"Mr. Zhang, congratulations. Christine Peck handed Zhang Fan a glass of whiskey and congratulated him with a smile on his face, "Pirates of the Caribbean have achieved great results, and now the entire film industry is going to bow down at your feet." ”

"It's not that exaggerated. Zhang Fan smiled and waved his hand. It's not that he's being modest, but the truth hasn't reached that point.

Although Pirates of the Caribbean has broken the curse that pirate-themed movies are bound to lose money, they have become the leader of the current summer season. However, it is still too exaggerated to say that Hollywood fell at the feet of Zhang Fan.

Hollywood has a long history, and I don't know how many amazing and brilliant characters have been produced. But no one has ever really conquered it. Although Zhang Fan has performed well in the recent period, it has not reached that level.

"I came to Citibank this time to seek your support. After a brief greeting, Zhang Fan began to turn the topic to the topic.

"No problem. Christine Peck immediately laughed, "Mr. Zhang is an important customer of Citi, and we will serve Mr. Zhang wholeheartedly." ”

In the commercial world, banks are very powerful. And their main way of making money is to take out loans and then collect interest. If the customer's deposit had been left on the books, the bank would have been ruined by the huge interest on deposits.

For a large-spending customer like Zhang Fan, Citibank is naturally very happy. Because the more Zhang Fan borrows, the more loan interest he can bring to the bank.

"I wonder how much Mr. Zhang needs this time?" asked Christine Peck the most important question.

"Four tens of billions. Zhang Fan's voice calmly reported a number that made Christine and Payke stunned: "Dollars." ”

That's a very large amount, comparable to even the entire income of some countries. Even if Citibank wants to spend such a huge amount of money, it has to think carefully. And it's not something that Christian Cui Peck can call the shots.

"Mr. Zhang. Christian Cui Peck smiled bitterly, "This amount is too large, and I have no way to make the decision." ”

"I would use Alibaba shares as collateral. Zhang Fan's words made Christine Pike's eyes light up instantly.

Since Alibaba's listing on the NASDAQ, the stock price has been on a high trajectory. Now the market capitalization has begun to hit the $400 billion mark, and it is the hottest stock on the Nasdaq in recent times. The result of countless investors is that the price of this stock continues to skyrocket.

If Zhang Fan can take out the company's shares as collateral, then the loan is definitely negotiable.

"Mr. Zhang. Christian Trepek replied, "I'll submit your request to the board." Rest assured, I'll do my best to make this happen. ”

Zhang Fan didn't say anything like that, if you don't give me a loan, I'll go to another house. Not to mention that there are not many banks that can take out this huge amount of money, even other banks have to go through this process. It is impossible for any bank not to attach importance to such a large amount.

Christine Peck has a lot of experience, and after Zhang Fan said he was willing to use Alibaba shares as collateral, he knew that the loan was basically done. Such a high-quality collateral asset is how every bank is the favorite. With Alibaba shares as collateral, the chances of success are very high.

Christine Peck was very happy because the loan was done in his hands. In other words, this time the results are to be counted on him.

$40 billion, even if a concession is given, there is at least 11 percent annual interest rate. That's at least $4.4 billion in interest income for Citi every year!

Such a huge achievement was enough to take Christian to the next level, and it was not impossible to even get into the top management. In this case, he is even more concerned about this matter than Zhang Fan himself. Do your best to let Zhang Fan get the loan.

Anyway, with Alibaba's shares as collateral, Citibank is not worried that Zhang Fan will not be able to repay the money.

If Zhang Fan just wanted to take the shares of Disney's shareholders, he wouldn't need to spend so much money at all. Because the total number of shares in the hands of those shareholders is only more than 30 percent. They are more likely to appear in the company as management.

And the reason why Zhang Fan borrowed so much was to eat the whole of Disney. Even if it is a secret acquisition, it needs to be reported to the CSRC after reaching a certain percentage. At that time, once the market knows that Zhang Fan will become the owner of Disney, it will inevitably cause large fluctuations in the stock price, and the cost of acquisition will be more.

Zhang Fan has no intention of sending love to the American people. So he found a whole team of very good professionals to do it for him.

When Citibank's board of directors approved Mr. Zhang's loan, Mr. Zhang immediately dialed the number of the leader of the professional team.

"Roger. Zhang Fan lit a cigarette and gave an order to the phone, "Let's start." ”

"Good boss. Roger answered and hung up. Turning to look at the large group of subordinates in the operation room, he waved his hand vigorously, "Start!"

With sufficient funds, there is nothing in this world that cannot be done. The effect will be even better if sufficient funds are handed over to professionals.

This team is a well-known acquire in the industry, and they specialize in acquiring companies. After Zhang Fan's funds were in place, these people first used various accounts to absorb the shares of those retail investors in the market.

Recently, Disney has been receiving a flurry of bad news, which has led to a sluggish stock price. Many investors were not optimistic about Disney's prospects, so when Roger's team slightly raised the purchase price, they quickly absorbed a large number of Disney shares.

The real investors in the market are these retail investors. The reason why they invest in stocks is to make money, not to control the company or to be optimistic about long-term development or anything. As long as the stock makes money, it doesn't matter if you sell it.

Because a number of different account acquisitions were used, each of which did not meet the disclosure quota required by the CSRC, the acquisition was carried out in secret.

After Zhang Fan got the report on Pirates of the Caribbean's global box office receipts, he contacted Disney shareholders directly to request a shareholder meeting.

"Everyone. Zhang Fan didn't even say any pleasantries after walking into the conference room, and directly threw the documents and reports to the shareholders, "This is PwC's statistics, as of last weekend, the global box office figures of Pirates of the Caribbean have exceeded $800 million. ”

Zhang Fan stood in front of the long conference table, leaned forward with his hands propped up on the table, and his eyes scanned the many Disney shareholders with unswerving faces like electricity: "According to our previous agreement, please sell all the shares in your hands to me." ”

The Western world is a contract society, that is, the contract has the highest priority rights. Once a formal contract has been signed, unless your lawyer can find a loophole in the contract and overturn it, the end result will be to comply with the contract.

If you don't keep the contract, your credibility will be lost. After that, you have to bear legal responsibility. Because to violate the spirit of the contract is to oppose the whole society. The end must have been very tragic.

The contract signed with Zhang Fan has long been scrutinized by many lawyers. The end result is that there is no way to shirk responsibility.

Now that Zhang Fan has completed the requirements of the previous contract, if these shareholders do not want to be enforced and have to lose money and go to prison, they can only transfer their shares to Zhang Fan in accordance with the previous contract.

These shareholders are very unwilling. In addition to being reluctant to give up Disney's rights, it is more because Zhang Fan will inevitably bring take-off benefits to Disney, a group with film and television production as the core, after becoming the owner of Disney.

You must know that Zhang Fan himself is the trump card of making movies, and he also has Pixar, the leader in animated films. Coupled with the copyright of many excellent works, it is simply the wings that lead Disney to take off. At that time, Disney's stock will inevitably rise rapidly, and their wealth will definitely rise sharply.

Now such a good opportunity has appeared in front of them, but they want to transfer the shares in their hands, and the bad mood can be imagined at this time.

"Mr. Zhang. Someone couldn't help but say out loud, "Now the stock price of Disney has risen a lot, and the price we agreed on before is too low." ”

"yes, the price agreed on before is not quite right. Many people immediately spoke out, wanting to move Zhang Fan to raise the price again.

"Mr. Zhang, we believe that if you can become the chairman of the board of directors of Disney and lead us, it will definitely lead Disney to glory. "This is someone who doesn't want to sell stocks and wants to use Disney's position as chairman of the board of directors to lure Zhang Fan. Without the slightest disregard for the current chairman of the board of directors, he sat on the sidelines with a blank face.

All of a sudden, the entire conference room was full of people, like a noisy vegetable market. For these people, as long as they can protect their own interests, nothing else matters.

Zhang Fan sat down on the chair and lit a cigarette leisurely. Just sit there and watch these people perform. If Disney wants to be brilliant again, the first thing to do is to get rid of all these people.

"Enough!" was the chairman of the Disney Board of Directors. The gray-haired old man got up and slapped the table in front of him vigorously, angrily scolding everyone present, "Don't you understand? How could he let go of this opportunity?! Since snatching Pixar, he has been plotting to take away the whole of Disney! What is the point of you doing this now?!"

Zhang Fan nodded slightly, saying that people are old and fine. Indeed, this is true. The chairman of Disney's board of directors broke Zhang Fan's long-standing thoughts in one sentence.

It's just that if you see through it now, it's too late.