Hollywood, Melrose Boulevard, Paramount Pictures Headquarters.

In the dazzling flashing lights, Kang Jianfei and Martin? Davis signed his name at the same time, then stood up, smiled, and held it as a pose for reporters to take pictures.

"Click!"

"Click!"

"Click!"

After a round of applause, the room was filled with the sound of camera shutters, and the reporters in attendance did not skimp on their films.

Among the major movie giants in Hollywood today, Paramount has always been in the top three, and even at the top for a long time. This time, an Asian actually came to buy Paramount and became Paramount's second largest shareholder with a 37% stake, which is big news in the whole of California and even the whole of North America.

Kang Jianfei and Martin? After Davis finished signing the agreement, he walked down from the rostrum side by side, and immediately countless reporters surrounded him to interview him.

"Mr. Davis, why did Hercynian sell that 29 percent of Paramount?" A reporter preemptively asked.

Martin in a formal suit? Davis smiled, "Mr. Kang is a sunny film businessman, and working with him, I am very confident about Paramount's future. ”

Martin? As soon as Davis's words fell, a Chinese reporter immediately said: "Mr. Kang, I am a reporter for Taiwan's United Press World Journal, may I ask if you want to enter Hollywood in an all-round way when you become a shareholder of Paramount?" ”

Kang Jianfei and Martin? Davis, like that, he was answering questions around the corner: "North America is the world's largest film market, and as a film investor, you can't miss this opportunity." ”

"Will DreamWorks' focus shift to North America?" The Chinese reporter continued to ask.

Kang Jianfei said: "The focus of DreamWorks is, and will always be, the Asian market. The Asian market is an emerging sunrise market, and I believe that there is one thing that will develop there that does not belong to the North American market. ”

The Chinese reporter wanted to ask another question, and another American reporter had already spoken first: "Mr. Kang, after you entered Paramount's shareholders' meeting. How will Paramount change? Will it increase the number of Asian-themed films? ”

Kang Jianfei said: "First of all, it is natural to restructure the board of directors, and I personally will not interfere too much in Paramount's daily affairs. As for whether the number of Asian-themed films will increase in the future, this one certainly not. However, I hope to build a bridge between the U.S. and Asia, and to increase opportunities for Asian and North American filmmakers to interact with each other. ”

Li Zhi followed behind Kang Jianfei at any time, still holding the contract she had just signed, and she saw Kang Jianfei talking eloquently surrounded by many reporters, and she had a sense of pride in her heart.

He answered questions from more than 10 reporters. Kang Jianfei and Martin? Davis left together.

At the next two-day shareholder meeting, Paramount's board of directors was reorganized, and Lin Qingxia and two other executives from DreamWorks became board members as Kang's representatives.

In fact, the shareholders of the Hercynian Company did not take much care of Paramount's affairs, and basically only focused on the accounts. The company's development path is left to the president of Paramount to decide.

This kind of posture of complete decentralization, if there is a competent president, Paramount's development will be very happy, and Paramount happened to meet two very good leaders for more than ten years before.

And now the president of Paramount is the kind of mediocre who is content with the status quo and follows the rules, and the current Paramount Pictures is supported by two assistants to the former president. In another time and space, in the next two or three years. After the former president's assistants, Michael and Jericho, were poached by Disney, Paramount quickly declined, and was finally sold by Hercynian in 1993. And the assistants of the two poached former presidents, Michael became the president of the Disney Company, and Jereif became the president of the animation DreamWorks, both guys are cows.

Now that Kang Jianfei has entered Paramount's shareholders' meeting, the guys from Haixi Company who don't understand movies have directly handed over the company's decision-making power to Kang Jianfei. As long as Kang Jianfei doesn't mess around, then whatever he does to formulate the company's development route.

The first thing Kang Jianfei did after taking control of Paramount was to remove the current president and replace him with Shirley, who was personally invited by Kang Jianfei? Lansing.

Even if Kang Jianfei doesn't know much about Hollywood, he knows that there is a woman who has controlled Paramount for 13 years. She's Shirley? Lansing, and later Hollywood's annual Women's Rights Awards, was named after her - Shirley? Lansing Leadership Award.

In the 90s. Shirley? When Lansing took over Paramount, Paramount had already fallen to the bottom of the Big Eight studios, and it was she who sent Paramount back to the top. "Braveheart", "Forrest Gump", "Titanic", "Mission Spy", "Changing Face", "Truman's World" and "Saving Private Ryan" are these movies, which are in Shirley? Taken when Lansing was at the helm of Paramount.

Shirley at this time? Lansing is no small person. Eight years ago, she was the general manager of 20th Century Fox, and later married her boyfriend Stanley? Jia Fei founded his own ** production company. Her boyfriend Jia Fei is not a simple person, but the general manager of Paramount Media in the future, two husband and wife pairs, one president and one general manager, can be called a golden partner in Hollywood.

Received an invitation from Kang Jianfei this time, Shirley? Lansing and Stanley? Jia Fei immediately put down their ** production company and came to Paramount to take office.

In just a few days, Paramount's executives were replaced in Kang Jianfei's hands. Shirley? Lansing was named president of Paramount, and her boyfriend Stanley? Jia Fei was appointed general manager. And Michael and Jerryfer, two future talents, after Kang Jianfei personally contacted, felt that their film professional ability was great, but the vision and ability of the management company were still a little immature, and Kang Jianfei was temporarily appointed to be in charge of Paramount's production work.

Shirley who became the head of Paramount? Lan Sining, along with Kang Jianfei, appeared in the Hollywood industry journal Variety. The picture on the front page of this issue of "Variety" is Kang Jianfei smiling and looking straight ahead, and Shirley? A photo of Lansing looking back and laughing.

An Asian, a woman, became the de facto decision-maker of Hollywood's old giant Paramount, which made many American conservatives scoff and just wait to see Paramount's decline jokes.

"Variety" has a big headline printed next to the picture on the front page: "Paramount's New Master".

The media in the United States have already made a lot of noise, and some American media have even said this: Japanese people carry US dollars to buy things everywhere in the United States, buying land, buying houses, and buying goods that can be seen and cannot be seen. Now that Chinese people are coming, who will be the next to shop in the United States?

There is no way, the Japanese buy 100 companies in the United States, and it is not as sensational as Kang Jianfei's acquisition of 37% of Paramount's shares, because as a Hollywood movie giant, Paramount is where everyone is concerned.

The media in the United States is like this, and the newspapers in Hong Kong are going crazy.

"Oriental Daily" directly made a big headline on the front page: "Kang Jian flies into the main Paramount." The Triumph of Hong Kong Filmmakers!

Ming Pao, Xin Pao, Hong Kong Financial News, Sing Tao Daily, Tian Tian Kuai, Hong Kong Daily, Ta Kung Pao, ...... Whether it is a leftist or a right-wing newspaper, or a newspaper that is more entertainment, more political and more financial, the headlines of this day are all Kang Jianfei and Martin? Photograph of Davis shaking hands after signing.

The attention of entertainment companies is far greater than that of ordinary companies, and Kang Jianfei's move will cause such a strong sensation.

The news spread to the streets of Hong Kong. It became Kang Jianfei who bought the entire Paramount Pictures, instead of only becoming the second largest shareholder.

In addition to the Hong Kong media, newspapers in Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia also rushed to report on it, but it was not as sensational as Hong Kong.

What surprised Kang Jianfei the most was that the mainland's "News Network" and "People's Daily" both made brief reports on the news of Kang Jianfei's acquisition of Paramount, and popularized the science of what kind of company Paramount Pictures is.

At the moment on the news. Kang Jianfei's name has been firmly remembered by many high-level decision-makers in China, and before that, Kang Jianfei was just a relatively influential Hong Kong businessman in the field of chemistry.

Taiwan's side did not pay attention to this matter at all, not because of news control, but because President Chiang Jr. had just hung up half a month ago, and at this time the people of Taiwan were still in "grief and sorrow," and the newspapers were busy publishing chapters in memory of the former president. Where can I take care of what is happening in the American entertainment industry?

Hong Kong, Golden Harvest Film Company.

Zou Wenhuai looked at the newspaper with Martin? Kang Jianfei, who was shaking hands with Davis, sighed, he suddenly felt that he was old, not physically and physically, but mentally old.

Kang Jianfei has spent a lot of money on the development of film and television cities over the years, and although the value of buying land and houses has increased a lot, he has never exchanged it for cash. Zou Wenhuai never thought that Kang Jianfei could take out more than a billion dollars lightly. The acquisition of Paramount's shares is definitely a big deal that he has worked so hard to play, and he will never be able to do it.

In fact, Zou Wenhuai guessed well, Kang Jianfei really wasted a lot of strength. Only so much money was withdrawn, and some of it was borrowed from banks.

Kang Jianfei mobilized a total of $2 billion to acquire the 37% of Paramount's shares, spending a total of $1.7 billion. The remaining nearly $300 million in funds, Kang Jianfei has other uses, that is, the acquisition of Japan's Sega Games Company.

Kang Jianfei's acquisition of Paramount's shares was obviously on the high side, which was an agreement he reached with the shareholders of Haixi, and the reward was that Kang Jianfei bought Japan's Sega Games Company from Haixi at a low price.

For Haixi's shareholders, when they invested in Sega, a small game company, they made dozens of times the profit in more than ten years, and it was a good opportunity to sell it. And the president of the mountain who bought Sega Japan in the original time and space has not yet appeared, and it is mostly the result of the butterfly effect.

Kang Jianfei knows that Sega, which is only a star in the Japanese video game industry, will become an international game giant in a few years.

Both parties were very satisfied with the deal, and Kang Jianfei bought 80% of Sega's equity for only $68 million. If Kang Jianfei was knocked out when he acquired Paramount's equity, then Haixi Company sold Sega to Kang Jianfei, which can definitely be called a tearful sale, Sega's property rights in Japan alone were worth nearly 40 million US dollars a few years ago, and the yen has appreciated in recent years, plus Sega's development has been very good, under normal circumstances, Sega Games Company cannot be taken without hundreds of millions of dollars.

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