Heads Up Hollywood

The Boeing 747 crossed the sky, transferred to Tokyo, dropped off Yu Aoi, bypassed the Bering Strait, and arrived in Los Angeles.

After landing, various images of this trip to Asia still appeared in Tang En's mind.

Endless aftertaste!

In addition to adopting a beautiful, pure and flawless eldest daughter Aoi Yu, what he did in the Hong Kong government is also quite interesting.

Boss Yang actually suggested to Tang En that he should take Ms. Zhong and Ms. Cai as goddaughters!

What's even more exaggerated is that the two girls didn't even think about it. Before Tang En agreed, the title of "godfather" was called out.

Tang En was angry and funny at the same time.

If they were both in love, he might agree.

But the most precious things in his daughter's house were gone, so he was not in the mood to play with them.

But Boss Yang didn't seem to give up. He invited Tang En, and he could often visit the Hong Kong government when he had time. He would entertain him warmly.

Tang En always felt that there was something in his words.

Back in Los Angeles, Tang En immediately put his energy into work.

The New Global Group has been reorganized, and the entire group company has started to operate at a high speed in all directions.

The plan for 2003 has also come out.

Barry Diller stated in a high-profile manner that this year, the revenue target of the New Universal Group will reach 21 billion US dollars!

If this goal is achieved, it will be enough for New Global Group to enter the list of the "World's Top 500" companies selected by "Fortune" magazine.

Among them, the film and television entertainment department: 9.5 billion US dollars; the interactive entertainment department, 4 billion US dollars; the TV media department, 5 billion US dollars; the tourism vacation and consumer goods department, 2.5 billion US dollars.

The film and television entertainment department has the highest performance target, but it is the department with the least pressure. Tang En has laid a great foundation.

The tourism, vacation and consumer product department has the lowest goal, but it is the department with the greatest pressure, because Universal Studios and the consumer product department have never attracted attention in the past Universal Pictures.

Relatively speaking, the TV Media Department is the most stable. It is very difficult for the TV network business to skyrocket in performance, and it is also impossible for the performance to plummet.

The most uncertain is undoubtedly the interactive entertainment department.

This department has Netflix, Blizzard, imax, Dolby Laboratories, Houghton Mifflin Press, and Marvel Entertainment.

The scope of coverage is relatively wide. Except for Marvel Entertainment, which is in charge of comic publishing, and Mifflin Press, which is in charge of book publishing, and their performance is stable, the other four companies have the possibility of skyrocketing and plummeting.

However, Kevin Turner seemed very relaxed, with no pressure. He was still urging Twain to approve the money, requesting to contact the major film companies to acquire the film and television copyright in advance, so as to lay out the future streaming media business.

After communicating with Barry Diller and Robert Iger, Dunn decided to make a decisive move.

The first stop is Warner Bros., which has the richest film library resources!

Warner Bros. CEO Barry Mayer has had a tough time of late.

The legacy of the merger of AOL America Online and Time Warner has been unresolved for a long time, the management is in turmoil, and the deficit has been running for years, causing the stock price to continue to fall.

Recently, news has even spread from the company headquarters that, if necessary, Warner Records under Warner Bros. can be sold.

Warner Bros. has an independent board of directors, and Barry Diller is leading the board, protesting to the group headquarters.

Warner Music is a century-old brand, and it is a twin brother with Warner Pictures.

But what if you don't sell it?

The group headquarters has clearly pointed out that in the next few years, the book funds of Warner Bros. will be misappropriated to alleviate the huge losses of other businesses.

If Warner Bros. wants to continue making movies, it will have to accept this proposal.

Sell ​​Warner Records and stand on your own.

In this predicament, Tang En came to send money.

"What? You want to buy the online copyright of all Warner's film and television works?" Barry Meyer was very surprised.

Tang En smiled, "To be precise, it's a lease. It's packaged at 20 million U.S. dollars per year and signed for 30 years. The total value of this order is 600 million U.S. dollars!"

"30 years? That's impossible!" Barry Meyer categorically denied.

Tang En said: "Barry, don't rush to refuse, you can think about it. I know that the 30-year period is very long, but I can't help it. Things about the Internet may change overnight. I am also a bet. Always give me some hope, right?"

Barry Meyer shook his head and said: "The 30-year contract is too long, and the fee of 20 million is too little."

Kevin Turner, who came with Tang En, disagreed: "20 million US dollars, is it still less? Throughout 2002, the Internet on-demand business only generated a total of 1.96 million US dollars in revenue. We have already paid ten times more price!"

Barry Meyer glanced at him with a half-smile, "Twain, the people in your company are all young and very aggressive."

Tang En said lightly: "Only young people dare to make such a bold decision, don't they? 20 million US dollars, although not much, but if I can pay for 10 years in one go, maybe it will solve Warner Bros. Urgent, are you right?"

Barry Meyer's eyes suddenly lit up.

$20 million per year, one lump sum for 10 years, that's $200 million!

It can indeed temporarily solve Warner Brothers' cash flow dilemma, and it can firmly refute the group headquarters' request to sell Warner Records.

"Twain, I don't believe that you would do something meaningless."

"Of course, I don't need to hide it. I am optimistic about the Internet on-demand business in the future, so I want to start as soon as possible. There are opportunities and risks. If the Internet really develops in the future, I may make a fortune. If the Internet is still like it is now , I’m sure I’ll lose everything.”

Tang En shrugged and said frankly.

Barry Meyer squinted his eyes and stared at Tang En, with the corners of his mouth slightly curled up, "Don't bully me for being stupid, the prospect of the Internet can be seen by everyone."

Kevin Turner couldn't help but said: "The Internet will definitely dominate the future world, but how long will it take? Ten years, twenty years, or thirty years? If the bandwidth bottleneck of the Internet can be broken through ten years later, New Global will make money ;If it takes 20 years to break through the bandwidth bottleneck, New Global can only keep its capital; if it takes 30 years, and the Internet is still in the current situation, New Global will not make a penny!"

Barry Meyer couldn't help laughing, and looked at Tang En.

Where did he find such a person?

Eloquent.

This is not traditional Hollywood style.

Hollywood's practice is to see through and not point out.

What Barry Meyer meant was obvious, he just wanted to give Dun En more benefits, and he had already approved the feasibility of this deal.

Warner Bros.'s copyright library is still on the shelf. If it is leased to New Universal, it will generate an additional amount of value every year. Why not do it?

It's just that Kevin Turner seems to be very serious.

Tang En smiled slightly, "Kevin used to work at Walmart."

Barry Meyer nodded in a sudden realization.

Tang En waved his hand again, "You can talk about this matter slowly. I have one more thing to tell you."

"Viacom?"

"no."

"As long as it's not as good as Viacom, it's fine."

Barry Meyer said confidently.

Tang En shook his head amusedly, and then said seriously: "I heard some news that there was a sexual assault incident on the set of "The Last Samurai" invested by Warner. That producer named Michael Dove, who Japanese/Japanese actresses are on the move.”

Barry Meyer's face darkened.

Apparently, he had also heard about it.

"How do you want to deal with this matter?"

"I?"

The corner of Tang En's mouth curled up. He didn't want to offend anyone, "He is the producer of Warner Bros. I just want to remind you."

"I see."

Barry Meyer nodded, and took a deep look at Tang En.

He felt a little guilty.

At this juncture, what does Tang En mean by mentioning this matter?

Is it a threat?

If Tang En really threatened this matter, then Barry Meyer was really under his control.

Now that Time Warner's stock price continues to fall, Kong has the reputation of the world's number one media group, but has encountered cash flow difficulties.

The merger with AOL America Online cost them more than $100 billion!

If at this time, the scandal of Warner Bros. producers sexually assaulting actresses in the crew is exposed...

How did Time Warner live in those days?

It is likely to cause panic selling!

In fact, Tang En and Barry Mayer talked about this matter, just to repay Zhou Fangyuxiong, the president of Burning Office. After all, he matched Tang En and introduced a pure and well-behaved daughter.

Unexpectedly, Tang En's past notoriety directly caused many bad associations in Barry Meyer's heart!

Last year, Tang En used this method to take down comedian Louis C.K. He has a criminal record!

Barry Meyer's heart tightened, full of worry.

If Tang En knew, in order to repay Zhou Fangyu Xiong's favor, he casually said something that caused panic in Barry Meyer, and he probably laughed out loud.

"It seems that this network copyright authorization contract must be signed if it is not signed! Now Warner can no longer stand the turmoil!"

Barry Meyer gritted his teeth and looked at the calm Tang En, feeling very annoyed.

But what can I do?

This kid even dares to challenge Lei Shidong!

...

The next day, Tang En received a long personal email one after another.

This is a thank you letter.

From Zhou Fang Yuxiong.

Because of the "Last Samurai" crew, executive producer Michael Dove has been fired, and he has expressed his sincere apology to Watanabe Ken and Kato Koyuki.

Even Alan Horn, the president of Warner Bros., came to the crew in person to apologize to the victim Kato Koyuki.

For the hush money alone, Ken Watanabe received 300,000 US dollars, and Kato Koyuki received even more, as high as 3.25 million US dollars!

It was no wonder Zhou Fang Yuxiong was so grateful to Tang En.

Keep your word and act vigorously!

This way of handling is much higher than Zhou Fangyuxiong's original expectation!

This is a result that he dare not even dream of.

Tang En briefly browsed through the thank-you letter, and immediately replied: "Mr. Zhou Fang, take good care of my daughter."

Soon, Zhou Fang Yuxiong replied: "Mr. Walker, you can rest assured that Yukai Aoi is the happiest artist under Burning Office."