According to reports, this story begins at an entirely unscientific moment: Zhou Ziye, a designer who rose from creating counterfeit mobile phones, suddenly time-traveled back to the year 1984.
...Of course, he didn't know why Xing Baohua specifically asked him to be the CEO, or who recommended him. He was just an unknown behind-the-scenes staff member who had previously worked as a weather forecast host.
This is completely different from being the CEO of a long-established giant corporation.
Xing Baohua smiled slightly and said, "You answered my question very sincerely. I am very satisfied with that. How can Columbia Pictures turn around from its losses? You should think about this carefully after you take office. I allow you to make mistakes, after all, everyone has times when they misjudge the direction."
After listening to Xing Baohua's explanation, Robert Iger looked at him in shock. What had he just heard?
“Oh my God! He said, after you took office?” Robert Iger asked himself in surprise.
If I heard correctly, it's true; he's about to become the president of Columbia Pictures.
Although excited, he remained composed and listened attentively as Xing Baohua continued.
“I’m only giving you two years. If you do well, you’ll definitely get a share of the equity pool’s bonuses. You can continue working here. After five years, based on your performance, I will give you 1%-2% of the company’s equity,” Xing Baohua said, flicking his cigarette ash.
Robert Iger listened and nodded with a smile, though he really wanted to say that the treatment was good, but he couldn't bring himself to say it.
He thought to himself, "So big companies don't talk about annual salary directly! They talk about stock options. Why don't they mention annual salary at all?"
This person didn't dare ask about the annual salary, and it's estimated that the annual salary is just a symbolic figure, otherwise why give so many shares?
Then Xing Baohua said, "I have two other companies that have been merged into Columbia Pictures. You need to think carefully about how to turn it into a behemoth."
"Excuse me, what are the two companies?" Robert finally chimed in.
“A record distribution company, specifically for distributing records for my girlfriend.” As soon as Xing Baohua finished speaking, Ai Ge thought to himself: He’s really rich, setting up a company specifically for distributing records for his girlfriend?
"There's another comic book company. Once you take over, you can turn comic book characters into movies, as a series. For example, Spider-Man, Iron Man, Hulk... Just remember, whatever you do, don't make a movie where Hulk and Black Widow fight on a rooftop."
"You acquired Marvel?" Iger was shocked. As for the battle between Hulk and Black Widow, he didn't even notice this question.
"Yes, we acquired them a long time ago. We acquired not only Marvel, but also a lot of film and television rights and music rights. Listen to me, my plan is to integrate all the resources together, such as merging Columbia Records with my distribution company. We will continue to develop offline records and tapes, but we also need to prepare online music."
“I don’t quite understand this online and offline thing, sir.”