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The plain and insipid said that it was bland, Xiao Ran didn't have that blessing, and finally said that he was busy with this and that. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 The only thing that is fortunate is that he has a better vision now, and he can at least see more than ninety percent of what films sell and what don't.

Don't think that with a good script and a good behind-the-scenes lineup, it will be a blockbuster, as long as the director is negligent, the film has a great chance of being smashed. The most typical is Adu's "Big Event", which originally had the hope of becoming a realistic action scene, but unfortunately the ending was bad, so it fell silent.

Xiao Ran's new work has not been released yet, not because he doesn't want to be on it, but because the theater can't schedule it. At present, there are always a lot of theatrical dramas and experimental and reading films in Hong Kong every year, which are basically released in these theaters, where is it so easy to schedule them.

Don't worry, though, that guy has nothing to do. Sony finally couldn't hold back their yearning for karaoke, which can constitute an important part of their electronic entertainment empire, and Akio Morita decided to come to Hong Kong to negotiate with Xiao Ran in person after learning that Xiao Ran was currently going to stay in Hong Kong to accompany his children.

Wei Dongling personally went to pick up this old guy who was about to be unable to withstand the internal pressure, and the Hong Kong media quickly heard the news and conducted an interview at the airport. Akio Morita obviously likes to face the media very much, and in Wei Dongling's cold eyes, this old guy's sleek methods in the face of the media are still worth learning.

"May I ask Mr. Morita, it is rumored that the Phantom Group is trying to buy Columbia from Sony, do you want to talk about this business in Hong Kong this time?" The reporter of Asia Weekly tried to stretch out the microphone and asked.

Akio Morita smiled, and after muttering something, the translator told the reporter very clearly: "Actually, you can ask Mr. Wei, he is one of the protagonists of the rumors, and you can get a more detailed answer by asking him!" ”

Facing the microphone stretched out, Wei Dongling secretly scolded the old fox, and said with a grin on the surface: "The Phantom did consider acquiring Colombia, but there are many companies that the Phantom wants to acquire, obviously, the facts tell us that many things can be done without thinking, Mr. Morita, what do you think?" ”

Akio Morita was slightly startled, he saw that Wei Dongling was young, and he thought that this kid could be stumped. Unexpectedly, Wei Dongling skillfully pushed the past, and then faintly pointed the arrow at him. A reporter from Asia Weekly, who is still the Asian, asked: "Will the Phantom Company have made so many large acquisitions in recent years, will it cause a shortage of funds, or expand too quickly?" ”

Wei Dongling shook his finger lightly to indicate that it was incorrect, and then smiled: "If you have enough spare money in your hand, what will you do with it?" I don't think you would choose to put it in the bank. The problem of expanding too fast is no longer the case, and we have enough strength to integrate our own structure. ”

"So, Mr. Morita, you didn't come to Hong Kong this time for Colombia, so for what?" Another reporter asked: "Colombia has been losing money in the past few years, hasn't Mr. Morita considered rectification?" ”

"It's mainly for some cooperation matters......" was stabbed in the wound, Sheng Tian's face immediately sank, if it wasn't for the good enough calm, I was afraid that he would have a seizure immediately.

The next day, Xiao Ran started a difficult negotiation with this old guy, and Wei Dongling basically did not participate in the negotiations. Don't think they are stupid, as soon as Sheng Tian came, Wei Dongling quietly flew to talk to Panasonic about the acquisition of Universal, so as to create pressure on both sides.

On the spacious balcony of the Phantom Company, Akio Morita praised as soon as he stepped on the carpet: "It's really open-minded here, and it may be a pleasure to be able to negotiate here!" ”

"It's just maybe, isn't it?" Xiao Ran said with a meaningful side face to this old guy who was so old that he didn't even like Lord Yama that he had to come to the negotiation table, and Akio Morita was stunned. Because there was only a table and two chairs in front of him, it meant that there was no place for anyone else to sit.

"I'm sorry, you know that the Phantom spent a lot of money on the acquisition, and we had to cut the administrative expenses, please take a seat!" Xiao Ran smiled and stretched out his hand to gesture, and sat down first.

It's just talking nonsense with your eyes open, and the phantom can be poor enough to cut administrative expenses! Akio Morita glanced at the four awkward negotiation assistants on the left and right, and then glanced behind Xiao Ran, who only brought a female secretary with a smile. In desperation, I had to secretly suffer this loss.

"Without further ado, we can start negotiating!" Sheng Tian was slightly annoyed by Xiao Ran's deliberate behavior, and said neatly: "First of all, I want to tell Chairman Xiao that the price of Colombia is ......."

"Wait......" Xiao Ran took the phone in the hand of the new female secretary, An Yuxuan married Ge Wenqiu's guy, and now he is enjoying himself in the United States. The current new female secretary is named Huang Ling, who is tall and has strong work ability. Xiao Ran nodded apologetically and said a few words into the phone.

Sheng Tian Zhaofu felt even more annoyed, Xiao Ran did it on purpose, thinking of this, he thought it was Xiao Ran's plan, and wanted to provoke him, so he immediately calmed down. But Xiao Ran had thought about it like this, just now it was just a dismount, and now this call is from Lin Qingxia, saying that Xiao Ling'er was crying just now.

comforted his wife, Xiao Ran smiled and said, "I'm really sorry, it's my wife who called, you know, it's not easy to be a father." By the way, you were right when you mentioned the value of Colombia? Ah Ling ......"

Huang Ling's smile was very strong woman, and she took out a document and read it: "In the nearly four years that Sony has been in charge of Colombia, Colombia has lost a total of 2.9 billion US dollars, and at present, the losses are still continuing!" The price quoted by Anya to Sony is $3.6 billion, and the top American accountants believe that Sony's current market value is $3.2 billion. ”

Akio Morita didn't show any surprise, if the phantom didn't even get this bit of information and dared to come to negotiate, then he would have been bankrupt a long time ago, how could he be qualified to talk about negotiations here. Xiao Ran's fingers lightly touched his beard, and he asked with a smile: "Mr. Morita, do you think it is necessary to talk to me about the value of Colombia now?" ”

"No, that's an incorrect number!" Akio Morita is very angry, and Xiao Ran imagines very maliciously, if he takes this old guy to the edge of the balcony and looks down, will he be scared to death: "The loss of 2.9 billion US dollars is Sony's, not Columbia's." Moreover, the offer of Anya was not considered at all! ”

Sure enough, there is a set, Xiao Ran secretly praised, this old guy is very smart not to deny these figures, but to start with the subtleties, trying to argue that Colombia is definitely more than that price. Giggled: "Since Mr. Morita said that it was Sony's loss, then I remembered, in this way, we don't have to pay for Sony, right?" I'm going to lower the price by $200 million, I wonder what you think? ”

At present, the reason why Colombia still has more than 3 billion quotations after several years of continuous losses is because it is an old company. Established companies will always have some advantages over new players, especially when it comes to films. Just think about MGM being on the verge of bankruptcy in the 80s, but still holding on.

Sheng Tian was taken aback, and immediately sneered: "Chairman Xiao, please don't forget that you took the initiative to propose the acquisition to us. It's you, not me, who need Colombia, and I think you know this better than I do! ”

Sheng Tian's title for Xiao Ran also has a great history, Xiao Ran is currently the chairman of the board of directors of Hutchison and Power Company, and people who are familiar with him naturally call him Brother Ran or Mr. Xiao regardless of age, and on a formal occasion like this, it is naturally called Chairman Xiao!

"Really?" Xiao Ran's smile suddenly retracted, and a look of indifference appeared instead: "I heard that Mr. Morita is not having a good time at Sony, and he is facing the threat of abdication recently." I think if you don't make some decisions, I'm afraid ......."

As soon as he mentioned this, Morita was annoyed, and the guys on Sony's board of directors didn't want to think about how much money he made for Sony, and now they actually wanted to oust him from power. It's just that Xiao Ran's words haven't spoken yet, I saw his expression change again, and he crossed his legs leisurely: "Moreover, I heard that in the past year or two, the directors of Sony have been very dissatisfied with Columbia's money-losing goods, and I hope to send it out as soon as possible!" ”

Akio Morita's face changed suddenly, in fact, it was not without warning that the directors drove him down, and the strategies he formulated for Sony in the past few years have made certain mistakes, resulting in considerable losses in some electronics industries.

Originally, because of his wrong decision, Sony suddenly became a worthy mention in the American business community, but not because of any miracle, but because Sony created the largest loss in the United States in Colombia.

Nearly $3 billion! Now that the company is expanding with money, it can afford to lose three billion. If it weren't for Sony's thick foundation, it might not be known if it would be dragged down to bankruptcy. Not to mention Sony, even the Phantom flagship, which is the most focused on cash reserves, doesn't have that much cash.

"Chairman Xiao, you are wrong again, you know how important Colombia occupies in the Sony electronic entertainment empire, so its value to Sony is incalculable." Akio Morita is really very calm, worthy of being a veteran of the shopping mall: "And the reason why I can sit here and negotiate with Your Excellency on this is already a huge concession!" ”

Huang Ling couldn't stop snickering on the side, of course she knew what Sheng Tian said as a part-time translator, she only felt that this old guy was very thick-skinned, and he actually dared to say anything about the entertainment empire in front of Mr. Xiao, the phantom controlled so many media and television stations and the film industry without saying what kind of entertainment empire he came from.

Of course, Xiao Ran didn't care about this kind of literal meaning, Sheng Tian wanted to put gold on his face, so he let him paste enough. He knew very well that Morita was determined not to sell Columbia, and if it weren't for the pressure from the board of directors, he wouldn't have come to talk about the deal at all.

It is precisely because Sony has made a lot of money-losing industries under the leadership of Morita in the past two years, if it sells Columbia, it can cash out to solve the financial difficulties, and secondly, it can also throw away this hot potato, which is definitely the best of both worlds.

But Xiao Ran didn't know what kind of pressure Sony's board of directors put on Morita, if it was enough, then the acquisition would not be a problem, only a dispute over the price. However, he thought that Sheng Tian should not give in, otherwise if he was willing to sell, the board of directors would not be so eager to force this old guy to step down. Historically, Morita stepped down at the end of this year and was replaced by Nobuyuki Idei.

Therefore, Xiao Ran basically didn't have much hope for this deal, anyway, Panasonic had a lot of talks. If nothing else, the acquisition of Universal at the original price of about $6 billion is basically a certainty. Anyway, Panasonic saw his classmate Sony smashing so Columbia, and I am afraid that he was also chilled.

The only dispute with Panasonic was karaoke, and Panasonic initially opened his mouth to buy the Phantom with all the shares of karaoke plus cash, but now it is much more relaxed. To be honest, Xiao Ran does not plan to let go of karaoke equity to Panasonic, otherwise Sony and Panasonic will join forces to suppress it, and they will be able to obtain the right to speak.

"Chairman Xiao, since we can't talk about it in Colombia, let's talk about DVD-related technology!" Morita didn't want to talk about Colombia at all, the main purpose of his visit this time was to take down that damn karaoke, and he secretly cursed why this Chinese preemptively applied for a patent and registered it all over the world.

In the change of topic, Xiao Ran realized Sheng Tian's true goal, and while feeling slightly disappointed, he still smiled: "Okay, but now I have changed my mind." I want to buy it for cash, and the equity of karaoke is forgotten! ”

Sheng Tian was so angry that he almost wanted to slap the table, the people sent out by Wei Dongling to negotiate this sale had basically negotiated the exchange of shares, but there was still a dispute over the price, so the contract was not signed. And now that Xiao Ran has repented, isn't this playing him like a monkey?

We can fully understand why Sheng Tian is so angry, and he still faces the risk of attack and unemployment when he is old, and now Xiao Ran's retort has made his global strategy lack an important link, which is completely understandable.

At that moment, Sheng Tian's face sank: "Chairman Xiao, we negotiated before, and we exchanged it for 30% of the equity. Why do you regret it now, are the Chinese always like this? ”