Because of the restrictions on the preferential repurchase right, although the shares in Robert Shea's hands were coveted by all parties, no company used malicious bidding to snatch them.
After all, this share is only 25%, and Eric has an absolute controlling stake in Firefly. Whether it is the seven major film companies or the three major TV stations, the purpose of obtaining this share is to cooperate with Eric.
If a malicious bidding method is adopted, Eric will undoubtedly be offended to death. Even if Eric has to give up the right to repurchase the priority because he cannot quote a price that matches the malicious bidder, he will still get the shares The company will also be strongly resisted by Eric, so it will be difficult to achieve the purpose of acquiring this share.
Therefore, all parties who have plans for the shares in Robert Shea's hands, it is Eric who has more contact. Only when Eric lets go, they will make efforts to acquire it. Of course, from beginning to end, Eric did not mean to let go.
Elizabeth and Eric, who suddenly visited the Angle Manor, chatted for a while, but the man never let go. Because of Connery's presence, the girl didn't make a light bulb, so she got up and left after chatting for a while.
Eric sent Elizabeth out of the villa and walked on the corridor of the manor. Elizabeth looked around the lush and lush bushes with her hands behind her back. Now everyone is vying for the script of "Throat Island", and Fox also wants to fight for it, so you won't object to this?"
Facing this question, Eric hesitated for a moment, then stopped suddenly. Elizabeth, who felt a little strange, also stopped: "Don't be so stingy. Anyway, this matter..."
Eric looked around. Looking into the eyes of the girl, he spit out two words briefly: "Don't fight."
Elizabeth slightly opened her mouth and looked at Eric. Although she was a bit arrogant and arrogant, she was also a smart woman. She quickly realized something from Eric's expression: "Did you do it on purpose?"
Eric nodded slightly, and continued to walk towards the tarmac: "Just know it yourself, don't reveal it, I can't spare you if you ruin my business."
Elizabeth glared at Eric. Why should you rely on her, but the girl didn't talk back to Eric this time, she knew the seriousness of the matter, nodded her head to express her understanding, and then asked curiously: "Then what's going on with this script?"
Eric said lightly: "Don't ask about this."
Elizabeth snorted dissatisfiedly, and the two walked into the tarmac before the girl said to Eric: "I'm leaving, you can continue to draw your naked girls."
"Why do you say something so obscene? Practicing sketching is a very calming thing. You are too impetuous. You should try it."
Elizabeth said with a look of disbelief: "You face such a beautiful girl. Can you still calm down?"
"That's the truth. There are obviously pleasing models. I can't draw plaster figures, can I?"
"You have too many fallacies, so I won't argue with you," Elizabeth said, seeing the pilot waving to her to indicate that she could get on the plane, the girl leaned over and tiptoed and pecked Eric's face: " Goodbye, I'm going back."
"Come on, say hello to Mr Murdoch for me."
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Regarding the negotiation of repurchasing the shares in Robert Shea's hands, Eric did not personally participate, because his appearance would not bring much benefit to the negotiation, but might arouse resentment in Robert's heart and hinder the negotiation.
The negotiations on Firefly's side were mainly handled by Jeffrey, and Eric invited his personal lawyer Edward Lewis' team to cooperate. Eric intends to establish Firefly's exclusive legal department after the year, and sent an invitation to Edward Lewis, who has been cooperating happily. Just like Caroline Elliott joined Firefly's financial department, Edward Lewis did not think too much about it. It took a long time to agree.
As Eric expected, because Robert Shea didn't have much cash in his hand, and he was unwilling to give up all the investment rights of "Cut Throat Island", his desire for funds promoted the negotiation process between the two parties to a certain extent. After three After weeks of tense negotiations, the two sides finally reached an agreement on December 24, the day before Christmas. Firefly bought back 25% of Firefly's shares in Robert Shea's hands for $390 million. At the same time, Firefly will also pay Robert Shea. Shay's shareholder dividends and CEO compensation totaled 60 million US dollars within one year. At a cost of 450 million US dollars, Eric finally got rid of Robert Shea completely.
The deal was settled, and it also aroused great repercussions in Hollywood.
The reason why Columbia and Universal Pictures were able to sell at a high price of 50 to 6 billion US dollars is mainly because the other party is a listed company, and the Japanese paid a high percentage of premium to facilitate the transaction. Take Columbia Pictures as an example, when Sony announced the acquisition Before, Colombia's market value was only more than two billion. Now that Firefly has not been listed yet, through this transaction, the valuation of Firefly has already exceeded 1.5 billion US dollars. If Firefly maintains its current performance, it is likely to surpass any Hollywood company that has merged with Time Group after listing. A giant.
The day the two parties concluded the deal was also the third day after the release of "Point Delight" produced by Eric and directed by Catherine Bigelow.
The box office of "Point Detroit" was released in the first weekend. It was released in more than 1,800 theaters and earned more than 16 million US dollars in the first three days. For Catherine Bigelow, the average in the first three days was close to 9,000 US dollars. Absolutely very good. In Hollywood, an average of 10,000 U.S. dollars per game in the first week means that the director has stepped into the ranks of first-line directors, and after four days of release, "Point of Fright" will definitely break through the 10,000 U.S. dollars per game in the first week. The figure in dollars.
However, compared to Eric's previous films, this achievement is definitely a failure, not to mention the works he personally directed, even if Eric was also the producer of "Small Island", last year in early November Such a relatively unpopular schedule, the box office exceeded 20 million US dollars in the first weekend.
Therefore, many media attributed the failure of "Point of Crisis" to Eric's impulsive drive away of Robert Shea, and Robert Shea made it public again after the box office of "Point of Riot" was released in the first weekend. Crying at Eric, threatening that this will only be the beginning of Eric's failure. (To be continued..)