Chapter 694 North American Branch!

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Sister Min, have you heard about the North American branch?

Zhang Min nodded and said, "May I don't know?"I directly transferred more than 30 people to the TV station, and I had to go over 50 people, and I also wanted to go over some of the Beijing branch. I was so annoyed.

Although many people have thought that Li Changsheng would have many actions after the success of "The Witch Blair", he really didn't expect his actions to be so big. He actually directly planted a flag in Hollywood and established the North American branch of TVB Pictures. It was not directly established. It was acquiring Lionsgate Pictures, which was already very large and influential, and occupied the magpie's nest.

It can be said that after this cross-border merger and acquisition case was exposed, he was surprised by the whole world, no less than a tornado that shocked everyone. He is the four kings below the six major Hollywoods, second only to the world's six majors, and has a market value of more than $3 billion.

Moreover, Li Changsheng's bid this time is said to be as high as US$4.7 billion, and it was led by Murdoch, a media tycoon. Once the acquisition agreement is passed by the regulatory authorities in the United States, this century-long cross-border acquisition will be officially reached, and TVB Entertainment has also become one of the top 500 in the world (box office is calculated as revenue).

Ordinary people may not know what Lionsgate is. This is a film company established by Canadian banker Frank Gusta in 1997. At that time, he wanted to invest in the booming film industry, so he spent billions to start Lionsgate and set up its headquarters in Santa Monica, California, instead of Hollywood, where other film giants are located. It is named after the famous landmark bridge in Vancouver, his hometown, and the Lionsgate Bridge connecting the city center to the north shore.

The first year of the beginning was lukewarm, and the first commercial success film was "American Men's Patient", which began its controversial journey in the mainstream film industry in the United States. Another noteworthy film is "Men's Painiest", "Gods and the Devil", "Breaking the Sky" and the documentary "Fahre 9/11" directed by Michael Moore, which undoubtedly brought Lions Gate to another peak.

Although most of the movies produced and distributed by Lionsgate Pictures are mainly thrillers (supernatural), R-films and some small and medium-sized action films, they are the first in the six majors in terms of output and quality, especially in the video tape and Internet screening market, and even have higher revenue than some of the six majors in Hollywood, so they are rated by many Hollywood filmmakers as the possibility of becoming the seventh largest in Hollywood (a market value of 10 billion US dollars is a hurdle).

However, the probability of Li Changsheng's acquisition this time is also very high, so there are two plans for the acquisition. One is to acquire the related businesses and copyrights of the Hollywood branch of Lionsgate Pictures for a price of US$1.7 billion, and the other is to acquire the full amount of US$4.7 billion, and even the signboard of Lionsgate Pictures has been acquired.

In fact, what Li Changsheng really likes is the business in Hollywood, which involves special effects companies and production team distribution networks, etc., which are the essence of Lionsgate Film and Television production. Li Changsheng is not actually interested in the signature of Lionsgate Film and Television and the TV network Viacom Group, a subsidiary of Lionsgate Film. Therefore, he used two methods.

If nothing unexpected happens, the TV network has no chance. Even if the relevant departments allow it, the consortiums behind other peers will find ways to stop it. Compared with the TV network, movies are just a trivial and niche market. The total box office in North America is only 11 billion US dollars per year, while the TV network exceeds the scale of 100 billion US dollars. This is the gap.

So the $1.7 billion spin-off and merger is likely to be successful. This is his real trump card, so the entire Chinese entertainment industry is completely in full swing now. Many people even regard Li Changsheng's acquisition of Colombia as Sony's acquisition of Colombia. TVB is really going to start his own dominance journey around the world.

Liu Yifei knew that Zhang Min was very depressed and was not in a good mood, so she comforted her directly: I just received a notice asking me to transfer my agency contract to a North American branch, and I only learned about this. Later, I signed an agency contract in China, and my mother would also work there later.

Zhang Min looked at Liu Yifei with a look of surprise. It was fake to say that she didn't envy her. Her husband was really taking advantage of her. She was afraid that she would really make a fortune.

What did Li Xue say there?I heard that her sister Li Bingbing is now going to change the contract and sign a contract directly with the North American branch?

The current management must be from Hollywood, but we will be placed in some of our people. Shi Nansheng has agreed. She will serve as the CFO of the Financial Director and the second-in-commander of the North American branch. Your mother and Li Xue are likely to become one of the directors.

Shi Nansheng?Isn’t she Director Xu’s wife?

As early as March 2008, the media revealed that Tsui Hark and Shi Nansheng had signed a divorce agreement six months ago.Mainland netizens broke the news on the Internet that they saw Tsui Hark visiting a supermarket in Beijing very closely.

Although Tsui Hark said in an interview with the "Art Life" column as early as November 27, 2008 that in addition to her parents, Shi Nansheng is the most important person in her life, but he did not firmly deny the rumors of divorce.

Regarding the related marriage and love rumors, Tsui Hark said that his personal private life does not need to be explained to anyone. He and Shi Nansheng already have a tacit understanding, and there is no new version if he does not respond.

But anyone with discerning eyes knows that the two of them have divorced, so they are just a simple cooperative relationship. Changsheng has met Shi Nansheng several times through Li Xue and the others. He originally thought it was a branch in the mainland, but he didn't expect it to be a North American branch. It seems that even without "The Witch Blair", Changsheng will sooner or later attack Hollywood.