The Lakers are valued at 1 billion, and as long as Bascon takes action, Tang An will definitely be willing to take over 1.5 billion.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t have that much cash. There are so many rich and second-generation people in the country who are willing to participate.
Wanda spent US$3.5 billion to acquire Legendary Pictures. You really think that Mr. Wang has so much cash to squander.
Of the 3.5 billion, 1.5 billion was raised from outside sources. Once Legendary Pictures fails to go public within a year, Lao Wang will have to return the borrowed funds and pay 15% interest.
Of course, Legendary Pictures did not go public later.
1.5 billion buys the Lakers team worth 1 billion, and a lot of people are willing to pay to cooperate.
Moreover, the NBA will re-sign the broadcast contract next year, and the broadcast rights will be sold for US$24 billion. In 2015, the valuation of the Lakers will soar to US$2.6 billion.
Tang An is telling the truth, but Bass will definitely not sell it. This is not a team, and its influence is worth more than a billion dollars.
Later, news continued to spread that domestic wealthy people wanted to buy NBA teams, but only two actually did so.
The first was that Jiang Lizhang, the founder of Double-Edged Sword Sports, acquired 5% of the shares of the Timberwolves, becoming the first Chinese shareholder of the NBA, and later bought a La Liga and a Serie A team.
The other is Tsai Chongxin, who bought 49% of the shares of the Nets in his own name. At that time, the Nets' valuation reached US$2.3 billion.
As soon as the news came out, netizens laughed and said that the Brooklyn Nets could be renamed the Brooklyn Lynx.
Domestic wealthy businessmen still buy more football teams in Europe, with a total of 19 teams in various leagues.
There are so many Middle Eastern and Russian tycoons who want to buy a team in the Premier League. Two years ago, a Russian tycoon bought the NBA's New Jersey Nets and immediately moved them to Brooklyn, a suburb of New York, and even built a huge stadium.
To others, a few hundred million dollars is nothing. What they value is their influence in North America.
The Singaporean tycoon Li Longfu wanted to buy a Premier League team before for this reason, to expand his influence. This time, he frequently appeared on TV programs through "Crazy Rich Asians", which may not be for the sake of influence.
However, looking at the expressions of the reporters at the scene, it was clear that most of them thought Tang An was bragging.
Bragging is too exaggerated, and it is an insult to the person being bragged.
Obviously, these reporters felt that Tang An had insulted one of the greatest teams in the greater Los Angeles area.
They also don't know Tang An's specific net worth. For a Chinese director, even if he has made a few good movies, few people dig deep into him.
Luzonbeck is a famous European director who also owns Europa Film Company, but how many people know his net worth?
There is also Peter Jackson. Everyone knows that he filmed the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy and has Weta Digital, but how many domestic entertainment reporters can tell his net worth?
Spielberg has been ranked among the top 500 richest people in the world by Forbes in recent years. How many domestic entertainment reporters will check it? How many reporters can tell his net worth?
A reporter said in a somewhat unkind tone, "Mr. Tang, the Los Angeles Lakers are the oldest team in the NBA and are worth more than one billion U.S. dollars. They are not comparable to your Chinese team!"
"Do you know what a billion dollars is? Not even 20th Century Fox can spend that much money at once!"
This reporter was a little rude.
"If Mr. Tang can buy the Lakers, I can buy Disney tomorrow!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the reporter's words were immediately greeted with bursts of laughter.
Disney is a large group worth tens of billions of dollars, and that reporter is also a reporter for Disney-owned media.
Some reporters began to ridicule Tang An unceremoniously. Tang An looked normal, but Zhang Yi, Liu Ye, Yang Mi and others behind him looked a little ugly when they heard the ridicule.
The celebrities who were already preparing to enter, as well as some celebrities who arrived on the right, all heard Tang An's words. They also didn't know much about Tang An, purely because there were several senior executives of major companies and some major producers participating in the banquet. , that’s all.
Listening to Tang An threatening to acquire the Lakers, many people showed unabashed ridicule.
You know, it is difficult for some second-tier stars to get front row tickets for a Lakers home game!
Arrogant and ignorant Chinese people.
This word flashed through many people's minds and they stopped where they were, ready to see the joke.
"Ryan, did you hear that? Oh my God, that Chinese director actually wants to buy the Lakers. When the time comes, we need to ask him to give us two front-row tickets."
A white young man said to another person next to him, with an exaggerated smile on his face. He put one hand on Ryan's arm and held his belly with the other as if he had heard some great joke.
"It seems like he is just a liar. "Deadpool" is completely hopeless."
Ryan Reynolds, who had just watched "The Underworld", shook his head, his eyes full of disappointment.
He didn't believe it when he heard that Tang An was planning to invest, but during this period, there were a lot of news about Tang An investing in movies, and his hope was rekindled.
But looking at it now, it turns out that he is just a charlatan who talks about cheating.
Faced with the ridicule from these reporters, Tang An didn't take it at all. He asked the reporter from Disney who threatened to buy Disney.
"This reporter, have you paid attention to the 2013 Global Forbes rankings that came out in March this year?"
"Of course, five of the top seven are Americans." Disney's reporter looked proud.
Tang An was speechless. Not to mention the Mexican communications tycoon who ranked first, and the French and Hong Kong tycoons who ranked 89th. Let’s just mark out the top seven.
"I suggest you check number 299 on the list." Tang An said with a smile.
There must be two or three reporters at the scene who have an in-depth understanding of Tang An, but most reporters will not do too much research on a director from China, and Forbes will not report specifically on Tang An.
But after hearing Tang An's tone, someone immediately picked up their phone and quickly swiped it on the screen.
"Oh buy it!"
Most of the unknown reporters looked like they had seen a ghost.
At No. 299 on the list, there are several people tied for No. 299 with assets of US$4.3 billion. Among them is Tang An from China.
The name may be exactly the same, but the word "media" is written in the industry information column, and the age is clearly 33 years old.
It is impossible for China to have two billionaires with the same name, the same age, and the same industry.
Looking at Tang An again, with his net worth of US$4.3 billion, spending US$1.5 billion to buy a team is definitely not bragging.
However, in this industry of journalists, there is no one who is thin-skinned, and no one who does not change his face.
After a brief period of frustration, the scene became noisy again.
"Mr. Tang, do you really want to buy the Lakers?"
"Mr. Tang, do you want to enter the sports circle? In addition to NBA teams, what other teams are you interested in?"
"As a Kobe Bryant fan, what big moves will you make after buying the Lakers? Will you equip him with a championship lineup?"
A Chinese tycoon wants to acquire the Los Angeles Lakers. What great news. It is enough to stir up quite a topic in the entire greater Los Angeles area and even the entire United States.
The fans in Los Angeles will definitely not agree. If there is a lot of hype, it will be on the front page in a week or two!
The reporters at the scene immediately changed the topic, saying that the Singaporean rich man should just die and die. How could it be shocking that Tang An wanted to buy the Lakers?
As soon as the report comes out tomorrow, all Lakers fans will probably curse.
But reporters don’t care. No matter which country journalists are in, there is no such thing as moral integrity.
A former host of a famous NBC TV station, he said that the helicopter he was riding in Yilako in 2003 was hit by an RPG in the desert, and later spent a few days with American soldiers in a sandstorm. Thank you to these brave soldiers for fighting for the country.
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This host probably watched too much "Black Hawk Down" and was talking too much about it.
But then the veteran who flew the helicopter said: Sauri, man, I don’t remember you being on my plane. I remember you came to ask us what happened an hour after we landed, and then you bitch
Japan took the people on another plane and ran away to report your war story. But we were still trying to repair our plane in the desert of Yilak, waiting for our security forces.
This b-face is really shocking, and the anchor used the so-called amnesia to excuse it. He said that he was deeply affected by the RPG explosion at the time, which caused memory deviation.
The anchor of CNN News at noon couldn't stand it anymore. He said, "Nima, you are on another plane 45 minutes away, and you are under the influence of Ni Ma."
The American media is far more unscrupulous than the domestic media. These major TV stations are making all kinds of lies. At least CCTV reports selectively. It seems that there is no such thing as falsehood. (I don’t know if there is any falsehood. It seems not. Please don’t slap me in the face.)
Tang An stopped entangled with reporters and walked into the hotel under the shocked eyes of many reporters and celebrities at the scene.
"Brother An, do you really want to buy the Lakers?" Yang Mi asked quietly from behind, with a curious look on his face.
"It's impossible to sell Bath, but if you are willing to sell it, I wouldn't mind taking it. Those second-generation people in China have a lot of money, but they lack such "playthings."" Tang An shook his head.
Even if you want to buy it, you won't be able to spend most of the money. The money is of great use and cannot be wasted on a Lakers team, no matter how influential it is.
Tang An turned his head and asked Zhang Yi, "Has the negotiation with Xinke been completed?"
"We're still talking about it. I think we'll have a result in the next two days, but the price may be two or three times higher," Zhang Yidao said.
"Three times, let's triple it. Where's Kailu Pictures?"
"I've sent people over there to negotiate, and there are still some details."
Tang An nodded, "Hurry up."
"By the way, Chairman, I heard that Ye Nian is here. It seems that Wanda is going to do something big again." Zhang Yi said again.
"Don't worry about him, Wanda's goals are different from ours." Tang An waved his hand.
This time when he came to North America, Tang An had a more important matter.
Acquired a Hollywood production company with independent production capabilities, as well as a distribution company with DVD distribution and theater distribution capabilities.
The targets have been found, Kailu Pictures and Midnight Investment Company. The former has relatively complete distribution channels, while the latter is mainly owned by Lightning Entertainment and has independent production capabilities. It has produced movies such as "The Hurt Locker" and will be released in November this year. "Dallas Buyers Club" is also produced by Lightning Entertainment.
Midnight Investment Company was approached by Xinke Group, a domestic copper mining company, for cooperation. The other party had already acquired Changan Mengzhou Film and Television in China, the same company that produced "Snow Leopard", "Black Fox" and "Blue Wolf".
Nowadays, it is difficult to get involved in any industry. I don’t know how many companies have changed careers. Xinke Group’s copper mining industry is also not easy to work in. It is seeking transformation and is eyeing the film and television industry.
There must be a distribution channel in North America, even if it is far inferior to the big giants, it is still as if more than half of the profits have been taken away by the other party.
And in the future, more and more domestic films will enter the Hollywood market!
As for Ye Ning's visit this time, he probably contacted Legendary Pictures in advance, as Legendary Pictures just had a conflict with Warner Bros.
Yang Mi and Liu Ye looked puzzled as they listened to the conversation between Tang An and Zhang Yi, but they would not ask about these business matters.
Zhang Yi now understands Tang An's purpose of deliberately saying that he wanted to acquire the Lakers.
Compared to the Lakers, the influence of these two film companies is no longer on the same level. At that time, everyone will be paying attention to the news of Tang An acquiring the Lakers.
And the big companies in Hollywood don't pay too much attention to it, and they probably regard Tang An as a big dog.
The plank road is built openly, but Chencang is used secretly!
Moreover, Ye Nian is here again. Wanda, which acquired the AMC theater chain, will definitely not make a small fuss. It is estimated that if it really makes a big move, several major companies will definitely be eyeing Ye Nian.
The chairman is so tall!
Zhang Yi secretly admired him. At the same time, he also fantasized about winning these two companies and which one he could go to.
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