Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 537 One million dollars a membership card
The speed with which Turner Broadcasting's status as the fourth largest television network in the United States has come has taken bystanders, including industry watchers, by surprise.Gein Metropolitan Media's boss, John Kruger, has become more and more conspicuous, and the ambitious Murdoch, together with oil tycoon Marvin Davis, is fully capable of disrupting the situation and making this acquisition The war stalemate for a while.

But no one expected that Tang Huan would launch a two-sided attack. In addition to assisting Ted Turner in taking over Metropolitan Media's cable TV network, he would also personally destroy the relationship between Murdoch and Marvin Davis. Alliance, purchased [-]th Century Fox from the latter.

The financial media immediately gave an analysis. Tang Huan's desire to expand in Hollywood was very strong. When he bought United Artists and MGM, the industry share of the two was only [-]%. To meet the requirements of the richest man in the United States, it is natural to take the shortcut of capital mergers.

Tang Huan's expansion naturally threatened the leading position of Paramount and Warner. The media rushed to the two companies to test their tone and asked whether they would use anti-monopoly means to stop this transaction.

The former is busy fighting for power and profit, and has no time to deal with the macro trend of the industry. Instead, Warner boss Steve Ross, who has many conflicts with Tang Huan, asked in a deafening way, "Will you be with an active man with countless wealth?" Do sick children grab lollipops?"

After this sentence appeared in the newspapers, Hollywood's attitude became almost clear.Under the general situation of the Reagan administration's emphasis on free economy, the so-called anti-monopoly is like "the wolf is coming". If you shout too much, it will lose its warning effect. Standing on the sidelines with cold eyes: "If you have money, you can continue to buy, as long as you can digest the resources you bought and appease the emotions of Hollywood filmmakers."

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Having done everything, Tang Huan naturally didn't bother to pay attention to the various comments from the outside world, and just kept counting the toys he bought.

Although Marvin Davis raised the price when acquiring 35th Century Fox, on the other hand, Metropolis Media was also squeezed out of the water. The US$29 billion price hyped by John Kruger finally became It became $[-] billion.

Tang Huan spends a lot of money, which makes the outside world confused, but he actually has his own plan. A blind man eats dumplings - he knows it well.

For example, the positioning of each company has been refined. United Artists, which is the smallest, tends to be artistic; MGM, which has lost its dominance in the past, tends to be restricted; " and other big productions.

As the big boss standing at the top, Tang Huan will personally take care of the work, mainly the development of the program theme, and occasionally coordinate the financing of the production budget, and the rest will be done by the subordinates at all levels.

Therefore, the system under Tang Huan's control has long since matured, and digesting [-]th Century Fox is just a step-by-step process that will not bring about any earth-shattering changes.

Of course, a few more chairs should be added during meetings; during inspections, the accompanying executives will be even more powerful.Just like this time when he came to Century City in Los Angeles, he was once again full of stars.

However, the executives of United Artists, MGM, Orion and other companies were quite gracious and took the initiative to let the newly joined [-]th Century Fox and others get closer to the big boss more conveniently. At this time, they accompanied Tang Huan to watch the Fox Plaza election. The person at the address is Shirley Lansing, the president of [-]th Century Fox, the first woman in Hollywood history to lead the eight major film groups.

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Century City is a city within a city, with thousands of people living in it, but [-]th Century Fox's rights and interests here are already very limited, Tang Huan shook his head regretfully.

The development of Century City as a real estate project began in 1956. However, a series of failures represented by the movie "Cleopatra" with huge investment but poor box office brought Twentieth Century Fox into a financial crisis and had to pay 3 million U.S. dollars. The price of nearly 180 acres of land was sold to real estate tycoon William Zeckendorf and Alcoa to tide over the difficulties.

For this reason, Spyros Skuras, who had served as president for 20 years, resigned sadly, and Dali Zanuck returned to power.

This legendary Hollywood tycoon never avoided relatives, appointing his son Richard Zanuck as the production executive, and made use of the 1965 movie "The Sound of Music" - "The Sound of Music" The great success of "The Voice" helped [-]th Century Fox get out of trouble.

It's a pity that the good times didn't last long. Even though he was old, Dali Zanuck was still tireless in his "four o'clock girl" career. At the same time, Twentieth Century Fox has embarked on the old road of big productions, including "Tora! Tora! Tora!" - "Tiger!Tiger!Tiger! ", including several films that made ends meet; the firing of his son Richard Zanuck, in particular, led to a boardroom coup that ended with sweeping out.

After getting rid of the totalitarian rule of the last Hollywood tycoon, Twentieth Century Fox's operations began to improve again. For example, the success of "Star Wars" benefited it a lot. The stock price alone rose from US$6 to US$28. .

In order to eliminate the risks caused by the boom and bust cycle of the film industry, 1980th Century Fox has invested a lot of its profits in industries other than movies, such as resort properties, beverages, Australian theaters, etc. The result is that financial pressure is still increasing. , was eventually acquired by Marvin Davis and Mark Rich in [-].

Now that Tang Huan has won [-]th Century Fox, he also has to face the problem of disposing of assets other than these movies.

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While Tang Huan was inspecting [-]th Century Fox in Los Angeles, he was waiting for the arrival of Asian investors from Galaxy Communications Co., Ltd. so that they could go to New York to witness the listing of Pacific Telecom.

Tang Huan received the others in a routine manner, but Sun Zhengyi had a good communication in private.

This man, after suffering from chronic hepatitis and being told that he could only live for a few years, in order to survive, he resorted to a ruthless trick.

Sun Zhengyi heard that there is a treatment that can turn chronic hepatitis into acute hepatitis, and then get effective treatment, so he tried it resolutely, and he succeeded in taking risks.

"This is how character determines destiny." Looking at Son Zhengyi's complexion, Tang Huan couldn't help but sigh to himself.

"Compared to my inanimate thoughts before, I am exuding vitality now." Sun Zhengyi expressed his joyful feelings energetically.

"To congratulate you on your recovery, I'll give you a gift." Tang Huan smiled and took a wallet, took out a golden card and handed it over.

"Is this pure gold?" Sun Zhengyi asked in surprise, feeling that the weight was not light.

"That's right, it's made of 24K pure gold." Tang Huan nodded.

"Pebble Beach Golf Course." Sun Zhengyi read the words on it thoughtfully, "What level is this membership card?"

"Top class, one million dollars each." Tang Huan slowly raised a finger.

"Tang, your gift is too heavy." After being stunned for a while, Sun Zhengyi smiled wryly.

"I've already sent you off, why are you polite?" Tang Huan waved his hand disapprovingly, "You are recuperating now, can you take it for leisure and take care of public relations at the same time. I have heard that golf is not an ordinary game in Japan. popular."

In fact, Tang Huan was very polite when he said that.The Japanese's obsession with golf has almost reached the point of carnival among the whole people. From the top executives to the bottom employees, they all rush to join in the fun and catch up with this epidemic. It is a sick manifestation under the high economic development.

The reason has something to do with the encouragement of Japanese officials - golf-related expenses can be openly included in the expense items of the company's statements and used as public funds.

However, due to the limited land area of ​​Japan and the fact that the population is mainly concentrated in metropolitan areas, the luxury hardware requirements of golf have made it unsatisfactory for golf enthusiasts. Therefore, many business groups have chartered flights to play golf at better courses. prosperous scene.

Naturally, Masayoshi Son was fully aware of these situations. He asked curiously: "As far as I know, Pebble Beach Golf Course is a top golf course with a long history in the United States. When did it become a property under your name?"

"When I helped Ted Turner buy Metropolis Media's cable network, I snatched up financially ailing 100th Century Fox, and Pebble Beach Golf Course was one of its investments." After Tang Huan explained, he smiled slightly, "I plan to develop the Pebble Beach Golf Course's top membership business for high-end users in Japan, which is this kind of gold card worth [-] million US dollars, and try to promote it at the banquet on the night of Pacific Telecom's listing. .”

"Don, how did you come up with this plan?" Sun Zhengyi, who was a little dumbfounded, finally slapped his thigh heavily, "Now the Japanese business and political elites regard golf as the most effective way of public relations, and they You are becoming more and more arrogant and self-indulgent, and comparisons are commonplace, and your membership card directly hits the weakness of this consumer group."

"You are also optimistic about this business, so it means that there is indeed great potential." Tang Huan laughed heartily, "However, you also said that the reason why Japanese business and political elites are so fond of golf is that Gein put it It has become the most effective way of public relations. Therefore, if this business wants to become a unique business, lest other people follow suit, the key is to create a top-level social circle that everyone yearns for."

"When I was financing the acquisition of Pacific Bell, I got to know a lot of powerful people in Japan's financial circles, and I should be able to help with the promotion." Masayoshi Son picked up the gold card, shook it, and volunteered enthusiastically, " This is worthy of this gift."

"Since you are willing to work hard, you are welcome to join. Of course, the benefits you deserve should not be less." Tang Huan did not reject Sun Zhengyi's kindness. After all, the other party has a flexible mind and is best suited for dealing with people.

"In addition, there is another thing to add to the fun, I believe it will be very popular in Japan." Tang Huan said while waving, asking his assistant to bring a beautifully packaged medicine box.

"This is..." Looking at the small blue pill inside, Sun Zhengyi couldn't help showing suspicion.

"Don't worry, this is a legitimate drug called Viagra. It has passed the strict testing process, and the US Food and Drug Administration may approve it." Tang Huan explained carefully, and finally smiled tacitly, " I see that the Japanese investors who came here this time are very relaxed, and many of them even brought female secretaries, so maybe they can use this. But you don’t need it for the time being, since you are recovering from a serious illness, recuperation is the most important thing, so it’s not appropriate to worry about it.”

"You have a lot of weird things here." Sun Zhengyi shook his head with a smile.

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Coming out of Tang Huan, after returning to the hotel room, Sun Zhengyi looked at the top membership card and Viagra of the Pebble Beach Golf Course, thought for a while, and finally picked up the phone, "Is Director Sato of the Bank of Quanzhou in Japan... ...If you want to come here in person...Justice is sincere and fearful, then I will wait for you."

After putting down the phone, Sun Zhengyi smiled playfully, put away his membership card and Viagra, and prepared drinks for the guests.

Not long after, Sato, who was in his 40s, arrived, followed by a pretty female secretary.

After a while of pleasantries, Sato said: "Zhengyi, thanks to your impatient recommendation, I found such a good investment project as Pacific Telecom."

"The most important thing is that I have lived up to your trust." Sun Zhengyi smiled slightly and changed the subject: "In order to thank you for your trust, after witnessing the listing of Pacific Telecom, I invite you to go to the Pebble Beach Golf Course to relax. , maybe you can meet some business opportunities there by chance.”

"Of course, I've heard of the name of this stadium for a long time." Sato readily agreed, but soon fixed his gaze on a wallet that Sun Zhengyi took out. A pure gold card.

Putting the Viagra that accidentally fell out on the coffee table, Son began to introduce the extraordinary origin of his top membership card at Pebble Beach Golf Course.

Even decades later in the original time and space, this thing, as well as red wine, etc., are good investment targets in the eyes of some people. Naturally, Sato quickly realized the value of the top membership card of Pebble Beach Golf Course.

Just from the fact that a large group of rich Americans, represented by the richest man in the United States, frequents here, there is no telling when a rare business opportunity will fall from the sky inadvertently, so its absolute value is 100 million US dollars. .

"Justice, I know that this kind of top membership card is issued very strictly, but I really need it, can you find a way to get me three?" Sato subconsciously picked up the Viagra pill box from the coffee table and fiddled with it, earnestly asked.

"Since you have opened your mouth, Zhengyi will of course do his best." Sun Zhengyi generously agreed.

"Isn't justice fully recovered?" Sato, who got the promise, smiled all over his face and asked, pointing to the medicine box in his hand.

Sun Zhengyi coughed lightly, glanced at the female secretary sitting a little far away with low eyebrows, and then explained in a low voice pretending to be mysterious.

"Is that so..." Sato's hand holding Viagra unconsciously moved in his direction.

(End of this chapter)