Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 2399 Fox

Langmeyer didn't think about it for too long. The next day, he called Lin Daoqiu and told him that he agreed to the job offer and joined Lin Daoqiu's TV station as the president.

Lin Daoqiu was very happy about Lang Mayer's decision, because he and Lang Mayer had already had a long friendship, and the two knew each other well.

In the past, Lin Daoqiu never thought that he would be able to invite Lang Mayer to work for him one day. After all, Lang Mayer was the president of Universal Pictures at the time.

And it was under the leadership of Langmeyer that Universal Pictures has been able to maintain its position as the second largest film company in Hollywood over the years, competing with Paramount.

However, after Universal Pictures lost Langmeyer, the future of the company can be said to be very uncertain.

Having lost the cooperation with MGM, and Paramount did not include it, it can be said that the current Universal Pictures has become a lone bird in Hollywood.

Before Lin Daoqiu came, each film company was in an independent state, and it was basically impossible to form an alliance to cooperate.

But the current situation has been completely changed because of Lin Daoqiu's appearance. If he fails to join the alliance, the challenges Universal Pictures will face will be unprecedentedly huge.

It has been reported by the media before that the performance of Universal Pictures this year will be significantly reduced by about [-]% compared to last year.

Unless Universal Pictures can make a few hit movies, it can maintain their previous year-by-year growth in performance and revenue.

Since Sanchos took over Universal Pictures, the film company's performance has plummeted.

But this has nothing to do with Sanchos, it's just because without Lin Daoqiu helping them make money, the movies made by Universal Pictures alone can't make a lot of money at all.

In the past, it didn't matter even if the movies produced by Universal Pictures made less money, because as long as Lin Daoqiu's movies were released, they could make a lot of money.

But after losing Lin Daoqiu, although Universal Pictures as a whole has not changed much, the decline in revenue is simply unstoppable.

It can be predicted that the financial report of Universal Pictures in the first half of this year will be very ugly. If Sanchos can't think of a solution to the problem, he will have to bear the blame if he doesn't.

And the most important point is that Panasonic is negotiating with Wasserman on the acquisition of MCA. If Universal Pictures' performance is really poor, it will definitely affect the final acquisition price.

And Sony is also in full swing to prepare to buy Columbia. It can be said that Neon people's actions in Hollywood in the past two years have not been small at all.

But Lin Daoqiu is not worried about the acquisitions of Sony and Panasonic. Even if they did buy Universal Pictures and Columbia in the end, they will still sell them soon.

Because in Lin Daoqiu's memory, Panasonic did not operate a film company in North America, or they did not operate for too long after buying Universal Pictures.

I don't know whether it is Panasonic's strategy adjustment or the relationship affected by the coming neon financial crisis, but no matter what, Panasonic will definitely not be able to gain a firm foothold in Hollywood in the end.

Speaking of film companies, Lin Daoqiu is very interested in Fox Films, because Murdoch had already bought half of the shares in this company.

Murdoch seems to be more interested in the media business, but he did not intervene in the film business, but handed over the full power to Alan Ryder Jr. to be responsible.

Although Lin Daoqiu has been focusing on "Reader Times" during this period, if there is an opportunity to expand the film's territory, Lin Daoqiu will naturally not miss this opportunity.

So he called Alan Ryder Jr. and invited him to come to MGM.

After receiving Lin Daoqiu's call, Alan Ryder Jr. didn't think too much. He thought that Lin Daoqiu was looking for him to talk about the upcoming special effects blockbuster.

And when Alan Ryder Jr. arrived at MGM, as soon as he entered Lin Daoqiu's office and sat down, the other party directly gave him an opening statement that shocked him extremely.

"I want to buy Fox's movie business."

"You... what did you say?"

Little Alan Ryder looked at Lin Daoqiu with his eyes wide open. Before coming here, little Alan Ryder never thought that he would hear this sentence from Lin Daoqiu.

Lin Daoqiu actually wanted to acquire Fox's film business, which made little Alan Ryder suddenly at a loss for what to say.

"Murdoch has already bought half of Fox's shares before, but everyone knows that this media tycoon doesn't have much interest in movies, so he will fully delegate the power to you."

What Lin Daoqiu said is correct, and Alan Ryder Jr. has no objection to this, but what does this have to do with Lin Daoqiu's acquisition of Fox?
"Neon's Panasonic is preparing to acquire MCA, and Sony is also negotiating with Columbia about the acquisition. I must take some action to increase my strength."

After Lin Daoqiu explained this, Alan Ryder Jr. could somewhat understand why Lin Daoqiu suddenly wanted to acquire Fox's film business.

And he also knew that Lin Daoqiu recently sold [-]% of the shares in "Readers Times" and New Oriental Pictures, in exchange for tens of billions of dollars in funds.

So he wants to acquire Fox's film business without any financial problems at all.

But the question now is that if Lin Daoqiu really bought Fox Films, wouldn't he be his subordinate?

You must know that Alan Ryder Jr. had always regarded Lin Daoqiu as a person of the same level before this, even though he was only a part-time worker.

"I think it will be very difficult for you to get what you want."

"Oh... how do you say that?"

Lin Daoqiu looked at little Alan Ryder and asked with a smile.

If he didn't know the situation of Fox, Lin Daoqiu would not have suddenly come up with the idea of ​​acquiring this company.

It is precisely because the situation of Fox Films in recent years has not been good or bad, so the probability of success will be much higher if an acquisition is initiated at this time.

And what Lin Daoqiu can be sure of is that Murdoch, the major shareholder of Fox, is not keen on the film business. As long as he can offer a price that makes his heart beat, Murdoch will definitely sell it.

As for little Alan Ryder, he is just a part-time worker, and at most he can only put forward some of his ideas to those shareholders, but if he wants to stop himself, I'm afraid he can't do it.

"intuition."

Little Alan Ryder couldn't even convince himself, he could only make up a random reason.

In fact, Alan Ryder Jr. is also very clear that as long as the price offered by Lin Daoqiu can impress those shareholders, it is by no means impossible for him to buy Fox Films.

(End of this chapter)