North America, New York, Rockefeller Center, North American Jiaku Headquarters!
Chu Huan was sitting in his office, checking the information of Ford Motor's major shareholders.
Today, Ford Motor's major shareholders are the same as many North American companies. In addition to the other 11 major shareholders who previously founded Ford Motor with Henry Ford, most of Ford Motor's stocks are concentrated in major Wall Street investment banks and securities companies.
Within the company.
In addition, after decades of development, some of the 11 shareholders have left Ford Motor for some reasons, and now only seven of them remain.
These shareholders, together with Wall Street's major investment banks and securities companies, basically control about 62% of Ford Motor Co.'s shares.
Therefore, if Chu Huan wants to get most of the shares of Ford Motor Company, he must deal with these people.
But these people are all vampires. If the price is not right, they will not sell their shares in Ford Motor Company.
“Have you figured out how to talk to these people?”
Cao Yunshang was also in Chu Huan's office, helping Chu Huan organize information about Ford cars. The more he learned about Ford cars, the more Cao Yunshang understood that it was not easy to win over Ford cars.
Chu Huan sorted out the information in his hand and said, "Fortunately, thanks to the instability of global oil prices and the Japanese car's occupation of the North American market, Ford's stock price not only did not grow this year but also fell.
It’s a lot, this is a point that can be captured!”
Throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s, the oil crisis had a ubiquitous impact on European and American countries.
Why did Liu Luanxiong of Xiangjiang become rich?
It was because of the oil crisis in Europe and the United States that Europe and the United States called for energy conservation and emission reduction. This also allowed Liu's ceiling fans to successfully enter the European and American markets.
At the same time, it was precisely because of the oil crisis that Japanese cars began to enter the North American market on a large scale. Everyone knows that North American cars are basically high fuel consumption cars, and Japan values this.
Economic cars with lower prices and lower fuel consumption were launched.
Then it began to seize the market share of North American automobile brands.
This is why the stock price of the North American automobile industry has been in a stage of extremely slow growth or even regression.
Take General Motors as an example. In 1968, General Motors' market value was as high as US$22.6 billion, but now it has dropped to US$11.7 billion.
"The Point Guard Is Here"
The reason why Ford Motor has not experienced a decline is because Ford Motor has been in the merger and acquisition stage at this stage and has acquired many automobile companies. This has caused Ford Motor's stock price not only to not fall, but to rise a lot.
But it is precisely this that has caused Ford's own cash flow to be in a dangerous situation. At the same time, according to Wall Street's assessment, Ford's merger and acquisition journey has ended. It is precisely because of this report that Ford's stock price has been rising since last year.
It has stagnated and even dropped a bit.
This is the specific situation that Chu Huan knew after reading the report sent by kkr.
Cao Yunshang also saw this and said, "But after all, Ford has been in North America for so many years and is the second largest automobile manufacturer in North America. I think it should be taken seriously!"
Chu Huan nodded and said, "This is natural!"
While the two were discussing the matter, Wu Shuhan knocked on the door and walked into Chu Huan's office.
"Boss, ma'am!"
Because Xu Yi returned to Xiangjiang, Wu Shuhan is now Chu Huan's full-time secretary.
"Is there any result in Xiangjiang?" Chu Huan asked Wu Shuhan.
Chu Huan was already aware of the reports in Xiangjiang by the Oriental Daily and South China Morning Post, and the counterattack strategies of Xu Yi and others had been reported to Chu Huan.
Seeing Wu Shuhan coming over at this time, Chu Huan thought she was going to talk about things in Xiangjiang!
Wu Shuhan said, "There is indeed news from Xiangjiang, but there is a guest in the reception room who wants to see you!"
"Guest?" Chu Huan asked, "Who is it?"
Wu Shuhan preached "Ted Ashley, President of Warner Bros.!"
Ted Ashley?
Only then did Chu Huan remember that he had set up a trap with Kelly in Los Angeles in order to get Warner's DC, but because of what happened with Hyundai Group, Chu Huan almost forgot about it.
I originally thought that Ted Ashley would come to find me when I was in Las Vegas.
I didn't expect that the other party would endure it until now.
"Let's talk about the situation in Xiangjiang first!" Chu Huan said to Wu Shuhan.
Since Ted Ashley has just come over now, it means that the other party's patience should be good, so let the other party wait a little longer.
Wu Shuhan said, "According to the news from Manager Xu, after TVB and "True News" and "Tiantian Daily" released the short film and public statement, Xiangjiang's tone has changed, and the reputation crisis about you, boss, has passed.
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However, Manager Xu also said that the bosses behind the two newspapers, Oriental Daily and South China Morning Post, have gone to the company and hope to meet with you to resolve the misunderstanding before!"
"Haha!" Chu Huan smiled disdainfully, and then said, "Tell Xu Yi, I don't have time to see them. We, Jiaku, are not holy bitches. They can't trap them if they want to, or make peace if they want to.
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Wu Shuhan nodded, and then told Chu Huan in detail Xiangjiang's views on the grievances between Chu Huan and Hyundai Group.
"Now the mainstream media in Xiangjiang generally believe that our battle with Hyundai Group is probably just the result of big thunder and small rain. After all, the two companies have not had any business intersection before. In addition, both parties
Not in the same area."
"They can speculate as much as they want. Now that the reputational crisis over there has been resolved, let's turn their attention to the current Ford issue."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Chu Huan doesn't have much thought to think about things in Xiangjiang now.
After these things were finished, Chu Huan asked Wu Shuhan to invite Ted Ashley into his office.
At this time, Ted Ashley was sitting in the reception room of North American Aku, feeling very unhappy. Ever since he learned that Apex Pictures had sold 50% of the share of "Jaws 2" to Chu Huan, Ted Ashley
It is convenient to think about the 50% investment share in Chu Huan's hands.
But Ted Ashley also knew that Warner had a very unhappy relationship with Chu Huan over Li Xiaolong's movie, so Ted Ashley asked Warner Bros. executives to discuss the conditions under which Chu Huan would get "Jaws"
2》investment share.
At the same time, he is preparing to negotiate with Kelly from Apex Pictures to get some investment shares from the other party!
Originally, Ted Ashley wanted to suppress Vertex Pictures, but during the negotiation process between the two parties, Kelly suddenly agreed to join 20th Century Fox, which suddenly disrupted everything about Ted Ashley.
plan.
If Vertex Pictures wants to be alone, Ted Ashley can naturally join forces with several other major Hollywood studios to ban Vertex Pictures.
But now that Apex Pictures has taken the cake, the so-called ban is no longer possible.
In fact, this was also the conclusion that Chu Huan and Kelly came to after another discussion. Only by giving Warner Bros. a greater sense of crisis would they be able to give the other party more leverage.
All that can be done now is to find a way to secure the investment share in Chu Huan's hands.
This is why it took Ted Ashley so long to come to see Chu Huan.
But what Ted Ashley didn't expect was that when he flew to Las Vegas, he found out that Chu Huan had left Las Vegas and came to New York.
After some inquiring, Ted Ashley finally found out that Chu Huan had established a North American A library in North America, but Ted Ashley had no choice but to fly to New York again.
Ted Ashley arrived at Rockefeller Center with almost no rest, but what made him still angry was that he had been waiting for almost half an hour, and Chu Huan hadn't come to see him yet!
Just when Ted Ashley's patience was about to run out, Wu Shuhan returned to the reception room and said to Ted Ashley with a professional smile, "Mr. Ashley, our boss has time to see you now."
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call!
In order to make money, it doesn't matter if you kneel down. In the future, you will naturally have the opportunity to let Chu Huan kneel down in front of you!
After Ah Jing comforted himself, Ted Ashley followed Wu Shuhan to Chu Huan's office with a smile.
Chu Huan sat there and did not get up to greet him. He just said with a faint smile, "Mr. Ashley, long time no see!"
Ted Ashley thought of the situation when he first met Chu Huan, and he could only accept it all silently.
The Chu Huan now is no longer the Chu Huan back then.
As a super rich man with a net worth of tens of billions of dollars, no matter where Chu Huan goes, he will be politely received by various local political and business leaders.
Not to mention, now that the project "Jaws 2" has been joined by 20th Century Fox, the so-called Hollywood ban no longer exists.
As long as there is no disagreement between Vertex Pictures and 20th Century Fox, Chu Huan can reap all the profits from "Jaws 2".
People have to bow their heads under the eaves!
"Director Chu, long time no see!" After shaking hands with Chu Huan, Ted Ashley sat down and said with a smile, "Director Chu should have called Warner before he went to Los Angeles. We are old friends after all.
, Chairman Chu should also let us, Warner, fulfill our duty as landlords!"
Chu Huan smiled and said, "I can't help it. I was deeply impressed by Mr. Ashley's Warner before. I'm really sorry to bother you!"
Ted Ashley didn't care at all about Chu Huan's sarcasm, he just smiled and said, "Dr. Chu is joking!"
After some pleasantries, Chu Huan got straight to the point.
"Mr. Ashley flew all the way from Los Angeles to New York. I thought he should not just talk to me about our friendship!"
Ted Ashley nodded and said, "What happened last time, we at Warner have always believed that it hurt our relationship with Director Chu, so I came here this time because I sincerely want to invite Director Chu to join the investment team of BRC's new movie."
, and I know that Director Chu’s black and white video in Hong Kong has always wanted to enter Hollywood. If Director Chu is willing, we at Warner can introduce Director Chu to the top executives of major Hollywood studios!”
Chu Huan smiled and said, "There is no free lunch in the world. I think Mr. Ashley must be asking for something when he offers such generous conditions, right?"
Ted Ashley complimented, "It's really great that Director Chu can make his business so big and now extend his business in Xiangjiang to North America. Since Director Chu has pointed it out, I will no longer hide it."
Come on, we at Warner know that Director Chu has half of the investment share in "Jaws 2" from Vertex Pictures. I think if possible, we at Warner are willing to buy part of the investment share in "Jaws 2" from Director Chu!"
Chu Huan nodded slightly and said calmly, "So, the things Mr. Ashley just said are actually the conditions for our Black and White Video to give up the investment share of "Jaws 2" to Warner."
"Are we talking about business?" Ted Ashley said, "Although you and I are old acquaintances, Director Chu, but things in the business field must still be handled in accordance with the rules of the business field, so I can also ask
Does the company’s board of directors have an explanation?”
Chu Huan chuckled and said, "But as far as I know, Li Xiaolong's three-film contract with Warner has ended. As for whether his next film will accept investment from Warner, it is still unknown. In addition, Mr. Ashley, will you?"
Have you forgotten my relationship with Li Xiaolong?
I am not afraid to tell Mr. Ashley that I had already talked with Li Xiaolong when we were in Los Angeles, and he was very willing to hand over his next film to Apex Pictures.
As for meeting with the senior executives of several other Hollywood studios, I don’t think I need your introduction, Mr. Ashley. As long as I have the investment share of "Jaws 2", then no matter which studio’s senior executives
Everyone should treat me like a guest, right?"
The embarrassment in Ted Ashley's eyes flashed away, and then he laughed and said, "What if Warner Bros. and Black and White Image reached a deeper strategic cooperation!?"
Still as proud as ever!
Chu Huan listened to Ted Ashley's conditions and thought silently.
Whether it is the investment share of Li Xiaolong's movies, the introduction of senior executives from several major Hollywood studios, or the current strategic cooperation relationship with Warner Brothers.
In fact, this Ted Ashley is just trying to make a cake for Chu Huan, giving him a piece of pie that Chu Huan doesn't even need.
But this Ted Ashley seemed to have done Chu Huanda a favor!
So Chu Huan shook his head and said, "Forget it. I actually want to understand now. Hollywood has Hollywood's operating rules. After all, we are from outside. It's not good to join in rashly, so like now
It’s pretty good. Occasionally, it’s great to be able to invest in some movies that are sure to make money!”
This sentence about a movie that is sure to make money hurt Ted Ashley. He knew that the movie "Jaws 2" was definitely going to make money, so he put down all his dignity and flew to New York to negotiate with Chu Huan.
"Director Chu, you are able to do such a big business in Xiangjiang, and now you have begun to establish your own branch in North America. The geographical restrictions of Hollywood naturally do not exist for you. I believe that Black and White
Under your leadership, Director Chu, Imaging will definitely achieve outstanding results in North America and even around the world.
Do you just want to give up such a big market?"
Seeing Ted Ashley's eager look, Chu Huan knew that his appetite was almost whetted, so he smiled.
"I think that's all it takes to get into Hollywood."
Hearing what Chu Huan said, Ted Ashley's heart began to fall into the abyss. Is Warner really going to lose this opportunity to make money this time?
"But Mr. Ashley, you have already flown to New York in person. If I don't sell some of my investment share in "Jaws 2" to Mr. Ashley, I will really let down Mr. Ashley."
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Chu Huan's words caused Ted Ashley to change from a falling state to a flying state in an instant.
Happiness comes so fast like a tornado!
"Does Chairman Chu want to sell part of his investment share in "Jaws 2" to Warner Bros.?"
Chu Huan nodded and said, "As Mr. Ashley just said, nothing in this business field is non-negotiable. As long as Mr. Ashley can agree to our conditions, don't say
It is to give part of the investment share of "Jaws 2" to Warner, or it doesn't matter if all of it is given to Warner."
There will be no pie in the sky!
Although Ted Ashley wanted this very much, he understood that at this time, Chu Huan had given such attractive conditions and still wanted to give him money!
Then there is only one possibility. Chu Huan wants to get more things from Warner!
Ted Ashley, who just looked like a dog licker facing his goddess, sat up straight in an instant, and his mentality changed from a dog licker to a scumbag who was ready to abandon the girl after he succeeded.
"Now that Director Chu has said this, let's talk about Director Chu's investment share in the movie that we want to make from Warner Bros. Our company will definitely consider Director Chu's suggestion seriously!"
Chu Huan looked at Ted Ashley as if he was changing his face in a Sichuan opera, and said calmly, "Mr. Ashley, I suddenly don't think about it anymore. Anyway, even if I say it, you won't agree. I think it's better to just
Let’s do this, I’ll treat Mr. Ashley to dinner tonight, just pretend that our business is not about Renyi!”
Who is benevolent and righteous to you? Ted Ashley roared in his heart. He always felt that the Chu Huan in front of him was the real scumbag. Isn't this just kidding himself?
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. Director Chu, will you tell me first? What if our Warner agrees?"
After finishing speaking, Ted Ashley did not forget to smile with Chu Huan, and the scumbag turned into a licker again.
Chu Huan nodded with satisfaction and then said, "Mr. Ashley, you also know that I not only have black and white images, but also a fantasy comics club.
We at Fantasy Comics have always admired North American DC comics. If Mr. Ashley is willing to sell DC comics to our Fantasy Comics, I think I can sell my investment share in "Jaws 2" to Warner!"
What a big ambition!
Ted Ashley never expected that Chu Huan would actually set his sights on DC Comics. He originally thought that Chu Huan would win an investment share in a certain Warner movie.
As the president of Warner, Ted Ashley naturally knows how popular "Fantasy Comics" is in North America. If Fantasy Comics acquires DC Comics now, Fantasy Comics will become the veritable number one comic company in North America!
Thinking of this, Ted Ashley fell silent.
It doesn’t take too long. As long as it takes another two years until the movie “Superman” is released, Warner will definitely not agree to sell DC.
But it's different now.
DC Comics has not yet shown its true power. Although DC's peripherals, Superman and Batman, are also popular, they are still several floors behind compared to the peripherals of Fantasy Comics, so Ted Ashley
Only then did he fall silent on Chu Huan's suggestion.
This can be seen from Marvel. Considering that Marvel was able to sell itself to Cadence Industries for US$15 million a few years ago, we can see the dilemma of the two major comic magazines in North America.
In fact, the most important point here is that North American comics are mostly based on superheroes. When the movies do not show their true abilities, the popularity of these superheroes is just ordinary.
Hot on the top.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! But Chu Huan's "Fantasy Comics" is different. Although Transformers and Dragon Ball can also be classified into the ranks of superheroes.
But the gesture itself makes it easy to combine with toys.
Let’s use an example that is not very appropriate but is sufficient to illustrate the problem.
In the 1990s and even the early 2000s, not many people in China had actually seen Jordan play basketball. However, regarding Jordan's No. 23 Bulls jersey at that time, even in some rural areas, children could be seen wearing pirated jerseys.
play.
The influence has transcended basketball itself.
The same is true for the peripherals of "Fantasy Comics". Its influence has exceeded that of comics, not to mention that TV stations around the world are still broadcasting the animation of the same name of "Transformers"!
Moreover, don’t forget that Youth Toys “R” Us has already spread all over major cities around the world. Each flagship store holds some activities every year or even every month to enhance consumer bonding and the popularity of toys.
Reputation!
These are things that DC and Marvel don’t have!
Therefore, whether it is DC or Marvel, in fact, in this era, their peripherals have strong limitations, and naturally there is no way to compare with "Fantasy Comics".
After Chu Huan bought these two comics, he would naturally put them into the toy universe of Youth Toys "R" Us. Even if the movie has not been released yet, the sales and influence of its surroundings will be
beyond their current situation.
Ted Ashley thought of this too.
So, after thinking about it, I said, "We Warner can sell DC's distribution rights to Fantasy Comics."
Chu Huan immediately waved his hand and said, "Mr. Ashley, you are boring now. Since you want to buy it, our Fantasy Comics Society will naturally buy the complete DC volume, not a separate distribution right!"
Ted Ashley smiled and said, "Dr. Chu played a good hand. If DC is acquired by Fantasy Comics, DC's peripherals will be fully promoted by Youth Toys R Us. By then, Director Chu will have
Suddenly there are hundreds of more popular superheroes!”
Chu Huan didn't seem to care very much and said, "Mr. Ashley, if you say that, you are a little too fond of DC. DC has been in the hands of Warner for so many years. What are their peripherals like, and the comics themselves?"
What are its properties? I think you should know better than me, right?
No one can guarantee whether these so-called superhero peripherals can really be bought, but everyone can be sure of the benefits of "Jaws 2". Otherwise, Mr. Ashley, you wouldn't be able to fly from Los Angeles to New York.
Are you coming to see me?"
Ted Ashley shook his head and said, "You can't say that. "Jaws 2" is just a movie, and the profit is only from this movie. On the other hand, DC, as long as his comics are still selling well, then it will
It has continuously brought us profits, and I can still calculate this account clearly!"
"!" Chu Huan shook his fingers and said, "The movie "Jaws 1" brought hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue to Apex Pictures, not to mention buying DC, plus Marvel, and
Other comic companies in North America are more than enough. Now Mr. Ashley actually told me that the revenue from a "Jaws 2" is not as good as the profit from a DC comic. This is bullying me because I don't understand North American comics.
What about the market situation? Still don’t understand the market situation of North American movies?”
Chu Huan naturally understood everything, and so did Ted Ashley.
The profits brought by the movie "Jaws 1" are really enough to make the entire Hollywood, and even the entire United States, look askance. Now the reason why Ted Ashley did not agree to Chu Huan's request at the first time is because he wanted to win
Just to find conditions that are more beneficial to you.
It's not that DC can't be sold. Warner Bros. can sell it as long as the conditions are right, let alone a DC comic!
"Director Chu also said that it was "Jaws 1", but no one knows the financial ability of "Jaws 2". It is a huge gamble to exchange known profits for unknown profits.
, Director Chu wants to buy DC, doesn’t he also want to take the risk?
And even if I really want to sell it to Director Chu, I still need an answer that is more satisfactory to Warner’s board of directors!”
Chu Huan pondered for a moment, nodded, and then said, "I can give up all the investment shares in "Jaws 2" to Warner. At the same time, I can also guarantee to Mr. Ashley that as long as Apex Pictures wants to continue in the future,
How about Warner always owns a 50-50 investment share in this project?"
Ted Ashley's expression changed, and he was even a little excited.
"Can Director Chu make the decision for Apex Pictures in this matter?"
Chu Huan did not answer Ted Ashley's question directly, but took out a document from the drawer, handed it to Ted Ashley, and then said, "This is the contract signed by our black and white imaging and Apex Pictures.
Mr. Shrine can take a look!"
Ted Ashley couldn't wait to take the document from Chu Huan's hand, only to find that the black and white image with Chu Huan on it not only had an investment share of 50 in "Jaws 2", but also had an investment share in the follow-up "Jaws" series.
!
As long as Apex continues to develop this series.
After reading the contents of the contract, Ted Ashley couldn't help but ask, "Director Chu, what is your relationship with Miss Kelly?"