Gusta, the boss of Lionsgate Pictures, drank a lot of wine, and his original depressed mood dissipated a lot. Although he was slightly jealous of Yi Feiyang, after all, the two were still friends.
At this time, Yi Feiyang came over with a wine glass. Gusta saw him and smiled: "How about it, Yi, doesn't it feel good to be pestered and drunk?"
Yi Feiyang shrugged, "Fortunately, I am not drunk after a thousand cups, so I can still bear this little wine."
"In that case, then come and have a drink with me!" The two raised their glasses, clinked them gently, and drank it all.
"Yi, now that your career is becoming more and more successful, what are your plans next?" Gusta asked.
"Speaking of which, dear Gusta, I was just looking for your help. I heard that there is a small TV station under the Rainbow Group that is not doing well. They are anxiously looking for a new one. I plan to take over this company.
I heard that you have a good relationship with the boss of this company, can you help me match him up?"
"Are you talking about AMC TV station? That shabby TV station that has been losing money for three years...?" Before Yi Feiyang could speak, Dures, who happened to be walking over, exclaimed, and Gusta looked at him in astonishment.
Seeing Gusta and Dures looking at him blankly, Yi Feiyang nodded affirmatively again and said: "Yes, it's AMC."
What kind of TV station is AMC...? It is a third-rate TV station that has been losing money for three consecutive years, has debts of more than 100 million US dollars, and may go bankrupt at any time. Yi Feiyang suddenly said that he would take over such a poor TV station, which is of course surprising.
Gusta stood there with a gloomy expression, thinking about this matter over and over in his mind countless times, and suddenly found that Yi Feiyang's move was unbelievable. Could it be said that China Yi intends to enter the TV industry? But Fantasy Entertainment and Fox
The cooperative relationship with the TV station is very good. Why settle for something far away?
As for Dures, he was hit hard by Yi Feiyang's plan. It wasn't that Yi Feiyang didn't greet him in advance, but that in Dures' view, acquiring this TV station was too risky, and it was like buying junk!
In short, the only problem is that when Yi Feiyang takes over this TV station, he will have to bear huge losses every year. Unless there is some magic elixir that can save this TV station, otherwise, it will be a 100% loss-making business!
But when has China Yi, which has always been known as the "Golden Touch", ever made a loss-making business?!
This is even more puzzling.
However, as a middleman, Gusta clearly knew that his old friend Mr. William from the Rainbow Group was very eager to sell this oil bottle. Now that someone was taking the initiative to buy it, why not be a favor to him?
After thinking carefully, Gusta finally looked at Yi Feiyang. He sighed and said:
"Okay, I understand. Yi, but I still want to make it clear that the TV station has suffered serious losses and has high debts. No one can save it. If you regret it when the time comes, don't blame me, an old friend...
…" Say the ugly things first, so as not to be blamed later. Gusta does not want to be taken advantage of.
In fact, deep down in Gusta's heart, he was still vaguely happy. Seeing that Yi Feiyang had such a smooth journey, it was rare for him to suffer a loss. This was also a disguised consolation for Gusta.
Then he can say to people: "Look, man, even the Midas winner sometimes stumbles."
Thinking of this, Gusta pretended to sigh again, and then "helplessly" agreed to Yi Feiyang's request.
Seeing Gusta leave politely, Dures came over immediately, grabbed Yi Feiyang's arm with both excited hands, and looked into his eyes: "Yi, tell me... why did you buy that TV station?! Do you have
What plans are there without?!”
"Don't be too nervous, Adu." Yi Feiyang looked at Dures's face and knew that he didn't understand his behavior this time. "As a friend and associate, when have you ever seen me do a loss-making business?"
Awakened by Yi Feiyang's words, Dures let go of Yi Feiyang, "That's right, you are a cunning fox, but this time... it's really puzzling!"
"Is it difficult to explain? Then I will explain it to you. Yes, Adu, our current cooperation with Fox TV Station is very good and very satisfactory, but don't forget that Fox TV Station and Fox Company were born from the same parents.
Tell me, when we really go to war with Fox Studios, whose side will this network be on?"
"Besides, Adu, if you take a clear look, as our Fantasy Entertainment grows stronger and stronger, there are more and more subsidiaries, but there are very few corresponding external publicity and public opinion tools, except for our own network
The platform is the Google website and the "Entertainment New World" newspaper. In addition to these, what else is there? Look at those big movie companies. There are so many media resources at hand, such as newspapers and magazines, radio stations, TV stations, and video websites, God
Yeah, if we forcefully fight a propaganda war with them, we will definitely die!"
"Yes, our public opinion was very good before, but it was all opportunistic and creating gimmicks to get the media to actively help us with publicity; imagine that one day, we no longer have explosive news, will they still help us as always?
!”
What Yi Feiyang said made Dures speechless.
Fantasy Entertainment has been developing so smoothly that people have almost overlooked its flaws, or innate deficiencies. Especially in terms of publicity, almost every time it relies on the incredible news revelations concocted by Yi Feiyang, attracting those media to take the initiative
Helping in the hype. Subconsciously, Dures had already regarded this as the right thing to do, but he forgot that he was not obligated to do this at all, it was just to grab the news.
A word to wake up the dreamer!
When Dures thought of this, he couldn't help but feel a chill. Just imagine, if everyone continues to be so confused, then Dream Entertainment will probably die miserably if they really go to war with Fox.
"I understand, Yi, yes, I understand! But... why is it this TV station?" Dures couldn't help but ask.
"Haha, of course this TV station is cheap enough!" Yi Feiyang joked, "In fact, this TV station has huge production resources and a production team. This is what I value...the reason is that I am planning to start filming a TV series!"
Yi Feiyang shrugged his shoulders.
"What? God. You are not going to make a movie anymore. Are you going to make a TV series instead?" Dures looked at Yi Feiyang in shock for a long time. Then he took a deep breath and said, "Did I hear wrong...?!"
You know, today Yi Feiyang is no longer a small director, but a well-deserved big name in Hollywood. He is a big director who has defeated Peter Jackson and Sam Raimi. Who can think of filming a TV series for a person with his status?
?!
What is a TV series?
Compared with movies, it's down several levels.
But Yi Feiyang plans to give up his popular movies and work on this kind of TV series. How can you not surprise people?!
Of course Yi Feiyang also understood the meaning of Dures' surprise, but he didn't want to explain too much. Do you want to tell him that he can see the future? In the future, many big directors, such as Spielberg and others, will all go to work on TV series.
, "Under the Sky", "The Vampire Diaries", "Game of Thrones", etc., are so popular that in the future TV series will attack against the will of heaven and will even surpass the movies to dominate the entire American entertainment industry. Let everyone
Surprised...
"You heard that right, buddy." Yi Feiyang said with a smile. "But I don't want to give up on movies. On the contrary, I want to use my reputation in movies to make a name for myself in TV series!"
After all, Dures was a smart man, and he immediately understood that Yi Feiyang wanted to use his own brand to make TV series, which would undoubtedly save a lot of advertising costs. Just imagine, a major movie director starts filming a TV series, which is a kind of
Huge gimmick.
After understanding this, Dures couldn't help but exclaimed. As the company's vice president, he had also drawn up the company's blueprint, but he had never fantasized about establishing his own media network channel. It was not that he didn't want to, but that he
Don't have this kind of courage.
Think about it, running a United Artists film production company is already so difficult, and you are on tenterhooks every day. If you want to acquire other industries, such as AMC TV station, then the difficulty factor will be doubled.
Yes, although film companies and TV stations will be more influential, if they form a whole, it means that as long as one of them has a problem, the other party will be affected.
It is very possible that the film was originally shot well, but because the TV station suffered losses, the film company went bankrupt along with it...
The management difficulty of a group company is completely different from that of a single company. If you want to succeed, there is only one way, and that is to acquire a new industry. The industry itself must make money...it does not have to be a burden to the acquirer.
But how can an industry that makes money itself be easily acquired? The media industry on the market is not a loss-making liability, and investment talents must not give up. The seven major groups have developed for nearly a hundred years, carefully selected through countless mergers and acquisitions... and have also gone through various processes.
The ups and downs led to the current scale.
AMC is the best example. The sale price is between 60 million and 70 million U.S. dollars. However, when investors buy this TV station, they have to bear a debt of 100 million U.S. dollars, which is equivalent to a price of nearly 200 million U.S. dollars.
For sale, and the operating conditions are extremely bad, it is definitely a hot potato for anyone to buy it, and it is impossible to make a profit...
"Yi, you have to think clearly!" Dures finally said, "AMC is not a good company, it is a TV station that is rotten to the core! Someone once investigated this TV station in detail, and now they don't have a good program.
There is no good series, no loyal audience, and the viewership has not reached 100,000 for one second in the past three years. Even if we acquired it at a very cheap price, we will continue to invest money into this mess!!"
In response to Dures's last warning, Yi Feiyang smiled and said: "I understand, man, but now we have to take risks. Yes, the Roman Empire was not built at once. Believe me, since the movie we
If you can play it successfully, then the TV series will also be able to create miracles!"
…
Yi Feiyang is a very trustworthy person. He said that if a press conference was to be held the next day, it would be held.
On the same day, Yi Feiyang delivered a speech at the Hilton Hotel.
There were two themes during the period. First, he was competing with Spielberg for an Oscar. He was full of confidence and wished his old friend Spielberg would win with him. Second, Fantasy Entertainment was preparing an acquisition plan with the goal of
AMC, a cable television station owned by the American Rainbow Group.
As soon as these two pieces of news came out, they were like thunder, shocking all the media reporters.
Let’s not talk about the outcome of the national Oscar ceremony war in April and May; let’s just talk about Fantasy Entertainment’s acquisition of AMC, which is a strange news in itself.
Why do you say this?
As we all know, this TV station is famous for being desperate, with a large staff and huge debts. The most important thing is that it is a "junk stock", and whoever buys it will be unlucky.
As a result, after the press conference, many explosive remarks came out.
"China Yi is going crazy again and wants to acquire AMC, expand media and build an entertainment empire!"
"Incredible! Incredible! A rubbish TV station has turned into a treasure. Miraculous Yang wants to acquire and build it!"
"Temporarily give up on film creation and lower the level to make TV! What kind of drama is Magic Yang singing?!"
…
Yi Feiyang sneered at the ridicule and ridicule from the outside world.
In his opinion, these reporters have nothing to write about, so they grab some small news and turn it into a big bomb. Grandma's bear, so what if he really loses money? Can't he even afford this loss?
?
After this press conference, Yi Feiyang began the acquisition of AMC, with investment manager Alex as the core. His acquisition team gradually added several people, including Louis Carr, who was responsible for legal aspects.
.A professional financial accountant, and an asset appraiser...
On the other hand, Yi Feiyang, in the spirit of democracy, brought the AMC acquisition plan to an internal meeting of Fantasy Entertainment for discussion.
He, who has always been decisive, had already decided on this proposal, so even if there were objections - mainly the fat man Gao Jiabao and some cautious senior officials, they could not change his mind in the end.
Therefore, after Yi Feiyang's strong announcement, there was a shock within Fantasy Entertainment, and it was immediately passed almost unanimously. The reasons for this are self-evident.
"What a waste of money." Fatty Gao Jiabao couldn't help but talk to himself after the meeting, shaking his head.
"Senior supervisor, I always feel that this can still be done. As long as we acquire AMC, won't our strength become stronger and stronger?" A subordinate in the finance department asked doubtfully.
The fat man looked at this subordinate as if he were an idiot, and said unhappily: "Hey, idiot, have you ever seen someone who has cancer and is still alive and kicking?" AMC is simply a cancer, and anyone who carries it is a chronic disease.
suicide.
After confirming that everything was OK, Yi Feiyang used Gusta's relationship to start formal negotiations with the American Rainbow Group. The management of Rainbow Group was also extremely excited. Yi Feiyang's acquisition of AMC was too beneficial to them.
After hearing the news, William Som, the person in charge of the Rainbow project, was so happy that he didn't even sleep for several nights.
William Som is fifty-four years old this year. He has long passed the golden years of struggle, and even in bed he has lost the passion of his youth. I think back then, he was highly sought after in the Rainbow Group, vowed to accept the AMC TV station, and
He vowed to make it the largest and most competitive cable TV station in the United States. He still clearly remembers the warm applause at that time, which seemed to announce the arrival of William Sommer. But things went against his expectations. Not long after he took over the TV station, the U.S. economy began to decline.
Entering a period of weakness, the economic bubble caused the VIP customer share of cable TV to plummet. You must know that cable TV maintains its operations through paid programs, not advertising. For this reason, AMC was hit hard and once fell into an operational crisis.
At this time, William Som did not back down, but suddenly came up with the idea of creating a TV program to break out of the encirclement. He found funds and began to produce his own TV station's exclusive program "Fantasy Adventures". This TV program is large-scale, from the United States
From the Amazon, to the African savannah, to the giant stone sinkholes in Europe, the adventure venues are one after another. The program staff swims with crocodiles, dances with lions, and makes friends with African savages... It can be said that it is a collection of new and strange things, which is very interesting.
However, after the production of this drama was completed, the audience did not buy it, thinking that it was just a replica of the American geographical adventure program. The ratings fell to the bottom for a time, and even the old customers that had been retained before were lost. There was no way.
, this TV program had to be temporarily cut in half, but it was too late, and the production funds spent on it were irretrievable. AMC was directly in debt, and was subsequently sentenced to death by Rainbow Group.
After the failure of this "middle-aged entrepreneurship", William Som understood the truth that when a person gets old, he must accept his old age and not push himself into the fire pit out of impulse.
Therefore, when he heard that the Chinese upstart from Fantasy Entertainment was planning to acquire his own TV station, William Som was particularly interested. He almost jumped with joy. That night, he rarely showed off his power and had a 300-round battle with his wife in bed.
In William's view, as long as the price is right, he will sell half of the company's equity he controls; and the remaining equity is in the hands of other people in the Rainbow Group. Of course, if Yi Feiyang wants to acquire it wholly, those guys will be happy to throw it away.
This burden.
In order to increase the price, William Som sent AMC TV's financial statements to Yifeiyang's acquisition team, clearly describing the company's income and expenses, all claims, debts and assets. Yifeiyang's professional accountants reviewed this statement
I made an audit report and there were no problems.
Next, the asset appraiser went to New York to conduct a comprehensive valuation of AMC.
After a week of review, the most valuable TV series on AMC TV is actually "AMC Backstory". The rest are basically money-losing products.
God can prove that it takes a lot of prodigal skills to turn a TV station that was originally doing well into such a virtuous one. Obviously, Mr. William Som is an expert in this area. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature,
