This time Jiang Botao came to Germany to talk about further cooperation between the two countries. I don't know how the two ministers went about the discussion. There should be no problems.
Regardless of whether it succeeds or not, Liu Lang has a sense of urgency. It seems that his North Industries Group has to speed up. It is best to start the research and development of CNC machine tools within three years and strive to manufacture them within five years.
The relationship between Liu Lang and little Andrew was very good. Liu Lang was not polite to each other and directly discussed cooperation with him. Liu Lang wanted to order a batch of parts worth a million US dollars in total, many of which were digital.
As for machine tool parts, these were not allowed to be exported to China five years ago, but things are much better now, and most of them are available. Of course, not many domestic companies can use these parts.
The business of one million US dollars was a big deal for little Andrew. Of course he was very happy, so he agreed immediately without any hesitation. Liu Lang immediately paid the other party's 20% deposit, which was two hundred thousand US dollars.
, the remaining money will be paid after the goods arrive at the Shanghai port one month later.
Little Andrew lamented that he had cooperated with Chinese companies too many times, and every time he negotiated prices, he had a headache. The other party always wanted to get cheaper, as if he had taken advantage of the other party.
The Germans never ask for excessive prices when selling equipment. Even if there is a certain increase in price, it will not be too outrageous. This is much better than other European countries. Moreover, the Germans are dedicated to providing equipment. If you don’t know how to use it, I can teach you step by step.
If your equipment breaks down, I will send someone to repair it, which costs money.
Chinese companies feel that these service fees are unnecessary and often ask to deduct these fees. In the end, Andrew has no choice but to compromise. But once there is a small problem with the equipment, the other party immediately asks him to send someone to repair it. Are these services free?
?
Therefore, in the eyes of little Andrew, Chinese companies are a bunch of "wild people" who do not follow the rules at all and do not understand the true value of a machine tool. Sometimes they even regret signing a contract, which really makes him dumbfounded.
But Liu Lang was not like that. When signing the contract, he read every item carefully. The various terms were completely clear, and the FOB price and CIF price were all clear. Both parties signed the contract immediately after they had no doubts, and then took out their Visa cards to pay the deposit directly.
No hesitation, this is business.
Little Andrew has made a lot of money doing business with the Chinese over the years, but he has also seen the Chinese people's bargaining skills, which is a scene he has never seen in his life.
After so many years, he has begun to get used to it. He has even encountered the other party asking to remove the outer baffles of a batch of machine tools, because this can save thousands of dollars for each machine. Aren't they afraid of death because of the difficulty?
This is the first Chinese customer like Liu Lang who doesn't care about price at all.
Of course, little Andrew already knew that Liu Lang was the chairman of Shengtang Company. He was already a billionaire, so this million US dollars was really nothing.
At noon, Liu Lang had another meal at Andrews Company. At about two o'clock in the afternoon, two buses arrived at the entrance of Andrews Company. Jiang Botao and German Vice Minister of Industry Redfern got out of the bus, and little Andrew
and Liu Lang greeted them at the door.
Redfern immediately beamed when he saw Liu Lang and "threw" little Andrew aside.
"Jimmy, I received the three tickets you gave me, thank you!"
"Your Excellency, Vice Minister, is too polite. You have made great contributions to the cooperation between China and Germany. Just three votes are not enough to express my respect for you!"
Liu Lang didn't give it to the other party, he just gave ten tickets to Schmidt. It must have been Schmidt who gave it to him.
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say. Yesterday I was chatting with Minister Jiang. I talked about your genius. I didn't expect that "Transformers" is also a work of your Shengtang. One of my grandsons likes "Transformers" the most. He reads every issue.
He keeps asking his father to buy various models every day, but it’s a pity how can he buy them all with so many models?”
Redfern sighed.
"Our Shengtang Company has seven toy models that are not sold in the European market. They are only available in the United States... Don't worry, Vice Minister, I will ask my supplier to prepare a complete set of toy models for you and will give them to you when the time comes.
Delivered to the door!”
Of course Liu Lang understood what the other party meant. Of course, this was not a bribe, but just asking for some advantages. He would not refuse at that time.
Redfern was very happy after hearing this and couldn't stop praising Shengtang Company and Liu Lang. He was simply a loyal fan of Shengtang Company.
After six years of development, the image of Transformers has achieved global success, with hundreds of millions of fans, comics, toys, models and peripheral products, annual revenue of more than 50 million US dollars, and profits of more than 20 million US dollars.
It is definitely considered a golden brand, but such a good IP is now a little embarrassed in Shengtang Company.
The main reason is that the current Shengtang company has a strong ability to attract money. The annual income of the record company exceeds 100 million yuan, and the movies are even more powerful. Within three years, they released "Pulp Fiction", "Die Hard", "Toy Story" and "Reservoir Dogs"
Four movies.
"Reservoir Dogs" is a movie written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It cost 5 million US dollars and had a box office of 30 million. It is considered a very successful movie, but it is far inferior to the previous three movies.
, the average box office of these three movies reached 400 million U.S. dollars, among which "Toy Story" set a record of 700 million U.S. dollars, second only to the "Star Wars" directed by Lucas in 1987.
It ranks second among the highest-grossing films in film history.
In addition, "Finding Nemo", which is being prepared by Shengtang Company, is expected to be completed this year. "Forrest Gump" has been filmed and is in post-production and will be released in March. "Schindler's List" is already organizing personnel
It is ready to be filmed and is expected to be completed in the second half of the year. This means that there will probably be three Shengtang films this year.
According to Liu Lang's estimation, there is no problem that the total box office of these three movies will exceed one billion US dollars. Even "Finding Nemo" may break the box office of "Star Wars" of US$800 million. "Forrest Gump" will also
Needless to say, four to five billion US dollars should be easily earned, and it would also win Lucas his first directorial award.
The most profitable things in the entertainment industry are records and movies. Of course, in the Internet era, there is also a traffic star, but the so-called traffic star is an "extraordinary" and does not exist in today's era. Shengtang Company does both of these two businesses.
Almost perfect, making money faster than printing money.
Transformers, an image that started out as a comic book, is a bit weak compared to the other two industries. This is normal. Just look at Marvel. They are getting worse year by year, and their annual income is only about 10 million US dollars. If not
They exchanged 10% of the equity for 3% of Shengtang Company. Now they may be even worse off. Many people within Shengtang feel that this transaction was a failure. Fortunately, it was Liu Lang who made the decision in the first place.
, if it had been anyone else, I'm afraid the board of directors would have been dissatisfied.
But only Liu Lang knows how profitable the Transformers and Marvel movies are. The total box office of the Transformers series of movies has reached 2 billion US dollars, while the total box office of the Marvel series of movies has exceeded 2 billion before Liu Lang was reborn.
Tens of billions of dollars in that
In an era when IP is prevalent, whoever masters a super IP represents a steady stream of wealth. Just look at Jin Yong's novels. More than a dozen novels have been made into movies and TV series over and over again in the past thirty years, regardless of whether they are good or not.
There were a large number of book fans in attendance.
Liu Lang has now begun to plan. Maybe in four or five years, he can shoot a live-action Transformers movie. By then, it will definitely be another feast of wealth.