On the second day of his arrival in Los Angeles, Xu Guanwu went to 20th Century Fox for a visit. He was with Darryl. Zaniuk was startled when they met, Darryl looked a little older than the last time he saw him. His hair is gray, his wrinkles have grown, and he is not even as energetic as he used to be.

"Oh, what's wrong with you, I haven't seen you for half a year, why are you old like this?" Xu Guanwu asked in surprise.

Darryl. Zaniuk smiled bitterly, "In the past six months, the company has been acquired by an investment company of unknown origin many times, and has been frequently dismantled, and now it has robbed the company of more than 200 million US dollars in assets. ”

Xu Guanwu was taken aback, but he was secretly proud in his heart, he was the culprit who repeatedly sniped and acquired 20th Century Fox stocks. "Then you have to take care of your health, your body is the capital of the revolution, if it collapses, even if you have money, it will be useless."

Darryl. Zaniuk smiled bitterly and just nodded.

"By the way, what are Richard and David busy doing now, why haven't you seen any trace of the two of them?" Xu Guanwu asked suspiciously.

"They're filming The Lord of the Rings in Spain right now, and they won't be able to come back at the Academy Awards this time." Darryl said with a smile.

Xu Guanwu remembered his previous life, Peter. Jackson filmed "The Lord of the Rings" in New Zealand because he is a New Zealander himself, and with the help of "The Lord of the Rings", the unspoiled natural scenery of New Zealand was shown to the world, which greatly stimulated the tourism industry in New Zealand.

But now that it's filming in Spain, I believe it should be successful, after all, Spain also has wilderness. There are also kasbahs. And the cost of filming over there is also relatively low.

"Oh. As long as the film is filmed, the ......" Xu Guanwu was talking, but at this moment, he heard the sound of an argument, and then heard the sound of clicking leather shoes.

The two of them looked over curiously, and saw four people in smart suits walking in, "Hello, we are FBI commercial crime investigators." Someone reported Richard. Zaniuk with David. Brown teamed up to embezzle the Lord of the Rings filming fund, and this is a search warrant that gives us the right to take all the accounts back for a search. ”

After that, people began to take action, sealing all the accounts of the R&D subsidiaries of 20th Century Fox and moving out one after another.

Darryl. Zaniuk was completely stunned, but Xu Guanwu looked at the agents in surprise, and then looked at Darryl, "Sir, is what you said true, the filming funds of "The Lord of the Rings" have really been embezzled?" Xu Guanwu couldn't help but ask.

"I'm sorry. We cannot provide you with any information until the investigation is concluded. The agent refused. Then they galloped away with boxes and boxes of ledgers.

Darryl. Zaniuk looked at Xu Guanwu, "Xu, I really don't know what to say, I think this should be a misunderstanding." ”

Xu Guanwu spread his hands, "I don't have anything to say now, if this matter is true, then you have completely betrayed my trust, and I will reconsider the issue of cooperation with you." ”

After Xu Guanwu finished speaking, he strode out, leaving Daryl alone there, his face like ashes.

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Information in the United States is quite developed, what happened in the morning has been on TV at noon, and at the same time media reporters have surrounded 20th Century Fox, the elder Darryl has also become the target of reporters, and at the same time, the banker and production company involved in the investment in the filming of "The Lord of the Rings" have also become the target of interviews.

Xu Guanwu, who came to participate in the Golden Globe Awards and the Oscars, also became the target of their visit, and Xu Guanwu only dared to stay in the hotel, and did not dare to go out to find other friends.

"Xu, congratulations, the plan has succeeded." Lei Shidong called Xu Guanwudao.

"yes, it's time to get the 20th Century Fox down." Xu Guanwu said with a smile.

The stock price of 20th Century Fox fell sharply because of this incident, and Xu Guanwu took the opportunity to absorb it, and by the afternoon, he had acquired more than 30% of the shares.

The next day, Richard. Zaniuk and David. Brown was summoned back to China for questioning, and both men were reportedly to be flown home, but there was no movement for the next two days, and then it was rumored that the two men applied for asylum in the Soviet Union under the pretext of political asylum. When the news came, the whole country was shocked.

This also confirmed the fact that the two of them really used the funds for the filming of "The Lord of the Rings", and for a while, countless people called for help, wanting to recover their losses.

Darryl. Zaniuk also fell ill overnight because of the news, and in the 20th century, Fox lost its head and suddenly fell into a leaderless situation.

Xu Guanwu duly announced that he would succeed Darryl. At the helm of 20th Century Fox, Zaniuk became the first Chinese chairman of the veteran film company in its nearly 100-year history.

As soon as the news was released, it immediately caused a sensation in the United States, and at the same time shocked Hong Kong filmmakers. At first, everyone thought that Xu Guanwu cooperated with Fox, because Fox was strong and Xu was weak, and Xu was just a vassal of Fox. Now it seems that Fox was controlled by Xu Guanwu early in the morning and became a vassal of the Xu family.

This can't help but make Hong Kong filmmakers worship Xu Guanwu's ability, and he can pocket the eight major Hollywood film companies, which is something that generations of Hong Kong filmmakers can't think of, and Xu Guanwu's ability is really extraordinary.

After Xu Guanwu became the owner of 20th Century Fox, Fox's stock immediately rose, and the stock trading volume greatly exceeded the past, showing people's full trust in Xu Guanwu.

Xu Guanwu then announced in his capacity as chairman that 20th Century Fox would take over films such as "Field Platoon" that was previously produced by R&D, and invest $100 million to continue to make films, including "Moonlight Panic 2", "Raiders of the Lost Ark 2", "Jaws 3", "Rocky 3" and a series of sequel films.

After the news broke, Fox's stock soared again, "Moonlight Panic", "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "Jaws", "Rocky" are all very good movies at the box office, and fans' calls for sequels are also quite high, so investors have reason to believe that these sequel movies will get high box office again, and naturally the performance of 20th Century Fox will also climb.

In the 20th century, Fox became the master from Xu Guanwu. Immediately rebounded strongly from the bottom. Previously, the market capitalization was only about $100 million. Now it has soared to $500 million, and it is predicted that the market value will soar further after the release of movies such as "Field Platoon" and "Star Wars 2: The Empire Strikes Back".

After consolidating the collapse of 20th Century Fox, Xu Guanwu went to the hospital to visit Darryl. Zaniuk. He suffered a cerebral hemorrhage due to intense stimulation, and now he has only half a life left. When he saw Xu Guanwu, he just blinked, but he couldn't speak.

"Rest assured, Fox's stock price has now recovered, and you have a lot more assets than before." Xu Guanwu said to him. "Well, don't worry, I'll take care of this company."

Darryl. Zanyuk couldn't help but smile when he heard that the company had survived and had not collapsed, but when he thought that his son was wanted by Interpol, he couldn't help but shed tears again.

Seeing this, Xu Guanwu did not stay any longer, returned to the 20th Century Fox Company, and then began to poach Paramount, the first of which was Paramount's head Barry. Diller. Barry. Diller was a fairly capable man who worked for ABC TV in his early years. single-handedly created two enduring themes of TV series and TV movies, and then joined Paramount Pictures to create many popular movies such as "Star Trek", "Pink Panther", and "Police Academy". He is one of the most famous filmmakers in Hollywood right now.

With an annual salary of $5 million and a 5% profit share, Xu Guanwu invited Barry to pay attention to the company. Diller joins 20th Century Fox. Such a salary is considered high in Hollywood at the moment. Barry. Diller's annual salary at Paramount adds up to only $5 million.

So for the salary offered by Xu Guanwu, Barry. Diler was very satisfied. However, he also has a request, that is, he hopes that during his tenure as chairman, Xu Guanwu can give him enough power and hope to respect his chairmanship.

For Barry. Diller's request, Xu Guanwu fully accepted, so on the third day of Xu Guanwu's entry into the 20th Century Fox company, the current Paramount chairman Barry . Diller became president of 20th Century Fox, completely replacing Darryl. Zaniuk's position.

Barry. Diller's status in the American entertainment industry is also quite high, and after he joined, the stock of 20th Century Fox climbed again, and the market value has approached $600 million.

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Hollywood can really be said to be not peaceful recently, explosive news one after another, first the well-known producers Richard and David were denounced, and then the company's accounts were taken away by the FBI, and then Richard and David went to the Soviet Union for refuge, and then the stock price of 20th Century Fox plummeted, and Darryl was hospitalized because of this, and then the well-known Hollywood investor Xu Guanwu became the owner of 20th Century Fox, and then announced a new film plan to make the stock price rise again. Diller moves to 20th Century Fox ......

Explosive news broke out one after another, each of which was quite eye-catching, and even the upcoming Golden Globe Awards and Academy Awards ceremonies were dwarfed.

In fact, there were quite a few investors and production companies affected by Richard David's embezzlement of funds, but nearly 100 Hollywood companies invested in it at the beginning, and many companies even went bankrupt to support the filming of this movie.

But the preliminary results now found out show that Richard and David have embezzled at least $30 million in funds, and on the eve of their escape, they have withdrawn another $100 million in Swiss banks, and now the remaining money is barely enough to complete the first part of The Lord of the Rings.

Many companies have suffered heavy losses because of this, and the whole of Hollywood is also in mourning, even the Golden Globes and Academy Awards are also bleak, people's hearts are dripping blood, and millions of dollars are gone, which is really an unbearable loss for them. After all, not everyone is as rich as Xu Guanwu.

During the Golden Globe Awards, just in time for the outbreak of the money embezzlement case, Xu Guanwu simply did not even participate in the Golden Globe Awards in order to avoid being questioned by reporters. Half a month later, the Academy Awards were held, and the chairman of 20th Century Fox had been replaced by Barry. Diller, so Xu Guanwu specially asked him to participate on his behalf, but he himself did not go again.

Although the Golden Globe Awards and Academy Awards were affected by the vicious case, the mood of the guests was not very high, but Xu Guanwu still won awards with many movies such as "ET" and "The Shining", adding many trophies to the 20th Century Fox Company and becoming the biggest winner of these two awards ceremonies this year.

The news came that the stock of 20th Century Fox soared again, indicating that people are still optimistic about the future of Fox.

Xu Guanwu just smiled when he heard that he had won the award, but he didn't show too excited expressions. Now these awards are just icing on the cake for him, and it doesn't matter if he has it or not. Just like Liang Chaowei, who won the Best Actor at the Academy Awards for seven consecutive years, his expression after winning the award was really calm, and he only said "thank you" and stepped down. won the best supporting actor Yuan Hao was so excited that he was about to cry.

Xu Guanwu did not attend these two award ceremonies, but took his wife and children to New York to meet Deng Lijun there. (To be continued......)