Chapter 217: Seduction
The entire third floor of the Hilton is leased to the famous Bouchard restaurant in Rhode Island.
After Han Xuan arrived in advance, the staff of the Hilton Hotel arranged two window seats for them, and gave the hotel the right to use the executive suite for three days to the original table owner, and the guests at these two tables gladly accepted.
After cleaning up the table, Alan Husenfield happened to come here, and when he saw Han Xuan, he was stunned and asked uncertainly, "Mr. Han Quark of Marvel Comics is your grandfather?"
"Yes, hello, Mr. Haddenfield. ”
Han Xuan stretched out his hand and said with a smile, asking the waiter to bring the menu, "Please feel free, the seafood in Bouchard Restaurant tastes very good." ”
“…… It looks a lot smaller than I expected. Hasenfeld handed it back, "You order it first, I'll invite you today." ”
If only sixteen or seventeen-year-old children could sit down and talk, but now Hasenfeld postponed all his work in the afternoon and waited for Guo Muzhou to arrive to talk about the copyright of Marvel heroes, and at this moment he thought that he should give himself a vacation and chat with the boy first.
Understanding Hassenfield's thoughts, Han Xuan didn't mind shrugging his shoulders and flipping through the menu, "A baked snail, what's the dessert?"
"Coffee bread, our signature here, was a good dessert after dinner. The waiter replied.
"Then let's do it. ”
"Stir-fried duck breast, no dessert needed, bring me some soup. "Hasenfield must have been here before, familiar with it.
Before the food arrived, Hasenfeld was about to give Han a lecture on the history of Rhode Island, and was surprised to learn that he was studying at Brown University, "Where did I graduate from, 81 years, I went to college at such a young age." It's not easy. ”
Americans don't like to talk about business at the dinner table, believing that alcohol affects thinking and judgment, but not absolutely.
After chatting for a while, Han Xuan said, "Mr. Hassenfield, I was very fond of Hasbro's toys when I was a child.
You know, Marvel has a lot of heroic characters under its banner. After my grandfather bought Marvel, the original cooperation agreement between our two companies also expired.
Mattel and Lego have both approached Marvel to buy the merchandise rights to those heroes, but I thought I could talk to you about that.
Some time ago, I had someone contact Hasbro to buy the film adaptation rights for the transformer and animation, and it's still in your hands, right?"
Mattel Toys focuses on Barbie dolls, etc., and Lego is the world's first and third largest toy companies respectively.
It's not a lie to contact Marvel, it's just that they want to buy the full copyright and don't agree to share it. The agreement was eventually rejected by the boy's grandfather.
"Marvel wants it too?"
"Also?"
"Yes, director Steven Spielberg came to me last month and asked me if I had any ideas for selling it. ”
Han Xuan didn't know why Spielberg fell in love with Transformers, and asked, "You sold it to him?"
Hassenfield looked at Han Xuan, it was normal for boys to like toys, and he didn't think deeply, "Not yet, he is only willing to pay a million dollars." And with the current technology, I can't shoot it, I didn't promise him. Maybe the price will increase in the future. ”
Breathed a sigh of relief at the moment.
So far, Han Xuan thinks that Husenfield is a very easy-going person, and the side also shows that he is not ambitious enough.
Usually it should be a good thing, but at this time, it makes Han Xuan a little headache.
If you like money, it's best to give him money, and you may sell your shares at a high price. But he didn't seem to care too much, and kept talking about things around Hasbro's upcoming Charity Children's Hospital.
Han Xuan echoed in a low voice and ate some gratin snails with a fork.
Thinking back to the bits and pieces of that morning document, I don't have much to say about Alan Hassenfeld's personality and think of a series of acquisitions in the years since he took office. It shows that he is not exactly a self-contained CEO, and maybe he doesn't want to talk to himself.
During the mealtime, there was occasional talking, and it was quiet for more than twenty minutes.
Waiting for the waiter to clean up the table, Han Xuan tentatively said: "I want to buy a part of your company's shares, so that I can rest assured to cooperate with Hasbro."
Hear me out first, Mr. Hasenfield.
Marvel Comics is owned by Dimen Pictures, and soon there is a huge plan to be launched, and it is expected that the initial investment will be no less than one billion dollars to bring the anime heroes to the big screen, and now it is only waiting for the special effects technology to mature.
The influence of cartoons and comics is much weaker than that of movies, and when the time comes, like Disney, the market size of Marvel movie peripheral goods should be imaginable with your ability.
In fact, the entire copyright of the Harry Potter novels is also in my hands, and I have not licensed it to anyone, so if you agree to accept the financing, I can give it to Hasbro along with the entire Marvel Hero license.
More than 8,000 comic book characters such as Spider-Man, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor Thor, Hulk, Black Widow, Wolverine, Daredevil Man, Ant-Man, Ghost Rider, etc., as well as superheroes such as the Avengers, Fantastic Four, X-Men, Guardians of the Galaxy, etc., I think it is enough to impress you.
If you don't agree, Marvel will release the news that it is about to get involved in the toy industry, which may be troublesome at first, but it's not impossible, and I don't want that day. ”
Hearing this, Hasenfeld shook his hand, and then retorted: "This doesn't threaten Hasbro's status, and our main direction only partially coincides!"
But I'd like to hear your terms, a billion dollars is not a small amount......"
Han Xuan pointed to the SBS noon news that was playing on the TV on the wall, "The sos Group, which launched its franchise activities in Chicago, is a wholly-owned company under my grandfather's name, and the relationship with Dimen Pictures can be found out at a glance, I won't lie to you in this regard."
In terms of funds, please rest assured, you can be listed in the contract, my name Snow Mountain Investment Company, in two months will get more than $1 billion in cash, if you want, I can buy 50% of Hasbro's shares according to the market value of $800 million, and the 27.6% in your hand will be more valuable in the future than the current 77.6%.
After this financing, I will sell Hasbro's products in those thousands of convenience stores, not too much, but at least 30% more profit per year. ”
"So you want an absolute controlling stake in Hasbro, right?
I can't agree to this, it's not my own, it's the entire Halsenfield family, and it's not allowed to fall into the hands of outsiders, and if I re-list Hasbro, it's definitely more than $800 million. ”
Alan Hassenfeld frowned and shook his head, having thought of this beforehand, but 50% of the time it was really unexpected.
"There are indeed more than so many listings, but the scale of the company has long been limited, and the net profit last year was only more than 100 million, right?
It's different from working with me, the potential will be endless, and you will still have less shares in your hands to go public and raise funds, 50% of 1 billion, and 20% of 5 billion, and you can get 400 million dollars in cash, it's such a simple math problem. ”
"I'm sorry, I have something to do in the afternoon, I have to leave first, say sorry to your grandfather for me, and make an appointment next time." ”
Husenfield stood up and pulled out his wallet: "Waiter!
"Think about it, sir, you haven't given me an answer yet. Han Xuan looked at Hassenfield's back and shouted.
Thomas never took his eyes off the boy's table when he was eating, and then he came over and stood next to him, "How about the exhibition?"
"I don't know yet, do you hear it?"
Han Xuan took out the checkbook and asked the waiter for a pen to sign his name, "100,000 US dollars, find the largest financial newspaper in Rhode Island, and buy their newspaper headlines in half a month, since the shares belong to the entire Hudsenfield family, it depends on whether they can have one heart in the face of wealth." ”
"Why half a month?"
"Some foxes won't sell me their shares when they know the news, and let Mr. Perez's buyout team come over from New York as soon as possible to ......" (To be continued.) )