Hollywood Starts with Animation
Chapter 690

The Hundred-Billion Giant WorldCom

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April 30th.

On this day, Zucker and his team were celebrating the success of the films Saw and The Devil Wears Prada at the headquarters of Golden Dawn Entertainment Group, the atmosphere exceptionally lively.

However... a piece of news arrived, quickly shattering the festive mood.

"What?!"

"Are you telling the truth!"

Zucker looked at Alexander before him with a shocked expression.

Alexander wore a grave yet particularly excited look as he said, "Boss, this is news passed on by Mr. Andy Chelope of Da Feng Capital; it should be accurate."

Hearing this, Zucker couldn't help but clench his fists.

Exhilarated!

That's right, at this moment, Zucker's mood was exceptionally exhilarated!

Just a short while ago—well, or rather, just a few minutes ago—the president of Da Feng Capital, Andy, had delivered a message: the chairman and CEO of WorldCom, Bernard Ebbers, was about to resign to take responsibility.

WorldCom?

It was the second-largest long-distance telecommunications company in America and one of the top five telecommunications companies in the world!

It had weathered the storms of the American telecommunications industry for half a century and had pushed the legislative process for American antitrust laws, which led to the breakup of AT&T (the telecommunications monopoly giant at the time). As of the beginning of 2002, which had just passed, its total assets in the first quarter exceeded $100 billion; it was an undisputed hundred-billion-dollar giant.

The energy giant Enron—that was impressive enough, right?

But compared to WorldCom, WorldCom was clearly a step above; the number of employees working for it alone exceeded 100,000.

"WorldCom chairman and CEO Bernard Ebbers, is that old guy really going to resign to take responsibility?" Zucker pressed.

He felt a faint sense of anticipation.

As a transmigrator who possessed information provided by his golden finger, Zucker had long

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