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- After David stopped being so proud, he told the whole story.
What is somewhat different from the previous life is that this time Paramount feels that "Transformers" will bring huge profits to itself, so it wants to release "Transformers 2" in advance to make up for the lack of funds.
But contrary to expectations, "Transformers 2" not only had no hope of being released in advance, but also required an additional investment of at least US$30 million due to overruns on special effects.
House seemingly endless rain.
At this time, Deutsche Bank, which had survived for a month longer than in its previous life, could no longer hold back so that it could fill other big holes.
??????????????? Paramount has to sell its pants to raise money for the few movies it is shooting, so where can it have the money to repay Deutsche Bank?
You have to say that Paramount¡¯s market value exceeds 10 billion U.S. dollars, but their business is too big, and it is very laborious to turn around, and they usually don¡¯t have much cash.
And because "Transformers 1" made a lot of money before, they overspent on "Transformers 2", and their hands were even more stretched. They didn't borrow another 100 million US dollars from Deutsche Bank. The turnover was good. When it came to paying back the money, it was absolutely No!
Behind them was the entertainment tycoon Redstone, and Redstone's Viacom was originally their parent company. However, Viacom's economic situation during this period was also poor and it could not come up with the money. Leave it to them and let them handle it themselves.
With no other choice, Paramount started its own long road of borrowing money, just like in its previous life.
Generally, these film companies do not borrow money from their peers, because the seven major Hollywood film companies basically do not have good relationships.
Don¡¯t look at what they often jointly produce movies. That's all driven by interests. In fact, they all want other companies to go bankrupt, and then the entire market will be owned by them.
So they usually go to major commercial banks to borrow money. For example, one of Paramount¡¯s financial backers is Deutsche Bank.
When Deutsche Bank had money in the past, it lent money to Paramount and could not only wait to collect interest slowly. Moreover, he would ask Paramount to do some commercials for him no matter what, and both parties lived a very comfortable life.
But once there is a financial crisis, even Deutsche Bank, Germany's largest commercial bank, can't bear it, let alone other commercial banks. When it comes to the stability of banks, Germany is number one in the world, and is more stable and reliable than banks in Switzerland.
Of course, there are many powerful giants in the banks in the United States, but the problem is that these banks have either been deeply hit by the subprime debt crisis, or they have been involved in other bond crises. And in the crisis of the bankruptcy of the borrowing company, and Paramount, which has always made a lot of money unjustly, God knows when it will get the money back.
So Paramount was forced to have no choice, so it cast a net everywhere to find rich people, and one of them found David's head.
Who told him that he likes movies and has a father who is one of the top ten super rich men in the United States?
David has been eyeing the film industry for a long time, and now he is looking at this opportunity. I immediately started thinking about it.
After thinking hard for several days, he finally came up with a good idea. It happened that he met Sam who had returned from practice and had the same hobbies as him. The two discussed it for a while and immediately came to China to find Xiao Qi.
¡°Well, Paramount is looking for the bully everywhere, and they are here to find the bully.
"That's what I think." At this point, David became seriously serious: ". It's just for Deutsche Bank. They also owe about 1 billion US dollars in other places, and they haven't paid it out yet." , they can only pay interest every year. When the economy is good, others allow them to delay. But when the economy is bad, banks will also tighten funds, and they will pay back a lot of money in the past two or three years.
Of course, Paramount does not have the money and can only rely on external support. Their parent company Viacom has also been having a hard time in the past two years, and it is impossible to give this money. So now is one of the most difficult periods after Paramount was acquired by Viacom, and it is also the most beneficial period for us. "
Xiao Qi nodded as he listened. David's words were his considerations in his previous life. There was no difference.
"What I mean is that the three of us will form a partnership to obtain Paramount's priority film investment rights for the next 10 years." David said excitedly: "Believe me, my friend, "Transformers", "Disc" "Espionage", "Iron Man", "Captain America", "The Avengers" these blockbusters will definitely make us a lot of money. In 10 years, we will have no problem doubling our earnings to 3 billion US dollars!"
"?" Xiao Qi thought he heard wrongly, and got the same reward.
¡°That¡¯s right!¡± David explained: ¡°??, I didn¡¯t say completely, not just the priority investment rights. What Paramount means is that if we pay them back all the money, then we can choose whatever movie rights they have, and they will give priority to whatever we ask them to shoot! We decide how much to invest, and the remaining investment amount is divided by others, and we can even invest the full amount. "
Sam also joined in at this time: "We have all planned to release at least one heroic blockbuster every year in the next ten years. The goal is the four movies David just mentioned! Think about it, Xiao Qi, we have been familiar with these since childhood. What an honor it is to be able to make a movie from our own hands and share it with our peers around the world!¡±
"Isn't there something wrong with you coming to me after you all made plans?" Xiao Qi said funnyly: "Do you think that in your eyes, I am just a money bag that only pays for money and doesn't care about anything else?"
"Then what do you think of our plan? I'm a professional! If I can't make you money, I will come to China from the United States to apologize to you!" David said confidently, "Don't worry, Xiao Qi, I never Don¡¯t lie to my friends, you have to believe me!¡±
Of course David didn¡¯t lie, he really made a lot of money operating this project.
But unlike his previous life, David will give him an extra $1 billion in exchange for the "full investment rights" and "designated filming rights" that he didn't have in his previous life.
Xiao Qi doesn¡¯t know much about the film industry, and he doesn¡¯t know whether these two rights and interests can be worth 1 billion US dollars. But according to David¡¯s consideration of the film industry, Xiao Qi knows that at least he will not lose money.
"Transformers 2" and "Transformers 3" alone will earn a global box office of 1.1 billion U.S. dollars. It is said that "Transformers 4" will be similar In this way, David has the highest score among these three movies. There should be a profit of US$5.7 billion.
There is also "Avengers", which is not inferior to "Transformers", but directly hit the global box office of 1.5 billion US dollars! What about the second and third parts?
In addition, "Mission: Impossible", "Iron Man", and "Captain America" ??are all golden hens that make money. At least in the previous life that Xiao Qi has experienced, they have proved that they are all powerful tools for attracting money, so if they invest on a large scale, And it can really double.
For any film investor, earning about 1.5 billion US dollars in 10 years is definitely an amazing achievement.
But Xiao Qi¡¯s idea was not that simple, his ambition was even greater.
"David, Sam." Xiao Qi said calmly: "In exchange for these promises, it is not enough Don't be busy talking, listen to me!"
After a pause, the young man continued: "I don't understand movies, but I understand finance. Our current cooperation with Paramount is indeed a win-win situation, but you have overlooked one point, that is, now we and Paramount Ramon, we are not on an equal footing! Paramount is waiting for money to save us! The funds we have are their life-saving funds, why can¡¯t we get more?¡±
For American companies, Xiao Qi has no mercy. Taking advantage of them is his favorite thing to do, because American companies often do this to Chinese companies. It has nothing to do with justice or evil, and is only related to their own interests.
David and Sam were stunned.
"Xiao Qi, you are too cruel!"
"Wow, this is taking advantage of the situation!"
It is true that the two of them are film investors, but they really like the film industry more. Otherwise, with their family wealth, they would spend all day playing with female stars, eating, drinking and having fun. There would be no problem at all. There is no use in being exhausted. Live to invest in a movie?
When they heard Xiao Qi¡¯s approach to business affairs, their first reaction was that they were not used to it, and then they felt that Xiao Qi was a little too greedy.
"I invest to make money. David, you should have known this from the beginning." Xiao Qi smiled and said, "Go back and negotiate with them again. Do you really think our money came from the strong wind? MGM is selling talent. If it doesn¡¯t work for 4.8 billion US dollars, just tell them that we can just buy Paramount directly for 5 billion US dollars!¡±
"Well¡¡"
The two of them were stunned for the third time.
"You, are you telling the truth?" David stuttered.
"If they are willing to sell, I will definitely be willing to buy, but I'm afraid Redstone won't be willing." Xiao Qi smiled, "But now we have their life-saving money, and I don't feel comfortable if we don't give it a serious blow By the way, you two, if you can sell us the rights to the five movie series you just mentioned," (To be continued)
PS: Happy Valentine¡¯s Day, brothers. If you don¡¯t have a girlfriend, please take the opportunity to express your love. I wish everyone success! ! - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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