Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 2204 Overestimation
"To be honest, Mr. Kaufman, the reason why I asked you out today is not because I want to know from you who wants to buy Columbia Pictures, but because I intend to join this acquisition battle."

Unexpectedly, Lin Daoqiu would also buy Columbia Pictures, which made Victor Kaufman not know what to say for a while.

He quickly picked up the teacup and drank coffee to hide his shock.

Sony and Lin Daoqiu both became interested in Columbia Pictures. What happened?You must know that Columbia Pictures is definitely not a small company. In Victor Kaufman's view, it is possible to reach a final deal with a bid of at least 40 to [-] billion.

Although this time is not like the era in the later generations when it would cost tens of billions to buy a film and television company casually, a transaction of several billions is definitely a very large amount of money for North America at this time. It is no exaggeration to say that the billions at this time are equal to the tens of billions decades later, which is absolutely no problem.

"Mr. Lin intends to buy Columbia Pictures? Well... In my opinion, your choice is very correct."

Victor Kaufman no matter who bought Columbia Pictures in the end, but as long as the company can get help, then he is naturally very happy to see it happen.

Because the development of Columbia Pictures in the past few years can be said to be a mess, under the management of Victor Kaufman, the company has been losing money year after year, and Coca-Cola has lost interest in Columbia Pictures.

It is precisely because of this that Victor Kaufman can get very little support. If he can change his club, for Victor Kaufman, he can get more money for filming.

However, what Victor Kaufman never expected was that if Lin Daoqiu bought Columbia Pictures at that time, then his general manager would definitely be replaced by someone else. As for whether Victor Kaufman would stay It depends on whether he has the ability to come down.

Lin Daoqiu has always been a talent-only person, but Victor Kaufman's work in Columbia Pictures in the past few years is obviously not up to standard, so he is likely to be asked to leave the company by Lin Daoqiu after the acquisition .

It's just that Victor Kaufman doesn't know Lin Daoqiu's thoughts yet, he is still working on his ability to continue to serve as the general manager of Columbia Pictures.

"Columbia Pictures has faced difficulties in the past few years, everyone must be aware of it. Coca-Cola is not a philanthropist, and they are not in the film and television industry. As the saying goes, you should not be casual about fields you are not familiar with. Good shot, what does Mr. Kaufman think?"

Victor Kaufman just smiled at Lin Daoqiu's words, but he did not give any positive answer, because Coca-Cola is now the major shareholder of Columbia Pictures, so naturally he would not speak ill of the major shareholder After all, Victor Kaufman is just a wage earner, and he hasn't been bold enough to criticize his boss.

"Actually, I didn't expect to settle this matter after meeting with you today. The reason why I asked you out to meet is to express that I am ready to participate in this acquisition battle. As for the specifics, I believe it will take a long time. a period of time."

Victor Kaufman also agrees with Lin Daoqiu's statement. After all, the amount of this transaction is too large, and it may not be resolved within three to five years in North America.

Sony also spent a lot of money to get this company within a year. Of course, there are many unknown twists and turns.

"Then since Mr. Lin intends to acquire Columbia Pictures, may I know your bid?"

Since Lin Daoqiu expressed his intention to acquire, he should have prepared a psychological price more or less. If Lin Daoqiu hadn't even prepared for this, Victor Kaufman would probably suspect that the other party was here to make trouble.

"I think the price of 25 billion will be more reasonable."

Lin Daoqiu offered 25 billion to buy the shares of Columbia Pictures held by Coca-Cola. Although this price is not high, it can only be said to be very average, and Sony's first round offer is only two times more than Lin Daoqiu's. Just a billion.

However, Bian Liang is only the first price offer, so this cannot be the result of the final transaction, at most it can only be regarded as Lin Daoqiu's intention.

"I can only say that the price offered by Mr. Lin is hard to impress my bosses, at least from the current point of view. After all, someone has already offered a higher price than Mr. Lin, and this is just the beginning."

Victor Kaufman revealed that Sony's asking price was higher than Lin Daoqiu's 25 billion just now, but he didn't say how much Sony's first round of asking price was.

Is it 5000 million or [-] million more than Lin Daoqiu or [-] million more?If you don't understand these things, then Lin Daoqiu can only keep his eyes closed and continue to increase the price.

"Compared to that company, my financial resources are obviously far inferior to theirs, but I believe that the person who finally bought Columbia Pictures must be me and not that company over there."

Lin Daoqiu looks very confident. It seems that he has decided that Columbia Pictures will eventually fall into his hands.

Victor Kaufman saw Lin Daoqiu's confident expression and didn't know what to say. He couldn't hurt the opponent's self-confidence, but in his opinion, if Lin Daoqiu didn't offer a higher price than Sony in the end, Coca-Cola would definitely not agree to sell him the shares of Columbia Pictures, no matter how confident he was.

"I admire Mr. Lin's self-confidence, but in North America, it is about strength, and I believe that not only in North America, but also in any place in the world. If your asking price If there is only 25 billion, then I am sorry to tell you that you may not even be able to start the second round of negotiations."

It's not that Victor Kaufman is scaring Lin Daoqiu, but if he reports Lin Daoqiu's asking price to Coca-Cola, they probably don't even have the idea of ​​negotiating the second round with Lin Daoqiu, because the price is far from their hearts. The price is still a big difference, so there is no way for them to have the idea of ​​​​opening negotiations with Lin Daoqiu.

"I hope that Mr. Kaufman can pass on my words to your boss. I believe that since we are discussing business and it is still such a big business, it is better to be cautious. After all, the final transaction price will definitely be very amazing, but I want to That being said, I want to be able to get a fair price, not an inflated price."

Lin Daoqiu naturally hopes to delay this transaction for at least a year. After one year, when the Neon stock market is in free fall, then Lin Daoqiu will take the absolute initiative in this transaction. right now.

(End of this chapter)