At the temporary residence of the crew in New York, Caesar met the oil tycoon "Marvin Davis", along with Mark Ritchie, who is known as the oil king.

Caesar was no surprise to Mark Ritchie, the most important moment in the life of this energy legend was the decade of the eighties.

Macridge was prosecuted by the U.S. government for tax evasion and dealings with an illegitimate regime, causing his company's stock to plummet, and then many deals were canceled, many contracts were torn up, and hundreds of millions of dollars were lost in just a year or two.

As the second largest shareholder of Twentieth Century Fox, Mark Ritchie is even more desperate than Marvin Davis, the largest shareholder, to sell Fox's stake in order to tide over the difficulties.

In fact, the real promoter of why Murdoch, who was in Caesar's previous life, was able to buy Fox at a very low price.

Caesar's lifelong cooperation gave Davis a glimmer of light, and he used the latter's inner conflict to disrupt Murdoch's acquisition.

After all, the big boss of Twentieth Century Fox is Davis, not Mark Ritchie.

When Caesar found out that the big group had encircled and suppressed Hollywood studios ahead of schedule, he was actually very anxious.

If Sony launches a comprehensive acquisition of Colombia in advance, then with his current brainless face, which is not bad for money, the final transaction price will not be less than 5 billion.

This purchase price will make all the purchase prices of Hollywood studios inflated in the future, and then the owners or shareholders of these studios will hold on to the idea that "you are too expensive, and I am too cheap!" Facing the acquirer.

This is something that Caesar definitely does not want to see.

You know, even if Caesar has the title of the little prince of money printing, if you want to spend six billion dollars to buy Colombia like Sony, you have to find a way to find a bank.

Because he can scrape together six billion in cash in a short time, after all, the large sum of money he secretly fished out in the stock market crash in October will not be seen in a short period of time.

Now the outside world is just speculating that he benefited from the stock market crash, but is it true, and if so, how much did he earn? These are all mysteries for the time being.

While the U.S. government and Wall Street media are following the story, the situation has not yet expanded.

After all, Caesar's actions were very hidden, and his eating appearance was very restrained, and the stock market at that time evaporated 500 billion dollars a day, and how much of this ran into Caesar's pocket, people do not know, but how the stock market crash occurred and expanded, people quickly figured it out.

People can't blame the Internet, because the Internet has not yet become widespread, but the computing speed of computers cannot keep up with the frequency of stock price fluctuations is a serious reality.

The final findings of the U.S. government are:

The bursting of the economic bubble in the United States was infinitely magnified by the poor computing speed of computers and the substandard computer operation of the staff.

As for Caesar's profits, it can be confirmed that there are less than $200 million, and they are normal options trading profits.

Therefore, it is impossible for Caesar to come up with billions of funds for acquisitions without taking out loans.

Although Sony claims to be backed by the Mitsui Foundation, in fact, when there is real trouble, Mitsui can also help shout slogans or help find some connections in the government.

After the defeat in World War II, the six major consortia gradually lost their former glory, and their control over the so-called subordinate enterprises was not so great, and they had become almost equal affiliated enterprises, at most they still maintained cross-shareholding or something.

If you want to talk about the help of real money, Mitsui is absolutely unreliable, and Sony has to honestly take out a loan from the bank.

But the last thing Caesar wants to touch is loans, and from the point of view of promoting business development, banks are a good thing, but Caesar has never let his guard down against the people who control them.

If it was just to buy Marvin Davis and Mark Ritchie's Fox shares, Caesar thought it would be easy.

The negotiation between the three of them went very smoothly, Mark Ritchie was in a hurry to sell, Marvin Davis didn't want to sell, but he was disheartened by burning money every day, and finally only hoped that Caesar could give a fair price.

In Caesar's previous life, Mark Davis sold his shares to Murdoch for $575 million, and Fox's performance in this life was better than in his previous life, and Caesar won it for $600 million.

Mark Ritchie's shares, Caesar is valued at $400 million on a pro rata basis.

The billion-dollar stake accounts for more than 90 percent of Century Fox's total shares, and if the deal goes through, the remaining less than 10 percent of the shares will be recovered at a high price, and Fox will become a one-man company for Caesar.

The two parties will reach an agreement soon, and everything will be OK when the legal teams of both parties complete the formalities.

After talking about things, when he got up to say goodbye, Marvin Davis looked at Caesar with a complicated expression and asked a question:

"Why didn't you wait for the acquisition to close, and then the new film hastily chose to work with Universal? Is it just to put pressure on the two of us? ”

Looking at the look of anticipation in the other party's eyes, Caesar didn't do anything, and told the truth directly.

"Putting pressure on you is a side effect, and working with Universal is because there is an agreement in advance, even if it is only a verbal agreement, I will also take it seriously. Repentance is not in line with the spirit of the contract. ”

"The spirit of the contract? Then why was the agreement between you and Colombia skipped by you? Mark Lynch was also curious about Caesar's choice, and he was embarrassed to ask at the negotiating table, but now he saw Davis provoking the conversation, and he also let go of the doubts in his heart.

"First of all, Colombia is facing a Sony takeover, and none of you are business amateurs, so a company facing turmoil is not a good partner to work with.

Secondly, I didn't want to work hard to make a film that I would end up using as a tool to gain a foothold in Hollywood.

If you have read my resume, you should know that my grandfather was an officer in the frontal battlefield of China in World War II. Even now, my grandfather's three bullet holes in his body still hurt when the weather was bad, but he never admitted his mistake and never apologized publicly.

Do you understand? I skipped Columbia because it was about to change its name to Sony Columbia, or even Sony Pictures altogether.

Of course, the spirit of the contract must be observed, which is the basic principle of life. But my original agreement was made with the American's Columbia company, not with me. ”

"You're so confident that your film will definitely impact a company?" Judging from Marvin Davis's expression and tone, he admired Caesar more and more.

"I may not be able to change the future of a major studio with a single film, but I can use a film to influence the stock price of a major film company."

"I'm looking forward to your future more and more, and I think Mark thinks so too, right?" As he spoke, Davis looked at Mark Ritchie beside him.

"Yes......" Mark Ritchie sighed, and anyone could hear the helplessness in the sigh. If it weren't for my bad luck, maybe I'd keep half of the stake and see...... You are a little guy who can create miracles in a row, and many people in our circle are both curious and looking forward to you. ”

Caesar smiled shyly, embarrassed to answer, sent the two outside, and finally watched the two billionaires get into the car and leave.

Kaiser couldn't help but sigh in his heart that the impact of this wave of stock market crashes in the United States was far-reaching, and it could not be said in a few words.

Far from it, let's just say that the two bigwigs in the energy field who have just left, if it were not for a series of chain reactions caused by the stock market crash, they would not be so miserable as to sell off their industries.

How much of the middle class has been wiped out directly and indirectly by the collapse of stocks?

The middle class is the main force of mass consumption, and the stability of the middle class represents the stability of prices and unemployment.

Prices and unemployment rates are closely intertwined with the overall economic environment, and it is easy to create a vicious circle.

In his memory, Murdoch seized the bursting period of the US economic bubble and the formation of the bubble that occurred at the same time, fished in troubled waters, and finally laid the foundation for becoming the future US media hegemon as an Australian nouveau riche.

Caesar's level is far less than Murdoch's, but his "foresight" may not have made him worse than Murdoch.

Send off the two rich men, and the filming will continue.

Because the children grow up too fast, Caesar decided to shoot two films in a row, and both of them are stories that take place during the Christmas holidays anyway.

Caesar's version of "Home Alone" is basically inverse to the gender of the supporting characters compared to the original version, except for the two characters of the parents.

Buzz is the eldest child in the family in the original version, and at the same time the main force of bullying the protagonist. Caesar changed to a girl, because the protagonist has become a girl, and it's not uncommon to be a big brother bullying a sister, but it's rare.

Conflicts between girls and boys are prone to conflict for a variety of reasons, and maybe this is same-sex expulsion, right?

The name of the main character has also been changed, the original boy is called Kevin, and the girl in the Caesar version is called Nancy Nancy.

Nancy is eight years old, the living treasure of the family, a little girl who is more mischievous than a boy, and is jokingly called a cowgirl "cowgirl" by the most annoying aunt.

When Liv Taylor first entered the crew as the main character, some people still had some concerns, and Caesar was a little suspicious of cronyism when it came to casting.

It wasn't until Liv's makeup photos circulated internally that the cacophony of doubts disappeared in an instant.

Liv has a playful pigtail, wears green winter cotton pajamas, holds a handful of toys**, stares at a pair of big blue eyes, and looks at the makeup photos of the camera with curiosity. and the theme photo of the same outfit, just covering his cheeks with his hands, opening his mouth wide and staring at his eyes and pretending to scream in horror, became a treasure for the entire crew for a while.

The word "moe" has not yet been defined, but Liv's "moe" has far surpassed the original Macaulay. In Caesar's eyes, Liv looks like a cute god who came out of the second dimension of her previous life.

When the quality of "moe" is detached from the 2D picture and comes to the third dimension, that kind of impact.

Caesar wouldn't admit to being cute......

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