Chapter 80: How about investing in movies

Old Man Han said something on the phone, and his tone was mostly reprimanding, nothing more than I can take care of my grandson and the like, what do you want you to worry about, little cub.

Needless to say, it must be his father answering the phone, and the boy turned his head calmly: "Grandpa, I haven't heard from you for a long time, and you didn't come for my birthday." ”

"I went around Africa and went with a research group, and I donated some money to scientific research institutions, and they took me with them, and there was no electricity in that place, let alone a telephone. Guo Muzhou leaned on the backrest and lifted Erlang's legs.

He said, "When I came back in January, no one answered, and then a woman said that you were going to the Maldives for a vacation." ”

"What have you been doing lately, still running around?" the boy's grandfather ended the call, came to sit down in front of his in-laws, and twisted some dried leaves from the tea can to make tea.

"If you don't go, you have nowhere to go, I've been at home for more than a month, I don't know what to do, I knew that the rubber factory didn't sell at that time, maybe now the company is bigger than you." ”

Listening to the two old men speak Chinese is very cordial, their two elders, the first generation born after immigrating to the United States, have been learning Chinese since childhood, and their accents are quite authentic, much better than their parents.

It's not unusual for them to do this, but it's strange that the grandson's accent is also very good, and the old man can't figure it out, so in the end he can only be regarded as an "anti-ancestor".

First poured a cup for his in-laws and handed it to him, the old man said with a smile: "Your rubber factory collapsed last month, and now there are too many companies doing this business, and the cost of manpower and raw materials in the United States is too expensive, and they can't take advantage of the competition." ”

"It's down!?I spent so much time back then, a bunch of idiots. ”

"After a few economic crises, who can stand it, your stall is so big, they don't have as hard work as you, so what do you want to do next?"

Guo Muzhou was drinking tea, and almost choked when he heard this, and scolded with a smile: "Raising a fart old, I have raised it from my forties to the present, and I am really old." ”

"It's a pity that your hundreds of millions of dollars are in the fund, you didn't do several projects at that time, otherwise it's no problem to multiply 5 times now. ”

Old Man Han shook his head and sighed, at that time, the SOS company was developing, and he didn't have any spare money in his hands, otherwise he would have won it.

"Hundreds of millions of dollars at that time, Morgan Stanley came to me in the eighties, saying that there is a big project to invest, the rate of return on profit is very high, 14% a year, 92 years to give me 1.18 billion, and now it is still in Morgan, last year's statement did not look carefully, anyway, it must be more than 1.2 billion dollars. ”

"Can they give such a high?" Han Xuan asked in surprise, thinking about the big events that had happened during this time, he blurted out in his mouth: "Kill that polar bear?"

"Eight or nine is not far from ten. ”

Grandpa smiled, seemed to be very satisfied with the boy's intelligence, and changed the topic and asked, "Old Han, what good investment projects do you know now?"

"I don't know very well, almost everyone in the industry is doing it, most of them are triangular debts, and rash intervention may not necessarily reap the benefits. ”

"It's better to engage in the service industry like me, only others ask me to sell it, and the cash flow is still large. As long as it is not listed, SOS is our family, so we don't have to worry about other people's interference. ”

"Recently, people have become richer and richer, and there are fewer homeless people on the streets, and there is no country that can compete with the United States, and I guess the economy will develop again in the future. ”

Grandpa propped his hands on his knees and touched his chin: "I'll go back and ask people to go to Morgan to check, they have detailed information there, I haven't been in contact with the current market situation for many years, and I haven't figured out what to do, let's see when the time comes." ”

After talking about the matter, he chatted about the family's routine, most of them were Han Xuan, and the two old men listened with a smile, very interested in all the little things that happened to him, no way, the family is just such a single seedling, holding it in the mouth for fear of melting, holding it in the palm of the hand for fear of falling.

The old man revealed the news to his in-laws, especially Anya, who kept adding oil and vinegar, as if it was his own personal experience, which stunned Han Xuan, and the first reaction in his mind was: "How does he know?"

"There's a mole!

Shame sat on the side, clasped his hands in front of his chest, and when he saw them coming, he puffed up and said, "You guys are so boring." ”

Hearing the part about watching the movie, Guo Muzhou interjected: "By the way, Han Xuan, have you watched "The Terminator"?"

"I've seen it, what's wrong?" Han Xuan found that the revelations were finally over, and hurriedly asked, eager to skip the topic about girls.

"I saw the director at the reception half a month ago, James Cameron, that kid drove a truck in my company back then, and now he has become a big director, and he just finished filming "True Lies", and it seems that he is going to make a new movie again. After speaking, he stopped, got up silently and walked to the toilet, drinking too much tea.

The boy felt that his curiosity had been hung in his throat, so he was stuck there, and sat on the sofa with a pillow, staring motionlessly at the toilet door, trying to confirm his suspicions.

A few minutes later, Guo Muzhou came out and was almost burned by his hot gaze: "I know you like it, "Terminator" is really good, but this time it is not a robot theme, it seems to be a love story." ”

"And then?"

"That guy said that 20th Century Fox gave him 100 million production fees is not enough, and wants me to invest 50 million, I heard that the boss of 20th Century Fox was almost driven crazy by him, and no one dares to touch too many criminal records. ”

"How much does it take to earn back 150,000,000? I think Fox will have to lose money this time. ”

"More than $1.8 billion. ”

Han Xuan added in his mind.

In the previous life, Titanic was jointly shot by 20th Century Fox and Paramount Pictures, and originally this film did not have Paramount's share at all, but due to James Cameron's profligacy, when the cost of the film was overspent to $140 million, there was still no sign of completion.

20th Century Fox felt overwhelmed, so they asked Paramount to help, and Paramount generously invested $60 million to make the film a success.

But everyone knows what happened later, "Titanic" became the world's highest-grossing film, with a high box office of $1.8 billion worldwide, which made 20th Century Fox regret it.

I knew that the film was such a hit, even if I spent more money, I had to carry it myself, but now I want other companies to get a piece of the pie

So 20th Century Fox said that since it made most of the cost of the film, it was natural that most of the profits should go to itself, leaving Paramount with a small part of the profits.

Paramount quit, he came to help when Fox couldn't bear it, and he explained in advance that the profit was split in half, and now Fox made it clear that he was crossing the river and demolishing the bridge.

So Fox was sued in court, and finally the court announced that the domestic box office profits of "Titanic" belonged to Paramount, and the overseas box office went to 20th Century Fox.

Viacom made a lot of money as soon as it bought Paramount, and his teeth could laugh off, but now it is Han Xuan who is laughing.

"Grandpa, let's invest, this industry will develop well in the future. ”

"Hey, you're blowing my money?"