Heads Up Hollywood

Tang En's answer was straightforward, ""American Idol."

""American idol"?"

Michael Eisner opened his eyes wide with excitement, and stood up immediately.

"American Idol" curated by Tang En is definitely the most popular reality show in the history of American variety shows!

The ratings of the last episode are even comparable to the Oscar ceremony!

What kind of terrifying existence is this?

Michael Eisner does not know the specific revenue situation, but he manages the ABC TV network and can speculate based on related TV programs.

With the popularity, ratings and commercial value of "American Idol", this first season alone can bring at least US$1 billion in revenue to the CBS television network!

As the producer, New Universal will have more income, including the sale of overseas copyrights, higher peripheral copyright share, and record sales. The first season of "American Idol" will bring at least 600-700 million to New Universal USD net profit!

This is almost equivalent to a big commercial blockbuster!

With the arrival of the second season, the impact of "American Idol" must be greater, and the income must be more.

In this case, Tang En will move "American Idol"?

Even Michael Eisner, well-informed, is hard to believe.

Tang En looked at him with a smile, "You don't believe it?"

"No...it's shocking." Michael Eisner was telling the truth.

Tang En and Lei Shidong even fell out, but in business dealings, the face has never been valued, but the interests.

"American Idol" was handed over to CBS to operate, and it was too hot.

For such a hot TV show, the most appropriate business behavior is to continue to hand over "American Idol" to CBS and keep it stable.

What's more, CBS is currently the largest public television network in the United States, and the cooperation between "American Idol" and CBS is in line with the principle of a strong alliance.

Tang En said lightly: "In the matter of Barry Diller, Lei Shidong turned against me. Since this is the case, I would mind taking the initiative to attack."

Michael Eisner took a few deep breaths, his heart fluttering, "Then...you will hand over "American Idol" to ABC, right? Barry Diller joins New Universal, and I will support you."

Tang En smiled and waved his hand, "Let's not mention "American Idol" for now, let's talk about you. Now that Disney's stock price has clearly risen, why is the shareholder's support for you still not high?"

Michael Eisner's face darkened, and he said coldly: "The daughter and grandson of the old Disney have come out to incite populism."

"It's that simple?"

"Other aspects, I can handle, this is the main reason."

Tang En pondered: "This is troublesome, no one can control their freedom of speech."

Michael Eisner sighed, "Yeah, the only way now is to continue to drive up Disney's stock price and prove my strength to them."

Tang En revealed a profound expression.

Michael Eisner's heart moved, "Do you have other ways?"

Tang En said in a low voice: "I heard... Roy Disney drove you away to push Robert Iger to the stage?"

"He can't!"

Michael Eisner waved his hand and criticized the deputy very unceremoniously, "I don't see any advantages in him except his handsome appearance. He is weak and incompetent and lacks creativity. Hehe, I'm not afraid to tell you, Do you know why Murphy and Buffett sold ABC to Disney in the first place? It was because Murphy was retiring, ABC lacked a suitable successor, and the young Iger was about to take over. They lacked confidence in this, so they accepted the M\u0026A transaction, Give me ABC."

Tang En's expression was a little strange.

This Michael Eisner is really conceited!

Recently, he has continuously criticized Jobs, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Roy Disney and others in the media, and now he has criticized Robert Iger thoroughly.

Who is Robert Iger? Currently the president and chief operating officer of Disney, and the chairman of ABC Group.

In the previous life, when Disney was in crisis, Michael Eisner stepped down, and it was Robert Iger who came to power, and then repaired the relationship with Jobs, leading Disney to triumph all the way, successively acquired companies such as Marvel and Lucasfilm, and created Disney The third myth.

Robert Iger is definitely a god-level existence in the media field!

Seeing Tang En's weird expression, Michael Eisner said: "I'm not greedy for Disney's power either, I've been working for Disney for 18 years, I love this company deeply, my soul has become one with Disney. If there is a suitable successor, I will definitely abdicate. It’s just that Robert Iger is not the right candidate, he is not capable of running Disney.”

Tang En remained calm, "Then the question is simple."

"Um?"

"Roy Disney wants to bring Robert Iger to power, but you don't think he is capable of running Disney. Then there is a solution, you can fire Robert Iger!"

Tang En directly gave him a plan to get rid of his salary!

After dismissing Robert Iger, Roy Disney will have no one to rely on. After Michael Eisner is driven away, we can't sit back and watch the Disney group have no leader, right?

Furthermore, after driving away Robert Iger, Michael Eisner can find a satisfactory "successor".

This kind of precedent is not uncommon for Michael Eisner, too many!

At Disney, almost everyone who threatened his status, or whom he didn't like, was turned away.

But it turns out that they are all top business geniuses——

DreamWorks Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg;

Legendary Pictures Chairman and CEO Michael Ovitz;

Comcast President and Chief Operating Officer Steve Burke;

Hilton Hotels Corporation Chairman and CEO Steve Bollenbach;

Northwest Airlines Chairman Gary Wilson;

Gap Apparel Chairman and CEO Paul Pressler;

St. Joseph Group Chairman and Chief Executive Peter Ramell;

Also included NAVTEQ CEO Judson Green, eBay CEO Meg Whitman, Amgen CFO Richard Nanula, New Universal's Bill McNick, Yahoo Entertainment's Lloyd La Brown, Joe Ruth at Revolution Studios...

Jack Welch is honored as "the world's number one manager" because he trained a large number of elite talents for the world during his time in charge of General Electric. In the world's top 500 companies, 30% of the executives are It was his subordinate back then.

Michael Eisner's achievements are undoubtedly eye-catching. He has also cultivated many business elites, and his position as "Hollywood's No. 1 manager" is worthy of the name.

Unfortunately, his desire for power is too great.

Those who threatened his position were all driven away.

Tang En's words undoubtedly touched Michael Eisner's most sensitive nerve.

"Fire him?"

A strange light flashed in Michael Eisner's eyes.

Tang En said with a smile: "You fired Robert Iger, the members of the Disney family, what confidence do you have to oppose you? They can't watch Disney die, right?"

Michael Eisner pondered: "He's doing a good job at Disney...and the board of directors are satisfied with his work. It's...difficult to fire him."

"What if he wants to change jobs?"

"Jump?" Michael Eisner's eyes widened in disbelief, "How is it possible? He is already the president of Disney, what position does he want to jump to?"

There was a slight smile on the corner of Tang En's mouth, "You push, I pull, maybe it will have a surprising effect."

"you?"

Michael Eisner's face suddenly changed, and at this moment, he finally understood what Tang En meant.

He wants to poach Robert Iger!