Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

While Lin Daoqiu was still promoting Neon Run, he suddenly received a call from Ashley.

Lin Daoqiu's first film in Hollywood was with Warner Bros.

Although the two ended up having a bit of an unpleasant quarrel, Warner was recently pulled into Lin Daoqiu's alliance, and the relationship between the two is not as awkward as before.

The purpose of Ashley's call to Lin Daoqiu this time was because he heard that Lin Daoqiu was interested in acquiring DC Comics.

I believe it is self-evident what Lin Daoqiu was looking for when acquiring DC.

If DC's superhero series is handed over to Lin Daoqiu, then Ashley believes that this will definitely be a huge gold mine.

Now Warner is sitting on this golden mountain but cannot let DC create any benefits for them. In the final analysis, it is because Warner has too many ideas, and DC is severely restricted by Warner in terms of movies.

Because Hollywood superhero series were not a hit before, after making a few movies, Warner couldn't continue to support DC in continuing to make movies.

After Warner acquired DC, DC only made three superhero movies throughout the 1970s, and the best-selling one was undoubtedly the first one of "Superman".

With a production fee of 50 million US dollars, this drama finally earned a box office of 300 million US dollars in the global market. Including the income from the disc market, Warner made a fortune.

But it is a pity that the sequel "Superman 2", which was first released in Europe at the end of 1980, cost only 54 million US dollars to produce, but only made 100 million US dollars at the box office. It can be said that Warner suffered a big fall.

When "Superman" 3 was released in 1983, it was even more disastrous. The final box office was cut in half, leaving only 50 million US dollars.

As for "Superman" 4, which was released this year, the production cost was only over 10 million, and the final box office was only over 10 million.

It can be said that throughout the 1970s to the late 1980s, DC, with the support of Warner, only produced one blockbuster movie, and the others either lost a lot of money or were made with small budgets.

Under such circumstances, how to maximize the potential of DC is something that Warner needs to solve.

Now someone who can solve this matter has appeared, but the problem is how to convince Lin Daoqiu to cooperate with them. This is the most troublesome thing for Ashley.

Although Lin Daoqiu is not the kind of person who likes to eat alone, if he wants to invite him to help Warner film, Ashley probably won't be able to do so.

So the only way to solve this matter is to sell part of DC's shares to Lin Daoqiu, so that Warner can follow and make money together.

"I heard that Mr. Lin intends to acquire DC?"

Logically speaking, Lin Daoqiu should have taken the initiative to ask Ashley about such a thing, but now it was reversed and it was Ashley who took the initiative to ask Lin Daoqiu. This was obviously not something a business person would do.

"Mr. Ashley is right, I do have this idea."

Although Lin Daoqiu didn't know who disclosed this matter to Ashley, since the other party asked him about it, there was no need for Lin Daoqiu to be secretive. He admitted it openly.

After hearing Lin Daoqiu admit it readily, Ashley's hearty laughter came from the other end of the phone.

"Mr. Lin, it has been eighteen years since Warner acquired DC, but it has never been able to push DC to the position it deserves. If anyone can do this, it is probably you except you.

There is no one else."

Ashley began to praise Lin Daoqiu, but his words were all spoken from the bottom of his heart.

"If that's the case, are you making this call intending to sell DC to me?"

Lin Daoqiu asked with a smile.

After being asked this question by Lin Daoqiu, Ashley was suddenly stunned for a moment, and then he could only resolve the embarrassing situation with laughter.

If someone else wants to buy DC, Ashley may consider the issue from a financial perspective. As long as the price offered by the other party is high enough, then he is willing to sell the DC to the other party.

But if the person who wants to buy DC turns out to be Lin Daoqiu, then Ashley will not only consider how much profit the sale of DC can bring to Warner.

If possible, he would even give Lin Daoqiu 40% of DC's shares for free and let him help develop DC.

However, Ashley also knew very well that Lin Daoqiu was not an idiot, and it was unlikely that he would be willing to work for him in vain.

"Mr. Lin, our long-term hope is to make DC develop better. If you are really interested in acquiring DC, I will seriously consider this issue."

Ashley's answer surprised Lin Daoqiu. Could it be that he really wanted to sell DC to himself because of DC's sake?

If this is the case, then it doesn't matter if Lin Daoqiu is willing to add a little more to the other party's price.

But it is a pity that Ashley has absolutely no idea of ​​selling the entire DC to Lin Daoqiu. The most he can accept is selling half of the DC shares to the other party, but he must not let Lin Daoqiu hold more than 51% of the shares, because then he will

Become a major shareholder.

"If Mr. Lin really wants to buy DC, we are willing to sell half of DC's shares to Mr. Lin at the original acquisition price."

"Thank you, Mr. Ashley, but I am not interested in half of the shares. If possible, I would like to buy DC as a whole. Of course, in terms of price, I will give Warner the most favorable price."

Lin Daoqiu's reaction was not beyond Ashley's expectation, but it was impossible for him to sell the entire DC to Lin Daoqiu.

Even if he makes a little money from Lin Daoqiu now, Lin Daoqiu may ask DC to help him make hundreds or thousands of times more in the future.

So what Ashley needs to do now is to find a way to sell DC to Lin Daoqiu, but Warner still has to retain half of the shares.

The difficulty of accomplishing this thing can be said to be very high, and Ashley himself knows it very well.

"I hope Mr. Lin can think about it and we can make concessions on price. The bottom line for Warner is to retain 50% of DC's shares."

Ashley even offered to make concessions on price, but this obviously did not tempt Lin Daoqiu at all.

"I think we should put this matter aside for the time being. After all, it is difficult for us to convince each other at the moment, so I think we can talk about it if there is a chance in the future."

Lin Daoqiu didn't want to continue talking nonsense with Ashley, because he knew that his requirements were very different from Ashley's requirements, and under such circumstances, it was better to stop there.

"Well, if that's the case, I won't disturb Mr. Lin. If you are interested in chatting with me someday, just give me a call. I will be waiting for you at any time."