Hollywood starts with an agent

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Inside a vacation villa on Long Island, New York.

Sumner Redstone, 73, and Rupert Murdoch, 64, sat facing each other.

"Dawning is going public, and we predict its market capitalization will not be less than $150 billion after the IPO!"

Sumner Redstone lit a cigar and took a puff.

Rupert Murdoch chuckled. "Aaron Anderson's trajectory is unpredictable!"

Currently, among media conglomerates, Disney ranks first, Time Warner ranks second, Viacom ranks third, and News Corporation ranks fourth;
After Dawn goes public, its market value might surpass that of News Corp.

Sumner Redstone took a sip of wine. "Dawn was very interested in television stations. I heard they wanted to partner with you on Fox News. That deal fell through, didn't it?"

Rupert Murdoch nodded. "Dawn leans towards liberals, which doesn't align with the FNC's conservative views."

Sumner Redstone sighed, "In the old MCA era, MCA Television and Universal Pictures performed only moderately well."

"Now that we have Dawn, the results are excellent, and Dawn's market share in Hollywood is getting higher and higher!"

Sumner Redstone's belief is that content is king, and Viacom's cable television network and Paramount should also uphold this philosophy.

Unfortunately, with the rise of Dawn, its output in the film and television fields became almost unstoppable.

Rupert Murdoch narrowed his eyes. "Dawn's current focus seems to be on Universal Studios, where they want to directly compete with Disney in the movie theme park market."

A theme park?

Sumner Redstone frowned; this was an important platform for the consumer market.

In fact, in recent years, Paramount has also acquired and operated several theme parks in North America, such as Paramount Carowinds, Paramount Greater America, Paramount Kings Island, Paramount Kingsland, and Paramount Wonderland Canada.
However, this can only be considered an amusement park, and it cannot be compared with long-established movie theme parks such as Disney and Universal Studios!
On the other side, in Manhattan, New York.

At the Plaza Hotel, Aaron is attending a charity dinner organized by David Rockefeller to raise funds for the Museum of Modern Art in New York!

At the scene, Aaron met Prince Walid bin Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, a member of the Saudi royal family.

"Mr. Anderson, it's an honor!"

Walid and Aaron shook hands.

Aaron smiled. "Good evening."

Alwaleed's Kingdom Holding Company made a lot of money from early investments in Citibank, and then took advantage of the low prices during the Gulf War to acquire land in Saudi Arabia.

After the war, Saudi Arabian land prices rebounded, resulting in huge profits.

"Kingdom Holdings has invested quite a bit in the United States these past two years."

"We recently acquired this Plaza Hotel from Trump Properties!"

Walid shook his head. "Kingdom Holdings is no match for Mr. Anderson's Dawn Group."

Aaron took a sip of his drink. "Ha, you're far too modest!"

In the past two years, Kingdom Holdings has been investing heavily in real estate in the United States. Last year, it acquired a 50% stake in the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles and a 25% stake in the Four Seasons Hotel.

In addition to its investments in the United States, Kingdom Holding Company is also spending lavishly in Europe.

However, the main reason why Walid was able to attract Aaron's attention was that Kingdom Holding Company acquired a 25% stake in Disneyland Paris for $3.45 million in the second half of last year!

"Right now, the news about Dawning's upcoming IPO is generating a lot of buzz on Wall Street."

“Many investment banks and fund companies are eyeing the light.” Walid’s own Kingdom Holding Company is also keenly watching.

Aaron nodded slightly. "Dawn welcomes all investors!"

Walid suddenly spoke up, asking, "Mr. Anderson, I plan to build two luxury themed resort hotels in Hollywood and the Universal Studios resort area in Orlando;"

Are Universal Studios interested in collaborating?

Aaron paused for a moment, "Oh, what brand is it?"

"In Hollywood, I want to build a Universal Studios Plaza Hotel, and in Orlando, I want to build a Universal Studios Four Seasons Hotel!"

After listening to Walid's explanation, Aaron tapped his fingers on his knee. "Absolutely. Dawn has just established the Universal Studios Hotel Group and is preparing to officially enter the hotel business."

“In that case, we can directly cooperate to build two new hotels and manage them together.”

Kingdom Holdings, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, and Universal Studios—the three-way cooperation shouldn't have any major problems.

After talking with Walid, Aaron then chatted with 80-year-old David Rockefeller.

"Aaron, thank you for your support of the museum!"

David Rockefeller and Aaron shook hands.

“Of course,” Aaron replied with a smile. As the family that once founded Standard Oil, the Rockefeller family’s reputation was beyond question.

David Rockefeller, as the third-generation head of the family, had previously controlled Chase Manhattan Bank;

The Rockefeller family has extensive resources in American political and business circles!

"By the way, there's a large conference being held at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco these days. Will you be attending, Aaron?"

David Rockefeller inquired.

Aaron shook his head. "It's pointless, and not suitable for a young man like me!"

Recently, a conference of human elites was indeed held at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, where some political and business leaders from the UK and the US gathered to discuss the current rapid growth of the world's population.

They believe that the world's resources should be controlled by 20% of the population, while the other 80% are human waste.

David Rockefeller chuckled. "Indeed, if we're going to implement the 'entertainment for money' plan, Hollywood is an insurmountable hurdle."

"No matter what, Hollywood controls the channels of communication, and no one can ignore you!"

Aaron touched his face. "It's just a bunch of bored people entertaining themselves. Society is constantly evolving."

"A few hundred people think they can speak for billions of people worldwide?"

David Rockefeller nodded, smiled, and patted Aaron on the shoulder. "Enjoy the party!"

After David Rockefeller left, Aaron took a sip of his drink. He was well aware of the roundtable meeting that had taken place at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco.
Texas Governor George W. Bush, former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, British Labour Party leader Tony Blair, billionaire George Soros, Bill Gates, and a large number of other people attended the meeting.

Who initiated it? It was an invitation letter issued by the Gorbachev Foundation, which is funded by the United States!

"People really shouldn't eat too much," Aaron shook his head. These guys were definitely too full and had nothing better to do...

(End of this chapter)