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Although this party was specially held for Spiegel to help him come to Hollywood to hunt, it was nominally representing Marvel Studios, and many people from the industry came, including financial writers, well-known screenwriters, and Hollywood producers. and directors, as well as practitioners in the film and television industry.

One of the guys named Tony King came into Zhou Buqi's sight.

He made a very constructive proposal.

He wants to contract the subsequent copyright income of "Avengers".

This is what Hollywood has always done.

Hollywood is a huge film industry with a complete and mature industrial system, including a financial system.

The payback cycle for movies is too long.

Especially Hollywood blockbusters.

From project establishment to preparation, to shooting, post-production, marketing and release, this process takes at least three years.

However, just because it is released does not mean that you will get money right away.

Funds are still circulating through various channels.

For example, if the film is released globally in May, the North American box office split will have to wait until at least October to be credited to Marvel Studios' account. This is still North America. If it is overseas, it will be even slower.

That's not all.

The income from peripheral copyrights and derivative copyrights will be further delayed.

The current global box office of "Avengers" has exceeded 1.6 billion US dollars. Calculated at this ratio, in the next three years, the film's sales in DVD/video tape sales, TV broadcast rights sales, streaming media rights sales, and related Derivative copyrights such as toys, props and clothes can reach at least 1.5 billion US dollars.

Such a large amount of money needs to be spread over three years to make a profit.

Many film companies are very poor, and they are waiting to quickly withdraw funds after the movie is a hit, so as to solve the cash flow pressure and prepare new blockbusters.

But the movie cycle is too slow, which is very troublesome.

So there are financial institutions that can help.

It's like a loan.

By lending out the subsequent copyright proceeds, the film company can get a large amount of money at one time, and then they can do whatever they want with the money.

By paying about 20%-30% of the financial cost, you can pocket the profits in advance.

This is a big industry.

Even a giant like Time Warner, which is not short of money at all, will have to play this way for a long time. A very important reason is accounting, that is, professional managers get corresponding bonuses in order to create a beautiful performance.

So the financial reports of movie companies are very strange.

It bursts out suddenly, then goes silent for a while; then bursts out again, and then goes silent again. In addition to the fact that movies are too risky and the profits of movies in different periods are different, the profit transfer of this financial method is also a very important reason.

This is why Zhou Buqi is attracted to Tony King, a fat old man, and even Dakota Johnson, a charming new star, doesn't care anymore.

Purple MSI Global will be on the market soon.

Before going public, the better the financial report, the higher the issue price of the stock will be, the larger the scale of financing will be, and the more money Ziweixing Global can make through the IPO!

Through this financial method, all the revenue of "Avengers" in the next 3-5 years will be transferred to this year's third quarter financial report... This is awesome.

Zhou Buqi actually didn't bother to play like this.

When doing business, do business honestly and play less financial tricks.

But after staying in the United States for a long time, I became a little bit close to the ink.

He was moved.

Moreover, he had a reason to convince himself.

Ziweixing International's listing plan is in 2014, which is still two years away. However, the company's business is getting bigger and bigger, and there are more and more places where money is needed.

Corporate debt has now reached $8.5 billion.

If bonds are issued again, the annual interest rate will be at least 12.5%.

Zhou Buqi is now working hard to raise money through sales.

He had to prepare a way out.

In case the money is not raised, the absolute safety of Ziweixing International’s book funds must be ensured.

Where can I find such a large sum of money?

Even if the IPO of Ziweixing Global does not reach the scale of Facebook, it will definitely be the largest IPO in the culture and entertainment industry.

Ziweixing International holds 50 million shares of Ziweixing Global and can make a fuss about this stock. Not to mention selling it, if you take it as a pledge with a bank, you can get a loan of at least US$2 billion.

If according to Tony King's statement, the income from "Avengers" in the next three years is "sold" now, and a large amount of "profit" is obtained, and calculated in the current financial report, then the stock price of Ziweixing Global can be greatly improved. As the market price increases, the stock held by Ziweixing International becomes more valuable, and more money can be pledged.

When you think of something, act.

That night, Zhou Buqi refused all the Hollywood actresses' flirtations and took Zhang Zetian to see his luxurious estate on the top of Beverly Hills in Los Angeles.

There are also Yang Mi, Jiang Bingjie, Li Xinwan, Dili Reya, and Ning Lu...

It was like experiencing the atmosphere of Hollywood firsthand.

They also each became Hollywood heroines for a time.

But there is only one male protagonist.

The next day, Zhou Buqi held a meeting with several senior executives of Ziweixing Global and discussed the matter. Of course everyone agrees that this is the way Hollywood has always done.

CEO Jason Kilar is from Silicon Valley and doesn’t agree with this.

In fact, someone has already proposed it before.

It was he who objected.

Transfer the profits from the next few years to the present... The stock price of MSI Global was high when it was listed, and it could raise more money. But the profits in the next few years will decline, and the stock price will fall, right? This is also very irresponsible to investors.

Chief Financial Officer Miles Lee gave some advice, saying that it was a special situation and should be treated as a special case!

There are not many financial projects like this, they only work around the two Marvel blockbusters "Avengers" and "Spider-Man 1: Homecoming".

The whole world has seen the shock of these two blockbusters. Shouldn't we make more money?

For a blockbuster of this level, even ten years from now, the annual peripheral revenue will exceed US$100 million. Now it is just a slight operation for the peripheral income in the next three years, and the impact will not be big!

Zhou Buqi finally expressed his opinion that for most companies, this is a once-in-a-lifetime IPO opportunity and should not be missed. What's more, in the next few years, Ziweixing Universal will usher in the era of blockbusters, investing more than US$200 million in Hollywood blockbusters, and at least 5 will be released every year.

This year, only three blockbusters, "Avengers", "Spider-Man: Homecoming" and "Skyfall", had production budgets exceeding US$200 million.

There will be 5 next year.

Especially the rebooted "Jurassic Park" and "Star Wars" are coming!

Ziweixing Global has no shortage of profits!

With the attitude of the big boss, after some bargaining, the senior management finally reached a consensus of opinion.

In October, Ziweixing Digital Media was listed in London. The company is not large in scale and its market value will not exceed 15 billion pounds. Ziweixing Global, which was listed in December, is different. Its market value is bound to exceed US$100 billion!

It's best to reach 150 billion US dollars!

Zuckerberg is very popular right now!

Facebook's market capitalization has reached $120 billion, which is a real stock value. Although Zhou Buqi is the richest man in the world, his property is only valued, and several of his core companies have not been listed.

There is no need for Ziweixing and Ziweixing International to intervene. Ziweixing Global, a company in the entertainment industry, is enough to stand up and compete with Facebook to see who has a higher market value.

Let’s see who is the youngest boss of the largest listed company.