Mark groaned for a moment and said, "I can't open this mouth." ”

Bell said: "I'll go, even if you mess up the game then, you can still push the black pot on me, when nothing happens, it won't affect the friendship between you." ”

Mark said, "What's so embarrassing?"

Bell said: "I can't solve the problem for you, what qualifications do you have to be your lawyer, what reason do you have to trust me? I will maximize your interests reasonably and legally, even if Random House does not agree to the advance, we also have a backup plan, they must sign a contract The sequel to "Twilight" must be printed to more than three million copies, and we will give them the distribution rights, with this contract, we can go to the bank for a loan." ”

Mark had a refreshing feeling, it turned out that he could still make money like this, no wonder it was so easy for rich people or people with backstage to do business, he said: "0k! ”

Bell smiled and said: "Financing is one thing, this acquisition of film companies is another, you can take back the information of the six film companies here first, it is best to observe on the spot, we can contact each other's intermediaries at any time." ”

Mark said, "I'm going to see McComm Films, and if I want to buy the best, if I have money, I want to buy Time Warner." ”

In fact, Time Warner is now called Time Warner Online, and it is the parent company of Warner Bros. Pictures.

Time Warner has a portfolio of high-value brands, including CNN, Netscape, HBO, Time Magazine, Time Warner Cable Inc. and Warner Bros.

The second is: HBO pay channel (the most influential pay channel in the United States, broadcasting a large number of classic American dramas: "Band of Brothers", "Sopranos", "True Detective", etc., is famous for producing heavy classic American dramas, and is the big brother of the pay channel.

The third is: Warner Bros. Entertainment (including Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Comics, Warner Bros. Games, CW TV, etc., even the top new line in the second tier is its subsidiary, "Harry Potter" can be promoted so well, and the box office and peripheral sales are so good, it is inseparable from Warner's huge platform resources.

In 2001, the world's largest Internet service provider, Mi Online merged with Time Warner, announcing the formation of "the world's first fully integrated media and communication company for the Internet century" This is the world's largest business merger case so far, the new company after the merger and acquisition market value of 350 billion US dollars, ranking seventh in the world, equivalent to the GDP of several countries, but unfortunately encountered a technology bubble, Internet companies plummeted across the board, the world's seventh largest company with a market value of 350 billion US dollars has now fallen below 20 million, which still has a lot of water, it has become the most classic failure case of textbooks. ”

Mark was surprised: "It's surprising that Times Warner has lost so much money and hasn't collapsed. ”

Bell said: " At the beginning, 米国在线 controlled Time Warner by 1:1.5 share swap, controlling 55% of Time Warner's equity, but just after signing the word acquisition, it encountered a technology bubble, and was sued by competitors to the Federal Trade Association's monopoly operation, after more than a year of litigation, it was successfully merged, but the stock of 米国在线 plummeted, the market value evaporated more than 100 billion, Time Warner tried every means to refuse the merger, and the rice country online, which had asked for the comeback of Time Warner, was forced to agree to exchange the actual market value of 1:1.5, who knew that the market value of 米国在线 fell again and again, and it has lost control of 米国在线Time WarnerNow their joint board of directors is controlled by Time Warner, which is made up of seven publicly traded companies, each with its own board of directors and CEO, they are financially independent, and the code for listing transactions is different, and the collapse of the stock price of Mi Guo Online certainly has an impact on them, but it is not fatal. ”

"It sounds complicated," Mark said. ”

Bell said: "Time Warner shareholders are more than 600, controlled by the board of directors in New York, their top priority now is to get rid of the United States Online, because the United States Online has become their burden, burden, can not do any good for them, their marriage type mergers and acquisitions, now the breakup is the best result, if one day you are rich enough, maybe I will become your gold medal lawyer, for you to acquire Time Warner Group, to assist you in the world's largest media group to take the helm." ”

He was just joking, they were still bothered by the more than $3 million dollar that had been spent buying McConaughey Films, and he never imagined that 14 years later, he would lead a large team of lawyers to preside over the acquisition of Time Warner.

Mark said, "Maybe, now I want to go to McConaughey Pictures, and you can arrange it for me, and I authorize you to contact Random House to see what terms they can offer?"

Bell said: "I'll arrange it right away." ”

They drove to Bamberg, where McConaughey Pictures is located, the cultural center of Los Angeles and, more notably, Burbank is known as the "media capital of the world", including the headquarters or important departments of many media and entertainment companies such as NBC, The Walt Disney Company, ABC, Nickelodeon and Warner Bros.

Burbank City is located in Los Angeles County, located ten miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles, the city and Glendale, South Burbank, San Marino, Arcadia, Madre, and other cities border, Highway 5 passes through the city, connecting Santa Crumendo in Northern California and San Diego in Southern California, convenient transportation, superior location, and adjacent to Hollywood and Los Angeles, and McNacon is in Burbank and San Fernando Valley between Burbank and the Burrino area.

Mark drove all the way through and saw that there were many internationally renowned media in the vicinity, including Disney Studios, which attracted many tourists, such as the Disney Signature Animation Building in Burbank, which is the home of Walt Brown. Located between Disney Studios in Burbank and Highway 134 to the south, the Featured Animation Building is a four-story building in the transition zone between the busy highway to the south and the pleasant pedestrian studio to the north.

The economy is more developed, in the San Fernando Valley, Burbank's second-largest office district, most of which are in the entertainment industry, with the highest rental rates in the area, and more people working in Burbank and living in cheaper areas nearby.

And McConaughey Pictures is located in a relatively remote area, in a 25-story building that covers an area of more than 40,000 feet, called the Dewey Building, and McConaughey Pictures rented the ninth floor as the company's residence.

Dewey Building alone, there are more than a dozen film and television production companies, as well as some post-production and distribution companies and brokerage equipment companies, all of which are mixed film and television related industries, which shows the development of the entertainment industry here.

They took the elevator to the ninth floor, and the silver-haired McConaughey led a group of high-level executives to greet them at the front desk at the door, and they were a little surprised to see that Mark was so young and still Chinese.

When Bell took the initiative to introduce: "This is Mr. Mark Wang, the choreographer of "This Man is from Earth". ”

This made them awe-inspired, enthusiastically stepped forward to shake hands, Hollywood is not only a place name, but also a synonym for film and television culture, because the country is very late, only more than 200 years, the film is almost the same as its history, it can also be said that film culture is their historical and traditional culture, this circle is small is Hollywood City and its surrounding radiation cities, said that big is the related film and television cultural industry, Mark with "This Man is from Earth" hit the top ten of the weekly box office, and is a little famous in the circle, at least until McConaughey, these old fritters who have been mixed for more than 20 years are famous.

They led Mark to visit this McConaughey Films, which is more than 40,000 feet, divided into more than 20 rooms, and lined up on both sides of the middle, at the end is the largest general manager's office, and there is a nameplate posted outside each room, indicating what he is used for, all the staff is about 40 people, under the general manager is the department manager, and more importantly, the distribution department, which has the ability to operate the film distribution in more than 200 theaters, the main tentacles are concentrated around Greater Los Angeles, and you can't play it out of here, followed by the DVD production and distribution department, they mainly distribute low-budget horror films, comedies, and sell DVDs, and even sell AV moviesIt's close to the San Fernando Valley, the world-renowned mecca of AV production, and they have plenty of footage.

Because the company's performance is good, the boss has repeatedly said that the premise of the acquisition is not to harm the interests of employees, so the company's change of ownership did not cause any panic, here is Burbank, they are veterans of the industry, not afraid of not finding a job, but those senior executives are a little uneasy, in the company's senior management is not easy to find.

Mark is very satisfied with this McConaughey Films, which makes up for his shortcomings in some aspects, and his DVD distribution department can come in handy when releasing the DVDs of the "Saw Horror" series, as for the more than forty small movies in his library, which can be used to enrich the film library, and those AV movie rights can be sold as soon as they can be sold, he will no longer use these as his main selling points.

When Bell mentioned the offer and wanted to press the offer and make a deal for 3.4 million, McConaughey smiled and said, "What are you kidding? Someone only quoted 3.6 million in cash yesterday." ”