Chapter 297: Alibaba
As Zhang Fan said, Hollywood has never lacked miracles.
Disney's highlight of this year's summer season is The Chronicles of Narnia and Rapunzel. This is a big production they used to fight against Zhang Fan. As for the production cost plus publicity expenses, which are less than 10 million US dollars, Disney itself does not care too much. But this small-budget movie has created a miracle as Zhang Fan feared.
This small-budget film released by Disney to meet the summer season exceeded the $10 million mark at the box office in the first week. Compared to its production cost, it is definitely a big success.
This is also achieved despite the strong resistance of the captain of the United States. Without Captain America's strength, there's a good chance that the film's first-week box office would have doubled again!
It was only at this time that Eddie was surprised to think of Zhang Fan's previous reminder. Although Zhang Fan has not been in the industry for a long time, this vision is absolutely unparalleled in the world. No one will pay attention to this kind of insignificant movie, but Zhang Fan can see the difference between him! At this moment, Eddie admires Zhang Fan from the bottom of his heart.
There are many smart people in this world, but there are also many fools.
The low-budget movie of Singing and Dancing Youth achieved box office results that far exceeded expectations, and instantly inflated many people. And the male lead of this movie is one of them.
The Disney youth idol got carried away after the success of the movie he starred in, and publicly said in the media that Captain America of Zhang Fan Film Company used unfair competition to suppress the box office of the singing and dancing youth.
He even said in the media that if the young man could have as many movie screens as Captain America. The results are definitely able to crush this superhero's big-budget movie.
Most people take this idol's ignorant remarks as a joke. Captain America and Boygami are fundamentally different types of movies. There is absolutely no comparison between the two. Not to mention that it is impossible for a special type of movie like Singing and Dancing Youth to get so many screens, and even if they are really given so many screens, there is absolutely no way to compare with Captain America.
This is a fool. This is the definition of most people's youth idol cultivated by Disney.
Unlike most people who treat it as a joke, Zhang Fan kept this incident in his heart. He's not a big belly. The provocation of this young man who got carried away was remembered by Zhang Fan. After he buys Disney, he will definitely kick him out after terminating the contract!
Disney has always had a tradition of nurturing young idols, such as the famous Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera have all trained at Disney's bootcamps. It's just that these young people don't have a good education because of their dream of stardom. Nothing but entertainment. Once not famous or thrown out. The end is usually miserable.
Many young stars who were once all the rage have lost their jobs and have lost their old jobs, and they want to work in other industries but have no skills. The final ending is a lot of shocking.
Some male idols had to go to the Fernando Valley to make a living. And more female idols are reduced to being stars, and even worse living in the highway roadside hotels to receive guests.
The industry is nowhere near as glamorous as it seems.
Although the ending is miserable, it is very beautiful when it is popular. If you can become a big star like Britney Spears or Christina Aguilera, it is simply on the rhythm of the peak of life. Therefore, there are still countless young boys and girls flocking to it.
Zhang Fan's side kicked out that open-mouthed idiot after taking Disney, which means that the guy will be finished soon.
Without the support of large companies, these young idols have no chance of making their mark at all. Exceptions like Britney and Christina can't come out of 10,000 people.
Hollywood has talented actors, and the singers on record labels are talented and have been trained for many years. Where are these idols needed? They don't have the money to go to the door, and as for pretty faces or whatever, will Hollywood have a shortage of young people with beautiful faces?
In this world, not only can't you eat things indiscriminately, but you can't even talk indiscriminately. Because I don't know when I'm going to get unexpected bad luck for myself.
As those media commented, there is no comparison between the two films at all.
Captain America grossed more than $550 million worldwide. Among them, the box office in North America is as high as 370 million. Although the box office is good, the final box office results are not even a fraction of Captain America.
For the success of the Captain America movie, the media is about to go numb. There is no film produced by Zhang Fan's film company that has not been successful. Each one of them is a super blockbuster. This has made countless film industry peers hot, and at the same time, many investors who have money in their hands and want to find ways to make money have also taken a fancy to Zhang Fan's film company. Want to invest in him.
"David, you should know that although I am short of money, my company does not have the slightest problem. Zhang Fan received a visit from David Lawrence, a senior partner at Goldman Sachs, in his office. This time, Lawrence came here to invest in Zhang Fan's film company for his clients.
"Yes, the whole world knows that. David Lawrence smiled, "But Mr. Zhang doesn't have any other investment projects that he wants to raise?"
"Financing?" Zhang Fan raised his hand and touched his chin, "I really want financing." But how much can you offer?"
David Lawrence's spirit rose right away. For them, as long as there is a business to do, there is money to be made. This time, I just came to Zhang Fan to explore the style, but I didn't expect to encounter a good thing that might eat both sides!
"Mr. Zhang, your credit. David Lawrence thought for a moment before saying, "If you have enough collateral, there should be no problem with less than half a billion dollars." ”
"Heh~~~," Zhang Fan laughed, "It's too little." ”
"How much does Mr. Zhang want?" David Lawrence looked at Zhang Fan suspiciously. Five billion dollars is enough to do almost everything in this world. What exactly does Zhang Fan want to do?
"Tenfold. Zhang Fan's words made David Lawrence's eyes widen instantly. Did he think he was talking about won?!
"Mr. Zhang. David Lawrence looked at Zhang Fan with a serious expression, "This money is too much, and with Zhang Fan's current net worth, there is no way to come up with enough collateral." ”
David Lawrence's meaning is very simple, we have the money, but if you can't take out the corresponding collateral, it will definitely not be given to you.
"Forget it. Zhang Fan shook his head: "My film company will not accept any form of financing. I need money, but I need a lot of money. And not just a few billion small dollars. ”
"......" David Lawrence was truly speechless. He didn't know when billions of dollars of money turned into small money. However, he also admitted that what Zhang Fan said was not wrong. His company is doing well, making a lot of money on every film, but it's not running the money at all. It is simply impossible to forcibly intervene in his company.
Zhang Fan put forward a condition, and he agreed to finance if he borrowed tens of billions. But with these tens of billions of dollars, what kind of investment is there to make?
That is, the main reason for coming here today is to test Zhang Fan's attitude, this is really to get financing shares from Zhang Fan's film company, and David Lawrence can be fainted alive.
Although the business was not negotiated, the friendship still had to stay. After all, Zhang Fan is also a big customer of David Lawrence. It is impossible to turn against each other because the business is not successful, this is not the attitude of an investment bank.
David Lawrence chatted a few words and then prepared to leave. However, he was unexpectedly retained by Zhang Fan.
"I did continue to do business with a lot of money. Zhang Fan asked David Lawrence, a professional, with a consultative attitude, "Does Goldman Sachs have any good investment projects to introduce recently?"
After hearing Zhang Fan's words, David Lawrence secretly complained in his heart. If there is a good investment project, I will invest it myself, what can I tell you?
However, on the surface, he couldn't refuse so directly, and after thinking about it carefully, David Lawrence nodded, "If you really want to gather a large amount of money in a short period of time, traditional industry will definitely not work." It can only be an investment. Both the stock and futures aspects are suitable. ”
Zhang Fan pouted, "I know, I just want to ask if there are any good investment projects recently." ”
"If anything, I bought it myself. David Lawrence laughed, "This kind of thing is not just Mr. Zhang, you are thinking, everyone in the world thinks so." ”
Zhang Fan sighed helplessly. He doesn't even scratch the surface of what he knows about investing. How many professionals committed suicide by jumping off a building for this, and Zhang Fan, a layman, did not dare to set foot easily. Especially if you're not sure how useful lucky charms will be.
Just when Zhang Fan was disappointed and about to end this conversation, David Lawrence, who felt that not coming up with some dry goods might affect the relationship between the two parties, thought about it and said, "In terms of futures, oil and gold have been appreciating recently. As for stock investment, if you don't short, then the companies that have more investment value and have a huge scale recently are the network companies. By the way, there is an e-commerce company in Huaxia that has been developing rapidly recently, and it should have a certain investment value. What's the name of this company? It's like an Arabic myth? Oh yes, it's called Alibaba. ”
"Ali Baba?!!" After hearing David Lawrence say this name, Zhang Fan jumped up from the sofa as if he had been struck by lightning in an instant. His expression was surprised and uncertain, which startled David Lawrence.
Zhang Fan's mood at this time is really indescribable. He actually forgot about Alibaba!
Alibaba, the miracle of the Chinese business community. A mega-company that has hit brick-and-mortar retail to the point where it has had to change completely. This company has swelled into a behemoth in a very short period of time and is definitely a golden choice for investment!