Goldman Sachs' consulting fees are really expensive. One case costs US$1 million and the deadline is 2 weeks.

If the time is longer, additional charges will apply.

The six major Hollywood film companies all have their own long-term investment funds, each of which is different. Some companies also have 2-3 platter partners.

Every negotiation between different agencies is a case.

There are all kinds of things, and you may have to connect with more than a dozen institutions and funds, including movie companies. The whole process will not be easy.

I heard that Boss Zhou is also interested in acquiring a wealthy football club in the UK, and Goldman Sachs has expressed a very strong interest.

Facing such a super big customer, we must serve well!

Goldman Sachs dispatched a team of 14 people from Mr. Rose Will, the chief expert in the field of corporate mergers and acquisitions and investment negotiations, as well as Vice President, to personally serve the investors.

It's really professional.

When Zhou Buqi and Xu Baihui met with the team at the Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles, they had already come up with a detailed movie list.

Movies currently in operation and upcoming movies, as well as the platter investment funds behind major movie companies.

Disney is backed by Boston Bank’s fund, Fox is backed by Dune Capital’s fund, Paramount is backed by Merrill Lynch’s fund, Warner Bros. is backed by Legendary Pictures, and Sony and Universal are backed by Relativity Media’s Hill Road Fund.

…

The first to bear the brunt is of course Paramount.

Merrill Lynch has been acquired, and they have been actively working hard to sell off their shares in the past six months. Many movie shares have been sold at 30% to 70% off.

"Forget it Paramount." Zhou Buqi shook his head and immediately refused, "Merrill Lynch has been half-dead for more than half a year. All the good stuff has been divided up, and no one wants the rest."

The main reason is that Paramount is too bad and can no longer produce good films.

This wave of entry into the market mainly focuses on Disney, Warner and Universal, which are the three major players in Hollywood in the future.

Rothwell made a second suggestion, "Let's go to Fox!"

Then, he pulled out a document and handed it over.

Slowly explained: "Fox has been cooperating with Dune Capital since 2005. In January 2005, a cooperation involving 28 films with a total value of US$325 million was reached; in December of the same year, 16 more films were announced.

Co-financed film projects added an additional $325 million."

Such a large company can produce about 15 movies every year. Plus the movies it distributes for other companies, it has to run more than 25 movies a year.

A super giant like Warner Bros. may produce more than 40 films every year.

"Have these two contracts been fulfilled?" Zhou Buqi looked down at the materials.

Ross Wildao: "Yes, we can focus on their third contract, which was signed in August last year. It involves a total of 32 films and a total investment of up to 500 million US dollars."

"32 films should be a two-year plan. Now that one year has just passed, it means that there are still about 16 film platter shares left out."

"Yes, Jimmy from Dune Capital is an old friend of mine. I have already asked. We have a great chance!"

"oh?"

Zhou Buqi's eyes lit up.

Roswell smiled and said: "We are very lucky. Because the cooperation between Sandhill Capital and Fox has been very good in the past few years, with annual returns exceeding 16%, so even though the economy has been very bad in the past six months, Sandhill Capital has no plans to terminate the cooperation.

, and wanted to continue. But after the Lehman incident, the financial market environment has undergone earth-shaking changes."

Zhou Buqi glanced at him, his expression indifferent.

He is not a good person either.

When Chinese people go overseas to do business, they are often deceived by investment banks. For example, during the financial crisis, many large state-owned enterprises waved their banknotes and went overseas to buy and buy, and they were all deceived to the point of vomiting blood.

Roswell and the people from Sandhill Capital are old friends. So when trading, will their stance be inclined to the other party? Will they harbor the idea of ​​cheating Asia and coming to stupid rich people?

"The financial tsunami broke out, and all the investments in the platter have to be withdrawn. Not only do the prices have to be lower, but I also have the right to choose!"

"A choice?"

Roswell didn't understand what he meant.

Zhou Buqi said: "In the past six months, Paramount's platter investments have been sold at 30% to 30% off. I don't need to lower the price too much. This price is enough. However, I need to purchase selectively, not

All in one package.”

"This..." Roswell was stunned for a moment, "This is not easy to handle."

Zhou Buqi was very determined: "Mr. Will, we all understand the current situation. No one has extra money to enter the market! Either hold on to it or sell it to me!"

There is no film option in the platter investment plan. In other words, the investment fund invests in all films produced by the film company without distinction, whether it is a literary film or a commercial film, whether it is a small investment or a large investment, it is the same regardless of the project.

, all occupy the same proportion of shares.

Dune Capital probably still holds shares in 16 movies that Fox will produce in the next year. But among these 16 movies, there must be many that are not profitable.

To buy all the shares of these 16 movies in one package is really a shame for Zhou Buqi's foresight.

Of course, buy the more well-known films.

Don't want the rest.

Under the financial tsunami, capital institutions all over the world are thinking about saving their lives. Even if they know that buying the bottom now may make a huge sum of money in the future, they really can't come up with the money.

It is important to divest investment, ensure cash flow, and save lives.

Without any hesitation, Roswell immediately got up and went out to make a phone call.

Zhou Buqi looked at the documents and looked at Xu Baihui next to him with a smile, and said amusedly: "Are you feeling something now?"

Xu Baihui was very distressed, "Yeah."

"I want you to learn more English and want to do international business. How can you do it if your English is not good enough?"

"I'm studying. The old man spoke too fast. I didn't even respond to a sentence. He said two or three sentences."

"Um, eh?"

Zhou Buqi was slightly startled. What he was holding in his hand was Fox's 16-film preparation list. The names of the movies were all in English, which caused a considerable cognitive barrier for Zhou Buqi, which was different from the one in his mind.

There is no equal sign for movies.

There are only two movies that he can accurately identify by their Chinese names - "Avatar" and "The Great Rat".

This is awesome!

Even Cameron's blockbusters can hit it.

Let’s look at the investment ratio, wow! It’s really not low. The total funding for this contract is US$500 million. In the past year, US$260 million has been spent, and there is still US$240 million left. The total cost of these 16 movies

It is US$710 million. This means that the shareholding ratio of Pianpan Investment is 2.4/7.1=33.8%.

Zhou Buqi's heart beat suddenly.

It seems like I found a treasure!

In the past few years, many Sino-US co-productions in China have been very unequal cooperation. Domestic film companies cannot obtain income dividends from the global market, but can only obtain income and distribution rights from the domestic market.

But this kind of platter investment contract is different. It has global income. Not only the box office, but also DVD income, TV broadcast income and other related derivative income.

Box office revenue only accounts for 25% of total revenue.

A rough estimate is that the box office share of "Avatar" is 1 billion US dollars, and the total revenue is 4 billion US dollars. 33.8% is 1.3 billion US dollars?

This is awesome!

Luck is coming and nothing can stop it!

With the "Avatar" market, this wave of platter investment operations has a guaranteed bottom line.

Just when Zhou Buqi was excited, Roswell had already called back and said, "We have communicated and they are willing to split and sell."

"That's right. I remember that many independent film companies' platter projects are sold separately. High-quality projects are sold at 30% off, and inferior ones are sold at 30% off. I don't have too strict requirements, just a little better will be fine.

.”

"I already said, they will send a team here tomorrow."

"good!"

Zhou Buqi thinks this is a good start.

It is indeed much easier to do things in Hollywood than in Silicon Valley. If you don't meet hard-liners like Ballmer, they are all just profit-seeking people, so it will be much easier to negotiate.

Next are Universal, Warner and Sony, which are more complicated to operate.

Their main partners are Legendary Pictures and Relativity Media.

Although it is also a platter investment, the operation process is different.

Like Fox and Paramount, both film companies and capital funds are connected, and the meaning of copyright is more about dividend rights. Legendary Pictures and Relativity Media are both corporate in nature, and Wall Street's money is not handed over to the six major film companies.

Instead, it is left to these two companies to operate, and then these two companies will connect with the six major film studios.

For example, through the cooperation between Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros., Legendary Pictures can obtain real copyrights, not just dividend rights, which is equivalent to obtaining more benefits. The disadvantage is that it is difficult to divest. Wall Street has to go through two processes if it wants to divest.

First, Legendary Pictures sells off its shares in Warner Bros.' movie portfolio, and then Wall Street withdraws from Legendary Pictures... This is almost impossible to do.

The money invested in a movie can be withdrawn, but the money invested in a company is very difficult to withdraw.

In other words, it is not realistic to buy out the investment contracts held by Warner, Universal, and Sony.

If Paramount is excluded, Warner, Universal, and Sony are not available, Fox is still operating, and MGM is on the verge of bankruptcy, then there will only be one Disney and a dozen independent film companies left.

It seems that if you want to acquire the movie rights for investment that have been abandoned by Wall Street, the options are not too high. The only two options are Fox and Disney.

But the problem came again.

Disney's cartoons are so good, and Pixar is even more profitable. It's impossible to lose money on these, and there's no risk in them.

It is impossible for Disney to put these movies that are sure to make money on a platter investment platter.

They can only participate in some live-action movies that they are not very good at.

Zhou Buqi also has little confidence in Disney's live-action movies. Apart from the flagship series "Pirates of the Caribbean", there are no decent works.
Chapter completed!