Chapter 469 DC in hand (7K chapter, please subscribe~)

  North America, New York, Rockefeller Center, North America Headquarters!

  Chu Huan was sitting in his office, checking the information of the major shareholder of Ford Motor.

Today, Ford Motor’s major shareholder division is the same as many North American companies. Except for the other 11 major shareholders who founded Ford Motor with Henry Ford, most of Ford’s stock is concentrated in major Wall Street investment banks and securities companies. within the company.

  The other 11 shareholders have developed for decades, and some shareholders have left Ford Motor for some reason, and now only 7 of them are left.

  These shareholders, along with major Wall Street investment banks and securities companies, basically hold about 62% of Ford Motor A shares.

  So Chu Huan must deal with these people if he wants to get a majority of Ford Motor A shares.

   But these people are all vampires one by one. If the price is not right, they will not sell their shares in Ford Motor.

   “Have you figured out how to talk to these people?”

  Cao Yunshang is also in Chu Huan's office, helping Chu Huan sort out Ford's information. The more he knows about Ford, the more Cao Yunshang understands that it is not an easy task to win Ford.

Chu Huan sorted out the information in his hand, and said: "Fortunately, we should thank the current instability of global oil prices and the capture of the North American market by Japanese automobiles. As a result, the stock price of Ford Motors has not only not increased this year, but also It has fallen a lot, this is a point that can be captured!"

   Throughout the late 1970s to early 1980s, the impact of the oil crisis on European and American countries was ubiquitous.

  Why did Liu Luanxiong of Xiangjiang manage to make a fortune?

   It was because of the oil crisis in Europe and the United States, which called for energy conservation and emission reduction at that time, which also allowed Da Liu's ceiling fans to enter the European and American markets smoothly.

At the same time, Japanese cars began to enter the North American market on a large scale at this time because of the oil crisis. Everyone knows that North American cars are basically cars with high fuel consumption, and Japan values ​​​​this point. Introduced an economical car with low price and lower fuel consumption.

   Then began to seize the market share of North American auto brands.

  That's why the stock prices of the North American auto industry have been growing extremely slowly or even regressing.

  Take General Motors as an example. In 1968, the market value of General Motors was as high as 22.6 billion U.S. dollars, but now it has dropped to 11.7 billion U.S. dollars.

  The reason why Ford Motor has not experienced a decline is because Ford Motor has been in the stage of mergers and acquisitions at this stage, and has acquired many automobile companies. This has not only prevented Ford Motor from falling, but has risen a lot.

But it is also because of this that the cash flow of Ford Motor itself has been in a dangerous situation. At the same time, according to Wall Street's assessment, Ford Motor's merger and acquisition journey has ended. It is precisely because of this report that the stock price of Ford Motor has been falling since last year It stagnated, and even dropped a little.

   This is the specific situation that Chu Huan knew after reading the report sent by KKR.

  Cao Yunshang also saw this, and said: "However, Ford has been in North America for so many years, and it is the second largest car manufacturer in North America. I think we should take it seriously!"

  Chu Huan nodded and said, "It's natural!"

   While the two were discussing this matter, Wu Shuhan knocked on the door and walked into Chu Huan's office.

   "Boss, ma'am!"

  Because Xu Yi returned to Xiangjiang, Wu Shuhan is now Chu Huan's full-time secretary.

   "Is there a result from Xiangjiang?" Chu Huan asked Wu Shuhan.

  Chu Huan already knew about the reports of "Oriental Daily" and "South China Morning Post" in Xiangjiang, and Xu Yi and others' counterattack strategy had also been reported to Chu Huan.

  Seeing Wu Shuhan coming over at this time, Chu Huan thought she was going to talk about the affairs of Xiangjiang!

  Wu Shuhan said: "There is indeed news from Xiangjiang, but there is a guest in the reception room who wants to see you!"

   "Guest?" Chu Huan asked, "Which one is it?"

  Wu Shuhan said: "Ted Ashley, President of Warner Brothers!"

   Ted Ashley?

  Chu Huan just remembered that in order to get Warner's DC, he set up a plan with Kelly in Los Angeles, but because of the Hyundai Group incident, Chu Huan almost forgot about it.

  I thought Ted Ashley would come to find me when I was in Las Vegas.

   Didn't expect the other party to endure until now before appearing.

   "Let's talk about the situation in Xiangjiang first!" Chu Huan said to Wu Shuhan.

  Since Ted Ashley has only come over now, it shows that the other party's patience should be good, so let the other party wait a little longer.

Wu Shuhan said: "According to the news from Manager Xu, after TVB, "True Daily" and "Daily Daily" released short videos and public statements, Xiangjiang's tone has changed, and the crisis of reputation about you, the boss, has passed. up.

  However, Manager Xu also said that the bosses behind the two newspapers, "Oriental Daily" and "South China Morning Post", have gone to the company, and hope to meet with you to clear up the previous misunderstandings! "

"Hehe!" Chu Huan smiled disdainfully, and then said: "Tell Xu Yi, I don't have time to see them, our Jiaku is not a virgin whore, it's not that they can frame up if they want to, and make peace if they want to." of!"

  Wu Shuhan nodded, and then told Chu Huan in detail about Xiangjiang's views on the grievances between Chu Huan and the Modern Group.

"Now the mainstream media in Xiangjiang generally believe that the battle between us and Hyundai Group is probably just a result of thunder and rain. After all, the two companies did not have any business intersection before this. Not in the same area."

   "They can guess as much as they want. Now that the reputation crisis over there has been resolved, let's focus on the Ford Motor now."

  Chu Huan doesn't have much thought to think about Xiangjiang's affairs now.

   After these things were finished, Chu Huan ordered Wu Shuhan to invite Ted Ashley into his office.

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At this time, Ted Ashley was sitting in the reception room of the North America library, feeling very unhappy. Ever since he learned that Vertex Pictures sold 50% of the share of "Jaws 2" to Chu Huan, Ted Ashley Shili was concerned about Chu Huan's 50% investment share.

It’s just that Ted Ashley also understands that Warner and Chu Huan had a very unpleasant quarrel because of Li Xiaolong’s movie, so Ted Ashley asked Warner Bros. executives to discuss on what terms they can get Chu Huan’s “Jaws” 2" investment share.

   While preparing to negotiate with Kelly of Vertex Films, get some investment shares from the other party!

Originally, Ted Ashley still wanted to suppress Vertex Pictures, but during the negotiation process between the two parties, Kelly suddenly agreed to join Twentieth Century Fox, which disrupted all of Ted Ashley's plans at once. plan.

  If Vertex Pictures wants to eat alone, Ted Ashley can naturally join several other large Hollywood production companies to block Vertex Pictures.

  But now that Vertex Pictures has divided the cake, the so-called ban is no longer possible.

  In fact, this is the conclusion that Chu Huan and Kelly reached after re-discussing. The only way for Warner Bros. to have more sense of crisis is to allow the other party to take out more bargaining chips.

  What can be done now is to find a way with the investment share in Chu Huan's hands.

   This is why Ted Ashley took so long to meet Chu Huan.

   But what Ted Ashley didn't expect was that when he flew to Las Vegas, he found out that Chu Huan had left Las Vegas and came to New York.

  After some inquiries, Ted Ashley finally found out that Chu Huan had set up a North American club in North America, but Ted Ashley had no choice but to fly to New York again.

   Almost without a break, Ted Ashley came to the Rockefeller Center, but what made him angry was that he had been waiting for almost half an hour, and Chu Huan hadn't come to see him yet!

Just when Ted Ashley's patience was about to run out, Wu Shuhan returned to the reception room, and said to Ted Ashley with a professional smile: "Mr. Ashley, our boss has time to see you now Already!"

   Hoo!

   In order to make money, it doesn't matter if you kneel, and there will be a chance for Chu Huan to kneel in front of you in the future!

   After Ah Q comforted himself, Ted Ashley followed Wu Shuhan to Chu Huan's office with a smile.

  Chu Huan sat there, did not get up to greet him, but said with a faint smile: "Mr. Ashley, long time no see!"

  Ted Ashley thought of the situation when he saw Chu Huan for the first time before, and could only accept all this silently.

  The current Chu Huan is no longer the original Chu Huan.

  The super rich with a net worth of tens of billions of dollars is just this status. No matter where Chu Huan goes, he will be received politely by various local political and business leaders.

   Not to mention, now that the "Jaws 2" project has been joined by Twentieth Century Fox, the so-called Hollywood blockade no longer exists.

  As long as Vertex Pictures and 20th Century Fox have no objections, Chu Huan can sit back and collect all kinds of profits from "Jaws 2".

  People have to bow their heads under the eaves!

"Director Chu, long time no see!" Ted Ashley sat down after shaking hands with Chu Huan, and said with a smile, "Director Chu should have called Warner when he went to Los Angeles, we are old friends after all. Now, Chairman Chu should let us, Warner, do our best as landlords!"

  Chu Huan said with a smile: "I can't help it. Mr. Ashley's Warner made a deep impression on me before. I'm really sorry to trouble you!"

  Ted Ashley didn't care about Chu Huan's sarcasm at all, and just said with a smile: "Mr. Chu is joking!"

   After exchanging pleasantries, Chu Huan began to preach straight to the point.

   "Mr. Ashley flew all the way from Los Angeles to New York, I don't think he should just talk to me about our friendship!"

Ted Ashley nodded and said: "What happened last time, we at Warner have always thought it hurt our friendship with Director Chu, so I came here this time to sincerely invite Director Chu to join the investment of Bruce's new movie And I know that Director Chu’s black-and-white images in Xiangjiang have always wanted to enter Hollywood, if Director Chu is willing, we Warner can introduce Director Chu to the executives of major Hollywood studios!”

  Chu Huan said with a smile: "There is no free lunch in the world. I think Mr. Ashley should ask for such a generous offer, right?"

Ted Ashley complimented: "Director Chu is able to make such a big business, and now he has expanded his business in Xiangjiang to North America. It is really amazing. Since Director Chu has made it clear, I will no longer hide it." We at Warner know that Director Chu has half of the investment share in "Jaws 2" of Vertex Pictures. I think that if possible, Warner is willing to buy a part of the investment share of "Jaws 2" from Director Chu! "

  Chu Huan nodded slightly, and said calmly: "So, what Mr. Ashley said just now is actually the condition for our black and white video to give up the investment share of "Jaws 2" to Warner."

"Are you talking about business?" Ted Ashley said, "Although you and I are old acquaintances, Director Chu, we still have to follow the rules in the business field, so I can also Do you have an explanation to the company's board of directors!"

Chu Huan chuckled and said, "But as far as I know, Li Xiaolong's three-film contract with Warner Bros. has ended. As for whether he will accept Warner's investment in his next film, it is still unknown. In addition, Mr. Ashley, should you Will you forget my relationship with Li Xiaolong?

  I am not afraid to tell Mr. Ashley that when I was in Los Angeles, I had already talked with Li Xiaolong, and he was very willing to hand over his next film to Vertex Pictures.

As for the meeting with the high-level executives of several other Hollywood studios, I don’t think you need Mr. Ashley’s introduction. Will you treat me like a guest of honor? "

  The embarrassment in Ted Ashley's eyes was fleeting, and then he smiled: "What if Warner Bros. has reached a deeper strategic cooperation relationship with Black and White Video!?"

   Still as proud as ever!

  Chu Huan listened to Ted Ashley's conditions, thinking silently.

  Whether it is the investment share of Li Xiaolong's film, or the introduction of senior executives of several major Hollywood studios, or the current strategic cooperation relationship with Warner Bros.

  Actually, this Ted Ashley is making big cakes for Chu Huan, and what the **** is the big cakes that Chu Huan doesn't even need.

   But this Ted Ashley seems to have given Chu Huan a lot of favors!

So Chu Huan shook his head and said: "Forget it, I actually want to understand now, Hollywood has Hollywood's operating rules, we are foreigners after all, it's not beautiful to join in rashly like this, so it's good like now, Occasionally, it is very good to be able to invest in some movies that are sure to make money!"

  Movies that are sure to make money. This sentence hurt Ted Ashley. He knew that the movie "Jaws 2" would definitely make money, so he put down all his body and flew to New York to negotiate with Chu Huan.

"Mr. Chu, you can do such a big business in Xiangjiang, and now you have started to establish your own branch in North America. Hollywood's geographical restrictions naturally don't exist for you. I believe that black and white images are Under your leadership, Mr. Chu, we will surely achieve outstanding results in North America and even the world.

   Do you want to give up such a big market? "

  Seeing Ted Ashley's eagerness, Chu Huan knew that his appetite was almost enough, so he laughed.

   "The thing about getting into Hollywood, I think that's it."

  Hearing what Chu Huan said, Ted Ashley's heart began to sink into the abyss. Is Warner really going to lose this opportunity to make money this time?

"But Mr. Ashley, you have already flown to New York in person. If I don't sell some of the investment share of "Jaws 2" to Mr. Ashley, it will really disappoint Mr. Ashley's heart. !"

  Chu Huan's words made Ted Ashley instantly change from a falling state to a flying state.

  Happiness comes too fast like a tornado!

   "Chu Dong means that he wants to sell a part of the investment in "Jaws 2" to Warner?"

Chu Huan nodded and said: "As you just said, Mr. Ashley, there is nothing in this business field that cannot be negotiated. As long as Mr. Ashley agrees to our terms, don't It doesn’t matter if you give Warner part of the investment in Jaws 2, or give it all to Warner.”

  There is no pie in the sky!

  Although Ted Ashley hoped this very much, he understood that at this time Chu Huan gave such an attractive condition, and he wanted to give himself money!

  Then there is only one possibility, Chu Huan wants to get more things from Warner!

  Ted Ashley, who just looked like he was licking the dog and facing his goddess, sat up straight at this moment, and his mentality changed from licking the dog to a scumbag who was about to abandon the girl after he succeeded.

   "Since Director Chu said so, let me tell you, Director Chu, that you want to get the investment share of our Warner movie. Our company will definitely consider Director Chu's suggestion seriously!"

Chu Huan looked at Ted Ashley as if he was changing his face in a Sichuan opera, and said calmly: "Mr. Ashley, I suddenly don't think about it anymore. Anyway, even if I say it, you won't agree. I think it's better to just say it." How about this, if I invite Mr. Ashley to dinner tonight, it's because our business is not based on benevolence and righteousness!"

  Who is with you? Ted Ashley yelled in his heart, always feeling that this Chu Huan in front of him is the real scumbag, isn’t he playing with himself?

   "It's okay, it's okay, Chairman Chu said it first, what if our Warner agrees!"

   After finishing speaking, Ted Ashley did not forget to smile with Chu Huan, and the scumbag turned back into a dog licking again.

  Chu Huan nodded in satisfaction, and then said: "Mr. Ashley, you also know that I not only have black and white images, but also a fantasy comic club.

  Our fantasy comics club has always appreciated DC comics in North America. If Mr. Ashley is willing to sell DC comics to our fantasy comics club, I think I can sell the investment share of "Jaws 2" to Warner! "

  What a big ambition!

  Ted Ashley never expected that Chu Huan would set his sights on DC comics. He thought that Chu Huan would get a share of investment in a certain Warner movie.

  Ted Ashley, as the president of Warner, naturally knows how popular "Fantasy Comics" is in North America. If Fantasy Comics now acquires DC Comics, then Fantasy Comics will become the veritable No. 1 comic company in North America!

  Thinking of this, Ted Ashley fell silent.

   It doesn’t need to be too long, as long as there are two more years to go, when the movie "Superman" is released, Warner will definitely not agree to sell DC.

   But not now.

DC Comics has yet to show his true power. Although DC’s Superman and Batman peripherals are considered popular, they are still several floors behind the fantasy comics, so Ted Ashley That's why he fell silent on Chu Huan's suggestion.

  This can be seen from Marvel. Considering that Marvel was able to sell itself to Cadance Industries for $15 million a few years ago, you can see the dilemma of the two major comic magazines in North America.

In fact, the most important point here is that North American comics are more about superheroes. When these superhero IPs do not show their true abilities in movies, even if their surroundings are popular, they are just ordinary meanings. Hot on.

  But Chu Huan's "Fantasy Comics" is different, although Transformers, Dragon Ball, etc. can also be classified as superheroes.

  But the posture it shows is easy to combine with toys.

  Use an example that is not very appropriate, but enough to illustrate the problem.

In the 1990s and early 2000s, not many people in China actually saw Jordan playing basketball, but at that time, regarding Jordan’s No. 23 Bulls jersey, even in some rural areas, children could be seen wearing pirated jerseys play.

   Influence has gone beyond basketball itself.

   The same is true for the peripherals of "Fantasy Comics", whose influence has surpassed that of comics, not to mention that the animation of the same name as "Transformers" is still being broadcast on TV stations around the world!

And, don't forget, Youth Toys R Us has already spread all over the world's major cities. Every flagship store will hold some activities every year or even every month to improve the bonding of consumers and the popularity of toys. Reputation!

   These are what DC and Marvel do not have!

  So, whether it is DC or Marvel, in fact, their surroundings in this era have strong limitations, and naturally there is no way to compare with "Fantasy Comics".

After Chu Huan bought these two comics, he would naturally put them into the toy universe of Youth Toys R Us. Even if the movie has not yet been released, the sales and influence of its surroundings will be huge. Beyond their here and now situation.

   Ted Ashley thought of that too.

  So, after thinking about it, he preached: "We Warner can sell DC's distribution rights to Fantasy Comics."

  Chu Huan immediately waved his hand and said: "Mr. Ashley, you are meaningless. Since we want to buy it, our fantasy comics club will naturally buy all the books of DC, not a separate distribution right!"

Ted Ashley smiled and said: "Mr. Chu played a good hand. If DC is acquired by Fantasy Comics, DC's peripherals will definitely be fully promoted by Youth Toys R Us immediately. At that time, Mr. Chu's hands will be very good." Suddenly there are hundreds of popular superheroes!"

Chu Huan didn't seem to care very much and said: "Mr. Ashley, you are a bit too fond of DC by saying that. DC has been in the hands of Warner for so many years. What is their surroundings like? Their comics What is the attribute itself, I think you should know better than me, right?

Whether these so-called superhero peripherals are really popular, no one can guarantee, but everyone can be sure of the benefits of "Jaws 2", otherwise, Mr. Ashley, you would not be able to fly from Los Angeles to New York Come see me now? "

Ted Ashley shook his head and said: "You can't say that, "Jaws 2" is just a movie, and the profits are only brought by this movie. On the other hand, as long as his comics are still selling well, then DC It will bring us a steady stream of profits, and I can still figure it out!"

"No, No, No!" Chu Huan shook his fingers and said, "The movie "Jaws 1" has brought hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue to Vertex Pictures, let alone buying DC, it is Plus Marvel, and other comic companies in North America, are more than enough. Now Mr. Ashley actually told me that the income of a "Jaws 2" is not as good as that of a DC comic. This is bullying Do I not understand the market for comics in North America? Or do I not understand the market for North American movies?"

  Chu Huan naturally understood everything, and so did Ted Ashley.

The profits brought by the movie "Jaws 1" are really enough to make the whole of Hollywood, and even the whole of the United States look sideways. The reason why Ted Ashley didn't agree to Chu Huan's request in the first place was because he wanted to win over It's just more favorable conditions for oneself.

  It’s not that DC cannot be sold, as long as the conditions are right, Warner Bros. can sell it, let alone a DC comic!

"Director Chu also said that it is "Jaws 1", but no one knows how "Jaws 2" will absorb money. It is a huge gamble to exchange known profits for unknown profits. , Chairman Chu wanted to buy DC, didn't he also want to take this risk?

   And even if I really want to sell to Director Chu, I still need an answer that satisfies Warner's board of directors! "

Chu Huan pondered for a while, nodded, and then said: "I can give up all the investment shares in "Jaws 2" to Warner, and at the same time, I can also promise Mr. Ashley that as long as Vertex Pictures wants to How about continuing this project, and Warner will always have 50% of the investment share?"

  Ted Ashley's expression changed, and he was even a little excited.

   "Chairman Chu can make the decision for Vertex Pictures in this matter?"

Chu Huan didn't answer Ted Ashley's question directly, but took out a document from the drawer, handed it to Ted Ashley, and then said: "This is the contract signed between our black and white image and Vertex Pictures, Mr Ashley can look!"

Ted Ashley couldn't wait to take the document in Chu Huan's hands, only to find that the black-and-white image of Chu Huan not only had 50% of the investment share in "Jaws 2", but also invested in the follow-up "Jaws" series share!

   As long as Vertex continues to develop the series.

  After reading the content of the contract, Ted Ashley couldn't help asking: "What kind of relationship do you have with Miss Kelly, Director Chu?"

   Huangshan continues to code words~~~

  

  

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