The Looting of Warner Bro's:
Mike Eisner and you were all with your counterparts' lawyers and members. Colombia was there. Same with United Artists, Paramount, and even Disney. But no one else is more noteworthy than Sid Sheinberg himself. The man himself was almost board with it all, looking at some of the names on the list with interest, but not enough to make you wonder what he was thinking.
He had brought his entourage of Lawyers and enough money to try and buy everything, at least at this particular moment. There was going to be hell to pay as Warner began to auction or attempt to sell everything that wasn't nailed down and quite a few things that were.
Well almost. Some prop hunters like Debbie decided to buy some of the none descript items that were up for sale. Props, costumes, and even memorabilia were among them. And you just loved every bit of it, because Debbie increased her collection by tenfold.
As you waited, you saw Sid walk over to you and then looked at Mike. "You didn't return my calls, how childish of you Mike." Sid stated as if trying to rile up Mike.
"If I wanted to talk business, you could have set up a meeting with my assistant. The simple fact that I refused your calls was giving you the same courtesy that you gave me." Mike replied. "Actually more so, because I gave you every ability to call back and talk, instead of leaving when you didn't get what you want."
"This is business Mike, not some David vs Goliath crap that the media have decided to label this little feud we have." He sighed. "I don't know how you managed to swing over Steve to your little frat party of a company Mike, but he's going to only have his bad habits made worse there."
That earned a snort from Mike. "You care about Steve Spielberg, or do you care about all the money you lost when you couldn't retain his services?"
Sid seemed hurt at that before he changed the subject to you. "You know, a lot of people in this town think you're the best thing that happened to it? You could be the next John Wayne?"
You frowned, narrowing your eyes before you said. "Or the next Eddie Fisher with the way you treat your people?"
At that, Sid looked genuinely sorry in his eyes. "I heard what you did with poor Eddie, and that was not my intention, nor his-"
You growled. "If you want to walk out of here on your own two feet, Mr. Sheinberg, it would be very wise to not continue this line of conversation."
Instead, Sid just continued. "A pillar of Hollywood being destroyed by mismanagement. And here we are, vultures to its corpse. Feasting upon it before it becomes naught but bone and ash. I hope that we can be more wise than the men who caused it. And not let more fall apart from our hubris."
He then walked away, and Mike put a hand on your shoulder. "Bruce, calm down. He's playing games."
"He let that bastard hurt my wife." You stated calmly.
"I know, so we're going to do our best to hurt his pride, his wallet." He smiled.
You nodded.
Let the games Begin.
Please note, that for this turn, there will be a write in that will be subject ot my approval, as this is also a bidding war. After each thing, you must put an amount that you are willing to spend.
Please also note that the other companies are trying to buy themselves pieces of Warners Corpse as well. Be aware.
Properties For Sale:
[]DC Comics: The Heart of the Big Two of the comic industry of America, one of the pillars of Pulp… when they are solely focused on superheroes that is. It is just as much a part of mainstream American culture as everyone else. And among all the others, it has a catalog of some of the most famous superheroes in the world. And everyone is wanting a piece of it. (Minimum bid on the DC Comics must begin at 100 million. Gains the production of Superman, one of the last films Warner is making before it fully disbands. As well as their comics division)
[]Warner Animation (The Loony Toons): The Classic Looney Toons characters are all a packaged deal, just as they were when Schlesinger studios was bought up by Warner when he came in. There is no doubt about it, they are among the most popular cartoon characters in the world. And they carry with them the price tag of success. (Minimum bid on The Loony Toons must begin at 50 million. Gain all the Loony Toons characters, and the rights to their shorts, TV show, and other marketing and promotional material.)
[]Dirty Harry: Clint Eastwood crowning Jewel of Urban crime drama, as well as the best action movie in years. It's more of a personal favor for Clint to get his baby back into his hands. And the fact he may owe you a great many favors.
[]THX 1138: George has said that he wants his film back, and wants to give it the release it deserves. Also, you think he deserves a nice gift when he comes back from Vacation?
[]Write in (THe write in is for anything that Warner has created prior to 1974)
AN: enjoy and vote in plan format please.
