Silicon Valley

v2 Chapter 139: Acquired theaters

   Henry smiled slightly at these shareholders and motioned them to sit down.

   "Meeting for the first time, welcome everyone!" Henry said hello.

   "Mr. Williams, hello!"

"Hehe, I called you all over for the meeting today because I am going to announce an important thing. I decided to introduce the IMDB website into the theater line and use the advantage of our IMDB website on the Internet to realize the function of'online booking'! Enrich the content of our website, and use the fashionable and interesting way of'booking online' to attract users and form a more sticky industrial chain! Secondly, with the theater chain, we will have more voice in Hollywood, which can improve our status!!"

   Everyone nodded when they heard it.

   "Well, yes, this idea is very interesting!"

   "Yes, booking tickets online, presumably young people like it very much!"

   "……"

   Everyone discussed for a while, Henry said: "In the 1980s, due to the popularization of video recorders and cable TV, the attendance rate of theaters decreased. At present, major theater companies are struggling. It is the best time for us to buy the bottom!!!"

   "Mr. Williams, you also said that the theater company is currently struggling. If we buy the theater company, wouldn't it be more burdensome?!" At this time, a shareholder suddenly sang a rebound and asked. When other stock markets heard this, they all looked thoughtful. Just now I thought Henry's idea was quite good, but in an instant, he felt bad again...

Henry smiled, "You are very good at asking this question, so we will make a major renovation after we acquire the theater line!!! We want to build a comprehensive large super theater with 24 screens. More movies can be shown at the same time. The space of the super theater is huge. Instead of the current narrow and dim condition of multi-hall theaters, the stadium-style seats are installed so that the line of sight will not be blocked by the audience in front. The sound is very good, so it can make watching movies more comfortable. In addition, the huge space also allows other income-generating departments to "boom", such as popcorn, restaurants, video game rooms, and the sale of CDs and books!!!"

   Once Henry finished speaking, everyone was dumbfounded, thinking carefully, if there was such a theater, I would definitely be willing to spend money to go to the movies. With more moviegoers, the income around the theater will definitely increase significantly. Finally, after a careful calculation, maybe the theater can make a lot of money...! ! However, in this way, the investment is huge, and if the business is not good, you will lose a lot of money!

   Everyone immediately started talking to each other.

   "Mr. Williams, I think it's better to be more cautious. When the theater's profitability improves, we will buy the theater company again?"

   "Yes, yes, the current situation of the theater company is difficult, and the prospect is unclear. It is not suitable for acquisition for the time being!!!"

   "……"

   Henry's face sank. He didn't expect so many people to object.

   High risk has high return!

   When the prospects are clear, it will not be so easy to acquire a theater line. If you want to buy it, others may not sell it! Or, there will be competitors. In short, the acquisition of cinema chains has to be done at the most difficult time for cinema companies! In a few years, there will be big movie special effects, and then movie theaters will become popular again!

   If you don't make a move at this time, when will you wait?

   Henry looked at the large and small shareholders around him, and said in a deep voice: "The theaters must be acquired. I believe that in the future, the cinema will definitely bring us huge profits!!!"

"Mr. Williams, we can't decide whether to buy a theater company based on your personal will! If you make a mistake, would you make IMDB suffer a heavy loss!!!" A shareholder couldn't understand Henry very much. Speaking loudly with a hint of reprimand.

   Henry's face changed when he heard this!

"My will is the order!!! The IMDB website must buy the cinema company. If you are not satisfied, you can immediately withdraw the shares, and I will let you settle the settlement on the spot!!!" Henry patted the table, stood up, and stared. Grimly, staring at the person who spoke.

   The man was so scared that he did not dare to speak, his face flushed.

   "Huh!" Henry turned his head and looked at Marcy Filimont, "Just do what I said, do market research immediately to find a suitable acquisition target!!!"

   "Yes!!!" Marcy Filimont nodded hurriedly.

   Henry moved his seat and walked directly out of the meeting room!

  Marcy Filimont took a look and announced: "The meeting is over, everyone is gone!!!"

   After the shareholders' meeting adjourned, they discussed in the corridor.

   "Henry Williams has such a big temper!"

   "Young and vigorous, don't you know?"

   "My will is the command, this sentence is so dangling!!!"

   "Hehe, if I were a billionaire, I would be so hungry!!!"

   "I just didn't expect the chairman of IMDB website to be Henry Williams. It seems that the Nicholas Group is also Henry Williams holding!"

"I heard that Henry Williams’ grandfather’s surname was Nicholas. He originally opened a chain of bookstores called Nicholas Bookstore. When the Nicholas Group was first established, it also sold books, but what he did was Online shopping! Obviously, the Nicholas Group of Companies was founded by Henry Williams. His attendance at the previous board meeting is the best proof!!!"

   "Uhhhhh, yes yes, you said clearly and clearly, I can now quite confirm that Henry Williams is the master behind the Nicholas Group!!!"

"Oh, God, have you ever calculated his worth? We all know that he holds 75% of Cisco’s shares and almost owns 100 billion U.S. dollars! The Nicholas Group currently has a market value of 90 billion U.S. dollars, although we don’t know his specifics. How many shares are held, but the number of shares held must be more than half, reaching absolute holdings, so there are 45 billion U.S. dollars!!!"

"Haha, don’t forget, he also has 360 Holdings Group. He also had a quarrel with Microsoft before and made headlines in the media!!! 360 Holdings Group owns 360 McAfee and Netscape. These two Together, the market value of these companies is approaching 30 billion U.S. dollars!!! Of course, I'm sure he has other companies!"

   "Uh... I think he is worth close to 200 billion U.S. dollars!"

   "Oh! It's horrible..."

"Yeah yeah!!!"

A few days later ~lightnovelpub.net~ the website ceo Marcy Filimon gave a list to Henry, "Chairman, this is the information we collected on the theaters. Among them, we are most optimistic about the AMC theaters. group!"

   AMC cinema, Henry is no stranger.

   AMC Cinemas established the first cinema in 1920, and then developed into a cinema group with 400 cinemas in the world. It is the world's largest IMAX and 3D screen operating company! AMC is very legendary and has created many film history firsts. For example, the concept of multi-hall is introduced for the first time, the armrest of the seat is set to be adjustable, and the armrest is raised to become a couple seat; a cup holder is set on the armrest to make it more convenient for the audience to place drinks, etc...

In 2012, Dalian Wanda acquired the second largest theater operator in the United States for US$2.9 billion, which aroused the pride of the Chinese. Many of them joked that they could finally edit the "News Network" and release it to Foreigners look...

   At present, AMC is the largest theater chain in the United States, but it was later surpassed by Sovereign Entertainment. Sovereign Entertainment was established in 1989, 69 years later than AMC, but since then it has been achieving rapid expansion by annexing small cinema chains, and there will be consortium support behind it in all likelihood! ! !

   Now, if the IMDB website acquires AMC, then AMC will not only be able to maintain the name of the number one theater in the United States, but will also become the number one theater in the world! ! !

   "That's it!!!" Henry snapped his fingers and said lightly.

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