But Schwartzman thought about it again and felt that this entrusted acquisition would definitely be of great benefit to Blackstone Group.
First of all, Xiao Qi is absolutely generous to his collaborators.
For example, in the previous acquisition of Marvel, the total transaction price was only US$4.5 billion. Xiao Qi directly gave Goldman Sachs a commission of US$500 million, which aroused the salivation of many investment banks.
Marvel is nothing. Blackstone itself helped Xiao Qi acquire Skype for a purchase price of US$2.8 billion. Xiao Qi gave Blackstone Group a commission of US$400 million, which is even more envy-inducing.
Disney is much larger than the two companies mentioned above. Not only the acquisition price has increased significantly, the meaning is completely different.
If Blackstone Group completes this acquisition entrustment, it will receive at least 1 billion US dollars in commissions. Even 1.5 billion US dollars in commissions is possible. Such a large amount of profits can completely stabilize the confidence of investors and prevent them from withdrawing their capital.
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And if this transaction is successful, it will once again rebrand Blackstone Group and make them once again the world's number one investment advisory company in people's eyes.
"I'll discuss it with Peter and give you an answer within three days." Although Schwarzman had an inclination towards such an important matter, he still did not agree immediately.
"good."
Xiao Qi smiled and hung up the phone.
He knew that given the personalities of the two founders of Blackstone Group, they would definitely take over this business.
It's not that Xiao Qi can't find other brokers, such as Citibank, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, etc., who are all capable of completing this task.
But the problem is that Disney's shares are too widely dispersed, and many of the people who own shares are rich and famous people, and these people usually cannot be moved with money.
If Xiao Qi wants to complete the entire acquisition in a very amicable manner, he must do it with the most reputable company in the brokerage circle, Blackstone Group. When they negotiate business with others, they do not use coercion, but use various positive methods.
The proactive measures have made both the acquirer and the acquired party very satisfied. This reputation is very rare.
Because if you ask Goldman Sachs to negotiate the same business, then it is very likely that it will be bought for you. But those companies and wealthy people who are forced to sell their shares will yell at you, making you feel very uncomfortable.
Therefore, if possible, choosing Blackstone Group would be Xiao Qi's first choice.
And looking at the current predicament of Blackstone Group, they really need a hearty victory to increase the confidence of asset management clients, so even if it is very difficult to acquire Disney shares, they will not refuse.
Ask Xiao Qi why he suddenly became interested in Disney?
At the beginning, he only collected 10% of the Disney stocks and then gave them away, and gave them to his two celebrity wives. He didn't seem to take it seriously. Why did he suddenly want to control it?
The reason is simple, for the Fairy Football Club.
As mentioned before, it is very difficult for a football club to remain profitable.
There are at least hundreds of well-known top league clubs in the world, but there are definitely no more than 10 that can make a profit. If we talk about making a lot of money, I am afraid it is only three or five, and these are basically in Europe and the United States, where business is extremely developed.
There are also several, basically Asia, South America and Africa are unlikely to have profitable top football clubs.
The reason is that football is inherently a money-burning sport, and it has never been about making money from the beginning.
Only very sensible clubs, such as German clubs such as Bayern and Dortmund, or Manchester United, which has reached the peak of commercial development, are qualified to say that they can make a lot of money.
It is good for the rest of the top clubs to make a small profit, but most of them rely on the support of their backers to maintain or develop.
There are two situations here.
The first is for example, if you have a good big boss, such as Inter Milan’s Dad Mo, Milan’s Boss Pei, Manchester City’s Sheikh Richie, Chelsea’s Mr. Abramovich, Evergrande’s Xu Fuhao...etc., they themselves are rich.
, naturally they are willing to spend money to play football to gain joy or other extra things.
The other is a membership-based football club. Usually this kind of club is a symbol of the local area. As long as there is a shortage of money, members will raise money. Rich members have millions, and they can raise tens of millions without blinking an eye.
, such membership clubs mainly refer to the two giants Barcelona and Real Madrid.
Especially after entering the new century, these two giants have become even more prosperous, surpassing many other clubs and becoming the representatives of the world's football giants.
Xiao Qi's choice is naturally the previous method, relying on his own money to support the entire team.
However, there is still a trick to how to support the team.
Simply like Father Mo, Abu and others, constantly stuffing money to fill the fiscal deficit hole is only a temporary solution. If you wait until you have no money or your business is not good, it will be difficult to continue.
So Xiao Qi planned to use business methods to solve this problem.
That is to find a cornucopia of energy that can continuously provide nutrients for fairy football.
This cornucopia is the various commercial and entertainment facilities that line the hundreds of acres of land surrounding the Fairy Football Stadium.
In addition to movie theaters, shopping venues, hotels, etc., more importantly, there are things that cannot be replaced by others, such as the Disneyland that Xiao Qi is looking for now.
Disney parks around the world are actually not as profitable as everyone imagines, and it is even said that many of them are losing money.
But Xiao Qi knew that this area of losing money would definitely not include the Chinese region.
Hong Kong Disney has been making profits for a long time. Putting aside this, mainland China has a population of 1.5 billion. Life has improved and they have good spending power. Disney culture has swept across the country, so Disneyland was established in China.
It is definitely a good business with guaranteed profit and no loss.
Dongfang City saw this business opportunity, so it started negotiating with Disney early. As a result, Disney was too strong and demanded too much, so the negotiations lasted for seven or eight years. Although the groundbreaking was announced in 2011, it was not until Xiao Qi was reincarnated that
Before I came back, there was no result. It was really surprising that the emperor's daughter really didn't have to worry about getting married.
Xiao Qi would not think that Disney would be willing to settle in the Fairy Football Stadium in Chengdu just because of his own reputation. These Americans are shady. If you fail to meet their requirements and don’t give them the biggest piece of cake, they won’t.
Whose face will it give?
Although Xiao Qi now owns 10% of the shares and can propose construction suggestions to the board of directors, he has no way to intervene in the management of professional managers unless he has a resolution from the board of directors to order these managers to implement it.
But the order can only be forced when it reaches 50%, and Xiao Qi and Gang Leader Qiao can only reach less than 18%.
Therefore, there is only a controlling stake, and it is not a 50% controlling stake, but an absolute controlling stake of more than two-thirds of 67%. Only in this way can it be free from the constraints of the shareholders' meeting at any time.
When Xiao Qi becomes the boss of Disney, he will open Disneyland wherever he wants, and no one will dare to say anything.
And as long as there is a Disneyland next to the Fairy Football Stadium, Xiao Qi is sure that the number of visitors to the park in a year will be at least 100 million, and it is not news to exceed 200 million.
It is conceivable that such a large flow of people will greatly stimulate surrounding business opportunities.
And Disneyland is not a small amusement park. You can do it in Chengdu, I can do it in Yuzhou, I can do it in Changsha... This is obviously impossible.
In order to maximize profits, it is impossible for Disney to open stores everywhere. They have strict standards and will never have to compete with themselves.
According to China's national conditions, there are probably only three restaurants in the mainland, and there are only two in the United States, one in California, one in Florida, and not even New York!
In fact, there are only five Disney parks in the world now, two in the United States, one in Japan, one in Paris, and one in Hong Kong.
Therefore, if three Disney parks are really built in mainland China, it will only be driven by Xiao Qi's own industry, otherwise it will be impossible to wait for another 50 years.
With a super killer like Disneyland, the tourist population in Chengdu will increase dramatically. Of course, the biggest direct benefit will be around the Fairy Football Stadium. And this kind of benefit will not last three to five years, ten or eight years, but will last for a long time.
If it continues for a long time, it will be stable for at least a hundred years.
Taking 100 years of prosperous surrounding commercial and entertainment facilities to support 100 years of Fairy Football, this kind of commercial profit support should be enough.
There are three major theme entertainment brands in the world, Disney, Universal Studios, and Universal Carnival. Among them, Universal Carnival does not have a fixed place, it is just a traveling mobile entertainment city. The only remaining Universal Studios is similar to Disney.
Theme Park.
The most important thing about Universal Studios is the experience center for major movie technologies and projects, such as superb Hollywood technology, such as Harry Potter theme park, such as Jurassic theme park, such as Terminator theme park...etc., it is more popular
It’s no worse than Disney, and even worse in the minds of young people.
However, Universal Studios is a subsidiary of the giant NBC Universal. It is not an easy matter to cooperate with them. With Xiao Qi now focusing on Disney, he can only give up the idea of it temporarily.
As for whether to cooperate with nb global or simply buy it directly, that is also a matter for the future! (To be continued.)