Chapter 312: Hey, Boy, Pay Protection Money
In the following days, Joan began to have frequent private contact with the losers of the Monte family, and offered them a price that made them very actionable.
In this regard, the five major Hollywood film companies are still kept in the dark and unaware.
Because they want to win the theater chain that the Monte family has operated for decades at a low price, the five major film companies have tacitly used means to force the losers to comply.
But they just didn't expect that at this time there would be a Joan.
The price offered by Joan is a 10% premium on the basis of 24 billion, which is still a big gap from the 30% she said on Kim Hyun-tae's side.
After all, Jo Ann is not stupid, she also has to fight for Kim Hyun Tae's interests.
On the one hand, there is a price reduction of the five major film companies, and on the other hand, there is a premium of 10% higher, and the gains and losses can be measured even if they are uneducated losers.
So, the scales began to tilt in favor of Joan and Kim Hyun-tae.
Negotiations continued, but Joan estimated that it would not be long before the matter was almost done.
The reason why it hasn't been completely successful is that the losers of the Monte family want to get more benefits.
After all, who doesn't want their own theater to be able to sell at a good price.
At the same time, Joan also began to integrate the companies under Kim Hyun-tae's name.
Toy factories, animation production companies, a 3,000-theater theater chain, and the West Coast Politics newspaper were all incorporated into CNN by Jo Ann to carry out Kim Hyun-tae's vision.
So far, CNN, in addition to being the largest television media on the West Coast, has also become the prototype of a media and entertainment group that controls West Coast newspapers, produces film and television animation trends, is involved in film and television, and has independent film releases, and has the largest adult production company in the United States.
Of course, I also have a grown-up film production company. Kim Hyun-tae has been struggling.
But this is not his will after all, and now that the film production company is still very profitable, it is not wise to give it up like this, so Kim Hyun Tae finally has to accept such a helpless reality.
Wheatstone Bank's 40% stake in CNN was taken by Kim Hyun Tae without the slightest obstacle at the behest of Anne, for which Kim Hyun Tae also paid a 'price' of $12 billion, and he has now become the de facto owner of CNN.
In this integration, considering the rapid development of IT in the future, Kim Hyun-tae created COCO instant network communication. That is, QQ was also integrated and merged into CNN Media Group, becoming the network division.
At the same time, Jin Xiantai established the official website of QQ, so that CNN's news can be published on the official website of QQ, and at the same time, he also opened the function of commenting on facts, which can be regarded as using CNN's resources and saving QQ the trouble of hiring reporters and editors.
Anyway, there are a lot of reporters and editors on CNN TV, so it's the same for them to work part-time on QQ to make news.
It's nothing more than giving more money.
And CNN is not listed. In addition, the merger of some companies with great development potential, especially the merger of the network instant messaging company invested by Kim Hyun Tae, so the valuation agency on Wall Street has raised the value of CNN again. That's a whopping $180 billion.
But it's a rating, after all, and it shouldn't be a real thing.
But if you develop Kim Hyun-tae and Jo Ann, CNN really has such value in the future, and it is not difficult to think about it.
And after the integration. Joan also set up the Legal Department, the Financial Supervision and Audit Department, and the Public Relations Department. The development strategy is dedicated to the future development of the integrated CNN Media & Entertainment Group.
At this point, Kim Hyun Tae no longer has to be distracted by these companies, and Joan can also manage these more scattered companies through CNN.
For this merger, the outside world has mixed reviews, and people think that Kim Hyun Tae is burning too much money.
However, there are also some people who see the way and think that CNN will develop rapidly in the future.
The whole person is the founder of Facebook Twitter in different time and space, and now the leader of the American IT industry in the United States and even the world, Sam Cravis.
The combination of traditional media and online media is not as simple as 1+1, especially since QQ is developing so rapidly, and it is not impossible to surpass Facebook and Twitter in the future.
Sam, who has been following the development of QQ, has a different view on this matter than everyone else, and he is very optimistic about the future of CNN after the integration.
In particular, Kim Hyun-tae, the 100% owner of the merged CNN Entertainment Media Group, still has more than 100 billion US dollars in sufficient cash, which is enough for the merged CNN to have a stable development environment in the future.
However, Sam is also very curious about where the future profit point of QQ is, anyway, he is very curious about it now.
Not to mention Sam, in fact, many venture capitalists, Wall Street financiers, and IT industry managers in the United States are very curious about this.
You must know that in the current American Internet industry in a different time and space, 99% of websites, including Facebook and Twitter, have not found a profit direction.
Among them, Sam, the owner of Facebook and Twitter, also relies on the large number of Internet users to earn advertising fees, and the large amount of money from venture capitalists is supported.
So the limelight is strong, and it has expanded to nearly 10 billion network users in a year, and the users are all over the American continent, and even extended to QQ in Europe, what will it rely on to support it in the future?
You must know that in order to ensure the smooth experience of QQ users, Kim Hyun Tae has invested a huge amount of $50 billion to establish 16 data processing centers.
This is not a big investment.
What's even more curious is that Kim Hyun-tae has not accepted a single venture capital fund until now, and completely controls QQ by himself, which is different from all Internet companies in the United States.
In this regard, some people envy and some ridicule, in short, the reaction is different.
You know, VC money is easy to get, but after you take it, there will be a lot of trouble.
For example, their control over the company is weakened, and the financial and business direction is constrained.
But Kim Hyun Tae will not encounter such trouble, because he does not take the money from venture capital, he can completely control his QQ, and he can play as he wants.
So, this point is very enviable.
But that's exactly what happened. The future development of QQ created by Kim Hyun Tae, even if everyone is very optimistic about the development potential, it is impossible for him to go public and raise funds.
Joke!
If the financier's money doesn't go into QQ, how can he be listed.
Because then those big crocodiles won't be able to make any money.
So quite a few people are waiting to see the joke.
Because many people think that Jin Xiantai will also use the way of listing to raise funds to solve financial problems, to support the development of QQ, and at the same time to find a profit direction.
But what everyone doesn't know is that Kim Hyun Tae never thought about making QQ public, at least not for now.
Because it's on the market now. Then he'll die.
Others don't know, isn't Kim Hyun Tae still unclear about QQ's development potential and profit points?
Hum!
When QQ develops and makes money in the future, I don't know how many people will be scared to death.
"You now have $140.1 billion in your bank account. ”
Kim Hyun Tae hung up the phone after confirming the account balance, feeling much more at ease.
Originally, his bank had $152.2 billion in cash deposits.
But because of the purchase of Wheatstone's 40% stake in CNN, which cost $12 billion, plus the investment in Jonathan's film, another $100 million, he needs to confirm his bank account funds.
This is simply the mentality of the small citizens.
Of course, after knowing how much money you have now. Kim Hyun-tae can also do it in his heart.
In the morning, Joan also called to tell herself that she had prepared cash, and the Monte family's price was a loser, and it was likely that she would agree to sell her shares in the near future.
At the same time, Dave wants to take a shot at the California publishing house he runs. Joan is also in contact with Dave, and is now in the final asset appraisal, waiting for the appraisal to be completed, and she is going to take out the money again.
Based on the above two points, Kim Hyun-tae felt that it would be better to look at the bank account.
For the acquisition of Dave's California Press. Kim Hyun-tae is still willing.
After all, with the acquisition of the California publishing house, the income of his novels will definitely increase greatly in the future. At least you don't have to share the profits to others, which must be a good thing.
At the same time, you can also get a share of the novels published by others.
Look, how good it is.
When I think of this, Kim Hyun-tae is happy.
Calling the bank was Kim Hyun-tae's school lunch break.
After all, Kim Hyun-tae is still a high school student, and he has to go to school except on Sundays and Sundays, which is not so leisurely.
After hanging up the call with the director of Wheatstone Bank, Kim Hyun-tae sat bored on the lawn of the campus, so he simply logged on to the news page of QQ and began to browse the news.
Thanks to the merger into CNN TV and CNN's media resources, QQ's official website has a large number of instant news reports, which are more and better than other websites.
However, after watching it for a while, Kim Hyun Tae withdrew from the news on the official website of QQ, and instead looked at the news reports of other websites.
"Papani luxury car racing, resulting in three deaths and one injury tragedy, the perpetrator is a Chinese student, and now the perpetrator has been arrested by the local police, according to this reporter, the Chinese student is a rich second generation in China, and his father has arrived in the United States and hired a team of 30 lawyers......
"Flushing, New York's crime rate soars, police spokesman said it may be related to the increase in the number of Chinese Americans, most of whom are Chinese-American, including some Hispanics and African-Americans living around Flushing......
Kim Hyun-tae couldn't help frowning after reading several news network reports in a row.
He found that the recent news seemed to be very negative, and it would involve Chinese Americans.
This is not a good sign.
Although today's Kim Hyun Tae is still a novice in the strict sense, he is still better than before.
At least from the fact that he sensed that something was wrong, he was improving.
And it is true that most of the media in the United States now seem to have begun to report some very negative articles about Chinese Americans, especially for the group of Chinese Americans who go to the United States to work and do business, so that it will not involve immigrants who have already obtained citizenship and green cards.
But does it make a difference?
Apparently this is not.
Even with citizenship and green cards, Chinese Americans are Chinese Americans.
Other ethnic groups in the U.S. don't distinguish between them.
There must be some factors in this.
Kim Hyun-tae frowned and initially formed a judgment in his heart.
Fortunately, CNN under his name did not report this news because of his relationship with his Chinese boss, which made Kim Hyun-tae more comforted.
And just as Kim Hyun-tae was pondering the reason, a voice suddenly sounded behind him, and it was still in Chinese.
"Hey, boy, pay the protection money!" (To be continued.) )