Lu Fei took a sip of tea.

"You, you, are the second shareholder after all. How come you don't even know the cash flow of your family business?"

Lu Yun immediately quoted US$800 million.

"So many! In fact, brother, if Qilixiang really wants to invest in the food and beverage field, don't just focus on the country, it's better to look abroad." Lu Fei said leisurely.

"Abroad?" Lu Yun was curious.

"Isn't there a debt crisis in Europe right now? In the past few days, Standard & Poor's has also lowered the credit ratings of the UK and France." Lu Fei raised the corners of his mouth, "Many companies in Europe and the United States are in deep funding crises. They either collapse or are in trouble.

On the verge of collapse, this is a great opportunity for Chinese enterprises to make overseas mergers and acquisitions."

"It's happening!"

Lu Yun's eyes lit up, and the situation opened up instantly.

"Otherwise, how could ASML go public? Otherwise, how could KUKA accept our investment..."

Lu Fei said that Trisolaris Fund has a large number of investment projects in Europe and the United States, not including Canada. It has a US$15.1 billion joint venture with China National Aviation Oil to acquire Nexen Petroleum Company.

Counting the oil fields in the Middle East jointly exploited by Koch Industries, Mr. Lu can also wear a piece of cloth on his head and declare to the outside world that he is rich.

Especially these days, energy and crude oil are on the rise!

The two brothers were making tea and discussing the investment plan for Qilixiang in 2012. At this moment, Gao Yuanyuan and Xiao Hongmei returned to the house with Lu Ruoruo and Lu Hua, who had finished their act.

"What are you two brothers talking about?"

Xiao Hongmei took off her shirt and prepared to put down the dumplings.

Lu Yun told the truth, and when Gao Yuanyuan heard this, she also became interested, "Yeah, speaking of this, Ivanka has sent me news in the past two days, saying that the stock financing plan of AMC, the second largest theater chain in the United States, failed.

, had to be cancelled, and as expected it will be put up for sale to the public.”

"The fact that they are all for sale means that AMC has reached the end of its rope." Lu Fei helped Lu Hua put on his slippers.

"It is indeed a big mess. The losses are almost 83 million US dollars, and they are still losing money."

Gao Yuanyuan is smiling.

"You want to take over?"

Lu Fei sent Lu Ruoruo and Lu Hua to watch TV.

"Ivanka persuaded me. She said that if it weren't for the "Paramount Act", Hollywood film companies are not allowed to own theaters at the same time, otherwise they would have taken action long ago. I think AMC is indeed worth acquiring. It is the second in the United States and the top in the world.

Five theaters.”

Gao Yuanyuan said everything exactly.

Different from the high-quality lines of Han and Tang Cinemas, AMc currently operates 346 cinemas and 5,028 screens, which is only 1,530 screens less than Regal, the largest cinema chain in the United States.

However, the theater locations and locations owned by AMC are basically better than Regal. Among the top ten independent theaters in North America, AMC owns 6.

"How much is it expected to cost?"

Lu Fei frowned, then relaxed.

Gao Yuanyuan calculated: "The valuation of the entire AMC company is about US$1.5 billion, but the acquisition requirement of AMC is that in addition to 100% equity, it must also bear debt..."

"Not only operations and management, theater renovation, but also the era of 3D Max technology, equipment also needs to be upgraded. Adding these costs together, 2 billion U.S. dollars will definitely not be enough, at least 2.5 billion."

Lu Fei made a rough calculation.

"$2.5 billion!"

Gao Yuanyuan and Lu Yun were shocked. Even though the Lu family had at least more than 60 billion US dollars in assets on their books, they suddenly hesitated to spend so much money to acquire a shaky theater chain.

"Yuanyuan, do you still plan to buy it?"

Lu Fei looked at her with a smile.

"I think, to be honest with you, at the celebration party for "Pacific Rim", I received internal news from the Film Bureau that the "China-U.S. Film Memorandum Agreement" will be re-signed soon. It may be necessary to add 14 3D or

IMAX movies, and the U.S. box office share ratio has also increased."

Gao Yuanyuan carefully analyzed the future prospects of the theater chain.

"Well, I know this too."

"You also know? Did the Tong Bureau tell you?"

"No, it was Leader Sha who signed the agreement. I originally wanted to take you and Huahua to celebrate the New Year that day." Lu Fei raised the corner of his mouth.

"Then what do you think?" Gao Yuanyuan blinked.

"I support it, but it can't be acquired by Han and Tang alone. It has to be partnered with others, and we can't be the largest shareholder."

Lu Fei handed her a cup of tea.

Gao Yuanyuan cast an inquiring look.

"Aren't you saying that the entire theater chain industry is on the thin profit line? I think the United States is not much better. Otherwise, AMC would suffer such serious losses and give up on rescue efforts?"

Lu Fei said there are hidden dangers lurking in the entire cinema industry.

It is not just a problem of low profits and low profits, but also a problem that traditional theater chains are destined to face, and that is streaming media.

Nowadays, Netflix has taken off completely by relying on movies and TV series such as "House of Cards" and "S.H.I.E.L.D." of Han and Tang Dynasties. YouTube is also relying on Han and Tang Dynasty to develop its streaming media business. There is no doubt that——

The business model battle between the movie theater camp represented by AMC and the streaming media camp represented by Netflix and YouTube, the battle between the box office split model and the subscription membership system, is inevitable, and the streaming media has a greater chance of victory.

.

Because this is the general trend of the Internet!

“So if you want to find someone to share the risk, who should you turn to?”

Gao Yuanyuan's gentle eyes were full of admiration.

"Of course it's Wang Jianlin. If you give this news to Wanda, he will definitely like it. When the time comes to work together, Wanda will take the lead. If he wants 60%, he will give him 60%, and if he wants 70%, he will give 70%."

Lu Fei laughed and said: "What we want is just to ensure that our movies are released when they are released worldwide."

"good!"

Gao Yuanyuan lost her worries and put a smile on her face.

"By the way, Caifubao and Penguin Pay can also use AMC theaters to expand their payment scenarios to European and American theaters."

Lu Fei rolled his eyes.

Lu Yun, Lu Yun, why do you have to fight with me with your Yipay!

At this moment, Xiao Hongmei walked out of the kitchen carrying the steaming dumplings, shouting: "Eat the dumplings and smash them."

"Ruoruo, Huahua, come and eat dumplings!"

Lu Fei picked up his chopsticks and suddenly heard a bang outside the window.

The night is as bright as day and as bright as flowers.

Fireworks fill the air and it’s so beautiful!
Chapter completed!