Chapter 228: The Pattern of Hong Kong Films
Give God seven days and He can create the world. For five years, he created the richest Chinese in the world. It was clearly not a very pleasant thing for him, though, though it was a bit vain. However, what he was even more distressed about was the yacht and villa that he was blackmailed by Wei Dongling and Fang Xiaoqiang, and he even talked about Fang Xiaoqiang, who was also taken by Wei Dongling and became a bad boy.
However, Xiao Ran had to admit that it was definitely a very correct thing to enlist Fang Xiaoqiang at the beginning. It is precisely because of the existence of Fang Xiaoqiang that there are the right people to take advantage of several opportunities in the financial market to make about 10 billion Hong Kong dollars, which is definitely a huge victory compared to investment.
Xiao Ran wanted Fang Xiaoqiang to prepare to fight Soros in the UK in 1992, he wanted to test Soros's bottom and Fang Xiaoqiang's current ability. And all of this will prepare for the very likely 97 Asian financial crisis, Xiao Ran will not allow the financial turmoil to spread to Hong Kong, otherwise it will affect the development of the film industry.
At the Golden Horse Awards at the beginning of the year, under Taiwan's local protectionism, Phantom did not gain much. However, fortunately, it was Phantom Investment that won the best feature film, and finally regained a little face. At the Academy Awards in April, under the deliberate actions of the judges, the Phantom only gained half of it this time, and the rest was divided between the three major companies.
However, at the overseas film festival, the phantom finally breathed a sigh of depression. Several films with basic films have achieved results at the Berlin Film Festival and the Tokyo Film Festival, which can be regarded as good.
Time gradually passed to June 27, 1991, Xiao Ran was still very depressed, he was depressed that Prince Rong bought back Hengchang's shares at almost the original price in the hands of the Phantom. This made the phantom get nothing on it, which was equivalent to paying Prince Rong for acquisition and expansion.
However, he was also very helpless, after all, Prince Rong's family background was there, and he was one of the spokesmen of the mainland's political axe in Hong Kong, so he couldn't help but give face. The only thing that makes Xiao Ran happy is that, except for the second time, the other acquisitions are going well.
However, the world fund has gradually risen in recent years, and several previous venture capitals have been rewarded, and the assets have rapidly exceeded 10 billion. The news also made him very happy, but unfortunately the money made him feel anything.
On this day, Xiao Ran, who was really depressed, invited a group of friends in the circle and Wei Dongling to go to sea to play together. As soon as he saw this very big yacht, Xiao Ran felt extremely distressed, this is all money. The problem is not the money, but the fact that the yacht was given to Wei Dongling by Xiao Ran after being blackmailed, and it is said that it was to celebrate him becoming the richest man in China, for which Xiao Ran paid at least 50 million.
It's not easy to be the richest man, isn't it? Xiao Ran smiled bitterly, but was unceremoniously pushed by Fa Ge behind him: "What are you doing here, don't block the way!" ”
Only Wei Dongling was sinisterly smiling on the boat, he could see Xiao Ran's current thoughts, he liked to watch this kind of scene, otherwise why would he take the time to come out. The ship was very large, enough to accommodate dozens of people, and Xiao Ran was very sad.
Lin Qingxia also knew Xiao Ran's mood, and suddenly held Xiao Ran in her arms in a funny way, as if coaxing a child: "Good, it's okay, it's just a little money!" Everyone looked at him, and Xiao Ran was embarrassed.
In fact, the main ones are the group of friends that Xiao Ran met before he made a fortune, and it is difficult for those who have met in the past two years to regard Xiao Ran as a close friend, after all, his identity is there. Liang Jiabao also came, this guy had the opportunity to be promoted to the editor-in-chief of the new newspaper, but he turned it down and became a free journalist instead.
At this time, he was enjoying the sun on the boat, moaning comfortably: "This is so fucking comfortable, I really want to go out and have more fun when I have time!" It feels great! ”
"That's not what you ask for, if you don't do the easy work, who is to blame!" Xing Tsai sat down gently next to Liang Jiabao, because of the influence of these friends, his surname gradually became less quirky, and by the way, he pulled his rumored girlfriend Luo Huijuan next to him to sit down.
The loyal Fa Ge was in a good mood at this time, and he couldn't help shouting to Liu Hua and Liang Chaowei, who were chatting together: "You don't have the same surname, do you, do you want to stick together?" Then you become a conjoined person! ”
The shouting, talking, and laughter on the boat continued, but Xiao Ran was dragged by Wei Dongling to talk about business, which made him even more depressed. Wei Dongling let out a long breath: "It's time for us to enter the telecommunications industry, where do you think the breakthrough will start?" ”
"Nokia, buy Nokia first, then buy Globecom, or Verizon or Cingular!" Xiao Ran said casually, and suddenly aroused a cold sweat. If he remembers correctly, Globecom later declared bankruptcy with debts of more than $10 billion. However, that is not a big problem and can be sold before 911.
It's like Li Ka-shing investing in Tangerine Telecom and then selling it, making him hundreds of billions of dollars. Wei Dongling was stunned, he originally thought that Xiao Ran would speak Hong Kong Telecom, so he hurriedly asked, "Why not Hong Kong Telecom?" ”
"Hong Kong Telecom?" Xiao Ran pondered for a moment, in fact, Hong Kong Telecom is really very profitable, earning 10 billion yuan a year. But will Hong Kong Telecom's owner, Great Eastern Britain, sell the cow? It's really an unknown.
"I know it's hard, but let's give it a try!" Wei Dongling thought about it for a while before saying: "Maybe we can negotiate the acquisition with Dadong after the acquisition of Universal, and there may not be no chance at that time." ”
"I don't think it's a big problem!" Xiao Ran thought for a moment before replying, he was not a business wizard. Whether it is profitable or losing, anyway, the current Phantom will not go bankrupt or go bankrupt, and it is impossible for the Bank of China to press the Phantom to ask for the $4 billion debt. It's really forcing up, and the phantom is just as capable of paying it back.
In such a situation, even if the acquisition fails, the loss will not be too large, and it will not affect the growth and expansion of the Phantom. It is regarded as a high-level training for Wei Dongling and other high-level hands, although it is an exaggeration to take tens of billions to practice.
Wei Dongling nodded, at this stage, they can quickly make a decision on what they talk about. Not only because they have practiced decisively enough, but also because they don't need to think about everything like before, they need to deal with it personally, otherwise where would Wei Dongling have time to come out to play.
Buying Ingular and Verizon is definitely not an easy task, though. These two American mobile companies will be the first and third in the United States in the future, and with the Phantom's current financial resources, if they don't take out loans, it is definitely a dream to want to acquire.
Wei Dongling didn't quite understand why Xiao Ran wanted to buy Nokia, which was growing by leaps and bounds in mobile phones, but the rest of the electronics business was not so good. If you buy it, I'm afraid it won't do you much.
After asking this question, Xiao Ran hesitated for a moment, he couldn't say how bullish Nokia would be in the future. He didn't have this idea because of how good Nokia was, he had completely passed it. In his vision, 2005 would not be able to make movies available on mobile phones. However, the functions of mobile phones are gradually becoming more and more powerful, and sooner or later they will reach this level.
In the future, mobile phones will become one of the entertainment platforms of the Phantom Entertainment Empire, and a company with core technology like Nokia is naturally Xiao Ran's target, and the current market value of Nokia is not too high, and it is easy to acquire.
With mobile phones, it is natural that operators are needed to achieve a one-stop service industry monopoly, and mobile companies are undoubtedly an excellent choice. Given the size of the North American film market, it was a wise decision to take over Mobile in advance.
Buying just one of the three Verizon companies would be quite risky. It's not about business, Xiao Ran still has a lot of trust in Wei Dongling's vision of looking at people. In terms of capital, even if the mobile phone business has not really developed at present, if it is to acquire any one, I am afraid that it will need to use at least 10 billion US dollars, which is basically unlikely.
It's also quite large. It's not about business, Xiao Ran still has a lot of trust in Wei Dongling's vision of looking at people. In terms of funding, if you buy any of them, you may need to spend at least $15 billion, which is basically unlikely.
Xiao Ran once forced people to go bankrupt with financial problems, and he would never make such a mistake himself. Therefore, he will definitely not go all out to make an acquisition, preferring to wait for Microsoft to wait for the stock to soar before making a move.
It is estimated that by 1995, 18 percent of Microsoft's equity will bring Xiao Ran tens of billions of dollars of personal wealth. And Dell's 25 percent stake can bring at least $30 billion to the Phantom. When the time comes, it will not be a big problem to buy a mobile company, or even a country.
Moreover, Ah Biao's operation in the Soviet Union, as long as he can control the oil at that time, then it can mean that he has mastered the energy. It can be said that after 1995, that is the best time for Phantom to truly expand into the world's largest entertainment media empire.
Phantom is currently only the largest entertainment and media company in Asia, and it is still a big step away from Xiao Ran's goal. In fact, in terms of dominating Europe, the Phantom has achieved good results.
Relying on computer special effects that are one step ahead, Infinite Vision recruits countless technicians every year, compared to the future Xiantao Digital can only make a few films a year, Infinite is now much stronger, at least so that many films can have special effects.
Of course, the most important thing is that Xiao Ran asked Ge Wenqiu to investigate the preferences and viewing preferences of European audiences in Europe. Based on this, there are films for surnames, whether it is Chinese films or English films, Phantom has been filmed.
At present, Hong Kong-made films have accounted for about 15% of the European market, and Hong Kong-made films always account for more than 30% of the top ten box office lists in Europe every year. These figures are enough to confirm the success of Hong Kong-made films in Europe, but there is still room for improvement. But this no longer needs Xiao Ran to do it himself, the phantom has formed a mature system, and even if it leaves Xiao Ran, it can operate very well.
To be honest, if it weren't for Xiao Ran's wish to challenge Hollywood, he would have left everything behind and traveled the world with Lin Qingxia now. Isn't that a hundred times more wonderful, and it's always better than working hard here.
However, as the so-called revolution has not yet succeeded, comrades still need to work hard. Xiao Ran didn't want to fall short, and finally lost at the hands of Hollywood. Moreover, he is very eager to fire the first shot to challenge Hollywood by himself, and use that urban martial arts as the first blow.
In fact, the market for Hong Kong films in North America is much larger than in history, and according to the survey report of the American branch, at least 30 percent of young people know that there is a famous Hong Kong film in the Far East. And they have all watched Hong Kong films before and after, starting from "Spy Change", there are more and more Chinese-language films that can enter mainstream theaters in North America, and at least three can be released in mainstream theaters every year.
In Asia, the market share of Hong Kong-made films is getting bigger and bigger every year, from less than 20 at the beginning to 30 today, which is a predictable progress. And the Phantom accounts for at least 50% of the market in Hong Kong films, and it has definitely formed a monopoly situation.
However, Xiao Ran is not satisfied with this figure, and he hopes to make the zhan rate of Hong Kong films reach at least 50% in Asia and at least 40% in Europe. In the future, in the North American market, Xiao Ran hopes to reach at least 40%. In the Mainland and Hong Kong, it is necessary to achieve a minimum of 80 percent or more.
This is Xiao Ran's vision of Hong Kong films, and in fact, he is definitely qualified to paint such a picture. There is nothing to say about the mainland, the censorship system is indeed gradually opening up, but if it does not open up funds to enter the theater chain, it will not be of much use at all.
Because he invited some people who were familiar with the officialdom in the mainland, Xiao Ran quickly sorted out the top and bottom of the mainland. According to the investigation of the mainland branch, Hong Kong-made films now occupy an absolute position in the mainland, and the market ownership rate has reached 70 percent, and the Phantom films account for 80 percent of this.
It makes sense that the Phantom is now under the policy of being a company that can shoot and distribute directly without script review, exactly like Ginto. Other companies still need to negotiate with the Film Bureau, either in the form of co-productions or in other ways.
In fact, other companies are also developing quite fast, especially the Big Three. Because he has always been a solid ally of the Phantom, he soon got the offer that the script did not need to be reviewed. And the assets of each of these three companies have reached more than 6 billion, excluding the Phantom investment of 2 billion each, which is quite fierce, but it is still no match for the Phantom's entertainment and media empire.
While they were discussing, Fa Ge suddenly rushed in and shouted to the two: "What are you doing, go out to play, are you here to relax or to work!" ”
Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling glanced at each other and immediately plunged into joy. And Xiao Ran is also looking forward to the release of "The Legend of the Car God" on July 15......
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