Chapter 1367 Win "Vanity Fair"
The first movie that Yin Jun chose for Sophie Marceau was a work that suited her very well.
"mean girls".
Translated into Chinese, there is a very vivid name.
"Mean Girl".
This campus comedy movie that has set off a youth storm all over the world was relaxed and cheerful, and the global box office exceeded 130 million US dollars.
Its videotape revenue was even better, bringing Paramount a total of more than $30 million in profits.
With this video tape alone, Paramount has already made a comeback.
Because of the good returns, Paramount immediately arranged "Mean Girls 2". After losing the previous four heroines with their own characteristics, the box office and response of "Mean Girls 2" was not good.
The original first heroine was Lindsay Lohan from Disney's Mickey Mouse Club.
The remaining three heroines are also very strong, Rachel McAdams, Liz Kapan and Amanda.
Interestingly, the three behind are all famous acting players in the future, but only the first heroine Lindsay Lohan, who is getting worse and worse, and there are almost no works.
The success of "Mean Girl" is definitely not only because of the heroine's performance, but also because the other girls here all have various charms that are not inferior to the heroine. Everyone competes for beauty together, so that such a youthful and beautiful movie appears.
Therefore, Yin Jun not only wanted Sophie Marceau to play the first heroine, but also had to find some suitable opponents for her.
The young man doesn't have to take action on his own, just leave it to the producer and director who is responsible for the production of the company.
They all know the relationship between Yin Jun and Sophie Marceau, so they will definitely not neglect them.
All companies, as long as the boss asks, have good execution capabilities.
For example, on the second day of the Oscars, Yin Jun invited Goldman Sachs' Corauti to negotiate the acquisition of Vanity Fair magazine. In less than five days, he received a positive response.
"Vanity Fair" belongs to Condraster, the most famous old-fashioned magazine group in the United States. It was once a hit in the 1930s.
However, due to the subsequent Great Depression, Vanity Fair was suspended for decades and was slowly re-issued the publication the year before, but the effect was not very good.
In these two years, Vanity Fair has not met expectations, which has disappointed Condrast's headquarters.
Suddenly, a super rich man came. They were of course very happy to buy this not-so-prosperous magazine.
Yes.
Yin Jun is in the eyes of the Americans. He is a super rich man.
Because according to the calculations of Wall Street in the United States, Yin Jun’s total assets have reached 4 billion US dollars.
This still removes Yin Jun’s actual assets after a loan of up to US$4.5 billion.
Ahem...
Speaking of which, Wall Street is also amazing. Yin Jun originally had only 3 billion US dollars in debt in August last year, but in the later bottom-buying process, they found out that they had borrowed 1 billion US dollars from Sumitomo Bank and 500 million US dollars from HSBC.
Because Kirin Group is not a listed company, it is impossible to accurately estimate Yin Jun's assets, but Forbes still arranged the assets for Yin Jun.
They value Kirin Culture as much as US$4 billion, and the richest one in Kirin Group is naturally the copyright of the series of comics under Kirin Weekly.
"There have already been treasures like Transformers and Saint Seiya. Who knows that the third one will not appear?" This is the best compliment to Kirin Weekly.
The second place is the North American branch.
Out of high opinion of its own company, the North American branch owns a total of wholly-owned subsidiaries such as Disney, Lianyi Film, Digital Field, IMAX, and Silicon Pictures. They also own shares in MTV TV Channels, Microsoft, Nike and other companies, so their valuation also reached US$3 billion.
The remaining Yin Jun's assets, including factories in mainland China, valued a total of US$1.5 billion.
Converted, it is exactly 4 billion US dollars in net assets.
When Americans look at a person's wealth and status, they definitely look at not only money, but also the level of their assets.
Just like that among the world's three major rating agencies, the evaluations given to Kirin Group are all aaa-level, which belong to "companies that encourage investment in it."
This is why we are quite optimistic about the future of Qilin Group.
Four years later, in 1987, Forbes released the rankings of world rich people for the first time, and then the concept of the world's richest man would have been there.
But the financial system of the United States is very complete, and they have long had a well-known estimate ranking in the industry.
In this estimation system, Yin Jun ranks in the top 20.
The people in front of him and the people behind him, the youngest, are more than twice as old as Yin Jun.
As one of the most famous old magazines in the United States, Condrast naturally knew Yin Jun's reputation and his wealth.
He hired a senior partner of Goldman Sachs to ask, and naturally he had a strong desire to buy, rather than asking.
After careful consideration, they offered a price of $30 million.
Corouti's advice to Yin Jun was, "This price is slightly higher than the market price, but it is still recommended to win it."
As Yin Jun’s earliest partner in the United States, Corouti has helped Yin Jun run a lot of business, including the now-growing Disney and Lianyi Film Company, which he helped to buy.
At the beginning, Corouti was still thinking that if Yin Jun was not well-managed, he would help Yin Jun run and sell these two companies in less than two years and make another profit.
But unexpectedly, after the two film companies came to Yin Jun, they were like they were injected with chicken blood. They kept appearing in good works and good programs, and their value soared. Now they have become the number one giant in Hollywood. It is simply unbelievable.
Even Corauti himself never expected it.
Looking at Yin Jun's continuous conquests in the Asian "Qilin Weekly" series, Corouti has regarded Yin Jun as his best partner in the future, rather than a pawn that can be used.
These financial elites have always known to find a way out for themselves.
Or find a support.
In case someone can pull himself in when he is at the end of his life, instead of jumping directly from the Empire State Building.
The reason why Corouti looked for Yin Jun was not only because Yin Jun was a genius, but also because he knew Yin Jun's personality.
This is a humble gentleman from the East. He never said to his friends that he had made billions of dollars in his career for Xiangjiang Commercial Bank last year, but it was really not something that ordinary people could do.
But there is one thing that you cannot be false to him. If you want to become a true friend, Yin Jun will help you without hesitation.
Therefore, Corouti had long abandoned other ideas and worked hard to help Yin Jun do things seriously, striving to reach the point where Yin Jun is a close friend as soon as possible.
So this time, Corauti personally took action to negotiate the price for the acquisition of "Vanity Fair".
Of course, Yin Jun could not believe only Korati. Kirin Group also commissioned a consulting company to evaluate the price of "Vanity Fair", which was about 30 million US dollars.
The boy didn't know how "Vanity Fair" was sold to the family of super media tycoon Newhouse, because Shiyi Newhouse acquired the entire Condraster Group, and the price was about 200 million US dollars.
Then, Shiyi invested heavily in "Vanity Fair", making "Vanity Fair" come alive and finally became the most profitable single project under Condé Nast Group.
However, when buying things, it is not about how much it is now worth, but how good its growth is.
For example, Apple's turnover has exceeded 600 million US dollars, accounting for 43% of the personal computer share, which is extremely popular.
It is also highly sought after in the stock market. The three major rating agencies also gave it aaa-level evaluation, the same level as Kirin Group.
Kirin Group is a private group and does not accept investment from ordinary investors, but Apple is a listed company. Of course, the threshold for investing in it is much lower.
Therefore, countless people bought Apple's stocks, and Apple's stock price continued to rise, becoming a hot star in the stock market.
But Yin Jun knew that this was a super pit.
With the rise of Microsoft, computers like Apple that have closed systems will definitely be beaten to pieces and have no resistance at all.
In the end, even the leader of Gang Qiao was unable to save him, so he could only leave the Apple company he founded sadly.
Apple has thus ushered in a super low for more than ten consecutive years. Even people like Michael Dell who sell computers dare to say, "The best way for Apple now is to declare bankruptcy, sell the remaining assets, and pay the shareholders." This shows how miserable Apple was at one point.
If anyone goes to buy Apple’s stock now, just wait and cry!
I just don’t know if they had the persistence, and they waited until after 2004 or even after 2007 before they had the chance to get out of the trap.
Think about the 20 years of wasted time. In recent years, Yin Jun only wants to represent the future Chinese investors and give them some condolences. It turns out that you American and American investors have had this day!
"Vanity Fair" is different. It has a deep foundation and has re-established some user groups through the re-issue of the past two years.
Moreover, Yin Jun knew how to regain his vitality in Vanity Fair and became a magazine that earns 100 million or 200 million US dollars every year. He also held the most famous "Oscar Night" party in the world's entertainment industry, and also had the reputation of "the world's number one life magazine".
Such a huge influence is more important than the money it can make.
A powerful entertainment group needs such magazines.
Time Warner is such a good example.
Time Warner, which owns Time magazine, is the world's number one media group. No matter how powerful Disney is, no matter how large your News Corp is, it will be inferior in terms of foundation and momentum.
Of course, "Vanity Fair" is not as good as "Time" and has a different level.
But Yin Jun doesn’t want to be the world’s number one media group!
Being the top three in the world is enough to allow Yin Jun to exert his influence.
So, after learning about Corauti's negotiations, the boy signed the acquisition contract neatly.
Just waiting for the two companies to negotiate the details, "Vanity Fair" is Yin Jun's unique property.
The boy had already had a complete idea of how to manage "Vanity Fair".
Compared to Shiyi and Newhouse in his previous life, Yin Jun doesn’t have to take any detours.
No one knows clearly that as long as two people can be found in this world, Vanity Fair can become the world's number one entertainment life magazine.
Even though Yin Jun is not a person in this fashion circle, he has heard of the names of these two people, and he still has a very deep impression of the second generation.
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(Happy holidays all of us!^_^)
Chapter completed!