Lei Shidong transformed a struggling TV company into the world's media and entertainment giant: Viacom. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 He was able to develop Viacom into one of the largest media and entertainment companies in the world, with several famous companies such as Paramount Pictures, CBS, Blockuster, which made DVDs and computer games, and MTV Music Television Network, with an annual turnover of $22.6 billion and branches in more than 170 countries and regions around the world.

However, judging from Lei Shidong's successful development trajectory, Zhang Junyi knows that Lei Shidong can successfully become a global media emperor in his previous life, and it can be said that the three things he completed played the most vital role in it, that is, he acquired three companies, one is Viacom, one is Paramount, and the other is CBS.

At the age of 63, Lei Shidong began to boldly implement his industrial expansion path. That year, he sold several of his movie theaters and borrowed money to buy Viacom, a young entertainment company at the time.

At the age of 70, he acquired Paramount Pictures.

At the age of 76, he acquired CBS.

After completing three crucial acquisitions, Lei Shidong was named the eighteenth richest person in the world by Forbes two years later, and he may not be as good as GE's Welch in terms of personal charisma, he may not be as good as Disney's Eisner in terms of creative ability, and he seems to be far behind the media mogul Murdoch in terms of adventurous spirit, but after owning Paramount Pictures, MTV and CBS, Lei Shidong's legendary life can achieve his career leap again and again.

That's right, Zhang Junyi just wants to successfully replicate the success of Lei Shidong's previous life, remove the dross and extract its essence as quickly as possible.

It took Lei Shidong nearly thirteen years to complete the most critical success in his life, Zhang Junyi can't wait that long, although Zhang Junyi is not yet twenty years old, even if it is thirteen years later, he is only in his early thirties, but Zhang Junyi is not ready to do that, because Zhang Junyi's hands have the key factor that Lei Shidong was extremely short of back then, that is, 'dollars', Zhang Junyi is not lacking that thing now.

is still the same sentence, the newly established film and television company is just Zhang Junyi as a stepping stone to open the door to Hollywood, and it is also a problem to put it another way, in fact, Zhang Junyi uses this company as a shell company that occupies the big IP of those popular movies in the next few decades of Zhang Junyi's previous life.

Zhang Junyi's ultimate goal is still the seventh major in Hollywood, and if he does not stay in the seventh major for a day, Zhang Junyi will not become the top figure in the Hollywood circle for a day.

Why do you say that, it is not wrong to say that the battle between the seven major Hollywood film companies is as dangerous as a sword and shadow, but if any film and television company other than the seven major companies endangers the status of the seven major studios, the seven major film companies will immediately become an alliance of interests and work together to clean up the company.

To give a few examples, in Chang's previous life, even though the three founders of DreamWorks were such great figures as Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen, even if DreamWorks' products included movies, cartoons, TV shows, home video entertainment, records, books, toys and consumer products, even if DreamWorks eventually developed into one of the top 10 film printing, production and distribution companies in the United States. At the same time, it is also a video game and TV program production company, and has participated in the production or distribution of movies in the North American box office, with 2 films exceeding 400 million, 5 films exceeding 300 million, and in the next 20 years, more than 30 movies will exceed 100 million, even if the classic movies produced by DreamWorks include "Impunity", "American Version of Midnight Bell", "Tuxedo", "Vanilla Sky", "Gladiator", "Ghost Invasion", "Shock Galaxy", "Kung Fu Panda", etc., but in the end, it was not crippled by the seven!

So this is Hollywood, if you don't become the Big Seven, you can only be second-rate.

In fact, why the Seven are so good, it's very simple, because they have mastered the classification of Hollywood, that is, the MPAA, and a slightly exaggerated explanation is that the Seven have mastered the Hollywood system, and they are the makers of Hollywood rules.

The full name of MPAA is "The Motion Picture Association of America", that is, the American Film Association, and is headquartered in California. This organization was founded in 1922 and initially emerged as a trading organization for the film industry. Today, it's not just movies that are shown in theaters, but also home video and other delivery systems that may emerge in the future.

The so-called grading is also G, PG, PG-13, R, NC-17.

G-level: Mass-rated, can be watched by all ages, the content of the film at this level can be accepted by parents, the film has no nudity, ** scenes, and there are very few scenes of drug abuse and violence. Conversations are also something that can be frequently touched in everyday life;

PG level: general tutoring level, some content may not be suitable for children to watch, some shots may cause discomfort, it is recommended to watch it in the company of parents - the film at this level is basically free of **, drug use and nude scenes, even if there is a short time, in addition, horror and violence scenes will not exceed the moderate range;

PG-13 level: Special tutoring level, not suitable for children under 13 years old, children under 13 years old must be accompanied by their parents, some content is very inappropriate for children - there are no rough and persistent violence scenes in films at this level, there are generally no nude scenes, sometimes there are drug scenes and profanity;

R level: Restricted level, under 17 years old must be accompanied by parents or guardians to watch - this level of film contains ****, which contains more **, violence, drug abuse and other scenes and swear words;

NC-17 Rating: Not Allowed for 17 years of age or younger: Films at this level are classified as adult films, and minors are strictly forbidden to watch them. There are clear ** scenes in the film, a lot of drug or violent scenes, and swear words.

The main members of the Motion Picture Association of America are the chairmen and presidents of the seven big seven film and television media giants in the United States, and these seven film companies are the seven major Hollywood companies.

If you don't become the Seven, you will be just an ant in the Hollywood circle, at most a slightly larger ant, I don't understand, okay, then another explanation, be the 'Seven' When you feel that a certain film company endangers their transcendent status, no matter how good the movie you make, it will be defined as NC-17, that is, a movie that minors are resolutely forbidden to watch, even if your movie has a good reputation, it is useless, the base number of moviegoers is there, and the movie you make will be a movie with a large production cost, well, you can only congratulate you at that time, your movie can only hit the street, and the loss is not a light loss. You don't need to do much like this, come two or three times, and it's no wonder that your film company doesn't go bankrupt.

Therefore, Zhang Junyi didn't think about how far he wanted to develop the film company he established from the beginning, it was just a stepping stone, and as for wanting to complete his goal, he could only quietly acquire one of the seven. Before that, he could only be a low-key person.

The so-called democracy and freedom of the United States are just the slogans of those in power, and if you really believe it, then it can only be hehe.

But fortunately, Zhang Junyi knows that it is not easy to really complete the acquisition of a seven-big family, so Zhang Junyi is not in a hurry, just eat it little by little.

As for the target, Zhang Junyi has already been chosen, the main targets are Columbia Pictures and Disney Studios, and the alternative target Paramount.

The reason for choosing one of these three 'Big Seven' as the target is actually very simple, both Lumbia Film and Television Company and Paramount Company have been traded in the eighties and nineties in the memory of Zhang Junyi's previous life. As for Disney Studios, Zhang Junyi is optimistic about his future development, but correspondingly, the acquisition difficulty is also the greatest, even more difficult than the acquisition of any of the seven major film companies, because Disney has become a symbol of the United States, and his influence is already ubiquitous among American teenagers.

And according to the memory of Zhang Junyi's previous life, even when he crossed over, Disney Studios was the only major Hollywood company that had not been traded so far.

Disney's full name is The Walt Disney Company, named after its founder, Walt Disney, is a large multinational company headquartered in the United States, in the thirties and forties of the twentieth century, relying on Mickey Mouse to start, in the forties, set foot in the field of live-action films. But Zhang Junyi knows that in the future, Disney has consolidated its position as a top film company after Disney has acquired independent film giant Miramax, 3D animation overlord Pixar, animation giants Marvel and Lucasfilm.

So Zhang Junyi regarded him as one of the targets, although it is very difficult but there is still a possibility of success, if Disney completes a series of acquisitions of independent film giant Miramax, 3D animation overlord Pixar, animation giant Marvel and Lucasfilm, Zhang Junyi has absolutely no possibility of successful acquisition.

As for Lumbia Film and Television Company and Paramount, Zhang Junyi knows that they will be acquired by Sony and Lei Shidong in the small island country in the near future, so it will be much less difficult for Zhang Junyi, the two major film companies to complete their acquisition.

If Zhang Junyi is not mistaken, Lumbia Film and Television was founded in 1919, originally known as CBC Film Marketing, and changed its name to Columbia Pictures on January 10, 1924, Columbia Film Group has become one of Hollywood's major studios with its 80 years of accumulation, with a library of more than 5,000 classic films, including 12 "Academy Award for Best Picture" winners, and eight years later, in November 1989, Sony successfully acquired it from The Coca-Cola Company.

In the first three decades of its existence, Paramount was the dominant player in Hollywood with its stardom, high-quality films, and theater chains across the United States. In the course of its development, Paramount produced blockbuster movies such as "The Godfather", "Weekend Night Mania", "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "Forrest Gump" and "Transformers". From the 60s to the 90s, Paramount Pictures, Inc. The change of power is fast, but this has not affected the quality of the company's films, whether it is Robert Evans, Barry Diller, or Shirley Lansing, the company has always produced films that are both acclaimed and acclaimed. But in the future of 1993, Viacom won a fierce battle to become Paramount's parent company.

However, all this takes time, but fortunately, Zhang Junyi has made full preparations before this, and in order not to expose his goals, Zhang Junyi has already instructed Qiao Sen Ligol to set up a number of fund companies one after another, some of which have been established by themselves and some that have been secretly acquired, and they are established in the United States' Wall Street, and there are also in that famous tax haven in the previous life -- In the Cayman Islands, of course, all of them are purse fund companies, purse fund companies, anyway, as long as you give money, you can register as many companies as you want in this small British subject country.

Then, these shell companies, Zhang Junyi, all cross-held shares with them to ensure that his identity was concealed as much as possible.

The so-called cross-shareholding refers to the phenomenon of mutual equity participation between different enterprises to achieve a certain special purpose.

As a simple example, suppose there is a chain now: real estate companies raise funds through private placements, and insurance companies participate in private placements to meet their capital needs. Doesn't that feel good?

In fact, there is a better way to this chain, that is, to set up insurance company A under real estate A, and insurance company B under real estate B, and then use insurance B to finance real estate A, and use insurance A to finance real estate B. In this way, the premium can flow to the real estate sector through the capital market, and in return, the real estate company will be required to increase the dividend rate, and the funds invested in the insurance real estate will be channeled back to the balance sheet and cash flow statement, which will form the prototype of cross-shareholding. This also plays a positive role in industry integration and win-win cooperation.

Cross-shareholding has a certain positive impact on the market, in fact, the biggest positive impact of cross-shareholding is risk diversification and sniping hostile takeovers.