If you have seen chaos and disorder in the Bronx before, then in the top café in Manhattan, New York, you will see the luxury and calmness of New York.

It's as if these two places aren't in the same city at all.

You don't see anyone making a lot of noise here, and you don't have to worry about losing something in your car for some reason, everyone is sitting in their seats, talking softly, even when they talk about happy places, they just purse their lips and smile softly.

Wu Jianye sits here, blending into such an environment, it is impossible to say how much he likes such an environment, he prefers to sit with three or five friends, sitting at a roadside stall drinking beer, skewering, in Wu Jianye's opinion, that is the real life.

But if he stays in such an environment, he can still do flawlessly.

Ronald Perelman has also arrived, accompanied by his second wife, the rambling columnist Claudia Cohen, Ronald Perelman has been married five times in his life, and in 2010, the fifth wife of the 67-year-old Ronald Perelman gave birth to his seventh child - Oscar......

The two sides have been talking for a while, and Ronald Perelman has already known the intention of this time.

"Director Wu, I want to know, do you want to buy Marvel or Fengge Media on behalf of Phantom Entertainment this time?" Ronald Perelman asked with a smile.

Wu Jianye smiled, and then said: "Of course, it represents Phantom Entertainment, Phantom Entertainment is very much watching the development of Marvel's comics, and you also know that Phantom Entertainment is now acquiring Ryan Publishing, if it can combine Ryan Publishing and Marvel at that time, it will definitely be a strong combination!"

Wu Jianye did not talk about the future development of Marvel, but used the Phantom's acquisition of Ryan Publishing as a breakthrough point to discuss with Ronald Perelman.

Ronald Perelman, one of Wall Street's best-known investors, couldn't have been unaware of Phantom Entertainment's acquisition of Ryan Publishing.

"I'm a businessman, what I value is profit, as long as the price is right, nothing can't be traded, but does Phantom Entertainment have this sincerity?" Ronald Perelman said softly.

Wu Jianye was not the slightest surprise at Ronald Perelman's answer, as Ronald said, he is an out-and-out businessman, and when he received an invitation from Phantom Entertainment, he was willing to meet in person, which explained some problems.

Ronald's business career is also a very good interpretation of this side, on January 1, 1943, Perelman was born in GreensPaul, North Carolina, USA, to a wealthy family. His father, Raymond Perelman, owned a steel industry group called Belmont Industries and was also an M&A specialist.

From an early age, Perelman learned the art of mergers and acquisitions. When he was still in middle school, he spent almost all of his spare time reading the financial statements and various reports of his father's company, and he was also involved in the operation of his father's company.

In college, he completed his first business, buying a stake in a brewery for $800,000 and selling it three years later in two installments, respectively, for $1 million and $2 million, netting more than $2 million.

After graduating from college, he went on to study at the Wharton School of Business, and soon after receiving a master's degree in business administration, he co-founded a capital company with his father focused on mergers and acquisitions.

From 1967 to 1978, the father and son acquired several machine factories and steel factories respectively, and used their shares to restructure the assets of these enterprises, eliminating some low-profit production departments and optimizing the asset structure.

These successful capital operations have made Perelman taste the sweetness at the same time, and at the same time, he is eager to truly do a career independently.

In 1978, he moved to New York to begin his leveraged buyout career.

In April of that year, Perelman bought a 34 percent stake in Cohen-Hatfield Jewelry for $2 million, his first business since independence.

It wasn't long before he sold most of his shares in the company and pooled his money to speculate in stocks.

Relying on this buying, selling, and speculation, he not only recovered the original capital, but also made a profit of 15 million US dollars, which increased the principal by more than 6.5 times at once.

Perelman, who won the first battle, has been unstoppable since then.

At the beginning of the 80s, as Michael Milken brought the "junk bond" business to a climax at Drakes Investments, Perelman was able to use this new financing method to acquire, resell, hold, and annex, and bring his merger genius to the fullest.

Often, Perelman would choose to buy an "ugly duckling" that no other investor would look up to, and then he would abandon some of the junk business in installments, leave the company's shell, and then take advantage of the tax benefits of the loss-making company to buy some better assets, tinker with them, and sell them to other industry giants.

For this purpose, Perelman had to calculate various figures in the financial statements of these enterprises, calculate how many shares to buy to achieve the purpose of holding, and what unprofitable equipment and institutions need to be eliminated after the holding, so that the structure can be optimized, and then the goal of substantial value-added can be achieved. That's what Perelman does best.

Someone once commented on him: "Perelman does not look like a contemporary entrepreneur at all, but like a peddler who walks around the market with a calculator in his hand!"

Blending personal preferences with acquisitions and operations is Perelman's unique style.

For example, smoking was a hobby, and in 1984 he bought the American Tobacco United Company for $124 million.

Overnight, the crown of the "Tobacco King" was put on his head.

As the business grew, so did Perelman's reach, with cosmetics giant Revlon, movie production company Diracques Entertainment, lottery supplier Science Games, Hummer manufacturer American Automotive Complex and securities firm United Patton.

It can be said that Marvel is just a less conspicuous investment among his many investments, he has held Marvel for more than half a year, but Marvel's performance has not met his requirements, and now he has already lost confidence in Marvel, and is ready to use his old routine to acquire other companies in the name of Marvel, and then go public, cash out and other commercial operations.

But at this time, Hollywood upstart Phantom Entertainment found him and hoped to buy Marvel in his hands, and Perelman naturally wanted to listen to the Phantom's offer.

"Then I don't know how Perelman estimates Marvel?" Wu Jianye asked.

"$150 million, as long as $150 million, Marvel can sell to the Phantom!" Perelman said.

Wu Jianye glanced at Perelman and said with a smile: "As far as I know, Mr. Perelman only used $82.5 million to buy Marvel in the first week of New World Pictures, and now it has almost doubled, I'm afraid it's a bit exaggerated, right?"

Perelman said with a calm smile: "If someone else wants to buy Marvel, this price is naturally exaggerated, but if it is a phantom, then this price is just right in my opinion." ”

When he came to the appointment, Perelman had already asked people to investigate the situation of Phantom Entertainment in detail, and through his connections on Wall Street, he knew that Phantom Entertainment was now buying Ryan Publishing, which showed that Phantom Entertainment was fully expanding its business territory.

And Wu Jianye, as the link between Phantom Entertainment and Fengge Media, is responsible for the acquisition of Marvel, so that means that the acquisition of Marvel will be the first joint project after the cooperation between the two groups, as for what Marvel can bring to Fengge Media, he doesn't know, in fact, he doesn't need to know, just need to know that this project is very important to Phantom Entertainment.

Then he can ask the Phantom for money!

Wu Jianye also knew what Perelman's hole cards were, but he had contacted Stan Lee in advance to deal with Perelman's hole cards.

"Hi ......."

Just when Wu Jianye was about to take out his hole cards, an elegant man's voice suddenly came from the side.

Wu Jianye and Perelman looked up at the same time, Wu Jianye saw a man and a woman, the man was slender and elegant, although he had one eye, but it did not cover his confident eyes behind the lenses, and the girl next to him was Penny that Wu Jianye was familiar with.

Penny also saw Wu Jianye, but her eyes were cold, obviously still holding a grudge against Wu Jianye.

Perelman was the first to stand up and shook hands with the young man with a smile: "Nick, I haven't seen you for a long time!"

Nick smiled and said, "yes, I didn't expect to meet you here." After finishing speaking, Nick looked at Wu Jianye and said with a smile: "Director Wu, hello, I'm Nick Johnson, I've always wanted to meet you before, but I've been very busy with work." ”

At this time, Wu Jianye also knew who this young man was, Johnson's brother Nick Johnson, the most capable of the third generation of Johnson's family.

Wu Jianye said with a smile: "Seeing each other is fate!"

If it is in China, in this case, everyone may have to sit together, but now Wu Jianye and Perelman are discussing the acquisition of Marvel, and neither Wu Jianye nor Perelman is ready to invite Nick together.

Nick's answer actually means the same: "You two must have something to discuss, why don't you wait a while and find a place to sit after you talk about it?"

In fact, such an arrangement is the best arrangement for the three parties, but at this time, there is a-stirring stick who is not ready to accept this arrangement that everyone is satisfied with.

"Why wait for them to finish talking, Wu must have invited Perelman this time to buy Marvel, and we, as shareholders of Phantom, wouldn't it be nice to hear it together!" Penny said directly.

As soon as Penny's words fell, the faces of the people present changed, Wu Jianye's face became difficult to look at, Perelman became excited, and Nick's face was also a little cold, only Penny still looked at Wu Jianye with a smug face.

"In that case, let's sit together!" Perelman said with a smile.

It is enough for him to have such information, although he doesn't know why the Johnson family is the shareholder of Phantom Entertainment, but he knows that the only business in the Johnson family that is involved in the entertainment industry is Oceanwide Cinemas, if the Johnson family is a shareholder of Phantom Entertainment, then it means that Phantom Entertainment has secretly had its closest cooperative cinema chain in North America.

This is already very good news for Perelman.

Perelman thought of this, Wu Jianye and Nick naturally thought of this, and now Phantom Entertainment and the Johnson family can be said to be a partnership, and both of them know the consequences of this news being known by Perelman.

It will not only make it more difficult for Phantom Entertainment to acquire Marvel, but it will also increase the difficulty for Johnson, who is now acquiring the theater chain.

And all this is not only the interests of Phantom Entertainment will be hit, but also the interests of the Johnson family.

In fact, if it were normal, Penny would not be like this, her ability is not much worse than the few people present, but during this period of time, she was choked by Wu Jianye's anger, which made her lose her mind for a while.

But as soon as she said that, she knew she was in trouble.

However, even if Penny knew that she was in trouble, she was not ready to admit her mistake in front of Wu Jianye, and even in her opinion, the reason why she made such a low-level mistake today was because of Wu Jianye.

After Nick and Penny sat down, Nick took the lead and said: "Actually, our family only holds 1% of the Phantom's shares, it's not a big deal, and our family will not participate in the management of the Phantom, how the two of you should talk about it or how to talk about it!"

Although Nick is already making amends, Penny's mistake has been formed, and Perelman's tone is becoming more and more determined.

"Director Wu, the price of 150 million is already very fair, if Phantom Entertainment acquires Marvel, then it can make its own superhero movie, I believe this must be a very beneficial thing for Marvel!" Perelman said with a smile.

Wu Jianye no longer went to see Penny at this time, the most important thing now is to negotiate with Perelman, as for Penny's mistake, there will naturally be old Johnson to clean it up.

"Have you forgotten the box office of "Superman 3"? What will happen to the future of superhero movies, no one knows, it is just an unknown future, and it is a future that is very likely to fail, Phantom Entertainment does not have the idea of adapting Marvel's superhero into a movie in the short term, as for Perelman, have you ever thought about what will happen if you go public with Marvel, the stock price does not meet your expectations?" Wu Jianye replied.

Perelman smiled confidently: "This Director Wu, you can rest assured, I still have confidence in this!"

Wu Jianye smiled: "Then what if there is a resignation of Marvel's senior management when it is listed, and someone shorts Marvel's shares at the same time?"

Perelman's face changed: "Director Wu, what do you mean?"