America's Road to Wealth

Chapter 199 Swing a Knife at Sony
Compared to Amanda, Lydia's appearance is a little more refined.

Amanda's appearance is more dignified and majestic.

I have to say which of the two looks better.

Judging from Abel's aesthetic point of view, Lydia is still better looking.

Looking at Lydia who was blushing a little, Abel smiled and wanted to say something.

What surprised him was that Lydia didn't say a word before he spoke, and turned and ran away with a blushing face.

On the contrary, it made Abel puzzled.

He did not catch up.

As far as Abel knew, this Miss Lydia Hearst was in her family.

It seems to be the one who is not so valued.

The reason is her mother.

More than [-] years ago, I did something that was shamed by the upper class and rich in the United States.

Lydia Hearst's mother, Patti Hearst.

Joined a red organization in the United States
You read that right, organizations in the United States.

Even if it is a bit unorthodox, or even a crooked organization.

There is no doubt that this kind of thing, among the American elite.

It is the most unforgivable kind of thing, the kind of thing that betrays the class.

Fortunately, Patty is a woman, and that organization has not been successful in the United States.

And it is true that the bigger the family, the greater the influence of Hurst.

Patty's father, through the energy of the Hearst family, influenced the then Grand Commander Carter.

Through the special amnesty of the Grand Commander, she was finally rescued.

If this is replaced by ordinary rich children, or simply ordinary people.

It is estimated that at this moment, the reincarnation does not know how many times it has been reincarnated.

After that, Patty Hearst was able to marry and have children, and Lydia Hearst was born.

In addition, in the 80s.

There was a rich second generation who was said to be so stupid after chasing stars, for the sake of the stars he liked, he went to assassinate the then grand commander.

Although it was not successful, it also managed to get the commander in chief at the time into the hospital.

Then the rich second generation who committed this capital crime was "mentally ill".

He didn't die, but was locked up in a sanatorium.

It was released later.

It's about the same thing as Patty Hearst.

If the two things are replaced by ordinary people, they may have to be locked up for tens of thousands of years.

Even hanged or electrocuted.

But the people who have done these two things are still the real second generation of wealthy families.

In the end, both of them were fine, they just suffered a little.

It can only be said that in the United States, there is also a so-called tradition of "scholar-bureaucrats cannot be punished".

After Lydia Hearst ran away, Abel didn't stay here any longer.

He turned and went back to the bedroom.

He didn't continue to output dps to Charlize.

This "BOSS" is unbeatable, or his DPS output is too high.

None of the "BOSS" in the current version of the normal world can handle his output alone.

Unless several of them go together, or like last time, he alone VS25.

That's the only way to bring him down and exhaust his Dps.

Otherwise, the bosses will seek their own death!
the next day.

Charlize and the two Hearst sisters did not come to look for Abel.

Because Abel had work to do.

A Hollywood mogul came all the way from Los Angeles.

Not MGM CEO Robert Iger.

But another Hollywood powerhouse, Columbia Pictures.

To be precise, it should be called Sony Columbia Pictures.

Howard Stringer, the company's chief executive, made a special trip from Los Angeles to Hawaii.

Columbia Pictures, like other Hollywood giants.

They all have a history of almost hundreds of years.

But in 1989, one of the Hollywood giants in the United States was acquired by the Neon people, who had a very strong economy at the time.

The acquirer is Sony Corporation, and the price is $32 billion in cash plus $16 billion in loan cash.

You can imagine how rich Sony was at the time, or how hard it was cheated.

Abel buys MGM which is about the same size.

In fact, it only cost more than two billion yuan, plus about one billion U.S. dollars in debt.

A total of just under $35 billion.

This is still 2000.

Sony was in 1989 at that time, and the purchasing power of the US dollar must be stronger than it is now.

After all there is 11 years of inflation.

But Sony still spent US$48 billion in cash to win Colombia, and then had to bear hundreds of millions of dollars in debt.

Total acquisition cost exceeds $50 billion
There is nothing worse than this.

In fact, during that period, not only Sony acquired Hollywood giants.

At that time, the neon people did not know the heights of the sky and the earth, clamoring to buy the entire United States.

Sony bought Columbia, and Panasonic bought Universal.

It's just that Hollywood likes to cheat outsiders very much.

Even for Americans like Wall Street, Hollywood is right.

Not to mention Neon Man?

Panasonic's acquisition of Universal made Hollywood feel desperate for life, continued to lose money, and finally couldn't bear it.

Compared with Panasonic, which is getting worse and worse.

The development of Sony is getting better and better, and it is a big business.

Sony has weathered terrible losses.

But it is also a loss of more than ten years.

In parallel time and space.

Sony Columbia didn't turn a profit until Spider-Man became a hit.
One loss lasted 11 years. Even MGM couldn't do this kind of thing.

According to statistics, Sony has lost more than tens of billions of dollars in Colombia over the past ten years.
Hollywood is willing to kill Wall Street, let alone Neon people.

In addition, Sony is also afraid that their American father will be unhappy.

It has been 11 years since the acquisition of Columbia Pictures.

The executives and management of Columbia Pictures have always been all Americans.

The neon people only dared to stuff some of their own people in the corners.

The proportion of neon people is very small, which is also the promise they made when they acquired Columbia Films.

This time, Howard Stringer, the CEO of Sony Columbia Pictures, came to find Abel.

It is because since October last year.

On the Internet and some entertainment media in the United States, there have been some unfavorable voices against Sony Columbia.

As early as October last year, Abel had just acquired MGM not long after.

On Internet forums and various portals in the United States, a voice appeared.

Many American netizens claim that why it symbolizes the American spirit and symbolizes one of the iconic superheroes of bravery and kindness in the United States.

Spider-Man Parker.

How could his copyright be held by an American company controlled by a neon man?
Does this mean that the Neon Man is secretly trying to blackmail one of the symbols of the American spirit?

The sound was low at first, but it grew louder as time went on.

It's so big that Sony Columbia Pictures can't ignore it.

Sony Columbia Pictures stepped in and tried something.

But with little effect, the voice on the Internet is getting louder.

It was originally just the words of the voice on the Internet network.

Sony Columbia will take it seriously, but it won't really take it too seriously.

At this time, many elites did not realize the horror of the Internet.

The problem is, after December of last year.

A member of the U.S. Congress also raised these issues on the Internet.

The congressman even said that he would initiate a proposal in Congress.

The content of the proposal is to prohibit companies and works that symbolize the United States or have the spirit of the United States from falling into the hands of foreigners.

This proposal has not been put forward, it is just a message.

It won the support of many American netizens.

After being exposed by the mass media, it has also won the support of more Americans.

It is said that this gave the representative even a few percentage points higher in his own constituency.

By this time, Sony Columbia Pictures was getting nervous.

They also started to get their hands dirty, started to intervene and lobby.

After they start stepping in and lobbying.

They found that more attacks in this area were heading towards Sony Columbia.

Especially after entering this year, since January.

Yet another Rep., in his district, made a similar proposal.

In the DC area.

The people from Sony Columbia tried to find a way to find the "Principal Commander Arts and Humanities Committee", a department referred to as PCAH.

The department was established in 1982 and is directly supervised by the White House.

Its power and role are similar to the US Department of Culture.

The people of PCAH, under the power of Sony Colombia's dollar bills.

They told Howard Stringer of Sony Columbia.

"Just sell the things you shouldn't have."

What are the things we shouldn't have?

Howard Stringer was dumbfounded.

Then Howard Stringer came to his senses at once.

Think of the public opinion that began to ferment on the Internet last year.

Spiderman!
In addition, since November last year, MGM has been in contact with Sony Columbia on behalf of Marvel.

Marvel wants to repurchase the copyright of Spider-Man.

Howard Stringer suddenly understood something.

The president of Sony Columbia spent some more contacts and resources.

Finally, in the DC area, the source of this incident was roughly determined.

That's why today, Howard Stringer came here specially.

Abel at his beach house in Hawaii.

Hosted one of the Hollywood moguls.

In the living room where Cameron was hosted.

Abel meets Howard Stringer.

Howard Stringer is not a standard American.

He was born in the United Kingdom in 1942 and became an American citizen in 1985. He is now a dual citizen.

Although US law allows the existence of dual citizenship, and many people have different feelings for the UK.

But this time "foreigners occupy the American spiritual symbol" incident.

Howard Stringer, the former British CEO, and his dual citizenship.

It is also used as an attack on the Internet.

Even if Howard Stringer is a typical Anza.

Ordinary Americans, after being incited, don't care about this.

All they know is that Spider-Man, whom everyone has loved since childhood, is one of the spiritual symbols of American civilians.

It was snatched by the neon people!

This is almost equivalent to that in Huaxia, the copyright of Sun Dasheng is actually held by a Huaxia Film Company controlled by Neon.

The citizens of a big country can't bear this kind of thing!
It's okay when it's normal.

If someone incites public opinion and seeks trouble on the Internet.

Then this matter can be big or small.

So far, things have gotten bigger.

Didn't you see all the MPs come out to speak?

In order to calm the matter, Howard Stringer had to come to the door.

Once at the door, after seeing Abel.

Howard Stringer went straight to the point:

"Mr. Smith, what can Columbia Pictures do to satisfy you?"

This kind of thing can be done, but Abel will not admit it.

Abel deliberately puzzled and said:
"What are you talking about? Mr. Stringer, I don't understand you."

Howard Stringer smiled bitterly, "Then I'll be straightforward. Mr. Smith, many Americans are now suspecting that we hold the copyright of Spider-Man."

"But the problem is that when Marvel sold the copyright, the whole process was reasonable and legal."

Hearing Howard Stringer say this, Abel smiled slightly.

"It must be legal. If it is not legal, the transaction of that year will not be approved."

Abel said softly:
"It's not necessarily reasonable. A cultural and spiritual symbol of American civilians was sold for $600 million."

"Is this reasonable? Then I will offer 600 million US dollars, and you help me go to Neon to sell me the copyright of Doraemon and the like?"

Howard Stringer felt that Abel was making an argument.

Before the success of superhero movies.

Doraemon, the neon hot animation IP, has a much better ability to make money than American superheroes.

Besides 600 million, Marvel himself agreed back then.

"call"

Howard Stringer took a deep breath, with a smile on his face:
"Mr. Smith, I'm here to fix a problem. What exactly do you want Columbia Pictures to do?"

If we say that Abel is just a Hollywood giant.

That happened.

Howard Stringer needn't be so humble.

If we say that Abel is not only a Hollywood tycoon, but also a media tycoon.

Howard Stringer also has a way, with Sony's backing, for Columbia Pictures to launch an industry-wide counterattack against Abel.

This forced Abel to give up this public opinion attack.

But the problem is
The two titles of Hollywood tycoon and media tycoon are just two unimportant titles to Abel.

Howard Stringer and Sony behind him.

What is even more fearful is Abel's identity as a Wall Street tycoon and a fellow Texas native.

The former is already terrible.

When it comes to Wall Street, which industry giant has no fear in his heart?
The latter's status as a fellow Texas fellow was nothing in the past.

right now.
Who's to say it's a Texan living in a white house now?
What's more, it was no secret that little Laura entered and exited the Smith Building more than half a month ago.

Not only Wall Street, but most of the upper elite in the United States have heard of this incident.

This time Columbia Films is an old friend over there in DC.

This is also implicitly mentioned.

Under the oppression of these two identities behind Abel.

Sony Columbia had no choice but to ask Howard Stringer to come and ask for peace.

Howard Stringer also had to look a little humbled as he was now.

You know Howard Stringer is trusted by Sony.

His status within the behemoth of Sony is extremely high.

In parallel time and space, a few years later, he served as the president of Sony Group for eight years.

Let such a giant in the industry show such a side.

Just relying on Abel's status as a Hollywood tycoon and media tycoon.

That is clearly not enough.

That's why Abel looked so scary on Sony Columbia Pictures.

The main reason is that in the eyes of Americans, Sony Columbia is really an American company with foreign shares.

In addition, there is the sense of oppression of Wall Street and White House.

"It's very simple." Abel didn't hide it either.

He looked at Howard Stringer:

"For $1200 million, Marvel has doubled the price, and the repurchase belongs to the spiritual and cultural symbol of the Americans."

"It's impossible!" Howard Stringer said decisively at once.

Sony Columbia has been losing money for 11 years, and finally got Spider-Man.

Internally, last year, the company was already preparing for the launch of related manga movies.

Even the script has been written, the director has been found, and the filing has been done.

Just short of shooting.

If there is no copyright at this time, the work of the last half of the year will be in vain.

Sony Columbia also did extensive market research.

Plus Howard Stringer's intuition.

Research results and intuition are telling Howard Stringer.

Spider-Man, and perhaps himself, has a chance at a comeback with Sony Columbia Pictures.

Since it was an opportunity for Xianyu to turn around, how could he give up?

Seeing Howard Stringer's resolute look, Abel nodded with a smile.

"Yes. Marvel can not repurchase Parker. But the previous price is very unreasonable."

"A symbol of American culture worth $600 million was still sold to a company controlled by foreigners."

"I think this is a very unreasonable thing."

Abel was laughing and laughing, and he started to poker, and he looked at Howard Stringer.

"I will appeal to the White House to investigate the transaction that year."

"Look at the process. Marvel and Columbia Films, whether there is someone maliciously selling the spiritual and cultural symbols of American civilians."

"I think a lot of Americans, especially on the Internet, would be very sympathetic to this."

When Abel talked about "Internet netizens", he deliberately emphasized his tone.

This is a deliberate reminder of Howard Stringer, the opinion of the American internet network.

In fact, what Howard Stringer is most afraid of is really not the public opinion of the American Internet network.

In this era, most people have not noticed the role of the Internet in manipulating public opinion.

It is also the will of individual countries, such as the United States and rabbits.

The American approach to this is to spread the Internet to the world at a faster speed.

In this way, it, the controller of the Internet, can get the greatest benefit.

Rabbit's approach is to enclose the land to avoid being controlled by outsiders.

Although Howard Stringer is a business elite, he has the limitations of the times after all.

Abe isn't great in business, but he's from the future.

He knew that for this matter, the public opinion of the Internet would be more powerful.

What Howard Stringer is more afraid of is actually the White House and Wall Street that may stand behind Abel.

Facing this threat from Abel.

Howard Stringer fears that Abe can really get the White House down.

At that time, it doesn't matter whether Parker can be kept or not.

Sony Columbia will definitely suffer heavy losses in this matter.

It's okay to keep it, and there is a chance to earn it back after a heavy loss.

If the loss is heavy and it cannot be kept, then Sony Columbia will really suffer.

Thinking of this possibility, Howard Stringer couldn't help softening his firm tone just now.

The dual-citizen American looked at Abel with a pleading voice, "Mr. Smith. As early as last year, Columbia had already started preparing a Spider-Man movie."

"If we lose Parker at this time, our loss will be very heavy. Columbia has lost money for 11 years, we can't lose like this again!"

Abel will not soften his heart because of this.

"Why not?"

Abel takes it for granted:

"Sony has a market capitalization of more than $1300 billion, richer than 99% of U.S. listed companies."

"And I know that behind Sony is Mitsui. They are richer."

"They want to have a tool to have a voice in the United States. How can it be possible without paying a price?"

"Colombia's continued losses are the price they have to pay."

Howard Stringer hadn't expected Abel to take the conversation to this larger and more serious level.

But the CEO of Sony Columbia Pictures also knows.

This kind of thing is not a secret to Americans at Abel's level.

What worries Howard Stringer now is that it's not just Abel's own idea that he's doing this.

Rather, it represents the words of certain forces in the upper echelons of the United States.

That was the real trouble.

Talking here, Howard Stringer already knew that there would be no blood today.

If Sony Columbia does not satisfy the other party, it will definitely lose Spider-Man with a high probability.

Even Sony Columbia follow-up, there will be many other troubles.

Thinking of this, Howard Stringer tried to calm himself down.

He calmed down, looked at Abel and said:
"Very well. I see what you mean. Then, Mr. Smith, I beg you to make a final offer."

At this point in the chat, Abel was already too lazy to toss about with Howard Stringer.

Abel raised two fingers and said, "Two choices."

"The first option, Marvel repurchases all the copyrights of Spider-Man for US$1800 million. Three times the price, less than five years, the annualized rate of return is more than 40%."

"This rate of return is unprecedented on Wall Street."

"The second option is that Sony compensates Marvel for 6000 million copyright fees, and at the same time both parties share the copyright of Spider-Man Parker."

Both options are very unbearable for Howard Stringer.

But if Howard Stringer had to pick one that he felt more uncomfortable, it would naturally be the former one.

Because that would lose Spider-Man.

Losing Spider-Man, Howard Stringer felt that he and Sony Columbia would lose a chance to turn around.

It's just that Howard Stringer also knows, for Sony behind him.

Of the two options, the latter may be the one that makes Sony more uncomfortable.

It will cost an extra $6000 million to buy Ping An.

It's okay to spend an extra $6000 million to buy Ping An.

Getting Spider-Man isn't complete, it's only part of it.

Even Howard Stringer himself would prefer to choose the latter.

But Howard Stringer also knows that there is a high probability that Sony is unwilling to spend 6000 million more.

"I understand."

Howard Stringer stood up expressionlessly, "I will report this to the head office immediately. Goodbye, Mr. Smith."

"Goodbye~"

Abel smiled and waved at this guy who was considered a "beautiful traitor" to Americans.

Howard Stringer was calm on the surface, but left with a turbulent heart.

(End of this chapter)