Entertainment tycoon who started out as a director

Chapter 168 Major Action
And in fact it is.

Ning Hao was so excited that he couldn't even speak for a moment.

My heart is filled with only emotion.

Gu Ming had no intention of binding him and earning greater value from him.

After all, I have graduated and am no longer a naive college student.

He knows better than anyone how difficult it is for a director like himself who has no elders in the circle and no money.

Just this year, in order to make a movie, he could only raise 10 yuan by himself. He acted as director, editor, and photographer by himself, and shot "Incense" on DV.

Does he want to do it all by himself?
What about showing your abilities?
Or he didn’t want to shoot on film.

Isn’t this forced by lack of money?

As a result, this hard work did not achieve the same success as "Xiao Wu" by Jia Zhangke, a fellow from Hedong. It just did not enter the main competition section of the three majors and did not win any awards.

On the contrary, there are many small film festivals around the world.

But why can he go to these small film festivals without money?

Isn't it because the other party needs to show the film and will pay for the transportation, otherwise he can't afford to go.

As for film festivals that require filmmakers to pay travel expenses, even if they win awards, they are far less famous than the three major ones, let alone have not won any awards.

Therefore, he did not gain much fame and could only show his prominence.

I don’t know where the investment for the next film will be.

Now that Gu Ming is willing to invest in three movies in five years, let himself be the director, and the benefits are not bad, what else can he say?
Ning Hao's head nodded repeatedly, "Director Gu, I do!"

"Okay! Then wait a moment, prepare to sign the contract, and then prepare for "Crazy Stone". Just focus on filming, distribution, promotion, etc. Daystar will do it."

"Yes!" Ning Hao felt more and more like having his back against a big tree to enjoy the shade, and nodded excitedly.

When signing a contract with a director, Daystar has a template.

Soon, the contract was signed.

Ning Hao has become a Venus star.

……

Nothing to do today, just farming at home.

Nothing happened today...

Until those two offshore investment companies, "Silk" and "Potato", were established more than twenty times.

Gu Ming came to the United States again and signed an investment contract with these two companies as a person from Beidou Star Entertainment.

Silk invested US$3000 million to invest in Beidou Star Entertainment.

Tudou invested US$4000 million to become a shareholder.

It is not good to reduce his shares to less than 50.00% all at once, as that would cause problems for everyone, so Gu Ming ended up owning 50.00% of the shares of Beidou Star Entertainment.

Silk Investment Company accounts for 20.00%, and Tudou accounts for 28%.

The two companies totaled 40.00% nine.

In addition, the two companies only enjoyed the profits and transferred the company's voting rights to Gu Ming.

The company is still Gu Ming's one word!
Last night, it was something that had been planned for a long time. Because he still had 1000 million US dollars in hand, Gu Ming asked the real estate agent to find a villa for him.

My time in the United States will not be short in the future, so I can't stay in a hotel every time I come back.

You still have to buy a house. Although there is a property tax here, the money is a drop in the bucket for me.

Besides, the value of real estate in the United States has increased in recent years.

The more you spend on subprime mortgages, the higher the real estate prices. Before 08, villas were still assets that could increase in value.

As for where to buy a villa?

The area is designated as Beverly Hills, where there are many Hollywood movie stars. Since everyone is traveling together, we might even be able to visit Will Smith and the others.

And the security there is also very good.

……

On this day, Gu Ming just received a call from the agent, saying that he would make an appointment to show him the house.

No answer yet.

The office door rang, accompanied by Sophia's voice, "Boss."

"Nine o'clock tomorrow morning."

Gu Ming announced a time casually, put away his phone, and said, "Come in!"

His eyes fell on Sophia's face. She seemed to be suppressing a smile, but she also looked a little excited.

"What's going on?" Gu Ming asked curiously.

"Boss, didn't you say that even if Liuda wants to sell it, you have to tell you?"

"What's wrong? Which Big Six store is for sale?" Gu Ming asked curiously, "MGM?"

"I heard that Sony seems to be buying MGM."

"But I'm talking about another established second-tier distribution company." Sophia changed the subject, "Artison Entertainment."

"The other party's debt is not low, and the shareholders unanimously want to take action. It is said that Lions Gate is interested in acquiring it."

"Negotiations are ongoing now."

"What's the price?" Gu Ming asked.

"The other party offered [-] million!"

"After buying it, I have to be responsible for the other party's debt of more than 1 million US dollars."

"This is the information I found about Artison Entertainment." Sophia handed a stack of investigation reports to Gu Ming.

Glanced at the report.

Gu Ming suddenly realized.

It turned out to be it!
No wonder it sounds strange.

In China, people more often call it Artisan Film Company.

Continuing to look down, it is the work of this company.

In the more than 20 years since its establishment, Artison Entertainment has successfully produced and distributed many works.

"First Blood" series.

Cameron's "Terminator 1".

"The Last Emperor" won nine Oscars.

and the famous erotic film "Basic Instinct."

There is also the originator of the pseudo-documentary that opened everyone's eyes, "The Blair Witch Project."

After reading the names one by one, Gu Ming had the same feeling.cruel!

Movie companies are really not that easy to do!

There are so many classic films out there, and the box office is not bad, but when you can't bear to lose money, you lose money really hard!In the end, there is still a pile of debt, and we can only seek to sell it.

There are many more such examples.

Carlock Pictures, the company that made "Terminator 2", made "Cutthroat Island" in the last century and was sent away directly, and it didn't even last until the new century.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Wu Baige's "Wind Whisperer" became the last straw that broke the camel's back. Now one of the original eight films, it can be best described with a catchphrase, a centipede - dead but not stiff.

There is no powerful media group behind it, and it is only engaged in the film company business, which is relatively slow to repay. Maybe at some point the capital chain will be broken and it will die suddenly.

But no matter how cruel it was, Gu Ming still wanted to try it.

Especially when I saw the introduction about Artisan Entertainment later, which has a library of 5000 movies.

It has a complete distribution network in North America, and its global distribution capabilities are not very strong, but are far behind the six major ones.

But that also has global distribution capabilities.

amount……

This is not very important to Gu Ming. It is distributed globally. Gu Ming has always wanted to sell it for cash.

But if you can buy Artisan Entertainment, you can sell it to Lionsgate.

Lionsgate is backed by a consortium of Canadian banks. It has the idea of ​​becoming a new company after DreamWorks to hit the big six. It needs global distribution capabilities, but I have no such idea.

"You go out first, I'll think about it."

"what?"

Sophia was really surprised.

She sent this report just to do what She Ming asked and not to let the boss find fault. But looking at the situation now, why does it feel like the boss really wants to buy it?

The asking price is 1 million, but no matter how you negotiate, it will only be [-] million, and you will have to bear more than [-] million in debt.

It is equivalent to buying a company with more than 3 million.

Can you afford it?

"What's wrong? Do you have any questions?" Seeing Sophia not moving, Gu Ming raised his head and asked.

"It's nothing, I was distracted." Sophia nodded and walked out of the office obediently.

Gu Ming, on the other hand, held his chin and started thinking.

Buy it or not?
This is a problem.

If you buy it.

This company is over the top!
It is easy for big Hollywood companies to think that they are here to grab meat.

Even if he sells Global Issuance, his shares will only remain at 50.00%, but considering his status, he is still vulnerable to being suppressed.

Of course, if we want to suppress them, we must have the human shield of DreamWorks in front, and Lionsgate can also bear it, and we will just share some small firepower.

If you don’t buy it.

Not willing to give in!Damn it!
Gu Ming took out a coin and was about to toss it and let God decide.

Just a second before he was about to throw it, Gu Ming got angry and threw the coin away.

buy!
Whether you can buy it or not, and whether you can pass the Lions Gate or not is still unknown. What are you afraid of being suppressed?
Try it first and then say, the worst-case scenario is that it will be confiscated.

But hundreds of millions can see the United States do this.

Whether you lose money or make money is another matter.

I don’t live on these hundreds of millions. If the money is gone, I can make more in the future. I can even make crazy money just sitting at home following Penguin’s IPO next year.

But if even the buyer's company doesn't dare to buy, then this tone will be difficult in the future.

Brother Belt dares to owe trillions, but is he afraid of losing hundreds of millions?

There is no pattern.

“Must buy it!”

If you can buy it, you should prepare at least [-] million.

Two investment companies bought shares, bringing in 7000 million, and the company has 3000 million on its books.

Still short of [-] million.

Save $1000 million by not buying the villa.

It's still 9000 million short.

"Ugh……"

Gu Ming set his sights on the piggy bank "Net Billion".

You can’t sell Penguin shares, right?

It hasn't been listed yet, and it's selling at a bigger loss now.

The only option is to sell Wangyi shares, use them first, and then buy them back later when you have money.

If this is the case, 240% of NetEase's shares, [-] million shares, will almost have to be sold.

This amount is too much.

If it is opened for sale in the secondary market, the stock price can be smashed to the floor.

I can't make much money myself.

Thinking of this, Gu Ming called Ding Sanshi, the boss of Wangyi.

"Old Ding, is your company considering repurchasing shares?"

"How much do you want to sell it for?" Ding Sanshi chuckled, "Stop selling it on the secondary market. The stock price that finally rose will be reduced by ten points."

"Sell them all!"

"Give it to me in dollars."

"Sell them all?"

"Yes, I'll call you first. If you're not interested, I'll look for other financial institutions. I think someone is willing to take over."

"I have to discuss this with other people in the company."

"Three days!"

"it is good!"

The next day, Ding Sanshi called and said he could repurchase it. Then the remaining issue was the price.

Now Wangyi’s stock price has risen back to [-] US dollars.

But if I really want to sell so many stocks, I definitely can't sell them at this price. No one will be so stupid as to buy them at the current price.

(End of this chapter)