Chapter 62 Spending Money Like Water

"Okay, wait for me downstairs, soon." Lawrence closed the door awkwardly.

The banquet downstairs had just ended, and Mahathir was waiting on the sofa, when he saw Li Zitao appearing, he hurriedly got up, "BOSS."

"Sit down and talk." Sitting on the sofa, Li Zitao said while lowering his head in thought: "Oscar's headquarters is set up on the hillside of Beverly Hills, isn't there many stars staying there? Buying more land is promoting Oscar's ideas." while heating it up,

A mountain villa was built on it for Bergman, the headquarters of the foundation was set up at the foot of the mountain, and the investment in public facilities was slowed down as much as possible, waiting for the first Oscar to be held..."

In all fairness, the establishment of the Oscar this time did not provide any substantial help to Li Zitao, it was entirely on his spur of the moment.

The power of Hollywood is still in the hands of big corporations, and to make the Oscar truly worthy of its name, it is necessary to win over the giants.

If the other party does not submit the works to the Oscar jury, then the Oscars can only select those bad films and small productions for awards.

Or on the day of the award ceremony, the nominees are collectively absent. At that time, besides being reduced to a laughing stock, what is the value of the Oscars?

So Li Zitao asked Mahathir to stay and deal with the Hollywood giants to see what kind of demands they would make.

But he is not completely without gains. Getting to know Elan, California Governor Francis, Los Angeles Mayor Carl, and Republican Senator Clara are all valuable contacts.

There is also Bergman, the pearl, who is very satisfied with the performance and transformation of the Ingrid.

Of course, for this he will have to pay a huge investment of 20 million US dollars, 10 million will be poured into the Starlight Foundation, which will be used as the production money for the future Oscars trophy and the permanent maintenance funds for the Avenue of Stars, and at the same time take into account the daily expenses of the Academy Awards, etc. .

US$5 million will be used to pave the Avenue of Stars, and the remaining US$5 million will be used to repair public facilities. This money will be given priority to road repairs under the supervision of Mahathir.

If you want to get rich, build roads first. This is the development strategy of redism.

The priority to repair is naturally the road traffic leading to the Avenue of Stars. Who made these two investments come from him!

However, the huge sum of 5 million US dollars is enough to repair all the roads in Hollywood, and set up two additional tram lines, but the order is different.

"Boss, our people had preliminary contact with Paramount, and the other party wanted to occupy a certain seat in the jury." Mahathir leaned forward and said in a low voice.

"I can promise that as long as the foundation is not involved, other aspects can be properly compromised. In terms of restraining Oscar, it must be perfect."

Li Zitao wants to use the foundation to firmly tie the source of Oscar's funds. If there is no problem with the funds, he will go to the foundation to solve it.

Self-funded and externally funded?

Sorry, NO!

"I will be careful. Regarding the Bowl Theater, the quotation we got was 600,000 dollars, led by the actor union, and the other party needed 50,000 dollars in remuneration."

"Give it to him." Li Zitao said very generously: "Also find someone to provide the design drawings, and I will let Ben speed up the acquisition of Bechtel."

The construction of the Oscar Star Theater cannot afford to delay the time. Li Zitao wants the first Oscars to be held in the Oscar Star Theater named after it.

There are less than 70 days until the awards day, and Li Zitao is not sure if he can catch up, so he can only speed up every link, and has no time to bargain for 50,000 dollars.

He needs the public opinion about the Academy Awards to keep the heat going undiminished, when everyone's expectations and curiosity are aroused to the limit.

Detonate with the most shocking, luxurious, and beyond everyone's imagination, only in this way can it cause enough sensation.

If it is because of the price difference of tens of thousands of dollars,

Oscar became a tasteless and laughing stock, and then Li Zitao really fainted in the toilet.

When Oscar's influence spreads all over the United States, as long as one-third of the people pay attention to this feast, Li Zitao will let the honorable Mr. Meyer know who is the king of Hollywood.

"Charlie, can we go?" The overindulgent Lawrence came down, holding a hot girl in each arm, as if he was about to say goodbye.

"Come here." Li Zitao hooked his hands with a gloomy expression.

"Hey, buddy, how about my girls, they are so hot!" Lawrence ran over with a sly smile, leaning towards Li Zitao to show off.

"Let them leave, or you can stay here and play slowly!" Li Zitao didn't mind him playing with women, but he had to have a degree in everything.

Lawrence is obviously overindulgent now, and he wants to take these two girls away. Is he really planning to die on X?

"Oh~~ no, Charlie, you can't deprive me of my right to enjoy life." Lawrence held his head in his arms, looking like he couldn't live.

Li Zitao stood up and left without paying any attention to him. As soon as the car passed by, Lawrence hurriedly chased him.

"Dude, you are so cruel." Sitting in the car, watching the two hot girls with tears in their eyes and reluctant to part, Lawrence complained painfully.

"If you dare to talk nonsense, just run back to Chicago!" Hearing what Li Zitao said, Lawrence shut his mouth on the spot, leaned his head on the back of the chair, and fell asleep unsteadily.

When they opened their eyes again, the two had already arrived at the airport, "Look at your current appearance, I believe your father would be happy to see it, do you want me to call Uncle Elan?"

On the plane, Li Zitao smiled at the yawning Lawrence, but that smile was full of threats no matter how you looked at it.

"Charlie, my brother, you can't do this to me, I promise I will pay attention to it in the future." Lawrence confessed on the spot, and his father must not let this matter know.

Otherwise, he can imagine that the interest he is bearing will multiply several times in an instant, and he will be escorted home, and he will not be able to come out again in the past two years.

"Then protect your body and take care of your lecherous mind." Li Zitao said angrily.

Even if you are not physically fit, you still have to be brave, do you think you are me?

"I have never tried this kind of perpetual motion machine. How dare you sing every night?" Li Zitao felt envious and jealous in his heart!

It was getting late back in Chicago, but Li Zitao rushed to the club, and several documents were waiting for him to sign!

Lawrence did not leave with him this time, but said that he would go home for a while and discuss with his father when he could divide the family property.

"Boss, you're finally back." Seeing Li Zitao's figure, Ben's eyes were teary-eyed, eager to see through!

"Hey, I went to Hollywood for business." Li Zitao sat down righteously.

He really did a serious business and got 40% of Disney's shares. Isn't that a serious business?

"I believe your evil." Ben rolled his eyes wildly in his heart, put a stack of documents on the table in his hand, patted his buttocks and said, "Joanna made soup and waited for me," and left without looking back.

"..." I'm afraid I'm a fake BOSS?

With deep doubts about life, Li Zitao feebly opened the document, and began to scan ten lines at a glance.

"Hey, has there been a result at Theater 13?" Embarrassed.

"Hey, the acquisition of Building 400 has also been completed?" It was embarrassingly capitalized.

"Huh~~" What did I miss? ? ?

The purchase price of No. 13 Theater is 910,000, and the price of No. 400 Building is 19.8 million. The difference between the two is simply heaven and earth.

But fortunately, building No. 400 can be put into use directly, and the construction cost saved is more than this price.

It is marked in detail in the document that the construction cost of Building No. 400 is as high as 32 million. Even if the depreciation fee is deducted, the price of 19.8 million can be regarded as a profit.

Exelon's restructuring costs were slightly over budget, at $37 million, mainly in the American Commonwealth Signal and Northern Indiana Services companies, including $7.6 million in foreign debt.

The current Ace is heavily in debt, and he is waiting to get rid of the burden of the Chicago Grand Theater and get a lot of money to rejuvenate his vitality.

Regarding the future development of Ace, the following attached page has a detailed introduction.

Vigorously develop the energy industry, including hydropower, gas, coal, and wind power generation, expand the market, invest heavily in the company's R&D department, and expect to reduce consumption and costs.

A new independent department, the Ministry of Public Services, is established to operate and regulate public transport under its name, including rail, water and land transport.

"Sea, land and air, we are short of time now." After signing several documents, Li Zitao picked up a document again.

Arizona's Morenci Open Pit Copper Mine, Bagdad Open Pit Copper-Molybdenum Mine, Sierrita Open Pit Copper-Molybdenum Mine, Safford Open Pit Copper Mine, Miami Open Pit Copper Mine.

Li Zitao was a little dumbfounded by the list of mine names, and it took him a long time to realize that this is a copper mine target waiting to be acquired. Among them, the Morenci open-pit copper mine has the highest annual output value of about 100,000 tons, and Bagdad can reach an annual output of 80,000 tons.

The other three mines only have an annual output value of 10,000 to 50,000 tons, but this is limited by the current backward technology. Their mine reserves are sufficient to provide an annual output of 100,000 tons for 15 years.

The acquisition of PepsiCo had been completed long ago, and the documents had been pressed for half a month. The corners of Li Zitao's lips curled up slightly, and he signed his name with a swipe of a pen.

"Pepsi, it's mine now." Li Zitao happily signed.

After successively founding (plagiarizing) McDonald's and Subway, and acquiring 40% of Disney's shares, Li Zitao has been able to calmly deal with these future giants.

The last document, the acquisition of the Chicago Grand Theater, 50 million, 'swish. '

Hollywood threw away 20 million, the acquisition of Building 400 cost 19.8 million, and Theater 13 cost 910,000.

50 million from the Chicago Grand Theater, and 10 million in donations, less than 20 days, 100.71 million in personal expenses, how insane!

"The remaining 220 million is spent on the acquisition of copper and gold mines, the construction of the Qinghua Building, and the opening of the Los Angeles branch. It seems that there is still more to spend!" Li Zitao was worried.

"Enclose land, buy buildings, buy buildings one by one, I want to try the feeling of a nouveau riche." Li Zitao decided to speed up the plan, buying buildings and enclosing land in several important cities and the west.

Hollywood and Beverly Hills also need to build a few more manors, anyway, sooner or later there will be people living there.

After trying the taste of Ingrid, Li Zitao is no longer the obedient baby and goddess who only knows YY, it is better that he develops it himself.