Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 2203 Stop Sony
At the [-]th anniversary celebration of CBS/SONY, Sony’s President Akio Morita said ambitiously: “New hardware will work because of the development of software. I think, not only music, but also movies, Sony wants to Build a bigger, broader software business."

It can be seen that Akio Morita has regarded movies as a new growth point for Sony's entertainment empire.

If Lin Daoqiu did not appear, Akio Morita would have acquired Columbia Pictures as in his previous life.

But it's a pity that Lin Daoqiu won't let Sony do this, because he doesn't want Hollywood to have another strong competitor.

Sony's strength in software is particularly prominent. In January this year, Sony bought Columbia Records (CBS).

You must know that the record group, one of the CBS business fields, occupies 20.00% of the global market. Sony's purchase of CBS records is tantamount to holding 20.00% of the world in its own hands.

If they are allowed to buy Columbia Pictures again, Sony will gradually become a giant in the entertainment industry.

It is impossible for Lin Daoqiu to let Akio Morita and his Sony become his stumbling block, so the acquisition of Columbia Pictures has been placed on Lin Daoqiu's agenda.

In the early 80s, Nihong promoted financial liberalization and implemented a loose ultra-low interest rate policy. In the case of economic prosperity and income increase, more people in Nihong transferred their bank deposits to the stock market and real estate, and did not hesitate to invest in Banks borrow to speculate.

In order to expand its business share and market share, Nihong Bank actively promoted people to speculate in land, real estate and stocks, which caused the prices of land, real estate and stocks to rise to astonishing heights.

In the late 80s of the twentieth century, all economic entities in Neon China contributed fuel to the expansion of the bubble economy to varying degrees. People with a lot of money in their hands found that the returns from real estate and stock speculation were very rich, so Everyone put their money into the stock market.

As the largest company in Neon, Sony is making more and more money with the rapid growth of the Neon economy and the increasing consumption power of the people. It is not an exaggeration to say that they have enough money in their hands I don't know how to spend it.

Since there is so much money in Neon's country, there is no way to make more investment, so Akio Morita decided to invest part of the money in order to expand Sony's business and to prevent the money from being idle.

Looking at the markets around the world, there is no market that is more worthy of Neon's investment than North America, so Akio Morita decided to come to North America to make a big splash.

Competing with Sony is really not a wise choice, because Lin Daoqiu's resources are far worse than the opponent's.

Compared with Sony at this time, or compared with the Neon consortium at this time, Lin Daoqiu really can't compare with them.

Unless he can find a way to postpone the transaction for a year, after the Neon stock market crashes, Sony will definitely adjust its buying, buying and buying plan, and the safer way is to hold cash in its hands.

It's just that Lin Daoqiu also knows that this is obviously impossible, because he really can't think of any way to hold Sony back from buying Columbia Pictures.

But no matter what, Lin Daoqiu still had to go and chat with the general manager of Columbia Pictures, Wen Jun and Victor Kaufman.

Asking Fang Jinsheng to find Victor Kaufman's phone number, Lin Daoqiu called him directly.

"Hello, who is that?"

"I'm Lin Daoqiu from MGM, is this Mr. Kaufman?"

Victor Kaufman on the other end of the phone did not expect that the call was actually made by Lin Daoqiu, the president of MGM, which surprised him a bit.

But Victor Kaufman quickly adjusted his tone.

"It's me, Mr. Lin. I didn't expect you to call me. It really surprised me."

Before that, Victor Kaufman had never been in contact with Lin Daoqiu, but he had already known Lin Daoqiu's name like a thunderbolt.

"It's like this. I have something I want to talk to Mr. Kaufman. If you don't mind, why don't you come out and have a cup of coffee?"

Lin Daoqiu did not disclose on the phone why he was looking for Victor Kaufman, but for Victor Kaufman, it is certainly not a bad thing to meet Lin Daoqiu, so he is very happy I agreed to come down.

Two days later, Lin Daoqiu and Victor Kaufman met in a coffee shop.

What Victor Kaufman didn't expect was that Lin Daoqiu looked younger than him in the photo. He really couldn't understand that a person who could shoot two blockbuster films with super special effects was so young.

"Hi, Mr. Lin, nice to meet you, I'm Mr. Kaufman."

"Mr. Kaufman is too polite, please sit down."

After Lin Daoqiu invited the other party to sit down, a waiter immediately brought a cup of coffee.

Victor Kaufman didn't care about what to drink. What he cared about was why Lin Daoqiu suddenly asked him out to meet him today. He was very curious about this.

"Actually, I invited you out today because I wanted to talk to you about something. Recently, I heard some rumors that someone is planning to acquire Columbia Pictures."

Victor Kaufman, who picked up the coffee, was about to take a sip, but after hearing what Lin Daoqiu said, his movement of drinking coffee suddenly slowed down.

It wasn't long before I met Schulhoff, I didn't expect Lin Daoqiu to know about this matter, it seems that either I have Lin Daoqiu's eyeliner on Sony's side, or someone leaked the news out.

However, the meeting between Schulhoff and himself was only a preliminary negotiation, and it did not enter into formal negotiations. It can only be said that Sony is indeed interested in Columbia Pictures, but the specific situation remains to be seen.

Now Lin Daoqiu suddenly asked himself out to ask about this matter, what is this guy thinking?

"Well, if it's someone else, I'm afraid I can't tell you, but since Mr. Lin asked, I can only say that there is such a thing."

Schulhoff's answer was considered to be very face-saving to Lin Daoqiu. If it were someone else who asked the question, then he would never reveal this secret.

"It's from Sony, right?"

Lin Daoqiu directly revealed the answer to the mystery, but Victor Kaufman was not too surprised, because Lin Daoqiu knew that someone from Sony came to contact him. Whether the source of the news is from their side or Sony's side.

(End of this chapter)