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"Why did you ask him out?" Song Tangtang's voice was full of surprise on the other end of the phone: "You want him to continue filming Harry Potter? But the film company for cooperation has not been decided yet."

"Not filming Harry Potter." Fang Minghua replied: "Have you seen the news? DreamWorks and NBC Universal Pictures are also negotiating, and the former wants to sell itself to the other party."

"I saw it. I didn't expect that the famous DreamWorks would also sell itself. I heard that it was still financially problematic." Song Tangtang sighed, and suddenly realized something, and his tone became hurried:

"Minghua, you are looking for Spielberg at this time, are you trying to acquire his DreamWorks?!"

"Yes, I have this idea." Fang Minghua would naturally not hide his thoughts from his wife:

"Warner Bros. is really greedy! I feel that instead of negotiating with other companies, it is better to buy DreamWorks directly and let DreamWorks cooperate with Shengshi Film and Television! From now on, I will not play with other Hollywood companies. I will play with my left hand and right hand!"

Fang Minghua kept calling Song Tangtang "I" and made Song Tangtang laugh on the other end of the phone.

"However, acquiring DreamWorks is a big deal, not as simple as cooperating to shoot a movie." Song Tangtang reminded.

"So, I'll go to Spielberg to test the waters first." Fang Minghua explained.

"Okay, I'll contact Wu Tianmin immediately and ask him to find out the specific content of the negotiations between DreamWorks and NBC Universal Pictures and the reasons for the obstruction, so that we can know ourselves and the enemy." Song Tangtang's mind immediately became active.

"Yes, just do as you say."

Today is Wednesday. Two days later in the afternoon, when Fang Rui came back from school, Fang Minghua packed her luggage and took her three children to the airport with Nick to board a plane to Los Angeles.

More than two hours later, it was already 6:30 in the evening when they arrived at Los Angeles International Airport. When they arrived at the terminal, Fang Minghua saw a middle-aged man smiling and waving at him. It was Jack, the driver of Amber Mountain Manor.

They came to pick him up at the airport.

Jack was very attentive and took the trolley case in Fang Minghua's hand. After leaving the terminal, several people got into the Audi car and headed straight to Amber Mountain Manor.

After entering the manor gate and arriving at the entrance of the villa, the housekeeper York was already waiting at the gate. Naturally, someone helped to carry the luggage in, and Fang Rui heard him ask: "Uncle York, is my mother back?"

York immediately replied: "Miss, the eldest lady hasn't come back yet, but Anastasia called half an hour ago and said that she was on the way back to the manor and would probably be back soon."

Anastasia is a female driver of the manor. After Song Tangtang came to the United States, she became her full-time driver and drove for her every day.

York's attitude was very respectful, but Fang Minghua always felt awkward when she heard about the eldest lady and the eldest lady. Why did she seem to return to the feudal society after coming to the United States?

Forget it, let him do it.

"Well, let's wait for my wife to come back and have dinner together." Fang Minghua replied.

Fang Minghua took the three children to the second floor. They all had their own fixed bedrooms. Ten minutes later, a Mercedes-Benz 300 with bright lights on drove into the manor and stopped at the entrance of the villa. Song Tangtang, wearing a black OL uniform, got out of the car.

Fang Minghua went out to greet them and saw that Song Tangtang looked a little tired.

"Are you tired? Have a good rest after dinner." Fang Minghua felt sorry for his wife.

"Not tired either." Song Tangtang smiled: "Where are the children?"

"All here, you wash up first, change clothes, and we'll go downstairs to the restaurant for dinner."

"Okay."

Ten minutes later, Song Tangtang changed into home clothes and followed Fang Minghua downstairs to the restaurant. The three children were already waiting at the table. Tonight was Western food, French red wine stewed beef, juicy tomato salmon, North African egg crepes, and vegetable salad.

Fang Minghua was not very interested in Western food, but his wife and three children ate with relish, so Fang Minghua made do with some.

After dinner, Fang Minghua and Song Tangtang chatted on the sofa in the living room. Fang Rui had already gone upstairs to hide in her room to chat online, her son went to the arcade on the first floor to play video games, and her little daughter Xinxin snuggled in Fang Minghua's arms to watch TV.

"Minghua, Wu Tianmin has figured out the specific content of the negotiations between DreamWorks and Universal Pictures and the reasons for the obstruction." Song Tangtang said.

"What's the reason?" Fang Minghua was immediately refreshed.

Song Tangtang talked about the reason.

It was still a financial crisis.

Although DreamWorks is quite famous and has made some well-received and popular films in recent years, it has also made many bad films. After 2000, the state has been poor, especially last year's "Escape from the Island" lost 80 million US dollars, causing DreamWorks to be heavily in debt. So the three of them decided to sell the company.

"After the news was announced, Universal Pictures came to them soon. For them, the acquisition of DreamWorks has a unique advantage. It is said that Universal Studios President Jung Mayer and DreamWorks President David Jeffing have been close friends since childhood and have always been in close contact."

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"Spielberg spent 30 years of his filmmaking career at Universal Studios and still maintains a studio there. The two studios have been doing business with each other since the founding of DreamWorks. Universal Pictures has financed DreamWorks and is responsible for the overseas distribution of DreamWorks films and the worldwide distribution of DreamWorks films on DVD, and Meyer wanted to push for this deal."

"If that's the case, why did the two families almost break up?" Fang Minghua asked with some confusion.

"Although Meyer wants to rush to buy, Jeff Immelt, the owner of General Electric, the parent company of Universal Pictures, is not in a hurry. He feels that the price charged by DreamWorks is too high."

"The asking price is too high?! How many dollars?" Fang Minghua asked.

"This is a trade secret, and outsiders will not know it, but some people in the industry estimate it to be between US$1 billion and US$1.5 billion." Song Tangtang said.

"1 billion to 1.5 billion? It's not too high, right?" Fang Minghua said to himself.

"Yes, if it were in our country, it would be an astronomical figure, but in the United States, the transaction amount is not very large, and the industry generally believes that the DreamWorks brand and its strength are definitely worth 1.5 billion. "

"It seems that Immel took the opportunity to lower the price." Fang Minghua said with a smile.

"Yes."

"Sure enough, the tiger fell down and was bullied by the dog." Fang Minghua said with emotion.

"Minghua, do you really want to acquire DreamWorks?" Song Tangtang raised his head and looked at Fang Minghua and asked.

"Yes, if it's 1.5 billion, I'll pay for it! What's the point of sleeping with so much money lying in the account?" Fang Minghua replied with a smile.