Chapter 138: Exclusive Interview(2/3)
this man,
He was one of those people in suits who came in with Abel.
This man looks gentle and elegant, and when he smiles now, he even looks a bit like Mickey Mouse.
"Let me introduce to you, this is Mr. Robert Iger. He was previously the chairman of Disney Animation, but next he will become the CEO of MGM."
Abel's voice was neither fast nor slow as he introduced the elegant and gentle-looking Robert.
Egger.
"Now we would like to ask Mr. Egg to introduce himself."
Disney's Animation Chairman, come to be our CEO?
MGM executives were stunned.
But Alex Yemenidy had just been fired, and the boss was sitting on top of him again.
Robert Egger's appointment met no resistance.
This elite man who looks exactly like Mickey Mouse, served as the CEO of Disney for fifteen years in a parallel time and space, and single-handedly made Disney dominate Hollywood with a smile on his face.
Under Abel's guidance, he stood in front of the seat where Alex Yemenidy was sitting just now.
"Hello everyone, my name is Robert Egger. Many people may not know me, but they should know me now."
"Yes, I was the chairman of Disney Animation in the past. But I was moved by Mr. Abe Smith's sincerity, and he invited me to come and work at MGM."
"I am very happy and hope that in the coming time, I can work with you to develop MGM even more gloriously."
Robert Iger also sounds the same as he looks.
Gentle and elegant, doesn't sound aggressive.
Abel nodded beside him, applauding David Jones for being able to find such a talent.
Because this acquisition of MGM was a bit unexpected.
Now that MGM is in hand, Abel has not found a suitable candidate to take charge of MGM in his own talent pool.
After much thought, he found that he was the most suitable person for this job.
There are only two Michaels, Ovitz and Levine
But these two Michaels, one of whom is now the president of AA, has only been back in office for less than two months.
Whether he can do it well or not is not certain, after all, Ovitz was doing intermediary work before.
The other is the president of Isha and A. Smith Entertainment, Michael Levine.
Isa and AB Smith Entertainment are very important to Abel.
Abel could not find a capable and trustworthy manager to replace Michael Levine.
In addition, Michael Levin may not be able to be the president of MGM. He was also an agent before.
Apart from these two people, Abel has no talents suitable to be the head of a film company.
When you are helpless,
David Jones suggested to him that he might find someone through a headhunting firm.
This is the best way when there is no one on your side.
Abel agreed.
David then used a headhunting company to prepare five candidates for Abel.
Among these five candidates, Abel picked Robert Egger at a glance.
This is the chairman of Disney Animation who just took office not long ago.
Mainly because he remembers,
In a parallel time and space, the person who later replaced current Disney President Michael Eisner and became the new Disney President was named Robert Iger.
Combine this with the experience of Robert Egger.
Abel confirmed that it was Robert Egger.
Bringing Disney in parallel time and space to the top of Hollywood.
He immediately asked David Jones to contact the other party, and then asked a headhunting company to take action.
Robert Iger originally didn't want to leave. He had been working at Disney for several years.
It was not easy for him to become a senior manager, and there are still many shareholders in Disney who like him.
But Abel had the ability to make money.
Abel offered him an annual salary that was far twice as generous as his current salary as chairman of Disney Animation.
There are even better benefits than he had at Disney.
There is also the equity dividend that he is unlikely to receive from Disney in the short term.
MGM can provide it here.
And Abel also promised,
The funds that MGM lacks most will no longer be lacking in the future.
In addition, before this, Abel had already waved his hand.
Won James Cameron's latest mega-production.
The budget of 500 million US dollars will be given as promised.
No matter in Hollywood or the American entertainment industry, no boss has ever been so generous.
Although Abel's behavior was privately ridiculed by those entertainment giants as "people are stupid and have too much money."
But this kind of person is a stupid boss with lots of money.
Isn’t it the favorite type of professional managers like Robert Iger?
The salary can be doubled immediately, the benefits are good, and there will be dividend rights in the future.
The boss is very generous in terms of funds and budget.
Robert Iger hesitated for a week and finally decided to resign.
After resigning, he immediately came to Abel and took over as CEO of MGM Films.
Alex Yemenidye was fired at the speed of light.
Robert Iger's appointment as MGM's new CEO has been uneventful.
After Robert Iger takes the position of president of the company.
Abel started a new appointment.
Beyond the CEO.
& and cho,
That is, the chief financial officer and chief human resources officer have also been replaced.
These two positions,
Abel directly promoted two outstanding employees from Smith Capital and airlifted them over.
Then the former general manager of Marvel Entertainment was appointed as one of the company's vice presidents.
The former general manager of Marvel Studios, a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, was appointed deputy director of MGM Films and Television.
Several former Marvel executives have completely integrated themselves into MGM movies.
Marvel, which has two or three kittens, has officially become a subsidiary of MGM Films.
A series of new appointments and new personnel.
Naturally, some of the original MGM senior executives had to move their positions.
Some were fired directly, some changed jobs, and some were demoted.
In conjunction with the previous attack on the middle and lower levels of the company by Alex Yemenije.
It can be said that all of a sudden, the entire MGM film industry was completely new.
After all the personnel appointments were completed, Abel asked the new CEO Robert Iger to speak again.
Robert Egger didn't hesitate, he was already prepared.
This one is in parallel time and space, after 2015.
An elite manager who has been ranked number one among the 100 most powerful people in Hollywood many times, his words are refreshing to many MGM executives.
Robert Egger said:
".We need to invest most of our time and money into creating high-quality brand content."
"We need to embrace technology to the greatest extent, use technology to create higher-quality products, and then reach more consumers through more advanced and accurate methods."
To be continued...