The place of this discussion was finally no longer the same café for thousands of years, but directly at Hendler's law firm.

The secretary knocked on the door of Hendler's office, and saw him stand up with a smile, give Zhang Shaoping a fierce bear hug, and said, "Oh, dear Mr. Zhang, you are finally here!" ”

Zhang Shaoping has never been cold, and he hurriedly broke free, shouting: "Damn, Hendler, I'm not a faggot, next time you dare to rub my oil like this, I will definitely let you know. The power of national kung fu. ”

Hendler shrugged his shoulders and said, "Well, sir, you really don't have any humor, and the jokes you tell are not funny at all. However, I have to admit that in . National kung fu is very powerful. After that, this thing also screamed "Ah Da" and made a Li Xiaolong-style posture.

encountered such a superlative, Zhang Shaoping was really speechless, why didn't he find this guy so sullen last time?

Zhang Shaoping coughed, looked at another white man in the office, and said, "Hendler, won't you introduce this gentleman to me?" ”

"Oh, I forgot to mention, this is Marven, the founder of the International Innovation Management Company. Mr. Josephson. Josephson, this person in front of you is Mr. Zhang Shaoping from Hong Kong. Hendler seemed to suddenly remember that there were still people in the office, and he was busy introducing the two of them.

The two shook hands politely, and Zhang Shaoping took the opportunity to introduce Hu Mufang to everyone. After a few words of conversation with each other, Hendler asked, "Two gentlemen, I have a separate lounge here, and no one will disturb me." Do you need it? ”

Josephson said, "yes, that's great! ”

Zhang Shaoping nodded and said, "Trouble you, Mr. Hendler." ”

"No trouble, no trouble at all!" Hendler smiled professionally. I just want such good things to happen every day, he is a Hollywood lawyer, and the lawyer's fees are not cheap. Especially in the matter of mergers and acquisitions, he can definitely make a lot of money from it.

Knowing each other's intentions, there is no need for a tentative conversation, so it gets straight to the point from the beginning.

Josephson said directly: "Mr. Zhang, our International Innovation Management Company is a very powerful performing arts agency in Los Angeles. Although it has not improved much in recent years, it has a market capitalization of at least $9 million. If Mr. Zhang is sincere in wanting to take over, we will not ask for much. Let's sell it at $9 million, I don't know what to do? ”

Zhang Shaoping raised his eyebrows and didn't speak, but Hu Mufang spoke. said, "Mr. Josephson." What is the current situation of Guochuang Company, you and I both know. At market value, the company is worth a maximum of $7.8 million, which I think is reasonable. ”

Josephson shook his head and said repeatedly, "No, no, no, you don't seem to have figured out the situation yet!" Guochuang Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Josephson Company. And Josephson is a public company, and I have to get a good price. in order to convince the board of directors to transfer the equity. Suffice it to say, the price of $9 million is reasonable, and I don't think the board would approve it without that price. ”

"Mr. Josephson, your bid is too much more than the market value for us to accept." Hu Mufang is capable and neat, showing the true character of a strong woman, "8 million US dollars, we can only give an extra 200,000 US dollars, so you should be able to explain to the board of directors, right?" ”

Josephson's heart moved, this price is very fair, he is already quite satisfied, he originally wanted to agree, but after thinking about it, he raised the price by 200,000 US dollars so easily, and he should be able to continue to hold it, so he pressed his heart and said with a smile: "Miss Hu, you are joking, you want to buy Guochuang Company for only 8 million US dollars, you are too insincere, right?" Well, I also want to make this deal, $8.7 million, if you want to, we'll close it, if you don't, then you have to say sorry. ”

When Hu Mufang saw Josephson reduce his 300,000 yuan, he felt that there was a play, so he continued to bargain and said, "Mr. Josephson, why do you want to bully me? Guochuang Company, since its establishment, has not made any profits, not to mention that the parent company has to make up for it from time to time, which is completely a liability for Josephson Company. We are here with great sincerity, and if you bite the price, it will not be good for everyone. ”

"Although the company is not profitable for the time being, the brokerage industry is becoming more and more profitable, so it can be said that the company's prospects are very optimistic. Maybe in a year or two, the company's business will grow exponentially, and then the company's value will triple or quadruple. ”

"You said it, that was later, and now the company is only worth 8 million."

"No, 8.7 million."

In the end, even though Hu Mufang took a step back and bid $8.2 million, he still couldn't talk. In the first contact, it is normal that no agreement was reached, so we simply stopped here today, and the two sides will talk again at another time.

After leaving Hendler Law Firm and sitting in the car, Zhang Shaoping instructed: "Ah Hu, let's sit in the car, don't leave yet." ”

"Huh?" Hu Mufang glanced at Zhang Shaoping strangely and asked, "Zhang Sheng, what do you have to plan?" ”

Zhang Shaoping said: "When Josephson is gone, we will return to the law firm." ”

"Why?"

Faced with Hu Mufang's incomprehension, Zhang Shaoping explained: "Those who want to promote this business, in addition to us, should be more anxious about Hendler." He'd love to earn a lot of money from it for referrals and consulting. If we ask him for help, he will not refuse, on the contrary, he will help us in a big way. ”

Hu Mufang thought about it, this is really the case, Zhang Shaoping's routine of taking the other side is very likely to work.

"Zhang Sheng, that ghost guy is down." Chen Feihu said at this time.

Sure enough, Josephson walked into the parking lot with a comfortable face, and after he drove away, Zhang Shaoping leisurely opened the door and got out of the car and returned to Hendler's law firm.

Seeing Zhang Shaoping go and return, Hendler was first surprised, and then said: "Mr. Zhang, it's really a pity. Your business is falling apart today. ”

Zhang Shaoping smiled: "No, Hendler, this business hasn't collapsed yet. If you're willing to help me, I think things will work out perfectly. After that, I'll get the equity I want, and you'll get paid a lot of money. ”

When Hendler heard this, his eyes flashed, and he asked, "Oh, what kind of help does Mr. Zhang need from me?" To know. I'm just a lawyer, not that damn banker. ”

"I know, because Hendler you're a lawyer. That's why people believe you. I think you'll have a way, won't you? ”

Hendler smiled, "Maybe, I've heard that Jeffrey. Berg's senior executives were very interested in the company, while most of Josephson's shareholders were extremely disgusted with the company, which had posted a lot of money. I can't wait to get rid of it immediately. ”

Zhang Shaoping smiled knowingly. "Oh, and this, it looks like I'm going to have to talk to these people." ”

"Hehe, I'd be happy to arrange for you to meet."

came out of the law firm, Zhang Shaoping directly found Tang Shuxuan and Chen Yulian.

Tang Shuxuan began to set up the company branches of the three magazines "Film Age", "TV Age", and "The World's No. 1 Film Review", and Chen Yulian just wanted to distract herself anyway and had nothing to do, so she followed Tang Shuxuan around. Find a business address.

Zhang Shaoping first called Shi Yangde to come to make a plan, and then left Hu Mufang to help. But I flew back to New York. But it was Dina. Brown made an appointment with North American agent Bimott. Zhan Keluo and Zhang Shaoping hurried back to meet.

The advantage of being a media is that you can deal with people from all walks of life at any time, whether it is a predator or an acting superstar, you will more or less sell some face to media people. So when Dina. When Brown showed arrogance and grandeur in his magazine, he naturally opened up Jancro's relationship through the magazine writer.

At a high-end restaurant, Brown served as an introducer, and Zhang Shaoping and Zhan Crowe met. Zhang Shaoping was first vassally elegant and said a few words about the cultural world, and then he was embarrassed, he had no ink in his stomach, and he didn't know any other giants except Shakespeare. Just when he was blind and didn't know what to say, he saw that Brown and Jancro had not been talking about publishing for a while.

This is interesting, the two of them have academic literacy, but they are covered in patina, and the left sentence and the right sentence are inseparable from the word "money". When Zhang Shaoping heard it, there is a drama, as long as you like money, then things will be easy to do.

When the conversation was having fun, Brown got up and went to the bathroom to create an opportunity for Zhang Shaoping, who immediately seized the opportunity and brought up his intentions to Zhan Crowe. Zhan Crowe smiled in surprise: "I didn't expect Mr. Zhang to be interested in Creative Arts, this is a coincidence, I met Ovitz a few days ago, and he also told me that the shareholder of Creative Arts. Baum wants to retire and intends to transfer his shares. Ovitz originally wanted to take over Baum's equity, but after all, it involved a $2 million capital deal, and he couldn't scrape together the money for a while, so he wanted to persuade Baum to retire two or three years later, so that he could sell it for a good price when he arrived, and second, it would give him a room to maneuver. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Shaoping's eyes lit up, suppressed the joy surging in his heart, and asked: "Since Mr. Ovitz wants to take over Baum's equity, I'm afraid I don't have much chance, right?" ”

Marty. Before Baum arrived at CAA, he was a partner in an acting agency, then turned producer, and then opened his own agency with two or three employees, but his client list was a long list of star artists. In addition, Baum has a very good relationship with many well-known directors, producers, lawyers, film and television executives, and other Hollywood power executives.

In order to win over him, Ovitz and other five entrepreneurial veterans forced out 6% of the CAA equity to him at that time.

Although 6% of the equity is not much, it is a big plus to be able to break into the CAA company. Because according to the signing agreement of several shareholders of Chuangyi Company, if one person wants to transfer the equity, the other shareholders have the right of first refusal.

Therefore, the key to the future plan is whether Zhang Shaoping can obtain this 6% equity, and the transfer of this 6% equity must be agreed by Ovitz and others, and Ovitz and others cannot bypass the nail anyway.

Jancro smiled: "I can introduce Ovitz to Mr. Zhang, you know, as for whether you can convince him, it depends on your ability." ”

"Thank you! I am grateful that Mr. Giancro was able to make a presentation. Zhang Shaoping smiled, raised his glass, touched the glass with Zhan Crowe, and drank half a glass of red wine in one gulp.

While the two were talking and laughing, Brown came back in time, talked for a while, and left one after another.

Blown by the wind outside, Zhang Shaoping sobered up a lot, and couldn't help but ask about the inaugural issue of Brown magazine.

"How's the inaugural issue of the magazine getting ready?" (To be continued......)