As for the last remaining major shares of Standard Chartered Bank, they are still controlled by Dingsheng Fund and Hanhua Holdings respectively!
After this division, all of Liu Dong's industries are basically clear, including the Chinese business group headed by Hanhua Bank Group, the American business group headed by Dingsheng Fund, and the Colombian American Bank business group that is still hidden in the dark for the time being.
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Dingsheng Fund, Hanhua Bank Group, and Bank of America are all 100% privately held by Liu Dong and will not be listed in the future. Moreover, the shares of the three are intertwined and woven into a network to jointly resist various potential risks!
Since New Year's Day, Liu Dong has been integrating his various companies according to his own ideas. The documents sent to him from the three major business groups every day are piling up. Fortunately, Liu Dong is full of energy, and there are two extraordinary abilities around him.
My confidante, so things have always been handled smoothly!
As the Lunar New Year approaches, Liu Dong has fewer and fewer government affairs in his hands, and the busiest period has passed!
"Here, this is the report given to you by Mr. Fei of ATV. He has acquired "Ming Pao" as you asked, and the filming of the first TV series "My Love Is Not Over" and "I Have a Date with a Zombie 3" have already started!
This year they will complete the filming of 12 TV series! Also, the negotiation between ATV and the Shenzhen Municipal Government has ended, and ATV has obtained the permission to build a film and television city on 1,500 acres of land in Nanwan!"
In fact, ATV had purchased 250 acres of farmland in Hong Kong's Tsuen Wan district during the Qiu Teck Puat period to build ATV's film and television shooting base. However, its old enemy TVB has moved into Tseung Kwan O Studios, and ATV's land in Tsuen Wan has not touched a single shovel.
Nowadays, as Hong Kong's many subway lines and expressways converge into Tsuen Wan, transportation is convenient. Moreover, the Tsuen Wan area near the sea has suddenly become a prosperous business place.
The value of the 250 acres of land in ATV's hands has increased significantly. However, although the area is not small, it is not enough to build a film and television shooting base. Moreover, building a film and television shooting base in Hong Kong, where land is so valuable, is obviously not as profitable as commercial development.
The profit is more, so this land has been left by Liu Dong to Huayang Group. When Huayang is strong enough, it will use this land to build a comprehensive complex including a five-star hotel, high-end apartments, and a commercial center.
type building!
ATV's film and television base is located in Shenzhen, which is very close by. Not only is the land price cheap, but it is also less than an hour or two drive from Hong Kong, which is very convenient!
Looking at the end of the document, Fei Junyi applied for the terms of 800 million Huaxia coins. Liu Dong didn't hesitate, signed his name on it, and gave it to Lin Ling!
And Lin Ling, who until her husband was rich, did not attach too much importance to the investment of 100 million U.S. dollars.
After putting away the document, he picked up another new document and gave it to Liu Dong!
"This is from New Line Cinema. Now the global box office of "Lord of the Rings" has reached 800 million U.S. dollars!" Lin Ling's tone was filled with surprise. And the beautiful eyes looking at Liu Dong were filled with obsession and enthusiasm.
love.
Beauties love heroes. Although Liu Dong is not a hero, his cheating business talent impressed Lin Ling, a talented woman. This is why Lin Ling, who has a superior family background and is both talented and beautiful, is willing to devote herself to him, even if she is afraid
The main reason why you won’t regret sharing it with others!
"Already 800 million US dollars?"
Looking at the materials, Liu Dong was also a little surprised. Three days after the movie reached 100 million, he received a call from Ivanka Trump and knew that his unintentional investment would definitely make a fortune. But what Liu Dong didn't expect was that,
In just over a month, the box office of "Lord of the Rings" has actually reached 800 million U.S. dollars, a figure that is enough to shock everyone. Moreover, the movie has not yet been released, and even Japan, the world's second largest box office, has
Without it being released, we can be sure that the box office of "Lord of the Rings" will continue to rise!
"It seems that the film industry is really promising!" Liu Dong said, stroking his chin.
An unintentional move of chess actually burst out with such huge energy, which made Liu Dong a little impressed by the potential of the film industry!
You must know that this movie can earn nearly 300 million U.S. dollars from the box office. And the later movie peripherals, including TV broadcast rights, DVDs, toys, etc., can also bring more revenue than the movie box office.
The most profitable thing about a Hollywood blockbuster movie is never the box office but the peripheral sales!
It is conservatively estimated that this "Lord of the Rings" can bring Liu Dong at least 1 billion US dollars in income. Of course, it may take half a year or even longer to recover all the money!
However, looking at the expenditure items on the movie, Liu Dong felt very sad. Because "Lord of the Rings" was jointly released by New Line and Time Warner, according to the split principle of 30% in the United States and 40% overseas, the box office of "Lord of the Rings"
At the very least, let the other party share nearly 200 million US dollars!
But there is nothing we can do about it. Who calls New Line Cinema a small company?
"What are these?" Liu Dong asked in surprise as he looked at the documents at the bottom.
"They all cost money!" Lin Ling said.
"...The second and third parts of "The Lord of the Rings" will be shot in two consecutive episodes, requiring an investment of 200 million US dollars!"
Liu Dong doesn't have much objection to this investment. The first part of "The Lord of the Rings" made a lot of money, so making a sequel is a matter of course.
"...In addition to "Lord of the Rings," New Line Cinema plans to shoot next year's "Christmas Elf", "Dumb and Dumber", "Straight Out of the Box", "Rat Man" and "Pirates of the Caribbean"!
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Lin Ling's final emphasis made Liu Dong feel a little strange, "Is there anything wrong with "Pirates of the Caribbean"?"
Unlike Liu Dong who doesn't care about the entertainment industry, Lin Ling, who once studied in Canada, is very familiar with Hollywood.
There has been no successful pirate-themed movie in Hollywood before. There was also a previous pirate movie "Cutthroat Island" that lost tens of millions of dollars, which left the industry with lingering fears.
If "Pirates of the Caribbean" was just a movie project with an investment of 10 to 20 million US dollars, then Lin Ling would not have any objection, but its investment is 140 million US dollars!
Therefore, Lin Ling was opposed to the project of this movie, but Liu Dong still had to make the decision. After all, he was the boss behind New Line Cinema!
After listening to Lin Ling's narration, Liu Dong also became a little suspicious, but he was cautious by nature and did not draw a rough conclusion, "Is there a movie script for it?"
"Yes, President Xia Ye has sent the script, but it has not been printed out in the company mailbox for the time being!" Lin Ling said.
"Print out the script and give it to me later. I'll give you an answer after reading it!"
Although Liu Dong doesn't know much about movies, the most important thing about a good movie is that the sentences are smooth, the plot is logical, and it has a certain degree of appeal!
Can Liu Dongtou's story of reading the script without investing money attract him, an outsider? If he can watch it, then ordinary people will definitely be able to watch it, and then this movie will have investment value. The previous "The Lord of the Rings"
》This is how investment comes.
With "Lord of the Rings" in front of him, Liu Dong is more confident in his vision!
Lin Ling had no objection to Liu Dong's decision, and more importantly, he believed in Liu Dong's vision!
After approving the document, he handed it to Lin Ling and said, "Is there anything else?"
"Of course there is, one good thing and one bad thing, which one do you want to hear first?" Lin Ling said with a smile.
"It doesn't matter, whether it's a good thing or a bad thing, you still have to know, it's just a few minutes sooner or later!" Liu Dong shook his head.
Hearing this, Lin Ling pouted and said with a coquettish tone in her coquettish voice: "You are so boring, here you go, see for yourself!"
"What are you looking at?"
With that said, Liu Dong took the magazine from Lin Ling's hand. When he saw the words on it clearly, he couldn't help but said in surprise: "Times Magazine!"
"Open it and take a look, my great genius, this time you have become famous all over the world!" Lin Ling said with a hint of admiration in her tone!
Although Liu Dong, a man, enjoys the adoring eyes of beautiful women, the huge logo of Standard Chartered Bank in Time Magazine and the title "The birth of the world's largest merger in 2002" attracted more of his attention!
After opening the cover and title page of Time Magazine, the first page contains news about Standard Chartered Bank.
"January 1, 2002! Just as everyone was celebrating the arrival of the New Year, Sally Krawcheck, the 'Queen of Wall Street' who had just resigned from Bank of America and became CEO of Standard Chartered Bank, announced that Standard Chartered Bank had acquired
Seven small and medium-sized U.S. banks, including Properity Bank, Glacier Bank, Southern Bank, and First Republic Bank, took full ownership of the shares. As a result, Standard Chartered Bank's branches in the U.S. rapidly increased from the initial 103 to 665.
Becoming the eleventh largest commercial bank in the United States after HSBC! When we thought that a super bank with 1,242 branches worldwide and total bank assets of US$300 billion, surpassing the Imperial Bank of Canada and ranking 41st in the world, was born,
We underestimated Standard Chartered’s ambitions!”
"...On January 10, 2002, exactly one week and three days after the acquisition of Standard Chartered Bank, they once again announced the merger with Standard Bank of South Africa, the largest commercial bank in Africa, at their British headquarters. Since 1987,
Due to racial issues in South Africa, after Standard Chartered Bank sold 39% of its shares in Standard Bank of South Africa, the two banks merged again after 14 years!"
"...After the merger, Standard Chartered Bank has more than 2,000 global branches, reaching an astonishing number of 2,032! And in less than a month, it has become an international bank with 80,000 employees worldwide and total assets of US$428.9 billion.