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The second-tier teams in the league are such as Tom Cruise's company, New Line, DreamWorks, Lionsgate, etc., although these teams are not as comprehensive as the Big Six, but they all have one or two strengths and can gain a foothold in the league.

For example, Tom Cruise's team is like the 09 Magic team, although it has super players, but the coach is second-rate, but fortunately it has developed a new tactic "spy saucer", which can compete with the six major in the summer file.

Spielberg's DreamWorks is like the 76ers in '01, with the best coaches and superstars like Tom Hanks who can turn the tide of the game on their own, but without haode tactics, they can't stay in good shape, and once the team doesn't do well, the coach and players will part ways.

Lionsgate is more like a master tactician like the Suns, although there is no good coach and the quality of the players is not good, but with its own development of a variety of new and flexible tactics, it can barely compete with other teams.

These second-tier teams are all capable of making it to the playoffs.

The remaining third-tier teams are coaches, players, and tactics are not good, and they can only rely on a certain player, or a blind tactic to suddenly break out to have a glimmer of life, and most of the time they are at the bottom.

Li Xiaole himself calculated, even if he successfully acquired Lianmei, he would only be a third-tier fish belly team in the early stage, if he wanted his team to grow from a fish belly to a super strong team that could compete for the championship, his advantage lies in the new tactics (script theme), but with his popularity as a rookie coach, he can't call the top players he needs for the time being...... In many cases, excellent Hollywood actors do not use their salary as the main guide for their film selection.

Therefore, he also needs an extremely important role in his team, that is, the team manager, that is, the producer of the production company, who is responsible for using his connections to transfer players and put together a new squad every season.

There is no need to talk about the Big Six, they all have their own ace producers, and the first-line producers will not come to their own fish belly team, his only choice is to choose those independent producers, think about it carefully, in fact, Tom Cruise is not one of the three major independent producers in Hollywood at present......?

Since he has similar goals and the same direction as this handsome guy, can't Weishenme cooperate with him to form a championship team together?

"I decided...... We brought Cruise over first, and the two of us worked together to jointly acquire Luen Mei. Li Xiaole thought about everything clearly, and turned his head to look at Lei Tingdao.

"Well, that's a good idea, but have you ever thought about it, how about a big guy like Tom Cruise and a small company like us from China? Even if we beg him, he will not look down on us. Lei Ting mercilessly pointed out the crux of the problem.

"Weishenme wants us to beg him?" Li Xiaole narrowed his eyes: "We can let him beg us." ”

"He's coming to us?" Lei Ting snorted, but did not show disdain, because she knew Li Xiaole too well, this guy had a bad stomach, and it was not certain that he would make any tricks.

"I calculate, our current capital is 180000, and Tom Cruise's capital limit should be 200 million ......" Li Xiaole calculated, according to the original history, Tom Cruise negotiated with MGM for nearly a year, and waited until MGM's annual financial report came out to make the acquisition.

"In this way, we will directly open a condition of 220 million to acquire Luen Mei, you help me draw up a contract, and tomorrow we will give MGM a showdown, requiring them to sign a contract within a week, I don't think Foday and Canon will refuse this condition."

"220 million? Don't you understand, our total funds are only 180 million. Lei Ting felt that Li Xiaole was joking with him.

"Of course I know, I'm just inflating the price." Li Xiaole pursed his lips and said:

"I think that if we suddenly make such a request, Tom Cruise and MGM will definitely be caught off guard, I guess Tom Cruise will definitely not be able to raise 20 million in a week, and MGM will also think we are crazy and will be happy to sell us Luen Mei...... If nothing else, Tom Cruise should come and ask for my cooperation within this week, and then it will be no problem for him to contribute some of the funds to fill our funds in the name of letting him in. ”

"Oh my God...... Boss, you're too insidious. Ah Gai couldn't help but say, how could this little boss, who looked underage, think of such a way to kill two birds with one stone in such a short period of time?

"What a sinister, he's an idiot~" Lei Ting took a deep breath and looked at Li Xiaole and said:

"Do you know that if Tom Cruise doesn't come to us to cooperate within this week, and we are found to have insufficient funds after signing the contract, we will be prosecuted for commercial fraud, and you and I will go to jail, or MGM will change our minds and not sell Lianmei, we will mortgage all our assets, and we will not acquire Lianmei, and the interest of the bank alone will make us unable to eat and go around in the future."

I only heard a sudden brake of "Z~", and when the car stopped, Ah Gai turned around and opened his mouth wide and asked, "Jail...... Commercial Fraud ...... Boss: Is this true? His eyes were full of horror.

"I'm just kidding, Agay." Li Xiaole smiled calmly and patted Ah Gai's shoulder to signal him to continue driving.

"You're not kidding." Lei Ting whispered in his ear.

"Sister Tingting, are you afraid of going to jail?" Li Xiaole blinked and scared her.

A trace of disdain appeared in Lei Ting's eyes, and she said coldly: "I should be afraid because of my future cellmate,"

"Then do as I say, and if you want to go to jail, we'll sit together." Li Xiaole shrugged his shoulders and smiled easily.

"You're really a more perverted bastard than me......" Lei Ting looked at him and suddenly showed a complicated smile, the gambler's excitement and worry were mixed, and he didn't know which one was stronger......

The next day, MGM received the official document from Black Pearl, and the entire MGM board of directors was shaken~

John Foudy immediately convened a management meeting to discuss the decision, and the excitement of MGM's management at the meeting was palpable. Sell! Gotta sell it to him!? ”

Only one person did not attend the meeting, and Leigh Canon had arrived in Las Vegas after a long night's journey, and had just sat on the couch in the living room of his father-in-law, Cork.

The 32nd richest man on the Forbes list in the United States, the person in charge behind MGM, although he is almost 70 years old, but his thin and tall body seems to contain infinite energy, from casinos, to General Motors, the hotel industry, MGM, and real estate, he is involved in almost all the businesses that can make money.

"Well, things have been going well at MGM lately." The corners of Coke's eyes narrowed together with a sense of oppression as he stared at Canon's gaze.

"No problem, Foday from Sony seems to be a moderate guy, he hardly interferes in any of our business except for keeping the DVD and video tape business in his hands, and it seems that they still have some scruples about us." Canon did not dare to slack off and seriously reported the recent situation.

"Of course, the debt is in our hands, if too much pressure is put on us, the MGM building will collapse at any time, after all, Sony's acquisition of MGM is mainly due to his second largest film library in the industry, as well as the DVD rental business, after the integration of these two, Sony has almost the same DVD channel as Warner, which is the most practical benefit for them, as for MGM's half-dead production business, the Japanese may not have much hope for them."

With a smile on his face and a sense of satisfaction that he had everything under control, Cork sold MGM three times, and he got $4.2 billion from it through various clever financial operations, which was really easier than any business, and patted Canon on the shoulder as if comfortingly:

"Don't worry, you don't have to stay in this position for long, I think it will be five years at most, MGM will go bankrupt again, and then we can participate in the purchase of equity again, and MGM will be completely entrusted to you next time."

"Xiexie, you Cork." The joy in Canon's brown eyes flashed: "By the way, yesterday the Chinese company suddenly raised the offer by 40 million, and asked us to reply within a week, how do you think we should respond to this matter?" ”

"Asking for a week's answer?" Cork gently rubbed his hand on his chin, thought for a moment and nodded: "You can promise him, if we object, Sony will probably judge our true intentions...... But I remind you that this Chinese is either too radical or a pioneering operator, and you must be careful of him. ”

"I know measure." Canon nodded, recalling Li Xiaole's cowardly reaction when he was at the film bureau party, but he sneered in his heart, this kind of little idiot who has no business doesn't have to worry at all, the real focus is how to deal with Sony Fody......

After two days of urgent discussions, MGM's board of directors and management unanimously approved the acquisition proposal submitted by Black Pearl, and the two parties began various preparations, and Jihua officially held the signing ceremony a week later......