As soon as he got off the plane and left the airport and got in the car, Lin Xiaozhi learned that CCTV and his party were sightseeing at ATV headquarters.

Regardless of his exhaustion, he instructed the driver to send his wife Li Jiaxin home, and he called the company's car to go to the headquarters of Media Asia, ready to take the opportunity to meet with the visiting CCTV executives.

When he arrived at the headquarters of Media Asia, he sent someone to the new ATV office building next to him to ask, and learned that the people on the CCTV side were still visiting the old building, and they had to wait for a meeting to get here.

Just took off his coat, Lin Xiaozhi was about to make himself a cup of coffee to refresh himself, there was a knock on the door outside the office, and after he answered 'come in', the door was pushed open with a squeak, and he looked back to see that it was Chen Qiang.

"When did you come back from England?"

Lin Xiaozhi was a little surprised, when he went to the UK to negotiate with Polygram about the acquisition of UCT Cinemas, and his family urged him to go to Australia, he asked Chen Qiang, the president of Media Asia, to rush to the UK to take over the matter of continuing the negotiations.

Calculate the time, from the time he rushed to Australia from the UK to the return to Hong Kong, it was only three and a half days, because he felt that it was difficult for the two sides to reach a consensus immediately in such a short period of time, so after coming to the company just now, he did not ask the secretary about Chen Qiang.

"You're back a day earlier than Lin Sheng!" Chen Qiang had a smile on his face, and he knew that he was in a good mood at a glance.

Seeing him like this, Lin Xiaozhi couldn't help but feel happy in his heart, and he couldn't care about the coffee he had just brewed, so he hurriedly asked, "What's going on with UCT, has Polygram let it go?" ”

Chen Qiang smiled and nodded: "Lin Sheng, the day after you left, I saw Maersk. He opened 3 with me. I didn't agree to the £4.2 billion offer, saying that I needed to report to the board of directors to prepare for a few days. ”

Lin Xiaozhi also smiled, not afraid that the other party would shout a high price, but afraid that the other party would not express his position.

UCT is definitely a high-quality asset in the hands of Media Asia, because as a Hong Kong film production company, Media Asia is in great need of a stable cinema chain for exporting films to Europe and the United States, the world's largest box office market. However, UCT is in the hands of PolyGram, so it may not be regarded as a high-quality asset.

Their main business is records, and in recent years PolyGram has been expanding into other industries in order to diversify. Although Polygram also has a film company that can be called strong in Europe - Polygram International Film Company, its profitability is too poor, relying on the European mainland where the literary color is too strong, and the directors and scripts it can invite are too literary and artistic, but the management still does not realize that they urgently need to shoot a number of successful commercial films to increase their profits after shooting a number of money-making movies one after another.

PolyGram's board of directors, or more precisely, the two industrial giants Philips and Siemens behind PolyGram, are obviously very dissatisfied with PolyGram's performance in recent years, and after it began to diversify its cross-industry operations, PolyGram's profits have fallen year by year, especially after getting involved in film shooting and establishing PolyGram International Film Company. It is also thanks to the fact that there is still some market for records in the past two years, and after waiting for a few more years to even start selling records, it is no wonder that the two giants in the original history discussed it, and they didn't care what Polygram's senior management thought, and directly sold the former international record brother to the French.

"You can talk to Polygram about the offer, but our money is not blown by the wind, and we can save a little bit."

Seeing that the board of directors of Polygram already had the idea of selling UCT, Lin Xiaozhi was in a good mood, "The necessary snub is also a means of negotiation, since you have returned to Hong Kong, then wait until the end of the Academy Awards before going to the UK." I will no longer participate in the subsequent negotiations, and the other party's offer is more than 40 million pounds different from ours, and I will cut it in half as much as possible! ”

Chen Qiang nodded, his face could not hide his excitement: "Don't worry, Lin Sheng, I will definitely handle this matter well!" ”

If Media Asia Zhen successfully acquires UCT Cinemas, it will definitely be the largest acquisition of the group since its establishment, involving a total amount of more than HK$3 billion, even if you look at the acquisition cases in Hong Kong in the past ten years, it ranks very high. For a professional manager like him, it is undoubtedly a good opportunity to increase his value, even if he is not wanted by Media Asia in the future, he has the qualifications to handle such a huge acquisition, and he is not worried that there is no company to ask for him in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Lin Xiaozhi didn't think about getting rid of Chen Qiang, and after beckoning him to sit down, he took a sip of coffee, and suddenly remembered that when he met with Anthony, vice president of Polygram before, he had mentioned that he wanted to acquire Media Asia, and couldn't help but smile and asked, "By the way, Mr. Chen." After I left, Polygram didn't mention to you about buying our Media Asia again, did it? ”

Chen Qiang shook his head, "No! ”

However, the expression on his face was a little subtle, and after hesitating for a moment, he said: "After Lin Sheng mentioned this to me before, out of curiosity, I asked people to inquire about Polygram International Film Company, but I accidentally heard a piece of news......

Lin Xiaozhi came a little excited, nodded and motioned for him to continue.

Chen Qiang continued: "Lin Sheng still remembers "The Biography of Columbus", which is known as the movie that lost the most money last year! The film was originally filmed by a Spanish film company, and then PolyGram International Film Company intervened and gradually took the lead, I heard that PolyGram seemed to be in contact with Momoyo, who was involved in the investment at the time, and seemed to want to buy Momoyo! ”

"Momoyo!?"

Lin Xiaozhi was stunned for a moment, and then his face changed slightly.

He naturally knew that the EMI company mentioned by Chen Qiang was not the 'Electronic and Music Industry Company' (EMI, commonly known as EMI), one of the five giants of international records, but another French film company that participated in the investment of "Columbus" - EMI Films.

The uniqueness and arrogance of French cinema originated from the glory of French impressionist cinema before the First World War, and although it was somewhat declining before and after the Second World War, it was inevitably influenced by the comprehensive revival strategy of the country striving to be the first in Europe during the Charles de Gaulle era. In Europe, where literary and artistic and various consciousness films are popular, French filmmakers should be the first to try to explore a kind of filmmaking that takes into account the perfect integration of commerce and art.

The French film company is not well-known in Asia, but if you ask a little in North Africa and Europe, you will find that this long-established film company, founded a century ago, lives up to its slogan of 'making first-class films', and is a symbol of the glory of European film companies.

It is a pity that since the end of the First World War, the Momoyo Film Company has begun to fall into a low ebb, although there are films produced every year, and it is constantly trying to integrate film artistry and commerciality, but looking back on its development since the end of the Second World War in the half century, there is no doubt that the path taken by Momoyo is not successful.

Why did Baidai go the wrong way, Lin Xiaozhi has no intention of caring about such issues.

It is undeniable that the films that EMI has invested in and shot in recent years have lost more and made less money, but if you really want to make a list of the companies that Lin Xiaozhi wants to buy the most now, the number one after UCT Cinemas is the French EMI.

It's not surprising that this is the case.

Although the French still do not know how to make a commercial film to be successful, there is no need to question the commercial talent of the French. Although the main film business of EMI Pictures has been declining for more than half a century, its side business has been better than the other, and it has continuously provided the company with a large amount of production funds.

In Europe, EMI Films has a number of production agencies such as the "Writers and Writers Film Association", "Italian Art Film Company", Berlin "Literary Society", London's "EMI Co., Ltd.", and the United States' "EMI Trading Company" and "Triangle Film Company".

In New York, EMI once owned a film factory, which was bought by the DuPont consortium more than 20 years ago. The former owner, Charles Momoyo, also spent more than 2 million francs on land in New York in 1908 to sell French films in the United States. In the past half century, relying on the sale of land alone, EMI Film Company has survived one crisis after another.

In France, EMI Film Company not only owns the most professional photographic equipment manufacturer in France in the past - Napoleon Conti (Napoleon Conti) Photography Company, its "EMI Joint Venture Company" is still one of the most important cinema companies in France, and it monopolizes more than half of the cinema chain in France together with another Gaumont Film Company, I don't know how long Lin Xiaozhi has been red-eyed.

In Europe, the five main box office markets are Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Spain, as an old world-class power, although the empire of the sun never sets is now in decline, but the wealth of the past few hundred years of looting still allows its people to continue to enjoy the powerful dividends of the empire that never sets, so Lin Xiaozhi will be bound to UCT cinemas!

East and West Germany have just merged in recent years, although Germany's economic development speed far exceeds France, but the domestic box office wants to surpass France has to wait a few years, as the former Central European hegemon, France does not need to give more, the domestic box office market is the second in Europe.

Earlier, in Lin Xiaozhi's plan, he was ready to win UCT first to get a ticket to enter the European cinema market, and then slowly plan to raise money to win EMI Film Company in the next few years.

Therefore, as soon as Chen Qiang mentioned that he had heard that Polygram was contacting EMI Film Company, his face immediately changed.

"Is the information reliable?" Lin Xiaozhi's voice couldn't help but be a little heavier.

Chen Qiang didn't know his plan, but he also had some eyesight, but he could see that Lin Xiaozhi seemed to be a little worried, although he was curious, he still nodded and responded: "The news shouldn't be bad, but I can't be sure what step Polygram International Film Company has come into contact with EMI!" ”

This is indeed a headache, and Lin Xiaozhi remembers that when there were no more assets to sell around the millennium, Lin Xiaozhi was swallowed up by the French monster Vivendi. But with the rebirth of his little butterfly, the butterfly effect caused by it will only get bigger and bigger, so no one dares to guarantee that the record giant Polygram, which is still not bad for money, will really buy Baidai with a hot head. You must know that according to the data he inquired and calculated before, the current EMI Film Company is worth more than a billion dollars as a whole, which is really not an expensive toy for Polygram.

Worried, he had no choice but to frown and instruct Chen Qiang: "Go back and inquire in detail, I hope to get more detailed information about Polygram's contact with Baidai as soon as possible!" ”