After David was no longer so proud, he told the whole story.
What is somewhat different from the previous life is that this time Paramount believes that "Transformers" will bring huge profits to itself, so it wants to release "Transformers 2" in advance to make up for the lack of funds.
But contrary to expectations, "Transformers 2" not only had no hope of being released in advance, but also required an additional investment of at least US$30 million due to overruns in special effects.
The house leaked and it rained all night.
At this time, Deutsche Bank, which had survived for a month longer than in its previous life, could no longer hold back any longer so that it could fill other big holes.
Paramount has to sell its pants to raise money for the few movies it is shooting. How can it have the money to repay Deutsche Bank?
You have to say that Paramount's market value exceeds 10 billion US dollars, but their business is too large, it is very difficult to turn over, and there is not much cash on weekdays.
And because "Transformers 1" made a lot of money before, they overspent on "Transformers 2", and their hands were even more stretched. They didn't borrow another 100 million US dollars from Deutsche Bank. The turnover was good. When it came to paying back the money, it was absolutely impossible.
No!
Behind them was the entertainment tycoon Redstone, and Redstone's Viacom was originally their parent company. However, Viacom's economic situation during this period was also poor and it could not come up with the money.
Leave it to them and let them handle it themselves.
With no other choice, Paramount started its own long road of borrowing money, just like in its previous life.
Generally, these film companies don't borrow money from their peers, because the seven major Hollywood film companies basically don't have good relationships.
Don't look at the fact that they often jointly produce movies and so on. It's all for profit. In fact, they all hope that other companies will collapse and then the entire market will be owned by themselves.
Therefore, they generally go to major commercial banks to borrow money. For example, one of Paramount’s financial backers is Deutsche Bank.
In the past, when Deutsche Bank had money, it lent money to Paramount. Not only could it slowly wait for the interest to be collected, but it also asked Paramount to do some advertisements for itself regardless of anything, and both parties lived a very comfortable life.
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But once there is a financial crisis, even Deutsche Bank, Germany's largest commercial bank, can't bear it, let alone other commercial banks. In terms of bank stability, Germany ranks first in the world, and is more stable and reliable than Swiss banks.
Of course, there are many powerful giants in the banks in the United States, but the problem is that these banks have either been deeply hit by the subprime debt crisis, or they have been involved in other bond crises, as well as the crisis of the bankruptcy of borrowing companies.
,,and Paramount is known for making huge profits unjustly. God knows when it will get its money back.
Therefore, Paramount was forced to have no choice but to cast a net everywhere to find rich people, and one of them found David's head.
Who told him that he likes movies and has a father who is one of the top ten super rich men in the United States?
David has been eyeing the film industry for a long time, and now he looked at this opportunity and immediately started thinking about it.
After thinking hard for several days, he finally came up with a good idea. It happened that he met Sam who had returned from practice and had the same hobby as him. The two discussed it for a while and immediately came to China to find Xiao Qi.
Well, Paramount is looking for bad guys everywhere, and they are here to look for bad guys.
"That's what I think." At this point, David became seriously serious: "It's just for Deutsche Bank. They also owe about 1 billion US dollars in other places, and they haven't paid it out yet.
, they can only repay interest every year. When the economy is good, others allow them to delay. But when the economy is bad, banks will also tighten funds, and they will continue to pay back a lot of money in the past two or three years.
Of course, Paramount does not have this kind of money, and can only rely on external support. Their parent company, Viacom, has also been having a hard time in the past two years, and it is impossible to give this money. So now Paramount is being maintained.
After the acquisition of Yacom, one of the most difficult periods was also the most beneficial period for us."
Xiao Qi nodded as he listened. David's words were his considerations in his previous life, and there was no difference.
"What I mean is that the three of us will form a partnership to obtain Paramount's priority film investment rights for the next 10 years." David said excitedly: "Believe me, my friend, "Transformers", "Disc"
"Espionage", "Iron Man", "Captain America", "Avengers"... These blockbusters will definitely make us a lot of money. In 10 years, we will have no problem doubling our earnings to 3 billion US dollars!"
"?" Xiao Qi thought he heard wrongly, and got the same reward.
"That's right!" David explained: "Oh, I didn't say completely, it's not just the priority investment rights. What Paramount means is that if we pay them back all the money, then the movie rights in their hands will be
It’s up to us to choose whatever we ask them to shoot, and they will give priority to what they shoot! We decide how much to invest, and the rest of the investment will be divided by others, and we can even invest the entire amount.”
Sam also joined in at this time: "We have all planned to release at least one heroic blockbuster every year in the next ten years. The goal is the four movies David just mentioned! Think about it, Xiao Qi, we have been familiar with these since childhood.
What an honor it is to be able to make a movie from our own hands and share it with our peers around the world!"
"Isn't there something wrong with you coming to me after you all made plans?" Xiao Qi said funnyly: "Do you think that in your eyes, I am just a money bag that only pays for money and doesn't care about anything else?"
"Then what do you think of our plan? I'm a professional! If I can't make you money, I will come to China from the United States to apologize to you!" David said confidently, "Don't worry, Xiao Qi, I never
I won’t lie to my friends, you have to believe me!”
Of course David didn't lie, he really made a lot of money operating this project.
However, unlike his previous life, David will give him an additional US$1 billion in exchange for "full investment rights" and "designated filming rights" that were not available in his previous life.
Xiao Qi didn't know much about the film industry, and he didn't know whether these two rights and interests could be worth 1 billion US dollars. But according to David's consideration of the film industry, Xiao Qi knew that at least he would not lose money.
Just talking about "Transformers 2" and "Transformers 3" will earn a global box office of 1.1 billion U.S. dollars. It is said that "Transformers 4" will be similar... In this way, David has the highest score among these three movies.
Profits should be US$5.7 billion.
There is also "Avengers", which is not inferior to "Transformers", but it directly grossed 1.5 billion US dollars at the global box office! Where is the second and third part?
In addition, "Mission: Impossible", "Iron Man", and "Captain America" are all golden hens that make money. At least in the previous life that Xiao Qi has experienced, they have proved that they are all powerful tools for attracting money, so if they invest on a large scale,
And it can really double.
For any film investor, earning around US$1.5 billion in 10 years is definitely an incredible achievement.
But what Xiao Qi thought was not that simple, his ambition was even greater.
"David, Sam." Xiao Qi said calmly: "In exchange for these promises, it is not enough... Don't be too busy talking, listen to me!"
After a pause, the young man continued: "I don't understand movies, but I understand finance. Our current cooperation with Paramount is indeed a win-win situation, but you have overlooked one point, that is, now we and Paramount
Ramon is not on the same equal footing! Paramount is waiting for money to save its life! The funds in our hands are their life-saving funds, why can’t we get more?”
Xiao Qi has no sympathy for American companies. Taking advantage of them is his favorite thing to do, because this is what American companies often do to Chinese companies. It has nothing to do with justice or evil, and is only related to their own interests.
David and Sam were stunned.
"Xiao Qi, you are too cruel!"
"Wow, this is taking advantage of the situation!"
It's true that the two of them are film investors, but they really like the film industry more. Otherwise, with their family wealth, they would spend all day playing with female stars, eating, drinking and having fun, which would be no problem at all. There is no point in being exhausted.
Live to invest in a movie?
When they heard Xiao Qi's approach to business affairs, the two of them first reacted that they were not used to it, and then they felt that Xiao Qi was a little too greedy.
"I invest to make money. David, you should have known this from the beginning." Xiao Qi said with a smile: "Go back and negotiate with them again. Do you really think our money was blown by the wind? MGM is selling talent.
The sale price is 4.8 billion U.S. dollars! If that doesn’t work, tell them that we can directly acquire Paramount for 5 billion U.S. dollars!”
"Well……"
The two of them were stunned for the third time.
"You, are you telling the truth?" David stuttered.
"If they are willing to sell, I will definitely be willing to buy, but I'm afraid Redstone won't be willing." Xiao Qi smiled, "But now we have their life-saving money, and I don't feel comfortable if we don't give it a serious blow...
By the way, you two, if you can sell us the rights to the five movie series you just mentioned,..." (To be continued...)
ps: Happy Valentine's Day, brothers. If you don't have a girlfriend, please take the opportunity to express your love. I wish everyone success!!