Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 326: Jobs became my subordinate? The company will surely take off

After two weeks of negotiations, Guess What Pictures officially acquired Pixar Animation Studios for US$3 million and 10% of Guess What Pictures shares.

Link and Jobs signed on behalf of the two companies in the conference room of the Guess Pictures Building.

After Jobs and others joined Guess the Movies, the company's board of directors underwent major changes.

The shares under Link's name dropped to 33.3%, and the shares under Flash Gold Capital dropped to 15.2%, and together they enjoyed 74% of the voting rights.

Vanguard Capital ranked third.

Leading Capital participated in two rounds of financing, buying 10% in the first round and 5% in the second round. After the second round of financing and acquisition, it currently holds 11.7%.

Pixar Animation, represented by Steve Jobs, ranked fourth with 10%.

Morgan Investments originally held 12% of the shares but did not participate in the second round, leaving it with 8.3%.

The remaining Goldman Sachs Investment, Deutsche Bank, BlackRock Investment, Kalkanyi Investment and Indu Films all hold shares below 5%, are members of the board of directors and have voting rights at meetings.

Daniel DeVito, Joe Fillem, James Shams, Liu Xiaoli and other senior executives of the company continue to enjoy 5% profit dividend rights and voting rights, but their shareholdings have further decreased to a total of around 2%, and they are eligible to participate in board meetings.

There are also many new faces in the company's management team, most of whom are representatives and directors assigned to the company by shareholders and are not responsible for specific work.

During the process of financing and acquiring Pixar, the company was interfered with by the seven major film studios and suffered some changes, such as management resignation and rumor attacks.

But under Link's tough suppression, the company gradually stabilized and returned to normal working state.

The current main task is to cope with the upcoming summer vacation period and strive to get a good box office result in the fiercely competitive summer vacation period.

This week, the North American summer vacation season has officially arrived.

The first commercial blockbuster of this summer vacation is "Crimson Tide", which was produced and distributed by Disney with a production cost of 4500 million US dollars and starred Denzel Washington and veteran actor Gene Hackman.

It tells the story of the conflicts and struggles between the captain and the executive officers on a US nuclear submarine during the Cold War. It is a purely man's movie.

It earned $2382 million in 1861 theaters in its first week, ranking first at the weekly box office, which is a pretty good result.

Affected by this film, the box office of "Married at Second Sight" fell to 836 million this week, and the North American box office accumulated to 6618 million US dollars, ranking third in the weekly box office.

The second place was the love movie "French Kiss" produced by 901th Century Fox, starring Meg Ryan, with a box office of million US dollars in the first week.

The competition at the box office in the first week of the summer vacation was relatively mild, like a few appetizers.

The competition really begins next week when The Butterfly Effect is released.

"Haha, Link, summer vacation is here, are you ready?"

When Link was processing documents in the office, Michael Ovitz suddenly called, his laughter revealing a hint of pride.

"what to prepare?"

Link leaned back in his office chair and asked Lewinsky to get him a cup of coffee.

"Be prepared to fail! Be prepared to surrender to me! Be prepared to get out of Hollywood!"

Michael Ovitz snorted.

Link shook his head, not quite understanding the other party's thoughts. As Michael Ovitz, he suddenly came to shout and mock when the two armies were facing each other. This behavior seemed childish.

"Michael, there is one thing I don't understand. There seems to be no conflict between us. Why do you always target me? Does it make sense to do this?"

"No contradiction?"

When Michael Ovitz heard what he said, he gritted his teeth in anger, "Damn it! You won more than 93 million from me in the bet in , and in the process, you ruined several important clients of CAA, causing the company's performance to plummet, and you actually said that we have no conflicts?

Also, you are a rookie who has been in the industry for less than four years. Just because you got lucky and made a few good movies, you snatched the title of King of Hollywood that originally belonged to me. Now you say you have no conflicts with me?"

At the end of the speech, there were a few loud slaps on the table coming from the microphone.

Link smiled softly, "You lost the bet to me because you are not as skilled as me. If you are willing to bet, you should admit defeat. You know the specific reasons for Robert Downey Jr. and others' accidents better than me. And what about the title of King of Hollywood you mentioned? This title was imposed on me by the media, and I have never cared about it."

"Don't care? Humph, do you think I will believe it?"

"You don't need to believe me. I'm the 102nd richest person on the Forbes Global Rich List. Next year I'll be ranked higher. Ten years from now I'll be in the top , or even the top richest people in the world. I'll be one of the richest people in the world. This title is dozens of times more valuable than the King of Hollywood."

"Huh! Top ten in the world? You're dreaming!"

Michael Ovitz snorted.

Link shook his head. “Whether it’s a dream or not, just watch it. Besides, the title of King of Hollywood you mentioned has never belonged to you. It originally belonged to Louis Mayer, then to McCarthy in the 1950s and 1960s, then to Lou Wasserman in the 1970s and 1980s, and then to you in the past few years. Now it’s transferred to me.

The throne rotates, this is the rule of the entertainment industry, whoever is the strongest gets it, does that mean if I give you this title, you can become the king of Hollywood again?"

"I don't need you to give it to me. This crown is mine. No matter what despicable means you used to steal it, I will take it back with my own hands and make the thief receive the most severe punishment. No one can stop me."

Michael Ovitz's tone turned fierce.

"Take it back? With what? With the honey trap? Oh, dear Michael, there is one thing I must thank you for. Cameron Diaz and Nicole are both good women, beautiful, gentle, well-behaved and obedient, with super hot bodies. Thank you for sending them to me.

If you know other good girls, please keep sending them to me, okay? I will thank you again. "

Link said sincerely.

creak creak!

A gritting voice came from the microphone, "Link, don't be so complacent! This matter is not over yet!!" Bang!
The phone was also hung up heavily.

Link picked his ears, put down the phone, picked it up again and called Liu Xiaoli and Jon Gordon, asking them to pay attention to recent public opinion.

The Butterfly Effect opens in theaters on Friday.

Big Seven Pictures will definitely not miss this good opportunity to suppress this movie.

The company should pay close attention to relevant public opinions to prevent being plotted against by the media under the seven major film studios.

At the same time, in order to ensure that the films under Guess the Picture Company have an advantage in publicity, Link proposed to allocate 500 million US dollars as special funds, one is to increase the company's resource reserves for publicity, and the other is to be used for emergency public relations.

After arranging the work, Link thought for a while and picked up the phone to call four shareholders: Vanguard Capital, Morgan Investment, Goldman Sachs Investment, and Deutsche Bank.

These four investment companies also own shares in seven major film studios or seven major media groups.

The seven major film studios and Guess What are you fighting for? No matter who wins or loses in the end, the four investment companies will suffer losses.

Link asked them to put pressure on the seven major film studios through their investment company to prevent them from joining forces against Guess What Pictures.

It was just that Greg Davis rejected his proposal.

Because of the increase in the holdings of Guess Pictures, the investment company is now divided into two factions:

One group supports the Big Seven Film Studios, and the other supports Guess What Film Studios.

Investors who support the Big Seven Studios hope to suppress Guess What Pictures and restore the Big Seven Studios' dominance in Hollywood.

Those who support Guess the Movies hope that the two sides can get along peacefully and only compete at the box office with their films without using other unconventional means.

After discussion by the board of directors, the two factions continued to confront each other, and the one that wins in the end will gain more resources and power.

In other words, the rise of Guess What Film has also divided the capital into two factions.

Greg Davis hopes that Link can take the film promotion seriously and strive to make the company's films perform well in the summer vacation and beat the Big Seven Studios.

He and the executives who support Guess What Pictures will also gain more power.

"It's another drama of infighting in the company."

Link shook his head, picked up the phone and called Jobs again.

Continue to persuade him to take the position of chairman of Guess Pictures.

Jobs is a very capable entrepreneur. If he could come to Guess Pictures to take charge, Link would have more time to make movies.

Despite repeated persuasion, Jobs refused to agree.

The reason is that during his tenure as chairman of Guess the Movie Pictures, Link's achievements were obvious to all.

Jobs said that he had no confidence that he could do a better job than others, so he would not accept the position.

In addition, he also had NeXT Computer Company under his control, and did not have the time and energy to manage a large company like Guess What Pictures.

However, Jobs agreed to serve as vice chairman of the company and continue to manage Pixar Animation Studios.

This time Jobs' answer was the same.

Seeing that Jobs was unwilling, Link did not force him.

The two chatted about the situation at Apple.

After Microsoft launched Windows 95, Apple's situation became increasingly worse and it also encountered a financial crisis. In the past two weeks alone, its stock price fell by 3.2%. If it did not make changes, it would face the risk of bankruptcy.

Link asked him if he had any thoughts on returning to Apple, and if so, he would be willing to help.

Jobs said he hadn't thought about it yet, and if he had, he hoped he could help.

After hanging up the phone, Link continued to deal with other work.

In the afternoon, Gong Li came to visit his office and talked with him about his recent work.

After filming "Chinese Box", Gong Li received several supporting roles, such as the female teacher in "Scream", the female neighbor in "The Groom Runs Backwards", and the Oriental Witch in "Final Destination 2".

The reason why she was not given a very important role.

On the one hand, there are still some problems with her performance style, and she is not suitable to play the leading role.

On the other hand, she is an Asian actress and has no box office appeal in Europe and the United States.

After she has played more roles and accumulated some fame, she will play more important roles.

After talking about movies, it was time to get down to business, and the table in the office started shaking.

This desk has been with him for more than three years and has carried too many things in the past, such as thick documents, computers, pen holders, ornaments, women's buttocks, etc.

Maybe the pressure is too great and some can't bear it anymore.

When it is needed to support the body, it squeaks and complains endlessly.

(End of this chapter)