The next night, Li Zetian went to Hollywood to attend the party of the big oil businessman M. Davis.
M. Davis is also the owner of the 20th Century Fox Film Company. Naturally, Hollywood stars and the top executives of the film company have to give face to this party.
The party was full of stars and beautiful women.
However, these beauties revolve around business tycoons.
In the eyes of ordinary people, stars are very bright and high, but in the rich, they kneel and sing conquest.
Li Zetian arrived late, but the most powerful characters always appear last.
The arrival of Li Zetian made the whole party quiet, and people turned to look at him in shock.
"Haha, Mr. Li, I'm really honored to be able to participate in this party!" M. Davis said proudly and happily. You must know that Li Zetian does not easily attend the party. The party of Weiss, of course, made M. Davis super face!
Li Zetian smiled slightly, and said politely, "Since Mr. Davis has kindly invited me, how can I refuse!"
Next, M. Davis brought Li Zetian to the center of the party very enthusiastically. At this time, people around him who thought they had the right to talk with Li Zetian stepped forward to say hello. In fact, most of them, Li Zetian didn't know him at all. Since others greeted him with a smile, he smiled and nodded.
After the greeting, M. Davis drank red wine and said meaningfully to Li Zetian: "Chronos Li, why don't we find a quiet place to chat?"
Li Zetian's heart moved, knowing that M. Davis would definitely talk to him about the 20th Century Fox Film Company, he nodded and agreed: "Okay!"
Then, the two came to a room in the house.
M. Davis said straight to the point: "Mr. Li, are you interested in 20th Century Fox Film Company?"
"Twentieth Century Fox is one of the giants of Hollywood, how could I not be interested? I just heard that News Corp wanted to buy it, and the two companies have been negotiating for a long time. If I suddenly inserted, would it be a cross knife? Taking love?" Li Zetian said.
"Mr. Li, you're wrong to say that, how is it to win love with a knife!! 20th Century Fox Film Company has not reached any agreement with News Corp. The two parties are only in preliminary contact. What's more, this is a shopping mall, not a love scene. . If Mr. Li wants to acquire 20th Century Fox Film Company, I am quite welcome!" M. Davis laughed.
Li Zetian laughed secretly in his heart, the snipe and mussel competed, and the fisherman profited, of course you welcome it. However, being able to buy 20th Century Fox is indeed a big, profitable business. Media mogul Rupert Murdoch, who bought 20th Century Fox from M. Davis, made little changes to the film division but poached Barry Diller from Paramount Pictures to create Fox Sri Lanka Television Network. Movies and TV networks complemented each other, and from then on, 20th Century Fox was unstoppable! Fox finally became the fourth largest TV network in the United States after ABC, NBC, and CBS!
Li Zetian did not intend to continue to be sloppy with him, but asked bluntly: "How much does News Corporation plan to buy 20th Century Fox Film Company? And what price do you plan to sell?"
M. Davis took a sip of wine, thinking about how to make an offer.
"News Corporation spent $1.8 billion, but our offer was $2 billion!"
Li Zetian nodded secretly, this price is not expensive, but it is not too small. Without the intervention of Li Zetian, Disney's market value in the previous life would have only been more than 3 billion.
M. Davis continued: "Mr. Li, this amount of money must be a drop in the bucket for you!"
Li Zetian chuckled and said, "Mr. Davis is joking, $2 billion is an astronomical figure, how could it be a drop in the bucket! However, I can buy 20th Century Fox for $100 million more than News Corporation."
M. Davis smiled and said, "The 20th Century Fox film company is matched with 2 billion US dollars, which is exactly the same. If it is less than 100 million US dollars, it would be inappropriate!"
Li Zetian couldn't help laughing and said, "M. Davis, according to you, if the company's name is changed to 21st Century Fox in the 21st century, wouldn't it be possible to acquire it for $2.1 billion?"
M. Davis sneered suddenly, raised his glass and drank.
He thought that Li Zetian had hundreds of billions of dollars in assets, and he had a lot of money, but he didn't expect, but he was preoccupied with between 100 million and 200 million.
But then again, $100 million is a lot of money!
Li Zetian also picked up the glass and drank, and then said leisurely: "If you agree to my terms, I can pay all the money at one time. I think News Corporation must not be able to get that much money all at once!"
M. Davis was stunned for a moment, then secretly said, "News Corporation really can't come up with so much money, and it's impossible for banks to lend them so much money, so installment delivery is inevitable. But Chronos Li is different, with strong financial resources, It's not a problem to pay all at once. Besides, it's far better to have a good relationship with News Corp than to have a good relationship with Chronos Li!"
After thinking about it, os·Li is so sincere, then I accept your acquisition conditions on behalf of all shareholders of 20th Century Fox Film Company! "
After speaking, M. Davis stood up and stretched out his hand. Li Zetian also stood up, shook hands with him, and said, "Okay!!"
After the verbal agreement was reached, both were very happy.
"Mr. Li, are you interested in the oil business?" M. Davis asked with a smile.
Li Zetian was stunned for a moment and asked in doubt, "What does Mr. Davis mean?"
"Haha, nothing, I just thought, if you are interested in the oil business, we can join forces! You have huge capital and connections, and I am very familiar with this industry. If you join forces, you will definitely be able to build an oil empire!"
Li Zetian frowned, the oil industry is indeed very profitable, but he had an unstable foundation before, so he didn't get involved, just didn't want to touch the "cheese" of other consortia, so as not to cause hostility. Now, although economically, he has surpassed other consortiums, but the political power is still not comparable to the old consortiums.
M. Davis was very hesitant to see Li Zetian, and he knew in his heart that this matter was difficult to achieve. He made a gesture to the outside inadvertently, and soon, a woman with an oval face, big eyes, and long fluttering hair came over. She had snow-like skin, a graceful figure, and long white and elastic legs that were very sexy.
"Uncle Davis, Chronos Li, how are you!" After she came over, she smiled and greeted the two of them very elegantly.
Li Zetian was stunned when he saw her.
"Isn't she a 'black swan'?" Li Zetian thought to himself.
M. Davis smiled and introduced: "Mr. Li, this is Nikita Rich, the goddaughter of Mark Rich."
"Oh, Miss Nikita Ritchie, hello."
Rita Rich smiled and said, "Mr. Li, don't be polite, just call me Nikita."
M. Davis said: "Mark Ritchie is one of the major shareholders of 20th Century Fox, so Nikita is a producer on the company and is a very good producer."
Li Zetian nodded, expressing his understanding. If he wanted to acquire 20th Century Fox Film Company, how could he not investigate the company's shareholder composition? In addition to M. Davis, Li Zetian paid the most attention to Mark Ritchie.
Mark Ritchie is the most controversial businessman of the 20th century. He created the highest tax evasion record in American history. He was charged with 51 counts and could be sentenced to 325 years in prison; he was the top ten most wanted by the US Department of Justice for 17 years. One of the criminals, but he has been living a leisurely and luxurious life in the Rosa villa by the Lucerne lake in Switzerland, operating his business empire with peace of mind, and is also closely related to the agents of various countries, the underworld, and money laundering. The "Godfather" of the Mafiya organization, who played an important role in the disintegration of the former Soviet Union, was a super player in the arms and oil trade... And in 2001, Clinton actually signed an amnesty order for him a few minutes before he left office, People couldn't help but stunned, saying "Clinton is almost sworn brothers with criminals!"
However, what's even more awesome is that after the black ~~ Dao business made a fortune, Mark Ritchie hit the hook, washed the business, and founded Glencore, which took 40 years to grow into the largest company in history. commodity empire.
Glencore is so large that it can even control countries; its network is so vast that it rivals the East India Company. In 2015, Glencore ranked tenth in the Fortune Global 500, and has become the world's largest dealer of minerals. In terms of achievements and patterns, it far exceeds all players on Wall Street.
At this time, Li Zetian suddenly thought that M. Davis had invited him to do oil business together. Could it be that Marvin Rich had instructed him