Chapter 1018 Targeting Hollywood movie giants!

The Beverly Hills villa is splendid, luxurious and luxurious inside and out.

It turns out that the previous owner of the Beverly Hills villa spent nearly a million dollars renovating the place.

In the 1980s, spending millions of dollars to renovate was really different.

Now Yang Ming is very comfortable taking a bath in an Italian bathtub, where he can also see the scenery outside.

"Master, do you need me to call Chu Hong and Jia Hui?" Azhu asked from the side.

"Go ahead."

. . .

When Yang Ming finished taking a bath.

Return to the study next to the master room.

Yang Ming noticed that in addition to the large area of ​​​​this study room, the bookshelves here were filled with many books. Moreover, the layout of this study looks very comfortable.

ten minutes later.

Yuan Tianfan came here to see Yang Ming.

"Boss, are you satisfied with this place?"

At first, Yuan Tianfan still had people choose for a long time before choosing this Beverly Hills villa.

"not bad."

This time Yang Ming came to Los Angeles specifically for Hollywood in Los Angeles.

"Tianfan, is there a Future Capital branch here in Los Angeles?"

"Boss, there isn't one here."

The Silicon Valley side of San Francisco is only a few hundred kilometers away from here, not too far.

Future Capital does not have a branch here in Los Angeles.

If that's the case, if Yang Ming wants to acquire the Hollywood movie giant this time, he may have to send someone from the Future Capital headquarters.

"You first check the information of Hollywood movie companies, and then we select the suitable movie company to acquire."

"Yes, boss."

Although the Imperial Group has its own Asian Film Company in Hong Kong, it is not enough in Yang Ming's opinion.

Yang Ming's trip to New York to acquire Marvel Comics was actually his first step into Hollywood movies, and even European and American movies.

However, this is not enough.

Yuan Tianfan went to rest first.

Yang Ming is still in the study.

Los Angeles time.

22:45 pm.

Yang Ming went back to the master room to rest.

Early the next day.

Yang Ming hadn't woken up yet, and the sunlight outside the window was shining in, which was a bit dazzling.

At this time, the daytime temperature here is around 20 degrees Celsius, which is still very comfortable.

The most important thing is that it is not very far from the sea.

Yang Ming got up and looked out the window at the blue east coast of the Pacific Ocean in the distance. The scenery was indeed beautiful.

It's much more beautiful than what I saw on Long Island, New York. No wonder the Beverly Hills Villa attracts so many people.

Yang Ming got up to wash up and went downstairs.

He found that Ah Zhu, Zhong Chuhong, Guan Jiahui, Lin Xiuzhi, He Chaoluo, Pu Jinhui and others had all gotten up early.

Now it’s particularly nice to have breakfast here in the villa and enjoy the view.

"Sir, the scenery here is so beautiful." Zhong Chuhong came over and said.

"It's really nice here. During this period, you should treat it as a vacation."

finish breakfast.

Yang Ming returned to the study upstairs.

Yuan Tianfan called Langdon at the future headquarters in Silicon Valley and asked him to send someone to Los Angeles to assist in the acquisition of the film company.

Langdon selects staff.

In the afternoon, Future Capital employees can fly in from San Francisco.

. . .

noon.

Yang Ming, He Chaoluo and others had lunch at the Beverly Hills villa.

After lunch, take a rest.

15:30 pm.

After Yang Ming got up.

There is an indoor swimming pool in the Beverly Hills Villa, and the temperature here is still very good, so Yang Ming is going to swim in the indoor swimming pool.

In addition to Yang Ming himself, he also invited He Chaoluo and Park Jinhui to swim together.

When Yang Ming finished swimming with them.

16:30 pm.

Get up and have afternoon tea in the restaurant.

At this time, the headquarters of Future Capital sent eight people to Los Angeles to assist Yuan Tianfan in acquiring a Hollywood film company.

After these people arrived in Los Angeles, Yuan Tianfan first took them to the Beverly Hills villa to meet the boss.

"Boss, they were all sent by Langdon."

"We can first establish a Future Capital branch in Los Angeles."

. . .

Before the sun goes down.

It's not even before dinner.

Yang Ming found that the seaside scenery and sunset were particularly beautiful.

Yang Ming took Ah Zhu, Zhong Chuhong, Guan Jiahui, He Chaoluo, Lin Xiuzhi, and Pu Jinhui to go for a walk on the beach.

Walking on the beach feels really good.

Before dinner comes.

Yang Ming and others returned to the Beverly Hills Villa for dinner.

22:00 in the evening.

Yang Ming is in the study.

Yuan Tianfan is back.

In the afternoon, Yuan Tianfan and the eight employees sent by Future Capital headquarters first selected a suitable office location in Los Angeles and then bought it directly.

They began to follow Yang Ming's instructions and investigate all Hollywood movies and related companies, large and small.

Of course, this takes time, and we won’t check everything out so quickly.

Next.

Almost a week.

Yang Ming is almost always on vacation.

June 18, 1985.

Tuesday.

morning.

Yang Ming's study.

Except for Yuan Tianfan, the eight employees of Future Capital are all here.

After a week of investigation, they found out all the big and small movie companies in Hollywood.

Among them, the eight major Hollywood film giants.

Warner Bros., MGM, Paramount Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Universal Pictures, United Artists, 20th Century Fox, Disney.

Among them, 20th Century Fox Film Company had just been acquired half of the shares by Australian news media tycoon Rupert Murdoch in March, and there is basically no possibility of acquisition.

Disney has been doing very well and is unlikely to be acquired.

That leaves six other Hollywood film giants.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Due to consecutive years of losses, 1 country gambling tycoon Kirk Kerkorian bought it.

Kerkorian was a Las Vegas gambling king who was passionate about the casino and hotel industries, and as a result, MGM became increasingly distant from the film industry. Since then, Kerkorian resold MGM twice and bought it back twice, causing MGM to suffer a lot.

During this period, MGM had a small turnaround. In 1981, the company merged with United Artists Pictures, another large and sluggish production company. This company had produced "Lilies of the Field", "West Side Story", "The Apartment", "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", "The Graduate", "Rocky" and other excellent films, and owns the 007 brand.

However, the two companies' combined film market share only accounts for a measly 6%.

Without any cable channels, television networks or broadband channels, and no media conglomerate to back it up, an independent production company like MGM is at a mercy.

In other words, at this time, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and United Artists had formed one company.

. . .

However, Yang Ming remembered.

In the late 1980s, when Japanese housing prices were at the highest in the world, Sony acquired Columbia Pictures for US$4.8 billion (670 billion yen at the time).

However, now Sony is under attack from Empire Games in terms of games. Compared with Sony in history, Sony is much worse in terms of game software and hardware than it was in history.

It is impossible to win over Disney and 20th Century Fox Film Company.

As for Columbia Pictures, there is no chance of acquisition for the time being. Warner Brothers, Paramount, and Universal are all developing normally. If they want to acquire them, it is not impossible, but the price they need to pay is much higher.

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