Winning the new financial era

Chapter 629 The big guy from Disney
Under the recommendation of Goldman Sachs and Ohhhausen, Zhang Yida met with David Urban again.

Urban is still very much looking forward to meeting Zhang Yida.

Although he was also a veteran of the Gulf War and won a medal, this does not contradict his role as the president of a lobbying company.

The green dollar is faith!To hell with the rest!

The United States is so realistic that it is perfectly normal to lobby the government for a foreign company.

Especially in the past two years, a large number of Chinese technology companies have become the new funders of lobbying companies on K Street, and at the same time, they have also driven the growth of business volume in the industry.

Now the favorite thing for lobbying companies is to receive orders from China.

Urban and Zhang Yida had a good chat. The former first bragged about his schoolmate relationship with Secretary of State Pompeo.

Even Pompeo's position was obtained with his help.

Then, he talked about what great achievements he had made and how he valued his suggestions.

Americans have never been restrained, especially those who do lobbying work. The purpose of Urban's doing this is also to show Zhang Yida his energy so that he can successfully accept this lobbying business.

After Zhang Yida heard this speech, he also expressed his position directly: "Mr. Urban, I trust your ability and strength very much, and the lobbying work of Musical.ly can be entrusted to your company.

My hope is: Let the current ruling party members and officials not be so hostile to Musical.ly, we are a responsible technology company and never get involved in politics..."

Urban raised his eyelids and said calmly: "Mr. Zhang, you also know that this is an extremely difficult task."

Zhang Yida narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at the celebrity in front of the leader.

"1000 million US dollars!" Zhang Yida reported a figure.

This figure may not sound like a lot at first glance, but it is the total revenue of Musical.ly in the US market for a month.

In addition, giant companies such as Google, Facebook, and Apple spend tens of millions of dollars in lobbying the government every year.

Urban smiled slightly, took a sip of the Americano coffee that was on the table, and sighed secretly that this trip was the right one. Chinese companies are really rich, unlike those companies in Silicon Valley who searched and searched, which is simply outrageous.

In fact, the difficulty of lobbying for foreign technology companies is different from that of domestic technology companies, and the fees for the former are naturally much higher.

"Mr. Zhang, if you want to achieve the effect you want, it is estimated that you need to lobby hundreds of officials. This amount of money is not enough."

Zhang Yida knew how greedy the bald eagle in front of him was.

But greed is a good thing. If you want to make money, you have to make some achievements in a down-to-earth manner.

"If it is fruitful, I believe we will have greater cooperation."

Urban naturally understands what this means, and wants to show both hands. Is this questioning his own strength?
Well, for the sake of dollars, he didn't care about Zhang Yida's impoliteness.

Nodding his head, Urban said with a smile: "Okay, let's talk about this today, and we will communicate on further lobbying results after a while."

Next, Zhang Yida called Musical.ly Americas President Ryan and the legal counsel, and arranged for them to start drafting a contract with Urban's lobbying company, including the lobbying field, the obligations to be performed, and so on.

And Zhang Yida himself chatted with Urban about other topics.

After the contract was signed, Musical.ly USA asked the finance company to make a deposit of 200 million US dollars, and the subsequent payment will be made in batches depending on the results of the lobbying.

This is a normal process, and Urban naturally has no objection.

After the two parties signed, he shook hands with Zhang Yida to say goodbye, and took a group of employees to leave the New York suburban manor where Zhang Yida lived temporarily.

Watching the group leave, Ryan walked up to Zhang Yida and said, "Urben is not a big man, and the real benefactors behind Pompeo and Pence are the Koch brothers.

The biggest benefactors behind the entire Elephant Party are also the Koch brothers. Among the initially appointed cabinet members, a total of 16 people have been funded by the Koch brothers.

In addition, the Koch brothers also supported the election of at least 19 senators, 42 representatives, and 4 governors in this election. "

Zhang Yida has naturally heard the name of the Koch Brothers. The Koch Group is an unlisted company with an extremely large power. Its business mainly includes oil, electricity, energy, chemicals and timber.

The Koch Group is also the largest private company in the world. In 2006, the company's annual revenue exceeded US$1000 billion, and today it is at least several hundred billion US dollars.

The two brothers each have a net worth of more than 500 billion U.S. dollars, and their combined net worth is comparable to that of Bezos, the world's richest man.

In addition, the Koch Group is also the most polluting company in the United States. Although it is often fined, it is nothing compared to the benefits it earns.

The reason why he has such confidence and has survived for so many years is because he can make friends and cultivate spokespersons.

The U.S. government routinely passes bills that favor the Koch Group and oppose unfavorable ones.

This is the real behind-the-scenes boss!

Zhang Yida knows the Koch Group, and Ryan, who is an American and a senior executive of a technology company, also knows it, and even knows it better.

Zhang Yida asked with a smile: "Do you know the Koch brothers? Can you make some connections?"

Ryan shook his head and laughed, "How could I know such a big man.

I'm just giving you an idea, Boss. If you can find the Koch Brothers to speak for our company, it may alleviate a lot of hostility from the Elephant Party. "

Zhang Yida frowned, "Do you think I have such a big face?"

Ryan scratched his head, that was indeed a question.

The Koch brothers are engaged in industry, and they are not short of money. They really look down on small companies like Musical.ly.

Although Zhang Yida had never dealt with these American tycoons, he could almost guess what these people were like. Capitalists all over the world were the same, and valued profits most.

I can't provide any benefits that they think are of "great value", and it is almost a dream to let others use political power to help you.

……

After hiring a lobbying firm, Zhang Yida started looking for Musical.ly's American team.

Vice President of Warner Music Group, Senior President of Public Policy of Google, Global Creative Director of YouTube, Vice President of Global Commercialization of Facebook, Vice President of Sony Entertainment... A large number of executives of American technology and entertainment companies have entered Zhang Yida's sight.

Among them, the biggest coffee is Kevin Mayer, whose current position is Disney Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer.

He has promoted Disney's acquisitions of Pixar Animation, Marvel, Lucasfilm, and 21st Century Fox.

He also led the launch of the Disney streaming service application Disney+, which currently has more than 5000 million paid subscribers worldwide, and is also one of the most successful and mainstream streaming media in the world.

At the same time, Kevin Mayer is also an important candidate for Disney's next CEO, and has a high reputation in the industry.

Although Mayer is 56 years old, but with a height of [-] feet [-] inches and a broad frame, this professional manager who is approaching old age is still very tall and full of style.

Zhang Yida is not short, but when he shakes hands with Mayer, he still needs to raise his head slightly. The other party is half a head taller than him.

Because Mayer lost in the struggle for Disney's successor, she is basically hopeless as Disney's top leader.

So when Zhang Yida offered him an olive branch, he decided to come and have a chat with Zhang Yida.

(End of this chapter)