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It is because Kaos is very clear about the status and capabilities of the six major Hollywood film companies, so after deciding to fully enter the film industry, his goal is very clear, that is, to acquire or control one of the six major film companies. Only in this way can he

Only Hollywood can have a say.

It's just that this kind of thing cannot be acquired directly if Kaos wants to acquire it. It also needs to be checked to see if the other party has the intention to sell the shares.

Otherwise, companies like Apple, Amazon, and Kaos would have taken advantage of the current low prices and collected them all, but it is obvious that the other parties are unwilling to sell them.

Often these high-quality companies sell large amounts of shares. There are only three situations. One is that the original major shareholders have no confidence in the company's future, so they want to sell and cash out.

However, such a situation is difficult to encounter. After all, the major shareholders have no confidence, so how can it be called a high-quality company?

Another situation is when the shareholders are old and unable to intervene in the management of the company's affairs, and the descendants are incapable or unwilling to engage in the original company's industry.

Then some company shareholders will cash out, but such situations are extremely rare.

Kaos plans to take the third path, merging the high-quality assets it holds into the other company and exchanging shares for the other company's shares to gain sufficient say.

Previously, Kaos used Google stock to acquire the New York Times Group.

Jobs later became Disney's largest individual shareholder because when Pixar Animation Studio was acquired by Disney, a large number of additional shares were issued to Jobs. This was also the same pattern as Kaos' acquisition of the New York Times.

However, compared to Google's market value of 80 billion when the New York Times Group was acquired, Disney's market value was only just over 30 billion, but Pixar Animation Studio was worth US$7 billion.

This makes the shareholding ratios of the two companies significantly different after the shares are exchanged and acquired.

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"No problem. When the movie is released, I will directly ask Fox to cooperate."

In the living room of Murdoch's mansion, after the old fox understood Kaos's request, he glanced at Kaos with slightly narrowed eyes, nodded and agreed happily, but sighed again at the end.

He said: "I really didn't expect you to invest in making a movie yourself."

"I didn't expect it either."

Kaos smiled bitterly. To be honest, most wealthy people are not interested in investing in movies. Of course, if they invested a little before and made some deals with some actresses, that is another matter.

After all, to be honest, investments such as movies have too many expectations and various risks for laymen, and it is difficult to determine the returns. It is far less controllable than other industries.

After taking a sip of tea, Kaos thought about it and looked at Murdoch, and suddenly asked tentatively: "Is there any intention to sell Fox's film department?"

"If you exchange it for the New York Times Group, then I can agree to it."

In response to Kaos's question, Murdoch looked stunned for a moment, then laughed.

As the 1990s entered, interest in big-budget movies gradually increased. Not only did Hong Kong movies decline, but it was also a time of major reshuffle in Hollywood. The original eight major film companies also became the six major ones.

The reason for this situation is that the financing channels cannot keep up, which makes their own investment risks expand, and each one of them declines.

Among them, although MGM and United Artists merged, they both fell out of the eight major film companies, changing the structure of Hollywood from the eight major film companies to the six major ones.

But this does not mean that the other six companies are very powerful. Most of them have found backers for each other. For example, behind Fox is the behemoth News Corporation. Otherwise, Fox would have fallen together with MGM and United Artists a long time ago.

With the help of News Corporation's reputation, Fox's publicity and distribution capabilities and financing capabilities have been greatly improved, and it has also ensured Fox's movie box office performance, making movies a major income pillar for News Corporation.

Under such circumstances, why would Murdoch want to sell the film division?

"Then forget it."

Kaos raised his eyebrows and showed an expression that he knew was like this.

What I just said was just a test. As for exchanging the New York Times Group, that is simply impossible.

Nowadays, the New York Times Group is no longer what it used to be. Not only has the number of newspapers and TV stations under it increased, but it has also taken over Google's news section. Its monthly net profit is hundreds of millions of dollars, and it is still growing steadily.

This is also one of Google's core sectors. Although its current assets are not as good as those of Fox, it is completely impossible to sell them.

This is the biggest problem when trying to win over high-quality companies. The other party's strong profitability makes it difficult for Kaos to acquire enough shares to take over the other party's company without special circumstances.

Fortunately, things are not going smoothly for high-quality companies in the future. For example, Apple has its own troubles, and Marvel Comics, which Kaos is currently eyeing, is also in trouble.

As DC Comics became part of Warner Bros., and with a powerful financial backer named Dad behind it, Marvel Comics' own development began to decline.

In the case of tight funds, many comic heroes have been licensed one after another, so the olive branch extended by Kaos is very much desired. What's more, Kaos still wants to invest in shares at a high price and raise $3 billion.

Won 80% of the other party's shares.

This funding can be said to have brought new vitality to Marvel Comics, and also provided it with sufficient funds to launch its own Marvel movies.

Just thinking about this gave Kaos a headache. Because he had no plans to enter the film industry in the past, he was naturally not interested in Marvel comics.

This is also why in Marvel Comics, the characters of Spider-Man and all the characters of the X-Men have been authorized.

However, Kaos has no regrets. After all, if it weren't for the difficulties, Marvel Comics would not have allowed him to raise funds to invest in the company.

Later, when Marvel Comics sold itself to Disney, it was also because it was on the verge of bankruptcy, so it had no choice but to sell itself at a low price.

But in this way, Kaos naturally wants to take back Spider-Man and all the X-Men characters into his own hands again.

Looking at Murdoch's cunning old face in front of him, Kaos smiled and asked again: "So what about the license for the X-Men characters? Do you want to sell it? Or Blue Sky Animation Studio, do you want to sell it?"

There’s always something you want to sell, right?”

After asking the question, Kaos felt a little confused. Originally, he came to ask for help regarding the release of his film.

But now Kaos couldn't help it. He asked again and again, hoping that the other party would buy all the high-quality resources in his hands. Even if he didn't know that News Corporation could not afford it, Kaos would have wanted to

It's time to ask.

There is no way around it. Murdoch, an old fox, has so many high-quality assets in his hands.