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Chapter 899: The tiger fell to the ground and was bullied by the dog

"Why did you ask him out?" Song Tangtang's voice was full of surprise on the other end of the phone: "You want him to continue filming Harry Potter? But the film company for cooperation has not been decided yet."

"It's not Harry Potter." Fang Minghua replied: "Have you seen the news? DreamWorks and NBC Universal Pictures are also negotiating, and the former wants to sell itself to the other party."

"I saw it. I didn't expect that the famous DreamWorks would also sell itself. I heard that it was due to financial problems." Song Tangtang sighed, and suddenly realized something, and his tone became hurried:

"Minghua, you are looking for Spielberg at this time, are you trying to acquire his DreamWorks?!"

"Yes, I have this idea." Fang Minghua would naturally not hide his thoughts from his wife:

"Warner Bros. is really greedy! I feel that instead of negotiating with other companies, it is better to buy DreamWorks directly and let DreamWorks cooperate with Shengshi Film and Television! From now on, I will not play with other Hollywood companies. I will play with my left hand and right hand!"

Fang Minghua kept calling Song Tangtang "old man", which made Song Tangtang on the other end of the phone laugh.

"However, acquiring DreamWorks is a big deal. It's not as simple as cooperating to shoot a movie," Song Tangtang reminded.

"So, I'll go to Spielberg to sound him out first," Fang Minghua explained.

"Okay, I will contact Wu Tianmin immediately and ask him to find out the specific content of the negotiations between DreamWorks and NBC Universal Pictures and the reasons for the obstruction, so that we can know ourselves and the enemy." Song Tangtang's mind immediately became active.

"Yes, I'll do as you say."

Today is Wednesday. Two days later in the afternoon, when Fang Rui came back from school, Fang Minghua packed her luggage and took her three children to the airport with Nick, and boarded a plane to Los Angeles.

It was already 6:30 in the evening when they arrived at Los Angeles International Airport more than two hours later. When Fang Minghua arrived at the terminal hall, he saw a middle-aged man waving at him with a smile. It was Jack, the driver of Amber Hill Manor.

They came specially to pick us up at the airport.

Jack politely took the suitcase from Fang Minghua's hand, and they left the terminal hall, got into an Audi car, and headed straight for Amber Mountain Manor.

After entering the manor gate and arriving at the door of the villa, the butler York was already waiting at the gate. Naturally, someone helped to carry the luggage in, and Fang Rui heard him ask, "Uncle York, is my mother back?"

York immediately replied, "Miss, the eldest lady hasn't come back yet, but Anastasia called half an hour ago and said she was on her way back to the manor and would probably be back soon."

Anastasia is a female driver at the manor. After Song Tangtang came to the United States, she became her full-time driver and drove for her every day.

York was very respectful, but Fang Minghua always felt uncomfortable when she heard the words "eldest lady" or "eldest young lady". How come after coming to the United States, it seemed like she had returned to a large family in feudal society?
Never mind. Let him be.

"Okay, then we'll wait for my wife to come back and have dinner together," Fang Minghua replied.

Fang Minghua took the three children upstairs. They all had their own fixed bedrooms. Ten minutes later, a Mercedes-Benz 300 with bright lights on drove into the manor and stopped at the door of the villa. Song Tangtang, wearing a black OL uniform, got out of the car.

When Fang Minghua went out to greet him, he saw that Song Tangtang looked a little tired.

"Are you tired? Have a good rest after dinner." Fang Minghua felt a little sorry for his wife.

"Not tired at all." Song Tangtang smiled: "Where are the children?"

"Everyone is here. Go wash up and change your clothes first, and then we'll go downstairs to the restaurant for dinner." "Okay."

Ten minutes later, Song Tangtang changed into home clothes and followed Fang Minghua downstairs into the dining room. The three children were already waiting at the dining table. Tonight's meal was Western food, French beef stewed in red wine, juicy tomato and salmon, North African egg crepe, and vegetable salad.

Fang Minghua was not very interested in Western food, but his wife and three children ate it with gusto, so Fang Minghua ate some as well.

After dinner, Fang Minghua and Song Tangtang chatted on the sofa in the living room. Fang Rui had already gone upstairs to her room to chat on the Internet. Her son went to the game room on the underground floor to play video games, and her little daughter Xinxin snuggled in Fang Minghua's arms watching TV.

"Minghua, Wu Tianmin has figured out the specific content of the negotiations between DreamWorks and Universal Pictures and the reasons for the obstruction." Song Tangtang said.

"What's the reason?" Fang Minghua suddenly perked up.

Song Tangtang explained the reason.

Or there is a financial crisis.

Although DreamWorks is well-known and has produced some critically acclaimed and commercially successful films over the years, it has also produced a lot of bad films. After 2000, the company has been in a bad state, especially last year's "Escape from the Island", which lost $8000 million and caused DreamWorks to be heavily in debt. So the three of them decided to sell the company.

"After the announcement, Universal Pictures approached us very quickly. For them, acquiring DreamWorks was a natural advantage. I heard that Universal Pictures President Jung Mayer and DreamWorks President David Jaffen have been close friends since childhood.

"Spielberg has spent 30 years making movies at Universal Studios and still has a studio there. The two studios have been doing business with each other since DreamWorks was founded. Universal has financed DreamWorks and is responsible for the overseas distribution of DreamWorks films and the global distribution of DreamWorks DVDs, and Mayer wanted to push for this deal."

"If that's the case, why did the two families almost break down in the talks?" Fang Minghua asked with some confusion.

"Although Mayer wanted to buy it quickly, Jeff Immelt, the boss of Universal Pictures' parent company, General Electric, was not in a hurry. He felt that DreamWorks' asking price was too high."

"The price is too high? How much in dollars?" Fang Minghua asked.

"This is a trade secret and outsiders won't know, but some people in the industry estimate it to be between US$10 billion and US$15 billion," said Song Tangtang.

"10 to 15 billion? That's not too high, right?" Fang Minghua muttered to himself.

"Yes, if it were in our country, it would be an astronomical figure, but in the United States, the transaction amount is not that large, and the industry generally believes that based on the DreamWorks brand and its strength, it is definitely worth 15 billion."

"It seems that Imel is taking the opportunity to lower the price." Fang Minghua said with a smile.

"Yes."

"It's true that a tiger in dire straits is bullied by a dog." Fang Minghua sighed.

"Minghua, do you really want to acquire DreamWorks?" Song Tangtang looked up at Fang Minghua and asked.

"Yes, if it's 15 billion, I'll pay for it! What's the point of having so much money just lying around in the account?" Fang Minghua replied with a smile.

(End of this chapter)