Pierce narrowed his eyes and looked at the young man who walked in slowly. His first impression told him that this young man was definitely not a simple person. He didn't understand why Xiao Ran wanted to see him, and it was still secret.
Xiao Ran was also looking at the old guy Pierce. The wrinkles on this old guy's face were comparable to the peel of an orange. He sat down unceremoniously, Xiao Ran said with a smile: "Mr. Pierce, you are really punctual. I
I like punctual people!”
Before Pierce could speak, Xiao Ran leaned forward slightly and said in a calm tone: "However, I absolutely don't like people who dare to challenge me. Mr. Pierce, I believe you can understand the consequences of failing to challenge me, right?
?”
Pierce's heart skipped a beat. He thought that Xiao Ran knew about it, but he quickly denied it. He believed that the people sent out would not talk nonsense. So, he smiled kindly at Xiao Ran: "Maybe I understand, but I feel more sorry.
What’s interesting is, Mr. Xiao, why do you want to see me?”
"Me?" Xiao Ran stood up and laughed a few times, then looked down at Pierce, and his tone gradually became colder: "I want to know what price it takes to catch the murderer. I think you must, Mr. Pierce
Can you give me an answer!"
Pierce finally couldn't help but his expression changed. At this point, if he didn't understand that Xiao Ran had found out that the murderer was a member of the mafia, then he would be damned. After his expression changed slightly, he quickly calmed down and remained calm.
He smiled and said: "Then I think it depends on Mr. Xiao, what price you are willing to pay! You know that sometimes the murderer may not be what you see on the surface."
Xiao Ran did not miss Pierce's expression, and he immediately confirmed that it was indeed him who did this. However, judging from Pierce's words, there seemed to be other people behind the scenes, which further confirmed Xiao Ran's knowledge of the other five rooms.
There is also suspicion that companies are involved.
Xiao Ran smiled. He knew that the deal was done. No one could refuse the benefits. With enough benefits, he and Pierce could even become best friends. Looking at the old guy, he said: "Two billion dollars for meters."
What do you think about Mei plus the murderer and your assistance?"
Pierce did not refuse. This was definitely a profitable deal for the family. Just when he was thinking about it, Xiao Ran stood up and said calmly: "Mr. Pierce, I know we will become good friends.
It’s all about making money. When you can make more money by working with me, you will definitely choose me, right?”
Pierce hesitated, considering the current situation. He believed that Xiao Ran might not dare to kill him. Furthermore, sitting in his current position, he had never encountered any troubles. What made him hesitate was the profit. Since Turner acquired Mi
After GM took away the copyrights of more than 2,000 films and split them up and sold them, MGM fell into an extreme situation. No one was willing to buy it, let alone 2 billion, or even 1.2 billion. People would rather buy shares in Warner Bros.
Neither Universal nor Universal were willing to spend a single word on MGM.
If this deal is completed, it means that his family can earn more than one billion from this, and can get out of MGM. It is simply a very cost-effective deal. Xiao Ran looked at it with a smile.
Looking at this old guy, he still has a card, but it can only be played if Pierce refuses.
Looking at Xiao Ran's expression, he knew there was no room for bargaining. After hesitating for a moment, he still stood up and extended his hand: "I think my family and I will become your good friends in the future! Happy cooperation!"
Wei Dongling is now in Europe, trying hard to convince distributors and theaters. The old guy in front of him is obviously very stubborn and refuses to give up Hollywood films no matter what. Wei Dongling smiled kindly: "Mr. Denis, I would like to ask
You, which film company do you think is the most powerful in the world now?"
Although this old man Denis is old, he is not so old that he has lost his brain. He gave the answer without thinking: "Of course it is your Phantom Group! However, Warner and Disney are also very powerful!"
"Is Disney really powerful? Let's take a look, what outstanding works has Disney produced in the past five years?" Wei Dongling suddenly became a little annoyed. His time was very tight and he had to settle Europe as quickly as possible.
The theater chains and distributors have no time to wrangle with this old guy.
Thinking of this, Wei Dongling decided not to be entangled with this old guy anymore. It would be better to just do it: "Phantom Pictures, Basic Pictures, Charming Pictures, two film production companies under Universal, Fantasy Animation, Pixar, Infinite Vision, Light and Magic and dst.
There are Dolby and Shadow King DVDs and VCDs! And now MGM will soon belong to the Phantom Group!"
"Mr. Denis, I really want you to tell me, do you think your theater chain will benefit more from the Phantom, or will Hollywood benefit you more?" Wei Dongling looked at the old guy with a threatening tone in his tone.
The meaning couldn't be more obvious: "When Hollywood declares war on the Phantom, you have only one choice..."
Is there still a choice? Unknowingly, the Phantom Group has manipulated most of the key forces in the entertainment and media industry around the world. Even a blind man knows how to make the right choice... Tie Long is at home now.
Very panicked, even I don’t know why I am panicking. Yes
Is it because of the news that Xiao Ran came to the United States? Tie Long definitely didn't believe that he would be afraid of Xiao Ran, absolutely... He urged his wife to pack her luggage quickly, thinking that if this matter was revealed, then he would have to leave the country quickly
Only then. Amidst the questions from his wife and children, he gradually fell into an inexplicable anxiety.
He was worried that this matter would be exposed, but he was reluctant to give up his remuneration. As long as he could persist, the money would be his sooner or later. And could he let go of the capital that could make him rich? He didn't know, at least he
Thinking that he must make a fortune no matter what, if he leaves Hollywood, where else can he go?
The doorbell rang, and his wife went to open the door, but there was no sound. Tielong suddenly became alert, picked up his luggage and was about to jump out of the window and leave. When he came to the balcony, he found a strong man staring at Dandan from the balcony. He couldn't help but tremble all over.
, he glanced at his wife and children from the corner of his eyes, and his whole body softened, thinking that the mafia must be planning to kill and silence him.
However, all this was obviously not as bad as Tielong imagined. He was sent to the Beverly Hills Hotel by Pierce's always smiling assistant. In the hotel, he saw the sun and his memory was not bad. He remembered it almost immediately.
Get up, this is Xiao Ran's bodyguard!
Yang Yang was really not polite to Tie Long. Just kidding, this guy almost killed Mr. Wei, so why should he be polite? When he came to a room, Yang Yang gave Tie Long a hard push. With the force of this push
, Tie Long rushed into the presidential suite involuntarily, and sitting on the sofa in the middle was a person he absolutely did not want to see.
Looking at Xiao Ran's faint smile, Tie Long felt that his throat was parched and his whole body was numb. His feet went limp and he almost fell to his knees. Xiao Ran glanced at Tie Long, and through Pierce's narration, he basically understood
After understanding all this, I found that this guy was actually a very pitiful guy.
Xiao Ran carefully looked at the guy who almost cost Wei Dongling his life. He hadn't seen him for too many years, and he had never paid attention to such a small character. When he saw it at this moment, he realized that Tie Long was already very different from the one in his impression.
The difference. Perhaps it is the difference in mentality that creates the difference.
Tie Long felt an inexplicable trembling emotion in Xiao Ran's eyes. He hurriedly lowered his head and sat on the sofa opposite Xiao Ran. Xiao Ran stared at this guy intently. He didn't understand why a talented person ended up like this.
To the point of: "Iron dragon, right? I have always been curious about why you are always hostile to me! I think you can tell me the answer now."
Hearing Xiao Ran's words, Tie Long's heart seemed to be ignited with a blazing fire at that moment. He raised his head and glared angrily, as viciously as if squeezed out from between his teeth: "Xiao Ran, you are a big shot now. You must not remember that you were a big shot back then.
I was forced to pour tea to someone and admit my mistake."
Xiao Ran was stunned. He quickly searched for images related to the iron dragon in his mind, and finally found the memory that had been sealed for a long time. A funny and ridiculous feeling came to his heart. If someone is hostile to him for such a thing, then he
It is really unavoidable. You must know that there are always people who do wrong things, and they must be punished for doing wrong things. Do you still want to hate them?
It's hard to imagine Tie Long's current mood. Xiao Ran's words were like a fuse that ignited the depression in his heart, which was about to explode at any time. He stood up, his face turned red, and he couldn't help pointing at Xiao Ran and shouting: "Back then, I
In Jiahe, you destroyed Jiahe in order to deal with me. When I went to Hongguo, you destroyed Hongguo again. Xiao Ran, it was you who destroyed my career over and over again!"
"Do you think you are great?" Tie Long gradually fell into a very self-conscious state, shouting hysterically: "You are just a fool, a self-righteous reader. You will never see other people's success, you
They are jealous of us."
"What does it mean to be a bitch and still want to build a memorial arch? You are!" Tie Long laughed loudly and pointed at Xiao Ran, as if Xiao Ran was the funniest thing in the world: "You are selfish and cruel, and you can't tolerate others in your eyes.
It even forced me to go to Hollywood..."
Xiao Ran stopped Sunshine who was about to step forward to block Tie Long's nonsense, and listened quietly. He knew that sometimes one's own view of oneself may not be correct. Perhaps it is better to view oneself from the enemy's perspective, that would be a true
Himself. If he can't even endure Tie Long's words, then what qualifications does he have to do great things!
After letting Tie Long remain hysterical for a long time, Xiao Ran looked at Tie Long with sympathy. He was a very talented person who had been buried before he discovered it. However, after discovering his talent, he stepped forward again.
A destined path of ambition.
It is right to have ambitions. Over the years, Xiao Ran knew that what he did in dreams before was just to escape. A completely free life does not exist. To paraphrase Xu Ke's words, some people have the world, so everyone has ambitions.
However, Tie Long made a mistake in his mission. If his ambition had not expanded too quickly, the scene before him might not have happened. Speaking of which, the culprit for his expansion of ambition was Xiao Ran. He sighed slightly, and Xiao Ran gradually calmed down.
He came down, huddled on the sofa and killed Tie Long, who was whimpering in a voice similar to crying: "Do you think I am really that kind of person?"
Tie Long was indeed crying. After he vented everything, he found that he had lost all motivation. Was it hatred? Facing Xiao Ran who was talking kindly now, he found that he couldn't hate it because he realized that he had stepped into
A quagmire created by Xiao Ran and himself, a quagmire that he could not extricate himself from.
After so many years of in-depth research on Xiao Ran, Tie Long can indeed be regarded as one of the people who knows Xiao Ran best in the world, and may even know him more thoroughly than Xiao Ran. As his understanding becomes deeper and deeper, Tie Long finds that he
It has been wrong all along. Xiao Ran has never taken him seriously, and even ignored him completely.
Through analysis, Tie Long knew very well that whether Xiao Ran defeated Jiahe or Hongguo back then, it was a necessary means for expansion, and it had nothing to do with him anyway. If Xiao Ran really noticed him, he would not even be able to leave him
When I arrived in Hong Kong, I followed Mo Huaien a long time ago.
He realized this when he saw Xiao Ran just now. However, he has always been unwilling to admit it, or even think about it. He thought that his talent could determine everything, and that he could even achieve the same success as Xiao Ran. But
, he was completely wrong, and this truth made him unable to restrain himself and fell into hysteria.
What's even more frightening is that at this moment, he realizes that he has been imitating and learning Xiao Ran's methods and history of success. This is an extremely sad thing, when a person only has hatred and success as the driving force in life.
At that time, if he discovers that his hatred is actually nothing, and the so-called road to success is entirely in learning about the enemy that does not actually exist, then this person's life is actually meaningless, because he is no longer
Your true self.
He has an answer to Xiao Ran's question, a very correct answer. The answer is that Xiao Ran is not the kind of person he refers to. If Xiao Ran was willing, he would not have to help Tian Luo and Debao back then, and he could easily obtain the absolute status of the Hong Kong film industry.
Monopoly position. Even when he poured tea and admitted his mistake that time, it was He Guanchang who forced him, not Xiao Ran's intention.
There were too many past events that appeared in front of Tie Long at this moment. He knew that he had lost, and he had lost badly. After losing, he was not qualified to be Xiao Ran's opponent, far from it.
He found it difficult to hate Xiao Ran anymore, and suddenly felt relieved. It was very hard and difficult to support a burden. Now that he can let it go, he feels that he is no longer afraid of anything. It's just that
, life seems to have lost its purpose and motivation.
He used to regard Xiao Ran as his target, but as he got to know him better, he became more and more aware that he would never be the second Xiao Ran. He was very scared, so scared that he used self-deception to paralyze himself. No more
Without a goal, his life is dark, confused and bleak.
Staring at Tie Long's changing expression, Xiao Ran didn't know how much psychological struggle Tie Long had gone through. The reason why he didn't have an attack was to make Tie Long completely collapse, and he took the initiative to tell him everything, and also wanted Tie Long to
Coming forward as a witness against Turner and Michael, this is the purpose: "Is it interesting?"
"It's boring! It's really boring!" Tie Long's mood gradually stabilized, and he was very frustrated. He really hoped that Xiao Ran could give him a happy life. People fight back and forth, isn't it just for the pleasure of the moment when the winner is revealed?
This surprised Xiao Ran. He never expected that Tie Long would soon struggle out of the hysterical and crazy state just now: "You are very talented. It's a pity that if you didn't come to the United States, you would have
If you stay and invest in Phantom Expression to establish a production company, you have a high chance of success. But now you have no choice!"
Tie Long didn't even need to look into Xiao Ran's eyes, he knew that what Xiao Ran said was true. Phantom currently invests in more than half of the production companies in Hong Kong, such as Xu Ke's film studio, etc. are all invested by Phantom.
Next, Tie Long cooperated very well and told Xiao Ran everything he wanted to know. Xiao Ran was left in shock. If Wei Dongling was really successfully assassinated, maybe this time the Phantom would be what Tie Long expected.
Bankruptcy.
Fang Xiaoqiang and Wei Dongling are Xiao Ran's right-hand men. It is strange to say that Fang Xiaoqiang can often help Xiao Ran achieve his goals with financial and stock market strategies. Then Wei Dongling is definitely the right one, responsible for the management and control of Phantom and the six major flagship companies.
The system and many decisions are definitely more important than Fang Xiaoqiang.
This time, Tie Long's timing was extremely appropriate. However, Fang Xiaoqiang was ignored, and because in Xiao Ran's territory, Hong Kong, the success of attacking him was minimal. Wei Dongling still acted as an extremely important figure in Xiao Ran's plan this time.
He has an important executor status, because Xiao Ran himself can be said to be the star chairman of the board of directors of Phantom, and his every move is watched, so the matter of raising funds is left to Wei Dongling.
Moreover, it was Wei Dongling who launched the attack on Murdoch this time, and he also controlled his assistants to collect operations and other work of other companies remotely. If Wei Dongling was assassinated at this time, then the Phantom would be in trouble due to lack of funds and attacks from other companies.
It is extremely possible to fall into the risk of bankruptcy. Even if these possibilities are discarded, at least it will definitely fall into a fatal chaos, and there will definitely be no suitable executor who can completely replace Wei Dongling in the short term.
If Fang Xiaoqiang is assassinated, then the problem is not that big. Tianxia Fund still has many top traders. With the current abundant funds, it will not be a problem to defeat the international speculators. But Wei Dongling is definitely something that Phantom cannot afford to lose.
Xiao Ran even asserted that even if he was assassinated, the harm caused by his death would be far less than that of Wei Dongling.
When Tie Long said all this, Xiao Ran broke out in a cold sweat, which was extremely rare. He realized how dependent he was on Wei Dongling and realized that Wei Dongling was far more important to Phantom than himself. This was exactly what Xiao Ran could talk about about retirement.
But there is a reason why Wei Dongling must have a successor.
However, Xiao Ran still felt bad, because just like that, even if Wei Dongling was assassinated, it would only relieve Turner and Michael's hatred for Xiao Ran, and the benefits brought to them were not big enough to take the risk.
However, Xiao Ran ignored the feelings of Turner and Michael. After all, he was not in those two positions. Turner and Michael were getting more and more sad now. The expansion of the Phantom Empire in movies was forcing both Warner and Disney to breathe.
Out of anger, Warner now basically only has one big brother in name, but in fact, Phantom and Universal control everything. Faced with the crisis of being laid off, the choice of Turner and Michael is reasonable.
However, Xiao Ran soon realized that this matter may not be that simple, and the interests that Turner and Michael seek may not only be that small. Thinking of this, he immediately thought of the industries under these two companies. Yes, the television industry
!
Xiao Ran thought that he had indeed touched upon another benefit for Turner and Michael. It was the television industry. The Asian market was very firmly controlled by Shuxiang, and Shuxiang was still the largest media company in Europe. Or it was the full power of News Corporation.
As North American TV develops, as long as any company seizes the opportunity, it will surely become the world's largest media company.
Don’t forget that Shuxiang is not only engaged in traditional print media, but also TV media, online media, radio stations, etc. For example, Wei Dongling plans to integrate Yahoo Japan and Hong Kong, Taiwan and Yahoo China after the spin-off with Shuxiang
The affiliated network companies merged.
Even a company that is not involved in any media industry can become one of the largest and most comprehensive media companies in the world as long as it acquires Shuxiang. The only thing currently lacking in Shuxiang is North American television, so it does not dare to be called the world's largest.
Thinking of this, Xiao Ran broke out in a cold sweat, and he thought of another possibility! Maybe Turner and Michael didn't even think about killing Wei Dongling, but just wanted to use this opportunity to lure Hu Lishan to come to North America and give them a sneak attack.
Bookish opportunity.
Or perhaps, Turner and Michael have always been very aware of Wei Dongling's weakness, so they took advantage of Tielong to take the initiative to reveal it, even at the cost of 20 million, and used the temptation of the money to force Tielong to be the mastermind behind the scenes.
His identity appeared behind the assassination in order to clear up the relationship.
Tie Long didn't understand. He had already told everything. Wei Dongling was obviously fine. Why did Xiao Ran's face change? Just as he was thinking, Xiao Ran fell into deeper thinking, and the room fell into silence.
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"Han Yun, check immediately for me whether Warner and Disney have raised large amounts of funds recently?" After Xiao Ran ordered Han Yun, he tried to sort out all this in order to provide a solution in the shortest possible time.
There is no doubt that Turner and Michael's ambitions are not limited to movies, but also books. Murdoch does not have the financial resources to acquire them. But Warner and Disney are different. Four years ago, the market value of these two companies was more than 70 billion US dollars. Now it has fallen to
60 billion, it is definitely not a problem to raise funds to acquire Shuxiang.
What are the consequences of assassinating Wei Dongling? Everyone in Asia knows the close relationship between Wei Dongling and Xiao Ran. I remember that Time magazine also called them close comrades in the article. Turner and Michael obviously knew very well that if Wei Dongling was assassinated, then Xiao Ran
It's very likely to happen as soon as possible.
As a result, Phantom fell into a situation where no one was in charge of the overall situation. Although Shuxiang still had Bai Pengfei, without Xiao Ran's strategy and Wei Dongling's execution, it was very likely that he would not be able to stop the two companies from jointly acquiring it.
If Wei Dongling dies, the threat will be even more serious, and the Phantom will surely fall into internal chaos. At this time, Fang Xiaoqiang is still fighting with international speculators. Under various unfavorable circumstances for the Phantom, Turner and Michael will reach the goal.
The purpose is actually not very difficult.
All this means that whether Turner and Michael really want to kill Wei Dongling or not, it doesn't matter. The important thing is that they can't catch their tails at all. This is very different from what Xiao Ran expected. He thought they would catch them.
After Tie Long, he was able to provide evidence. But judging from the so-called evidence that Tie Long just retained, it is obvious that it cannot constitute a crime in the United States.
Ninety percent of Shuxiang's equity is firmly in the hands of Phantom, but its companies are different. Because the policies of various countries are different and local powerful people are needed to take charge, Shuxiang's TV stations, newspapers and magazines other than local ones
Most of them are controlled by other people. Moreover, the shareholding amount is as high as 30%, and the minimum shareholding figure of Shuxiang is only 4%.
In this way, although it is impossible for Warner and Disney to buy Shuxiang's equity from Phantom, they can acquire Shuxiang's companies. If they succeed, Shuxiang will be eliminated.
Just thinking of this, Xiao Ran no longer hesitated and immediately called Fang Xiaoqiang. At this time, Fang Xiaoqiang was still sleeping. He was awakened by the ringing of the phone and heard Xiao Ran's slightly urgent voice: "Xiao Fang, have the other funds arrived?
?”
Fang Xiaoqiang was slightly startled. In his memory, Xiao Ran was always very calm and calm, and rarely appeared in such a tense situation. After waking up, he immediately remembered that during the day, funds from various places with very mysterious origins poured in.
Regarding the one hundred billion thing, he immediately said to Xiao Ran: "No problem, it just reached one hundred billion yesterday."
Xiao Ran suddenly became nervous. Phantom's funds were at a loss in the early stage of the fight with Soros. Before coming to the United States, he explained some things to Fang Xiaoqiang and asked how much money would be needed to restore the situation. Fang Xiaoqiang
Xiaoqiang definitely told him that he needed 200 billion.
And now Phantom's funds are only 200 billion, which is just enough for financial confrontation. Where can he get 20 to 30 billion? Fang Xiaoqiang immediately realized that Xiao Ran was probably in need of money: "Brother Ran, you
Do you need money there? No problem, I can allocate 50 billion here."
Xiao Ran was greatly surprised. What does this mean? Is the situation in Hong Kong determined? He asked without thinking. Fang Xiaoqiang couldn't help laughing: "Brother Ran, tomorrow is the decisive battle. Have you forgotten? You and I
And the funds raised by Brother Dong are already 30 billion, so if I add some more here, it will definitely not affect the situation!"
Xiao Ran suddenly had the idea of slapping himself. He actually forgot that the three directors of Phantom used their personal assets to get the funds. Microsoft's equity alone accounted for the vast majority. However, there was no time to let him
He blamed himself: "You tried every means to send this money to Shuxiang in the shortest possible time. They will face acquisitions by several major companies! Let them guard it no matter what."
After giving instructions to Fang Xiaoqiang, Xiao Ran called the sleeping Bai Pengfei again and explained everything, and then he felt at ease. This time, God was really helping him. A Dong accidentally took a bulletproof car and blocked the assassination.
When I arrived here, it was already time to get off work in Hong Kong, thus avoiding Disney and Warner's rapid acquisition.
This made him really have to lament how lucky he was, and turned to look at Tie Long: "You did a very wrong thing this time, and you didn't know you were used by Turner and Michael. What they want is not what you imagined, I guess they know
Wei Dongling is my weakness!"
He couldn't help but shook his head slightly. He really didn't know how to deal with Tie Long! He pityed such a talent, but this talent was the opposite of him, and it almost cost Wei Dongling his life. Based on this alone,
It would be impossible for him to use Iron Dragon.
Tie Long's face turned pale. At this moment, he thought of a lot. He finally realized that he might be an expert in making movies, but he was definitely not an expert in playing tricks. He was actually being fooled around. Perhaps he had guessed what Xiao Ran was thinking, and he was completely disappointed.
He raised his head and said to Xiao Ran: "Xiao Ran, let me watch this scene and I will give you an explanation!"
Xiao Ran nodded. A responsible man is a man: "Tielong, don't worry, I've secured your family's life. When you give an explanation, I will give them a sum of money and let them fly away!"
Tie Long felt a tremor in his heart. He had always felt that he had failed his family, but he had never had a chance to make up for it. In the past, he had gone to extremes and even ignored the existence of his family. Now he can exchange his own death for his family's existence.
It was safe, and he felt it was worth it.
Looking at Xiao Ran's leaving back, Tie Long was silent for a long time. At this moment, he realized that Xiao Ran was actually very tall and strong. It was a feeling that people could not defeat, a feeling that was easily frustrating. Seeing Xiao Ran
After leaving, Tielong struggled for a long time and finally said in a very low tone: "Brother Ran, thank you!"
That afternoon, a group of parades appeared out of nowhere on the Avenue of Stars, holding various signs, such as "Get out of Hollywood, get out of America, yellow-skinned monkeys". Xiao Ran glanced at it happily in the hotel.
The parade below took a look and smiled happily, but the smile was somewhat sarcastic. In his opinion, the people below were just a group of poor people who were being manipulated.
Since the six major companies want to play, let's play with them to the end and let them see who is calling the shots in Hollywood! Xiao Ran hesitated for a moment, sat in front of the table and tapped the table gently, letting the almost perfect rhythm gradually hypnotize him.
Own.
The current situation is very complicated. Xiao Ran originally tried to play a bigger game, using this opportunity to cause a conflict between the mafia and the Qing gang, and to expand the conflict to the level of racial discrimination. Then he used the Chinese casualties to make a big fuss, to
At that time, Phantom basically escaped from the financial turmoil, and then united with Chinese businessmen around the world to attack the U.S. financial market.
Chinese businessmen around the world controlled trillions of dollars in wealth. At that time, as long as they contributed half of their own strength, it was a terrifying figure. Of course, Xiao Ran didn't think he could impact the U.S. finance with this small amount of money, but the threat was definitely enough
. Coupled with the excuse of racial discrimination, the US government will definitely be able to make some compromises.
It's a pity that when Xiao Ran proposed the plan to the central government, it was immediately rejected severely. Moreover, Xiao Ran didn't really want to make the matter so big. Once he was hated by the American government in the future, it wouldn't be a happy one.
Secondly, Xiao Ran thinks that this plan is too huge and difficult to control everything, and Xiao Ran is too willing to do things that cannot be controlled.
What a pity. If the U.S. dollar can collapse, the foreign debt that the United States is facing will be enough to make this country one of the poorest countries in the world in the first place. By then, the U.S. economy will be in dire straits, and Hollywood will have great capabilities.
, nothing can be done. However, by then, it will not only be Xiao Ran's problem, but also a global financial crisis, with consequences that Xiao Ran cannot even imagine.
The parade is getting bigger and bigger, and Xiao Ran's mood is getting better and better. Now he just needs to wait for everything to come. Fang Xiaoqiang, Wei Dongling, and Bai Pengfei each have their own tasks. As long as they complete them, this battle will be won.
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Just when Xiao Ran was feeling proud, a piece of news came at an extremely fast speed. It could be said that it was conveyed to Xiao Ran immediately - the leader died of illness!
Xiao Ran was stunned at the first moment. He thought that since the chief was fine in the historical day, he would gradually feel relieved. However, he did not expect that the chief had just witnessed the return of Hong Kong and died the next day.
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This is a great and legendary leader, isn't he? Xiao Ran only felt a burst of sadness and grief. It was indeed grief. People who have not experienced all this cannot feel the huge changes this leader has brought to China.
Because of the chief, the country and the people gradually became richer. However, because he died early, some policies had unpredictable changes. If he were still alive, everything would not be as good as what Xiao Ran would see in the future.
In any case, Xiao Ran thought that the chief should be very happy when he left. He witnessed the return of Hong Kong with his own eyes. This was his wish. The chief who fulfilled his wish must be very happy. This is the only thing Xiao Ran can comfort himself with.
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However, this way, Xiao Ran knew that he had less time. He must retire within a year, and no later than two years. He has too much power now, and he knows this very well
.If Li Ka-shing was not suppressed in history, it is because Li Ka-shing was basically not involved in politics and had nothing to do with the underworld.
Xiao Ran is different, extraordinarily different. His status in the eyes of Hong Kong citizens is definitely better than that of the Governor or Chief Executive of Hong Kong. He also has great power in Asia and even controls the Hong Kong underworld. All these factors make Xiao Ran irresistible.
Having become the King of Hong Kong, Xiao Ran can even assert that after experiencing this financial crisis, his reputation will definitely reach its peak, which is even more of an unsettling factor.
For this reason, Xiao Ran racked his brains. The underworld successor was born out of this consideration. Retirement was a way to make Zheng Ax feel relieved. Just the influence in the mall would not cause any problems. In this regard,
Xiao Ran is still very clear. Therefore, he must complete all this as soon as possible.
July 3rd is an extremely important day for Fang Xiaoqiang and for the whole of Hong Kong and Asia. When Fang Xiaoqiang and the international speculators fought until the afternoon, even a blind man could see the victory of the Phantom. In the afternoon, the whole world
Everyone is focusing on this.
As the exchange rate continued to rise, the Hang Seng Index and Futures Index of the stock market continued to rise sharply, and people's faces were all filled with joy. When the closing bell rang in the afternoon, the whole Hong Kong suddenly burst into cheers that shook the ground.
, everyone in the exchange was so happy that they hugged each other. This time, no one could stop the Phantom from regaining its lost ground.
Fang Xiaoqiang finally took a deep breath. He thought that he had really completed the task assigned by Xiao Ran. The only thing that made him regret was that this time the fight with Soros was not fair. However, as Xiao Ran said
, the battle never needs to be fair, only victory.
The news of Hong Kong's victory was immediately passed to Wei Dongling. Wei Dongling couldn't help but laugh. The next step was Murdoch. He would immediately launch an attack on News Corporation and seek financing from Murdoch and Xiang Shuxiang.
Bankers who initiated acquisitions of their companies launched an attack, and Murdoch was bound to lose!
Murdoch watched the exchange rate and stock market soar rapidly in Hong Kong. By the time the market closed, cold sweat had already attacked his body. This scene was like a miracle. He didn't even know how Xiao Ran did it.
He sat down on the sofa blankly, his mind was extremely confused. He could not imagine that the Phantom could stage a desperate counterattack in a desperate situation and defeat the powerful international speculators, even though they had not yet been completely separated.
There is no winner or lose, but after the international speculators experienced this period today, they were almost completely wiped out. All blind people know that Hong Kong won and the Phantom won!
What should we do now? Murdoch gradually calmed down. As a result, the bankers and investors who originally thought there was an opportunity under his lobbying must have lost confidence. If they ask for divestment, then this acquisition will
It means failure.
In the blink of an eye, Murdoch had an unknown premonition. In order to achieve the purpose of acquisition, he had raised a lot of funds and had reached the limit. If Phantom attacks News Corporation at this time, it will have no choice but to declare insolvency and thus go bankrupt!
At this moment, the phone rang. He took the call, listened to only a few words, shook his wrist a few times, and dropped the phone to the ground with a bang. The phone was like hitting his heart.
It hit him so hard that his heartbeat more than doubled. It was more like hitting him on the head, making him dizzy.
The bank officially announced to him that News Corporation has fallen into a tragedy due to a shortage of funds. He will have to announce the bankruptcy of News Corporation tomorrow! Could it be that the hard work he has worked hard for so many years actually belongs to others when he is old?
He couldn't believe it! But the facts were before him. Apart from declaring bankruptcy, there seemed to be no other way. He slumped in the chair, and even felt that his heart was about to jump out of his throat... Xiao Ran and Lin Qingxia
She was in the presidential suite of the Beverly Hills Hotel. When she woke up the next day, she felt refreshed and in a very happy mood. After having breakfast leisurely, Xiao Ran smiled slightly at Lin Qingxia: "Honey, I'm in charge now.
It’s time, let me perform for you!”
The news of Hong Kong and Phantom's overall victory in the financial turmoil shocked the world. No one expected that Phantom could quickly fight back after being forced into that situation, and also defeated international speculators.
However, when Chief Executive Dong delivered a speech to Hong Kong and the world, saying that Hong Kong and the people of Hong Kong are definitely not a super cash machine in the eyes of any financial speculators, etc... Several companies in Asia and Europe declared bankruptcy, and at the same time they were
Flagship companies such as Shuxiang or Dynamics were acquired, but they were covered up by the words of Chief Executive Dong.
Those companies may have the technology that Phantom needs, and may be potential rivals of Phantom. However, everything is gone now. At the same time, News Corporation declared bankruptcy, and Shuxiang acquired News Corporation at a very low price and injected capital.
Became a subsidiary of Shuxiang.
In Hollywood, reporters from Shuxiang Media were taking pictures of the parade and broadcasting it live around the world simultaneously with satellites. The fact that the five major theater chains jointly refused to accept Phantom and Universal Pictures was unearthed along with this news... And with this
At the same time, Xiao Ran called Wei Dongling: "It's time to start!"
Wei Dongling smiled slightly. He found that this kid was really insidious. He was actually able to take advantage of the incident of him being shot and take advantage of this perfect opportunity to use various means to get the major distributors and theater operators in Europe and Asia to stand on their side.
This camp.
In the past few days, he has been busy not only with how to get behind Murdoch, but also with negotiating with other distributors and theater chains. Just like now, he is negotiating with several of the largest distributors and theater chains in Europe.
As long as the negotiations are successful, Europe will have no problem. As for Asia, it can be said to be the territory of the phantom, so there is no need to worry.
Wei Dongling thought that there was no point in talking about this group of people any longer. They were all old men and they didn't know when they would talk about it any further! He thought it was time to put some pressure on them as Xiao Ran said!
Thinking of this, Wei Dongling burst out with a wild laugh, stood up and glanced at the old guys around the table: "Everyone, what I want to say is very simple, only Phantom can give you more and bigger things.
interests, so your partner must only be the Phantom Group!"
"But, if you do this, you will lose Hollywood, and it will also allow the Phantom Group to form a monopoly!" A relatively young guy was very nervous. Looking at Wei Dongling's gradually sinking, he couldn't help but feel a little scared.
Why are they afraid? Phantom is their bread and butter. Without Phantom films and Universal films, they would lose at least half of their profits. What needs to be understood is that Phantom films can always bring them more profits every year.
"Really?" Wei Dongling knew that Xiao Ran was going to take action, so he had to solve it immediately: "I want to tell you that Universal has negotiated an acquisition with MGM, and News Corporation has been acquired by Shuxiang of Phantom Holdings. This is
It means Fox belongs to the Phantom. Tell me, what other options do you have?"
Everyone was in an uproar. If this is true, it means that three of the seven major companies are controlled by Phantom, and there is also a rapidly rising DreamWorks. Wei Dongling sneered: "Perhaps I should tell you that Universal and Charming Pictures have reached
As of today, we have become the third largest shareholder of Warner and Disney, and as the second largest shareholder of Paramount, I think you should know what choice to make!"
"Finally, I want to give you a message. The Phantom Group is not seeking a monopoly, but is trying to break the monopoly of Hollywood." Wei Dongling walked out expressionlessly and dropped a sentence: "Don't forget that Phantom Holdings' films
The company controls at least one-third of the theater chains in Europe!”
This sentence is very intimidating. It doesn't matter whether these old guys agree or not, but it can add some weight to the Phantom. With the film company that controls many theaters in various countries around the world, when the time comes,
Phantom doesn't even need to be given to theaters controlled by these old guys, it can still be shown all over the world.
On July 4th, two representatives of European cinemas and distributors stood in front of the TV cameras and swore with enthusiasm, waving their fists and shouting: "The global film industry should stand up, let us protest together.
Racial discrimination and industry monopoly in the United States and Hollywood! We are here to represent European distributors, producers and theaters to jointly decide that until Hollywood still enforces racial discrimination, we will refuse to allow any films from participating film companies to enter Europe!"
On the same day, Liao Jingping, the head of the film company representing Asian theater chains, said very simply to the camera: "Whenever Hollywood stops this behavior and admits its mistake, then we will open our theaters to them!"
Yang Qi from Tianluo Company even said angrily in front of reporters: "Under such circumstances, the global film industry should unite to boycott Hollywood. I, Yang Qi, will declare here on behalf of the Asian distribution company that we refuse to introduce any presence in Hollywood."
Videos from racist companies until they apologize and admit they were wrong."
Of course, it is unknown whether they are all really so indignant. However, the Phantom Group, as a party involved, has made no movement except for the movie theater making a sound. This seems a bit strange...
...Xiao Ran admired the scene on the TV and smiled at Lin Qingxia: "Honey, look, Yang Qi is really talented in acting. Why not find him as the leading actor next time!"
At the same time, internal wars broke out in the five major theater chains in North America. This constant wave from around the world forced the original chairman of the board to step down under pressure. He was replaced by someone supported by Universal equity...
…Turner and Michael were going crazy,
They now feel like they are frying in that oil pan non-stop. The action of acquiring Shuxiang's companies has failed when Phantom pulls out most of his body in the financial market and stock market. Even when Phantom is still entangled, they know that they have failed.
, Shuxiang’s huge funds have achieved anti-takeover.
In this acquisition, they lost a total of 500 million US dollars, which was enough for the board of directors to scold themselves bloody. I thought that this was the most uncomfortable thing, but I didn't expect that in less than two days, the world
The film industry came to do this, which really frightened the two of them.
Turner gave up. After all, he is one of Warner's major shareholders, but Michael is really facing the crisis of being laid off this time. Once they cannot resolve this matter, it means that the films of their two companies will be excepted.
If you can't do anything other than release it in North America, you're simply asking for death.
However, at this moment, a phone call brought them from the 18th level of hell to the 19th level - the directors and chairman of the five major theater chains changed hands, and issued stern warnings to their two companies and four other companies respectively, warning them
Don't interfere in the internal affairs of the theater chain.
Warnings cannot frighten them. What frightens them is that the five major theater chains have favored Universal and Phantom in their policies, giving priority to their films for prime time slots. What is even more frightening is that in the afternoon, the news of the acquisition of News Corporation and
The news that MGM announced that it would become a subsidiary of Universal made them completely lose confidence.
The huge contrast caused them to quickly fall from heaven a few days ago to hell. This feeling makes people feel at a loss. They are now the biggest losers in the world and have become the targets of criticism from the entire Hollywood. They think that the only way is to
Went to see Xiao Ran!
Xiao Ran looked at the parade downstairs with a smile. He thought that these people might not be needed soon. Suddenly, he heard Yang Guang said that Turner and Michael were coming to visit. Xiao Ran smiled lightly: "Invite them in!"
Xiao Ran nodded slightly to Lin Qingxia, and Lin Qingxia immediately smiled knowingly and entered the bedroom. Turner and Michael were extremely pale now. Although there are endless waves of opposition to Hollywood around the world, as long as the expert knows very well that except for the Phantom, there is no
Companies may have such influence.
"Mr. Xiao, I..." Don't say that Michael is grumpy now, he just wants to kneel down and beg for mercy immediately. For him, kneeling down is not a big deal, as long as it is beneficial!
"You two are so elegant, please sit down, you're welcome!" Xiao Ran looked at the two of them with a smile, and asked them to sit down as if he were entertaining old friends: "I wonder if you two have anything to come to see me about?"
Turner couldn't help but smile bitterly. He thought that this time he was really defeated miserably. His only hope was that Xiao Ran would not kill them. But this was obviously impossible, just as they did not dare to really kill Wei Dongling.
"Mr. Xiao, we lost, leave us a way to survive!" Turner looked at Xiao Ran's expression and knew that Xiao Ran had been waiting for them, so he didn't waste any time and said directly: "As long as you can stop this
After this incident, I immediately resigned from my position as vice president!"
"Do you think you still have a choice?" Xiao Ran's smile was a bit sarcastic, he glanced at the two of them and said calmly: "You chose the road yourself. Today, what else do you think you can do? I hope
Don’t forget the assassination of Wei Dongling."
Turner and Michael's faces suddenly turned pale. They didn't expect that even this matter would be found out by Xiao Ran. Turner smiled miserably: "Mr. Xiao, if you really want us to die, then you don't need to tell us now."
More. I will sell my Warner shares to you. This is the only thing I can do!"
Xiao Ran smiled lightly. Warner's equity is really nothing to him now. However, this wave of boycotting Hollywood is difficult to maintain for too long. Xiao Ran just wants to use this opportunity to gain absolute power in Hollywood. Now
, he has done it, the first step Turner and Michael stepped into the door meant that they lost, and all of Hollywood lost to him.
Those mysterious smiles made Xiao Ran look even more invincible. Naturally, there was no need to mention the regrets in Michael and Turner's hearts. Xiao Ran suddenly sighed: "You go, I will stop all this, as long as you
Be responsible!"
The next day, Turner and Michael announced their resignation, and Turner sold his Warner shares to Phantom Company. After receiving the news, Xiao Ran nodded to Sunshine and then looked out the window at the parade. Sunshine picked up the phone.
He said softly: "It's time to disperse!" Within half an hour, all the marchers dispersed. Soon, the global wave of boycotts subsided.
Tie Long stood on the rooftop of the building and thought quietly. He was thinking about everything Xiao Ran said to him. When he saw Xiao Ran solved everything so quickly, he thought Xiao Ran had a plan, so he asked
Said: "Xiao Ran, did you arrange all this?"
"Arrangement?" Xiao Ran was immediately shocked. He was not crazy enough to make fun of Wei Dongling's life. Wei Dongling's assassination was definitely an accident, an accident that made him angry and shocked: "Of course not!"
Seeing Tie Long's puzzled expression, Xiao Ran quickly understood Tie Long's doubts, and explained it to the guy who was about to explain with a smile. In fact, everything was very simple. When Wei Dongling was assassinated, Xiao Ran immediately realized that it was the six major companies.
He was playing tricks, and he thought Turner and Michael might not really want to kill Wei Dongling.
A Dong was shot, which made Xiao Ran immediately go to the United States from Hong Kong. After learning all this, he immediately became furious and overturned the previous plan. He knew that he had to show Hollywood what authority was.
As a result, Wei Dongling was sent to Europe. On the one hand, he was trying to beat Murdoch's back, and on the other hand, he was creating pressure on European cinema operators and distributors, asking them to join forces to boycott Hollywood globally in the short term. In this way, especially
No matter how capable Na and Michael are, they will definitely be kicked out by Warner and Disney. More importantly, Xiao Ran took this opportunity to hint to industry insiders around the world that Phantom is the well-deserved number one film company in the world.
As for the parade on the street, it was simply created by Pierce based on the agreement with Xiao Ran, in order to give an excuse to boycott Hollywood. Pierce really wanted to get out of Hollywood, but unfortunately he had always asked for too high a price, which made
No one cared about it. The most important thing was that Mr. Jin from the Qing Gang became one of Xiao Ran's cards, and Pierce agreed smoothly.
This is good for them. Everything is very simple... Murdoch is currently recuperating in a villa in Europe. He feels that the battle with Xiao Ran has consumed all his energy, but he still did not expect News Corporation
A bankrupt ending. Although he did not lose much of his own net worth, he had to admit that he failed miserably and needed time to heal his wounds.
However, even with such peace, God could not let him enjoy it. Bai Pengfei came to visit. Looking at this senior figure, Bai Pengfei respected him very much. Xiao Ran told him that this was a powerful person: "Mr. Murdoch."
, I want to appoint you as the CEO of News Corporation, what do you think?"
In Wei Dongling's idea, News Corporation's industry will not be moved for the time being, except for splitting Fox to ATV, and there will be no losses. Moreover, the subsidiary that Murdoch had previously set his sights on would also be merged with News Corporation.
Officially entered the Asian market.
The only thing that is still lacking is a leader. News Corporation is a subsidiary of Shuxiang, so there is no reason for Bai Pengfei to take care of it himself. Murdoch is obviously such a suitable candidate, very suitable.
Murdoch was surprised and sat up suddenly. He dared to swear to God that he had never thought of what he was seeing. Thinking that he was about to join his favorite media industry, his heart, which had gradually calmed down due to the tragic failure, jumped again.
However, before agreeing, he wanted to understand a question first: "How did you defeat me?"
Bai Pengfei smiled. He had also asked Xiao Ran such a question: "Brother Ran mentioned to me that he and Mr. Wei started planning two years ago. They deliberately caused the financial crisis in Hong Kong and deliberately let themselves fall into this situation."
In a desperate situation, it attracts you."
"And that subsidiary company is also the bait that Brother Ran and Mr. Wei have prepared for you over the past two years. Their purpose is to get you to bite that bait. As for your attempt to acquire a company in North America, it is obvious that
They are crossing Chencang secretly!"
"Everything, including the constant attack on News Corporation's acquisition plan, is to make News Corporation fall into financial difficulties and debt burdens!" Bai Pengfei smiled happily: "And the financial crisis triggered all of this!"
The more Murdoch listened, the more horrified he became, and the more he listened, the more frightened he became. Based on Phantom's strength, it actually took two full years to deal with News Corporation. He didn't know whether he should feel lucky or something else. But he immediately thought of
A question: "Why is Xiao Ran so sure that he will not lose in the financial crisis! How dare he make such a bet!" Bai Pengfei just laughed and didn't answer.
At the same time, Soros, who was ashen-faced, came to the Phantom headquarters and met Fang Xiaoqiang. He lost. If he hadn't found out in time that something was wrong and withdrew, he might have gone bankrupt by now. But even so, he still wanted to get it.
Understand how you lost!
Fang Xiaoqiang finally saw this top master and his opponent for this period of time with his own eyes. After inviting Soros to sit down, he smiled and said: "Brother Ran designed this two years ago to attract you here. It depends on you."
He uses his power to advance the financial crisis and make the storm happen within his control, so as to make up for the vacancies in the financial system!"
"Brother Dong has laid out a lot of clever chess pieces to lure you here!" Fang Xiaoqiang did not hesitate to explain to this expert. Speaking of which, this time they can only be regarded as evenly matched: "Phantom is trying to stop you.
, in order to put himself into a desperate situation and lure companies with bad intentions towards Phantom to attack, such as News Corporation!"
Soros had to admit that he lost, and he lost very cleanly. Although he and Fang Xiaoqiang were only rivals in the financial market, he lost in strategy. No one expected that with the ability of the world's richest man,
It still takes two years to lay out the plan. I didn't expect that in this game, I would be exploited from beginning to end.
"But why is Xiao Ran so sure that he can win? Where did your later funds come from?" Soros asked the last question dejectedly, which was also the question Murdoch was asking.
"That's financial assistance from Chinese businessmen around the world!" Fang Xiaoqiang smiled happily: "Actually, we don't have their funds, but Brother Ran has other channels to get enough funds!"
Soros only felt that his throat was so dry that he couldn't even speak a word. Fang Xiaoqiang stood up and looked at Soros: "Brother Ran asked me to tell you that the letter he gave you was not a joke, and the phantom was not a joke."
Anyone can challenge..."
"I understand, I understand..." Soros murmured to himself, his expression extremely pale, he stood up and came to the door, suddenly turned to Fang Xiaoqiang and said: "Tell Xiao Ran, I lost, and I will never set foot in the Asian market in the future.
!" Fang Xiaoqiang was stunned for a moment, and immediately smiled with satisfaction like Xiao Ran!
On the rooftop of a building in Los Angeles, USA, Tie Long closed his eyes and walked to the edge. Suddenly, he couldn't help but smile. He thought that his life might not be so bad, at least he had witnessed a super entertainment media.
The process of a giant going from weak to strong, and then to ruling the world! At least, that's what he thought when he jumped down... And at the same time
During this time, Universal asked the American Film Association to hold a meeting. Xiao Ran attended the meeting as the boss behind the scenes. This meeting was very simple. Xiao Ran looked at a table full of heavyweight company presidents and chairman of the board and smiled: "For
I deeply regret what happened the past few days. Fortunately, we all got through it, right?"
Everyone below was cursing secretly in their stomachs. Who didn’t know that Xiao Ran was the mastermind behind the boycott wave a few days ago. Xiao Ran didn’t even need to guess. He knew that others were cursing him as long as he thought about it with his knees. However, in the mall,
This is always the case, and hypocrisy is a major characteristic of businessmen.
"But..." At this point, Xiao Ran suddenly changed the subject, and his expression became serious: "I hope that we will never see the targeting behavior of some companies in the past few days. If there is another behavior targeting Phantom,
Then I'm absolutely welcome! Of course, if we live in harmony, then everyone can make money, and I guarantee that films from Hong Kong will make every company profitable."
Everyone's eyes immediately lit up. The profits of Hong Kong films in the North American market are always very large, much larger than those of local films. If they can get the distribution rights, it would definitely be a wonderful thing. Unexpectedly, Xiao Ran smiled calmly.
He looked around and tapped his fingers lightly on the table, as if he was thinking.
"Someone told me before what the rules of the game are in Hollywood!" Xiao Ran's faint smile always seemed cold and cold: "But now the rules of the game will be formulated by Phantom and everyone here. Here, I want to remind you
Everyone, please don’t try to violate the rules, because the consequences will be unbearable for you!”
Xiao Ran knew very well that this was the United States after all. Although Phantom had the absolute initiative, it still wanted to let other company heads have fun! At this point, his tone paused and the knocking stopped. He leaned over
After going down and scanning around, a deep and stern voice sounded in the room: "My words are the rules, and no one can violate them. From now on, the world will be the Phantom's, and no one can stop it!"
Before he finished speaking, Xiao Ran turned around and left. Everyone here looked at Xiao Ran's back, and Xiao Ran's words were still echoing in the room. They had to admit that Xiao Ran did have the power to formulate and maintain rules, and Phantom is now
From this moment on, it is indeed the largest and most influential film company in the world today!
My words are the rules, and no one can violate them. From now on, the world will be the phantom, and no one can stop it!
Phantom Group naturally became the world's largest film company. After Shuxiang Media acquired News Corporation, it became the most influential and largest media company in the world, and it also has the world's largest record company Teana!
In July and August, "Titanic" and other large-scale Phantom films were released in North America, sweeping the North American box office with absolutely unstoppable power. In September, Xiao Ran sold the position of chairman of the board of directors of the six flagship companies to Wei Dongling. On that day, Xiao Ran
At the retirement banquet, I invited Fa Ge and his friends to celebrate together!
On April 6, 1998, the Hong Kong Film Awards officially replaced the Oscars and became the world's number one film award. Since there are no Oscars for Hong Kong films to compete, it is just an ordinary award.
On the 6th, Xiao Ran and Lin Qingxia quietly arrived in Hong Kong. They came to attend the Hong Kong Film Awards. This year's Film Awards was still held at the Coliseum like the previous ones. With the appearance of a BMW, everyone
Everyone was shocked because they knew one thing: Xiao Ran's car was always a BMW.
Sure enough, amidst the flashing lights and the wild shouts of movie fans, Xiao Ran and Lin Qingxia held hands and got out of the car! Immediately, the audience cheered, which was much more fanatical than some big stars. Several stars and directors came to greet them,
Xiao Ran and Lin Qingxia looked at each other and gradually showed smiles. This is a place they are familiar with and a glorious place.
Xu Ke and Wu Yusen, two international directors, laughed loudly and walked up to him and slapped him hard: "Aran, where did you and Qingxia go? Why is there no news at all!"
"Old Xu, Old Wu, we haven't seen you for a long time. You will know where we have been in a moment!" Xiao Ran also laughed loudly. He is the real him now, not the one who is disguised as majestic and deep.
Behind the mask: "Where's Fa Ge? I miss him very much!"
"Here..." Fa Ge suddenly appeared from behind Xiao Ran and gave Xiao Ran a hard punch. The American movie stars such as Cruise and Hanks who were watching were frightened. They didn't expect that anyone would dare to do this.
To Xiao Ran: "You kid, you've been there for so long without a letter. Could it be that you went to the cannibal tribe? Qingxia, you will definitely not be able to bear following him!"
"No, I went with him, and I realized that living like that was really carefree, much better than what I feel now!" Lin Qingxia smiled softly at Brother Fa: "Brother Fa, you should go out when you have time.
After walking around, it felt really great!”
"Qingxia, when did you come back?" Zhong Chuhong saw Xiao Lin as soon as she arrived. She didn't know what it felt like. She was married, but she hadn't quit the film industry yet.
Xiao Ran and Lin Qingxia kept saying hello to the others until they saw Daisy and Ge Wenqiu rushing over and shouting: "Mr. Xiao, where have you gone? We all miss you!"
Xiao Ran and Lin Qingxia suddenly laughed out loud, but when they saw Reeves coming over with surprise, Xiao Ran could only clasp his fists and say to the friends around him: "I'm so sorry, we'd better go in first, and the rest
We’ll talk about it later when we celebrate!”
This time, Xiao Ran finally walked onto the red carpet smoothly. When he saw Uncle Zhan in front of him talking to Huang Jiaju, he immediately rushed up and shouted: "Uncle Zhan, I'm back, and you didn't even come to see me.
!”
"Go, you are still my apprentice after you come back. It's time you came to see me!" Uncle Zhan looked at Xiao Ran with a proud gesture. Although Xiao Ran, a lazy guy, didn't compose any music, he still
I don’t know why I feel that Xiao Ran is his proud disciple.
Looking at Huang Jiaju, Xiao Ran smiled brightly. History has changed, but it is still in his hands. However, he no longer relies on the history he knows to understand, but uses his own ability to grasp it.
.
This is an Academy Award without any suspense. "Titanic" and "Reincarnation" swept all the technical awards they could get. There were some fluctuations until the main awards were awarded. Xiao Ran successfully won with "Reincarnation"
It won the Best Creative Award. This was an award added to the Academy Awards because it was inspired by the creative column in Hong Kong film subtitles.
When he won the Best Director Award, Xiao Ran couldn't help but get excited. This was most likely his last work, and he hoped to get a perfect harvest. As Coppola, the award guest, shouted: "
The winner of the Best Director Award at the 17th Hong Kong Film Awards is Xiao Ran, "Reincarnation"!"
A look of ecstasy appeared on Xiao Ran's face. This time, he really won this award based on his own strength. At this time, Coppola said on the stage: ""Reincarnation" is the most genius film I have ever seen.
, I think Xiao Ran definitely deserves this award!"
Letting go of Lin Qingxia's hand, Xiao Ran came to the stage and took the award. Then he pondered for a moment and organized what he wanted to say. He raised his head and looked at the audience and guests who filled half of the Coliseum.
There are men and women, old and young, yellow-skinned, dark-skinned, and white-skinned.
At this moment, his heart was filled with a huge sense of accomplishment. He thought that he had really succeeded, and all this was definitely not a dream. Looking around, the whole place fell silent, and Xiao Ran said quietly
: "Many friends have just asked me where I have been, and here, I will answer."
"After I retired, my wife and I went to many places, savoring the rare tranquility and peace in the mountains and the sea!" When Xiao Ran said this, he couldn't help but look at Lin Qingxia, the tenderness in his eyes was blind.
They all felt it: "A month ago, we went to Africa, where we saw many women and children dying of hunger and disease."
"There, I asked myself, you have a lot of money, but it's all just a numbers game. What's the point?" Xiao Ran gradually smiled bitterly. This time he really saw a lot of tragic things: "I
Donating money to them, even though I know it won’t bring them anything, they have to have their own abilities and their own development, and the only people people can rely on are often themselves.”
The audience was silent, staring at Xiao Ran on the stage, not understanding what he wanted to convey! At this moment, Xiao Ran suddenly became excited: "So, I think why can't we invest in Africa and improve the backwardness there? I decided
Invest in improving everything there, but that also requires their own efforts."
"Inspired by this, I was wondering why Chinese-language films were able to change everything in just ten or twenty years despite the backwardness of the world?" At this point, Xiao Ran shouted: "Because we have our own
Strength and talent, when we have all these, we have everything we have obtained now! This is all created by our joint efforts!"
"Are we going to stop because of our current results? Of course not!" Xiao Ran looked even more excited, raising his arms and shouting: "The film industry all over the world is chasing us, and we must understand that we still have
We can do better! Right!"
In the Coliseum, there was only a loud buzzing sound that shook the eardrums! Xiao Ran waited until the excited people calmed down a little, and then continued: "The reason why I was able to win this award is because I know that I can still do it."
Do better, we can all do better! We will only choose to be the best!"
People are excited by Xiao Ran's words. Since the gradual rise of Hong Kong films twenty years ago, under the leadership of Xiao Ran, Hong Kong films, or rather Chinese-language films, have developed at an extremely fast speed and have quickly become stable all over the world.
market.
And Hong Kong has always produced a very stable number of more than 300 films every year, continuously supplying films to the world, becoming Hollywood in the true sense! And all these drastic changes are due to the emergence of Xiao Ran! This
How can people not be excited!
"I have always had a dream of making movies. I think movies have no borders and are art that everyone can understand. Now I have done it and even stood on the stage of the highest honor, and this is all mine.
Dream." Xiao Ran gradually revealed a smile and swept his fingers across the field: "I know that you also hope to get this highest honor. However, you must remember that standing here is not the end, but another starting point.
A starting point for climbing to the pinnacle of art."
"Every movie we film is very meaningful!" Xiao Ran excitedly shouted with all his strength, "Movies touch the world, and we will change the world with our dreams!"
Xiao Ran's speech may rather be said to have moved the world. At least in the next few decades, the phrase "movies move the world" will be spread around the world and become the best interpretation of film art.
In just eleven years, Xiao Ran became the most powerful person in the global entertainment industry, and Phantom became the largest film company in the world, and one of the top ten companies with the highest market value in the world. Xiao Ran even became the richest man in the world, and his real estate
Xiaoqiang and Wei Dongling both entered the top 50 richest people in the world with a net worth of tens of billions of dollars in eleven years.
According to a careful survey conducted by Shuxiang's Power Magazine before the arrival of 2000, the number of wealthy people produced by the Phantom Group is unmatched by any company in the world. As of the end of the 2000s, Phantom has created a total of 68 people in just thirteen years.
There are as many as 19 super-rich people with assets over 100 million US dollars, and those with assets over 1 billion US dollars, and this does not include people who are already rich.
In 2000, Xiao Ran's personal net worth was as high as 250 billion U.S. dollars, relying on the rising market value of technology companies, electronics companies, Internet and software and computer companies, while the second student Gai's net worth was only a fraction.
It was also the eve of two thousand years ago, and Power Magazine finally met Xiao Ran and his wife in Northern Europe through many layers of connections. This interview can be called the most comprehensive, and it was still conducted by Liang Jiabao.
Who can create tens of billions of wealth in just over ten years? Who can make Chinese-language movies the mainstream of the world in just over ten years? Who can make the difference in the global entertainment industry? Who can do both?
Possessing genius-like talents and also possessing
He is the only one with a strong money-making mind, and he is the lucky one to get Xiao Ran, the most beautiful woman in China, Lin Qingxia! Liang Jiabao's writing style is still extremely sophisticated, rendering Xiao Ran into an absolutely legendary figure. Of course, many years later, the legend will become
Became a legend!
In 2003, Wei Dongling resigned from the position of chairman of the board of directors of five flagship companies, retaining only the position of chairman of the board of directors of Dynamics. In the same year, Wei Dongling resigned from the position of CEO of Phantom Group, causing the stock prices of Phantom Group's companies to fall a lot, which shows that stock investors
Confidence in Wei Dongling.
The person who took over was Qin Bai. Under the remote control decision-making of Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling, the Phantom did not have any problems and successfully completed the handover. The underworld also smoothly handed over to Liu Bin and Han Xun, allowing Xiao Ran to finally get rid of the harassment of the underworld.
However, his prestige still exists.
In 2006, Hollywood finally collapsed due to high salaries and production fees, as well as the extreme system of rich and poor. Warner and Disney finally couldn't resist and were the first to declare bankruptcy. Warner was acquired by Tianluo and Debao, and was divided up.
Disney was acquired by Phantom.
In the past two years of self-rectification in Hollywood, Phantom has finally entered the North American market as an absolute mainstream, successfully completing the most important link in Xiao Ran's strategic vision. At this time, Xiao Ran's personal dream has finally been completed!
In 2010, Phantom had nine flagship companies, spanning numerous industries, with a market value of up to one trillion U.S. dollars. Wei Dongling and Fang Xiaoqiang's net worth at that time was as high as more than 40 billion, successfully entering the top ten richest people. Xiao Ran's personal wealth was as high as 400 billion U.S. dollars.
The rate at which guys donate money is not as fast as the rate at which they make money.
In 2018, 25-year-old Xiao Ling took over the CEO position. He is known for his style and deep scheming that is very similar to Xiao Ran. In just ten years, he once again expanded the business of the Phantom Empire, which was in a bottleneck state, such as computers. cause.
The sale of shares in Dell and Microsoft alone earned Phantom at least 400 billion U.S. dollars. Not long after the sell-off, Phantom immediately launched a bio-computer. Three years later, it launched a personal bio-computer, and five years later, it launched the world's first popular computer. Global online games. As for Xiao Qing, this kid actually became a big international director like his father.
Of course, two thousand years ago, Xiao Ran, Wei Dongling, Lin Qingxia and Li Jiaxin were laughing happily on an island in the Caribbean. Now Xiaoqing and Xiaoling'er are seven or eight years old, and they don't need him to ride as a horse, but they Always playing hide and seek.
However, Xiao Ran is not playing with these things now. He and Wei Dongling are admiring this article written by Liang Jiabao. Xiao Ran is very surprised. He did not expect that Phantom can actually create so many super rich people: "A Dong, is this true? ?”
"Of course it's true. This is your own company. You don't even know how to be someone else's boss!" Wei Dongling immediately expressed his dissatisfaction. He flew here specially to accompany Xiao Ran. Otherwise, he would definitely have to stay and talk to Xiao Ran. Employees celebrate two thousand years together.
However, it was a real pleasure to be on this island. The slight sea breeze made the tired people feel much more relaxed. Wei Dongling was even jealous of Xiao Ran: "You have achieved your dreams and ideals, and even achieved other goals." A height that no one can reach, what do you want to do in the future?"
"Me?" Xiao Ran hugged Lin Qingxia next to him, fell down on the comfortable and soft grass, and said to Wei Dongling with a smile: "Isn't it good to be like this now? I have done everything I can do, and I have done everything else. Yes, let God decide!"
Yes, let's end it like this! Xiao Ran thought in his mind that this is the most perfect thing he can do. If God asked him to save Hong Kong movies, then he has already done it perfectly.
No matter what happens on that day in 2005, he just hopes to spend the rest of his days with Lin Qingxia and his children, just like this scene before him.
Xiaoling and Xiaoqing were chasing and playing on the grass, and Wei Dongling's two children also joined them. The four children continued to laugh happily. The sea breeze blew slightly, and there were bursts of grass fragrance around, Xiao Ran was very happy Clearly, letting this continue like this is the best thing in the world!
He thanked God for giving him the opportunity, thanked him for getting Lin Qingxia, thanked him for having two lovely children, thanked him for having friends like Wei Dongling and Fa Ge, and thanked everything. He knew that everyone should cherish Your life, no matter how unbearable and painful it seems, there will always be a turning point, as long as you can wait for it... With ups and downs, joys and sorrows, gains and losses, lows and ups and downs, this life It is perfect. He thought, maybe this is what the sky wants to tell him through this opportunity...