Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 462 There are more ways than difficulties

When Chu took Margaret back to the ranch, before Chu Xiangqian said anything, Margaret asked in confusion.

"Dear, is the Universal Studios sign really worth spending $100 million to get the exclusive rights to Universal Studios Asia?"

Chu Xiangqian smiled and said, let alone Asia, Hong Kong Island alone would be willing to pay 100 million US dollars.

With independent operations, Asian movie theaters will not need to pay any fees to Universal in the future, and the land rights will be their own and can be passed on to future generations.

Nowadays, Hong Kong Island is building a movie theater. As long as business is good, in the future, island countries, South Korea, Singapore, Wanwan, Thailand, Country A, etc. can all build movie theaters with amusement parks and studios.

It only cost $100 million, so worth it.

Of course, what I am buying is the future. At this time, buying the operating rights of the movie theater for US$100 million does seem to be a bit uneconomical.

But after careful calculation, this price in the United States can only be regarded as a normal price.

If Universal hadn't paid enough attention to movie theaters, US$100 million might not have been able to win the operating rights in Asia.

It can be said that I just spent this little money to split the movie theater in two.

Just like in the future, a company in country A will spend billions to buy the exclusive rights of Whitebeard Fried Chicken in country A.

All profits from now on will have nothing to do with Whitebeard Fried Chicken in the United States.

This is much more cost-effective than spending millions or tens of millions to acquire the Universal Studios brand and half of the shares of Hollywood Studios.

Universal will definitely regret it in less than ten years.

If Las Vegas wasn't so close to Los Angeles, I would have wanted to buy the license and open a casino-cum-film studio model in Las Vegas.

Just for the attractions that can take tourists to see the film production process, there will definitely be many more tourists coming to Las Vegas Studios every year than other casinos.

Selling tickets and hotel rooms may make more money than the gambling industry.

Moreover, this is a unique business, and other casinos have no chance to imitate it.

Due to brand image issues, Disney most likely does not dare to have anything to do with the gambling industry.

Other Hollywood giants have never been involved in the movie theater and amusement park business.

Thinking of this, Chu Xiangqian couldn't help but start to wonder whether he could get Universal to open a movie theater in the casino.

There is still a lot of room for real estate appreciation in the United States in the next three or four years.

Think about how a big casino in the future could easily be worth billions of dollars. If you spend 3000 to [-] million U.S. dollars to build a casino, the investment returns will be really high.

But when we think about the growth rates of Hong Kong Island real estate and Tokyo real estate, it seems that the opening of a casino in Las Vegas is not worth mentioning.

Besides, if you want to open a casino, you can open it in Omen.

The Lisboa Hotel would have to wait until 70 to officially open, and King He Du had not yet obtained the license.

I can definitely cooperate with him, he will have a good reputation or a bad reputation, and I can quietly make a fortune by holding more than 30% of the shares behind my back.

Margaret heard Chu Xiangqian say that he had long planned to build a studio on Hong Kong Island, and now that he had Universal's sign, he could combine the studio with an amusement park.

In the future, the annual income of the cinema will be at least several million Hong Kong dollars, and the investment will be fully recovered in less than five years.

Then we cooperated with the islanders to build a new movie theater in Tokyo.

Every ten years in the future, a movie theater will be built in a big city in other Asian countries. Relying on the land of these movie theaters, he may become one of the richest people in Asia.

Margaret then smiled, hugged Chu and smiled and said, "My dear, when it comes to your ability to make money and your vision, you are indeed the most powerful person I have ever met."

Chu Xiangqian looked at the woman in his arms looking at him with an expression of admiration, and felt happy in his heart.

He hugged Margaret and went to the bedroom. Not long after, there were faint sounds of running.

Kumiko and Ovelia, who had already taken charge of protecting Chu Qianqian closely, looked at each other. The boss of the secret tunnel was really powerful. He seemed to have endless energy all day long.

It's a pity that the boss seems to have a lot of worries. He has two beauties following him, but he never makes a move.

To be honest, if Kumiko and Ovelia dress up, they can indeed be considered beauties.

In his previous life, he would have gotten it from anyone who was not an ordinary person.

But now, there is no shortage of women around me, so naturally I am becoming more picky.

A few days later, Snakehead's first week's box office share was deducted from Universal's 10% distribution fee and US$30 in publicity fees.

In the end, US$373.2 million was transferred into the account of M&S Fund.

The box office share of the next second, third, fourth and fifth weeks will also be paid into the M&S fund one week later.

This can be regarded as the benefit of Chu Xiangqian's involvement in Decca Records and American Music Company to make a movie.

A controlling shareholder, a music and brokerage company giant who wanted to annex Dika's products, favored Chu Xiangqian on the issue of box office share payment.

Universal’s management can’t even hold back on the box office share without giving it away.

As for the Universal Studios Asia franchise that Chu Xiangqian purchased, he used an offshore island-registered fund account.

It means that the copyright holder of the franchise has nothing to do with American companies and can avoid being made difficult by Americans as much as possible in the future.

You don't have to pay any taxes to them.

This is also the reason why Chu Xiangqian is unwilling to become an American citizen or get an American green card.

The tax rates in the United States will become increasingly heavy and rogue in the future.

After much deliberation, it is safest and most secure to regard Hong Kong Island’s industries as the foundation.

Not only does he have a good relationship with England, but he also has a good relationship with country A.

After watching the fighting competition held by Universal, Zhang Tianzhi won the championship of the first competition as expected.

Asked if he was willing to make a movie, Lao Zhang shook his head without even thinking about it.

By the way, let wrinkles take care of the preparations for the two movies "Roman Holiday" and "Millie".

Chu Qianqian wanted to take him back to Hong Kong Island and then fly to Country A to hold the wedding with Xiao Lanlan.

Unexpectedly, before he left, he received a call from Hong Kong Island.

Qian Guotai is from Xijiang, and the dialect he speaks is Hakka, but it is somewhat different from Dongguang.

According to Qian Guotai, the dialect of the village next to his hometown is different from his village.

A village ten or eight miles away told a different story.

Unless they are locals, outsiders have no idea what is being said.

So Qian Guotai also taught Chu Xiangqian some of the pure local dialect of his hometown.

At first, he talked about all the medicinal materials, and then mixed in what he really wanted to say about the drug store.

If it weren't for Chu Xiangqian's photographic memory, he really wouldn't understand what Qian Guotai wanted to do with him.

After hanging up the phone, Chu Xiangqian sat on the sofa with a headache and thought silently.

The thing is very simple. Country A did not directly purchase food from the United States and Canada at the beginning.

It’s not that they don’t want to buy cheap ones, it’s that country A itself feels that it’s more reliable to go to someone to buy food than the Americans who have always imposed an embargo on country A.So I looked for Tai O first.

The Australian kangaroos at this time are not the followers that will follow the United States in the next few decades.

It was still more influenced by England. It would have to wait until 86 to truly break away from England.

But what Country A didn't expect was that Da'ao had negotiated the price at the beginning, but then went back and said it would increase the price.

This kind of behavior that has no credibility and takes advantage of others would make anyone angry.

So country A had to contact Canada. Unexpectedly, the grain giant in Maple Leaf Country probably squeezed too much grain and put too much pressure on storage.

After several contacts, and after confirming that country A really wanted to buy food, they acted very positively.

Even how to avoid US supervision, one-stop service is in place.

First leave the port on the east coast of Canada, transport it to Africa, and then transfer it back to country A.

It's just that this matter couldn't be hidden from the Americans. When the negotiations were about how to pay the money, the Americans suddenly intervened, and the matter immediately became stuck.

Thinking that Chu Xiangqian is in the United States now, and because a movie has caused such a big sensation, country A actually knows about it.

After thinking about it, the superiors decided to ask Chu Qianqian.

If they are confident, Country A can even get the food back no matter who they talk to.

And paid in gold.

The next morning, Chu Xiangqian deceived Margaret and flew back to New York to continue his visit.

Then we drove again to Santa Barbara County, the largest cattle and sheep trading market.

Using the same method, rent several warehouses and accumulate 450 cattle and 1050 sheep this month.

and 90 horses, consisting of 30 purebloods, 30 quarter horses, and 30 Arabian horses, were transported back to the ranch.

Then he said to Simon, who was staring at the cowboys, branding the new herd of cattle and sheep, "When we are done with the past few days, we will drive the original 600 cows on the ranch into the cattle pens and start fattening them."

Simon nodded. The boss now transports 450 cattle and 1050 sheep every month. The 600 cattle originally left on the pasture should really start to be fattened.

Take advantage of the surge in demand for meat before Christmas to get a good price.

Since there are cattle in the pasture that need to be fattened, pasture alone is not enough.

Calculated based on a 600 kilogram cow, at least about 10 kilograms of concentrate are needed every day. However, eating all the concentrate will cause a series of digestive problems such as forestomachy flaccidity, food accumulation in the rumen, and rumen bloating.

It also has to be equipped with more than ten kilograms of fodder.

After Chu Xiangqian had this excuse, he began to contact farms around Santa Barbara.

At first, we only found three companies, and each bought 180 tons of corn kernels and 60 tons of bean cakes.

Half of the warehouse couldn't hold these things. Chu Xiangqian put on makeup and dressed up as a South American.

Not to mention, after having a high nose bridge and deliberately turning her skin into a wheat color, even with black hair, she still looks like a South American.

On the same day, all the corn and bean cakes were collected into the Novice Village warehouse.

Then he started calling again, and it wasn't until the 15th farm received a call that the price had to go up that Chu Xiangqian gave up and continued to buy corn and bean cakes in Santa Barbara.

Fourteen families received a total of 2520 tons of corn and 840 tons of bean cakes.

If the target were to focus on the entire California, tens of thousands of tons of corn could indeed be harvested easily.

But Chu Xiangqian couldn't make up his mind for a while about who to ask for help with the purchase.

After thinking about it for a long time, I felt that no matter who I bought it from, it would be difficult to keep it secret in the end.

No one may care if you buy a few thousand tons, but if a state buys tens of thousands or 10,000+ tons, there is no way it can be kept secret.

The major monopoly grain merchants in the United States will definitely notice market fluctuations faster than the U.S. government and will investigate immediately.

If we follow the purchase quantity required by Country A, 150 million tons can probably only be purchased through cooperation with a few major grain merchants.

After all, the total grain output of the United States last year was actually just over 3 million tons, or 150 million tons, accounting for 0.5% of the total grain output.

After deducting the grain consumed and exported by Americans, the remaining inventory may be tens of millions of tons, but it is impossible to buy 150 million tons quietly even if you think about it.

Just when I couldn't think of a way, the car radio suddenly announced the tonnage of ships passing through the Panama Canal this year.

Chu Xiangqian had an idea in his mind instantly.

Ask Kumiko to inform Ichiro Matsuno to contact Frank.

Frank and his boss Russell have already distributed at least 6% of the flour they bought last time in Panama.

Just for this 6%, we got back more than 130 million US dollars.

Seeing that the remaining 4% of the goods may only be enough for one week, I have long wanted to contact Ichiro Matsuno.

Unfortunately, Ichiro Matsuno had already told Frank that this business was a one-way contact, and he would only take the initiative to call him once a month.

While this move made Frank and Russell angry, they secretly felt that the more cautious Ichiro Matsuno was, it would actually be a good thing for everyone.

After receiving the call, Frank directly said that the cash shipped out of the United States this time was US$144 million.

When Chu Xiangqian heard the news, he roughly guessed with a little thought that the 144 million was most likely the money Frank earned this time, and the net profit after deducting the principal of US$80.

As long as there is no problem with this transaction, the amount of money will definitely become larger and larger when we cooperate in the future.

When the Colombian flour merchants notice something unusual, they might test Frank or the big boss behind him.

Ask for help to help them transport the cash left in the United States out of the United States.

After Ichiro Matsuno took his people to Los Angeles to meet Frank, he did not take away all the 144 million.

Instead, he took out 3 yuan worth 43.2% of the commission and returned it to him.

Then with a look of surprise Frank said, "We need your help."

Frank was stunned for a moment, and then secretly felt happy. As long as both parties had needs, the initiative in the future would no longer be held unilaterally by these islanders.

I thought it was some kind of shady business, or murder and swindling.

Unexpectedly, the help Ichiro Matsuno said was to transport 43.2 bushels of wheat to Panama.

At this time, the U.S. wheat futures price is $1 per bushel.

Each bushel of wheat is about 27.22 kilograms, and $43.2 can buy 1.176 tons of wheat.

This is too simple for Frank and the mafia behind him.

A 1.2-ton medium-sized cargo ship can easily transport this batch of grain to Panama, and although international wheat futures cost $1 per bushel, it is definitely cheaper to buy it from Texas farmers.

Not only can the cost of the cargo ship be amortized, but you might also earn [-] to [-] US dollars.

If this money is distributed to the subordinates, both the top and bottom will benefit. The people below must be very active.

And with the mafia's method, there is no need to declare customs at all. After all, except for contraband items, Americans have always been lax in controlling things shipped out of the United States.

(End of this chapter)