Chapter 202: Assets Tripled
After receiving the news, Link arranged for Michael Leeson to negotiate with the two investment companies.
Vanguard Capital invested US$60 million to buy 12% of the shares of Guess What Pictures, and Morgan Investment invested US$50 million to get 10% of the shares.
Originally, the two investment companies wanted to obtain more than 40% of the shares and gain a certain degree of control.
Link did not agree. Handing the company over to capital control was equivalent to finding himself an emperor who would allow him to do things without any control.
He proposed to sell Guess the Movie to two companies for 500 million yuan, and he would leave with nothing.
Of course the two investment companies did not agree. He was the most valuable asset of Guess What Pictures. Without him, Guess What Pictures would be worthless.
Considering Link's capabilities and influence, the two companies agreed.
During the negotiations, other capitals also wanted to invest in Guess the Picture, but Link did not accept it. The first round of financing had released 42% of the shares and no more was allowed. If other capitals wanted to invest, they had to wait for the second round.
After Flash Capital, Leading Capital and Morgan Investments invested in the company, Guess the Movie Pictures established a board of directors.
Link serves as chairman of the board and president and holds 53% of the company's shares, while Flash Capital holds 20%, Leading Capital holds 12%, and Morgan Investments holds 10%.
The remaining 5% is held by several company executives, including Joe Fillmore, James Shams, Daniel DeVito, Jon Gordon, Michael Rison, Liu Xiaoli and others.
After making money, Link continued to increase his holdings of a large number of technology stocks through Flash Gold Capital, including 4.02% of Microsoft shares, 1.38% of Cisco shares, 87% of Marvel Entertainment shares, and 20% of Guess the Picture shares.
The total value is approximately US$1.2 billion, of which Microsoft shares have grown rapidly, with the highest market value reaching US$28.5 billion. It is expected that after the release of Windows 95 next year, Microsoft's market value will usher in an explosive period.
Cisco Network Systems currently has a market value of US$4.5 billion and mainly sells network equipment. Influenced by the "information superhighway" policy, it is currently in the early stages of rapid development and has great investment potential. This is also the stock that several investment executives of Flash Gold Capital proposed to buy.
Link also invested $125 million to acquire 87% of Marvel Entertainment, taking over the remaining superhero characters under Marvel, including Spider-Man, Hulk, Fantastic Four, Blade, Deadpool, Venom, etc.
He also plans to use a large amount of money to buy back all the hero characters that have been sold in the next five years, including Iron Man, Wolverine, X-Men, etc.
With these superhero characters, Guess What Pictures will have no shortage of high-quality film projects in the next thirty years.
"Finally I'm done."
After signing the last contract, Link put down his pen and stretched.
"You've been working hard during this period. Do you want to take a vacation and have a good rest for a few days?"
Liu Xiaoli asked.
During this period, she accompanied Link everywhere and watched him negotiate with several investment companies. Sometimes he read documents until midnight and got up the next day to continue the meeting. He was busy for more than 20 days before Guess Pictures stabilized again.
All this is thanks to Link. If he hadn't been calm and rational, the film industry would have been divided up by Wall Street capital right after it emerged.
"I don't have time to rest. After finishing my company's work, I have to check the post-production status of Seven Deadly Sins. This year's film projects also need approval. There are too many things to do."
Link shook his head helplessly. After finishing the financing, he still had a pile of internal company work documents in the office that needed him to deal with. In the short term, he would need to work overtime for a few days before he could rest.
"There is so much work to do, there is no time to finish it. You should find opportunities to rest when you need to. Your health is more important than work."
Liu Xiaoli walked behind him and gently squeezed his shoulders.
"Don't worry, I'm in good health."
Link patted the back of her hand.
"Would you like to come to my house for dinner on Saturday?"
Liu Xiaoli asked softly.
"good!"
It was a rare opportunity for Liu Xiaoli to invite him, so Link agreed immediately and kissed her soft hand.
"Don't overthink it. It was Chen Chong and Wu Junmei who wanted to talk to you. Last year, you talked about investing in Chinese-language films. I told them and they were very interested. If you are serious, I will ask them to come over to talk."
"Talk about work? You just told me to rest more, and now you want me to go to your house to talk about work? If we only want to talk about work, you can let them come to the office. We should do more important things at your house."
Link put his arms around her waist, his hands involuntarily sliding into her clothes and resting on the most comfortable spot.
Liu Xiaoli's cheeks flushed and she rolled her eyes at him, "Can you be more serious? You are now a big boss on the Forbes rich list, and you always say indecent things."
"Forbes is nothing. It's not my first time. Forbes is not as attractive to me as yours."
Link glanced at the new edition of Forbes on the table, still keeping his attention on the woman in his arms.
The new Forbes Global Rich List was released yesterday.
On the World Billionaires List, Link ranked 472nd with total assets of US$1.45 billion, up more than 500 places from last year.
On the "400 Richest Americans" list, Link ranked 203rd and is also the youngest billionaire on the list.
According to Forbes statistics, his assets mainly consist of two parts, 96% of Flash Gold Capital and 53% of Guess What Pictures. Forbes values Flash Gold Capital at US$1.2 billion and Guess What Pictures at US$350 million.
On the Forbes Celebrity Income List, Link ranked second with an income of 155 million, second only to director Spielberg. Last year, Spielberg earned 210 million US dollars with "Jurassic Park" and "Schindler's List".
Link's income last year came from royalties from "Interstellar", director's fees from two films, screenwriter income from three films, and income from gambling.
"Forbes" magazine also listed the "Chinese Rich List", and Link ranked sixth, only behind the Li Ka Shing family, the Li Zhaoji family, the Zheng Yutong family, etc.
After Forbes exposed his wealth, there was a lot less negative news about him in the media.
However, the capital that covets Guess the Movie is still there. Compared with those big capital and conglomerates, more than 1 billion US dollars is just child's play.
If he wants to continue to grow bigger and stronger in Hollywood, he needs to continue making movies, making more money, and controlling more capital.
Boom boom boom!
Lin Ke was holding Liu Xiaoli and preparing to have some fun when there was a knock on the door. Liu Xiaoli immediately woke up, slapped his big pig's hoof away, quickly tidied her clothes, and sat on the chair opposite.
Qingli's face became serious again. If it weren't for the remaining blush on her face and the strange smell emanating from her body, the scene just now would have seemed like an illusion.
"You have a talent for being an actor."
Link sniffed his fingers and smiled.
"Stop messing around and get down to business."
"All right!"
Link called out to come in, and his assistant Annie came in to tell him that "Seven Deadly Sins" had been completed, and the production department called to ask when he would have time to take a look.
Link said he had time in the afternoon.
In the afternoon, Link came to the company's screening room and watched "Seven Deadly Sins".
The film took more than three months to shoot, three weeks to edit, and the production department spent more than a month on post-production.
The overall look is very refined, with good soundtrack, reverb, chroma, etc.
Because he had extremely high requirements for the camera and actors during filming, the crew and staff performed well.
This version is no less impressive than the original.
[The film has been produced and the box office subsidies are being calculated...]
[Host participation is 68.1%, film completion is 93.3%, and film-market compatibility is 75%]
[Rewards: 2.6 times the box office subsidy; Director experience +20%; Director physical fitness +20%; Film quality increase +15%]
(End of this chapter)
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