The richest person in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 381: Did Zhang Chen take the company public in order to target "The Promise"?
After Zhang Zaichen reached an agreement with Disney, he took the memorandum to Pixar's headquarters in the United States.

After all, he only owns half of the shares, but to sell it to the company he would need more than two-thirds of the votes to accomplish this.

In fact, the only difficult point is Boss Qiao.

If the shares were still in his hands, then this deal would bring a lot of real benefits to Boss Qiao.

But after Zhang Chen bought his shares, Boss Qiao only had 0.1% of the shares left.

But he is also the founder and CEO of this company.

It can be said that his decisions can basically affect the vast majority of other shareholders.

But Zhang Chen also had a way out. After all, the $89 billion was right in front of other shareholders, and the other party was Disney, which had offered a share swap.

These shareholders can still make the clear decision whether to continue to be a shareholder of Pixar or to become a small shareholder of Disney.

So this trip didn't take Zhang Chen much energy.

And he did not leave Boss Qiao aside. Zhang Chen compensated Boss Qiao in another way, but this way was just a suggestion, or an idea.

After all, he is a major shareholder of Apple. If the company can develop faster, Zhang Chen can also withdraw more funds as soon as possible.

After both sides were convinced, news came from Hollywood.

On December 12, Paramount Pictures reached an agreement with DreamWorks Pictures to acquire all of DreamWorks' equity for approximately $9 billion, including assuming all of its debts. The issue of DreamWorks Pictures' future ownership, which had been a hot topic for more than half a year, has finally been settled.

According to insiders, about half of the purchase price stipulated in the agreement will be paid by Paramount, with the rest to be borne by several investment partners.

This marked the beginning of the acquisition of Hollywood film and television companies.

Because immediately afterwards, Disney also issued an announcement on December 12 after receiving written documents from Zhang Chen on behalf of Pixar Animation:
Disney has reached an acquisition agreement with Pixar Animation, and Disney will acquire Pixar Animation by issuing additional shares for a total price of US$89 billion.

Disney will spend 15% of its stock to do so.

Faced with the shareholder changes of the second largest media giant in the United States, all investors and people in the film and television industry in the world have checked the latest shareholder list released by Disney:
When they compared it with the previous list of shareholders, they found only one new name added to the list of shareholders.

Leon Zhang, holding a total of 13685.98 shares, accounting for 7.5% of the total
The original first and second largest shareholders also increased their holdings to a certain extent some time ago.

The top three shareholders are:

Pioneer: 9%
BlackRock: 7.8%
Leon Zhang: 7.5%
Zhang Chen became the third largest shareholder of Disney, the Hollywood giant!

And he is the largest individual shareholder!

This was the first time that Zhang Chen was directly and openly listed on the shareholder list of a listed company.

Previously, either his holdings were in companies that were not listed and did not need to disclose shareholder lists, so no one knew his specific shareholding ratio, and naturally no one knew Zhang Chen’s shareholding ratio in these listed companies.

However, when Zhang Chen appeared on the list of shareholders of Disney as an individual, and became the third largest shareholder and the largest individual shareholder, everyone had a clear idea of Zhang Chen's wealth for the first time.

Currently, the Disney shares held by Zhang Chen are worth 46 billion US dollars!
Moreover, when Zhang Chen's name appeared on Disney's shareholder list, Disney's stock began to rise at a visible speed after the opening. In just one hour, the stock price soared from US$33.6 to US$35.28.

The increase exceeded 5%
This is also an important reason why Disney can tolerate Zhang Chen to be included in the list of shareholders.

The influence of a world superstar is too great!

If it is a world superstar like Zhang Chen who has works and a strong reputation, it will give investors great confidence.

The current upward trend of this stock is the biggest proof of this.

If this trend continues, Disney's stock will continue to grow for a long time in the next few days.

If the company's stock price can rise by more than 10%, then Disney will be getting Pixar animation for free.

This is what Disney is thinking.

You will never suffer a loss.

Although allowing Zhang Chen, an outsider, to serve as a shareholder will somewhat influence the company's decision-making, a 7.5% shareholding ratio is neither too little nor too much.

These managers had already purchased a lot of stocks from the market before the acquisition, because there was a 100% chance that Zhang Chen's joining would increase the company's stock price, and no Disney shareholder would miss the opportunity to make money.

In addition, the stock repurchase can spread the changes in the power structure after Zhang Chen joins, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

As for whether it will involve insider trading?
I would like to know who has sued me.
Just a few days after the acquisition by Disney and Pixar Animation, when the entire American media was still looking for Zhang Chen's whereabouts, Wall Street came with even more shocking news.

Facebook and Morning Music (USA), whose businesses have spread all over the world, have entered the IPO stage, released prospectuses to global investors, and made their first public offerings to investors.

First is Facebook, with a total share capital of 23 billion shares, a share price of US$17.4 per share, and a valuation of US$400 billion.

This is the terrifying influence of the world's largest Internet social platform.

Because it appeared early and more than 90% of celebrities, ZKs and government agencies have joined, this platform has now become the first channel for global netizens to obtain information.

It is also because of this that in the past two years, Facebook's annual turnover has basically been over 40 billion US dollars, and the main source of income is advertising fees and some public relations expenses.

Zhang Chen brought in most of the world's celebrities, as well as software jointly promoted by BlackRock and Sequoia Capital, and in the absence of any competing products, he was able to achieve such a world-renowned achievement, thanks to all kinds of advantages.

Net profit could reach nearly $10 billion per year.

According to the shareholder list in the prospectus, Facebook's current shareholding ratio is:
Morning Light Music (Beautiful Country) 30%,

BlackRock holds 7.5%
Sequoia Capital holds 6%
Zhang Chen holds 3.75% of the shares.

Penguin holds 3%
William holds 1.5%
Zhang Chen's shadow companies 22.5% (up to 12)
The other 25% of the shares will be subscribed by securities firms.

In addition to Facebook, the world's largest social platform, Morning Glory Music (USA), which was established earlier, has finally started its IPO under the attention of the public.

According to the prospectus, the company currently has more than 3500 million members worldwide and more than 1200 million monthly active users.

In 05, the revenue was close to 45 billion US dollars, with a net profit of 9 million US dollars.

As a wave of piracy is sweeping the world, the shareholders behind Morning Glory Music are committed to cracking down on these pirated websites. However, the servers of these websites are hidden deep enough or simply change locations frequently.

Therefore, in the past two years, the revenue growth of Morning Glory Music has slowed down slightly.

However, because Zhang Chen had acquired more than 90% of the world's digital music copyrights in the early days, and signed cooperation agreements with the world's eight major record companies and well-known record companies in various countries.

So at present, Morning Light Music (USA) is a unicorn. Except for Apple, which has obtained about 90% of the digital music licenses, other companies that want to get in have no chance to get in. When they want to cooperate with singers, because of Zhang Chen's status and influence in the world music scene, these companies that want to get a piece of the pie have hit a wall.

This has resulted in a situation where Morning Glory Music (United States) is the only music company in the market.

After this IPO, the total share capital of Morning Glory Music (U.S.) is 12.5 billion shares, with a valuation of US$280 billion and a price of US$22.4 per share.

The current shareholding ratio is:

Morning Light Music (China) 28.5%
CGT21.375%
Warner Music Group 7.125%
Universal Music Group 5.7%
Apple 3.75%
Sony Music Group 3.5625%
Zhang Chen holds 4.9875% of the shares
This time, Zhang Chen's name also appeared in the prospectuses of the two companies.

In fact, earlier, Zhang Chen did not intend to have his name appear on the list of shareholders, for fear of attracting some people's attention.

But once he was added to Disney's shareholder list, such concerns became moot.

If the shareholders of one listed company are in debt, then so are the shareholders of the other two companies.

Disney can use Zhang Chen's fame to raise its stock price, and record companies such as Warner and Universal naturally hope that Zhang Chen, the world singing superstar, will not favor one over another.

Moreover, compared with the shares Zhang Chen actually holds, the shares of these three companies that can be revealed only account for the tip of the iceberg of Zhang Chen's wealth. Zhang Chen also agreed to this request.

So, when global investors, Hollywood stars and singers looked at the shareholder lists of these three companies, their eyes widened.

@Avril: I knew Lyon was rich, but I didn’t expect my dear boss to be so rich?!
@Will Smith: I'm not good at arithmetic, can anyone tell me how much money Lyon has now?
@霉霉：46亿+400亿*3.75%+280亿*4.9875%=74.965亿美元，但是今天迪士尼的股票一直在涨，不清楚最终会落在什么价格。

@Emma: I regret it! I should have just laid down on Leon's bed!
@JAY: Brother Chen, when are you coming back to China? The domestic media is trying so hard to find you! Also, does Brother Chen need a maid? I’ll sign up!
@Michael Jackson: Why doesn’t Leon come to see us old friends after coming to the United States? Has he forgotten us, his friends in the music industry, after entering the film industry?

@Celine Dion: I finally know why Leon hasn't released any songs in the past two years. Is it because he doesn't need money? Which girl can manage Leon's money and let him release more songs? My fans are asking me why I haven't released any songs in the past few years.

@JK Rowling: Leon is so rich, are you interested in investing in my next novel? You have to pay a higher copyright fee this time!

The messages on Facebook came from all over the world. In addition to those who were related to Zhang Chen, other big-name stars also sent their blessings at this time.

Because Zhang Chen has entered the film industry, many Hollywood stars have implicitly expressed their desire to star in Zhang Chen's next movie.

In their opinion, since Zhang Chen has already won the Palme d'Or, he will definitely strike while the iron is hot and start producing his next film.

As for whether Zhang Chen will still make movies now that he is so rich?

Judging from the situation, Zhang Chen has been rich for a long time. He just let everyone know how huge his wealth is today. But isn’t he still making movies?
This may be the hobby of rich people!
Unlike people abroad who are rushing to brokerage firms to buy stocks of the two companies that are about to go public, many people in China also want to take advantage of this favorable wind to make more money.

Especially domestic celebrities.

Whether these people wanted to please Zhang Chen or just wanted to make money, they all applied for visas to the United States as soon as possible. Their purpose was to go to Wall Street in person to buy stocks of these two companies.

Of course, they hope to meet Zhang Chen by chance when buying stocks.

When the stars go abroad, it becomes difficult for a certain famous director.

December 12, General Assembly Hall

It is said that "The Promise", which took Chen Kai three years and invested more than 3000 million US dollars, has its global premiere.

"What about people?!"

Brother Chen Kai stood on the high stairs at the end of the red carpet, looking down at the media reporters he had invited. However, there were only a handful of people walking on the other end of the red carpet.

Under normal circumstances, Brother Chen Kai would not even look at these people.

Because these people were either newcomers who had just graduated not long ago, or unknown people outside the 18th line, Brother Chen Kai couldn't even remember anyone's name.

"It is said that many people fled to the United States yesterday." Chen Hong also looked worried.

Today’s premiere of “The Promise” should be a first for major domestic directors – there are no big names to support.

"Don't they know that today is the premiere of my movie?" Brother Chen Kai blushed and looked indignant.

"I told you a long time ago that it would be shown later, but you just didn't listen!"

"Who would have thought that guy would use such a move to embarrass me!"

"Do you think Zhang Chen deliberately let those two companies go public two days before your movie?" Chen Hong looked at her husband as if he were a fool. "Don't you think too highly of yourself?"

Brother Chen Kai was overwhelmed by his wife's words and yelled hysterically, "Why is it such a coincidence?"

"We can only blame our bad luck." Chen Hong sighed helplessly.

She didn't think that Zhang Chen deliberately put the IPO dates of the two listed companies before their movie in order to snipe "The Promise".

Don't you even look at the market value of those two companies and the investment in your own movie?

On one side there are tens of billions of dollars, and on the other side there is only a “mere” 3000 million dollars.

The gap is thousands of times. Zhang Chen must be crazy to use a cannon to kill mosquitoes like them.

"What should we do now?" Brother Chen Kai felt his scalp tingling as he looked at the media reporters who were gradually approaching them.

He could imagine the humiliation he would face from these people later.

"What should we do?" Chen Hong sighed heavily, "You'd better not talk nonsense, otherwise Zhang Chen might really remember us two little people."

"A small figure?" Brother Chen Kai stiffened his neck and said unconvincedly, "How can he pay attention to domestic affairs when he is abroad?"

Chen Hong stared with wide eyes at her husband who was walking towards the group of reporters. She stretched out her hand but it was too late to grab Brother Chen Kai who was already surrounded by reporters.

Could it be that this bastard is suffering from a literary youth syndrome?
Chen Hong prayed in her heart that this guy would not say anything inappropriate.

"Director Chen, are there no celebrities invited to the premiere of The Promise?"

Chen Hong looked at her husband's back with a nervous look on her face.

However, Chen Kaige's answer made her eyes go dark.

"Those guys who haven't seen my movies are definitely in their lifetime."

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