Chapter 842: The plan was leaked (1)
There was a problem with the payment? Guo Tailai frowned and immediately made a gesture to Lin Jiayi not far away. Lin Jiayi came over without saying a word, and at the same time, she did not forget to give instructions to several of her assistants to make them ready at any time.
Guo Tailai also turned the phone into hands-free mode and listened to Annie's introduction to the situation.
The problem this time is Warner. The full name of the film and television company should be Time Warner, but Time Warner was acquired by American Online a few years ago, and the full name of the big group company should be Time Warner. This is definitely a behemoth. Mr. Steve Case, who had become a customer of Guo Tailai and worked with "Resident Evil" for the first time, was the president of Time Warner, America Online at that time.
It is precisely because of Steve that Chu Fei's subsequent "Terminator 3" and "The Walk of God" produced by Yijiang Entertainment were all released together with Warner. It is logical that it is a pleasant cooperation, but strictly speaking, it is actually the first time that Yijiang Entertainment has cooperated with Time Warner after being purchased by Guo Tailai.
"American Online Time Warner has suffered huge losses since 2002." Anne also sighed on the phone: "It's very huge."
"Indeed!" Lin Jiayi replied: "In the first fiscal quarter of 2002, Time Warner lost 54.22 billion US dollars, which is a reflection of serious problems in the merger and operation of the two companies. On the other hand, it is also a return of the unreasonable expansion of intangible assets in the Internet economy bubble. "
"What?" Guo Tailai was shocked. Time Warner of America Online still had such a brilliant loss? More than 50 billion US dollars! In this comparison, the mere gold Guo Tailai got back from Iraq was not enough in front of such a behemoth!
"I am another ironclad evidence for the poor!" Guo Tailai said in disappointment: "I'm afraid I will never lose the loss of others in this quarter in my life."
"Please, boss, it's just a book verification." Lin Jiayi was speechless and could only explain simply.
"It's a loss anyway." Guo Tailai didn't understand this and asked on the phone: "Is it because of this that caused a problem with Time Warner? What did Mr. Steve say? Did he not have any statement?"
"Boss, Time Warner has changed several presidents of AOL." Anne also smiled speechlessly on the phone: "Mr. Steve has long stopped being their president."
Mr. Steve has resigned? Guo Tailai was surprised. He didn't care much about the outside world and didn't know about it.
"So, is this delay because Mr. Steve left and was cold? Or is it because of Time Warner's loss?" Guo Tailai asked in confusion.
"It should be both," Anne said on the phone: "But I guess this is not the main reason."
"What do they want to do?" Guo Tailai's thoughts became moved and he was a little unhappy.
"This morning, an investment manager at Time Warner asked me to have a private conversation, revealing some intention to invest in our company." Anne said cautiously: "Although it is not a formal business negotiation, it can be considered as revealing some news in advance."
"Do they want to join James' new project investment?" Guo Tailai asked curiously.
"I have officially sent them an invitation to invest in James's new project. They are very interested and are in negotiations." Anne replied: "It should be that she is interested in our company, not just a project of James."
"Why?" Guo Tailai was also thinking about it himself, and actually asked Annie and Lin Jiayi: "What do they want to do for our company? The production prospects are good? But our company's most important projects are planned to allow them to invest."
"Boss!" Lin Jiayi quickly reminded Guo Tailai next to her: "The copyright of more than a dozen Marvel characters in Arts and Craftsman Company."
The Marvel Universe must be done, but isn’t it still in the initial planning stage now? Apart from Marvel’s senior executives and several major shareholders, no one should know that Guo Tailai is planning to make big moves, right?
"Boss!" Anne also told what she knew on the phone: "As far as I know from my private channels, Marvel is planning a big plan. And recently the copyrights of Spider-Man and Hulk have changed hands respectively. It will allow Sony Columbia to let go of Spider-Man copyrights, you must have invested a lot, so this must be a very huge plan, right? Boss!"
"Annie!" Guo Tailai frowned deeply: "It seems that I have never said any plans about Marvel besides Marvel, right? Except for everyone knows that I like Iron Man."
"Yes, boss!" Anne replied quickly on the phone: "But yesterday Spider-Man and Hulk announced the change of copyright on the same day, and there were many rumors today."
Guo Tailai and Lin Jiayi looked at each other, and a thought arose in their minds at the same time. I'm afraid someone has something wrong with Marvel.
"Annie, Marvel's side is just a prototype of a plan, and she hasn't even finished the plan, so she didn't notify you." Guo Tailai first gave Annie a reassurance and confirmed that there would definitely be a plan on Marvel's side: "I need to know the specific situation and explain it to you later."
"Okay, boss!" Annie just reminded Guo Tailai that the company is not worried about anything.
Even if Time Warner delays settlement, it doesn't matter to Yijiang Entertainment, which is rich now. Anyway, such a large company will definitely not be able to escape the money. Even if you go to a lawsuit, you will win. It's just that the payment will be time to return. Anne is not worried at all. But knowing that the boss has a big plan and it is related to the copyrights owned by the company, it makes people happy and look forward to it.
After putting down the phone, Lin Jiayi didn't wait for Guo Tailai to give instructions, and immediately called Marvel to ask what was wrong there.
Guo Tailai touched his chin and was also thinking. David said that he could handle the copyrights of Spider-Man and Hulk by the end of the year. As expected, there was no false statement. It was done on Christmas. The rest was to transfer it to his or her designated company name, which was simple. David did not notify him immediately, and that was not a big deal.
It’s just that such a big thing will inevitably be known. But why did someone immediately think of himself? It’s because he likes Iron Man? Or did he acquire Marvel?
However, no matter what, Time Warner itself is losing money or wanting to invest, it can be discussed on the table. Using this kind of inferior method of delaying repayment is really a loss of the demeanor of a big company.
Chapter completed!