Big names rise

In order to participate in the auction, Shuimu Forest established a shell company named Shuimu Films in the United States, and submitted the bidding application and plan with related materials of Shuimu Forest. At the same time, 40 companies from all over the world submitted applications for review. Waiting patiently, three days later, the application was approved, and Mizuki got the admission tickets to participate in the auction. At the same time, six companies also got the admission tickets, including Mizuki, a total of seven companies.

"Which ones are there?" He Mu asked.

Su Cong of Rick Capital replied: "In addition to us, there are also Galloping Horse from China, India's Reliance Company Lor (Special Art), the advertising industry's Psyop Studio, and two investment companies Searchlight and Anchorage .”

The appearance of Galloping Horse in the admission list really surprised He Mu, isn't this the most ideal partner for cooperation!

However, his lawyer, Brono Lee, told him that according to the laws of the United States, in order to prevent collusion, bidders are not allowed to contact each other in advance, and can only temporarily negotiate cooperation with companies that have withdrawn from the bidding on the spot to find allies.

"That's it, it doesn't matter. I won't go to the auction site. If the price is less than 4000 million, Lao Chen, you can call it casually. Li Ming at Galloping Horse probably won't come either. Then, Mizuki and Xiaoma are competing in the arena. Brother Gou is gossiping on the sidelines, and the US law can't handle it."

New York time, at 9 o'clock on September 21st, Chen Li, Su Cong, Brono Lee and their team strode into the World Financial Center in Lower Manhattan. wave to them.

For the three high-quality assets in the digital field in this auction, the base price was US$1500 million, and the price was increased every US$25. When the price climbed to US$2000 million, Reliance Company took the lead in announcing its withdrawal, which was a bit unexpected, because Reliance is still very strong. His parent company, Reliance Group, is an Indian business giant covering multiple sectors such as infrastructure and communications.With a market value of US$500 billion, the owner, Mukesh Ambani, was the richest man in India in 12. He has 50% of the investment in DreamWorks and has signed preferential rights with many stars.The partners include Nicolas Cage, George Clooney, Tom Hanks, etc. Such a powerful company is the first to announce its withdrawal.

However, after the withdrawal, Reliance Company did not give up the plan of bidding. This is just a way to save the country with curves. Now they are actively looking for partners and hope to join hands in the bidding.

Soon, the advertising company psyop studio also announced its withdrawal from the auction, and immediately announced its alliance with the investment company anchorage, becoming the first auctioneer to join forces. Reliance also accelerated its search for partners.

Reliance's first choice is Shuimu Forest, although Shuimu Forest's "Zi Bu Yu", which is popular in Asia, failed to make waves in India.However, the fact that the "Zibuyu" series is popular in Asia cannot be denied. Mizuki's excellent content production ability is favored by Reliance. The combination of two powerful Chinese and Indian companies is definitely a nightmare for all competitors in the field. Wu Wu found a breakthrough in entering the huge market in mainland China, but Chen Li, the person in charge of Shuimu, immediately rejected Reliance's olive branch.The well-funded company seems determined to come out on top.

Reliance later contacted Galloping Pony, investment company searchlight, and Lor (Special Art) respectively. Galloping Pony was a bit tempted, but Lor (Special Art) soon announced its withdrawal, and Galloping Pony was more inclined to cooperate with Special Art Cooperation, because Reliance is too strong, which is not conducive to the company's dominant position in the cooperation, but Xiao Ma and Special Art did not reach an agreement in the end.When Pentium Pony turned his head to look for Reliance, Reliance had already formed an alliance with Searchlight.

The remaining four companies are Galloping Horse, Shuimu Films, Searchlight & Reliance, and Anchorage & Psyop Studios.

When the auction price climbed to 2700 million US dollars, searchlight decided to give up, but Reliance disagreed. They felt that the price was close to the final transaction price, and they just needed to hold on.The victory belongs to them, but the decision is in the hands of searchlight. In the end, searchlight & Reliance company withdrew from the auction, leaving only Galloping Horse, Mizuki Pictures and anchorage & psyop studios in order to scare the opponents. Anchorage & psyop studio directly increased by 300 million, calling for a high of 3000 million US dollars, this is their last gamble.

Going up the bidding, there is pressure on Galloping Horse. If you spend too much money to buy the company, then there will not be enough funds left for the company's development. Zhong Lifang, the head of the bidding team, asked for a pause. Pentium announced its withdrawal and quickly formed an alliance with Shuimu Films to jointly bid. This surprised anchor&psyop studios. They thought that these two film and television companies, also from China, were competitors in China, and it was even more impossible to cooperate abroad. I didn't expect them to really cooperate, and they didn't reveal anything before.

After Mizuki Films & Pony Gallop called out 3025 million US dollars, anchorage & psyop studio did not continue to bid, that is to say, the digital field now belongs to Mizuki and Pony, and the two companies will soon establish a new company, Semir, for the acquisition Regarding matters related to operating the digital field, in this auction, Mizuki contributed 2000 million yuan, accounting for 65% of Semir’s shares, and Galloping Horse was responsible for the remaining 1035 million yuan, accounting for 35%. As for the company’s arrears and development funds Also follow this ratio.

In fact, Galloping Horse didn't want to cooperate with Shuimu Forest at the beginning, because both Li Ming and Zhong Lifang knew that it would be difficult for Pony to gain a dominant position in the company if they chose to cooperate with Shuimu, and once Shuimu mastered the digital field, Galloping Horse wanted to There is very little hope of a sudden rise in the domestic film circle based on special effects capabilities. At least there is a Shuimu Forest that can keep pace with Pony in terms of special effects, so Galloping Horse has always hoped to win over a foreign company during the bidding process.

However, at the final stage of the auction, Galloping Horse had no choice but to fight alone and buy the digital domain with more than 3000 million US dollars, but the remaining 1000 million or so was not enough to bring the digital domain back to life, that is to say, The company will continue to invest more funds in the digital field, which may even affect the company's filming plan. Signed directors such as Wu Yusen and Ning Hao are all waiting for funds to make movies.

So in the end, Galloping Horse reluctantly chose to cooperate with Shuimu Forest. Behind this cooperation, He Mu contributed a lot. During this time, he often made overseas phone calls with Li Ming, the boss of Galloping Horse, explaining that cooperation would benefit both the opinion of.

Before the auction, He Mu persuaded Li Ming and the two to cooperate, but this was just an intention, but Li Ming insisted on 50% of the equity distribution ratio, otherwise the company's right to speak would definitely be completely taken up by Mizuki, but He Mu was also very happy. He insisted that he also wanted the leadership, so the two stalemate for a while. Li Ming even told Zhong Lifang that if there is a better choice, he can cooperate with foreign companies to catch Mizuki by surprise.

It was not until the last moment that He Mu successfully persuaded the stronger Li Ming and reached a proposal of 65:35, and then Galloping Horse withdrew and jointly bid with Mizuki. During the persuasion process, He Mu mentioned the names of two movies, "Hunger Game" and "No Man's Land".

"I know that "No Man's Land" has always been a heart problem for Brother Gou. Although the investment is not large, it would be a pity to put it in the warehouse to rot. I am willing to work hard for the release of "No Man's Land". Broadcasting still has something to do with it.”

Li Ming disagreed, "Even the third master doesn't have that much face, you are sure you can do it."

"I'm not sure, but I'm [-]% sure. If Brother Gou thinks it's not reliable, I will hand over the special effects production of the second part of "The Hunger Games" to the digital field. You know, the digital field is like this now. The financial resources will soon collapse, and being able to cooperate with such a famous film will help the digital field get out of the predicament."

"Are you so confident that you can convince your cousin's husband?" As an insider, Li Ming only knew that the boss of Rubik's Cube Pictures was the husband of cousin He Mu.

"You don't need to convince him, this master, I can do it. After all, I am also a shareholder of Rubik's Cube."

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ps: Originally, there should be two updates today to be so embarrassed to ask for tickets, but today I have a particularly important material to write, so I had to do one update. Tomorrow, Laofo will try to ensure two updates, so everyone should not hide the tickets~~