Silicon Valley

v2 Chapter 252: Ready to acquire TBS Broadcasting Compan

After Henry arrived at the company, an employee immediately notified Bobby Robin and told him that the chairman would let him go there.

Upon hearing the news, Bobby Robin hurried over.

Helen stayed in the personnel department, and Director Rowling personally guided her to familiarize herself with the company's business!

After Bobby Robin arrived in the chairman's office, he explained to Henry about Helen as soon as they met. Henry heard the words and smiled at Bobby Robin: "Since she doesn't care and is willing to stay in the personnel department, let her stay there. Oh, yes, Miramax Films has a request for our acquisition. And reaction?"

Henry asked, shaking his red wine glass and taking a sip.

"They said they accepted our acquisition, but Weinstein wanted to retain 30% of the equity, allowing us to acquire 70% of Miramax Films for $50 million!"

Henry heard this, smiled, and said: "Hehe, they are very smart. Although the number of shares is small, we can distribute our company's movies and use collective resources to make Miramax Pictures As the company grows stronger, they will eventually get even greater profits!!!"

"Yes!" Bobby Robin nodded. "Not only the movies we made, but also the movies that other film companies gave us to distribute. If they don't fit our Galaxy film brand genre, they will be handed over to Miramax. Published by the film company!"

Henry considered it for a moment and said: "Continue to talk to them and try to reduce their shareholding ratio!"

"okay."

Miramax Films is not Henry’s main purpose for finding Bobby Robin. Pixar Animation Studios has completed the first feature-length computer animation film Toy Story in film history. If you don’t speak, it’s a blockbuster. Pixar Animation Studios shocked the world. Up!

Animated movies are usually more profitable than a movie, especially the peripheral value derived from it, which makes people extremely jealous!

Just look at how profitable Disney's animated films are, and you will know! One of the most obvious point is that it is among the six major Hollywood studios. Only Disney acquired other companies and became a media giant, while other film companies were acquired by other companies and became their subsidiaries! ! !

Henry said to Bobby Robin: "The Toy Story of Pixar Animation Studios has been produced. Let Galaxy Films release it! At the same time, I am going to merge Pixar Animation Studios into Galaxy Films!"

"Chairman, after Pixar Animation Studios joins the Galaxy Film Company, we can also learn from Disney and build a Pixar theme park!!!"

"Yeah. That's right. Disney's theme parks can not only bring huge profits to the company, but also play a promotional role! Every time Disney's animated film is about to be released, new characters will be added to the theme park in advance to attract Tourists also make people look forward to the new movie. After the movie is released, the characters in the animation are on fire, which can bring huge traffic to the theme park and create greater revenue! This kind of publicity is very worthy of our reference!"

Henry said, "In addition, we will also set up a specialty store. All the toys, clothing, etc. produced around the movie can be sold in our own company's specialty store, which can generate income and promote publicity! "

Henry thought for a while and said, "Huh? As for the store's name, it's called "Galaxy Store"!"

Galaxy Store? ! !

When Bobby Robin heard the name, he felt like a bunker!

"Chairman, this is a good name. People who pass by will walk into the store curiously if they see this."

Henry smiled and said, "Haha, it's okay. Then you will be handed over to the merger of Pixar Animation Studios and the establishment of theme parks and stores! I am going to buy the TV station!" Henry paused and said in a deep voice. "The name of Williams Film and Television Media is not for nothing. Recently, some newspapers said that our company is not worthy of its name. Only the film company is a media company. Well, then we will do something worthy of the name!!!"

"Oh!!!" Bobby Robin called out involuntarily, surprised in his heart, he thought. The chairman actually wants to buy a TV station, so won't Galaxy Films have another backer in the future?

At this moment, Henry drank the wine in his hand, and then said to him: "That's it for the time being, you go ahead!"

"Well, okay, chairman, I will definitely finish what you explained!"

After speaking, Bobby Robin said goodbye to Henry. When he left, he was obviously full of excitement!

Henry then asked the secret to contact Ted Turner, the founder of Ted Broadcasting Company, and prepare to meet him! While Henry was browsing the tbs Ted Broadcasting Company documents, the secret came over.

"Chairman, Mr. Ted Turner accepts your invitation and will fly from New York to California to meet you in three days!"

"Hmm!" Henry nodded in response, and then continued to browse the files.

At noon, Henry wanted to invite Helen to have a meal, but Helen said that she just came to the company and did not want to reveal her identity as the chairman's girlfriend, and secondly, she wanted to build a good relationship with colleagues and eat with them, so she refused Henry. Invitation.

Henry chuckled and shook his head after hearing this, and went to eat Chinese food by himself.

After lunch, Henry slept in the bedroom of the office and got up with a lot of energy. As the boss of the company, no one will bother him, and there is no need to go to work on schedule! Going to work is like playing, looking at documents, going to the Internet for a while, playing games, or watching a movie, one day has passed!

In the lounge of the office, there are several arcade machines of Capcom. Among them, one of the arcade games is the latest development of Capcom. However, it has not yet been released. The name of the game is called The King of Fighters 1992, it was Henry asked them to make it, and it was going to be officially released in August 1992. Among them, Henry also plagiarized a lot of the role of the king of fighters in previous lives! The game is quite exciting to play, almost like the King of Fighters 1995!

There is no doubt about the classics! ! !

At that time, as soon as it is launched, I am afraid it will sweep the arcade market again!

The current arcade market has become a mess.

Plagiarism sees plagiarism again.

Countless game companies in Japan are plagiarizing Street Fighter 2, and fighting games on the market are almost printed out of a mold! Capcom is busy making games while also fighting a lawsuit! There are too many things, which is really troublesome. Fortunately, Henry didn't have to worry about it, he just made a big policy, and then just played the game!

Henry named himself a game experiencer. He wants to try all the games that the company focuses on.

In addition to the arcade games of Capcom and the computer games of Firefly Games, Henry is also the first player to contact!

Hope for the stars. Hope for the moon, the Warcraft 1 jointly produced by Blizzard and Westwood Games is finally completed and can be listed at any time. Last year, it was said that it would only take one month to complete. But as a result, it has been procrastinated. Keep bouncing!

Well, Henry understands their spirit of excellence!

In the eyes of Henry, who has more than n gaming experience, Warcraft 1 actually has many shortcomings. But in the eyes of others, or in the eyes of all the developers of Blizzard and Westwood Games, this game is perfect and a classic!

The repeated skipping of votes by the Warcraft 1 development team allowed the idsotare game company, which had been behind in game development speed, to catch up.

The idsotare game company did not directly develop the game at the beginning, but under Henry's order, it developed an ambitious 3D game engine! Now, they not only developed the 3d game engine "quake", but also successfully made a shooting game Doom using the 3d game engine "quake"!

Henry still remembers the release of Doom. Swept the world, immediately changed the computer game industry, a milestone! ! !

Previously, console games or arcade games have always ruled the roost, while computer games can only stand aside, but Doom has detonated the entire computer game market. According to statistics from relevant US organizations, after the release of Doom, the rate of truancy among American students has risen by 18%. , The American teacher hates the Doom most!

And Doom has almost become a phenomenon-level game. With high popularity in the United States, many companies have asked for the authorization of adaptations of movies, cartoons, and novels. The posters of the game and the licensing of the peripheral product brands are also a big hit!

Henry finalized that Warcraft 1 and Doom will be logged into the Firefly game platform together, and the release date will be July 1st! It's more than June, and the game will meet you soon. Gamers around the world must be prepared to be shocked!

Henry waited for three days, and Ted Turner finally came.

This is an old man in his fifties. He is wearing a white shirt, black suit and a purple embroidered tie outside. He is very formal. He is 1.8 meters tall, has sharp eyes and a calm temperament, just like a successful person!

"It's nice to meet you, Mr. Williams!" Ted Turner stretched out his hand and said.

Henry shook hands with him and responded with a smile: "Me too, it's nice to meet you, Mr. Ted Turner!"

Henry invited Ted Turner to his chairman's office, and immediately asked the secretary to make him a cup of coffee.

"Mr. Ted Turner, you may have guessed why I invited you to meet?" Henry asked with a slight smile.

After Henry finished speaking, Ted Turner took the coffee cup and took a sip, then slowly put the cup in place. Henry kept staring at him, his face calm, not showing any anxiety.

In fact, Ted Turner always observes Henry's attitude from time to time when drinking coffee. If Henry shows the slightest irritable expression, then in the next negotiation, Ted Turner does not mind asking the price higher.

Henry has gone through many negotiations and is very good. Naturally, Ted Turner didn't let Ted Turner find his weakness!

After finding the weakness, Ted Turner smiled at Henry's words, and then said: "It may be a guess, or it may be a wrong guess, hehe, how can I be sure of this! But what? , I think since Mr. Williams invited me over, he certainly didn’t invite me to have coffee. Of course, the coffee tastes pretty good. It’s the best Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee!"

After speaking, Ted Turner picked up the cup again and tasted the coffee slowly.

Henry shook his head secretly in his heart. The old man was very patient, always talking about him.

"Well, Mr. Turner, we won't waste time going around in circles. I invite you over this time to acquire your tbs Turner Broadcasting Company!!!" Henry said, staring at Tedt. Na's eyes!

There was no obvious change on Ted Turner's face. Obviously he had anticipated Henry's purpose before coming here!

"Oh, Mr. Williams, you should know that tbs Turner Broadcasting Company is the hard work of my life's struggle, and I may not sell the company!"

"No! You will sell it!" Henry said confidently, "Mr. Turner, haven't you noticed that traditional TV news has been greatly affected with the rise of the Internet? Haven't you noticed the speed of Internet news delivery? Faster than TV stations, the ratings peaked in 1991, but not only did not rise, but began to decline! You know, in 1992, Clinton was the most popular president of the United States, and the governing philosophy he advocated included vigorously. Develop the'Internet Information Highway'. It is conceivable that the vigorous development of the Internet will inevitably cause a greater impact than traditional TV news!"

Ted Turner's face finally changed when he heard Henry's words! ! !

What Ted Turner is most proud of is cnn. Once cnn collapses, his Turner Broadcasting Company will go with the water extremely!

Henry's words are not alarmist. Under the impact of the Internet, whether it is TV stations, newspapers, or publishing houses, they have received a great influence! Many companies went bankrupt as a result. In fact, Ted Turner himself had realized this a long time ago. Otherwise, he would not rush out in his previous life and sell Turner Broadcasting Company to Time Warner!

In a reporter interview, he once told reporters with a smile: "The speed of the Internet is terrible. It is simply a monster that will swallow everything, including of course, maybe Ted Turner is an afterthought. This sentence came out. But it is undeniable that he made a correct decision!

At this time, it was Henry's turn to drink coffee calmly, which was both fragrant and strong and intoxicating.

After a while, Ted Turner smiled at Henry and said, "Mr. Williams, I have to say, what you said has touched me a lot!"

"Oh, is it? It seems that Mr. Turner agreed to sell the tbs company!" Henry laughed.

Ted Turner chuckled lightly, then said nothing.

Henry frowned at him and asked, "Mr. Turner~lightnovelpub.net~ don't you plan to sell the tbs company?"

Ted Turner smiled meaningfully at Henry at this time, and then said: "Actually there is something, I have to tell you!"

Henry looked at him and motioned for him to continue!

Ted Turner said: "In fact, Time Warner also intends to acquire tbs."

Henry frowned suddenly, and asked in a low voice: "Mr. Turner, as far as I know, Time Warner doesn't seem to send you a purchase request?"

"No, it doesn't mean there is no!" Ted Turner smiled. "Although Time Warner did not formally request the acquisition of tbs, Time Warner’s eo often chats with me. I can hear from his words that Time Warner wants to acquire tbs!"

Okay, Henry took it, Ted Turner is so cunning!

"Mr. Turner, let's talk straight to the point. How much money do you need to sell tbs?!!!"

(To be continued.)