Chapter 199
Chapter 199 swings a knife at Sony
Compared to Amanda, Lydia's appearance is a bit more delicate.
Amanda's appearance is more dignified and majestic.
I have to say which of the two is better.
According to Abel's aesthetic point of view, Lydia is more beautiful.
Seeing Lydia blushing a bit, Abel smiled and wanted to say something. What surprised him was that Lydia didn't say a word before speaking, turning around and running away with a red face.
Instead, Abel was confused.
He hasn't caught up yet.
As far as Abel knew, this Miss Lydia Hearst was part of his family.
seems to be the place that gets the least attention. The reason lies with his mother.
Twenty years ago, I did something that put America's upper class and wealthy to shame.
Lydia Hearst's mother, Patti Hearst.
Join the red organization in the United States
You read that right, organizations in the United States.
Although a bit unorthodox, even a dishonest organization. There is no doubt that this kind of thing belongs to the American elite.
belongs to the most unforgivable crime, belonging to class treason.
Luckily, Patty is a woman and this organization does not operate in the US.
And it's true that the larger the Hearst family, the greater its influence.
Patty's father, through the power of the Hearst family, influenced Carter's leadership that year. Thanks to the Grand Commander's special pardon, she was finally rescued.
If this were replaced by normal rich kids, or just normal people.
According to current estimates, reincarnation does not know how many times it has reincarnated.
After that, Patty Hearst was able to get married and have children, and there was also the birth of Lydia Hearst.
Furthermore, in the 1980s. It is said that there was a rich second generation who became foolish after chasing the stars. For the sake of the stars he loved, he assassinated the great commander of that time.
Although this attempt was unsuccessful, it also caused the general to be hospitalized at the time.
Second, the wealthy second generation that committed this crime was "mentally ill."
did not die but was taken to the hospital for treatment. It was later published.
This is quite similar to Patty Hearst's.
Two things, if replaced by ordinary people, it could take tens of thousands of years.
Even hanged or electrocuted.
But those who do these two things are still the truly wealthy second generation. In the end, both were fine, but a little sore.
It can only be said that in the US there is also the so-called tradition of "unpunishable academic bureaucracy".
After Lydia Hearst escaped, Abel was no longer here.
He turned around and went into the bedroom.
I didn't keep sending dps to Charlize. This "BOSS" is unbeatable or its DPS output is too high.
None of the "BOSS" in the current version of the normal world can manage their production alone.
Unless there are several together, or like last time, just one VS25.
This is the only way to take him down and deplete his Dps.
Otherwise, the boss will commit suicide!
tomorrow. Charlize and the Hearst sisters did not come looking for Abel.
Because Abel has work to do.
A Hollywood mogul from Los Angeles.
Not MGM CEO Robert Iger.
But another Hollywood giant, Columbia Pictures. To be more precise, it should be called Sony Columbia Pictures.
The company's CEO, Howard Stringer, made a special trip from Los Angeles to Hawaii.
Columbia Films, like other Hollywood giants.
All have a history of nearly several hundred years.
But in 1989, one of the American Hollywood giants was bought by Neon, at that time the economy was very strong. The buyer was Sony and the price was $3.2 billion in cash plus $1.6 billion in loans.
One can imagine how rich Sony was at that time or how cruelly deceived it was.
Abel bought the MGM of the same size.
Actual costs were just over $2 billion, plus debt of about $1 billion.
The total is less than 3.5 billion USD. We are still in the year 2000.
At that time, Sony was in 1989, the purchasing power of the dollar must have been stronger than it is today.
After all, there have been 11 years of inflation.
But Sony still spent $4.8 billion in cash to conquer Colombia and would then have to incur hundreds of millions of dollars in debt.
The total acquisition cost exceeded $5 billion
There's nothing worse than that. In fact, during this period, Sony was not the only company that acquired Hollywood giants.
The neon guys at that time didn't know how high the sky was and wanted to buy the entire United States.
Sony acquired Columbia and Panasonic acquired Universal.
Hollywood really likes to deceive foreigners.
Even Americans like Wall Street and Hollywood are right. Not to mention the neon lights?
Universal was bought by Panasonic, making Hollywood want to live and die, continue to lose money, and finally could not bear it.
Compared to Panasonic, it gets worse and worse.
Sony's development just keeps getting better and better and that's a big deal.
Sony has survived terrible losses. But it was also a loss of more than ten years.
Time and space are parallel.
Sony Columbia only started to make a profit when Spider-Man became a hit.
Eleven years of losses, that kind of thing, even the old MGM couldn't do.
According to statistics, Sony has lost more than tens of billions of dollars in Colombia over the past 10 years. Hollywood is trying to fool Wall Street, not to mention the people at Neon.
In addition, Sony is also worried that their American father will not be happy.
It has been 11 years since the acquisition of Columbia Pictures.
Columbia Films' directors and managers have always been American.
The neon lights only dare to put a little of their own in the corners. The percentage of neon lights is very low, which is also the promise they made when they acquired Columbia Films.
This time, Howard Stringer, CEO of Sony Columbia Pictures, came to find Abel.
Because since October last year.
On the Internet and some entertainment media in the US, negative opinions about Sony Columbia appeared.
As early as October last year, right after Abel had just acquired MGM. On Internet forums and various news portals in the United States, a voice appeared.
Many American netizens explained why it symbolizes the American spirit and symbolizes one of the iconic superheroes of courage and kindness in the United States.
Spider-Man Parker.
Its copyright is actually owned by an American company run by a neon man?
Does this mean that Neon Man is secretly behind the scenes, trying to blacken one of the symbols of the American spirit? At first the sound was very soft, but over time the sound became louder.
It was so big that Sony Columbia Pictures couldn't ignore it.
Sony Columbia Pictures stepped in and tried to make some efforts.
But it didn't have much effect, the voices on the Internet grew louder and louder.
These were initially just words on the Internet. Sony Columbia will take this matter seriously but will not take it seriously.
Nowadays, many elite people are unaware of the horrors of the Internet.
The problem is after December last year.
An American congressman also raised these questions on the Internet.
The Deputy Minister even announced that he would present a proposal to the National Assembly. The content of the proposal is to prohibit companies and works that represent America or carry the spirit of America from falling into the hands of foreigners.
This proposal has not been made yet, it is just news.
has won the support of many American netizens.
After being denounced by the media, she also received more support from Americans.
This is said to have allowed the representative, even within his own district, to gain a few percentage points. At this point, Sony Columbia Pictures was getting nervous.
They also began to step up, intervene and apply pressure.
Then they started to intervene and lobby.
They discovered that more attacks in this area were linked to Sony Columbia.
Especially after entering this year, since January. Another representative in his constituency also made a similar proposal.
In the DC area.
The folks at Sony Columbia were trying to figure out how to found the "High Command's Committee on the Arts and Humanities," a division called PCAH.
This agency was established in 1982 and is directly overseen by the White House.
Its powers and role are similar to those of the United States Department of Cultural Affairs. PCAH people, under the power of Sony Colombia dollar bills.
They told Howard Stringer at Sony Columbia.
"Just sell things you shouldn't have."
What shouldn't we have?
Howard Stringer was stunned.
Then Howard Stringer immediately regained consciousness. Think about the public opinion that began to boil over the Internet last year.
Spiderman!
In addition, since November last year, MGM has contacted Sony Columbia on behalf of Marvel.
Marvel wants to buy back the rights to Spider-Man.
Howard Stringer suddenly understood something.
The president of Sony Columbia devoted more connections and resources.
Finally on the DC side, the source of this incident was roughly determined.
That's how today, Howard Stringer came here specially.
Abel at his beach house in Hawaii.
hosted one of the Hollywood moguls.
In the living room where Cameron was received. Abel meets Howard Stringer.
Howard Stringer is not your standard American.
He was born in the United Kingdom in 1942. He did not become an American citizen until 1985 and now has dual citizenship.
Although US law allows dual citizenship, many people have different feelings about Britain. But this time it is a case of "foreigners appropriating America's spiritual symbols".
Howard Stringer, former British CEO and dual citizen.
is also available on the Internet and is used as an attack.
Although Howard Stringer is a typical Anza.
Ordinary Americans, after being prodded, don't care. All they know is that Spider-Man, whom everyone has loved since childhood, is one of the spiritual symbols of American civilians.
It was snatched away by the neon people!
This is roughly equivalent to Sun Dasheng's copyright in Huaxia, which is actually owned by Neon-controlled Huaxia Film Company.
Citizens of a big country cannot tolerate this kind of thing!
Of course, I'm good when I'm good.
If someone incites public opinion and finds trouble on the Internet.
So this problem can be big or small. Right now, things are relatively big.
Don't you see that all the members of Congress have come out to speak?
To calm things down, Howard Stringer had to come out the door.
As soon as you walk through the door, after seeing Abel.
Howard Stringer gets straight to the point:
"Mr. Smith, what can Columbia Pictures do to satisfy you?"
This kind of thing can be done, but Abel will not admit it. Abel was deliberately confused:
"What are you talking about? Mr. Stringer, I don't understand what you mean."
Howard Stringer smiled bitterly: "Then I'll be honest. Mr. Smith, right now there are many Americans who doubt we own the copyright to Spider-Man."
"But the problem is that when Marvel sells the rights, the whole process is reasonable and legal."
Hearing Howard Stringer say that, Abel smiled slightly.
"It must be legal. If it is not legal, the transaction that year will not be approved."
Abel said gently:
"It doesn't really make sense. A cultural and spiritual symbol of American civilians sold for $6 million.
"Is this reasonable? Then I offer 6 million US dollars, can you help me go to Neon to sell me the copyright of Doremon and others?"
Howard Stringer said that Abel made unreasonable comments.
Before the success of superhero movies.
Doremon, the neon-style animated IP, has much higher earning potential than American superheroes.
In addition to the number of 6 million, Marvel themselves also agreed at that time. "call"
Howard Stringer took a deep breath, a smile on his lips:
"Mr. Smith, I'm here to handle things. What do you want Columbia Pictures to do?"
If we say that Abel is just a giant of Hollywood.
That happened.
Howard Stringer doesn't need to be so modest.
It is said that Abel is not only a Hollywood tycoon but also a media mogul. Howard Stringer also found a way, with Sony's support, to get Columbia Pictures to launch an industry-wide counterattack against Abel.
Thus forcing Abel to abandon this attack on public opinion.
But the problem is
The two titles of Hollywood tycoon and media tycoon are just two titles that are not very important to Abel.
Howard Stringer and Sony are behind him.
What's more terrifying is Abel's identity as a Wall Street tycoon and fellow Texan. The first one was already terrible.
When it comes to Wall Street, which industry giant is fearless?
Previously, this person's identity as a fellow Texan was nothing.
right away.
Who says he's a Texan living in a white house now? Furthermore, it was no secret that little Laura had been in and out of the Smith Building more than half a month ago.
Not only Wall Street but most of America's leading elites have heard about this incident.
This time, Columbia Films is an old friend on the DC side.
also implicitly mentioned it.
Under the oppression of these two identities behind Abel. Sony Columbia had no choice but to let Howard Stringer come to the door and proactively sue for reconciliation.
Howard Stringer must have been like that too, looking a bit humiliated.
You must know that Howard Stringer is very trusted by Sony.
He has a very high position in the giant Sony corporation.
Parallel to time and space, a few years later, he held the position of chairman of Sony Corporation for 8 years. Leave it to an industry giant to show off such a side.
Just based on Abel's status as a Hollywood mogul and media mogul.
This is clearly not enough.
The reason Abel looks scary on Sony Columbia Pictures.
Mainly because, in the eyes of Americans, Sony Columbia is actually a foreign-owned American company. Add to that a sense of oppression from Wall Street and the White House.
"It is very simple." Abel also did not hide it.
He looked at Howard Stringer:
"12 million US dollars, Marvel doubled the price, the acquisition belongs to the spiritual and cultural symbol of the Americans."
"It is not possible!" Howard Stringer immediately said resolutely.
Sony Columbia lost money for 11 years and finally acquired Spider-Man.
Within the company, last year they were preparing to release manga-related movies. Even the script has been written, the director has been found and the grading has been done.
Right before shooting.
If there is no copyright now, much of last year's effort will be in vain.
Sony Columbia also did a lot of market research.
Plus Howard Stringer's intuition. Research results and intuition told Howard Stringer.
Spider-Man, and perhaps himself, had a turning point with Sony Columbia Pictures.
If this is a chance for Xianyu to come back, how can he give up?
Seeing Howard Stringer's resolute appearance, Abel smiled and nodded.
"Correct. Marvel can't buy Parker. But the previous price was very unreasonable. »
"An icon of American culture worth $6 million was still sold to a company controlled by foreigners."
"I think that's a very unreasonable thing."
Abel kept laughing, then started playing poker and watching Howard Stringer.
"I will appeal to the White House to investigate that year's transactions."
"Look at this process. Someone maliciously sold the cultural and spiritual symbols of ordinary Americans to Marvel and Columbia Films."
"I think many Americans, especially Internet users, would completely agree with this question."
When Abel talked about "netizens", he deliberately emphasized his tone.
This is a deliberate reminder of Howard Stringer's view of the American Internet. In fact, what Howard Stringer is most afraid of is actually not American Internet public opinion.
In this day and age, most people do not realize the role of the Internet in manipulating public opinion.
She is also aware of the will of certain countries, such as the United States and the bunnies.
America's approach is to expand the Internet at a faster pace around the world.
In this way, it is he, the one who controls the Internet, who benefits the most. Rabbit's method is to fence the land to avoid being controlled by outsiders.
Although Howard Stringer was an excellent businessman, he ultimately had the limitations of his time.
Abe is not good at business but he is from the future.
He knows that in this area, public opinion on the Internet will be stronger.
What Howard Stringer feared most was actually that the White House and Wall Street might be behind Abel. Face this threat from Abel.
Howard Stringer fears that Abe could actually topple the White House.
At that point, whether Parker can be retained or not is no longer important.
Sony Columbia will definitely lose a lot in this matter.
If you keep it, it's good; if you lose heavily, you have a chance to get it back. If the losses are heavy and the company can't sustain it, Sony Columbia will really suffer.
Thinking of this possibility, Howard Stringer's firm tone couldn't help but soften a little.
The dual-national American looked at Abel with a pleading voice: "Mr. Smith." As early as last year, Columbia began preparing a Spider-Man movie.
"If we lose Parker now, our losses will be very heavy. Columbia has been losing money for eleven years, we can't continue losing like this!"
Abel will not wait for his heart for this. "Why not?"
Abel took this for granted:
"Sony has a market value of more than 130 billion USD, richer than 99% of listed companies in the US."
"And I know behind Sony is Mitsui. They are richer."
"They want a tool to express themselves in America. How can this be done without paying a price?
"Colombia's continued losses are the price it must pay."
Howard Stringer did not expect Abel to bring this topic to such a broader and more serious level.
But the CEO of Sony Columbia Pictures knows it too.
This kind of thing is no secret to Abel-level Americans. What worried Howard Stringer now was that Abel was doing more than his own ideas.
Rather, it represents the words of certain high-ranking forces in the United States.
That's the real problem.
Speaking of which, Howard Stringer already knew there would be no blood today.
If Sony Columbia does not satisfy the opponent, there is a high possibility of losing Spider-Man. Even with the continuation of Sony Columbia, there will be many more problems.
Thinking of this, Howard Stringer tried to calm down.
He calmed down, looked at Abel and said:
"Okay. I see what you mean. So Mr. Smith, please make your final offer."
Speaking of which, Abel is also lazy to fight Howard Stringer. Abel held up two fingers and said: "There are two options.
"The first option, Marvel buys back all of Spider-Man's copyrights for $18 million. The price is three times higher, in less than five years, the annual return rate is more than 40%."
"This rate of return is unprecedented on Wall Street."
"The second option is for Sony to compensate Marvel 60 million in royalties, and at the same time both sides share the copyright for Spider-Man Parker."
Both options were unbearable for Howard Stringer.
But if Howard Stringer had to choose one thing that annoyed him the most, it would of course be first.
Because that would take Spider-Man away.
By losing Spider-Man, Howard Stringer felt that he and Sony Columbia would lose their chance to turn things around. It's just that Howard Stringer knows it too because Sony is behind him.
Of the two options, the latter option is probably the one that makes Sony more uncomfortable.
Buying Ping An will cost an additional $60 million.
It's okay to spend another 60 million USD to buy Ping An.
Capturing Spider-Man is not complete but only a part.
Even Howard Stringer himself preferred the second option.
But Howard Stringer also knew that Sony probably wouldn't be willing to spend another $60 million. "I got it."
Howard Stringer stood up expressionlessly: "I will immediately report this to headquarters." Goodbye, Mr. Smith.
"Goodbye~"
Abel smiled and greeted this guy whom Americans considered a "beautiful traitor".
Howard Stringer appeared calm on the outside but left with a troubled heart.
(end of this chapter)