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Yan Ruxin's response to Carl's hostile takeover in the next few weeks surprised everyone, including Carl Icahn.

In addition to using Mitsubishi's funds to buy another 2000 million shares of Summit, she also secretly asked Catherine to acquire the two companies.One is AmeriRealEstatePartners, and the other is the Icahn Partnership Fund.Both are properties of Carl Icahn, who paid a roughly 5% premium to buy out the companies from current shareholders.

Her anti-acquisition instantly made Karl feel like his backyard was on fire.Comparing the two, Karl's offensive suddenly became sluggish.

Yan Ruxin played against Carl Icahn, and the happiest people were the other two shareholders of Summit, Robert and Patrick.They still each hold 10% of the shares, Yan Ruxin and Marcos own about 60%, and the remaining 20% ​​have been acquired by Karl.

Therefore, Robert and Patrick have become the key to the battle. They can keep the shares in their hands and sell them for a price, and sell them to whoever pays more.

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When the situation was so tense, Yan Ruxin did another thing. She split YA Capital into two subsidiaries, YA Investment and YA Fund. Among them, YA Investment is responsible for YA's current investment in film projects, platter funds, company shares... ...management and operation, while YA Fund was transformed into a hedge fund company.

The minimum investment amount of the fund is 2000 million US dollars. At the same time, 2% of the annual fee will be charged, and 20% of the annual net profit.

Such a fee is quite high.

But a contributor to the "Wall Street Journal" calculated an account for it. Since Angela Mellon officially entered the industry, from the beginning of the Girl Scout Cookie Network, to "Twilight", to "The Hangover" "...Until now, "Inception" miraculously has not had a single failed transaction or investment.

All of her investments are surprisingly accurate, with an average rate of return of over 80%.

Therefore, the hedge fund managed by Yan Ruxin with such performance has a slightly higher handling fee, but the "Wall Street Journal" is still optimistic that investors will flock to buy up the fund shares.

Sure enough, the YA Fund has just been launched for two weeks, and all the shares have been sold out.This time, Yan Ruxin raised a total of 10 billion US dollars in funds.In doing so, she completely turned the tide.

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During this period, for Yan Ruxin, a very important thing was the release of "Dolphin Bay".

After a long negotiation, she finally decided on the Chinese Theater in Hollywood as the venue for the premiere of this documentary.

For a documentary, this is an extremely unusual thing. Most of the documentaries do not have a premiere ceremony, because the market for documentaries is small, there are few schedules, and there are no big-name stars participating... Adding all these factors together, even if the main creators and investors grit their teeth and rent a large venue for the premiere, it is foreseeable that the audience, media, and stars who came to watch the show... can only be described as a handful.

As for the Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, the venue that has hosted many Oscars, only the hottest of the month, and the most promising blockbusters will hold their premieres at the Chinese Theater.

The lineup attending the premiere of "Dolphin Bay" is even more extraordinary.

With the expansion of Yan Ruxin's social circle and influence in Hollywood, and "Dolphin Bay" is an environmental film that conveys the value concept of "protecting the ocean, loving animals" and other public welfare...

The stars brought by her this time, together with the friends brought by the stars, made the red carpet so star-studded that it was no less than any awards ceremony in the entertainment industry.

Yan Ruxin first invited Christian Bale and his wife to appear together naturally. The handsome and loving "Batman" couple are both environmentalists. Although Christian is currently filming "Terminator", he still kept his promise and attended the premiere.

Naturally, there are also members of the "Inception" crew, the Nolans, Leonardo Li, Joseph Levitt, Allen, Marion...

The four protagonists of "The Hangover" are not far behind. The handsome Cooper seems to be younger than the last time Yan Ruxin saw him, maybe it's a second spring in his career.

By the way, "The Hangover 2" is also in preparation for filming, because Yan Ruxin had the foresight to sign the contracts of the four leading actors for the sequel on the spot of the audition. The script and filming went very smoothly, and she herself With this contract, it can't be better to get an extra 5% bonus.

The leading actors of "Twilight" are naturally not left behind. Edward, Isabella and Jacob, the three actors who are popular all over the world, Robert, Christine and Taylor enthusiastically came over and gave Yan Ru A big hug from the heart.As an investor and shareholder of the company, by virtue of your status, you should not take it too easy to get to know the actors of the movies you invest in, okay?

In addition to these stars and directors with whom she has a working relationship, there is another name that must be mentioned.

Steven Spielberg, an epic director in the film industry.

At the Golden Globe awards ceremony, Yan Ruxin chatted with him for a few words.

Because they are both alumni of USC, the two have some connections. I don't know what this one of the greatest directors in film history thinks. At least Yan Ruxin has a good impression of this conversation.But then she got busy with other things, and she and Spielberg didn't have much intersection.

It was also a coincidence that Spielberg was invited to attend this time.

Not long ago, Yan Ruxin went back to USC, mainly to hand over the report of the first phase of the internship to her supervisor. During the internship period, she only had to go back to school every two months. Spielberg returned to his alma mater to speak.

Needless to say, Spielberg's status in the film industry, even in the USC Film School, where there are many talents, is an idol worshiped by countless students. Yan Ruxin wanted to squeeze into the lecture hall, but she couldn't squeeze in at all.

Fortunately, she is now in school, and she is considered a well-known figure. All the students who want to become filmmakers do not know her as a new investor in Hollywood.

She was brought in from the backstage by kind staff, and she had a chance to chat with director Spielberg for a while, during which time she took the opportunity to invite him to attend the premiere of "Dolphin Bay", unexpectedly he agreed.

In addition, Yan Ruxin also distributed invitations to the premiere ceremony to artists in various fields in the United States and around the world.

The United States, the United Kingdom, France, South Korea, China, Japan... Invited artists from various places attended one after another. The premiere of the entire documentary was comparable to the lineup of any international awards ceremony.

The producer and director are a little startled by such a local tyrant's style.

"Angela, if this continues, this documentary will cause you heavy losses." The producer said.

"Don't worry, I know what's in my heart." Yan Ruxin answered him like this.

You must know that this is just an environmental documentary that cannot make a lot of money. It is no exaggeration to say that the cost of pre-production, personnel expenses, and publicity has far exceeded their expectations for the box office.

At this moment, everyone suddenly realized the fact that she didn't want to make money through this documentary.

"It has nothing to do with profit. I just suddenly realized that this is a social responsibility that a businessman needs to bear. I want to make such an effort within my ability." Yan Ruxin replied in an exclusive interview with "Eaionight" later , ""Dolphin Bay" will be screened in 24 countries around the world one after another, I hope everyone will support it."

"... Each of these stars represents a huge public appeal. If a small premiere ceremony can be made for a period of time later, their fans will be willing to take the time to get to know human beings The relationship with the environment, so it makes a lot of sense.”

"The box office of "Dolphin Bay" and a series of subsequent TV broadcasts, DVDs, and Internet broadcasts...all the proceeds will also be invested in subsequent environmental charity activities after operating expenses."

“…YA’s support for non-profit films and documentaries will continue, and we will launch a continuous documentary film investment plan. In addition to the commercial film investment plan, we will invest in at least one documentary every year, perhaps "Dolphin Bay" This kind of environmental protection, maybe education, maybe related to human history...the proceeds will be invested in public welfare."

The media rushed to report, not only for the grand premiere of this global star gathering, but also to convey the attitude of her and all the stars through TV, newspapers, and the Internet.

Various celebrities and entertainers who participated in the premiere mentioned the premiere of the documentary more or less in subsequent interviews and public programs.

The viewing expectation rate of "Dolphin Cove" has been increasing steadily. The theater managers and film scheduling managers all over the world have never thought about why the tickets for a seemingly boring documentary will be sold so well, and they even need to increase the screening. For theaters, adjust the schedule of films, otherwise the supply will be in short supply.

The direct consequence of this incident is that the global box office of "Dolphin Cove" surpassed many commercial films in the first week of its premiere, and even in the next few weeks, more fans responded to their idol's appeal. Called, went to see this documentary.

Most of the young fans originally only held an attitude of indifference, and some even just saw that the ticket price was quite cheap, so they went to support their idols, took selfies and showed off their environmental protection on social media, and then fell asleep and so on.

But I have to say that the rhythm of this documentary is different from previous documentaries. It is like a spy war infiltrating filming that is broadcast live, which makes people have a different experience from the past.

Most people were unconsciously attracted to watch the movie, but after they walked out of the movie theater, they were deeply shocked.

I don't know how many people have become vegetarians after watching this documentary.But at least, after reading it, the vast majority of people will no longer insensitively take the consumption of endangered and protected animals as a matter of course as long as they have money, and even related to the vanity and luxury of the upper class.

At the same time, Yan Ruxin's fans on FB and Instagram surged. From the original 10,000+, she broke through a million by leaps and bounds. This is something she didn't expect, but she can't pass a blog post~

And there are many comments in Chinese and Korean below.

Unknowingly, the global box office of "Dolphin Bay" exceeded 2000 million US dollars, which is a remarkable achievement for a documentary film.

It is worth mentioning that after lengthy negotiations, the film was also released publicly in Japan.

Japanese audiences had mixed reactions, but were mostly surprised by the presence of heavy metals in the dolphin meat they had been eating.There are still some people who think that this is just their traditional custom and call on everyone to respect traditional culture.

The reactions of various public opinions were mixed, and Yan Ruxin didn't always pay attention.

For her, what she wants to convey is to let everyone stop consuming protected and rare animals, let them refuse to consume not only dolphins, but also antelope horns, ivory, fur...more from endangered animals There is no necessary product, as long as the message is delivered correctly, her goal will be achieved.