Back To 1995: Chapter 335 sweet pastry
Chapter 335 Sweet pastry
"ICQ must be listed within two years, and America Telecom's users and revenue must also meet the requirements!"
Song Yang and Immelt came to the open-air balcony on the top floor of the hotel. After sitting down, they talked about the merger.
Immelt asked Song Yang to send at least one of ICQ and American Telecom to the public market within two years, and the best thing is to list both companies at the same time. At that time, it will be ICQ, American Telecom, NBC, and Comcast. The big merger of listed companies will definitely be a feast for the entire American investment industry!
Anyway, no matter what method is used, the key to the merger is to whitewash the performance of ICQ and America Telecom.
"President Immelt doesn't need to worry about this, as long as ICQ's stock price is listed, you don't need to worry about it."
Immelt glanced at Song Yang suspiciously. He didn't know why Song Yang was so sure, but he nodded, "It's better."
It's not that Song Yang has more means, but that in a year or two, the biggest frenzy of the Internet is about to come. By then, Yahoo will have a market value of more than 100 billion US dollars. Even if ICQ has a market value of 20% off Yahoo, it will not Divide? !
If American Telecom can also make a surprise listing, then ICQ plus American Telecom, merged with NBC, Comcast TV Network, plus INCN Television and other industries, is this not a proper sweet potato?
Immelt, who was just here for a visit, stayed in San Jose for two full days and discussed with Song Yang for two days before leaving and returning to the General Electric headquarters.
Then, ICNC, the world's first TV website with cable channels, officially announced its establishment!
As soon as the news came out, it attracted the attention of the entire Wall Street and Silicon Valley. There had been news before, but the announcement of the establishment of the TV station so soon still showed the attitude of the two major shareholders behind it!
ICNC TV station, the investment amount exceeds 400 million US dollars, ICQ and NBC each account for 40% of the shares, Microsoft, Comcast, and Enron also announced investment, Microsoft and Comcast each invested 50 million US dollars, respectively With a 7.5% stake in ICNC TV Station, Enron took a 5% stake in INCN with an investment of 35 million US dollars, that is, the newly established ICNC has not yet had a single hair, and its valuation has reached nearly 700 million US dollars...
No matter what tricks ICNC TV can play, it can be regarded as creating a new history. It integrates the Internet and traditional media, and can be called the "rich second generation" of the TV station!
Since he was born, he had the full support of NBC, an old TV station, 8 million subscribers of Comcast TV network, broadband technical support of American Telecom, 30 million Internet users of ICQ, and 400 million US dollars in funding. Let ICNC burn it casually. With such treatment, how can the TV station have been around for so many years, when did it have this kind of treatment? !
"ICNC TV station is expected to be trial broadcast around October, American time. The new TV station will adopt the method of dual broadcasting both offline and online. At present, the news channel is established first. In the future, fashion, entertainment, sports channels, and cable channels will be launched. Movie channels, pay TV, etc.”
NBC TV was the first to report the news of "Brothers" TV station to the outside world. On the news page, the ICNC logo appeared, but the station logo was still the classic rainbow peacock logo of NBC TV station.
"ICNC will launch the "StayTuned" program, which will air at 7:00 am and 4:00 pm every day. According to the incoming ICNC Television President Andy Lake, this program will be the best news program in America! "
“In addition, ICNC announced that it will invite Ellen DeGeneres, Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert and others to join ICNC TV to produce programs.
Western Pictures, which hired Jerry Bruckheimer, David Kelly, David Chase, Mark Cherry, Shonda Rhimes and others, announced that it will film "The Sopranos", "The Internship" in the future "Doctor Grey", "CSI" and other TV dramas, providing content for ICNC! "
Seeing this news, whether it is true or not, makes people feel that ICNC is really going to do a big job. Watching these reports through the screen, you can feel that the US knife is burning.
After the news, ICNC also officially raised the banner, announcing the start of recruiting. The offline ICNC TV station headquarters will temporarily be placed at the NBC headquarters, sharing an office building with NBC, while the online headquarters will be in San Jose.
ICNC TV station directly recruited more than 500 staff this time, including editors, reporters, producers, makeup artists, logistics, anchors, etc. San Jose recruited about 200 people, and the rest belonged to NBC.
In addition to spending money, ICNC also paid a lot of money, announcing and "Chicago Tribune"
, "Chicago Observer", "New York News", "Houston Chronicle", "San Francisco Chronicle", "Times Weekly", "People" and other newspapers and magazines, can quote the resources of these newspapers, and get American News from the states.
Of course, this is definitely not for nothing. For this reason, ICNC TV station spends more than 40 million dollars in "cooperation fees" every year, but it also directly gives ICNC the ability to broadcast news from the entire American state.
Seeing the rich and powerful ICNC TV station, it is absolutely false to say that the peers are not envious. Fox News TV station and CNN, which are defined as the targets of competitors, see ICNC, which is lavishing money, and say that they are not worried. is fake.
"Invite me to ICNC?"
Ellen DeGeneres, who had just come out of the ABC TV set, couldn't help being stunned when she heard the invitation from ICNC's headhunter.
Ellen DeGeneres has not been famous for a long time. She dropped out of school when she was a freshman and worked as a handyman in a law firm. She has sold clothes, worked as a waiter, female foreman, bartender, and sales. She is almost the same as the young people of her era. All the same, did a tour in America with a stand-up crew.
A few years ago, she was well-known to the outside world as a guest on the "Today Show". In the past few years, she has been starring in a TV series with the same name as her filmed by ABC TV. When she heard that ICNC TV would invite her to do a talk show, Ellen DeGeneres was taken aback for a moment, and then her heart skipped a beat. She never thought that the opportunity would fall on her like this.
"I'm willing to try!" Ellen DeGeneres said directly to the headhunters without thinking too much. She understood that ICNC TV station was just established and was trying to poach people everywhere. Once the program list was established, she I'm afraid there may not be a chance.
Like Ellen DeGeneres, Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert and others who received the invitation did not have any reason to refuse. They have been in the industry for so long, but they all know that to How difficult is it to wait for a chance to make a comeback? If you want a TV station to launch a TV program that focuses on them, you need not only strength, but also a bit of luck...
ICNC TV station, in the program list, soon announced the list of programs that will start broadcasting, including "Ellen Show", "Jimmy Chicken Show", "Colbert Report" and many other lists.
"ICNC created a program specially for Victoria's Secret?!"
Eric, who was busy negotiating with the rugby union and wanted Victoria's Secret to show off at the Super Bowl, was taken aback when he received a call from Song Yang.
He knew that Song Yang would do a lot of work, but he just set up a TV channel for Victoria's Secret, which was beyond Eric's expectations. If he didn't see Victoria's Secret, he would be on the TV station and show the show to American users. Remuneration, the entire fashion industry, who else has it, and who dares to say that Victoria’s Secret Bigger is not enough in the future? !
"We can let Victoria's Secret hold a Victoria's Secret fashion show on ICNC's fashion channel, as well as America's Next Top Model Contest, a week of Hollywood, Dancing with the Stars and other programs, whether it is inviting stars and directors from the Hollywood film and television industry, Or people from other sports or even the official arena, anyway, RICK company wants to invite celebrities as soon as possible to host the fashion channel!"
On the phone, Song Yang explained to Eric that to get RICK involved, in addition to establishing ICNC's fashion channel as soon as possible, it is also necessary to start promoting for Victoria's Secret, and it will cost money to advertise on other media. Money, on ICNC's own TV station, it's going to be a lot of trouble, anyway, it doesn't cost money, it's just for training those Victoria's Secret models...
"The launch of ICNC requires an explosive news. We need to let America and the whole world know that there is a TV station called ICNC!"
Andy Lake, who came here from the NBC headquarters in New York, is speaking impassionedly to Song Yang that ICNC must make a big move, as the first show of the TV station.
Williams, editor-in-chief of ICNC News, who came with Andy Lake, also looked at Song Yang helplessly, spread his hands to express his helplessness, and showed his favor to the new owner.
Andy Lake and Williams, after meeting Immelt first, came to see Song Yang, the new owner. In comparison, Andy Lake was a relatively pure journalist, while Williams was Those who have sharp eyesight must have the most thoughts.
Williams is an old-fashioned media person. He used to be a reporter who specialized in interviewing the commander-in-chief. He has a deep relationship in the news field. Like Andy Lake, he transferred from NBC to ICNC.
Now he is not only the news editor of ICNC TV station, but also the news host of ICNC TV station, including the preparation of "ICNC Evening News", and he will also be the host.
Song Yang glanced at the time. Today he has other people to meet. The crew of "The Matrix" will come to see Song Yang today. After Song Yang nods to confirm the final starring candidate, the big production of the trilogy, It will officially start shooting.
However, Andy Lake in front of him has no intention of leaving, and is still telling Song Yang his idea, that is, to create a sensational news that attracts everyone's attention, and it should be broadcast as ICNC news.
(end of this chapter)