Chapter 64: My media empire
Zhuke, led by two ace bodyguards, drove to the UPN headquarters building.
Ok. A small 4-story building, the kind of unremarkable one in the United States.
In fact, the same is true. UPN’s ratings are too low, and it loses a lot of money every year. Compared with the many TV networks under Viacom Group, it has no sense of existence at all, otherwise Paramount would not be able to sell it. To Zhuke.
"Boss, you can count as coming. If you don't come again, I will have to go to your villa myself." Lawyer Zhang Weiwei had been waiting at the door for a long time.
Of course, he is not waiting alone.
There were a few people accompanying him. They are all executives of UPN.
As for the original CEO of UPN, he was re-transferred back to Viacom Group when he was acquired by Zucker.
"I'm sorry, everyone, wait anxiously." Zhu Ke put his hands together and apologized.
"Mr. Wald, you are so kind."
A group of people, including lawyer Zhang Wei, what can they say?
Could it be that he pointed at Zhuke's nose and cursed: Are you 20 minutes late? !
All the employees of the Operations Department, Production Department, Home Entertainment Department, Finance Department, News Department, etc., except for reporters who go out for interviews, there are a total of 130 people, and they are all assembled in the lobby on the first floor. Waiting for the speech of the new boss Zhu Ke.
"Gentlemen and ladies, relax, I am not an ogre!"
Zhuke's exaggerated ridicule is still somewhat useful.
At least let the restless people relax a little.
After all, in most cases, the first thing a new boss does is to lay off some employees.
Regardless of whether the average salary per capita in the United States is low, the pressure on the cost of living they face is also extremely high. Mortgage loans, car loans, insurance, alimony, etc. are all huge expenses. Once cut off, it means that you have lost your salary. At that time, a vampire-like bank will definitely cut a piece of meat from you.
"Okay guys, the layoffs you are worried about will not happen to me!"
Zhu Ke looked at the people condescendingly, and smiled: "Of course, this will not happen in the short term. I will give you two months. Once someone makes me feel that you are not worthy of this salary, then the result must be to leave, understand? ?"
Understand?
Of course they understand!
The vast majority of capitalists are not enthusiastic people for public welfare.
At least Zhuke is not.
To be precise, in addition to tax avoidance, Zhu Ke donated a sum of money and bought a few meals of corn to send to Africa; as for other things, he did not invest a cent in public welfare undertakings!
Ha ha, I don’t like to donate money to America, you bite me!
"It's good if you understand."
"Before the acquisition of UPN, I also learned a lot about it. The ratings are sluggish and lose money every year; the ratings accounted for less than 1% all the year round. Even last year, the overall annual ratings dropped to 0.5%."
"啧啧啧~!"
"This ratings, even if I don't buy it, it's basically not far from bankruptcy."
As Zhu Ke's voice fell, the expressions of everyone present were very ugly.
They want to refute.
But this is the case, what kind of refutation?
Zhuke’s speech was very brief, and it was less than three minutes in total.
In fact, despite the fact that many celebrities and bosses in the United States like to give speeches and are keen to give long speeches, they are actually a minority. In most cases, no matter how much you talk about, there is no real dollar. Therefore, Zhuke quickly ended his speech.
The next key task is to hold meetings with UPN executives.
"Boss, the meeting room is here." A bald middle-aged man said respectfully.
"Thank you." Zhu Ke responded calmly.
Soon, Zhu Ke and the master lawyer, along with the senior executives, entered the conference room.
The number of participants was not large, only 8 people.
Zhang Wei seemed to see Zhu Ke’s doubts and immediately explained: “Boss, UPN’s executives before the acquisition, there were 20 people, most of whom were in Viacom Group, so the acquisition case Once it was over, they returned to Viacom."
"Oh?"
Hearing this, Zhu Ke looked at the crowd: "That is to say, many departments currently lack supervisors?"
"Yes, sir." One of the executives explained.
Then only the remaining 6 executives introduced themselves.
For the six of them, Zhu Ke also did some work before the acquisition. They can't be said to be particularly good, but they can barely do the job, and Zhuke will not move them in a short time.
But there is an important point!
UPN now lacks a CEO who can control the overall situation!
It is difficult to transfer Victor over to serve as the CEO of UPN. Zhu Ke rejected this idea after a little thought.
The recent work of Wald Pictures is enough for Victor. He simply couldn't spare the time to deal with the UPN issue.
As for Zhu Ke himself as the CEO of UPN?
Come on!
How many catties are a few taels, don’t you know?
Of course, this is not to say that Zhu Ke, who has been studying for a period of time, is completely unable to take up the job himself, it is because Zhu Ke has other jobs to be busy. What's more, Zhuke, who is a little tired, is unwilling to work so hard.
"I do things in the east, do things in the west, and then enjoy a wave of life. Isn't it fragrant?"
Therefore, UPN's CEO recruitment has become a top priority for work now.
"Not only the recruitment of the CEO, but also the recruitment of other departments must be completed in the near future. Zhang Wei, leave this to you, and you will contact the headhunting company later." Zhu Ke said in a deep voice.
"Okay, boss." Zhang Wei responded.
As for the company's executives, Zhu Ke turned a blind eye to Zhu Ke's burning gaze.
You want to be CEO too?
Let's dream!
If you have the ability to serve as CEOs, will UPN now have an overall audience rating of less than 0.5% for the whole year?
Of course, they do not rule out their ability, because their status was low before, and there was no suitable platform for them to develop~www.wuxiaspot.com~ but Zhuke didn't want to wait!
Instead of discovering them, Zhu Ke is more inclined to discover the future big cows and little monsters he knows.
...
Go back to the villa.
Zhuke was alone in the study, writing and drawing.
Yahoo 2% stock, now worth 40 million US dollars;
Wald Pictures, valued at 30 million U.S. dollars, when the movie "Juneo" is settled, it is estimated that there will be more than 70 million U.S. dollars in cash on the book;
California Standard Bank, valued at 20 million US dollars;
45% shares of Icq, valued at 3.5 million US dollars;
...
Okay, Zhuke is counting his personal wealth.
The total number of forests can be more than 200 million US dollars.
Of course, this is in the case of excluding the bank loan. If you remove the loan, you will have $150 million in net worth.
"It's really not easy for Lao Tzu to cross over!"
Zhuke was sighing, but he couldn't help but remember that "Fruit Candies" was treated differently by theaters on the eve of its release, and the number of screens was seriously insufficient; the movie "Juneo" was also hostile by the big company Warner because of the hot box office.
All kinds of frustration, Zhu Ke is considered to have bought it.
The idea of building or acquiring a media empire is becoming more and more important.
"I now have a film company, as well as a distribution network in several states, instant messaging, TV stations, and surrounding chain stores. Now I am missing other corners and corners. It can be regarded as a small media empire!"
That is to say, Zhu Ke’s media empire ambitions have now achieved a small step, and the next focus is how to achieve ***.
The second update of "" is here!
