Give God seven days, he can create the world. Give Xiao Ran five years, and he will create the richest Chinese man in the world. However, for him, this is obviously not a very pleasant thing, although it is indeed a bit vain. But, he feels more distressed
It was the yacht and villa that were extorted by Wei Dongling and Fang Xiaoqiang, and they were even talking about the fact that Fang Xiaoqiang was also led by Wei Dongling and turned into a bad boy.
However, Xiao Ran had to admit that recruiting Fang Xiaoqiang was definitely the right thing to do. It was precisely because of Fang Xiaoqiang that he had the right candidate to take advantage of several opportunities in the financial market to make tens of billions of Hong Kong dollars.
This is definitely a huge win compared to investing.
Xiao Ran wants Fang Xiaoqiang to prepare for a fight with Soros in the UK in 1992. He wants to test Soros's background and Fang Xiaoqiang's current abilities. All of these will set the stage for the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis that is very likely to occur.
To prepare, Xiao Ran did not allow the financial crisis to spread to Hong Kong, otherwise it would affect the development of the film industry.
At the Golden Horse Awards at the beginning of the year, Phantom did not gain much due to local protectionism in Taiwan. However, fortunately, the Best Feature Film was invested by Phantom, and it finally regained a little face. And at the Academy Awards in April
, due to the deliberate actions of the judges, Phantom only gained half this time, and the rest was divided up by the three major companies.
However, at overseas film festivals, Phantom finally managed to show its melancholy. Several films that were screened at the Berlin Film Festival and Tokyo Film Festival successively achieved good results.
Time gradually passed to June 27, 1991, Xiao Ran was still very depressed. What he was depressed about was that Prince Rong bought back the shares of Hengchang from Phantom at nearly the original price. This made Phantom gain nothing from this, which was equivalent to paying for
Prince Rong carries out acquisitions and expansion.
However, he was also helpless. After all, Prince Rong's family background was there, and he was considered one of the spokespersons of the mainland government in Hong Kong, so he had to give him face. The only thing that made Xiao Ran happy was that, except for this, all other acquisitions were
Very smooth.
However, Tianxia Fund has gradually become more popular in recent years. Several previous venture investments have paid off successively, and its assets have rapidly exceeded 10 billion. In addition, as it made money from the Gulf crisis, its assets have risen sharply. This news also made him
It was very pleasant, but it was a pity that money could hardly make him feel anything.
On this day, Xiao Ran, who was really depressed, invited a group of friends in the circle to go out to sea with Wei Dongling. As soon as he saw this big yacht, Xiao Ran felt extremely distressed. It was all money. The problem was not money, but
The reason is that this yacht was given to Wei Dongling after Xiao Ran was blackmailed. It is said that it was to celebrate him becoming the richest man in China. For this, Xiao Ran paid at least 50 million.
It's not easy to be the richest man, isn't it? Xiao Ran smiled bitterly, but Brother Fa pushed him rudely from behind: "Why are you so stupid here? Don't block the road!"
Only Wei Dongling smiled sinisterly on the boat. He could see what Xiao Ran was thinking now. He liked to watch this kind of scene, otherwise why would he take the time to come out. The boat was big enough to accommodate dozens of people, but Xiao Ran was very sad.
Lin Qingxia was also aware of Xiao Ran's mood, and suddenly she hugged Xiao Ran in her arms in a funny way, as if coaxing a child: "Be good, it's okay, it's just a little money!" Everyone looked at her, and Xiao Ran was very embarrassed.
In fact, the main ones who came were the friends Xiao Ran had known before he became famous. It was difficult for those he had met in the past two years to regard Xiao Ran as close friends. After all, his identity was there. Liang Jiabao also came. This guy was originally
There was an opportunity to be promoted to editor-in-chief of The New Paper, but he turned it down and became a freelance reporter instead.
At this time, he was enjoying the sunshine on the boat while moaning comfortably: "This is so damn comfortable. I really want to walk around more when I have time! This feels great!"
"That's not the trouble you brought upon yourself. If you don't do easy work, then who can blame you!" Xingzi sat down gently next to Liang Jiabao. Because of the influence of this group of friends, his character also changed.
Gradually, he became less eccentric, and he pulled his rumored girlfriend Luo Huijuan beside him to sit down.
The loyal Fa Ge was in a good mood at this time, and couldn't help shouting to Liu Hua and Liang Chaowei who were chatting together: "Aren't you gay, and you still want to stick together? Then you become conjoined!"
There were constant shouts, conversations and laughter on the ship, but Xiao Ran was dragged away by Wei Dongling to talk about business, which made him even more depressed. Wei Dongling took a long breath: "It's time for us to enter the telecommunications industry. Do you think it's time for us to enter the telecommunications industry?"
Where is the breakthrough?”
"Nokia, first acquire Nokia, and then acquire American Global Telecom, or Verizon or Cingular!" Xiao Ran said casually, suddenly breaking into a cold sweat. If he remembered correctly, Global Telecom later announced that it had debts of more than 10 billion US dollars.
Bankruptcy. However, that is not a big problem. It can be sold before 911.
It was like Li Ka-shing invested in Orange Telecom and then sold it, earning him tens or hundreds of billions. Wei Dongling was shocked. He originally thought Xiao Ran would talk about Hong Kong Telecom, so he quickly asked: "Why not Hong Kong Telecom?"
"Hong Kong Telecom?" Xiao Ran pondered for a moment. In fact, Hong Kong Telecom is really very profitable, earning 10 billion per year. However, will the British Dadong Company, the owner of Hong Kong Telecom, sell this cow? This is really an unknown number.
"I know it's difficult, but we can give it a try!" Wei Dongling thought for a moment before saying, "Maybe we can discuss the acquisition with Dadong after acquiring Universal, and we may not have no chance at that time."
"I think it's not a big problem!" Xiao Ran thought for a while before answering. He is not a business wizard. Whether he makes money or loses money, the current Phantom will not go bankrupt anyway, and Bank of China cannot press him.
The Phantom is asking for the debt of four billion US dollars. Even if it is really forced, the Phantom will still be able to afford it.
Under such circumstances, even if the acquisition fails, the loss will not be too big and will not affect the growth and expansion of Phantom. It can be regarded as training for senior executives such as Wei Dongling, although it is a bit exaggerated to spend tens of billions to train.
Wei Dongling nodded. At this stage, they can make decisions quickly on everything they talk about. Not only because they have practiced decisively enough, but also because they no longer need to think about everything that needs to be handled personally as before.
Otherwise, Wei Dongling would never have time to go out and play.
However, acquiring Cingular and Verizon is definitely not an easy task. These two American mobile companies will be the first and third largest in the United States in the future. With Phantom's current financial resources, it would be a dream to acquire them without loans.
Wei Dongling didn't quite understand why Xiao Ran wanted to acquire Nokia. Although the company was making rapid progress in mobile phones, its other electronic businesses were not doing well. If it were bought, there would be little benefit.
After asking this question, Xiao Ran hesitated for a moment. He couldn't say that Nokia would be so powerful in the future. He didn't have this idea because of how powerful Nokia was. He had already completely passed this idea. In his idea, in 2005
Years ago, it was not possible to play movies on mobile phones. However, the functions of mobile phones are gradually becoming more and more powerful, and sooner or later they will reach this level.
In the future, mobile phones will become one of the entertainment platforms of the Phantom Entertainment Empire. A company with core technologies like Nokia is naturally Xiao Ran's target. Moreover, Nokia's current market value is not very high, so it is very easy to acquire it.
With mobile phones, operators are naturally needed to achieve a one-stop monopoly in the service industry, and mobile companies are undoubtedly an excellent choice. In view of the huge North American movie market, it is definitely a very wise decision to seize mobile companies in advance.
The risk of acquiring one of the three companies, Verizon, is also quite high. It's not the business aspect, Xiao Ran still has great trust in Wei Dongling's vision of people. It's the financial aspect, even though the mobile phone business is still
It has not really developed, but if it were to acquire any one, it would probably cost at least 10 billion U.S. dollars, which is basically impossible.
It's also quite big. It's not about the business aspect, Xiao Ran still has great trust in Wei Dongling's vision of people. It's about the capital aspect. If he acquires any one, I'm afraid he will need to spend at least 15 billion US dollars. This is basically
It's unlikely.
Xiao Ran once forced people into bankruptcy due to financial problems, and he would never make such a mistake. Therefore, he would never put all his efforts into acquisitions, and would rather wait for Microsoft's stock to skyrocket before taking action.
It is estimated that by 1995, 18% of Microsoft's equity can bring tens of billions of dollars' worth of personal wealth to Xiao Ran. And 25% of Dell's equity can bring at least 30 billion U.S. dollars of wealth to Phantom.
By then, it won’t be a big problem to buy a country, let alone a mobile company.
Moreover, Abiao's operation in the Soviet Union, as long as it can control oil, it will mean that it has control of energy. It can be said that after 1995, that is the best time for Phantom to truly expand into the world's largest entertainment media empire.
Phantom is currently only the largest entertainment media company in Asia, and is still a long way away from Xiao Ran's goal. In fact, Phantom has achieved good results in dominating Europe.
Relying on the advanced computer special effects, Infinite Vision recruits countless technicians every year. Compared with the future where Xantao Digital can only produce a few films a year, Infinite is much better now and can at least include special effects in many films.
Of course, the most important thing is that Xiao Ran asked Ge Wenqiu to investigate the preferences and movie-watching preferences of European audiences in Europe. Based on this, targeted films were made, whether they were Chinese-language films or English-language films, and Phantom was filmed.
Currently, Hong Kong films account for about 15% of the European market. Hong Kong films always account for more than 30% of the top ten box office lists in Europe every year. These data are enough to prove the success of Hong Kong films in Europe.
It's just that progress still needs to be made. But Xiao Ran no longer needs to handle it personally. Phantom has formed a mature system and can still operate well even without Xiao Ran.
To be honest, if Xiao Ran hadn't fulfilled his dream of challenging Hollywood, he could have dropped everything and traveled around the world with Lin Qingxia. Wouldn't that be a hundred times more wonderful? It would be better than working hard here.
However, as the saying goes, the revolution has not yet succeeded, comrades still need to work hard. Xiao Ran does not want to fall short of his achievements and eventually be defeated by Hollywood. Moreover, he is very eager to launch the first shot to challenge Hollywood by himself, with the urban martial arts as the first
hit.
In fact, the market for Hong Kong films in North America is much larger than in history. According to a survey report by the American branch, at least 30% of young people know that there is a famous Hong Kong film in the Far East. And they have all watched it before and after
Starting from "The Spy", more and more Chinese-language films from Hong Kong can enter mainstream theaters in North America. At least three films can be released in mainstream theaters every year.
In Asia, the market share of Hong Kong films is getting bigger and bigger every year, from less than 20 at the beginning to 30 today. This progress can be imagined. And Phantom accounts for at least 10% of the market share of Hong Kong films.
Fifty percent of the market has definitely formed a monopoly.
However, Xiao Ran is not satisfied with this figure yet. He hopes to increase the share of Hong Kong films in Asia to at least 50%, and in Europe to at least 40%. In the future, in the North American market, Xiao Ran
It is hoped that it can reach at least 40%. In Mainland China and Hong Kong, it must reach a minimum of 80% or more.
This is Xiao Ran's vision for Hong Kong movies. In fact, he is definitely qualified to draw such a picture. There is nothing to say about the mainland. The censorship system is indeed gradually opening up, but if funds are not opened up to enter theaters
, that is of little use at all.
Because he hired some people who were familiar with the mainland's officialdom, Xiao Ran quickly took care of everything in the mainland. Films sent by Phantom for review and distribution were rarely felt. According to the survey of the mainland branch, Hong Kong films now account for 10% of the mainland's production.
With its absolute position, the market share has reached 70%, and Phantom films account for another 80%.
This makes sense. Phantom has now become a company under the policy that can directly shoot and distribute films without script review, exactly the same as Yindu. However, other companies still need to negotiate with the film bureau or co-produce films.
, or in other ways.
In fact, the development of other companies is also quite fast, especially the three giants. Because they have always been a solid ally of Phantom, they quickly got a discount that scripts do not need to be reviewed. And the assets of each of these three companies have reached
More than 6 billion, excluding Phantom's investment of 2 billion each, is quite powerful, but it is still no match for Phantom's entertainment and media empire.
During the discussion, Fa Ge suddenly rushed in and shouted to the two of them: "What are you doing? We are going out to play. Are you here to relax or to work?"
Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling looked at each other and immediately threw themselves into the joy. Xiao Ran was also looking forward to the release of "The Legend of the Car God" on July 15th...