Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 1036 1034 Enough benefits, even enemies can shake hands

In the 1990s, televisions all over the world were still the kind with big butts.

The Japanese have already registered all the patents related to plasma televisions that can be registered.

Moreover, even though China and European manufacturers have repeatedly negotiated with the Japanese and made certain concessions.

The Japanese are still reluctant to promote this technology.

It is obvious that they don't want to bring other people to play, and just wait to collect patent fees.

Moreover, with the manufacturing capabilities of the Japanese at that time, they could meet 30% to 40% of the world's demand for televisions by increasing their own production capacity.

Given the high price of plasma TVs at the time, it was equivalent to taking all the profits from high-end color TVs into one's own pocket.

If we play like this, naturally no one will want to play with the Japanese.

There are also SLR cameras, VCD technology, audio and game cartridges, all Japanese people play with them.

After that, hydrogen energy was not given to other countries or manufacturers at all, and they waited for everyone to pay them patent fees.

This forced everyone to change the track and not play with the Japanese.

This situation also occurred frequently in the shipbuilding industry in the 1960s and 1970s.

Especially when buying Japanese ships, the cost is not too expensive, and is 10% to 20% cheaper than several European shipyards.

But the disgusting thing about the Japanese is that their equipment is cheap, but the parts are not only expensive, but also very easy to break down.

They are even deliberately designed so that they will inevitably break down after being used for a certain period of time and number of times.

The ship owners suffered a lot of losses.

That's why Onads was so angry at Ajos and Yuutarou Ueda.

On the contrary, Chu Xiangqian didn't have many thoughts or dissatisfaction about this kind of thing.

To put it bluntly, this is actually quite normal.

Sometimes, the Chinese and Europeans go even further than the Japanese.

When collecting patent fees, I didn't see them charging less.

Moreover, when they cannot defeat their opponents, they will use administrative means to force their opponents to make concessions.

They even resorted to outright robbery, forcing their opponents to sell their good things to Meiguo's company.

The Japanese will like to have the best of both worlds in the future, but after all, it is because they are afraid of being cheated by the Taiwanese.

And anyone who believes that capital has a conscience is a fool.

As for the Japanese, will they control most of the market share by buying a large number of ships and shipping businesses from themselves?

Chu Xiangqian didn't believe this at all, even though he knew that the global shipbuilding industry had been under development since the 80s.

It will slowly shift from Japan to South Korea.

Sometimes, industrial transfer is not affected by human will at all.

I sell cheaper than you, so the low- and mid-end markets will inevitably be taken over by me little by little.

Although the profit ratio is small, the quantity is large. Once the money is made, we will focus on the mid-to-high-end market.

Chu Xiangqian had heard too many things like this in his previous life.

Moreover, Chu Xiangqian would naturally be more than happy to take advantage of the Japanese.

So, seeing Onads staring at Ajos fiercely, as if he wanted to eat him alive.

Chu Xiangqian reached out and grabbed Onads' arm, "Calm down, Sis, this is just business."

Onads shook off Chu Xiangqian's hand and just wanted to say something angrily to Chu Xiangqian, but when the words were on the tip of his tongue, he remembered that this guy not only killed all the pirates, but also

Even the Cao family in Kuala Lumpur, not only the direct lineage was wiped out, but even the branches were not spared.

He took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and spoke with some dissatisfaction in his tone.

"Stark, you intentionally abandoned your ship and sold 60% of your ships at once. You dropped directly from the top three to outside the top ten.

Naturally, you don't care who buys your boat.

But don’t forget,,,.”

Chu Xiangqian frowned and glared at him without waiting for the guy to finish speaking.

Onads' eyes flickered a few times, but in the end he didn't dare to act tough with Chu Xiangqian.

Those who deal in shipping will inevitably have a group of thugs who specialize in doing the dirty and tiring work, or even private armed forces.

But compared to Chu Xiangqian's achievements in recent years that are known to the outside world.

Onads' men seemed like weaklings.

Chu Xiangqian naturally would not really offend Onads, but to a certain extent, he still needed to win him over and show goodwill to him.

After thinking about it, I suddenly had an idea.

Divide and disintegrate, and become independent Japanese.

With this idea in mind, Chu Xiangqian smiled and said to Onads, "Okay, I will lease the container terminal to you for 3 years for $10 million.

We can discuss other matters in private."

After that, he ignored Onades and looked at Ajos, ​​"Same to you, $3 million, a ten-year lease for two container terminals."

Onads and Ajos were both stunned, but this time they didn't speak immediately.

Instead, they looked at each other, and then looked at Yuutarou Ueda with some teasing in their eyes.

After a quick thought, Yuutarou Ueda understood Chu Xiangqian's sinister intentions.

Use the dock to win over and stabilize Onads and Ajos, ​​and then force himself to buy the 200 ships and shipping business in his hands.

Sure enough, Chu Xiangqian smiled and said, "Mr. Ueda, $12 billion is my final offer.

Otherwise, I will only talk to Messrs. Onads and Ajos.”

Since the concessions were made to Onads and Ajos, ​​the losses must be recovered from the Japanese.

Yuutarou Ueda and a few Japanese people were so angry that they almost jumped up.

But this time, Onads and Ajos will not stand on their side.

In fact, they even hope to sell it at a higher price.

At worst, for the sake of the container terminal, it is not impossible to take over 200 ships and businesses.

When the interests are great enough, even mortal enemies can shake hands and come together.

Not to mention, you can also pit your common opponent at the same time.

Over the years, the Neon Shipyard has relied on its technological advantages to cheat many ship owners.

If there was a chance to make the Japanese uncomfortable, Onads and Ajos would not hesitate at all.

Moreover, compared with shipping business and sea vessels, container terminals bring the greatest profits.

The two enemies who had been fighting for decades would stand on Chu Xiangqian's side without hesitation.

More than ten minutes later, Chu Xiangqian smiled and sent Japanese people such as Ueda Yuutarou, who had dark faces and were full of anger and dissatisfaction, to the car.

Although he didn't agree immediately, Chu Xiangqian could roughly guess in his heart that the Japanese would not be able to hold on for long.

As long as we announce to the public that Chai Wan Pier and Sheung Wan Pier will lease four container terminals to Onads and Ajos, ​​we will basically be able to break down the Japanese people's defenses.

A week later, Yuutarou Ueda had to ask for a meeting with Chu Xiangqian again, not only because Chu Xiangqian had already signed a lease agreement with Onads and Ajos.

This will give the two shipping tycoons, whose shipping business used to be mainly in Europe and the United States, the opportunity to extend their business into East Asia in the future.

Robert has also formally drafted an investigation into Japan's unfair competition in the automobile, steel, textile and electronics industries, and it is circulating among some senators.

In order to gain the support of Dennis and Perez, Chu Xiangqian directly gave each of them a small bag of diamonds worth $1 million.

Soon, news came out from Washington that if the investigation report received enough support, it would be formally submitted to the Women's Association for discussion. Although it was not certain that a formal investigation would be launched in the end.

But the Japanese dare not make this survey public.

Once the public knows about this, companies that compete with Japanese products will inevitably add fuel to the fire.

No, from the moment this investigation report appeared, it was destined that investigations would be launched into Neon’s products in the future.

Chu Xiangqian doesn't even need to do anything, as there are many powerful companies that will vigorously promote the investigation.

Therefore, all the Japanese can do is to slow down the process of the investigation initiated by the Women's Association as much as possible.

Although they wanted to kill Chu Xiangqian and Robert, at this time, the Japanese dared not offend or anger these two people.

Robert will also gain considerable reputation in the hearts of capital and the public for being the first to initiate this investigation.

Even many independent companies and investors were willing to contribute money and effort to push him to formally launch an investigation into unfair competition.

Maybe, set up a committee and push Robert to be the chairman of the committee.

For a time, the Japanese were in a state of panic.

Then there was news from California that many ship owners registered in California were discussing whether to increase the freight prices for Japanese-leased ships.

This made the Japanese people nervous again.

And what scares them the most is if Chu Xiangqian, Onads and Ajos unite.

Not only will it really increase the price of renting ships in Japan, it will also most likely affect the cost of importing raw materials in Japan, and even artificially create a crisis of raw material shortage.

Although as long as you are willing to spend money, there are many other shipping companies that will take orders.

However, the short-term shortage of raw materials will not have a fatal impact on Neon's industry and economy.

But the loss is far from comparable to $12 billion.

It’s just that the Japanese hate Chu Xiangqian to death, but at the same time they envy him to death.

This week, Indiana Jones was released and performed extremely well at the box office in its first three days of the weekend.

This made the Japanese more determined to acquire United Artists Pictures.

But before Chu Xiangqian could get involved, MGM probably heard that the Japanese were interested in United Artists.

It actually took the lead in making a takeover offer to United Artists.

The Japanese immediately mistakenly thought that it was Chu Xiangqian who was causing trouble.

This time, the Japanese really wronged Chu Xiangqian.

MGM was the boss among the eight major Hollywood studios back then, and it almost suffocated the other big studios.

Unfortunately, after the peak, there is a long period of decline.

It changed hands several times during this period and finally fell into the hands of a Las Vegas hotel tycoon.

The reason for buying this film company is very simple.

The Las Vegas of the fifties and sixties was not the tourist destination it would become decades later.

Not only is the infrastructure backward, but there is also a severe water shortage.

Nine and a half out of ten people who come to this city deep in the desert are gamblers.

In the future, nine and a half out of ten people will be tourists.

Even though many people will still go to casinos in the future, they will only play a few rounds, and then leave after losing a few dozen or one or two hundred dollars.

So Las Vegas is called a gambling city, but in fact, it has long been transformed into a tourist city.

But in the 1960s, the situation was the opposite. Although it was still profitable, the profit from gamblers was far less than that from tourists.

Moreover, as the number of people increases, the profits from accommodation, catering, and entertainment are actually greater and more stable.

In the early 70s, Casino tycoon Kevin Kerrey bought MGM for $3500 million.

The combination of casinos and film culture has indeed greatly improved Kerkori's business.

The entire Las Vegas also made a lot of money from this.

This also strengthened Kerkori's determination to hold on to MGM.

However, MGM was later used as an arbitrage tool by Kerkouri.

Sell ​​it at a high price, buy it back at a low price, and sell it again.

Then Kerkori's reputation was completely ruined.

He also got into a series of troubles at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

I almost lost my name.

Although few people knew about United Artists' future, in that era, its popularity was no less than that of MGM.

This company was founded by comedy master Charlie Chaplin.

Of course, Chaplin was not the only investor.

More than 4,000 film copyrights, a large number of senior directors, actors and behind-the-scenes personnel, once acquired, will increase the quantity and quality of MGM's productions.

In addition, United Artists also has complete domestic and international distribution channels.

After the merger, MGM will not only become the world's largest film production company, but the films it releases will also earn higher box office revenue.

So although it was unexpected that Kerkori wanted to buy United Artists, after all, the merger of the two companies might not necessarily be a good result, but it was in the interests of capital.

But in the eyes of the Japanese, if MGM gets involved, it must be related to Chu Xiangqian.

He even reached some secret deal with that guy Kerkori.

Just look at the Raiders of the Lost Ark, which grossed over 2 million U.S. dollars in three days after its release. It is expected that it will easily gross over million dollars in North America alone.

The box office could be 2.5 million or million, so we can expect that.

The investment in this movie is only 20 million. Not to mention the Japanese, even the Japanese and other big companies are envious.

Before the filming of this movie started, there was news that Universal planned to shoot at least three films.

Three days after the first weekend, there were rumors in Hollywood that the two leading actors, Taylor and Ford, had signed contracts for three films.

In addition, the two also got the script for the second part.

At the same time, the gold medal producer Raymond Chou, also known as Zou Wenhuai, will also be the producer of the second film.

As long as there is no major accident or the script is really shit, the probability of the second part making a big profit is at least 80%.

And the advantage is to sign a film contract with the protagonist in advance and agree on the remuneration.

Even if a movie is a big hit at the box office, the cost of shooting the second part will not double.

As long as the male and female protagonists Taylor and Ford are not stupid, they will not cause trouble during the filming of the second part.

Even though the first film was a big hit at the box office, it’s still not very safe.

Only if the second film also sells well at the box office will the leading actors have enough confidence to bargain with the production company.

However, there are also means of restriction.

At least Chu Xiangqian would not hesitate to replace the heroine Taylor to scare Ford.

As for how to appease Taylor, it is also simple. Just write a script for a low-budget movie and let Taylor be the producer. This woman will definitely shut up.

He also highly praised Universal Pictures in front of the media.

Another week passed, and Indiana Jones' North American box office reached 4600 million in its second seven-day week.

The Japanese no longer hesitated and found Chu Xiangqian for the third time, agreeing to an offer of $12 billion.

But Chu Xiangqian was also required to serve as a consultant for Sony's acquisition of United Artists and write a script for United Artists.

(End of this chapter)