"Daniel, are you done with your business in Huaxia?"

“come！ I need you here! ”

"The company is about to be crowded by investors from all walks of life, I really can't drag it out, whether it is to sell shares or package and sell, there must be a result."

"You'll have to talk to them about this yourself!"

Late at night, Wu Yuan, who had just finished the roadshow of "Love Letters", had not been lying down for long before he received a call from the other side of the ocean.

Holding back his sleepiness, he had to reassure John, "John, my good business partner, thank you for your hard work." ”

"If you put it off as long as you can, I'll go back to Los Angeles at the end of the month to do the late stages of The Martian, and I'll take over the negotiations in that area myself."

Rubbing the root of his nose lightly, Wu Yuan hung up the phone amid John's complaint.

After all, it has come to this point.

Sighing, Wu Yuan lay back on the bed, and Liu Yifei, who was also woken up by the sound of the phone, leaned up in a daze and hugged his neck.

"What's the matter, is it still something from the Light Age?"

After all, from the time of the filming of "The Martian" to the present, Wu Yuan and John have made countless transatlantic phone calls to talk about this matter, and Liu Yifei listened to it and listened to it roughly.

"Hmm." Wu Yuan shook his head and said helplessly: "My arms can't reach my thighs." ”

"In fact, the light era really says that it makes money, but it doesn't make much, and it only makes one or two hundred million dollars a year, which can't be compared with the six major Hollywood companies, and the independent film companies in the first echelon of Hollywood."

"There are 100 such companies in North America, if not 50, but they can't actually attract the attention of Wall Street capital."

"But who called the business run by Light Age so sensitive, it is a company that makes movies."

"No country can allow its cultural position to be invaded by foreign companies."

How much the Americans attach importance to the protection of their own cultural positions, Wu Yuan knows best.

When he woke up from his dream, it was 2023, when Huaxia's TikTok, the international version of Douyin, was involved in a North American compulsory takeover bill.

What threatens the security of the Internet in the United States, leaking user privacy and other trumped-up charges have been detained on TikTok's head, requiring TikTok to divest its North American business and package it up for sale to North American Internet companies.

This business case, before Wu Yuan woke up, did not come to a conclusion, but it was delayed, and TikTok also linked its big data technology and servers to Oracle, which can be regarded as temporarily relieving the crisis of forced acquisition.

But Wu Yuan knows very well that this matter will not end so easily, even if it is delayed for another year and a half, TikTok will be forcibly acquired sooner or later.

Without him, Lao Mei would not have been able to accept an Internet company from China and master the mouthpiece of Internet culture in North America.

TikTok is a software that has affected almost every North American family, and the young generation in North America all rely on TKTOK to receive information on the Internet, and it can be said that the information portal in North America has been mastered by this software.

This situation cannot be accepted in any country.

Just like the reason why Huaxia Internet does not allow Google, YouTube, Twitter and other search and social software to be used in China, and vigorously supports similar domestic software such as Baidu and Weibo.

The problems that the Light Age is facing now are similar to TikTok, although the volume of the Light Age cannot be compared with it at all, but the nature is the same.

As a film production company mixed in Hollywood, although Light Times did not do this, in theory, it can export a large amount of Chinese culture and ideology, and only need to add these to the movies produced, which can subtly influence North American audiences.

Just as Hollywood's movies are exaggerating how strong and prosperous North America is with American-style democracy and the main beacon of light, the Light Age can also reverse the promotion of Chinese culture.

This risk is unacceptable to the North American capitalists, and their ability to make money is insignificant.

"The Jewish white men of Hollywood, they can't accept that a Chinese film company is stirring up trouble in Hollywood, even if the threat level is only a little bit, they must be stifled as soon as possible."

Wu Yuan hugged Liu Yifei, and said helplessly but relievedly: "Actually, from the first day of the establishment of the Light Era, I have been mentally prepared for this. ”

"Sooner or later, the light era will develop better and better, and if it develops well, it will definitely be seen by Hollywood Capital, and then it will face their forced acquisition and expulsion."

"So the positioning of this company in my heart has always been to make quick money, from the "Hangover" series to the "Twilight" series, all to make money."

"Now that I am facing a forced acquisition, I actually don't think it's a pity, I can only say that it is something that I will have to face sooner or later."

"The only regret is that the new series "The Hunger Games", which I originally planned to open for the Light Era, may not be able to be implemented smoothly."

"After that, whether I sell most of my shares or just package up and sell the company, The Hunger Games can't make money for me."

The film and television adaptation rights of "The Hunger Games" were bought in the name of Light Times, and after that, whether it was selling the company or selling shares, Wu Yuan could not enjoy the majority of the benefits of this series.

Although he could set up another leather bag company to buy the IP of "The Hunger Games" before the company was acquired, it really didn't make sense to do so.

After all, he can't start from scratch and re-establish a Hollywood film production company, and the old white men in Hollywood are not stupid, they didn't bring such tricks.

"But it's a plus or a loss." Wu Yuan thought for a while, and said in a relaxed tone: "Although I lost the opportunity to make the "Hunger Games" series, I may lose hundreds of millions of profits. ”

"But if you sell the Light Era, you can also make a direct profit of at least a few hundred million dollars, and you won't lose anything."

"Even in terms of time cost, it's earned."

"This time I went to the United States, I had to solve this matter."

"John really can't afford to put it off any longer."

"Before the release of "The Martian", we have to negotiate the results of the sale of the company and stabilize them."

"And how much are you going to sell it for?" Liu Yifei raised his head and asked curiously, "Or, how much is the Light Age worth?" ”

She really doesn't have any concept of the value of the Light Age, Liu Yifei can be said to know nothing about business things, and the Light Age is not a listed company, so she is even less clear about how much this company is worth.

"With the IP copyrights of "The Hangover" and "Twilight" in hand, plus "Wonderful Night at the Museum" shared with Fox, and "Ace Agent" shared with New Line, the follow-up development of these copyrights alone, plus the company's word-of-mouth value."

"The valuation of the Light Age should be at least more than $1 billion!"

Wu Yuan said confidently: "Even if it is a forced acquisition, the total price will not be less than 1 billion US dollars, after all, in addition to this company, I am also a world-renowned director, and they can't lower the price too hard." ”

"If you can buy the light era normally, even if you meet their psychological expectations, as for selling a cabbage, no one dares to think so." (End of chapter)