Chapter 897 Sad young man
In the Relativity Building, Robert Iger entered Ronan's office early in the morning.
"The plan is generally smooth." Robert Egg picked up the black tea sent by Connie and said before drinking it: "The biggest accident is on Wall Street."
He took a sip of black tea and continued: "The companies on Wall Street may have some action to maximize their benefits."
"No matter how they move, we reach our established goal and retreat immediately," Ronan said.
Hearing this, Robert Eiger was obviously relieved: "Actually, I was a little worried before coming..."
Ronan laughed: "Worrying that I'm too involved in finance and stock markets?"
"Yes." Robert Eiger said the truth: "There are too many company leaders who taste the benefits on this, and they think it is a shortcut to profit and success, but in the end..."
He didn't say it, the meaning was very obvious.
Ronan said: "We are physical companies, and everything is mainly physical business. In terms of physical operations, even Wall Street has no way to deal with us. But we are too deeply involved in the financial market and spend most of the company's resources to short or hedge the system, and we will only become a piece of fat on the Wall Street chopping board."
Robert Eiger was really relieved: "You think so, it's a lucky thing for relativity entertainment."
Wall Street seems to be very calm in treating relativity entertainment. On the one hand, it is because it has many more consistent interest demands for the time being, and on the other hand, it is also waiting for opportunities.
Wait for the opportunity of Relativity Entertainment to enter the financial market completely.
That's the home court of Wall Street!
Ronan said: "In the eyes of others, I am conservative."
"Conservative and cautious are the advantages," said Robert Eiger. "It is only brave when it is time to be brave, and it is not a bad thing to be cautious at other times."
Speaking of this, he mentioned: "Goldman Sachs' Lloyd Blankfein sent an invitation. Several of them were preparing to short Disney and asked if we wanted to participate."
"What a big temptation." Even though Ronan is not proficient in finance, he knows that this is a good opportunity to short Disney. He said: "I seem to see huge profits. The attraction of financial opium is too terrifying."
Robert Eiger understood Ronan's meaning and said: "If we draw huge amounts of funds to participate, the dominance will not be in our hands, and it is not a battlefield preset by relativity entertainment, and all the initiative will be lost."
Ronan said, "Let's wait and see," he asked, "Does Goldman Sachs have time to plan?"
Robert Iger said: "Taking Disney shareholder meeting as a node, wait for the transaction we promised to them to complete."
Ronan thought for a while and said, "I wrote back to Lloyd Blankfein that Relativity Entertainment is currently short of funds, so I will not participate in this feast. I wish them success."
This is also the truth, because Relativity Entertainment will officially acquire Pixar Studios next, which will require considerable amount of funds.
Robert Eiger said: "I will reply to Lloyd Blankfein in the afternoon."
Ronan said: "Since they are going to get involved in depth, Bob, you communicate with them and let them do some work, such as giving some people a good opportunity to invest in Disney, and bringing us enough benefits."
"It's not difficult," said Robert Iger. "We also have some initiative."
The so-called good news is actually created by Relativity Entertainment. As long as Ronan is willing, he can poke the bubble at any time.
Of course, it will be of no benefit to the Wall Street companies or the relativity entertainment in advance.
Ronan stood up, came to the south window, and looked at Burbank: "I hope there will be no accident."
Robert Eiger came to him: "At this point, Michael Eisner can only walk on this road. In fact, Roy Disney is not his biggest enemy, time is his biggest enemy. He realized that when Roy Disney really brought a threat, it was too late and there was not enough time to deal with it."
Ronan said: "Otherwise we won't have a chance."
Robert Eiger continued: "This opportunity is also something we have worked hard to create."
The secret alliance between Relativity Entertainment and Roy Disney seriously compressed Michael Eisner's operational space.
"Pixar Studio has taken back the copyright of the animation feature film, and we have got what we want." Ronan said solemnly: "There are two main tasks left to complete the final negotiations with Pixar Studio and sign a formal acquisition agreement. Your team is responsible for this matter."
Robert Eiger said: "In order to avoid the attention of the media and those who are interested, our negotiating team with Pixar has been conducting secret negotiations in India. The specific conditions are basically agreed, and we only wait for the time to sign a formal contract."
He thought for a moment and continued: "Then it is Disney's equity. Relativity Entertainment currently holds three percent of Disney equity. As for the current market conditions, this equity has appreciated by 17%. If we can take action smoothly, the profit margin may reach US$150 million. Of course, what I am talking about is taking action through the stock market, which will inevitably lead to stock price turmoil..."
"So, the best way is to find a big investor," Ronan said.
Robert Iger said very seriously: "This is Disney after all, and there will definitely be many people who want to invest."
Disney, one of the six traditional companies in Hollywood, is the world's leading animation film production giant and the most powerful peripheral seller of animation products.
Of course, there are people who want to invest in such a company!
Relativity Entertainment will complete its acquisition of Pixar Studios on the third Monday in December, after the Disney shareholders' meeting, which has taken back the copyrights of all animation feature films and animation short films from Disney.
From Disney's first animated film "Snow White" to the last successful hand-drawn animated feature "Tarzan" in 1999, Relativity Entertainment has obtained all the authorizations for shooting live-action movies and surrounding areas. That is, as long as the opportunity is right, Shahai Entertainment can completely copy the plots and songs that have been widely circulated because of Disney movies to create a live-action version of fairy tale movies.
Correspondingly, Disney also lost the right to shoot live-action movies.
Not to mention anything else, "Beauty and the Beast", "Little Mermaid", "Aladdin", "Cinderella", and the real beast version of "The Lion King", etc., may mean billions of dollars or even tens of billions of dollars in revenue.
In addition, Ronan is also poaching Disney animation studios. Of course, it is not those computer animation technicians who are much inferior to Pixar's hang-ups, but the older group of Disney hand-drawn animation producers.
With the decline of hand-drawn animation, these people have become marginalized within Disney and may even be cut off.
But they are precisely the inheritors of Disney Princess.
As long as they can accept new ideas, these people have a high chance to design a brand new animated princess suitable for the new era.
The key was that Disney Animation Studio had recreated its glorious experience. Pixar Studio joined Disney. The two major forces John Lasseter and Edel Camel to take charge of the Disney animation department were the key, and the traditional production staff left by Disney Animation Studio also made an indelible contribution.
No one knows better than these guys what kind of animation princess audiences around the world need!
Although his strength is far from the point of swallowing Disney, Ronan and Robert Iger, a man who is extremely familiar with Disney, made plans early on to seize Disney's content, poach Disney's corners, further create Disney's chaos, and allow Disney, a traditional big company, to continue to weaken as much as possible.
Walt Disney's two major businesses have fallen into the hands of Relativity Entertainment.
Pixar Studios and Marvel Comics!
In fact, the most important thing left is to find a good buyer and try to sell Disney's equity at a good price.
As for the short-selling and hedging with people on Wall Street, Ronan is still conservative and cautious, which is a strange and very dangerous area.
To be honest, there are not many people who want to invest or replace the six major companies, and not many are truly capable.
Moreover, by Ronan's standards, it is not just about finding a buyer, but it is best to introduce an ambitious man to Disney who has both certain strength and power struggle for profit.
This transformed the situation of Walt Disney's two squadrons into a three-legged squad.
If Walt Disney's internal struggle is to calm down, it will never be possible in a short period of time. When the internal situation is integrated, the Hollywood landscape may have new changes.
If you fall behind, you may fall behind step by step.
As for the current results, Relativity Entertainment has been invincible and there will be more room for operation in the future.
It may be difficult for others to find such an ambitious person, but Ronan has been prepared for a long time and is even familiar with each other.
A new Hollywood force has officially entered the market this year. Their strength is not very strong, but even the funds that can be controlled and mobilized quickly may not be comparable to those of traditional Hollywood companies.
Ronan dealt with them several times and did a lot of work in advance.
The company is called Maple Leaf Pictures, with two super funders - Ryan Kavanaugh, who has inspired many small and medium-sized investment institutions on Wall Street to raise funds, and David Ellison, a tragic young man who has to return to Oracle's inheritance of tens of billions of property if he fails to start a business.
One weekend before Thanksgiving, a very special family-friendly movie about Relativity was about to be released, and Agent Brian, who endorses his father all over the world, is here again.
Ronan specially sent someone to send a premiere invitation to Ryan Kavanaugh and David Ellison, preparing to have a good talk with these two.
But before that, someone suddenly visited him because of Disney equity.
Chapter completed!