Faced with Martin Davis' rejection, Kang Jianfei asked back: "Since that's the case, why do you want to invite me to the United States, Mr. Davis?"

"Two purposes," said Martin Davis, "the first is to hope you will be one of the members of Paramount shareholders' meetings, and the second is that Paramount wants to take over your Oriental DreamWorks."

Kang Jianfei instantly understood what Martin Davis thought that the other party saw that DreamWorks was developing well and that Kang Jianfei had great skills in making movies, so he wanted Kang Jianfei to participate in Paramount's decision, and at the same time he wanted to pay for DreamWorks or acquire some equity in DreamWorks.

Haixi Industrial Company is very unique. It started out in traditional industries, but it likes to invest in the cultural and entertainment industry. Kang Jianfei's Dream Factory is obviously attracted by others.

Kang Jianfei felt very funny. He was here to acquire Paramount, but now Martin Davis has set his mind on his DreamWorks.

"Mr. Davis, do you think I will sell the DreamWorks that are already on track?" Kang Jianfei asked with a smile.

Martin Davis curled his lips and said, "I wasn't sure before, so I wanted to talk to you. But since you tamed the fierce horse of Red Chili, I believe you will definitely not sell your company."

Kang Jianfei asked back: "Then what else can we talk about?"

"Equity exchange, exchange shares of Paramount and DreamWorks at an 8-to-1 ratio," said Martin Davis.

Just in terms of market value, the price proposed by Martin Davis is not only very fair, but also makes Kang Jianfei take a big advantage. But don't forget that Paramount is a listed company, and DreamWorks is Kang Jianfei's personal asset. With DreamWorks' operating performance over the years, once it is listed, the stock price will rise.

For Kang Jianfei, making movies is his main business, while for Martin Davis and the Haixi Company behind him, making movies is just a side job.

Companies like DreamWorks that are on track are actually not the best investment choice, but the development momentum of Hong Kong films is really too strong now, and the box office in East Asia has even surpassed Hollywood films. Even Martin Davis is also moved by the profits in this area.

However, Hollywood movies began to have bottlenecks, which had to be truly breakthrough until the computer special effects were improved in the 1990s and the business methods of the big entertainment group appeared. In the end, Hollywood blockbusters relied on this to sweep the world.

Moreover, the US economy has been in recession for several consecutive years. Martin Davis's Haixi Industrial Co., Ltd. has suffered a lot in this stock market crash, so naturally he wants to rely on other investments to increase profit points.

These reasons combined made Martin Davis decide to exchange Paramount’s equity for DreamWorks equity.

If it were any boss of a Hong Kong film company, he would have agreed to the suggestion made by Martin Davis in ecstasy. But Kang Jianfei, a guy who even had to take over the woman he had been with. His perverted desire to control had long regarded DreamWorks as his personal property. It would be fine to exchange for a few percent of the equity, but he would not die if it exceeded 20%.

According to Martin Davis, 20% of DreamWorks equity can only be exchanged for less than 3% of Paramount equity, how can Kang Jianfei accept this?

However, those people in Haixi Company do not control Paramount as personal identities. It is extremely difficult for Kang Jianfei to acquire the entire Haixi Company, which is the legal boss of Paramount. Now Kang Jianfei has bought 8% of Paramount equity, which is not bought from shareholders of Haixi Company.

If you want to buy it by spending money, Kang Jianfei’s money is not as much as the Haixi Consortium. Even if you buy it, you don’t know how much money it will cost. The best proof is that two years later, Japan’s Sony spent a huge amount of $6 billion to acquire Columbia Pictures from Coca-Cola.

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After half a day, Kang Jianfei didn't know how many fish he had caught, but he threw them back into the lake after he caught it.

When he packed up his fishing gear and went back, Kang Jianfei walked towards the red pepper. The fierce horse that was teasing the white rose immediately became quiet and honestly let Kang Jianfei put the saddle on its back.

Kang Jianfei patted the horse's head and smiled: "It seems that this is a smart horse that can be beaten."

Martin Davis rode his horse and smiled and said, "If you like, I'll give it to you."

Kang Jianfei shook his head and said, "In fact, I don't like horses."

Martin Davis said: "Kang, don't refuse. No one dares to ride on the red pepper except you. If I were twenty years younger, I would definitely tame it myself."

"Since that's the case, I'll thank you for your gift." Kang Jianfei did not refuse and sent it back to Hong Kong and threw it directly to the horse farm. There is a dedicated person there to feed him and take care of him. If the horse has a better temper, he can still be brought to film and film when filming costume TV and movies in the future.

Back at Martin Davis's residence, the servants had already carried out the barbecue grill, and there were some ingredients for barbecue next to it.

The night gradually fell, the endless pasture was silent, and a bonfire was lit in the open space. A professional barbecue chef was busy, and occasionally Kang Jianfei and the other three would do it themselves.

Kang Jianfei ate two barbecue and couldn't help asking, "Sorry, Mr. Davis, can't your family live here?"

"Nothing to be presumptuous. My wife has been dead for many years. Her children are all staying in big cities. They can't live in rural ranches." Martin Davis smiled.

Don't think that Martin Davis is willing to live a hermit life, then you are very wrong.

This old guy has to take a helicopter to work every now and then. He is almost sixty years old. When he gets excited, someone calls him and someone brings him a beautiful young model and actor.

Of course, this guy prefers to manage the farm. When the hunting season comes, he runs to the forest to hunt with a hunting gun.

While having barbecue, Kang Jianfei continued to talk about cooperation with Martin Davis, but the guy was only willing to sell 10% of Paramount shares held by Haixi Company, and was not willing to cooperate with Kang Jianfei in the game and media field.

If Martin Davis doesn’t sell it, it does not mean that other shareholders of Haixi Company will not sell it.

After staying at Martin's farm for three days, Kang Jianfei took Lizhi to visit Lin Qingxia in California. Of course, the two girls would not meet, and Lizhi was arranged by Kang Jianfei to deal with other matters.

At this time, "Rain Man" had sold a horrifying box office of US$160 million in North America, surpassing "The Fatal Temptation", the second largest box office in 1987, and sprinting towards the box office champion "Three Dads and One Child".

Among these two movies, "The Deadly Temptation" was produced by Paramount, while "Three Huts and One Child" was produced by a film company under Universal Pictures.

Just when "Rain Man" gained both fame and fortune, there were fierce differences at the shareholders' meeting of Haixi Industrial Company.

The acquisition team Kang Jianfei hired to form did not stop. When Kang Jianfei met with Martin Davis, they were also contacting other shareholders of Haixi Industrial Company.

Not everyone is as rich as Martin Davis. Several shareholders suffered heavy losses in the stock market crash two months ago. In addition, Paramount's performance decline in the past two years has long wanted to sell its shares to raise money. These people not only want to sell Paramount's shares, but also want to sell the shares of Sega Corporation in Japan. They are only interested in industrial investment. They were opposed to investing in the electronic game industry at the beginning. Now they have made several times the profit, and it is time to sell it for cash.

Looking at the noisy guys around him, Martin Davis felt a headache, and the final decision could only be to compromise with each other.

Kang Jianfei didn't know how the Haixi Company handled it. The reply he received was that Haixi Industrial Company was willing to sell 18% of Paramount shares to DreamWorks, with a total selling price of US$1 billion.

If it were before the stock market crash, the price would be relatively reasonable. But now the stock prices of Haixi and Paramount have plummeted, so the price of Haixi Company is obviously a quarrel.

Kang Jianfei felt that Haixi sold too few shares. And the price was too high, so the acquisition team could only continue negotiations.

Los Angeles, Lin Qingxia's home.

Lin Qingxia, who had just come out of the bathroom, had a drunken fragrance on her body. She shook her wet hair, walked to the dressing table and sat down, and asked, "When will you go back to Hong Kong?"

Kang Jianfei used his fingers to combed Lin Qingxia's hair, held the hair dryer and said, "It may be a week or two more. There is something wrong with Taiwan."

Lin Qingxia said: "I heard that Feng Jiao is helping you run away?"

Kang Jianfei was afraid that she would be jealous and explained: "Most of the time, Yu Kanping is busy. Feng Jiao stays at home with her parents, and sometimes she goes to dinner with Yu Kanping."

For more than a year, Lin Qingxia occasionally takes time to go back to Hong Kong to accompany Kang Jianfei, but she is inevitably missing her little together. She said, "Why don't I go back to Taipei with you this time? I'm still a little bit of face there."

"Okay, let's go back together when something happens here." Kang Jianfei said while blowing her hair.

Lin Qingxia asked: "How confident are you to buy Paramount?"

"Don't worry, the shareholders of Haixi Company are not stupid. As long as I can afford the price, they will not stop selling it," Kang Jianfei said with a smile. "The American devils have become increasingly difficult to get along in recent years. The Japanese are clamoring to buy the entire United States. I can't lose to the little Japanese."

"Just talk big." Lin Qingxia cursed with a smile.

Kang Jianfei only said something ordinary. There is a reason why he is so sure to take over Paramount. After the detailed investigation of the acquisition team, Kang Jianfei knew that the senior management of Haixi Company and Paramount were not monotonous, and there were many differences about Paramount's operations.

Martin Davis wanted Kang Jianfei to become Paramount's stock price. In addition to improving Paramount's operating conditions, he actually wanted to use this good news to raise Paramount's stock price.

The economic stagnation of the United States for many years has caused Americans to lose confidence in their own economy, but instead have confidence in Asia, especially Japanese companies. Once Kang Jianfei's achievements in recent years have been deliberately promoted in the United States, Hong Kong funds entering Paramount will definitely be good news for investors.

After staying in the United States for more than half a month, "Rain Man" has already finished filming. Kang Jianfei finally waited for the feedback from Haixi Company again.

"Rain Man" eventually won more than 170 million US dollars in North America, and suddenly topped the box office of North American movies in 1987, and also received multiple Golden Globe nominations.

The Hollywood Reporter gave a very high evaluation of "Rain Man": "The most touching movie of the year, family affection can surpass it. Hoffman's interpretation of autistic patients is very well-established, and we should pay more attention to the autistic community."

However, the American media has paid great attention to the autistic group. With the popularity of "Rain Man" in the United States, the real prototype of the male protagonist, Kim Pique (autistic patient), has also been reported by the media, and all walks of life have sent invitations to Kim Pique.

Jin Pike's father immediately took him to give speeches, communities, schools, welfare institutions, hospitals... He could see Jin Pike's speeches everywhere. What was most touching was that he would not accept any penny of his speech.

With the widespread attention of the society, many medical and scientific research institutions have increased their investment in autism research, and Kang Jianfei also took the opportunity to let Anne Hurd announce in a high-profile announcement that in the name of Oriental Film Company, 5 million US dollars from the box office of "Rain Man" was donated to scientific research institutions for autism research.

This move has brought a good reputation to Oriental Film Company, and a series of films such as "Terminator" and "Out of Africa" ​​invested in the United States have been dug out again and were mentioned by the media. Kang Jianfei, the boss behind the scenes, was even seen in front of the public as a movie legend.

Immediately afterwards, Kang Jianfei is about to take over one of the eight major film giants in Hollywood in the United States and ranked second in North America in total box office. Paramount Pictures, which ranks second in the annual box office, acquired 29% of Paramount Pictures' equity for US$1.5 billion.

Judging from Paramount's current stock price, this is a very expensive acquisition price, which is not far from Sony's acquisition of Columbia Pictures more than a year later. They were both severely robbed by Americans.

But without spending so much money, the other party would not sell it at all. Kang Jianfei could only smile and grit his teeth and pay as a big shot.

The 8% Paramount equity acquired before was much cheaper. Together, Kang Jianfei has a total of 37% of Paramount shares, becoming the second largest shareholder of the Hollywood Pictures giant (the largest shareholder is Haixi Industrial Company, but in fact Kang Jianfei is the shareholder with the largest individual shares).

Before, the popularity of "Rain Man" has not yet disappeared, and the media's hype about Kang Jianfei was Paramount's propaganda behavior. When the news that Kang Jianfei became Paramount's second largest shareholder came out, the second wave of publicity companies became even more fierce. The movies that Kang Jianfei invested and directed in recent years were reported clearly.

Especially on Christmas less than two months ago, the three movies invested by Kang Jianfei were sold in East Asia, North America and Europe at the same time. This news made the American people regard it as a "god man".

The day Kang Jianfei and Paramount officially signed the contract, Paramount's stock price rose 6%. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!