At the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York, an old white man in his old age fidgeted in a café, constantly looking outside, as if waiting for someone who mattered. Pen~Fun~Pavilion www.biquge.info Although the old man has white hair, he is in good spirits, and he looks similar to a middle-aged man in his forties and fifties, but the anxious expression on his face shows that he is not at peace in his heart.

If there are business, entertainment or journalists here, they must be surprised to find that this old man is not, no, not a media tycoon - Somer Lei Shidong?

Yes, this old man is the famous Viacom chairman Somer Lei Shidong, a super media tycoon who is about to shock the world again.

Speaking of Summer, many people may be instantly confused, and they haven't heard of it at all, but whether they have heard of it or not, they can't change the awesomeness of this media tycoon.

Summer-Leeston, an old man in his late teens, is not only a successful businessman, but also a legend, and he has been creating legends all his life, and his whole life seems to be a living American personal heroism movie.

When he was in his 20s, the United States was involved in the war because of the "Pearl Harbor incident", and Lei Shidong also participated in World War II, and it was still in the treacherous field of "spy warfare". Lei Shidong, who joined the "Arlington Code Breaking Team", helped the U.S. military successfully destroy the entire fleet of the Japanese Navy by virtue of his successful deciphering of the Japanese code—Lei Shidong was called a "World War II hero".

After bidding farewell to the army, Lei Shidong first started a legal business, and later took over his father's film company and officially entered the entertainment industry. Under Lei Shidong's management, the Northeast Cinema Company has grown rapidly from a small company with only a few drive-in theaters to a chain of more than 400 screens.

If that's all there is, then Lei Shidong is just a successful businessman at most, you must know that such successful people dare not say countless in the United States, but there are also thousands.

However, God seems to have chosen Lei Shidong as a person, and he doesn't want him to be lost to everyone, but wants him to become a person who affects the world.

In 1979, Lei Shidong, who was 55 years old and close to his sixtieth birthday, suffered a shocking upheaval in his life - when attending a party at Warner Bros., he encountered a fire in the hotel, and Lei Shidong, who was caught in the fire, 45% of his body skin was burned by the fire, and his right wrist was almost out of his body.

Suddenly experiencing such a change, if it were an ordinary person, he would have given up on himself and left himself to fend for himself, after all, a person who even has a problem with survival seems to have no need to live in this world at all. However, Lei Shidong is Lei Shidong, with his indomitable will and unyielding spirit, he survived, won a direct dialogue with death, and survived the most difficult years of his life.

Phoenix Nirvana, reborn from the ashes - the immortal Lei Shidong returned to the mall with shocking perseverance after this accident, and won many battles.

In 1987, the 63-year-old Lei Shidong completed the most beautiful battle of his "business life" - the successful acquisition of the media giant Viacom, and became a world-renowned media tycoon in one fell swoop.

With the success of Viacom's business, Lei Shidong gradually established himself as a giant in the media industry, but he was not satisfied, because compared with real media giants such as News Corporation and Time Warner, his Viacom is still a little weak.

At this time, Lei Shidong set his sights on Paramount Pictures, one of the eight major Hollywood film companies, yes, how could there be no big Hollywood studios in his media empire.

So, after observing Paramount's performance in the stock market for 4 years, Lei Shidong decided to do it - so, last year, Lei Shidong made an appointment with Su Chenyu at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, the main purpose was for Paramount.

Therefore, today, still at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Lei Shidong and others are still Su Chenyu, and the purpose is still to acquire Paramount.

After enjoying the scenery of the "top student in the college entrance examination" in China, Su Chenyu did not indulge in it, but came directly to the United States, and he did not forget the agreement with Lei Shidong last year. After arriving in the United States, Lei Shidong contacted him as soon as possible, yes, this media tycoon can't wait!

Lei Shidong, who was still fidgeting in his seat just now, suddenly had a smile on his face, so he quickly stood up and beckoned to someone, the person he was waiting for had arrived!

"Long time no see, Su!" Lei Shidong smiled and hugged Su Chenyu who walked in front of him: "Please sit down." ”

After sitting opposite Lei Shidong, Su Chenyu said with a smile: "Long time no see, Somer, I've kept you waiting." ”

"No, no, I'm a little anxious. Lei Shidong took a sip of coffee and said with a smile: "Su, this time I won't go around in circles, just get straight to the point." ”

Su Chenyu still understands Lei Shidong's anxiety, because the media tycoon encountered two huge obstacles in the process of acquiring Paramount, and each of them was strong. Therefore, it is impossible for him Lei Shidong to be in a hurry, if he is not in a hurry, Paramount Pictures will have no drama for him, and his dream of catching up with News Corporation and Time Warner will end here.

Taking a sip of the coffee served by the waiter, Su Chenyu smiled and motioned to Lei Shidong to continue, in fact, he knew Lei Shidong's purpose for looking for him.

"Last year, you promised me that if I did anything to Paramount, you would help me. Now, Sue, I really need your help, and that old guy from Barry Diller has stepped in, and he's going to make a deal of Paramount. ”

Yes, one of the "roadblocks" in front of Lei Shidong's acquisition of Paramount is Barry Diller, who killed Cheng Biting Jin halfway. Originally, Lei Shidong's offer of Paramount at a price of $8.2 billion was still very promising, and Paramount's shareholders' meeting and board of directors had already begun to discuss whether the acquisition should be approved.

However, I didn't expect it, I didn't expect that Barry Diller, this guy, suddenly appeared and directly launched a hostile takeover of Paramount. Barry Diller, who resigned from Fox last year, is definitely a superstar in the media industry, and he has always wanted to build a media empire of his own – Paramount being the most important part of that.

"You can rest assured that Barry Diller's competition won't make much of a splash, as long as your offer is higher than that, you can let him go home obediently. ”

For Barry Diller, although Su Chenyu is very optimistic about him as a genius in the media, he is really not good at playing capital operation, and Su Dashao still has a lot of confidence in this.

"But, Summer, you should know what your biggest problem is at the moment, right? As long as you can fix that problem, the rest of the problems are not problems. ”

Well, after hearing Su Chenyu's words, Lei Shidong naturally knew what he meant. Yes, this is the second "roadblock" in front of Lei Shidong's acquisition of Paramount, and it is also a "roadblock" that is quite difficult to deal with - Lei Shidong's wife wants to divorce him.

Just before Lei Shidong launched the acquisition of Paramount, his wife Phyllis filed for divorce with the court again - this is a stab in the back. Yes, once the court rules for their divorce, then Lei Shidong's wife will have to divide half of the property, so that both the current Paramount acquisition and full control of Viacom will be in danger.

"Don't worry, I'll get Phyllis done as soon as possible, and I won't let her interrupt my operation. So, please explain it to Wall Street, give me a little time, and I will definitely give everyone a satisfactory answer. ”

Nodding, Su Chenyu said that he believed Lei Shidong's words, originally, according to the normal historical trajectory, then in the end, Lei Shidong did get his wife, so that this divorce farce ended without a problem again.

"Alright, Somer, but you have to be quicker, know that my side has already started. ”

Although he knew that according to the bad nature of the "wheel of history", Lei Shidong would definitely deal with these two "roadblockers" in the end, but after all, now that he Su Dashao had intervened, he couldn't help but remind Lei Shidong.

"Don't worry. ”

After discussing the next steps with Lei Shidong, Su Chenyu said goodbye and left, he didn't have time to accompany this old man here, you must know that there are two beautiful women waiting for him at home.

Yes, Su Chenyu did not come to the United States alone this time, yes, he was not alone, but took Li Yuhan and Tian Xiaolu with the two girls, and also let these two girls see the "corruption and prosperity" of capitalism.

New York, the Big Apple, is definitely a paradise for the rich, so Li Yuhan and Tian Xiaolu, who set foot in capitalist society for the first time, were immediately dazzled. Compared with a metropolis like New York, Pengcheng, Beijing, and Shanghai are not opponents, at least for now, they are not opponents of a magnitude at all. Therefore, after coming to New York, Li Yuhan and Tian Xiaolu asked Su Chenyu to go out with them, but after all, the business was important, so they came to see Lei Shidong, the old guy, as soon as possible.

Now that I have time, Su Chenyu can accompany Li Yuhan and Tian Xiaolu to take a good look at the Big Apple, from the Statue of Liberty, Fifth Avenue, to the Empire State Building, New York Times Square, Chinatown, etc., anyway, I have visited all the attractions in New York. Of course, in New York, a city with extremely prosperous business, shopping is absolutely indispensable, let alone two women.

Just when Su Chenyu accompanied Li Yuhan and Tian Xiaolu to "sweep goods" in major shopping malls in New York, Lei Shidong was fighting desperately for his "media giant dream" at hand......