Heads Up Hollywood

Barry Diller's fame in Hollywood is huge!

He is the founder of "high-concept" films and the enlightener of industrialized commercial films on the Hollywood assembly line.

Two of the best managers in Hollywood today—Michael Eisner from Disney and Jeffrey Katzenberg from DreamWorks—were Barry Diller's henchmen back then.

Even under the oligopolistic situation of the three major TV networks NBC, CBS, and ABC, Barry Diller created the FOX TV network and became the fourth largest TV network in the United States!

Such an achievement, even Tang En, who is currently in full swing, does not have the confidence to achieve it.

More than ten years ago, Barry Diller was almost able to command the wind and rain in Hollywood, especially after successfully building the FOX TV network, he became dissatisfied with his status as a manager and wanted to turn himself into a boss.

As a result, I stabbed Lou Zi.

Competing with Murdoch for the control of FOX, he was proposed to 20th Century Fox; robbing Paramount with Redstone was even more disastrous.

Suppressed by the two bosses in a row, Barry Diller had no choice but to leave Colorado and go to TV king John Malone.

This is the end of a generation of Hollywood legends.

Tang En shook his head again and again, unable to believe it at all, "This is too unrealistic!"

Jack Welch looked at Tang En jokingly, "Have you had any contact with him?"

"No." Tang En paused for a moment, "However, his reputation is overwhelming, and I don't think I am qualified to be his boss."

Jack Welch laughed.

Tang En's face became a little embarrassed.

"Twain, modesty is a virtue, but excessive modesty will miss major events."

"But there's no reason." Tang En hesitated, "He has such a great reputation, many contacts, and strong abilities. I heard that he changed his career to join e-commerce, and he is also very popular."

"E-commerce?" Jack Welch shook his head, "His interactive company is developing well, but there are still many problems. Simply put, he doesn't have enough Internet thinking. He is 60 years old this year, but you Looking at the CEOs of other Internet companies, how many are over 40 years old? The Internet is the world of young people.”

Tang En's eyes lit up, and a little bit of hope arose in his heart.

Jack Welch said: "I am a consultant of Interactive Company, and I have a deep understanding not only of this company, but also of Barry Diller. Some things are not convenient to say, so I will speak bluntly, the big boss of Interactive Company It's John Malone, but over the past ten years, the conflict between the two has become deeper and deeper."

Tang En had heard of this point.

Back then, after Barry Diller left Hollywood disheartened, he defected to John Malone because he was the "King of Television" and "Father of Cable TV".

Although he left the movie industry, he turned around and entered the cable TV industry, which is not considered to have left the big circle.

Unexpectedly, John Malone didn't want to play anymore, and quickly dismembered his TV kingdom, auctioning off most of its assets, including the USA TV network and STA TV network.

Barry Diller originally thought about joining John Malone and joining the television industry, but he didn't expect to end up like this.

Tang En asked excitedly: "You mean... Actually, Barry Diller is not interested in e-commerce at all?"

"It can't be said that he is not interested," Jack Welch thought for a while, "but...in my opinion, he is more interested in the entertainment industry! You must know what happened at the beginning of this year, right?"

Tang En laughed loudly, "Of course!"

In December last year, Vivendi acquired the USA Television Network from John Malone at a sky-high price of US$10.3 billion. In January, it hired Barry Diller as the chairman of Vivendi Global Interactive, becoming Vivendi Head of the entertainment department.

Under the operation of Barry Diller, the content of Universal Pictures and the channel of USA TV Network were successfully integrated, achieving a very good performance growth.

But later, the debt crisis of Vivendi became more and more serious. In order to save the crisis, Messier wanted to transfer a large amount of funds from the entertainment department, that is, the entertainment assets of the United States, but was firmly opposed by Barry Diller.

It is impossible for Barry Diller to agree to use American money to save the French.

In particular, this money is the production budget of Universal Pictures and USA Television Network. If it is transferred away, what will these two companies do?

Continue to be in debt?

If this is the case, then Universal Pictures is likely to encounter an MGM-style tragedy!

Back then, after Kirk Kerkorian acquired MGM, he began to squeeze whatever he wanted. As a result, MGM encountered serious financial difficulties. In order to solve debts and deficits, not only a large number of land assets were sold, but even the studio and distribution department were sold.

This directly led to the rapid decline of MGM, the largest film company in Hollywood at that time, within a few years.

In order to keep Hollywood's century-old "Universal", Barry Diller and Jean Messier had a fierce fight.

Later, the board of directors came forward.

The shareholders of the French department fired Barry Diller, and the shareholders of the American department also won enough rights and interests-the Vivendi headquarters were not allowed to mobilize the cash flow of Universal Pictures and the USA TV network.

Barry Diller quit the entertainment industry again, very heartbroken, he had no choice but to accept John Malone's opinion, and began to start an Internet e-commerce business seriously.

My heart is cold.

However, Tang En is very clear about the future.

In the Internet world, there is no such thing as "Barry Diller".

He only belongs to the entertainment industry, belongs to Hollywood!

Jack Welch said: "Back then, Barry Diller and Summer Redstone had a very good personal relationship, but later they had a falling out because of Paramount. This is also the reason why many Hollywood companies dare not accept Barry Diller's reason, if you dare to take him back, you may have to face..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Tang En directly, and said seriously: "Facing Redstone's revenge? Humph! I really don't care! Barry Diller plays e-commerce, he is the best football player to play Soccer. It would be an honor for Hollywood if he came back!"

For Dunn, it would be the best choice if Barry Diller could come over and become the CEO.

First of all, Barry Diller's prestige and reputation are high enough to overwhelm the old employees of Dunn Films, especially Bill McNick;

Secondly, he is very familiar with the internal environment of Hollywood, has rich contacts, is mature and prudent, and has a steady style of work. This is a good complement to Twain's drastic style.

Third, many executives in Hollywood were under Barry Diller, including DreamWorks chairman and CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg. If Tang En is interested in DreamWorks in the future, he will take the lead.

Finally, Barry Diller was gay. He has no family, no children, has a lover, and can only date secretly. His work is almost all of him. He can devote more energy to the development of Tang En Pictures.

"So, you've decided?" Jack Welch looked deeply at Tang En.

Based on his understanding of Barry Diller, as long as Tang En agrees, the matter will basically be completed.

Barry Diller is 60 years old, but whether it is personal assets or industry influence, he has been surpassed by his subordinates Michael Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg.

Of course he is not reconciled!

As long as there is a slight possibility, he will definitely return to the entertainment industry, return to Hollywood, and prove his strength!

Tang En took a deep breath and said a few words——

"Hollywood was his home."

"I'm taking him home!"

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