Giant of the times

The next night, Li Zetian went to Hollywood to attend the party of the big oilman M. Davis.

M. Davis is also the boss of 20th Century Fox Film Company. Naturally, Hollywood stars and film company executives gave their face to attend this party.

The party was filled with stars and beauties.

However, these beauties revolve around business tycoons.

In the eyes of ordinary people, celebrities are very glamorous and lofty, but in the eyes of the rich, they just kneel down and sing the song of conquest.

Li Zetian arrived late, but the most powerful person always appears last.

Li Zetian's arrival silenced the entire party, and people turned to look at him with shock.

"Haha, Mr. Li, I am really honored that you can attend this party!" M. Davis said proudly and happily. You know, Li Zetian does not easily attend parties. He can attend M. Dai Weiss's party naturally made M. Davis very proud!

Li Zetian smiled slightly and said politely: "Since Mr. Davis has kindly invited me, how can I refuse!"

Next, M. Davis brought Li Zetian to the center of the party very enthusiastically. At this time, people around him who thought they were respectable and qualified to talk to Li Zetian stepped forward to say hello. In fact, Li Zetian didn't know most of them at all. Since others smiled and greeted him, he just smiled and nodded.

After the greetings, M. Davis took a sip of red wine and said meaningfully to Li Zetian: "Chronos Li, why don't we find a quiet place to chat?"

Li Zetian's heart moved, knowing that M. Davis would definitely talk to him about 20th Century Fox Film Company, so he nodded and agreed: "Okay!"

Later, the two came to a room in the house.

M. Davis said straight to the point: "Mr. Li, are you interested in 20th Century Fox Film Company?"

"20th Century Fox Film Company is one of the giants in Hollywood. How could I not be interested? However, I heard that News Corporation wants to acquire it, and the two companies have been negotiating for a long time. If I suddenly intervene, wouldn't it be a cross sword? Stealing love?" Li Zetian said.

"Mr. Li, what you said is wrong. How can you compete for love with a sword? 20th Century Fox Film Company has not reached any agreement with News Corporation. The two parties are just preliminary contacts. What's more, this is a shopping mall, not a love situation. . If Mr. Li wants to acquire 20th Century Fox Film Company, I would welcome it!" M. Davis said with a smile.

Li Zetian smiled secretly in his heart. The snipe and the clam are fighting, and the fisherman is benefiting. Of course you welcome it. However, being able to buy 20th Century Fox Film Company is indeed a big and profitable deal. Media giant Rupert Murdoch bought 20th Century Fox from M. Davis. He did not make major adjustments to the film department, but he poached Barry Diller from Paramount Pictures and created Fox. Sri Lanka Television Network. Movies and television networks complemented each other, and from then on, 20th Century Fox was unstoppable! Fox Television Network eventually became the fourth largest television network in the United States after ABC, NBC, and CBS!

Li Zetian did not intend to continue to play tricks on him, but asked directly: "How much money does News Corporation plan to pay to acquire 20th Century Fox Film Company? And how much money do you plan to sell it for?"

M. Davis took a sip of wine and was thinking about how to make an offer.

"News Corp. spent US$1.8 billion, but our offer was US$2 billion!"

Li Zetian nodded secretly. The price was actually not expensive, but it was not too low either. Without Li Zetian's intervention, Disney's market value in its previous life would have been only over 3 billion.

M. Davis continued: "Mr. Li, this amount of money must be a drop in the bucket for you!"

Li Zetian chuckled lightly and said, "Mr. Davis is joking. US$2 billion is an astronomical figure. How can it be a drop in the bucket? However, I can acquire 20th Century Fox Film Company for US$100 million more than News Corporation."

M. Davis said with a smile: "20th Century Fox Film Company's allocation of US$2 billion is just right. It would be inappropriate if it was US$100 million less!"

Li Zetian couldn't help laughing and said: "M. Davis, according to you, if in the 21st century, the company's name is changed to 21st Century Fox, wouldn't it be possible to acquire it for US$2.1 billion?"

M. Davis suddenly laughed, picked up the wine glass and drank.

He thought that Li Zetian had hundreds of billions of dollars in assets and was very wealthy, but he didn't expect that he would care about everything between 100 and 200 million dollars.

But then again, $100 million is a lot of money!

Li Zetian also picked up his glass and drank, and then said leisurely: "If you agree to my conditions, I can pay all the money at once. I think News Corporation will definitely not be able to come up with so much money at once!"

M. Davis was slightly startled and said secretly, "News Corporation really cannot afford so much money, and it is impossible for banks to lend them so much funds. Payment in installments is inevitable. But Chronos Li is different. He has strong financial resources. Of course, paying it off in one lump sum is not a problem. Besides, having good friends with News Corporation is far inferior to having good friends with Chronos·Li!"

After thinking about it, M. Davis looked into Li Zetian's eyes and smiled: "Since Chronos Li is so sincere, on behalf of all shareholders of 20th Century Fox Film Company, I accept your acquisition conditions!"

After speaking, M. Davis stood up and stretched out his hand. Li Zetian also stood up, shook hands with him, and said: "Okay!!"

After reaching a verbal agreement, both of them were very happy.

"Mr. Li, are you interested in the oil business?" M. Davis asked with a smile.

Li Zetian was slightly startled and asked in confusion: "What does Mr. Davis mean?"

"Haha, it's nothing. I just thought that if you are interested in the oil business, we can join forces! You have huge funds and connections, and I am very familiar with this industry. If we join forces, we can definitely build an oil empire!"

Li Zetian frowned. The oil industry was indeed very profitable, but his previous foundation was unstable, so he did not get involved because he did not want to touch the "cheese" of other consortiums to avoid causing hostility. Now, although he has surpassed other financial groups economically, his political power is still not as good as that of the old financial groups.

Seeing that Li Zetian was very hesitant, M. Davis knew in his heart that this matter would be difficult to achieve. He inadvertently made a gesture toward the outside, and soon, a woman with an oval face, big eyes, and long flowing hair came over. Her skin was like snow, she had a graceful figure, and her long, white and elastic legs were very sexy.

"Uncle Davis, Chronos Li, hello!" After she came over, she greeted the two of them elegantly with a smile.

When Li Zetian saw her, he was stunned for a moment.

"Isn't she the 'Black Swan'?" Li Zetian thought to himself.

M. Davis chuckled and introduced: "Mr. Li, this is Nikita Ricci, the goddaughter of Mark Ricci."

"Oh, hello, Miss Nikita Ricci."

Rita Rich smiled and said: "Mr. Li, you're welcome, just call me Nikita."

M. Davis said: "Mark Ritchie is one of the major shareholders of 20th Century Fox Film Company, so Nikita serves as a producer in the company and is also a very good producer."

Li Zetian nodded and expressed his understanding. He wanted to acquire 20th Century Fox Film Company. How could he not investigate the company's shareholder composition? Apart from M. Davis, Li Zetian paid the most attention to Mark Rich.

Mark Rich is the most controversial businessman of the 20th century. He has created the highest tax evasion record in U.S. history. He has been charged with 51 counts and can be sentenced to 325 years in prison. He has been on the top ten most wanted list of the U.S. Department of Justice for 17 years. One of the criminals, but he has been living a leisurely and luxurious life in the Rosa Villa on the shores of Lake Lucerne in Switzerland, running his business empire with peace of mind, and is also closely related to agents, underworld, money laundering, etc. in various countries. He is the Russian The "godfather" of the Mafiya organization, he played an important role in the disintegration of the former Soviet Union and was a super player in the arms and oil trade... In 2001, Clinton actually signed an amnesty order for him minutes before leaving office. , people couldn’t help but be shocked, saying, “Clinton is almost sworn brothers with criminals!”

However, what’s even more awesome is that after making a fortune in the underworld business, Mark Ritchie was cheated, his business was washed away, and he founded Glencore. In forty years, it grew into the largest company in history. commodity empire.

Glencore is so large that it can even control the country; its network is as wide as that of the East India Company. In 2015, Glencore ranked tenth among the world's top 500 companies and has become the world's largest producer of minerals. In terms of achievements and structure, it far surpasses all players on Wall Street.

At this time, Li Zetian suddenly thought that M. Davis had just invited him to do oil business together. Could it be that Marvin Rich was behind it?