Tang An was somewhat curious and took what looked like advertising brochures from Xu Manyun's hand.
"Didn't you ask me to pay attention to the house? The second phase of Li Palace in Xishan Villa District has been put on sale. This is the best villa district in Beijing in the past two years." Xu Manyun said with a smile.
"Le Palace?"
It's time to change the house. He still lives in an ordinary high-end community before, which is too inconvenient.
The boss of a big conglomerate does not match his status.
Of course, this is not because Tang An is pretending to be cool and has to buy a luxury car and live in a mansion.
This is something that symbolizes status. Is it fair to invite a boss worth billions or tens of billions to my home that day in an ordinary community in Beijing?
Also, the better the house, the higher the trust you will give others when it comes to the loan, what you want to invest in, and how to finance.
Unless you are almost at the level of Marco, even if you live in a mid-range community and drive a Jetta, it will be fine.
Even for Ma Ge, the top-of-the-line BMW 760li that originally cost more than 3 million yuan was replaced by a Maybach 62s that costs more than 10 million yuan.
"How long does it take for Li Gong to get to the company?"
Tang An flipped through it casually and asked.
Traditional villas in Beijing have one mountain, two rivers, three lines, and four highs. This mountain is Xishan, and Li Palace is in the Xishan villa group, which is also the top villa group in Beijing.
Although there are some more impressive villas in the capital, Xishan is almost enough.
“It only takes 5 minutes to get to the airport, 20 kilometers away from the company, and you can get there directly from the airport expressway to Dongzhimen in more than 20 minutes.”
“The location is not bad, how much does it cost?”
"The building king is 150 million, the lowest is 40 million."
Xu Manyun pointed to the particularly obvious building in the album and said.
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Even after more than ten years of skyrocketing housing prices, Tang An was still speechless at the high price of 150 million.
"They are all houses with an area of 1,000 square meters. The area is quite large. There are elevators, swimming pools, and gardens in the villas. There is also a river flowing through it. That's it. You can show me a few houses worth around 70 million. Wait for me
I’ll decide after I come back from the United States.”
Tang An didn't look too far. There couldn't be anything wrong with this top-notch villa, and it was worthy of the price.
Buy a mid-priced one and keep it low-key.
Don’t be afraid of spending money. If you are short of money, just take out a loan. Don’t use the money in the bank in vain.
I flew to New York this evening. The time difference was 12 hours, and the journey was 13 hours. It was still evening when I arrived, and Bernard went public early the next morning.
Xu Manyun thought for a while and asked, "Is there anything else you want to explain? Do you want me to go with you?"
"No, there's nothing going on over there. Yu Dong made a few calls and the listing should go smoothly. Then we'll have a cocktail party with Columbia and that's it."
Tang An shook his head and continued, "First help me find a few capable assistant directors and producers, and we will start preparations for the next installment of the "囧" series."
"If you really decide to hand it over to the newcomer, he has no experience in directing alone."
Xu Manyun was a little worried. If this went wrong, it would affect the entire series.
When the time comes, looking for Xu Zheng to come to the rescue will definitely cost a lot of money.
"Don't worry, Wang Wei has been practicing with "Painted Skin 2" for a while. Wu Ershan said that he performed well. Some people are born to be directors. Don't look at it with ordinary people's eyes."
Geniuses are geniuses. Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige's Virgo made them famous in one fell swoop. Even most of the subsequent movies were not as good as the first one.
Although "White Night" is a web drama, the plot is not sluggish at all and the rhythm is very well controlled. There should be no problem for Wang Wei to film "Detective Chinatown".
But the logistics and the crew have to be sorted out for him. As a newcomer, the nonsense things that happened on the crew will be enough to make him miserable, and he will also shoot a crappy movie.
"Okay, let Mr. Chen personally supervise the production. It would be better if he controls the crew."
Xu Manyun didn't say anything anymore. It was the first time for Wu Ershan and Xu Zheng to make a movie.
At 7 o'clock in the evening, Tang An took Liu Ye, Tang Yan, his secretary, and bodyguards on the plane to New York.
I boarded the plane at around 7pm Beijing time on the 27th and arrived at around 8pm New York time on the 27th.
A cheerful Yu Dong came to pick him up in person, followed by Zhou You, Liu Yu and others, as well as Bernard's artists and other celebrities who came to support.
There are also a few Americans whose origins I don’t know.
Tang An greeted them one by one.
"Dr. Yu, seeing how happy you are, there must be some good news."
"Dr. Tang is so clever that he signed a contract with Rupert Murdoch just this morning." Yu Dong said with a smile.
A group of dozens of people walked outside while talking. Through Yu Dong's explanation, Tang An also knew.
News Corporation, through Yu Dong, repurchased approximately 12% of the shares held by Matrix Partners, Haina Fund, and Sequoia Capital.
Even News Corporation, one of the world's largest media groups, is optimistic about Bernard. Now Bernard is probably the most popular company, and there is no doubt that it will be successfully listed.
Yu Dong still holds 46% of the shares and has retained nearly half of the shares. After the successful listing, his net worth will skyrocket.
Several extended commercial vehicles drove the crowd to Times Square. Tang An and Yu Dong were traveling in a car, along with a middle-aged white woman.
As Zhou You just introduced, this is Elizabeth Crotty, Columbia’s Senior Vice President of Global Distribution and Theater Relations.
Except for Asia, the total box office in other markets is nearly 80 million, and the box office in North America is more than 50 million. It is a huge profit for the distributor Columbia.
Moreover, Tang An himself would definitely not be able to take advantage of the video tape market and other copyrights. He had no channels at all. He couldn't even find a suitable video tape manufacturer, so he could only buy it out to Colombia.
Tang An didn't want to share in this, he had no channels, he just wanted to be manipulated by others.
But with the current box office, it should be able to fetch a good price.
"Hello, Ms. Elizabeth, I'm a little tired after flying for more than 10 hours. How about we talk about other copyrights in North America tomorrow?"
Tang An pretended to be uncomfortable and said.
Before the negotiation, he had to listen to Zhou You's report, including some surveys on online on-demand, TV on-demand, and video tape markets, and have a rough price in mind. Otherwise, he would be foolish to negotiate, which would not be a gift of money.
Elizabeth had no doubt that it would be a little uncomfortable to fly long distances with him. She nodded and smiled, "Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Tang. Then have a good rest. If you need anything in New York, come to me anytime."
The motorcade arrived at a four-star Hilton hotel in Times Square, near the famous Nasdaq Stock Exchange.
As soon as I entered the hotel, I happened to meet a group of people coming out. It was Gu Yongjiang, the chairman of Youku who was going to be listed tomorrow together with Bernard, and Wang Wei, the chairman of Tudou who was also going to be listed soon, as well as some white people and accompanying subordinates.
They are both in the entertainment industry, so they knew each other and said hello.
"Dr. Yu, Youku will also go public tomorrow." Tang An turned around and asked.
"Yes, but Youku is much more popular than us. The first domestic video website to be listed, Wall Street gave it a valuation of US$3.5 billion."
"There is also Dangdang. It is estimated that the market value will reach more than 2.2 billion US dollars on the day of listing."
Yu Dong sighed. If you pick any one at random, it is better than these domestic film and television companies, which is enough to show the weakness of the film and television industry.
Tang An secretly shook his head. Part of the reason for Youku's successful listing was that YouTube was developing rapidly in the United States, and many large venture capital companies were optimistic about it.
As the largest video website in China, coupled with the country's huge population base, Youku is naturally very promising.
However, when Youku Tudou was acquired by Ma Yun five years later, its market value was just over US$3 billion.
Tang An suddenly remembered that Wang Wei, the chairman of Tudou, was not very happy. He was probably still caught up in the divorce case, and the listing originally scheduled for December had to be postponed.
It was originally supposed to be launched in June next year, but it was half a year late. However, compared with Youku's great success, it failed miserably.
This is a good time. Tang An has been eyeing the potato for a while. Instead of taking advantage of Gu Yongjiang and being acquired by Youku in two years, it is better for Tang An to take a bite first.
Of course, a complete acquisition is impossible, there is not that much money.
Even if Tudou goes public next year and has a market value of only US$700 million, it will still be much higher than that of Han and Tang.
But this can be regarded as a snake swallowing an elephant!