Chapter 294

Martin frantically searched the memory of"Chinese Martin" in his mind, trying to figure out why Michael Eisner offered to sell his shares to him.

Could it be that he wanted to convince Steve Jobs to sell Pixar to Disney on his own?

Martin thought about it, and it seemed that this was the only thing.

But if Michael Eisner really thinks that, then he's really overthinking it.

The relationship between me and Jobs was just a matter of interest. He helped me acquire Apple shares and gave him my voting rights - it was an exchange of interests.

It's not that Steve Jobs himself doesn't want to buy these shares, but that Apple's other shareholders can no longer allow Jobs to expand his power in Apple. They need to maintain a balance-while using Jobs' capabilities, they can also ensure that they can take advantage of them at any time. He shifted the balance.

Once the balance is broken and Apple will become Steve Jobs's boss, how will this tyrant treat other shareholders?

To be honest, those people know it well, after all, they once teamed up to drive away the Apple founder!

In the original timeline, as Jobs's decisions continued to succeed, he almost took complete control of Apple, but ultimately failed.

What defeated him was not other shareholders, but pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.

But with the death of Steve Jobs, Apple began to decline again.

Martin absorbed Apple's shares for investment appreciation, not to control the company, so he was willing to hand over his voting rights to Jobs.

Because he knew that only Jobs could lead Apple to glory.

But it is simply impossible to think that he can influence Jobs's decision-making based on this.

After thinking about it for a while, Martin still couldn't guess Michael Eisner's intention, but whether this matter succeeded or failed, it seemed that there was no loss to him, so——

"I'd love to take some Disney stock, but how much is Disney willing to pay? How much do I need to pay?"

Steve Jobs sneered and stared at Michael Eisner like a hawk.

Michael Eisner ignored the threat in Jobs' eyes and looked at Martin with a smile and said:"Disney's stock is not cheap. The most I can give is 8%, but you need to pay one billion."

This is simply a bargain price.

Martin almost agreed on the spot.

But after thinking about it, he still said:"Michael, let me think about it."

Michael Eisner smiled and said:"I'm not in a hurry, you can think about it slowly."

Then he looked at Steve Jobs, his smile faded, Said:"Steve, you can take your time to think about buying Pixar. I'm not in a hurry either."

After that, Michael Eisner led the people away.

Martin and Jobs looked at the tyrant's back. When he disappeared through the door, they looked at each other almost at the same time.

Martin said:"Steve, why does Michael suddenly want to sell stocks to me? You should know something, right?"

Jobs smiled and said:"Find a place to sit down and chat."

The two found a quieter room In the cafe, one person ordered a cup of coffee.

Steve Jobs took a sip of coffee, leaned back in his chair, and said in his unique arrogant tone:

"Martin, I advise you not to talk to Michael about stocks, he is playing tricks on you."

Martin was tasting the coffee cup. Seeing Jobs' sudden appearance, he couldn't help but laugh:

"What, is this now a negotiation?"

Then nodded.

"Okay, let’s talk about that."

He put down the coffee cup in his hand, crossed his hands on the coffee table, his expression became serious, and said:

"Steve, there's no way I'm going to give up on Disney stock based on just one word from you. That's Disney."

"However, you should be aware of Disney's recent situation. The stock is about to fall into the mud."

"That's Disney!"

Martin emphasized again, and the expression on his face became half-smiling.

"Okay, okay, that's Disney"

"Let me tell you the truth!"

Having said this, Steve Jobs shook his head, obviously dissatisfied with his failure to suppress Martin with his aura, and then continued:

"Michael wanted to sell all his shares in Pixar, and what I asked him for was 18% of Disney shares or $2 billion."

"Half of this 18% stake is owned by Pixar, and the other half is privately held by me."

"half? That's nine percent? If you really got that much, you would be Disney's largest individual shareholder."

At this point, Martin shook his head and added:"It is impossible for Michael to let a person as powerful as him become Disney's largest individual shareholder and join the board of directors. No wonder they are at loggerheads." (To read exciting novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

"Yes, he wouldn't, so he chose you."

Steve Jobs took a sip of coffee depressedly.

He believed that the reason why Michael Eisner chose Martin Meyers was probably because he saw what Martin did after becoming Apple's individual major shareholder - a person who did not interfere in the CEO's work. Shareholders are, of course, the best shareholders in the eyes of the CEO.

So is he shooting himself in the foot?

Martin is still a little confused. This still doesn't explain why Michael Eisner insisted on selling the shares to him.

He If you don’t want a strong shareholder to join the board of directors, you can choose not to sell the shares, right?

Disney bites the bullet and can’t get out the $2 billion. At most, it can mortgage a few Disney parks.

Wait, unless there is someone inside Disney. In order to prevent this, perhaps also promised to give Steve Jobs shares, and that person was something that even Michael Eisner could not influence.

A name came to Martin's mind - Robert Iger.

(PS: In the original timeline, Disney officially announced the acquisition of Pixar in 2006, and Pixar became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Disney. This move cost 13% of Disney's stock, and Steve Jobs, the boss of Pixar, also owned 6.05% of Disney. stock and became Disney's largest individual shareholder. At that time, Disney's stock had already risen due to"Pirates of the Caribbean", so the payment was relatively small. At that time, the person who facilitated this transaction was to replace Michael Eisner as Disney CEO (Robert Iger)

Why couldn't Michael Eisner get Robert Iger?

Because behind this guy stood the only living founder of Disney-Roy Disney

"'Steve, you got a commitment from Robert Iger? Martin asked directly.

Steve Jobs was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes showed annoyance,"It seems that I said too much, and you guessed it!""

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