Vol 5 Chapter 872: Marvel
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As soon as Feng Yiping entered the door, a lot of people looked at him eagerly, especially Matteo of UBS.
In the circle, there are mixed praises and criticisms for the rich man Kecorian. If he is not necessary, he is easy to show up in the public and accept interviews. But for banks like UBS, like Feng Yiping, this old gentleman , And often give people great surprises.
Just like when he was young, boxing seemed promising, but because of a flight, he immediately chose to become a pilot. Many decisions he made during the entrepreneurial process were also very sudden.
For example, he did a good job in the aviation industry, but suddenly quit. He devoted himself to the casino and hotel business. When the casino and hotel business made a lot of money, he chose to become a movie tycoon without warning. While May was selling and buying, he suddenly got involved in the auto industry and spent a lot of money to become Chrysler's largest shareholder.
He was still not satisfied with becoming a shareholder. In 1995, he joined with the CEO of Chrysler to launch a hostile takeover (MBO) of the original Chrysler company with a total of 23 billion U.S. dollars. He played big enough and wanted to become the owner of Chrysler, of course. , This acquisition failed.
It was also unsuccessful, otherwise it is very likely that Chrysler is another company he bought and sold.
But how could he just let it go?
His own acquisition of Chrysler was unsuccessful. Six months after Mercedes-Benz acquired Chrysler in 1998, he sued Daimler-Chrysler Automobiles and its president, claiming that they used deception to win the merger during the merger of the two automobile companies, and demanded a total of 90%. 100 million dollars in compensation!
These include a 2 billion acquisition premium loss, a 1 billion stock price fall loss, and punitive damages twice the actual loss (ie 6 billion).
Although the court did not ultimately support his request, the defendant paid a total of hundreds of millions of dollars in expenses. The even greater setback was that Chrysler’s stock price fell from more than $100 at the time of the merger to a mere $42. Evaporation exceeds 60%!
He is not easy to provoke and radical, which can be seen in general.
However, the bank still likes such a big guy, because such a person can bring them big surprises, and it must also be admitted that the result of this old gentleman's toss is indeed quite good.
So this time, what did he toss about when he came to Feng Yiping?
Feng Yiping didn't speak, and looked towards the door. Over there, Kecorian was surrounded by a group of people. He came in from the backyard, smiled and nodded towards them, and walked towards the front door of the restaurant.
The people around him, except for a few executives of the Tracinda Group, can be distinguished at a glance. They are all bodyguards. Those tall and majestic bodyguards surround him and let everyone outside see him. Not him.
Unlike Feng Yiping and the others who are also engaged in high-tech industries, they are different from the innocent upstarts. Since ancient times, gambling has been inextricably linked to the black. As the casino tycoons in Las Vegas, they really have a need for 120,000 points. Come pay attention to your personal safety.
"Feng," Cummins put a small pot in front of Feng Yiping, which is the cheese fondue.
In fact, it is the same as our domestic hot pot, except that the clear soup or red soup is replaced with melted cheese.
Shabu-shabu does not have as many kinds of shabu-shabu as my Datianchao hot pot, most of which are vegetable and fruit bread.
Feng Yiping shook his head at Mateo. The latter understood in seconds, but this time there was no chance? So why did Kecorian approach you so presumptuously?
Of course, he is naturally difficult to ask these words. Feng Yiping shook his head deliberately, which has fully explained that today's kindness still has an effect.
This is good, so that future opportunities are indispensable.
He and Luca and everyone drank two glasses of wine, and they said goodbye very interestingly, allowing Feng Yiping and the others to communicate freely.
"Feng, what's the matter?" Cummins asked as soon as they left.
Several people, including Sandberg, came close.
Feng Yiping waved his hand, "It's nothing, it's just getting acquainted and exchanging some opinions."
This is also a plausible rhetoric. Most people immediately discussed Feng Yiping's two new proposals.
Only Cummins knows otherwise, because Feng Yiping asked him to check MGM's stock price last year and now.
He was also concerned about the fact that MGM was about to be sold again at that time. However, Feng Yiping looked at the market value of MGM and rejected it without thinking. After that, he did not care much, only knowing that Sony won. , Is now waiting for the approval of the U.S. and European regulatory agencies. It's such a fixed thing. Does it have anything to do with yourself?
Soon, he saw some clues from the information he received. The current stock price of MGM is not much different from that before the acquisition agreement. It is still only 11% faster.
From such data, Feng Yiping also saw the answer he wanted. Sure enough, the market is generally not optimistic about this merger.
This is because as usual, after the relevant news is disclosed, the stock price of the acquired company will always rise by a considerable amount, but this time there is no such situation.
Cummins was a little stunned, so he blurted out a very unqualified sentence, "Are they going to regret it?"
What he said about them naturally refers to the acquirer headed by Sony.
However, he will soon become the emperor of himself, the deal is done, the raw rice has been cooked, how can he go back?
Not to mention the negative impact that this might have on the corporate image, they can't afford the related compensation liabilities.
Regarding Kecorian's temperament, they dare to go back, and the amount of compensation may be higher than the amount of the purchase.
"He wanted to transfer the shares he held to me, but I refused," Feng Yiping said.
"Oh," Cummins' eyes flickered. One of the eight veteran Hollywood brands is still very attractive to him.
Especially they have the right to distribute.
But since the boss is not interested, there is nothing he can do.
Xiaozha and the others had a very lively discussion at this time, and they were discussing with Sandberg, a former Google employee, why Google Q&A was not successful.
Feng Yiping inserted, "We must realize that a good Q&A website generally makes profit a problem."
This is like Zhihu who became a big fire in China. It has style, users, and popularity, but it is difficult to make money.
"But I think this is very likely to become a killer application, it will greatly promote the development of our related services, for example, if people like us arrive in Davos for the first time, if they put it on Facebook Which restaurant here is the most popular, I think, will soon get help from netizens who I didn’t know before," Xiaozha is optimistic about this feature.
"So, can the search software find these answers?" Sandberg asked another question. "If we can find them, obviously, we will use less of our services, but if we close this service, It is likely that fewer people will participate,"
"No, I think this is just a good opportunity...," Mike also joined the discussion.
Feng Yiping smiled and just let them discuss first. He asked Cummins in a low voice, "Marvel, is there any progress?"
This is Kecorian's proposal, something that reminded him.
Compared with MGM’s old film library, he feels that Marvel’s new films that will be successful in the future, so many superheroes in its comics, and Marvel’s comics are huge all over the world. Reading groups are more worthy of letting yourself fall in love.
And Marvel’s life has not been good these years~www.wuxiaspot.com~ seems to be a good window for acquisition.
"This," Cummins said with a sullen expression, "We contacted several times, but we still couldn't meet with Perlmutter."
He was talking about Isaac Perlmutter, the head of Marvel.
"Permut almost never participates in public events, and rarely appears in Hollywood,"
Feng Yiping only mentioned it to him. Maybe Cummins, who had a lot of things, didn't have much experience in this matter.
"Take this as an important matter," Feng Yiping said, "first collect all relevant information, and finally, we will find someone to introduce it."
He believes that based on the people he knows in the United States now, there are really no people he wants to meet but cannot meet.
"Understand, I will do it right away," Cummins said.
The boss attaches so much importance to it, so, will he definitely acquire Marvel?
