Chapter 512: A New Media Giant

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In fact, most of the enterprises or retail investors who have invested heavily in this way can ensure that the capital chain will not be broken.

And the capital chain will get bigger and bigger.

However, the stock market plummeted, and the vast majority of corporate and retail investors were trapped.

This is also the reason why so many people go bankrupt overnight, and Murayama Hara Kita is one of them, although he has not yet reached the point of bankruptcy.

But the bank is already urging the loan, and if he can't repay the loan, he can only file for bankruptcy.

"Mortgage?"

Gu Yongning frowned slightly.

Murayama Harakita nodded, and continued, "You just want to control the Asahi Shimbun Group, as long as your stake reaches 37%. ”

"With my support, you can do the same."

Gu Yongning pondered for a moment, and finally said, "This is beyond my purview, you wait a minute, I'll go out and make a call." ”

"Please."

Gu Yongning got up and walked out, and came back after about four or five minutes, and said with a smile: "The above has already agreed, now let's talk about the loan amount." ”

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Masao Okamura had a triumphant smile on his face: "Mr. Kimura, now that I have more than 50% of the votes, it seems that I am going to say sorry." ”

Kimura's eyes could almost burst into flames.

But in the face of this situation, even if he is unwilling, he can only admit defeat, and the root cause of all this is the damn stock market crash.

In the same scene as two days ago, Kimura got up and left angrily.

In the days that followed, Masao Okamura reshuffled some of the group's top management, but the Kimura family has been in the group for more than 100 years and has been deeply rooted.

It will take time to take full control.

The news of Japan's Asahi Shimbun Group being acquired by Hong Kong's Wise Media Group has attracted considerable attention in Japan and even internationally.

As one of the largest news conglomerates in Japan, the influence of Asahi Shimbun can be imagined.

Even the Japanese government has to pay attention.

On this day, in a teahouse near the Japanese Prime Minister's Office, Masao Okamura sat opposite a middle-aged man, and the atmosphere was a little dignified.

"Okaymura-kun, you should know that the Asahi Shimbun Group is not an ordinary enterprise."

Sakamoto frowned thirty times, and Masao Okamura was the first businessman he saw since he took office as Chief Cabinet Secretary (equivalent to the secretary general of the government).

But what they want to talk about is not good.

Masao Gangmura said: "Of course I know that the Asahi Shimbun Group is not an ordinary enterprise, but I am just carrying out the orders from above. ”

Although he was a little surprised that it was Sakamoto who appeared in person thirty times, he was not nervous.

Because Wei Xiong had long expected that the Japanese government would not watch Asahi Shimbun Group being bought by foreign capital, and he was still a Hong Kong native.

So I have already explained to him.

Sakamoto's expression was slightly angry thirty times: "Gangmura-kun, I hope you can realize the seriousness of the problem, which has endangered the security of the country." ”

"In order to eliminate this harm, we will have to do something."

The purpose of Sakamoto's 30th visit to Masao Okamura is simple, and Webster Media Group can become the majority shareholder of Asahi Shimbun Group.

But he can't be the chairman of the board of directors, which is the bottom line of the Japanese government.

Masao Gangmura smiled coldly: "Sakamoto-kun is serious, my boss asked me to remind Your Excellency that the stock market crash in Japan is not over yet. ”

"And please don't despise him."

"Yaga."

Sakamoto was immediately angry thirty times, this is a naked-naked threat, Wei Xiong is clearly threatening him if he dares to do anything excessive,

It will once again enter the Japanese stock market.

He is well aware of Japan's current economic situation, and if Wei Xiong really does this, then there is no doubt that the Japanese economy and stock market will be even worse in the future.

And even if there is no economic crisis in Japan,

With Weixiong's current strength, as long as he doesn't care about losses, he can still snipe at the Japanese economy and even cause a serious economic crisis.

Masao Okamura smiled slightly.

"The boss also said that in his heart, Japan is a very friendly country, and he hopes to develop good relations with Japan and the Japanese government."

"If the Japanese government is in need, he is willing to help within his ability."

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Half an hour later, in Prime Minister Toshiki Umibe's office, Sakamoto repeated the highlights of his conversation with Masao Okamura 30 times.

Toshiki Umibe's face immediately darkened.

The Asahi Shimbun is one of the largest news conglomerates in Japan, and if it were to be controlled by a Hong Kong person, it would undoubtedly be a great destabilizing factor.

That's why he asked Sakamoto to talk to Masao Gangmura thirty times.

It is hoped that after seeing the determination of the Japanese government, Wei Xiong will be able to retreat and hand over control. But he clearly underestimated Wei Xiong's strength.

Of course, it is also possible that Wei Xiong recognized the true face of the Japanese government's bluff.

Indeed, the Japanese government really does not dare to do anything excessive now, because Wei Xiong is too powerful, so powerful that people are afraid.

Unless the major powers unite to block Wei Xiong.

But is it possible?

In the age of the global economy, no government (and those authoritarian governments don't count) can decide the life and death of a business with a single word.

To be honest, Toshiki Umibe didn't want to provoke Wei Xiong, a strong enemy.

The most important thing for Japan now is to stabilize the stock market and save the economy. You know, the stock market is still falling, although not as scary as it was in January.

But the Asahi Shimbun ......

After pondering for a long time, Toshiki Kaibe finally sighed helplessly: "Let's put this matter aside for the time being, we have more important things to do." ”

Sakamoto was able to understand the Prime Minister's considerations thirty times, and he was equally helpless: "I understand. ”

After hesitating, Toshiki Umibe continued: "In addition, strengthen the security around the headquarters of the Asahi Shimbun Group to prevent anyone from making trouble. ”

It's really aggrieved enough.

However, the list of investment institutions involved in the Japanese stock market crash has been exposed by the Sankei Shimbun before, which has put the Japanese government under great diplomatic pressure.

If something happens again, the Japanese government will definitely be even more passive.

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The news of the acquisition of Asahi Shimbun by Merriam-Webster Media Group has attracted strong attention not only in Japan, but also in Hong Kong.

That's one of the largest news conglomerates in Japan!

And soon after the news broke, Webster Holdings issued an announcement - merging Webster Media Group with Webster Entertainment Group.

The new Merrias-Webster Media Group is formed.

Its subsidiaries include Webster Films, Media Asia Records, Tianheng Film and Television, Webster Film Distribution, Webster Brokerage, Phoenix Satellite TV, Tiantian Press Group,

Zhongtian Satellite TV, TVB TV, Lianyi Film and Television,

Dragon City Development (Studios), Paramount Pictures, Marvel Comics, Toei Corporation, Asahi Shimbun Corporation and many other large companies.

He Chaoqiong is the chairman of the group.

Brad Letterman, former vice president of Webster Media, became the group's president, and Hu Wenhao (see 340), the former vice president of Paramount, was promoted to the group's vice president.

Wu Siyuan is the vice president of the group and the president of Weishi Film Distribution.

Zeng Zhiwei is the Vice President of the Group and the President of Webster Films.

Masao Okamura, former president of Media Asia Records Japan, has been promoted to president of Toei Japan, responsible for Toei Corporation, Toei Animation and Asahi Shimbun Group.

He is also the president of the Asahi Shimbun Group.

Zhao Jiajie (see 251), former vice president of Toei Animation, was promoted to president of Toei Corporation.

In addition, the Hero Manga Club was merged into Toei Animation as a whole, and the former president of the Hero Manga Club, Naoyoshi Taniyama (see 112), became the president of Toei Animation.

The reason for this merger is to promote the integration of resources and improve competitiveness.

As soon as this announcement came out, it immediately detonated public opinion, and the merged Merges Meditech Group has become a global media giant.

It's not much bigger than News Corp., the world's largest media giant.

However, in terms of influence, there is still a gap between Webster Media, after all, News Corp.'s main industries are concentrated in developed countries such as Europe and the United States.

Webster Media, on the other hand, has a focus on Asia.

However, even so, it is enough to amaze everyone.

You must know that such a large media giant cannot be created with money, just like the Asahi News Group, if it were not for the stock market crash in Japan,

Merriam-Webster Media also couldn't take advantage of it.

At this time, "Mythology", starring Cheng Long and Gong Li, held a grand premiere in Los Angeles, and the scene was star-studded.

Unlike any previous film, "Myth" is a film with pure Chinese elements.

This is an attempt at a Webster movie, and Wei Xiong also has great expectations, so Paramount really put a lot of effort into promoting it.

However, now that Eastern culture is in a weak position after all, there are many people among Western audiences who do not buy it.

The premiere made a box office of $10.39 million, which is actually not bad, but it has been gradually declining since then.

The box office in the first week was 51.03 million US dollars.

It is the lowest record for a Webster film since it entered the U.S. market. Of course, if you put it in the general environment, 51.03 million is already very high.

What's more, it is a film with pure Chinese elements.

Wei Xiong's personal appeal played a big role in this, and many audiences who walked into the cinema went to Wei Xiong's name.

This is also Paramount's consistent method when doing propaganda, and it has been tried and tested repeatedly.

Of course, if cultural factors are put aside, "Mythology" is top-notch in terms of storyline, actors' performances, and picture texture.

Indeed, it is particularly commendable.

On the third day of the Los Angeles premiere, Cheng Long and other creators returned to Hong Kong to hold the Asian premiere of the film.

In fact, the Asian premiere was originally planned to be held in Tokyo.

After all, Japan has become the largest box office base for Hong Kong films in Asia, and the premiere in Tokyo will help gather popularity.

But the whole of Japan is still in the grip of a stock market crash.

And because of the exposure of "Sankei Shimbun" before, Wei Xiong had a lot of controversy in Japan, and an accident inevitably occurred, so he changed to Hong Kong.

In Los Angeles, there was Paramount to run the premiere naturally grand.

In Hong Kong, it is not far behind, after all, it is the home base of Webster's movies, and the stars from all walks of life are like watching the flowers, which makes people dizzy.

And the leading actors Cheng Long and Gong Li naturally became the focus of the most attention.

After all the guests arrived, Zhang Yimou, Cheng Long and other main creators were briefly interviewed by reporters in the screening hall, and the scene was not enthusiastic.

"Brother Long, I heard that Golden Harvest is preparing a blockbuster, and it is still starring you, I wonder if there is such a thing?"

Cheng Long smiled slightly.

"Since the release of "Extreme Action", Golden Harvest has been preparing for a new film, but recently they have been busy promoting and don't know the specific situation."

Although the box office of "Extreme Action" was unsatisfactory, Golden Harvest finally tasted the sweetness.

Therefore, they have been preparing for a new blockbuster, but Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang's opinions do not agree, and He Guanchang hopes to continue making action movies.

still takes Cheng Long as the protagonist.

Zou Wenhuai thinks that there will be aesthetic fatigue if he always focuses on Cheng Long, and he should try different types of themes like Wei's movies.

In the end, He Guanchang persuaded Zou Wenhuai to lay a good foundation first, and then pursue the diversification of the subject matter.

But then it got stuck in the script again.

"Miss Gong Li, there are rumors that you are behaving intimately with director Zhang Yi in the crew, are you filming and dragging? Since when? ”

The reporter asked Gong Li, but Zhang Yi answered first.

I don't know if he is worried that Gong Li will not answer well when she is embarrassed, or if he thinks that it is more appropriate for this kind of sensitive question to be answered by a man.

"These are just boring rumors, I have known Gong Li for many years and are very good friends."

Prior to this, Zhang Yi had already communicated with Gong Li on this issue, and as a director, Zhang Yi didn't care about the exposure of the relationship.

But Gong Li is an actor, and she is a young and beautiful actress.

Exposing her relationship too early will undoubtedly have an impact on her career, which was the case when she was in the mainland before, but now she has come to Hong Kong to develop, and it is still the same.

Even more so than when I was in the mainland.

In this case, of course, he can't be selfish and think only about himself.

"When it comes to intimacy, I'm very close to a lot of people in the crew, but that's just work, everyone is here to make the film good."

The reporter asked: "Is Miss Gong Li really like this?" ”

Gong Li smiled and said: "What's really wrong with this, isn't it normal for friends to be a little closer, it's because you are too sensitive." ”

After the short interview, the film officially began.

As the lights in the screening hall dimmed and the screen lit up, Zhang Yi looked at the screen, and after a while, his head tilted slightly to the right.

"I'll go back to the mainland tomorrow."

Sitting on his right was Gong Li, hearing his voice, Gong Li was stunned, and then said, "Didn't you say that you can stay for a week?" ”

The filming and post-production of "Myth" took a total of half a year.

Compared with a big-budget movie, this time is not long, and then he returned to the unit, that is, the Guangxi Film Studio.

It wasn't until a month ago that I came to Hong Kong and started to participate in the global promotion of the film.

Now that the movie has been released, his task has been completed, so he naturally has to report back to the unit, and there is still a lot of work waiting for him in the factory.

"The factory director called me last night, and I was in a bit of a hurry."

Gong Li sighed secretly.

She wanted Zhang Yi to accompany her more, when she was filming before, because she was in the crew, the schedule was relatively tight, and they didn't have much time to date.

After filming, Zhang Yi and the technicians of Pixar Studio were busy with post-production.

After the post-production was completed, they could finally get along, but within a few days, Zhang Yi was recalled by a phone call from the unit.

When we meet again, we are already doing film promotion.

originally thought that after the release of the film, they would finally be able to get along well for a while, but I didn't expect it to be like this again, maybe this is the sadness of a long-distance relationship.

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The grandiose and textured war scenes are one of the highlights of the film, which is not found in any previous Hong Kong film.

-- Oriental Daily

There is no doubt that this is an epic costume action movie, and the magnificent and atmospheric images deeply shock everyone who walks into the cinema.

In addition, some passages also uphold Cheng Long's usual funny kung fu, which makes people laugh.

The plot setting of the film is also very imaginative, and ancient and modern have their own merits, especially the ancient legends and myths are very attractive.

- Cinema Fortnight

To be honest, "Myth" is indeed a favorite film, but the plot is inevitably a little unsatisfactory, such as whether the Indian part is redundant?

-- Sing Tao Daily

It's a textbook film, and many of the shots and shots used in it can be used as a model for later.

And the performances of several protagonists in the film are also excellent.

Cheng Long showed his usual funny style, adding a bit of lubricant to the serious atmosphere of the film, and Gong Li's elegant and mature temperament is also fascinating.

-- Ming Pao

Although this "Myth" directed by Zhang Yi is similar in terms of storyline, the feeling after watching it is obviously different from the original.

In particular, the magnificent atmosphere and the extremely textured picture.

Also, several of the war scenes in the film are much larger than the original, and the kind of legion fighting scenes has not been seen in any previous film.

And special effects have been added to these war scenes to make the scene look more magnificent.

Coupled with a good plot and the appeal of the hero and heroine, it is impossible not to be loved by the audience, and the newspapers are almost full of praise.

Of course, there are people who disagree with everything.

For example, some people think that the part in India is completely unnecessary, and the plot seems to drag on in vain; There are also people who ridicule "Myth" as a tomb robbery film.

There are even people who say that the plot of the film is confusing.

However, these opposing voices are in the minority after all, and the film's eye-catching performance at the box office has also effectively countered these discordant voices.

Since the film was released in Hong Kong, it has almost been sold out.

The queue to buy tickets was outside the cinema. And in places like Japan and Southeast Asia, the situation is similar, and it has really set off a movie-watching boom.

The only regret is that there are some troublemakers in the theaters where "Myth" is shown in Japan.

Fortunately, several theaters called the police in time, and there was no major incident, and there was no substantial impact on the film's release in Japan.