The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 704 Entering 20th Century Fox

On the second day after arriving in Los Angeles, Xu Guanwu paid a visit to 20th Century Fox.He was taken aback when he met Darryl Zarnuk. Darryl looked a whole round older than the last time he saw him.Hair is gray, wrinkles are increasing, and even the spirit is not as good as before.

"Oh, what's the matter with you, I haven't seen you for half a year, why are you so old?" Xu Guanwu asked in surprise.

Darryl Zanjuk smiled wryly, "In the past six months, the company has been acquired several times by an unknown investment company, and it has been frequently dismantled. Now it has robbed more than 2 million US dollars of the company's assets."

Xu Guanwu was taken aback, but he was secretly proud that he was the culprit behind the repeated raids to buy the shares of 20th Century Fox. "Then you should also take care of your health. Your body is the capital of the revolution. If it collapses, no matter how rich you are, it will be useless."

Darryl Zarnuk smiled wryly, but just nodded.

"By the way, what are Richard and David busy with now? Why haven't they been seen?" Xu Guanwu asked suspiciously.

"They're filming The Lord of the Rings in Spain now, and they won't be able to come back for the Oscars this time." Darryl said with a smile.

Xu Guanwu remembers that in his previous life, Peter Jackson filmed "The Lord of the Rings" in New Zealand, because he himself is a New Zealander, and with the help of the movie "Lord of the Rings", he showed the unpolluted natural scenery of New Zealand to the world, which greatly stimulated New Zealand's tourism industry.

But now that we are filming in Spain, I believe it should be successful. After all, Spain also has wilderness and ancient castles, and the cost of filming there is relatively low.

"Oh, as long as the filming is done, that..." Xu Guanwu was talking, but at this moment, he heard the sound of arguing, and then he heard the sound of leather shoes clicking.

The two looked over curiously, and saw four people in neat suits walking in, "Hello, we are FBI commercial crime investigators, and someone reported that Richard Zanjuk and David Brown jointly embezzled The Lord of the Rings filming fund, this is a search warrant and we have the right to take all the accounts back and search them."

After speaking, people started to take action, sealing up all the accounts of 20th Century Fox's R&D subsidiary and moving them out one after another.

Darryl Zanyuk was completely stunned, but Xu Guanwu looked at the agents in surprise, and then at Daryl, "Sir, is what you said true? The filming of "Lord of the Rings" The funds were really embezzled?" Xu Guanwu couldn't help asking.

"Sorry, we can't provide you with any information until the criminal investigation is over." The detective refused directly, and then they drove away with boxes of ledgers.

Darryl Zarnuk looked at Xu Guanwu, "Xu, I really don't know what to say, I think this should be a misunderstanding."

Xu Guanwu spread his hands, "I have nothing to say now, if this is true, then you have completely failed my trust, and I will reconsider the issue of cooperation with you."

After Xu Guanwu finished speaking, he strode out, only Daryl was left there with a pale face.

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The information in the United States is quite developed. What just happened in the morning was already on the TV station at noon. At the same time, media reporters also surrounded 20th Century Fox. Old Daryl also became the target of reporters. At the same time, he participated in the investment of "The Ring" The banker and the production company filmed by "The King" have also become the target of follow-up interviews.

Xu Guanwu, who came to participate in the Golden Globes and Oscars, also became the target of their visit. As a result, Xu Guanwu only dared to stay in the hotel and dared not go out to find other friends.

"Xu, congratulations, the plan has succeeded." Lei Shidong called Xu Guanwudao.

"Yeah, it's time to wipe out 20th Century Fox." Xu Guanwu laughed.

The stock price of 20th Century Fox plummeted due to this incident, and Xu Guanwu took the opportunity to buy it. By the afternoon, he had acquired more than [-]% of the shares.

The next day, Richard Zanjuk and David Brown were summoned to return to China to answer their questions. It is said that both of them were going to fly back to China, but there was no movement for the next two days, and then it was reported that the two were seeking political asylum. An excuse to apply for asylum in the Soviet Union.When the news came, the whole country was shocked.

This also confirmed the fact that the two of them really used the filming funds of "The Lord of the Rings". At that time, countless people called for help, wanting to recover their losses.

Darryl Zanjuk also fell ill overnight because of the news, 20th Century Fox lost its head, and suddenly fell into a situation without a leader.

Xu Guanwu announced at the right time to succeed Darryl Zanjuk as the helm of 20th Century Fox, becoming the first Chinese chairman of this established film company since its establishment nearly [-] years ago.

Once the news was released, it immediately caused a sensation in the United States, and at the same time shocked the filmmakers in Hong Kong.At first everyone thought that Xu Guanwu cooperated with Fox because Fox was strong and Xu was weak, and Xu was just a vassal of Fox.Now it seems that Fox was controlled by Xu Guanwu early on and became Xu's vassal.

This can't help but make Hong Kong filmmakers admire Xu Guanwu's ability. Being able to include the eight major Hollywood film companies is something that Hong Kong filmmakers of all generations could not even imagine. Xu Guanwu's ability is really extraordinary.

After Xu Guanwu took over 20th Century Fox, Fox's stock immediately rose, and the stock trading volume greatly exceeded the previous one, showing people's full trust in Xu Guanwu.

Xu Guanwu then announced in his capacity as chairman that 20th Century Fox would take over films such as "Platoon", which had previously been produced by R&D, and invest 2 million U.S. dollars to continue making films, including "Moonlight Panicking 2", "The Lost Treasure" and so on. Raiders 3", "Jaws 3", "Rocky [-]" and a series of sequel films.

After the news came out, the stock of Fox Corporation skyrocketed again. "Moonlight Panic", "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "Jaws" and "Rocky" are all very good movies at the box office, and the fans' voices for sequels are also quite high. Therefore, investors have reason to believe that these sequel films will once again achieve high box office. Naturally, the performance of 20th Century Fox will also rise steadily.

After 20th Century Fox took over from Xu Guanwu, it immediately rebounded strongly from the bottom. Before, the market value was only about 2 million US dollars, but now it has soared to [-] million US dollars. It is expected to wait for "Platoon", "Star Wars [-]: The Empire Strikes Back" "After the release of the movie, the market value will further soar.

After consolidating the impending collapse of 20th Century Fox, Xu Guanwu went to the hospital to visit Darryl Zanjuk.He suffered a cerebral hemorrhage due to strong stimulation, and now he only has half his life left.When he saw Xu Guanwu, he just blinked his eyes, but couldn't speak.

"Don't worry, Fox's stock price has rebounded now, and your property is much larger than before." Xu Guanwu said to him, "Well, don't worry, I will take good care of this company."

When Darryl Zanjuk heard that the company had survived, he couldn't help smiling, but when he thought of his son being wanted by Interpol, he couldn't help but burst into tears.

Seeing this, Xu Guanwu didn't stay any longer, and returned to 20th Century Fox, and then began to poach from Paramount, the most important being the head of Paramount, Barry Diller.Barry Diller is a very capable person. He worked on ABC TV in his early years and created two enduring themes of TV series and TV movies. Then he joined Paramount Pictures and created "Star Trek" ", "Pink Panther", "Police Academy" and many other hit movies, is one of the most famous filmmakers in Hollywood.

Xu Guanwu sincerely invites Barry Diller to join 500th Century Fox with an annual salary of US$5.00 million and a 20% profit share.Such salaries are considered high in Hollywood today.Barry Diller's annual salary in Paramount is only 500 million US dollars.

So Barry Diller was very satisfied with Xu Guanwu's salary.However, he also has a request, that is, he hopes that Xu Guanwu can give him enough power during his tenure as chairman, and hopes to respect his position as chairman.

For Barry Diller's request, Xu Guanwu fully accepted it. So, on the third day after Xu Guanwu took over 20th Century Fox, the current chairman of Paramount, Barry Diller, transformed himself into the chairman of 20th Century Fox. President, completely replacing Darryl Zanjuk's position.

Barry Diller's status in the American entertainment industry is also quite high. After he joined, the stock of 20th Century Fox climbed again, and its market value was close to [-] million US dollars.

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It can be said that Hollywood is not quite peaceful recently. Explosive news followed one after another. First, the well-known producers Richard and David were accused, and then the company's accounts were taken away by the FBI. Afterwards, Richard and David went to the Soviet Union to seek refuge. Afterwards, the stock price of 20th Century Fox plummeted, and Darryl fell ill and was hospitalized. Later, the well-known Hollywood investor Xu Guanwu took over 20th Century Fox, and then announced a new filming plan, which made the stock price rise again. Le jump ship to 20th Century Fox...

Breaking news broke out one after another frequently, and each of them was quite eye-catching, even the upcoming Golden Globe Awards and Academy Award Ceremonies paled in comparison.

In fact, quite a few investors and production companies were affected by Richard David’s embezzlement of funds this time. At the beginning, nearly a hundred Hollywood companies invested in it, and many companies even went bankrupt to support the filming of this film.

But the preliminary results found now show that Richard and David have embezzled at least 3000 million US dollars of funds, and took away another [-] million US dollars of funds stored in Swiss banks on the eve of their escape, and now the remaining money can only barely Enough to complete the first book of The Lord of the Rings.

Many companies have suffered heavy losses because of this, and the whole of Hollywood is also in mourning. Even the Golden Globes and Academy Awards are in dismal condition. People's hearts are bleeding. Millions of dollars are gone like this. It is really unaffordable for them. loss.After all, not everyone is as rich as Xu Guanwu.

During the Golden Globe Awards, the money embezzlement case broke out. In order to avoid being questioned by reporters, Xu Guanwu did not even participate in the Golden Globe Awards.Half a month later, when the Academy Awards were held, the chairman of 20th Century Fox had been replaced by Barry Diller, so Xu Guanwu specially asked him to represent him, but he himself did not go there.

Although the Golden Globe Awards and the Academy Awards were affected by the vicious case this time, the guests were not very excited, but Xu Guanwu still won awards for his films such as "ET" and "The Shining". Fox added more trophies and became the biggest winner of these two awards ceremonies this year.

When the news came, 20th Century Fox's stock soared again, indicating that people were still optimistic about Fox's prospects.

Xu Guanwu just smiled when he heard that he won the award, but he didn't show too much excitement.Now these awards are just icing on the cake for him, and it doesn't matter whether they have or not.Just like Tony Leung, who won the Best Actor award for seven times in a row, his expression after winning the award was quite calm, and he only said "thank you" before stepping down.On the contrary, Yuan Hua, who won the Best Supporting Actor, was so excited that he was about to cry.

Xu Guanwu did not participate in these two award ceremonies, but went to New York with his wife and children to meet Deng Lijun there.

(End of this chapter)