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Chapter 606 Shit stirrers are everywhere (4000+ chapters, please subscribe~)

If what you saw in the Bronx before was the crime of chaos and disorder, then here and now in the top coffee shop in Manhattan, New York, what you see is the luxury and calmness of New York.

It was as if these two places were not in the same city at all.

Here you don't see people making loud noises, and you don't have to worry about your car losing something inexplicably. Everyone is sitting in their seats, talking softly, even when it comes to a happy place, they just sip With a soft smile on his lips.

Wu Jianye sits here and integrates into such an environment. It is impossible to say how much he likes such an environment. He prefers to sit at a roadside stall drinking beer and sipping skewers with friends. From Jianye's point of view, that is the real life.

But let him stay in such an environment, he can still do it flawlessly.

Ronald Perelman has also arrived, accompanied by his second wife, rambling columnist Claudia Cohen, Ronald Perelman had five marriages in his life, in 2010, Ronald Perelman, 67, is the father of his seventh child, Oscar, by his fifth wife.
The two sides have talked for a while, and Ronald Perelman has already known the purpose of this visit early.

"Director Wu, I want to know, are you representing Phantom Entertainment and want to acquire Marvel or Fengge Media this time?" Ronald Perelman asked with a smile.

Wu Jianye chuckled, and then said: "Of course it represents Phantom Entertainment. Phantom Entertainment is watching the development of Marvel's comics very much. You also know that Phantom Entertainment is acquiring Ryan Publishing. If Ryan Publishing can be associated with Marvel Combination will definitely be a strong alliance!"

Wu Jianye did not talk about the future development of Marvel, but used the fact that Phantom is acquiring Ryan Publishing as a breakthrough point to discuss with Ronald Perelman.

Ronald Perelman, as one of the most famous investors on Wall Street, couldn't possibly be ignorant of the fact that Phantom Entertainment is acquiring Ryan Publishing.

"I'm a businessman, so what I value is profit. As long as the price is right, there is nothing that cannot be traded, but does Phantom Entertainment have this sincerity?" Ronald Perelman said softly.

Wu Jianye was not at all surprised by Ronald Perelman's answer. As Ronald said, he is an out-and-out businessman. When he received an invitation from Phantom Entertainment, he would personally When we met, we explained some problems.

Ronald's business career also interprets this side very well. On January 1943, 1, Perelman was born in a wealthy family in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA.His father, Raymond Perelman, owned a steel conglomerate called Belmont Industries and was a mergers and acquisitions specialist.

In this family background, Perelman has been familiar with the techniques of mergers and acquisitions since he was a child.When he was still in middle school, he spent almost all his spare time reading the financial statements and various reports of his father's company, and at the same time participated in the operation of his father's company.

When he was in college, he had already completed his first business, buying a stake in a brewery for US$80, and selling it in two installments three years later for US$3 million and US$100 million respectively. The transfer proceeds earned a net profit of more than 200 million US dollars.

After graduating from university, he entered the Wharton School of Business for further study. Shortly after obtaining a master's degree in business management, he and his father founded a capital company mainly engaged in mergers and acquisitions.

From 1967 to 1978, the father and son acquired several machine manufacturing factories and steel factories respectively, and used their shares to reorganize the assets of these enterprises, cleared some low-profit production departments, and optimized the asset structure .

These few successful capital operations have made Perelman taste the sweetness, but at the same time, he is also eager to start a career independently.

In 1978, he went to New York alone to start his leveraged buyout career.

In April of that year, Perelman bought a 4 percent stake in Cohen-Hartfield Jewelry for $200 million, his first independent venture.

Not long after, he sold most of the shares he owned in the company and pooled his funds to speculate in stocks.

Relying on this buying, selling and speculation, he not only recovered his original capital, but also made a profit of 1500 million U.S. dollars, which made the principal more than 6.5 times over at once.

Perelman, who won the first battle, has been unstoppable since then.

At the beginning of the 80s, with the climax of Michael Milken’s “junk bond” business in Drex Investment Company, Perelman was also able to use this new financing method for acquisitions, reselling, holdings, and mergers. Its merger genius is on full display.

Usually, Perelman will choose to buy an "ugly duckling" that other investors look down on, and then he will ditch some junk businesses in installments, leaving the company's shell, and then use the tax breaks of loss-making companies to buy some better ones. assets, tinkered and sold to other industry giants.

For this purpose, Perelman had to calculate the various figures in these corporate reports, and calculate how many shares to buy to achieve the purpose of holding shares. After holding shares, which unprofitable equipment and institutions need to be eliminated to optimize their structure. In order to achieve the goal of substantial value-added.This is exactly what Perelman is best at.

Someone once commented on him: "Perelman doesn't look like a contemporary entrepreneur at all, but like a dealer who walks around the market with a calculator in his hand!"

It is Perelman's unique style to integrate personal preferences with acquisitions and operations.

For example, smoking is one of his hobbies. In 1984, he did not hesitate to pay $1.24 million to buy the United Tobacco Company of America.

Overnight, the crown of "Tobacco King" was worn on his head.

As the business grew bigger and bigger, Perelman's scope of involvement gradually expanded. The more famous cases include cosmetics giant Revlon, film production company Dilux Entertainment, lottery provider Scientific Games, Hummer manufacturer U.S. Automobile comprehensive company and securities company United Barton and so on.

It can be said that Marvel is just an inconspicuous investment among his many investments. He has held Marvel for more than half a year, but Marvel's performance has not met his requirements. Now he has long been interested in Marvel. Lost confidence, ready to use my old routine to acquire other companies in the name of Marvel, and then go public, cash out and other commercial operations.

But at this time, Hollywood upstart Phantom Entertainment approached him, hoping to acquire Marvel in his hands. Naturally, Perelman wanted to hear Phantom's offer.

"Then I don't know how you value Marvel, Perelman?" Wu Jianye asked.

"1.5 million US dollars, as long as 1.5 million US dollars, Marvel can be sold to the Phantom!" Perelman Lion opened his mouth.

Wu Jianye took a look at Perelman and said with a smile: "As far as I know, Mr. Perelman only spent 8250 million US dollars to buy Marvel in the first week of New World Pictures, and now it has almost increased." Double, I'm afraid this is a bit exaggerated?"

Perelman said with a calm smile, "If someone else wants to buy Marvel, the price is naturally exaggerated, but if it's Phantom, then the price is just right in my opinion."

When he came to the appointment, Perelman had asked people to investigate the situation of Phantom Entertainment in detail. Through his relationship on Wall Street, he knew that Phantom Entertainment is now acquiring Ryan Publishing, which shows that Phantom Entertainment is doing its best to expand its business. Business map.

And Wu Jianye, as the link between Phantom Entertainment and Fengge Media, is responsible for the acquisition of Marvel, which means that the acquisition of Marvel will be the first joint project after the cooperation between the two groups. As for what Marvel can bring to Fengge Media, he doesn't know, in fact, he doesn't need to know, he just needs to know that this project is very important to Phantom Entertainment.

Then he can ask Phantom for money with a big mouth!

Wu Jianye also knew what Perelman's hole card was, but he had contacted Stan Lee in advance to deal with Perelman's hole card.

"Hi"

Just when Wu Jianye was about to show his hole cards, an elegant man's voice suddenly came from beside him.

Wu Jianye and Perelman looked up at the same time. Wu Jianye saw a man and a woman. The man was slender and elegant. Although he had one eye, it did not cover his confident eyes behind the lens. The girl next to him is Penny who Wu Jianye is familiar with.

Pan Ni also saw Wu Jianye, but her eyes were frosty, obviously still hating Wu Jianye.

Perelman stood up first, smiled and shook hands with the youth: "Nick, long time no see!"

Nick smiled and said: "Yeah, I didn't expect to meet you here." After finishing speaking, Nick looked at Wu Jianye and said with a smile: "Director Wu, hello, I'm Nick Johnson. I've been thinking about it before. I just want to meet with you because I have been busy with work."

At this time, Wu Jianye also knew who this young man was, Johnson's elder brother Nick Johnson, the most capable of the third generation of the Johnson family.

Wu Jianye said with a smile: "Meeting is fate!"

If it is in China, everyone may have to sit together when encountering such a situation, but now Wu Jianye and Perelman are discussing the acquisition of Marvel, whether it is Wu Jianye or Perelman No plan to invite Nick to join him.

Nick's answer actually meant the same thing: "The two of you must have something to talk about, why don't we find a place to sit down after you finish talking?"

In fact, such an arrangement is the best arrangement for the three parties, but at this time, there is a shit-stirring stick who is not ready to accept this arrangement that everyone is satisfied with.

"Why do we have to wait for them to finish talking? Wu invited Perelman this time for the acquisition of Marvel. As shareholders of Phantom, wouldn't it be great to listen together!" Penny said directly.

As soon as Penny finished speaking, the faces of all the people present changed. Wu Jianye's expression became ugly, Perelman became excited, and Nick's expression was also a little stern. Only Penny still looked smug. He looked at Wu Jianye.

"In that case, let's sit together!" Perelman laughed first.

For him, having such information is enough. Although he doesn't know why the Johnson family is the shareholder of Phantom Entertainment, he knows that the only business in the Johnson family that has anything to do with the entertainment industry is Oceanwide Cinemas. The Johnson family is a shareholder of Phantom Entertainment, so it means that Phantom Entertainment has secretly had its closest cooperative theater chain in North America.

This is already very favorable news for Perelman.

Perelman thought of this, and Wu Jianye and Nick naturally thought of this too. Now Phantom Entertainment and the Johnson family can be said to be a partnership. Both of them know that this news was brought by Perelman. s consequence.

Not only will it make it more difficult for Phantom Entertainment to acquire Marvel, but it will also make it more difficult for Johnson, who is currently acquiring theaters.

And all of this is not only the interests of Phantom Entertainment, but also the interests of the Johnson family.

In fact, Penny wouldn't be like this if it was normal. Her ability was not much worse than the few people present, but during this period of time, Wu Jianye was so angry that she lost her mind for a while.

But as soon as the words came out of her mouth, she knew that she had caused trouble.

However, even if Penny knew that she had caused trouble, she was not prepared to admit her mistake in front of Wu Jianye. Even in her opinion, the reason why she made such a low-level mistake today was because of Wu Jianye.

After Nick and Penny sat down, Nick took the lead and said: "Actually, our family only holds 1% of Phantom's shares. It's no big deal, and our family will not participate in the management of Phantom. How to talk or how to talk!"

Although Nick was already making up for it, the mistakes made by Penny had already been formed, and Perelman's tone became more firm.

"Director Wu, the price of 1.5 million yuan is already very fair. If Phantom Entertainment acquires Marvel, then it is absolutely possible to make its own super-English movie. I believe this will be a very beneficial thing for Marvel!" Pere said. Erman said with a smile.

Wu Jianye no longer went to see Penny at this time, and the most important thing now was to negotiate with Perelman. As for Penny's mistakes, Old Johnson would naturally take care of them later.

"Have you forgotten the box office of "Superman 3"? No one knows what the future of super British movies will be. It is just an unknown future, and it is a future that is very likely to fail. Phantom Entertainment has no short-term The idea of ​​adapting Marvel’s Superhero into a movie is Perelman, have you ever thought about what will happen if the stock price does not meet your expectations if you list Marvel?” Wu Jianye replied .

Perelman smiled confidently: "This Director Wu, you can rest assured, I still have confidence in this!"

Wu Jianye smiled: "Then what if the high-level executives of Marvel resigned when it was listed, and at the same time, someone shorted the shares of Marvel?"

Perelman's expression changed: "Director Wu, what do you mean?"

(End of this chapter)