Chapter 147: Pit Sony
"Mr. Trammell, $150 million is my final price, and it can't be raised. In the conference room of the Glory Group, Xu Qing and Trammel were negotiating the acquisition of Atari.
"Mr. Xu, Atari and I bought it for more than $300 million, and your price is too low!" Trammell retorted.
Xu Qing turned the pen in his hand and looked at Trammel funny: "What is the situation of Atari now, you know better than me, believe it or not, if I don't buy Atari, in another 2 years, Atari will only be worth 50 million US dollars." ”
"How is that possible?"
Trammell didn't believe Xu Qing's words, maybe not because he didn't believe it, but like an ostrich, he buried his head in the sand and didn't believe the facts.
Trammell has spent a lot of energy and money for more than 10 years since the acquisition of Atari, but it has left him devastated.
Xu Qing thought that if he insisted on the purchase price of $150 million, Trammell would eventually agree, but the acquisition negotiations would take a long time.
Time waits for no one, Xu Qing wants to acquire Atari as soon as possible, and Atari is very important in Xu Qing's game planning.
"Well, I could raise the price to $180 million, but I have a couple of requests. ”
"What request?" said Trammell's face was delighted.
"First, fully cooperate with the Atari acquisition, there are some things that require you to step in, such as the government side. Second, I need you to introduce me to some people in the games industry. ”
Atari's acquisition price reached hundreds of millions of dollars, and it will definitely be strict in terms of government approval, and it is even possible to disagree with Xu Qing's acquisition of Atari, after all, Xu Qing is Chinese.
If Trammell comes forward, the obstacles will be reduced a lot, because Trammell's connections in the United States are much stronger than Xu Qing's.
The second condition is that Xu Qing wants to use Trammell's connections in the game industry to help him recruit some top game talents.
Trammell has been in the game industry for more than 10 years, and is at the helm of Atari, a game company with a significant influence on the American game industry, and his connections in the game industry are much stronger than Xu Qing.
If Trammell can meet both conditions, the extra $30 million will be well worth it.
Trammell agreed to Xu Qing's two requests without much thought, these two requests were not excessive, and he was confident that he would complete them.
Sending Trammell out of the Glory Group, Xu Qing handed over the two lists to Denning.
"Denning, tell Trammell about the people on this list, and recruit them on behalf of the Glory Group. The people on the second list need you to go to Japan in person to solicit them.
Also, if you recruit people on the list, you can introduce people to them, as long as they are excellent talents, we all need them, don't be afraid to spend money. ”
These two lists are some game makers that Xu Qing was more familiar with in his previous life, and recruited them to the Honor Group, so that Xu Qing's game plan can be better realized.
Xu Qing left the Glory Group and came to the general manager's office of Sunlight Film and Television Company.
"Willie, give me a report on the company's recent situation. ”
At present, Sunshine Film and Television has invested in a total of 5 film and television projects, of which "Dumb and Dumb" has started filming, "Friends" is about to be released, and 3 other film and television projects in cooperation with Sony Entertainment are also about to start filming. ”
"Sony Entertainment is starting to shoot three movies at the same time?" Xu Qing asked.
"Yes, because none of these three films are big-budget films, Sony Entertainment can start shooting three movies at the same time. Willie replied.
"Sony Entertainment is not afraid of losing money, oh, no, most of the funds for these 3 movies are made by sunlight films, I hope they won't regret it when the time comes. Xu Qing chuckled softly.
"You made an appointment with Aihara, the president of Sony Entertainment, and I want to meet him. Xu Qing said.
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At 10 a.m. the next day, Xu Qing appeared in Sony Entertainment's president's office.
"Mr. Ono, Sony Entertainment is very bold, and it started filming three movies at the same time. ”
"Haha, the main reason is that Mr. Xu's script is good, and most of the funds are also from Mr. Xu, and we Sony Entertainment will be ashamed if we don't have any courage. Ono laughed loudly.
After a polite conversation with Ono Xiangyuan, Xu Qing got to the point: "Mr. Ono, I have a cooperation project and want to cooperate with Sony Entertainment." ”
"Mr. Xu has a good movie script again?" Ono Aihara said curiously.
"This cooperation is not to make a movie, it is like this, I want to build a music website, and Sony Entertainment has rich music resources, so I hope Sony Entertainment can sell me the network rights of its music resources. ”
"Mr. Xu is so optimistic about the development of the Internet. Ono Aihara wondered.
What do you mean? Xu Qing was stunned for a moment, Ono Aihara is not optimistic about the development of the Internet? Very good, we need talents like you, Xu Qing suppressed the joy in his heart and said:
"I'm not optimistic about the development of the Internet, it's mainly for fun, you know I have too much money now, it's impossible to put all my money in the bank.
The Internet is quite fashionable, how can a young person like me let go of such a fashionable thing and build a music website to play. ”
Xu Qing took advantage of his status as a 19-year-old young man to fool Ono Aihara.
Ono Aihara then remembered that Xu Qing was just a 19-year-old boy, and most of the 19-year-old teenagers were still fighting with girls in college.
Xu Qing already has a net worth of $1 billion, making him the richest person under the age of 20 in the world.
No matter how rich Xu Qing is, he is only a 19-year-old boy, and he still has the unique character and behavior of a teenager.
Thinking of this, Ono Aihara really thought that Xu Qing was just setting up a music website for fun, so he smiled:
"Mr. Xu, if you hadn't taken the initiative to mention it, I would have forgotten that you are only 19 years old, and you are a hero!"
"Ono Aihara praises me, I can achieve what I am now, and the element of luck is relatively large. "Xu Qing is very modest.
"Mr. Xu is too modest, your ability is obvious to all, no one has ever been able to make a net worth of $1 billion by luck. ”
Ono Aihara praised Xu Qing, mainly because he wanted to have a good relationship with Xu Qing, with Xu Qing's current net worth and potential, the future development will definitely be greater, and there is nothing wrong with building a good relationship.
"I can sell the online rights of Sony Entertainment's music resources, but at what price is Mr. Xu going to buy them?" Ono Aihara asked again.
Xu Qing pretended to think, and said after more than 10 seconds: "5 million US dollars, 30 years, and I have the right of first refusal to purchase the network copyright of the music resources produced by Sony Entertainment in the future." ”
"I promised to sell. ”
Ono Aihara directly agreed, he thought that he could only sell for more than 1 million US dollars, and 5 million US dollars is a lot, after all, the majority of the income from music is now records, and online copyright is insignificant.
One day in the future, Ono Aihara will regret the decision he made today, Nima, Xu Qing pit me.