America's Road to Fame

Chapter 161 Completing the Acquisition of Marvel
The efforts of Goldman Sachs finally came to fruition. On this day, William Chen and his entourage came to the headquarters of Marvel Corporation on Fifth Avenue in New York.

In addition to William Chen and his entourage, all shareholders and management of Marvel are present today.

After the two parties signed the acquisition agreement, Chen William's Meta Investment Company's acquisition of Marvel was concluded.

He will acquire Marvel at a valuation of US$20 billion. Since William Chen already held 18% of the shares when he invested in Marvel, the cash he needs to pay for this acquisition for $[-] billion.

This acquisition is also in cooperation with Goldman Sachs, and William Chen personally invested [-] million US dollars.Goldman Sachs is responsible for financing the remaining $[-] billion.

In addition, Chen William will also inject [-] million US dollars into the company, of which [-] million US dollars will be used for the company's daily operations and the follow-up production of the two superhero movies.

Another $[-] million will be used to repay several high-interest loans from Marvel.After repaying these loans, Marvel's liabilities will be reduced from $[-] billion to $[-] million.

After the acquisition was completed, after the previous shareholders left here, only the management of Marvel Company and Chen William and his party remained. Support Marvel in bringing superheroes to the big screen.

Among the management of Marvel Corporation at this time, he paid special attention to Kevin Feige, the head of Marvel Film Studios. William Chen knew that he would become the CEO of Marvel Pictures in the future and lead Marvel Studios. achieved brilliant results.

However, it is too early to promote him at this time. It is still necessary to wait until Marvel's "Iron Man" is released and can achieve surprisingly good results before increasing support for him.

At the same time, Goldman Sachs' Camillo Hagan also received two more difficult commissions, that is, the acquisition of [-]th Century Fox and MGM.

The reason why these two acquisitions will be more difficult is that in the case of Twentieth Century Fox, there is a multinational conglomerate behind it—Murdoch’s News Corporation, even though News Corporation is currently affected by the subprime mortgage crisis and the intensifying wiretapping door, it is on the verge of collapse. But a lean camel is bigger than a horse. It is also difficult to acquire [-]th Century Fox from them. It is conceivable that the price to be paid will definitely not be high.

However, William Chen knows that as long as the acquisition is successful, the small price is completely worth it, except that the copyright of the Marvel superheroes owned by [-]th Century Fox can return to the Marvel Universe, which can make the Marvel Universe more complete and obtain In addition to greater profits, the complete film industry chain owned by [-]th Century Fox can also make William Chen's film puzzle more complete.

As for MGM, it is entirely because the company's situation is too complicated, and the chaotic relationship among shareholders, management and creditors has also led to its acquisition price being much lower than that of Twentieth Century Fox, but it wants to complete The difficulty of acquisition is not bad at all.

Therefore, after receiving these two commissions, Camillo Hagen's reaction was also very cautious. He understood that now is the time to truly test the strength of Goldman Sachs.

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When the acquisition of Marvel Corporation was completed, everything was settled, and an announcement was made, indicating that the company had reached an agreement, and Meta Investment Company completed the wholly-owned acquisition of Marvel Corporation. As soon as the news was released, it sparked heated discussions throughout the United States.

This is Marvel!
Together with DC, it is an important part of American culture. Although Marvel has been struggling to survive over the years, it is undeniable that almost all American boys grew up watching Marvel comics. And its comic works also have a wide audience among adults.

Therefore, William Chen's acquisition of Marvel will have a huge impact in the United States, which can also be seen from the popularity of this discussion on the Internet.

Of course, there is also some ridicule about Chen William. The super rich has another toy. In addition to movies, he has now extended his hand to comics, probably to satisfy his childhood wish.

And everyone knows that he has invested in Marvel before, and it seems that it is not so surprising that he can buy this company now.

Many people couldn't help questioning how much money William Chen has. He just spent 40 billion dollars to buy the Ali stock in the hands of Yahoo, and now he spent nearly 25 billion dollars to buy Marvel. Did he find out Can't you lose the gold mine?Even if it is a gold mine, there are very few such valuable ones.

However, there is no impenetrable wall in the world. Some well-informed media quickly came up with an answer. It is said that William Chen’s Meta investment company made a lot of short selling during the subprime mortgage crisis and made a lot of money. It is conservatively estimated to exceed 100 billion US dollars. This may also be the reason for his recent big purchases.

Uh, the 21-year-old tens of billionaires, this matter seems to be more exciting than his acquisition of Marvel. Anyway, during this period of time, William Chen almost occupied all the media pages, but it was different from those who made huge sums of money in the high-tech field. Wealth's new rich man, Chen William, was already very well-known in the United States. Now the public has different views on him, and even disagrees with each other. It may take time for them to see clearly.

Of course, some people will never give up this opportunity to rub the heat, just like Ivanta's father, when he was interviewed by reporters and asked about the recent situation of the Trump Group, he said this:
"My company? There is no difficulty at all. You must know that the subprime mortgage crisis has indeed hit the real estate market hard, but we focus on high-end real estate, so it will not be affected too much. As for the funding problem you mentioned? Don't worry. Well, we will be able to solve it soon. What I can disclose is that we are talking with William Chen about his investment in us. Yes, you heard me right, he bought the great Marvel After the company, it is very wise to value the potential of our company."

"What do you think about his investment? I see that many people don't understand his investment, and some idiots are talking about it, but I am different. I can understand him. What smart people can see is different from ordinary people. Yes, the facts will prove that whether it is buying Marvel or investing in our Trump Group, it will be a very wise decision."

When seeing his reports, Chen Weilian was also a little speechless, he is really a marketing genius.

However, William Chen also had to admit that such hype had really achieved the effect.On the one hand, it stabilized the situation of the company, and on the other hand, it also said to other investors: Look, I am going to get investment, do you want to take money in?Then make a good price quickly.

If it really creates a competitive situation in the end, the Trump Group will definitely benefit from it.

William Chen doesn't care what the outside world thinks about his investment.Compared with everyone seeing him as a shrewd investor, William Chen is more willing to be given the impression that he is a prodigal son. In this case, it is more conducive for him to buy bottoms. Anyway, it is Goldman Sachs who finally negotiated the price for him. For his own reward, They will also try their best, William Chen has no doubts about this.

Hey, I really hope that everyone can see later that their investments are all made by God, so that they can have more time for themselves.

If there is anyone who is the happiest about Chen William's acquisition of Marvel, even happier than himself, then it must be the Wang brothers in China.

It took a little later for this news to reach the country, but the result is obvious, that is... the stock price of Huayi Company has risen again.

When they saw the relevant reports, the Wang brothers immediately asked their subordinates to find more reports from the United States. After reading them, the two looked at each other, speechless for a while.

"Worth more than 100 billion? Or in US dollars? Is this true?"

Wang Zhonglei still couldn't believe it, because the news was really shocking. You must know that Baidu, one of the three Internet giants in China, has a market value of only 100 billion US dollars.

"It should be true. Didn't you read that he made a lot of money by shorting the subprime mortgage crisis?"

"This is too unbelievable. I didn't feel that much before, but now that I think about it, this is a rich man!"

When Wang Zhonglei heard what his brother said, he still couldn't accept it for a while.

"No matter what, it's a good thing for us, especially William's acquisition of Marvel. It seems that we will continue to make superhero movies in the future. This is an opportunity. There are more places where we can cooperate. Don't forget, he Now he is the majority shareholder of our company."

Wang Zhongjun said to his younger brother: "Also, let him take care of those few people of his, and don't let anyone who is short-sighted make a mess."

"Don't worry about this, I have been paying attention to it, and there will be absolutely no problem."

(End of this chapter)