Hollywood Hunter

In a living room downstairs in the villa, Janet and Sofia Fisci discussed the management adjustments of Latour Winery during this time, and talked about many other non-work topics, and casually looked up. With his own watch, the meeting between Simon and Raymond Smith upstairs has lasted for an hour and forty minutes, far exceeding the first hour's agreement.

Sophia also looked at her watch and got up: "It's already noon, I should go back."

Janet sent Sofia to the door and noticed that the woman could not help looking at the direction of the stairs and smiled: "There are many things recently, Simon will fly back to Los Angeles this afternoon, you may not see him this time."

Sophia gave Janet a casual look: "Who said I want to see him?"

"Yeah, who said?" Janet seized the bug in Sofia's sentence and ridiculed: "I didn't say it."

Sophia suddenly couldn't hold it.

Although Simon warned her impersonally that day, she should not think about what she shouldn't think about, but since she had a skin kiss, her attitude towards the little man has changed unconsciously.

At least, the joy of fish and water that afternoon really made her a bit memorable.

After placing the children here, I had made up my mind that I would come over to see them if they were not too busy on the weekend.However, I just arrived this morning and heard that Simon happened to be here. I could not help but ran over with the excuse of discussing the management of Chateau Latour with Janet.

Before I came, I couldn't help but change the ol suit that little man loved, and also carefully applied makeup.

However, Simon did not see it, but Janet saw the flaw.

In Janet’s playful eyes, she almost fled, and Sofia drove away from the manor, raised a hand and gently stroked her hot cheeks, but in the mind he was rudely leaving many places on her. Red marks.

God, I'm really saved.

Janet waited for Sofia to leave and did not go upstairs. She called abcd to start preparing lunch. Raymond Smith was obviously going to stay at noon today.

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In another study room in the villa, Raymond Smith had informed the assistant to cancel the European tour, and he did not even avoid Simon when calling.

When I just heard that Simon said Westeros already owns 4.9% of Bell Atlantic’s stock, hoping to formally acquire the company, Raymond Smith even thought the young man was kidding.

The news that Daenerys Entertainment is about to bid for mca is almost already well known.

Confirming that Simon wasn't kidding, Raymond Smith asked subconsciously if Simon planned to give up mca.

The answer surprised him even more.

Simon Westero intends to initiate two acquisitions worth more than $10 billion at the same time.

Raymond Smith plans to subconsciously treat this as a traditional leveraged buyout case, which will be rejected almost immediately. He does not want Bell Atlantic to be caught in a situation like Reynolds Nabesk or Time Warner after the acquisition.

After Simon roughly explained his own acquisition ideas, Raymond Smith dispelled his immediate refusal and began to ask some more specific acquisitions. Because he had made very good preparations in advance, under the leadership of Simon, the two The discussions between people are getting deeper and deeper unconsciously. Topics related to Bell Atlantic’s business strategy after the completion of the acquisition, the repayment of huge debts, the company’s next expansion, the federal government’s policy direction for the telecommunications industry, etc.

When noon's sunlight fell through the window on the coffee table covered with documents, Raymond Smith realized that the time had come to 12 o'clock.

Simon did not pay attention to these small details and continued: "Listed companies often have to give up a lot of long-term investment in order to take into account the short-term earnings of shareholders, and privatize Bell Atlantic, we can very easily develop potential in the future Very large mobile communications and Internet businesses are depressing bigger bets.

Raymond Smith was reintroduced into the topic by Simon’s words, saying: “Simon, the prospect of mobile communications is still very clear, but the Internet, how can you confirm that you have not pressed the wrong bet? You know, according to your ideas, We only need to invest 1 billion US dollars in basic equipment upgrades. Once the development of the Internet industry does not meet expectations, the company is facing more than a loss of funds, and may even be a matter of survival."

"Lei, I have compiled a memorandum on the various ideas of the Internet industry. If you are interested, you can take it back and take a look. I think that an industry has never existed originally, it requires us to create it ourselves. The world's electronic information network has been sprouting since the 1960s. It has been brewing for more than two decades. It has been widely used in military, commercial, scientific research and government offices, which is enough to prove the development potential of the Internet industry. Since the Internet can lay the foundation in so many professional fields, there is no reason why it cannot be promoted in the mass market with wider market potential."

Simon said here, he paused a little bit, and said quickly: "Imagine, Ray, if one day, in addition to the news, forums, personal homepage, and email applications already provided by the Igreat portal, people can also Through the Internet to obtain movies, music, games, dating, shopping, etc. you can now think of or can not think of countless online services, the development potential of this industry will have?"

Raymond Smith also browsed and tried the online service provided by the Igrid portal. After a moment of reflection, he looked at the opposite youth seriously, and pointed to a pile of materials on the coffee table. He said: "Simon, you put these The idea tells me, I’m not afraid that I will get rid of you and do it myself? My control of Bell Atlantic is not as bad as you think."

Simon shook his head and smiled: "That's because you haven't done enough to violate the will of the shareholders. A company like Bell Atlantic, even if you have a lot of power, can't do whatever you want. I believe that Bell Atlantic will not be absent. Executives who want to take your place. As a listed company, as long as you encounter setbacks in promoting these strategies, even if only for a while, your so-called'controlling power' of Bell Atlantic will quickly fade. Compared with us, as long as we Being able to agree on the company’s fundamental direction of development will allow me to tolerate the management’s long-term loss of more than five years in a particular business."

Raymond Smith was silent for a moment.

The two have discussed for nearly two hours, and Raymond Smith knows that if he has no heart, he will not discuss with Simon for so long, or even cancel his original itinerary.

It's just that accepting Westero's offer to buy has advantages and disadvantages after all.

On the plus side, as the young man said, he can boldly adopt some aggressive business strategies without the strict regulatory constraints of listed companies, and the company does not need to brainstorm its financial reports every quarter.

However, on the downside, as the chairman and CEO of Bell Atlantic, he does have very great power. As long as he does not take too risky reforms to the company, he can safely retire in this high-paying position.

Conversely, once the company was acquired, he was in power and found himself a boss. The future development of the company reached the young man’s expectations. It is better to say that if he does not reach it, he may be kicked out at any time.Even if a huge contract cancellation fee can be obtained through an advance contract, the industry is basically destroyed.

After weighing this for more than two minutes, Raymond Smith finally looked up and said, "Simon, I need more protection."

"Ray, you definitely know Amy Pascal, she will receive more than $100 million in salary this year, and I believe this should be the highest salary ever for female executives. Many people in the Westeros system also have this year. They will all get very generous rewards, so you don’t need to worry about your rewards."

Simon talked about it here, and then said: "However, Ray, I also understand your other meaning. You need to still have enough power after I completed the acquisition of Bell Atlantic. Frankly, I I can’t promise you anything. I’ve seen your resume and I’m pretty sure that you have the ability to run this company well, but I will never let it go completely. If you are concerned about Hollywood, you will know that the two high-level employees hired by Sony after acquiring Columbia No matter how ridiculous it is now, it's all about arbitrarily spoiling this big studio. Before they were hired, they were actually very good producers. The reason for this situation is largely because of the two Human power lacks restraint. I will not make this mistake."

Raymond Smith's expression was still hesitant.

Simon waited for a moment and said again: "Ray, I remember an anecdote about Apple in Silicon Valley. Steve Jobs invited Apple’s current CEO, John Scali, who was still working at Coca-Cola, to join Apple and said, you Want to sell sugar water for life, or seize the opportunity to change the world? In fact, I also want to say, Ray, you want to stay peacefully and securely in the position of Bell Atlantic’s head until retirement, and then be quickly killed after a departure party Forget, or with Simon Westero, create a miracle remembered by the world?"

Raymond Smith heard Simon’s words, remembering that the youth in front of him shone for a few years, and his heart gradually produced a long-lost blood, and finally reached out: "Simon, I promise you."

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Simon shook his head and smiled: "That's because you haven't done enough to violate the will of the shareholders. A company like Bell Atlantic, even if you have a lot of power, can't do whatever you want. I believe that Bell Atlantic will not be absent. Executives who want to take your place. As a listed company, as long as you encounter setbacks in promoting these strategies, even if only for a while, your so-called'controlling power' of Bell Atlantic will quickly fade. Compared with us, as long as we Being able to agree on the company’s fundamental direction of development will allow me to tolerate the management’s long-term loss of more than five years in a particular business."

Raymond Smith was silent for a moment.

The two have discussed for nearly two hours, and Raymond Smith knows that if he has no heart, he will not discuss with Simon for so long, or even cancel his original itinerary.

It's just that accepting Westero's offer to buy has advantages and disadvantages after all.

On the plus side, as the young man said, he can boldly adopt some aggressive business strategies without the strict regulatory constraints of listed companies, and the company does not need to brainstorm its financial reports every quarter.

However, on the downside, as the chairman and CEO of Bell Atlantic, he does have very great power. As long as he does not take too risky reforms to the company, he can safely retire in this high-paying position.

Conversely, once the company was acquired, he was in power and found himself a boss. The future development of the company reached the young man’s expectations. It is better to say that if he does not reach it, he may be kicked out at any time.Even if he can get a huge cancellation fee through an advance contract, his career will basically be ruined by then.

After weighing this for more than two minutes, Raymond Smith finally looked up and said, "Simon, I need more protection."

"Ray, you definitely know Amy Pascal, she will receive more than $100 million in salary this year, and I believe this should be the highest salary ever for female executives. Many people in the Westeros system also have this year. They will all get very generous rewards, so you don’t need to worry about your rewards."

Simon talked about it here, and then said: "However, Ray, I also understand your other meaning. You need to still have enough power after I completed the acquisition of Bell Atlantic. Frankly, I I can’t promise you anything. I’ve seen your resume and I’m pretty sure that you have the ability to run this company well, but I will never let it go completely. If you are concerned about Hollywood, you will know that the two high-level employees hired by Sony after acquiring Columbia No matter how ridiculous it is now, it's all about arbitrarily spoiling this big studio. Before they were hired, they were actually very good producers. The reason for this situation is largely because of the two Human power lacks restraint. I will not make this mistake."

Simon waited for a moment and said again: "There is an anecdote about Apple in Ray. Steve Jobs invited Apple's current CEO, John Scali, who was still working at Coca-Cola, to join Apple and said that you want to sell for a lifetime. Sugar water, or seize the opportunity to change the world? In fact, I also want to say, Ray, do you want to stay in the position of Bell Atlantic’s head until retirement, and then be quickly forgotten after a departure party, or with Together, Simon Westero, create a miracle remembered by the world?"

Raymond Smith heard Simon’s words, remembering that the youth in front of him shone for a few years, and a long-lost blood began to grow in his heart, and finally reached out: "Simon, I promise you."