Hollywood starts with an agent

Chapter 554 Shorting the Euro
"Phew," in the bedroom of the hot spring hotel, Aaron lay on the bed, supporting Norika Fujiwara on top of him, but his eyes were fixed on the news on the TV.

The news broadcast above states that the Japanese horror film "Ring" has grossed 10 billion yen at the box office!

"Hmm," a moment later, Norika Fujiwara lay on top of Aaron and then burrowed into the blankets.

After a while, the TV started broadcasting some Japanese music news, and Aaron let out a long sigh of relief!
Did you know that a horror film called "Ring" was released in Japan this year?

When Norika Fujiwara crawled out from under the covers and nestled in Aaron's arms, Aaron stroked the girl's softness and asked her a question.

"Yeah, The Ring, I know it. It was released at the beginning of the year, and it did a lot of good box office, and it was really scary!"

Norika Fujiwara seemed interested when the topic of "Ring" came up.

The Ring is an adaptation of the horror novel of the same name by Koji Suzuki!

The Ring was published in 1991 and is hailed as the "pyramid of horror novels". In 1995, Koji Suzuki published The Ring 2: The Road to Resurrection, which won the Yoshikawa Eiji Literary Newcomer Award in Japan.
This year, Koji Suzuki republished "Ring 3: Immortal," which once again sparked a great response from readers and became the best-selling book in the literature category in Japan that year.

"So, the Ring series is based on a novel?"

Aaron was unaware of this, of course, but he remembered that Hollywood later remade "The Ring";
Because Aaron remembered that the female lead in the American version of the "Ring" series was Australian actress Naomi Watts.

While Naomi Watts may not be a superstar right now, she has established herself in Hollywood and has starred in several films.

Naomi Watts stars in two films: "The Rock," produced by Dawn Universal and directed by Michael Bay, and "The Game," produced by PolyGram and directed by David Fincher.

"Yes, 'The Ring 2' is about to be released, early next year!"

Norika Fujiwara spoke up again to remind her.

Aaron nodded. "The Ring" is a good fit for a remake by Twilight Pictures. We need to get the company to buy the remake rights first.

Watching the entertainment news on TV, Aaron couldn't help but sigh, "The Japanese music market is truly booming!"

Many songs in the Hong Kong music scene are covers of Japanese music; there are not many original songs.

Universal Music's upcoming debut album, Britney Spears' first album, "First Love," will be released early next year.
Previously, Aaron had always thought that the album would be released in the second half of this year. The single "First Love" achieved great success, and the company had more confidence in Britney Spears' first album, so they took the production more seriously.

After Britney Spears' first album became a hit, Universal Music had its own pop diva;
At that time, Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston, and Mariah Carey would all have to step aside. Aaron needed to understand Britney Spears' future commercial influence, which was comparable to Madonna Ciccone!
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On January 1, 1999, Chinese New Year's Day, Aaron arrived in Hong Kong from Tokyo.

On this day, the European Union officially launched the euro as a financial currency. Currently, eleven of the fifteen EU member states jointly launched it.
Only four countries have not joined the Eurozone. Among them, the UK, Denmark, and Sweden want to wait and see, while Greece is eager to join but has been rejected!

"Currently, the exchange rate of the euro to the US dollar in the financial market is 1:1.183. I have more than 3 million US dollars in cash on hand to short the euro."

Aaron was in his Repulse Bay villa in Hong Kong, talking on the phone with his investment advisor, Edgar Irwin, instructing him to get started!
"clear."

"By the way, when will the US Senate deliver its verdict in Clinton's impeachment case?" "Oh, it's on the 12th of next month."

"Next month?" Aaron pondered, leaning back on the sofa. The NATO-led Kosovo War should be about to begin!

After hanging up the phone, Aaron shook his head helplessly. The euro was established simply to counter the dollar's hegemony.
NATO launched the Kosovo War to destabilize Europe. Once Europe is in chaos, international capital will flee, and the biggest destination will naturally be the United States.

The US dollar is going to give the euro a big scare!

The country that suffered was Yugoslavia.

That evening, in the villa's bedroom, Wang Zhuxian leaned against Aaron's chest. "Media Asia Films and Golden Harvest have had several talks, and Warner Bros. in Hollywood is also interested in Golden Harvest's film library."

"Mr. Raymond Chow of Golden Harvest said that if Media Asia is willing to offer the same price as Warner Bros., they are willing to sell us the permanent rights to more than 150 Golden Harvest films!"

Aaron stroked the woman's body. "Oh, how much did Warner Bros. offer to acquire Golden Harvest's copyright library?"

"Uh, 2500 million US dollars, which is close to 2 million Hong Kong dollars!"

Media Asia can come up with HK$1 million; we'll have to figure out the rest.

Aaron smiled. "Go ahead and buy it. I'll have Haihua Investment Company lend $2000 million to Media Asia Films. It's that simple!"

Wang Zhuxian was taken aback. "Is this okay?"

“Why not?” Haihua Company already owned a portion of the shares in Media Asia Films, so borrowing money was perfectly normal.

Besides, Haihua Investment Company is Aaron's private investment company anyway, and Media Asia Films doesn't have much repayment pressure!
As for why Aaron didn't let Dawn Universal acquire Golden Harvest's film library, it's mainly because Aaron wasn't very interested in the copyrights of these Hong Kong films.
In addition, Media Asia Films will definitely go public eventually, and with Golden Harvest's film library assets, its future market value will be even higher.

“Okay, whatever you say,” Wang Zhuxian kissed Aaron on the cheek. “You know, the Hong Kong film market is generally sluggish right now, and our Media Asia Films is already a mainstay of the Hong Kong film industry.”

"There's also Win's Entertainment, which is pretty good, but the others aren't so great."

Aaron rolled over and pinned the woman down. "What are you afraid of? Aren't you planning to expand your business to the mainland anyway?"

"The Hong Kong market is too small to support so many people; the mainland market is the real target."

"Moreover, you can first list Media Asia Films, and if the opportunity arises, you can try to raise funds to acquire Asia Television (ATV), which is one of the two TVB stations in Hong Kong after all!"

Previously, someone had recommended it to Aaron, but Aaron wasn't really interested. Wang Zhuxian is different; she's already developing her career here, so it's worth a try.

Wang Zhuxian's eyes widened. Acquire ATV? Was this something she could even imagine?

"Mmm," Aaron's lips landed directly on hers...

(End of this chapter)