Chapter 356: Planes and Yachts
There is nothing wrong with this from the company's point of view, because it does diversify the risk. When you lose money, you lose it together, and the pressure will not be as heavy as investing alone. However, there is also a disadvantage, that is, when you make a big profit, you will be divided into a large part of the profit.
In the past, Hollywood companies could use fictitious box office, collude with theaters, and produce various financial statements to trick those unfamiliar laymen into investing. If you lose it together, you can't make any money or you don't get a lot of money, or you can even delay it for a long time.
However, this method is not useful for Disney, because Disney itself is on the same level as Twentieth Century Fox. If the eldest brother doesn't laugh at the second brother, don't show off your face in front of your own people with these methods.
As long as Disney intervenes, Twentieth Century Fox will not want to take advantage of Zhang Fan.
After this news came out, it was when other film companies were still hesitating to wait and see and do investigations. Disney has taken action directly and generously threw out a $100 million investment into the filming and production of this Avatar. And in the future, the post-publicity will also be invested proportionally.
Investment is naturally meant to be rewarded, and in the face of Disney, Twentieth Century Fox's methods against those small and medium-sized film companies and foreign investors are useless. can only honestly sign the agreement to give Disney the benefits after dividing.
At this time, Twentieth Century Fox didn't know what crazy results this Avatar would have. Otherwise, even if they smash the pot and sell iron, they will make up enough production fees for the truck drivers, and they will definitely not give Disney the slightest opportunity.
The trucker gets the investment he needs to continue making his Avatar movies. Twentieth Century Fox was pleased to find someone to share the risk. As for Zhang Fan, of course he is very happy to have the opportunity to invest in such a movie and make a lot of money. This is a happy ending for everyone.
As for why Twentieth Century Fox accepted Disney's investment, the real reason is not just because Disney has the money to pay for it. There are a lot of companies and people in Hollywood who can come up with this investment.
The reason why Disney was allowed to enter was more because Disney had a huge theater chain like AMC Cinema Company. And there's ABC Television, one of the largest television networks in North America. Whether it is the cinema chain and the promotional media, it is a must-have thing for any movie. If Disney joins it, it will naturally be able to better expand the channel.
Although several giant Hollywood companies have always been on guard against Disney and trying to find ways to crack down, after all, Disney's strong rise will inevitably affect their income and interests. However, when it comes to making money from specialized projects, they don't have any dirt. In the face of interests, nothing else matters.
The private jet that Zhang Fan ordered has finally arrived. Not the previous Gulfstream 550, but a large modified airliner ordered from Boeing.
Gulfstream's business jets are really good, and many successful people love them. But for the truly wealthy at the top, only the big private jets of Airbus and Boeing are their real favorite toys. It is also a place to express one's identity.
Originally, Zhang Fan's plane would take at least half a year to be delivered. But when the news of Zhang Fan's purchase of Disney spread, Boeing accelerated the production of his order. The world itself is such a reality that even Boeing cannot remain indifferent to the owner of a company valued at hundreds of billions of dollars.
The cost of the aircraft is not very high, although it is a large intercontinental passenger plane with four engines, but the cost of the aircraft alone is roughly less than 300 million US dollars. But the interior decoration is completely different.
Before Zhang Fan bought Disney, the renovation plan didn't cost much. After all, for Zhang Fan at that time, almost all the resources in his hands had to be used to acquire Disney. But after he completed his goal and won Disney, Zhang Fan, who had more than $10 billion in pocket money in his hand, immediately modified the decoration of his private jet.
The plane is covered with Turkish cashmere carpets, the bulkheads are hung with masterpieces bought from private museums, and there is absolutely no silver where gold can be used for decoration, and no mass-produced products can be used where they can be made by hand. The bar's wine cabinet is filled with a wide variety of expensive wines.
The cost of these interiors is even close to the price of buying this aircraft. That is, at this time, Zhang Fan was not short of money at all, and he would definitely not dare to spend money so lavishly before he was replaced.
The most expensive of these interiors are the works of art that are displayed all over the place, as well as some expensive and scarce drinks.
In terms of artworks, because Zhang Fan pursues authenticity. There are quite a few works worth hundreds of thousands, millions, or even tens of millions of dollars. And almost all of the drinks are high-priced goods from auction houses. None of these high-end luxuries are cheap.
As for the crew and pilots, Boeing has prepared a whole crew for Zhang Fan's side. However, Zhang Fan finally chose to refuse. It's not that he can't trust these people's technology, but the Western world has always been self-centered, and Zhang Fan is worried that when something important happens, these people will think about protecting themselves first instead of protecting him, the boss.
Zhang Fantuo people have found suitable candidates in domestic airlines, all of whom are experienced personnel who have been flying all year round. Zhang Fan offered a high salary and invited a group of crew members to take charge of the private jet.
As the three major pieces of the rich, Zhang Fan has luxury cars, airplanes, and yachts. In terms of luxury cars, the world's top luxury cars Zhang Fan has almost every model, and his private parking lot has been filled with many world-famous brands.
In terms of private jets, a Gulfstream G550 business jet, plus a Boeing Quad Intercontinental jet. The vast majority of the world's richest people are to this extent. And Zhang Fan doesn't need to fly around the world often to work, these two planes are enough for him.
However, when it comes to yachts, there is something lacking. Although Zhang Fan has an offshore yacht, that kind of small yacht used to be okay, but now it is obviously not suitable. Although there are new yachts ordered, the new yachts that are still in the shipyard are not too big, and can only be regarded as ordinary. After all, Zhang Fan's rise is too fast, and his net worth is expanding faster than the speed of building a yacht.
Zhang Fan had no choice but to go to the world's top German Lürssen shipyard to build a super-large yacht for himself.
The reputation of the German shipyard Lürssen is very resounding, and they once built one of the world's largest super-private yachts for Saudi oil tycoons. The reason why the yacht is so famous, in addition to being the largest yacht in the world, is that the Saudi oil tycoon has asked the Lürssen shipyard to complete the construction of such a super-private yacht within two years.
At the time, this was considered by all to be an impossible task. Because the construction of mega yachts is not so fast, and now is not a time of war.
However, under the price offensive of the oil tycoons, the Germans burst into their own power. Within two years, the super-private yacht, code-named 'Mission Impossible', was built. It's a huge miracle. Of course, with enough money to stimulate, Zhang Fan also believes that nothing is truly impossible.
With this huge reputation, if Zhang Fan wanted to buy a yacht for himself, he naturally thought of looking for Leshun Shipyard.
For a big customer like Zhang Fan, Leshun Shipyard naturally has no idea of refusing. Zhang Fan's requirements of a length of more than 150 meters, a living area of more than 8,000 square meters, more than 100 rooms, a helicopter landing platform, a standard swimming pool, etc., are nothing to the Leshun shipyard. Do what the customer asks.
However, when Zhang Fan said that he hoped to see the yacht delivered within two years, Leshun's people instantly collapsed.
Building a yacht of this magnitude is no simple task. Not only the shell, but also the interior decoration and so on takes a lot of time. Even with the strength of the Lürssen shipyard, if it wants to complete the construction plan in such a short time, the only way is to work overtime on a large scale. In the Western world, especially in Europe, overtime is something that all workers hate. The only way to convince workers to work overtime is to give them overtime pay that they can't refuse!
Overtime pay in Western Europe is horrifying, and under normal circumstances it is several times the normal wage. And if this kind of large-scale overtime lasts for two years, the labor cost alone is already an astronomical amount. This is completely different from the fact that companies in some places ask for free overtime during interviews, and it is all over the world.
The previous largest private yacht in the world was able to be completed because the oil tycoon offered a price that the Lürssen shipyard could not refuse. Can Zhang Fan give it?
Zhang Fan's response to the complaints of the Leshun shipyard was very simple. What price did the customer offer when you built the largest private yacht, I'll give the same price now. It will only be more, and it will definitely not be less!
The oil tycoons are rich, but Zhang Fan is definitely not poor!
After completing his layout in the media group, Zhang Fan has now begun to enter the rhythm of enjoying life. If you want to build a private yacht, come to the world's largest!
I didn't feel like I was buying and ordering a yacht twice in a row, but I actually improved my horizons with the rapid increase in net worth. So this time, Zhang Fan directly set his eyes on the previous one hundred and thirty-nine meters long world's largest yacht. He's going to surpass that record.
The length of one hundred and fifty meters is already very scary, which is already almost close to the length of a heavy cruiser of the Second World War. Once completed, it will inevitably make Zhang Fan the focus of the whole world in an instant!