Chapter 198: Each has a strange plan
The next day, as soon as Wei Dongling entered Xiao Ran's office, he couldn't help but be stunned when he saw Xiao Ran's sad face. Did something happen again? came to Xiao Ran and asked, only then did he know that Xiao Ran was worried about whether he wanted to have children.
Wei Dongling was stunned, and immediately burst into laughter. Sometimes he really admires Xiao Ran, facing such a big battle, he can still worry about such a thing. He clapped his hands very happily: "Fortunately, I haven't gotten married yet, otherwise it would be troublesome!" ”
"Don't come to this set, who doesn't know that you are pursuing Li Jiaxin!" Xiao Ran didn't even bother to raise his head, he even suspected that Wei Dongling was gloating by clapping his hands. However, Wei Dongling had an interesting thing about Li Jiaxin, this was not something he said casually, and even the media poked it out: "When you get married, you will know how painful this is!" ”
"I'm different from you, I'm not a childless person!" Wei Dongling looked very proud, and he didn't know if it was for Li Jiaxin or for other things: "Besides, what's so embarrassing about this, I really don't know what you think." It's like a family when you have children, haven't you watched Shaw Brothers' "Substitute for the Gun Old Bean"? ”
Xiao Ran immediately remembered the content of the film, which was a film starring Wan Ziliang and Xia Wenxi, which said that a husband went to the United States to do artificial insemination in order to have a child because of the disease of low sperm loss. The husband went crazy and doubted this and that all day long, and the content was quite interesting.
"Damn, I knew you kid didn't have a good heart when he spoke!" Xiao Ran sprayed Wei Dongling angrily, he didn't want to make any jokes now, this trouble had been pestering him all night.
"Okay, let's not talk about that, let's have some good news for you!" Wei Dongling's grinning look was really hateful, and he found the sofa and sat down before saying to Xiao Ran: "Power has won the absolute controlling stake of Qingtian Company at a price of eight billion, and at the same time, Fang Xiaoqiang has won eighteen percent of Toei's controlling stake, is the next step to immediately launch an attack on Golden Harvest?" ”
"Really? That's great! Xiao Ran couldn't help but forget all his troubles, swept away Fang Cai's depressed appearance, and jumped up from the chair. What is Qingtian Company doing, it can actually make Xiao Ran happy like this.
Quite simply, Qingtian is Toei's second largest shareholder, holding Toei for 35. In this way, if the Phantom controls Qingtian and indirectly controls Toei, Toei indirectly controls the equity of Golden Harvest. It took a lot of trouble, but it worked.
Toei is one of the four largest distribution companies in Japan, and controls the agency rights of two or three theater chains. Xiao Ran chose this company as a bridgehead to enter Yuben a long time ago, so he began to acquire its shares as early as last year, but it has been slow progress. didn't expect Toei to take the initiative to throw himself into the net this time, no wonder Xiao Ran smiled so weirdly.
Seeing Xiao Ran so excited, Wei Dongling couldn't help but pour a scoop of cold water: "Don't forget, for this acquisition, the company has used tens of billions of funds, if it weren't for the power of karaoke is still providing funds, I'm afraid the company will immediately fall into trouble!" ”
Xiao Ran smiled and comforted lightly: "Don't worry, isn't there still three billion liquidity!" And soon the power will probably be able to add more than one billion to come in, and there will be no fear of capital turnover problems at that time! ”
"But......" Wei Dongling was very depressed, although Xiao Ran still didn't know much about business now, he was completely difficult in this regard. He originally wanted to intimidate Xiao Ran and give him a danger signal, but he didn't expect it to be easily resolved. His brain spun quickly, and he continued: "Moreover, don't forget, Qingtian is definitely a burden and burden to us, and it will only drag us down!" ”
"Don't be afraid, when the time comes, we only need to keep its core company, and all other subsidiaries and departments will be dismantled and sold!" Xiao Ran glanced at Wei Dongling strangely, he didn't quite understand why Wei Dongling was so nervous: "You pick a few people to go over and check their assets and accounts, and split and sell them in a month." According to the calculation of the power in advance, the acquisition of Qingtian can earn us about six or seven billion! ”
Wei Dong's spirit was so angry that his nose was almost crooked, how could Xiao Ran be so proud and so sure. Soon he thought of another flaw, a fatal flaw: "OK, your ultimate goal is still for Jiahe, right." ”
"Yes, but it's not right!" Xiao Ran smiled and explained: "This is a plan to kill two birds with one stone, originally I didn't expect Toei to take the initiative to invest in Golden Harvest, but I just planned to secretly let people buy its equity." ”
"It's just that I didn't expect Toei to throw himself into the ......net" Speaking of this, Xiao Ran's mood was very happy, Toei had long wanted to get involved in the Hong Kong film market, if it hadn't taken into account the rules of the industry, I was afraid that I would have started it a long time ago, and now I have this retribution, which is really pleasant: "In this way, I not only indirectly control Toei, but also control Golden Harvest, is this killing two birds with one stone!" ”
"You're wrong!" Wei Dongling looked at Xiao Ran with a stern expression: "Toei only controls twenty-five shares, which has no effect on taking the absolute control of Golden Harvest!" ”
"Believe me, for Golden Harvest, I am nine out of ten!" Xiao Ran smiled mysteriously, and whispered a few words in Wei Dongling's ear.
Wei Dongling's eyes widened, as if he wanted to stare them out, and only after a while did he let out a breath of air: "I didn't expect you to have this trick, this time I believe we won." It's just that the process must be interesting! ”
Whether it is interesting or not, Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling are unpredictable for the time being. However, the next day something did happen that was very unpleasant for them. The next day, not long after Xiao Ran came to the office, Liu Hua and Zhong Chuhong all called him and pointed out one thing - Jiahe bid yesterday to try to poach them.
It's another trick to dig people, it's really hopeless! Xiao Ran was annoyed. Fortunately, under the temptation of Golden Harvest's high price, there are really few people who are willing to be fooled, which makes Xiao Ran feel very gratified.
Originally, Xiao Ran was still interested in playing with Golden Harvest, but now he doesn't like this feeling. He didn't want Golden Harvest to get in the way of any of the Phantom's business, so, he thought, it was time to settle Golden Harvest.
It's just that sometimes he still misses Fang Ruohai very much, and he has to admit that Fang Ruohai is a smart person, but his luck is not good, and the time he chooses to go against Xiao Ran is not good. This time the decisive battle with Golden Harvest is no suspense for him, because everything is already under control, and he likes to have a stronger opponent.
"The Gambler" has been in theaters for about 20 days, and the box office has accumulated to 28 million, and more than 30 million is absolutely fine. Two days ago, "Die Hard" was just released, and Xiao Ran originally wanted to choose Li Lianjie for this film, but finally let Liu Qingyun star in it. He wants to use this example to show people in the industry that you don't have to be handsome and handsome to have box office value.
The premiere of "Die Hard" did not do well at the box office, because the audience targeted at this film is not limited to the local area, but also includes Europe, so the local flavor is not very strong. This also led to the film's premiere box office not being as good as "The Gambler", with only 3 million at the opening box office, and finally only 30 million at the local box office. Fortunately, "The Gambler" is attacking the local market, but it barely won the box office championship of the Spring Festival.
However, the experience of the two films in the overseas market is completely different, although "The Gambler" has been adjusted as much as possible, it still only has a box office of more than 100 million in the foreign market. "Die Hard" is different, with a box office of nearly 200 million in Europe alone, and 500 million in Asia. It can be seen that the effect is particularly different depending on the audience level.
But that's later, forget about it for a moment, and let's go back to the present. There is only one week left before the Spring Festival, how will Xiao Ran plan to kill Golden Harvest? This is a problem, but it is obviously not for Xiao Ran.
Quietly invited He Guanchang, Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao to his home, Xiao Ran greeted him with a smile, and invited them to drink cool drinks under the sun umbrella. He Guanchang and the others knew what Xiao Ran wanted, and they didn't beat around the bush when they spoke: "Mr. Xiao, if there is anything, just say it!" ”
Xiao Ran glanced at a few people who were dressed very casually, and fixed his gaze on He Guanchang. He also knew that if a few people were willing to come here, it meant that he still had a certain chance to win them. Moreover, he knew that they were headed by He Guanchang, after all, He Guanchang made a lot of correct decisions for them and kept their current status.
Taking a sip of cold and thorough water, Xiao Ran raised his head and looked up at the blue sky slightly: "Uncle He, what I want is very simple." You know very well that Golden Harvest is deliberately messing with me now, and I don't like this! ”
No one spoke, He Guanchang knew that Xiao Ran's words were not over, otherwise if he wanted to impress him with this, it would be a fantasy. Sure enough, Xiao Ran narrowed his eyes slightly and moved his gaze from the clouds to He Guanchang's face: "You know that what I want is not Hong Kong, but the whole world." If Golden Harvest always drags me back like this, it will indirectly disrupt my plans. And I, I will never allow anyone to break the rules of the game that I have set! ”
"Uncle He, have you ever thought about promoting Chinese films to the world and gaining a more respectable status than Western films?" Xiao Ran's eyes were firmly fixed on He Guanchang, he wanted to pass on his sincerity to the other party.
He Guanchang was slightly surprised, now the whole bank knows Xiao Ran's ambitions, but he didn't expect that Xiao Ran just wanted to promote Chinese movies. However, it seems right to think about it, if Xiao Ran only wants to make money, then there is really no reason to do actions such as increasing the salary, which will only reduce the benefits of the Phantom.
"Brother Long, Brother Hong! Have you ever imagined that one day you will be able to rely on the rise of Chinese-language cinema to become one of the most famous movie stars in the world? Xiao Ran's gaze shifted to the faces of the other two, revealing a faint smile, looking natural and harmonious.
Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao's hearts jumped suddenly, this is indeed what they have always longed for. The original films such as "Killer Trench" and "Cannonball Speed" were made for the international market, but unfortunately, they almost completely failed.
It's just that they understand better that now they are very popular locally, and they can't match Fa Ge in Southeast Asia, and they can't even match any of the first-line actors under the Phantom in Europe. This is not because they have no strength, but because Golden Harvest is inferior to Phantom in all aspects.
"From the very beginning, Golden Harvest's strategy was wrong, and this is not how the international market is obtained. It is not something that can be obtained by a film company, but a task that belongs to Hong Kong films and the entire Chinese film. Golden Harvest can't do it, it doesn't mean that Phantom can't do it. But ......" Speaking of this, Xiao Ran strengthened his tone and said coldly: "I definitely don't like anyone to mess with ghosts behind my back, this is not just trying to destroy the Phantom, but also trying to destroy the status of Hong Kong films in the world!" ”
Xiao Ran closed his mouth and stared at He Guanchang tightly, as long as he nodded, Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao would have no problems. He Guanchang hesitated for a moment, he was indeed not optimistic about Jiahe anymore, Zou Wenhuai was now in order to win, he actually led the wolf into the house, and even gave a controlling stake of fifty, which was simply to give Jiahe away.
From Xiao Ran's words, he also heard that Xiao Ran's purpose was not to monopolize, but to have a safe rear to impact Hollywood. However, he is still hesitant, what if Xiao Ran repents and monopolizes the market? The most important thing is that he is reluctant to create Jiahe with his own hands, if it is cut off in his own hands like this, I am afraid he will not feel at ease.
But what choice does he have now? Just looking at Xiao Ran's steady expression, He Guanchang was sure that Xiao Ran had a way to deal with Jiahe, and it was even likely that the Jiahe Empire would be on the verge of collapse overnight.
For Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao, they were reluctant to defect from Golden Harvest like this. They have all achieved success in their careers because of Jiahe, and if they leave Jiahe like this, they are afraid that they will be stabbed in the back in the future.
It's just that they still have a choice in the current situation? Xiao Ran's kind face hides murderous intentions. Not only He Guanchang, but Cheng Long could also see that Xiao Ran really wanted to remove the burden of Jiahe this time.
"Mr. Xiao, I'm sorry!" He Guanchang gritted his teeth and finally made a decision: "I still can't betray Jiahe, I'd rather live and die with Jiahe!" ”
"However, don't forget that Golden Harvest can continue to exist as one of the four major film companies in Hong Kong." Xiao Ran couldn't help but sigh with emotion, people in this era are just righteous. Thinking like this, he still looked at the three of them sternly: "It was Zou Wenhuai who made Jiahe fall to the point where it is today!" ”
"No matter what, I'm a Golden Harvest person, if I really want to lose to you, then let's lose together!" He Guanchang's expression was gloomy, which was equivalent to if he chose to fail by himself.
Looking at the distant figures of the three of them, Xiao Ran sighed slightly, picked up the big brother on the table and dialed the phone. While watching the three of them disappear, he said in an extremely resolute tone: "Do it tomorrow!" ”
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