Hollywood Tycoon [US Entertainment + Business War]

If Jed was present, he would definitely applaud Morita Junichiro's words. The heir of the Morita family knew himself as if he were his confidant.This may be the most terrifying thing about the Japanese. They knew the power of China from the Han Dynasty, and then surrendered and learned from China.After learning from the Tang and Song dynasties, Japan finally had its own strength, so they dared to provoke China in the Ming Dynasty.

If Emperor Wanli hadn't launched the three major conquests, among which he defeated Japan's so-called God of War Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the Korean War, I am afraid that Japan's war of aggression against China would have been advanced many years.In the three major expeditions of Wanli, the Ming Dynasty not only conquered Japan, but also conquered monkeys in Mongolia and Southeast Asia.Although this was the last time that China launched a foreign war, it still played the last chapter for the Ming Empire that was about to enter the sunset.

It is a pity that in the subsequent Qing Dynasty, due to some special reasons, the three major Wanli campaigns were criticized shamelessly by the imperial literati who had their spines broken.And in the self-indulgence of the Qing Dynasty, Japan once again accumulated its own strength, and finally brought the whole of China the most painful period in the entire history of civilization.

Some people say that China is a dragon and the United States is an eagle. The struggle between these two countries is still dominated by conspiracy.But Japan is a wolf. When you are stronger than him, he is willing to be your watchdog.But once you get weaker, the first bite must be this wolf named Japan.China has been bitten, and the United States has also been bitten. The entire Japanese economic colonization in the 80s and [-]s made the US economy miserable.

Fortunately, Japan is a dwarf politically and weak militarily. The United States just waved its big fist to beat this disobedient wolf to the ground.But Jed believes that even though Japan now regards the United States as its biological father, as long as the United States declines, Japan may be the first country to rush to kill the United States.

The same goes for Junichiro Morita, who knows exactly how good Jed is.Jed Sherman is one of the people who have studied the most in the Morita family. The elders of the Morita family agree that he is a person with a talent that is against the sky and luck that is almost like a monster. Such a person is not a person who can be challenged by the Morita family or even Japan. of.

If Jed is a Superman with a combat power of 100, then even if it is a scum with a combat power of 5, what will happen if only twenty or a hundred of them are gathered?Too many ants can kill an elephant.The Sony Group is now a pack of wolves. Sony Pictures, Sony Computer, Sony Electronics, and Sony Music may be singled out as a single company. Jed can definitely be defeated, but what if the four companies join forces?Sony movies are enough for Jed to face it with all his strength, so can you guarantee that Sony Computer and other companies will not bite Jed from other aspects?

Although Jade has recruited a large number of management talents under his banner, they are too young.Why is it that a star-studded rookie team may not necessarily win against a wealthy team in the sunset?That's because the rich teams have their own heritage.Facing a rising star like Jade, Sony Group has its own pride and accumulation.

"In fact, we don't have to worry that "The English Patient" will impact our Christmas box office." Belgrade said, "We have already withdrawn from the movie "Ransom Storm" in November, and we have already won the box office champion in the first weekend. "UK The Patient is not a threat to us at all, and we will soon launch the romantic comedy "Mr. Sweetheart" in December, which is a movie starring Mr. Tom Cruise. It has always had a box office guarantee.”

"Everyone, I'm not familiar with movies, but I have a group of professionals like you." Junichiro Morita said very sincerely, "The tomorrow of Sony Pictures Entertainment Group, the tomorrow of Columbia Pictures, please everyone." Said After that, Junichiro Morita bowed a ninety-degree bow to everyone. "The company will never forget everyone's hard work, promotion and salary increase, year-end bonus, and even stock options... the company is not stingy with rewards! Please work hard and fight for our tomorrow!"

Junichiro Morita's bow and promise made the company's popularity increase a lot, and many people applauded enthusiastically.Americans don't value the honor of any company, but it is clear that everyone's income will be high when the company is good.Especially the promise of bonuses and options, this is too tempting!

"How did "Ransom Storm" become a Columbia film?" Jed was surprised when he looked at the North American box office list.

Did he know that this movie was No.1996 in the North American box office in 5. Wasn't this movie produced by Disney's Touchstone Films and distributed by Bowei International?Why did it suddenly go to Colombia?

"Sony Pictures Entertainment recently parachuted a president over," John explained.

In modern companies, the president is actually more of a ceremonial position, which is generally used to train successors. "This person is the next generation head of the Morita family, Morita Junichiro. He graduated from the University of Tokyo with a major in history, later obtained a master's degree in economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and finally obtained a master's degree in business administration from Harvard Business School. I have to It is said that Orientals are good at studying!"

From the information John handed over, Jed saw the heirs of the Morita family for the first time.Is this seemingly harmless young man the opponent he is about to face?The Morita family is the founder of the Sony Group and one of the "Seven Rulings" of the Mitsui Consortium.Such an excellent talent will definitely not be arranged to be gilded in the position of president of Sony Pictures Entertainment Group, he must have a more important purpose.

Jed pondered for a moment, then ordered: "John, ask your family members to find out the purpose of his coming to the United States."

"I don't think he's coming to New York for vacation." John put away the information, "I'll check his details."

After giving John the order, Jed thought about it and brought Shannette in again. "What's going on with the reorganization of the Sherman Group?"

"It has been basically completed, and it is expected to be announced by the end of the year." Shannity said. "The new company will be named Sherman United Business Group and will consist of Sherman Family Developments (BVI), Sherman International Investments (Cayman Islands) and Sherman United Business Holdings (Bermuda) ) company is controlled by three companies. Of course, the actual controlling shareholder is you. Currently, there are three wholly-owned subsidiaries of Sherman United Commercial Group: Galaxy Film Entertainment Group, Dongfeng Media Business Group and Pioneer Interactive Entertainment Group; There are two companies: Horizon Technology Group and New Generation Music Group; and finally there is a company that holds the majority shareholder position: Huamei International Bank Group. Horizon Technology is jointly owned by you and Samsung Group, and you hold 75% of the shares; and New Generation Music It is jointly owned by you and Mr. David Geffen, and you hold 51% of the shares; East West Bank is owned by you, your grandfather, Mr. Buffett and the Li Guobao family, and you hold 35% of the shares.”

"Then how much has been prepared for the Oriole Project next year?" Jed asked again.

"Not very ideal." Shannetti shook her head, "You have two large properties under construction this year, the Asia Media Center in Hong Kong and the Sherman Union Building in Burbank have consumed a lot of your cash. With At the same time, in order to complete the merger and acquisition of East West International Bank Group, we consumed a large amount of currency reserves. I can only say that the Oriole Plan basically failed.”

"What stocks can we sell?" Jed can only think of this financing plan now.

"Yahoo, Cisco, Apple, and Microsoft are all available for sale," Shannetti said flatly.

Jed shook his head. The stocks of Microsoft and Apple are worth holding for a long time, especially Cisco.Although Yahoo is going to sell, it is definitely not now.And when it comes to Yahoo, Jade suddenly remembered that Google will be established next year, but Google can't be acquired by other companies.

"Abandoning the stock sale, is there any way for us to raise funds quickly?"

"That is to borrow from the bank for financing, and then use financial leverage to enter the foreign exchange market to speculate." Shannetti quickly gave the answer, "Although we own East West Bank internally, we should increase the company's debt ratio appropriately. You also know At present, all the subsidiaries of the group are excellent assets, and all banks in the United States hope to lend us money."

For a well-run company, it is not perfect to have no debt at all, but to control the debt within a certain percentage to be perfect. Otherwise, the company's cash utilization has not reached the ideal state.In the previous life, Jed only knew the mystery after participating in the company's internal evaluation, otherwise he would not be able to understand it.

However, bank loans are naturally not so easy to borrow. Gu Hongming, a famous Chinese scholar in the late Qing Dynasty, had an English proverb about banks that was included in the "Oxford Dictionary", "A bank is a guy who lends you an umbrella on a sunny day and asks you to return it when it rains."Now the Sherman United Business Group is naturally taking a leisurely walk on a sunny day, and naturally there are banks willing to borrow umbrellas.

Jed thought for a while, "Take our letter of intent for investment and jointly borrow from American Express, Bank of America, Citibank, JPMorgan Chase and Mellon Bank. I think they will be very interested."

Shannetti was still a little confused about Jed's sudden borrowing from the top five banks in the United States, but she understood in an instant.Although there is a bank under Jed's name, in order to avoid ethical and moral risks, the companies under him must find other banks to do financial business.For a company like Sherman United Business Group, which is in a period of rapid growth, it is a high-quality customer for major banks.

Jed's first move to borrow such a loan is an investigation in the eyes of the bank, so the cooperation given by the bank and the final amount given must have been greatly improved.Moreover, there are so many Jade companies, even if the pork is divided in the end, these banks will generally not make these banks feel "favouritism".

"I understand what you mean." Shannetti replied with a smile.

After watching Shannity leave, Jed rubbed his forehead and said to himself: "It is said that the reborn man will be sorry for the rebirth god if he doesn't play the financial crisis. I didn't expect that we can not only play the Asian financial turmoil, but also play the Asian financial crisis." Playing the subprime mortgage crisis again... Tsk tsk! If I can’t get developed like this, I’ll be reborn in vain. ——By the way, I’ll have a teleconference with the USC professor tomorrow. It's so complicated."

Just when Shannity led the team to travel around major banks, the New York premiere of "The English Patient" also arrived.The originally crowded Times Square became more and more lively, and entertainment reporters and celebrities came here one after another...