Columbia has a semester system, and with exam week over in mid-December, Hall was finally able to take a break from his academic load.

But what awaits him is not a vacation, but a more hectic year-end summary of work, and 1988 is coming to an end, a year in which many things have happened.

"Like a rising Wall Street star?"

In the box of the Broadway theater, Martin Davis joked kindly.

With heavy dark circles on his face, Hall smiled tiredly and said, "You have made me who I am, please allow me to sincerely say thank you, and please help me convey Mr. Anderson and Mr. Hugel." ”

Taking stock of the whole year, he has gained the most from the acquisition of the Nabisco Group.

Hu Feng's group recognition, eye-catching reputation, and hundreds of millions of dollars.

If last year's 'Black Monday' was a fight that could not be replicated, the 'M&A of the century' was a matter of course after the wind was exhausted.

"Don't be lazy, you should thank them personally, and they have a private share of this."

Martin Davis took out an envelope and tore it open in front of him, revealing one of the cheques with many zeros written on it, a 30 million prize privately promised by Nabiske's special board of directors.

Hall shrugged, took the envelope, pulled out the check, and flicked, "Okay, I should have gone to the takeover, but I've been too busy lately." ”

"Busy buying Columbia Pictures?" Martin Davis asked.

Hall didn't answer directly, but just laughed and said that as a rising Wall Street star, he didn't want to end the first semester of college with a low grade point, and he was really studying hard during this time!

"I smell something familiar, do you want to be Carl Icahn?" Martin Davis's face was full of disbelief, "But anyway, if you really want to enter Hollywood, you can talk to me, don't forget that Paramount is in my hands, it is also one of the top Hollywood studios." ”

Paramount Pictures is the product of his drastic reform and acquisition after taking the helm of West Bay Group, and its transformation into the entertainment industry has brought a new round of rapid development, but with the cancellation of the government's policy support for the film industry in recent years, and the risk of film investment has increased significantly.

He believes that the strategic direction of Xiwan Group needs to be readjusted, and it is best to reduce the proportion of entertainment business.

This summer, Sony approached the door to buy Paramount as a wholly-owned company, only to be scared away by his lion's opening and the condition that he would sell the company but retain control.

So when he heard that the new acquaintance might be interested in entering Hollywood, he took the initiative to come to New York to meet and chat.

Hall thought for a moment and said, "If you can give me a seat on the board, I can consider taking a little bit of Paramount." After all, Columbia Pictures is very lively over there, and I have the opportunity to gain more. ”

"I forgot to mention that the shares of Nabiske that you bought in the secondary market in advance will be paid to you in full in a few days. Anderson and I helped you get it, no thanks. Martin Davis shifted.

Hall couldn't help but say to himself the old fox.

He previously used leverage to open a position in the secondary market and bought $150 million of Nabisco shares at a price of about $70, and KKR bought Nabiske at a price of $112 per share, which means that he can earn $80 million, a yield of 50%+.

That's a whole $100 million in cash!

In addition, the 30 million, 130 million US dollars he holds in his hand at the moment are all used to invest in Paramount, and after a little financial leverage, he can probably buy 15%-30% of the shares.

In short, Davis offered at least 15 percent of the shares to get a board seat.

Hall shook his head and said regretfully, "5%, at most." ”

Now Paramount has not been listed, and there is no substantial equity restriction on entering the board of directors.

"Looks like you really want to eat Columbia Pictures, it's a behemoth, be careful." Martin Davis politely declined.

The differences between the two sides are too great, he wants a partner with deep funds to share the risk, and the child does not know whether the money is not enough or has other plans, and is only willing to spend a small amount of money to buy a ticket with voting rights.

Hall smiled and nodded, "I am full of confidence that the investment income you promised has arrived." ”

"I know Herbert Allen Jr., who is withdrawn and paranoid, and has a somewhat ... Sullen. Martin Davis muttered in an abstract word, "You've cornered him, and he's likely to do something unexpected." ”

Connery's timely return to Los Angeles to join the cast worked well, and it was confirmed that Lord Hugo Hall, the Lords of England, was going to join forces with Columbia Pictures management to fight Neon Capital.

Ultra-conservatives have already branded Herbert Jr. and others as 'traitors to the country'.

Columbia's board of directors had no choice but to confirm that it would hold a general meeting of shareholders later to discuss a management buyout plan.

Even Coca-Cola was implicated, and Buffett called Hall a few days ago, saying that the latter could not continue to provide help to Koeman at the level of public opinion, which would cause great resistance to Sony's entry.

Hall is rather unimpressed, and it seems that Koeman has the upper hand at the moment, but Columbia Pictures is a multi-billion dollar behemoth.

The M&A process takes half a year, and if everything goes well, it would be good to be able to get it done next summer, but how surging public opinion can last for half a year?

Assuming that little Herbert, who had never met and only lived in the mouths of others, was so easily forced into a corner, what could he do if he jumped off the wall in a hurry.

Eventually, as the curtain came down on the exciting musical, Hall and Martin Davis parted ways and went to Greenwich Town to give AEc Securities Investment a year-end review.

With a few trading days left this year, Mars Fund I made a 55% profit, and the few employees in the quantitative fund department received a new Ferrari or cash equivalent, as he promised.

Hall himself receives £25 million in profits from the fund manager, and the Mars Fund I is a sterling fund.

In addition, the securities investment department also has a US dollar fund that is in preparation for the neon market, which has raised $250 million so far, with a total scale of $300 million, and the gap of 50 million is expected to be filled after the year, and then it can be invested in the neon market.

In the next few days, Hall made a year-end summary of the family office, most of which was expenses, including millions of dollars just for barrister Herbert to help him deal with the irregularities involved in the merger and acquisition case of the century, as well as collecting antiques, investing in farms, and buying various manor villas.

Others include AEc Ventures and LAp......

New York is bitterly cold in winter, not at all as warm as in Yorkshire's hometown, and Hall is going to go home first and then make a summary of this part of the business.

Anyway, roughly calculated, he now has about 170 million dollars of cash flow in his hands all of a sudden, and he can guess how much blood will be produced in next year's tax season without looking at specific financial statements.

To this end, family offices have developed a number of ways to spend money in a surprise manner and avoid taxes reasonably.

Hall adopts them one by one, not to mention anything else, private business jets must buy one!

Otherwise, when I returned home for the New Year, I would have to go to Harvard to meet Isabella first, and then transfer to another plane, and I looked very shivering with a large number of entourage.