Five Hundred and Sixtieth Chapters Leave Temporarily

When Eric and Elizabeth came to Fox's headquarters campus in Century City, the well-informed media reporters had already surrounded the gate, and it is estimated that only a small number of people could be invited to the press conference. Eric guessed that Firefly The situation at Burbank headquarters is expected to be similar.

With the assistance of the security personnel, Eric's car was proud to drive through the crowd and into the park. As soon as he got out of the car, Eric saw Murdoch and Michael Lynn coming up with a few people.

Elizabeth got out from the other side of the car. Seeing that several people, including her father, had a little girl in their eyes, she blushed, greeted everyone, and left in a hurry in the name of work. Eric greeted Murdoch and the others as usual, and then asked casually, "Michael, Rupert, have you found out who leaked this?"

Murdoch and Michael Lynn looked at each other, and finally Michael Lynn said, "Eric, maybe Miss Barrymore revealed it unintentionally."

Eric secretly scolded a dead girl, and he didn't know how to hide the fox's tail when he did this kind of thing. However, in just one day, the firefly's withdrawal was caused by all the mainstream newspapers and TV stations, and he wanted to hide his figure. It's impossible at all. Presumably Murdoch and Michael Lynn also knew that this matter was definitely not leaked by Xiao Nizi 'unintentionally'. The premeditated meaning was too obvious. Michael said that, just to leave it to everyone. some leeway.

"Yesterday, Xiao Nizi also complained to me that she was deceived. I didn't expect this kind of thing to happen today. I will definitely teach her a lesson when I look back," Eric walked into the office building with everyone, casually Said: "Since it has happened, let's discuss how to deal with it now."

Michael Lynn didn't know what Eric's first sentence meant. Thought he was just talking casually, but a strange look flashed in Murdoch's eyes.

Eric just caught a glimpse of Murdoch's change in expression. Since the other party noticed his hint just now, it is estimated that he will soon understand the ins and outs of the matter. As for what the old fox will think afterwards, this is not Eric's concern.

There are still more than 20 minutes before the press conference. The group did not go directly to the conference hall, but first came to a conference room to discuss some issues of the next conference.

Although the withdrawal plan will have the greatest impact on Fox Television Network, which is likely to cause the continued downturn of News Corporation's stock price for a long time in the future, it will also have an impact on the layout of Firefly Pictures in the next stage. The most intuitive performance is that While News Corp. shares fell, most companies involved in the TV business in the New York Stock Exchange rose to varying degrees.

Since the news of the withdrawal of shares has been leaked in advance, it is definitely useless to deny it, whether others believe it or not. Firefly needs a reasonable excuse to temporarily perfunctory the media,

In order to minimize the uncertainties that may be brought about by the TV network acquisition in the preparatory stage.

After discussing the joint speeches of the two sides at the next press conference, Murdoch consciously left the conference room with people from Fox, giving Eric and Michael Lynn a chance to communicate individually.

When the outsiders left, Michael Lynn asked, "Eric, what should we do here, now that several major TV networks have become vigilant?"

Eric had already made plans on his way to Century City, and called to find out about the situation. Dao: "I just asked, Viacom's negotiation to acquire Blockbuster has reached the last minute. If we want, we can intervene at this time."

"You mean we're using the guise of expanding into the video rental business?"

Eric said: "It definitely worked, and it makes sense to sell your stake in Fox Networks to expand into the video business."

1993 was the last boom period for the video tape industry, and it was also the most lucrative period. Except for Eric, who can see the future, no one will believe that in the next few years, the video tape rental and sales industry will experience a cliff-like decline due to the rise of DVD and the emergence of online rental business.

The size of the video tape industry at this time even has the momentum to exceed the total box office of movies, and because (the Federal Communications Commission) strict antitrust restrictions on the TV industry have been gradually relaxed in recent years. Most people don't realize that the U.S. TV industry has entered another period of large-scale mergers and consolidation, and Firefly's excuse to expand into the video rental business is very reasonable, if not convincing to everyone.

At the subsequent press conference, after Murdoch announced to dozens of reporters a series of plans for the continued cooperation between Firefly and Fox Television Network, Eric also trumpeted Firefly’s plan to expand into the video rental market. After a while, and it is clear that Firefly Pictures' acquisition is aimed at Blockbuster, which Viacom is about to acquire.

As for the future, Firefly Pictures will definitely 'lose' in the process of competing with Viacom, so it's not Eric's lie. up to the top.

During this period of time, Viacom has offered a sky-high price of 8 billion US dollars for Blockbuster, which has more than 3,000 video tape rental and sales chains in the United States. The Negotiations for Shida were obviously deadlocked. Although Blockbuster’s management realized that Firefly had no real intention to acquire Blockbuster through a brief contact with Firefly Pictures, they wanted to get a higher price from Viacom. , Blockbuster also doesn't mind making a fuss with Firefly Pictures.

The good situation that everything went smoothly came to an abrupt end, and the furious Summer Redstone published an open letter in the Los Angeles Times, scolding Eric for being unruly. However, the acquisition of Blockbuster is an important part of Viacom's acquisition of Paramount. If the acquisition of Blockbuster fails, Viacom will lose the bargaining chip for large-scale debt financing, and the plan to acquire Paramount will follow suit. In desperation, Redstone had to raise his offer again.

Eric turned a deaf ear to Redstone's provocation. Still following the pace of his work and life step by step.

After the press conference, although the rapid decline of News Corp.'s stock price stopped, the stock price did not return to the previous price due to the market's concerns about the "separation" of Fox Television Network and Firefly Pictures.

Perhaps Murdoch quickly understood the reason. A few days later, Twentieth Century Fox successfully completed the acquisition of tg. The offer was raised from the original $120 million to $140 million. Eric was able to guess Murdoch's thoughts. When such a big incident happened, although the old fox felt that he was wrong, he was absolutely reluctant to increase the price, just in order to prevent a certain little fox from making any more messy things. Only reluctantly gave $20 million in compensation.

After taking tg into the bag, in order to boost the confidence of investors, the Fox TV network began to increase the publicity of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", and also publicized the fact that Eric himself served as the producer.

It's mid-August. A sudden incident disrupted the lives of many ordinary people in an instant. On August 18, a dentist in Los Angeles officially filed a lawsuit in federal court, suing Michael Jackson for molesting his son under 13 years old, shocking the world of Jackson. Child molestation broke out.

Faced with the lawsuit, Michael Jackson, who was on the "" world tour, had to interrupt his concert and return to the United States to respond to the lawsuit. Eric knew that the "" world tour represented the peak of Michael Jackson's career. But it also became Michael Jackson's final peak.

After Michael Jackson returned to the United States, hundreds of journalists quickly surrounded the Jackson residence. A worldwide public opinion carnival broke out since then. As for how the carnival object feels, who cares? .

There are too many discussions about this matter in later generations. Although Eric knew that Michael Jackson was innocent, at this time, Eric could only keep an indifferent attitude. He had nothing to do with Michael Jackson, and, Eric knew, he couldn't do anything at this time. Not to mention the dentist and the media that slammed Michael Jackson on one side, imagine that even my sister came out and slandered her brother as a pedophile. How else did Jackson prove his innocence?

Perhaps due to the influence of this incident, or because he was too busy in his daily life, Eric's recent mood was inexplicably a little irritable and low. Many people around him discovered this, and Jeffrey also brought a psychologist. The doctor went to Eric's office, but was directly rejected by Eric.

In the next few days, there were suddenly more people around Eric. Famke Jensen, who had already filmed the new season of "The X-Files" in Canada, rushed back to Los Angeles and stayed with Eric for several days. Then came Jennifer Connelly. Nicole, who was filming "The Mummy" in Morocco, also began to call back frequently. Penelope, who was sharp-minded, became more supple in front of Eric, and everyone around seemed to be cautious. . The little girl who was in trouble because of the leaking plan for the withdrawal of shares even lived directly at the Jiaojiao Manor. She also called Tina Fey and Claudia Schiffer together, and secretly asked Ai Rui in private. Would you like a taste of twins? Joanna and Virginia have more than once hoped that Eric could go to New York to live for a while and accompany the two little guys.

Eric also knows why Jeffrey and the others and the women around him look like they are facing a big enemy. The proportion of Hollywood stars suffering from mental illness is too high, and many people choose to relieve their stress. The situation is often very extreme. And those extreme ways usually cause great harm to the body and mind. Eric is the veritable backbone of Firefly, and if anything goes wrong with him, Firefly will quickly become a runaway ship, which no one wants to see happen in the current situation.

"I'm going to live in New York for a while," Eric said in the first sentence of the new week's high-level meeting.

The Firefly executives in the conference room were not surprised when they heard this sentence, but instead heaved a sigh of relief, and then nodded in agreement.

Seeing that there was no objection, Eric began to discuss the arrangement after his departure. The summer vacation has passed, and the withdrawal of shares from Fox Television Network has also been settled. Right now, the most important thing for Firefly Pictures is the pre-planning of the acquisition of the television network. It mainly includes matters such as setting up an acquisition team, coordinating financing channels, and absorbing TV network shares to gain initial right to speak. Since Michael Lynn has decided to leave next year, Eric has no scruples and handed over the matter to Katzenberg. deal with.

On the film side, most projects are proceeding in an orderly manner, even if what happens during Eric's absence, it's a big deal to come back and make corrections. The script, starring, director, and production team of the recent film "Charlie's Angels" have all been determined, and Eric does not need to intervene too much in the remaining trivial matters. (To be continued..)

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