American Entertainment 1982 Chapter 229

  Chapter 229 Boiler Room Tucker

Tommy hadn't paid attention to these past events in Hollywood before, and he didn't care too much about which one of Steve Ross and Barry Diller could dominate Hollywood in the past ten years, but another Jewish story that came out of Herbert's mouth The name, on the contrary, made him feel thunderous.

  Disney Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Michael - Eisner.

   That is, the favorite student of Barry Diller in Herbert's mouth. After the master-student turned against him, he was helped by Warner's Steve Ross and persuaded the Disney board of directors to provide him with the job of Disney chairman and CEO.

  The Jewish film tycoon was invited by many business schools around the world to give lectures in his last life, including the Boston University Business School where Tommy attended. Tommy even bought an autobiography signed by the other party at the lecture site.

He has been in charge of Disney for 21 years. When he took over, he took over a film company that barely followed the top six in Hollywood and had a market value of barely more than two billion US dollars. When he resigned, he had a yearly revenue of more than three billion and a market value close to five. Ten billion, a global layout, a Disney kingdom with many theme parks and nearly a thousand Disney franchise stores.

  Michael Eisner has been in charge of Disney for 21 years, known as Disney's renaissance. In the history of the company's development recorded on Disney's own website, its importance is second only to Walt Disney's creation of the Disney brand.

In other words, it was this dictatorial maniac who refused to let go of power, and even emptied Disney's board of directors, who laid a solid foundation for Disney's rise in the new century. This is how Disney acquired Pixar for 7.4 billion after he left, and Lu for 4 billion. Cass, who acquired Marvel for 4.2 billion or even Fox for 71 billion, has a lot of money, and is almost on the verge of achieving the historical feat of dominating Hollywood.

It also made Disney's board of directors sincerely erect a monument for him as a living person. Disney's headquarters building in Berkeban was named the Michael Eisner Building by the Disney board of directors, even though Michael Eisner had been forced by the board of directors at that time. Resign.

Even at the opening ceremony, Disney's board of directors specially asked the etiquette company to design the invitation letter, reviewed the text on the invitation letter word by word, and solemnly extended an invitation to Michael Eisner, hoping that the other party would honor him and return to Disney headquarters, and let Disney thank him in person for his years of service to Disney. do everything.

You know, Disney is the property of the Disney family, and the board of directors is controlled by a group of Disney family members. However, on the issue of naming the headquarters building, the grandfather who founded Disney did not enjoy this treatment. Instead, he gave it to an outsider. It can be seen that Michael El Sean's influence, and the recognition of him by the Disney family.

However, Michael Eisner did not appreciate the honor of attending the unveiling ceremony of his monument. He was as indifferent as when the Disney board of directors forced him to resign. After he signed and agreed, he left the Disney headquarters office where he had worked for 21 years without hesitation. , even according to the contract, he could still enjoy a series of benefits provided by Disney after he resigned, such as company business jet travel, medical insurance, house rent subsidies, retirement allowances, etc., but he directly gave up and severed all ties with Disney .

Of course, Tommy has no idea about these famous Hollywood Jewish tycoons now, and he doesn't care what kind of virtues those people have achieved. Apart from his lack of interest, another reason is that his current wealth status does not allow him to There are ideas about dominating Hollywood.

What's more, the main issue Herbert talked with him was not to trick him into spending money to make movies, but CNN's Little Turner hoped to buy a stake in his own BT Entertainment production company in the name of Warner, and then produce a few files that would make the audience willing to pay for it. Little things like the reality TV shows that money watches have nothing to do with Hollywood.

As for Tommy's trust in Herbert, it is actually a question of dominance. Whether it is a movie or a TV show, the headache for many producers is that the funder suddenly jumps out to point fingers. The funder always feels that although they do not understand the specific process, To be able to earn hundreds of millions of dollars, you should definitely have enough brains, and your business vision will never be wrong. Therefore, during the production process of the program, I suddenly thought of an idea that I thought was subtle, and I wanted to show it to a more professional production team. Sounds like a very silly* instruction.

  If the program is successful, everyone will be happy, but if the ratings hit the street, the production team will ruin the reputation.

So Tommy insisted on talking about the issue of trust first. As for the real benefits, we have to wait for Mr. Turner Jr. to pay only money and not BB. After Mr. Luthor gesticulated, we talked slowly.

  If you can't even pay for trust, let alone other benefits that the other party can give.

  CNN's Jr. Turner is of course a successful businessman, but even if he is successful, he is actually too strong and lacks trust in his subordinates or partners.

For example, he is the owner of the Major League Baseball Atlanta Braves. It is said that the daily management of the team is handled by a dedicated club manager, and the team's record is in charge of the head coach. After the professional coach is in charge, he only needs to happily sit in the first row on the sidelines to watch the home game, and hold regular meetings with the manager to understand the club's attendance rate, revenue and other issues.

But after Jr. Turner bought the team, he felt that as a die-hard baseball fan, he had decades of experience watching baseball games live. Why did he need to hire a club manager with a high salary to help take care of it? Buying the baseball team by himself is not just hope Can you build a dynasty yourself?

  So, the tycoon held a team press conference and announced that he would be the club manager of the team. If the head coach didn't need a professional practice certificate, maybe he would have announced on the spot that he would also be the head coach of the team.

  This press conference allowed Turner Jr. to reap the angry roar of "***! Refund" from the hundreds of Atlanta fans on the field that day.

The Atlanta Braves have been established for more than 100 years. In the history of the team for more than 100 years, they have only won a championship once. After finally changing the owner, Turner, who seems to really love baseball, fans think that the club Finally, a beneficiary who was willing to spend money to win the championship was ushered in. As a result, this guy came up and gave the fans a sap, telling everyone that the main purpose of my spending money to buy the team was not to win the championship, but to live off the club manager and owner. Coach's Addiction.

The Major League Baseball Committee was forced to send a commissioner to meet with Turner the next day, telling him that the league has regulations that club managers are prohibited from holding shares in the team. If Turner insists on being the club manager of the team, he must give up. Team ownership before you can apply for a new team owner and win the job of club manager.

   After thinking about it, Little Turners felt that no club would be willing to hire him as a layman as a manager, and finally announced his resignation as a manager indignantly.

  So Turner Jr. can be regarded as the team manager with the shortest career since the establishment of the Atlanta Braves and even the Major League Baseball.

  Unable to experience the thrill of building a dynasty with his own hands, Turner Jr. began to ask questions about the design of the team's team logo and jerseys, and even tricked his own team's star players to change their surnames or nicknames, and then imposingly printed them on the jerseys.

Most of the nicknames or surnames he helped to pick up included the three letters of CNN, and a small part were the brand names of other sponsors, such as team star Andy Messer Smith, who reported to reporters that Said that the boss Jr. Turner invited him to dinner and asked him if he could apply to the league to change his surname and change the surname of Messer Smith to Corona.

  The sports and entertainment news that Atlanta often sees is: What kind of advertising name did Turner give his outstanding MVP player today.

A few years before he bought the team, the team's record was in decline, but the majority of fans were closely united with the team's players, coaches, team doctors and even the manager. The fans lamented the difficulty of the players and coaches. Players and coaches thank the fans for their understanding.

  Because all people who love this team understand that the Atlanta Warriors have only one real enemy right now, and that is the boss, Turner Jr.

  Tommy doesn't want Rick Luthor, the top reality show talent who came out of San Fernando, who is trying to help him make money, thinking that he is going to avenge his favor, and send a weirdo like Turner who likes to do everything himself to torture them.

   After meeting his father-in-law and Herbert Siegel, Tommy was not in a hurry to leave New York, but went to meet Wolf Tucker, who was busy preparing for the Financial News Network.

  He knows that Wolfe Tucker has been under a lot of pressure recently.

   It is not work pressure, but the pressure of public opinion from these people around me.

  BT TV Network, Wolf Tucker led the team from the initial registration, opening up the joints, and then building the skeleton, personally, the result is that now BT TV Network is sought after by a large number of blacks in the United States, but he has nothing to gain.

  VOX News Network, it was Wolf Tucker who led his team from renting satellite bandwidth to launching the broadcast, and was replaced by the suddenly airborne Jew Maurice Schoenfeld.

  Now, Tommy has Wolfe Tucker come to New York from Washington to run a financial news network.

Not only the team members who followed Wolf Tucker all the way complained, even his wife complained about it. They all felt that Tommy was just hanging a carrot in front of Wolf, making him look like a stupid donkey, Keep going in circles, time and time again, helping Tommy achieve a steady stream of success while he himself achieves nothing.

  According to Tommy's information, it's not that no large headhunting company offered Wolf Tucker a sky-high salary and invited him to lead the team to change jobs and find another job, but Wolf turned them all down.

  Wolf chose a meeting place with Tommy, which surprised Tommy. It was a Japanese-style business club.

It's not that Tommy wonders why there are Japanese-style business clubs in New York. After all, the Japanese have exported Japanese culture to the world over the years. Many Japanese restaurants and teahouses have opened in the United States. What surprised Tommy was that Wolf It was a black man, wearing a Japanese-style bathrobe and walking into the tea room. He had only seen it in some Japanese sadomasochism action movies in his previous life. This look made him feel familiar after a long absence.

   Seeing Wolfe pretending to be kneeling in front of the short table, concentrating on admiring the appearance of the Japanese tea artisan making tea, Tommy smiled and said, "Since when did you fall in love with Japanese culture?"

"Tommy, you should learn to appreciate the cup of tea in front of you like me. This is called watching tea." Wolfe seemed to be preparing for the final preparation before seppuku, with his hands on his waist and his head slightly lowered , staring at the teacup in front of him, until after a long time, he raised his head and said with a smile to Tommy: "It is very effective in relieving stress. It can be seen that although the United States hates Japan now, Japan still has merits."

"Then it's **** Chinese art, okay? Of course drinking tea is a habit that exists all over the world, but as art, I think it should be regarded as Chinese art. When Chinese people drink tea, Japanese people are still arguing about themselves." Is your ancestor an exiled Chinese Taoist priest, or a short man who killed a Hydra." Tommy didn't let his knees suffer as much as Wolff, and sat cross-legged opposite him and said with a smile:

   "No one knows tea art better than me."

The Japanese tea master next to him frowned slightly when he heard Tommy's rude words, but finally suppressed the urge to explain, just took a few deep breaths, tried to make himself ignore this rude guy, and continued to use Japanese words that were somewhat unfamiliar and weird. The English accent said to Wolf-Tucker:

   "Mr. Tucker, hold it with both hands, and close your eyes to feel its aroma before tasting it. The moment you close your eyes and feel it, it will make you forget..."

   "Hiss... hiss..." Before the tea master finished speaking, there was already a hissing sound of boiling hot water from Tommy's side. The sound was comparable to a Japanese eating ramen in a library, destroying all artistic beauty.

  Wolf opened his eyes, the tea master turned his head, and saw Tommy sipping hot tea from a teacup.

   "Tommy, respect the artist." Wolfe smiled helplessly at Tommy.

  Tommy glanced at the tea art master: "What do you respect? I said, he doesn't know tea art as well as I do. When you watch tea, what are you watching?"

   "The trajectory of the tea leaves in the water, the beauty of the rising water mist?" Wolfe saw Tommy's confident expression, and was a little unsure whether this guy was bragging or really understood, so he looked at the tea master and said with a guilty conscience.

   Fortunately, the tea master gave him a very positive look: "Mr. Tucker, what you said is very accurate."

"If water vapor has a sense of beauty, why would the blacks working in the boiler room protest against the whites for allowing them to engage in this job that is so close to art, hey, Japs." Tommy took out a cigarette and lit it, and glanced at the Japanese tea artisan in distaste said:

   "Get someone to help me find a cushion or something to put it under my butt. The **** under my bathrobe are almost frozen to the point of catching a bad cold. I don't want it to runny nose at Wolfe, a **** man!"

   "Sir, it's art..."

"Of course it is art. I don't deny it. Let me tell you what you should appreciate. You are appreciating the life of yourself or every human being. The tea leaves are like us. The boiling water in this cup is our world. We follow Boiling water dances, stretches, and shows our existence to the world. Sometimes we surface and sometimes fall into the bottom of the cup. Every rise and fall represents a wonderful experience in life. Ups and downs, ups and downs, ups and downs, when the boiling water calms down and the tea leaves sink to the bottom of the cup, everything becomes silent, just like we eventually lose our lives and become food for maggots." Tommy picked up the drained tea cup and looked at Wolfe:

   "This is **** tea viewing. You spent a lot of money just to let the Japanese teach you to appreciate water vapor? Wouldn't it be good to buy a kettle at home and open the lid to boil water, Wolf?"

"Or you really think that burning a boiler can relieve stress. I have a boiler room in my manor in Long Island, New York. If you want, you can go to burn a boiler part-time every day and enjoy the beauty. You are my friend, and you don't need to pay. Tickets, you only need to bring your own coal, and you can also meet a friend named Martin the Miller, Tucker the Boiler Room, Martin the Miller, if this continues, my manor will prosper again sooner or later."

"After listening to you, I feel that the Japanese tea ceremony can no longer help me relieve stress. Thank you, Tommy, it's fine. Can I trouble you to go back to California?" Wolfe looked at the speechless Tea artisan, said to Tommy.

  Tommy used an empty teacup as an ashtray and flicked the ash: "You don't need to care about these pressures. Those people don't know what you have gained, but you know it yourself."

"Let's get down to business, Tommy, don't destroy all my knowledge of the world, and you, the Japanese master, thank you, it's a pity that you won't be able to earn my tips in the future, don't hate me, remember to hate me opposite This Mr. Tommy Hawke." Wolfe imitated Tommy and sat down cross-legged, rubbing his knees and said to the tea artisan: "By the way, if I...have a cold too, I will ask the lawyer to sue you. You can gone."

  After the poor tea master left, Tommy looked at Wolf Tucker and said with a smile: "Let your trusted financial reporter investigate whether KeyBank has illegal business practices."

   "That's not yours... I don't quite understand." Wolfe Tucker said a little puzzled.

  Tommy pointed to the cup of hot tea in front of Wolfe with his finger: "If you don't want the tea leaves to sink to the bottom of the cup, you need boiling water to keep surging."

   First update~

  (end of this chapter)

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