After Andy and Li Xiuman, who came to play, left, the winery returned to calm. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Originally, Liu Anran just wanted to hold a small family meeting, but at Fang Yufu's suggestion, the scale of this concert was a bit large.

Fang Yufu said, this is a family concert, and Avril is not the only one on the record company. Anyway, "American Idol" will be in the finals week soon, so why don't you bring the top three finalists and the rest of the performers over there?

Hearing Fang Yufu's proposal, Liu Anran couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into. Why didn't "American Idol", who has been busy for so long, remember it himself? As long as you wait until the end of this season's show, the last thing you lack is a singer.

At that time, he was still very curious, and felt that Fang Yufu was really thoughtful. In the end, Fang Yufu was a little embarrassed to tell the truth.

This was not what she thought of, the person who thought of it was Tang Shenshen. Seeing Liu Anran pondering over there how to arrange the appearance personnel, Tang Shen didn't understand and told Fang Yufu about this matter.

In this regard, Liu Anran can only sigh with emotion: "The authorities are confused, and the bystanders are clear".

During this time, he has been busy with the acquisition, although he did not personally rush to the front line, but every night he will communicate with George and Edward about the latest developments. Every day, I think about the acquisition, to see how to successfully win the Warcraft, and how to make MGM pay attention to his side.

People's energy is limited, and all their energy is occupied by these things, where is there any extra energy to think about other things.

The idea of holding a family concert came out of nowhere, and it was already the limit of what he could think of at that time to let Andy and Sammi Cheng help sing, and to get Lee Hyori and Boa from South Korea.

As for the progress of the "American Idol" program, he really didn't care much. The purpose of this show is to increase the influence of the company and make some money along the way. In his heart, there are only two people now, Avril and Taylor.

With the change, the entire meeting process had to be readjusted, and the venue rental time had to be extended. These things were arranged by the relevant staff of the company, and Liu Anran and Edward went into the study again.

"Andy, the first phase of the contact with MGM is over. Judging from the information that has been fed back now, their attitude is still a little ambiguous. Edward spoke.

"From what I learned, it seems that they are planning to see how the stock price of the entire company will be after the release of the "007" film and then determine the final transaction price of MGM."

"Well, it's not about the money." Liu Anran sighed and said.

"But at least what makes us happy is that they're finally not going to hold on to the $7 billion price. How much do you think the release of "007" will play a role in MGM's stock price rise? ”

"It's hard to say now, it depends on the final box office results." Edward shook his head and said.

"If they exceed $200 million at the U.S. box office, it will have a big effect on MGM's stock price, and if it is less than $200 million, the effect will not be obvious. $200 million at the box office is already a new standard for today's films, and it is an important measure. ”

Of those films released so far, only five have grossed more than $200 million. The highest is Columbia's "Spider-Man", and the lowest is the new line's "Ace Cheap Spy 3". It's a bit of a pity that Colombia's "Men in Black 2" is only $10 million short of the box office. ”

"Now that they have truly entered the era of blockbusters, with MGM's qualifications and the appeal of "007", if they can't break through the box office of $200 million, it will be a small failure."

But MGM's luck was really not very good this time, their release date was November 22, although they avoided a direct collision with Warner's "Harry Potter 2", and the difference was only a week. If the reputation of "Harry Potter 2" is better, it will definitely have an impact on them. ”

"How are we going to prepare for the funding? Will those banks support us? Liu Anran asked again.

"We expect MGM's overall psychological price to be around $5.5 billion, and we're going to have about $3 billion in debt." Edward said with a frown.

"Those banks are interested in lending us money, but their conditions are also harsh, and the risks we need to take are very large."

"So now we have to be cautious, whether it is necessary to take this risk, or wait for our company's funds to be more abundant before launching an acquisition of MGM."

If it had been before, the company would have been able to come up with more funds, and it would not have mattered if it had acquired MGM. However, there are too many things to operate now, and its own funds are less than half of the acquisition funds, and it not only has to bear MGM's debts, but also borrow hundreds of millions of dollars from the bank.

The high risks associated with Vivendi's debt-based operations have been revealed, and this is a lesson from the past. If Dream Media really has to take such a big risk to operate with debt, it is also very risky.

It is one thing to have a better script, and after the investment in this script, whether it can recover the expected box office is another thing. Although the box office is not the only criterion for the success of a film, for a company like MGM, the box office cannot enter the top ten, and the year's operation is not successful.

Why Sony and Disney are so strong in Hollywood, you can see the box office statistics every year, and other people's films can be seen in front of them. It can be said that the top ten rankings of the box office list every year also indirectly reflect the comprehensive strength of these Hollywood film companies.

"If it's 5.5 billion, we can really think about it. Don't worry, I know it. At least the quality of the films we are making now is still very good, and even if they are put on MGM in the future, it will not affect the quality of the films. Liu Anran said with a frown.

He didn't expect that because he intervened in the acquisition of MGM early, he would spend a lot more money than in the future. In '05, Sony and the rest of the people joined forces, and it seems that it cost less than half a billion dollars.

In fact, it's normal to think about it, MGM is not on the verge of bankruptcy now, and the $5.5 billion is basically the value of their film library.

But if you really wait until 05 to intervene again, if Sony makes another effort at that time, I'm afraid it will be more than the current price. (To be continued.) )