Rebirth in America

But before that, MGM, which had missed the opportunity, was already bankrupt and was just waiting for someone to bid for them. This person was basically determined to be DreamWorks, but what he didn't expect was that once the situation changed drastically, MGM would turn around.

However, no one knows how this change occurred. Rumors in the industry were flying all over the place, and Alex didn't know which ones were true and which ones were false.

"I heard that MGM got a capital injection from the DuPont consortium and escaped the fate of being dismembered and bankrupt!"

"But I heard that it was an injection of foreign capital. Why did it become the DuPont consortium?"

"Don't make random guesses. It must be the Rockefeller family. Only if they take action can MGM be saved!"

"DreamWorks originally thought it could swallow up MGM, but now..."

In any case, DreamWorks made a mistake this time. If they had known this, they should have accepted MGM's offer before going bankrupt. It doesn't matter if the price was higher.

Nowadays, DreamWorks is like a greedy giant beast. It wanted to swallow its prey in one bite, but in the end, someone rescued the target prey from its mouth, and almost broke its own teeth.

It is indeed no exaggeration to compare DreamWorks to a behemoth. With the efforts of Alex, Morse and others, DreamWorks is developing faster and faster, and its influence in Hollywood is also growing. Due to the sluggish market during this period, Hollywood film companies did not develop well, but DreamWorks bucked the trend and successively sent out box office masterpieces worth tens or even hundreds of millions.

Not to mention the more distant "The Sound of Music", this film broke the box office record in history. It was also Alex's first film. Its peripheral products are still making money for DreamWorks, and the movie's musical alone can earn millions of dollars every year.

In the recent "Planet of the Apes" series, although Alex only filmed the first two films, this has already confirmed the historical status of this series of films. Not only was it the first science fiction film to hit a box office of over 100 million, it also spawned a group of "ape fans".

These crazy movie fans are very interested in the world described in the film. They are so crazy about the peripheral products of the film that it is unbelievable. The place where the film was filmed has also become a good place for them to travel.

The ape city built by Alex has now become a local tourist attraction, with a large number of tourists visiting every week.

The location is still in use today, with Morris filming later Apes films. It makes those "ape fans" excited. There are many requests to play an extra role in it, and even the orangutan who does not show his face is still competing for it.

The first film in the ape series, "Planet of the Apes," has been put into production, but the second one, "Lost in the Planet of the Apes," will be released soon after. Following on from the previous movie, Dongfeng mainly focuses on fanatical fans. It actually made its box office exceed the first one. The North American box office directly exceeded 100 million. According to expert analysis, this movie should still earn tens of millions at the box office.

In front of the powerful Ape series of movies, other movie companies can only drool on the sidelines when their movies are released. They will try their best to avoid DreamWorks movies to avoid unnecessary losses. If someone says they want to suppress DreamWorks, that is simply nonsense. There is absolutely no chance of a frontal attack unless a knife can be inserted in the back.

The enemies on the movie side don't dare to attack, but the TV station has already fought back, and Disney and Disney will probably feel very depressed. CPT company has joined forces with Ark company to fight back. It seems that IBM company needs to be depressed for a while. The company is even more stable. With the Hughes Group standing behind it, those people may not dare to mess around.

The record company can't take care of it for the time being, but with such a solid foundation, it won't be easy even if they want to. Alex will also spot the right moment and take the time to help, so there shouldn't be any big problems.

As for TWA, the problem is difficult to solve. Pan Am and TWA are already bitter rivals. In order to monopolize the U.S. aviation market, Pan Am did not hesitate to break up with billionaire Hughes, and even secretly accused Hughes of embezzling government research and development funds, which eventually led to a lawsuit in court.

In the past few years, Pan Am Airways continued to make moves and almost killed Hughes, which also happened to benefit Alex, who took the opportunity to acquire TWA. This matter was quite a big deal at the time, and even the Rockefeller consortium was ready to take advantage of the opportunity to take down the Hughes Tool Company.

Now it's not surprising that Pan Am would come out to cause trouble. The question is, who is behind it, the Rockefellers? Or the Morgan family, the Boston consortium or other consortiums?

If you just look at the status of shareholders, these families don't seem to have anything to do with Pan American Airways. However, judging from Hughes's experience and Alex's cognition, it is definitely not simple behind this company. Those family consortiums that have been integrated into various fields in the United States are the most dangerous enemies and invisible enemies.

As for the Carpenter family, the Wolson family, the Disney family, etc., they are still at the top of the secular world, and there is still an insurmountable distance from the real top of the pyramid.

Strangely enough, just when Alex was planning to study issues in the aviation field, a big event happened here!

"What? Pan Am is cutting prices by 20% across the board? Or even cutting prices by as much as 40% on some routes?"

When Alex heard the news, his first thought was that the president of Pan Am was crazy. The second thought is, should TWA also cut prices?

Although there are relevant regulations in the US aviation market, vicious competition is not encouraged, and there are also certain regulations on issues such as fares. However, Pan Am Airways did not go beyond that rule. It just adopted a preferential strategy, and the more you bought, the more discounts you got. The so-called price reduction is only a certain discount on those routes that overlap with TWA.

What's even more disgusting is that Pan Am's discount seems to be only for TWA, and they want to use various means. Pull TWA users over.

After such a major incident happened, Alex could only stop what he was doing and rush to TWA to hold a high-level meeting. The Carpenter family now holds more than 80% of TWA's shares. It can be said that TWA belongs to the Carpenter family.

In the conference room, Alex did not speak immediately, but first listened to the opinions of other executives and partners.

Regarding Pan Am's actions, some people suggested talking to the other party first to see if a consensus could be reached. However, few people support this opinion. Everyone here knows how different their company is from the other party. The grievances among them have long been irresolvable.

Some people suggested that TWA would also lower prices, and TWA would lower prices as much as the other party did. At least you have to ensure that you don't lose too many customers, lest your market share be occupied by the other party.

This opinion is supported by most people. It's not like they haven't encountered similar things before. They usually fight each other in the ring. Until one party can no longer support it. Only then will they send people to negotiate and finally determine the prices for each of those routes.

"If the other side wants to fight, we will fight! Who is afraid of whom?"

"Yes. You must not retreat at this time, you must fight to the end!"

"We want to see how much the other side is prepared to lose!"

…

No matter how excited those people were, Alex remained silent and watched them talk silently. It wasn't until someone noticed that something was wrong with the atmosphere that the sound in the conference room gradually stopped, and finally it reached the point where you could hear a pin drop.

After dozens of seconds, someone finally said: "Of course, the final plan must be decided by Mr. Carpenter..."

Fighting a price war with the other party?

If nothing else happened, Alex might choose to do this. But this was obviously a hole dug by others, and he didn't want to close his eyes and jump into it.

After he mentally reviewed Pan Am's information just now, he planned to remain unchanged in response to any changes. If the other party wanted to start a price war, then he couldn't let them get what they wanted.

“We maintain the original price!”

After Alex thought about it, he stated his decision word for word. At the same time, he also decided to strengthen TWA's safety measures and service training. He said: "We must provide the best service to passengers and ensure that every passenger can fly our aircraft safely and comfortably, whether they are going home or not." When traveling, safety and comfort are the most important things.”

"As for the price... we still have to maintain the original price, and this must not be lowered!"

Can't lower the price? Does that mean we shouldn't compete with Pan Am?

The TWA executives present were a little surprised by Alex's decision. After all, they all knew that the Carpenter family was closely related to the Hughes Group. Hughes hated Pan Am Airways, and Pan Am Airways hated Pan Am Airways. Another old rival of TWA.

With so many factors added up, I am afraid that most people will rise to the challenge and not survive without fighting to the death.

"That's it. You are also partners of TWA. Since you don't want to be crushed by Pan Am, then we must strengthen our safety and service! Only in this way can we defeat Pan Am, laugh. To the end!”

Alex's words greatly confused the people present. They sounded like they meant that as long as they concentrated on practicing their internal skills, they could win without taking the initiative. UU reading www.uｕkanshu． net

Is there any inside story in it?

These senior officials were interested in asking, but seeing that Alex didn't want to explain further, they stopped asking. I had no choice but to follow Alex's instructions and ask the people below to pay attention to safety and strengthen their service attitude, etc.

As for the price, naturally it has not been changed.

Alex is not very sure about whether he can win, but this kind of thing is difficult to say. Sometimes things really develop in the direction he expects. He couldn't express his thoughts verbally. If he did, someone might tell Pan Am the next day, and his strategy would most likely lose its effectiveness.

Now, he can only wait patiently. He has already planned to hold on. As long as the operating losses are not too serious, he will not follow the other party's pace to lower the price. (To be continued...)

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