Chapter 219: Marvel Entertainment

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About half an hour later, William Zhang pushed Guo Shouyun's office open.

"Scheduled?"

"Temporarily arranged in the original office where Zhang Shaoling and they left. However, when ISHARES' personnel move in, the existing office space will definitely not be enough. ”

"Then rent a few more floors, I don't think there's anything in Manhattan that can't be solved by spending money!"

William Zhang nodded.

"How many shares have been acquired by ISHARES now?"

“67.5。 In order to avoid the price increase being too fast when acquiring ISHARES, we are full of actions!"

Guo Shouyun nodded.

"I've read the plan you submitted to integrate ISHARES. I agree with the arrangement of setting up a wealth management department and an asset management department under the Phoenix Fund. However, several mutual funds need to be adjusted. For example, ISHARES Money Market Fund B and Phoenix Money Market Fund B have little difference in investment scope and variety, and the subscription amount and fees are also equal. It is possible to form a Class B mutual fund. ”

"It's certainly better to integrate two similar funds. However, James Carr, the fund manager of ISHARES, is a tough guy, and under his helm, the compound annual growth rate of ISHARES money market fund B has averaged more than 5.2. If he does not cooperate, I am afraid that it will affect the stability of the entire fund. ”

The fund manager is the soul of a fund, and if the fund manager changes, it is easy to affect the customer's confidence in a fund.

Guo Shouyun thought for a while, "In this way, you go and tell James Karl and Kari Welch, who manages Phoenix Currency B, that the two sides have a one-year limit." Within a year, whoever manages a more profitable fund wins the management of the new combined fund. ”

"Yes!"

"The same goes for index funds and open-end funds that are similar to the two companies. Speaking by performance, whoever wins will get the right to manage the fund. ”

After William Zhang nodded, Guo Shouyun continued: "Fire these people, my company doesn't need a relation!"

Taking the list, William Zhang hesitated, "Boss, these people are all relatives of the Carol Lusimi family, and it won't be good if we just bought the company and fired them." ”

"Old Lu Simi is related to them, but I don't. And I think he'll agree with me too. Also, there are too many layers of ISHARES, and I don't need so many secretaries, drivers, and typists to waste the company's valuable revenue. So, I'll give you three months. In three months, I'm going to see the Phoenix Fund cut its management in half. ”

"Yes!"

In addition, ISHARES will cancel the free New York Knicks tickets issued by ISHARES to employees, as well as the benefits of reimbursement of travel expenses abroad twice a year. Sell ISHARES' luxury fleet, and in the future, the company's passenger cars will be changed to Toyota Camry from our Phoenix Fund, which is fuel-efficient. … We acquired Anshuo, so all the rewards and punishments must be in accordance with ours, if he doesn't accept it, then ask him to find another job!" Guo Shouyun said resolutely.

Businesses that fail have their own reasons, but successful businesses have similarities. Looking at General Electric, Goldman Sachs, 3G, and Wal-Mart, they all have similarities in business management, that is, they advocate simplicity and efficiency in corporate management, and adopt an incentive system that combines elite management, performance-based compensation and partnership system.

As a graduate of the Department of Economics at Stanford University, Guo Shouyun has a clear understanding of this. And he is a great admirer of the most legendary CEO of the 20th century, Jack Welch, the law of 207010. That is, in an elitist environment, employees should be divided into three levels: 20 top performers should be rewarded, 70 mediocre performers stayed, and 10 underperformers should be swept away.

It is precisely by relying on this system that Jack Welch successfully brought the bankrupt General Electric to an astonishing scale of more than $486.67 billion in market capitalization, surpassing Microsoft to become the largest company in the US financial market by market capitalization.

Because of this, when Guo Shouyun knew that he was inexperienced in managing a business, he chose the smartest thing to do: follow those who succeeded.

After hearing the resoluteness in **oss's tone, William Zhang nodded very dryly.

After setting the tone for the integration of ISHARES, Guo Shouyun convened a meeting of the company's executives. In addition to Phoenix Capital, which is headquartered in Silicon Valley, personnel in New York including Phoenix Fund, Phoenix Trust, and Thunder Fund have arrived.

Of course, Guo Shouyun did not announce any major decisions, but listened to the performance of various executives on the performance of the department in the past six months, combined with his own experience, and then ended.

After having lunch with William Zhang at noon, Guo Shouyun came to Marvel's headquarters in New York in the afternoon.

At this time, Marvel's CEO Ike Palmut has already greeted the company's senior management here. Among these people, there is no Stan Lee. The old man left Marvel more than a decade ago and started his own new company. Sadly, the company has just closed down due to poor management.

"Mr. Guo, welcome"

After holding the right hand that the other party took the initiative to stretch out, Guo Shouyun smiled: "It's an honor to visit Marvel, this is the place I have longed for the most for many years."

Ike Parmut understood what the other man meant. For any child who grew up in the United States. Marvel's superheroes are indispensable memories of their childhood.

"It is an honour to be so complimented. Please come in"

Guo Shouyun nodded and walked into the company accompanied by the other party. It can be seen that although the current Marvel has gotten rid of the embarrassment of three years ago, its business situation is not very ideal. As one of the largest comic book companies in the United States, the total office area is no more than 3,000 square meters.

However, the familiar logo and the large posters of superheroes plastered on the walls evoke memories that Guo Shouyun has seemed to have been very long.

Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Ant-Man, Spider-Man, Daredevil , Captain America, etc., seeing them, Guo Shouyun seemed to see mountains of gold rushing towards him.

Ike Palmut looked at Guo Shouyun, who was standing still, with a wisp of excitement on his face, and was surprised in his heart, and understood that this new rich man was a loyal fan of Marvel. Otherwise, I wouldn't have shown this expression at this moment. Moreover, the chase for Marvel is so zealous.

After a long time, Guo Shouyun, who calmed down, smiled, "Seeing the superhero in the good memories of my childhood right in front of me, I can't help but be a little excited, and I hope Mr. Parmut will forgive me for my rudeness!"

"Mr. Guo is serious. When I first arrived at Marvel, I was just like you... There are so many wonderful childhood memories here. ”

Guo Shouyun nodded, saw the nearly two-meter-tall Hulk foam sculpture displayed next to him, and stretched out his hand.

"Mr. Parmut, can you sell me this sculpture?"

It was one of the first Hulk sculptures the company produced after the success of the Hulk comic book in 1962. It has the autographs of Stan Lee and Jack Bryant, and is very collectible. After a pause, "But since Mr. Guo likes it, I am willing to give it to you on behalf of Marvel." ”

"Thank you very much!"

For the next acquisition negotiations, the value of a sculpture is not even a fraction, so Guo Shouyun is not polite.

Under the leadership of Ike Palmmut, after Guo Shouyun walked around the Marvel headquarters, the two sides sat down in the conference room prepared in advance.

"I think the basic terms of the acquisition have been very clear in the previous negotiations. Now you have any objections to raise, and I will try my best to meet them on the basis of taking care of the interests of both sides!" Guo Shouyun said directly.

"Mr. Guo, $878 million plus Spider-Man copyright, a total of $920 million to wholly acquire Marvel 90 shares, we agree. We are also very supportive of the plan to invest $2.3 billion a year to make one or two Marvel superhero movies. But we hope that after the Matrix Group acquires Marvel, it can ensure Marvel's independent operation. ”

"Independent"

Guo Shouyun's eyes narrowed. This sentence reminded him of the strife within Marvel in later generations. The main body of the dispute is concentrated between Ike Palmut, who is in charge of Marvel Entertainment, and Kevin Feige, CEO of Marvel Studios.

As the leader of Marvel Studios, Kevin Feige's great achievement lies in building the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

And along the way, there is no shortage of risky decisions. On the contrary, Ike Parmut, who has always been known for his slamming and power, is not so popular.

In order to control the budget, he tried to cut the cost of the film, depressed the actors' salaries, and even tried to limit the scale of the cast of Team America 3. Marvel exerts such an influence on the movie, and Marvel Studios is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and the writers of Marvel Comics are often made to laugh and cry by Marvel Studios. In order to cooperate with some plot designs of the movie, Marvel Studios will also intervene in the comics and put forward some plot requirements for the comics, but this often destroys the original intention of the comic book story and the coherence and consistency of the plot.

Some comic book fans often jokingly call Marvel Studios a "cancer", and they are also frightened by the excessive "reverse output" of the movie.

The feud between Ike Palmut and Kevin Feige eventually led to disagreements between several companies. As long as you pay attention, you will find that between the same Marvel movies and TV series, there are basically few identical actors, and even the cameos are some inconsequential small roles.

It's just that these two are also very talented, and they have each contributed to Marvel's success in movies and TV series. So Disney just separated Marvel Studios. Now, Guo Shouyun, who plans to bring Kevin Feige as the CEO of Marvel Studios, finds that it seems that he may also have a headache in the future.