New Zealand.
A cafe on white Avenue, where banks gather.
People gathered in twos and threes.
"Say, have you heard?" A young man with flat head and blonde hair asked several people around him in a low voice.
"What do you hear from the grapevine, Tonan?" Joey of Cooperative Bank of New Zealand laughs.
A few people who are in the banking industry can not help laughing.
A middle-aged fat man said with a smile: "Tonan, your last gossip, but it's not shallow. Don't have any bad water this time."
Hearing this, Tonan, a young blonde with a flat head, was not upset.
"The news this time is not about finance and banking, it's about director Peter Jackson and his Vita digital," he said with a smile
Before the release of the film the Lord of the rings, Peter Jackson's reputation in New Zealand was in fact mediocre.
However, a few people present are the elite of the banking industry, and their news has spread widely.
Joey of Cooperative Bank of New Zealand said, "man, I thought it was news that Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox pictures from the United States announced their acquisition of Vita digital one after another? Who doesn't know the news. "
"That's it."
The middle-aged and fat man said: "this incident has not been reported on TV recently. After all, the representative of fox in the 20th century is the eldest son of the Murdoch family, and the news in various media and newspapers has gone crazy."
In recent days, paramount and 20th Century Fox have launched a bid for Vita digital.
Paramount:
Its first offer was as high as US $40 million. In order to acquire 95% of Vita digital's shares, Vita digital's management team can retain 5% of the shares;
The price of 40 million US dollars is really not low.
Several local financial institutions in New Zealand have estimated the value of Vita digital at US $50 million. However, paramount does not approve of this estimate. To be exact, American enterprises have always distrusted the evaluation standards of financial institutions in other overseas countries and regions.
In fact, it's all means!
What is doubting or not is to start with a lower price.
The relevant enterprises in the United States, this set of play is simply not too smooth.
"No!"
Peter Jackson, bearded, said in a loud voice: "the price of $40 million is insincere. I won't agree with it. What's more, Vita digital is my effort and my child. I won't sell my own children. "
Dayi lingran?
Ha ha, bullshit!
People outside the world laughed when they heard Peter Jackson.
Anya, a financial expert, said with a smile: "can't you sell children? Why do you say that Paramount's $40 million price is insincere? It's God with one hand and Satan with the other. It's very pretentious
Soon after.
Well, it's the third day after Paramount's first offer was rejected, and it's time to launch another offer.
45 million dollars!
This time, paramount raised the price by a full $5 million, but it was still rejected by Peter Jackson.
"It's better to be famous than to meet."
Richard Taylor, founder of Vita digital, joked: "paramount, as one of the six biggest Hollywood companies, has a giant like Viacom behind it. However, I never thought they would be so stingy?"
Peter Jackson immediately laughed: "this old man, summer Redstone, is a famous Grantaire. He is very stingy. If you think about it, since 1992, the number of times an old man has gone to court with his children and his wife is no less than 20
"Why?"
"It's not because of the dollar!"
"Lei Shidong, Ang Lee's wife and children, are not willing to give an extra cent. Do you think he will spend a lot of money on acquiring our Vita digital project?"
In a word, the stinginess of Samuel leishidong is well-known in the United States.
Jordan, the leader of paramount's delegation, is very sad at the moment.
He knew that his boss was a budget minded man, but he didn't expect to be so tardy. He just came to the professional acquisition team in New Zealand, and he was not happy.
"The action must be faster, otherwise, it may be intercepted by Fox in the 20th century!"
Don't blame Jordan for his worry, because fox did it in the 20th century.
Lachlan Murdoch, the eldest son of the Murdoch family, represented fox in the 20th century. His first bid for Vita digital was as high as $58 million.
58 million dollars, more than Vita digital's valuation at this time!
Undoubtedly, this is a very sincere offer!
"Tut tut ~"
Peter Jackson shook his hand in his report, and laughed with a loud laugh. "Murdoch's family is awesome enough, and the offer is not ambiguous."
Richard Taylor nodded.
It's a huge advantage for special effects companies like Vita digital to be close to one of the six major Hollywood film companies.
With Hollywood's top six as the foundation, will Vita digital still lack orders in the future?
However... Peter Jackson still rejected this offer from 20th century fox.
"58 million dollars? It's a very sincere price, but I think since they have offered us $58 million, they will certainly raise the price again. "
Peter Jackson, with his charming appearance, is greedy.
indeed......
65 million dollars!
Yes, the second offer from fox in the 20th century was $65 million, which was $7 million higher than the first offer, and $15 million higher than Vita digital's estimate.
"Hoo, this is a price that is hard to refuse!"
Peter Jackson's eyes are red.
Richard Taylor, one of the founders and a master of special effects, couldn't keep calm at the moment. He said in a hurry, "Peter, don't hesitate, just promise."
But!
Richard Taylor underestimated Peter Jackson's greed.
"Where is that?"
"If they can ask for $58 million, if they can ask for $65 million, they will be able to raise the price again," he said
After a pause, he said, "and don't forget that the people who are interested in us now are not only paramount and 20th century fox, but also John Doyle, one of the four kings of venture capital, and a large number of powerful investors."
Richard Taylor:
......
The tug of war of acquisition begins!
In a twinkling of an eye, half a month passed.
In the past half a month, paramount, 20th century fox, and John Doyle and other investors have successively launched offers for Vita digital.
News, television, radio and other media, in recent days can be lively!
Paramount made a final offer of up to $52 million;
In the 20th century, fox's final offer was as high as US $67 million;
It's very high~
However, the investors headed by John dur are even more generous.
John Doyle quoted three times in a row, which were 56 million US dollars, 64 million US dollars and 72 million US dollars respectively;
However, this is not the highest!
American oil has a small shareholder of Mobil group, which directly asks for $80 million!
This acquisition case, it can be said, is surging, let a lot of people eat melon hard to see a lively.
However, at this time, suddenly someone raised a question.
"As the first contact with Vita digital, how come there is no movement now?"
"The first watch" is presented.