Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 356 A Bloodless War

"There won't be any problems with the forward equity transfer agreement, right?" Lin Yuan asked.

"You can rest assured that nothing will go wrong," Betty replied confidently.

In fact, holding shares secretly through this kind of agreement is not a particularly sophisticated technique, and there are many people who know how to do it.

The real difficulty lies in how to do it:
When you privately approach the major shareholders of the two film companies and propose a shareholding agreement, what if they not only refuse to accept but turn around and tell the actual controllers of Columbia Pictures and MGM?
How do you acquire equity at a reasonable price? Since you're doing this covertly, the other party will undoubtedly offer a higher "helper price." However, if the price is too high, the acquisition will become unprofitable. Controlling costs is also crucial.

How can you prevent the other party from wanting to break the contract or raising the price exorbitantly after signing the agreement but before fulfilling their equity transfer obligations if they find that you have made considerable profits?
There are too many uncertainties involved, and every link is important.

Therefore, you know who you can fight for and who you must avoid.

Have the right professionals to discuss this matter and acquire the equity at a reasonable price.

Know how to make partners fulfill their agreements honestly.

The entire process combined together is where the value is reflected.

Such capital operation ability is amazing. Lin Yuan feels that even Mr. Eisen may not be able to complete this case well.

But Betty did it.

Is Morgan Stanley so powerful, or is Betty so outstanding personally?
Lin Yuan tends to think that Betty is too outstanding.

Thinking about it this way, she is really perfect in all aspects:
She has a good mind, amazing learning talent, excellent business skills, and her physical fitness is excellent judging by her kendo skills.

Coupled with her rich family background and outstanding figure and appearance, she is truly the one favored by God.

Apart from the lack of romance, which I don't know if it can be considered a flaw, it is simply impeccable.

"Mr. Lin, do you have any other concerns?" Betty asked.

"So Amazon and Sony both directly hold 4.9% of the shares, which is on the edge of the public disclosure line, and then they hold another 25% invisibly?" Lin Yuan replied.

"Well, that's equivalent to reaching 30%. After this short-selling attack on the stock price, taking advantage of the financial difficulties of the two film companies and getting the remaining part, we can directly reorganize the board of directors and gain actual control." Betty nodded.

Lin Yuan continued to look through the plan in his hand. It can be said that Betty's plan is very comprehensive.

Not only did they envision how to swallow up the two companies step by step at the lowest cost, they also devoted a lot of energy to setting up a "sniper line of defense" to prevent other capital from entering the market to grab the meat.

The capital war is a bloodless war, but its cruelty is no less than that of a real war in reality.

The life-long efforts of countless people were wiped out in this bloodless war. One step forward leads to heaven, one step back leads to hell.

Therefore, whenever there is war, there must be a contingency plan.

While you are enjoying the feast of capital, the blood that is shed will inevitably attract other big sharks.

Therefore, if adequate precautions are not taken, it is still unknown whether this piece of meat can be eaten safely.

Seeing that Lin Yuan lingered on that page for a long time, Betty explained with a smile, "Boston and DuPont are currently caught up in several other major mergers and acquisitions and restructuring cases, so they probably have no time to pay attention to our matter."

"The Rockefeller Foundation, the Citigroup Foundation, and the Chicago Foundation are our traditional allies. We don't have to worry about them getting involved."

"As for the remaining few financial groups, I have also made corresponding precautions, so you don't have to worry."

Lin Yuan nodded.

At the beginning of this century, the United States had eight major financial groups. With the expansion of financial capital after the war, the top ten financial groups on Wall Street gradually evolved, each of which is a super giant in the capital field.

The Morgan Consortium, to which Morgan Stanley belongs, is one of them.

Betty naturally has her own way of dealing with those old friends who have been in love and hate with each other for many years, and Lin Yuan is not worried about it at all.

All he wants to ask now is: It seems like you have taken care of everything, so why do you still need me?

So he asked, "Is there anything I can do?" Betty nodded and said, "This is a short-selling report my team wrote, and I'm very dissatisfied with it. Can you make a copy for me?"

After saying that, she handed over a thick short-selling report, the kind with hundreds of pages.

After flipping through a few pages, Lin Yuan felt dizzy and completely confused.

"Me? I've never done anything like this." Lin Yuan replied.

Betty smiled and replied, "I'll definitely be responsible for the specific content of the report. Help me identify the problems of the two film companies from a professional perspective and harshly criticize them. I need your undefeated box office record to endorse them."

Hearing her say this, Lin Yuan understood.

Simply put, a short-selling report is an evaluation report issued by a professional organization that details how rubbish a company is, how it has no future, and how doomed it is.

This report is for large investors as well as retail investors.

Once everyone agrees that the short-selling report makes sense, the company being shorted will lose the most important thing in the capital market: confidence!

Once confidence is lost, stock prices will naturally plummet.

At this time, if combined with the short position established previously, a chain attack can be achieved to completely destroy the target stock price.

Later, a new domestic coffee chain brand had its stock price completely destroyed by a short-selling report, which shows its power.

However, a powerful weapon like a short-selling report cannot be used casually.

The content must be detailed and reliable, which goes without saying. Otherwise, if someone sues you for spreading false information, you will be forced to pay compensation that will make you vomit blood.

More importantly, who said what the report said.

For example, if an unknown person holds a short-selling report and says that the new energy vehicle industry is doomed, and Musk holds the same report and says the same thing, can the effect be the same?

In recent years, Lin Yuan has been an image of a hit-making machine in the film industry.

Every movie he made achieved amazing box office results, which made him look like he was covered in gold at the moment.

Lin Yuan can say with complete confidence: No one understands commercial films better than me.

Therefore, if he were to publicly express his bearish view on the two film companies and endorse the short-selling report, the effect would certainly be astonishing.

Lin Yuan would definitely not refuse Betty's request. He nodded and agreed.

It was so easy to work with Betty. She took care of everything and Lin Yuan only had to follow behind and pick up the meat.

However, a vague worry flashed through his mind:
If you use this method of tearing each other apart to directly seize the actual control of the company, will the other party really sit there and wait for death?

……

……

……

The following text was published later and is not counted as money.

The protagonist's capital operation and game must be involved when development reaches a certain stage, otherwise the protagonist will always be a chess piece and cannot become a chess player.

But you may not like this aspect of the plot, after all, this article is mainly about hooking up with female celebrities during filming.

So I will try to keep it simple.

The process of the game will not be described in detail, nor will it describe complex games such as short squeeze, poison pill plan, white knight, etc.

It is written simply, so it is inevitable that it will be a bit crude. I can only ask for your understanding.

(End of this chapter)