Rebirth of the Great Entertainment Empire

v1 Chapter 324: Local tycoon

To be honest, Xu Cun is not a person who likes politics.

But it is impossible for the business to be as big as Xu Cun and to be insulated from politics.

for example:

Under the restrictions of the US anti-monopoly law, US film companies cannot operate theaters vertically. In addition, in order to become a Hollywood giant, in addition to making good movies, you must also have a media network. Therefore, the parent companies of several major Hollywood giants are either doing TV, or newspapers, or records.

In other words, if Xu Cun wants to buy a theater chain in the United States, due to the restrictions of the anti-monopoly law, DreamWorks Films cannot be the parent company. Therefore, Xu Cun must have a company that makes TV, newspapers or records as the parent company of DreamWorks (the US branch) and the theater chain that Xu Cun wants to buy, so that Xu Cun can not offend the US antitrust laws.

In the last life, the media tycoon Murdoch took advantage of the troubles of 20th Century Fox and bought its stock at a high price. At the same time, he also used the acquisition of seven TV stations of the Metropolitan Media Company to form the Fox Television Company. To that end, he sold The Village Voice and The Sun-Times. However, U.S. law prohibits non-U.S. citizens from owning a newspaper and a TV station at the same time. In order to build his own television network, Murdoch had to join the United States g nationality. A year later, Fox Television became the fourth largest television company in the United States after the American Broadcasting Corporation (aBc) and Columbia Broadcasting Corporation (netBc).

Among TV, newspapers and records, Xu Cun prefers to be a TV network. In other words, Xu Cun is ready to go the way of Murdoch's TV network.

but--

Murdoch's road is not easy to walk - in the last life, Murdoch had many newspapers in his hands to advocate for himself, and many bigwigs on Wall Street helped him lobby the US government, then he also joined the US nationality Only then was he able to establish his own media empire.

Compared with Murdoch, Xu Cun's only advantage is that he does not have a newspaper office in the United States, and he does not need to violate the law that non-US citizens are not allowed to own a newspaper office and a TV station at the same time.

but--

Even so, it is by no means easy for Xu Cun, a native of Hong Kong, to establish a TV network in the US, especially when no one is helping him lobby the US government.

Regardless of whether it is a TV network or a US-g cinema chain, for Xu Cun, who wants to build a big entertainment empire, they are all determined to win!

Therefore, Xu Cun must make some political investments in the United States.

It is precisely because of this that Xu Cun took a lot of effort to catch up with the Bush family when the U.S. election was about to take place.

Today, Bush Sr. is competing with President Reagan for the next presidential candidate within the Republican Party.

Xu Cun naturally knew that Bush Sr. had no chance at all and could only continue to be his vice president obediently in the end.

But even so, Xu Cun is still ready to invest in Bush Sr., it can be said to invest in the Bush family.

Xu Cun did this because of Xu Cun's consideration:

First of all, the vice president also has great power, at least it is not a big problem to help Xu Cun lobby the US government.

Secondly, Bush Sr. will serve as the next U.S. President in 1988, and Bush Sr.'s son, Bush Jr., will serve as the U.S. President in two thousand years. Such a potential family is certainly worthy of his investment.

The U.S. general election not only competes for personal charm, but also for money - "money is the breast milk of politics", and the Bush family's political achievements are naturally inseparable from their rich pockets. Bush's great-grandfather was a manufacturing tycoon, and Bush's grandmother came from a family of financial magnates. The Bush family's industries cover oil, banking, military enterprises and even sports. It can be said that the Bush family is one of the biggest predators on Wall Street.

Of course, not to mention Bush Jr., even Bush Sr. has not yet become president, so there is still a lot of gap between the Bush family and the Adams family, the Roosevelt family, and the Kennedy family, the three most beautiful families.

This is also the reason why Xu Cun decided to invest in the Bush family - after all, the icing on the cake is never a good thing to impress, isn't it?

The core figure of the Bush family is undoubtedly Bush Sr. The reason why Bush Jr. was elected governor of Texas that year was because many voters looked at the face of his father, Bush Sr. And if Bush is the core of the Bush family, then his wife Barbara is the soul of the Bush family. Externally, Barbara showed herself as a kind old grandmother, winning many hearts for her family. Internally, she was in charge of power, and she taught her children and grandchildren to be obedient. After Bush became president, he still had to get up in the morning and drink coffee with the whole family according to his mother's rules, and he was still taught by his mother.

Xu Cun came to Texas this time to visit Barbara, one of the most powerful women in the United States.

Because Barbara is a woman, Xu Cun also brought Gong Li, a big girl from Shandong - Barbara promised to see Xu Cun suddenly, and Xu Cun could not let He Chaoqiong or others in Xiangjiang accompany him See Barbara~lightnovelpub.net~ So Xu Cun could only bring Gong Li, who came to play with him in the US.

(Lizhi has been pregnant for more than a month, so she didn't go to the North with Xu Cun or come to the United States with Xu Cun.)

Listening to Xu Cun saying that he was going to take her to visit the wife of the Vice President of the United States, Gong Li was very nervous - so much so that she tried on the clothes Xu Cun bought for her one by one, and then picked out a set that satisfied her. See guest clothes.

pity--

All Gong Li did was in vain - Barbara only gave Xu Cun five minutes, and during these five minutes, Barbara almost didn't look at Gong Li directly.

During these five minutes, Barbara first said that she and Bush Sr. both liked watching movies directed by Xu Cun, and then chatted with Xu Cun, and then said that Bush Sr. had a great impression of Chinese G people. Well, after that, I euphemistically said that she still has something to do in a while.

In the eyes of Barbara, the current Xu Cun is just a local tyrant with assets of more than two billion US dollars. This money is indeed a lot for individuals, but it is nothing for a big family and a big group. If it wasn't for the Chinese person Xu Cun was looking for who had a very deep friendship with Barbara, Barbara would never have met Xu Cun, a local tyrant, let alone chatted with Xu Cun for five minutes.

In this regard, Xu Cun, who has always been self-aware, can still figure it out.

Therefore, Xu Cun first put a check for fifty million dollars that had been prepared on the table, and then stood up and said goodbye to Barbara.

The Bush family is rich, but that money belongs to the entire Bush family after all, and the $50 million that Xu Cun owns can be owned by Barbarash himself, and the $50 million is just a gift from Xu Cun to the Bush family.

Xu Cun believed that, with Barbara's wisdom, he would not be ignorant of this, and Barbara would surely encourage the Bush family to accept Xu Cun, a local tyrant who was willing to pay.

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(To be continued.) 8