"Let me introduce you, Isaac - of course, Jennifer doesn't need to introduce herself, she's a calling card of her own." In a single-family mansion on New York's Upper East Side, Kevin . Fei Ji went against his usual slightly □□ style of conversation, and put Marvel President Isaac Brown with a spring breeze on his face. Bormatt introduced Jeanne to the team, "This is her partner, CAA's senior partner Cesare. Vijri, I've mentioned his name to you many times, and I think you should have an impression of him. ”

Cesare was in charge of the most complicated part of the bargain between Marvel and Big Dream, and if Kevin often mentioned him to Isaac, it was obvious that he didn't mean a good thing, but Isaac didn't seem to take Kevin's teasing hints to heart, but instead laughed heartily and shook Cesare's hand, "Yes, of course I remember you, Mr. Vijri, it's a great pleasure to meet you, and I've always admired a young talent like you." ”

"You are so modest, Mr. Bormatt," said Cesare, with a polite and flattering smile on his face, "and to hear your tone like that, the uninformed would mistakenly think that you are old." ”

For 66-year-old Isaac, such a compliment is right in the middle - in the United States, there is no mandatory retirement system, and it is common for CEOs to work until they are 70 years old, and in the highly competitive business world, people are not interested in the statement of high morality, but try to hide their old age and prove that they are still very young: old means unresponsive, it means being robbed of □□, so you will see that 90-year-old business tycoons are still getting married and divorced, and 70-year-old tycoons still retain their hobbies of mountaineering and horseback riding. Isaac was in good shape, his hair was dyed black, and it only took a glance for Jenny and Cesare to judge what kind of compliment would best close the distance.

Sure enough, Isaac suddenly showed a comfortable smile on his face, and his tone became more affectionate, and he took over the reception of Jenny and Cesare from Kevin, "I want you to meet Bill, he is your fan, and Mr. Pereman and Mr. Icahn, they all said they wanted to come, Jennifer, you are really powerful......"

Although she had received the news from Kevin before, when it was really certain that these two Wall Street tycoons would show up, Jenny couldn't help but be slightly shocked by her influence - she was not narcissistic, it was really Ron. Pereman and Karl. Icahn's fame and energy are too big, don't look at her in Hollywood, but when it comes to economic strength, in front of these two tycoons, it is simply not enough.

The annual output value of Hollywood's film industry is about 30 billion yuan, which is of course a very large number. Pereman's personal fortune has broken 10 billion. Icahn's net worth is also in the order of tens of billions - the combined net worth of the two of them is about two-thirds of Hollywood, and that's just their personal wealth, not to mention the wealth they have amassed through their funds. These two Wall Street wolves, who are famous for issuing junk bonds, can even make big companies like Apple and Microsoft tremble, they have maliciously acquired the shares of large companies countless times, led the vulture army behind them to raid the shareholders of listed companies, and used various methods to force listed companies to give back profits to shareholders for dividends, issue junk bonds to get cash, and strip assets to shareholders to share profits...... If a listed company wants to avoid such a doom, the only way is to spend money to redeem it. It can be said that these two financial tycoons fully embody the spirit of Wall Street: greedy, ruthless, shameless, and vicious, and it is through this spirit that Wall Street squeezes wealth all over the world, and it is under the guidance of this spirit that Ron and Carr have amassed an appalling wealth - although Marvel is one of the leading leaders in the comic book industry, it is only a small piece of the industry that is quite inconspicuous in their industrial empire.

In 1989, Ron . Pereman won the dominance of Marvel with more than $80 million, and since then, he and Carl have been competing with each other for the position of the largest shareholder, and Marvel has also suffered heavy losses in this tug-of-war war, coupled with Pereman forcing Marvel to issue a large number of junk bonds, and finally in 1996, Marvel, which once had a market share of 80%, entered bankruptcy protection and was completely disabled. However, after that, Pereman did not give up on Marvel, and Carl no longer caused trouble, but stayed in the position of the second largest shareholder, allowing Pereman to transform and adjust Marvel's strategy according to his own will. - After selling a group of A-list heroes, Marvel gradually relented and began to try to enter the film industry, and all this is not to make itself bigger, but to sell itself at a good price to maximize the return on Pereman and Icahn's investment: or Ron once had the idea of making Marvel the next Disney, but after a few years of trying, he still gave up on this idea and planned to invest his energy elsewhere.

Since he plans to make a cameo appearance as a business lobbyist, he must collect information, and after carefully understanding this previous love story, Jenny also understands why Marvel's management is so willing to sell herself to Paramount - for Kevin and Isaac, they are both engaged in industry, and they must have a certain affection for Marvel itself, if the company stays in the hands of a boss like Ron, it may be forced to be spun off and sold anytime and anywhere, and in the end, only an empty shell is left to be bought and sold to Paramount, not to mention, it can maintain a certain degree of independence, At least Paramount is also engaged in movies, instead of pondering how to make more money through financial means. In that case, of course, it is best to settle this matter before Ron changes his mind, if Ron changes his mind because of the rising stock price of Marvel, then Marvel is still precarious, and there is a risk of being dismantled and sold.

And at this time, she also understood why Robert was so unimpressed with his advice, and even after the success of "Iron Man", he was still so undecided - no one wanted to include Ron and Carl in his shareholder meeting, if Disney wanted to buy Marvel, it could only be cash-based, but at that time, just after the acquisition of Pixar, Disney may not have the money on hand.

But now, things are a little different, first of all, "Iron Man" has shown high potential in Marvel's IP library, and the benefits in this regard can be worth the risk of letting Ron enter the shareholder group, again, Disney now has cash in hand, and the share compensation can be reduced accordingly, so Ron's share is definitely not enough to make him a threatening shareholder, and moreover, after Marvel uses treasury shares this time, Jenny, an ally, also occupies a certain share of equity, and various factors make the risk decline again, The chosen balance also tilted. After all, if Ron wanted to attack Disney, he could still collect shares of Disney directly from the secondary market, and there was no need to reject a good deal that could give Disney a boost just because of this illusory risk.

That's why knowing the future doesn't mean making a profit in big events...... Jenny also felt that she had learned a lot: it was the same as knowing that the Lehman Brothers would fail, but until she had studied the financial markets thoroughly and become a financial master, she would never have been able to make a huge profit from it beyond her own ability. Her previous suggestion that Robert buy Marvel was too rash, no wonder the other party didn't take it seriously at all, even this suggestion, if there were no successive big hits and intuition, it is likely that Robert would still directly treat her suggestion as 'childish nonsense of big stars'.

In fact, the best way to solve this problem is to lay a solid foundation, intuitionism can only cure the symptoms after all, she may be a miracle for those who believe in her, but for those who don't believe in her, Jenny and Big Dream are weirdos and strange companies that the gods chatter. But there is no solution to this problem at present, because her main job is still an actor after all, and even if she is willing to spend a lot of time learning these knowledge instead of filming, by the time she learns to become a teacher, 2014 will definitely be already over, and when the golden finger fails, how can she use the advantage of the prophet to make profits? And it's actually the stupidest way to commit suicide, because Da Meng's advantage now is not her excellent business knowledge, but her acting skills and personal influence - so it goes back to the strange circle, and in order to maintain this influence, she has to spend a lot of time on her job, which prevents her from becoming a good businessman.

As for Cesare, in Jenny's opinion, he is a good agent, a producer, and he is also competent enough for the CEO of a private company, but these three things basically take up all of his time, and asking him to take on any of these responsibilities is directly murdering his health, so he can only help him.

This is also why the company created by the star has little to do with half of the company, Jenny thinks that according to her and Cesare's current ability, it should not be a problem to dream big, but if you want to get involved in billions of commercial acquisitions, which involves all aspects, almost in the exclusive game field of the consortium, their ability is very limited, and if you want to develop your company into a new consortium, they may not be able to do it, the six major Hollywood companies were all established when the film industry was just formed, After decades of development, it took her to get to this point, relying on the rights she won and the ability she gradually developed, even if the prophetic advantage failed in the future, it should not be a problem for her and Cesare to maintain a medium-sized film company, but it is almost impossible to further grow to the point of competing with the Big Six. -- Of course, she knew that it was difficult in the past, but it was a broad understanding, and now that she knows more and more about the film industry, she can more and more realize how difficult it is, even after decades of operation, I am afraid that it is not possible, let alone in just six or seven years, even if it is not possible to dream of such a big thing.

So, if dominating Hollywood includes the point that 'the company's power is completely suppressing the Big Six', then Jenny feels that she can directly give up this goal, but this does not prevent her from trying to climb up in this vanity fair now, just like now, she understands the inside story, and is determined to seek more benefits in this bureau - as a contribution, Robert allows her and Cesare to now buy the Marvel shares obtained by Big Dream at a price below the market price, This is tantamount to paying the reward: once the merger is successful, whether it is Paramount or Disney, Marvel's stock price will surely soar, and Jenny and Cesare can easily make a lot of money, doubling or even quadrupling. It can be said that they are now profitable to leave the market, and Robert's personal account is basically tied, Robert asked her to take on the work of lobbying shareholders, according to Jenny's conjecture, most of them are to take care of her emotions, although he may not think she can do anything, but it doesn't hurt to let her try, anyway, the company initially formed a collegiate meeting, and find a lobbying company, and it will take a while to secretly send lobbyists. This is the right time for Jenny to come to the front, even if she behaves inappropriately, it doesn't hurt, after all, she is a young actress, and big stars usually enjoy certain immunity, as long as they don't make a horrific move to the media to announce it, then there is no damage that Disney can't afford.

Of course, this is also a reflection of her rising status in Robert's heart, otherwise, Jenny suspects that Robert will allow her to come to New York to 'mess around', after all, she is still very young, and she is half an outsider to this acquisition, according to common sense, she can't participate in it at all, and Disney doesn't need to take more risks.

However, although she was determined to make some achievements, neither she nor Cesare expected the opportunity to come so quickly - without knowing that they had another mission, Marvel expressed special enthusiasm for Jenny, mainly to attract her back to Marvel, which is also because Marvel's movie cake has just been made, and the management has just tasted the sweetness, and does not want to inexplicably damage a lucky general and shareholder at this juncture, so it is understandable that the management will go out to have a welcome party and play the emotional card. She and Cesare agreed to come together, just to get acquainted, to make connections, to exchange some phone calls, so that in the next few months they could slowly build a relationship, to understand the mentality of the shareholders, and then to find opportunities to lobby and contact, rather than acting rashly based on the mentality of grabbing merit, so as not to add obstacles to the acquisition—they never expected that Ron and Carl would be so admiring that they would even attend the party in person.

You know, Marvel's current stock price is about $25, with a market value of about 2 billion, Ron accounts for about 30% of the shares, Carl accounts for about 20% of the shares, and the shares of the two of them add up to more than half. Therefore, although Jenny was constantly told by executives with a 'honored' expression that the two tycoons would also appear, she was still skeptical, thinking that most of them were just rumors.

"Jennifer, it's a pleasure to meet you, our family is all your fans."

"Can I take a picture with you, Jennifer, it would be nice if I could ask you to sign it, my daughter will be happy to see it."

"I didn't expect to be at a party with you, I think I have the capital to brag about my friends......"

Although many of the executives and minority shareholders' agents who have been present are also seeking a group photo, compared with ordinary fans, their attitude is of course much more relaxed and affectionate, after all, the guests who can go in and out of this kind of occasion are already considered successful in the eyes of the world, and even the net worth of some small shareholders may not be inferior to Jenny, if it is not Jenny present today, but a B-list, C-list actor, then the status comparison will even be reversed, for these actors, Not to mention the two major shareholders, several small shareholders are very ideal marriage partners - of course, if it is those newcomers in the film industry or supermodels in the modeling industry, this party is full of golden beetles, as long as you can climb one, the rest of your life is guaranteed.

"Group photo? Of course no problem, ah-Iron Man Mask, it looks like you're a fan. ”

"To Jennifer, yes? Oh, so cute, she and I have the same name! ”

On such an occasion, Jeanne is destined to be in the limelight, even if Cesare is handsome, he can't attract everyone's attention, except for a few people who know how powerful he is, such as Isaac and Kevin, most people regard him as Jenny's follower, and he himself is also very content with such a role, always following Jenny's side, smiling lovingly with everyone's conversations, and cooperating with Jenny to be familiar with the preferences, personalities and backgrounds of the executives: sometimes, the detective company investigates the information, It's better to have a direct meeting that builds understanding. For example, the young shareholder just now, when he took a photo, he instantly took out an Iron Man mask, obviously an otaku fan who likes Marvel, he must be more concerned about the prospects of Marvel after it is acquired, and will not be mercenary, then, if Paramount and Disney are at a standstill, in Disney's lobbying, he may become a breakthrough.

"Yes, I haven't been to New York in a long time - ah, really? Have you ever seen my play in Chicago? ”

While Jeanne was having a good conversation with a middle-aged woman, Cesare suddenly touched Jenny and whispered, "Ron has arrived." ”

Jenny's words stumbled, and she couldn't help but look curiously at the door—since she didn't often go to cross-ups with Wall Street, Ron might really be the first billionaire she'd ever met—and the shareholder agent named Melanie didn't care about her faux pas, she put on a warm expression, and craned her neck to watch the doorway as far as etiquette permitted.

It seems that Ron, despite his notoriety, naturally has a high level of prestige among the shareholders...... Of course, this is also a common phenomenon on Wall Street, whenever a wolf like Ron and Carl comes out, the stock price of the company they target will always soar, after all, Ron is putting money in his pocket at the same time, it will also benefit all shareholders, so how much the management and major shareholders of listed companies hate him, and how much the small shareholders who enter the stock purely for investment profit like them. In Marvel, of course, it is no exception.

Jenny also noticed Melanie's expression and nodded secretly: As expected, the key person in this acquisition should still be Ron. As long as he can be dealt with, coupled with the minority shareholders who follow the trend, even if Carl has a different opinion, he will not be able to turn the sky around.

"Mr. Perlman—ah, Mr. Icahn!"

"Ron, Carl, long time no see."

Although it was Jenny's party, Ron's presence drew the crowd in his direction, and unexpectedly, when Jenny was about to walk over to say hello, she heard two names: Look, Ron. Perlman and Carl. Icahn actually attended together, obviously, if the two of them attended this small party was a once-in-a-century event, then the two of them came together was a once-in-a-millennium event.

Surprised, apprehensive, and slightly excited and curious, Jeanne and Cesare exchanged glances and walked to the door together, where she took a soft breath and adjusted her posture to be more upright in order to make the best first impression on the two tycoons.

"Jennifer!" Before reaching the foyer, Jenny's rhythm was interrupted by a somewhat familiar voice, and she blinked in surprise as Said strode out of the crowd and held out his hand to her. - This handsome young man from the Middle East smiled attentively, "We really haven't seen each other for a long time, at least two months!" ”

Jeanne reached out a little suspiciously and shook his hand gently, Said glanced at Cesare, his smile became even more enthusiastic, he naturally put his hand around Jenny's shoulder, and affectionately led her to the two old men in the center of the crowd, "Come, let me introduce you, although I think you should have known each other for a long time, Jennifer, this is my good friend, and of course our family's friend Ron. Perlman, this one is the famous Wall Street wolf Carl Brown. Icahn—"

Judging from the intimacy between him and Ron, and Carl's kind and friendly demeanor in his reserve, Said should have come to a party with Ron, and Carl and him may have met halfway, but the two tycoons must be familiar with him and take him seriously.

He was born in the Abu Dhabi royal family, which Jenny knew for a long time - compared to the Abu Dhabi royal family, Ron and Karl are completely inadequate, after all, the Abu Dhabi consortium dominated by the royal family has nearly a trillion funds in its hands, and it is the second largest consortium in the world - however, due to the large population, the power and importance of the prince and the prince are far apart, and the whole family is low-key, and outsiders have no way to understand the inside story, so she has not thought deeply about Saeed's identity, until now, Seeing that Ron and Carl were both affectionate towards him, she realized that Said's identity might really be a little noble.

While greeting Ron and Carl, Jenny looked down and glanced at the ground without a trace - when she saw that Ron and Carl's toes were both pointing in the direction of Said, Jenny also confirmed her suspicion: these two bigwigs would come to this small party, I am afraid the reason has nothing to do with her, most of them are here to encircle Said.

Could this playboy be the nephew of the chief, or simply a direct descendant? Jenny couldn't help but look at Said again, trying to pick up some clues from his smile: they never seemed to talk about his family before, maybe she was really dull, in fact, Ron and Carl were not the first two billionaires she had seen, and this title probably belonged to Said......

Almost instinctively, she immediately dismissed some of her cautions since she knew that Ron and Carl would be coming to the party, and replaced the enthusiasm in her smile with reserve, Jenny held out her hand and said decently, "It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Perman, and it's an honor to meet you, Mr. Icahn......"

She didn't want to take the opportunity to get involved with the two of them, and was even considering whether to withdraw from lobbying for a takeover, and she and Cesare had already reaped enough benefits in this matter, so maybe it would be a good idea to stop and turn more to her next film.

"Miss Jefferson, I've heard of it for a long time."

"I've always been a fan of yours, dear Miss Jefferson."

I don't know if it's for Saeed's face, these two tycoons are very respectful and polite to her, and Saeed wastes no time in explaining why he is here, "When I came to New York last week for a meeting with Ron, I happened to hear about this party, so I wanted to surprise you. ”

He winked at Jenny and laughed a little innocently, "Did I surprise you, Jennifer?" ”

"You did surprise me." Jenny admitted with a smile, and she took a slight step back without a trace, leading the conversation to Isaac who had already come to the side, "Isaac, maybe you don't know Said yet......

The appearance of Ron and Carl is like two black holes overlapping, and the double attraction forms an event horizon, and no matter how bright the light of Jenny's star is, it is destined to be completely obscured. Both management like Isaac and a small shareholder like Melanie were attracted to the crowd for a variety of reasons, but Jenny found a gap and politely and firmly got out of the crowd: there were more parties to the banquet, and this skill was still honed, but it was Said, whose high-profile appearance also made him the focus of the crowd, and he was still stuck in the mud and could not get out of Ron's side.

"Water?" Cesare walked over to her and handed a long-legged glass.

Jenny took it and took a grateful sip, "Why do you find me everywhere I go—you're done talking to Melanie?" ”

"Yes," Cesare said, putting his hand in his trouser pocket, raising his glass and taking a sip as he gazed out the window with Jenny at the view of the garden, "but nothing to gain, Melanie was a big fan of Ron, and they believed that Ron and Carl would not let the shareholders suffer." ”

Unexpectedly, Jenny nodded, turned to the side, looked at the wistful figure swaying in the other room, and suddenly asked with some curiosity, "Do you regret entering the brokerage business, Chesa?" ”

Cesare raised his eyebrows at her, and glanced at Jenny's eyes, he seemed to fully understand what Jenny meant: with his talent and connections, if he entered Wall Street, he might have been a partner of Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase by now, and even a little more legendary, it is not impossible to have tens of billions of funds in his hands. Not to mention the speed of net worth growth, even on such occasions, he will not be treated as Jenny's follower, but will become the center of the crowd.

"No," he said, shaking his head, the smile faded and returned to his usual blank slate, "I didn't think about finance." ”

"Why?" Jenny asked.

Cesare shrugged.

"How much money do you have now?" He said, "100 million, 200 million? You're worth only one hundredth of theirs, one thousandth, but when a hundred years from now, guess who people are talking about? It's you or Ron. Pereman? ”

"It's more likely that neither of them talk," Jenny said, but then admitted, "yes, but if they do, they're more likely to talk about mine." ”

"And I wanted to create something that would be talked about a hundred years from now," Cesare said, "and I was involved in the works that would leave a mark on history, and when I was at CAA and Big Dream, I was involved in the works that would leave a name in history, and a hundred years later people would talk about its name, its genre, and of course, it's not just movies, we're talking about industry -- later generations will talk about how Windows changed the world, about nuclear fission and □□, about AIDS and cocktail therapy. But when they talk about the financial industry, all they can think of is a crisis. ”

His lips curled into mockery, "Financial crisis after financial crisis, that's all the financial industry has left us except money -- and that's why I didn't choose Wall Street." ”

Jenny nodded.

"yes, that's true," she said, "and that's a strong reason." ”

Cesare was silent for a moment, then said in a tone of reassurance and affirmation, "So, you gave up Said." ”

Judging from Said's performance, he has been fascinated by Jenny, not to mention matchmaking in the middle, even if he buys Marvel out of his own pocket and sells it to Disney, he may be willing to do it. This is not the first time that an Arabian prince has bought a team and a horse farm in a big way, just because he likes it, and besides, it is not a non-profitable business - in any case, as long as Jenny opens her mouth, she will definitely become Ron. Perlman's guest, and in the case of a similar purchase price, perhaps Ron would be happy to sell Said a face-

Countless conversations seemed to be skipped in Cesare's silence, and he even seemed to have insight into Jeanne's motives for asking questions. Jenny smiled, and instead of refuting his speculation, she asked rhetorically, "Will you blame me?" ”

Cesare shook his head.

"No," he spat out a word briefly, "it's your dominant plan." ”

"So we're done here," Jenny exhaled, "we know enough, the shareholders are almost all on Ron's side, Carl is alone, Ron is the keyman...... I think this news has satisfied Bob. ”

Of course, it's not like she can't get more, and with Said's power, she can easily do more, and Robert will pay her more. -- However, this favor must be repaid after all. Even now, even if she doesn't want to use Said's power, as long as she shows a tendency to befriend Ron, Ron will not hesitate to use her overtures as a tool to befriend Said, threading a needle through it, and making a cameo appearance in a high-class skin. Customers...... Jenny believed that she didn't need to explain this to Cesare, and that Cesare didn't need her explanations and analysis to understand it, that he was there for her the whole time, that he could understand everything she could understand, and that even what she didn't see, maybe he had already seen through it.

"Then we'll stop here." Cesare didn't hesitate to ask anything.

Without waiting for Jenny to reply, he lowered his head and looked at his watch, and continued, "If you leave now, you can sleep on the flight - we'll be in Los Angeles tomorrow morning." ”

"Forget it, let's stay in New York for one night as planned." Jenny smiled and shook her head, "We'll wait until we're done - it's my party, after all." ”

Although she said that, neither she nor Cesare had any intention of returning to the main hall: since they had decided to quit and no longer contact Ron, then Disney's acquisition of Marvel basically had nothing to do with them, and it was no longer necessary to continue to have a relationship with Marvel, and they no longer needed to hang out with a group of strangers with smiling faces, and continue to stay, just to meet basic business etiquette.

They were silent for a while, and Jenny was boredly speculating about how Disney had finally impressed Ron - most likely a spelled offer, Disney simply and rudely forced Paramount back with a high price, and the management also took a fancy to Disney's well-established industrial chain, and perhaps there was no room for lobbyists to play in the whole thing.

"You know what?" Cesare finally broke the silence.

"Know what?" Jeanne asked, turning her head curiously to look at Cesare.

Cesare's expression seemed to be cloudy with the flow of the lights under the reflection of the landscape lights, but his tone was as calm and indifferent as ever.

Benjamin. Mogill died. ”

It took Jenny a few seconds to remember who he was—she had cut one of the man's black cards.

"Dead," she said, winking, "has something to do with what happened on Wall Street this year?" ”

"At the end of last year," Cesare said, "before the crisis began, I heard that he had embezzled funds that had cost Goldman Sachs 400 million, and some people said that he had just had a depressive episode, and that he had jumped out of his apartment...... Goldman Sachs took every penny from him, and his relatives - parents, fiancée and newborn daughter - got nothing. ”

Jenny let out a long breath.

"Ok," she said, "typical Wall Street elite, isn't it?" ”

"Pretty typical." Cesare chimed in.

"Maybe it's not a bad idea to stay away from Wall Street," Jenny said.

"Maybe." Cesare was like a parrot tonight.

Jenny couldn't help but giggle, and she glanced at Cesare with a smile, and unsurprisingly found a faint smile in his eyes as well.

"Well," she said, "now that the New York affair is over, let's talk about the next big thing." ”

Cesare raised his eyebrows wordlessly, waiting for her next.

To be honest, she was still a little hesitant, Jenny was thinking about the wording, thinking about whether to say how to speak, suddenly noticed that Said had appeared at the door of the side hall, she sighed silently, but because of this, she was heartbroken, in the gap when Said hurried to arrive, she seized the time, and said to Cesare, "I want you to go with me on the trip to Beijing in August this year, I want you to go with me......"