Heads Up Hollywood

Head to head Hollywood 902 Author Qian Duxue Full text 3459 words

Dunn went to see a ballet performance, quietly, not known to the outside world. However, his participation in the Tribeca Film Festival spread all over New York. The next day, he received as many as a dozen invitations for appointments. NBC chairman and CEO Steve Burke wants to talk to him about movies, News Corp boss Rupert Murdoch wants to have afternoon tea with him, and more Wall Street bankers, including Citigroup , Goldman Sachs and other banks have also moved closer. The current debt ratio of New Universal Group is too low to meet the listing standards. It is rumored that the New Universal Group will be listed in 2006, such a grand plan, the major investment banks must be involved. Provide loans first, then help with IPO financing! Of course, even if the debt ratio is zero, if the company has done too much for a long time, the government will force the company to go public. Only when it is listed can it accept public supervision, avoid many dark-box operations, and be open and transparent. The government can also better grasp the specific financial situation of the company, and then make statistical summary and comprehensively analyze the economic environment of the country. New Global has the current scale, but there is not enough time to meet the standard of mandatory listing. The debt is too low, and it does not meet the CSRC's asset-liability ratio requirements for IPO companies, otherwise there will be suspicion of misappropriation. In the coming year, New Global will inevitably have a large amount of debt, at least a scale of 10 billion US dollars! Dunn was an artist, and he wasn't interested in Wall Street capitalists. And he doesn't know anything about financial operations, so he doesn't want to intervene rashly. Professional things should be done by professional people. New Universal Group has established an "IPO Launch Committee", including Dunn, Jobs, Jack Welch, Rudy Giuliani, Barry Diller, Robert Iger, Bill McNick, Dr. Major shareholders and key executives such as Randy Norris and Carol Melton are among them. The listing project has officially started. For such a big matter, Dunn's personal will must also be subject to the decision of the committee. Dunn took time out to meet with Murdoch and talked about the British TV station. At present, News Corporation controls Sky TV, but it does not fully own it, mainly because of insufficient funds. This has resulted in an undisciplined Sky TV board, which is often riotous and opposes decisions at the highest levels. Although Murdoch is Australian, his style of doing things is completely American. As long as he can make money, he can do anything! For example, 20th Century Fox, which is controlled by News Corporation, is dominated by the will of News Corporation, and other shareholders hardly have much controversy. It is different for Europeans, especially the British, who are popular with the aristocracy, who want to make money and be decent. Murdoch was very upset. He doesn't want to cooperate with the British anymore, it's still the American way, more commercial and more marketable! However, there are not many opportunities to operate. Well now, Dunn appears! New Global Rise! In particular, Dunn and the BBC have a deep conflict, which increases the possibility of cooperation between New Universal and Sky TV. Murdoch believes that the opportunity has come! If Dunn can be pulled over and New Universal can buy the remaining shares of Sky TV, then it will be the best of both worlds. Dunn can have influence in the British media industry, and Murdoch can also control Sky TV smoothly. Anyway, New Universal is rich! In the first three quarters, New Universal's revenue reached $22.3 billion, a year-on-year increase of 27%, and pre-tax profit also exceeded $4 billion. It's so rich! Especially if New Global is going to be listed, it will have to borrow from banks to increase the debt ratio, so the cash flow will be higher. It is conceivable that in the next one or two years, the New Universal Group will definitely have a big move! A big move that can cost a fortune! Taking a stake in Sky TV is an opportunity. A 40% stake, with the current size of Sky TV, would be worth between $6 billion and $8 billion. Unexpectedly, Tang En refused. His attitude is clear. Sky TV is mainly engaged in premium cable channels. It is headquartered in the United Kingdom, but has branches almost all over Europe, and under the influence of News Corporation, its market share is getting higher and higher. It can be said that the potential is good. However, Starz TV, owned by the New Universal Group, is entering the European market with the help of Comcast. At present, the European branch headquarters has been built in Germany. Europe's pursuit of art is much higher than that of the United States, so the ability to accept scales is also greater. Starz TV is a restricted professional cable TV station in the United States, which is a niche station. But going to Europe is different. With the influence of excellent American dramas such as "Band of Brothers", "Vice President", "Six Feet Under" and "The Walking Dead", it will inevitably become a popular TV station. This will lead to some market competition between Starz and Sky in the future. Once the deal is reached, there will be more troubles in the future than the conflict between the British and Murdoch! It is absolutely impossible to take a stake in Sky TV. However, Dunn still felt a headache. Some lost their way. The time to go public that is most in line with New Global's interests must be before the subprime mortgage crisis. The subprime mortgage crisis has led to a global monetary tightening. At that time, whoever has the money will be the uncle! During that time, the entire U.S. economy was in decline, the stock markets around the world were sluggish, and all companies experienced a sharp decline in performance and were hit by a cash flow crisis. Including Lehman Brothers, the investment bank of world-class giants, has fallen into bankruptcy. Taking advantage of the subprime mortgage crisis, you can of course make a lot of money by shorting those junk bonds in the futures market, but the reputation is too bad. Even if you make a lot of money, you will definitely be blacklisted by the Federal Reserve and the US government. Not worth the loss. More importantly, the United States is a legal system of the sea and a jury system. The strictness of financial supervision is beyond imagination. It is not the judge who decides the case, but many other professionals recruited from the society, such as students, doctors, farmers, grocery store owners and so on. The law of the sea system has no statutes, only cases and the current social environment. In particular, the complex financial system is more "arbitrary". Many jurors are illiterate and do not understand the law. The basis of their decision is often to save others by themselves, and they will think: "If their children sell toys and cause their neighbors to go bankrupt, then they will definitely punish the children severely. "By the same token, of course capitalists can't do this! Then, the jury can arbitrarily come to a conclusion - guilty. Therefore, in the United States, it is private if you can, and if you can don't go to the court, don't go to the court. The jury is mostly made up of poor people, the mentality of sympathy for the weak is very obvious, and it is very unfriendly to the powerful. Rich people would rather be extorted a lot of money privately than go to court. Moreover, even if you can go through various relationships and fail to enter the court, it is not difficult to have a good end. Soros was arrogant in the Thai baht, British pound, and Hong Kong dollar. As a result, he was strictly monitored by countries around the world. The transfer of funds of his Quantum Fund was strictly regulated and restricted. Then, several financial actions of the Quantum Fund were hit, and a large number of investors withdrew their capital, which quickly became lonely. Dunn can't do things that make money and get a bad reputation. The nature of the subprime mortgage crisis was too serious. The destructive power is at least a hundred times that of the Internet bubble crisis! Besides, Tang En even had foresight. This financial method of making a fortune by reselling junk bonds is really a rookie's game, too low-level. He can make a lot of money and become an international friend welcomed by countries all over the world. Wielding a big stick of money, as a savior, to "save" those companies that are in trouble, this is a good thing for fame and fortune. New Global Club expanded its shares in 2006. After the subprime mortgage crisis, the stock was recovered at a low price, in the name of being for the benefit of shareholders... There are too many benign financial means that can be used. The mighty News Corporation has been on a roller coaster since the subprime mortgage crisis, and its performance has declined rapidly. That would be the perfect time for New Universal to buy Twentieth Century Fox from News Corp! Dunn's overall strategic vision for New Universal is very clear~www.wuxiaspot.com~ but now he has a headache. Twentieth Century Fox will be a few years away. What about the near future? You can't finish the loan with the front foot and deposit the money back in the bank with the back foot, right? Too much money, how to spend it is also a problem. ... Chatted with Murdoch once, Dunn and Steve Burke, and the "New York Times" boss Salzberg met once, and everyone else declined one by one. But there was an invitation, but Dunn's eyes lit up. Is it her? The editor-in-chief of "VOGUE", Anna Wintour, known as the "Queen of Fashion"! Dunn has met her several times. She can be seen at every Vanity Fair party after the Oscars, and even at the fashion ball at the Metropolitan Museum. Dunn had little contact with her and was very interested in making friends. Fashion is always a woman's favorite. This is the case with Natalie and Scarlett, and Gal Gadot is even more exaggerated. She told him several times on the phone that she would like to run her own fashion brand if there is a chance in the future... I don't know. Is it stupid to be a soldier, without any studies, and actually thinking of starting a business? But all the women have made requests, so Tang En naturally wants to be careful. This time, Anna Wintour's invitation was accepted without thinking. This is already the second day Dunn came to New York. Sharapova flew over from Moscow on a special trip to date Dunn. Dunn didn't even see the outside world. That night, he bought a small gift, took Sharapova, and took a helicopter to a villa in the east of Long Island. Anna Wintour is the queen of fashion and an icon in almost every woman's heart. In particular, women who are famous and have a pursuit of clothing and dress take Anna Wintour as a standard. Sharapova is happy. . Nine Heavens God Emperor mobile version reading website: http:///txt/79/79824/. _Mobile version reading URL: