I’m in Hollywood - Chapter 442
[Chapter 439 No]
? Before you know it, six hours have passed, and it’s three o’clock in the afternoon. In order not to miss the latest news, all the reporters waiting outside Disney headquarters did not leave.
If you have a partner, you can buy lunch alone. If the reporter comes alone, you can only starve.
Elizabeth of the “Philadelphia Evening News” is one of the starving people. Compared with those nationally famous newspapers, the “Philadelphia Evening News” is not too big in scale and reputation. It can only send a reporter to Los Angeles to follow and interview Hollywood. The largest merger ever.
In Los Angeles in January, even the warmest hour in the afternoon was only a dozen degrees. Elizabeth squeezed into the crowd, tightening her beige trench coat, and looked at the gate of Disney headquarters again, looking forward to any news. out.
In a conference room at Disney’s headquarters, the battle between Viacom and Firefly has entered its final moments. The two parties’ bids have soared from the initial $5.5 billion to $6.3 billion, and Firefly is currently leading the bid.
As for Viacom, as Bernie Sanders analyzed, after the bid exceeded $6 billion, Redstone’s mood became obviously hesitant and anxious.
Eric thought that Redstone’s next price increase would be reduced to tens of millions, but it didn’t take long for Viacom to directly offer a price of 6.5 billion US dollars.
“Eric, this must be Viacom’s last bargaining chip,” Bernie Sanders said to Eric after hearing the offer.
Eric glanced at his watch. It was 3:15, less than two hours before the end of get off work time at 5 o’clock, which was also the final bidding time for this acquisition.
At this time, Redstone directly increased the offer from 6.3 billion to 6.5 billion US dollars. The intention of the last fight was indeed obvious. Unfortunately, Viacom did not know how much chips Eric had in his hands from beginning to end. In the face of the huge sum of up to 8 billion US dollars in Grams’ hands, Viacom’s limit of less than 7 billion US dollars is impossible to win after all.
After some discussion.
Firefly quickly added $100 million, pushing the price up to $6.6 billion.
After Viacom’s acquisition team heard the Firefly offer, there was a brief uproar, before requesting a timeout from Disney.
Subsequently.
Lei Shidong left with those people in a hurry.
After half an hour, Lei Shidong returned to the conference room with his main deputy. Eric saw at a glance that there were less than half of the people on Lei Shidong’s side.
“Redstone had a big fight with several other shareholders, and I estimate that $6.6 billion is more than the psychological limit of other Viacom shareholders,
” Chris, who had just left and returned soon, told Eric and Bertrand Nie Sanders said in a low voice: “The part of the shareholders who broke up with Redstone has already left. They are still at the gate and publicly expressed to the reporters outside that they will no longer support Redstone. If Redstone insists on going his own way, they will Sue Redstone for abusing his power. Therefore, if Redstone continues to offer, it will be difficult for Viacom to complete this acquisition.”
Eric glanced at Michael Eisner not far away and asked: “Does Disney know the news?”
Chris understands that Eric is asking Disney’s shareholders. Disney’s management has always been inclined to Viacom. The information has been disclosed to Disney’s shareholder representatives, and they must know what choice to make.” Speaking of which, Chris showed a congratulatory smile and gently patted Eric on the shoulder: ” So, Eric, Disney is yours.”
Eric finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. After half a year of preparation, half a year of work, and twelve months, the dust finally settled.
Representatives for Viacom quickly dropped the bid, as Chris expected.
Lei Shidong looked unwilling.
Looking at Eric’s eyes as if trying to swallow him whole.
Although he had the intention to raise the price to $7 billion, although he was angry, Redstone did not lose his mind. He knew that this time was not like a hostile takeover of Viacom a few years ago.
That time, his acquisition of chip National Entertainment Corporation was completely personal property, and he had absolute control, but this time, Viacom’s shares were not in his hands alone. Down.
In the end, the bid will be declared invalid.
Michael Eisner, who was full of confidence, felt uneasy when Viacom requested a suspension. Hearing that Viacom gave up the acquisition, Michael Eisner’s face instantly turned pale, and the whole person rose. There was a huge sense of anger and powerlessness.
Frank Wells, who was sitting next to Michael Eisner, saw his reaction, so he had no choice but to take the initiative of Michael Eisner’s work and stood up to announce the result of Firefly.
Although his thoughts were different, after the results came out, there was still applause in the conference room. Lei Shidong took his men and left quickly without saying a word. The recovered Michael Eisner took a deep look at Airi. Ke, whispered a few words to Frank Wells, and also got up and walked out of the conference room, but the representatives of Disney’s shareholders came over to congratulate Eric warmly.
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Outside the Disney headquarters building, from the moment some Viacom shareholders left, all the reporters had already guessed the result of this bidding. It didn’t take long for Redstone to lead someone away, and he made a decision for the result of the bidding. proved.
However, the Firefly team did not come out after a full hour because they needed to sign related contracts with Disney management.
“Isn’t it through the back door?”
“Firefly definitely hopes to expand the influence of this acquisition. How could it be possible to leave through the back door? This is not a scandal.”
“What do you think the transaction price will be?”
“6.5 billion Right, one of my classmates works on Wall Street, I asked him about it, and he told me.”
Hearing the discussions around her peers, Elizabeth lowered her head and silently checked the camera and recorder.
At this moment, I don’t know who shouted ‘Come out’.
Elizabeth raised her head quickly and saw the gate of the Disney headquarters at a glance. The security guards quickly organized a human wall, and seven or eight middle-aged people of different ages walked towards this side surrounded by a young man in his early twenties.
The group of reporters began to riot, and Elizabeth quickly pushed forward with force. Perhaps it was better luck, and Elizabeth actually squeezed to the front of the crowd.
“…Tomorrow at nine o’clock in the morning, Firefly will hold a press conference at the headquarters. I hope everyone will be there on time,” Eric said briefly.
He signaled to security to push the crowd away.
Elizabeth just raised her camera and took a few pictures of Eric when she saw that Eric had finished speaking and was about to leave.
Of course the large group of reporters could not be satisfied with this answer, and they waited all day.
The purpose was to get some news as soon as possible. Therefore, before Eric’s footsteps were lifted, the crowd seemed to explode with a violent impulse, and surrounded Eric and the others.
“Ah!!!”
Elizabeth was holding the camera in her hand.
The center of gravity moved up, and at the moment when the crowd exerted force, someone stepped on the heel, and instantly fell forward, the camera slammed into pieces, and the whole person also let out a scream.
Eric saw a girl in a beige trench coat being squeezed down, and quickly signaled the bodyguard to come forward to save the person. If someone was trampled at this time, then a good thing would become a bad thing.
Fortunately, the reporter group was still a little sensible. After hearing a woman screaming, they realized that an accident had occurred.
The crowded strength was much weaker, and the two bodyguards beside Eric quickly picked up Elizabeth and walked to the parking lot among Eric’s group.
“Camera, my camera,” Elizabeth woke up from the short-lived fear, and found that the camera on her chest was gone, and hurriedly turned to look behind her.
That Canon camera is the property of the newspaper, worth more than $5,000. When she arrived, the editor-in-chief even told her to use it carefully, if it disappeared.
She has to pay for the compensation herself, and her job for more than two months will be gone.
The strong hand that had always been strong immediately grabbed Elizabeth, who wanted to run back: “Miss, I’ll let someone pick it up later. Now let’s get out first.”
Elizabeth looked at her young man.
Looking at the crowd behind him, he obeyed the youth’s strength a little overwhelmed, came to the parking lot together, and got into a black car with him.
“Carter, help the lady just now find her camera. It seems to be where she fell.” Eric said to the bodyguards in the front row after he was done.
“Okay, Mr. Williams,” the bodyguard said, picking up the walkie-talkie and saying a few words outside.
The car started slowly, and it took a while for Elizabeth to understand her situation. In a daze, she actually sat beside Eric Williams.
This discovery made Elizabeth instantly forget the pain in her knee due to the fall. Yu Guang glanced at the young man beside her, and found that the other party was also looking at her, which made her even more cramped. She raised her hand and wanted to sort it out. I brushed my hair, but I wondered if it would look too artificial, and finally I put my hand down gently.
Eric looked at the petite woman beside him, with short black hair, a straight nose, big eyes, and slightly thin lips, with a strange sensuality.
“Can you laugh?” Eric asked suddenly.
Elizabeth was stunned for a moment before she realized, “Mr. Williams, are you talking to me?”
Seeing that the other party turned his head to face him, Eric was even more certain, and repeated: “Can you laugh? ”
“Um… um,” Elizabeth did not dare to look directly at Eric’s handsome and angular face. She nodded with a little inferiority, pursed her lips, and pulled out a smile.
Looking at the iconic bad smile in front of him, Eric also laughed, and at the same time made sure he didn’t admit the wrong person: “Someone said that you always look like you’re making a bad idea when you smile?”
Elizabeth nodded subconsciously, and then again He shook his head sharply: “No, I didn’t.”
Eric looked at the girl’s overwhelmed appearance, smiled a few times, and said, “I don’t know your name yet?”
“Oh, hello, William Mrs, my name is Elizabeth Fee,” Elizabeth introduced politely.
Eric continued to ask: “Where’s your middle name? I happen to know an Elizabeth too, and it will confuse the two of you.”
“You can call me Tina, my full name is Elizabeth Tina Fey .”
Sure enough, it was Tina Fei.
Eric felt that things became very interesting: “How did you think of being a reporter?”
“I wrote articles to newspapers when I was in middle school, and I went to the journalism department in college,” Tina Fey thought about Eric’s question. It was a little strange, but he answered seriously.
“Haven’t you thought about doing anything else?”
“Yes, I applied for the drama major at the University of Virginia, but I didn’t get it.”
“It’s a pity,” Eric shook his head and said, Tina Tina in the original time and space. Fei has also written a few good works. Eric has seen each other’s “Mean Girls” and the TV series “I’m a Comedy Maniac”.
Perhaps because of her many years as a screenwriter on “Saturday Night Live”, Tina Fey’s narrative is slightly exaggerated, always with a little “Saturday Night Live” spoof style.
Tina Fey didn’t know what Eric was thinking, but she quickly realized her identity and asked tentatively, “Mr. Williams, I… can I interview you?”
It is always fate to meet an ‘acquaintance’ in a previous life, Eric did not refuse, nodded and smiled: “Okay.”
Tina Fei heard Eric’s answer, and excitedly took out the recorder from the bag and pressed the button. After pressing the record button, he hesitated for a moment before asking, “Mr. Williams, what is the final offer of
Firefly
‘s acquisition of Disney?”
“$6.6 billion.”
Boldly asked: “Then, after completing this acquisition, will you put Firefly under Disney?”
“No, Disney will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Firefly, just like Sony Pictures and Columbia Pictures. The relationship is like that.”
“Will Disneyland change its name to Firefly?”
“No, Disneyland is already a very mature brand, and Firefly will not rashly change its name.”
“Become one of the seven major Hollywood studios at the age of 20 .
One of the owners of , what do you think now?”
“It’s just the beginning, and there’s still a long way to go.”
“So Firefly will continue to expand?”
“Of course.”
“Then where will Firefly expand next?”
“There is no plan yet. UU Reading www.sonicmtl.com Firefly’s main focus in the next few years will be on the integration with Disney and its own development.”
“…”
“…” The
two kept quick question and answer, a series of questions After that, Tina Fei flashed a sly face, and suddenly asked, “How many girlfriends do you have?”
“Yes…”
Eric stopped the conversation in time, looked at Tina Fey with a sly face, reached out his hand like lightning, and snatched the recorder before she could react. The tape was reversed for a long time, and hurriedly rushed over: “Don’t, don’t wash too much, just the last part, I’ll come, I can’t do it myself.”
Eric blocked Tina Fei’s small hand with one hand. , skillfully pressed the cleaning button, and Tina Fei suddenly let out a ‘scream’.
(To be continued.)
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