Hollywood Tycoon [US Entertainment + Business War]

At the end of the year, according to the company's financial calculations, Dongfeng Manufacturing actually made a profit this year. Although the amount is not high, it is already a good start compared to everyone who has been losing money year after year.Seeing the beaming appearance of Dongfeng Production, Dongfang TV, the original proprietor, was a little unhappy.After all, a company is losing money every year in its own hands, but it can turn losses into profits as soon as it is resold. Isn't this a slap in the face?Jed also noticed this sign, so he came up with the idea of ​​moving Dongfeng Productions away.

After all, Dongfeng Production and Dongfang TV are not the same company anymore, and Dongfeng Production has no interest in becoming the Queen's production company of Dongfang TV, so staying in the same building is a bit of a waste of time.More importantly, there is not much space in the current building to build a new studio. If Dongfeng Productions only has two sitcoms in production for the time being, it can still be used.But in the future, Dongfeng will become one of the best production companies in the United States. How could there be only two sitcoms being produced at the same time?In the future, Dongfeng Production will produce sitcoms, dramas, talk shows and reality shows at the same time. The current office environment seems a bit cramped.Coupled with the established Dongfeng International Publishing Company and the Dongfeng Home Entertainment Co., Ltd. under preparation, the development situation here is somewhat small.

However, the new office building is not so easy to find. First of all, you can’t move out of Greater Los Angeles, otherwise the cost of actors and studios will increase a lot; Well, a company like Dongfeng Productions will be dragged down by the rent within three years.Therefore, moving to a satellite city of Los Angeles would be the best choice, especially Burbank.Burbank itself is known as the world's media center. Most of the media have established their headquarters or west coast branches here, so there is no need to worry about having no place to get fine lines when building a production company here.Secondly, Burbank and Hollywood are simply sister cities, not far from each other and the transportation is extremely convenient, which is very convenient for recruiting crew members and actors.

In fact, Jed had already set his sights on the building he had set his sights on at the beginning, the wasteland opposite the NBC Burbank Film and Television Center.In the future, the headquarters of the Columbia Warner Television Network will be built there, so the location is absolutely excellent.In particular, the opposite is the NBC Burbank Film and Television Center, and it is very convenient to rent a large studio.Although Jed is rich, he doesn't have the idea of ​​building a large studio. Anyway, such studios are rented in Los Angeles, so why build one?Although the land price in the United States at this time is not as crazy as that of later generations, it is definitely not cheap. Coupled with the corresponding taxes, this is definitely a headache spending plan.

"Does Mr. Sherman mean that he intends to buy this land himself?" Ron looked at the plan proposed by Jed, and then rubbed his forehead with some headaches.He had to admit that his boss was definitely a master at making money.The copyright dividends brought to him by both novels and TV dramas are quite generous. In addition, Sherman has made a fortune himself, so the amount of his personal account has skyrocketed. "However, I need to remind Mr. Sherman that Dongfeng Production is not just your Dongfeng Production."

"What do you mean by that?" Although Jed was an economic analyst in his previous life, he seems to have forgotten some rules after not returning to his old job for a long time.Fortunately, the foundation is still there. Under Ron En’s reminder, Jed smiled wryly, “Yes, Dongfeng Production is a limited liability company, and I only need to be responsible for part of my shareholding responsibilities. If I want Dongfeng Production to purchase it, Then all shareholders approved the purchase from the company’s books, or issued additional shares to raise the corresponding purchase funds. But where do other shareholders get the money? The final additional shares are to dilute their equity, and finally lead them to think that I want to dominate the company .If there is such an illusion, I don’t think this company will have much tomorrow.”

"That's right, my boss." Ron En showed a smile, "But I also have a suggestion, Mr. Sherman can set up a real estate development company to build this building, and then lease it to Dongfeng Production. As for How much is the rent, isn't that what the boss wants?" The old fox Ron En quickly gave an alternative, and it was pretty good.

Jed nodded, "Then let's form a Sherman real estate development company and buy that land!"

"No problem, my boss. ——There is also good news. The land seems to be owned by the boss's partner." As Jade's legal adviser, Ron En naturally knew that most of Jed's investment.Including the COAT he founded (later renamed Rainbow International Entertainment Co., Ltd.), although in the eyes of many people, the adult industry is somewhat undignified, but in Ron En's view, this is an industry that guarantees income during drought and flood.Moreover, Ron En had also read Jed's proposal to Hayato Ejima, and he had to admire his boss for being able to make the adult industry flourish. "If the owner of this land hasn't changed yet, then the owner of this land happens to be the boss's partner in Rainbow Entertainment, Mr. Hayato Ejima."

"Him?" Jed was a little dazed, and in his impression Ejima Hayato was not a particularly rich person.

Seeing that Jed was in a daze, Ron quickly explained: "Mr. Hayato Ejima has limited funds, but there seems to be a rich consortium behind him supporting him. And I think Hayato Ejima should be very urgent. Want to sell the land because the FBI and IRS should be investigating him because the people behind Mr. Ejima don't seem to be clean."

Jed was a little bit crying and laughing, how could his hands and feet be clean if he could become a large company monopolizing the adult video industry in Japan?Moreover, although Japan was on the verge of the collapse of the bubble economy at this time, after all, the big crash had not yet happened, and the Japanese were still very keen to invest in the United States.Because their own land was stationed by Americans, Japanese businessmen landed in the United States to buy land in order to restore their country's self-esteem.It's a pity that this ridiculous "protest" method was snuffed out by the Americans in the early 90s, and then the Japanese economy fell into a swamp that lasted for more than 20 years.But since the land is in the hands of his acquaintances, Jed made a long-distance cross-country call to Ejima Hayato who is in Tokyo, Japan.

Indeed, Hayato Ejima does have a background of the Japanese underworld, and Ejima is just a little guy they pushed to the foreground.But what these people didn't expect was that Hayato Ejima actually hooked up with Jed Sherman in the United States, a rich man from a prominent American family.At the same time, under Jed's almost monstrous idea, Rainbow Video, developed from COAT, quickly monopolized the male-to-male adult video market, and soon launched Crystal Video, a sub-brand targeting the male and female market.

After nearly two years of development, Rainbow Pictures not only has a good video tape sales and rental chain store in Japan, but also has its own magazine, record company and brokerage company.Ejima Hayato implements the purpose of cultivating the actors of his romantic action movies as stars. Although these alternative stars have not been welcomed by the mainstream Japanese media, they have already gained a good reputation.In particular, the "Golden Three Family" cultivated by Rainbow Films actually released an album last year. Although it did not become a champion single, it also scored a good result on the Oricon Chart, which shocked the Japanese media. .

Moreover, the two men's pornographic magazines "Oriental Rainbow" and "Western Rainbow" advocated by Hayato Ejima have also achieved good sales in Japan, the United States and other places.It is precisely because of these achievements that Ejima Hayato's status in the club has become higher and higher, and ordinary small bosses will salute him when they see him.Even at the club gathering last year, the big boss directly let him sit in the third position of the club, which made Ejima Hayato feel that he was too successful.But he also knew very well that his success was brought about by that American man named Jed.Each of his proposals has benefited him a lot, so Hatoto Ejima is very grateful to Jed.

"Sherman-san, how come you have time to contact me?" Although it was already midnight in Japan, Ejima Hayto was not angry at all.For Ejima Hayato, Sherman is his noble man. "I don't know if Sherman-san contacted me for something?"

Jed Sherman was also unambiguous, directly expressing his desire to buy the land held by Ejima Hayato, and at the same time gave out his offer.In order to avoid being investigated by the "Fair Trading Commission", Jed's offer was reasonable.But in Edo Hayato's view, the value of this land is not just that little.Because Ejima Hayato learned from other Japanese consortiums that this land has been coveted by many American media groups, which actually involves the secret of NBC’s separation.

As we all know, the most senior broadcasting company in the United States is CBS. Until today, CBS has become the favorite of American TV audiences with their stable and old-fashioned style.But what everyone doesn't know is that the largest broadcasting company in the United States in the early days was NBC (National Broadcasting Corporation).Generally speaking, it is very difficult for a broadcasting company to maintain one network, but NBC has two networks, one is the blue network centered in Los Angeles, and the other is the red network centered in New York.However, NBC with dual networks has naturally become the sworn enemy of other media companies. Under the investigation of the Federal Trade Commission, NBC's monopoly case was established, and the two networks must be cut.So NBC kept the blue network and sold the red network.Rednet later developed into ABC.

However, when NBC cut the two networks, it not only took away all the valuable fixed assets of the red network, but even more frighteningly removed all the staff. It cheated the ABC back then, which also led to the two The company later became sworn enemy.The current Burbank Film and Television Center is a product of the dual-network era, which means that the ABC paid half of the money to help the National Broadcasting Corporation establish the largest TV production center in the United States.Since the National Broadcasting Corporation was rich and powerful back then, the conditions for broadcasting in this area were very good, so many media companies hoped to establish their own West Coast branch nearby.As far as Ejima Hayato knows, Columbia and Warner are currently the most sincere, so Ejima Hayato doesn't really want to sell.

Hearing Hayato Ejima's hesitant voice, Jed sneered and said, "Mr. Ejima, what I want to remind you is that I am helping you! Friends from the FBI and IRS have revealed a piece of news. Could it be that Mr. Ejima Haven’t received it yet? The association behind you is already under investigation. It is said that it is also involved in money laundering. If this evidence is established, you will provoke the behemoth of the US Treasury! The price I gave is very reasonable, Mr. Ejima Better suggest it to your behind-the-scenes boss."

After speaking, Jed hung up the phone.Hearing that Jed hung up the phone, Hayato Ejima naturally knew that the boss was angry.But this matter is really not up to him, so he smiled wryly and dialed the phone to his boss.At this time, the mafia boss was hugging left and right in the izakaya, but after hearing what Ejima Hayato said, he was so shocked that he broke out in a cold sweat.Immediately drove Yingying Yanyan away, and asked in a low voice, "I want to know how credible his words are."

"It shouldn't be low." Although Ejima Hayato also suspected that Jed would deliberately release false news to lower the price, he didn't feel something was wrong. "I can't guarantee it completely, but the news from the United States does show that the FBI is investigating us. But I haven't received any news from the Internal Revenue Service and the Ministry of Finance yet."

"I understand. Don't leave the phone for now. I'll ask someone to investigate." After the boss hung up Ejima Hayato's phone, he began to contact other people.Although the club behind Jiang Dao is not one of the largest clubs in Japan, it is still an elite club among the second-rate clubs.Soon the big boss got some news. Not only the FBI is paying attention to him, but even the IRS has begun to investigate him.Seeing this, cold sweat oozes from the big head's forehead.If the U.S. government really asks for his extradition, how can the Japanese government take care of him?Even if he wanted to take care of himself, he was afraid that all his wealth would have to be donated.Now that the FBI and the IRS have both appeared, the investigation by the Ministry of Finance is not "groundless".Thinking of this, the big boss immediately called Ejima Hayato, "Tell Mr. Sherman that I am willing to sell at his price. At the same time, as compensation, I will arrange a construction company to contact him and use the lowest money Give him the best building."

Hearing what the big boss said, Ejima Hayato knew that the whole thing should be true, so he quickly got in touch with Jed. Naturally, he was very sorry on the phone, and then expressed that he was willing to pay the relevant transfer fee and pre-paid Pay relevant taxes for three years, and at the same time arrange a construction company to follow Jed's arrangement.Jed naturally accepted these compensations from Hayato Ejima.You must know that this land is a hot potato right now. Although the legal team behind Jed can make the whole resale seamless, but if they really want to investigate you, you have to report every now and then, right?So Jed felt that he had suffered a bit, but Jed was quite happy when he thought that someone was willing to provide a construction company to build his "Dongfeng Building".

Of course, the construction of the Dongfeng Building will take at least two to three years. During the transition period, Jed moved Dongfeng Productions from the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles to Burbank.Some media believe that this means that Dongfeng Production will become NBC's queen production company, but Jade did not respond to this.

"Are you sure the information is true?" At this time, Jed was meeting a man in black at his apartment on Fifth Avenue in New York.This is one of the few secret properties that Jade purchased. Although the location is not remote, the management is quite strict and the secrecy is excellent. "Has it been confirmed that the Japanese Mitsui consortium did it?"

"Although the Mitsui Consortium is a very loose Japanese conglomerate, they are still one of the largest conglomerate forces in Japan." The man in black said lightly, "We are currently sure that this matter was not ordered by the core figures of the Mitsui Consortium. The order was given by a leader at the periphery. This is why all the spies monitoring Mr. Sherman were withdrawn after it was reported that the car accident was a murder. It is said that the core leadership of the Mitsui Consortium, the 'Five Days Club' I am very dissatisfied with this, thinking that this will damage the cooperative relationship between Japan and the United States, and cause the United States to favor South Korea and even China in its future policies."

"Can you assassinate the direct murderer who gave the order?" Although Jed wanted to drag the Mitsui conglomerate in to be buried with him, but now that he is alone and weak, he is powerless to deal with such a beast, so Jed retreated. next best.

"The Mitsui Consortium has discovered that we are investigating, so it has withdrawn this person to Japan. In Japan, we cannot successfully complete the assassination." The man in black hesitated, "If you really want to forcibly assassinate, Your Excellency will also implicated."

"I see." Jed nodded.The hatred of killing father and mother is naturally irreconcilable, but if you implicate yourself in it, it is definitely not what your parents want to see.Ten years is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge.Jed could only use this sentence to comfort himself.After calming down his emotions, he said lightly, "I hope we can continue to cooperate. The remuneration is naturally generous."

"As long as we have money, our cooperative relationship will always exist." The man in black bowed slightly, and then left.It's just that he was thinking in his heart, such a young dude can actually suppress the emotions in his heart, it seems that the Mitsui Consortium has really provoked an opponent that is not easy to mess with.As for yourself?There was a slight smile on the corner of the man in black's mouth, it was really good to meet a big money lord.