Chapter 1250? Leading Pigs Into the Pen

"ih yur sile in your smile, I'll rss his hpeless line I'll cross this hopeless line..."

The full score global tour ended in Kiev. Due to the general public security corruption in Eastern Europe these days, the whole group did not go outside to find nightclubs or other high-end places, but simply arranged a place in the backstage of the stadium to celebrate.

There are many people, the space is not big, and it is very lively. Mira is playing and singing a Slavic folk song in English, which is from her last album 'he Divine edy' released in SBK that year. A local The male backup dancer performed the famous Kapac 'squatting dance', bending his knees and kicking his legs... People surrounded him, dancing and singing happily while holding a wine glass.

Song Ya also drank a little, and stood in the outer circle with a smile, admiring silently with the people around her.

Of course, most of the time her eyes fell on Mira. She didn't want to work hard anymore, she wanted to have a baby for herself and become a mother...

"It's almost time, you and Mira leave first."

Old Mike squeezed into his ear. After all, Lazarenko, who had just been blackmailed, had been an oligarch and high-ranking official here for many years, so he had to be more careful about his safety.

"Okay, give me Mike on the phone."

Song Ya retreated to the door obediently, while the old Mike went to call Mira, she called Ms. Sloan, "Does Def Ja have any clues?"

"How can it be so fast..."

Sloan complained: "The Suttons and Linda couldn't find a good solution in a short period of time. Def Ja's financial problems...Actually, didn't you and Daniel own shares in its family before? You should keep relevant documents, right? "

"That one is too old and useless. I want the latest one. It's best to show the changes before and after Polygram was acquired by Universal. I want both." Song Ya replied.

"Look for Daniel? Try Polygram's European headquarters, the direction of the high-level personnel who have been laid off by Global?" Sloan suggested: "His network is better than ours."

"Daniel will take the opportunity when he knows this... Forget it, I don't need to look for him for the time being, I don't want to get into trouble with him again."

Song Yatai knew Daniel, and if he wanted to maintain the current friendship, he couldn't let that guy know too many of his secrets.

"How's the deal going with your record company? I hear Linda's going fast..."

"Well, I'm still hesitating."

As the trump cards of all parties became more and more clear, Barry Diller's "friend" who intends to break into the record industry also surfaced. The big man, the godfather of the cable TV industry, I Company E, is also the IA company where Barry Diller is the chairman. Largest individual shareholder: John Malone.

To some extent, Barry Diller is only considered as an interest agent who was introduced to the stage by John Malone in the IA company, so when Barry Diller told himself that John Malone intends to enter the record industry, Song Ya was greatly relieved, which is indeed reasonable among.

Barry Diller's card: IA picked up the distribution network of Beimi from Universal and Polygram, such as the top five, but it is barely enough to rank in the forefront of the second tier. John Malone's money and energy are even more sufficient. Only foreign distribution is a weakness , but Barry Diller promised that at that time, one of EMI and BG could be negotiated and packaged to be responsible for foreign distribution.

He is a strong partner. Song Ya feels Barry Diller’s sincerity but also has great doubts. John Malone’s strength is of course no problem. He is also a shareholder of BE, the largest black media, and has given key funds since BE boss Johnson started. and channel resource support.

But the sincerity of John Malone is difficult. The big predator who negotiated an average of seven mergers and acquisitions only had one phone call with himself to endorse Barry Diller, and the follow-up was handed over to his subordinates.

And John Malone still has the biggest problem. He is the enemy of Gore, the deputy commander. Gore has been investigating and suppressing his crazy large-scale capital games since he took office as a senator. deep. John Malone's I Company has entered into marathon merger negotiations with America's largest telecommunications company, Aand (American Telephone and Telegraph Company). The reason is to find ways to snipe.

It was a merger case involving up to 50 billion knives. In addition to Aand and its own telecommunications company and TV network, I also owned a large number of shares in Sprin, another big telecommunications company. Gore didn't want to see it being dominated by John Malone.

But the general who is caught up in the impeachment case and just wants to protect himself is just the opposite. As long as the media tycoon is willing to help, he can sign anything, and he can approve any bills and mergers and acquisitions.

"Hello, Mr. APLUS, this is Miss Jovovich."

Back at the hotel, John Malone's subordinates were already waiting, just a white middle-level member of Company I, "We are waiting for you to have a conference call."

"K, Mira, you..." Song Ya let go of Mira's waist.

"En." Mira obediently kissed his cheek, and went to the room alone.

"Then let's start now." John Malone's subordinates turned on the hands-free landline, very professional and strong, which is the same style as his boss, John Malone has long been famous for his strong desire to control.

This is also a point that makes Song Ya secretly mutter, feeling a bit like Derry back then, jumping from one fire pit to another, and the style of John Malone's subordinates made him very unhappy.

"Hi, Mr. Diller, Linda."

Donovan accompanied, Song Ya greeted the participants on the other end of the phone, "Are you together?"

"Yes."

Barry Diller replied: "Okay, so long story short, Mr. Malone and I will set up a new record company and buy 50% of the shares of A+ Records they own from Geffen Films under Universal. The price is a matter between us and Universal, and it is inconvenient to disclose it here. APLUS, you and Doug Morris from Universal settled the redemption fee. I think that the signing fee of 60 million must be returned. Most of it, you Agree?"

"I've made a lot of money for Universal, and other singers, Fergie, Mira..."

Song Ya: "If they change the publishing company again, they will definitely ask for another signing fee. These costs should be paid by everyone."

"We won't pay the money." John Malone shook his head stiffly.

"APLUS, you don't have many choices. Mr. Ma Long and I both sincerely want to break into the recording industry, and you know the current status of this industry..."

With Linda, president of A+ Records, by his side, Barry Diller suppressed the smile on his lips, "Everyone is a businessman, so don't be angry with APLUS, you can't get the highest 20.1% for your artist share. Now, you have to take the risk with us."

He heard Song Ya take a deep breath on the other end of the phone, "This is too harsh, my new album has already..."

He immediately interrupted: "But you are not willing to let the professionals we send check your so-called new album, you know that everyone is now suspecting that you are not prepared at all, right?"

"I never cheat on my partners." Song Ya argued.

"Hahaha!"

This time he could finally laugh out loud, "Then you show those songs to our people."

"I have to act with my heart, and it's not that I don't have a plan B, Mr. Diller, don't think that you can blackmail me wantonly by catching my intention to leave Universal!" Song Ya.

"It's up to you, as long as you know I'm helping you." Hearing this sentence, Barry Diller felt that the pig was getting closer to the pen.

"Any other questions?" John Malone's man asked.

"The rest is to redeem my released singles from Universal, Cup of Life, an' Hld Us, etc. We both have half of the money, so we have no objection?" Song Ya asked.

"Is this necessary?" John Malone's people seemed unwilling.

"Doug Morris, president of Universal Music, will take the opportunity to open his mouth. You know him APLUS." Barry Diller deliberately.

"Then what is the purpose of the meeting today?" Song Ya asked.

"Can't we keep things as simple as possible?"

People from John Malone asked: "We won half of the A+ record, you refund part of the signing money to redeem yourself, and then you can bid farewell to the past and work together for a new career. Now you are determined to leave APLUS. Without you, We are less interested in rushing into an unfamiliar sunset industry."

"you!"

The cooperation was very tacit, and Barry Diller smoothed things over after hearing Song Ya's angry voice, "Then let's take a break, APLUS, let's talk alone. Linda..."

He sent Linda, "Don't make it difficult for me to do APLUS, John Malone doesn't like losing money, and you can't lose your temper like you did with Sony Columbia and Seagram Universal in the future. Might be your last."

"I understand, thank you for what you did for me, Mr. Diller, but... I want to think about it again." Song Ya replied.

Also thank you hehe, "Not much time, Bronfman is coming back soon, I'll meet him when he gets to LA with all the papers and get him signed ASAP. You know his character, we can't leave it to him Too much time to think."

"I understand, but..."

"What was your plan B just now? There is nothing you can't come up with now. Mr. John Malone's entry into the record industry is a thunderous trend. He wants to return the territory to the six parallel ones. It is too late for us to let him stop, but you But don't be smart, there must be no misjudgment between us." Barry Diller continued to induce.

"is there time?"

"certainly."

"Uh...Actually, I think it's better to use Metropolitan Records to reverse acquire A+ Records? I can pay with Disney an 82% ratio of Metropolis Records, and distribute it to Disney."

Haha, the hole card came out, as expected, "Disney? Their distribution ability in the record industry...Is Warner better?"

"Warner's out of business, Doug Morris has Metallica in the mix, and Warner's top executives are afraid to take responsibility."

Haha, you have been shut down by Sony Columbia, EMI, and BG, right? "Understood, then...is Disney willing?"

"I'm talking at the same time."

"When will the result be given?"

"That's all. By then, maybe Disney and I will ask Universal to buy back 50% of the A+ records."

"K, I will cooperate."

"Sorry, Mr. Diller, but this might mess up your plans with Mr. Malone."

"After all, the loss hasn't been caused yet. Of course, I'll get a commission if I win the acquisition."

Barry Diller suppressed a laugh: "You know Bronfman probably wouldn't be happy to see you buy back A+ records directly."

"I understand, that psychotic rich third generation... so that's it for the time being?"

"Anyway, give us an answer to APLUS as soon as possible."

"no problem."

After Song Ya hung up the phone, she called her friend, Linton, the president of Disney Copyright Company, "I can't help it. I still need your help this time."

"Metropolis Records is fine, but if we accept a superstar of your level... it means officially launching the climb to the Big Six. This is a major strategic decision, especially when the record industry is in a recession and publishing companies are generally losing money. , only Mr. Eisner can decide."

Linton.

"Ask him to talk on the phone for me?"

"Can... can't you come back?"

"No way, the rest of the schedule in Eastern Europe is too rushed."

"Okay, I'll ask him out for you."

"Thank you very much, Mr. Linton."

"It's nothing, you have to pay a lot of money for the ransom this time, right?"

"Yes, quite a few..."

Song Ya hung up the phone in pain, and took the long exam alone, his eyes became more and more fierce.

"I hear...is it worth APLUS?"

Co-manager Donovan walked in and asked, "Even if Disney is willing to take over, if it opens in August 20th plus the signing fee, you will have to spend hundreds of millions of dollars."

"On the bright side, I can finally stand up straight and be independent." Song Ya squeezed out a smile.

"Is there? There is also a publisher on it. That's Disney Emperor Eisner, who is no different from John Malone." Donovan.

"It's better than continuing to stay at Universal."

If the outside world still thinks that he is devouring the Lord and rebelling, what is the point of even if the revenge is successful? Song Ya murmured viciously in her heart, "This time I have to stand on an equal footing before making a move... Fighting with you, crazy rich three generations..."