Age of Dreams

After David was no longer so triumphant, he also told the ins and outs of the matter.

Something different from the previous life is that this time Paramount felt that "Transformers" would bring him huge profits, so he wanted to release "Transformers 2" in advance to make up for the lack of funds.

But things backfired. Not only did "Transformers 2" have no hope of being released in advance, but because of the overspending of special effects, an additional investment of at least 30 million US dollars was needed.

House seemingly endless rain.

At this moment, Deutsche Bank, which had been going through a month longer than in the previous life, couldn't bear it, and asked Paramount to repay the $450 million loan owed to him, so that he could fill the other big holes.

For the few films he made, Paramount had to sell pants to raise money. Where can the money go to Deutsche Bank, and it is a huge sum of US$450 million?

You have to say that Paramount's market value is more than 10 billion U.S. dollars, but their stalls are too big, the turnover is very laborious, and there is not much cash on weekdays.

And because they made a lot of money in "Transformers 1" before, they overspent and invested in "Transformers 2," and they were even more stretched. They didn’t borrow another $100 million from Deutsche Bank. It’s a good turnaround. When it comes to paying back the money, that’s definitely No!

They originally had the entertainment tycoon Redstone behind them, and Redstone’s Viacom was originally their parent company, but Viacom’s economic situation during this period was also poor and couldn’t afford the money. Give it to them, but let them handle it by themselves.

In no way, Paramount, like the previous life, began its own long road to borrowing again.

Generally, these movie companies do not borrow money from their peers. Because of the seven major Hollywood studios, basically there is no relationship.

Regardless of how they often co-produce movies or something, they are all profit-making. In fact, they all wish that other companies would go bankrupt, and then the entire market would become theirs.

So they usually go to major commercial banks to borrow money. For example, one of Paramount's funders is Deutsche Bank.

In the past, when Deutsche Bank had money, it could not only wait for the interest to be collected slowly, but when Deutsche Bank had money, they would ask Paramount to do some advertisements for themselves. Both of them had a very rich little life. .

But once there is a financial crisis, even Deutsche Bank, Germany's largest commercial bank, can't bear it. Let alone other commercial banks-in terms of the soundness of banks, Germany is the world's number one, more stable than Swiss banks.

Of course, there are many powerful giants in the banks of the United States itself, but the problem is that these banks have not suffered too much from the subprime debt turmoil. I was involved in other bond crises and the crises of the bankruptcy of borrowing companies, asking them to give out 450 million U.S. dollars to Paramount, and Paramount, who has always been known for making money unjustly, and God knows when they can get their money back. Come.

Therefore, Paramount was forced to have no choice, so he cast nets everywhere to find rich people, and one of them found David on the head.

Who said he likes movies, and there is a top ten super-rich dad in the United States?

David has long been eyeing the film industry. Looking at this opportunity now, I immediately pondered it.

After thinking hard for several days, he finally got a good idea. It happened that he met Sam who had returned from practice and had the same hobbies as him. The two discussed for a while, and immediately came to China to find Xiao Qi.

Well, Paramount is looking for the wrongdoers everywhere, and they are also here for the wrongdoers.

"I think so." At this point, David became rare and serious: "Paramount owes 450 million. It is only for Deutsche Bank. They also owe about 1 billion US dollars elsewhere. They can’t come out yet, they can only pay interest every year. When the economy is good, others allow them to drag it, but when the economy is bad, the banks have to tighten their funds. They will pay back a lot in two or three years. Money.

Of course, Paramount does not have this money, only relying on external support. Their parent company Viacom has also had a hard time in the past two years, and it is impossible to give this money. So now is one of the most difficult periods after Paramount was acquired by Viacom, and it is also the most favorable period for us. "

Xiao Qi nodded as he listened, David's words were his considerations in his previous life, and there was no difference.

"I mean, the three of us have joined forces to repay all of Paramount's $1.45 billion in debt, in order to obtain priority film investment rights for 10 years after Paramount." David said excitedly: " Believe me, my friend, "Transformers", "Mission Impossible", "Iron Man", "Captain America", "Avengers"... These blockbuster movies will definitely make us a lot of money, 10 years later , There is nothing wrong with doubling to earn $3 billion!"

"1.45 billion?" Xiao Qi thought he had heard it wrong. In his previous life, David only paid 450 million US dollars and got the same return.

"Yes!" David explained: "Oh, I didn't say complete, not just the priority of investment. Paramount means that if we give them all the money back, then they have the rights to the movie We choose whatever we want, and they give priority to what we want to shoot! We decide how much money to invest, and the rest of the investment quota will be divided by others, and we can even invest in full."

Sam also answered at this time: "We have all planned to release at least one heroic blockbuster every year for the next ten years, and the goal is the four movies David just mentioned! Think about it, Xiao Qi, these are familiar to us since childhood. It’s a glorious thing to be able to make movies from our hands and share them with people of the same age all over the world!"

"You all planned it before you came to me. Isn't this something wrong?" Xiao Qi said amusedly: "Is it a purse that pays money specifically and doesn't care about the rest in your eyes?"

"Then what do you think of our plan? I am a professional! If you can't make money, I will climb from the United States to China to apologize to you!" David confidently said, "Don't worry, Xiao Qi, I have never Don't lie to your friends, you have to believe me!"

Of course, David did not deceive people, he really made a lot of money on this project operation.

However, unlike his previous life, David will give an extra $1 billion in exchange for "full investment rights" and "designated filming rights" that were not available in the previous life.

Xiao Qi doesn't know much about the film industry, and he doesn't know whether these two rights can be worth $1 billion. But according to David's thinking about the film industry, Xiao Qi knows that this will at least not lose money.

Just say that a "Transformers 2" is 830 million global box office, "Transformers 3" will get a global box office of 1.1 billion US dollars, it is said that "Transformers 4" will be about the same... These three parts should make a profit of 500-700 million US dollars.

There is also "The Avengers" which is not lost to "Transformers", but it directly hit the global box office of 1.5 billion US dollars! What about the second and third parts?

The other "Mission Impossible", "Iron Man", and "Captain America" ​​are all profitable golden hens. At least in the past life that Xiao Qi has experienced, they are all gold-sucking weapons, so if large-scale investment is made, 14.5 The billion dollars can definitely be earned back, and it can really be doubled.

For any film investor, it is definitely a remarkable achievement to make around US$1.5 billion in 10 years.

But Xiao Qi didn't think so simple, his ambitions were bigger.

"David, Sam." Xiao Qi said flatly, "I think it's not enough just to exchange these promises for 1.45 billion US dollars... Don't be too busy talking, listen to me!"

After a pause, the boy continued: "I don’t know movies, but I know finance. The way we cooperate with Paramount now is indeed a win-win situation, but you have overlooked one point, that is, we and Pai Ramon is not in the same equal position! Paramount is waiting for money to save lives! The funds in our hands are their life-saving funds, why can't we get more?"

Xiao Qi has no sympathy for American companies. Taking advantage of the fire is his favorite thing to do, because American companies often do things to Chinese companies. It has nothing to do with justice or evil, but only related to his own interests.

David and Sam were dumbfounded.

"Xiao Qi, you are too cruel!"

"Wow, this is taking advantage of the fire!"

It’s true that the two are movie investors, but they really like the movie business more. Otherwise, with their family wealth, they would go all the time to play with female stars, eat, drink, and have fun. There is no problem at all, no matter how exhausted Live to invest in filming?

Hearing Xiao Qi's practice of doing business in business ~www.readwn.com~, the first reaction of the two people was that they were uncomfortable, and then they felt that Xiao Qi was a bit too greedy.

"I invest to make money, David, you should know this from the beginning." Xiao Qi smiled and said: "Go back and negotiate with them. Only 1.45 billion will get these. Do you really think our money is windy?" MGM only sold for 4.8 billion U.S. dollars! It's really not good, you tell them, we will spend 5 billion U.S. dollars to buy Paramount directly!"

"Uh……"

The two were dumbfounded for the third time.

"You, what you said is true?" David stammered a little.

"If they are willing to sell, I am definitely willing to buy it, but Lei Shidong probably won't." Xiao Qi smiled, "but we now hold their life-saving money, and if we don't strike a sum, I feel unhappy... By the way, two of you, for the five movie series you just mentioned, if you can sell the copyright to us, I think 1.45 billion can be given out." To be continued

ps: Happy Valentine's Day, brothers. If you don’t have a girlfriend, please take the opportunity to confess and wish everyone success! !