Chapter 882: Becoming the Real Head of Disney(1/2)
Stanford also picked up the coffee, touched it with Zhang Xiao, and said: "It's a pleasure to work with you, and congratulations on becoming Disney's largest shareholder."
Zhang Xiao himself owns 16% of Disney's shares. Now plus Stanford's 24%, the total shares have reached 40%, making him a veritable major shareholder.
"Thank you!" Zhang Xiao smiled.
After drinking coffee, Zhang Xiao called Clark and asked him to arrange for a lawyer to draft an agreement to purchase Disney shares. At the same time, he went to the bank to obtain a mortgage loan. The amount of his loan this time was US$100 billion.
An hour later, Clark rushed over and handed the two purchase agreements to Zhang Xiao.
As a Harvard-educated Ph.D. in economics, Stanford has signed countless such acquisition agreements in his lifetime, and he can tell at a glance whether there are any problems.
The agreement drawn up by Zhang Xiao's lawyer had no loopholes, so Stanford signed it directly.
Clark said: "Mr. Stanford, please give me your account number, and I will ask the bank to transfer the money to you."
Stanford was stunned and said, "Do you have so much money now?"
Clark said with a smile: "I just went to Citibank. As long as it's less than 50 billion US dollars, Citibank will solve it."
When Stanford heard this, he looked at Zhang Xiao and smiled bitterly: "Mr. Zhang, if only I had followed you immediately when I heard that you were cashing in cash. Now that I think about it, I really regret it!"
Zhang Xiao said: "I also gambled at that time. I was even prepared to lose hundreds of billions of dollars. Winning was purely due to good luck. If there are no special circumstances in the future, I will never gamble again.
Already."
Stanford said: "With a net worth of one trillion U.S. dollars and no loans, there is really no need for you to gamble anymore. Clark, my account number is ***"
After Clark took note of it, he immediately called Citibank.
In just ten minutes, Stanford received a call from his personal financial management team, saying that there was an extra $36 billion in his account.
Stanford stood up, looked at Zhang Xiao and said, "Mr. Zhang, thank you. I need to go back immediately to deal with my debt problem."
Zhang Xiao shook hands with him and sent him out of the coffee shop himself.
After coming back, Herman, who had been silent, said, "Mr. Zhang, do I need to submit a resignation report?"
Zhang Xiao laughed and asked: "Why?"
Herman said: "I remember there is an old saying in your Chinese country, which is that one emperor has one minister. I am the person recommended by Mr. Stanford. Are you still willing to continue to use me?"
"If I don't need you, who else can I use?" Zhang Xiao looked at Herman and said: "Herman, you have a probation period of more than a year. I need to see your results at this time next year. Your results are good, and you are still
CEO of Disney, if your performance is not good, I have no choice but to ask you to leave."
Herman thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Zhang, Disney's biggest problem now is the lack of liquidity."
Zhang Xiao said: "The board of directors will be held in three days, and you will issue a work budget report. These shareholders are really bastards. They did not leave any funds for Disney. It is simply unreasonable."
Clark said: "Boss, we already own 40% of the shares. Do you want to acquire some more?"
"Take it!" Zhang Xiao said: "The maximum amount is 150 billion U.S. dollars. Take as much as you can. The shares in the secondary market will no longer be circulated. Buy them all for me."
Clark nodded and said, "Understood."
Hearing Zhang Xiao's words, Herman knew that he was going to do something big, and he couldn't help but feel excited.
From last year's financial crisis to now, Herman has been almost overwhelmed by money, but now it is finally solved.
The next afternoon, Zhang Xiao held a dinner and asked Kevin to invite all the creative staff of the next two "Avengers" movies.
Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, Joe Brolin as Thanos, Chris Evans as Captain of the Lighthouse Nation, Chrissy Hemsworth as Thor, Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow,
Mark Ruffalo who plays the Hulk, Benedict Burbatch who plays Doctor Strange, etc.
Because of their roles in Marvel heroes, these stars have all become top stars in Hollywood.
If a reporter photographed them gathering together in Zhang Xiao's manor, it would probably cause a huge disturbance immediately.
Although Zhang Xiao used a Western buffet style, most of the dishes were Chinese delicacies, and everyone praised them.
After Robert Downey Jr. took a bite of sweet and sour pork, he praised: "That's great, Mr. Zhang, why can't we eat such good Chinese food in New York?"
Zhang Xiao shrugged and said: "What the restaurant requires is that the food must be served quickly. Many things need to be made in advance. If it is hot or cold, the taste will definitely be bad. And the things you are late for now are all made by me.
The chefs have carefully prepared it all day long, so it’s definitely something different.”
Scarlett Johansson touched her belly and said with a wry smile: "Looks like I'm going to work out tomorrow."
Zhang Xiao said: "Miss Scarlett, your figure is good enough, you can indulge appropriately."
Scarlett Johansson nodded and said: "Since the director said so, I will eat some more."
Zhang Xiao said helplessly: "In our Chinese language, this is called a typical climb along the pole."
Ha ha ha ha!
Everyone laughed.
Chris Evans asked: "Mr. Zhang, I heard that you are now Disney's largest shareholder, right?"
Hearing this, everyone looked at Zhang Xiao.
Disney is a giant in Hollywood. Its size has surpassed other companies. Although its current market value is only 120 billion U.S. dollars, everyone knows that as long as it passes this level, it will
It is not very difficult to get back to a market value of 200 billion.
Zhang Xiao said with a smile: "Chris, you are very well informed. I just spent 36 billion US dollars to buy 24% of Disney's shares from Mr. Stanford yesterday, plus me
From the original 16%, I now own a total of 40% of Disney shares."
"So you'd better toast me with a few more glasses of wine, otherwise I'll have to wear little shoes for you."
Chris Evans said: "So what are you waiting for? Brothers and sisters of the Avengers, let us work together to celebrate Mr. Zhang becoming the big boss of Disney."
"Woo~~~"
Everyone booed.
Zhang Xiao picked up the wine glass and drank the full glass of wine, and there was a round of applause from the audience.
Zhang Xiao glanced around and said: "Kevin, haven't we finished the heroes of the Avengers? I feel like there are a few missing."
When Kevin heard this, his expression changed and he said, "Falcon Anthony and Lucky Karen are busy filming an action movie and haven't come over yet, but they should finish filming soon."
Zhang Xiao frowned and said: "Avengers is about to start filming, and they actually went to shoot other movies. Is this a violation of the contract?"
Seeing Zhang Xiao's expression change, everyone stopped talking and looked at him.
Kevin bit the bullet and said: "They did violate some provisions of the contract."
Zhang Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly and asked: "When will Anthony and Karen's action movie be completed?"
Kevin said: "About half a month."
Hearing this, Zhang Xiao's face immediately became slightly better, and said: "As long as it does not affect the filming of "Avengers", there will be no problem. Just tell them that after half a month of booting, it will
They have their part to play."
"If they can't come, Disney will never cooperate with them in the future, and their movies will never be screened in any theater chain I control."
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but feel excited.
Who is Zhang Xiao?
It can be said that he is the most awesome person in the Hollywood pyramid, not even one of them.
Let alone Disney, let’s talk about theater chains. Zhang Xiao currently owns six theater lines and controls four. These were all acquired by Clark during the financial crisis.
If Zhang Xiao is offended, let alone Anthony and Karen, even those veteran Oscar-winning actors and actresses will be finished.
Zhang Xiao glanced around and smiled secretly when he saw everyone's expressions.
The reason why he said this was not really to do anything to Anthony and Karen, but to establish his own prestige.
Let them be honest and obedient during the subsequent filming. Judging from the expressions of these people, his goal has been achieved.
Kevin seemed to have noticed something, and said quickly: "Okay, I will notify Anthony and Karen immediately."
Zhang Xiao said with a smile: "Don't be nervous. As long as it doesn't affect the production of the movie, I'm easy to talk to. Let's do it. I've made the decision. Everyone's salary will be increased by another 10% on the existing basis."
"Oh, woo~~~"
"Snap, snap, snap!"
Everyone cheered.
Kevin saw that Zhang Xiaoen was able to easily defeat these troublesome Marvel heroes by using both force and strength, and he was very impressed.
Awesome, really awesome.
Of course, only Zhang Xiao can do this method. If it were another director, he would definitely not be able to do it.
Because not everyone has Zhang Xiao’s background.
After the banquet was over, everyone took their cars and went back.
On the way, Chris Evans called Anthony's phone:
"Hey, Chris, how was Xiao Shen's dinner?" Anthony on the other end of the phone asked with a smile.
Chris Evans said: "It's very good, and the food is all Chinese food."
Anthony smiled bitterly and said: "Oh, that's such a pity, I don't have time to go there."
To be continued...