King of Hollywood

“Nobody... competes with us?” Adrian's just stretched eyebrows suddenly wrinkled again, and a heart sank because of something.

“Yes,” Claude sighed, looking seriously at him, "do you know where our weakness is? ”

“… young.” Half a day later, Adrian didn't want to say the word.

“Yes, our company is too young, it's only been more than a year since its inception, we don't have much more to accomplish, much less the backbone and seniority of an old-fashioned company, remember the word" we ”I used when I said we needed nearly 20 billion dollars? If we want to acquire, we can only offer a higher price, and if other group companies want to acquire ABC, the only thing we can do is raise the price higher.” Claude shrugged.

Adrian laughed bitterly and stopped talking, and the reason he offered to buy abc at this time was to beat Disney by surprise. Disney was supposed to have acquired ABC in late '94, and I'm afraid it's still part of the plan, and if I can get ahead of myself, I don't have to take ABC away from Disney.

But now, after Claude's analysis, he realized that his thoughts were still too naive. It is simply impossible to acquire a large company like ABC without spending a few months and a half to engage and negotiate. This gives the other party the opportunity to pay the price and sell it. Even if you do want to sell it, you should buy yourself a good price.

If Adrian does this to ABC now, then Disney doesn't have a plan, and if he does, he'll definitely be involved the first time, Michael? Eisner may be a tyrant, but he's also a brilliant businessman, and he'll never sit around and watch them two hairy boys put ABC in their bags.

Just think about how important it is for Disney to sell ABC, who lost 10 years in a row after it was bought, and still fill the gap with their huge money. Michael? Esner is well aware of the complementarity between ABC and Disney in advocacy and dissemination, so he expects them to give up and think about how to raise more money.

“It's an unacceptable thing.” Adrian sighed, some unwilling to squeeze his fingers.

Though Claude had not said anything, it was clear to him that if they had to acquire, they would not necessarily have won, but the odds were not high. But then, inevitably, all the energy and resources will be concentrated on the competition with Disney, and if you don't take down ABC, it doesn't matter, but if you don't, you won't lose it.

Still not strong enough. Adrian sighed angrily in her heart. If he could drag on for another three years, he would definitely be able to raise more money, but now he can only watch the big meal in front of him and not eat it. If ABC slipped away from his fingertips, there would no longer be such a network of broadcasters throughout the United States that he would acquire it, which would be a major setback to the company's development.

The influence of a media company with a vast television network is much greater than that of media companies with only paper media, and modern people can not watch newspapers without listening to the radio but without watching television. Television had a multifaceted influence over newspapers and broadcasts, and voices, texts, dynamic images and messages were more readily accepted.

Or let's put it this way, just like people read a novel, if you find it strange or forget the plot, you can stop and read it in detail before continuing. But if you're watching a movie, unless you're at home, it's impossible to ask the theater to put it back, watch more of the neglected plots, and then watch it again - which is why some directors really like to have a lot of little details in the movie as a means of attracting viewers to watch it over and over again. Moreover, even at home, if you want to rewind the belt, it still feels strange to rewind it and go all the way back.

One is to take information proactively, and the other is to accept information passively, which is more likely to affect nature. For example, Disney's upcoming television film "Song and Dance Youth" is an excellent example, and if it exists as a movie alone, it is at best at the same level as "Dance Out of My Life" - and perhaps not comparable to it - and immediately becomes a popular song and dance movie after repeated propaganda on ABC's television network, thus offering a large number of young idols and earning rich profits.

Thus, in Adrian's plan, ABC's television network was a necessary option from the outset - and it could only be ABC - but it was unexpected that, after the Soviet Union had made a fortune, it would still be difficult to achieve that goal.

Of course, he can also choose to buy a channel from another network, and gradually make it big enough to go all over the United States. It's not that hard, and there's a lot of high-rating TV shows and art shows in his head, otherwise how could he have sworn that Dandan claimed to be able to save ABC? Even if I don't remember the details, but if a boss has all the details ready, then why the operational team? And long before that, he had LaVerne ready for the TV show.

Beyond that, energy could be focused on the Internet, which had already killed records before he was reborn, the paper publishing industry was shaken, and online television was on the agenda a long time ago. If all the opportunities to know were to be seized, it would not necessarily become an emerging media giant.

It is just that both ways are subject to human constraints for a long time, especially the former. And while the latter had a wider sky in the future, Adrian's greatest advantage was probably gone by then.

Fucking TV network. Adrian grew out of his breath and came back to God, looking at the best man in front of him: "You gave me good news, and then you gave me bad news, Claude. ”

“Okay, Ed, come on,” Claude reassured, “the network is important, and I know, if you want, we could try - or, think about another broadcaster? ”

“Another broadcaster?” Adrian helplessly stretched out his stall, "If only they had been acquired, it would have been better to form a new one. ”

Claude picked the eyebrows and suddenly thought of something: “I think there's a broadcasting company you might be interested in. ”

“Oh?” Adrian revealed curiosity.

“bs” Claude said that name.

“bs?” Adrian blinked, “I think... what I need is an American broadcaster? ”

“Wasn't I talking about the American broadcaster?” Claude's a little confused.

“Isn't BS short for the Tokyo Broadcasting Corporation?” Adrian was confused, too.

“Tokyo Broadcasting Corporation? Jesus Christ, what's going on in your head?” Claude looked at him incredibly, and he took two deep breaths, stabilized his mood, and considered the following words before asking: "Well, remember the most prominent news channel of the Gulf War at the beginning of last year? ”

“Of course it's CNN.” Adrian moped his chin and seemed to hear something, "Are you trying to say...”

“Yes, CNN is Turner Broadcasting's channel," Claude nodded, "abbreviated BS. ”

“Turner Broadcasting?” Adrian shook his head and began to recall relevant information.

“If I remember correctly, Ted, the founder of bs? Turner used to attend my godfather's, your father's liquor party, and you should have seen him.” Claude recalled.

“Really? Let me think...” Adrian held up his chin and squeezed his eyes, his hands on the small round table began to tap with rhythm, “with a shallow mustache, hair always combed from left to right, eyes small but very godly, square face, gives a very hard feeling. ”

“I didn't expect you to remember what he looked like.” Claude looked at him surprised.

“It's nothing,” Adrian waved, seemingly reluctant to talk, “you think buying a bs would be a good idea? ”

“Of course," Claude nodded, "the BS television network is not as good as ABC, and there aren't as many channels that radiate across the United States, but it's pretty good across the United States. After all, although BS is less entertaining than NBC, CBS and other television networks, CNN has a solid position in the White House press corps. More importantly, BS is much cheaper than ABC, and I'm afraid only half of ABC's money is needed. If you said you could bring ABC back to life, why not take BS to the next level? ”

Speaking of which, he raised his hand to stop Adrian from meddling: “I know what you're trying to say, Ed. That's right, if we succeed in acquiring ABC, and you can do what you say, then that huge network of TVs will take us up several steps and give us more voice. But did you ever wonder if it would be too dramatic if a company like ours had really succeeded in acquiring ABC in less than two years? Don't you think we have a solid foundation? If you expand too fast, you can easily get caught in a vulnerability and..."

Claude made a gesture: "I've had a lot of dealings with the guys on Wall Street, and I know the risks -- if we succeed in acquiring ABC, we'll definitely put all the money into it, and if someone seizes the opportunity to make some rumors or something, we might accidentally fall into a trap and pay for what we just got, so I think the acquisition of BS would be more appropriate. And even so, I would not recommend that the acquisition begin immediately, and we need more time and patience, careful contact with each other, gathering all kinds of intelligence, making the most sophisticated arrangements, and making sure to take them all when needed."

Claude waved, ending his speech. Adrian didn't say a word, he sat quietly in his chair for a long time, staring at the distance, not knowing what he was looking at, until Claude finished a cup of coffee and opened his mouth slowly: "Okay, so...”