Sears is a department store that has only been established for 20 years in North America, but this department store already has more than 30 branches in North America.

The owner, Gould, was not from a wealthy family. He was a model of the North American dream that North America particularly likes to promote. He started from scratch. When Sears went public, there were only 5 branches. However, in just three years, Sears has transformed Sears into

It has more than 30 branches.

The secret is to issue new shares.

The continuous issuance of new shares allowed Gould to obtain sufficient funds from the stock market to expand his branches.

The number of Sears stores has indeed increased, but Gould's shareholding in the company has become very thin. At this time, the company's shares held by Gould were less than 31%.

Commercial success made Gould not care about these things.

Gould hopes that his department store will one day reach the scale of Macy's. At that time, it will be a real success for Gould.

Coincidentally, the main store of Sears Department Store is in Los Angeles.

Today, after finishing the work at hand, Gould planned to relax with a Cuban cigar as usual, and then go to the kt kt club to continue relaxing in the evening.

KT KT Club is a well-known Tonache club in Los Angeles. Although Gould is fifty years old and has his own children, this does not stop Gould from visiting KT KT Club.

But just as Gould was enjoying his cigar, the phone on his desk rang.

Gould didn't like anyone disturbing him at this time, but in the end he answered the phone because the work was not over yet.

The caller was Brown, Gould's stockbroker.

"Brown, do you have any good stock recommendations?" Gould said with a relaxed expression on his face after blowing out a smoke ring.

But Gould had already told himself that although the Dow Jones Index had risen somewhat during this period, based on the current situation in North America, he would definitely not buy any more stocks.

It is more appropriate to keep banknotes in your own pocket.

Brown's voice on the other end of the phone was a little nervous, and he said, "Mr. Gould, there is something I need to report to you!"

Gould didn't care, and still smiled and said, "As long as you don't recommend some junk stocks to me!"

Brown didn't pay attention to Gould's teasing and said seriously, "Mr. Gould, according to the observation of our securities firm, someone has been acquiring your company's stock in the past three days, which has also caused the stock price of your company's stock to fall here."

In three days, it rose by 8!”

Gould instantly put down the cigar in his hand, his face became serious, and he asked three questions in succession, "Who is it? How many have been acquired? Why are you telling me now?"

Brown's voice was a little nervous on the phone, and he said, "According to our observations, we should have acquired about 15 people. As for who the other party is, we haven't found out yet. In addition, the other party's income was from retail investors in the past two days, so we have no

We noticed, but just when the market was about to close this afternoon, they suddenly made a large amount of 8 shares, which made us pay attention."

Gould was beginning to feel nervous at this time. In the past, he led the company's development and never paid much attention to the shares he held in the company, but now he heard Brown say that someone was buying his company's shares in large sums.

In an instant, Gould thought that the company stock he held was already below 31!

"Acquire immediately, acquire the company's circulating shares on the stock market immediately!" Gould preached loudly.

Sears was his life and the foundation for him to surpass Macy's in the future. Gould would never allow anyone to be interested in his Sears.

Brown said helplessly, "Mr. Gould, the stock market has closed now. Even if you want to make an acquisition, you have to wait until the stock market opens tomorrow!"

Gould then remembered this matter and continued to ask Brown, "What does Wall Street say about this matter?"

Brown said, "This happened too fast, and there was no news from Wall Street. What we need to worry about now is whether the other party is optimistic about the future development of Sears under your leadership, Mr. Gould."

, or the other party wants to gain control of Sears Department Store!"

"You mean a hostile takeover?" Gould's voice was trembling.

Now he didn't know who his opponent was or his true purpose. This situation gave Gould a chill down his back.

"It's possible!" Brown said helplessly.

"It's possible!" Gould was angry and shouted directly on the phone, "fck yo, I give you so much money every year, and you actually told me it's possible?"

Brown did not show any emotional fluctuations in the face of Gould's anger, "If you want to, Mr. Gould, I have no objection, but I think we should understand the current situation more clearly now!"

Gould roared angrily and said, "Wait, I'm going to the airport to book a flight to New York tomorrow!"

Gould did not dare to take this matter lightly!

The market value of my company is around US$200 million. If the other party really wants to take over the company in a hostile manner, it only needs to spend more than US$70 million in cash to acquire more shares than my own.

He is really worried!

Universal Pictures, Office of the President!

Lew Zeman was sitting in his office chair, and sitting across from him was Kelly, the president of Apex Pictures!

"Mr. Wasserman, Universal insisted on buying the rights to "Jaws" before, wasn't it just because it liked this movie? Why is this movie about to be promoted now, but Universal has to downgrade its promotion level from grade B to B

What’s the grade?”

Kelly did not tell Luwa Zeman about the so-called breach of contract. In the case of unequal strength, background, and connections, if she said such words, there would be no other way except to make herself uncomfortable.

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Kelly believes that Universal must have this strength, and by then the day lily of "Jaws" will be cold.

So now we can only continue to negotiate with the other party on this matter.

Lu Wasserman naturally knew this, so he was so confident at this time. Do you really think it would be okay to buy the copyright of "Jaws" from his own company?

"Ms. Kelly, regarding the downgrade of the promotion of "Jaws", our company has already given a reply. The investment in the movie "Jaws" was originally B-level, and there is no problem in using the corresponding B-level promotion.

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Besides, our company has also promised your company that if the movie’s attendance rate is high, our company will definitely increase the corresponding publicity level by then!"

Kelly did not dwell too much on this matter with Lew Zeman, because it was an unclear matter in itself.

"If Mr. Wasserman thinks so, then our company is willing to bear the difference in publicity costs. Of course, when it comes to box office sharing in the future, your company will also need to reduce its share in proportion."

Since Universal is not optimistic about the movie, Kelly can only follow the method that Chu Huan told her before to negotiate with Luo Zeman.

Luwa Zeman frowned slightly, then relaxed: "Ms. Kelly, your company's producers are new to the film industry just like you, right?"

Anger arose in Kelly's heart. Lew Zeman was obviously saying that Apex Pictures was a new film company, and he was also a newcomer to Hollywood.

"New people are full of energy, while old people are sluggish. Isn't it the characteristic of young people to dare to fight and fight!"

Although there was anger in her heart, Kelly still kept herself calm.

This time, Lew Zeman looked displeased and said, "Since Vertex Pictures is so optimistic about the movie "Jaws," then do as you wish, and Universal will then send the bill to your company!"

The reason why he was able to agree to Kelly so happily was because Lou Zeman already knew that Vertex Pictures was contacting Paramount.

This gave Lew Zeman a sense of crisis, and he understood that Apex Pictures was not the only partner.

As for the movie "Jaws", Lew Zeman believes that the movie should make money, but when it comes to how much it will make, Lew Zeman is not very confident.

So after watching the sample of this movie, he decided to downgrade it to a B-level promotion. Of course, there is no reason why Apex Pictures snatched the copyright of "Jaws".

Not possible.

However, since Apex Pictures is now willing to share risks, Luo Wozeman naturally has no objection. A trivial matter such as grabbing copyrights becomes insignificant in the face of interests.

Soon the two parties re-signed a contract for film promotion.

"Miss Kelly, the film industry is different from other industries. This industry is very focused on experience. A successful president of a film production company should have a keen eye for whether a film is successful!"

When Lew Zeman and Kelly separated, he still didn't forget to tease Kelly about being a newbie.

Kelly has already figured it out at this time. In Hollywood, box office is the last word. As long as the current "Jaws" can succeed at the box office, then looking back on today, Lou Wozeman is a

What a joke!

"Thank you, Mr. Worzeman, for the reminder. Apex Pictures will pay attention to this in the future!"

After saying that, Kelly turned and left.

Seeing Kelly leaving, Luwa Zeman was slightly startled. Unexpectedly, Kelly didn't react at all!

It seems that people who can create their own film companies in Hollywood still have certain abilities, but their vision for watching movies is a bit poor.

Smiling and shaking his head, Luvozeman started busy with other things.

Inside the hotel!

"Mr. Chu, Henry and George just called. They have completed the task of acquiring 15 shares of Sears Department Store. They asked us what should we do next?"

Jerry Kohlberg asked Chu Huan, who had just arrived in the room.

Chu Huan saw that Jerry Kohlberg’s desk was filled with information about Sears Department Store.

"What do you think of this matter?" Chu Huan did not directly answer Jerry Kohlberg's question, but asked instead.

Jerry Kohlberg said in a deep voice, "I have been reading the information about Sears and Gould in the past three days. It can be seen that this person has a great obsession with power. The reason why he holds Sears now is

The main reason why Sears has so few shares is that Sears is developing too fast.

Now Gould is only fifty years old and in very good health. It is conceivable that as we guessed, this man will not give up control of Sears easily!"

Chu Huan frowned slightly, which was why they had previously used Gould's Sears Department Store as their first target.

"Gould has already bought a ticket to Los Angeles!"

Chu Huan preached to Jerry Kohlberg.
To be continued...