"The Cannes Film Festival is open in ten days, can you go?" Natalie's crisp voice was a little coquettish on the phone.

Tang En said: "Definitely can!"

"But you're still barred from leaving the country. ”

"Maybe tomorrow...... At the latest, the day after tomorrow, the ban will definitely be lifted. As I said, I would bring you the glory of art. ”

Natalie chuckled and snorted softly: "It's like the Cannes Film Festival is run by your family, and you say you can win the award if you win the award?"

Tang En smiled: "Ten percent sure, ninety percent of the chance of winning, right? Besides, your performance in the game is good enough and amazing enough!"

"But I still think Nicole is better. ”

"You're both as good!"

"Humph!" Natalie's tone changed slightly, sour, "You still live together?"

Donn snorted, "By the way, Nat, remember our agreement, the top 100 on the Forbes list?"

"That's not counted, you bully people!" Natalie was anxious and said angrily, "You did it on purpose, you must have done it on purpose, right?

Don laughed.

Donne's current assets are easily five or six billion US dollars, and in the 1999 global Forbes list, as long as his net worth exceeded 3 billion US dollars, he could enter the top 100.

In 2000, the financial crisis severely reduced the wealth of most of the rich, and Bill Gates's fortune shrank by $30 billion.

With Donne's current value, the financial magazine that will be published a month later lists the world's richest people, and Tang En is likely to squeeze into the top 50.

Tang En smiled sheepishly, "Then I don't care, anyway, let's talk about it, as long as I have enough financial strength, you have to give me space in my private life, just like the first lady and the richest man's wife." ”

"Donn, you're bullying!" Natalie exclaimed.

"A promise is a promise. ”

Don shook his head and smug.

……

On May 5, the Ministry of Justice finally lifted the investigation into Tangen, finding that Tangen's transactions in the stock market and futures markets in the past three months were legal, and all his income was legal.

At the same time, the asset freeze on Tangen Capital and Tangen Pictures was lifted, and the requirement for Tangen to be prohibited from leaving the country was terminated.

A big farce that has been noisy for 5 days ended in a dull way.

Disney and Fox are obviously not going to give up, although Donn did not commit a crime, but he took advantage of the NASDAQ stock market crash to make billions of dollars, this is always a fact, right?

Now, the entire investment market is panicking, and there is news of investor suicide breaking out on Wall Street every day, and Don has made a lot of money, is it the hard-earned money of these people?

If the law doesn't work, then moral kidnapping!

Don is the one who indirectly killed the investors who committed suicide!

A wave has not settled, and another wave has risen.

Anyway, ordinary people are not afraid of big things, they always like to watch lively and jokes, and such topics always lack attention and attractiveness.

……

Disney and Fox's continued clamor does not seem to have affected the normal operation of Down Pictures.

The day after the ban was lifted, Down Pictures announced a shocking news - Towne Pictures spent $260 million in cash and $90 million in debt to acquire Colora-based "Liberty Star" television company, including its Starz TV and EncoreMoviePlex.

What surprised Hollywood was not that Towne had bought this small and inconspicuous company, but that Starz was not the top of the list of dozens of professional cable television stations in the United States.

It's that Don Pictures has officially entered the field of television!

Previously, Down Pictures announced that it would cooperate with DreamWorks to shoot together, but everyone just thought that Down Pictures was just infiltrating the content of TV dramas, but they didn't expect that they would immediately begin to lay out the TV industry.

is very unoptimistic about the acquisition of Down Pictures, "Starz TV has 2.1 million subscribers, annual revenue of less than $60 million, and since its creation, it has been on the verge of losing money. Cable TV, especially professional cable TV stations, usually relies on the promotion of public TV stations to form an influence, and Tang En Pictures is weak, and it may be difficult to bring qualitative changes to Starz TV. ”

Manu Claire, a commentator, believes that "the acquisition of Starz TV was a wrong decision made by Don after a series of public criticisms, and he needed to calm down and replan the strategic direction of Donn Pictures." Down Pictures is an emerging film company that needs a stable foundation. ”

"When DreamWorks was founded, it was ambitious, not only in the film department, but also in television, games, the Internet, animation, music, and many other departments, but it turned out that they wasted investors' money, and many of them have now been broken up, or sold, or closed." Lessons from the past, I hope that Tangen Pictures will not go down the old path of failure. ”

In response to the numerous media questions, Down Pictures reacted calmly, holding only a press conference to announce a major overhaul of Starz's sister television stations.

TV operator, from Disney to Comcast!

……

Professional cable TV has not many users because of the high subscription cost, and the total number of users in the United States today is only 30 million.

Even later, when HBO was in full swing and professional cable TV stations became famous, the total number of users in the United States was 55 million.

For example, HBO, which spends $100 a year on channel subscriptions, and $25 in operating expenses for operators' packaged sales, is by no means something that every household can afford.

Especially for some young people who have just left their parents and gone out to work and live, their choice is still relatively cheap basic cable TV stations such as ESPN and AMC, and free public TV stations.

Starz has 2.1 million subscribers, which sounds like a lot, but it already accounts for 7% of all subscribers, which is quite a lot, and HBO has just over 7 million subscribers.

The big gift from Donne, Comcast naturally accepted it all!

With 2.1 million subscribers, even if you remove some duplicate redundant customers and add a Starz operating TV station to its subsidiary, Comcast has added 1.6 million subscribers!

What is this concept?

Two months ago, Comcast acquired telecommunications and television operator Lenfest, adding 1.3 million professional cable subscribers for a whopping $580 million!

On the day Don Pictures announced its partnership with Comcast, Comcast's stock price rose $1.2.

And Donne, who gave away the gift package, will naturally be able to get some rewards.

"Donn, the recent publicity of Disney and Fox is very unusual!" Brian Roberts, president of Comcast, came forward to meet with Done in person and express his gratitude to Done.

Tang En sighed, "There's no way, the media is in their hands, and I can't fight back even if I want to." ”

Brian Roberts immediately said: "Disney has ABC, Fox has Fox Network, but Comcast has the largest cable network in the United States, we can help you!"

Tang En hurriedly shook his hand with a grateful face, "Thank you so much, with your help, my ears can finally be cleaned." ”

Brian Roberts said with a smile: "Yes, we and Disney are originally competitors." ”

The corners of Donne's mouth rose slightly, and he blinked, "By the way, I heard...... Viacom's children's channel has been hit hard by Disney?"

"Huh?"

Brian Roberts was stunned for a moment, a little unable to keep up with Donn's thinking.

Comcast and Viacom are partners, and Viacom Group's cable television stations are operated by Comcast.

Brian Roberts, of course, knew that Donn was referring to the Nick Rodian Channel, and he was secretly amused.

It was rumored that this young man would take revenge, and now it seems that this is indeed the case!

This kid is so bold that he wants to argue with Disney head-on!

However, Comcast is not afraid of Disney, and Brian Roberts admires Donn's courage and calls his assistant Kevin Hall to ask about Viacom's cable network.

Hearing Donn's intentions, Kevin Hall hurriedly said: "That's true, Nick Rodeon mainly broadcasts sitcoms, and Disney Channel broadcasts classic cartoons. But in recent years, Disney Channel has obviously become more ambitious, and has also launched a reality show, which is to rob Nick Rodian of the market. ”

As he spoke, he glanced at Don cautiously.

Brian Roberts smiled and waved his hand, "It's okay, Don is a friend." ”

Donn sent 1.6 million subscribers through Starz TV, which is a great favor, which is equivalent to tearing his face with Disney, and can only be an ally of Comcast.

What's more, what shady secrets can a small children's channel have?

Kevin Hall said in a deep voice: "I've been in contact with Viacom recently, and I heard that they are discussing internally whether to reorganize Nick Rodeon Channel to deal with Disney's offensive. ”

The corners of Don's mouth lifted slightly.

Reshuffle the Nick Rodeon Channel?

With the cheapest subscription fee in the United States, competing with Disney for the children's channel market, even if there are more users, what's the use? You earn users, Disney makes money!

Brian Roberts frowned, realizing the seriousness of the matter, "Disney Channel is making a move?"

Kevin Hall's face was solemn, "The children's channel is the main strategic direction of Disney in the next year or two, and it is very likely that it will ...... There's going to be a big deal!"

Brian Roberts' face changed.

Don listened to their cryptic words, and his heart was a little surprised.

The Disney Channel will dominate the children's market, and Donn certainly knew it. Unexpectedly, Comcast and Viacom also had some premonitions in advance.

This is the heritage and strength of a large group company, right?

"Perhaps...... Down Pictures can do a little favor. ”

A flash of inspiration flashed through Don's mind, and a bold idea popped into him.