In the face of Martin Davis' refusal, Kang Jianfei asked back, "If that's the case, why do you still invite me to the United States, Mr. Davis?"

"Two purposes," Martin Davis said. "The first is to want you to be a member of Paramount's general meeting of shareholders, and the second is that Paramount wants to be part of your Oriental DreamWorks."

Kang Jianfei immediately understood what Martin Davis was thinking. The other party wanted Kang Jianfei to participate in Paramount's decision-making because he saw that DreamWorks was developing well and Kang Jianfei was very skilled in making movies. Factory, or take some equity in DreamWorks.

Haixi Industrial Co., Ltd. is very peculiar. It clearly started out as a traditional industry, but it likes to invest in the cultural and entertainment industry. Kang Jianfei's DreamWorks is obviously seen by others.

Kang Jianfei was very amused. He was obviously here to acquire Paramount, but now Martin Davis has instead put his mind on his DreamWorks.

"Mr. Davis, do you think I'll sell DreamWorks, which is on the right track?" Kang Jianfei asked with a smile.

Martin Davis pouted and said, "I wasn't sure before, so I wanted to talk to you. But since you tamed the hot red pepper, I'm sure you won't sell your company. "

Kang Jianfei asked back, "Then what else can we talk about?"

Martin Davis said: "Shares swap, 8-to-1 for Paramount and DreamWorks shares."

Only in terms of market value, the price proposed by Martin Davis was not only very fair, but also gave Kang Jianfei a big advantage. But don't forget. Paramount is a listed company, while DreamWorks is Kang Jianfei's personal asset, based on DreamWorks' operating performance over the years. Once listed, the stock price has to roll upwards.

For Kang Jianfei, making movies is his main business, while for Martin Davis and the Haixi Company behind him, making movies is just a sideline.

A company that is on the right track like DreamWorks is actually not the best investment choice, but the development momentum of Hong Kong films is too strong now, and the box office in East Asia is even overwhelming Hollywood films. Even Martin Davis was thrilled by the profit.

But Hollywood movies began to have a bottleneck, and this bottleneck could not be truly broken until the computerized special effects were perfected in the 1990s and the management methods of big entertainment groups appeared. In the end, Hollywood blockbusters took the world by storm.

Moreover, the U.S. economy has been in recession for several consecutive years. Martin Davis's Hercynian Industrial Company has suffered a lot in this stock market crash. Naturally, it wants to rely on other investments to increase its profit points.

The combination of these reasons made Martin Davis decide to trade Paramount's stake in DreamWorks.

In other words, it is the boss of any Hong Kong film company. would be ecstatic to agree to Martin Davies's proposal. But Kang Jianfei is a guy who will occupy the woman who has even been there. His perverted desire to control has long regarded DreamWorks as his personal thing, and it is good to say that if it exceeds 20% of the equity, he will not do it if it exceeds 20%.

According to Martin Davis, 20% of DreamWorks' equity can only be exchanged for less than 3% of Paramount's equity. How does Kang Jianfei accept this?

However, the people from the Haixi Company did not control Paramount in their personal capacity. Paramount's legal owner, the entire Haixi Company, was extremely difficult for Kang Jianfei to acquire. Now Kang Jianfei has bought 8% of Paramount's shares, not from the shareholders of Haixi Company.

And how to buy by throwing money at it. Kang Jianfei really didn't have as much money as the Haixi consortium, and even if he bought it, he didn't know how much it would cost. The best proof is two years later. Japan's Sony invested $6 billion to acquire Columbia Pictures from Coca-Cola.

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For half a day, Kang Jianfei didn't know how many fish he caught, and he threw it back into the lake anyway.

When he packed up the fishing gear and went back, Kang Jianfei walked towards the red pepper. The fierce horse who was teasing Bai Qiangwei immediately became quiet, and he honestly asked Kang Jianfei to put the saddle on its back.

Kang Jianfei patted the horse's head and said with a smile, "It seems that this is a smart horse with a good mind."

Martin Davis got on his horse and laughed, "I'll give it to you if you like it."

Kang Jianfei shook his head and said, "Actually, I don't really like horses."

Martin Davis said, "Don't say no, Kang. No one dares to ride a red pepper except you, and if I were twenty years younger, I would have tamed it myself."

"Since that's the case, then thank you for your gift." Kang Jianfei didn't refuse any more, and sent it back to Hong Kong to throw it directly at the horse farm, where a special person would help him feed and take care of it. If this horse has a better temper, he can still be brought in for filming when he makes costume TV and movies in the future.

Back at the residence of Martin Davis, the servants had brought out the barbecue, and there were some ingredients for barbecue beside it.

As night gradually fell, the boundless pasture was silent, a bonfire was lit in the open space, and a professional barbecue chef kept busy.

Kang Jianfei ate two pieces of roasted meat and couldn't help but ask, "Excuse me, Mr. Davis, doesn't your family live here?"

"It's no pretense, my wife has been dead for many years, and the children are all staying in the big city. They can't live on the ranch in the country." Martin Davis laughed.

Don't think that Martin Davies is willing to be plain and live a hermit life, then you are very wrong.

This old guy is about to take a helicopter to work every now and then. He is almost 60 years old. When he is in the mood, someone will send him a beautiful young model and actor with a phone call.

Of course, this guy prefers to take care of the farm, and when the hunting season arrives, he will go hunting in the forest with a hunting rifle.

During the barbecue, Kang Jianfei continued to discuss cooperation with Martin Davis. As a result, this guy was only willing to sell 10% of the Paramount shares held by Haixi Company, and was not willing to cooperate with Kang Jianfei in the fields of games and media.

Martin Davis does not sell, does not mean that other shareholders of Hercynian company do not sell.

After three days at Martin's farm. Kang Jianfei took Lizhi to California to visit Lin Qingxia. Of course, the two women would not meet, and Lizhi was arranged by Kang Jianfei to deal with other matters.

at this time. "Rain Man" has sold $160 million at the horror box office in North America, surpassing "Fatal Attraction", the second-highest box office in 1987, and sprinting toward the box office champion "Three Dads and One Baby."

Among the two films, "Fatal Attraction" is produced by Paramount, and "Three Nurses and One Baby" is produced by a film company affiliated to Universal Pictures.

Just when "Rain Man" gained both fame and fortune, fierce disagreements arose at the shareholders' meeting of Haixi Industrial Company.

The acquisition team hired by Kang Jianfei did not stop. When Kang Jianfei met with Martin Davies, they were also reaching out to other shareholders of Hercynian Industries.

Not everyone is as rich as Martin Davis, and several shareholders suffered heavy losses in the stock market crash two months ago. Coupled with the decline in Paramount's performance in the past two years, it has long wanted to sell its shares to raise money. These people want to sell not only the shares of Paramount, but also the shares of Japan's Sega Co., Ltd. They are only interested in industrial investment. It was originally against investing in the video game industry. Now that the profit has been made several times, it is time to change it into cash.

Looking at a bunch of noisy guys around him, Martin Davis felt a headache, and the final decision could only be to compromise with each other.

Kang Jianfei did not know how Hercynian Company handled it internally. The answer he got was that Hercynian Industrial Company was willing to sell 18% of Paramount shares to DreamWorks for a total price of 1 billion US dollars.

If it was replaced before the stock market crash, the price was still relatively reasonable. But now that both Hercynian and Paramount's share prices have plummeted, Hercynian's offer is clearly a rip-off.

Kang Jianfei felt that the shares sold by Haixi were too small. And the price was so high that the acquisition team had to continue negotiating.

Los Angeles, Lin Qingxia's home.

Lin Qingxia, who had just come out of the bathroom, had an intoxicating fragrance on her body. She shook her wet hair, walked to the dressing table and sat down, asking, "When are you going back to Hong Kong?"

Kang Jianfei combed Lin Qingxia's hair with his fingers and said with a hair dryer, "Maybe I will stay for a week or two, and things in Taiwan are a bit more serious."

Lin Qingxia said: "I heard that Fengjiao is helping you run this matter?"

Afraid of her jealousy, Kang Jianfei explained, "Most of the time, Yu Ganping is busy, Fengjiao stays at home with her parents, and sometimes goes to dinner with Yu Ganping."

For more than a year, Lin Qingxia occasionally took time to go back to Hong Kong to accompany Kang Jianfei, but it was inevitable that she would miss Jushaoli. She said, "How about I go back to Taipei with you this time? I still have a little face there."

"Okay, let's go back together when things get a little bit clearer here." Kang Jianfei said while blowing her hair.

Lin Qingxia asked, "How sure are you to buy Paramount?"

"Don't worry, the shareholders of Haixi Company are not stupid. As long as I can afford the price, they will not refuse to sell," Kang Jianfei said with a smile, "American devils have become more and more difficult in recent years, and the Japanese have I’m clamoring to buy the entire United States, and I can’t lose to Little Japan no matter what.”

"Speak big." Lin Qingxia scolded with a smile.

Kang Jianfei's words were only general, and there was a reason why he was so sure of joining Paramount. Under the detailed investigation of the acquisition team, Kang Jianfei knew that the top management of Haixi Company and Paramount were not monolithic, and there were many differences in the operation of Paramount.

Martin Davis wanted Kang Jianfei to become Paramount's share price. In addition to improving Paramount's operating conditions, he actually wanted to use this good news to boost Paramount's share price.

The economic stagnation in the United States for many years has caused Americans to lose confidence in their own economy, and instead have confidence in Asian companies, especially Japanese companies. Once Kang Jianfei's achievements in the past few years are deliberately publicized in the United States, the entry of Hong Kong funds into Paramount is definitely good news for shareholders.

After staying in the United States for more than half a month, "Rain Man" has already been released. Kang Jianfei finally waited for the feedback from Haixi Company again.

"Rain Man" eventually grossed more than $170 million in North America, jumping to the top of the 1987 North American box office chart, and was nominated for multiple Golden Globes.

"The Hollywood Reporter" gave "Rain Man" a very high evaluation: "This year's most touching film, family love can surpass. Hoffman's interpretation of autistic patients is very good, we should give autistic groups more more attention."

The American media has paid great attention to the autism group. With the popularity of "Rain Man" in the United States, the actor's realistic prototype, Kim Pike (autistic patient), was also reported by the media one after another. All walks of life have issued invitations to Kim Peake.

Kim Peake's father took him to give speeches everywhere, in communities, schools, welfare institutions, hospitals... You can see Kim Peake's speeches everywhere. The most touching thing is that his speeches did not receive a cent.

Under the widespread attention of the society, many medical and scientific research institutions have increased their investment in autism research. Kang Jianfei also took the opportunity to ask Anne Hurd to make a high-profile announcement that, in the name of Oriental Film Company, from the box office of "Rain Man" Donate $5 million to scientific research institutions for autism research.

This move brought a good reputation to Oriental Film Company, and a series of films such as "Terminator" and "Out of Africa" ​​invested by Oriental Film Company in the United States were once again turned up and brought up by the media, and Kang Jianfei, the behind-the-scenes boss, was even regarded as a Movie legends appear before the masses.

Then came the news that Kang Jianfei was about to enter Paramount Pictures, one of the eight Hollywood film giants in the United States and the second largest annual box office in North America, to acquire 29% of Paramount Pictures at a price of 1.5 billion US dollars. Equity.

In terms of Paramount's current share price~lightnovelpub.net~ This is a very expensive acquisition price, not far from Sony's acquisition of Columbia Pictures more than a year later, both of which were severely ripped off by the Yankees. .

But if you don't spend so much money, the other party won't sell it at all, Kang Jianfei can only smile and grit his teeth and pay the big money obediently.

The 8% stake in Paramount acquired before is much cheaper. In total, Kang Jianfei holds 37% of Paramount’s shares and becomes the second largest shareholder (the largest shareholder) of this Hollywood film giant. It is Haixi Industrial Company, but in fact Kang Jianfei is the shareholder with the most shares).

Before the popularity of "Rain Man" has not disappeared, the media's hype on Kang Jianfei is Paramount's propaganda behavior. When the news of Kang Jianfei becoming Paramount's second largest shareholder came out, the second wave of propaganda companies was even more violent. The films that Kang Jianfei invested in and directed over the years were reported clearly.

Especially just less than two months after Christmas, the three films invested by Kang Jianfei were sold in East Asia, North America and Europe at the same time.

On the day Kang Jianfei and Paramount officially signed the contract, Paramount's stock price jumped 6%. (To be continued..) u()