Chapter 385 Kyushu has become stronger (7K chapter, please subscribe~)

   Sears Department Store in North America is a department store established only 20 years ago, but this department store already has more than 30 branches in North America.

The owner, Gould, is not from a wealthy family. He is a model of the North American dream that North America likes to promote. There are more than 30 branches.

  The secret is to issue new shares.

  The continuous issuance of new shares allowed Gould to obtain sufficient funds in the stock market to expand his branches.

  The number of stores in Sears Department Store has indeed increased, but Gould's shareholding in the company has been very thin. At this time, his shareholding in the company is less than 31%.

   Commercial success made Gould not care about these things.

  Gould hopes that his department store can one day reach the size of Macy's. At that time, it will be a real success for Gould.

   Coincidentally, the head office of Sears department store is in Los Angeles.

   Today, Gould, as usual, after finishing the work at hand, is going to have a Cuban cigar to relax, and then go to the KitKat club to continue relaxing in the evening.

  KitKat Club is a well-known club in Los Angeles. Although Gould is fifty years old and has his own children, this does not prevent Gould from visiting KitKat Club.

   But just as Gould was enjoying his cigar, the phone on his desk rang.

   Gould disliked being disturbed at this time, but in the end he still answered the call, after all, the work was not over yet.

   It was Gould stockbroker Browne who called.

   "Brown, do you have any good stock recommendations?" Gould exhaled a smoke ring with a relaxed expression on his face.

  But Gould has already told himself in his heart that although the Dow Jones Index has risen somewhat during this period, according to the current situation in North America, he will definitely not buy any more stocks.

   It is more appropriate to put banknotes in your own pocket.

  Brown's voice on the phone was a little nervous, and he said, "Mr. Gould, there is something I need to report to you!"

  Gould didn't care, and still said with a smile: "As long as you don't recommend some junk stocks to me, that's fine!"

Browne didn't care about Gould's ridicule, and said seriously: "Mr. Gould, according to our securities firm's observations, people have been buying your company's stock in the past three days, which has also caused your company's stock price to fall. In the past three days, it has risen by 8%!"

  Gould instantly put down the cigar in his hand, his face became serious, and he asked three questions in succession: "Who? How many have you bought? Why are you telling me now?"

On the phone, Browne's voice was a little disturbed, and he said: "According to our observations, about 15% should have been acquired. As for who the other party is, I haven't found out yet. In addition, the other party was a retail investor two days ago, so We didn't notice it, but just before the market closed this afternoon, they suddenly received a large sum of 8% of the shares, which made us pay attention."

  Gould was starting to feel nervous at this time. In the past, he led the company's development and never paid much attention to the company's shares he held, but now he heard Browne say that someone was buying his company's shares with a lot of money.

  In an instant, Gould realized that the company's stock he held had already fallen below 31%!

   "Immediately acquire, immediately acquire the company's outstanding shares in the stock market!" Gould said loudly.

  Sears is his destiny, and it is the basis for him to surpass Macy's in the future. Gould will never allow anyone to be interested in his Sears.

  Brown said helplessly: "Mr. Gould, the stock market is closed now, even if you want to buy, you have to wait until the stock market opens tomorrow!"

  Gould just remembered this matter, and continued to ask Brown: "What does Wall Street say about this matter?"

Browne said: "This incident happened too quickly, and there is no news from Wall Street. What we need to worry about now is whether the other party is optimistic about the future development of Sears under your leadership, Mr. Gould." Well, the other party wants to gain control of Sears Department Store!"

   "You mean a hostile takeover?" Gould's voice trembled.

   Now he doesn't know who the opponent is, and he doesn't know the real purpose of the opponent. This situation makes Gould's back feel chills.

   "It's possible!" Browne also said helplessly.

   "It's possible!" Gould was furious, and directly sprayed on the phone: "fuckyou, I give you so much money every year, and you actually told me it's possible?"

  Brown did not show any emotional fluctuations in the face of Gould's anger: "If you want to, Mr. Gould, I have no objection, but I think we should figure out the current situation more now!"

   Gould roared angrily, and said, "Wait, I'll go to the airport now and book a plane to New York tomorrow!"

   Regarding this matter, Gould did not dare to take it lightly!

  The market value of my company is about 200 million U.S. dollars. If the other party really wants to take over hostilely, as long as the other party takes out more than 70 million U.S. dollars in cash, the acquired shares can exceed myself.

  He was really worried!

  Universal Pictures, President's Office!

  Lu Warserman was sitting in his office chair, and sitting across from him was Kelly, the president of Vertex Pictures!

"Mr. Wasserman, Universal insisted on buying the copyright of "Jaws" before, wasn't it just because it liked the movie? Why is the movie about to be promoted now, but Universal wants to lower its promotion level from A to What about B-rank?"

  Kelly didn't tell Lu Wo Zeman what the so-called breach of contract was. In the case of unequal strength, background, and connections, if she said such a thing, she had no choice but to make herself uncomfortable.

  The most important thing is that if you really want to go to court, it will be a year or even a few years before the judgment of this case is pronounced.

  Kelly believes that Universal must have this strength, and the daylilies in "Jaws" will be cold by then.

  So now we can only continue to discuss this matter with the other party.

  Lu Weserman naturally knew this, so Lu Weserman was so confident at this time, did he really think that it would be okay to buy the copyright of "Jaws" in the hands of his company?

"Miss Kelly, our company has already given an answer about the downgrade of the promotion of "Jaws". .

   Besides, our company has already promised your company that if the attendance rate of the movie is high, our company will definitely increase the corresponding publicity level at that time! "

  Kelly didn't get too entangled with Lu Wo Zeman on this matter, because it itself is a matter of entanglement.

   "Since Mr. Wasserman thinks so, then our company is willing to bear the difference between the publicity expenses. Of course, when the box office is divided in the future, your company also needs to reduce its share in proportion."

  Since Universal is not optimistic about this movie, Kelly can only negotiate with Lu Wo Zeman according to the method Chu Huan told herself before.

  Lu Wo Zeman frowned slightly, and then stretched out: "Miss Kelly, your company's production is just like you, is it also a new entry into the film industry?"

   A wave of anger rose in Kelly's heart. Lu Wo Zeman is obviously saying that their Vertex Films is a new film company, and he is also a newcomer to Hollywood.

  "Newcomers are full of vigor, while old people are dull. Isn't it the characteristics of young people to dare to fight hard!"

  Although there was already anger in her heart, Kelly still kept herself calm.

This time, Lu Wo Zeman showed displeasure, and said: "Since Apex Pictures is so optimistic about the movie "Jaws", please do as you wish, and then Universal will send the bill to your company! "

  The reason why Kelly was able to agree so happily was also because Lu Wo Zeman already knew that Vertex Pictures was contacting Paramount.

   This gave Lu Wo Zeman a sense of crisis and understood that Vertex Pictures was not the only partner of them.

   As for the movie "Jaws", Lu Wo Zeman believes that this movie should make money, but Lu Wo Zeman doesn't have much confidence in how much it will make.

So after watching the sample of this movie, he decided to downgrade it to a B-level promotion. Of course, if there is no reason why Vertex Pictures snatched the copyright of the novel "Jaws", Not impossible.

  But now that Vertex Pictures is willing to share the risk, Lu Wo Zeman naturally has no objection. The trivial matter of grabbing copyright is insignificant in the face of interests.

   Soon the two parties re-signed the contract on film promotion.

   "Miss Kelly, the film industry is different from other industries. This industry is very particular about experience. The president of a successful film production company should have a keen eye for the success of a film!"

   When Lu Warzerman separated from Kelly, he still did not forget to tease Kelly as a newcomer.

At this time, Kelly has already figured it out. In Hollywood, the box office is the last word. As long as this "Jaws" can succeed in the box office, then looking back today, Lu Wo Zeman is a joke !

   "Thank you for the reminder, Mr. Wasserman, Vertex Pictures will pay attention to this aspect in the future!"

   After speaking, Kelly turned and left.

   Seeing Kelly leaving, Lu Wo Zeman was slightly taken aback, but unexpectedly, Kelly didn't respond at all!

  It seems that those who can establish their own film companies in Hollywood still have certain strengths, but their vision for watching movies is a bit poor.

   Shaking his head with a smile, Lu Wo Zeman began to busy with other things.

  Inside the hotel!

   "Mr. Chu, Henry and George just called. They have completed the task of acquiring 15% of the shares of Sears Department Store. They asked us what should we do next?"

  Jerry Kohlberg asked Chu Huan who had just arrived in the room.

  Chu Huan saw that Jerry Kohlberg's desk was full of materials from Sears.

   "What do you think about this matter?" Chu Huan didn't answer Jerry Kohlberg's question directly, but asked instead.

Jerry Kohlberg said in a deep voice: "I have been looking at the materials of Sears and Gould for the past three days, and it can be seen that this person has a great desire for power. The main reason for the small number of shares in Sears Department Store is that Sears Department Store has developed too fast.

   Now Gould is only fifty years old, and his body is very healthy. It is conceivable that it is the same as our guess. This person will definitely not give up control of Sears Department Store easily! "

  Chu Huan nodded slightly, which is why they used Gould's Sears department store as the first target.

   "Gould has bought a plane ticket to Los Angeles!"

   Chu Huan preached to Jerry Kohlberg.

  Jerry Kohlberg was taken aback for a moment, but he didn't expect Chu Huan to know about it.

  Chu Huan was able to know about this, naturally because besides Qin Peng and others who followed Chu Huan to Los Angeles, Gao Kai also brought a team to Los Angeles.

North America is different from Japan. Japanese private detectives are everywhere. Ma Jizu's investigation department can also invest in several private detective agencies to investigate the situation in Japan for themselves. However, the territory in North America is too large. The energy is being focused on political investment in Japan, Europe and other places, and now there is no extra energy to deal with North American business.

  That's why when Chu Huan came, he brought Gao Kai and others with him for the present matter.

  When Chu Huan confirmed that Sears Department Store was the first one, Gao Kai's team had already started to stare at Gould.

   "So, Gould should already know that someone is buying shares in their company!"

  Jerry Kohlberg did not ask how Chu Huan knew that Gould was going to New York, but continued to analyze the matter.

Chu Huan nodded. In fact, the plan this time is a bit aggressive. If the time can be extended and scattered, he can also buy more shares of Sears Department Store. A company in Ershi Department Store started.

   And 15% of the shares is already enough, just enough for Chu Huan to operate, and there are still some wealthy ones.

  After the acquisition of Sears Department Store in the past three days by Henry Clivey and George Roberts, the market value has risen from the original 200 million US dollars to 216 million US dollars.

   It also cost Chu Huan 31 million US dollars to acquire the shares of Sears Department Store. The cash in hand is enough for Chu Huan to plan the next step.

   "I believe in the abilities of Henry and George, and I also believe in the influence of American Express. No one should know that they are buying Sears."

   Chu Huan preached.

   Regarding Chu Huan's judgment, Jerry Kohlberg didn't have any opinion, and asked: "Then shall we continue to acquire the shares of Sears Department Store, or publish our news in the Wall Street Journal!"

  Chu Huan simply pondered for a while, and then said: "Publish it!"

   After leaving Jerry Kohlberg's room, Chu Huan left the hotel directly and came to a top-level apartment in Hollywood.

  Although the current Chu Huan can afford the Beverly Hills manor, and the Beverly Hills manor is actually not expensive now, the ones worth millions of dollars are considered top-notch, and the ones that almost cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.

But who told Chu Huan to finalize the land in the East of Tsim Sha Tsui? Now is the time to spend money, so Chu Huan did not buy a manor in Beverly Hills. In fact, this apartment is not Chu Huan's, but It's Kelly's.

   "Looking at you, the industry of Universal Pictures must not be particularly happy.!"

  Chu Huan entered the living room, saw Kelly who was sullen, and sat beside her with a smile.

  Although Kelly understands the survival rules of Hollywood production companies, she understands and accepts. She can use this mentality to face Lu Wo Zeman, but she will definitely be angry when she is alone.

   "When "Jaws" is released, I will definitely slap Lu Warzeman in the face!"

  After hearing what Chu Huan said, Kelly immediately preached angrily.

  Chu Huan chuckled. Although Kelly didn't say it clearly, Chu Huan also understood that Kelly must have discussed the re-division with Lu Wo Zeman.

   "That's for sure, when did you see me make a wrong judgment?"

  Kelly rubbed her buttocks, then sat in Chu Huan's arms, and seriously said to Chu Huan: "When will Vertex Pictures open its own distribution channel?"

  In today's film industry, the distribution channel is basically the foundation of a film company. With its own distribution channel, even if it can't make a good movie, it can still be very popular.

  Chu Huan said with a smile: "Aren't you worried about the Paramount Act?"

  The North American government enacted the Paramount Act because of the monopoly of the seven major studios on the North American film industry at that time.

  From now on, production companies and theater companies must be separated!

  Kelly said indifferently: "It's not easy. If you change to another company, it's really impossible to let your black and white media buy a theater chain in Hollywood!"

  Chu Huan shook his head and said: "The matter is so simple, and the North American government is not so easy to fool."

"Anyway, I don't think they are smart!" Kelly, as a traditional North American woman, is the same as many North Americans. of states have a sense of belonging.

  By the way, Kelly is from Texas, that is, the Texas where she wanted to be independent after she had nothing to do, not the Texas where the grilled chicken is produced in her hometown!

  Chu Huan laughed.

  Kelly said to Chu Huan: "By the way, which friend of yours made Brother Audio-Visual, now many companies in Hollywood have objections to this company, you have to tell your friend!"

   Kyushu home video recorders have entered the European and American markets at the beginning of April. It is the same as Japan, and the ones that are bought are very popular!

   Originally, according to Chu Huan's idea, the profits from Kyushu video recorders would not be used within a year, and all the sales channels in the global electronic market would be opened up with this money!

  But looking at the current sales situation, maybe three months will be enough!

  As for Sony's home video recorder in the BEAT format, it was broken when it was launched in Japan, and Chen Haichao was so excited to play it.

  Although Chen Haichao has set his sights on the European and American markets, Chen Haichao has never forgotten the various stumbling blocks of Sony when Kyushu home video recorders were advertising in Japan.

  So Chen Haichao asked Ma Jizu's private detective agency in Japan to investigate the situation of the Sony VCR brand spokesperson.

  Perhaps Sony wants to highlight the status of its home video recorder in the family, so it specially invited a celebrity couple who are particularly famous in Japan in this era to be spokespersons.

   is to highlight the atmosphere of home.

   As a result, the private detective invested by Ma Jizu found out some things. The two belonged to a husband and wife on the surface, and they were completely different in private!

   Then, on the day Sony’s home video recorder was launched, what accompanied it was not an advertisement praising the product, but a flood of photos and reports about the infidelity of the endorsement star couple in major newspapers.

   And Sony is their latest endorsement product.

   Then amidst the condemnation of the people all over Japan, Sony's home video recorder went cold!

  However, other brands of home video recorders have also been launched one after another. It is undeniable that they have taken away some Kyushu home video recorder markets.

  Especially those brand-name home video recorders that use the VHS format.

  However, both Chu Huan and Chen Haichao agreed with this, because Sony's failure to succeed led to VHS beginning to occupy the market faster.

   But even so, in the current market of home video recorders, there are actually only two kinds of home video recorders, one is Kyushu home video recorders, and the other is other brands of home video recorders!

  The most important thing is that as home video recorders are purchased by more and more families, the sales and rental business of video tapes are also rising, which can make up for the loss of the decline in sales of home video recorders in Kyushu.

   Now Kyushu is really Chu Huan's company that attracts gold, and it has surpassed the peripheral profits of "Fantasy Comics".

  That's why just now Chu Huan had the guts to think that maybe three months later, Kyushu would be able to establish its own complete sales channel with the profits from home video recorders.

   Then Chu Huan no longer needs to share his profits with Panasonic. Most importantly, Kyushu Walkman has now entered the formal research and development stage.

   Kyushu Lab, which already has experience in research and development of home video recorders, sent a report that the development of Kyushu Walkman is so easy!

   It will be available in the new year this year!

   At that time, Chu Huan will hold the two trump cards of the video recorder and the Walkman, and his overall strength will be able to rise to several levels!

   Don’t forget, Chu Huan’s Beacon Game has already started construction of its own factory, and it will be launched next year at the latest!

   At that time, the sky and the earth will really be free for Chu Huan to roam!

   But after all, it will be a few months later, and Chu Huan still has to face the problem in front of him at this time.

   "So the sales of Brothers audio and video are very good?"

  Before the Kyushu home video recorder was launched, Chu Huan had already asked Chen Haichao to send someone to discuss the copyright of the video tape with the people from the seven major studios.

At that time, no one in Hollywood's Big Seven took this matter to heart, they just thought that they didn't know where they were taken advantage of, and were willing to give them more money, especially when Kyushu offered them a price that they couldn't refuse. Happy.

  So in the end, Kyushu robbed all of Hollywood's seven film libraries at a price of 21 million US dollars.

   Then came the launch of Kyushu home video recorders and the establishment of flagship stores in Los Angeles and other cities in North America.

   The flock of movie fans shocked the Hollywood Seven.

  At this time, they just woke up from a dream and saw the huge video tape market.

   But it's too late!

  Because they have sold the copyright to Brother Audiovisual.

  In another time and space, MAC and Disney thought that the VCR market would impact the movie box office market, so they decided to sue the VCR manufacturers.

  But in this time and space, because of Chu Huan, home video recorders and movie video tapes appeared at the same time, causing Hollywood to see the market for video tapes in advance.

One thing can be used to describe the popularity of the home video recorder and movie video tape market in North America today. In just one month, only the movie video tape market has already used Brother Audio and Video to purchase 21 million videotape copyrights from the seven major studios. Dollars earned back!

  A videotape sells for $15 in North America!

  The rental price is cheaper.

   Greater profit comes from leasing.

  So after listening to Kelly's analysis, Chu Huan asked aloud, "What is Hollywood going to do?"

  Kelly said: "I heard that they are planning to join forces to boycott the brothers' audio and video, and prevent their company's future film and video tapes from being sold there."

  With the current popularity of Brothers Audiovisual, Hollywood film studios will definitely not sell the copyright of their own movies.

   Now that everyone has seen the popularity of this market, they naturally want to come in and get a share.

  After Chu Huan finished listening, he smiled confidently: "If that's the only way, then they must be bluffing!"

  Kelly looked at Chu Huan in confusion.

  Chu Huan explained: "If there are still a few theater companies competing in the movie theater market in North America, then there is no company that can compete with Brother Audiovisual in the U.S. video market."

  When any emerging industry emerges, there are bound to be many followers, and Brother Audio is no exception.

   During the past month, some video rental companies have appeared in some places in North America, but their scale is just like the gap between ants and elephants compared with Brother Audiovisual, which spent hundreds of millions of dollars to develop its own sales channels.

  Hollywood film studios can firmly grasp the copyright of video tapes, but they have no sales channels.

  Everything is for nothing!

   Unless there is a second company as large as Brother Audio and Video in a short period of time.

   But is it possible?

  The most important thing is that Kyushu is still the largest videotape producer in the world today. If Hollywood film studios want to make their movies into videotapes, they must rely on the sales channels of Brother Audio and Video and the production scale of Kyushu.

  Are they targeting Kyushu?

   Rather, they want to use this method to obtain more benefits in the negotiations with Kyushu!

   It's July! Thank you everyone for the past June. I finally let Huangshan see the scenery after the 1000 monthly pass again. I am very excited~ Unfortunately, the family matters have not been resolved, but it is just a matter of these two days. After the completion, Huangshan will owe June. I'll make it up for everyone~~

  

  

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