Hollywood Tycoon [US Entertainment + Business War]

Although Jed has not been to the major bars in Los Angeles for a long time, he is still the headline figure of the major newspapers in Los Angeles, but the news reporting Jed has been transferred from the entertainment page to the social and financial pages.Although the Los Angeles Police and the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office did not give a clear answer on whether the "Sherman's car accident" was a murder case, judging from the attitude that the case has been transferred to the Los Angeles Police Major Crime Unit, the probability of a murder case is already very high. So there was a lot of discussion about the case on the social board.

The financial section focused on the "anti-monopoly case" of the "Sherman Family Development Fund". The three-month "buffer period" given by the Los Angeles government has only one month left. The TV station has sold only one TV station, but The film company has been ignored.The distribution company partly lacks the ability to operate in theaters, so no theater company is willing to acquire it; and the production company partly becomes a little embarrassing because it is producing a male-male love action movie, and is regarded as "" Tasteless".

However, the proposal given by Paul Weiss gave Jed a new idea. After getting the approval of Jones Day, the two offshore companies under Jed's name acquired the production company and the company respectively at a lower price. The issuing company can be regarded as avoiding future litigation risks for the "Sherman Family Development Fund", but it has put Jed's own personal assets in considerable trouble.

Some people say, isn't the "Sherman Family Development Fund" the Jed Sherman's?In fact, the "Sherman Family Development Fund" legally belongs to its corresponding foundation, and at the same time, the beneficiary part serves the entire Sherman family. Jed Sherman can only benefit from it, but has no management rights and ownership.But the offshore companies under Jed Sherman's name are Jed's own property, and the rest of the Sherman family has nothing to do, and Jed has complete power to control these companies.

Compared with the capital of the "Sherman Family Development Fund", Jed Sherman's little money is not much money at all, but this little money is still used to acquire the useless issuing company and the rather embarrassing Production Company.At this time, Jed Sherman looked at the financial statements of the two companies and his head was already big.

While Jed was still having a headache, Old Bell came to the study and said that a Japanese named Ejima Hayato wanted to visit him.This surprised Jed. After all, he had been too unlucky recently, so the entire Los Angeles social circle was rejecting him intentionally or unintentionally. What did the Japanese come to him at this time.

The message from Old Bell was that the Japanese was very interested in Jed's film company.The entire 80s was the era of the Japanese to put it bluntly. After the reconstruction in the 60s and the recovery in the 70s, Japanese brokerages finally showed a stage of rapid development in the 80s.

Even though Japan was forced to sign the "Plaza Accord" by Western countries, the wealth of the Japanese still stunned the entire Western world.The first thing the Japanese did when they came to the United States was to "buy". Even the "New York Times" exclaimed, "Do they even want to buy back the Statue of Liberty"?Therefore, Old Bell was not at all surprised that this Ejima Hayato came to buy things, and he also knew that his young master was having a headache for the film company, and it would be a good thing to sell it early.

Jed vaguely felt that he should have heard the name of Ejima Hayato, but he couldn't recall hearing it there.Suspicious, he could only invite the Japanese businessman to his study.Not long after, a short but shrewd Japanese businessman appeared in Jade's study room, and greeted him in a slightly reserved but standard English: "It's a great honor to have you take the time to meet me."

The Japanese are naturally obsessed with Americans, and even though it is rumored that the Sherman family is not as good as it used to be, Ejima Hayato still faces it with [-]% sincerity.After the two exchanged some pleasantries, Old Bell presented him with the best Longjing tea.

Because Jed changed the "core", the drink he usually drank changed from whiskey to tea.Although Old Bell was a little puzzled as to why his young master didn't like coffee, but after learning that tea was healthier than wine, Old Bell let it go.

"I don't know what your Excellency came to see me for?" Jed's tone to the Japanese was still polite, after all, you still need to have a good attitude when doing business.

"I heard that Sherman-san has a very good film company in his hands. I am very interested in it. I am here to inquire about it."

"Oh?" Jed looked at the Japanese man, thinking that someone really sent a pillow to the door. "Your Excellency Jiang Dao, although I am very happy that someone has taken over these two companies, but in the name of the businessman, I have to remind you of two things. First, this film production company is making some not very decent movies. If If you want to enter Hollywood with this? This choice is too bad. Second, another distribution company has no achievements in theatrical operation, but it has a little success in the video rental market."

"Thank you very much for Sheerman-san's candor, but I must say that these two companies are exactly what I need." Speaking of this, Ejima Hayato's face turned red. "I am planning to establish a similar film company in Japan."

Speaking of this, Jed finally knew why he had heard the name Ejima Hayato, this guy and Kata Tetsuoka are the bosses of the two male-male romance action film production companies in the future!The KO company owned by Kata Tetsuoka is centered in Osaka Prefecture and occupies the Kansai market; while the COAT company in the hands of Ejima Hayato is centered in Tokyo and dominates the Kanto market.Moreover, unlike KO Company, which only serves male audiences, COAT Company serves the rotten female market in Japan, so most of its male stars are selected according to Johnny's standards.

Jed had seen many works of these two companies before he was reborn, no wonder he was a little familiar with this name.At this time, Ejima Hayato was talking about his admiration for the film company under Jed's name, but a brilliant plan emerged in Jed's mind.Adult films are legal in most Western countries and Japan, and the profit margins are staggering.Especially after COAT company opened up the rotten girl market, its income has stabilized even more than that of its deadly rival KO.

As undignified as it was to own such a company, Jed was not averse to money as a businessman.He thought about it, maybe he could push Ejima Hayato to the front of the company, and he would be a "passive beneficiary" behind the scenes.Thinking of this, Jed looked at Hayato Ejima differently.

"Sherman-san, what's your opinion?" Although Ejima Hayato is filming male-male love action movies, he has almost zero interest in men. Suddenly being looked at by a man with such eyes, he The bottom of my heart also felt hairy.

Seeing that Hayato Ejima misunderstood him, Jed hurriedly smiled to cover up: "Mr. Ejima's proposal is very interesting, but I have a better opinion." As he spoke, Jed put forward his own opinion, and Ejima Hatoto unexpectedly did not object.After all, the industry he will be working in belongs to the gray area of ​​Japan, and having an American behind him is also beneficial to the development of his company.What's more, what this guy wants is only "passive benefit", and the shooting advice he gives is also very useful.

After thinking for a long time, Ejima Hayato nodded in agreement.Jed Sherman took a stake in a production company and a distribution company. The two registered a company called COAT International Entertainment Co., Ltd. in the British Virgin Islands, and then in the name of this company, they took a stake in COAT created by Edoshima Hayato Japan Film Production Co., Ltd., and the film production company originally in the United States was transformed into COATWEST Studio, which became the branch and label of COAT Japan Film Production Co., Ltd. in the United States.In addition, the original distribution company was directly controlled by COAT International Entertainment Co., Ltd. and changed its name to COAT Home Entertainment Co., Ltd.

During the company's restructuring period, Jed Sherman continued to guide Ejima Hatoto to train male stars as real stars.In addition to making corresponding movies, we also need to issue photobooks for them and let them appear on TV and radio programs.Let the vast number of Japanese teenagers feel that filming male-male love action movies is a well-paid and decent job, and let future Japanese men be proud of shooting male-male love action movies.He even donated money to the California Adult Film Association in the name of Ejima Hayato, proposed to hold the "Adult Oscar" awards, and specially set up "Best Foreign Language Film" to recognize the outstanding contributions made by Japanese men.

Another purpose of cooperating with Ejima Hayato is that Jade wants to find a Japanese agent. You must know that the end of this year is the end of Japan's big bull market, and it will be a big bear market in which the Japanese stock market will fall all the way until October next year.How could it be impossible for Jed Sherman, who knows the future, to take a quick bite from this big piece of fat in Japan at this time?It is important to know that most of Jed's small funds, except for Nissan expenses, are used to buy Microsoft and Apple stocks in the stock market.After investing a lot of money in the stock market, Jed doesn't even have extra money to plan for major events next year.

Jed, who is familiar with history, knows that next year will be the last two years of massive wealth grabbing before entering the 21st century, the Gulf War and the collapse of the Soviet Union.If he missed the opportunity from 1990 to 1991, Jed would have to wait for the Asian financial crisis in 1997.The Gulf War will lead to drastic changes in oil price futures, and the disintegration of the Soviet Union will inevitably affect changes in the global foreign exchange market, but to make some splashes in the futures market and foreign exchange market, it will require millions of dollars of funds.

It's a pity that now, even if Jed adds all the assets under his name, he can barely enter the ranks of millionaires. If he really wants to make a fortune, he can only use the "Sherman Family Development Fund".But I only have the right to obtain income, and I have no other rights at all.But now that I know Hayato Ejima, I can consider earning a little capital from the Japanese market.

With the release of Jed's new books "Resident Evil", "Tomb Raider" and "Halo" in North America, Simon Schuster remitted the first royalties.Originally, Simon & Schuster's publication of science fiction novels would not attract attention. After all, everyone knows that Simon & Schuster loses every book he publishes in the science fiction book market.But what is surprising this time is that these three books were actually written by the same person, and this person is actually that dude in Los Angeles who was in the news some time ago (Xiao Ansheng persuaded Jade to publish a new book under his real name).

If these three books are badly written, it’s okay, because this is in line with the average American’s impression of the rich second generation as "unlearned and incompetent", but these three books are written very well, even the always critical "New York Times" I also have to admit that these three books are the best science fiction in the United States in the past five years.

A book reviewer even wrote in a column, "I think the Hugo Award and Nebula Award judges are going to have a headache, because they don't know which work should be awarded the best novel."