Zhang Ran has formed a distribution team in China, and through the acquisition of Jiahe, he has the distribution capabilities in Southeast Asia. However, this is far from enough. He hopes to acquire a company with production and distribution capabilities in the United States, so that he can make his own movies in North America and publish them by himself.

Having a distribution channel in North America is very important, but it is also extremely difficult for film companies.

In 1994, Spielberg, Carsonberg and Geffen founded DreamWorks, which was regarded as the hope of breaking the six monopolies, but in the end they could only become jokes. DreamWorks did not have no box office movies, "Save Private Ryan" and "Minority Report" were all big box office sales, but DreamWorks had a small scale and narrow channel, so they could only use big companies to promote and distribute them. Even if the big movies were sold, they didn't make much money. "Save Private Ryan" cost 70 million and sold $500 million worldwide, but DreamWorks earned only $30 million.

Why doesn’t DreamWorks build its own distribution network? Because it takes money to build a large distribution network, and at least 12 movies are produced every year to maintain this network. However, DreamWorks produces at most 6 movies a year. This production of large theaters does not talk to it at all. It is difficult to establish a distribution system.

Of course, in addition to the six major film companies, there are also some small film distribution companies, but these companies have very weak distribution capabilities, and most of them are dozens of yuan or hundreds of screens. Lions Gate is the best developed. A blockbuster can be used to spread more than 2,000 yuan on screens, but the same movie can be released by the six majors, which can be easily distributed to more than 3,000 yuan. So DreamWorks would rather hand the movie to the six majors than release it on its own...

After Zhang Ran arrived in the United States, he called Wu Ruide and asked him to form an acquisition team; at the same time, Zhang Ran contacted Goldman Sachs and asked them to serve as consultants to prepare for the acquisition.

Acquisition of film companies is not as simple as acquiring Google's acquisition of Tube. It involves accounting for various assets such as film copyrights and film libraries. It requires accounting of assets before the acquisition can be quoted. Investment banks like Goldman Sachs have strong information collection capabilities, research institutions and corresponding information providers, which can help acquire companies complete market research and understand the number, strength, distribution, business scope and other information that can become targets for mergers and acquisitions. After the information collection is completed, they will help the company analyze relevant information and combine the specific situation of the acquisition company to help the acquire companies determine the target companies.

In addition, Zhang Ran didn't have much cash in his hand, only Google's stocks. In the next year, Google's stocks will rise sharply, and it is not cost-effective to trade in stocks. Therefore, he hopes to raise funds from banks by mortgaged stocks, which also requires the assistance of Goldman Sachs.

In addition to the acquisition team brought by Wu Ruide, Goldman Sachs consultant Peter Anderson was also present at the meeting today.

Zhang Ran looked at Peter Anderson and said, "Mr. Anderson, tell me the goal you chose."

Anderson nodded and said, "According to Mr. Zhang's requirements, we must have distribution capabilities, production capabilities, and a certain scale. The main ones that meet the requirements are Dingfeng Entertainment and Magnolia Pictures." As he said that, Anderson took out a stack of information and distributed it to Zhang Ran and the others.

Zhang Ran took the information and slowly looked through it. The information was very detailed, including the entire North American movie release, as well as the strength of Malan Film and Tingfeng Entertainment, box office and other detailed data.

Founded in 1993, the company is headquartered in Santa Monica, California. It was originally a company responsible for selling movies overseas. It has also invested in popular films such as "Vanilla Sky" and "Operation Smith". Last year, the company began to transform and transformed into a professional production and distribution company.

Malan Flower Pictures is a company that relies on publishing independent films for a living. It is good at selecting commercially reliable works from a wide variety of independent films. In the past two years, Malan Flower Pictures has also begun to try to make its own film reviews, but due to the limited company's strength, they are all low-cost art films.

After reading the information of the two companies, Zhang Ran prefers Dingfeng Entertainment, because Dingfeng Entertainment filmed a song and dance film "Dances My Life" last year, which will be released at the end of August this year. Zhang Ran knew that the box office of this movie was good, and later released several sequels. If he won Dingfeng Entertainment, it would be equivalent to winning this more popular series.

After Wu Ruide and the others finished reading the information, Zhang Ran said: "I prefer Dingfeng Entertainment. They have distribution networks in the United States and offices in London, England. It is very convenient to set up distribution networks in the UK in the future. Moreover, Dingfeng Entertainment participates in the distribution of commercial films, and Magnolia Films basically publishes unpopular independent films, and they cooperate more with art schools, Dingfeng Entertainment is more in line with our requirements."

Wu Ruide and the others nodded slowly, and they also had the same view.

Anderson said expressionlessly: "The bosses of Tingfeng Entertainment are all ambitious people and hope to achieve something; and the "Dance of My Life" they invested in will be released soon. Many people are optimistic about this movie, and it will be difficult to acquire them at this time."

Zhang Ran tapped the table with his finger and said, "Since you have set the target of Peak Entertainment, you should be able to convince them."

Anderson nodded: "Tingfeng Entertainment owes the bank 120 million foreign debts, one of which 30 million is about to expire. Tingfeng Entertainment hopes to delay repayment time. You plan to raise more than $1 billion from the bank. You are a big customer of the bank. Just put pressure on Tingfeng Entertainment through the bank and then offer a price that they can accept."

Zhang Ran laughed: "Just do it like this, as long as the purchase price is within 200 million US dollars, you can agree!"

Just when Zhang Ran and the others were busy with the acquisition, the video "Lari King Live" recorded by Zhang Ran was moved to the Chinese Internet, appeared on the homepage of the Century Peak, and also appeared on video websites such as Youku and Tudou.

After the broadcast of "Larikin Live" in the United States, the number of viewers reached 3.57 million, which is the best episode recently. After the show was broadcast, Zhang Ran spent $200,000 to buy the online broadcast of this episode in China. Now the video has finally been uploaded to the Chinese network.

In the past two years, people often use the Chinese to belittle their Chinese people by not having faith, and some people even use the name of Rand Company to create an article entitled "The American Rand Company's Evaluation of Chinese People", saying that due to lack of faith, Chinese people have no sense of guilt, so they are cruel and indifferent.

Zhang Ran's interview must have flaws and some inaccuracies, but he responded well to the question of "Chinese people have no faith" and the response was quite powerful, so the video of his conversation with Larikin was quickly forwarded by many netizens and became popular on the Internet in a very short time.

"From now on, I will be a fan of Zhang Ran, and I love him so much!"

"Tell me my heart, who will say that we Chinese have no faith in the future, so I will be anxious with him!"

"I don't know why, but after watching it, I want to cry and support Zhang Ran!"

There are discussions on the Internet about the beliefs of Chinese people everywhere. Someone from Tianya Guoguan replied: "The sky is broken, I will refine stones to make up for it myself;

When the flood came, he did not ask the prophet, digging the river and dredging it himself;

If the disease is prevalent, do not seek miracles, try medicine and treat it yourself;

If you drowned in the East China Sea, you will fill it up and shoot it down when you are exposed to the sun;

Whoever wants to be the stone of choice let him go, and whoever wants to be the lamb of despair will also let him go;

Whoever wants to kneel down to the emperor and the powerful ministers, let him go, and whoever wants to ask the people and ghosts and gods, let him go;

Between the world where the axe splits, there are people who don’t want to be slaves everywhere.

This is something that this nation cannot desecrate.

Yes, self-improvement and never bowing one's head is the belief of the Chinese people."

This answer has won praise from many netizens, and they have replied: "Well, why don't China have nobles like the West? Because more than 2,000 years ago, our ancestors shouted, "Is there any king, prince, general, and minister?" We have such awesome ancestors. They forged the spirit and soul of this nation. Why should I worship those illusory gods?"

"You are not accurate, and Zhang Ran is not accurate. In fact, the history that Zhang Ran mentioned is actually the Fa ancestor. In addition to the Fa ancestor, the Chinese also have another belief, which is respecting the heaven. Together, they are respecting the heaven and the Dharma ancestor. This is the true belief of the Chinese people for thousands of years!"

"For three years, the people's heroes who have sacrificed in the People's Liberation War and the People's Revolution have been immortal!

For thirty years, the people's heroes who died in the People's Liberation War and the People's Revolution have been immortal!

From this, the heroes who died in previous struggles will be immortal in order to oppose internal and external enemies and strive for national independence and people's freedom and happiness!

All those who have fought for this nation, whether they are our ancestors or ordinary people who are still working hard today, are our faith!”

The remarks about Zhang Ran being a traitor, comprador, and Wu Sangui disappeared immediately. Netizens believe that if they had not had deep feelings for this nation, Zhang Ran would not have said such words.

In Wulong's hotel, people who were creative in the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games were also talking about "Larikin's Scene", but they were talking about not about the issue of faith, but about the opening ceremony in the interview.

Zhang Heping smiled and said, "Zhang Ran, a stinky brat, has taken us as the director, and ran to the United States alone for a month. How angry you think. But now it seems that he is not idle either. He made a big advertisement for the opening ceremony on American TV!"

Shen Wei smiled and said, "Yes, Larry King is the national mouth of the United States and has a great influence. I saw that many American audiences on the Internet said that Zhang Ran's interview aroused his interest in the Peking Olympics, and many people said that they would come to China to see it at that time."

Chen Weiya didn't think so: "Zhang Ran said it too exaggeratedly. He said that the opening ceremony would be an unprecedented and wonderful performance that was unprecedented, which was more exciting than all the opening ceremony in the past. This is too arrogant. How would foreign audiences look at us? They would say that we Chinese are arrogant!"

Ma Wen smiled and waved her hand and said, "Americans don't like modesty. If you invite me to a meal, even though we Chinese have a lot of food, we will say that there are not many dishes today, so everyone will eat it! If it were Americans, they would say that today's food is very rich! American audiences not only don't think Zhang Ran is arrogant, but they like him very much and think he is very confident."

In a villa on the outskirts of Peking, Liu Yifei looked at Zhang Ran who was chatting and laughing with Larijin, thinking that his master is so handsome, so amazing! But the graduation ceremony is about to be around, will he forget it?

Liu Yifei thought about it and felt that it was very likely, so she picked up her cell phone and dialed Zhang Ran's phone number: "Master, the graduation ceremony is coming soon. When will you be back?"

Zhang Ran replied: "Don't worry, Master will definitely not go back on his word. Now that Master has something to do, I won't talk to you more."

Liu Yifei pouted and said, "Okay then! Don't forget!"

Zhang Ran, who was on the other side of the ocean, hung up the phone and smiled at the man opposite him, saying, "Mr. Paulson, let's continue the topic just now!" (To be continued.).

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