The second-tier teams in the league are Tom Cruise's company, New Line, DreamWorks, Lions Gate, etc. Although these teams are not as comprehensive as the Six Majors, they also have one or two strengths and can gain a foothold in the league.

For example, Tom Cruise's team is like the 09 Magic. Although it has super strong players, the coach has a second-rate coach. Fortunately, it is lucky to have developed a new tactic "Spy Mid-Architecture" that can compete with the Six Majors in the summer season for the championship, but once this tactic is not available, its combat effectiveness will decline sharply.

Spielberg's DreamWorks is like the 76ers in 2001. It has the top coach and also has a superstar like Tom Hanks who can turn the situation around on his own, but he does not have good tactics and cannot maintain a good state. Once the team's performance is not good, the coach and the players will part ways.

Lions Gate is more like the Suns' tactical master. Although they don't have good coaches and have poor players' level, they can barely compete with other teams by developing various novel and flexible tactics.

The strength of these second-tier teams can enter the playoffs Christmas market.

The remaining third-tier teams are coaches, players, and tactics. They can only rely on a certain player or a blind tactic that suddenly breaks out and they will have a glimmer of hope. Most of the time, they are at the bottom.

Li Xiaole himself planned that even if he successfully acquired Lianmei, he would only be a third-tier team in the early stage. If he wanted his team to grow from a bottom-tier team to a super strong team that could compete for the championship, his advantage lies in his new tactics (script theme). However, with his popularity as a new coach, he cannot gather the top players he needs for the time being... Many times, the outstanding Hollywood actors do not use their pay as the main direction for their film selection.

Therefore, his team also needs an extremely important role, that is, the team manager, that is, the producer of the production company, who is responsible for using his own connections to transfer players to combine new lineups every season.

There is no need to talk about the six majors. They all have their own ace producers, and the first-line producers will not come to their own bottom team. His only choice is to choose those independent producers. Think about it carefully, isn’t Tom Cruise actually one of the three independent producers in Hollywood at present...?

Since you have similar goals and directions to this handsome guy, why can't you cooperate with him and form a championship team together?

"I decided... let's win over Cruise first, we will work together to jointly acquire Lianmei." Li Xiaole thought about everything and turned to look at Lei Ting and said.

"Well, this is a good idea, but have you ever thought about why a big man like Tom Cruise cooperates with a small company like us from China? Even if we ask him, he will not look down on us." Lei Ting pointed out the key to the problem without mercy.

"Why do you want us to beg him?" Li Xiaole narrowed his eyes: "We can let him beg us."

"Will he come to beg us?" Lei Ting snorted, but did not show any disdain, because she knew Li Xiaole too well. This guy was full of bad water, and maybe he might use any tricks.

"I think we have a calculation. Our current capital is 18,000 million, and Tom Cruise's capital limit should be 200 million..." Li Xiaole calculated. According to the original history, Tom Cruise had negotiated with MGM for nearly a year, and the acquisition was successful until the annual financial statements of MGM's financial statements came out. Now he can't wait and remember the strong medicine.

"Let's do this, we will directly offer a 200 million yuan purchase of Lianmei. You can help me draw a contract and showdown for MGM tomorrow, requiring them to sign a contract within a week. I don't think both Fodi and Canon will reject this condition."

"220 million? Don't you understand, our total funds are only 180 million." Lei Ting felt that Li Xiaole was joking with him.

"Of course I know, I just falsely reported this price." Li Xiaole said with a purse:

"I think if we suddenly make such a request, both Tom Cruise and MGM will definitely be caught off guard. I guess Tom Cruise will definitely not be able to raise millions within a week, and MGM will also think we are crazy and will be happy to sell United to us... If nothing unexpected happens, Tom Cruise should come to ask for cooperation with me within this week, and then it will be fine to ask him to spend some of the funds to fill our funding vacancy in the name of joining him."

"My God... Boss, you are too sinister." Agai said suddenly. How could this little boss who looks like he wanted to kill two birds with one stone in a short time?

"What a sinister thing, he's simply an idiot~" Lei Ting took a deep breath and looked at Li Xiaole and said:

"Do you know, if Tom Cruise doesn't come to us for cooperation within this week, and after we sign the contract, we will be found to have insufficient funds, we will be prosecuted for commercial fraud. You and I will go to jail, or MGM will change our minds and not take action against Lianmei. We have mortgaged all our assets and have not acquired Lianmei. The interest from the bank alone will make us lose money in the future."

He heard a sudden brake sound, and while the car stopped, Agai turned around and opened his mouth and asked, "Is it true for business fraud... the boss?" His eyes were filled with horror.

"I'm just kidding, Agai." Li Xiaole smiled calmly and patted Agai's shoulder to signal him to continue driving.

"You're not kidding." Lei Ting said in his ear in a low voice.

"Sister Tingting, are you afraid of going to jail?" Li Xiaole blinked and scared her.

A trace of disdain appeared in Lei Ting's eyes and said coldly: "I should be afraid of my future inmate,"

"Then do what I said. If we want to go to jail, let's sit together." Li Xiaole shrugged his shoulders and smiled relaxedly.

"You are such a more perverted bastard than me..." Lei Ting looked at him suddenly showing a complicated smile, and the gambler's excitement and worrying emotions were mixed together. I don't know which one is stronger...

The next day, MGM received an official document from Black Pearl Company, and the entire MGM board of directors was shocked~

John Fordy immediately convened a management meeting to discuss the decision. The excitement of MGM's management at the meeting was beyond words. Although everyone's words were very high-sounding, the actual meaning was: "Our company is running now, and a Chinese country bumpkin came out of thin air to give us money!! Sell it! Must sell it to him!?"

Only one person did not attend the meeting. At this moment, Li Canon came to Las Vegas after a night's journey, and had just sat on the sofa in his father-in-law Cork's living room.

This rich man ranked 32nd on the Forbes rich list in the United States, the person in charge behind MGM, is almost 70 years old, but his thin and tall body seems to contain endless energy. From casinos, to General Motors, hotels, MGM, and real estate, he is involved in almost all profitable businesses.

"How is it? MGM is going well recently." Cork's eyes were squinted together, and he felt a sense of oppression of seeing everything, staring at Canon's reaction.

"No problem, the Fody sent by Sony looks like a moderate. Apart from closing the DVD and videotape business in his hands, he hardly interferes with any of our business. It seems that they still have some concerns about us." Canon did not dare to neglect and reported the recent situation seriously.

"Of course, the debt is in our hands. If too much pressure is put on us, the MGM building will collapse at any time. After all, Sony mainly bought MGM to value its second largest film library in the industry, as well as DVD rental business. After integrating these two projects, Sony has almost the same DVD channel as Warner, which is the most practical benefit for them. As for MGM's half-dead production business, the Japanese probably don't have much hope for them."

Cork was full of smiles and felt a sense of satisfaction in mastering everything. He sold MGM three times. He obtained 4.2 billion US dollars through various clever financial operations. It was easier than any business. He patted Canon's shoulder with comfort:

"Don't worry, you don't have to stay in this position for as long as possible. I think that for up to five years, MGM will go bankrupt again. At that time, we can participate in the purchase of equity again. Next time, MGM will be completely entrusted to you."

"Thank you Cork." Canon's brown eyes flashed with joy, "By the way, the Chinese company suddenly raised its offer of 40 million yesterday, and also asked us to reply within a week. How should we respond to this matter?"

"Ask a week's reply?" Cork gently rubbed his hand on his chin, thought for a while and nodded: "You can promise him. If we object, Sony may judge our true intentions... But I remind you that this Chinese person is either too radical or pioneering operator, you must be careful of him."

"I know the measure." Canon nodded, recalling Li Xiaole's cowardly reaction at the party at the Film Bureau, he sneered in his heart. There is no need to worry about such a business-free idiot. The real focus is how to deal with Sony Fordy...
Chapter completed!