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Xiao Ling'er laughed and whined for a while, and she didn't know what she was talking about or something else. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info just something interesting happened, this little guy stretched out his hands and stretched out to Xiao Ran, Xiao Ran was suddenly happy, lowered his head and let Xiao Ling'er touch it, this is another different kind of satisfaction and happiness.

"Daddy!" Xiao Qing didn't know when she was brought over by her grandmother, and when she saw Xiao Ran hugging her sister, she also stretched out her hands: "I want to hug ......"

Xiao Ran glanced at Lin Qingxia helplessly, handed Xiao Ling'er to her, and then held Xiao Qing in his arms. Lin Qingxia stared at Xiao Ran with envy, and her mother even smiled so much that her eyes narrowed: "This is like a family, Xiao Ling'er is always sticky to you like this, Qingxia is very jealous!" ”

Xiao Ran sighed with emotion, he didn't like children before, but now he likes them so much, people have always changed so much, so big that they can't even believe it. It's just that he can't help but admit that after having these two children, the life of the whole family seems to have a center, and there is a lot of laughter.

On the third day, Xiao Ran and his subordinates appeared in Los Angeles, and many times the Hollywood that people refer to is actually the entire city of Los Angeles. In fact, the so-called Hollywood Town has only Paramount and Universal left (in fact, only the former, the address of the Universal headquarters cannot be found, so it has to be arranged here), and Universal has a Universal Studios theme park here, which is the Hollywood in the eyes of the local Chinese.

Tom #8226, president of Universal Pictures, and Pyroc was depressed, he didn't expect Panasonic, the rich boss, to sell them like this. Glancing casually at the reporters who were preparing on the other side, he couldn't help but sneer. (Murdoch became a U.S. citizen to facilitate competition, and the WTO requires China to open up the television media market, so it is speculated that theoretically there is no nationality and other issues, so he can enter the television media industry of other countries)

Soon after the exit came some people, Pyroc and his right-hand man looked at each other, and they thought it was even more amused. He was thinking that this oriental miracle was so rich that it was better to fly with others than to buy a private jet himself.

It's just that he doesn't feel like laughing at all now, and whether he can continue to stay in this position depends on what the current owner thinks. For this reason, he had to write down the appearance of the boss last night, but he always felt that the Oriental people looked the same, which made him suffer a lot to write it down.

Seeing a familiar young man smiling happily and coming out with a group of people, Pyrok guessed that this was the owner. In order to confirm, he still took out the newspaper and checked it. Only then did he greet him, stretched out his hand and smiled: "Chairman Xiao, welcome to Los Angeles!" ”

Xiao Ran narrowed his eyes slightly and smiled at the old guy in front of him, who was about fifty years old, and knew the psychology of this guy very well. However, he didn't plan to remove this guy, after all, there would still be a lot of trouble without such a familiar person. So, he reached out and shook it and smiled, "Mr. Pyrok, I feel extremely honored!" ”

The reporters all rushed up, countless microphones and cameras were facing Xiao Ran, and the sun and the monkey separated the crowd for Xiao Ran and squeezed out a way for Xiao Ran. At this time, a female reporter squeezed hard: "Mr. Xiao, we are reporters from N, may I ask you ......?"

"I'm sorry, you know I just got off the plane and I'm tired, I'll talk about it another day, okay?" Xiao Ran smiled kindly, replied in fluent English, and then got into the car amid everyone's questions. This is a Rolls-Royce, Xiao Ran is sad at the sight of it.

After coming to the Beverly Hills Hotel, Xiao Ran introduced Han Long to Pyrok, and Sunshine and Monkey checked the room for a while to make sure there were no bugs or anything like that, and then nodded to Xiao Ran. Pyrok watched the sunlight and the monkey's movements in confusion, but he didn't know what they were doing.

"Mr. Pyrok, you are a veteran power in Hollywood, and it is an honor for Universal to have your help!" After they sat down, Xiao Ran stared at Pyrok with a smile and said, "So, I really hope that you can continue to serve as the president of Universal and lead Universal to glory!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Pylock's mind immediately calmed down, since he didn't have to worry about the problem of layoffs, his expression was much more relaxed, thinking that this Chinese still needed me to take care of the business: "Of course, Chairman Xiao, I will definitely go all out." ”

"But you know what stupid things Sony did in Colombia, and I'm not going to make the same mistake!" Xiao Ran's expression suddenly became very serious, and the mention of Columbia made Pylock's heart contract slightly. saw Xiao Ran and said in a deep voice: "Therefore, Han Long will serve as the vice president, and his subordinates will hold various positions in the film studio." ”

Pyrok broke out in a cold sweat, which meant that these people brought by Xiao Ran would squeeze out some people, and it seemed that layoffs were inevitable. He hurriedly asked cautiously: "It's just that in this way, it is likely to cause other people's unemployment ......"

Xiao Ran smiled slightly, in fact, there were not many people he brought, mainly some people who would hold important positions in the world. Han Long will supervise Pyrok, and with Han Long in charge, Xiao Ran is sure that it is unlikely that there will be a film with too much loss.

In fact, Xiao Ran has been cultivating Han Long and others for a long time, allowing them to gradually adapt to sales planning in North America. For example, Han Long, Xiao Ran sent him over for half a year soon after the establishment of the North American branch, asking them to come over to investigate the market and understand what kind of movies are needed in the North American market. Now is the time to come in handy, as for Ge Wenqiu, the guys from the Phantom North American Branch, it is Xiao Ran who needs to pay attention.

The next day, Xiao Ran attended the company's high-level meeting, and after getting to know the heads of various departments, Xiao Ran didn't say anything, but asked Han Long to explain the company's strategy and establish a certain prestige for it.

"The head office believes that Universal can increase its efforts in the direction of theme parks, and in terms of film production and investment, it will be up to me and President Pallock to finalize it personally." Han Long's name looks very powerful, but in fact, he is just a guy who looks quite ordinary, but now it conveys Xiao Ran's will, and he can't help but have a special sonorous feeling.

"At the same time, the head office in North America will become a subsidiary, and we will establish a strategic partnership with this company!" Han Long said in one breath, glanced at the high-level executives on the left and right sides of the long conference table, and then continued: "The company will develop into a theme company and a media and cable network, and will become the largest integrated entertainment company in North America in five years!" ”

Han Long sat down, and seeing that the high-level people were talking, Xiao Ran knocked on the table a few times, stood up with a very strong movement, and looked around before saying in a strong tone: "The company's American music company will be spun off and merged with Tian Lai Music Company, what do you think!" ”

No one spoke, this is not a shareholders' meeting, Xiao Ran has decided something, who can change it? After the acquisition of PolyGram like a snake swallowing elephants, it will become the world's largest music company (ignored earlier, Polygram is really powerful), if it can merge Universal's zhan music company with a considerable market, Tian Lai will sit on the number one position in music.

In fact, Xiao Ran is very insidious, and he intends to let Universal go all out to develop horizontally, just like Disney, with his own brand, and expand into the television industry and beyond. At that time, you can continue to operate, or you can spin off and sell Universal, and keep your own theme park and TV media business.

Don't think that Xiao Ran is planning to make a loss-making business, Disney is also making movies, television, theme parks, etc., but the market value reached nearly 40 billion US dollars at the end of the 90s. If it runs for a few years, with the countless ideas and scripts that the Phantom has in its hands, it will be able to make billions of dollars if it is spun off and sold to Universal at that time.

Of course, if it were Li Ka-shing, he would definitely have done so. This is what Li Superman is best at, but since the Phantom Group is centered on movies, and Xiao Ran is not entirely chasing profits, the spin-off sale is just a possible idea for the time being.

For all of Universal's top executives, the Phantom's arrival at Universal isn't necessarily a bad thing. The original old owner, Panasonic, did not want to be dragged down by the film business like Sony, and as a result, it did not even give much support in terms of funding. It was careful to let Panasonic maintain a situation of no loss or profit in the past two years.

The Phantom is different, everyone here basically knows the existence of the Phantom. The Phantom's core business is films, and the new owner is naturally able to come up with the right plan in terms of business strategy. And since it was able to acquire Universal, it must still have a lot of money in hand. Therefore, it is obviously good to climb such a gold master.

This meeting decided a lot of things, Xiao Ran basically did not perform any surgery on the world, this is the United States, not Hong Kong, he is still very clear about this. Besides, there is nothing wrong with Universal itself, but it is just that it has been ostracized by its peers and has made it very depressed.

Xiao Ran's explanation to Han Long and Pyrok is very simple, the phantom does not need financing on profitable films, let alone financing expansion, and the head office will fully support it in terms of financial resources. Because the Phantom has money, there is no need to share the profits with other people at all. And the Phantom's first release task when he became the owner of Universal, and the focus of the distribution that Xiao Ran explained was "Jurassic Park".

Unlike the situation in Hong Kong and Europe, Hollywood passed antitrust laws for the film industry back in the forties and fifties. Separating the cinema chain from the film production and distribution company limits the number of holdings of the production and distribution company in the theater company, so as to prevent the theater chain and the distribution and production company from joining forces to suppress other small companies.

However, even so, the Seven Donkey Kong still holds part of the equity of the five major theater chains in the United States: Royal, AMC, New Mark, Carmack, and Luce, which are being remodeled in the five major theater chains in the United States, accounting for at least 40% of the total theater and screen numbers in the United States.

Universal then controlled a portion of the royal and new Mark and Luce, and together they had about a quarter of the more than 20,000 screens in the world. In fact, at the beginning of the 21st century, there were more than 6,000 theaters in the United States, but there were basically no premiere theaters with more than 4,000 theaters, which proves that these major theater chains are not necessarily monolithic.

Of course, Xiao Ran is not worried that there will be no distribution channels for Universal's films, after all, there are more than 2,000 cinemas in Royal, New Mark and Luce combined. Strictly speaking, the current equity of the Seven Donkey Kongs is still quite simple, for example, the Phantom was able to wholly acquire Universal this time thanks to Panasonic.

By the end of the '90s, the shareholding of Hollywood studios was so chaotic that it was so much that each company controlled the other's equity, and it was not clear what the hell was going to for the financing. However, the Seven Donkey Kongs are still very active in controlling the equity of the theater chain, such as Time Warner, which also controls part of the equity of the royal family.

While Han Long and Pyrok were sweating and were busy tidying up, Xiao Ran was staring with interest at the people who kept coming in and out of the Beverly Hills Hotel. Among them, there are big stars and politicians, but Xiao Ran only knows some stars.

Soon, Xiao Ran ushered in the person he wanted to meet this time, Ted #8226, the vice chairman of Time Warner, and Turner, this old guy is the typical self-made gambler. For such a character, Xiao Ran still has some respect.

Turner is only in his fifties, not too old, but walking with Xiao Ran is like a sunset compared to the midday sun. Time Warner, as the big brother of Hollywood, Turner came to see Xiao Ran in person, which is obviously not as simple as imagined.

After coming to the café with a very atmospheric atmosphere and sitting down, the wrinkled Turner ordered coffee before looking at Xiao Ran and said, "Mr. Xiao, we are all shocked by your appearance, and now we all want to understand what you mean." Of course, I think you understand what I mean. ”

Xiao Ran thanked the waiter, and then gently shook the water in the cup. Turner obviously didn't come for Hollywood as a whole, but his words also represent Warner's intentions, which can be tricky.

He had expected this, and now he stared at those blue eyes unhurriedly and said, "Mr. Turner, I think you understand that I am not here to cause chaos. In the East, you will do according to my rules, and here I can follow the rules here. ”

Turner laughed, took a sip of his wine and said, "But do you know the rules of Hollywood? I guess I don't know. So, I think it's important to tell you what you need in Hollywood......"