Dad's Entertainment Life

Chapter 747 A crushing defeat

"This is indeed one of our goals," Lin Qirong nodded, "The Beimi film market is the most mature film market in the world, we hope to be able to integrate into this market, to achieve greater improvement here, and of course we want to earn more money.

The United States is the entertainment center of the world, and every filmmaker takes it as his highest goal to develop in the United States, let his films be shown here, and conquer the audience here.

So do we, I guess there's nothing wrong with that, no? "

Rick Blair thought he had caught Lin Qirong, and chased after Lin Qirong, "So you just want to buy Ibes and slowly infiltrate it."

Lin Qirong sighed, "I don't know how Mr. Rick came to such a conclusion, and what is the basis?
As far as I know, there is no ban in the United States that prevents foreign companies from acquiring shares in American companies. It is not that companies from other countries have not acquired American film companies in the past.

The most famous one is probably Sony's acquisition of Colombia more than 30 years ago.

It's a pity that Mr. Rick was too young at that time, otherwise he would have rushed to the front line to denounce the neon invasion of American culture. After all, Columbia is much more important than Ibeth, and it is a symbol of American culture. "

"That's a completely different thing, please don't confuse the audience."

"Is it different?" Lin Qirong asked with some doubts, "Could it be that Sony didn't acquire Columbia? Or Mr. Rick thinks that Sony's acquisition of Columbia is a good thing, which is conducive to the spread of American culture?"

He spread his hands, "Now I know what double standards are. Huaxia's company is just an ordinary business, and Mr. Rick thinks that American culture is coming to an end, and the end of the world is coming.

And Neon's company's acquisition of the largest film and television company in the United States is considered a great thing? "

"I didn't mean that." Rick Blair denied, "Although Sony acquired Columbia, the nature of Columbia has not changed, and your acquisition of Ebes will inevitably bring about huge changes. We cannot Accepted."

"It's too much to draw conclusions before things happen, Mr. Rick."

Lin Qirong continued, "It is undeniable that the experience of Sony's acquisition of Columbia has provided us with a lot of things worth learning, and we will try our best to find a method that satisfies everyone.

But all of this still requires us to work together with the staff of Ibeth, instead of sitting here like Mr. Rick and drawing conclusions about the future of Ibeth. "

"Let's not talk about this anymore. We should see that with the rise of China, the influence of our country in the world has gradually faded, and China has gradually replaced our role in many areas..."

Rick Blair hopes to bring the conversation back to his familiar territory.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Rick." Lin Qirong interrupted him immediately.

"I remember that our topic today is about culture. If you talk about politics and economics, I don't think we are qualified to discuss this issue. So if you want to discuss this issue, you should go to Mr. President. I think he will I like your assertion.

We should go on and talk about Ebeth. "

A hint of anger flashed in Rick Blair's eyes, "What's there to say? You obviously pretended to make an offer that was hard to refuse, and then you will dismantle Ebeth and turn it into your toy in the end."

Lin Qirong was surprised, "No way? Could it be that Mr. Rick thinks our conditions are too good?"

"Of course, if it was a real acquisition, how could such a good condition be offered? You must have bribed the senior management of Ebes..."

Rick Blair quickly stopped talking.

Lin Qirong's eyes lit up, and he retorted immediately.

"It turned out that Mr. Rick felt that our quotation was too high, and Ebeth was not worthy of such a high quotation, and that we were doing illegal things.

In this regard, I implore Mr. Rick to produce evidence. If Mr. Rick has evidence to prove that we have bribed the top management of Ibeth, then I am willing to accept the investigation of the relevant department.

But if Mr. Rick can't produce evidence, I have to doubt it. Mr. Rick may be slandering us for some reason. I hope you can give us a reasonable explanation. "

Rick Blair's face was livid, and he didn't speak, only feeling extremely aggrieved in his heart.

How long has it been since this feeling of being pressed by others?

"It seems that Mr. Rick can't produce any evidence."

Lin Qirong shook his head, "Perhaps in the eyes of Mr. Rick, we should keep lowering the price of acquiring Ebes, as long as Ebes has the best quality assets and the best talents, and let them fend for themselves.

But from our point of view, we prefer cooperation to predation.

We value the brand of EBS, the accumulation of EBS's long-term operation, and the employees of EBS.

Our Tonghua Group is developing a bit fast, and there is a huge demand for talents, especially those with rich experience in film production like the employees of Yibeisi, which are what we are looking for.

These are the reasons why we decided to offer such an acquisition condition to Ebes. In our opinion, Ebes is worth the price.

Of course, in the eyes of Mr. Rick, we are a conspiracy. "

"I didn't." Rick Blair blushed.

Under Lin Qirong's pressing step by step, he was already cornered, completely powerless to fight back.

He overestimated himself and chose the field of film, which he was least good at, to confront Lin Qirong, instead of the field of politics and economics, which he was best at.

It is said that China's film industry can surpass Hollywood in the United States, and the invasion of Tonghua Entertainment will eventually lead to the decline of Hollywood films. Even he dare not imagine this point of view.

Because the two sides are not on the same level at all, Huaxia movies are just starting at best, while Hollywood movies have been at the top for many years.

And he didn't make enough preparations, so he was suppressed by the well-prepared Lin Qirong from the very beginning.

In the middle, he wanted to change the topic to the political field where he was good at, but Lin Qirong obviously knew this already, and he interrupted without hesitation every time, bringing the topic back to the original topic, and let him punch him On cotton, it doesn't work at all.

This also led to his current situation, a real defeat.

Seeing this situation, Francis on the side shook his head helplessly.

He also didn't expect such a one-sided situation, Rick Blair, who has always been eloquent, was incoherent under Lin Qirong's attack and was defeated.

It turned out that Lin Qirong had such a powerful eloquence.

He didn't help Rick Blair out of the siege, he just raised his own questions and discussed Ebeth's questions with Lin Qirong, which can be regarded as answering many questions for everyone.

The much-anticipated "Debate" ended in this way.

Because of the relationship between China and the United States, and because of Lin Qirong and Rick Blair's confrontation, this episode of the program has received very good attention. The ratings in the North Rice area are second only to the national live broadcast of the presidential election, and the employees of the TV station are celebrating. .

Not to mention in Huaxia, people watched Lin Qirong gain the upper hand in the live broadcast, pushing Rick Blair into a corner step by step, without any chance to resist.

Everyone's hearts were filled with pride, feeling that at this moment, their hearts were also connected with Lin Qirong who was far away.

This time the debate was very effective, and Lin Qirong successfully won the support of most of the people.

Now that Yibeisi has gone bankrupt, why can't it be taken over by Tonghua Group?
The conditions offered by them are very sincere, which is of course a great thing for Ibes.

And if other people don't want Tonghua Group to succeed, they can offer the same conditions. I believe that under the same conditions, Ebes is also willing to cooperate with them.

Otherwise, why ask others to give up better conditions and accept acquisitions from other companies?

Through this debate, Lin Qirong successfully conveyed this idea to many people.

Only now did some people understand why Lin Qirong accepted such an invitation.

In the eyes of others, arguing with Rick Blair is not his purpose at all, he just hopes to express his views in front of the live camera.

"We all fell into Lin's trap."

Many people lamented, "Abc TV has set up a stage for him, and the content is the cultural field that Lin is most familiar with, but the opponent is a reporter who usually does some advocacy work, the result is completely predictable.

What Rick is more suitable for is advocating the Chinese threat theory in newspapers and social media, rather than standing on the debate stage and debating with others. In front of Lin Qirong, he is like a completely inexperienced rookie, and he was suppressed from the beginning. , without the power to fight back, a crushing defeat.

However, Lin successfully persuaded a large number of neutral audiences through this unsatisfactory debate, and the China threat theory advocated by Rick and others suddenly lost its market.

Can Tonghua Group's acquisition of IBES be compared with Sony's acquisition of Columbia?

The China threat theory is very popular in the political and economic field, but in the cultural field, who would believe it?

China's cultural industry is completely different from that of the United States. Chinese movies can only bring us happiness, but they can never threaten our cultural industry.

In the final analysis, Rick chose to confront Lin in an unfamiliar field, which led to this result. "

After this debate, Tonghua Group's acquisition of IBES has undergone new changes.

Lin Qirong helped Ibes find the most suitable excuse, which eased the pressure on them a lot.

In an interview with a media, Daniel said frankly that as an established film company that has developed in Hollywood for many years, Ibeth does not want to withdraw from the film field. Seeking cooperation is a must, and all employees of the company must also be properly treated. placement.

This is also the reason why Ebes is willing to contact Tonghua Group, because Tonghua Group understands their demands and is willing to seek the best solution.

Ebes is willing to negotiate with any company that intends to cooperate, but Ebes will carefully choose the partner that is most in line with the interests of Ebes and all employees.

After this interview, the situation gradually became clear, and the negotiations between the two parties continued.

The negotiating team led by Annie finally reached a consensus with Ibes after more than a month of arduous negotiations and successfully acquired the film company Ibes.

(End of this chapter)