In the dazzling flash of lights, Kang Jianfei and Martin Davis signed their names at the same time, then stood up, smiled and held hands, posing for reporters to take photos.
"Crack!"
"Crack!"
"Crack!"
After a burst of applause, the whole room was filled with the sound of camera shutters. The reporters attending the meeting were not stingy with their film.
Among the major movie giants in Hollywood today, Paramount has always been in the top three, and has even been at the top for a long time. This time, an Asian actually came to acquire Paramount and became Paramount with 37% of the shares.
Ramon is the second largest shareholder, which is big news throughout California and even North America.
After Kang Jianfei and Martin Davis completed the signing of the agreement, they walked side by side from the rostrum. Countless reporters immediately gathered around to interview them.
"Mr. Davis, why did Haixi Company sell the 29% of Paramount shares?" a reporter asked first.
Martin Davis, dressed in a formal suit, smiled and said: "Mr. Kang is a bright and unique film businessman. Working with him, I am very confident in Paramount's future."
As soon as Martin Davis finished speaking, a Chinese reporter immediately said: "Mr. Kang, I am a reporter for the United States' "World Journal" from Taiwan United Newspapers. By investing in Paramount, do you want to fully enter Hollywood?
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Kang Jianfei, like Martin Davis, answered the question in a roundabout way: "North America is the world's largest film market. As a film investor, I naturally cannot miss this opportunity."
"Will DreamWorks' focus shift to North America?" the Chinese reporter continued to ask.
Kang Jianfei said: "The focus of DreamWorks, now and in the future, will always be the Asian market. The Asian market is an emerging sunrise market. I believe that there will be a development there that does not belong to the North American market."
The Chinese reporter wanted to ask another question, but another American reporter had already spoken first: "Mr. Kang, after you enter Paramount's shareholder meeting, what changes will Paramount make? Will it increase the number of Asian-themed movies?
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Kang Jianfei said: "The first thing is to reorganize the board of directors. I personally will not interfere too much in Paramount's daily affairs. As for whether we will increase the number of Asian-themed films in the future, we will definitely not. But I hope to be able to expand the number of Asian-themed films in the United States and Asia."
Build a bridge to increase opportunities for film workers from Asia and North America to communicate with each other."
Lizhi followed Kang Jianfei at all times, holding the contract she had just signed in her hand. She saw Kang Jianfei talking eloquently surrounded by many reporters. She felt a sense of pride in her heart.
After answering questions from more than a dozen reporters, Kang Jianfei left with Martin Davis.
In the next two days of shareholders' meetings, Paramount's board of directors was reorganized, and Lin Qingxia and two other executives from DreamWorks became board members as representatives of Kang Jianfei.
In fact, the shareholders of Haixi Company don't care much about Paramount's affairs. They basically only focus on the accounts. The company's development route is decided by Paramount's president.
If this kind of complete decentralization is paired with a capable president, Paramount's development will be very strong. In the past ten years or so, Paramount happened to have two very good leaders.
The current president of Paramount is the kind of mediocre person who is content with the status quo and follows the rules. Currently, Paramount Pictures is supported by two assistants of the former president. In another time and space, in the next two or three years,
After these two assistants to the former president, Michael and Jerry, were poached by Disney, Paramount declined rapidly, and was finally sold by Hexi Company as an abandoned son in 1993. The two poached
The former assistant to the president, Michael became the president of Disney, and Jerry became the president of Animation DreamWorks. Both guys are great people.
Now that Kang Jianfei has entered Paramount's shareholders' meeting, the guys at Haixi Company who don't understand movies have directly handed over the company's decision-making power to Kang Jianfei. As long as Kang Jianfei doesn't mess around, then he can chart the company's development path as he pleases.
The first thing Kang Jianfei did after taking control of Paramount was to remove the current president and replace him with Shirley Lansing, who was invited by Kang Jianfei himself through a phone call.
Even if Kang Jianfei doesn't know much about Hollywood, he still knows that there is a woman who has controlled Paramount for 13 years. She is Shirley Lansing. Later, the annual Women's Rights Award in Hollywood was named after her - Snow
Leigh Lansing Leadership Award.
In the 1990s, when Shirley Lansing took over Paramount, Paramount had already fallen to the bottom of the eight major film companies. It was she who brought Paramount back to the top. "Braveheart", "Amazon"
Kim, "Titanic," "Mission: Impossible," "Face/Off," "The Truman Show" and "Saving Private Ryan" were all filmed when Shirley Lansing was in charge of Paramount.
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At this time, Shirley Lansing was no small figure. Eight years ago, she served as the general manager of 20th Century Fox. Later, she founded her own ** production company with her boyfriend Stanley Jia Fei. Her boyfriend Jia Fei
He is no longer a simple figure, but the future general manager of Paramount Media. The two husband-and-wife team, one president and the other general manager, can be called Hollywood's golden partners.
After receiving Kang Jianfei's invitation this time, Shirley Lansing and Stanley Jia Fei immediately put aside their independent production companies and came to Paramount to take up their posts.
In just a few days, Paramount's top executives were changed in the hands of Kang Jianfei. Shirley Lansing was appointed president of Paramount, and her boyfriend Stanley Jaffe was appointed general manager. And Michael
After Kang Jianfei personally contacted Kang Jianfei, two future talents, he felt that their film professional abilities were great, but their vision and ability to manage the company were still a little immature, so they were temporarily appointed by Kang Jianfei to be responsible for Paramount's production work.
Shirley Lansing, who became the head of Paramount, appeared with Kang Jianfei in the Hollywood industry journal Variety. The front page of this issue of Variety showed Kang Jianfei smiling and looking straight ahead, and Snow
Photo of Leigh Lansing looking back and laughing.
An Asian and a woman became the actual decision-maker of the old Hollywood giant Paramount, which made many American conservatives sneer. They were just waiting to see the joke of Paramount's decline.
"Variety" printed a big title next to the picture on the front page: "Paramount's New Owner."
The media here in the United States have been making a fuss. Some American media even said this: The Japanese use US dollars to buy things everywhere in the United States, buy land, buy buildings, and buy all visible and invisible goods. Now the Chinese also
Come on, who will come to the United States for shopping next?
There is no way, the Japanese bought a hundred companies in the United States. It would not be as sensational as Kang Jianfei's acquisition of 37% of Paramount's equity, because as a Hollywood movie giant, Paramount is the center of attention.
The American media is like this. Hong Kong newspapers are going crazy.
"Oriental Daily" directly made a big headline on the front page: "Kang Jianfei takes over Paramount, a victory for Hong Kong filmmakers"!
"Ming Pao", "New Pao", "Hong Kong Financial Report", "Sing Tao Daily", "Tian Tian Kuai Bao", "Wen Wei Po", "Ta Kung Pao"... Whether it is left, right, neutral, or partial to entertainment, current affairs, and finance
In the newspaper, the headlines on this day were all photos of Kang Jianfei and Martin Davis shaking hands after signing the contract.
Cultural and entertainment companies receive far greater attention than ordinary companies. Kang Jianfei's actions caused such a powerful sensation.
As the news spread around the streets of Hong Kong, Kang Jianfei bought the entire Paramount Pictures instead of just becoming the second largest shareholder.
In addition to the Hong Kong media, newspapers from Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia also reported on it, but it was not as sensational as Hong Kong.
What surprised Kang Jianfei the most was that Mainland's "Xinwen Lianbo" and "People's Daily" both briefly reported on the news of Kang Jianfei's acquisition of Paramount. They also popularized the knowledge about what kind of company Paramount Pictures is.
The moment it hit the news, Kang Jianfei's name was firmly remembered by many high-level domestic decision-makers. Before that, Kang Jianfei was just a relatively influential Hong Kong businessman in the cultural field.
Taiwan did not pay attention to this matter at all. It was not because of the news control, but because President Chiang Kai-shek died just half a month ago. At this time, the people of Taiwan were still in "mourning and sorrow" and the newspapers were busy
When you publish an article in memory of the former president, how can you spare the time to take care of what is happening in the American entertainment industry?
Hong Kong, Golden Harvest Film Company.
Zou Wenhuai looked at Kang Jianfei shaking hands with Martin Davis in the newspaper and sighed with emotion. He suddenly felt that he was old, not physically and mentally, but mentally.
Kang Jianfei has spent a lot of money developing the film and television city over the years. Although the land and buildings have increased in value, they have never been converted into cash. Zou Wenhuai never thinks that Kang Jianfei can easily spend more than one billion US dollars to acquire Paramount shares.
His behavior was definitely a grand gesture that was done with great effort, but he would never have been able to do it.
In fact, Zou Wenhuai guessed well. Kang Jianfei really spent a lot of effort to allocate so much funds, part of which was borrowed from banks.
Kang Jianfei mobilized a total of 2 billion U.S. dollars to acquire the 37% of Paramount shares, spending a total of 1.7 billion U.S. dollars. Kang Jianfei had other uses for the remaining nearly 300 million U.S. dollars, that is, to acquire Japan's Sega games.
company.
When Kang Jianfei acquired Paramount shares, the price was obviously too high. This was an agreement he reached with the shareholders of Haixi Company, and the reward was that Kang Jianfei purchased Japan's Sega Game Company from Haixi at a low price.
For the shareholders of Haixi, when they invested in Sega, a small game company, and made dozens of times profits in more than ten years, this was a good opportunity to sell. And in the original time and space, the man who bought Japan
Sega's President Nakayama has not yet appeared. This is probably the result of the butterfly effect.
Kang Jianfei knows that Sega, which is still just a star in the Japanese video game industry, will become an international gaming giant in a few years.
This deal was Zhou Yu's choice. One was willing to fight and the other was willing to suffer. Both parties were very satisfied with the transaction. Kang Jianfei bought 80% of Sega's equity for only 68 million US dollars. If Kang Jianfei was knocked out when he acquired Paramount's equity
If Haixi Company sold Sega to Kang Jianfei, it can definitely be called a tearful sale. Sega's property rights in Japan alone were worth nearly 40 million US dollars a few years ago. In recent years,
The Japanese yen has appreciated rapidly, and Sega has been developing very well. Under normal circumstances, Sega Game Company would not be able to obtain hundreds of millions of dollars. (To be continued...)
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