Hollywood Hunter

"EMMI is just a smoke bomb, and neither Polygram nor EMI can be aware of this fact. Therefore, this smoke bomb is limited to the four of us. Know, Charlie, during the negotiation process, you don't need to show any Inclination, let the team play independently."

"Actually, boss, I was thinking, can we take Polygram and EMI together?"

"What do you think?"

"Not for the time being, the anti-monopoly agencies in Europe and North America will not pass. However, EMI's operating conditions in recent years have been very bad. Last year's revenue was equivalent to 1.53 billion U.S. dollars, with a loss of 46 million. In 2019, EMI will lose money for at least three consecutive years. If it continues, I think EMI will take the initiative to seek buyers for acquisitions.”

"Then we have to expect EMI to last for a few more years. After Daenerys acquires Polygram, it will definitely attract the attention of other companies to the record industry."

"Well...it seems so."

"I don't think it is possible. It is unrealistic to win Polygram and EMI at the same time. Even if there is a gap of a few years, other companies may be able to eat the two one after another. But for us, the possibility of regulatory release is very low. With the acquisition of PolyGram, we have obtained a huge music copyright inventory and nearly 30% of the global music market share, and what Daenerys has to do is to continue to develop and consolidate on this basis."

"You can also eat some small shrimps."

"That's right."

Daenerys Studios, a meeting room in Building 1 of the Administrative District.

Although it was Saturday, Simon was still working.

The main reason is that the old man asked his family to go to Australia to spend Christmas together. Once they leave, they will not be able to return until at least the New Year.

Simon needs to arrange some work here before departure.

Under discussion is Daenerys' upcoming takeover of Polygram, one of the world's record giants.

There were only Simon, Pascal, Nancy Brill and Richard Palmes, CEO of Daenerys Records Group, in the conference room.

Daenerys finalized a plan to expand her music business after the end of the previous fiscal year in early October, targeting European record industry giant Polygram. Over the past two months, Daenerys has quietly completed the preparatory process of forming an acquisition team and conducting due diligence on PolyGram. She has even drafted a letter of intent for the acquisition, and will only formally start contacting PolyGram after New Year’s Day. and negotiate.

Richard Palmes waited for his boss and Nancy Brill to finish, before taking over in due course: "Simon, my question is, what if Polygram sees through our intentions, or sticks to something we can't The high offer we accepted, what should we do, should we switch to EMI?"

Polygram and EMI, each of the previous full fiscal year cycle, the former’s revenue converted into US dollars was equivalent to 2.21 billion, with a net profit of 219 million, and the latter’s revenue was 1.53 billion, with a loss of 46 million. Affected by revenue performance and the overall sluggish environment of the recording industry, Polygram's current market value is equivalent to 7.6 billion U.S. dollars, and EMI's is 4.3 billion U.S. dollars.

The difference is obvious.

Simon shook his head directly: "10 billion US dollars, this is the upper limit of our quotation for PolyGram. If the target cannot be achieved, we will temporarily give up and not acquire any one. The record industry as a whole is in a downward trend, and time is in our favor. Moreover, the industry It is also unlikely that there will be a higher offer than ours."

Everyone continued to discuss some details, and the meeting ended.

Nancy Brill went downstairs with Simon along the way. The small senior executive was holding a thick folder in her arms, standing side by side in the elevator, looking slightly up at the man beside her.

Feeling Nancy's sizing up, Simon asked with a smile, "Did I become handsome again?"

"It's even more mysterious." Nancy didn't dodge Simon's gaze: "Boss, did you know in advance that "Titanic" would do well at the box office?"

"yes."

Nancy: "..."

The little executive is a little depressed, you admit it directly, how can I list all the clues I found?

Don't play by the routine.

So I could only ask: "Then, boss, how much do you think the box office of "Titanic" will be?"

Simon said seriously: "At least 200 million in the local area, 500 to 600 million in the world, and the follow-up videotapes and DVDs can be sold a little bit to pay back."

"boss?"

"Um?"

"Has anyone ever told you that you are hypocritical?"

"I know that myself."

Nancy: "..."

With a smile on the corner of Simon's mouth, he said: "If I am too honest, I will scare you poor and small earthlings."

Nancy looked helpless: "Boss, can you be more serious?"

"It's a cruel reality that decent men don't please women. Just like me, if you are serious... no, of course, except for people as dazzling as me. In short, if it is other serious men, you may not even talk to him I have no interest."

Nancy simply withdrew her gaze from Simon, stood up straight and looked ahead, planning not to talk to that guy until she got out of the elevator.

When they came downstairs, both of them had to go to the office area on the second floor. There was already a black car waiting here.

From here to the distance of a few hundred meters, walking is indeed a waste of time, but there are also many battery cars in the park, and there is only one car that needs to be built in a few steps like Simon.

The bodyguard opened the car door, Nancy hesitated a little, but followed him in.

wait for the car to start

, Seeing that the man next to him began to look through a draft agreement on the acquisition of South Korea's Samsung Electronics, Nancy waited for a while, raised her hand and pressed the block in the front row to confirm that the two bodyguards in the front row could not hear it, and then said: " Boss, are you afraid that someone will attack you?"

"Um."

"Aren't you amazing?"

Simon didn't raise his head, half-jokingly: "It's not because your earthlings are too weak to block bullets."

Resisting the urge to roll her eyes, Nancy purposely took a few more glances at the document in the man's hand. Seeing his unabashed appearance, she lost interest and continued to ask: "Boss, what is going on with "Titanic"?" Ah, I was really curious to see how it all went down under the pressure of "The Flash 2" yesterday?"

Speaking of this, Nancy glanced at Simon's side face, and couldn't help but add: "I found out, boss, from the very beginning, you have been very supportive of this project, even conniving, didn't you know about it a long time ago?" Will it work?"

Simon turned his head and glanced at the little female executive beside him: "So, what kind of answer do you want?"

Nancy raised her hand to make a gesture, and looked closely at Simon again: "Boss, frankly, do you have some ability to predict the future?"

Simon was quite firm: "No."

After speaking, he retracted his gaze and continued to read the document in front of him.

Nancy looked after a certain guy for a while, then suddenly said: "Boss, isn't it tiring to keep hiding your secrets like this?"

Feeling the inexplicable softness in Nancy's tone, Simon raised his head again and looked at the small senior executive beside him with a smile.

They looked at each other for a while, and leaned forward.

Nancy dodged subconsciously. Feeling the man approaching, she took the initiative to meet him.

Then I felt my nose being kissed.

After dazedly for a moment, Nancy was suddenly annoyed when she realized that someone had turned her attention to the document in front of her again.

just.

It must be because she is too small, it should have been... kissed on the lips.

Immediately there was some resentment.

You bastard, can't you just accommodate yourself and lower your head a bit?

Also, if you don't answer, you don't answer, and you use such a clumsy method to change the subject, it's really, really disgusting!

After her cheeks became dizzy for a while, Nancy suddenly understood one more thing.

The guy around him, the mysterious and wonderful things about him, at least for those familiar people around him, he didn't seem to hide much. He just, will never admit it.

anyway.

What should we do now?

Isn't kissing the nose counted as kissing? Can it be as if nothing happened after kissing?

It is not far from the third floor to the second floor of the movie city.

The car stopped quickly.

The bodyguard who got out of the car in the front row came out of the window, just opened the door a little, and was immediately slammed on by Nancy in the car. The sensible bodyguard immediately gave up and greeted the other side. The two bodyguards were silent outside the window. step back.

Simon looked up and saw Nancy staring at him with piercing cat eyes, and asked, "Why don't you get out of the car?"

"You just kissed me."

"Oh, I'm sorry," Simon said with a sincere look, "seriously, you should find a boyfriend."

Boy friend?

Is this human? !

Nancy's eyes widened, and then, her small body exploded with great strength, grabbed someone's arm, and bit down.

The two bodyguards standing nearby saw the black car tremble suddenly, looked at each other, and turned around quickly. Because of the one-way film on the car windows, they can't see the inside of the car, but they can see the outside from the inside of the car, so it's not good to be misunderstood by the big boss.

However, the two couldn't help but sigh after turning around.

With such a small body, Nancy Brill's boss is really capable of doing it, not to mention being sympathetic.