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Chapter 200: Planning for the Cinema Line
Send away the person sent by Warner Records to sign the contract.

Huang Ze turned around.

Everyone from Xinghai Records looked beaming with joy.

Especially Chen Xing.

He really didn't expect that Mariah Carey could achieve two championships with one album, and might even sprint for more championships.

What was even more unexpected was that 33.4% of the company's shares were worth so much money.

Doesn’t that mean the entire company is worth tens of billions?

He increasingly felt that it was the right decision to switch from Hong Kong Island Warner. Even now, Hong Kong Island Warner might not be worth so much money, right?

Of course, he also knew that the other party was willing to pay so much money mainly because they valued Huang Ze's creative ability, which was equivalent to paying money to tie Huang Ze to Warner's ship.

But it sounds good when you say it out loud!
Your own status can also be improved invisibly.

After all, he is now the general manager of a record company with a market value of 200 million US dollars.

……

Just as he thought, the headline "Warner Music spends nearly 600 million to acquire one-third of the shares of Huang Ze's record company" appeared in the headlines of some newspapers in Hong Kong Island that day, which surprised everyone.

How can he be called a singer or a director?

He doesn't look like a singer-director at all.

We just spent several hundred million to buy ATV, and now we have several hundred million more in our hands.

Some newspapers also speculated about Huang Ze's assets.

According to the purchase price of Xinghai Records, Huang Ze had more than ten billion from this company alone, and finally calculated his assets to be 3 billion.

At this time, the protagonist of the newspaper discussion did not care about this matter at all.

He came to Qiu Degen's villa and was drinking tea with Qiu Degen.

"Uncle Qiu, I may have to break my promise." Huang Ze toasted the other party.

"As soon as you came I knew what you were going to do."

"You know I'm in trouble now."

"I will be happy to sell the remaining shares of ATV to you and have peace of mind."

Qiu Degen smiled and took a sip of tea, then shook his head slightly, "And you can't be considered to have broken your promise."

"Justice Bao was able to suppress TVB in its prime time slot for more than a month, which is already very impressive."

"I seemed to see the ugly expression of my opponent."

"Hahaha!" Qiu Degen couldn't help but laugh out loud, with a look of satisfaction on his face.

“I am content to see all this.”

"I'm also sure that ATV will be handed over to you, and its future development will not be bad."

"I will try to crush Wireless and let Shao Laoliu experience how I felt back then!"

Qiu Degen knew that even if he didn't want to sell, there was nothing he could do. Huang Ze owned 80% of the shares, so it would be easy for him to kick him out.

It’s better to keep a good relationship with him. After all, we are fellow villagers, right?
If your children get into trouble in the future and you can help them, then you will not have established a good relationship with them.

"I will definitely live up to Uncle Qiu's expectations!"

"By the way, Uncle Qiu, there is also the issue of price."

"I'll give you a portion of the premium, right? The market value is 700 million, so I'll give you 140 million for 20%."

The first 80% and the last 20% are not the same thing after all.

And it is well known that ATV's value has risen after the appearance of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" and "Judge Bao".

In order to avoid the other party asking for too much, Huang Ze said nicely and gave a not-so-high premium. But Qiu Degen shook his head and said, "No need. The previous shares were calculated based on 600 million. This time, let's still use 600 million. Just give me 120 million."

"That's not a good idea." Huang Ze quickly refused, "Then I'll take advantage of you, Uncle Qiu."

"Just call me Uncle Qiu, and don't be so formal."

"If you don't mind, just come and play chess with me more often in the future."

"Uncle Qiu invited me, so I will definitely come often in the future, but the price doesn't need to be reduced so much."

"If you don't agree, I won't sell it!" Qiu Dege frowned, and Huang Ze had no choice.

It seems that this favor is owed after all.

Hey, just owe it.

It is originally a process where you owe me and I owe you.

If we really talk about owing favors to others, we might have owed them when we bought 80% of ATV's shares.

We can interact more often in the future. My roots in Hong Kong are somewhat fragile, so it's always a good idea to get to know more people.

What that person said was very good, he made a lot of friends.

Moreover, he has been in Hong Kong for so long, he must have many old friends, many of whom may be from Shanghai.

Our acquaintance can be considered a two-way journey.

Therefore, Huang Ze could only agree with a smile, "Okay, then we'll take this price!"

"That's right. Come, let's play chess!" Qiu De waved his hand and took Huang Ze to another seat where a chess set was placed. The two began to play chess back and forth.

The fighting continued until it got dark, and then Huang Ze said goodbye.

……

After returning home, Huang Ze found that his ambition to own a cinema chain was growing rapidly.

The 70 million US dollars in hand will be reduced to at least 50 million US dollars after paying taxes and buying the remaining shares of ATV.

Plus, Xinghai Films also has several million dollars on hand, which adds up to a considerable sum.

Maybe it’s enough to buy D&B Cinemas.

Even if you can't buy it, we can still negotiate.

You can borrow part of it, or pay part of it next year. I think the remaining part is not a large amount of money and you can definitely afford it.

Huang Ze did what he said. He picked up the phone and called Pan Disheng. "Mr. Pan, have you sold your Debao Cinema?"

"It's not that easy! If you don't understand the film industry, you'll be easily cheated. Most people who work in the film industry start their own film companies. Besides, a new cinema chain was just established this year, so the demand isn't that great."

"What's wrong, you want to buy it?"

"Discuss and discuss?"

"If you want to buy it, I can give you a friendly price."

"Let me tell you the situation first. I have eleven cinemas that I bought and have full ownership of. Four are rented from Longtou Cinema, owned by Uncle Shao Liushu, and the rest are owned by independent cinema owners who have joined in."

"The estimated price is 560 million. I'll give you 550 million."

"Let's talk in person tomorrow?" It's always difficult to bargain over the phone. Huang Ze decided to make it more formal so that the bargaining would not hurt feelings and it could be called a business negotiation.

"Sure! See you tomorrow. Come directly to our office address of Debao Cinema. You can also bring others to look at some data."

"it is good."

The next day, Huang Ze brought several of the company's financial personnel, lawyers, and negotiation experts to Debao Cinemas.

Pan Disheng directly presented the report to Huang Ze and said, "For you who are determined to make movies, this deal is definitely worth it. You can keep the theater and make money by waiting for the land to appreciate in value in the future."

(End of this chapter)