American Scandal King

Chapter 154: Initiating the Acquisition (Part )

Sony Pictures, CEO's office.

Howard Stringer sat in his office, looking across at Nobuyuki Idei.

Chairman of Sony, a well-known figure.

The old man had gray hair and was furious.

Although the Japanese are dogs of the Americans, at Sony, you, Howard Stringer, are still my dog ​​after all!
Howard ignored him and spread his hands: "The bet was the headquarters' decision, not mine."

He just messed it up.

If you don't give a shit about Nobuyuki Idei, you have to give a shit about Ian Carr.

The latter’s body is rotten!!!
Nobuyuki Idei glared at Howard Stringer angrily: "But you didn't stop him! Look at what he has done during this time?"

Howard Stringer sneered, "Chairman Idei Nobuyuki, you're dealing with the world's most terrifying journalist. He can interview terrorists while a plane is exploding, he can chase down bandits in a car and ask them questions, and he can even interview a person on fire!"

He shook his head. "Don't you understand who you're dealing with? He's not a typical businessman... He's more of a journalist than a businessman! He's fearless and willing to use any means to achieve his goals! A shrewd businessman isn't scary, nor is a strong, fearless soldier. But a shrewd businessman who's also fearless and lawless, a god-level journalist with powerful executive abilities, an American hero... is terrifying!"

He had already sold himself, so he wasn't afraid of his boss. He simply said, "His assets may be only a fraction of yours, but the damage he can cause could be so severe that even ten Sonys couldn't withstand it. Today, he's only targeting Sony Pictures and its subsidiaries, but tomorrow, he might target all of Sony. Mr. Idei Nobuyuki, I believe you must take his threat seriously!"

"Baka!" Idei Nobuyuki was furious: "Sony doesn't accept threats!"

Howard Stringer spread his hands and said, "You can refuse to accept it, but the consequences have nothing to do with me."

Idei Nobuyuki's face twitched: "I can't possibly accept his request! I don't believe he has anything more!"

Stringer shrugged. "That's what I told him then."

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Ian didn't care about the breakdown of negotiations.

He hadn't expected this to work out in the first place. After all, he could make more money by shorting Sony. But it was just a business negotiation, you always have to give people some chances.

Now it's your turn to give up the opportunity!
2 month 4 day.

The Los Angeles Herald, Los Angeles Times, LANN, CBS News and other major television and radio stations simultaneously released evidence of Sony Pictures Entertainment's tax evasion.

The market was in an uproar!

The IRS swarmed like a pack of sharks smelling blood. Two million is not important, but the sky-high fine is.

On that day, Sony Pictures' stock price plummeted on the Wall Street stock market.

If it was just this one piece of news, perhaps Sony wouldn't have been affected so much. The problem is that in the past half month or so, they have been entangled in too much negative news, so that the public's impression of Sony has become extremely bad.

There is a science to attacking others.

Although continuous light punches cannot knock down the opponent, they can earn points. However, giving the opponent a fatal blow when he is impatient will completely destroy his confidence.

The market's confidence in Sony had already been undermined by a series of negative reports, with its stock price falling. The subsequent news of tax evasion made things even worse for Sony Pictures.

What's disgusting is that Ian Carr also arranged for an interview with an important figure in the IRS, Deputy Commissioner of the IRS, Ib Wade.

This person is a good friend of California Senator Iseult Cherry, and Iseult Cherry is a good friend of Ian - the key is that Ian sent him a check for one hundred thousand US dollars.

Who is not a friend of money?
So Ibrahimovic Wade directly announced: Sony will never be let off, and Sony Pictures Entertainment’s book assets will be thoroughly investigated, and all taxes and sky-high fines payable over the years will be paid.

The tone was basically, if I don't make Sony vomit three liters of blood, I'll quit my job as deputy director.

Although Sony also had connections to get things done, the market had already started to panic, and people were selling Sony shares, causing Sony's stock price to fall continuously, falling by 15% in just a few days.

For a large enterprise, this is already a serious blow.

Ian Carr used the capital in his hand to increase leverage, and after eliminating the bank's blood drain, Ian's expected profit from this short selling was about 2.2 million.

But Ian wasn't satisfied with that.

So Ian Carr directly announced that the media supervision of Sony is still ongoing, and the Japanese should not think of being so rampant on American soil. You can wait, and there will be new big news released.

Good guy!
You are clearly robbing people, yet you are using the banner of national justice?
But you know what, it really works.

Everyone knows that Ian Carr has his sights set on Sony, and losing confidence in the future means Sony's stock price will continue to fall.

At this time, Sony headquarters also panicked and finally agreed to make peace.

Howard Stringer was ordered to negotiate with Ian Carr again.

With the support of an insider, the two sides finally reached an agreement.

Ian Carr will not continue to target Sony, and will persuade Ibrahimovic Wade to show mercy. A fine is definitely required, but it can be smaller.

Sony Pictures was willing to sell the film and television rights to Spider-Man, Resident Evil and Men in Black to Bridgestone Pictures for a low price of $25 million. The Spider-Man movie currently in production also accepted Bridgestone Pictures' investment, and Carl Media took over most of the publicity.

At the same time, Ian still handed over the production and development rights of Spider-Man Black: Life and Death to Sony. This way, he could get the copyright more cheaply, and secondly, it would encourage the other party to do a good job.

If you ask for too much, you might end up making a bad movie - things like movies and TV really depend on the people who make them. If there's something wrong with the people, the work can easily become garbage.

So the blockbuster movies will still be made by whoever made them. Ian will try his best not to affect the production to prevent a good movie from becoming a bad one - even though Spider-Man 3 had problems later, it was still a big hit in the end, right?

For Ian, having the copyright not only removes one more restriction, but also makes it easier for Marvel to integrate Spider-Man into the franchise. This will change, but it will only be for the better.

The best thing would be that Sony would persuade Nomura Securities to help persuade Madoff to stop causing trouble.

Doing business depends on connections, and the whole point is to help each other.

Although Nomura Securities begged Madoff to help them "make money," they certainly had the right to speak up, especially since Madoff's high profile was a facade. After learning that Ian had made a killing by shorting Sony, Madoff realized his plan to target Ian Carr had completely failed. To prevent Nomura Securities from withdrawing its $5 million investment, he had no choice but to accept the outcome.

At this point, the issue of Lino Bank's loan withdrawal was resolved.

This is interesting: Ian has money, but Lino doesn't take out loans anymore.

Ian finally let go and stopped releasing negative information about Sony.

If Ian had been more shameless, he could have cleaned up Sony's reputation again and bought a batch of stocks after completing the short selling.

But doing so would damage his own reputation, and Ian didn't want that.

Influence is a double-edged sword. It can easily help Ian make a lot of money, but if you don’t cherish it, the loss of trust will be even more costly.

So after completing this transaction, Ian Carr did not make any more moves, ending this short-selling war.

But for Ian, the war has just begun.

That old bastard Madoff was the real culprit, and as many people now knew, Madoff and Ian were sworn enemies – he only let go because Ian made money, and whether he let go or not was all a matter of the plan failing and he was just going with the flow.

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Carr Media Group, Office of the President.

Today Ian Carr received a distinguished guest here: Boyle, the board member and executive president of Ankang Company.

After the last incident, Ian and Ankang reached a settlement. Due to the rapid expansion of Carl Media Group, Ankang Insurance Company suffered almost no losses in this incident.

The advertising fee is worth it.

The losses on the low-interest loans were also recovered on CBS stock.

As for providing low-priced insurance to Karl Group employees...that's no big deal, in fact, there's still profit!
So now the relationship between the two companies is going well, and Boyle has even retained his position.

Boyle is now one of the CBS directors representing Ankang. When CBS holds a board meeting, he and Ian will sit together and chat. The scene in which he was threatened with being thrown out of the hotel by pinching his neck has now become a joke for the two of them to talk and laugh, and recall the good times.

"Ian Karl, our friendship is as close as life and death!"

"Actually, I've always felt that I missed out on a piece of good news by not throwing you out of the building."

"I can't help your wife."

"Don't think about Jessica! Besides, I don't have a wife, why don't you try to beat me."

Just chatting and laughing.

As the saying goes, no fight, no deal!

At this moment, Ian personally poured tea for Boyle: "The best Longjing tea from China. Coffee is acidic, and tea is alkaline. Drinking some tea is good for your health."

Boyle took it with a smile: "I didn't know you had such a deep understanding of Chinese culture."

"I have studied world culture. After all, qualified media will go global in the future," Ian replied.

He put down the teapot, sat down in front of Boyle, and said directly, "I came to you because I want to ask for your help. I need to get another 5 million loan from Ankang. Of course, this time it won't be low interest. I won't go through the standard process, but I will only pay interest for five years... I believe Ankang will help me with this."

Paying only interest for five years was a special treatment, but Ian had always been a special treat.

got used to!
Boyle wasn't surprised. "What for?"

Ian replied: "I want to take Linuo's shares."

Boyle looked at him in surprise: "What did you say?"

Ian's expression was serious: "I'm going to deal with those shareholders of Linuo. Those bastards must be kicked out."

"Wow," Boyle laughed. "So you're planning to buy Linuo Bank?"

"Yes!" Ian said seriously, "Of course I won't be the boss. Gaskell will still be the chairman."

Boyle understood: "You and Gaskell have a really good relationship."

Ian spread his hands: "Everyone needs a few good friends in this world."

He looked at Boyle and said, "I know you have clients who own shares in Lynon. I need you to help me convince them to sell the shares to me. I can get a premium."

It is normal to pay a premium when acquiring a profitable company, and the amount of the premium depends on negotiation.

Boyle said, "So Ankang is going to help you convince Ankang's clients and also lend you money to buy Linuo's shares? What about acquiring the shares?"

"How about I borrow money from Linuo Bank to buy Ankang shares when I have the chance?" Ian asked with a smile.

Boyle laughed: "That's totally fine."

Ian's methods are too cruel. For such a person, cooperation is the best option.

Boyle said, "I can help you convince those people, but they only hold 8% of Linuo's shares. You are not enough to change the situation."

Ian smiled slightly: "Leave the rest to me... You know I'm good at persuading people."

Boyle raised his brows slightly: "I believe this. After all, I have seen it."

The two looked at each other and laughed at the same time.

(End of this chapter)