Everything went according to plan, and Zhou Shi returned to his leisure time. Although if he is staring, maybe the price will be more favorable to him, but as Li Bancheng said, if he doesn't earn the last copper plate, he can't enjoy the profits, and it doesn't mean much to him to earn tens of millions of dollars more, and it is more important to achieve his strategic goals.

In fact, Zhou Shi's leisure is not much to say, and there are many activities that are not available in China, such as shooting. I don't know how many people in China have not encountered guns and ammunition, Zhou Shi is considered to have no taboos in the United States, all kinds of legal light and heavy machine guns are used at will, and there are ways to play with illegal ones. It's just a pity that you can't play fighter like Larry Ellison, and driving a tank yourself is already the limit.

"Why have you been so crazy lately!" After the clouds and rain stopped, Wang Xirui stroked Zhou Shi's increasingly strong body.

"What are you talking about?" Zhou Shi asked puzzledly, both of them are old husbands and wives, there is nothing to be embarrassed about, the life of gathering less and leaving more maintains the passion of the two.

"Yes, why do you like these very exciting sports, why do you exercise so hard these days?" Wang Xirui

"You say that guns, how can a man not love guns, these weapons have an amazing beauty, people are addicted to them, and it is difficult to extricate themselves. And there used to be a lot of pistols, and now I always have to make up for the regret of making up for the shortcomings. "Zhou Shi

"Do you have any regrets?" Wang Xirui

"It's better to say that there are no children yet...... Zhou Shi said and fell silent all of a sudden, the two of them have not taken measures for a long time, and somehow there is no movement, and the same is true for Li Ying. Could it be that rebirth also has an effect on this?

"Then we are working hard," Wang Xirui turned over and straddled Zhou Shi

"Don't be in such a hurry, it's time to come. "Zhou Shi has just finished fighting, and he doesn't want to start the war again right away.

"You don't have to move, I'll do it myself. Wang Xirui didn't listen to the persuasion and fiddled......

Since Zhou Shi, who was cocooned and self-bound, couldn't stop it, he had to enjoy it sadly and angrily, and enjoy it.......

For several days, Zhou Shi was immersed in the edge of love and pain, until Chen Wen reappeared.

"MGM is going bankrupt again?" Zhou Shi was not surprised to hear the news, MGM went bankrupt sooner or later, but he didn't know where they used the $150 million that Sixiang Fund bought when they bought the land.

"Yes, they have officially expressed their intention to sell the company. "Chen Wen

MGM's is still very valuable, not to mention the copyright of 007, he also has the copyright of "The Hobbit", both of which will explode at the box office in the future, as if they can reach the level of indicating dollars, and there are also more than 4000 film libraries, after the outbreak of online video, the value of this part will expand many times. However, MGM's loss has reached between 3.2~4 billion US dollars, and it is also a big question how much money is needed to acquire it.

"Go contact Kevin Feige!" Zhou Shi didn't think much about it, whether it was an acquisition or a cooperation, it needed to go through Marvel, specifically Miramax Films.

Soon, Kevin Feige, Rob Freman and others came to Zhou Shi's residence.

"Do you want to participate in this acquisition?" Zhou Shi took the lead in the conversation.

"The acquisition of Lionsgate catapults will allow us to catapult to the top of Hollywood's studios and strengthen our heritage. But the Lionsgate affair is too complicated, shareholders, creditors, lawyers, bankers, outside investors are intertwined, and there is no telling how many traps are waiting for us, and the risks and benefits are equally big. Rob Freman

"Yes, the biggest problem is that MGM's shares have changed hands too many times, and the risks are too great and difficult to control. "Kevin Feige

"In other words, the premise of our acquisition is that MGM goes bankrupt?" Zhou Shi, after bankruptcy, all the company's debts and hidden risks will be cleared.

"Bankruptcy, if that's the case, there's no problem. Rob Freman

"But if someone doesn't ask for a direct takeover from bankruptcy, we don't have a chance"

"If there is such a person, MGM may go bankrupt again, right?" Zhou Shi

"I guess it will?" said Rob Freman, this kind of thing is not accurate.

"Others shouldn't be so stupid, and bankruptcy should be a prerequisite for everyone to buy. "Zhou Shi, how can there be so many fools in this world, even if Sony acquires MGM, it also gets a lot of film and television rights from MGM's film library. In the past few years, it may be profitable.

"Then we will bid on the premise that MGM will file for bankruptcy and freeze its assets. "Kevin Feige

"By the way, did their two movies, "007" and "The Hobbit", go ahead and shoot as planned?" Zhou Shi worries that his last money gave them the possibility of getting out of trouble

"I'll ask first," said Rob Freman, who got up to call and came back shortly after, "both films were delayed, and there was probably a lack of necessary funding and partners." ”

"It seems that they have no chance to fight!" Zhou Shi sighed, and his funds seemed to have no other purpose than to delay MGM's bankruptcy.

"I don't know how much money will be needed for this acquisition, and if it's too much, it's hard to do it according to our strength. "Kevin Feige

"It seems to be $2.5 billion in '05, right?"

"$2.58 billion to be specific," says Kevin Feige

"How much debt they owe is also a big question!" Freman

"It's not a good decision not to figure out the debt, and you need to be more probing," Kevin Feige

While they were talking, one of Zhou Shi's assistants knocked on the door, and Chen Wen walked over and came back two or three minutes later.

"Mr. Zhou, we have a general idea of MGM's assets and debts. "Chen Wen

Kevin Feige and Rob Freman looked at it, although they were a little shocked, but they didn't say anything, they knew something about Zhou Shi's strength.

"Say it quickly!" Zhou Shi asked eagerly

MGM also currently has about $2.5 billion in assets and up to $5.5 billion in debt. Chen Wen said with a blank face or a serious face

"Ah~~" Ah~~" two exclaims, obviously such a large-scale debt is beyond their imagination, there is a gap of $30 between liabilities and assets, and the debt ratio is as high as 220%, and there is nothing more outrageous.

"How much do they earn each year?" Zhou Shi continued

"It's about 500 million US dollars!" Chen Wen, in fact, this has been found a long time ago, mainly because of the copyright income, but it is declining year by year. One is because of the influence of new media, and the other is that there is a limit on the time of copyright. Not everyone can be like Disney, and the copyrights of Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck are being renewed almost indefinitely.

"It seems that our pricing can't exceed $2 billion!" Zhou Shi doesn't know how to calculate, if the $500 million income can be maintained for ten years, it will be $5 billion, and according to the annual debt expenditure of $2.5~$300 million, $2 billion is just right.

"$2 billion, isn't it?" said Rob Freman

"$2 billion is the ceiling!" said Kevin Feige