Half a month after returning to Hong Kong, Barry. Diller finally brought good news to Xu Guanwu, and Marvel Comics finally agreed to buy it, but the price was higher than the $500 million that Xu had proposed earlier, which was $570 million. The current valuation of Marvel Comics is $490 million.

Barry. Deller thinks this is a lion opening his mouth at Marvel Comics, and suggests that Xu Guanwu give him some more time to continue to negotiate with them to the end and further reduce the purchase price.

Xu Guanwu didn't bother to negotiate with them again, anyway, the $570 million was not beyond his psychological tolerance, so he directly asked Barry. Diller acceded to their request.

Barry. Although Diller complained, he also knew that he was still just a wage earner. Don't look at the current chairman of 20th Century Fox, but at best he is just a senior worker, since the big boss has already spoken, then he has no reason and no ability to object.

20th Century Fox wants to buy Marvel Comics, and the $570 million deal is not something that Fox can afford now. Now the balance of 20th Century Fox funds is only about 50 million US dollars, and it is impossible to pay such a large sum of money.

Therefore, Xu Guanwu had no choice but to use his own money to inject large capital into 20th Century Fox, and also expanded his stake to more than 90%, so that the shares of shareholders on the board of directors have been greatly diluted.

After the capital injection, 20th Century Fox then announced the acquisition of Marvel Comics, and the news spread, and the stock price of 20th Century Fox fell slightly. Market investors are not optimistic.

One deal was actually a loss for 20th Century Fox. Although Marvel Comics is the leader of the American comic industry. But it's not going to be worth that much money. A few years ago, Warner Bros. Pictures' acquisition of DC Comics was only $150 million, and even if inflation, currency depreciation, economic growth and other factors are added, Marvel Comics is only worth about $300 million to $400 million, which is really far from $570 million.

Among the two movies that are now adapted from comic book heroes, only "Superman" has been successfully adapted from a comic. At present, there is no trend of adaptation. The value of those comic heroes is not reflected at all, so Xu Guanwu's investment seems a little redundant, and I can't see where the value of this investment is reflected.

Although the outside world is generally not optimistic about Xu Guanwu's investment, and has lowered their expectations for the operating performance of 20th Century Fox, Xu Guanwu still consolidates himself, and proposes to invest another billion dollars to expand Fox's television stations, and strive to build Fox Television into the fourth largest television network in the United States within five years.

Xu Guanwu's investment plan caused a sensation again, and one billion dollars was astronomical in the United States in the 80s, and even the richest man in the world was only more than 8 billion US dollars. Moreover, the project he invested in is a relatively sensitive TV media field, which is reminiscent of Xu Guanwu's Hong Kong identity. It makes the United States feel a little panicked.

However, in the 80s, the U.S. economy weakened. There is an urgent need for investment and jobs. And Xu Guanwu hit it off with these politicians who urgently needed to solve the problem of unemployment in the constituency, so that his investment was not only not banned, but was given the green light all the way.

Barry. Diller, who had earlier started his career in television, also had a knack for integrating and developing television stations, integrating local television stations into the Fox television network, either investing or acquiring or cooperating, and soon built a large television network that complemented R&H's cable network.

The reason why Xu Guanwu invested in the construction of the Fox television network was mainly inspired by the media mogul Murdoch, the old boy who bought 20th Century Fox in the 80s and spun off its three television stations. Dieller formed the Fox television network, and within three years it was the fourth-largest television network in the United States.

Murdoch thus became the most powerful media personality in the United States, and with the Fox television network he could call for help, support anyone who supported him, attack anyone who attacked him, and make huge profits from it.

Xu Guanwu was more prescient than Murdoch, so he naturally did not miss this great opportunity, and now is the best period for Sino-US relations, and the resistance to his entry into the media industry is not too great. If we put it in the 90s, when there was a confrontation between China and the United States, it would be impossible to enter the US media industry at that time.

The outside world regards Xu Guanwu's large-scale investment in the United States, as well as in the Dutch Shell Oil Company, Canada's Williams Gas Company, the British Royal North Sea Oil Company, and so on, as a signal that he has begun to shift the strategic center of his business from Hong Kong to the West. Calculated up, the amount of Xu Guanwu's investment in the West at this moment has reached 4 billion US dollars, almost all of his income over the years, and so much money has been invested in foreign countries, compared to Hong Kong's local investment, it is almost a drop in the bucket.

Many newspapers even speculated that Xu Guanwu's next step may be to emigrate, after all, he has invested so much money in the United States, and it is said that the US government is also testing Xu Guanwu's pressure and suggesting that he become an American citizen now.

Xu Guanwu did not respond to any speculation from the outside world, and he still lived his own small life every day. Two months after Hu Yinmeng became pregnant, the pregnancy reaction became more and more serious, and there was no way to stay in Hong Kong.

Because of Zhao Yazhi, Deng Lijun, and Lin Qingxia, they occasionally ask her to go shopping together, if they know that she is pregnant, and the man who has been in close contact with her recently is only Xu Guanwu, then this relationship will be exposed soon. Therefore, Xu Guanwu had no choice but to send her to the United States to give birth, and promised her to visit her in the United States every two weeks.

Deng Lijun's concert was carefully prepared for half a month, and the rehearsals were rehearsed as many as three times, and it was truly flawless before it officially began to sell tickets. Because of her super popularity, a total of 30,000 tickets for the ten concerts have been sold out in less than an hour since they went on sale, and even the telephone lines have been knocked down and hot, becoming a veritable "hotline".

There are 1,000 infield and 500 VIP seats in the outfield, and the scalper tickets are directly tripled, and it is still difficult to find a ticket. fully shows that Deng Lijun's popularity today is really unacceptable.

The Elizabeth Coliseum in Hong Kong, where she held her concert, was also open to singers for the first time. There are a total of 3,600 seats in the venue. In order to meet the desire of more audiences, the stage is specially made in an unobstructed style, so that more audiences can enter the venue and see Deng Lijun's performance.

Although Deng Lijun's concert started in late April and early May, the weather had become a little hot, but it was still not as hot as the atmosphere at the scene. Stage design, lighting effects created by a professional team from the United States. The sound effect allowed Hong Kong fans to see such a high-level concert for the first time, and the atmosphere of the scene has not been cooled since the beginning of singing, like boiling water......

Xu Guanwu, Lin Qingxia, and Zhao Yazhi sat in the front row, feeling this vitality and heat, and couldn't help but feel a little excited.

"It would be nice if Sister Yin Meng was here today." Zhao Yazhi shouted at Lin Qingxia while waving a glow stick.

"Yes, it's a pity that she's going to study in the United States. You can't come with us. Lin Qingxia also said regretfully.

Xu Guanwu was a little weak on the side, afraid that they would talk too much. I couldn't help laughing, "Okay, don't talk about it, just concentrate on the show." ”

ON THE STAGE, DENG LIJUN IS SINGING "EVERYBREATHYOUTAKE", THIS SONG WAS ORIGINALLY A CLASSIC SONG OF THE POLICE BAND, WRITTEN AND SUNG BY THE FAMOUS BRITISH SINGER STING, THE BIGGEST FEATURE OF THIS SONG IS PLAYED BY THE BASS, WHICH SOUNDS QUITE UNIQUE.

Xu Guanwu had heard this song a long time ago, and at first thought it was a love song, but later learned that this song was written by Sting to use it to oppose the war. Because he liked the melody of this song, he also copied it over and sang it to Deng Lijun first. Although Deng Lijun's singing style is very different from Sting, it can deduce a different flavor, and it sounds really beautiful, which attracts frequent cheers and applause from the audience.

Xu Guanwu also waved a glow stick and sang along with the audience, looking very excited, which made Zhao Yazhi and Lin Qingxia look sideways frequently.

Deng Lijun's concert not only had her sing on stage, but also invited many friends in the circle to cheer, Xu Guanjie, Teddy Robin, Wenner Band, etc., which brought many surprises to fans and also showed Deng Lijun's connections in the circle.

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Deng Lijun's concert was performed ten times in a row at the Elizabeth Stadium in Hong Kong, and finally two more performances were performed because the fans' voices were too high, and then began to move to Nanyang, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and other places, and quickly blew the so-called "Teresa Storm" in the Nanyang area.

Seeing Deng Lijun's current popularity and influence in Taiwan, which is close at hand, I can't help but feel sour. Originally, they planned to give up Deng Lijun, if it weren't for Xu Guanwu's relationship, Deng Lijun's affairs might have interrupted her acting career. Later, Taiwan restricted Deng Lijun's entry and warned her that she would be investigated after entering the country, so frightened that Deng Lijun did not dare to return home after coming out of the detention center, and went directly to the United States to live in seclusion.

When Deng Lijun debuted in the United States and achieved great success, the Taiwan side saw Deng Lijun's value again and sent someone to invite her back, but Deng Lijun made an excuse and declined. Now Deng Lijun is in Hong Kong and holding a concert in Nanyang, but he just doesn't come back to Taiwan, which can't help but make Taiwan feel a little embarrassed. Secretly, I asked someone to talk to her, and I must go back to Taiwan to have a look.

After Xu Guanwu found out, he told Deng Lijun that he was not in a hurry to go back first, and talked slowly, if he just went back to hold a concert, it would be fine, but if it involved the condolence performance of the labor army, he would not participate.

Taiwan now sees that Deng Lijun has international influence, so it wants to make her a living anti-communist signboard. After all, now that Taiwan has been kicked out of the United Nations, it has severed diplomatic relations with the United States, Japan and other countries in the world, and its international status has plummeted.

Deng Lijun also knew that if he returned to Taiwan, he would definitely be arranged to perform by the labor army, and then the iron nail would be involved with politics. But in fact, the most taboo thing for artists is to have anything to do with politics, so she also wants not to go back, but she is worried that her parents in Taiwan will be in trouble, so the whole person is very entangled.

Xu Guanwu knew that if Deng Lijun was always outside, her parents would not have much of a problem, just like Xu Shu in "Three Kingdoms Acting", if she didn't go back, she would be fine, and Taiwan would be jealous and would definitely take care of Deng Lijun's parents. If Deng Lijun returns to Taiwan and does not agree to their conditions, it is called "please enter the urn".

When the time comes, you can't get out, so don't you just concoct it? One or two more trumped-up charges, even if she can be rescued at that time, Deng Lijun's reputation will be ruined, and then it will be called a heavy loss.

Deng Lijun listened to Xu Guanwu's persuasion, and knew that his parents were all right through friends in Taiwan, so he put his mind at ease and continued his concert with peace of mind, and the sooner the better, in the second half of the year, after the ban on entry was lifted, he held a concert tour in Japan to regain his popularity in Japan. (To be continued......)