Chapter 905

Simon has been buying Ge shares for a long time, and cersei capital's black rock asset management company is a major shareholder with more than 5% of GE's shares and board seats. Because of his good relationship with Steve Roth, he also held a small amount of Time Warner shares. In addition, the great success of DC movie universe has led to the close alliance between Time Warner and Denise over the years. Simon has no sense of crisis about GE's acquisition of Time Warner.

On the contrary, Simon also hopes that time warner can develop better under Ge and form a confrontation with Denise entertainment in Hollywood.

Competition makes progress.

This sentence seems to be conventional, but it is very simple.

GE's merger and acquisition of Time Warner is one of the important influences of Simon's big butterfly on the American media industry. In fact, this merger and acquisition also means that the pattern of the American media industry has basically taken shape. Whether it is the three old TV networks or the seven Hollywood film companies, they have basically found their owners. Even if there is another change in the future, it is probably just a matter of time From one big owner to another.

The core is oligopoly.

And then there's a further shift in Simon's plan.

It's not easy to change the pattern of three old TV networks plus a new Fox. The focus is still on the seven major Hollywood studios.

Denise entertainment has now locked itself in the position of a giant in the industry. Time Warner, the only Time Warner that can compete with Denise entertainment a little, is an ally of both sides. The other five studios, especially the ones Simon focuses on, will soon decline, even if they go bankrupt It's not impossible.

After all, some big Hollywood studios, such as Thunderbolt, have disappeared.

Nothing can last forever.

New York.

After the merger was approved, the two companies began to formally merge. For this reason, a special celebration reception was held on the following weekend. Simon was invited to attend, just to handle some work on the east coast.

Simon was on the east coast for the week before Oscar.

It's mainly about the trip to China next month.

It's not about the itinerary, but the business cooperation that will be signed in the course of next month's visit.

The first is a cooperation project with China's telecom industry.

In the 1990s, the development of China's telecommunications industry has entered a fast lane. By the end of 1995, China's fixed telephone users have exceeded 50 million, mobile communication users have exceeded 3 million, and there are as many as 25 million wireless paging users. Although the penetration rate is far from comparable with that of the United States, the average growth rate of relevant data in the past five years has reached more than 100%, and the potential in the future can be imagined.

With the rapid expansion of the market scale, China's telecom industry is also facing a very serious problem.

Lack of money.

Telecom industry is a well-known capital intensive industry. No matter it is fixed line or mobile network, it is not easy for any small company to play. In China, although the telecom industry is monopolized by the state, the profits are very considerable, but because of the rapid development of related industries, the self owned funds of China's major telecom giants are not enough to meet the needs of market expansion.

In the past few years, the Chinese government has repeatedly considered how to solve this problem.

The whole country's finance is very short of money. It's impossible to get enough bank loans or financial appropriations. The issue of corporate bonds has been going on all the time, but it's impossible to issue bonds without restraint after all, so we consider listing overseas.

After a whole year of discussion in 1995, I finally made up my mind in the near future.

Westrow system has been paying close attention to various industrial changes in China. Simon noticed this last year and asked cerxi capital's team of China Economic Research Institute to follow up.

In addition, Simon will visit China next month, and the two sides quickly finalized their cooperation intention.

To be precise, it should be three parties.

It is China Telecom that plans to go public. This is not China Telecom, which is one of the three largest companies in the future, but the predecessor of China Mobile. However, because of the state-owned system in the past, there is no clear listing subject in China's telecom sector because some government departments are not separated from enterprises. Therefore, if we want to go public, we must first peel off and restructure the related businesses.

This happens to be within the scope of cersei capital's Apollo management company.

In the original time and space, China Telecom (mobile) was listed in 1997, with 25% of the shares transferred, and the total amount of financing reached 4.2 billion US dollars. The capital obtained by taking the lead in eating crabs also made China Mobile the leader of China's three major telecom companies. At that time, it was Goldman Sachs that operated this business. Mobile began to get the capital, and Goldman Sachs also gained huge direct and interest through this IPO.

Cerxi capital does not intend to be involved in the investment banking business. However, it is no problem to let Apollo management company participate in the divestiture and reorganization of China Telecom and earn a consulting fee.

As for the IPO, in order to further pave the way for grace spatter's husband, Simon set up First Boston.Therefore, it is the tripartite cooperation of China Telecom, cersei capital and First Boston.

In the past, most of the other overseas investment banks were not optimistic about the overseas listing of China Telecom (mobile). Even Goldman Sachs did not have 100% confidence. It happened that during the IPO period, it encountered the Asian financial crisis. If it was not for a number of Chinese businessmen in Southeast Asia who insisted on backing up at the critical moment, it would almost be yellow in the end.

In a word, this is not a sweet cake.

At least in the eyes of other people who don't have the advantage of the prophet, it's a big adventure.

You know, although they only provide services, it involves billions of dollars of IPO Financing. If it causes losses to investors in the future, neither cersei capital nor the First Boston team can escape the responsibility. Just like the First Boston side, Bill spotter, who supports this project with Simon's support, is likely to be fired and his future will be ruined.

It's a big bet.

Simon, however, has no concerns.

Only he knows that many years later, looking back, all the enterprises or individuals involved in this project have made a lot of money, and they are not only interested in money, but also have accumulated a lot of political capital for themselves in China.

Goldman Sachs later led a series of overseas listing of China's large state-owned enterprises, because of the friendship accumulated in 1997.

This time, Apollo management company and the First Boston team jointly operate the IPO, which means that the two companies directly open the door of China's financial market. Cersei capital can obtain huge profits through early consultation fees and subsequent stock subscription, and the First Boston team can also earn huge commission by virtue of this large IPO.

After the success of IPO, the two companies will be able to get more business from China. Bill spotter can basically lock in the position of the next head of First Boston. Even if he goes further in the future, it is not impossible to become the core of Credit Suisse, the parent company of First Boston.

It can be said that there are many things at one stroke.

As the most important step to develop China's financial market, Simon specially attended the meeting and personally pointed out his ideas to Apollo management company.

First of all, we should have a long-term vision. We should never try our best to make a single sale.

In this respect, Wall Street is notorious.

If Simon doesn't watch in person, it's hard to say whether the teams of the two companies will work together to pit China.

No one is a fool.

It's strange that others will look for you again after a pit. However, the listing of China Telecom is definitely just the beginning.

Therefore, the two sides should cooperate fairly honestly.

The consulting fee can be set higher, and the commission can also be charged more. After all, this project is very risky, and both sides can understand it. However, we should strive for more interests for the Chinese side as far as possible. After all, the other side is a customer, so don't sit askew, let alone collude with each other to sell assets at a low price.

In addition, there is a large commercial real estate project.

This is also a top priority in the contract to be signed during the trip to China next month.

Levison group of westero will build a large business center in Beijing with an estimated investment of 1 billion US dollars.

This is also the decision made after a detailed internal evaluation of the westero system.

The main basis is the Beijing International Trade Center project started in 1985. This large-scale business center invested by the Guo family of Malaysia has been a great success since it was opened in 1990. According to the survey by the team of China Economic Research Institute of cersei capital, the international trade center is expected to be able to fully repay all bank loans this year, which is three years ahead of the expected cycle, and the follow-up period will be shortened Basically, it's rent collection and net income.

Due to the great success of the first phase of the international trade, the second phase of the international trade has also started preparations and is expected to start by the end of the year.

In the original time and space, even 20 years later, Guojia in Malaysia can collect more than 5 billion yuan of rent every year through the international trade center, becoming the largest charter company in Beijing.

The first phase of international trade has been successful, and the second phase of international trade is about to start. It is not wise for many people to rush to develop commercial real estate. After all, it will definitely crash with the second phase of international trade in the future. What if the commercial real estate market is saturated?

Simon knows that this worry is totally unnecessary.

China's future development is far beyond many people's imagination.

It's like telecommunications.

Because of the rapid development of mobile communication in the world, although China's mobile communication users are only a little more than 3 million, according to the growth rate of more than doubling every year in the past few years, many industry analysts are optimistic that China's mobile communication users will exceed 100 million in the next decade.

In fact, 10 years later, the number has reached 400 million, more than the total population of the United States.

Therefore, as long as the operation is proper, the $1 billion commercial real estate project is only a matter of earning more or less.

Levison group used to focus on residential real estate, but has little experience in commercial real estate development. For this project, Simon also integrated a golden hair real estate company team which has been completely controlled by westerlow system with Levison group. A large part of golden hair's real estate company's business is commercial real estate.After this integration, the Jinmao family is completely marginalized. Next, they can only be their own shareholders honestly. As long as they don't make any trouble, they will have no problem in their rich life. By the way, they can also engage in media entertainment and do some reality shows in the workplace.

If it doesn't stop, Simon doesn't mind knocking each other down.

Among other things, Simon stayed on the east coast for a week and didn't return to Los Angeles until March 25.

This is the day of the 68th Academy Awards.

Simon not only attaches great importance to the results of this year's awards, but also includes the live audience data of this Oscar. In the past few decades, the Oscars have been broadcast by ABC television network. This year is the first time since metropolitan ABC Group was acquired by Denise entertainment.

However, even if the organizers did their best to invite Simon, he still did not attend the ceremony in person.

Just at home with women and children watching live.

After all, the Westeros system is everywhere now. Simon doesn't want to be everywhere.

It is also a necessity.

It's like South Korea.

Why the Republic of Samsung?

Because Samsung is everywhere in Korean life, food, clothing, basic necessities, life and death are inseparable. Later, the most popular and crowded job-hunting in China was for civil servants, while in South Korea, it was for Samsung. All kinds of Samsung job-hunting training were blooming everywhere. As long as they entered the Samsung system, they would immediately be superior.

At present, the westero system has become such a trend in the United States, mainly due to the high exposure of industries.

If it is hydropower, medical and other fields, it may not be so conspicuous, but the focus is on technology and media.

The whole world is now staring at the wave of new science and technology, and this industrial change is driven by the westrow system.

In the field of media, not to mention movies, TV, music and the Internet, almost all people come into contact with them every day. Moreover, the names of danielis, igrit, melisandro, cersei and so on are too typical. The market value of these enterprises in the capital market is extremely high. It's not normal that they don't occupy a large media space that day.

All in all, just like the penguin Ali in my memory, I can't hide if I want to be invisible. Ordinary people can't hide if they want to be invisible.

The awards ceremony started at 6 p.m. on the west coast.

This year's host is still Billy Cristo. At the beginning of this time, Cristo directly rode a bat motorcycle to show up, which actually indicates a lot of things.

There was no suspense.

In less than 10 minutes, "Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of justice" won the first golden man in nine nominations and the best soundtrack.

The soundtrack of DC movie universe is very brilliant, but in the past, it was discriminated by the Oscar judges because of the random change of commercial film properties. This is the first little golden man since the series was founded, which can be regarded as a remedy.

After the best score, it's basically settled.

In the three hour award ceremony, except for the performance awards, there was still no chance for "Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of justice". After all, it was a random film, and there was not much room for the actors to play. Except for last year, rivan Phoenix's clown unexpectedly exploded, there was no other award.

However, the core best picture and best director were easily won by super baton.

It is reasonable to say that the best director is also a bit empty, which is largely due to the role of public relations. However, generally speaking, the first film in North American film history that has exceeded 600 million and is still impacting the domestic box office of 700 million US dollars, in order to make the award more worthy, it is not too much to be the best director.

In the end, "Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of justice" won a total of seven golden figures, including best film, best director, best visual effect and best soundtrack, and became the biggest winner of the 68th Oscar.

With the award results settled, the local box office of this superhero blockbuster rebounded again in the following days, and many overseas markets in the early stage of its release set off a wave of film watching craze because of the super baton award.