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Chapter 1259
Originally thought that Jobs was going to do charity and sold Pixar to Disney, but now he heard that Jobs was going to use Pixar in exchange for becoming a major shareholder of Disney, which made Roy change color.

Jobs' move is much better than Eisner's. Eisner doesn't talk about martial arts, and wants to drive away the Disney family, but Jobs is not much better. How could Roy endure this stupid trick to let the Jobs family replace the Disney family and become Disney's major shareholder!
Faced with the furious Roy, Jobs just watched with cold eyes. Over the years, he has taken every step very delicately, but he has also made many mistakes. People, now they have become wage earners.

He did not want to repeat the mistakes made by Apple. Pixar seems to have a bright future now, but Jobs could see that it was actually undercurrent.

The production cycle of animated films is too long, the cost is too large, and the risks are too great. Pixar has been very successful in the past few years, and has won almost all Oscars related to animated films. Can it remain the same? !

Not to mention others, even Jobs is not sure, as long as a movie Waterloo, the entire Pixar will be in turmoil.

The Disney crisis gave Jobs an opportunity to take advantage of the fire. Taking advantage of Pixar’s current highest valuation, he cashed it out and exchanged Pixar for Disney’s largest individual shareholder. It was definitely a good deal.

"Roy, calm down!"

Jobs looked at Roy in front of him, and said that Roy supported the last appearance of the Disney family, but Joe's gang leader felt the opposite. As a member of the founding family of Disney, even a professional manager who worked for their family could not hold back. , This is not what incompetence is!
"There is only one chance. This deal is definitely a good deal for Disney. It can help Disney solve its immediate troubles and bring it a future!"

In terms of flickering, Jobs' skill is also one of the best, not much worse than someone's skill in painting big cakes. Affected by Jobs' ability to distort reality, Roy, who was originally angry, also began to calm down.

Looking at Jobs and thinking of that disgusting Eisner again, Roy closed his eyes in pain. He made a choice whether to choose Jobs or Eisner.

"A 10% stake in Disney is out of the question, and the board of directors would not agree to such a ridiculous offer, Pixar is not worth that high price!
Up to 5%, this shareholding is no less than that of the Disney family! "

Roy made a difficult choice for the year, but Jobs pressed on every step of the way without giving in. "At least 7% of Disney's equity, believe me, Pixar is worth that price!"

Roy and Gold on the side looked at each other, and finally nodded helplessly, "I will try my best to persuade the board of directors to accept this deal, but the premise is that Eisner must be driven out."

Seeing that the agreement was finally reached, Jobs also breathed a sigh of relief. Just as Jobs was about to toast with Roy to celebrate, the phone rang suddenly. Almost at the same time, the phones of Roy and Gold also rang.

After Roy received the call, he quickly got up and turned on the TV, and tuned to a local Los Angeles TV station affiliated to Disney ABC. Eisner soon appeared on the program.

"So, regarding the rumor that Pixar may refuse to cooperate with Disney, what does President Eisner think?!"

The program on the TV station had been going on for a few minutes. The host glanced at the teleprompter in his hand, and then cautiously asked the head of his own TV station.

"It's a shame. I and all of Disney have worked hard and made concessions for Pixar's contract renewal, but Steve is very firm. He wants to take most of the film's profits. , want the Pixar logo on top of Disney, want to have the...

Steve wants too much, I welcome Pixar back to Disney's embrace, if there is a chance, but now, I can't betray Disney, sell Disney's interests, lingering for peace, that's not me, nor Not Disney's style, we only accept cooperation on equal terms!
Therefore, I regret to announce that Disney has temporarily terminated all cooperation with Pixar, and all the current cooperation film projects are frozen. All disputes will be handed over to the Los Angeles Federal Court for adjudication. This is a cruel thing, but the world of adults , not as beautiful as in the fairy tale world, which is why human beings yearn for fairy tales! "

In front of the TV, Jobs and Roy, who had just reached an agreement, stared blankly at Eisner who made a decision on the TV. The first feeling was whether Eisner was old-fashioned, or even lost his mind, and he actually took the initiative. Cutting off the cooperation with Pixar, this is no longer killing the enemy one thousand and self-defeating eight hundred, this f*ck is to slash the opponent, and directly open a hole in his main artery, for fear that he will die too slowly.

"Is he crazy?!"

Roy's lips trembled a little. Eisner's sudden blow disrupted all of Roy's plans. The key point was that he couldn't figure out what that old fellow Eisner was planning.

Jobs pursed his lips and held a phone in his hand. He had just received a call from Pixar, confirming that Disney had abruptly terminated all cooperation with Pixar.

"I'm afraid this is only the first step. Eisner definitely has a back-up!" Jobs frowned and said to Roy.

After the voice fell, Roy's cell phone rang again. After answering the call, Roy couldn't help but exclaimed, "A Disney board meeting is being held now?!"

After a short while, the news of Disney and Pixar began to spread throughout Hollywood. This was a big shock for Hollywood as a whole, and then the major media in America also began to report on the news of the two companies. Parted ways.

Regarding the separation of the two Hollywood companies, the outside world has been discussing a lot, and there are different opinions on the reason why the two suddenly turned against each other.

But thanks to Eisner's first move, many media and people who eat melons are inclined to say that Jobs is too domineering and his demands are too outrageous. Otherwise, how could Disney let go of Pixar's pocketbook.

But at this time, most of the outside world is eating melons about the changes between Disney and Pixar. It has not been thought that this is just an appetizer, and the real big melon is Disney itself.

Affected by the separation of the two Disney companies, Disney's stock price fell almost horribly that day. Major Wall Street institutions have downgraded Disney's stock price ratings, and they are quite pessimistic about Disney's future.

After all, Pixar has contributed a lot to Disney's box office. In the past few years, whether it is a live-action movie or an animated movie, the box office of Disney's own productions has not been very good. Easy, but can't you live in the future? !

If the turmoil during the day still confused the melon-eaters in America, it also worried the supporters of Pixar animation. A more exciting news came out, causing a sensation in America.

Roy was voted by the Disney board of directors, and he was invited out of Disney on the grounds that his age exceeded the retirement time stipulated by Disney, and a pension will be paid to him next month. In other words, Roy represents the last face of the Disney family He was kicked out of Disney, and since then, there is no more member of the Disney family on the Disney board of directors!

The explosiveness of this news is much more exciting than parting ways with Pixar during the day. Countless people feel that Eisner is a little too domineering, and what he did is a little too unethical. Leave a little way out for yourself.

Almost as soon as he was kicked out of Disney, Roy announced a counterattack and would start suing Disney and Eisner. He believed that Disney, led by Eisner, had made false propaganda to investors and misled investors, and demanded a reorganization of the board of directors. In addition, there are financial issues and so on, and the two sides are almost torn apart.

This palace fight has successfully topped the headlines in America and countless media around the world, which is much more exciting than the news about Hollywood stars!

Disney’s stock price, no surprise, after the opening of the market the next day, it was also in a hurry. In just two days, the market value evaporated by no less than billions of dollars. Many Wall Street institutions and investors began to sell Disney’s stock. Do you think that this old Hollywood giant company has no hope at all, and if you don’t sell Disney’s stock at this time, will you still sink with it? !
However, some Wall Street analysts have some doubts. What is Eisner planning for doing all this? If he drives Pixar away and kicks Roy, Gold and others from the board of directors, will he really be able to sit back and relax? Now it seems that Eisner has returned to power again, but the current situation, if nothing unexpected happens, at most three months, when Disney's new quarterly results are released, is the time for Eisner to pack up and leave.

"What's going on with Disney now?!"

A Wall Street investment bank, focused on Hollywood analyst Cruz, asked several other analysts that his investment bank had also received a decision to sell Disney stock.

But Crutz is still hesitating. No matter how he looks at it, he feels that Disney is full of weirdness.

Another analyst turned the pen in his hand, "Disney is in a mess right now, and they don't know what happened internally, but it is certain that Disney's movie business, amusement park business, movie peripheral products and other businesses have not happened too much. Big change, next quarter Disney results..."

The analyst couldn't help but shake his head as he said that. Based on Disney's current situation, if it does nothing, then the next quarter's performance can be reduced by 20%, which is probably due to Eisner's ability.

"Perhaps, Eisner really lost his mind and went crazy. You know, Eisner's personality has completely changed in the past few years. Maybe he really wants to die with Roy before retiring. !" The other analyst completely stopped looking at the data and documents, and began to speculate whether Eisner had lost his mind.

Cruz doesn't believe this set of statements. Based on his tracking and analysis of Disney for so many years, he probably knows him better than Eisner. That old man can do everything, except he can't do it without effort. To please, and more importantly, Cruz is well aware of Eisner's greed for power, but he will not really let go of his power and status if there is still a glimmer of hope.

"Don't sell Disney stock yet!"

Seeing the continuing decline of Disney's stock price, Cruz gritted his teeth and prepared to take another wave. He always felt that Disney's matter was far from simple, and it might even far exceed his expectations.

However, not all analysts are as willing to bet as Cruz. When watching Disney’s stock price drop from $25 to $22, and the stock price fell by 12% in a single day, countless people and even Wall Street institutions couldn’t help it. Now, the amount of selling orders began to appear.

In just a few minutes, more than US$11 billion in Disney stock sales orders appeared. Cruz was terrified when he saw it, and when he began to doubt his decision, the general manager of the investment bank suddenly broke in.

"Stop selling Disney stock, stop now, start buying Disney stock, buy as much as you can!

We got scammed by Eisner, that old guy, he knew it! "

Looking at the distraught investment bank manager, Cruz didn't have time to ask what happened when he saw a scene he would never forget. The big sell orders that totaled more than one billion dollars were swallowed up in an instant, that is, Somebody bought these Disney stocks out of the blue.

Not to mention Cruz, the entire Wall Street was stunned by this wave of operations. At that moment, Disney's stock price was sluggish for nearly half a minute. There was neither a buy nor a sell order. It is estimated that many people To wonder if there is a problem with the stock software.

Then after the stagnation, I saw that Disney’s stock price, which was still plummeting just now, suddenly began to rise violently. There was no longer a sell order, and all of them were buy orders. If it is not confirmed that this is an old-fashioned Hollywood entertainment stock, Cruz You have to wonder if the stock in front of you is some kind of Internet stock. When have you seen a Hollywood stock whose stock price can fluctuate by more than 20% in a day? It’s been a long time since I saw Cruz. !

"Comcast Group officially offered Disney $410 billion to acquire Disney Group!"

After a while, Cruz finally knew what happened. The news was too shocking and beyond the expectations of countless people. At this time, he finally knew what Eisner's confidence was, and he was ready to sell Disney. Do you still care about Pixar and Roy? As long as the transaction is completed and the new owner is changed, who can do anything to him.

Now Cruz is only lucky that he didn't sell Disney's stock, otherwise, looking at the Disney stock that is going crazy now, he would have no chance to buy it!
(End of this chapter)