Chapter 725 Mike Eisner
Jobs and Jester are not familiar with each other. Both of them are typical otaku and basically rarely take the initiative to expand their social circle.▲∴,
Jester is a little better.
Jobs basically only had a few friends, but fortunately, both of them had a common friend.
Bill Gates.
It was Jobs, who was contacted by Bill Gates, who expressed his intention to acquire Pixar Studios. He had no doubt about Jester's financial resources. The super rich man on the 30th Forbes' rich list, tens of millions of dollars are not in the eyes of such a person.
Moreover, when facing his offer, Jester did not even hesitate. He just thought about it slightly and made a decision on the spot.
This also surprised Jobs a little at Jester's generousness.
But he didn't care. After all, this was a good thing for him. After the two parties signed the contract, Jobs asked Jester curiously why he was interested in Pixar animation.
Jester talked about the past when he and Jobs competed with Pixar at the same time a few years ago. When Jobs recalled, his opponent when he acquired Jobs was actually the person in front of him. At the same time, he was also impressed by Jester's persistence: "I didn't expect that after so many years, you are still so confident in the prospects of 3D animation."
Jester smiled, not saying anything.
I just replied simply: "Pixar's movie will be released next year. If this movie can be successful, then I will make a big profit."
Jobs also agreed with Jester's statement. He felt sorry. If "Toy Story" can be successful next year, then the price of Pixar may double, but the problem is also here. If "Toy Story" cannot be successful, then the price will not be as simple as double...
In Jobs' mind, even if "Toy Story" was a big success, Pixar would only double to the price of 80 million yuan, which would be amazing.
But what he didn't know was that Pixar's price in the future would not be as simple as doubled. It was a full ten times and twenty times higher, and it was worth one-tenth of the entire Disney Group!
If Jobs could have anticipated this, he would never sell it even if it was 37 million dollars.
Jobs and Jest successfully resolved this matter, but he offended someone because of this, that is Mike Esner. Jest knew this. It can be said that when it comes to Disney, this is definitely a person that cannot be avoided. Perhaps for the entire Disney Group, his influence on this huge media giant may be second only to the founder of Walt Disney.
If there was no Walt Disney company, then if there was no Disney company, it would be hard to say if there was no Mike Esner, or if this company was still surnamed Disney.
In 1984, the year when Jester traveled, Esner stepped into Disney Castle for the first time. The company, which had been sluggish for many years, was in a state of chaos with no leader, and the theme park gradually lost its vitality. Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck have almost become long-standing memories.
Like the prince who awakened Disney, the sleeping beauty, Esner once again played the role of savior and successfully released many profitable blockbusters, completely saving Disney from danger.
Of course, the person who is famous for saving Disney may be his personality.
Disney's Tyrant.
This is his nickname, only the wrong name, no wrong nickname. From this nickname, we can see the unreasonable and domineering behavior of Esner.
Anyone who knows the history of Disney knows that "Fox and the Hound" to "The Legend of the Black Pot" from 1981 to 1985 was a long-term blank stage, and the film "Fox and the Hound" cost 10 million US dollars. In the end, the picture quality declined due to insufficient budget, which caused many viewers to be dissatisfied. Esner also entered Disney at this time.
It’s not that Esner doesn’t trust his subordinates. In fact, Mike Esner loves and relies on his team very much, but the thing he can’t tolerate is that his subordinates rob him of venture capital.
He claims that he likes to work with a group of the best, but in fact, he just likes the feeling of starry sky surrounds the moon.
Everyone was shrouded in his mind and lost his independent creativity. While effectively organizing and promoting the team, he tried his best to maintain his supreme status to be violated. In Hollywood, he was famously cruel and ruthless, and he even beat employees in the office. He demanded that his subordinates be absolutely loyal, and he would be resentful when they were hurt, and even stretched out his minions and retaliated with severe revenge like an angry lion.
Later, Carsonberg, who left Disney because he could not bear Esner, asked for compensation when he left. For this matter, Esner never forgives him. This colleague who once made great contributions to him.
Later, Carsonberg and his two friends founded a film company. At the beginning of its establishment, the company was always suppressed by Disney, the Hollywood gangster. For example, Esner, who never missed any chance to revenge, ordered that Disney's Abs refused to play TV shows produced by DreamWorks. If Carsonberg's other partners had not had enough influence in the American entertainment industry, it could have been called the venue, perhaps this film company called DreamWorks would never have grown.
Of course, Mike Esner's arrogance made many talents leave in anger, and this really made him the only real star at Disney.
It is conceivable that being held grudge by such a person is definitely not a good thing.
However, Jester didn't care much, because Pixar and Disney signed a cooperation agreement, and "Toy Story" was also highly valued by Disney. To be precise, it is a brand new animation model of 3D animated movies, which is highly valued by Disney. Esner originally planned to acquire it from Jobs, but the board of directors gave him little money, which led to his price reduction for Jobs.
As he expected, Jobs would definitely be willing to do this business.
Unexpectedly, Jester's thrust into pieces destroyed all his plans, how could he not feel angry?
However, for Jester, the major shareholder of the Traveler Group, who plays an important role in Wall Street, Mike Esner and even the Disney family are unwilling to offend each other too much for a trivial matter.
But Esner still looks for some opportunities from time to time to express his own ridicule to Jester and his Mars Entertainment Group.
Used to relieve hatred. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!