Rebirth of Hong Kong's tycoons, shorting Eagle Sauce

In order to meet Ahebben, Wang Lei changed his clothes and sneaked out of the hotel through the back door.

Not long after, the two met in the underground parking lot of a shopping mall.

"What happened?"

Ahebben, dressed as a school girl, took off her gold-rimmed glasses:

"You are being targeted by the Ross Little League. They plan to enter Hollywood in a big way and block your business in Hollywood."

"Just them?"

Wang Lei felt that Paramount now had no rivals, and with the scripts he checked, box office hits would become a common occurrence.

"Don't underestimate Guy, he plans to raise 6 billion US dollars to buy shares in Warner Bros..."

Aheben recounted the behind-the-scenes deal between Guy and Jerry, president of Warner Times, and emphasized:

"With huge funds, Warner Bros. can produce multiple billion-dollar productions a year!"

"Even if the industrial film industry upgrades, Paramount will be in danger."

Wang Lei still disdained Ahben's reminder, because this group of noble children forgot a very critical step in the film industry.

That is the acquisition of theaters!

After the Paramount Act was introduced, the United States government forcibly separated theaters and film production companies.

The latecomers, fearing that they would be sanctioned again, rarely touched the bottom line of monopoly.

But Wang Lei did not have such worries. He directly let the white gloves open a full fund to take advantage of the downturn in the United States' real estate and acquire theaters on a large scale.

Directly or indirectly holding 40% of the theaters in the United States!

It can be said that Wang Lei has completed a closed loop in the industrial chain and can completely produce and sell by himself.

Ross's minor league entry into Hollywood is tantamount to seeking death. If he is unhappy one day, he can reduce their film schedule proportion in a targeted manner.

"This Guy is quite insightful. Warner has acquired DC, and it is qualified to compete with Paramount.

But he wants to invest in Time Warner... I can only wish him good luck."

After acquiring Turner Broadcasting, Time Warner's market value did increase significantly, but in 2000 it mistakenly merged with the Internet giant AOL.

You should know that 2000 was the year when the US Internet bubble was about to burst. Time Warner was involved and its valuation dropped sharply.

Originally, AOL ranked more than 30th in the world, and Time Warner ranked 384th. The merger of the two companies was obviously Warner's ambition.

But the limitations of the times made Jerry make a wrong prediction. In order to digest its own bubble, they took the initiative to merge with him.

Rumor has it that AOL spent $180 billion to acquire Time Warner. That is a "misinformation". The real situation is:

Time Warner and AOL merged with a 45%:55% share ratio.

It was a share merger, not a capital merger.

It can be said that this merger of the century is also the biggest tragedy of the century.

Not only did the market value of the two companies not increase, but Time Warner suffered losses for years because of AOL.

In the end, AOL had to be sold for $3 billion!

A company with a peak market value of $160 billion was only sold for $3 billion in the end. Time Warner suffered a huge loss in this business.

Ahben felt that he would definitely make money by investing in Time Warner, but why did Wang Lei look pessimistic?

Facing Ahebben's questioning, Wang Lei could only respond casually:

"Success and failure are all due to Xiao He.

Time Warner's president Jerry is indeed very capable and is an expert in mergers and acquisitions and industrial integration.

This also makes the entire company his one-man show. It is said that he is very autocratic and ruthless after becoming president.

Those potential employees who threaten his company's power and position have been eliminated by him.

He only promotes and appoints people who obey his arrangements, not from the perspective of work performance.

This makes other board members become vase decorations.

At this time, Time Warner has become a typical company controlled by insiders.

The company's management attaches much more importance to its own interests than the interests of the company's shareholders.

It violates the trust principle of modern joint-stock companies' principal-agent.

This successful acquisition of Turner Broadcasting will bring his power to an unprecedented peak. Once he makes a wrong decision, it will be an unprecedented disaster for Time Warner's shareholders!"

Ahebben nodded. As a big boss with many listed companies, the president is just a senior worker.

If an employee has all the say in the company, she will definitely choose to withdraw from the company!

She will not invest in a company that is out of control.

This is the difference between Wang Lei and Guy.

"So should I invest or not?"

"Of course I will invest. I can also lend you 5 billion, but you have to encourage Guy to negotiate with Jerry to get more shares of Time Warner.”

“Don’t you care about the future of Time Warner?”

Wang Lei smiled:

“You also said it’s the future. If you can cash it out in the short term, you will definitely make a small profit. Why not buy it?”

As we all know, a big financial storm will break out in Dongzhou in the near future, and he also plans to make preparations for asset transfer.

Correspondingly, in two or three years, the economy of the United States will usher in a big recovery, and a new industry will rise rapidly.

Every era has its own monopoly big enterprises. If Wang Lei doesn’t want to be eliminated by the market, he can only work hard to seize the next opportunity.

Cash out in time when the market is the best, and take over when the market is the worst, so as not to be eliminated by the capital market where big fish eat small fish.

Jerry of Time Warner misjudged the opportunity and took over America Online before the Internet bubble, which led to a series of tragedies.

Ahben readily agreed. Anyway, it was not her money that was spent, and she would not feel bad if the investment failed.

“Wang Lei, there is one more thing I want to ask of you! "

It was the first time that Wang Lei saw Miss Ahebben showing a shy look. This woman would not want to confess to him.

As if her thoughts were seen through, Ahebben rolled her eyes at Wang Lei:

"I mean, I want to borrow something from you!"

"Something?" Wang Lei was confused. What's wrong with this woman? Seeing that this woman still has value, Wang Lei would consider borrowing any amount of money.

Who made him so poor that he only had money left.

He said very generously: "We are allies. Just tell me what you want to borrow. As long as it's not too much, I will agree to it."

"You said that I want to borrow some seeds from you?"

Wang Lei didn't know what Ahebben was talking about for a moment, and asked: "What seeds? "

Ahben gritted her teeth. No matter how strong she was, she was still a little woman after all. It was hard for her to say that.

She simply used force and pressed Wang Lei under her.

The Mercedes-Benz car shook very rhythmically.

The two groups of bodyguards standing guard outside turned their heads away with red faces.