Lei Shidong's acquisition of Paramount may not be possible, and his wife has filed for divorce from the court. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"'Marriage in Heaven' has been hit hard by 'Marriage in Reality', and Viacom and Paramount have become a castle in the air. ”

Wall Street is skeptical of the Viacom takeover, and the future of Lei Shidong's marriage has become an important weight. ”

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Shortly after Lei Shidong proposed a $8.2 billion goodwill acquisition of Paramount, his wife Philip filed for divorce with the court, and the news media across the United States unanimously favored the acquisition of Paramount. You must know that once the court rules that Lei Shidong and his wife are divorced, then he will definitely be divided into a part of the property, and Viacom's future is uncertain at that time, so how can he care about the acquisition of Paramount. Therefore, this time Wall Street also collectively looked down on Lei Shidong's acquisition case, which is really too threatening for divorce.

Barry Diller announced his involvement in the Paramount takeover, intending to compete with his friend Lei Shidong. ”

The news broke by the Wall Street Journal suddenly cast a shadow on Lei Shidong's acquisition of Paramount, and now two huge "roadblocks" are placed in front of Lei Shidong, and no one thinks he will succeed.

However, the "great god" is the "great god", and Jedi turnovers are commonplace......

No one knows how Satsuma Lei Shidong did it, but he did it anyway - when the outside unanimously looked down on his acquisition of Paramount, when everyone was talking about Lei Shidong's divorce case, Phyllis actually took the initiative to withdraw the divorce application to the court.

Anyway, at this moment, the "onlookers" were a little confused, how could such a major event as "divorce" be so casual? If they say that they will not leave if they are divorced? Can they still be worthy of the masses who are not afraid of big things when they watch the excitement?

Originally, a good "divorce drama of a wealthy family" ended in such a tigerish drama, which "onlookers" do you say can stand it? -- Lao Tzu's pants are all off, can you show me this?

But what do the "onlookers" think, anyway, Lei Shidong breathed a sigh of relief for the time being, and finally moved the biggest obstacle in front of him. As for the next thing, it's much simpler, he Lei Shidong has a way to deal with it, and besides, his allies have already made a move, what are you afraid of?

At this time, Su Chenyu, who was in the Long Island Villa, looked at the news in the newspaper about Lei Shidong's wife's revocation of the divorce application, and couldn't help but admire Lei Shidong's methods. Actually, Su Chenyu was a little puzzled how Lei Shidong got Philip, could it be "kung fu in bed"? But Lei Shidong still has that ability? Besides, would Philip let Lei Shidong go for the sake of a momentary pleasure in bed? You must know that this woman is not simple, and later generations took $2.5 billion in "breakup money" from Lei Shidong's hand -- maybe it was a long-term line to catch a big fish.

Anyway, since Lei Shidong has solved the biggest "roadblock" of the "divorce case", it is time for the great god to perform!

Shortly after Lei Shidong's wife Philip announced that he was withdrawing her divorce filing, Peter Chening publicly announced that MGM would officially join the army to buy Paramount, and that it was already backed by the parent company, Tianchen Fund.

At this moment, the entire Wall Street and media industry were shaken, and for the "fat meat" of Paramount, it was originally Lei Shidong and Barry Diller, the "two tigers fighting", and now Peter Chening has been added - all of a sudden it has become "three wolves chasing together".

It seems that he felt the pressure brought by Peter Chernin and MGM, so Barry Diller, who was originally going to fight with Lei Shi Dong, decisively accelerated the pace - directly forced to raise the price, which was much higher than Lei Shi Dong's offer of 8.2 billion, in order to impress Paramount's shareholders.

There is no way, MGM's development in recent years has been too fast, and the high box office brought by a few successive big-budget films has made the originally weak lion quickly reinforced, plus after the annexation of Mira Max and Marvel, it has the appearance of Hollywood's largest film company. Therefore, once MGM intervenes in Paramount's acquisition, it is likely to make Paramount's shareholders more optimistic, after all, the strong combination between the two is likely to create a Hollywood supergiant.

Compared with Barry Diller's emergency shot, Lei Shidong at this time was quite calm, as if this matter had nothing to do with him. The most important thing is that Lei Shidong still has the energy to acquire another company, BesTV, as if he has completely given up on Paramount.

Speaking of Blockbuster, this company is amazing, as the largest film and television entertainment supplier in the United States, its film rental chain stores are almost all over the United States, and it can even be said that even sparsely populated towns have Blockbuster film rental stores.

No one expected that at the critical moment of competing for Paramount Pictures, Lei Shidong would actually have the kung fu to acquire this company, and I really don't know if his head was kicked by a donkey - this is what most people in the outside world think.

No one pays attention to Lei Shidong's bad move, because now MGM and Barry Diller have entered the white-hot stage of the competition for Paramount. Just as Barry Diller raised his offer for Paramount to $8.7 billion, MGM also announced that it would raise its offer to $9 billion, and for a while, neither side would let anyone.

The price of $9 billion is actually a bit high, you must know that Tianchen Fund spent less than $3 billion when it acquired MGM. Of course, Paramount's situation was not comparable to MGM at that time, and they were now properly profitable, while MGM Pictures could be said to be in debt at that time, and it was almost bankrupt.

However, even if Paramount's performance is good, the price of $9 billion is a bit inflated, and it is completely unnecessary. However, it depends on who it is, and if for MGM, the price is really not worth it, after all, they already have their own film company. But for Barry Dieller and Lei Shidong, Paramount Pictures is a big step in their rise.

After communicating with the Wall Street consortium behind him, Barry Diller decisively raised the price to $9.2 billion, which is already the bottom line for him and the Wall Street consortium behind him. Barry Diller was gambling that he was not so eager to get Paramount Pictures at MGM and would never pay such a big price for it.

I have to say that Barry Diller was right, because MGM really doesn't need to eat Paramount Pictures to grow stronger, they are strong enough. Therefore, after Barry Diller raised the offer, both Peter Chernin and Shirley Lansing remained silent about it and seemed to have chosen to give up.

Seeing MGM's reaction, Barry Diller breathed a sigh of relief, he knew that he had made the right bet, and now he only needs to discuss the specific details with Paramount, then the best of the eight Hollywood studios will be completely his Barry Diller.

Unfortunately, this time God did not choose him, Barry Diller, but another person, Summer.

Just as Barry Diller was in final talks with Paramount, Lei Shidong and his Viacom announced that they would officially acquire a majority stake in Blockbuster for $5.2 billion.

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, no one thought that Lei Shidong would play such a hand, it seems that the target is Paramount Pictures, but in fact, the real target is Blockbuster - it's really "so insidious".

Hehe, if you think that Lei Shidong's plan stops there, then you are very wrong.

Just hours later, Viacom reached an agreement with MGM to sell all of its shares in Blockbuster to MGM for $5.2 billion.

Eh, everyone is stunned now, is Lei Shidong stupid? Why did he just buy it and sell it? Is there any mistake?

Soon, the "onlookers" knew that Lei Shidong was not stupid, but they were stupid - at the same time as selling Blockbuster to MGM, Lei Shidong borrowed $10 billion from Standard Chartered Mitsui Sumitomo Bank with Viacom as collateral and officially offered Paramount Pictures.

"Coax ......"

There was an uproar, no one expected Lei Shidong to actually play this trick, the acquisition of Blockbuster was just a pretense, his real goal has always been the same - Paramount Pictures.

The $10 billion offer suddenly trampled Barry Diller's $9.2 billion under his feet, and Paramount Pictures decisively abandoned Barry Diller and officially agreed to the acquisition of Lei Shidong and Viacom.

The $800 million gap is not an $8 gap, and for the investors and shareholders behind Paramount, it's almost an irresistible temptation.

After all the catastrophes, Lei Shidong finally fulfilled his long-cherished wish and successfully took Paramount Pictures into his arms - more than ten hours after the $10 billion offer was made, Viacom officially reached an acquisition agreement with Paramount.

After the acquisition agreement was reached, Lei Shidong couldn't help but be overjoyed in the face of reporters' interviews - "We create a giant, we will be the first."

After the acquisition of Paramount Pictures, Lei Shidong's Viacom will officially become a giant on the same level as News Corporation and Time Warner, and he will also become a real "media giant".

Looking at the smug Lei Shidong on TV, Su Chenyu also smiled quite happily, because in this acquisition of Paramount, in addition to Barry Diller, the disappointed, he and MGM are also winners.

Lei Shidong got the Paramount Pictures he wanted, and MGM got the Blockbuster he needed, and immediately after Viacom acquired Paramount Pictures, MGM announced in a low-key manner that it would wholly acquire Blockbuster and turn it into a wholly-owned subsidiary!

In fact, this noisy circle is just a ploy......