Chapter 230: Acquisition of "Marvel"
Little Yiyi stretched out her chubby little hand and pinched his cheek and broke it with a "babbling babble".
This little guy knows how to observe the looks of adults, and when he saw that Li Qingyuan was paying attention to her, he pursed his lips and opened his small mouth to reveal his little pink tongue, stretched out a small index finger and pointed at his mouth with his round arm, and then sucked.
Such an obvious action, Li Qingyuan can understand it at a glance even if he has no experience with children, the little guy is hungry.
The big belly is the biggest in the world, and the little baby must be taken care of first if she is hungry, Li Qingyuan glanced at Morgan, and took her out of the study and handed her to Li Yunyang.
Li Yunyang, who has always kept breastfeeding his daughter, made the action of digging out his chest, which suddenly made Li Qingyuan embarrassed and unable to deal with himself, and returned to the study as if he had escaped.
On the balcony outside the study, Morgan stood outside with his hands behind his back and smoked a cigar, the ethereal smoke blending into the flying snow and disappearing in a blink of an eye, with the demeanor of a peerless master.
Li Qingyuan was itching, so he quickly took a cigar from the cigarette case on Morgan's desk, struck a match and lit it.
Outside the floor-to-ceiling window, Li Qingyuan patted Morgan's shoulder and said, "Morgan, you really know how to live, such a good Cuban cigar is not easy to buy, if you help me bring some more, this thing is the most suitable for loading!"
"Do you still need to do this with your current status?" Morgan said, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and he glanced sideways at him.
Nodding vigorously, Li Qingyuan spit out a smoke ring, and replied with certainty: "Of course, although my net worth is similar to Bill, who knows me, in terms of influence, I am not comparable with him at all." ”
"It took Bill decades to get to where he is today, and if you compare yourself to him, you should compare yourself to your peers. ”
"I'm also one of the richest people in the world, and it's better to find my peers than to lose my share. ”
"Forget it, it's up to you what you want to do, or that, what's the matter with coming to America this time?" Morgan said back to the point.
"I'm going to make a heroine movie for Yanran, but there are no resources in Huaxia, so Hollywood has become my goal. ”
"You're going to buy a Hollywood studio?"
"It's just a small company, so to speak, and my goal is Disney. ”
Morgan choked on the smoke and coughed violently, this big nephew is really speechless, "Disney" is a tens of billions of dollars behemoth, he actually wants to buy it for his wife to make a movie!
"My dear nephew, you're kidding, we don't have that much money to buy it right now. ”
"So there will be no money, isn't there still more than 20 billion yuan of money earned in oil futures last year?"
Morgan rolled his eyes and admonished: "I have already started to operate this fund, and I will soon invest it in the new issue of oil futures. ”
"How much money can be withdrawn from the Helium Star Bank?" asked Li Qingyuan without giving up.
In the face of Li Qingyuan's persistence, Morgan could only helplessly say: "Now I will squeeze out 5 billion cash for you at most." ”
"No, the more than 100 billion deposits in the bank can only squeeze out 5 billion? Didn't I tell you to shrink the loan as much as possible?"
"It's one thing to reduce lending, it's another thing to recoup the previous loans, and it's going to take a few years. You have to understand the impact of shrinking borrowing for no reason
The company's image will make the public question the strength of our bank, and if it triggers a cash-out trend, then we are finished. ”
It seems that most of the purpose of coming to the United States this time has been abolished, but even so, he doesn't want to give up, at least he has to buy "Marvel", so that at least he will be invincible. With the big killer of "Marvel", in the future, Hollywood film and television giants will not have to offer themselves as ancestors!
"Well, I don't force it, 'Disney' can't bite now, let's set the target on 'Marvel Comics'. It's time for the M&A department of the investment company to come out and move around, and you tell them to go down and get in touch with them first. ”
Today's "Marvel Comics" Chinese name has not been changed to "Marvel", Li Qingyuan can not put "Marvel" on his lips, can only use his current name to talk to Morgan.
Morgan was confused, this goal was a bit big, what was the idea of this big nephew?
"Are you going to develop a 'surprise' movie, and let Yanran play the female role in it?"
"There are more than 5,000 characters in 'Marvel Comics,' and if it is successfully adapted into a movie, then it is a treasure, an inexhaustible treasure!
"Although you have some truth, but you must know that 'Marvel' is now in a dying struggle, and if the box office of the movie does not confirm their value, no matter how many characters there are, they will be a pile of useless garbage!"
"Haha, isn't this our chance, buy it, let's use the movie to prove the value of these characters!"
"Well, since you're confident, let's invest a sum of money to do it. ”
The geographical location of New York is similar to that of the capital of China, and it is snowing these days, Li Qingyuan does not like the wet and cold weather in winter, if he can choose, he would rather go to Los Angeles, California, at least where it rarely rains, and snow is rare.
But it's a pity that he didn't have a choice, unlike "Disney", "Marvel" is headquartered in New York.
The upsetting weather made him have to nest in Morgan's house, but fortunately, there is a little cutie like Yi who can relieve his worries, as long as the little girl is awake, Li Qingyuan will accompany her to play, and pass a lot of unbearable time.
Jason Heckford is the manager of the mergers and acquisitions department of Helium Star Investment, and he brought him not too good news after contacting the top management of "Marvel", and the president of "Marvel" Avi Arad showed resistance to the company's acquisition, but Jason Heckford felt that his will was not resolute.
Since Avi Arad did not refuse, it shows that there is still a chance to convince the other party, Li Qingyuan is ready to go out in person, and the problems that can be solved with money in this world are not problems.
Sitting in an extended Cadillac limousine arranged by Morgan, Li Qingyuan was accompanied by Jason to the headquarters of the "Marvel" company, and the Empire State Building not far away reminded him of the World Trade Towers blown up by bin Laden, which were once landmarks of the United States.
Avi Arad was an Israeli, less than sixty years old, with a white beard, dark blue glasses, and a stocky man.
He expressed surprise at Li Qingyuan's visit, because he didn't know Li Qingyuan at all, but the helium star investment company is now a behemoth, and he must be a big man who can represent the investment company, so he can only accept it humbly.
"Marvel" will
In the room, the guests and hosts sat down, and Li Qingyuan didn't want to play with them Haha, he didn't plan to celebrate the New Year in the United States when the Chinese New Year was approaching.
"Mr. Avi, two days ago we already expressed our intention to acquire your company, I wonder if you have informed the shareholders?"
Instead of answering his question, Avi Arad changed the subject and said, "I'm curious why Helium Investments would be interested in acquiring Marvel Studios? ”
"I personally like comics very much, and the works produced by 'Marvel Comics' make me appreciate it even more, I can't bear to watch it fall like this, my wish is to make it brilliant again, so you should understand my intentions!" Li Qingyuan is talking nonsense with his eyes open, if Ling Yanran is present, he will definitely roll his eyes and blush for him.
Li Qingyuan's words suddenly made Avi Arad feel like he had found a soulmate, he grew up watching "Surprise Comics", and he was very able to understand Li Qingyuan's feelings, which is a feeling that cannot be abandoned.
"It turns out that Mr. Li and I are in the same way, assuming you complete this acquisition, how are you going to revive the majesty of 'Marvel Comics'?"
"The development of 'Marvel Comics' to this day, the management factors are only part of the reason, the rise of the Internet is the most important reason for its continuous losses, people's consumption concept has changed, if you can't keep up with the trend of the times, then the final result can only be bankruptcy and bankruptcy. Li Qingyuan was angry, as long as Avi Arad could accept it.
"Mr. Li, there are many reasons for the decline of 'Marvel Comics', perhaps there are factors related to the impact of the Internet, but this is not what we are going to discuss today, I just want to know Mr. Li, how you can save it. ”
"Well, since Mr. Avi wants to know so much, I'll just say it. I want to put the characters in 'Marvel Comics' on the big screen and use film and television works to guide people's consumption. ”
Seeing Li Qingyuan say this, Avi Arad sighed and said: "Since I took over the company, I have been trying my best to sell 'Marvel Comics' to Hollywood, but those film and television companies have been digging into the corners of 'Marvel Comics', they just want to buy the characters and adapt them themselves, but they don't want to cooperate with us, does Mr. Li have the ability to break this status quo?"
"Mr. Avi, whether you can break this status quo or not is not something that can be achieved by talking about it, if Helium Star Investment can't buy 'Marvel Comics', all this is meaningless. ”
"Is Mr. Na Li going to buy 'Marvel Comics' wholly or just want to buy shares?"
Li Qingyuan smiled leisurely and said: "Of course I want to acquire it wholly if I can, but I also want to keep a talent like Mr. Avi, so Mr. Avi doesn't need to resist, if the acquisition is successful, you will still be the president, and I will inject funds to let the 'Marvel Comics' be reborn in your hands!"
"This condition is very moving, so does Mr. Li allow me to keep the shares?"
"Mr. Avi, I can't deny that I want to get control, if you can get other shareholders to sell me their shares, of course you, the president, can keep some of the shares. ”
"Mr. Li offered such generous conditions, and I have no reason to refuse. ”
"Then I'll wait for Mr. Avi's good news, in addition, I hope that Mr. Avi can try his best to retain the talents in 'Marvel Comics', the development of 'Marvel Comics' is inseparable from them, especially David Messer and Kevin Feige, I value their abilities. ”