Back to 80: My literary life.

Chapter 901 Acquisition of DreamWorks

"Mr. Spielberg, if I acquire DreamWorks, your positions and those of your old friends Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen will not change, and the entire DreamWorks structure will not change much. More importantly:

At this point, Fang Minghua paused and emphasized: "When I acquire DreamWorks, you only have me as your boss. If Universal Pictures acquires you, you will not only have Mayer, but also Jeff Immel. As we Chinese say, you will have several mothers-in-law."

Fang Minghua's last words touched Spielberg's heart.

Of course, what made him even more excited was that Fang Minghua was so generous as to give out 15 billion US dollars.

"Mr. Fang, I need to discuss this matter with the other two guys and then give you an answer," said Mr. Spielberg.

"Okay, I'll wait for good news." Fang Minghua said with a smile, and then picked up the teacup: "Come, let's have tea."

It was almost five o'clock, and afternoon tea was over. Spielberg took a car home. After Fang Minghua and his wife saw him off, they watched the black car slowly drive out of the manor and disappear from their sight.

"Minghua, do you think Spielberg will agree?" Song Tangtang asked as he followed Fang Minghua back to the villa.

"I think he should agree. No one can resist money." Fang Minghua replied, "And he knows that if I buy it, it means they will cooperate with Shengshi Film and Television to shoot Harry Potter. Maybe he doesn't care about the box office of Harry Potter, but he will be interested in the peripheral products and derivatives around this movie."

"Besides, with Spielberg's personality, he doesn't like a nosy mother-in-law, and I like to be a hands-off boss the most," said Fang Minghua.

Song Tangtang nodded after hearing this.

"Tangtang, get ready to negotiate with Spielberg." Fang Minghua returned to the living room, sat on the sofa and said again.

"I?"

"Of course, you are much better than me in this area. You can select some elite personnel from the North American branch to form a negotiation team. I will ask Zhang Qing and Lei Dawen to select financial and legal professionals from their respective firms to assist you."

"Okay." Song Tangtang agreed.

My husband bought the company, so I felt at ease when I personally took action.

Fang Minghua did not stay in Los Angeles for long. The next day, she took her three children to Disneyland and played for most of the day, and then flew back to San Francisco in the evening.

Both daughters had to go to school the next day.

Song Tangtang stayed in Los Angeles and began to form a negotiation team.

Just two days later, Spielberg responded that morning, saying he was willing to sell DreamWorks and negotiate with Fang Minghua. The negotiation location was set in Glendale, where DreamWorks was located.

Fang Minghua immediately agreed and said that Song Tangtang would represent him in negotiations with DreamWorks, and that he could contact Song Tangtang for specific matters.

After hanging up the phone, Fang Minghua called Song Tangtang again and told her what Spielberg meant. Song Tangtang said on the phone: "Don't worry, I have formed a negotiation team in the past two days. I will contact Spielberg immediately to discuss the specific time of the negotiation."

"Okay, I'll also contact Zhang Qing and Lei Dawen and ask them to immediately send their best troops to Los Angeles to help you."

The two talked about the negotiation again. After hanging up the phone, Fang Minghua called Zhang Qing and Lei Dawen respectively, asking them if they were free to come to my house for afternoon tea in the afternoon.

Lei Dawen agreed readily, but Zhang Qing smiled and said on the phone: "Afternoon tea? Minghua, you don't seem to have this habit?" "Haha, when in Rome, do as the Romans do. Of course, there is something more important that I need your and Dawen's help with. If you have nothing to do in the afternoon, could you please come over and we can talk in person." Fang Minghua said with a smile.

"Boss Fang has arranged something for me. Of course I have time. I will definitely be there this afternoon."

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Lei Dawen and Zhang Qing arrived at the Feroli Manor by car. The weather was not very good today and it was still chilly in spring, so the afternoon tea was held in the tea room of the villa.

The two arrived and entered the tea room under the guidance of the servant.

Fang Minghua's tea room is completely different from the other rooms in terms of Western layout. It is decorated in traditional Chinese style with an antique feel, and a large tea table is placed in the middle.

In the room, besides Fang Minghua, there was also a foreigner in his early forties, dressed in a suit and tie.

The two also knew each other. Phillips was the president of Xijing Investment, which was established not long ago, and was originally Fang Minghua's personal financial advisor.

"Zhang Qing, Daven, sit down, sit down." Fang Minghua stood up and greeted them: "For afternoon tea today, we will not drink English black tea, but domestic green tea." After saying that, Fang Minghua picked up the purple clay teapot on the tea table and poured a cup for each of them.

"This is Hainan's Baisha Green Tea, which is the earliest green tea to hit the market this year. A friend of mine in Haikou sent it to me. Try it."

They each picked up their teacups and took a sip. It was indeed good tea, with a rich and mellow taste.

Seeing Fang Minghua leisurely, Zhang Qing and Lei Dawen thought Fang Minghua didn't have anything important to do, so they chatted while drinking tea. After finishing a cup of tea, Lei Dawen asked, "Minghua, you said on the phone that you wanted me and Zhang Qing to help you with something. What is it?"

"I plan to use 15 billion to acquire Spielberg's DreamWorks," said Fang Minghua.

15 million?!
Lei Dawen had just taken a sip of tea when he looked at Fang Minghua in surprise with his mouth wide open when he heard what he said. As a result, the tea choked his trachea and he started coughing violently. After a while, he finally stopped coughing and asked.

"Minghua, you are not kidding, right?"

"Mr. Fang is telling the truth. We at Xijing Investment are already prepared to disburse funds." Phillips actually spoke Chinese.

When did this guy learn Chinese?

But the tone is really unpleasant.

Fang Minghua briefly told the two what happened. Lei Dawen couldn't help but sigh, "Minghua, if you don't make a move, it will shock the entire Chinese business community. Hollywood, which is known as one of the symbols of the United States, finally has a Chinese presence."

"Don't praise me. Whether the negotiation will be successful is still uncertain. This time I invite you two to be my guests. I hope you can send your elites to participate in this negotiation and help my wife check it out. I don't want to be a sucker, let alone let those foreigners set a trap for me. As for the reward, you don't have to worry about it."

"I knew that Boss Fang is very wealthy." Lei Dawen made another joke and said, "Don't worry about me. I will send Da Vinci, our top lawyer in the firm."

"That's fine with me. I'll send Christian, our senior certified public accountant." Zhang Qing spoke concisely.

The three of them discussed it again. Such a large-scale acquisition involved many financial and legal issues. Finally, they decided that the two law firms would each send a team of three to five people to coordinate with Song Tangtang's team and try to win the acquisition.

(End of this chapter)