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Text Chapter 152: Vertical Combination (Part 2)

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    Jeffrey Berg's dream was to become a navy man, but his dream was dashed when he broke his arms in an accident.  In anger, this guy ran to the Peace and Freedom Party, held high the banner of peace, and engaged in anti-war activities against the Vietnam War.  Berg is a top student in the literature department. He writes with great vigor, and his literary propaganda often achieves miraculous results.  The most interesting thing is that he was spotted by Innovation Management Company, the predecessor of International Innovation Management Company, and his job was to read some scripts and novels to find materials that could be used to make movies.  After messing around for a while, this girl suddenly felt that her dream was quite important. If she couldn't be a navy, she could just be a sailor. Anyway, it was the same as going to sea "by boat".  Before Berg decided to resign and become a sailor, he went to Hawaii to surf for a while. After less than a summer vacation, he regretted it again and felt that it was more interesting to stay in the agency.  The world is the most interesting one. As for dreams, gods, horses and the like, Berg has completely forgotten about them and has not mentioned them for a long time.  It can be said that Berg is a very cunning and practical person. He has already been eyeing the International Innovation Management Company, but he is limited by the shortage of funds on hand, so he can only salivate but cannot swallow this piece of meat.  But Berg had actually been secretly contacting various financing channels. Hendler had just let out the news that "Zhang Shaoping was interested" in him. He was immediately excited and wanted to talk to Zhang Shaoping immediately.  ¡°Completely different from Ovitz, rather than controlling actors and directors, Berg prefers to join forces, such as raising funds from private equity funds and financing syndicates, and forming win-win partnerships with TV stations, writers, etc. Anyway, how to make money.  In Berg¡¯s eyes.  Zhang Shaoping is a big benefactor, and to deal with a big benefactor, he must have the bargaining chip to negotiate with the other party.  And in fact.  He really found a few chips.  With the chips in hand, Berg rushed to the appointed time and place with a happy face, waiting for the arrival of Zhang Shaoping.  On the way to the appointment, Zhang Shaoping suddenly received a call from Ovitz.  ¡°I¡¯m Michael Ovitz.¡± The introduction on the other end of the phone was very simple and bland.  "Ovitz?" Zhang Shaoping was startled when he heard the person introducing himself.  Ovitz had only let his pigeons fly for a few hours, but so soon he called again in person.  Are you ready to apologize?  Or something?  "Haha, it turns out to be Mr. Ovitz. You are a very busy man. I have admired you for a long time, but it is a pity that we have never seen each other again." Although Zhang Shaoping no longer wants to see Ovitz in his heart, his face  But he remained calm.  The words were quite warm.  "But I wonder what Mr. Ovitz wants to see me for?" Ovitz seemed to have completely missed the irony in Zhang Shaoping's words, and said straight to the point: "Mr. Zhang, I want to talk to you about CAA's equity.  "Zhang Shaoping couldn't help but be stunned. He didn't understand what this guy was doing. He originally refused the appointment for no reason, but now he called unexpectedly to continue discussing the equity transfer. It was confusing.  .  Zhang Shaoping coveted CAA extremely.  When I heard Ovitz's words, I opened my mouth and wanted to agree.  Meet him.  But before the words were spoken, he thought that if he acted too eagerly, wouldn't he reveal his trump card and let others manipulate him?  So he swallowed back the words that were already on his lips.  Zhang Shaoping tried his best to say calmly: "Mr. Ovitz, what a coincidence. I'm in an emergency right now. I'm afraid I won't be able to meet with you to discuss it. How about we make an appointment at another time and place to discuss it in detail?" "Mr. Zhang is anxious to talk to you.  Do you want to meet Jeffrey Berg?" Even though he was rejected and lost face, the other end of the phone remained sullen and made it clear, "Jeffrey Berg is an idle man. Please wait for Mr. Zhang for a while.  I think he will be very happy." "I'm afraid that won't work. I'm a stickler for promises and I never break an appointment without any reason." Zhang Shaoping rejected Ovitz's proposal without even thinking about it.  After a few more excuses, Zhang Shaoping simply hung up the phone. If he wanted to take the initiative in the negotiation, he couldn't just come and leave at the request of the other party.  From the phone conversation, Zhang Shaoping could boldly surmise that something unknown must have happened in just a few hours, causing Ovitz's attitude to completely change.  At this time, Zhang Shaoping can put up his airs and take control.  As soon as I arrived at the high-end hotel that I had agreed with Jeffrey Berg, before I could find the place where I made the reservation, I saw a few white men coming over. One of the men asked: "Are you Mr. Zhang Shaoping?" The tone of this man's tone  Although it was a question, the look on his face was very sure.  Zhang Shaoping glanced at him. He had a warm face, a suit and leather shoes, and a handsome demeanor.  Zhang Shaoping's heart moved, and he immediately connected him with the image of a person, and said with a smile: "It turns out to be Mr. Michael Ovitz, no wonder he recognizes me." When Ovitz saw Zhang Shaoping, he smiled and felt?I was relieved immediately. The other party's attitude showed that the next thing to talk about was possible.  He immediately smiled and said: "Mr. Zhang, what a coincidence, I just finished talking to you on the phone, and I met you here! It's better to hurry up than to hurry up. How about we find a place to talk?" This guy really has a way, and he is like this  He quickly found the place where Zhang Shaoping was going to make an appointment, and even squatted in front of Zhang Shaoping, waiting for him to show up.  There are rumors in the Hollywood entertainment industry that Ovitz has spies all over the entertainment industry, and there are no less than 20 or 30 private detectives working for him.  They say that no matter what secret or information, if Ovitz wants to know it, he will definitely know it. Zhang Shaoping didn't believe this rumor at first, but now he does.  "Mr. Ovitz, since I made an appointment with Mr. Berg, I will definitely not break the appointment." Zhang Shaoping pondered for a moment and said slowly. Just when Ovitz frowned, he suddenly changed the subject, "But if Ovitz  If Mr. Weisz is willing to wait for me, I would be very willing to have a long talk with you." "Hehe, I'm not in a hurry. Mr. Zhang, please get busy first. When you're done, we'll talk again." The two of them didn't mention anything about what happened before.  Unpleasant things happened, the meeting arrangements were finalized in a few words.  After saying a few words to Ovitz, Zhang Shaoping was led by the waiter to his reserved seat.  "I'm sorry. Mr. Berg, Zhang was delayed due to something and kept you waiting for a long time." "It's okay! Michael Ovitz is a very interesting person. He is known as an authoritative person in the industry, and Mr. Zhang would like to ask him for advice.  It should be." Zhang Shaoping glanced at Berg, who was smiling all over his face, and thought to himself: He is indeed a thoughtful person, I'm afraid he sees everything.  Hollywood is actually not that big. Agents, clients, etc. just come and go. Various entertainment agencies are competitors and compete with each other.  It can be said that they know each other well.  Ovitz knew that Berg had contacted Zhang Shaoping, so why didn't Berg know that Ovitz and Zhang Shaoping were flirting with each other?  Berg is very down-to-earth in his work, except when meeting.  Apart from one sentence that revealed the contact between Zhang Shaoping and Ovitz, they were chatting and laughing afterwards, and never mentioned the competitor Innovative Artist Management Company.  Berg is very funny and knowledgeable.  With strong American humor.  He gave people a sense of intimacy, at least Zhang Shaoping felt it was a pleasure to talk to him, and there was quite an atmosphere of benevolence and justice.  After talking for an hour, Berg remained as enthusiastic as before and had no intention of getting into the topic. On the contrary, Zhang Shaoping couldn't bear the non-stop chatter and immediately brought up the business and said: "Ahem. Berg, although you and I hit it off. But.  It's getting late, let's talk about cooperation. ""Mr. Zhang, why don't you tell me what your plans are?" Berg's eyes flashed, and his expression rarely became serious.  "Haha, I am an investor. I am optimistic about the prospects of International Innovation Management Company, so I just want to win it. The requirements are not high, the price is reasonable, and we have a controlling stake. Everything else is easy to negotiate." Zhang Shaoping told the truth, but  Berg didn't believe it at all, thinking that he didn't mean what he said and refused to reveal his trump card.  Berg immediately smiled and said: "That's it, that's easy! I've made a plan, Mr. Zhang will see if it works first." After hearing Zhang Shaoping's words, Berg climbed along the pole regardless of whether it was true or false.  Before he finished speaking, he had already pulled out a document bag from his briefcase and handed it over.  Zhang Shaoping was surprised that this guy was really not a light-hearted person, but he was so good at expressing himself and expressing his will.  Taking the document bag, Zhang Shaoping poured out a stack of documents and looked through them carefully.  Old God Berg was sitting on the ground, his face filled with indescribable confidence, as if he was 100% convinced that as long as Zhang Shaoping read this plan, he would definitely accept his plan and conditions.  After a while, Zhang Shaoping closed the plan and handed it to Hu Mufang to read. He looked up at Berg and said, "To be honest, the terms you offered are very good. I was very moved after reading it."  Ge smiled and said: "Mr. Zhang, you are an investor. If we want to take out a sum of money from your pocket, the conditions we offer must be sincere." "Yes, but I think we are sincere.  It¡¯s still too little!¡± Zhang Shaoping pondered for a moment and suddenly said: ¡°I want 60% of the equity!¡± Berg shook his head and said: ¡°Mr. Zhang, aren¡¯t you making things difficult for me? 50% is already what we can give you.  The largest equity interest in the company. You should know that there are many shareholders in Josephson who are not willing to sell their equity in International Innovation Management Company. In order to complete their work, 10% of the equity must be reserved for  Although the cable TV operator Comcast is not well-known, as a listed company, it has considerable strength. It can also have business dealings with our entertainment agency, and its 15% stake is reasonable.  Company, this is me and Toni Morrison, Carl HillFounded by writers such as ??sen, it is appropriate to give away 25% of the shares.  ¡± In order to deal with people like Ovitz and Berg, Zhang Shaoping supplemented his knowledge. He actually knew that Toni Morrison and Carl Siasson were well-known American writers, and many of their works have been adapted into movies and TV shows.  . Obviously, building a good relationship with writers is also indispensable for an entertainment agency. But Zhang Shaoping felt very uneasy with only 50% of the shares. After all, it was easy to win over with Berg's methods.  Retain the remaining shareholders and control the overall situation. Originally, Zhang Shaoping did not pay much attention to the International Innovation Management Company. At least compared to the Innovative Artist Management Company, it signed too few artists and had not yet formed a huge influence.  . But after reading Berg¡¯s plan, Zhang Shaoping immediately changed his mind. Damn it, a cable TV network came to cooperate, how could he refuse? ¡°I want 55% of the equity!  can not be less anymore!  "Zhang Shaoping said flatly, "I am not good at running an entertainment agency. After all, it must be left to people who know the business.  But if I can't achieve absolute control, I would prefer to cooperate with Ovitz and invest in caa!  " Hearing this, Berg pondered for a while, thinking about gains and losses. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
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