On a very ordinary weekday morning, Ronan came to Merrill Lynch's Los Angeles branch again and met the agent.

In the reception room, Ronan asked, "How's the stock market going?"

"Very good. Scott said with a smile: "The situation is very good, and the Nasdaq index continues to soar, which also drives the Dow Jones index. ”

As a stockbroker, he timely pitched: "Ronan, I recommend increasing investment and buying more high-tech stocks. ”

After all, there is a transaction to get a rake.

Ronan nodded slightly: "The purpose of my coming here this time is to make additional investments. ”

Although he doesn't keep an eye on the stock market every day, he has invested $9 million in the past, and he also looks at the dynamics of Yahoo and Cisco stocks from time to time.

Both stocks are steady and rising.

Yahoo has nearly tripled from $64 per share at the time of purchase to $184 per share.

Cisco's growth was slower, but it also rose from $14 to $17.4 per share.

Scott asked, "How much do you invest?" and which stocks do you like?"

"$5 million. Ronan said calmly: "Continue to buy Yahoo and Cisco." ”

Apple's stock seems to be better off waiting for the stock market to crash.

Scott had dealt with Ronan and knew that he was a very assertive person, so he didn't talk much, this kind of super big customer, just do what he wants.

Accompanying Ronan through the formalities, Scott wanted to invite Ronan to lunch with him, but Ronan had other things to attend to and declined.

Scott sent Ronan out of the company, and said as he walked: "The stock market situation is very good now, and this situation can continue for at least another four to five years, if you have spare funds on hand, I recommend investing more in the stock market." ”

Ronan smiled: "If you continue to invest, I will contact you." ”

In fact, Shahai Entertainment still has $20 million set aside in his account, but he is not ready to use this money for the time being, George and Robert are still contacting the right distribution company, and if they can find a target for acquisition, this money may not be enough.

The two of them went out of Merrill Lynch Securities, and a blonde fat girl with instant noodles ran over, probably because she was a little fat, and the little chubby girl was panting.

"Dad. Chubby chick shouted to Scott.

Scott smiled apologetically at Ronan and then asked the blond chubby, "Why are you here?"

The blonde chubby chick seemed to be leaking when she spoke: "I was shopping with my mother around here, so I came to see you." ”

Ronan glanced at the little chubby girl, this girl is about ten years old, her face is fleshy, with obvious baby fat, I don't know if she hasn't finished changing her teeth, and one of her front teeth is missing, which is probably the reason for the leakage of speech.

"Scott, I'm not going to bother. Ronan said goodbye at the right time: "Call if you have something." ”

Scott smiled embarrassedly, pointed to the little chubby girl and said, "This is my daughter Taylor." He introduced his daughter to him: "This is Ronan, and his name is Uncle." ”

Ronan hurriedly waved his hand: "Call me Ronan." ”

"Hello. The chubby girl smiled at him, revealing a missing front tooth, which was particularly ugly.

"Hello. ”

Ronan nodded to her slightly, greeted Scott again, and left Merrill Lynch.

Driving back to Shahai Entertainment, dealing with the work at hand, and checking the preparations for the trip to Abu Dhab, Ronan calculated the time and dialed a German phone.

"Hello, Aunt Helen. Ronan heard the English with a German accent and said with a smile: "I'm very good here, the movie just made is a success, and the company is now turning a profit, and everything is back on track." Go and see you? yes, I was about to say that. ”

He listened to a few words and said, "I'm going to Germany before Christmas, and my destination is basically Berlin." Of course, I'm going to visit you, but I'm also going to do something else, and I'm going to take care of a little bit of company business, so I'm sure I'll be there for a while. ”

The two new projects "Death is Coming" and "Ace Agent" have a high investment, and Ronan has long planned to go to Germany.

Of course not to see an orthopedic, and he doesn't have a sister.

"Well, you're busy, Aunt Helen. Ronan smiled and said, "We'll see you in Berlin." ”

German sausages seem to be famous, remember Helen Koch has just opened a butcher shop in Berlin, maybe you can try it at her place.

Ronan put down the phone and tapped lightly on his desk, first Abu Dhabi, and then to Berlin, Germany, the two plans are closely tied together, and if it succeeds, Shahai Entertainment can emerge from a small company.

If you want to really rise, you must have your own distribution channels like Lionsgate.

In the previous life, Lionsgate was established in 1997, and it took more than ten years to surpass the Big Three Dream Factories and become the sixth largest film company in the industry after Hollywood, and its performance even crushed Sony Columbia Pictures for a time.

Compared to DreamWorks, Lionsgate is closer to Hollywood's seventh-largest studio.

Unfortunately, just like DreamWorks, Lionsgate plummeted as soon as several series of films ended, and in the traditional distribution field, Lionsgate was not as good as the six major companies with deep heritage and large media groups.

Hollywood's six companies never fight alone, and each of them has a huge media platform behind it.

This is the foundation of Hollywood's six places that can maintain the hegemony of the industry.

Relying on traditional channels, it is too difficult to break through the blockade of the six major companies.

But traditional distribution channels cannot be abandoned, there is no independent film distribution channel, just like "Human Removal Plan", which can only stay in the downstream of the industrial chain and be exploited by the upstream.

Ronan searched for a moment on his desk, found the latest Netflix report from the investigative consulting firm, and looked at it carefully.

The fledgling company is struggling, and Reed Hastings is still holding on.

With the memories of his past life, coupled with the close attention of professionals, Ronan is not in a hurry to make a move, and continues to wait for opportunities to get the most benefits.

There was a knock on the door, and after Ronan said please come in, Robert hurried in.

Ronan glanced at him and asked, "What's the matter?"

Robit came to the desk and put a thick sheet of information on the desk: "You look at this company, this information is provided by a friend of mine, it is very reliable. ”

Ronan opened the profile and flipped through it.

Robert continued: "This film company used to have the ability to produce and distribute independently, and then in order to avoid risks, it specialized in distribution, the company is not large, but the distribution business has been doing it. ”

"What about the company?" Ronan asked.

Robert nodded: "This company is also in Burbank, founded in 1967, originally known as Avik Embassy Films, and later renamed Embassy Pictures, initially engaged in the production and distribution of films, and later focused on the distribution of small-scale independent films...... Well, the business is mainly to buy cheap independent films from overseas and then distribute them in North America, the channels are relatively well-established, the performance can only be considered average, and they have the ability to distribute videotapes and discs. ”

Ronan roughly understands that this is not to participate in the extremely risky production business, to buy some cheap films from overseas that American audiences may like, and then buy them out to be screened in North America, and the screening results are not good, and they will not lose much money, after all, the film is very cheap, and it can enter the video tape market in the later stage.

Film distribution is very esoteric, and to describe it in a simple way, it is the distribution channel.

Anyone who has worked in the business channel knows very well that it is never easy to build a perfect distribution channel from scratch.

"Will they sell?" asked Ronan.

"There is a preliminary intention, but it is not certain. Robert said quickly: "I specifically checked, this company in the past three years, the annual revenue is only three or four million US dollars, and since 1995, the company's three largest shareholders have turned to the high-tech industry, it is said that they are investing in the popular Internet industry, especially the NASDAQ, this time I want to get rid of the shares in my hands to cash out, but also want to increase Internet stocks." ”

Ronan looked through the information and said to Robert: "This company is listed as a potential target, and when we come back from Abu Dhabi, we will do more detailed research to find out." ”

By far this is by far the most suitable publishing company, and while it's a bit far from the medium-sized ones, it's still a lot better than the smaller ones.

Three days later, Ronan, Mary, George and Robert, together with two Arab actors, rushed to Abu Dhabi to set off a storm of money.