Chapter 1247 Trying to Figure Out APLUS

Tickets for the two Berlin concerts of 'APLUS are hard to find. This musical genius who has dabbled in pop songs, movie soundtracks, and symphonies has actually only released two official studio albums in his eight-year career. American fans are waiting hard, but he seems to have fully immersed themselves in the global popularity of the World Cup theme song Cup of Life...'

In late September, Song Ya waved and blew kisses to the fans who sent her off, bid farewell to Germany and set off for Ermao. The American reporter said in the audio on the screen: "As for the East Hall scandal..."

'despair. '

Barry Diller turned off the TV, "Sit down, everyone."

"Yes, Mr. Diller."

The two executives of the A+ liquor industry and former Seagram veterans just sat down respectfully, then got up slightly to catch the wine glasses handed over by the tycoon himself.

"Don't be restrained, I have been friends with Edgar and his son for many years." Barry Diller said.

"we know."

"certainly."

The two said yes.

"Did APLUS inform you of the specific business of coming to see me?" Barry Diller sat behind the boss's desk and asked.

"Yes, we want to try to resolve the monopoly issue with Seagram."

Barry Diller: "OK, what's going on? APLUS said that your wine is being deliberately suppressed by Seagram using channel energy?"

"It's not that serious. Seagram refused to release our new red and white wines here, but that's understandable. The United States itself is a grape-producing area. Both relevant associations and local wine merchants are very resistant to new wines from China. The brand, us and Seagram are under a lot of pressure, and the product itself has no price advantage..."

The other party replied: "The vodka product line has cooperated very well, and the goods have been distributed normally."

Barry Diller: "Is it the Gray Goose vodka? It's been litigated with the French? It's very common in the market."

"Yes."

Barry Diller: "What about the red and white wines?"

"Because the international market cannot be opened, the output is not high, and it is digested in Huaguo. In fact, the sales are not bad."

Barry Diller took a pen and paused on the table,

"APLUS told me that you tied a long-term contract with Seagram while he was in a coma..."

"Uh..." The two old men glanced at each other, "Mr. Diller, you know, we have worked for the Bronfman family for decades, and cooperation with Seagram has always been the first choice. This starts from our acceptance of Mr. APLUS Make that very clear when you hire...otherwise we wouldn't be working for a new wine merchant."

"It was originally a win-win situation, and the decision was made by Mr. Reese, the president of A+ Liquor Industry."

"We just didn't expect him to have an issue with little Edgar later on."

"We know that little Edgar secretly issued similar suppression orders to Seagram. This is very frustrating. We didn't expect it at all... We went to his father, sold out the old face and begged, but we could only Keep the vodka product line that has been cooperated for many years."

"Little Edgar doesn't like it, and he rarely cares about the operation of the wine business. We had quarreled with him when we were in Seagram... many times, maybe because of this, he is not happy to see A+ wine. The industry continues to develop rapidly.”

"Of course he is a very good boy, and he has successfully transformed into the entertainment industry. It's just a matter of interest."

"Yes, we watched little Edgar grow up."

"Compared to his brothers and sisters, it's not like coming from a family."

"The boss is good at everything, but he is too arrogant to indulge the children. Since he was a child..."

"Anyway, it is absolutely right to put the family property in the hands of little Edgar."

The two old men chattered endlessly.

It's very interesting. The boss in their mouth still doesn't refer to APLUS, but old Bronfman. Thinking of that old fox... Barry Diller smiled bitterly, "What about APLUS? What do you think of APLUS?"

"Of course he's also very good."

"Yes, there is a temperament of an old-school Chicago businessman, as sharp as a knife, a bit like when the boss was young..."

"He had a bestial instinct for making money."

"And knowing what young people like these days ... that's very important."

The two old men praised again and again.

"According to your description, he is even expected to catch up with Morgan and Rockefeller." Barry Diller said deliberately.

"No, no, that's impossible."

The two old men laughed, "There are still many shortcomings. He is immature and has the usual problems of most young people, such as rampant recklessness, frequent unnecessary disputes with others, and lack of patience."

"That's right, running a traditional industry requires enduring long-term boring work, which he can't do at all. After promoting Gray Goose Vodka, a blockbuster product, he basically forgot about the wine business except for checking the reports regularly. And Clothing business, I don’t seem to care too much..."

"Cross-border geniuses can't concentrate because their interests are too broad. Today they play this, and tomorrow they play that."

"Yes, halfway through my studies, I went abroad to hold a concert..."

"When I got tired of pop music, I started playing gospel chorus."

"And those women..."

"We know that he has earned most of his net worth in the stock market in the past few years. There is no need to keep staring at clothing and wine if he can easily make hundreds of millions or billions of quick money. He is also hardworking and energetic. I heard that he often grows up. Hours work, we just feel like it's a bit of a pity..."

"Of course we are both old brains, maybe we can't keep up with this era haha..."

Barry Diller smiled at the corner of his mouth, squinted his eyes and listened silently, sketched in his mind the portrait of APLUS's character that he hadn't studied deeply before, and tried to figure it out.

The other party in the conference call that day suddenly threatened Doug Morris very excitedly, but this made him and David Geffen keenly grasp his true psychology in an instant, that is: he was not very confident in the mutual harm with Bronfman Jr. Sufficiently, he guessed that Bronfman Jr. may have caught some solid evidence behind his nonsensical request to merge the A+ record and the record, otherwise he would not have said 'I never accept threats' to Doug Morris.

Because I know very well that Bronfman Jr. is actually 99% just saying that casually.

But if you put yourself in the situation, anyone who faces the pressure of the Bronfman family will at least feel a little vain. Even if he is not vain, he will definitely be vain. billion wealth.

They are all the same, so why not myself?

The youngest self-made billionaire in APLUS must also hide a pile of dirt under his glamorous appearance...

As long as the conditions are right, APLUS is willing to compromise. David Geffen and himself discovered this at the same time. The entangled business between the two three billionaires was hard to uncouple, and there were a lot of opportunities to make money.

"Uh, Mr. Diller, I told you this because the boss took care of us. I hope that what you said just now will not be spread..." The two old men finished complaining.

'Boss' was still referring to old Bronfman.

"Of course not. I just talked with Edgar, and he agrees with me. Business is business. It's not good for both sides to stay stalemate with APLUS." Barry Diller replied.

"Little Edgar..."

"He also agreed."

"Really?" The two old men's faces were happy, but they immediately showed a little disbelieving expression.

"Yes, he is too busy. I persuaded him to take a good vacation after returning from Washington, but he flew to Xiangjiang without stopping. In short, you should talk to me about the details of the transaction at a certain stage, and then I will tell him. .”

At the Universal Music headquarters in Los Angeles, "Has the boss arrived in Xiangjiang?" President Doug Morris asked his subordinates.

"I just arrived at the hotel, and I should be resting now, suffering from jet lag."

"OK."

He put down his hand reaching for the landline. At present, the company's integration of Polygram Records has entered the next stage, which is to straighten out some of its labels with complicated equity structures, streamline management and save Costs, as well as various patchy internal mergers, in order to go public on schedule, PolyGram must not burst some bubbles that were blown up in the past.

He is naturally very busy. The boss, Jr. Bronfman, is calm on the surface, but he must be very anxious in his heart. As soon as he agreed to let APLUS go, he hastily went to Asia to put out the fire. As expected, there have been a lot of mistakes in that area recently.

But Barry Diller, David Geffen and themselves are very familiar with Fu Sandai's character, and no one can guarantee whether he will change his mind when he returns from Asia, so at least it is in his interest to reach an agreement with APLUS as soon as possible are interlinked.

Because of APLUS's angry threats to him, two old foxes, Barry Diller and David Geffen, saw through that day that APLUS was actually willing to decouple. They sensed a "business opportunity" and they saw it but had no intention of poking it. .

Of course, I can't let the transaction price go, otherwise, if the third generation of the rich come back and regret it, then I will have to take the blame.

"well!"

He couldn't help sighing, there is a high probability that he will be blamed, or the same sentence, the character of the rich third-generation boss is like that, and once APLUS is successfully decoupled from Universal, it will be a tiger out of the cage, and the diamond money printing machine for the new movie project will be restarted At that time, the media will fan the flames a little bit and say something strange about the boss...

You shouldn't have signed him, you shouldn't have acquired A+ Records, you shouldn't have let him go, and you haven't completed the task of continuing to suppress him, etc...

Then it must be me again who was pointed and scolded by the rich third-generation boss...

But he couldn't stop doing it. It's better to take out the money printing machine and put it in dust at home, and after letting it go, the five major record companies will jointly block it...

Barry Diller actually has no plans to enter the recording industry, and the existence of his so-called friends is also very suspicious. Only he and himself know this, and the old crook should not disclose it to David Geffen.

I hope APLUS can't make any big splashes after leaving, at least not to make any big splashes in the record industry. As for the movie project, it's not my own troubles.

"I've heard some rumors that the FTC will get a new grant next year to dedicate our old cases."

The subordinates watched his words and expressions, and reported after his facial expression softened.

"What old case?" he asked.

"It was the monopoly case back then, CD price resale price maintenance, and the six major defendants together."

The men answered.

"hehe……"

After so many years, relevant rumors will come out at the end of each year. Doug Morris didn't pay much attention to it at first, but after thinking about it, he frowned again, "I see, you go and find out who is behind promote."

Sent his subordinates away, he took the long exam alone, APLUS's temper that killed both Motura, and now he can control Daniel to a certain extent, maybe he went crazy again after the conference call that day, and he did not hesitate to sell Daniel Directly accelerate the monopoly case?

That's a bit bad. Daniel was the president of Sony Columbia Records at that time, and he initiated the collusion with the CD price alliance, and the first responder was himself, who was the president of Warner Records at the time...

No, APLUS should indeed be willing to decouple, and today they sent people from the wine business to see Barry Diller.

Is everything just a smoke bomb for him to cover up his revenge?

Once it is found that the monopolistic behavior is established, Universal Music after the acquisition of Polygram will have to bear at least one-third of the fine...

"Tsk!"

He smacked his mouth annoyedly, stretched out his hand to the landline, and stopped in mid-air for a long time before starting to dial.

"Doug!" Daniel's high-spirited voice came from the receiver, "my friend."

"You're not my friend, Daniel."

He said coldly: "You are a bit noisy..."

It was very noisy on Daniel's end. He heard men and women laughing, talking loudly, and the sound of glasses clinking. "Can you find a quieter place to talk?"

"Sorry lol, I'm throwing a party."

Daniel seemed a little drunk, "Want to chat with Thirty Seconds to Mars? Leto! Shannon!"

"No no, I have something to see you."

He knew that Daniel was recently promoting Jared Leto, a cross-border rock star, and Shannon seemed to be Jared's brother, Shannon Leto, the drummer of the band.

"Okay, wait a moment... let's talk."

Daniel moved to a quiet place.

"Next year, the FTC will have money for our case again." Although Daniel betrayed himself as chairman of the RIAA Copyright Dispute Committee, both of them are grasshoppers on the same rope in this case, and neither can escape.

"I know." Daniel said relaxedly.

"You know? What channel?" Faster than me? Where do you get the resources from? He is very strange.

"I just know it."

"Aren't you afraid that APLUS will betray you in order to retaliate against us around the world?" He didn't expect Daniel to betray his secrets and provoke.

"On the contrary, he talked to me about this issue, Doug. That kid has a bottom line in this regard. I am the benefactor who took him out of the slums of Chicago..."

"Hehe, put the rest of your life on the bottom line of being a three billionaire? You know that a lot of that money is tainted with blood."

"Stop provoking, useless Doug. In this matter, I can feel safer because of his protection. Don't tell me, you also enjoy the benefits of my friendship with him." Daniel laughed, "You're welcome. ha."

"When did you talk about this?"

"Before he left for a world tour?"

"You knew then that the FTC was going to..."

"It's inconvenient to disclose."

"Idiot! How can APLUS have the right to know the news so early in a case that may involve billions in fines, and still protect you? You are really lost in the candy jar of his Cold Mountain project now! Asylum? How humble, you have been the top six presidents! Don't let your guard down!"

Doug Morris cursed a few words angrily and put down the microphone. He continued the long exam with a cloudy face until there was a knock on the office door, "Come in!"

"Mr. President, I have inquired about a rumor that this time the Federal Trade Commission... seems to be behind the promotion of several big companies in the Internet industry."

Subordinates report.