Entertainment tycoon who started out as a director

Chapter 258 Sweet pastry

"Huh, my Chinese is getting better and better."

Gu Ming looked at his phone and put it aside.

"Do I need to avoid it?" Jin Suo looked at Gu Ming's face and asked weakly.

"No, let's meet together. You can basically guess what's going on."

"Is it nothing more than expanding Sony Columbia's stake in Beidou Star Entertainment?"

"Oh." Jinsuo just felt a warmth in his heart. It was not in vain that he often gave Mr. Gu massages and had long-term artistic exchanges. He told himself such an important thing without even thinking about it. It seemed that he regarded her as his own. People.

As for the specific content, he is not stupid, so naturally he will not ask.

"Let's go down and wait."

Gu Ming and Jin Suo came to the living room together and chatted casually.

After waiting for about half an hour, Anthony came over.

Seeing Gu Ming and Jin Suo together, he also recognized Jin Suo, but was not too surprised.

In his opinion, with Gu Ming's current status, he is already considered a relatively clean person in this circle.

Even though he was invited to attend parties, he never went to the room with female celebrities, and he was not invited to attend mask parties.

In Chinese, this is called keeping oneself clean.

"Although I already said it on the phone, I still have to congratulate you, brother!"

After retracting his thoughts, Anthony smiled and stretched out his hand, "Your achievements in movies are really high. I want to report to the higher ups and let you be the president of Sony Columbia. By then, Sony Columbia will definitely become The strongest among the six."

If you let yourself be the one and rely on your own foresight, it is inevitable that Sony will become the leader of the six major companies.

But let’s not talk about how depressed I have been living under others for a long time.

"Is this something you can decide?"

Gu Ming laughed, "Even if you could decide, would you be willing to do it?"

"Gu." Anthony stared at Gu Ming sincerely with both eyes, "Then are you willing?"

"..."

Gu Ming heard this guy's overtones.

You are asking yourself if you are willing to continue reducing your shares!

To be honest, I'm willing to give it up.

With memories of past lives and a certain amount of capital accumulated, for Gu Ming, there are many ways to make money, and there are many easier ways to make money than running a film and television company like Beidou Star Entertainment.

I can completely accept having fewer shares, bringing more people together to make a fortune, and making my own path wider.

but……

Gu Ming could not accept Sony Columbia expanding its shares too much, especially if it exceeded the limit of 33%.

Therefore, being willing means being willing to give out shares to others.

Make a lot of friends.

Instead of constantly letting Sony Colombia increase its stake, it was eventually swallowed up by it.

Of course, these are all considerations of bidding within the normal range. If it spends money on itself and is willing to spend 5 billion US dollars to acquire Beidou Star Entertainment like it did with MGM, I really can't resist it.

But Sony Columbia is not a fool, and the neon nowadays is not what it was in the decades, so it will definitely not be that dizzy.

"Hahaha, let's talk about it one by one." Anthony saw Gu Ming's hesitation and decided to finalize one thing to do today.

Sitting on the sofa, my index finger and thumb made a right angle.

"'Mr. and Mrs. Smith', US$80 million, we bought the overseas distribution rights."

After finishing speaking, he immediately continued, "Gu, this is the lowest price. We are old friends. I don't want to bargain with you again and again, so as not to damage our friendship.

"can!"

Even if "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" can make 200 million US dollars at the box office in North America, this price is still a very fair price. Maybe it is because the male and female protagonists of this film are of sufficient weight, and it is even a bit high.

Gu Ming didn't discuss the price, nodded and agreed.

"That's great. It's a pleasure to work with you." Anthony stretched out his hand and shook Gu Ming's hand, which finally sealed the deal.

Then, the living room fell into a long silence.

Gu Ming knew what Anthony was going to say.

Anthony also knew that Gu Ming knew, but neither of them knew how to speak.

It embarrassed the golden lock on the side.

If I had known better, I wouldn't have participated in this thing out of curiosity. I would have stayed in the guest room, watched movies, or connected to the Internet to see if domestic netizens commented on the box office success of the movie I participated in. Wouldn't it be good?

In the end, it was Anthony who spoke first.

"That's it. We at Sony Colombia intend to increase our shareholding. I want to discuss it with you first."

"How much more?" Gu Ming asked.

"How about increasing the holding to 49%?" He couldn't just throw away his cards when it came to such a big matter. He first came up with a number that wouldn't make Gu Ming fall out on the spot, and decided to have a good time with Gu Ming.

"too much."

"Forty-four and a half percent?"

"..." Gu Ming was speechless. You thought you were buying vegetables at the vegetable market, cutting down at 0.50.5.

However, for such a big matter, it would not be good to just talk about the psychological value, so Gu Ming just went through it with him.

After grinding for two hours, Anthony finally figured out his bottom line.

"No, no, no, we Sony Columbia must have at least 34% of the shares."

"The most I can accept from you is 30%." Gu Ming also began to lay down his bottom line, "And your increase of 5% cannot be a capital increase, it can only be a purchase of shares."         Why?"

"What do you think?" Gu Ming smiled, "The company is short of money, so it needs the other party to increase its capital and take shares."

"You are an insider, and your company is also a shareholder of Beidou Star. Do you think Beidou Star Entertainment is short of money?"

At least for each film, the North American box office revenue alone can recoup the production and distribution costs.

Beidou Star Entertainment has long been different.

Not to mention anything else, even if you don't count "Saw 3" released on Halloween this year, just the first two "Saw" movies, without the cost, can bring about million in revenue to Beidou Star Entertainment .

The income from the disc is only 90 million.

We also have to admit that the North American disc market is booming.

Therefore, in another year, the movies produced and released in the past two years are likely to bring 7 to 8 billion US dollars in revenue to Beidou Star Entertainment.

Even now, there are nearly 300 million US dollars lying on the account.

I don’t want to develop Beidou Star into the sixth largest company, so much money is enough.

"I need to go back and discuss it with the company's senior management." Anthony couldn't make the decision anymore. He didn't reach the bottom line of the shares he needed. He could only say goodbye to Gu Ming and returned angrily.

"Director Gu, why didn't you negotiate the price?" After listening for a long time, Jin Suo couldn't hold back his curiosity and asked.

"They are shareholders, and they have an estimate of how much Beidou Star Entertainment is worth."

"How much is it worth?" Jinsuo asked again.

"What do you think?" Gu Ming didn't know.

But my mental estimate is at least two billion US dollars.

For a company with an average annual net income of more than US$200 million, this valuation is not high even for a film and television company.

After all, you want to acquire the shares of the other company and pay a premium, isn’t that what you should be doing?

"One billion?" Jin Suo guessed, but when he thought that the box office of the works released by Beidou Star Entertainment in the past two years has totaled one billion, this price must be on the low side, he immediately shook his head, "I can't guess .”

"Forget it, I won't guess anymore. I won't know until I read the reports after you sell your shares?"

Jinsuo knew that no matter how much it was, it was an elusive number for him.

Let’s first earn enough to make up a fraction of Mr. Gu’s wealth.

Jin Suo secretly set a small goal for himself in his heart.

……

Anthony is just the first to win.

When the box office of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" and "Kingsman" was gradually clearing up.

The other six major companies also came to the door one by one.

Warner, Paramount, Universal, Disney, 20th Century Fox.

Among them, Disney is the most domineering.

The person coming was Robert Iger, who succeeded Michael Eisner as the new Disney CEO and was later known as Smiling Mickey Mouse.

At the same time, he found himself and the heads of the two investment companies he secretly controlled.

Offered $1 billion for 51 percent of the shares.

Even after Gu Ming refused, he thought he raised the price to US$1.2 billion.

Of course, he didn't want to kill the goose that laid the goose to lay the egg. Hollywood knew Gu Ming's vision, so it asked Gu Ming to leave at least 10% of the shares. Gu Ming would still be responsible for managing Beidou Star Entertainment.

The films shot by Gu Ming are still distributed by Beidou Star Entertainment.

It is equivalent to making Gu Ming a company executive and tying Gu Ming to Disney.

The offer is generous enough to let him manage Beidou Star, which is what Gu Ming wants.

But they want too much.

One or six years later, I can agree, but now, I can't.

I can only refuse to agree for the time being.

Anyway, such a large acquisition cannot be negotiated in a few days.

If it takes a year or two, that's normal speed.

No matter which company he faces, Gu Ming has one choice: drag!

If you keep dragging it, you might be able to find a price and condition that is higher and more satisfactory to you.

Anyway, I won't leave Los Angeles in the next two months, and I have plenty of time to spend with them.

As for the reason for not leaving.

The new Oscar nominations have been announced.

Gu Ming's movie "Shoplifters", which helped him achieve three majors, was shortlisted.

Because it was only released in a small range of theaters in North America and was not adapted to the local environment, and because Gu Ming did not invest in public relations and other awards, this film was only nominated for the best foreign language film.

Gu Ming still wants this award.

Immediately ask Daystar to spend four million U.S. dollars in public expenses.

The next two months will also be the time for me to attend various banquets, build relationships with various people, and strive to win the best foreign language film.

However, what Gu Ming didn't expect was that Beidou Star Entertainment not only attracted the attention of Hollywood giants.

Another place that symbolizes the hegemony of the United States also sent people to find it.

(End of this chapter)