Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1958 Buyers and Sellers

While Lin Daoqiu was still running the promotion in Neon, he suddenly received a call from Ashley.

Lin Daoqiu's first movie when he entered Hollywood was to cooperate with Warner.

Although the two were a little unhappy in the end, Warner was recently drawn into Lin Daoqiu's alliance, and the relationship between the two was not as embarrassing as before.

And the purpose of Ashley calling Lin Daoqiu this time is because he heard that Lin Daoqiu intends to acquire DC Comics.

It is self-evident what Lin Daoqiu is looking for in acquiring DC.

If the superhero series under DC is handed over to Lin Daoqiu, then Ashley believes that this is definitely a huge golden mountain.

Now that Warner is sitting on this golden mountain, there is no way for DC to create any benefits for them. In the final analysis, it is because Warner has too many ideas, and DC is severely restricted by Warner in terms of movies.

Because the Hollywood superhero series did not sell well before, Warner couldn't continue to support DC to continue making movies after making a few films.

And when Warner acquired DC, DC also made three superhero movies throughout the 70s, and the best-selling one was the first of "Superman".

With a production fee of 5000 million US dollars, this film finally won a box office of [-] million in the global market. In addition to the income from the disc market, Warner has made a fortune.

But it is a pity that the sequel "Superman 80", which was first released in Europe at the end of the 2s, only won a box office of 400 million US dollars with a production cost of [-] million US dollars. It can be said that Warner has fallen a lot.

When "Superman" 83 was released in 3, it was even more horrible, and the final box office was directly cut in half, leaving only 5000 million US dollars.

As for "Superman" 4 released this year, the production cost is only more than 1000 million, and the final box office is only more than 1000 million.

It can be said that throughout the 70s to the end of the 80s, with the support of Warner, DC only made one blockbuster movie, and the others either lost a lot of money or were produced at a small cost.

Under such circumstances, how to maximize the potential of DC is a matter that Warner needs to solve.

Now there are people who can solve this problem, but the problem is how to persuade Lin Daoqiu to cooperate with them. This is the most troublesome thing for Ashley.

Although Lin Daoqiu is not the kind of person who likes to eat alone, if he wants to invite him to help Warner film, Ashley probably won't be able to say so.

So the only way to solve this problem is to sell part of DC's shares to Lin Daoqiu, so that Warner can follow behind and make money together.

"I heard that Mr. Lin intends to acquire DC?"

It stands to reason that Lin Daoqiu should have taken the initiative to ask Ashley about such a matter, but now it turned out that Ashley took the initiative to ask Lin Daoqiu. This is obviously not something a businessman would do.

"Mr. Ashley is right. I do think so."

Although Lin Daoqiu didn't know who disclosed this matter to Ashley, since the other party asked Ashley, there was no need for Lin Daoqiu to cover it up, and he admitted it openly.

After hearing Lin Daoqiu's straightforward admission, Ashley's hearty laughter came from the other end of the phone.

"Mr. Lin, it has been 18 years since Warner acquired DC, but it has never been able to push DC to its proper position. If anyone can do this, I am afraid there is no one except you. someone else."

Ashley started to praise Lin Daoqiu, but his words were all from the bottom of his heart.

"If that's the case, are you planning to sell DC to me when you make this call?"

Lin Daoqiu asked with a smile.

After being asked by Lin Daoqiu, Ashley was stunned for a moment, and then he could only resolve the embarrassing situation with laughter.

If someone else wants to buy DC, Ashley may consider the issue from the perspective of money, as long as the price offered by the other party is high enough, then he is willing to sell the DC to the other party.

But if the person who wants to buy DC becomes Lin Daoqiu, then Ashley will not only consider how much profit the sale of DC can bring to Warner.

If possible, he is even willing to give Lin Daoqiu [-]% of DC's shares for free, and let him help DC grow and develop.

But Ashley also knew very well that Lin Daoqiu was not an idiot, and it was unlikely that he would be willing to work for him for nothing.

"Mr. Lin, our long-standing hope is to make DC develop better. If you really intend to acquire DC, I will seriously consider this issue."

Ashley's answer surprised Lin Daoqiu. Could it be that he was really thinking about DC, so he planned to sell DC to himself?
If this is the case, it doesn't matter if Lin Daoqiu is willing to add a little more to the price.

But it's a pity that Ashley has absolutely no idea of ​​selling the entire DC to Lin Daoqiu. He can only accept half of DC's shares to the other party at most, but he must not let Lin Daoqiu hold more than 51% of the shares, because then he will become a major shareholder.

"If Mr. Lin really intends to buy DC, we are willing to sell half of DC's shares to Mr. Lin at the original purchase price."

"Thank you, Mr. Ashley, but I'm not interested in half of the shares. If possible, I would like to buy the entire DC. Of course, I will give Warner the best price in terms of price."

Lin Daoqiu's reaction was not beyond Ashley's expectations, but it was impossible for him to sell the entire DC to Lin Daoqiu.

Even if he made a small amount of money from Lin Daoqiu now, Lin Daoqiu might let DC help him earn hundreds or thousands of times more in the future.

So what Ashley has to do now is to find a way to sell DC to Lin Daoqiu, but Warner still has to keep half of the shares.

It can be said that the difficulty of doing this is very high, and Ashley himself knows it very well.

"I hope Mr. Lin can think about it again. We can also make concessions on the price, and Warner's final bottom line is to retain [-]% of DC's shares."

Ashley even offered to make concessions on the price, but this obviously did not have any temptation for Lin Daoqiu.

"I think this matter should be put aside for the time being. After all, it is difficult for us to convince each other for a while, so I think we can talk about it when we have the opportunity in the future."

Lin Daoqiu didn't want to continue talking nonsense with Ashley, because he knew that his request was far from Ashley's request, and it was better to stop here under such circumstances.

"Well, if that's the case, then I won't bother Mr. Lin. If you are interested in chatting with me someday, just call me. I'll be waiting for you at any time."

(End of this chapter)