Waiting for the gold medal to hang on Margaret's neck, the most grateful thing in this chick is Chu Xiangqian.

In equestrian competitions, horse racing is far more important than the rider.

Sometimes no matter how well you cooperate, the horse is not strong, and no matter how hard you try, it is useless.

And really speaking, both Black Sir and Black Captain have the ability to win the championship.

But with two horses so strong, Margaret was able to keep one as a backup.

——

In the evening, Chu Xiangqian didn't go to the banquet specially held for Margaret, but he didn't expect this chick to appear in the luxurious suite where Chu Xiangqian lived with a long skirt in a hurry before 9 o'clock.

Anyone who has seen Roman holidays will know that aristocratic drinking parties, dinners, etc., are actually very boring.

And all of them are looking at people with slanted eyes.

Therefore, no matter how rich Chu Xiangqian is, he also knows that these nobles who are bright in appearance but have long since declined look down on themselves in their hearts.

Of course, contempt is contempt, and if there is a chance to make a fortune, these people will surround them like bees.

Chu Xiangqian simply didn't come into contact with these people.

Anyway, with the royal family and Norton, many things are not difficult to solve.

There is a saying that there is a lot, really useful relationships, three or five are enough.

More is a burden and a hassle.

——

Chu Xiangqian looked at Margaret, who was dressed up and looked beautiful and moving.

My heart moved, and secretly said that I would enjoy letting her wear this dress to exercise together at night.

The night passed, and the news of Margaret's victory was reported in England, but this chick was lying in Chu Qianqian's arms in a daze at this time.

I was so excited last night that losing once doesn't count, and after washing up, the two chatted and chatted, and Margaret was dissatisfied and provoked the second friendly match.

When the game is over, it's really tired and lying down.

At 11 o'clock in the afternoon, Margaret rubbed her eyes in a daze, and then reached out to touch her side.

Finding that Chu Xiangqian was not behind, he hurriedly opened his eyes and swept around the bedroom.

After not seeing Chu Xiangqian's figure, Margaret hurriedly shouted a few words, and only then did she feel relieved when she heard his response from the living room.

I got up and put on a silk nightgown, and when I walked out of the bedroom, I saw my sweetheart sitting on the sofa and talking on the phone.

walked to the sofa barefoot and lay directly on the sofa, with his head resting on Chu Xiangqian's lap.

After listening to a few words, I suddenly found that Chu Xiangqian seemed to be chatting with someone about the possibility of acquiring Universal Pictures.

Margaret was instantly interested.

To put it bluntly, the royal family is a big star.

It's a pity that Margaret listened for more than ten minutes, but saw Chu Xiangqian sigh and hang up the phone, frowning and sitting still, looking out of the window and not knowing what she was thinking.

When Sony acquired Colombia in the 89s and Panasonic acquired Universal in the 90s, the two island companies were miserable by Hollywood on the one hand, and they were also squeezed out by the entire United States up and down.

In the end, Panasonic lost more than one billion, and it only lasted for 5 years, and it sold the world to the Canadian beverage giant Seagram.

Sony is even worse, although it did not sell Columbia in the end, but it was also killed by the Hollywood pit.

In 05, a consortium was formed to acquire MGM.

But MGM only supported it for 5 years before declaring bankruptcy.

Sony has lost at least four or five billion US dollars, which is a huge injustice.

However, he lost money in the movie and was cheated, but Sony is actually not stupid.

With Hollywood's global popularity, I don't know how much money I saved on advertising.

Chu Xiangqian's headache is very simple, not that he has no money to buy, but in this era of more xenophobia.

It's good for a Chinese to buy the eight major Hollywood companies, and to be wronged.

After all, I open my own hanging, and I know that those movies can make money.

But even if a Hollywood company is willing to sell, there is a high probability that the US government will not approve it, or even intervene by administrative means.

In the end, we talked about it for three or five years, but in the end, it was empty, and it made no sense when I thought about it.

And Hollywood can have so much influence in the future, not because the film company itself has such a big ability.

It's that the media group behind them needs a medium to expand the influence of the media group.

But the real wave of mergers came in the early 80s.

Before this, the United States was not small in its wariness of giants in various industries, and it dismantled the giants with monopoly positions at every turn.

It can be said that in the 30 years of 6, 7, and 8, blue-collar workers in the United States have been the happiest for 30 years.

A blue-collar worker can support his wife and several children, and it has appeared in the past 30 years.

It's not that the capital of the United States is kind, but that the United States wants to convey to the world that they are better than the red polar bear.

Lest the leeks jump out and make trouble... Life.

So for Chu Xiangqian, it doesn't seem to make much sense to completely acquire the Hollywood Eight at this time.

On the contrary, once it is successfully acquired, it will become a thorn in the side of the United States.

To put it bluntly, you are welcome to invest, but they do not allow you to become a giant in a certain industry.

At this time, the top 8 in Hollywood are the pyramid of the film industry.

"Honey, what's wrong with you?"

Hearing Margaret's worried words, Chu Xiangqian's heart suddenly moved, his identity was not good, but Margaret was probably fine.

Buying a film company outright may still be troublesome, but it's absolutely fine to take a stake.

Or, you just invest in a certain film company, and then ask the director for the script, or even simply become the director yourself, and invite two or three experienced and obedient directors to be the assistant director.

Filming is definitely no problem.

No, in the United States, the director is just a tool man, and the producer is the boss of the crew.

After determining the script, the director filmed according to the drawn sub-scenes, which is not much different from being a direct director.

And during the filming, you can also stare at the crew, which is no different from being a director.

When you have a firm foothold in Hollywood, you will introduce Hong Kong Island's action movies to Hollywood.

It will definitely cause a greater repercussion than Uncle Xiaolong in his previous life.

Speaking of which, Uncle Xiaolong died too early, and the movies he starred in Hollywood were only Dragon Fight and half of the death games.

Everything else is a cameo or action direction.

In terms of influence, Uncle Xiaolong may have more influence in the martial arts world than he does in movies.

However, a dragon fight, with a global box office of 230 million US dollars, is a greater achievement than any Chinese actor.

If it weren't for Uncle Xiaolong's pioneering action movie pioneer and the promotion of kung fu in the United States, Uncle Long and Brother Jie, who were the big noses, would not have been able to break into Hollywood so easily.

The pioneer of kung fu movies says it all.

Those who come after him will accept his affection.

——

Chu looked forward at Margaret, "Are you interested in taking a stake in Hollywood and becoming a shareholder?" ”

Margaret was stunned, "Honey, didn't you still want to buy Universal Pictures just now?" ”

Chu Xiangqian shook his head and said his worries, and Margaret quickly understood.

This xenophobia is also present in England, and to a certain extent more severe than in Hollywood.

The English, who used to be a big guy back then, even after the new century, could not accept the reality that they were already ruined.

Xenophobia is naturally more severe.

Margaret frowned and thought for a moment, "In order to shoot Roman Holiday, it is necessary to take a stake in a Hollywood film company?"

With that money and energy, it is better to open a business in England and be your own boss. ”

This is true, but Chu Xiangqian also realizes that Hollywood is the future.

If a good movie wants to be promoted to the world and leave a name in film history, it can only be Hollywood, which is getting stronger and stronger with the national strength of the United States.

It's not that there are no good movies in Europe, but how many people in later generations can remember these movies?

"It's tricky to explain, I'm going to set up an offshore fund to control the London-based issuing company. You are the executive director of this company and the boss on the surface.

How about giving you a 10% stake? ”

Margaret pursed her lips and muttered, 'You know how to assign me to do things,' but nodded when she finished muttering, and then said with a smile, "Maybe I'll be in charge of all the movies you make in the future." ”

It's not impossible.

The movies made on Hong Kong Island must make money from foreigners, and the distribution company in England is responsible for distribution, at least the box office in England will be more than Ge Bai and them.

And then with Margaret's connections, it will be easier to release to Europe.

In the future, the Fengyue tablets of white rice fish and lard boy will continue to be handed over to Ge Bai, so as not to affect Margaret and his own reputation.

Moreover, lard boy has no overseas relationship with rice fish, and if he wants to release it overseas to earn dollars and pounds, he can only continue to hand it over to the 'Chu's 'Chu' film company.

It is equivalent to being able to draw 3% of it.

——

Chu Xiangqian stayed in Rome for another 3 days, and watched Margaret participate in the dressage competition in the equestrian competition.

After witnessing her win the women's event again, she didn't care about the team competition.

I went directly to London first and found Coopers, which is also a shareholder of Standard Chartered.

With the help of professional lawyers and accountants, it only took 2 days to set up an offshore fund and film distribution company.

However, the cost is not low, and you can buy a luxury car in London for 4,000 pounds.

Then the people of Yongdao flew to Los Angeles with Chu Xiangqian's commission.

The first target is a 20% stake in Universal Pictures.

After being acquired by Decca Records in '52, Universal Pictures was out of luck.

If you look at the name of the acquisition company, you can see that the purpose of Decca Records' acquisition of Universal Pictures is to better distribute records.

It's a pity that while the film industry was hit by the TV industry, the record industry was also impacted.

Coupled with the prevalence of radio, the average person will listen to fewer and fewer records.

If Chu Xiangqian is not mistaken, Deka Records had to sell Universal Pictures to the United States Music Company in 62.

But the company's purpose in buying Universal Pictures is also music.

However, what is better than Decca Records is that the United States Music Company is an industry giant, and after developing to a certain extent in the music field, it naturally wants to expand its business.

By the way, use movies to give back to the record business.

But Chu Xiangqian didn't mind the acquisition of Universal Pictures by Miguo Music Company at all.

The other party's main business is music, and he only focuses on movies, and the two can even complement each other.

Once he achieves more in film, he will be able to take control of the film department of Universal Pictures.

Three days later, Margaret's team returned to London for a grand welcome reception, and news soon came from the United States.

Decca Records is indeed willing to talk, and listening to the people of Coopers, the other party seems to be quite anxious.

That is, the company is either in a hurry to get rid of the film department, or it is really short of money.

However, with a valuation of 40 million US dollars, Chu Xiangqian didn't even think about it and knew that the other party was using him as a Kaizi.

Tell the people of Coopers to check the box office of the movies released by Universal in the past two years, as well as the cost.

The next day, Chu Xiangqian knew that Universal invested $12 million in a movie last year, the highest investment in history.

It's a pity that after its release this year, it only got more than $14 million at the box office.

Needless to say, I lost to my grandmother's house.

Hollywood has examples where a movie is in danger of bankruptcy if it loses a lot, or even goes bankrupt directly.

This is also the reason why the annual profit of the film company is very high in some years, but the market value is not proportional.

It's really too much uncertainty about the production and box office.

The most direct example is Wu Baige's Wind Whisperer.

Wu Baige first entered Hollywood, and successively made big-hit movies such as Face Changing and Mission Impossible 2, but he is a continuously successful director.

made a film with an investment of 100 million US dollars, but the box office was only 70 million.

almost bankrupted MGM, and it didn't recover for several years.

In the end, it lasted for a few years, but it still went bankrupt.

So Hollywood film companies are actually worthless, and what is really valuable is the media group behind them.

It's no wonder that Decca Records will now agree to take a stake, which is looking for a pick-up man.

Subsequently, Coopers is one of the top accounting companies in England, and actually inquired about the United States Music Company, which has been in contact with Decca Records since March this year.

Even in April, it had acquired a 7% stake from several minority shareholders.

Fortunately, Decca Records holds 79% of the shares of Universal and occupies an absolute controlling stake, otherwise life would be even more difficult.

But the United States Music Company is also quite uncomfortable now.

In March, I came into contact with Decca Records, and the initial purpose was to go to the acquisition of Decca Records.

At the same time, I also saved and gambled on a $12 million movie invested by Universal, and I would get a high return.

After all, this matter spread widely last year, and many viewers are looking forward to the release of this movie.

It's a pity that the 62-year version of Spartacus in the historical biography category is not powerful, and the 12 million investment is only 14 million box office, and the loss is doomed.

Mi Guo Music now either gives up mergers and acquisitions, or grits its teeth and insists.

Although it will be much cheaper to continue mergers and acquisitions at this time.

But it also means more debt to take over.

Once the movies are produced in the next year or two, the box office is still not ideal, and it will basically become a mess.

Therefore, Chu Xiangqian guessed that there is a high probability that Mi Guo's music will continue to wait and see for a year or two, just like in the previous life.

And this gave Chu a chance to move forward.

Small-budget and high-box office movies really don't have too many in his head.

Even taking the serpentine trick and drunken fist to the United States for release may be higher than the box office of some of Universal's movies this year.

But with a valuation of 40 million, Chu Xiangqian definitely disagrees.

He said to the microphone and the people of Coopers, "Thirty million valuation, as long as the deal is completed and approved by the government of the United States." $6,000,000 in cash is available.

At the same time, I told the people of Decca that the voting rights of my shares will advance and retreat together with Decca Records. ”

(End of chapter)