In a large manor outside Los Angeles, little Jack was sitting under a birch tree, with a parasol next to him and a fishing rod in front of him.
It was still interestingly cold in the suburbs of Los Angeles at the end of May, so he put his hands in his jacket and looked at the lake in front of him, not looking at the fish bobber. His eyes were distracted and he didn't know what he was thinking.
"Are you really planning to enter Hollywood?" Abel lifted the fishing rod in front of him, looked at the bait on it and changed it to another, then dug the hook back into the water.
"Someone has the bottom line, and I need some achievements to bridge the period before the listing of oil pipeline. Why not invest? In fact, to be honest, we have focused too much on the military and banking industries before.
Of course, they are two very powerful industries and can almost be linked to the right to speak. But apart from ensuring your own safety, having money in your pocket is actually the most correct choice. If you don’t have money in your pocket, you still have no say even if you are still in the military industry.
Hollywood is right next to Los Angeles, which can be said to be my territory. I have ignored this industry that could bring a lot of profits before, but now I hope it will not be too late to enter. "
It’s not just the Chinese who devalued the status of actors in ancient times. In fact, looking around the world, in the eyes of real capital, these celebrities are nothing but frivolous things that they can use to amuse themselves and pass the time.
But little Jack who wanted to understand found that no matter how little he cared about these celebrities. But Hollywood makes real money, and as long as the money is real, whether it is money earned from these uncaring stars is a trivial matter that you don’t need to worry about.
"What did you get there?" Little Jack looked sideways at Abel.
The two people were sitting together naturally because Yang Dongxu had an encrypted overseas phone number, and this phone number was not from Yang Xu in mainland China. Instead, he went directly from Shenzhen to Hong Kong and gave the two of them a phone call there.
Little Jack took advantage of the convenience of Hollywood. Yang Dongxu promised that he would get a blockbuster with a box office of no less than 500 million US dollars. If it was lower than this standard, Yang Dongxu would make up for the missing parts in the future.
As for how much little Jack can get, it depends on how much he is willing to invest and whether he can get more rebates for lowering prices for theaters. In short, Yang Dongxu promised a guarantee of 500 million.
During this period, the oil pipeline market has continued to rise, and listing in the second half of the year has become a certainty. This made life much easier for little Jack, who was almost kicked out of his position as heir.
But no one knows how much the oil pipeline will be worth in the end, so there is a certain risk involved compared to investing. Therefore, this is not enough to make up for the shortfall in arms orders caused by him throwing away the arms orders that were not his fault in the first place, so his life is still a bit tight recently.
That’s why Yang Dongxu’s promise of a box office of US$500 million is guaranteed, and the movie will be released in two months. This gift can be said to be a timely gift, allowing him to breathe a sigh of relief before the launch of YouTube.
"The shares of some car companies. The country's tires on the wheels of the United States are no longer good. The market is either crowded by German cars or Japanese cars.
So except for those few factories that can produce military vehicles, they are struggling to support themselves. Other car companies basically choose to cooperate with Japanese or German companies.
They provide the market, the Japanese or German companies provide products that people like, and then these people stand behind and get the dividends. It seems that they make a little more than when they got the car themselves. "Abel had a shrug on his face.
Outsiders only saw that Japanese and German cars were very popular, but they did not see the tacit approval of the American financial managers behind the scenes. After all, with the urinary attitude of Americans, Toshiba is so strong that even Toshiba will be broken up by you.
Your Japanese cars have invaded people's doorsteps. If the American consortium cannot get enough profits from them, are you a vegetarian in the US Ministry of Commerce?
"A very good industry." Little Jack commented.
What the Kennedy family wants to do most now is to quietly develop their own pockets without being noticed by others while retaining the political resources they currently have.
The automobile industry is a better investment target than the IT industry, which seems to be hot, even if the latter seems to be more profitable and makes money faster.
But the former is undoubtedly safer. After all, Japanese and German cars are the mainstream in the US market now. As long as those consortiums in the United States can get dividends, they don't really care whether there is an influx of other car series into the market.
Moreover, the shares of the automobile company provided by Yang Dongxu originally had a low market share in the United States and focused on the Asian market. The American consortium over there has no way to get dividends from Japanese and German cars, and naturally it doesn't care whether there are car companies anywhere that are rivals of these two car companies.
"How should we deal with the Ministry of Commerce's matters against his company?" Abel asked.
That's why the two of them are sitting together today, the deal is mutual. It's impossible for you to just take advantage and not do anything.
"I decided to persuade a few old stubborns in the consortium to come forward." Little Jack said.
Abel was stunned for a moment, then frowned, "It's a good choice. But he is not a person who is willing to suffer losses, or he is a very shrewd guy."
The former Abel was talking about Little Jack's idea, while the latter was undoubtedly talking about Yang Dongxu.
Taking advantage of the various conflicts that broke out when Little Jack's consortium was squeezed by those eastern consortiums, Little Jack's consortium suddenly broke out and prepared to protect a promising foreign electronics company.
It seems that they have to give up the traditional industry and try to transform, whether it is the big guys in the east who want to swallow up the consortium behind Little Jack, or the Ministry of Commerce. They will be a little tolerant and not push the consortium behind Little Jack too hard, lest the other party goes crazy and the gain outweighs the gain.
A little bit of cannibalization is the safest way. If you are willing to transform, then just transform. As long as you don't continue to struggle in traditional industries and create trouble for me.
As for whether it will revive again due to transformation, since it can eat up your traditional industries. Those eastern big guys are confident enough to eat up the emerging industries that are growing again. Maybe this consortium can get a little fatter. Instead of being unhappy, they will be happier. The pigs will be fattened before they are killed.
Later, it was said that Yang Dongxu was very powerful, so it was impossible for Jack to say that the US Ministry of Commerce would really give up targeting Dongxu Technology.
There must be a transfer of certain shares, even if it is not a transfer of shares of the parent company. That is at least the share of the market share in the United States.
And if this contract has been signed, even if it is ostensibly subject to review by the U.S. Department of Commerce, everyone will look better. But Little Jack obviously had no intention of returning it in the end, which meant that the benefits he took while taking the opportunity belonged to him and would not be returned to Yang Dongxu.
"What are your plans?" Little Jack asked.
"Get the agency." Abel spread his hands.
This method has the same goal as Little Jack's method. Things can be produced in China, but Americans must come to sell them in the United States.
In this way, when you make something, you have to share part of the profits with the United States, which is also a disguised form of collecting a protection fee. The Ministry of Commerce will definitely accept this approach.
Although the Kennedy family did not directly ask for shares like little Jack, but after receiving the benefits of the car company's shares, they naturally wanted to use this matter to get some more benefits.
However, whether it is him or Little Jack, the biggest difficulty in what they are planning to do is not whether the Ministry of Commerce can pass the test. It’s about whether Yang Dongxu agrees.
Things in the world are so strange. Yang Dongxu was targeted by the US Department of Commerce because of the company he owned. That's why I had to spit out the benefits and ask Little Jack and Amber for help.
However, the benefits they wanted required Yang Dongxu's nod, but they didn't care much about the Ministry of Commerce, so a very strange cycle was formed between the three.
"Do you know anything about Dongxu Technology?" Little Jack asked.
He and Yang Dongxu had to start cooperating only at the beginning of the year, so they were not as familiar with each other as Abel.
"After careful inspection, it was an electronic technology company. It first started producing Chinese tapes and optical discs, and also produced arcade machines and the like in arcades. Later, it started selling MP3s and computer hard drives that were very popular on the market. This is how it started.
In recent years, it has made great achievements in computer motherboards and has squeezed out other computer motherboard manufacturers to become the top three in the world. At the same time, I am also working on the research and development of computer graphics cards and processors. We also do some OEM work on mobile phones and cooperate with Nokia.
Oh, by the way, MP4 is also their product. In this industry, they are the number one in the world. Even the electronics companies over there and our own Apple are no match for them in this regard.
It is said that he has a background of Chinese military exploits, which is one of the reasons why the Ministry of Commerce targeted him. However, there is no way to confirm this, but to be able to develop such a large industry in China is probably somewhat related. "
"What's its market value?" Little Jack continued to ask.
“I don’t know yet until it is listed, but it will start with a minimum of US$20 billion. This is because in addition to the best-selling products, this company also has strong research and development capabilities.
They hold many valuable patents in their hands. Not counting patents on computer motherboards and hard drives, they also have many patents on mobile phones. I haven’t learned about the mobile phone industry before, so I don’t know exactly what patents there are, but they are definitely very valuable.
In addition to this, there are also patents on mobile communications. Don’t mobile phones now use 3G networks? Dongxu Technology Company also holds some of the patents for this standard. Although it does not occupy a large share, it is also one of the setters of the standard. "
"What a mouth-watering piece of fat." Little Jack's eyes became brighter and brighter.
"It's indeed very tempting, but it's a pity that it is his core industry, so we probably can't get involved." Abel said with emotion.
You wouldn't know if you didn't investigate, and Abel was very jealous once he investigated. Not to mention the products and assets of Dongxu Technology, just splitting and selling those patents would probably be higher than the current stock price of Dongxu Technology. This piece of meat is really fat. It's a pity that I can't eat it. This time I just use this matter to test it a little.
