Chapter 2409 Completely Different Negotiation Difficulty

The original AMC theater chain had 5,010 movie screens, and it is said that Paul Allen sold it to Xiao Qi for 2 billion US dollars.

There are only 2,000 movie screens in Aldern Cinemas, and if the price is calculated in comparison with AMC, it will not exceed 900 million U.S. dollars at most.

But the price doesn't count that way.

Everyone in the industry knows that the price that Paul Allen sold to Xiao Qi AMC was only a symbolic US$1. Could it be that the Aldern Cinemas can still sell it for US$0.5?

And it was Paul Allen who asked for Xiao Qi at that time. He wanted to buy YAHOO, so he lowered the price to give Xiao Qi.

It's different now, now Xiao Qi is begging Terra Firma Capital to buy Aldern Cinemas, so the price should increase a bit.

"We haven't made a decision on whether to sell or not, but we can have preliminary negotiations." Robbie said, "I will bring this sincerity back to the executives for discussion. As long as most people think it's okay, then The transaction will be successful. Otherwise, you can only say sorry."

"It's okay, business is not about benevolence and righteousness, we have opportunities to cooperate in the future." Li Dachao said pretendingly generous.

He would not tell Robbie that his father Li Chaoren had told him long ago that although it is important to befriend the British, it is more important to maintain a close friend relationship with Xiao Qi, so this first round of doing things for Xiao Qi must be done. Do it beautifully.

There are still some things that Li Chaoren didn't say to his son, but Li Dachao understands them in his heart.

If after ten or eight years, Li Chaoren left and his younger brother separated, if the relationship between him and Xiao Qi is still not salty, then even if he is the one who inherits most of the Li family's property, I am afraid that one day, sooner or later The title of the richest man in Hong Kong is about to fall on his younger brother's head.

Then people will have something to say.

"Look at Li Dachao. In vain, he inherited Li Chaoren's 28 billion US dollars, plus his own billions of dollars. In the end, he was defeated by his younger brother who almost started from nothing. What a loser!"

"That's why the predecessors planted trees and the descendants took advantage of the shade. It's not necessarily good. Look at Li Xiaochao who struggled by himself, and Li Dachao who relied on his father. The gap immediately appeared!"

"..."

Words like this must be very ugly.

Li Dachao usually appears in people's sight with a dull image, but it does not mean that he is a dull person, on the contrary, he is very smart.

So Li Chaoren ordered him to do the job entrusted by Xiao Qi, and he also knew that this was the best way to win over Xiao Qi.

You do me a favor. I'll help you, come and go, don't you get familiar with it?

Of course, what Li Dachao said now was purely a negotiating strategy. At the beginning, he expressed his attitude, but now he also stated that he would not let him slaughter him. In order to have an advantage in the negotiation.

Robbie is not a novice either, and he is not surprised by Li Dachao's reaction.

"Mr. Xiao Qi is very optimistic about Aldern Cinemas. We feel proud because everyone knows. As long as Mr. Xiao Qi likes something, the price will double in the future." Robbie said, "So, If you, Mr. Li, don't come up with a price that makes our heart beat, I'm afraid this business will be difficult to negotiate."

"Mr. Robbie, you are wrong." Li Dachao said: "If Xiao Qi bought the company himself, it must be very worthwhile. But this is different. This is a gift from Xiao Qi to his confidante. Just Just like the theater chains of AMC and Huaguo, you know that these theater chains are still making huge losses in general, right? Since the establishment of the Kiwi Movie Theater Chain, Xiao Qi has filled it with hundreds of millions of dollars every year. This kind of business. If Xiao Qi made it himself, he would have sold it to someone else long ago."

Robbie nodded.

Of course, Li Dachao's purpose of negotiating with him was stated at the very beginning, so before he came, he learned a lot about the Kiwi Film and Television Group, and knew that Li Dachao was not lying at all, and indeed the theater chain has been losing money.

But he couldn't agree with Li Dachao's words, "What you said happened to prove that Mr. Xiao Qi was far-sighted. Think about it, if this movie theater line didn't make money, would he give it to his wife? He would be in the After establishing a domestic theater chain, they went to buy AMC theater chain, and then bought Aldern theater chain? It’s not such a waste of money, right? If you send some loss-making business to your own women, don’t you be afraid? She's not happy?"

Li Dachao immediately raised his guard in his heart.

It really is an old fox, simply pointing directly to his heart.

In fact, Li Dachao thought so too, but he couldn't figure out why Xiao Qi was so optimistic about the future of the film market.

Because the input and output are not proportional at all.

Thoughts flashed, Li Dachao said with a smile, "This matter is Xiao Qi's private matter, we don't need to talk about it for the time being. We have also done some investigation and evaluation on the situation of the Aldern Cinemas before. According to the country and city where it is located And the surrounding environment, we feel that it is very sincere to offer Aldern Cinemas an offer of US$1.2 billion."

While speaking, he put a document in front of Robbie.

Li Dachao spent more than 7 million U.S. dollars to investigate the situation of Aldern Cinemas and Weiyou Cinemas, but he also obtained the most detailed data.

Originally, the think tank thought that 810 million U.S. dollars was the right price, but considering that he was asking someone to sell it this time, Li Dachao himself decided to increase the quotation by almost 50%.

Robbie was stunned for a while, picked up the documents and looked at them for a while, then nodded slowly, "I think this quotation reflects Mr. Xiao Qi's sincerity. But we have to go back and discuss the specifics. "

This is indeed the case. Basically, Robbie is well aware of the situation and annual revenue of the Aldern theater chain. He thinks that Xiao Qi's offer of 1 billion is very face-saving, but he didn't expect it to be 1.2 billion US dollars.

Considering that the revenue of Aldern Theaters in the past few years is basically a super meager profit of about 5%, Robbie believes that if it can be properly increased by another 100 to 200 million US dollars, it is not impossible to sell it.

Li Dachao breathed a sigh of relief, followed Robbie to stand up, shook hands and said, "We are looking forward to good news from Mr. Robbie."

...

Li Dachao is worthy of being the son of workaholic Li Chaoren. Just one hour later, he went to a large golf course in the suburbs of London to play golf with Duke Saatchi.

Duke Saatchi is 73 this year, but he is still very strong, speaks very clearly, and is full of energy.

After the game, Li Dachao was already sweating profusely, but Duke Saatchi simply washed up and looked energetic.

"Mr. Duke, you are the best I have ever seen at this age." Li Dachao admired sincerely while drinking coffee.

"Hehe, I'm already old. If I were ten years younger, I would have to swim 1,000 meters a day. Now I can only swim 200 meters. They are afraid that I will get hurt." Duke Saatchi said with a smile, "Mr. Come out, you seldom exercise, right? Mr. Xiao Qi is much better than you at this point."

"Oh, have you met Xiao Qi?" Li Dachao was taken aback, "But I didn't hear him mention it."

"That was two years ago. Mr. Xiao Qi went to a dinner party prepared by Motorola in New York. I met him at that time, but there were so many people at that time that he didn't know me." Duke Saatchi sighed, "At that time I wonder why emerging talents such as Amazon, Oracle, and Green Pine Capital are rushing to join Mr. Xiao Qi. At that time, Mr. Xiao Qi’s Fairy Company was relatively famous, but it was far from what it is now. And I was mainly engaged in the real economy, so I didn’t join in the excitement. Now that I think about it, I was too conservative! If I rushed in at that time, I would get a share of Dream Pad. How could I get Branson today? Is this little guy proud?"

"Hehe." Li Dachao laughed, and it wasn't the first time he heard someone sigh like this today.

British people who want to do business are still very conservative, so they often miss opportunities in emerging industries such as the Internet, and Xiao Qi's Fairy Company is the same.

"I already know why you're here." Duke Saatchi said, "Weiyou Cinemas is a gadget I made when I was young, and it doesn't make much money. If Mr. Xiao Qi wants it, I'll sell it for 600 million U.S. dollars Give it to him, and I'll earn some money from the richest man in the world!"

"what!?"

Li Dachao was shocked, he didn't expect the negotiation to be so smooth this time.

Isn't it said that Duke Saatchi is the most rigid?

Why are you so easy to talk to?

Although the price of 600 million US dollars is not cheap, it is more than 10% cheaper than the first quotation to Terra Firma Capital!

"Of course, don't be too busy being happy, I have a request." Duke Saqi laughed.

I knew it!

Li Dachao nodded, "You said, as long as it's about money, you don't have to worry, Xiao Qi is willing to make more friends."

"Is my old man short of money?" Duke Saatchi glared at him, "I'm not short of money! We agreed that 600 million is 600 million!"

Of course, he is not short of money. In fact, the richest man in Britain is a little worse than the two families in India, but they are not authentic British.

Li Dachao asked, "Then what is your request?"

He had noticed the word "request" now.

Usually this is where he asked Xiao Qi to do something.

Then this will be easy, not only will you be able to successfully buy the View Cinemas, but you will also make this old man who has a strong influence in the political and business circles of the UK owe Xiao Qi a favor. This is something more important than money. .

Oh, I forgot to mention that Duke Saatchi is also one of the shareholders of Terra Firma Capital.

"Hehe, it's nothing. You can ask Xiao Qi to call me. It's more convenient." Duke Saqi smiled and showed his yellow teeth, showing a cunning and cunning look. (to be continued ~^~)