After buying Marvel, I became the king of Hollywood

Kevin also looked around curiously.

On the side of the road, as far as the eye can see, it is generally the same as the most prosperous downtown area in New York.

All kinds of luxury goods, high-end restaurants, gold jewelry and other high-consumption shops are placed on both sides.

Obviously, it is aimed at the gamblers who have won the bet, the kind of money that is not worth the money.

It is these fools who are cheated.

Kevin does not have the habit of these high-end consumption. The poor and rich often appear as nouveau riche, but Kevin has maintained his original mentality very well.

Although he occasionally spends money on good food, he doesn't spend money on these luxuries.

After all, he is a director, and he doesn't need to package himself like a star.

All people want to see is his work.

There is no need to spend this money.

After half an hour's drive, the three of them arrived outside a huge and resplendent building.

The driver walked to the door, talked to a few gatekeepers, and then backed away, leading the three of them into the office area of ​​the casino through the small door.

After passing through several complicated roads and many guards, they entered the core area of ​​the casino.

After the two bodyguards checked that they were not carrying any metal weapons, they were allowed to enter Kirk Kerkorian's room together.

As a gambling tycoon, he has been hated by countless people. On weekdays, he is still very careful about his own safety.

In this area of ​​Las Vegas, coupled with such complicated procedures, it protects its own safety to the greatest extent.

After entering the room, Kevin looked at the decoration of the room. This is an office area of ​​[-] square meters, with sofas and other office supplies in the middle.

A middle-aged man who looked about 50 or [-] years old, a man in a suit and leather shoes with a bit of a godfather look, sat on the sofa in the middle and motioned for the three to sit down.

Following his invitation, several people sat down.

Only then did Kirk Kercorion speak:

"That's what you said, can lead MGM to rebuild its glory?"

MGM is meaningless to Kirk Kerklyn. When he bought MGM, he actually paid more for his feelings. But when feelings become a burden, Kirk Kerklyn Eun also doesn't take MGM so seriously anymore.

He is looking for an opportunity to sell MGM.

And Kevin is the one who makes the MGM in his hands sell for a better price.

Facing a valuable person, Kirk Kerkorian put away his face as a member of the gang, and dealt with several people with the face of a serious businessman.

In the face of Kirk Kerkorian, who looks like a gangster, Kevin has no fear at all.

Things in the world are moved by interests.

When he can bring benefits to others, even gangsters will not attack him.

Kevin responded calmly and flatly:

"Yes, it's me."

"Steve Kevin."

Leiter interjected from the side:

"He is the most famous new director in Hollywood recently. He has three consecutive films with a global box office of over 6 million. The latest Mission: Impossible is expected to reach a global box office of 7 to [-] million."

"Our MGM accounted for 30% of the investment share."

Kirk Kerkorian looked at Kevin with somewhat surprised eyes.

This kind of huge profit is almost comparable to the income of his gambling city.

Kevin has won a casino all by himself, this is a talent among talents.

After thinking for a while, Kirk Kerkorian said with a sizing look:

"How do you bring MGM to glory? Tell me about your plan. If you can convince me, I agree to a 5% stake in MGM..."

As soon as the words fell, Kevin suddenly said:

"I want 10% of the shares."

People are not greedy and unstable. After meeting Kirk Kerkorian, after a series of thinking, Kevin directly doubled his original goal.

Hearing Kevin's words, Kirk Kerkorian was not angry, lit a cigar, took a puff, and then said leisurely:

"Young man, if you are too greedy, you will only seek your own death."

"Of course, just because you dare to stand in front of me, the lion opened his mouth wide. I will give you a chance to convince me."

"What can you bring to MGM?"

With a smile on Kevin's face, he began to speak:

"Do you know the biggest reason for MGM's decline so far?"

Kirk Kerkorian didn't speak, but signaled Rhett to go up and talk with his eyes.

Leiter on the side quickly said:

"There is a lack of movies with huge profits and subsequent distribution forces."

"As we all know, releases are more profitable than movies. The box office of a movie is only 30% to 40% of his profit."

"The current distribution strength of MGM is far from realizing the true potential of the films in the library."

Kevin interjected:

"Most importantly, we lack the capital injection of a media giant."

"Without the support of media giants, MGM will never become the top five in Hollywood!"

"In addition to my shares, I also propose to sell a certain share to Warner Bros. to gain the support of Time Warner behind them."

"In this way, I am confident that after ten years, the stock price of MGM will increase by at least five to ten times."

Kevin's words made clear arrangements for MGM's future.

Using his directing ability as a tandem, he introduced the capital of Time Warner behind Warner Bros., thus bringing MGM back to life.

The success of all this depends on whether Kirk Kerkorian is willing to sell part of his shares to Kevin and Time Warner.

Chapter 67 Kevin's net worth

It is not so easy for a film company at the level of MGM in Hollywood to get its shares easily.

Like the Big Five, most of the shares are in the hands of the group forces behind them. As part of a complete industrial chain, it is almost impossible to sell.

The next-level MGM wants to buy it, and it also has to pay much more cash than the stock price.

Unless it is someone like Kevin who is inseparable from MGM, he can buy shares at a normal price.

In other words, Kevin is actually buying more than 9000 million shares at a price of 1 million US dollars, which is taking advantage of the fire.

Kirk Kerkorian stared at Kevin for a long time with an unpredictable expression, until a few minutes later, seeing that Kevin's face was still without fear, he suddenly burst out laughing, He showed a very kind look.

"Kevin, I believe in you. I can sell 10% of the shares to you directly, and I can also give up 20% of the shares to Warner Bros. Of course, you can buy it at the current stock price, and Warner must buy it at 1.3 times. Buy at a premium, I value you, not them."

Kevin finally showed joy on his face.

Don't look at just 10% of MGM's shares. This is an achievement that countless directors can't achieve in their lifetime.

The success of this step means that he has surpassed the achievements that countless directors could not achieve in his lifetime, and has become one of the countless major shareholders of MGM.

Since then, his status in Hollywood has been different.

The most basic point is that he can use MGM's contacts to win awards for his films. As long as his film level is high enough, no age or other things can stop him.

As the founder of the Oscars, MGM mobilized contacts and favors, even the Oscars could not refuse.

If anyone thinks that Oscar is not influenced by the outside world, then Kevin can only say that that person is still too young.

Of course, even MGM is just a springboard in Kevin's heart.

In the future, his Dawn Entertainment will make use of the resources of MGM and Warner, plus a large number of IPs provided by Marvel, step by step in accordance with the future development route of Disney, and become an absolute giant in Hollywood.

But before he really grows up, he still needs the big umbrella of MGM to protect him from the wind and rain...

.....

A day later, he rejected Kirk Kerkorian's invitation to gamble in his casino. He, Kevin, was not in harmony with drug gambling and would never touch it.

The three returned directly to New York.

Leiter, as Kirk Kerkorian's contact, went directly to Warner to negotiate the sale of the shares, while Kevin was cleaning up the assets.

Funds to purchase 10% of MGM shares.

With no premium and the current stock price is not high, Kevin can get 9000% of the shares for a mere $10 million, which is undoubtedly a huge profit.

In his memory, ten years later, MGM, which was on the verge of bankruptcy, was able to sell itself for more than 30 billion US dollars.

It's just that MGM was unwilling to sell at this price, so it chose to go bankrupt.

And even now, the real value of 10% of MGM's shares would have to be doubled at least. If MGM didn't need Kevin too much now, it would be impossible to get MGM's shares at this price.

Kevin came directly to Chenxi Film Company.

After flirting with the two younger sisters at the front desk, after listening to their compliments, he took them out to have a good meal, and then Kevin returned to the company and came to Dawson's office.

"Dawson, how much activity funds does the company currently have, and how much money will it receive in the future?"

Dawson nodded, and called an ordinary-looking woman with glasses that Kevin didn't know, and counted them face to face.

After some calculations, the woman with glasses raised her head and said:

"Currently the company's income is mainly the proceeds from escaping from Deadly Town and the proceeds from the subsequent sale of copyrights, totaling US$180 million. After deducting expenses, there is still US$840 million left."

"In the follow-up, Mission: Impossible currently has a box office of 5000 million in North America, and there is still one to two weeks before it goes offline. It is estimated that the box office in North America will be around 6000 million, and the company's revenue will be about 3000 million. about."

"The subsequent overseas box office share should be relatively large, and it is estimated that it may earn hundreds of millions of dollars, as well as subsequent copyright income..."

Kevin interrupted the speech.

"That's enough. From this point of view, after Mission: Impossible is released, I have enough funds."

The eye girl raised her eyes and said:

"Boss, you will have to pay taxes in April. After the charity fund and other operations, you only need to pay about 4% of your income for the year, but it's best to reserve this money in advance..."

Kevin patted his head.

I almost forgot about it. In the United States, the IRS is the boss. The FBI and S.H.I.E.L.D. are nothing compared to it.

The Tax Bureau is a force with an independent armed force.

No matter how big the rich are, once tax evasion is involved, the tax bureau will not buy it.

Reasonable tax avoidance is fine, but tax evasion is not!

Kevin doesn't have the guts to take on the IRS.

As for more tax avoidance methods, some film companies have no way to use them. For the time being, it can’t be lowered, and we need to hire professionals to study them later.

From this point of view, there is still a certain gap in his hand, Kevin silently calculated.

But this matter is not urgent, he can delay the payment for a few months.

What he cares about now is how the negotiations between Leiter and Time Warner are going.

.....

On the other side, Leiter and Robinov had a good chat and drank coffee in Warner's president's office.

Robinov thought about Leiter's words, somewhat moved.

The most valuable thing of a film company is actually their film library, and MGM, as the oldest film company, does not have too many films in its film library, which is invaluable in the hands of Time Warner.

At this time, they only need to invest 20% of the shares to use their film library. Although they also need to pay, it is still a profitable business.

Especially at this time when Mission: Impossible is still in theaters, and the stock has not yet reached its peak, Time Warner will never lose money even if it is a 1.3 times premium.

And the most important thing is that Steve Kevin will buy 10% of MGM shares. If they Warner does not join, it will be difficult to intervene in the investment of Kevin's other films later, which is undoubtedly unacceptable to them.

Escaping from Deadly Town and Mission: Impossible both gave them a taste of the sweetness, and they were more or less unable to stop.

Under these multiple considerations, although Leiter has no decision-making power, he has decided to persuade Time Warner to buy 20% of MGM shares. Of course, Warner and MGM share swaps are not unacceptable.