Top of the Great Era

Chapter 1421 The foil of peers

Zhou Buqi knew that he was as good as Jobs in Sun Zhengyi's eyes.

At the same time he also knows...

Depend on!
It all depends on the foil of the investment bank!

What age is this?

Microsoft and Sony are still competing around the high-definition DVD format standard?Is it that important?It won't be long before DVDs, like videotapes, will be thrown into the long river of history, okay?
It’s no wonder that the giant Microsoft is squeezed so badly by the Internet, and it’s no wonder that the Sony giant is declining day by day. This vision is too bad... This is the lack of accurate understanding of the Internet!

Even technology giants like Microsoft and Sony can't see the situation clearly, and DVD sales are the most important peripheral income for Hollywood movies. It's no wonder that Hollywood is still sticking to the traditional model and scoffing at the new Internet model.

Zhou Buqi was very happy. Competition in a new industry often means subsidy, so he asked: "Ziweixing Global has joined Sony's camp, should we be able to get subsidies from them?"

"Ah?" Sun Zhengyi was slightly taken aback, "I'm not sure about this, I have to ask specifically."

Zhou Buqi smiled, "It should be. High-definition DVDs are mainly promoted by Hollywood movies. In order to compete for the market, the two sides will definitely subsidize the market. Well, I don't want their subsidies either, as long as I cooperate with my work and put some Just return my film and television copyright.”

Sun Zhengyi said with a smile: "You are the CEO, you decide."

Zhou Buqi glanced at him, "You reminded me that the CEO does not necessarily have real power, and my shares are still a little less."

Sun Zhengyi had a black line on his forehead, "What do you mean?"

Zhou Buqi said: "I have to have super voting rights. Now you support me. In case of strategic differences in a few years, who should I listen to? Ziweixing Global uses the brand of 'Ziweixing', and it is I will end in person, and this power must be possessed."

Sun Zhengyi breathed a sigh of relief, and agreed to him simply, "Of course, it should."

He is an Internet investor, has seen various models of super voting rights, has long been used to it, and even supports it.As the saying goes, there are no doubts about employing people, and no doubts about using people. The right must be confirmed so that the management team can implement their business program without any constraints.If there are too many constraints, it becomes Hulu, playing a good hand and playing poorly.

After chatting for an hour, the plan was reached!

Zhou Buqi accepted the conditions and agreed to serve as the chairman and CEO of Ziwei Star Global, leading this new company that has not yet been established into a new era, setting off a wave of major industry changes in Hollywood, and firing the first shot of reform!
Now that I am a CEO, I have to pay attention to some business details, so I can't be a shopkeeper like in the past.

The next day, Zhou Buqi attended the meeting of the advisory committee, communicated with some invited Hollywood bigwigs, and got some detailed reports from various companies.

Most shocking and irritating was DreamWorks.

After the consulting meeting, Zhou Buqi chatted with Jeffrey Katzenberg alone, "What happened to DreamWorks?"

Katzenberg didn't understand what he meant, and said with a smile: "I have communicated with Spielberg, and he is willing to lead DreamWorks to a new company. He is fed up with Paramount."

Zhou Buqi said indifferently: "Jeff, I want to reiterate one point to you repeatedly. What I value most is copyright! Copyright is the foundation of an entertainment kingdom!"

No way, Hollywood is a mob right now.

His Internet-based "content kingdom plan" is not yet suitable for public disclosure.This is too great a challenge to traditional Hollywood, and it is difficult to be understood by the outside world.

Once it is made public, it may become an obstacle to the establishment of "Ziweixing Global".

Publicly speaking, it still focuses on the new entertainment empire.

Katzenberg tentatively said, "Are you talking about the 05 film copyrights of DreamWorks before 59?"

"Ok!"

"It's okay, you can take it back."

"Can?"

Zhou Buqi raised his eyebrows.

Katzenberg said with a smile: "The purchaser of the copyright is a very close partner of Viacom, who specializes in copyright operation business. Now it seems that he has also encountered operational difficulties. If you work hard, you may be able to get it back."

Zhou Buqi said firmly: "It must be taken back! Not one less!"

This is really annoying!

It also shows how short-sighted and incompetent Hollywood film and television practitioners are.

In 05, Paramount bought DreamWorks for a total of $16 billion.However, Paramount's funds are not enough, what should we do?
This is where the show operation appeared.

After Paramount acquired DreamWorks, it sold the copyrights of all 94 films produced by DreamWorks from its founding in 05 to 59 to a third-party cooperative company for a price of US$9 million.

This time, Paramount returned a large wave of blood.Then he took out a "gift" of 2 million US dollars to DreamWorks, and asked Spielberg to prepare for "Transformers".

It can be seen from this that in front of real capital tycoons like the Redstone family, the world's number one director like Spielberg is like a fool, being teased around.

If you want to sell copyrights to raise funds, wouldn't it be enough for DreamWorks to sell the copyrights themselves?Isn't it possible to start filming "Transformers"?As for selling it to Paramount?

Isn't it that these 59 films have been produced by Spielberg over the past ten years, and they are as reluctant to sell as children?

The result is good, here sold the company that I was thinking of, and then suffered a fatal blow from the Leishidong family, and deeply felt the ruthlessness of capital.

This is why Katzenberg is confident that he can buy DreamWorks.

Spielberg has run out of patience!

Zhou Buqi said without doubt: "Jeff, you should start to do this right away. You must start the acquisition of DreamWorks immediately! You can't stop for a moment! The copyright must be withdrawn, and the company must also take it back!"

Katzenberg was stunned for a moment, hesitant, "No... Didn't you say that Universal Pictures will be the mainstay first?"

Universal Pictures is the core, and Universal has a distribution company, which is the most important thing.Without Universal Pictures, no matter how much other independent independent studios buy, they can only work for other giants.

Zhou Buqi said indifferently: "The situation has changed. Take DreamWorks first! Then MGM, then Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation. I have already decided that I will be the CEO of Ziweixing Universal. Only succeed, not fail!"

……

DreamWorks must be won.

Take your time, the sooner the better.

Even if the copyrights of those 59 movies cannot be recovered, this deal is worthwhile, because DreamWorks has the ace series of "Transformers".

M&A committees are almost all formed by Masayoshi Son.

Now, Zhou Buqi is coming off in person. He is going to arrange for some direct descendants to come in and invite 3 experts in mergers and acquisitions from Goldman Sachs and Citigroup.He bought Manchester United last year, and they were the ones who managed it.

So far, there are already 30 people in the merger and acquisition committee of the "Ziweixing Global" project.Regardless of whether this case can be completed, the consulting fees of these people alone cost 5000 million U.S. dollars.

It can be seen what a big event this is, and the eyes of California and even the whole United States are fixed on Hollywood.

Since Zhou Buqi is determined to end, he is not polite at all.

I didn't discuss it with Sun Zhengyi either.

Began to act arbitrarily.

The first request he made to the team was to contact MGM, and within three days, come up with a rough report and asset appraisal on MGM's current financial situation.

Efficient!Efficient!Efficient!

time does not wait!
Be quick!
As for Zhou Buqi himself, he flew back to China with his two little secretaries, Sun Guanran and Ning Lu.Such a big matter had to be explained clearly to several senior executives of Ziwei Star, so as not to cause misunderstanding.

It's not that his boss Zhou is not doing his job properly, he has never left the Internet.

He is always doing one thing.

Be it football or movies.

This is a preparation for a longer-term big plan in the future.

Because it is a strategic business that revolves around the Internet, Ziwei Star needs to pay a sum of money to participate, and it needs the joint approval of the decision-making committee.

However, Zhou Buqi was not in a hurry, and the plane landed in the northeast.

Go pick up Han Yan and Chen Yan first, go to Europe in a few days, and plan to go to Rome, Italy to watch this year's Champions League final.But as soon as I saw two junior high school teachers, I couldn't stop them, and I didn't have any jet lag. I was satisfied after tossing all afternoon.

Zhou Buqi looked at Teacher Han and Teacher Chen kneeling at his feet, and patted their heads with satisfaction, "Get up, take a shower and go to dinner, I'm hungry."

Han Yan and Chen Yan were on each side, and they took his arm to go to the bathroom together. Chen Yan joked, "I'm full."

Zhou Buqi said: "Replenish your strength and continue playing at night."

Han Yan bit her lips lightly, and whispered, "Master, you...you pay attention to your body, don't be too indulgent just because you are young."

Zhou Buqi sighed, "I'm so suffocated abroad, with only two little secretaries by my side, I still like to play with you two."

Chen Yan held his arm tightly, and said with a smile: "Aren't there foreign girls abroad, didn't the master have a few?"

"What's the fun, it's boring."

Zhou Buqi simply took a shower, very fast.

But women can't do it.

After he had taken a shower, Teacher Han and Teacher Chen were still brushing their teeth.

"Hurry up, both of you!"

Zhou Buqi withdrew first.

The secretary was called, Ning Lu helped him get dressed, and Sun Guanran reported from the side, saying, "I just received the latest news that two companies have formally offered to buy MGM."

"Who is it?"

"Warner and Lionsgate."

"How much is it? Do you know?"

Zhou Buqi's reaction to the news was relatively calm.It's been several years, he almost forgot how to put on clothes, he didn't even know how to wear underwear, even though Ning Lu was squatting under his feet, he put on his feet as soon as he raised his feet.

Sun Wanran said softly, "The exact amount is yet to be verified, it may be more than a billion dollars."

Zhou Buqi was surprised, unbelievable, "So much?"

MGM's current debt is 37 billion U.S. dollars, and the acquisition offer here is more than a billion U.S. dollars, which together exceed 50 billion U.S. dollars!You know, in 05, Sony led a consortium to acquire MGM, and only spent 48 billion US dollars.

MGM, which has been stuck in a debt trap for the past few years, has the price increased?

Sun Guanran said: "It seems that debts are included."

"What do you mean?" Zhou Buqi was stunned for a moment, "The quotation of more than one billion US dollars includes 37 billion US dollars in debt? Isn't this too nonsense? Don't say whether the shareholders will agree or not, and the creditors will definitely not agree. .”

Sun Guanran spread his hands, "Then I don't know, you have to ask yourself."

(End of this chapter)