The bald man was none other than Ron Perelman, one of the most notorious corporate snipers in the United States in the 1980s. …≦Apex Fiction,
The wolf of Wall Street quickly amassed a billion-dollar fortune on a takeover spree in the 1980s, most notably the hostile takeover of Revlon Cosmetics, worth more than $1 billion, for $150 million , because of its aggressive acquisitions, almost every acquisition will lead to lawsuits.
However, since Drexel Securities, which is famous for issuing junk bonds, was forced to liquidate by the federal government in 1990 due to a large number of debt defaults, Ron Perelman, who was closely related to Drexel Securities, also began to restrain himself, but only It is superficial restraint. As a wolf of Wall Street waiting for an opportunity to catch its prey at any time, its nature of waiting for an opportunity is absolutely impossible to change.
Recently, Ron Perelman was keenly aware of the arrival of another opportunity, so he quickly purchased the $400 million long-term bonds of the Firefly Group through Andrews Holdings in his hand, and contacted the firefly group's internal storm Peter Schneider, head of the Disney animation department, and Roy Disney, the art consultant of the Disney animation department and a member of the Disney family.
Peter Schneider was envious when he heard Ron Perelman showing off his private jet. At the same time, he also decided to ask Eric Williams to equip the Disney animation department with a business jet in the next negotiation. .
Since "The Lion King" hit the box office, Peter Schneider has felt an unprecedented comfort in recent days.
In the past two years, Disney's hand-drawn animation department, including his supervisor, has had enough of the contempt of the group headquarters. The 2D animation they make is not much worse than Pixar's 3D animation. Even the box office of several animations surpassed Pixar's two 3D animations. But the treatment of the two departments is very different. Pixar has a luxurious office park, but they can only squeeze in dilapidated office buildings in Burbank. Pixar employees have generous salaries and bonuses, but their average salary is less than $50,000. Pixar's production budget is almost There is no limit, but their department budget is pitifully small, and Pixar is constantly expanding their scale, but they are facing the fate of being abolished.
all of these. There should be an explanation!
Peter Schneider thought bitterly again in his heart, and at the same time couldn't help but imagine certain scenes of Eric Williams, who had been released by himself, sitting blankly in the office.
With the current popularity of "The Lion King", no matter whether it is the group's internal or external media, there is no doubt that this 2D animation can not only create an unprecedented box office miracle, but also easily earn money for the Firefly Group in the next five years. Over $1 billion in net profit.
$1 billion, what a concept!
I am afraid that the combined profits generated by the two 3D animations that Pixar has already produced will definitely not reach US$1 billion.
Therefore, most people who pay attention to this storm do not believe that Eric Williams will continue to implement the original abolition and reform plan.
Although Firefly Group's recent external tone is still sticking to the original plan, Peter Schneider believes it. Even the most stupid people can't kill the production department that can produce more than 1 billion US dollars in profits. The current situation is definitely just a delaying strategy by Eric Williams, out of the arrogance and stubbornness of young people and the miserly instinct of capitalists. Eric Williams must have been aware of a series of fatal mistakes he made to Disney's hand-drawn animation department, but he didn't want to pay too much compensation later, so he resorted to this obvious delaying method.
However, Peter Schneider and Roy Disney, who think they have seen through everything, will never let Eric Williams, a greedy capitalist, succeed.
They have made up their minds, this time not only to get the treatment and salary they deserve, but also Eric Williams to pay enough compensation, otherwise, they will definitely let Eric Williams taste The bitter pill of losing Disney's animation division.
Ron Perelman's luxury car arrived at a holiday villa in East Hampton more than an hour later.
Letting the two guests into his study room, Ron Perelman smiled and took out the cigars he had prepared, handed them to the two respectively, and said, "Try it, this is the authentic one rolled out of the thigh of a man. Cuban cigars."
Peter Schneider and Roy Disney each took one, put it under their noses and sniffed it pretentiously, then took cigar cutters and matches from Ron Perelman, lit them up and smoked happily .
Ron Perelman did the same thing, puffed out a smoke ring comfortably, and said quietly: "Unfortunately, this is just a cigar that has been drawn on a virgin's leg, not a real virgin. It is estimated that it can only reach The position of Eric Williams can enjoy countless places."
Peter Schneider sneered, and said disdainfully, "There's nothing wrong with Hollywood."
The more mature and prudent Roy Disney frowned slightly when he heard Peter Schneider's angry complaint.
If they are easily affected by the person in front of them, then they will definitely not benefit from the cooperation and negotiation. From the beginning of the meeting, Ron Perelman's attitude has been very eager, even with a bit of flattery, but Roy Disney will not be so stupid as to think that the other party is a good old man who was also a Wall Street sniper in the 1980s. Saul Steinberg's hostile takeover of Disney made Disney pay almost a 200% premium to redeem the other party's shares. The bald man in front of him has a much worse reputation than Saul Steinberg.
After taking another puff of smoke, Roy Disney put down the cigar in his hand and said, "Mr. Perelman..."
"Ron, just call me Ron," Ron Perelman continued to smile with a Maitreya posture, "I think we will definitely become friends and partners in the future."
Roy Disney didn't dwell on this issue, and said, "Well, Ron, you should be clear that our cooperation with you against your parent company is a complete betrayal, and if you don't pay attention, you may be kicked out for nothing. So, I And Peter need to know all your plans, everything. If you hide something, our cooperation between the two parties will be cancelled immediately."
Ron Perelman didn't answer Roy Disney's question immediately, but said in a complimenting tone: "Since you two are here, I think you must have formed an offensive and defensive relationship with all the employees of the Disney animation department." The alliance and the Firefly Group will definitely not be unaware of this, given the current situation, even if they find out that you are in contact with me, they will not dare to fire you at the risk of offending everyone."
Obviously, Ron Perelman agrees with most people. Not only will Eric Williams not abolish the hand-drawn animation department, but he will increase his efforts to prevent this piece of fat from falling into the hands of others. The strength of the hand-drawn animation department. Ron Perelman placed a big bet of 400 million US dollars this time, and it was precisely this point.
When Roy Disney heard Ron Perelman say that, he just smiled inscrutablely.
Peter Schneider blurted out with some complacency: "Of course, we..."
Fortunately, Peter Schneider is not a fool. He felt that Roy Disney kicked him on the leg a few times suddenly, and shut his mouth immediately, not revealing anything more.
Ron Perelman had discovered at this time that if Peter Schneider was alone, he would definitely be able to play this guy to death. Unfortunately, with the old fox Roy Disney around, he had to fight ten times. With a half-hearted spirit, he made a gesture to wait a moment, got up and walked to the filing cabinet next to him, took out a document that had been prepared and distributed it to the two, and said: "Up to now, Andrews Holding Company has mastered Firefly's The group’s long-term bonds of 400 million US dollars, so the performance of Firefly will also affect the interests of us creditors. Although Firefly Group has made huge profits in recent years, everyone knows that whether it is the film business or the TV business, its Profit prospects are very unstable. In order to protect our own interests, we will never watch the shareholders who control Firefly Group recklessly abolish or reform its lucrative business units."
Roy Disney ignored Ron Perelman's seemingly righteous words, but keenly grasped a detail and asked, "What did you mean by 'we'?"
Ron Perelman didn't make any detours, and explained: "Of course it's about me, and there are many creditors of the Firefly Group."
Peter Schneider opened his mouth, but this time he didn't speak rashly. Roy Disney was not in a hurry to pursue the other creditors mentioned by Chao Ron Perelman. He stretched out his hand to the other party and said, "OK, please continue."
"According to the information I got," Ron Perelman continued as if he didn't mind being interrupted, "Next month will be the month when Firefly Group will release its financial report for the first half of the year. Next month will also be the moment when Firefly Group’s 80% USD bond sales will be completed. By then, Firefly Group’s accumulated debt will reach USD 10 billion, equivalent to 30% of its total market value. For the principal and interest of this huge USD 10 billion debt The repayment is fully guaranteed..." Ron Perelman paused, his oily face suddenly became a little fanatical, and he slowly stated his ultimate goal: "I hope that at that time, all creditors will unite, Publicly put pressure on Firefly Group, and sit on the board of Firefly as a creditor." (To be continued.)