"Toy Story, Finding Nemo... All the sequel plans of these big-selling animated films will disappear with Pixar's departure. This is an unbearable burden for our Walt Disney Animation, Disneyland and surrounding industry companies. I respect it very much. Mr. Jobs, maybe everyone is more familiar with his identity as the founder and leader of the great Apple company, but you may not know very well. He is also the owner of the great 3D animation company Pixar. Disney can't lose Pixar...for this I am strong Suggest that Disney keep him, even in a way that might offend him."
Robert Iger controls most of the good resources of ABC. He continues to hype that Disney must keep Pixar even if it does not hesitate to initiate a hostile acquisition. Regarding the counterattack that did not receive the expected response from the Linton camp, he reiterated: "The recording industry is experiencing a long-term market shrinkage. There is no research that can prove that it will improve in the short term, and there is no reason for the excess profits of A+ record labels. The anti-industry law can be maintained for a long time. If APLUS wants to break the contract and leave, let him leave. At least we can get a large break-up fee from him. This may not be a good opportunity similar to a high point sell-off, and a more abundant Disney Cash flow can also better resist risks."
"We must be united, it must be so!"
Eisner played the thief and shouted to catch the thief, "I want to warn certain careerists within Disney that any confusion you deliberately create cannot be hidden from the eyes of the company's shareholders. I believe that at this shareholders meeting, investors will make the right decision. The choice! Only with unity, our market value will pick up! Everything else! Whoever leaves and who stays can’t change Disney’s stable earnings expectations. Our operating income and profits in the last fiscal year are still growing, and we just distributed A higher dividend than last year, with an increase of more than a dozen percentage points..."
Harvey Weinstein is the only one who doesn’t fit the picture. He is only a small character in this game. He has been jumping up and down, making high-profile comments. Today, he looks down on Pixar animation, and tomorrow he will disdain Metropolis Records. It is required that Disney must be handed over to someone who understands the art of film, that is, himself.
He has media such as Talk Magazine in New York, and many high-level Donkey Party friends. In the field of public opinion, no one can stop him from speaking out.
In early March 2005, the Disney shareholders meeting, which was postponed for a few days compared with the same period last year, was held in chaos.
"Quiet! Quiet!"
The person who presided over the meeting became the new chairman George Mitchell. The old man was very dissatisfied with the out-of-control meeting scene and rolled the documents in his hand into a tube and kept tapping the table.
Those shareholders who raised anti-Eisner placards appeared again last year, and this year there are more people who asked Disney to keep Pixar Animation at all costs, and those who asked Disney to keep the A+ Records department at all costs. On one side, shouting and noisy.
"It's like being in a zoo, messier than the House of Representatives..."
The former Senate majority leader was not as prestigious as Eisner at Disney. He maintained order for a long time and had no choice but to cover the microphone and curse in a low voice.
Fortunately, Eisner chose not to show up this year. Most shareholder representatives didn't know much about the new chairman, and the anger did not spread to him personally. When he started to read the agenda, he gradually calmed down.
"We must unite! OK?"
George Mitchell’s style of dealing with the interrogation of shareholder representatives is also completely different. His impatience and rude old white man’s tone has actually produced a wonderful positive effect that Eisner could not achieve under the current chaotic situation. , "What **** Pixar, DreamWorks, Metropolis, do they go or stay... so what? Me! People! Yes! Disney! Who is gone? They are reluctant to leave here..."
"Of course I know that Jobs announced that he will suspend cooperation with us after the summer Cars, but didn't we find DreamWorks again? Katzenberg is a Disney veteran, and I welcome him back, that's it!"
"Shut up, you! I once led the American people to unite and overthrow it! What is the difficulty in front of us?! As long as there is no internal problem, no one can knock us down...Goddamnit! Of course I mean Disney!"
In 1991, he served as the leader of the majority party in the Senate. As a senator in the Senate, he can’t be mistaken for taking this credit. Seeing you are almost crying, you crying coward! If you like APLUS so much, then you should buy the stocks of his company! Why are you attending the Disney shareholders meeting? How many stocks do you have? Sell them all to me , And get out of here immediately!"
"Hahaha!"
But after he suppressed and humiliated a shareholder representative who was suspected of Song Ya’s trust, Paulson, who had returned to Manhattan, laughed, and at the same time raised his wrist to check the time, “It’s time to vote.”
"Going to vote..."
Jobs copied his hands and paced away from the TV with his subordinates, after which there was a ‘intermission’.
"Um?"
On the set of Enchanted Romance, Amy knelt on the sofa with wintry eyes, slowly lifting the hem of the complicated princess dress, but waiting and waiting for her boyfriend to respond, she turned her head and found that her boyfriend was staring intently. Watching the TV, even looking back at this side, I owe it.
"Humph!"
The play was shown to the blind, and Amy's little mouth immediately puffed.
Unfortunately, it is still invalid.
"I regret to announce...The director no longer seeks re-election due to physical reasons, and the Disney board nominated...Mr. to replace him."
George Mitchell, who returned to the meeting hall, read the documents and read: "Okay, you can vote."
This seat was replaced by a person from Eisner to a person from Goldman Sachs. I don't know what method they used to let the person from Eisner voluntarily withdraw before voting.
Linton did not go today, nor did Robert Iger, both of them stayed in their offices quietly waiting for the results, and at the same time declined all visits.
"OK, the nomination is passed!"
This nomination received 75% of the valid votes, and the high votes passed safely. George Mitchell happily announced the result.
"hiss…"
Linton under heavy pressure took a deep breath of frustration. According to this ratio, it is certain that Roy Disney, Jobs, Robert Iger and others have chosen to temporarily follow Goldman Sachs in order to achieve the goal of weakening Eisner. Most institutions and small and medium shareholders also have no objection to Disney's board of directors who introduced Goldman Sachs.
Even if some of these forces held their noses to vote.
‘Ring bell...’ The landline rang suddenly, and Linton immediately picked up the microphone to answer.
"Linton, it's still too late for the transaction." Eisner's voice came out over there. "We have worked together for so many years. Isn't it as strong as your friendship with APLUS?"
"No, no, MyLord."
Linton was naturally tempted, but he couldn't believe the other party anymore, and Eisner's credibility was zero in him.
He didn’t even pick up Robert Iger’s olive branch before. This is the end of the matter, and he is even less likely to compromise. Eisner’s possible condition he can guess is that he must be separated from himself and APLUS. He used a special honorific name to send the phone. The head was once the lord.
"OK."
Eisner wanted to say something cruel,'You will regret it', but suddenly flashed back in his mind the cold eyes of the black pharaoh that night after sitting on his throne a year ago, but finally he didn't declare it. mouth.