Chapter 136 (1/2)
It was supposed to be a very happy Christmas, but one bad news after another.
On the second day after reading the Rain Man script, Simon asked Amy to take down the project as much as possible and explain their reasons. They also discussed some negotiation strategies in advance.
However, plans always fail to keep up with changes.
Simon didn't expect that Tony tomopoulos, chairman of United States, would make a temporary call to his side, so he had to improvise.
Tony tomopoulos can't be a fool if he can be in Hollywood. After the meeting, Amy called the next day, but tomopoulos pushed the negotiation to after Christmas on the basis of the festival and asked Simon to come out in person.
This is how things got stuck.
Then.
Before the release of Robin Williams's famous work Good Morning Vietnam, Amy had already negotiated a contract with the other party for the death poetry club for $2 million.
The average box office of Robin Williams's previous three films was less than $15 million, and Denise pictures' offer of $2 million has been very generous. This kind of male film salary can also control the production cost of ”death Poetry Society” within 10 million US dollars.
As a result, the same thing happened.
The two sides agreed to sign the contract on the morning of December 24. When it came to an end, CAA suddenly changed its mind, saying that Robin Williams needed to think about it again and agreed to reply to danielis pictures after the new year.
It's not hard to imagine that once Good Morning Vietnam hits the box office, Robin Williams will immediately be on the front line.
At that time, without five or six million dollars, it will be impossible to sign another party. If Denise pictures insists on using Robin Williams, the overall production budget of the dead poets club will rise to more than $15 million.
Next.
James Leibold went to Chicago a few days before Christmas to discuss with Motorola chairman Robert Galvin about joining the board of directors of the company.
Of the 26 companies held by westero, Motorola has the highest market value.
At the time of Simon's bottom hunting in the stock market crash, Motorola's stock price had plummeted 40% relative to its peak, but its market value still exceeded $5 billion. As a result, the 4.9% Motorola shares absorbed by westero consumed about 250 million US dollars of Simon's capital.
By the end of the day before Christmas, Motorola's share price had risen to $75.50 from its lowest point of $53. Although it has not yet reached the highest record of $87 before the stock market crash, it is not easy for an old Telecom electronics giant with a large market value.
As the largest investment company of westero, Motorola's share price can rise to the current high level, and ”westero portfolio” obviously plays an important role in it.
Moreover, after more than half a century of development, Motorola has become a very decentralized public holding company. With 4.9% shareholding, westero has become the fifth largest shareholder of the company and is fully qualified to join the board of directors of Motorola.
During this period, the 26 companies held by westero were basically in a wait-and-see state after receiving the invitation for board seats. Now, if Motorola, an old communication electronics giant, can absorb representatives from westero to join the board of directors, the resistance of other companies will certainly be reduced a lot.
However, James Leibold arrived in Chicago and waited for three days in Schomburg, the suburb of Chicago where Motorola headquarters is located.
It turned out to be a slam dunk.
The meeting had already been arranged. After three days of airing, an employee of Motorola suddenly informed James that Chairman Robert Galvin had taken his family to Florida for a holiday. James could only return in vain.
That doesn't count.
On Christmas day, Motorola gave Simon a ”Christmas present.”.
Robert Galvin, the chairman of Motorola and the son of Paul Galvin, the founder of the company, issued a statement through the New York Times, saying firmly that ”Motorola is an industrial company with a sense of social responsibility and insists on making excellent products. The board of directors of the company will never welcome a speculator to join.”
After two months of waiting, the federal investigation agency still has not filed any investigation and accusation against the huge profits made by Westeros in the stock market crash, and the media has already begun to stop.
After westero owned the capital, it began to seek the corresponding power by asking to join the board of directors of each company. On the surface, it didn't make a big stir, but many people are paying close attention to the progress of it.
Now, the traditional capital forces suddenly launch an interrogation against Simon westero, a young latecomer, and the public opinion immediately boils up again.
Although westero company soon issued a rebuttal statement, the media that has been waiting for such a long time will not give up easily. All kinds of inflammatory remarks are pouring in and will have a good Christmas.Manhattan.
This is the second property Janet bought in the penthouse of a building in the middle of Lexington Avenue. It will take half a year to finish the renovation of the apartment on Fifth Avenue on the upper east side. Simon doesn't want to stay in any hotel at all now, so Janet bought the penthouse in front of her.
The 69 story building is a 1950s building, but the interior decoration is quite in line with Simon's modern minimalist style.
The 600 square meter interior space of the duplex apartment is less than one-third of that of the apartment on Fifth Avenue, but it is also spacious enough. The whole apartment has two living rooms, one kitchen, five bedrooms and six bathrooms. It also has a study and a private projection room. The super large master bedroom with an area of more than 100 square meters on the upper floor overlooks most of New York City.
Before the stock market crash, the price of the apartment was $5 million. After the stock market crash, due to full payment, Janet successfully bought it for only $3.5 million. According to Simon's memory, such a duplex apartment will have at least 10 times the appreciation space in the next 30 years.
It's December 26, the second day of Christmas, Saturday.
In the cloakroom, Janet, who has already put on a wine red evening dress, is carefully helping her boyfriend choose her tie. Meanwhile, she asks, ”what are you going to do about Motorola?”
Simon buttoned up his suit in front of his dressing mirror and said, ”be rational, and then sell the stock bit by bit, so as to maximize the profit. If it's not rational, it will smash the stock market directly and bring Motorola's share price back to the lowest point in the stock market disaster. ”
Motorola's current total equity is about 95 million shares, of which 4.7 million are held by Westeros.