"Look carefully to see if there are invitations from the Big Six in Hollywood." Lin Xiao did not answer. He just waved his hand and motioned for the secretary to go out. He turned his chair in the room and began to think.
The six giants in the film and television industry are never a separate industry, but a group and an empire.
They have movies, TV, newspapers, TV stations, radio, media, and even theme parks and high-precision technology research institutes.
Warner is never in a hurry, because it has countless resources. Even if Warner Bros. is defeated, it can still create a new Warner through media, television stations, and radio.
But, the Olympics are different!
Every Olympic Games brings together not only the film and television industry, but also global attention. Everyone is worried about their country¡¯s Olympic athletes. Warner is not in a hurry, but AOL is.
This huge empire has shown signs of division. What he needs to do is to open up the crack a little more with a weapon.
Thinking of this, he picked up the phone and said to his secretary, "Just say that I received Warner's invitation. See you later."
"OK."
"See you later?!" In the hotel, Minister Su Men, director of the AOL Time Warner Publicity Department, the old man of AOL, is a tall and thin white man with curly blond hair. When he heard these words, his chest was filled with tears. I couldn't breathe smoothly and almost choked on my coffee.
"Did he say a specific time?" He asked through gritted teeth.
"No." A person who followed answered.
Su Men stood up and walked around the room. The crisp sound of leather shoes reached everyone's ears.
"He picked up the shelf" After a while, he stopped and said bitterly, "He is waiting for us to come to see him! If we don't go, don't wait until dawn for permission."
"The key is that you may not get permission if you go, but you will lose Warner's face." A fat white man frowned and said. He is Leoric, another director of Warner, and they are both old people from AOL.
No one from Time Warner came, which was especially disappointing to them.
¡°The great AOL Time Warner went so far as to beg a Chinese company. It would make you laugh out loud if you tell me.¡±
"If this is related to the Olympics, I don't think it's ridiculous." Sumen said firmly. "If you go, you may not get it, but if you don't go, you definitely won't get it We also want to thank our friends from the same company Warner for their support. Help, thanks to them, they first disrupted our online games and bookstore services, and then even the Olympic Games. They are really capable"
¡°I really don¡¯t know what else we can tolerate from them! It¡¯s best to just separate the families!¡± a clerk said through gritted teeth.
Leoric shook his head and sighed softly, "It's easy to say but hard to do AOL and Time Warner are both giants. Their separation and merger will cause huge waves and huge troubles." So both parties have to endure it even if they don't like it"
"What if I don't get the service rights for this Olympics?" Su Men suddenly said gloomily.
The whole audience was silent.
After a while, Leoric said coldly, "I can't bear it anymore. There is no need to bear it anymore."
"If AOL is excluded from this global event because of Warner's selfish desires, I will firmly separate the company even if I face President Roland directly!"
He turned his head, suddenly laughed, and looked at the others, "Get ready for our gifts. Warner sold us twice, and we sold him once."
"I hope our gift can be forgiven by Dawn."
That afternoon, the AOL team didn¡¯t even suffer from jet lag and hurried to dawn.
"This is Dawn." Su Men stood in front of Dawn, looking at this legendary company in China.
In a few years, he has won over almost the most popular actors in China, and even entered Hollywood, and the boss of Daybreak has reached the 20 million club!
Even in the United States, this is an amazing result.
At this moment, people were coming and going at the door at dawn, and half of them were foreigners.
"Hey, Sumen." A black man greeted him with a smile.
Su Men¡¯s expression changed, and then he regained his composure, ¡°Global Minister James? It¡¯s a pleasure to meet you.¡±
The two seemed to shake hands enthusiastically. James looked at the group of them and smiled and said, "Oh, Sumen, I have to say that Warner has made a decision that is not a good one. Now it will be more difficult for AOL to get network services." ¡±
"What about you?" Sumen asked after pondering for a moment.
"We got them all." James smiled and said, "Lin is a relatively easy-to-talk person. We arrived in the morning and reviewed and approved it."This has passed, after all, the video websites of the Big Six will never be watered down. "
Sumen¡¯s face twitched, and the last glimmer of hope he held was extinguished.
Originally, he thought that Lin Xiao might be very strict about the Internet, so he rejected AOL, although he believed that AOL's services could fully match the Olympic Games. But that doesn't seem to be the case, it's just that "AOL is not suitable".
After chatting for a while, he hurriedly led the people inside.
Ten minutes after reporting, I was received. A staff member took Sumen and Leoric to Lin Xiao's office.
¡°Oh, Mr. Lin, it¡¯s really an honor to meet you for the first time.¡±
"Mr. Sumen, Mr. Leoric, please take a seat." Lin Xiao sat on the sofa and said with a smile, "I have been busy recently, so I have been neglecting it."
"Mr. Lin is very busy, so we understand." Leoric was anxious. After chatting for a few words, he smiled and said, "We are here to talk to Mr. Lin about AOL's network services."
Lin Xiao suddenly understood and nodded, but the next words made Leoric and Sumen feel cold.
"The full name is AOL Time Warner, right? Why do the two ministers avoid talking about Time Warner?"
The other party has no intention of letting them receive services! In this sentence, the two of them recognized Ni Duan.
The Olympic Gamesthis is a global event! Sumen gritted his teeth and scolded Time Warner again in his heart. He forced a smile and said, "AOL is AOL, Time Warner is Time Warner. Mr. Lin, to tell you the truth, all measures taken by Time Warner have nothing to do with AOL. At the same time, AOL¡¯s actions have nothing to do with Time Warner.¡±
Lin Xiao nodded noncommittally, and Su Men sighed in his heart.
How could the other party believe it? We have been a company for seven or eight years, and now Time Warner has filed for bankruptcy. AOL has come out and said it has nothing to do with us? No idiot would believe it.
He didn¡¯t know that Lin Xiao believed it, but he didn¡¯t want to serve AOL at all.
This move is enough to force AOL to rebel and expand the rift beyond repair!
"Mr. Lin" Leoric swallowed, "I know you may not believe it, although what I said is the truth, even though this fact sounds so incredible"
For the network services of the Olympic Games, they even revealed their bottom line. Once AOL services are banned, several video websites will return products, and AOL's business will face a large-scale blow!
Afterwards, there were returns from book stores, emails, information, etc., or changes to the contract, and the results were so bad that they could not even imagine!
"To express our sincerity, we have prepared a small gift." Leoric gritted his teeth and pulled out an information packet. "Mr. Lin, please take a look."
Lin Xiao took it over and took a look. The first name made him raise his eyebrows.
Ten thousand years of prehistory!
He remembers this drama, but he doesn¡¯t remember exactly which year it was made, and he doesn¡¯t have a deep impression. The most important thing is that this kind of drama is not his cup of tea, and the box office was very poor, and the reviews were not good.
With an investment of 105 million, it only had a box office of 130 million, which is worse than The Golden Compass. It is no exaggeration to say that it lost all its money.
In his last life, he was very poor. He was so poor that most of the movies he could watch were pirated copies. Due to the overwhelming criticism on the Internet, he certainly would not go to the theater to watch the movie.
He looked at Leoric, who didn't know this. He noticed Lin Xiao's gaze and smiled, "This is a blockbuster prepared by Warner. The six giants have high status and naturally have to bear the same risks. One of them It was the obligation to provide jobs for film and television people during the Great Depression. In fact, not only Warner, but the other five giants also had this unwritten obligation. This is Warner's move."
"An investment of 105 million, and the director is Roland Emmerich!"
He paid attention to Lin Xiao¡¯s expression, but found that the other party had no expression at all!
surprise? No, Lin Xiao was very surprised, but this movie was so bad that he lost his pants, so what if it was Roland Emmerich?
"Mr. LinRoland Emmerichbut the director of Independence Day, Godzilla, and The Day After Tomorrow can almost be called a quasi-big directorWarner is planning to use this movie to join forces with several other companies to snipe you. World of Warcraftare younot worried at all?"
Of course Lin Xiao knows this. He also knows that a few years later there will be a movie called 2012, which will completely elevate Emmerich to the altar of a great director.
There is rebellion in the nest. He looked at the two of them calmly. Warner had sold AOL badly this time. AOL did its part and naturally sold Warner.
In the information, the names of actors, Steven Strait, Camilla Belle, Steve Curtis, etc. are listed one by one.?How much investment, which theaters are planned to be released, which one has been negotiated, which one is under discussion, where the investment is used, and where the filming location is.
AOL also completely sold Warner.
"So what?" Lin Xiao just glanced at it a few times. He didn't have the time to remember such a big-budget, big-failed movie, so he pushed it back. "I'm very confident in the quality of World of Warcraft."
The two of them were completely speechless.
Independence Day, Godzilla, the day after tomorrow, along the way, Emmerich's voice is getting louder and louder, and now Lin Xiao doesn't even take him seriously!
Although his director is Peter Jackson and the theme is World of Warcraft, who can say for sure what the movie will be? Does he regard the sniper films arranged by Warner as if they were worn out shoes?
This was a gift they carefully prepared. In this era of economic crisis, a company like Daybreak cannot compete with Warner Brothers. If they lose, they will be completely ruined. They fully thought that this gift would be approved by Lin Xiao, but unexpectedly it was of no use at all. Maybe not.
"Mr. Lin." Leoric sighed and said, "Just tell me what conditions you need in order for AOL to take over the service."