I’m in Hollywood

Chapter 59

At the same time as the "Forbes" rich list caused controversy, after more than two months of exciting games, Chris successfully won the company with the final price of 2.4 billion US dollars, the original first shareholder of the company, Leslie Wick Sna was out, and on the day of signing the contract, Ltd announced the merger with Brighton Fashion.

With a series of complex financial operations, Chris has only spurred less than a billion dollars in funding, in addition to the $600 million invested by fireflies, and another $400 million in debt financing through Brighton Fashion. After the completion of the acquisition and the subsequent merger, the Firefly Investment and Brighton Fashion Company held 62% of the shares of the company, achieving complete and complete control.

"If you follow the Wall Street rules, this is just the beginning." On the phone, after Chris gave Eric a detailed introduction to the whole process of the acquisition, he still said: "As long as the company's department is streamlined and reorganized, In the short-term, the company's performance will be greatly improved, and the stock price will be pushed up. Then we will be able to split the business of the company's business and sell enough funds to pay off the debts. This is a complete realization of the enterprise acquisition cycle of an investment company, but unfortunately... ”

Chris’s sigh has not been exported yet, and Emily’s voice is faintly on the phone: “Chris, what are you sorry for, we bought the company for business, not for turning it into greed and evil for you. Personal toys for Wall Street."

"Emily, I have worked more than 12 hours a day for two consecutive months. I just got the ltd for you. Do you evaluate me like this?"

In the light laugh of a group of people, Emily’s voice rang again and grew bigger and bigger: “This is true.” Then, the microphone might have been robbed by Emily, and the voice revealed that it was difficult to suppress. Excitement: "Hey, Eric."

Although Los Angeles has not yet reached the end of work, New York is estimated to have arrived in the night. Eric took the mobile phone from the Firefly Studios post-production center through the cement ramp in the park, pushed the door into the administrative building, and greeted a movie studio executive with his eyes and continued to the microphone. Road: "Hey. Emily, are you partying?"

Emily replied: "Yes, Miss Roberts is here too, and Emma, ​​the little guy is so cute. I heard that she called your father?"

Listening to the breath of Emily's gossip, Eric satisfies her curiosity and says, "Yeah, I think this is a good way to teach Xia Xia and Kai Literature to call Dad in advance."

Emily saw that Eric did not deny it at all. It seemed to be a little discouraged, but soon said: "Yes, I still have no congratulations to you, the world's richest man."

"Thank you, but the exact one should be the richest man in the United States."

"The richest man in the United States is of course the richest man in the world," Emily said with the confidence of the Americans. Road: "However, you said that after you got the company, you have to personally create a promotional plan for the company. Can you start now?"

"You know, I have been busy with the whole people recently. You are celebrating the party. I am going to have a conference call now. I don't know when I can get off work."

Emily was not touched by Eric's words, and asked: "Then let me talk about what you plan to do, I am prepared to do it in advance."

Eric pushed the door into the conference room. Michael Lynn and others, who have been waiting here, greeted each other and sat down in their seats, only to speed up the tone to Emily: "Then you start to contact the model, not limited to the United States. Latin America, Europe And the top models in Asian countries are all right, oh, yes, it’s definitely not a model with a slim face, and it’s the first thing to have. The flat chest is absolutely not good. I plan to personally plan a guilt for Victoria’s secret. Clothing show."

Emily just wanted to continue to ask, Eric hurriedly said goodbye and hung up the line, and turned off the mobile phone. No way, if you don't shut down, this meeting won't want to go on.

Putting Motorola aside, Eric looked at the conference phone on the table and asked Allen sitting next to him: "Is Jeffrey online?"

Allen looked up and just answered, and Jeffrey’s voice came out of the conference phone: “Eric, I am.”

"That's good," Eric habitually patted his hands: "Get started, Jeffery, let me introduce you to what happened this afternoon."

Kasenberger paused on the phone for a moment, seemingly sorting out his thoughts, and soon introduced the latest developments in the afternoon negotiations.

During the afternoon negotiations, the representatives of the abc TV network were very suddenly no longer negotiating the sawing tactics as in the past. During the negotiation process, the attitude suddenly became tough, and for the first time, it was very clear that the abc was acceptable. Trading plan.

“The abc management has issued a per-share share that can only be converted into preferred shares without voting rights. After submitting this condition, representatives of the abc said that until we give a final response, they will not start negotiations until then. I personally feel that the abc management team is once again under pressure from the shareholders level and wants to complete the M&A transaction as soon as possible. This situation should be related to the recent media situation. It can be said that we have set the media public relations strategy from the beginning. It’s the effect.”

Kasenberg's voice fell, and Allen, who was sitting next to Eric, had handed a draft paper full of calculus results to Eric.

The total share capital of abc TV network is about 200 million shares. According to the price per share proposed by abc, the final transaction amount is 1.5 billion US dollars. The US dollar is equivalent to 3% of the price per share, which means that abc wants to use 3%. The shares were exchanged for the same 3% stake in Firefly Pictures, and $100 million in cash.

Before the public offer was issued, Firefly had already obtained a 3.9% stake in abc TV. ”

The other three in the conference room heard the words of Kasenberg, all looking at Eric, with excitement in his expression.

Obviously, although the debate over how much Eric's personal assets have remained in recent days has not stopped, no one can deny the fact that Eric has created the miracle of Firefly Film in just six years. As the media has become more and more in-depth on the information related to the firefly shadow industry, the other shareholders of the abc TV network have been unsettled in the face of the rapid growth of the strength and scale of the firefly film industry. I want to join the Firefly Films camp as soon as possible. The invitation of the president of State Street Global Fund is an obvious hint. Everyone can imagine that if Carlsenberg is going to dinner, he will definitely not be the president of State Street Global Fund, and perhaps other shareholders of ABC TV.

Jeffrey looked at the silent thinking Eric, waited for a while, and finally couldn't help but say: "Eric, if we can avoid Warren Buffett and Tom Murphy, get shares in other shareholders, even Get a controlling stake. Then we have enough strength to push abc alone to work with fireflies."

Eric shook his head and said: "It is definitely not possible to bypass Buffett. If you realize that you are betrayed by other shareholders of abc, then things will definitely get worse. Don't forget, Tom Murphy is not only abc TV. The major shareholder of the network, or the helm of the abc TV network, he has enough strength to completely mess up the situation of the abc TV network. Moreover, the shares in their hands are close to 4%, if a stalemate is formed in the future. It will be the battlefield of both sides. I want a strong national television network, not a 'ruin'."

Frank Wells said: "Then what should we do next, really, I want to finish this stall as soon as possible, and then take a vacation."

Eric squatted and heard Frank Wells say the word 'holiday' in his mouth. Something came out of his mind and suddenly looked up: "Frank, where are you going to vacation?"

In memory, Frank Wells was on vacation in 1994, because the helicopter crashed and was killed.

"Alps," Frank Wells replied with a smile, but quickly added: "Of course, if the work here needs it, I can go next year."

"Then next year," Eric also realized that he was overreacting, pretending to laugh casually: "You can rest for a while next year, but this year I am afraid it will not work. Even if the acquisition is completed, there will be a lot of follow-up things. You are Jeffrey’s deputy, and of course you can’t walk away at this time.”

Frank Wells has been greatly influenced by the butterfly effect. Even if he is put on holiday this year, it is estimated that he will not be surprised by the accident. Eric will push things back for a year, if he can still touch On this unfortunate, it can only be considered God's will.

"Oh, no problem," Frank Wells smiled and promised. "Eric, let's talk about business."

“Well,” Eric nodded and said: “I feel that since some of ABC’s shareholders are already on our side and exerting pressure on the abc management again, we can add some chips here. The pressure on abc is even greater. Even if it is possible to hold a general meeting of shareholders to vote, it is best to leave the management to complete the transaction."

"This method is feasible," said Kasenberg at the conference call. "If we release the news that ABC and Firefly will buy a deal next year, then the initiative will definitely return to us. In addition, I will go big. Wei. West is there for dinner, and they can also be invited to make public announcements in the media to promote this transaction."

Michael Lynn also added: "We have 1.47 million shares of abc in our hands. If one of them sells abc stocks in the next few days, I believe this scene will be even more exciting."

A few people quickly talked about a specific plan in a word, because Kasenberg has to go to dinner, Eric has not let this meeting last for too long, after the final plan is finalized, Ai Rick said: "Since this matter has reached the final stage, we must be prepared. Before this Oscars ceremony, I hope that the two sides can finally reach a deal agreement. Therefore, it can be said that this action is not Because we don't have enough time, after completing the transaction, we have to carry out a series of layouts on abc, which takes time. If we can't complete the acquisition before then, we will decisively transfer the target, GE a few days ago. Jack Welch also sent an email to me, GM has the absolute controlling stake in nbc, so the negotiation is much easier than this, as long as we can get GM, then we can win. Of course, this is only the final Choice, we have already sat so much work, not the last minute, the fireflies will never give up."

Because the TV station did not have the "Friends" in the original time, plus the management of the past few years has been (to be continued.)