China Entertainment: I became a capital tycoon

Chapter 469 467. Marvel’s surname is Cao, Apple takes action (5-in-, K)

In a coffee shop on the campus of the University of Southern California in the United States, Boss Cao looked at Chen Yanxi with a coquettish look in his eyes, but he was not interested in her heart.

"You can actually play Shen Jiayi like this? You really can't tell the difference between a person and his appearance."

He still didn't say anything. He just asked the waiter for a piece of paper, wrote down Yu Baimei's phone number and handed it to her. He said in English: "You will contact this person when you return to Taiwan."

"Thank you, Mr. Cao."

Only then did Chen Yanxi confirm that Cao Yu really had no interest in her, so she didn't need to sleep with him if she was given this role.

However, she herself felt that it was a pity...

"I'll leave first. I hope you behave well."

Cao Yu didn't want to delay his date any longer, so he took out twenty dollars and put it on the table. Cao Yu took Disha's hand, said goodbye and left.

After walking for a while, Disha asked curiously: "Dear, what did that woman say to you just now?"

"She wanted to thank me like a woman, but I rejected her."

Cao Yu held Disha's slender waist and asked Disha to learn more yoga in the past few days. How could he be so leisurely that he would provoke unnecessary women.

"My dear, you are so nice."

Disha heard her lover say this and immediately kissed her: "I will teach you how to dance tonight."

"The one without clothes?"

"You can wear less."

……

Although the two danced very late that night, Cao Yu still took Disha to New York the next day.

"Cao, this girl is so beautiful, you are so lucky."

Arad, who is now the person in charge of Marvel Film and Television, seems to be used to Cao Yu's frequent introduction to different women and is not surprised. However, this girl Disha still makes this old man feel a bit amazing.

After all, foreign devils have a different appreciation.

"Oh, thank you."

Cao Yu was modest and said, "Arad, I'm here to discuss the filming of the Avengers project with you."

He thought Arad would be very happy when he heard the news, but he didn't expect that his face suddenly darkened.

Cao Yu asked curiously: "What's wrong?"

Arad sighed: "CAO, Marvel is probably going to change owners."

"what happened?"

"More than a month ago, Disney began to contact current CEO Kevin Feige with the intention of acquiring Marvel."

Arad's voice was a little low: "Now Chairman Perlmutter is no longer in charge, and Kevin Feige basically has the final say in Marvel."

"Oh?"

As a shareholder, Cao Yu knew that Marvel had changed its CEO, and Marvel was indeed acquired at the end of 09, so it was normal to talk now. He asked, "How much money does Disney plan to pay?"

"This is not clear yet. I was not involved in the price negotiation process."

Arad shook his head: "I am currently working on the "Iron Man 2" project. I didn't expect that the boss actually wants to sell Marvel. If it is really acquired, I plan to cash out all the stocks and retire."

As he spoke, he glanced at the thoughtful Cao Yu and asked, "What are you going to do? Cash out? Or continue to be a shareholder?"

Cao Yu is very conflicted now.

When I first invested in Marvel, I just wanted to cash out on this day, but now that I am doing well in Hollywood, it is a pity to leave now.

If Marvel is really acquired by Disney, it will definitely be difficult for Feiyu to invest in "Avengers". Disney is not a money-hungry owner. He will at most get some stock sharing in the future. It seems that this does not attract Cao Yu. force.

"I'm going to talk to Kevin Feige first."

Although Cao Yu does not hold a position in Marvel, his status is not low.

Marvel's current CEO Kevin Feige replaced Arad as Marvel's new CEO at the end of 07. Arad is now just the vice president of movies.

Although the "Iron Man" movie sold well at the box office, giving the terminally ill Marvel a chance to breathe, and its market value has also increased, he still feels that the company's profitable heroes are all in the hands of others, and it must find a bigger backer, and then slowly Slowly take back the heroes you sold.

Of course, Disney is the most suitable backer.

Although the third shareholder Hua Xia Cao is also very wealthy, he does not think that Cao Yu will spend a large amount of money to invest in the "old man" Marvel.

During this period of contact with Disney, although the price between the two parties was somewhat controversial, he estimated that the final price would be around US$4 billion.

"Cao, when did you come? Why didn't you say anything?"

When Cao Yu knocked on the door of Kevin Feige's office, this middle-aged man who was less than forty years old was stunned for a moment, and then stood up with a smile on his face.

"I just arrived yesterday."

Cao Yu unceremoniously pulled Disha and Disha to sit on the sofa and asked, "I heard that Disney wants to acquire us?"

"Yes, we are currently negotiating, and the price offered by the other party is a bit low."

Kevin Feige didn't hide it either: "My offer was US$5 billion, but the other party only offered US$3.5 billion."

“What if I don’t agree to the sale?”

Cao Yu looked at the guy who turned Marvel into someone else's subsidiary and said lightly.

"You didn't attend the last shareholders' meeting, but most shareholders have agreed to the sale, and this is a good thing. Marvel will develop better if we join Disney."

Kevin Feige still had a smile on his face. He didn't think this young man could stop this acquisition plan.

"is it?"

Cao Yu snorted and stood up immediately: "It seems that I came at the right time this time."

Kevin didn't understand what Cao Yu meant: "What?"

"I also plan to acquire Marvel!"

After Cao Yu finished speaking, before Kevin could react, he took Disha and left the office.

Although Marvel is not what it used to be, it still has classic characters such as Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, Hulk, and Black Widow, as well as thousands of other comic characters. These are huge wealth.

Sold to Disney for more than $4 billion? It's just too cheap.

You must know that in the next few years, Marvel launched a total of 23 movies, with a total box office of more than 220 billion US dollars, not counting the sales revenue of peripheral products.

If such a company cooperates well with its own Fei Ge Video, it might be able to make Marvel one of the six new companies.

"Honey, you want to buy Marvel? How much money do you have?"

After leaving the office, Disha looked at Cao Yu in surprise. She had just heard that this company was worth billions of dollars, so she would buy it as soon as her man said it?

"I do not know either."

Cao Yu really didn't know how much money he had now. Anyway, it was an endless amount.

"do not know?"

"Really, because I didn't do the math."

Cao Yu returned to Arad's office and said: "I plan to acquire Marvel. The two of us have cooperated for so long, and you have to support me this time."

"Do you want to acquire it?"

Arad looked at Cao Yu and saw that he was not joking, so he nodded: "No problem, I will help you unite with others to support your decision."

Compared to being acquired by Disney, it would be more beneficial for me to let this Chinese person become the new boss of Marvel.

"Then trouble you."

After Cao Yu finished speaking, he immediately called Cai Chongxin and asked him to come to the United States to deal with the acquisition of Marvel.

"I'll come right away!"

Cai Chongxin naturally supports the boss's decision. Marvel is a well-known comic company in the United States. If it can be controlled by Fei'e Video, it will definitely be helpful to the company's global development strategy.

More importantly, Fei’e Video will submit an IPO recruitment application next month. If it can win Marvel, its valuation will definitely be higher.

The boss's decision was really wise.

Two days later, Cai Chongxin came to New York with a financial team, and together with Arad, began to operate the acquisition of Marvel.

Cao Yu is already one of the shareholders of Marvel, so he has more advantages than Disney in acquiring it, and can also save a lot of money.

After handing over the task to Cai Chongxin, Cao Yu took Disha on vacation to enjoy their happy time.

On August 16, "Avatar" was so popular at the global box office that it was still popular more than a month after its release. The domestic box office has exceeded billion, and the global box office has reached a terrifying US$ billion.

Just when the Chinese media were still marveling at the box office performance of this movie, a piece of blockbuster news appeared in major media.

"Fei Ge Video spent thirty-four US dollars to successfully acquire Miguo Marvel Pictures and made it a subsidiary of Fei Ge Video!"

As soon as this news came out, not only the entertainment industry was shocked, but even Americans did not expect that this American company with a history of 70 years would now have the surname Hua.

"My brother is awesome!"

When Yang Mi saw the news, her first reaction was to be happy. My godbrother has such a big film and television company in the United States, and it won't be easier for me to break into Hollywood in the future.

"Xiao Cao actually acquired such a company?"

Liu Xiaoli, who had just finished filming "A Dream of Red Mansions" and returned to Yanjing, was so excited that she wanted to do the splits while watching the news.

I still have a vicious vision. With such a son-in-law, I won't have to worry about it for the rest of my life.

But she soon discovered that her daughter Liu Yifei had a calm face and asked curiously: "Sissi, how can you be so calm about such a big thing? 3.4 billion U.S. dollars. How can Xiao Cao spend so much money to acquire an American entertainment company?" Explain how much assets he has now? When you get married, you will really marry into a rich family."

"That's all Brother Cao Yu's hard-earned money, it has nothing to do with me."

"Silly boy, once you get married, it becomes the joint property of the couple. His money is half of yours. Do you understand?"

Liu Xiaoli looked at this silly daughter and said helplessly: "I have been filming on the set for more than a year, and I specially let you, Xiao Cao, be alone together, but you are so disappointing. Why doesn't your stomach react at all? You don't know that Fengzi is getting married. Does it make sense?"

"I don't want that."

Liu Yifei didn't want to listen to her mother's nagging anymore, so she picked up the book and went upstairs.

She originally thought that her mother would be able to help her set up a studio when she came back, but after her mother came back, she would nag her like this every day, almost to the point of getting sick.

"Did my dad get divorced because of this? I will never do this in the future and make Brother Cao Yu feel irritable."

After returning to the room, Liu Yifei locked herself in the room and sent a message to Cao Yu: "Brother Cao Yu, when will you come back? "Beauty's Scheming" will start filming soon."

Looking at her daughter's back, Aunt Liu scolded angrily: "This child, even if the marriage in the entertainment industry is unreliable, as long as you marry Xiao Cao, even if you get divorced in the future, you can still divide a large amount of family property, even if you don't get married. , I have a child and alimony is inevitable, why are you so stupid?"

Xiangshan Film and Television City.

"Our boss is really powerful. He has more than 3 billion US dollars. He is really rich."

Mao Xiaotong watched the news and thought if the money was placed in front of him, it would be higher than the mountain.

"I have known for a long time that the boss is not an ordinary person, he is so powerful."

Jing Tian also nodded. She hadn't seen her boss in several months and she really wanted to congratulate her lover in person.

Mao Xiaotong looked at Jing Tian, ​​who played Xue Baochai, and said with a smile: "This "A Dream of Red Mansions" will be finished in more than a month. I don't know if I will have the opportunity to go to Hollywood in the future. I haven't been there yet."

"There should be a chance."

Hollywood is every actor's dream, and Jing Tian is no exception.

Huayi.

"This Cao Yu is so awesome! Even Marvel has been acquired by him."

After Wang Zhonglei read the news, he felt mixed emotions. With more than 3 billion US dollars, is this Cao Yu going to defy heaven?

"This money looks like a lot of money in China, but it is nothing in the United States. Disney and Sony are actually more powerful than him."

Wang Zhongjun smiled casually: "Maybe this is a good thing. If our plan succeeds, Cao Yu's reputation in China will be ruined, and he will have no choice but to go to the United States to develop. The Beijing area will still be our Beijing area."

"Well, that makes sense. I can't wait."

Wang Zhonglei rubbed his hands and felt that what his elder brother said made sense.

Los Angeles, USA.

"My dear, you have to visit me often."

In the car in front of the University of Southern California, Disha hugged Cao Yu but didn't want to let go and didn't want him to leave.

"I promised you that I will come and see you whenever I have time. There are still a lot of things in China that I need to deal with."

Cao Yu has been practicing yoga very well during this period, and he feels that he can easily challenge everyone in T-ARA by himself.

He kissed the girl gently: "I'm not here, just study hard and I'll help you arrange a few roles next year so that you can gain a firm foothold in Hollywood."

"It doesn't matter whether you can be a star or not, as long as you can stay with me."

"Don't worry, I'll come over when I'm free. I also want to practice more yoga with you."

For Cao Yu, who already had a green card, coming to the United States was very convenient, almost like a business trip.

"Um…"

After finally comforting Disha, the girl reluctantly got out of the car and followed Oga Fonda, walking back to school in three steps.

When the girl disappeared, Cao Yu said to the driver: "Go to Universal Studios."

Although Marvel's follow-up matters have not been completed, it is enough to have people to do it.

As the new boss of this company, Cao Yu did not take away Kevin's position as CEO, but only added a deputy to him, the Chinese producer Li Xian who was poached from Sony.

This woman graduated from the University of Southern California and has good abilities. Together with the original Arad and several accountants sent by China, there will be no problems.

"Cao, congratulations on acquiring Marvel."

Universal Pictures, Old Bob saw Cao Yu and immediately expressed congratulations.

"Bob, thank you for helping Disha get into USC."

Cao Yu first thanked Bob for his help, and then said: "I just don't want to see them being taken advantage of by Disney, but don't worry, our cooperation will continue, and Marvel is still small. We will continue to cooperate in movies in the future. .”

Although he already has his own film and television company in the United States, Cao Yu's cooperation with Universal Pictures is quite pleasant, and such a partnership cannot be lost for the time being.

"I believe you."

When Bob heard this promise, he felt a little relieved. He was one of the Big Six, and there would definitely be opportunities for cooperation.

Taking a sip of coffee, Cao Yu continued: "By the way, I have transferred the revenue of the Minions toys in the first three months, 150 million U.S. dollars, to your account. Check it out when you have time."

"I didn't expect this toy to sell so well. Cao, shouldn't we celebrate?"

Bob was even happier. US$150 million was equivalent to the revenue of a movie with a box office of over US$300 million. If you add in the box office share of this movie, the first movie alone made hundreds of millions of US dollars.

These are all the contributions of the Chinese in front of me.

"I really don't have time this time. I have to go back to China tomorrow. When I have time, I have to finish the script of "Despicable Me 2"."

Cao Yu originally promised Yang Shuxue that he would go back early, but it turned out that this trip was almost a month old by accident.

"Then I won't keep you."

After hearing this, Bob stopped trying to stay and sent Cao Yu downstairs. He said: "Now the six major Hollywood companies, 21st Century, Warner, Sony, and Paramount, are still strong, and we at Universal are also considered Yes, it’s just that MGM no longer has the glory it once had, and it is in name only due to its high debts.”

As he spoke, he glanced at the Hollywood sign in the distance and said, "Cao, your acquisition of Marvel is a good decision. Maybe Marvel will have a chance to enter the top six."

"MGM"

Cao Yu thought of the lion's roaring opening scene when he watched movies when he was a child. It was indeed rare in the past two years.

The Big Six in Hollywood sounds very tempting. This Bob reminds me of the same thing.

It was already August 21st when Cao Yu returned to China.

He didn't even bother to rest. The next day, he and Han Hong quietly went to the poor areas in the northwest without alerting any media to deliver school supplies to the children in the ten primary schools they donated.

Seeing these children walking into the new campus with new schoolbags on their backs and innocent smiles on their faces, Cao Yu showed a peaceful smile on his face.

"Xiao Cao, I originally thought you would let reporters report these things."

Han Hong looked at Cao Yu and was very pleased.

Cao Yu smiled and said, "What is there to report? I know that Sister Hong is doing charity sincerely, not just for show."

"Xiao Cao, it would be great if other entrepreneurs could think like you."

Han Hong sighed, and habitually patted Cao Yu on the shoulder as before: "I really hope you can be richer."

"It should be soon."

Fei’e Video will be listed before the end of the year, and I don’t know what its market value will be.

As for Facebook's listing, which will take about two years, he can't even imagine how much money he will have by then.

Since he came to the northwest, Cao Yu planned to visit the crew of "Into the Dust".

When the bold director Zhang Yimou shot this film, he used a one-shot shooting method. Not only was the progress slow, but the entire crew had already been in the northwest for more than four months. The crew had to wait until the wheat was planted in October before the filming could be completed.

In fact, Cao Yu was also quite curious about Yijing's technique. Just when he was about to find out more, he received an urgent call from Cai Chongxin.

"Boss, Apple in the United States has announced that starting from September 30st, it will charge % for the recharge service of Fei'e Video APP on all iOS systems."

"Damn! Apple actually takes action at this time?"

When Cao Yu heard the news, he couldn't help but cursed.

Fei’e Video is preparing to formally submit a public offering (IPO) application to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in September. Is Apple trying to affect our valuation?

He thought for a moment and said immediately: "Mr. Cai, I'm going to Pengcheng right now, and you'll come over right away!"

"understand!"

Cai Chongxin agreed and guessed: "Is the boss planning to join forces with Huawei and Penguin to develop Apple?"

(End of this chapter)