Heads Up Hollywood

After 40 minutes, the most important guests had left.

The reception has completely become a big party in Hollywood.

Except for one - Jack Welch.

He is a consultant of Tang En Pictures, and he has won Tang En's trust.

In Tang En Pictures' acquisition of Universal Pictures, USA Television Network, and Blizzard, many ideas were also proposed.

When he was in charge of General Electric, Jack Welch was an acquisition expert. In a series of sales and acquisitions, he brought General Electric back to the height of Edison's time.

"I heard that just now... you had a little conflict with Lei Shidong?"

Jack Welch has subscribed for more than 2.8 million original shares of Tang En Pictures, and is the ninth largest shareholder of Tang En Pictures. He is very clear about the role he should play.

"It's not a conflict, maybe... it's just a slap in the face." Tang En smiled and waved his hands, "Let's not talk about him, Mr. Welch, I have an urgent problem and need your help."

"oh?"

"Now that I have acquired Universal Pictures, USA Television Network, Universal Music, and Pixar, Dolby Laboratories, Netflix, and Blizzard, the company's industry is getting bigger and bigger. I need a better and more experienced management. By."

Jack Welch's eyes lit up, thinking that Tang En was very self-aware and knew that his management ability was insufficient.

Good investment means sharp vision and clear mind, but it does not mean strong management ability.

Bill Gates retired to the second line in his forties.

Unexpectedly, Tang En said next: "My hobby is movies, and I haven't had a new work for two years!"

Jack Welch almost laughed angrily.

Tang En now has such a big group company, and he still wants to make a movie.

Even if the movies you make make more money, can you manage a company well and make a lot of money?

But soon, Jack Welch recalled it.

If it's just a manager, manager, I'm afraid it's very difficult to get along with those Hollywood stars!

But the identity of a film director is different, the director is an artist!

It is easy to get in touch with those female stars, female singers, supermodels, and young models.

"Ahem..." Jack Welch coughed a few times, "You mean, you want to hire a manager to run the company on your behalf?"

Tang En said: "It's not in charge, it's management. I'm still in charge of the strategic level, but he needs to be in charge of specific operations and internal planning."

Jack Welch nodded, "Even so, it is a great delegation of power. This position will be very attractive. By the way, is it the CEO or the president?"

"Ah?" Tang En blinked, "What do you think?"

Jack Welch pondered for a while, and said: "Well, you are the chairman of the company, and it will be more attractive to give up the position of CEO."

Tang En frowned, "But the decision-making power for the content industry and strategy must be in my hands."

Jack Welch waved his hand, "It's all trivial. You can't micro-manage anyway. No CEO is willing to go against the boss's will."

"That's fine." Tang En nodded. "You must understand Bill's ability. It's okay to ask him to manage the film business. Anything more... It's beyond his ability."

Jack Welch's eyes flickered, "You want to find a suitable manager, I can introduce you to a few excellent headhunters, and I can introduce you to some excellent managers. But you know, most of them are not media, entertainment industry."

Tang En pondered, "It's better to have relevant experience. In fact, I thought of someone, but I'm not sure. I want to hear your opinion."

"who?"

"Mel Carmasin."

"Carmasin..." Jack Welch paused, his eyes suddenly lit up, "You mean the current president of Viacom, Mel Carmasin?"

Tang En said: "That's him!"

Since Viacom acquired CBS, the conflict between Redstone and Mel Kamasin has been an internal instability factor.

Viacom's finances have improved under Mel Carmasin's knack for cutting costs.

However, Mel Carmasin's steady and even conservative business style has not been appreciated by Redstone.

Lei Shidong accused him of only caring about immediate interests and not investing enough in businesses such as film, cable TV, and radio stations for program production and marketing, which affected the development potential.

Especially in the second half of this year, CBS has been hit hard by ABC.

Jack Welch took a deep look at Tang En, "But I heard...his management style is too conservative. Redstone wants to increase Paramount's production budget and produce better content. It was firmly opposed by him. This is too different from your style! Besides, if you hire Kamasin, it is really tantamount to tearing your face off with Lei Shidong."

Twain is well-known in the industry as a big hand.

This year, Tang En Pictures has launched "National Treasure", "Ant-Man", "Harry Potter 2", "The Day After Tomorrow", "Dumbo", "Mad Max 4", "Ghost Rider" 7 blockbuster projects with an investment of over 100 million yuan!

For other film giants, it is impossible to have more than 3 projects of this level within a year.

This shows Tang En's confidence in the content industry.

He even invested 100 million US dollars to make a TV series, which is even more shocking.

Tang En's style of making big money and making explosive models is completely different from Mel Carmasin's.

There is little chance of fusion.

Tang En shook his head and said, "If I can manage the company well, I really don't mind breaking my face with Lei Shidong. I have never been afraid of him! It's just that I really can't find a suitable one except for Mel Carmasin. Disney’s president and chief operating officer Robert Iger is good, but at this time...it’s hard to poach Michael Eisner’s corner.”

"Aren't you afraid of Redstone?" Jack Welch stared at Tang En with half-closed eyes.

The corner of Tang En's mouth curled up, and he said coldly: "A stubborn old man with centralized power, am I afraid of him? Seriously, I just don't have time now, otherwise I really want to do it and beat Viacom every minute." Get down!"

Jack Welch couldn't help laughing.

Tang En said seriously: "I'm not kidding! Redstone has four major industries: Paramount, CBS, Viacom Cable and Blockbuster. Paramount is not a climate, and I can destroy it with a little finger. CBS It’s also simple, as long as I team up with Disney, I can easily defeat it. Even though Viacom cable network is very powerful, I never thought of making money from USA TV network.”

"Where is Blockbuster?"

Jack Welch frowned.

"BestCard?" Tang En's expression became even more disdainful, "It's just a sunset industry, don't forget, I have Netflix!"

Jack Welch was a little shocked.

He didn't expect Tang En to have such confidence in Netflix.

Think Netflix can beat Blockbuster!

You know, now 90% of the DVD rental market in North America is occupied by Blockbuster.

Tang En said: "The Internet is the future. As long as there is a conflict between traditional industries and the Internet, it will be difficult to survive. Forget it, let's not talk about this, it's the topic just now, your social circle is so wide, and you don't know any friends?"

Jack Welch thought for a while, and said slowly: "If you are not afraid of offending Lei Shidong, then I really have a suitable candidate here."

"real?"

Tang En's eyes lit up, and he was overjoyed immediately.

A manager who can be recognized by "the world's No. 1 manager" Jack Welch must not be a mediocre person.

Jack Welch said calmly: "After I retired from General Electric, I opened a consulting company. However, I have high requirements for selecting clients. So far, there are only two clients."

"Besides me, who else?"

"Barry Diller."

"It's him!"

Tang En's face suddenly changed, and he lost his voice.