Chapter 171: Not Much Time Left (2/2)
“No, it doesn’t,” Eric interrupted Robert Shea firo when News Corporation bought Fox This year, with Coluiants lessened to five Moreover, I read in the newspaper that Warner intends to cooperate with Turner Network Television, establishi+ng iants re can they survive?”
Robert Shea went silent
Eric didn’t stop his persuasion: “Robert, as the second-and third-tier companies, this is our last opportunity to rise up The time left for us is no more than 10 years, or even only 5 years Yes, you can afford tothe whole industry carved up Then, as you iined, you turn New Line into a first-class fil iants But the point is, by then except New Line, there will be no iants have already integrated into roup and you can never compete with them, which means you are doo to this topic, Eric recalled the previous Lions Gate Filht series, Lions Gate made more profits than two renowned film companies However, at that tirated intomore profits, Lions Gate had little chance to outdo theth
”What you said is all hypothetical, isn't it? Robert Shea could not help giving a short rebuttal
Eric could see that Robert Shea alh it is hypothetical, with your experience in Hollywood for more than 20 years, you can certainly tell the possibility of this hypothesis, right?”
Robert Shea looked down at the cup with few coffees in it: “But 10 percent is too puny…”
“Michael Eisner holds less than 10 percent of Disney’s share, owning no more property than you However, he ranks in the top three on the Hollywood power list, admired by 90 percent of people in Hollywood Robert, you have mentioned that money is not attractive for us anymore Think about it, after the acquisition, you will become the CEO of Firefly and you also trust the profitability of my filiants party and we can win a seat in the industry after the integration with roups By then, your 10 percent of stake may be worth over1 billion But if you continue to run New Line independently, ill its value reach that number?”
“OK, then 20 percent, Eric, 20 percent, this is the bottom line,” Robert Shea was totally drawn by the prospect described by Eric, and offered a huge concession
Eric wore a slight and aliven up his original bottoo on Eric snapped his fingers to the waiter and handed the credit card to pay the bill Then he said: “Robert, currently it is hard for us to reach any results, and it's a little bit late, so we should choose a more formal occasion for further talks on details”
No sooner had Robert Shea offered 20 percent than he regretted He found that he should have beenman’s tricky words He would like to slap on his own face---it was fine to decide to make a concession, but it was foolish to say it out It seeht hiotiation, any direct confrontation with Eric should also be avoided Maybe it was good choice to entrusted this task with a professional negotiator Noticing that Eric didn’t continue to beat hiht, it’s quite late now, I should go back”
After the three of them parted at the restaurant entrance, Aniston, as quiet before, suddenly flung her arhed, “Wow, Eric, you were so impressive just now Robert was baffled by your momentum, huh”
Eric fussed with a wisp of hair that had fallen fro: “So, do you admire me so much that you have the impulse to kneel down and kiss me shoes?”