Chapter two hundred and fifty first gongs and drums
What kind of person is Xiao Ran? Tielong doesn't even need to recall, the scenes of tragic defeats have always appeared in his mind. Until now, he still doesn't understand why Mo Huaien lost, and he lost so miserably.
Unforgettable hatred, this is how Tie Long feels about Xiao Ran. If Xiao Ran had not destroyed Hongguo, he would have definitely had the opportunity to set up his own business long ago, and then create a greater film empire like Xiao Ran.
Emotionally, he hated Xiao Ran. However, from a rational point of view, he had to admire Xiao Ran's ease in controlling everything, his calmness in controlling everything. However, he was completely unconscious.
When it comes to feeling towards Xiao Ran, it is an emotion of both hatred and admiration.
After telling the story of how Fang Ruohai and Mo Huaien were completely knocked down, Tie Long fell completely into his own thoughts and said in an almost dreamy tone: "He is like a sharp blade that has restrained all the sharp edges.
, takes everything from you when you are most relaxed. When he is angry, he is like the angriest tyrant, able to destroy his enemy by any means!"
Suddenly, he seemed to see Xiao Ran smiling ferociously at him, and immediately broke out in cold sweat. Seeing that both of them were listening attentively, he quickly continued: "Xiao Ran likes to use strategies, and what he is best at is borrowing the power of others.
Do things for yourself. Borrow Haile
Group, Phantom obtained the most favorable opportunity for development, and then destroyed it. With the help of Jiahe, Xiao Ran controlled the largest distribution company in Japan, and then destroyed it. With the help of Hongguo, he obtained the largest distribution rights in South Korea, and then destroyed it.
Destroy Hongguo!"
"He won't do anything without profit. I think he will even let the enemy go because there is no profit." Tie Long has studied Xiao Ran for a long time since his failure. He bets that the person who knows Xiao Ran best in the world is
He: "So, every time Xiao Ran's enemies challenge, they are adding strength to Xiao Ran's expansion and rule!"
"He likes to strategize and win thousands of miles away. In normal times, he doesn't show any signs, but he lays the most comprehensive trap. When the time comes, he will launch all attacks, making people fall into complete despair, without the ability to fight back!
"Tie Long suddenly felt very scary. He even felt that Xiao Ran described by his own mouth was so scary.
The more Turner and Michael listened, the more surprised they became. It was not that they had not checked Xiao Ran, but what they found was never as deep as the person involved. If Tie Long's description was followed, then Xiao Ran was a very terrible enemy. They looked at each other and felt
I think this may not be an easy opponent to deal with.
In fact, they dared to swear to God that they never thought about bankrupting Phantom, just like Xiao Ran never thought about bankrupting these major companies. Corporate bankruptcy is definitely not easy, especially
It is a large group with a market capitalization of over 10 billion U.S. dollars.
Just kidding, if these group companies hadn't expanded as fast as Xiao Ran, or if they hadn't suffered huge losses and huge operational problems, or if they hadn't been saddled with too much debt, they would be unlikely to go bankrupt. It's no exaggeration.
In other words, there are absolutely countless people who want to get involved in Hollywood. As long as these companies are willing to raise funds, it is absolutely conceivable that large amounts of money will flow in.
It was as if Xiao Ran was prepared. If Phantom really had funding problems this time because of the tens of billions of dollars, the fund would be able to raise funds at any time. At that time, with liquidity, the world would be at peace.
Therefore, this is obviously not a life-or-death battle, but a battle that can expel or gain a foothold. However, this battle is also extremely important, and both Turner and Michael know this.
Warner is the company that has cooperated with Phantom the most, and has rented from Phantom many times (the previous article conveniently stated it as a buyout, but now it has been changed back. Xiao Ran has already had the idea of entering Hollywood, and of course he will not sell out the copyrights of those movies that make a lot of money)
Movies are released. Although there are only a few movies every year, there are always one or two movies every year that achieve excellent results. Just imagine if Phantom can gain a foothold, what impact will it have on the other six King Kong movies in the market?
How big.
Disney also has such a crisis. The cartoons released by Warner for Phantom have achieved excellent results in North America. One of the reasons why Disney is so powerful is that it is the only overlord in the world's cartoon market. If it is defeated by Phantom
If the animation market that supports the entire Disney industry is hit, Disney will also be severely traumatized.
For these reasons, they will never let Xiao Ran easily establish himself here. But, what can they do? Hollywood is so huge, it is definitely not easy to control actors, unless they can control unions such as actors or directors. But this is obviously
It is not an easy task. The purpose of unions is to oppose the monopoly of giants.
They all thought it was worth a try. It didn’t require control, as long as a certain degree of publicity could achieve the goal. Turner laughed loudly: "I think we can also arrange some obstacles for Xiao Ran in terms of distribution!"
Michael's eyes lit up. Yes, Warner and Disney each control some theater chain equity. As long as they join forces, they will definitely be able to overwhelm the Phantom. Moreover, they all know that those theater chains will not refuse their request, at least in the future.
That was possible before Universal showed them enough profits. The two of them laughed at the same time, and Tie Long couldn't help but reveal a vicious smile. As long as he could make Xiao Ran suffer, he would be happy.
While they were discussing, Xiao Ran was welcoming a guest. This was a very different guest - Rupert Murdoch. Xiao Ran met the future media tycoon in his room. Of course, at present, Murdoch
The overall power is far less powerful than that of Phantom.
Murdoch had a bit of an iron fist and looked very determined. After shaking hands with Xiao Ran, he sat down on his own. Murdoch looked at Xiao Ran and suddenly burst into laughter: "I have always admired the ability to
The person who stole the money from me finally met you today. I am very happy to see you!"
Xiao Ran smiled softly. That was two years ago. At that time, Murdoch was trying to acquire and merge his own TV networks in the UK. Unexpectedly, he suddenly jumped out of the Phantom Group and reached an acquisition at a higher price. Except for this
Outside of Zong, Phantom tried its best to prevent the invasion of Murdoch News Corporation in Hong Kong and thwarted News Corporation's acquisition plans several times.
Seeing Xiao Ran smiling calmly, Murdoch also gradually stopped laughing, and a mysterious smile appeared instead: "Mr. Xiao, I know you prefer this title, so I will call you that. This time
, I brought you a very heavy gift, how will you thank me?"
Xiao Ran smiled lightly. Since Murdoch came to the United States quietly and came to see him immediately, he would be stupid if he didn't know what Murdoch wanted to do. Sure enough, Murdoch obviously
Not caring at all about Xiao Ran's calmness, he quickly said the answer: "I will bring you an ally, a weighty ally!"
"No, Mr. Murdoch, you are wrong." Xiao Ran smiled strangely. Murdoch was simply worried about Fox's loss-making situation. Seeing the chaos in Hollywood in front of him, he decided to come over to take charge personally. This was completely out of the question.
It will be of great benefit to the world.
Xiao Ran can fully imagine what methods Warner and other companies will use to deal with Universal. In fact, if you want to do something in the film industry, those methods are the most devastating. Distribution? Xiao Ran is not afraid at all, "Jurassic"
"Child Park" will definitely open the door to American theaters. As long as you knock on this door, there will be no more problems in the future.
When it comes to sniping actors and staff, Xiao Ran has already been prepared. Otherwise, why would he have been trying to recruit Western actors and filmmakers in the past few years? Although there are not many at the moment, as long as there are actors, then
With Phantom's top talent, you can definitely do a lot of things.
Phantom is not Haile who has no capital in the film industry. The base in Hong Kong is enough to continuously escort all kinds of talents. But until the most critical moment, Xiao Ran does not intend to let Hong Kong filmmakers integrate into Hollywood. What he really wants
The goal is to attract Hollywood filmmakers to Hong Kong. For no reason, just relying on Phantom's director-centered system can attract a large number of talented directors.
Therefore, the current situation is obviously not as tense as imagined, but everyone is preparing for the launch. Murdoch obviously misunderstood and thought that Phantom needed allies very much. However, Xiao Ran did not care about having one more ally: "Phantom and
Universal is fully capable of coping with all difficulties, and of course, I will never refuse an additional ally."
Murdoch was slightly startled, wondering if Xiao Ran had a premeditated plan? On the surface, he laughed and stretched out his hand to Xiao Ran: "Then we are allies from now on. How do you think we should deal with attacks from other companies?"
"At least until we defeat the conspiracy of other companies, we are allies!" Xiao Ran stretched out his hand to shake it, and gave Murdoch a meaningful look. Murdoch's News Corporation and Phantom's development paths overlap quite a bit.
, they will definitely fight each other in the future, Murdoch knows it, he knows it too!
"Obviously, there isn't much they can do. I think it's just to create some trouble for us in terms of distribution and production!" Xiao Ran's fingers flickered across his beard, and he seemed to have a different meaning.
In the film industry, some things are very complicated and some things are very simple. Fox has been losing money, not only due to constant attacks from the outside world, but also because of its own poor management. If it had a complete and efficient structure like Phantom, it would not fall into
In such a crisis.
Things are often as simple as that. Theaters are also pursuing profits, just like when Phantom knocked on the doors of Japan and South Korea with "The Spy". When there are enough benefits, anyone who stands in the way of Phantom will become an ally.
It's as if Murdoch abandoned his previous grudges and cooperated with Xiao Ran in order to help Fox gain a foothold and bring him back to life.
Murdoch hesitated for a moment. He was wondering whether he should tell Xiao Ran something, some news he heard in the UK. However, considering that Phantom is the most powerful opponent standing in front of News Corporation, he immediately gave up the idea.
, if the Phantom is heading towards death, then he will never mind pushing him from behind.
But the momentary hesitation in his eyes was caught by Xiao Ran, and his mind quickly turned away. He wanted to figure out what it meant. After Murdoch left, Xiao Ran fell into deep thought again. He always
I felt that I must have overlooked something, especially after the moment of hesitation when I saw Murdoch.
But he couldn't think of what it was, damn it! He cursed fiercely and turned his thoughts to Murdoch and News Corporation. The future envisioned by Murdoch for News Corporation has four major strongholds, one is his hometown of Australia, and the other is
It is the United Kingdom, taking this opportunity to face Europe. The third is the United States, and the fourth is Hong Kong.
In Australia, Xiao Ran definitely couldn't beat Lao Mo. In fact, he didn't pay attention to that problem at all. In the UK, Phantom began to enter the media and television industry a few years ago. With its financial resources and huge comprehensive entertainment backing
It gained the upper hand in the confrontation with News Corporation. In the United States, Phantom is definitely no match for Lao Mo.
Phantom currently only controls a few local TV networks, and they will soon be integrated into Universal. Moreover, it is definitely not easy for Phantom to control the three major TV networks. Even if it has enough financial resources, the US government will have at least 99%
may not allow Phantom to obtain absolute control. (The details are not clear, but the United States prides itself on not interfering in the economy, so it presumably will not interfere too much)
Hong Kong is an extremely important base. Lao Mo has not developed in Hong Kong at all and cannot take care of it for the time being. Phantom has taken advantage of the past few years to successfully integrate major TV networks and use Hong Kong as its base to reach the mainland and radiate throughout Asia.
Because Shuxiang Media is about to merge with ATV Group and merge into a super multinational media group, becoming the flagship of Phantom’s control of the media industry. Wei Dongling’s strategy for the future merged media group is to use Hong Kong, the United Kingdom and the United States as the three major bases, and then
Dominate the media industry. Of course, Hong Kong is the top priority.
When he thought about the development of Phantom in the UK, Xiao Ran suddenly had a flash of inspiration, his face changed drastically, and he almost didn't jump up. He thought he finally understood what the problem he had been ignoring was. He had ignored the UK, or rather Hong Kong.
British government...
Thinking of this, he stayed for a long time, and gradually smoothed out the chaotic thoughts in his mind. Then the plan he had made with Wei Dongling gradually emerged, a plan against the British Hong Kong government, a plan initiated by the United Kingdom. Immediately call Guan Xin
He made a phone call and told him to start implementing the plan to discredit the Hong Kong film government to the greatest extent possible.
"Ah Ran, I don't know whether to talk about something or not!" Guan Xin hesitated for a rare moment, and then said to Xiao Ran: "Liang Kun has been very active in the past two years, and he is also very keen to intervene in the control of the underworld. Although this is
His responsibilities, but I think sometimes he is a little close to the underworld. However, I asked the superiors to check on him, but nothing was found. Anyway, be careful."
Xiao Ran didn't think so. Could it be that a person who didn't want to be in the underworld regretted it now? However, Guan Xin was right, it was a good thing to be on guard. Being cautious made him ask carefully: "Master, what were your previous arrangements?"
Is everything okay?"
"No problem, we can launch it at any time!" Guan Xin has now left the National Security Bureau and has taken a position in the government on Hong Kong affairs. Sunshine and Monkey have also been removed from the National Security Bureau and are completely Xiao Ran's bodyguards. Therefore, Guan Xin and the others
If we need any information now, we can only rely on our previous relationships. However, the superiors are still very helpful in this regard.
After making another call to Wei Dongling and arranging everything, Xiao Ran wandered around waiting for everything to happen. Opportunities always come with crises. If you can seize them, you can succeed, isn't it?
At this time, several important figures came from the Hong Kong Governor's Office, and they were holding an unknown meeting. Hong Kong Governor Patten clapped his hands, attracting the attention of others, and then said calmly: "Everyone
Everyone knows that Xiao Ran, chairman of the board of directors of Phantom, has posed a huge threat to our British rule, and people even think that Xiao Ran is the real ruler. Therefore, I have invited you here just to discuss this matter!"
Although Patten is a politician, he also knows very well that no one here can offend Xiao Ran, and no one here will say anything to deal with Xiao Ran. Therefore, he decided to get straight to the point and give everyone a "surprise".
It was indeed a surprise. In fact, he was secretly invited. He basically knew it well. However, when he heard Patten's words, he still couldn't help but tremble. The Secretary for Security, Lai Qingning, is British.
He asked with a solemn expression: "Mr. Governor, what do you mean?"
"Have you all forgotten how he used gangster power to threaten us last time?" Patten's expression gradually became excited, waving his fists and acting like a politician: "It is absolutely impossible for the British Empire to surrender to such a
The scoundrel surrendered, we must defeat him and take back the power and wealth that belongs to us!"
You bullshit politicians, stop talking nonsense here! Li Qingning kept cursing in his stomach. Patten's home is not here, so of course he is not afraid. But which of the other people here has a wife and child who is not in Hong Kong? As long as Xiao Ran knows that this place is
For all the talk, they definitely didn't end well.
Seeing that no one responded, Patten sat down without any embarrassment and continued: "From the standpoint of the British Empire, you absolutely have reasons to consider the country. You are British, have you forgotten?"