Reborn America, this is my time

Chapter 187 Roy Disney: "I want it all!"

Half an hour later, in the living room of the Fate game, Ethan Jones and Roy Disney sat opposite each other.Ethan Jones with his fingers crossed on his stomach had a solemn face, while Roy Disney, who almost rushed from San Jose at a flash speed, was smiling.

Looking at the thin face full of wrinkles, Ethan Jones asked: "Mr. Roy Disney, can I think you already know all this? You already know that Philips is in the United Disney, M. GM and Paramount will order them to order North American theaters to ban the purchase of my arcade games? Is that why you came to me again?"

Maybe it was because he came too eagerly, but it might also be because he didn't want to hide it. After hearing Ethan's question, Roy Disney also grinned, "Mr. Jones, you can call me Roy."

"Okay, Roy."

"Then can I call you Ethan right now?"

"If you want."

"Okay, Ethan."

The intimate address made Roy Disney spread his hands and said: "To tell you the truth, I actually don't know all the details of the cooperation between Philips and our Disney. The contract I gave you yesterday is all the certainty I can get now." Matters, as for other supplementary content? I don’t know either.”

"Then how did you know that I would look for you?" Ethan asked straightforwardly, "If I'm not wrong...you haven't left the Bay Area? Because no one can come from Los Angeles within half an hour." When When Roy Disney no longer hides, Ethan no longer tries around the corner.

The straightforward question also made Roy Disney nod his head, and said: "Yes, Ethan. After I left the Stanford Research Park yesterday, I went to San Jose and looked for a hotel to stay in."

"Because I know that you will definitely come to me, or in other words, there are only a few types of gameplay in business and Hollywood rules, and no matter which one it is, it will make you instantly alert."

Roy Disney looked at Ethan with a smile, and seeing that he didn't mean to respond, he continued: "Philips can't hit you directly, that's because you are competing for a single business, self-produced chips, and broad sales channels In the boundless situation, the only means he can use is the most primitive poaching, but that method is useless to you."

"But Hollywood is different. Since the procurement of North American cinemas has made you a lot of money, just getting you out of this channel can limit your income. For Philips, this kind of thing is difficult, but for us It’s very simple, we only need to call the owners of North American theaters and tell them not to buy your arcade games anymore, and they will obey.”

"So, when we got Hollywood and Philips together..."

"That kind of resistance is bound to happen."

Having said that, Roy Disney stopped.

Picking up the cup on the coffee table, he took a sip.

The smell of Lipton's black tea collided with the ice cubes in the cup, making him frown.

"Sorry, start-up company, lack of background." Ethan said.

"Oh, I was just thinking, if I continue to drink tea now, I might not be able to sleep at night? Because I have already drank a cup of distillation before I came here to refresh myself." Roy Disney shook his head with a smile.

"Distillation?" Ethan asked "unexpectedly" because of the other party's preference: "Isn't it trickling?"

"Of course not." Roy Disney explained with a smile, "We, Disney, want to open parks all over the world, so we can't let Europeans think that we like to drink their footwashing water."

"Hahaha——" This reason amused Ethan.

He picked up the tea in front of him, gestured to Roy Disney, and then took a sip.

Espresso is actually espresso, which tastes very bitter, and many American people are not used to drinking it.To solve this problem, American people like to mix in five to six times the normal amount of water, so that a glass of authentic modern American is born.

But in the eyes of Lao Yi, this strange thing is as disgusting as the water for washing socks, so he has always dismissed that what Americans drink is their own foot washing water.

As for trickling?That's the traditional American way of making it.

This kind of cultural joke has been circulated for many years. Anyone who knows how to do it will laugh out loud, and after laughing, the whole living room fell into silence again.

Roy Disney remained silent, while Ethan Jones fell into the long test because he knew that Roy Disney's words just now were fine.

When the commercial competition has reached a fever pitch, the two sides are naturally the Eight Immortals crossing the sea to show their talents.Poaching opponents' corners, cutting off opponents' supply chains, destroying opponents' sales channels... These methods are very common.Although it looks a bit low, but when you are dying, easy to use is the last word.

Therefore, Philips and the others decisively started on the sales channels of Destiny Games.

As for how the combination of Philips, Disney, MGM and Paramount can command the entire North American theater chain?This question is actually very simple, right?
Because after picking out those three, Warner was originally his enemy of Ethan Jones, and Columbia, which was involved in a check fraud and cover-up scandal, had just been kicked out by him. The theaters need to face, in fact, only Fox and Universal.

And these two...

Maybe angry too?
After all, Destiny Games did not reach a game cooperation with them, and they were 'fired' from the video game industry by Philips without benefiting.

When they inexplicably lost at the starting line...

Every management will face the wrath of shareholders.

'Extraordinary, the whole northwestern Shanxi is in a mess! ' Ethan complained in his heart.

At the same time, he also admitted that Philips' differentiation is very good.

The nausea of ​​success got to him.

"You won't leave marks if you do this kind of thing, right?"

After connecting things together, Ethan spoke directly.

"of course."

Roy Disney replied with a smile, "No one will write on their face that I want to monopolize."

"Then how do you maintain a tacit understanding?" Ethan continued to ask.

"An alliance without a written contract is maintained by profit."

Roy Disney directly answered, "Do you still have any impression of the cooperation news jointly released by the three of us and Philips before? We Disney, MGM and Paramount all staggered the release time of the game. This is actually similar to a movie. Allocation of slots."

Ethan understood.

Before, in his anger, he only saw the joint attack, but now...

While these people are blocking, they are also dividing up the pork.

"The alliance maintained by interests is not stable." Ethan said with a smile.

"But isn't it the simplest, the most direct and the most effective?" Roy Disney shrugged, "At least from the current situation, you have indeed been hit."

"You're staying in the Bay Area, and you just want to tell me these things?" Ethan put the teacup back on the coffee table, and leaned back lazily, with his hands on his knees.

He looked at Roy Disney with a smile and said:
"You're right, Philips made a good move, and it did have an impact on me, but it wasn't a big impact because the next game I released had nothing to do with the movie."

"If they were sold in theaters, it would indeed make me a little more money. But if not, it wouldn't matter, because the normal market sales would have made my wealth skyrocket."

"Besides, a game without the support of a movie will take away your box office."

"When the movie theater owners make a lot of money with electronic arcade machines that have nothing to do with movies, you who feel that your interests have been damaged will still unite to boycott me, and now..."

"It's just a little bit ahead of time."

After learning that the owner of the North American theater chain refused to participate in the new product launch conference of the Destiny game, Ethan was indeed a little flustered.But after he calmed down and thought for a while, he found that this kind of resistance would appear sooner or later.

Because the act of putting electronic arcade machines in theaters will definitely affect the box office of the movie.

Don't look at the Hollywood giants who are keen on the field of video games, but in fact they can only accept the win-win situation of "Star Wars".

Movie box office hits, video games hit, that's what they crave.

What If Video Game Revenues Affect Movies?
Even if they make a lot of money, they will feel uncomfortable.

And when a game that has nothing to do with the movie reaped their profits...

There will definitely be a fist-to-hand fight.

Since the problem will appear sooner or later, it is better to solve the thunderstorm as soon as possible.

"Oh—is that so? It seems that I am worrying too much."

Roy Disney said regretfully: "I thought you would need my help, such as getting Disney out of the alliance, but since you don't need it, then we won't talk about it."

'? '

Roy Disney's response made Ethan laugh.

At this moment, he thought this guy was quite interesting.

Obviously it was Roy Disney who needed his help, but Roy Disney was able to reverse the facts and act as if he was helping him out of kindness. This is really...

I want to be exposed too much.

Thinking of this, Ethan stared at Roy Disney.

When he found that this guy accepted his scrutiny frankly, and raised his eyebrows to ask what he was doing with a slight facial expression, Ethan couldn't help but speak.

"Roy."

"Ok?"

"As far as I know, you're just the head of Disney's animation department right now."

This fact made Roy Disney nodded and said, "Yes, I resigned from the group at the beginning of last year, and only retained one directorship. What's wrong?"

"So... you can get Disney to withdraw from the alliance with Philips? Or, to imply that theaters in North America can purchase my machine?" Ethan expressed doubts with a smile.

"Oh—Ethan—" Roy Disney elongated his voice, "It seems that Steven told you everything about me." Leaning lazily on the sofa.The soft sofa made him squint his eyes comfortably, and after humming twice, he said: "Ethan, power is not given by the superior, but obeyed by the subordinate."

"Even if I don't have a position in the group, I can still use the power in the group, because many of them listen to me, and many people don't like Ron Miller."

"Just like yesterday's contract, after Dunn Tatum signed the contract with Philips, a copy of the contract appeared in my hand, because my people knew I needed it."

"So, if we really reach a cooperation, then you can rest assured that I can help you with some things in Hollywood. I can say that if I can't do it, then no one else can."

The unquestionable tone combined with the lazy appearance made Roy Disney look like a dozing lion, and his promise...Ethan didn't actually doubt it.

After all, this guy in front of him is a master of palace fighting. In his previous life, Roy Disney was active in public until the last moment of his life, and the Walt Disney family?
long gone.

"Then what can you bring me?" Looking at the confident figure, Ethan said with a smile: "I think the previous cooperation projects are meaningless now."

"I can't make games for your Disney right now."

"I understand." Roy Disney waved his hand and didn't care.

"Since I'm here again, it proves that I have brought a new cooperation." Roy said: "The first cooperation is the same as before, that is, Disney Animation will animate your game characters."

"The second one is that I can help you inquire about Disney's game production. If it is convenient, I can bring you the game circuit board, and then I can also help you inquire about the production progress of the other two, because Pella MGM and MGM don’t have my direct subordinates, so it is more difficult to pick up the circuit board, but I can still provide the description of the game content.”

"The third thing is to provide you with the cooperation status of Philips, Disney, Paramount, MGM Alliance and North American theaters at any time. Once there is a crack in them, you can launch an attack."

"The fourth is to let your company's products enter Disney's parks and stores. You can put arcade machines in Disneyland, and you can also get a sales shelf for home consoles in each of the fifteen large stores in Disneyland. Don't say you Not going to be a home console, I don't believe it."

"Wow—this is really a very attractive condition—" Ethan laughed and said, "Disney's stores? They are all in prime locations in large cities."

After the evaluation, he asked again: "So, Roy, what is the price?"

"Oh——" The slightly high-pitched tone and the excited question made Roy Disney very happy, "The price? Ethan, your use of this word is very interesting."

"I really just want to work with you."

"Really? I don't believe it." Ethan shook his finger.

Such a response made Roy Disney chuckle and said, "Okay, Okay, Ethan, before I tell the price, can I ask you a question?"

"can."

"I want to know, do you like Disney?"

"Of course, I grew up watching Disney animation."

"Okay, I feel relieved with your words." Roy Disney cleared his throat and said, "My needs are actually very simple. I will launch a campaign on the grounds of 'Save Disney'."

"I will do my best to criticize the management of the Disney Group, Dunn Tatum, Ron Miller, the executives who are right with me, and expose their black material."

"I will try my best to encourage other shareholders to remove them."

"I will also let my subordinates who are loyal to me continue to cause trouble for them in the group."

"When a company enters a period of civil turmoil, their stock price will inevitably fluctuate greatly. At this time, you who like Disney can sell..."

Roy Disney looked at Ethan seriously.

And his words almost didn't make Ethan cry from laughter!
Because when Ethan heard the phrase save Disney, he knew what Roy Disney was thinking right away!This guy wants him to buy Disney stock!
Crashing the stock price is nothing more than helping him to buy better!

If you can make a move, that means sweeping the market!

As Roy Disney said, that is actually the simplest and most direct way to seize power!
When the shareholders of one's own camp own more than a certain number of voting rights in the company, such as 30.00% in Delaware and [-]% in California, then an extraordinary shareholders meeting can be held!
A direct attack on the members of the board of directors!

Although this method cannot kill the chairman at one time, and may not even affect the structure of the board of directors, after more times, the company will no longer be able to operate.

Just toss there every day.

Other shareholders who couldn't bear it either sold their stocks at a low price and had no choice but to leave the market, or they agreed to all the demands of the sudden barbarians, and Carl Icahn used this method the most.

When Ethan was in class in his previous life, the old professors explained his forced acquisition of American Airlines, malicious plunder of Philips Petroleum Company, and direct share of American Steel Company, United Gas Company, Motorola, and Yahoo.

Ethan can handle this kind of thing with his eyes closed, and when Roy Disney expressed the hope that he could use this radical acquisition method to help him enter Disney...

Ethan understood instantly that this guy was after his money.

Because this kind of hostile takeover has no technical content, all it wants is money, a lot of money.

And he...

"Fortune" magazine revealed that he earned [-] million!
'Special code!Is it easy for me to make some money?Why is everyone staring at my money? '

Ethan complained secretly in his heart, but still kept a smile on his face, "Roy, although I haven't gone to college, I also know that stock trading is very complicated and requires a lot of money. Why did you choose me to cooperate? To be honest, I personally think that you should go to people on Wall Street to do this kind of thing, or what California Teachers Foundation..."

There are too many people doing this kind of thing in the whole world, not to mention those jackals on Wall Street, even the federal pension fund of America and the California Teachers Fund, they also do this kind of thing.In other words, Carl Icahn's big profits after the harvest were taken away by these foundations.

If not, relying on the profits from financial transactions alone, they simply cannot support the distribution of pensions with a large number of people under their names.

just a lot of times...

The media dare not report it.

When Ethan was in class in his previous life, the teacher specifically told him to be careful of Carl Icahn's fund when he was practicing in the future, and took his handwriting in the Warner split case as an example.At that time, when Carl Icahn ousted Warner's board of directors, many of his replacements were pension fund managers.When those people appeared, Warner directly agreed to buy back 200 billion shares and give them money.

This is also one of the reasons why Ethan is unwilling to go public, because after the listing, it is not only your enemy who is eyeing your company.Take Nintendo as an example. When the Benzi pension fund holds their stocks for a long time, even Yamauchi Hiroshi has to hold his nose and pay dividends every year.

otherwise……

How does the Benzi pension fund distribute money to those pensioners?
While Ethan recalled the past, Roy Disney also clinged to emotion.

"Ethan, to tell you the truth, I still like to work with people who have dreams."

"You want to make the game of destiny bigger, and you want to make Apple Computer bigger. I admire it."

"When you want to enter the film industry, Disney is actually your best choice, and I can give you the greatest help in the Hollywood animation industry and character development."

"Of course, I can also tell you some of our Disney's strategic plans. We, Disney, have already planned to get involved in live-action movies. If you help me become the chairman of Disney, then I will immediately set up a live-action movie department. Yours We can distribute all movies. If your friends Steven and George are not comfortable staying at Universal Fox, they can come to Disney directly. The chairman and CEO of the live-action film department belong to them, and I will be positive Help you negotiate in the group so that they also get at least one seat on the group board."

Roy Disney looked at Ethan with a smile on his face.

His words also let Ethan see his true heart clearly!
Never mind a video game;
or a live-action movie;

Or the enticing Star Wars and Steven Spielberg;

he--

Roy Disney --

Want it all!
(End of this chapter)