"If you continue to inform us, we will speed up negotiations with major theater chains and implement the holographic theater renovation project as soon as possible. We will strive to have holographic theater chains cover at least 30% of cinemas before the first holographic movie is released." Li Lingfeng exited the holographic meeting and talked to the person next to him. the assistant said.
On the other side, Julie also issued an order to expand.
"Add 150 offline experience stores across the country. Let people from the marketing department look for suitable addresses in major first- and second-tier cities. Give me the evaluation reports of people flow data, consumption power data, location and environmental data, Within a week.”
"We will list the companies we observe that have potential for investment cooperation and list detailed cooperation or investment plans. Each person will be responsible for the evaluation of one company and hand over the evaluation report to me within a week."
The investment department run by Lao Luo is no exception. Although there are only about twenty people in the investment department, everyone is an elite among the elite.
"What should we do? We are a technical department and we cannot expand just because we want to." Lin Zhiyuan and Lin Shu said on their way to the research room.
"We have core technology, and someone will be responsible for expansion. We asked the investment department to help evaluate the acquisition of automobile production plants. We launched the fourth round of self-driving road tests and submitted the latest development report of self-driving cars. The company will send people to develop the autonomous driving market and automobile market." Lin Shu said, the shyness of the past disappeared, and now she is a confident girl.
The department they lead is the youngest department in the Army Ant Group. Most of the people responsible for autonomous driving and 'artificial intelligence+' projects are researchers, with an average age of no more than 30 years old, but each has their own skills, active thinking and creativity.
They are not good at management experience. They only need to hand over the research results to the company, and specialized people will come to develop the corresponding market.
"Ruoxi, you go and notify that within a week, the planning team will come up with the second phase expansion plan of Ant Paradise." After the meeting, Li Danni took off her glasses and spoke to Li Ruoxi next to her.
"Okay." Li Ruoxi didn't dare to neglect, took off her glasses and left the conference room.
Now Ant Paradise Company has just been established. It has the resources and connections of the Luo Family, Changlong Group and Penguin Company, as well as the monopoly advantages of the holographic park plan and holographic projector. It has huge potential in the theme park and tourism sectors.
Ant Paradise Company has the ability to expand its business faster than other companies, especially in the movie sector of the entertainment industry, which can form an influence in a short period of time, as well as amusement park theme parks and tourist towns.
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After the meeting, the army ant group started to run at high speed like a huge engine.
The employees of the army ant group are like the army ant nest before the invasion, extremely active and ready to expand their territory at any time.
Naturally, such a big move cannot be hidden from some people who pay attention to the Army Ant Company. I don't know when it started, but the army ant group completely changed its original style, making big noises frequently, which always made people scared.
The atmosphere in the Disney headquarters conference room was unprecedentedly solemn.
Bob Iger, who sat in the first seat, looked gloomy.
Ant Paradise is the biggest challenge he has encountered since taking office. It put him under enough pressure not long after its establishment.
This competitor has concentrated its greatest advantages since birth. Cooperate with Penguin to import the large IP resources of Penguin Group, the most popular game IP, and the popular animation IP in China. Invest in holographic film production, animation, games, and enter entertainment and online media. There are also the contacts and resources accumulated by the Luo family for hundreds of years, and the amusement park management experience of Changlong Group.
The most important thing is that Ant Paradise has the huge advantage of monopolizing the future world technology of holographic projectors. The conflicts between various businesses have made Ant Paradise their number one competitor.
Once Ant Paradise takes shape, it will become the first choice venue for parent-child entertainment and travel with its holographic amusement park full of magical imagination. The impact on their company's business will be unprecedentedly terrifying.
"Everyone, what do you think about Ant Paradise?" Egger said.
Other directors on the scene were thinking that Ant Paradise has just been established and the impact has not yet appeared. Once the hologram is launched, it will be a prelude to the crisis.
But there is nothing they can do about Ant Paradise.
Led by the Marching Ant Group, the company established by four powerful groups is still within China. They cannot deal with it at all, and acquisitions are impossible. Several companies are not short of money.
They can acquire major American companies for integration, but they cannot acquire Ant Paradise. The concept of the holographic world is of infinite value. Coupled with the big IP held by Penguin Group, Ant Paradise has unlimited possibilities.
Seeing that no one was speaking, Egger turned his attention to the man on the left.
Everyone else looked at him, hoping to hear his opinion.
Tang Shide knocked on the table helplessly.
He is now Chairman of Theme Parks and Resorts, overseeing the company's global vacation and travel businesses. During the critical period of Disney's expansion and growth, he led the company to acquire ABC, Pixar and Marvel Entertainment, etc., and can be said to be one of the pivotal members.
"Obviously, Ant Paradise has a lot of overlap with our business and is a competitor with huge potential. Once Ant Paradise's holographic theme park is successfully constructed, our theme park will no longer be the first choice for amusement tourism. The biggest loss will be The theme park tourism business will have a very heavy blow to our company.
Maybe we have big IPs, but Ant Paradise, together with Penguin Group, has the most popular game IPs, as well as big IPs in literature, animation and TV series. Ant Paradise uses holographic projection to create vivid IP characters at any time. What we have, they have, and what they have, we don’t. This is their advantage over us, although we look strong now. "
Everyone was aware of the crisis and their hearts became heavy. Ant Paradise looks weak now, but it is backed by the Army Ant Group and has the advantage of monopolizing holographic projectors, so it has great potential.
Townsend did not stop and continued.
"The most important thing is that the ZF is also sanctioning the Army Ant Group. We are their biggest competitor in the Ant Paradise project. It is impossible for them to sell us a large holographic projector to build a theme park."
"Buying shares and cooperating is the best way." Another man wearing glasses and with Mediterranean hair said. He is Roesler, Disney's chief financial officer and senior executive president.
"Will the Marching Ant Group invest in us? What should we invest in? Money? If they are short of money, China's top ten banks will be very happy to lend them as much money as they want. Or IP as a stake? After giving them IP , do we still have any advantage?" Tang Shide asked.
A series of questions caused the conference room to fall into silence again.
What to invest in
Changlong Group already has the resources for the playground. Penguin has a lot of IP resources. The resources for international expansion and the contacts accumulated by the Luo family over the past century are sufficient. The four major groups are not short of money either. If they go in to share the shares, they will definitely get it from the Marching Ant Group. It is unlikely that the Marching Ant Group will give it to them.
"We are not happy with a head-on confrontation with Ant Paradise. Cooperation is definitely needed. It is always more profitable than a life-and-death confrontation. For example, holographic technology plus Marvel IP movies, at least in terms of movies, we still have great advantages. Holographic technology Mature, holographic movies are the next film field." said Townsend.
"The government sanctioned the Army Ant Group and prevented their products from entering the U.S. market. Holographic projectors are not sold here. Cinemas cannot be transformed into holographic cinemas." Rosler added.
The atmosphere of the meeting became suffocating, and for the first time, I felt how uncomfortable those damn sanctions were.
"Is it possible to lobby ZF officials through personal connections so that they can relax some of the sanctions on the Army Ant Group in exchange for the friendship of the Army Ants? Maybe we can reach cooperation with them in some fields. The holographic projection market is blank and there is no harm. With the interests of the large consortium, we can get some benefits from this blank market, at least obtain a holographic projector to shoot movies and build our holographic cinema, and the consortium behind it will definitely be happy," Iger said.
As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes lit up.
"Just 'donate' some campaign funds to them." Rosler chuckled softly.
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In the Luo family, Alexander looked a little surprised when he heard the news that the army ant group was suddenly extremely active.
In his impression, Chen Mo was not a high-profile person. Behind the sudden change of style, there must be something irritating him.
"Master, Haixing Company has an expansion plan to acquire a medical device company; Ant Paradise Company informed us that it hopes we will formulate a site selection and evaluation plan for Ant Paradise in Europe." A private secretary entered the office and said.
"Okay, let the investment team choose the address, the faster the better." Alexander said without hesitation.
Cooperating with the Marching Ant Group has benefited the Luo family greatly, and it has once again become famous in Europe. He has firmly established himself as the head of the Luo family. As long as there is enough time to continue to develop, their family will definitely rise again, become a global conglomerate family, and restore their past glory.
The enthusiastic actions of the Army Ant Group have caused all parties to begin to adjust their company's development plans.
In addition to the news of big news in Ant Paradise, in other fields, industry insiders have received the news in advance. Some companies began to take the initiative to seek cooperation with the Army Ant Group.
The strong aggression of army ants makes many people frown, but also makes their partners smile.
(End of chapter)