Hollywood Starts with Animation

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Ten days ago...

AOL chairman office.

"Mr. Wald, welcome... Although this is our first time meeting, I am very fond of your name."

AOL chairman Steve Keyes personally rose to greet Zucker after he arrived.

"I'm also very happy to meet you, Mr. Case!" Zucker shook hands with Case, his face filled with excitement and a smile.

Dramatic! ! !

There is no doubt that both Zucker and Case are actually not as happy as they appear on their faces, and they are both acting.

What Zucker had in mind was to convince Case;

Case was thinking...well, what are you doing with me?

After some business blows, Zucker took the lead in clarifying the topic.

"To be honest, I came to Mr. Case for help," Zhu Ke said solemnly.

"Oh?"

Case smiled.

Zhu Kelang laughed loudly: "My Wald Pictures will release a new film in the near future, called "My Grand Greek Wedding", but in the past few days, Warner's media, and even its parent company Time Warner All of them participated, which slandered our new film and caused a very bad impact. Therefore, I need to use your company's media power."

"Ha ha!"

Case shook his head and smiled and said, "Mr. Wald, you must know that Time Warner is the world's largest media conglomerate, one that can cover the whole world. Why do you think I would not hesitate to offend them and choose to help you? This is hard work. unflattering things."

That's right, after hearing Zucker's request, the chairman of America Online immediately refused.

Two media giants rashly go to war, what good does he have?

No one is a fool!

"If...I said if, I could convince Treford Davey and Francis Anker on your board of directors,

What about backing you on the board to buy Time Warner? "

Zucker said lightly.

Boom! ! ! !

Buy Time Warner?

As soon as these words came out, Case, who was as peaceful as Mount Tai, was immediately shocked.

"You can do it?"

No doubt Steve Case did not doubt it.

As early as a few months ago, Case, as the chairman of AOL, once proposed a plan to the board of directors.

——That is the full acquisition of Time Warner Group!

In this way, America Online, the world's largest emerging Internet media company, will merge with Time Warner, the largest media conglomerate in the traditional field, into a giant media conglomerate.

The combination of the old and new media giants is bound to bring AOL to a new level!

Steve Case called the acquisition plan -- a great plan!

However......

Case's proposal was opposed by a large number of shareholders.

Among them, Treford David and Francis Anke are the most opposed!

Treford Davey, male, 58 years old, an early farmer in New Mexico;

As early as 1982, when America Online established its predecessor company, named Kinsey Corporation, it was a company dedicated to the research and development of video control technology. At that time, Treft David became an investor as an investor. Major shareholder of Kinsey Corporation at the small company level.

The following year, Steve Case bought Kinsey.

On this basis, AOL was established, and Trey Ford David immediately became a shareholder of AOL.

The power of wealth quickly exploded.

He has changed from a farmer to an Internet giant, and he must be lucky, after all, all this has exceeded his expectations;

Francis Anker, male, 59 years old.

In the early days, he was the first employee of Apple, and later made a fortune in the financial market, then resigned from Apple and became a Wall Street investor;

In 1991, Francis Anco's investment in Mexico's mining industry failed. He caught up with the Mexican military coup and immediately went bankrupt.

However, at this time, Francis Anker saw the potential of AOL, and immediately used his connections on Wall Street to borrow a large sum of money from the bank to invest in AOL. After years of development, he is now a rich billionaire.

Treyford Davey was born as a farmer, he has no brains, and he acts on a rule, reckless!

Francis Anker, who was a computer programmer, then worked on Wall Street finance, was a very cunning and shrewd guy.

The two opposed Steve Case's takeover of Time Warner because they feared diminishing their interests.

"Can you really persuade them to support my plan?" Case asked in disbelief.

"certainly."

Zucker said without hesitation: "In fact, I have persuaded them, and they are happy to accept it."

"Tell me about your conditions."

No matter how Zucker persuaded David and Anke, his relationship was on Zucker's terms.

Zhu Ke spread his hands and said with a smile: "My condition is very simple, that is, to support me on the "My Big Greek Wedding" project and attack Warner. Moreover, you plan to acquire Time Warner, which is not exactly a time. Is there an opportunity for the other side to see your strength? It's a win-win!"

Win-win?

A win-win indeed!

Even if AOL can acquire Time Warner, is the acquisition OK?

of course not!

The struggle within the big company is even more intense, especially the merger of the two giant companies!

"Yes. Before the acquisition is proposed, let Warner see our muscles, which is conducive to the unity work in the later stage. I promise this!" Case said heavily.

Suddenly, Zu Ke also showed a smile.

As for how Zucker persuaded the two shareholders of David and Anke?

Of course, Zucker paid a big price!

- LinkedIn shares!

However, not now!

As an Internet company, LinkedIn is an inevitable development trend to go public, raise capital, and seek development.

Zucker promised that David and Anke would have priority to participate once LinkedIn opens the Series A financing.

This priority to participate, although it does not represent anything and is not valuable, it is a ticket to participate in LinkedIn.

After all, if Zhu Ke expands shares and pulls allies, he will also seek big companies and big capital, but they really don't have the qualifications to participate.

A promise, in exchange for AOL's media support, is profitable no matter what.

"Also, after the Internet bubble burst, AOL's market value plummeted. David and Anke wanted to participate in LinkedIn's investment in time, and they probably would have no money. My mother is too smart." Zucker Can not help thinking.

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Back to February 22nd.

On this day, when Zucker arranged the overseas release of "My Big Greek Wedding", he received a notice from Kevin Feige.

The preparatory work for "Spider-Man" was successfully completed;

The selection of male and female main actors has also been successfully completed;

"Boss, the funds are in place, the actors are in place, the crew is in place, and now "Spider-Man" can officially start filming." Kevin Feige's tone showed excitement.

The whole company up and down, who doesn't know him Kevin Feige is a big fan of comics. A large part of the reason why he joined Wald Pictures was because he was jealous of the superhero copyrights in Zucker's hands.

Zucker nodded immediately and said, "Well, you and director Sam Raimi will come to me immediately, and I want to see the detailed shooting plan."

"Yes, boss!"

" "The second is sent.

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