Let’s hold him down. Of course, Katzenberg... I understand your worries. It might be better to keep Pixar animation. I also know that you have some initiative now, all right. Anyway, anyway, we have no conflict of interest in this matter, you call the shots..."
"Alright alright…"
Eisner made a plan in his mind. The chairman of Goldman Sachs personally went to lobby Katzenberg. The probability of success was very high. The card in his hand failed. He still held the tactics of dragging the word, and first verbally agreed, "I'm very strange. Henry, are you here today to ensure that APLUS is kicked out of Disney? To get rid of Linton means APLUS will definitely leave." He asked.
"Nothing. We invested a lot of money in Disney. No one doesn't like unstable factors. Can't APLUS's history in Sony Columbia and Universal prove this?"
Paulson certainly wouldn't admit it. He said, "Perhaps you shouldn't have taken him in from the beginning."
"Um…"
As Eisner pondered, his eyes drifted to the chairman's throne that now belongs to George Mitchell. He recalled the scene where APLUS was sitting on it and demonstrating. As soon as that picture appeared in his mind, he felt a deep humiliation. And anger, maybe Paulson is right, he shouldn’t have taken APLUS back in the first place...
But strengthening George Mitchell’s authority is not what I wanted...
This tightrope is really hard to walk!
"Then we are settled?" George Mitchell asked.
"That's a deal."
Eisner looked back at the door of the office that no longer belonged to him, "But the premise of everything is that you help me stabilize the stock price, at least before the shareholder meeting."
"no problem!"
Paulson agreed.
Watching Eisner leave, George Mitchell picked up the landline microphone, "I'm here to ask Kasenberg?"
"No, call Robert Iger here first."
Paulson thought for a while to answer: "Then I will ask Kasenberg...better help me meet Roy Disney."
"Roy is a little weird, APLUS, he won't turn back when voting at the shareholders meeting, right?"
At this time, the Songya-Linton camp has not realized the danger, and Linton’s re-election feels no problem, so this year’s general meeting of shareholders is a good time to attack, and use a vote of no confidence to get rid of another director who is loyal to Eisner. On the subsequent board of directors, people from the cost side were replaced, and at the same time, Goldman Sachs and Harvey were used to introduce Katzenberg’s DreamWorks animation to complete the goal of driving out Jobs.
Then, you can play Goldman Sachs outside and force Eisner inside.
"probably not."
Linton has a good sense of smell. After he raised his concerns, Song Ya turned on his computer and logged into the "Save Disney" website. Roy was determined to clean up the portal. If Eisner did not get out of Disney one day, his campaign to save Disney would not be disbanded. .
The website is still functioning well, and even a technical upgrade was carried out at the beginning of the year, although public opinion has gradually subsided after Eisner gave up the seat of Disney’s chairman.
Goldman Sachs, George Mitchell, Harvey, Eisner, Linton, himself, Jobs, Robert Iger, Katzenberg, Roy Disney, each party’s interest demands are different in this extremely complex multi-party game. The difference is just so much.
Even the short-term and long-term interests of each party are different. For example, Katzenberg, in the short-term, he naturally hopes to join Eisner to drive away Pixar animation and replace it with his DreamWorks animation, but he will not be long-term after all. Endure once again succumbed to Eisner.
Take Roy as an example. Although the old man is reckless to drive Eisner away, he also maintains a good relationship with the Songya-Linton alliance and the Jobs-Robert Iger alliance. In the long run, he naturally hopes the Disney family Power was regained, and Disney continued to make great progress at the end of his life.
All camps are stepping on two boats, and even more boats, sometimes cooperate and fight.
But that's what makes it interesting, isn't it?
"In any case, we have done everything that can be done, and we will do our best next month. The awards ceremony has begun, let's see first..."
On February 25th, 2005, the 77th Oscars continued to be held at the Kodak Theater. This year belongs to the "Aviator" that Harvey, Warner, Martin Scorsese, and Little Plum, the old cowboy Iss. Turwood's "Million Meter Yuan Baby" and the biopic "The King of Soul Song" about Ray Charles, a predecessor of black soul music.
Xiao Lizi, whose private life is chaotic, has lost a lot of value, but has begun to have the style of a mature movie star. The aviator is a biopic of the legendary tycoon Howard Hughes. Life is like a play, and play is like life. He once again brought money into the group and part-time system. The filmmaker, the power of the crew of Hollywood's top actor, the suit and leather shoes and the big back, he began to have the temperament of both a tycoon and a superstar at the awards ceremony, and he was more and more attracted by the judges.
But he still missed the trophy, but the female partner Cate Blanchett got the shadow concubine.
"This kid."
Song Ya didn't go to the award ceremony this year, but stayed in Beverly Hills to watch the TV broadcast with friends and men. When Xiao Li appeared on the screen, he smiled and cursed. With today’s little plum coffee position, A+ Entertainment can’t hire him if he doesn’t open a major production line, so he and Martin Scorsese’s Italian gang and Harvey are two groups of people who they don’t like. Song Ya also made no sense to be angry.
"Harvey's Fahrenheit 911 with Palme d'Or was not even shortlisted for the best documentary feature film." Linton said.
"Um."
The conservative Oscar old white male judges hate the documentary extremely. This year is a conservative year. Except for the hero of the Soul Song King Gang, Jamie Fox, who he and the black group strongly support, won the actor, the big winner can only be the old cowboy, one million yuan. Baby took away all heavyweight awards such as best picture, best director, best actress, best supporting actor, etc. The aviator barely managed to keep it with the best actress, best photography and three other technical awards. The face of the King of Victory Award.
The U.S. society is the same. The fragmentation is getting more and more severe. While liberal artists have gradually begun to fight against the war, reviewing the atrocities and prisoner abuse scandals of the U.S. Army in the Middle East, Southern Chicken, the leading country music group under Sony Columbia Records, is because Anti-war speech has been tacitly banned. This is not the double standard of the people, but the judgment criteria of the free and conservative people themselves have gone in completely opposite directions.
Not everyone can fight the popular anti-war. What Madonna can do, the Southern Chicks can’t do it. Losing their love of the conservative white market, they immediately can’t sell records.
Besides, Fahrenheit 911 was when Harvey hit a wall at his home Disney, and then went to encourage Columbia Pictures to release it. It did get a lot of honors and made a lot of money, but it also offended more people.
The same encounter with the Southern Chicken is the Passion of the Australian gang boss Mel Gibson, but the reason is just the opposite. The religious film that contributed a lot to the box office by the conservative crowd is dominated by the Jewish people because it is not popular with the Jewish people. Hollywood also received a cold reception, with no nomination in three technical categories.