Chapter 179 Count us
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As the frenzy brought by "Jurassic Park" and "The True Lies" gradually declined, the entertainment industry seemed to have returned to normal after September. Journalists and paparazzi turned their attention back to the gossip of celebrities, and the newspaper entertainment page began to be filled with news about breakups and love triangles.
On a very ordinary Monday, Viacom and Pie Kinsley, who represented Ryan, suddenly held a press conference, announcing that Ryan would spend $150 million to join the acquisition of Paramount Pictures. Once successful, the two sides will start a closer all-round cooperation and will jointly produce at least two movies each year.
This news immediately shocked North America. Viacom's financing problems and it is not a secret that they are in trouble for Paramount Pictures to buy. Now they are pulling that super genius into it. What is the purpose of it?
Well, all North America knows that Ryan Jenkins is very rich and is definitely one of the richest minors in the United States. He is said to hold more than 100 million US dollars in his hand, but will this amount of money be helpful for a multi-billion dollar acquisition?
Some analysts quickly grasped the key and turned their attention to Wall Street.
The next day, Julius Stewart, who represented Jenkins Film, injected another heart-warming agent into the acquisition case. The number of viewers in "Jurassic Park" in North America exceeded 90 million, and the global box office officially exceeded 1 billion US dollars.
Then, Viacom quickly stabilized the situation and launched a second financing to Wall Street. Paramount Pictures, which was gradually tilting its offer to Barry Diller, immediately returned to its impartial position, stood steadily on the wall and watched the development of the situation on both sides.
Interest groups represented by Barry Diller have raised their quotations again and wanted to take advantage of the critical moment when Viacom's financing has not yet been completed to fight.
However, two huge positive news obviously stimulated the nerves of the vampires on Wall Street. As long as it is profitable, their actions will become extremely rapid. Viacom's financing plan was quickly concluded.
A fierce acquisition war began, and the quotations of both sides were getting closer to $9 billion, and funds were the only winner.
No one expected that Lei Shidong would use the strategy of striking the world. When the competition between the two sides was the most fierce, he suddenly announced that he would acquire the world's largest video chain store Blockbuster for US$8.4 billion. Then he transferred Blockbuster's huge cash flow, and then used physical stores to borrow from banks, raising the quotation to US$10.6 billion, and finally ended the acquisition that lasted for several months.
"Congratulations, Mr. Lei Shidong."
Walking into the huge banquet hall, Ryan first expressed his congratulations to the host.
"Ryan, you won't want me to say congratulations to you, do you? Don't forget that you are also a shareholder of Paramount now."
Summer Redstone was in a very good mood, and he looked at Nicole holding Ryan again. "Miss Kidman, to be honest, I admire you very much!"
"Where does this start..."
Not only Nicole was stunned, but Ryan was also stunned.
"Not everyone can teach a genius well."
Summer Redstone didn't seem to be joking. "I think you've done a very successful job in this regard."
“It’s too much.”
Nicole's own family knows his own affairs. If he had replaced Ryan with another child, he would have been spoiled by himself long ago. Having said that, would he still be so doting on him if he had been replaced by another child?
"What are you thinking? Nicole?"
The two of them found a quiet resting place and sat at a small table.
"Nothing." Nicole quickly came to her senses, "I didn't expect that one day, we would become the major shareholders of Hollywood's top film companies."
"It's just five percent of the shares." Ryan didn't care much.
$150 million in exchange for 5% of Paramount Pictures' shares. This is the final negotiation result between Pie Kinsley and Viacom. It seems that Ryan and Nicole have made a lot of money, but it is not as beautiful as expected.
First, in the face of fierce competition, Viacom adopted a premium acquisition, with a price of US$10.6 billion, which far exceeded Paramount's market value - the two sides negotiated based on Paramount's market value - and secondly, Ryan will have to fulfill at least six movie contracts in the next three years, and Paramount's investment in it will account for more than 60%.
Also, if Ryan and Nicole want to take out their shares, Summer Redstone has the right to buy back first at the market price.
Of course, the benefits are also huge.
In the future, the majority of the North American entertainment industry's revenue will be overseas markets. Paramount is the best company to develop overseas markets. None of the studios Ryan purchased has the right to distribute movies, so it is imperative to take advantage of the situation.
As long as there is no huge conflict of interest with Viacom, Paramount will inevitably tilt resources towards its shareholders when certain movies are released in the future. This is the rule within the industry.
The most important point is that Nicole Kidman can become a member of the nine-member board of Paramount with the negotiation agreement and five percent of the custody shares. Although he does not have much say, he can become a huge amulet.
You should know that there are not a few people in this circle who want to make up her mind, but they have never found any opportunity to be sent? The invitations for art films and independent films that Jinsley rejected were piled up one foot thick, and many of the directors and producers have a reputation.
In any case, Ryan is just a minor, and it is not easy to protect the people he cares about in this complex circle. Nicole has the status of a director of Paramount Pictures, which is enough for most people to think about again and again.
Not only Nicole, Ryan asked Jinslie to prepare a female bodyguard and assistant for Natalie early on. At the same time, during the phone and communication, he repeatedly warned Natalie not to enter some people's audition room alone.
Yes, Natalie is not an adult, but in the eyes of those directors full of literary style, this is not a problem at all. The success or failure of this industry has never been moral. Otherwise, Woody Allen, Warren Beatty and others would not be able to do so freely and are still at the top of Hollywood.
"Ryan, Jim is here." Nicole pushed him first, and then said helplessly to the side, "Jim, you know, he is just like this, no matter how he is."
"Please sit, Jim."
Ryan came to his senses and quickly called James Cameron to sit down, waved to the waiter and asked them to bring drinks.
"Ryan, I didn't expect you to put such a big sum of money into Paramount."
Cameron looked regretful, "I'm still waiting for you to rent a submarine and go to the Atlantic Ocean together."
"Jim!" Nicole glared at her eyes. Whenever she heard the other party mention this topic, she couldn't help but worry that Ryan would follow him to make trouble. "You want to go to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, no one will stop him, but this has nothing to do with Ryan!"
Both sides are old friends, so they naturally speak a lot more casually. Cameron curled his lips helplessly, "Nicole, you are prejudice!"
"Come on, Jim." Ryan spoke, "I never promised you."
"Okay." Cameron understood that one-on-two was definitely not a match, so he quickly changed the topic, "Why not invest this money in my digital field?"
"So that, Jim." Ryan gently tapped the small table in front of him, "What if one day you get tired of work and want to take a vacation and throw the digital realm aside?"
"Where are Stan Winston?" Cameron muttered.
“Mr. Winston is an extremely outstanding special effects master!”
Ryan directly revealed the essence, "The digital field will definitely go bankrupt at that time, and all my investments will be wasted..."
"I……"
James Cameron fell into thinking.
"What are you talking about?"
A crisp female voice sounded, and the figure of Shirley Lansing was followed.
"Congratulations, Shirley!"
Ryan sat down with a gesture of asking for a seat. After the other party sat down, he smiled, "I just felt the pressure."
"There is motivation when you have pressure, right?" Ryan joked.
Just like Redstone's previous acquisitions, he removed most of Paramount's top management, and Shirley Lansing stepped down as media manager and officially became the chairman and CEO of Paramount Pictures Group.
"Nicole, when are you going to fulfill your director's obligations?"
Shirley Lansing and Nicole Kidman talked, both parties had the intention to get closer.
"Where is Jim, Linda?"
Looking at the two people talking about women, Ryan asked casually at Cameron. The big beard shrugged playfully, spread his hands again, but said nothing.
"By the way, Jim."
Shirley Lansing turned his head at this time, "You and Ryan are planning a big project, isn't it true?"
"That's the case." Cameron nodded.
"In fact, I've given him the script and related suggestions." Ryan pointed his chin at Cameron.
"How about Paramount?" said Shirley Lansing.
"Sherley, are you so confident in this little guy?" Cameron curled his lips to Ryan, "You haven't even read the specific content yet!"
"I think no one will doubt Ryan's strength after this summer, right?" Sherry Lansing's expression seemed to be telling the accepted facts, and then she said, "Ryan, won't you talk?"
"The initial budget is $200 million, and Jenkins Pictures will take half of it." Ryan waved his hand to stop Shirley Lansing from saying something, "This movie is not included in our agreement."
"Two million US dollars!"
Just like there was a tacit understanding, Harvey Weinstein and Grant Hill came over at the same time.
"Can it be counted as a 20th Century Fox?" This is Grant Hill.
"And Miramax!"
"Let's do it." Ryan and Cameron muttered a few words and said, "Jim needs a vacation. When he finishes his vacation, how about we sit together and talk?" (To be continued, please search Piaotianwen, the novel is better and faster!
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