Chapter 180 The turning point of the crisis
Just when Zhou Shi began to counterattack major media companies, Disney's CEO, Robert Egg, made an appointment with Zhou Shi.
Before Eiger took over Disney in 2005, his former Ceo Michael Eisner first drove away the Disney ZTE hero Carsonberg, who created the powerful opponent of DreamWorks, and then fell in love with Steve Jobs. After the 21st century, Disney could not even find a decent animation, so he relied on the Pirates of the Caribbean to save some face. After Eiger took office, he made a quick decision to acquire Pixar, and invited Pixar **oss John Lasseter to be the chief executive of the animation department, directly revitalizing the original lifeless animation department. The subsequent exhibition was even more amazing. He acquired Marvel and Lucasfilm, which owned two huge IP resources, Marvel Universe and Star Wars, with a market value of over 1.6 billion US dollars, becoming the most powerful media giant. Zhou Shi was acquiring Fox before his rebirth, hoping to achieve amazing achievements.
At this time, Zhou Shi learned why Disney ABC boasted about himself and did not sue You Pipe with several other companies.
"Thank you!" Zhou Shi thanked Eiger first when he saw him.
Egg smiled slightly and said nothing about this topic. After a few greetings, he went straight to the topic.
"How is Disney's acquisition of youtube?" Robert Eagle
"Is there any reason? You should know that we are an Internet company and you are a media giant!"
"Actually, there is no difference between us. Youtube is another form of TV network, but it can do more than TV!" Aeger
"Maybe, but these are two different business ideas. You may not be able to build a good video website with the idea of operating traditional TV." Zhou Shi
"So even if we acquire youtube, we still hope to continue to retain the oil pipe team."
"I believe this, this is a condition proposed by every acquirer, but what about autonomy?"
"As usual, you even have the chance to join Disney's board!" Aeger
Disney is a good choice. Considering the memory of the previous life and the current situation, Google has YouTube with a market value of 100 billion, and now it is more than 200 million. Microsoft is now about 2.5 billion, and its previous life is also more than 100 million. Disney is now about 500 million, and its previous life is more than 1.6 billion. If you count the market value of youtube ten years later as 100 million US dollars: selling Google will increase by 4 times in ten years, selling it to Microsoft will increase by less than 4 times, and selling it to Disney will increase by nearly 5 times. And selling it to Disney will increase by other additional influence!
"Where is the price?" Zhou Shi also wanted to see their sincerity.
"How about $2.5 billion? We are responsible for handling legal disputes in the oil pipes." Aeger
My mother sold the money and ten thousand grass mud horses ran wildly in front of Zhou Shi. It turned out that she wanted to take advantage of the situation and robbery!
"We can trade in half of the cash and half of the equity, and we can reach an agreement within a week. If there is more, it will take more time. If the Youtube exhibition goes well, we will also give additional option rewards to the management!" Eiger seemed full of sincerity.
Eiger's sincerity did not touch Zhou Shi at all. Even if the exhibition was poor, Zhou Shi was confident that the valuation of the oil pipe would exceed 10 billion US dollars in a few years. If it was sold to Disney, it would take ten years before Zhou Shi would agree to this condition after he got into trouble.
"I'll go back and ask. If they all agree, I won't set up obstacles for you." Zhou Shiyan said insincerely, it would be strange if I don't set up obstacles. I can do better by myself, so why ask you for help?
"Are you not satisfied with our conditions?" Aeger
"Our minimum requirement is a valuation of 5 billion US dollars." Zhou Shi was not polite.
"But you have encountered too many difficulties. I heard that someone is targeting your cash flow operators, and you may encounter more difficulties!" Egg seemed to have heard a lot of news.
"It's okay, if it's just a problem with funds, it's not a problem." Zhou Shi said this and was self-proclaimed. Is the problem of money still a problem? For Zhou Shi, who knew the subprime mortgage crisis, there is no problem with funds at all.
"This is not just a matter of funds!" Aeger
"I think no matter how big the problem is, the valuation of the oil pipe will not be less than 2 billion US dollars. Next, please enjoy our performance." Zhou Shi stood up and said confidently.
"Okay, let me see your performance and see how you deal with the crisis." Aeger
This time the meeting did not last long. Eiger hinted at raising the acquisition price and ensuring that Zhou Shi could enter the Disney board of directors, but he was not moved at all. This crisis is nothing.
Zhou Shi has actually investigated a lot and finally found a way to deal with this crisis, which is to use money to create a future. If it weren't for the actions of Lehman and Dai Furui, Zhou Shi would not have been willing to use such a luxurious method. If everything goes well, after Dai Furui and Lehman's oil pipe shares were obtained, Zhou Shi would become the largest shareholder of youtube, owning about 48% of the shares.
The reason why these media giants sued YouTube is because they are afraid that the rich YouTube will be more difficult to deal with, and they all know the power of capital. However, they have different views on the future. Companies such as Disney believe that they should embrace the future and actively face future challenges. Even if there is no YouTube now, other Internet video companies will appear.
News Group or 21st Century Fox is filming the epic blockbuster "Avatar", a movie directed by James Cameron, the king of the world, inevitably falls into a financial crisis. Although there are two private equity funds established by Dune Entertainment and Innious Media, it does not include a large investment of at least 300 million US dollars in publicity, and the risk is not ordinary. Moreover, the filming was completed in April this year, but Cameron will extend the construction period. If no one is worried, it is obviously nonsense. Especially as the subprime mortgage crisis approaches, the financial industry has obviously had a premonition. Many funds that do film and television platter investment are collecting investment scale. Legend Pictures, which is hooked up with Time Warner, are also in trouble, which are all good opportunities for Zhou Shi.
Alibaba's affairs were still very smooth, mainly with the cooperation of Ma Alibaba's team. In just a few years, the valuation was 3 billion US dollars. With Alibaba's b2b business, it was worth more than 100 million US dollars. You should know that Amazon now has a market value of only 1.5 billion US dollars. Ebay's market value is only 300 million US dollars. The final agreement was that Zhou Shi bought 10% of the shares of a Taobao company for US$300 million (including Alipay, Alibaba's mother, etc.). After the contract was signed, 50 million of them were received within one month, 100 million US dollars was received at the end of the year, and the remaining funds were received within 12 months. Ma Alibaba and the others' affairs were more complicated, and Zhou Shi couldn't understand it for a while, and he didn't have too much trouble. Anyway, he would react to holding shares at that time.
When Lu He returned to the United States, Zhou Shi and he planned the matter against 21st Century Fox and Time Warner. It is not enough to invest and make concessions to alleviate their financial pressure. Parades under conspiracy theories are also necessary. These traditional media giants have controlled public opinion for so long, and it is time for them to understand the power of some Internet public opinion. Other countermeasures must also be used, carrots and sticks. This is the authentic American practice.
Chapter completed!