The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 707 Overseas Investment
Half a month after returning to Hong Kong, Barry Diller finally brought good news to Xu Guanwu. Marvel Comics finally agreed to acquire, but the price was higher than the 7000 million US dollars proposed by Xu Guanwu earlier. The price they proposed was 9000 million US dollars. dollars.The current estimated value of Marvel Comics is $[-] million.

Barry Diller thought that this was Marvel Comics' opening up to the Lions, and suggested that Xu Guanwu give him some more time to continue dealing with them to the end and further reduce the purchase price.

Xu Guanwu was too lazy to negotiate with them. Anyway, 7000 million US dollars was not beyond his psychological tolerance, so he directly asked Barry Diller to agree to their request.

Although Barry Diller complained quite a bit, he also knew that he was still just a wage earner.Even though he is currently the chairman of 20th Century Fox, he is only a senior wage earner at best. Now that the big boss has spoken, he has no reason or ability to object.

20th Century Fox wants to acquire Marvel Comics, and the transaction volume of 7000 million US dollars is not what Fox can afford now.Now 20th Century Fox's capital balance is only about 5000 million U.S. dollars, and it is impossible to pay such a large amount of money.

Therefore, Xu Guanwu had no choice but to use his own money to inject a large amount of capital into 20th Century Fox, and also expanded his shares to more than [-]%, which greatly diluted the shares of those shareholders in the board of directors.

After the capital injection, 20th Century Fox subsequently announced the acquisition of Marvel Comics. When the news spread, the stock price of 20th Century Fox fell slightly, and market investors were not optimistic.

In fact, 20th Century Fox lost money on this deal. Although Marvel Comics is the leader in the American comics industry, it is impossible to be worth that much money.A few years ago, Warner Bros. Pictures acquired DC Comics for only 5000 million US dollars. Even if inflation, currency depreciation, economic growth and other factors are added, Marvel Comics is only worth 7000 million to [-] million US dollars. About [-] million U.S. dollars is really far away.

Among the two films currently adapted from comic heroes, only "Superman" has been successfully adapted from a comic.At present, there is no trend of adaptation, and the value of those comic heroes has not been reflected at all, so Xu Guanwu's investment seems a bit redundant, and it is impossible to see where the value of this investment is reflected.

Although the outside world is generally not optimistic about Xu Guanwu's investment, and have lowered their expectations for 20th Century Fox's operating performance, Xu Guanwu still insists on me, and proposes to invest another billion US dollars to expand Fox's subordinate TV stations, and strives to have Fox within five years. The station became the fourth largest television network in the United States.

Xu Guanwu's investment plan once again caused a sensation. One billion US dollars was considered an astronomical figure in the United States in the 80s. Even the richest man in the world was only more than 80 billion US dollars.Moreover, the project he invested in is a relatively sensitive TV media field. Thinking of Xu Guanwu's identity as a Hong Kong citizen, the United States feels a little uneasy.

However, in the 80s, the U.S. economy was weakening, and there was an urgent need for investment and jobs.And Xu Guanwu just hit it off with these politicians who urgently needed to solve the unemployment problem in the constituency, so that his investment was not banned, but was given the green light all the way.

Barry Diller started his business in a TV station earlier, and he also has a lot of experience in the integration and development of TV stations. He integrated local TV stations into the Fox TV network, either through investment, acquisition or cooperation, and soon established a large-scale TV network. , complement each other with R&H's cable TV network.

The reason why Xu Guanwu invested in the construction of the Fox TV network was mainly inspired by the media tycoon Murdoch. After the old boy acquired 80th Century Fox in the 20s, he separated the three TV stations under it and let Barry Diller set up Fox. TV network, and built the fourth largest TV network in the United States within three years.

Murdoch has thus become the most powerful media person in the United States in one fell swoop. With the Fox TV network, he can call the wind and rain, support anyone who supports him, attack anyone who attacks him, and obtain huge profits from it.

Xu Guanwu has more foresight than Murdoch, so he will not miss this great opportunity, and now is the best period of Sino-US relations, and the resistance he encounters in entering the media industry is not too big.If it was placed in the 90s when China and the United States confronted each other, it would be impossible to enter the American media industry at that time.

The outside world regards Xu Guanwu's large-scale investment in the United States, and also investing in Shell Oil Company of the Netherlands, Williams Gas Company of Canada, Royal North Sea Oil Company of the United Kingdom, etc., as a signal that he will shift the strategic center of his business from Hong Kong to the West.Calculated, at this moment, Xu Guanwu's investment in the West has reached as high as 40 billion U.S. dollars, almost all of his income over the years, so much money has been invested in foreign countries. Compared with Hong Kong's local investment, it is almost a drop in the bucket.

Many newspapers even speculated that Xu Guanwu’s next step might be to immigrate. After all, he has invested so much money in the United States, and it is always uneasy not to see it for himself. Moreover, it is said that the US government is also testing pressure on Xu Guanwu, suggesting that he enter the United States now. membership.

Xu Guanwu did not respond to outside speculation at all, and he still lived his small life every day.After Hu Yinmeng was pregnant for two months, her pregnancy reaction became more and more serious, and she could no longer stay in Hong Kong.

Because Zhao Yazhi, Deng Lijun, and Lin Qingxia would occasionally ask her to go shopping together, if they found out that she was pregnant, and the only man who had close contact with her recently was Xu Guanwu, then this relationship would be exposed immediately.So Xu Guanwu had no choice but to send her to the United States to wait for delivery, and promised her to visit her in the United States every two weeks.

Deng Lijun's concert has been carefully prepared for half a month, and the rehearsal has been rehearsed for as many as three times. Only when it is truly perfect and flawless, the ticket sales officially begin.Because of her high popularity, a total of [-] tickets for the ten concerts were sold out in less than an hour from the time they went on sale, and even the phone line was overheated. A true "hotline".

There are [-] in the infield and [-] in the outfield for [-] VIP seats. The scalper tickets are directly tripled for speculation, and even one ticket is hard to find, which fully shows that Deng Lijun's current popularity is really unstoppable.

The Hong Kong Elizabeth Stadium, where she held her concert, is also open to singers for the first time this time. There are a total of [-] seats in the venue. Many audiences came in and saw Deng Lijun's performance.

Although it was late April and early May when Deng Lijun's concert started, the weather had become a bit hot, but it was still not as hot as the atmosphere at the scene.The stage design, lighting effects, and sound effects created by a professional team from the United States made it the first time for Hong Kong fans to see such a high-level concert. Like water gurgling, gurgling...

Xu Guanwu, Lin Qingxia, and Zhao Yazhi were sitting in the front row. Feeling the vitality and heat, they couldn't help feeling a little overwhelmed.

"It would be great if Sister Yin Meng was here today." Zhao Yazhi shouted to Lin Qingxia while waving the light stick.

"Yes, it's a pity that she is going to study in the United States, so she can't come to see it with us." Lin Qingxia also said regretfully.

Xu Guanwu was a little guilty at the side, afraid that they would talk too much, so he couldn't help laughing, "Okay, stop talking, and concentrate on watching the show."

On the stage, Deng Lijun is singing "EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE". This song was originally a classic song of the police band. It was composed and sung by the famous British singer Sting. The biggest feature of this song is played by bass, which sounds quite Unique.

Xu Guanwu heard this song a long time ago, at first he thought it was a love song, but later he found out that this song was written by Sting to fight against the war.Because he likes the melody of this song, he copied it first and sang it for Deng Lijun.Although Deng Lijun's singing style is quite different from Sting's, she can perform a different style, and it sounds really beautiful, attracting frequent cheers and applause from the audience.

Xu Guanwu also waved the light stick, and sang along with the audience, looking very excited, which made Zhao Yazhi and Lin Qingxia look sideways frequently.

Deng Lijun’s concert not only had her on stage, but also invited many friends in the circle to join her. Xu Guanjie, Teddy Robin, Wenner Band, etc., brought many surprises to the fans, and also showed that Deng Lijun is in the circle. internal network.

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Deng Lijun’s concert was performed ten times in a row at the Elizabeth Stadium in Hong Kong. In the end, because the fans’ voices were too loud, two more performances were performed, and then began to move to Nanyang, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and other places, and quickly spread across Nanyang. The so-called "Teresa storm".

Seeing Deng Lijun's current popularity and influence in Taiwan, which is so close, I can't help feeling sour.They were the ones who planned to give up Deng Lijun at the beginning. If it wasn't for Xu Guanwu's favor and relationship, what happened to Deng Lijun might have interrupted her acting career.Later, Taiwan restricted Deng Lijun's entry and warned her that she would be investigated after entering the country. She was so scared that Deng Lijun didn't dare to go home after she came out of the detention center, and went directly to the United States to live in seclusion.

When Deng Lijun debuted in the United States and achieved great success, Taiwan saw the value of Deng Lijun again, and sent someone to invite her back, but Deng Lijun made excuses and declined.Now Deng Lijun is in Hong Kong, holding a concert in Nanyang, but she just doesn't come back to Taiwan, which makes Taiwan feel a little embarrassed.I secretly found someone to talk to her again, and I must go back to Taiwan to take a look.

After Xu Guanwu knew about it, he told Deng Lijun that he should not go back in a hurry, and talked slowly. It would be fine if he just went back to hold a concert, but he would not participate in any performances involving labor sympathy.

Taiwan now sees that Deng Lijun has international influence, so she wants to turn her into a living signboard for anti-communism.After all, now Taiwan has been kicked out of the United Nations, and has broken off diplomatic relations with the United States, Japan and other countries in the world, and its international status has plummeted.

Deng Lijun also knew that if she returned to Taiwan, she would definitely be arranged to perform as a labor force. At that time, iron nails would have something to do with politics.But in fact, the most taboo thing for artists is to get involved with politics, so she also thought about not going back, but she was worried that her parents in Taiwan would be in trouble, so the whole person was very entangled.

But Xu Guanwu knew that if Deng Lijun was outside all the time, her parents would not have any big problems. Just like Xu Shu in "Three Kingdoms", she would be fine if she didn't go back. Taiwan was afraid and would definitely take care of Deng Lijun. parents.If Deng Lijun returned to Taiwan and did not agree to their conditions, then it would be called "inviting you into the urn".

When the time comes, you can't leave and you can't take it off. Don't you just do what others do?Add one or two trumped-up charges, and even if she can be rescued by then, Deng Lijun's reputation will be ruined, and that would be a heavy loss.

Deng Lijun listened to Xu Guanwu's persuasion, and knew through friends in Taiwan that her parents are all well, so she felt relieved and continued her concert with peace of mind, and the earlier the better. In the second half of the year, after the ban on entry restrictions is lifted, it will be held in Japan Tour concert, to restore their popularity in Japan.

(End of this chapter)