873. Chapter 873 Scene 873 Controlling the Leaders
Originally, a noisy discussion meeting fell into silence after Li Xiaole's proposal. While the leaders were flipping through the information, the celebrities and big names in the CPPCC members in the audience looked at you, and I looked at you, and I thought this was incredible.
In their minds, AMC theaters are like General Motors in the United States, an extremely huge giant. Chinese companies may acquire such theater giants? This fundamentally breaks the concept in their minds... How could those American giants let the Chinese take over?
This is certainly not surprising. After all, they did not witness Lenovo's acquisition of IBM, Motorola, Shuanghui Group's acquisition of Smithfield Foods for US$4.7 billion, Geely's acquisition of Volvo, Chery's acquisition of Land Rover... and other series of acquisitions of American giants by Chinese companies, even AMC itself will be acquired by Wanda Cinemas a few years later.
After this economic recession, the financial forces on Wall Street were severely damaged and were unable to support superficial prosperity. Li Xiaole also saw it right. Now is the best time for them to recover.
After being surprised, Xu Wenzhao, the Minister of Culture, soon discovered a loophole in Li Xiaole's merger copy. He looked up and coughed, reminded: "Director Li, sorry, I want to remind you that according to the US antitrust law, the publisher of the film cannot own theaters, which means that as long as your Black Pearl Company has equity in Lianmei, it is not qualified to acquire AMC."
Several leaders of the film bureau wearing eyes next to him nodded and echoed: "Yes, yes, this does not comply with the legal procedures." "I think this merger and acquisition case is immature in many aspects. Large companies like AMC are not that easy to acquire." "You should be cautious and be more cautious."
No one present is a fool. He understood this. The leaders of the Ministry of Culture did not want Li Xiaole to acquire American theaters, and they were discussing whispers. Zhang Guoli asked his friend Feng Xiaogang strangely, saying, "Director Feng, I don't understand. Whether Director Li's acquisition of American theaters or not, isn't it a good thing to export movies to the country? Shouldn't the Ministry of Culture encourage Chinese films to go global?"
"National strength... the situation is not that simple." Feng Xiaogang has been struggling in the system for many years and still has a thorough understanding of the leadership team's ideas. He shook his head and said, "Now Director Li can't catch up with the United States in his domestic business. If he uses policy support to achieve his business intentions and then pats his butt and becomes a US citizen in the next life, wouldn't he let the government accompany his wife and lose his troops?"
In order to establish a business card for Chinese films, the Ministry of Culture asked mainstream media to promote actress Gong Li, but the actress joined Singapore nationality, which ruined the leadership of the Ministry of Culture.
At this time, Li Xiaole, who was shining in the United States, made such a sensitive request. Of course, they would be more cautious. After all, Black Pearl Company is a private enterprise and has no fixed assets in China. You can always leave if you want to leave.
What is surprising is that Li Xiaole, who has always been very planning, did not expect this situation to happen. After being rejected, he looked sad and looked worried. He wanted to speak but stopped several times, but he seemed unable to think of any solution.
When Xu Wenzhao saw his appearance, he felt much more at ease. Several leaders looked at each other, and then Xu Wenzhao coughed: "Let's do this, if Director Li doesn't mind, I can give you an idea."
Li Xiaole quickly looked like he was taught and asked anxiously: "Mr. Xu, please give me advice."
"Actually..." Xu Wenzhao took a sip of tea slowly and laughed: "It's very simple to avoid this anti-monopoly law..." After half of his words, Xu Wenzhao deliberately paused, sucked Li Xiaole's appetite, and looked at him with an impatient expression before continuing: "Just let a Chinese company without issuance rights be an intermediary, and you pay the funds and they come to buy it, so that you can avoid this policy."
When this was said, not only Li Xiaole frowned, but even directors such as Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang in private film companies shook their heads. How could this be possible? Li Xiaole paid the money and then handed over the power to others... What if the other party turned against each other? You should know that other private enterprises are not kind-hearted men and women, and as long as such a large amount of funds passes through anyone's hands, it is inevitable that there will be an extra risk.
"I'm afraid...it's not feasible..." Li Xiaole said in embarrassment.
"Director Li, don't rush to refuse, listen to me first." Xu Wenzhao waved his hand and continued to smile: "As far as I know, aren't you still working in China Film Group? You should always trust China Film Group. China Film Holding a private theater company China Film Star Mei. You can discuss this acquisition by putting the funds in the name of China Film Star Mei. I can here guarantee you that your funds will not pass by others, and the full power will be the responsibility of your Black Pearl Company. Our China Film Group has a very good relationship with the United States. You can negotiate legal issues. You can worry less..."
Everyone nodded after hearing this. As expected, they were indeed the top leader of the Ministry of Culture. They suddenly came up with a way to be both good. However, some people also heard another profound meaning. Through the words of Chinese movie star beauty, it means that Chinese movies have also played a huge role in it. When both sides are consistent in the interests of Chinese movies, of course there will be no problems. However, if Li Xiaole has any minor thoughts to invest in Hollywood in the future, then the Ministry of Culture will have a way to restrain Li Xiaole.
Feng Xiaogang nodded repeatedly when he heard this. Xu Wenzhao was so amazing.
"This..." Li Xiaole was stunned when she heard this, then shook her teeth and seemed to hesitate for a moment before saying with pain: "Can you wait for me to think about it?"
"Of course...but soon, you must know that the CPPCC meeting is about to begin. If you miss this opportunity, Director Li, you will have to wait for next year." Xu Wenzhao laughed and announced the recess and let everyone take a break.
At the attention of everyone, Li Xiaole sighed and walked out of the safe passage. Then he looked up and down and confirmed that there was no one. He picked up the phone and smiled after answering it and said, "Uncle Han, it's true that it's the same as you think. Xu Wenzhao proposed to pass the path of Chinese movie star beauty."
"Well, I knew Minister Xu would do this." Han Sanpin on the other end of the phone also laughed, his voice unable to hide his pride.
"Actually, Xu Wenzhao's plan is the best plan we thought, why don't we propose it directly?" Li Xiaole still felt a little overwhelmed by this way of turning around.
"Xiaole~" Han Sanpin said earnestly on the phone: "You are different now than before. You used to be a newcomer in the circle. Even if you show your strength, you will be a deep impression on people. But you are now a top Chinese director. No matter what, you are still a citizen of the country and cannot have a strong impression of your superiors and arrogant. With your personality, even if the best plan is proposed by you, the leaders will feel that you will have to reduce your aura and only use it. Even if you reluctantly agree on the surface, you will secretly cause some trouble. Maybe you will mess up the matter because of it..."
Han Sanpin said this and smiled: "Look, you are pretending to be stupid now and selling a flaw as a leader, so that the leaders can think of the path we want to go by themselves, so that they feel that they are forcing you to go, and that you are not so smart and able to control. Instead, this matter is easy to deal with. Not only will you follow your direction happily, but you will also fully support you because they will feel that it is their own credit."
"That's right." Li Xiaole nodded and laughed, and said deeply: "Uncle Han, you are considerate and considerate, but I still don't have much control over these people." In terms of political wisdom, it's still the old master Han Santa.
"Okay, the time is almost over. Uncle Han, it's time for me to go back. There are only ten minutes to rest in the middle of the meeting." Li Xiaole looked at his watch.
"No, wait a little longer, wait 5 minutes." Han Sanpin stopped him on the phone and said, "You have to show your unwillingness and struggle... Wait for these 5 minutes more, and the leaders will be more satisfied..."
Li Xiaole couldn't help but sigh in his heart, what an old fox...
In the end, this proposal was exactly the same as Han Sanpin's expectations. It was officially approved by the Cultural Group's discussion meeting and became one of the political proposals of this CPPCC meeting. The nod of the leadership team of the Ministry of Culture and Film Bureau was equivalent to the fact that this proposal was passed. It was just a formality at the CPPCC meeting, which finally made a stone in Li Xiaole's heart fall.
At the long CPPCC meeting, representatives of the cultural group who were forced to support the scene yawned and yawned. When they looked at the mobile phone, they were all listless, hoping to get through this time quickly. Li Xiaole was no exception. He had been watching various information on his mobile phone. "The Legend of the Great Sage" has now started to produce various CG scenes and background images. With the help of Apple's technical department, everything is done step by step. It is not a big problem to see this progress filming and release "The Legend of the Great Sage" at the end of the year.
But look at the other side, James Cameron's "Avatar" has been filmed and has only been produced in the late production... I imagined that he would compete with NO.1 movies in the history of the film to face a head-on end at the end of the year, and Li Xiaole couldn't help but feel nervous and excited.
Chapter completed!