novelones Chapter 206: Mixed in, Akhben borrows something
Chapter 206: Mixed in, Akhben borrows something
In order to see Akhben, Wang Lei changed his outfit and secretly left the hotel through the back door.
Soon after, the two met in an underground parking lot of a shopping mall.
"What the hell happened?"
Akhpburn, dressed like a schoolgirl, took off her gold-rimmed glasses:
"You are being targeted by Ross Minor League Baseball. They plan to enter Hollywood in a big way and block your business in Hollywood."
"Just by them?"
Wang Lei feels that Paramount currently has no rivals. With his scripts under his control, box office success will become a common occurrence.
"Don't underestimate Guy, he plans to raise $60 billion to invest in Warner Bros...."
Akhben recounted the behind-the-scenes dealings between Guy and Warner Times President Jerry, emphasizing:
"With huge funds, Warner Bros. can produce multiple major productions worth hundreds of millions of dollars a year!"
"Even if the industrial upgrading of industrial films is completed, Paramount will be in danger."
Wang Lei still dismissed Akhben's reminder because these aristocratic children had forgotten a very crucial step in the film industry.
That’s theatrical acquisition!
After the introduction of the Paramount Act, American officials forcibly separated theater chains and film production companies.
Latecomers, for fear of being sanctioned again, rarely touch the bottom line of monopoly.
But Wang Lei had no such worries and directly asked White Glove to open a full fund to take advantage of the downturn in real estate in the United States to buy theater chains.
Directly or indirectly controls 40% of theater chains in the United States!
It can be said that Wang Lei has completed a closed loop in the industrial chain and can produce and sell products by himself.
Rose's minor league entry into Hollywood is tantamount to courting death. If he doesn't like it, he can reduce the proportion of their films in a targeted manner.
"Guy is quite discerning. Warner bought DC and is qualified to compete with Paramount.
But he wants to take a stake in Time Warner... I can only wish him good luck. "
Time Warner's market value did increase significantly after acquiring Turner Broadcasting Company, but it made the mistake of merging with Internet giant AOL in 2000.
You must know that 2000 was the year when the US Internet bubble was about to explode. Time Warner was involved and its valuation dropped sharply.
Originally AOL was ranked over 30 in the world, and Time Warner was ranked 384. After the merger of the two companies, Warner obviously climbed higher.
However, the limitations of the times made Jerry make a wrong prediction. Others took the initiative to merge with him in order to digest their own bubbles.
There are rumors that AOL spent US$1800 billion to acquire Time Warner. That is a "misinformation." The real situation is:
Time Warner and America Online merged with a 45%:55% share ratio.
It is a share acquisition, not a capital acquisition.
It can be said that this merger of the century is also the biggest tragedy of the century.
Not only did the market value of the two companies not rise, but Time Warner suffered losses year after year due to AOL's involvement.
Finally, AOL was sold for $30 billion!
A large company with a peak market value of US$1600 billion was sold for only US$30 billion, and Time Warner suffered a huge loss from this business.
Akhben felt that it would definitely be profitable to invest in Warner Times, but why did Wang Lei look so unfavorable?
Faced with Akhben's questioning, Wang Lei could only respond casually:
"Winning or losing does not matter.
Jerry, the president of Time Warner, is indeed very capable and is an expert in mergers and acquisitions and industry integration.
This also made the entire company his dictum. It is said that he was very autocratic and ruthless after becoming president.
Potential employees who threatened his position of power in the company were eliminated.
He only promotes people who follow his instructions, not on the basis of job performance.
This leaves other board members as mere decorations.
At this time, Time Warner has become a typical company controlled by insiders.
The company's management values its own interests far more than the interests of the company's shareholders.
It violates the principal-agent trust principle of modern joint-stock companies.
This successful acquisition of Turner Broadcasting will bring his power to an unprecedented peak. Once he makes a wrong decision, it will be an unprecedented disaster for Time Warner shareholders! "
Akhben nodded. As a big boss who owns several listed companies, the president is just a higher-level worker.
If a migrant worker had all the say in the company, she would definitely choose to quit the company!
She would not invest in a company that was out of control.
This is the difference between Wang Lei and Guy.
"Then should I vote or not?"
"Invest, of course I have to invest. I can also lend you 50 billion, but you have to push Guy to negotiate with Jerry to get more shares of Time Warner."
"Don't you see the future of Time Warner?"
Wang Lei smiled:
"You also said it is the future. If you can cash it out in the short term, you will definitely make a small profit. Why not buy it?"
As we all know, a big financial crisis will break out in Dongzhou in the near future, and he also plans to make preparations for asset transfer.
Correspondingly, in two or three years, the beautiful country's economy will usher in a major recovery, and a new industry will rise rapidly.
Every era has its own large monopoly companies. If he wants to avoid being eliminated by the market, Wang Lei can only work hard to seize the next trend.
Cash out in a timely manner when the market is at its best, and take over when the market is at its worst, so as to avoid being eliminated by the capital market where big fish eat small fish.
Time Warner's Jerry misjudged the trend and took over AOL before the Internet bubble, which led to the subsequent series of tragedies.
Akhben readily agreed, since it was not her money spent anyway, and she would not feel bad if the investment failed.
"Wang Lei, there is one more thing I want to ask you!"
This was the first time that Wang Lei saw Miss Akhben looking shy. This woman could not have wanted to confess to him.
Seemingly seeing through his thoughts, Akhben rolled his eyes at Wang Lei:
"I mean, I want to borrow something from you!"
"Something?" Wang Lei was confused. What happened to this woman? Considering that this woman is still valuable, Wang Lei would consider it no matter how much money he borrowed.
Who left him so poor that he only had money.
He said very generously: "We are allies. If you want to borrow anything, just ask. As long as it is not too much, I will agree to it."
"Is this what you said, that I plan to borrow seeds from you?"
Wang Lei didn't know what Akhben was talking about and asked: "What kind of seeds?"
Akhben gritted his teeth. No matter how strong her heart was, she was still a little woman in the end. It would be really hard for her to say that.
She simply went hard and pressed Wang Lei directly underneath her.
The Mercedes-Benz sedan shook very rhythmically.
The two groups of bodyguards standing guard outside turned away with red faces.