American Fortune Life

"... I really like a sentence from Tianchao, which roughly means 'no matter who you meet, she is the person who should appear in your life. It is no accident, and she will definitely teach you something."

So I also believe that no matter where I go, that is the place I should go, experience some things I should experience, meet the people I should meet, and have the people I should have! "

At the beginning, I felt that what Andy said was full of philosophy, but the more I listened to it, the more I became speechless. This is using fatalism to find a theoretical basis for his own promiscuity. The degree of shamelessness is amazing.

"Well, I have nothing to say, as long as you are happy!" Carl sighed with a constipated expression on his face.

"What's the matter, tell me, don't say it on the phone, but you still have to come over." Andy raised his eyebrows. To be honest, for him now, in his few pursuits , The pleasure and sense of accomplishment brought by the goddesses is the same as that of a mountaineer climbing Mount Everest.

Hearing Andy's inquiry, Carl stood up, walked around to the desk, took out a file bag from the drawer, opened it, took out a few files from it, handed it to Andy and explained: "This is the information of Cirque du Soleil. , Someone wants to ask through me if you have any intention to invest in Cirque du Soleil."

When Andy heard Carl's introduction, he didn't look at the information in his hand, but raised his eyebrows and smiled lightly: "The famous Cirque du Soleil, do you want me to invest? Hehe, the investment is fine. If Lalibert is willing, I can I'm not interested in buying them as a whole, just a small share."

As he said that, Andy casually threw the few documents in his hand on the desk, without any interest in looking through them.

"Okay, I'll repeat what you said to them. However, it may be difficult to acquire all the shares, but it may not be impossible to have absolute control." After sitting down, Carl nodded and smiled.

"Oh? Is Cirque du Soleil already in such a predicament? Will Gerald Libert be willing to let go?" Hearing what Carl said, Andy was a little surprised, and his interest was aroused in advance.

After all, Cirque du Soleil, which claims to shock the world without animals, is definitely the most famous and most profitable circus in the world. I believe that no one who has been to Las Vegas will not go to see Cirque du Soleil. Daxiu, to be honest, if you watch it for the first time, it will indeed be very shocking!

"Hehe, under the economic crisis, how many people have a better life!" Carl shook his head and laughed, "As one of the largest circuses in the world, last year, Cirque du Soleil suffered its first year of no profit in history. Although the One very important reason is that their profit model is still very single. Relying on tickets, the gaming industry as a whole is in a downturn, and the risk of increasing the number of tour performances and repertoires is relatively high.

On the one hand, it is because the cost of touring performances is high and the profit margin is low. On the other hand, audiences of different cultures may have different acceptance of Cirque du Soleil. If the innovation can be successfully realized, there is not much problem. But the point is that the high cost of innovation has not received enough returns.

As for Gellar Liberté, since he bought the shares of his collaborators at a mysterious price in 2001 and controlled 95% of the shares, the profit and loss of Cirque du Soleil directly affect the profit and loss of his assets. Changing the single profit model and carrying out the process of diversification, I am afraid that life will become more and more difficult, and looking for a partner may be the choice he has to make. "

Andy nodded, pondered for a while, and said lightly: "Okay, you can get in touch first, I want an absolute controlling stake, I can guarantee the independence of their original team in business operations, and avoid them as much as possible. External influences. Remember, it is a professional business operation, not the right to operate the entire circus. If you want to become an independent kingdom, then everything is out of the question, and I am not short of their tens of millions of profits every year."

"Okay." Carl didn't say anything more, and Andy's request was already very clear.

"Okay, I'll go first. If she needs anything, let someone arrange it for her." Andy stood up from the boss chair, pulled the hem of his suit, and instructed Carl.

"Don't worry, there are smart people around her."

"Well, it's almost time, there is still a meeting at Universal..." Andy walked towards the door, and Carl quickly stepped forward to open the door, followed Andy, and sent Andy out. Company, until the elevator doors closed, Karl turned and returned.

In the meeting room of the Universal Pictures headquarters, Andy nestled lazily in the boss chair, put his right arm sideways on the conference table, and twirled a signature pen in his right hand, listening to the executives of Universal Pictures with a relaxed expression. report.

"...According to the information we have received, the number of visitors to Disney's theme parks, including Disneyland and Disney World, has recently declined. In response to the financial crisis sweeping the United States, Disney is planning to lay off 1,200 people and vacate 700 positions .The layoffs will primarily target Disneyland in Orlando, Florida."

"clatter!"

The spinning pen in Andy's hand suddenly stopped, and he tapped on the desk, making a crisp sound, "People are staring at their layoffs this time, a big layoff of 1,900 people, I think there will be some talents, especially the middle-level employees. Managers, next month, I will go to China to investigate and implement the plan to build a universal theme park in the capital of China. I think we will need some people.

By the way, this time, except for Rob, everyone else is flying with me, and by the way, completed the acquisition of the last 9% of the shares of Universal Studios Osaka. You also go and see, the business model of Universal Studios Osaka, there are some aspects , It needs to be learned! "

"Boss, if the Universal Studios project in Beijing is established, then not only will a large sum of money be invested, I am a little worried about the investment environment of China, and the number of tourists to Universal Studios in Osaka will definitely be greatly affected... "

Andy directly waved his hand to interrupt his subordinates' opinions, and said lightly: "Otherwise, why would Goldman Sachs hand over the 41% of the shares in its hand?"

"Besides, every theme park is different, isn't it? Disney can build one in Footbath, another in Tianchao HK, and dare to build another in Shanghai, why? Is it just to make money? You don't even understand this, how can you Sit in this conference room?"

Andy's cold gaze made the executive who spoke just now turn pale. Andy withdrew his gaze, without looking at him again, moved back the boss chair, stood up, looked around for a week, and said lightly: " Freeman, give him an extra month's salary and tell him to leave, I don't raise trash here!"

"Okay, boss." Rob Freeman nodded hurriedly with a serious face, and the executive was already ashen-faced and his mind was buzzing. At this moment, he still didn't understand that he was just making a suggestion. How did he get fired.

"The meeting is over!" After finishing speaking, Andy walked towards the door of the meeting room, and the others stood up hurriedly, sending the big boss off. After Andy left, the others looked at the man with sympathy. The executives shook their heads and left the meeting room one by one.

"These idiots are still looking at the Tianchao market with old eyes. This time, when I go to Tianchao, let those executives who have never been there go to see it. Other companies are scrambling to enter Tianchao and compete for the market. Some people believe that Those one-sided reports..."

In the office, Andy complained to Rob Freeman who came to report to the boss just after dealing with the executive.

"It's really time for them to take a look and refresh their knowledge." Universal Pictures CEO Rob Freeman, who just returned from Tianchao and presided over the listing of Universal Pictures' Tianchao branch in the capital, agreed deeply. Development, Rob Freeman was really shocked when he went this time. Although he was not the first time to go to China, it was five or six years ago. At that time, he still went to China to talk about movies on behalf of Paramount. import.