Light and Shadow is indeed the most profitable company in Hollywood, with a net profit of $970 million in 2001, far ahead of the second-place Warner at $632 million. However, the market value of the entire Time Warner Group is only $181 billion, and a film company is worth 40 billion?

Sun Ziming's reaction was that the American people were crazy and didn't even know such a simple comparison. But when a frightened Jill ran into his office and put the company's shareholding structure in front of him, he realized that he might well have been put on the table.

After being silent for a long time, Sun Zi Ming raised his head and asked suspiciously: "Jill, the screen fund is an investment fund, why do you hold our company?" ”

Yes, the company's price-earnings ratio is almost fifty times, and the other party definitely doesn't want to pay dividends! Jill has lost her usual calm, she has earned enough wealth, and the only thing she is reluctant to give up is the social status that this position brings. Caring is chaotic, she is not calm, she can't figure it out at all: investment funds must be for the purpose of profit, the price-earnings ratio is 50 times, according to the current situation to return to the capital, you have to wait for 50 years, this is still the case of smooth development. With this time, they have invested elsewhere and made their money early.

"Boss, the other party must have a purpose, no one can joke with more than 20 billion dollars?"

"Do you want to say this? Hurry up and inquire and see what the other party wants to do? ”

Sun Ziming glanced at Jill angrily, knowing that she was worried about her own position. No matter who controls the light and shadow company, it is impossible to threaten Sun Ziming's position, because the controlling party wants to rely on his 'talent' and 'box office judgment', but it is difficult to say like Jill.

“Yes/boss”

"Come back"

Jill agreed, and hurriedly prepared to send someone to find out the news, but Sun Ziming stopped him again.

After pondering for a while, Sun Ziming hinted in a low voice: "Jill, the Light and Shadow Company belongs to all of us, and I said before that the Light and Shadow Company will not become a vassal of financial capital. If someone were to turn us into vassals, maybe I would leave the company I had founded, like my friend Steve Jobs. ”

A hint of joy flashed in Jill's eyes, and he hurriedly agreed, "Yes/boss."

After this incident, Sun Ziming didn't have the heart to do things anymore, and he didn't count it even if he didn't calculate it, but someone wanted to control the light and shadow. Fuck, doesn't that old bastard Kirk know that the most valuable thing in the company is Lao Tzu's 'memory'?

'Knock knock', a knock on the door interrupted Sun Ziming, "Boss, Mr. Robert wants to see you." ”

'Oh', Sun Ziming just wanted to let the dogleg in, and scolded with a black face: "Tell him to get out!" ”

Kayo Sato, who was standing at the door, was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said, "Yes/boss"

'Knock knock', a few minutes after Kayo Sato closed the door, there was another knock on the door, and this time it was Douglas who came in.

"Get in here"

"yes/boss", Douglas didn't mind Sun Ziming's scolding at all, closed the door and sat down at his desk, and whispered: "Boss, don't you think this is an opportunity?" ”

Well? For a while, Sun Ziming didn't react, and looked at his most loyal subordinate suspiciously.

"Boss, they are doing this just to copy the model of Times and Disney and transform our company into a media group."

"! I have an absolute controlling stake in ESPN, and they don't have a chance to get their hands on it! ”

Sun Ziming impatiently interrupted Douglas's analysis, the core TV stations and newspapers of the media group have declined, but it is difficult to find high-quality TV stations. It took me and George ten years of hard work to make ESPN the NO of entertainment television. 1. I want to turn it into a comprehensive TV station, but it's still far away. Kirk, a casino owner, where does he have so much confidence and strength?

"But it's a business, as long as there is a profit prospect, they can raise enough money. boss, American/Online's profit in 1999 was just over 700 million, but it was able to spend 181 billion to buy Time Warner. If it weren't for the stock market crash the year before last, it might be worth more than $200 billion now! ”

Douglas hurriedly got up and turned to Sun Ziming, opened AOL's website on his computer, pointed to the web page and said: "Boss, you see that AOL hopes to integrate Internet, TV, and telephone services, and if there is a powerful content resource like Time Warner, it can be converted into high income." Time Warner's content can also be sold to consumers through AOL's web services, establishing a successful monetization model. I suspect they just figured out guò network, combined with our group's production capabilities, to create a new AOL? Warner comes out. ”

Sun Ziming's eyes narrowed, the merger of AOL and Warner the year before last was a big deal, and AOL also escaped the bursting of the bubble of technology stocks with that merger, and has been living a prosperous life so far, with a market value of up to $160 billion! If Kirk and the others want to play this trick, with ESPN's leadership in TV dramas, variety shows, and sports, coupled with the strong production capabilities of Light and Shadow Company, as well as the huge influence on DreamWorks and Universal, they may really be able to replicate a 'AOL' miracle in the entertainment industry."

If this is the case, it is not a loss to spend more than 20 billion US dollars to control the light and shadow company, although he is notoriously tough, but huge interests are in front of him, even if he insists on going his own way, George and they will force themselves to compromise. Although the boss of ESPN is himself, he is leaving George and a large group of people, and he is a lonely person who is a fart!

What's even more terrifying is that although they are the second to eat crabs, Light and Shadow is not Warner, and they still have huge influence on DreamWorks and Universal, and even serve as the chairman of DreamWorks. If they compromise, it will not be difficult for them to surpass AOL in content resources. As for the current network technical conditions, whether they can meet the requirements of selling movies and TV series online, and whether the audience can watch sports and variety shows, their bastards will not care. I'm afraid that what those bastards are thinking about now is to make such a company as much as possible, and then go public in New York, and put a lot of money in the stock market into their pockets!

Seeing that the boss understood, Douglas continued to whisper: "Boss, except for the early few films, the rest of the copyrights of our company's films are jointly owned by various studios and companies, and the studio accounts for the majority.

In other words, as long as you and Chris are against them, their more than 20 billion will be spent in vain. ”

It's not a waste of flowers, but business is business, and everyone must sit down and talk again, which is true. Damn, Kirk's old bastard has a really good eye, and he does things so fucking black, and he snatched a piece of super fat from his mouth without revealing his mouth at all, and he is not afraid of choking to death?

After a few words of scolding, Sun Ziming turned his head and said, "Doug, I can't see it, you still have this vision." ”

'Hey, hey, hey', Douglas laughed a few times and whispered, "I didn't want to get all this, I heard something from the 'Screen Fund' a few days ago, and we guessed it again." ”

It seems that it is wise to let Jia Dai freely dispose of his official expenses, and spend a little money to get a message worth tens of billions. Sun Ziming thought back for a moment, "Harry? 70% of the copyrights of films such as Potter, The Matrix, and The Hangover are in their own hands, and only Weiman is acquired in the name of the company. However, it doesn't matter, the chips in your hands are enough, and only others ask for you in this matter, otherwise you will not be able to bypass yourself if you control the light and shadow.

Black, his subordinates are black enough, and they put forward a cooperation plan with great commercial value, so this guy wants to dig a pit and bury them alive. It seems that let him take care of his own studio, Lao Tzu really has a//vision!

"Well, you send someone to the C-CUBE Institute in Boston, and ask them to gather some engineers to build the website, and hide from the others to build the website first. Also, you personally go to Washington and mention Robert and his manipulation of stock prices for profit.

Shit, those sluts have a good idea, it's okay to discuss with us beforehand, but you can't make it a fait accompli! ”

"yes/boss", Douglas immediately agreed, and excitedly went out to do something. If this plan can be successful, you can make a lot of money from the stock market, and you can make another big fortune yourself!