"Xiao Fei, brother doesn't object to your falling in love, but you must protect yourself in the middle, you know?" Liu Dongyu said earnestly, touching his sister's little head. ≤,
What he cares about most now is his parents, sister, and his confidante! If any of them is harmed, Liu Dong will definitely turn the whole world upside down without any regard.
"Oh, brother, I have grown up, and I haven't fallen in love yet!" Liu Fei said quickly after taking off her brother's hand on her head.
"Well, if we don't talk about it, we won't talk about it. Let's go have dinner!"
When things go to extremes, they must turn against each other, and Liu Dong didn't say too much on this matter.
After lunch, Liu Dong took his sister and Ivanka around Philadelphia's famous attractions, the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall, as well as Chinatown.
Then, in the next three days, he took the two women shopping and eating, and after enjoying all the sights in Philadelphia, Liu Dongcai had to leave Philadelphia due to work reasons!
But Ivanka did not leave because she had to prepare for her graduation defense at Wharton School of Business! However, after Liu Dong left, Ivanka did not stay in Philadelphia for long!
Liu Dong took a private plane and flew directly from New York to Los Angeles!
Then in the famous Beverly Hills mansion, I met the famous Sheldon Adelson, the boss of the Sands Group, again!
"Mr. Liu, we meet again!"
"I didn't expect to see Mr. Adelson in the United States again so soon!" Liu Dong said.
"No, no! Nearly four months have passed since the battle for Macau's gambling license, which is a long time!" Adelson shook his hand.
After smiling, Liu Dong said: "Since the time is not short, I wonder if Mr. Adelson has prepared what I want!"
"Of course! If I hadn't been prepared, I wouldn't have rushed to find Mr. Liu!"
After finishing speaking, Adelson waved, and the secretary standing behind him immediately handed over a document!
"This is the equity document of MGM Pictures that Mr. Liu wants. If Mr. Liu thinks there is no problem, I am willing to use it in exchange for Mr. Liu's Macau gambling sub-license!"
"I want to take a look first!" Liu Dong said.
"Of course!" Adelson made a please gesture!
Seeing this, Liu Dong picked up the document with a hint of excitement.
After "The Lord of the Rings" had a global box office of more than 800 million U.S. dollars and a profit of nearly 1.5 billion U.S. dollars including movie peripherals, Liu Dong fully realized the huge profits of the film industry. This also allowed Liu Dong to have
The idea of jumping into it!
However, New Line Cinema's structure is too small, its overseas distribution capabilities are weak, and its production capabilities are far inferior to those of the Big Seven in Hollywood. So this year, Liu Dong focused his attention on the most powerful film companies in Hollywood.
After looking around, it turned out that only MGM was the most suitable to acquire.
In addition to its glorious resume, and after thirty consecutive years of recession, it is relatively easy to acquire! More importantly, it is still the only large independent production company in Hollywood. Unlike Time Warner, Paramount, Columbia, and Disney, they
, with the support of a large consortium behind them, the acquisition is too expensive, and it is very easy to be blocked by the U.S. Department of Justice!
Moreover, the person who controls MGM Pictures is the famous gambling tycoon Kirk Kerkorian. From his attitude of selling MGM three times and buying it three times over the past thirty years, we can know that this guy is basically
It's not that I want to develop in the film industry, it's just for my own entertainment.
Sell it when you get bored and buy it back when you want it!
After doing this again and again, a good one has been established for nearly 80 years. It has shot one of the most outstanding films in the history of film, "Gone with the Wind", created the long-lasting screen classic "007", and created the immortal cartoon image "Cat".
and Mouse', initiated the establishment of the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and launched the Oscar Awards. At its peak, it had a gathering of superstars, and the great film company known as the 'King of Hollywood' was left behind by him for thirty years.
The downhill road!
Even if United Artists Pictures later acquired Chaplin, who was also a great film company at the time, it did not allow the merged Lion to regain its glory.
On the contrary, the war blockbuster "Windtalkers", which was just released this year, plummeted at the box office and became the straw that broke the camel's back, once again bringing MGM United Artists to the edge of bankruptcy!
I'm afraid this is the reason why Kirk Kerkorian sold it and Alderson used it to exchange for the gambling cards in Liu Dong's hand!
The reason Liu Dong was willing to buy this company was to lay a good foundation for himself to enter the world film industry.
"A skinny camel is bigger than a horse", with more than 4,000 movies and a global distribution network, MGM is far from being comparable to New Line Cinema, which has just emerged!
After reading the contract, Liu Dong nodded, "OK, no problem!"
"Haha, Liu, I wish us a happy cooperation!" A delighted Alderson picked up the wine glass!
“A pleasure to work with!”
Just three days after Liu Dong signed the contract with Alderson, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which had attracted much attention due to the failure of "Windtalker", quietly changed owners!
Because the film industry is not a sensitive technology, and Liu Dong asked Del. Roosevelt to help, the U.S. Department of Justice did not have too many obstacles to this transaction!
After everything was settled, the Washington Post and Newsweek, which had also been acquired by Liu Dong, but with most of the shares in Ivanka's name, were the first to publish the news of MGM's change of ownership!
Because the film industry is all about exposure, and MGM's name is too loud, and the news of the company's change of ownership will not be hidden for too long, so in line with the idea of not leaving the money to outsiders, it is still controlled by the two companies.
It would be great if the major newspapers and periodicals reported it!
As expected, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, a well-established studio, changed hands again, instantly attracting the attention of the United States.
However, like Sony's acquisition of Columbia, it attracted national attention and even opposition. After the acquisition, Liu Dong divided the company's shares into several shares, including his own Dingsheng Fund, iq instant messaging company, Standard Chartered Bank and Hanhua Holdings.
Four companies come to control.
In addition, MGM Pictures is not listed on the market, so the change of ownership of this last independent film company in Hollywood did not allow Liu Dong, who has attracted much attention because of the NBA draft, to attract more attention again!
"Dong, I feel a little nervous!"
Ivanka Trump held Liu Dong's right hand tightly and said with a slight tremor in her tone.
She also didn't expect that the surprise Liu Dong mentioned when he was in New York was actually 40% of the shares of the three major newspapers in the United States, "The Washington Post" and "Newsweek", as well as the president and CEO of the prestigious MGM Corporation.
Official position!
Although I have had entrepreneurial experience before, and even served as the vice president of New Line Cinema for half a year, and I also have a family background, all of this cannot be compared with Matrix Media, which has a combined revenue of nearly 10 billion US dollars.
That’s right, it’s Matrix Media!
This is the flagship company established by Liu Dong himself to enter the media industry!
The company is headquartered in Los Angeles and includes ATV, Golden Harvest Pictures, Ming Pao, New Line Cinema, MGM-United Artists, The Washington Post and Newsweek, Marvel Comics, and
Representative companies such as Colombia's NBC and El Time!
Except for MGM Pictures, "Washington Post", "Newsweek" and Marvel Comics, only a part of their shares belong to Matrix Media due to political influence. The rest of the TV stations and newspapers in Hong Kong and Colombia basically belong to Matrix Media
under its banner.
This is also the first time that Liu Dong has brought to the table the "gray industries" he acquired in Colombia, and this is also his first attempt to test the waters. If possible, he will gradually integrate all Colombian industrial groups.
Little by little, it was incorporated into his business empire!
"Don't be nervous, the company belongs to us anyway, why are we afraid of what others will say! Besides, haven't we already prepared the press release for you? Just read it when the time comes! Don't worry!"
The encouragement from her lover gradually calmed down Ivanka Trump's nervous mood.
"It's almost time, let's go!" Liu Dong looked at his watch and pulled Ivanka to stand up.
"Then I'll leave first!" After taking a deep breath, Ivanka said to Liu Dong.
"come on!"
After shaking his fist at the opponent, Liu Dong watched as Ivanka, wearing a black women's professional suit, disappeared out the door.
At this time, the press center in the MGM studio headquarters building was crowded with media from all over the United States! Everyone wanted to know if MGM had any new big moves after changing owners!
But compared to what MGM will do in movies, they obviously have Ivanka Trump on the podium and sitting in the center with Ike Perlmutter, the president of Marvel Entertainment.
Location, and the notice board placed on the table stated the CEO's reason for being more interested!
Facing the snowy flashes, Ivanka took a deep breath and approached the microphone and said loudly: "Welcome to all representatives of the media to attend the MGM Pictures press conference today! Before the interview begins, let me first
I would like to announce two important news to you. First, in the next one to two years, MGM Pictures will cooperate with Marvel Entertainment on three major movies adapted from comic books, and the investment in each movie will be no less than 100 million.
Dollar!!"
"Secondly, in addition to the cooperation with Marvel Entertainment, MGM Pictures will invest another US$500 million in 10 to 15 movies. We also welcome screenwriters from all over the world to submit scripts to us. If the conditions are right, we will
You can consider investing!”
As soon as Ivanka finished speaking, there was already an uproar in the press gallery. (To be continued.)
ps: Thank you to book friends ‘Stay with each other in this life’ and ‘Beichen Xiaoyue’ for your support. Thank you very much!