Sears is a department store that has only been established for 20 years in North America, but this department store already has more than 30 branches in North America.
The owner, Gould, was not from a wealthy family. He was a model of the North American dream that North America particularly likes to promote. He started from scratch. When Sears went public, there were only 5 branches. However, in just three years, Sears has transformed Sears into
It has more than 30 branches.
The secret is to issue new shares.
The continuous issuance of new shares allowed Gould to obtain sufficient funds from the stock market to expand his branches.
The number of Sears stores has indeed increased, but Gould's shareholding in the company has become very thin. At this time, the company's shares held by Gould were less than 31%.
Commercial success made Gould not care about these things.
Gould hopes that his department store will one day reach the scale of Macy's. At that time, it will be a real success for Gould.
Coincidentally, the main store of Sears Department Store is in Los Angeles.
Today, after finishing the work at hand, Gould planned to relax with a Cuban cigar as usual, and then go to the kt kt club to continue relaxing in the evening.
KT KT Club is a well-known Tonache club in Los Angeles. Although Gould is fifty years old and has his own children, this does not stop Gould from visiting KT KT Club.
But just as Gould was enjoying his cigar, the phone on his desk rang.
Gould didn't like anyone disturbing him at this time, but in the end he answered the phone because the work was not over yet.
The caller was Brown, Gould's stockbroker.
"Brown, do you have any good stock recommendations?" Gould said with a relaxed expression on his face after blowing out a smoke ring.
But Gould had already told himself that although the Dow Jones Index had risen somewhat during this period, based on the current situation in North America, he would definitely not buy any more stocks.
It is more appropriate to keep banknotes in your own pocket.
Brown's voice on the other end of the phone was a little nervous, and he said, "Mr. Gould, there is something I need to report to you!"
Gould didn't care, and still smiled and said, "As long as you don't recommend some junk stocks to me!"
Brown didn't pay attention to Gould's teasing and said seriously, "Mr. Gould, according to the observation of our securities firm, someone has been acquiring your company's stock in the past three days, which has also caused the stock price of your company's stock to fall here."
In three days, it rose by 8!”
Gould instantly put down the cigar in his hand, his face became serious, and he asked three questions in succession, "Who is it? How many have been acquired? Why are you telling me now?"
Brown's voice was a little nervous on the phone, and he said, "According to our observations, we should have acquired about 15 people. As for who the other party is, we haven't found out yet. In addition, the other party's income was from retail investors in the past two days, so we have no
We noticed, but just when the market was about to close this afternoon, they suddenly made a large amount of 8 shares, which made us pay attention."
Gould was beginning to feel nervous at this time. In the past, he led the company's development and never paid much attention to the shares he held in the company, but now he heard Brown say that someone was buying his company's shares in large sums.
In an instant, Gould thought that the company stock he held was already below 31!
"Acquire immediately, acquire the company's circulating shares on the stock market immediately!" Gould preached loudly.
Sears was his life and the foundation for him to surpass Macy's in the future. Gould would never allow anyone to be interested in his Sears.
Brown said helplessly, "Mr. Gould, the stock market has closed now. Even if you want to make an acquisition, you have to wait until the stock market opens tomorrow!"
Gould then remembered this matter and continued to ask Brown, "What does Wall Street say about this matter?"
Brown said, "This happened too fast, and there was no news from Wall Street. What we need to worry about now is whether the other party is optimistic about the future development of Sears under your leadership, Mr. Gould."
, or the other party wants to gain control of Sears Department Store!"
"You mean a hostile takeover?" Gould's voice was trembling.
Now he didn't know who his opponent was or his true purpose. This situation gave Gould a chill down his back.
"It's possible!" Brown said helplessly.
"It's possible!" Gould was angry and shouted directly on the phone, "fck yo, I give you so much money every year, and you actually told me it's possible?"
Brown did not show any emotional fluctuations in the face of Gould's anger, "If you want to, Mr. Gould, I have no objection, but I think we should understand the current situation more clearly now!"
Gould roared angrily and said, "Wait, I'm going to the airport to book a flight to New York tomorrow!"
Gould did not dare to take this matter lightly!
The market value of my company is around US$200 million. If the other party really wants to take over the company in a hostile manner, it only needs to spend more than US$70 million in cash to acquire more shares than my own.
He is really worried!
Universal Pictures, Office of the President!
Lew Zeman was sitting in his office chair, and sitting across from him was Kelly, the president of Apex Pictures!
"Mr. Wasserman, Universal insisted on buying the rights to "Jaws" before, wasn't it just because it liked this movie? Why is this movie about to be promoted now, but Universal has to downgrade its promotion level from grade B to B
What’s the grade?”
Kelly did not tell Luwa Zeman about the so-called breach of contract. In the case of unequal strength, background, and connections, if she said such words, there would be no other way except to make herself uncomfortable.
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Kelly believes that Universal must have this strength, and by then the day lily of "Jaws" will be cold.
So now we can only continue to negotiate with the other party on this matter.
Lu Wasserman naturally knew this, so he was so confident at this time. Do you really think it would be okay to buy the copyright of "Jaws" from his own company?
"Ms. Kelly, regarding the downgrade of the promotion of "Jaws", our company has already given a reply. The investment in the movie "Jaws" was originally B-level, and there is no problem in using the corresponding B-level promotion.
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Besides, our company has also promised your company that if the movie’s attendance rate is high, our company will definitely increase the corresponding publicity level by then!"
Kelly did not dwell too much on this matter with Lew Zeman, because it was an unclear matter in itself.
"If Mr. Wasserman thinks so, then our company is willing to bear the difference in publicity costs. Of course, when it comes to box office sharing in the future, your company will also need to reduce its share in proportion."
Since Universal is not optimistic about the movie, Kelly can only follow the method that Chu Huan told her before to negotiate with Luo Zeman.
Luwa Zeman frowned slightly, then relaxed: "Ms. Kelly, your company's producers are new to the film industry just like you, right?"
Anger arose in Kelly's heart. Lew Zeman was obviously saying that Apex Pictures was a new film company, and he was also a newcomer to Hollywood.
"New people are full of energy, while old people are sluggish. Isn't it the characteristic of young people to dare to fight and fight!"
Although there was anger in her heart, Kelly still kept herself calm.
This time, Lew Zeman looked displeased and said, "Since Vertex Pictures is so optimistic about the movie "Jaws," then do as you wish, and Universal will then send the bill to your company!"
The reason why he was able to agree to Kelly so happily was because Lou Zeman already knew that Vertex Pictures was contacting Paramount.
This gave Lew Zeman a sense of crisis, and he understood that Apex Pictures was not the only partner.
As for the movie "Jaws", Lew Zeman believes that the movie should make money, but when it comes to how much it will make, Lew Zeman is not very confident.
So after watching the sample of this movie, he decided to downgrade it to a B-level promotion. Of course, there is no reason why Apex Pictures snatched the copyright of "Jaws".
Not possible.
However, since Apex Pictures is now willing to share risks, Luo Wozeman naturally has no objection. A trivial matter such as grabbing copyrights becomes insignificant in the face of interests.
Soon the two parties re-signed a contract for film promotion.
"Miss Kelly, the film industry is different from other industries. This industry is very focused on experience. A successful president of a film production company should have a keen eye for whether a film is successful!"
When Lew Zeman and Kelly separated, he still didn't forget to tease Kelly about being a newbie.
Kelly has already figured it out at this time. In Hollywood, box office is the last word. As long as the current "Jaws" can succeed at the box office, then looking back on today, Lou Wozeman is a
What a joke!
"Thank you, Mr. Worzeman, for the reminder. Apex Pictures will pay attention to this in the future!"
After saying that, Kelly turned and left.
Seeing Kelly leaving, Luwa Zeman was slightly startled. Unexpectedly, Kelly didn't react at all!
It seems that people who can create their own film companies in Hollywood still have certain abilities, but their vision for watching movies is a bit poor.
Smiling and shaking his head, Luvozeman started busy with other things.
Inside the hotel!
"Mr. Chu, Henry and George just called. They have completed the task of acquiring 15 shares of Sears Department Store. They asked us what should we do next?"
Jerry Kohlberg asked Chu Huan, who had just arrived in the room.
Chu Huan saw that Jerry Kohlberg’s desk was filled with information about Sears Department Store.
"What do you think of this matter?" Chu Huan did not directly answer Jerry Kohlberg's question, but asked instead.
Jerry Kohlberg said in a deep voice, "I have been reading the information about Sears and Gould in the past three days. It can be seen that this person has a great obsession with power. The reason why he holds Sears now is
The main reason why Sears has so few shares is that Sears is developing too fast.
Now Gould is only fifty years old and in very good health. It is conceivable that as we guessed, this man will not give up control of Sears easily!"
Chu Huan frowned slightly, which was why they had previously used Gould's Sears Department Store as their first target.
"Gould has already bought a ticket to Los Angeles!"
Chu Huan preached to Jerry Kohlberg.
Jerry Kohlberg was slightly stunned. He didn't expect Chu Huan to know about this.
Chu Huan knew about this because, in addition to Qin Peng and others who followed Chu Huan to Los Angeles, Gao Kai also brought a group of people to Los Angeles.
North America is different from Japan. Private detectives are everywhere in Japan. Ma Jizu's investigation department can also invest in several private detective agencies to investigate the situation in Japan for itself. However, the territory in North America is too big, and Ma Jizu is now
His energy is being focused on political investments in Japan, Europe and other places, and he has no spare energy to deal with business in North America.
So when Chu Huan came, he brought Gao Kai and others with him for this matter.
When Chu Huan determined that the first one was Sears Department Store, some of Gao Kai's people had already started to stare at Gould.
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Jerry Kohlberg did not ask Chu Huan how he knew that Gould went to New York, but continued to analyze the matter.
Chu Huan nodded. In fact, this time's plan was a bit aggressive. If the time could be extended longer and more scattered, more Sears shares could be acquired. However, Chu Huan did not only plan to invest in the West Coast Department Store.
A department store company takes action.
And 15 shares is enough, just enough for Chu Huan to operate, and there are still some wealthy people.
After these three days of acquisitions by Henrique Levy and George Roberts, the market value of Sears Department Store has increased from the original US$200 million to US$21.6 billion.
It also cost Chu Huan US$31 million to acquire the shares of Sears Department Store. The cash in hand was enough for Chu Huan to make his second plan.
"I believe in the abilities of Henry and George, and I also believe in the influence of American Express. No one knows that they are acquiring Sears."
Chu Huan preached.
Jerry Kohlberg had no opinion on Chu Huan's judgment and asked, "Then should we continue to acquire shares in Sears, or should we publish our news in the Wall Street Journal?"
Chu Huan simply pondered for a moment, and then said, "Publish it!"
After leaving Jerry Kohlberg's room, Chu Huan left the hotel directly and came to a top-notch apartment in Hollywood.
Although Chu Huan can now afford a mansion in Beverly Hills, and the mansions in Beverly Hills are actually not expensive now, the ones that cost over one million US dollars are considered top-notch, and the ones that are less expensive are only hundreds of thousands of dollars.
But who told Chu Huan to finalize the land in East Tsim Sha Tsui before? Now is the time to spend money, so Chu Huan did not buy a manor in Beverly Hills. In fact, this apartment does not belong to Chu Huan, but to Chu Huan.
Kelly's.
"Looking at you, you must not be particularly happy in the Universal Pictures industry!"
Chu Huan entered the living room, saw the sulky Kelly, and sat next to her with a smile.
Although Kelly understands the survival rules of Hollywood production companies, understanding means understanding, and acceptance means acceptance. She can face Luo Zeman with this mentality, but she will definitely still be angry when she is alone.
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"When "Jaws" comes out, I'm going to slap Lew Zeman in the face!"
After hearing what Chu Huan said, Kelly immediately spoke angrily.
Chu Huan chuckled. Although Kelly didn't say it clearly, Chu Huan also understood that Kelly must have negotiated with Lu Wozeman about re-dividing the shares.
"That's for sure. When have you ever seen me make a wrong judgment?"
Kelly rubbed her butt, then sat in Chu Huan's arms, and said to Chu Huan seriously, "When will Apex Pictures be able to open its own distribution channels?"
In today's film industry, distribution channels are basically the foundation of a film company. With its own distribution channels, even if it cannot produce a very good movie, it can still become popular.
Chu Huan smiled and said, "Aren't you worried about the Paramount law?"
At that time, the North American government took advantage of Paramount and formulated the Paramount Act because of the monopoly of the North American film industry by the seven major studios at the time.
From now on, production companies and theater companies must be separated!
Kelly said nonchalantly, "This is not simple. If it is not possible to change a company, your Black and White Media can acquire a theater chain in Hollywood!"
Chu Huan shook his head and said, "It's that simple. The North American government is not that easy to manipulate."
"I don't think they are smart anyway!" Kelly, as a traditional North American woman, is the same as many North Americans. They don't have much sense of national belonging to the country of North America. They are more interested in where they are.
The state has a sense of belonging.
By the way, Kelly is from Texas, the same Texas that later wanted to be independent, not the Texas that produces braised chicken in her hometown!
Chu Huan laughed.
Kelly told Chu Huan, "By the way, which friend of yours made Brothers Video? Now many companies in Hollywood have objections to this company. You need to tell your friends!"
Kyushu home video recorders have already entered the European and American markets in early April. They are the same as those in Japan. It is a hit if you buy them!
Originally, according to Chu Huan's idea, the profits from Kyushu VCRs would not be used within a year, but the money would be used to open up all sales channels in the global electronics market!
But looking at the current sales situation, maybe three months will be enough!
As for the BT format home video recorder produced by Sony, it was sold out when it was launched in Japan, which made Chen Haichao play with ecstasy.
Although Chen Haichao has set his sights on the European and American markets, Chen Haichao has never forgotten Sony's various setbacks when Kyushu home video recorders were advertised in Japan.
So Chen Haichao asked Ma Jizu's private detective agency in Japan to investigate the situation of the Sony home video recorder brand spokesperson.
Perhaps Sony wanted to highlight the status of its home video recorders in the family, so it specially invited a celebrity couple who were particularly famous in Japan during this era to be its spokespersons.
The purpose is to highlight the atmosphere of home.
In the end, the private detective invested by Ma Jizu actually investigated something. The two of them were a couple on the surface, but in private they were completely separate!
Then, on the day that Sony's home video recorder was launched, what came with it was not an advertisement praising the product, but an overwhelming number of photos and reports about the cheating of the endorsement celebrity couple in major newspapers.
And Sony is their latest endorsement product.
Then, amid the condemnation from people all over Japan, Sony’s home video recorders went cold!
However, other brands of home video recorders have also been launched one after another. It is undeniable that they have taken away some of the Jiuzhou home video recorder market.
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However, both Chu Huan and Chen Haichao said they could accept this, because Sony's initial failure caused V to start occupying the market faster.
But even so, in the current home video recorder market, there are actually only two types of home video recorders, one is Jiuzhou home video recorder, and the other is other brands of home video recorder!
The most important thing is that as home video recorders are purchased by more and more families, the sales and rental business of video tapes are also rising, which can make up for the decline in sales of home video recorders in Kyushu.
Now Jiuzhou Zhenzhen is Chu Huan’s company that attracts huge profits, and has exceeded the peripheral profits of “Fantasy Comics”.
That's why Chu Huan just had the courage to think that maybe in three months, Jiuzhou would be able to establish its own complete sales channel through the profits from home video recorders.
Then Chu Huan will not need to share his profits with Panasonic in the future. The most important thing is that Jiuzhou Walkman has now entered the formal research and development stage.
The Jiuzhou Research Laboratory, which already has experience in the research and development of home video recorders, submitted a report on the research and development of the Jiuzhou Walkman o y!
It will be available in the new year this year!
By then, Chu Huan will hold the two trump cards of video recorder and walkman, and his overall strength will be able to rise to several levels!
Don’t forget, Chu Huan’s current Langyan Games has also started to build its own factory, and it will be launched next year at the latest!
At that time, the heaven and earth will really be big enough for Chu Huan to roam around!
But that will be a few months later, and Chu Huan still has to face the problem at hand.
"So the sales of Brother Audio and Video are very good?"
Before the Jiuzhou home video recorder was launched, Chu Huan had already asked Chen Haichao to send people to discuss the copyright of the video tape with people from the seven major studios.
At that time, no one from the seven major Hollywood companies took this matter to heart. They just thought that they were being taken advantage of and were willing to give them more money, especially when Kyushu offered them a price that they could not refuse.
Even more happy.
So in the end, Kyushu just used the price of 21 million US dollars to rob the film library of the seven major Hollywood movies.
Then came the launch of Jiuzhou home video recorders and the establishment of flagship stores in Los Angeles and other North American cities by Brother Audio.
The fans who flocked to the event shocked seven Hollywood stars.
At this time, they suddenly woke up and saw the huge video tape market.
But it's all too late!
Because they have sold the copyright to Brothers Video.
In another time and space, C and Disney believed that the video recorder market would impact the movie box office market, so they decided to sue the video recorder manufacturer.
But in this time and space, because of Chu Huan, home video recorders and movie video tapes appeared at the same time, causing Hollywood to see the video tape market in advance.
One thing can describe the current boom in the North American home video recorder and movie video tape market. In just one month, in the movie video tape market alone, Brother Audio and Video has spent 21 million to purchase video tape copyrights from seven major studios.
The dollars were earned back!
A videotape sells for $15 in North America!
Rental prices are cheaper.
Greater profits come from leasing.
So after listening to Kelly's analysis, Chu Huan asked aloud, "What are Hollywood planning to do?"
Kelly said, "I heard that they are planning to join forces to boycott Brother Audio and Video, and will not allow their company's future movie tapes to be sold through them."
With the current popularity of Brother Video, Hollywood movie studios will definitely not sell the copyrights of their own movies anymore.
Now that everyone has seen how popular this market is, they naturally want to get a share of the pie.
After hearing this, Chu Huan smiled confidently and said, "If that's the case, then they must be bluffing!"
"The Point Guard Is Here"
Kelly looked at Chu Huan with some confusion.
Chu Huan explained, "If there are still several theater companies competing in the movie theater market in North America, then in the U.S. video tape market, no one company can compete with Brother Audio and Video."
When any emerging industry emerges, there are bound to be many followers, and Brother Audio and Video is no exception.
In the past month, some video rental companies have appeared in some places in North America, but in terms of their scale, compared with Brother Audio and Video, which spent hundreds of millions of dollars to develop its own sales channels, the gap is simply between an ant and an elephant.
Hollywood movie studios can firmly hold the video copyrights, but they have no sales channels.
It's all in vain!
Unless there is a second company as large as Brother Audio and Video in a short period of time.
But is this possible?
The most important thing is that Kyushu is still the largest video tape manufacturer in the world. If Hollywood movie studios want to make their movies into video tapes, they must not only rely on the sales channels of Brother Audio and Video, but also the production scale of Kyushu
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Are they targeting Kyushu?
Rather, they want to use this method to get more benefits from the negotiations with Kyushu!