"I've seen it..." Eisner repeated helplessly.
"Then you let the people from Disney Records deal with him!"
George Mitchell put on the chairman's score and gestured to the TV, "This guy is so annoying."
The Metropolitan Distribution Company has some of the overseas release contracts of Metropolis Records and A+ Records. Warner Records naturally inherited these after the merger. In other words, Disney Records should now negotiate with Warner Records about joint release follow-up matters. It is a pure business change work. complex.
"It's impossible now, let's talk about it after the 20th."
Doug Morris is clearly looking for trouble, and Disney Records is currently firmly supporting Linton, internal and external collusion to cooperate with the hype agenda, Eisner sees very clearly how it is possible to stop before the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders.
"Only one week left."
George Mitchell had no idea about the showdown last night, "Have you not decided yet? Please, Michael, hurry up."
"I've decided, will you support me?" Eisner asked back.
"Huh?" George Mitchell was caught off guard.
"Robert." Eisner said.
"That means we will bring in Jobs later, and APLUS will take his record business to Warner..." George Mitchell didn't believe him, "Can you accept it?"
After deciding to let go, it was easier, Eisner shrugged, "It doesn't matter to me anyway."
"OK..."
George Mitchell looked at his expression, as if he didn't seem to be pretending, "Don't rush to announce, Paulson will come over in the afternoon, let's have a good chat, this kind of thing must be cautious."
"Of course." Eisner nodded.
Before going out, George Mitchell looked back again at him who was holding a crystal shrimp dumpling. As soon as he got out of the range, he immediately dialed Paulson's number in the corridor, "You have to come this afternoon! Henry, Eisner seems to be real Ready to bow to Robert and Jobs!"
Then APLUS and Linton will lose...
Paulson was happy and worried, and immediately went south in the wind and dust.
In the evening, when he arrived at the hotel, Eisner was already drafting a resignation speech with his subordinates. The draft was nearing completion and he did not shy away from others, so George Mitchell and others were there.
Eisner himself leaned back against the floor-to-ceiling window while dictating in contemplation. The secretary sat behind the boss’s desk and typed. Two assistants bent over and pointed softly, checking for missing vacancies. The chief financial officer, legal officer and other executives surrounded with different expressions. At the table, George Mitchell and his people are sitting in the corner to listen in. The scene is a bit like a White House work photo.
"When I got to work in William Morris' mail room for the first time, Barabara..."
Paulson picked up one of the speeches with a meaning similar to the abdication edict and ran over one of them. "I am very grateful to the friends who still give me trust, and I also call on you to continue to support Robert's work Barabara... This is a bit unlike you. Michael." He laughed and joked.
"Time is running out, isn't it a decision?" Eisner replied, "I figured it out, it's good for everyone."
"Ha ha…"
Paulson asked again: "Go back to the U.S. to announce?"
"No, after the opening ceremony of the park tomorrow, it will be announced that night, and then I will go on vacation directly, not going back to the United States for the time being."
Eisner really doesn't want to go back. Even if he retains a trace of decentness, he still cannot change the fact that he loses everything...
"Shall we talk?"
"OK."
"Uh…"
The two called George Mitchell to the small room next door. Paulson hesitated before speaking, "What if we turn to support ESPN's Bodenheimer?"
"too late."
Eisner lowered his head to conceal the bright color in his gaze, "Why do you have this idea?"
"Everyone is annoying that Linton and Robert fight back and forth. Together, we can still influence the nomination committee, right?"
George Mitchell cooperated, "When they finish re-election of directors, I will push Bodenheimer's agenda to take over as CEO, and try to see if I can vote for more than half of them directly, which will result in a fait accompli."
"If it doesn't work, support Robert Iger again." Paulson added.
"Bodenheimer...Bodenheimer...he would?"
Eisner murmured, and his mind quickly turned: "We are more than half sad. If the sneak attack fails, how will Bodenheimer face Robert in the future?"
"He promised to accompany us to gamble, anyway, according to the normal process, he is expected to rise to a position closer to the CEO at least ten years later."
George Mitchell pointed to himself: "Isn't there still me if I fail?"
Eisner entered the long exam, "No, no, I have promised Robert, you should have told me this plan long ago."
"It's not that you haven't played with him." George Mitchell smirked.
"No, this time is different."
Eisner continued to shook his head. For a moment, he planned to betray Staggs and betray his secret of taking refuge in Iger. Staggs was next door, and he persuaded Goldman Sachs and George Mitchell to coerce and lure Staggs. Change your mind...
But he held back it, it was no good.
He communicated with Iger on the phone last night. Iger is very determined this time. It is a foul to threaten with false accounts, but Iger can't take care of it anymore. If he doesn't submit, Iger would rather die together.
Iger must have already had what Staggs had in his hands, and there was no point in controlling Staggs.
He flinched, and once he thought about retirement, he didn't have the courage to die with the enemy.
Paulson and George Mitchell persuaded him for a long time, but he always refused, "You persuade Linton to leave Linton, promise his sphere of influence, and let them turn to support Bodenheimer."
He deliberately proposed, "APLUS, use the money to introduce Pixar Animation to buy his film company at a premium. DreamWorks Animation...for the time being only a release contract, Katzenberg should be able to accept it. This can basically defeat Robert and Jobs. "
"You can try it."
Paulson nodded, but did not intend to keep his promise.
"What about you?" George Mitchell asked.
"I must support Robert. It will be included in tomorrow's resignation speech. You saw it just now." Eisner replied.
"Say hello to your people in private..." Paulson hinted.
"No." Eisner refused decisively, his side has leaked like a sieve, and people's hearts are unpredictable. "Anyway, if Bodenheimer has not passed the test, you still have to continue to support Robert, don't you?"
"OK, then we..."
"Ugh!"
After talking with the two, it was too late. Eisner returned to the hotel room. He sent away the entourage, sighed alone, and picked up the speech draft left by the assistant.
‘In the twenty years that Robert Iger has served ABC...’
He scanned the text again, and every appearance of Iger's name made him feel dazzling.
In the darkness, he thought for a long time.
Paulson and George Mitchell suddenly launched Bodenheimer unexpectedly, and logically, they must have been preparing for a long time, hiding from themselves...
In other words, even if he defeated Linton and Iger this time, it is likely that Goldman Sachs will find a chance to replace him with Bodenheimer in the future, when the threat of foreign enemies retreats.
"Ha ha…"
He sneered, it turned out he hadn't had a chance long ago...
Maybe I can still struggle a bit?
When he was alone, his emperor's temper suddenly emerged from the bottom of his heart, and Paulson's half-heartedness also gave him a chance.
It's impossible to stay, at least for better conditions than the persuasive price that Iger asked Staggs to relay?