Rebirth of America, this is my era

Chapter 187 Roy Disney: "I want them all!"

Half an hour later, in the reception room of the Destiny Game, Ethan Jones and Roy Disney sat opposite each other. Ethan Jones, with his fingers crossed on his abdomen, looked solemn, while Roy Disney, who had rushed over from San Jose at almost lightning speed, smiled.

Looking at the wrinkled, lean face, Ethan Jones asked, "Mr. Roy Disney, can I assume that you already knew all this? Did you already know that Philips would order North American theaters to ban the purchase of my arcade machines after joining forces with Disney, MGM, and Paramount? Is that why you came to me again?"

Perhaps because he came too eagerly, or perhaps because he had no intention of hiding it, after hearing Ethan's question, Roy Disney also grinned, "Mr. Jones, you can call me Roy."

"Okay, Roy."

"Now can I just call you Ethan?"

"If you want."

"Okay, Ethan."

Roy Disney spread his hands at the intimate address and said, "To be honest, I don't know all the details of the cooperation between Philips and Disney. The contract I gave you yesterday is all the confirmed details I can get at present. As for other supplementary contents? I don't know either."

"Then how did you know I would look for you?" Ethan asked straight to the point, "If I'm not mistaken... you have never left the Bay Area? Because no one can get here from Los Angeles within half an hour." When Roy Disney no longer hid, Ethan stopped beating around the bush and testing him.

Roy Disney nodded at the direct question and said, "Yes, Ethan. I left Stanford Research Park yesterday and went to San Jose. I found a hotel to stay in."

"Because I know you will definitely come to me. Or, in other words, there are only a few ways to play in the business world and the rules of Hollywood, and no matter which one it is, it will make you alert instantly."

Roy Disney smiled at Ethan, and when he saw that he had no intention of responding, he continued, "Philips can't attack you directly because the business you are competing with is relatively single. With self-production of chips and vast sales channels, the only means he can use is the most primitive poaching, but that method will not work on you."

"But Hollywood is different. Since you make a lot of money from the purchases of North American cinema chains, your income can be restricted by simply kicking you out of this channel. This is difficult for Philips, but it is very simple for us. We just need to call the owners of North American cinema chains and tell them not to purchase your arcade machines anymore, and they will obey."

"So, when we Hollywood and Philips join forces..."

“This kind of resistance is bound to occur.”

Here Roy Disney paused.

He picked up the cup on the coffee table and took a sip.

The taste of Lipton's black tea and the ice in the cup collided with each other, making him frown.

"I'm sorry, it's just a startup company and we don't have enough foundation." Ethan said.

"Oh, I was just thinking that if I continue drinking tea now, I might not be able to sleep at night? Because I already drank a cup of distilled tea to refresh myself before coming here." Roy Disney smiled and shook his head.

"Distillation?" Ethan was surprised by the other party's preference and asked, "Not drip filtering?"

"Of course not." Roy Disney explained with a smile, "We Disney want to open theme parks all over the world, so we can't let Europeans think that we like to drink their footbath water."

"Hahaha——" This reason amused Ethan.

He picked up the tea in front of him, gestured towards Roy Disney, and then took a sip.

Espresso is actually espresso, which tastes very bitter, and many Americans are not used to it. In order to solve this problem, Americans like to mix it with five to six times the normal amount of water, so that a cup of authentic modern American coffee was born.

But in Lao Yi's opinion, this strange stuff is as disgusting as the water used to wash socks, so he has always criticized Americans for drinking the water they use to wash their feet.

As for drip brewing? That's the traditional American way.

This kind of cultural joke has been circulating for many years. Anyone who knows about it will laugh out loud, and after laughing, the entire living room falls into silence again.

Roy Disney remained silent, while Ethan Jones fell into deep thought, because he knew that there was nothing wrong with what Roy Disney had just said.

When business competition has reached a fever pitch, both sides will naturally use all their tricks. Poaching the opponent's products, cutting off the opponent's supply chain, destroying the opponent's sales channels... These methods are very common. Although they may seem a bit low, in a life-and-death situation, effectiveness is the only way to win.

Therefore, Philips and his team took decisive action on the sales channels of the Destiny Game.

As for how can the combination of Philips, Disney, MGM and Paramount control the entire North American cinema chain? This question is actually very simple, right?
Because apart from those three, Warner was already Ethan Jones' enemy, and Columbia, which was involved in check forgery and cover-up scandals, had just been kicked out by him. After five of the seven major companies had distanced themselves from him, the only two North American theaters had to deal with were Fox and Universal.

And these two...

Maybe angry too?
After all, Destiny Game did not reach a gaming cooperation with them, and they were "expelled" from the video game industry by Philips without any benefit.

When they inexplicably lost at the starting line...

Every management team will face the wrath of shareholders.

"Damn it, the whole northwest of Shanxi is in a mess!" Ethan complained in his mind.

At the same time, he also admitted that Philips used this tactic of differentiation very well.

Success made him sick.

"You guys won't leave any traces when you do this, right?"

After connecting the dots, Ethan spoke directly.

"of course."

Roy Disney replied with a smile, "No one will write on their face that they want a monopoly."

"Then how do you maintain your tacit understanding?" Ethan continued to ask.

“All alliances without written contracts are maintained by interests.”

Roy Disney answered directly, "Do you still remember the cooperation news jointly released by the three of us and Philips? We, Disney, MGM and Paramount have staggered the release time of the game, which is actually similar to the allocation of movie schedules."

Ethan understood.

Before, he only saw the joint attack in his anger, but now...

While blocking the enemy, these people were also dividing the pork.

"An alliance maintained by interests is not stable." Ethan said with a smile.

"But it's the simplest, most direct and most effective, isn't it?" Roy Disney shrugged. "At least from the current situation, you have indeed been hit."

"You stayed in the Bay Area just to tell me these things?" Ethan put the teacup in his hand back on the coffee table, leaned back lazily, and hugged his knees.

He looked at Roy Disney with a smile and said:
"You are right. Philips made a good move. It did have an impact on me, but the impact was not big because the next game I released had nothing to do with the movie."

"If they are sold in theaters, it will indeed make me more money. But if not, it doesn't matter, because normal market sales will already make me richer."

"Besides, a game without a movie to support it will steal your box office revenue."

"When the movie theater owners made a fortune with video arcade machines that had nothing to do with movies, you who felt your interests were damaged would still unite to boycott me. But now..."

"It just moved the time forward a little bit."

After learning that the owner of the North American cinema chain refused to attend the new product launch of the Destiny game, Ethan was indeed a little panicked. But when he calmed down and thought about it for a while, he realized that this kind of obstruction would appear sooner or later.

Because placing video arcade machines in theaters will definitely affect the box office of the movie.

Even though Hollywood giants are jealous of the video game industry, in fact, the only win-win situation they can accept is like "Star Wars".

Movie box office booms and video games sell like hot cakes; that's what they crave.

What if video game revenues hurt movies?
Then even if they make a lot of money, they will still feel uncomfortable.

And when games that have nothing to do with the movie reaped their profits...

A fist-fight is bound to happen.

Since problems will arise sooner or later, it is better to expose them earlier and solve them earlier.

"Oh - is that so? It seems I was worrying too much."

Roy Disney said regretfully: "I thought you would need my help, such as getting Disney to withdraw from the alliance, but since you don't need it, let's not talk about it."

'? '

Roy Disney's response made Ethan laugh.

At this moment, he thought this guy was quite interesting. It was Roy Disney who needed his help, but Roy Disney was able to twist the facts and pretend to be kind enough to help him. This was really...

I really want someone to expose it.

Thinking of this, Ethan stared at Roy Disney.

When Ethan found that this guy accepted his gaze openly and raised his eyebrows with a facial expression to ask what he was doing, he couldn't help but speak.

"Roy."

"Ok?"

"From what I understand, you are now just the head of Disney's animation department."

This fact made Roy Disney nod his head and said, "Yes, I resigned from the group at the beginning of last year and only retained a seat as a director. What's wrong?"

"So... can you get Disney to withdraw from its alliance with Philips? Or in other words, can you hint that North American theaters can purchase my machines?" Ethan expressed his doubt with a smile.

"Oh - Ethan -" Roy Disney stretched out his voice, "It seems that Steven told you everything about me." Ben, who had been sitting there, also leaned lazily on the sofa like Ethan. The soft sofa made him squint his eyes comfortably, and after humming twice, he said: "Ethan, power is not given by superiors, but obeyed by subordinates."

"Even if I don't have a position in the group, I can still mobilize the power of the group because many of them listen to me, and many of them don't like Ron Miller."

"Like yesterday's contract, after Dwyane Tatum and Philips signed their contracts, a copy of the contract appeared in my hands because my people knew I needed it."

"So, if we really reach a cooperation, you can rest assured that I can help you with some things in Hollywood. I can say that if I can't do it, then no one else can do it either."

The unquestionable tone and lazy appearance made Roy Disney look like a dozing lion, but his promise... Ethan actually had no doubts.

After all, the guy in front of him is an expert in palace fighting. In his previous life, Roy Disney was active in public until the last moment of his life, and the people in Walt Disney's family?
Gone long ago.

"Then what can you bring to me?" Looking at the confident figure, Ethan smiled and said, "I think the previous cooperation project is no longer meaningful now."

"I can't make games for your Disney right now."

"I understand." Roy Disney waved his hand and didn't care.

"Since I'm back, it means I've brought new cooperation." Roy said: "The first cooperation is the same as before, that is, Disney Animation will produce animations for your game characters."

"The second one is that I can help you find out about Disney's game production. If it's convenient, I can get you the game circuit board. I can also help you find out about the production progress of the other two companies. Since I don't have direct subordinates at Paramount and MGM, it's difficult to get the circuit board, but I can still provide a description of the game content."

"The third rule is to provide you with information about the cooperation between Philips, Disney, Paramount, MGM and North American theaters at any time. Once there is a rift between them, you can launch an attack."

"The fourth is to get your company's products into Disney parks and stores. You can install arcade machines in Disney parks, and you can also get a sales shelf for home consoles in each of Disney's fifteen large stores across the country. Don't tell me you don't plan to make home consoles. I don't believe it."

"Wow, that's a very tempting offer," Ethan said with a laugh. "Disney-owned stores? They are all in prime locations in large cities."

After the evaluation, he asked, "So, Roy, what's the price?"

"Oh..." Roy Disney was delighted by the slightly high-pitched tone and the excited question. "Price? Ethan, you used this word very interestingly."

"I really just want to work with you."

"Really? I don't believe it." Ethan shook his finger.

This response made Roy Disney chuckle and said, "Okay, okay, Ethan, before I tell you about the cost, can I ask you a question?"

"can."

“I want to know, do you like Disney?”

“Of course, I grew up watching Disney animations.”

"Okay, I feel relieved when you say that." Roy Disney cleared his throat and said, "My demand is actually very simple. I will launch a campaign under the pretext of 'Save Disney'."

"I will do everything in my power to attack the management of the Disney Group, attack Dwayne Tatum, attack Ron Miller, and attack the executives who went against me, and expose their dirty laundry."

"I will do everything I can to encourage other shareholders to remove them."

"I will also let my loyal subordinates continue to cause trouble for them in the group."

"When a company enters a period of internal turmoil, their stock price is bound to fluctuate greatly. At this time, if you like Disney, you can make a move..."

Roy Disney looked at Ethan seriously.

And his words almost made Ethan laugh to tears!
Because when Ethan heard the phrase "save Disney," he immediately understood what Roy Disney was thinking! This guy wanted him to buy Disney stock!
Crashing the stock price will only help him buy at a lower price!

It’s time to take action, which means to buy up the market!

What Roy Disney said is actually the simplest and most direct way to seize power!
When the voting rights of a company owned by shareholders in one's own camp exceed a certain number, for example, 35% in Delaware and 10% in California, an extraordinary shareholders' meeting can be held!
A direct attack on members of the board of directors!

Although this method cannot get rid of the chairman in one go, and may not even affect the structure of the board of directors, if it happens too many times, the company will no longer be able to operate.

Just keep doing that every day.

Other shareholders who couldn't stand it either had to sell their shares at a low price and leave, or agreed to all the demands of the sudden barbarian, and the one who used this method the most was Carl Icahn.

When Ethan was teaching in his previous life, the old professors explained his forced acquisition of American Airlines, his malicious plunder of Phillips Petroleum, and his direct division of American Steel, United Gas, Motorola, and Yahoo.

Ethan could do this with his eyes closed, and when Roy Disney expressed the hope that he could use this radical acquisition method to help him take over Disney...

Ethan understood instantly that this guy was after his money.

Because this kind of hostile takeover does not involve any technical content, it only requires money, a lot of money.

And he...

Fortune magazine just revealed that he earned 100 million!
'Damn it! Is it easy for me to make some money? Why is everyone eyeing my money?'

Ethan secretly complained in his heart, but still kept a smile on his face. "Roy, although I have not been to college, I also know that stock trading is very complicated and requires a lot of money. I don't understand why you chose me to cooperate with you? To be honest, I personally think that you should find someone on Wall Street to do this kind of thing, or say, the California Teachers Foundation..."

There are too many people doing this kind of thing in the world, not to mention the wolves on Wall Street, even the Federal Pension Fund of America and the California Teachers Fund do this kind of thing. Or in other words, the bulk of Carl Icahn's profits after the harvest went to these foundations.

Otherwise, relying solely on profits from financial transactions, they simply could not support the payment of pensions to the large number of people under their names. If they did not take money from companies, America's pension system would have collapsed long ago.

But a lot of times...

The media just doesn’t dare to report it.

In his previous life, when Ethan was in class, the teacher specifically warned him to be careful of Carl Icahn's fund in the future, and used his hand in the Warner split case as an example. At that time, many of the replacements proposed by Carl Icahn when removing the Warner board of directors were managers of pension funds. When those people appeared, Warner directly agreed to buy back 20 billion shares and gave them money.

This is one of the reasons why Ethan is reluctant to go public, because after going public, it is not just your enemies who are eyeing your company. Take Nintendo for example, when the Honko Pension Fund holds their shares for a long time, even Yamauchi Hitoshi has to hold his nose and pay dividends every year.

otherwise……

How does this pension fund pay money to those who receive pensions?
As Ethan was reminiscing about the past, Roy Disney's face was also filled with emotion.

"Ethan, to be honest, I still prefer to work with people who have dreams."

"You want to make Destiny big, you want to make Apple computers big, I admire that."

"When you want to enter the film industry, Disney is actually your best choice, and I can give you the greatest help in the field of character development in the Hollywood animation industry."

"Of course, I can also tell you some of our Disney strategic plans. We at Disney have actually been planning to get involved in live-action movies for a long time. If you help me become the chairman of Disney, I will immediately set up a live-action movie department, and we can be responsible for the distribution of all your movies. If your friends Steven and George are not comfortable staying at Universal Fox, they can come directly to Disney. The chairman and CEO of the live-action movie department will be theirs. I will also actively help you negotiate within the group so that they can also obtain at least one seat on the group's board of directors."

Roy Disney looked at Ethan with a smile.

His words also made Ethan see his true heart!
Never mind video games;
Or a real-life movie;

Or the coveted "Star Wars" and Steven Spielberg;

he--

Roy Disney

Want them all!
(End of this chapter)