Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1877 Good idea, but a pity!
"Actually, I have sent someone to investigate some of your situation before you came, and I have come to two very interesting conclusions. I wonder if Mr. Lin is interested in hearing about it?"

"Of course no problem, I'm all ears."

Fudman Dyson picked up his coffee and took a sip. After he put down the coffee, Fudman Dyson continued.

"If I sell the shares of RT Cinemas to Mr. Lin now, I should make some money from it, but if I choose to cooperate with Mr. Lin, then the money I can earn in the next 20 years will be even more .”

Although in most cases, no one can guarantee that the business they do will be able to sell money.

But in the movie business, in the hands of Lin Daoqiu, the movie business has always been profitable for him.

If he can cooperate with Lin Daoqiu, Ferdman Dyson believes that he can earn far more money in the future than he doesn't know how much more he doesn't know now.

Instead of selling RT Cinemas to Lin Daoqiu, it is better to continue to cooperate with him, so that the profits that can be obtained will obviously be more.

No matter what he said, he was also a businessman, and this time the transaction was a transaction, and Ferdman Dyson obviously had to choose the best plan for him to execute.

"Mr. Dyson is right. Your conclusion is indeed correct, but there is one point where you have miscalculated."

"Miscalculation? I don't know where I made a miscalculation?"

Ferdman Dyson asked with a puzzled look.

In his opinion, based on the results of the investigation, he doesn't think there is anything wrong with the conclusions he drew.

"This miscalculation is based on the premise that I will definitely cooperate with you to predict, but have you ever thought that if you don't sell RT Cinemas to me, why should I cooperate with you? "

If Ferdman Dyson is unwilling to sell RT theaters to him, but chooses to cooperate with him, then Lin Daoqiu will obviously not agree to the other party's request.

If it had been a year earlier, as early as when Lin Daoqiu went to talk to Jason Green, Lin Daoqiu would definitely agree to cooperate with him at that time.

It's just that a year has passed now, and Lin Daoqiu's ideas are very different from before, so the current plan of Fudman Dyson is no longer feasible.

After Lin Daoqiu said this, the expression on Ferdman Dyson's face looked a little unhappy.

Because Lin Daoqiu's words obviously hit his weakness, and he obviously didn't really think about it before.

"MGM has withdrawn from the ACC theaters before, and now most of the screens that MGM can get are from Universal, but if RT theaters joins, MGM's movies The box office that can be obtained will be more."

If Ferdman Dyson were the boss of MGM, he would definitely agree with himself, because in his opinion, no one will see the money and not make it.

"If I want to earn more box office, I'll just continue to cooperate with ACC Cinemas. Why should I find a company that is not as strong as it?"

Originally, Ferdman Dyson thought that he could easily persuade Lin Daoqiu to accept his proposal, but now it seems that he has misjudged Lin Daoqiu's thoughts.

Now there are only two ways in front of him, either sell all the shares he owns in RT Cinemas to Lin Daoqiu, or bet that Lin Daoqiu is actually bluffing. That's all.

But once this kind of decision is made, then Ferdman Dyson will have to bear the problems that may arise later.

If he misjudged Lin Daoqiu's idea, the other party really didn't intend to cooperate with him, and didn't sell RT Cinemas.

According to Jason Green's estimation, the attendance rate of RT theaters will seriously drop when MGM's next efforts come.

And coupled with the impact of the ACC theater chain, under these pinchs, the future revenue of RT theater chain will be greatly reduced, and losses are inevitable.

"Mr. Dyson, the dilemma that RT Theaters is facing now is not that simple. If I don't buy it, you will definitely lose money for a long time in the future, and you will lose a lot of money, but I am not the only family of RT Theaters. can buy."

Although Lin Daoqiu wants to buy RT Cinemas, it doesn't mean he has only one choice in Hollywood.

But the problem is that at this time, apart from Lin Daoqiu, it is almost impossible for anyone else to be willing to take over RT Cinemas. Even if there is a bid, it is impossible to meet the psychological expectations of Ferdman Dyson.

So it seems that Ferdman Dyson is standing on the top, but in fact, the negotiations between him and Lin Daoqiu were not carried out under equal conditions from the very beginning.

"It seems that I have underestimated Mr. Lin from the very beginning. This is probably one of the biggest setbacks I have suffered since I was in business in my life."

Ferdman Dyson is very honest, because the facts are in front of him, and he has no possibility of rebuttal at all.

No matter how clever he was, he couldn't find a reason to convince Lin Daoqiu.

With Paramount or Fox? That's what RT Cinemas has always done, so he can't use Paramount and Fox as an excuse.

"Maybe it's because you haven't thought about it from the beginning. After all, people will make mistakes. It's just that you don't know when they will make mistakes. You don't need to worry about it."

Lin Daoqiu's words made Ferdman Dyson sound harsh, but it was true.

"If you look at it this way, I will definitely sell RT Cinemas to you."

Ferdman Dyson is not an impulsive type, he is not one of those I'd rather lose money than let you take advantage of me.

After all, his main business is real estate, and RT Cinemas can only be regarded as his sideline business. Moreover, he doesn't know anything about movies. Under such circumstances, if RT Cinemas is going to lose money in the future, it is better to hurry up. .

"I believe this is the best solution for you and me, everyone got what they wanted, it looks great, doesn't it?"

Ferdman Dyson obviously did not agree with Lin Daoqiu's words, but he still decided to sell all the shares of RT Cinemas in his hands to the other party according to what Lin Daoqiu said.

Although Lin Daoqiu could completely lower the price, he still bought all the shares of RT Cinemas held by Ferdman Dyson at a price [-]% higher than the market price.

It's just that this deal is not that simple. After buying RT Cinemas, Lin Daoqiu still has to do some final work.

After all, he can't directly become the majority shareholder of RT Cinemas, he has to find someone else to be the leader.

In addition, Lin Daoqiu had to find someone from Hollywood to serve as the chairman to cover up the fact that he was the major shareholder of RT Cinemas.

Although these methods of Lin Daoqiu can't hide people like Alan Ryder Jr. and Barry Diller at all, but at least they can hide most people, which will more or less make Lin Daoqiu less trouble.

(End of this chapter)