Chapter 365 Jack Ma's Dream (Big Chapter)

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"Let's put this aside for now. I heard that you came to New York specially this time to talk about Alipay's entry into the United States?"

Yang Cheng waved his hand and changed the subject. Compared with that shitty search engine company, he is more concerned about whether Alipay can successfully land in the United States. There are huge benefits to be gained here.

"Indeed, Alipay's entry into the United States is the general trend. As the second largest market in the world after country Z, the United States is one of the difficulties that Alipay must overcome in its globalization. Taking advantage of the soaring stock price, accelerate the promotion of financial services with the United States. The company's cooperation process is a plan that we have made well before the listing." Jack Ma couldn't help but started his tricks.

Yang Cheng, who has long been used to it, doesn't take this at all, "Believe me, once you announce that Alipay has officially set foot on the American mainland, countless congressmen will jump out and accuse you of causing a crisis to the national security of the United States. It is difficult for you to achieve this by yourself. cooperation."

Jack Ma frowned, "But I believe our efforts will not be in vain."

Yang Cheng waved his hand, "Jack, didn't you learn the way of thinking of Westerners when you were learning English? You are now in the United States, regardless of ZZ, you are just an ordinary businessman, and someone else will go to your site to snatch it. Shi Chi, what will you do? You must give the strongest counterattack, and put it on the Americans in the same way. Now you suddenly rush into their homes and snatch prey from the local aborigines. Do you think they will spare you?

Since ancient times, the United States has claimed to be second in terms of shamelessness, and no country in the world dares to be number one. Therefore, if you are not prepared for the bloodletting, I suggest you wait a few years before talking. "

"I'm here this time also at the invitation of the First Information Group. You should have heard of this financial service company, right?" Jack Ma asked Yang Cheng's bad comments and pondered for a while.

Yang Cheng shrugged, "Of course, the first data company is well-known and the largest merchant acquirer in the United States, with more than 4 million American merchants. They took the initiative to invite you to cooperate?"

"Well, I think this is a good opportunity. The First Information Group can be regarded as the top snake in the United States. Even for their own benefit, they will try their best to promote the implementation of Alipay." When Jack Ma said this, the past was gone. His self-confidence makes anyone feel a little weak when he hears it.

Yang Cheng smiled and couldn't help showing her fox tail, "Actually, why don't you consider cooperating with me?"

Jack Ma was surprised, "With you? Does New Era Media run a physical store?"

"Your thinking is a little limited. Why does it have to be a physical store? Isn't the bank allowed?"

"Bank? That's fine. Are you going to buy the banking group?" Jack Ma just muttered, thinking of a possibility.

Yang Cheng casually took a biscuit and threw it into his mouth. Kazkaz ate it simply, "As you guessed, the bank is already in the process of preparation. I dare not say anything else. After it is formally established, it will not be possible to cover all Chinese groups in North America. Question, the new bank is willing to cooperate with ma~yi~ Jinfu in the field of online payment. Of course, how to cover merchants and facilitate users' daily life? Look, but I think it's more difficult."

An iconic smile appeared on Jack Ma's face, "It would be great if you can cooperate with someone you are familiar with. I didn't expect that it has only been a few months since our last meeting? Your strength has already expanded to the point of getting involved in the banking field , is really unimaginable."

For Jack Ma's praise, Yang Cheng didn't take it very seriously, and attributed everything to luck.

Instead, he asked, "How is the laying of our theaters going? I've been too busy recently to pay attention to domestic progress."

"You are also big-hearted. You just ignore the investment of hundreds of millions of dollars, and you are not afraid that we will swallow it for you?" Jack Ma half-jokingly said.

"It's your ability to swallow it, and it's my incompetence. No one can complain. Besides, I don't care about it at all. There are people watching for me. If you really want to do something that is not good for me, I will guarantee it first." Time will tell, and I have to say, if you, Jack Ma, become greedy for such a small business, your structure is not worthy of Ari's development." Yang Cheng took a sip of cold coffee and frowned said the head.

Jack Ma patted his forehead, "Well, I'm sorry for you, we have to have a good drink tonight."

"Forget it, I'd better spend the night with a beautiful woman. I'm afraid I'll have nightmares at night if I drink with you." He secretly complained about Jack Ma's appearance, completely treating the opposite person as a friend.

Jack Ma didn't mind either, and it wasn't the first time. He was used to being ridiculed by people all over the country for his appearance. He touched his head and said with emotion, "It's nice to be young. When I was your age, I was still struggling. You’re starting a business at home, by the way, speaking of theaters, I really want to ask you about something.”

Yang Cheng hurriedly said, "I don't dare to ask for advice, let's talk about it, let's share information resources."

Jack Ma nodded Yang Cheng, "Little slicker, this is not since the establishment of Ali Pictures in August last year, it has been fighting for the issue of equity until now. It has finally balanced the interests of all parties and is ready to set sail. The first one The strategic focus is to expand international business, and I have also arranged special personnel to go to the United States, the United Kingdom, South Korea and other major entertainment countries to form a business team for content production.

At present, there are quite a few films that have entered our line of sight, and are preparing and participating in investment, such as "Mission: Impossible 5: The Mysterious Nation", "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Out of the Shadows", "Star Trek 3: Beyond the Stars" and other Hollywood films. Blockbusters, and several Korean movies such as "REAL", and Tianwu Films, the company of your good brother David Ellison, is expected to jointly invest in a World War II-themed theme movie "Flying Tigers" and so on.

However, none of these are what I want. What I want to do most is to make a blockbuster by myself, an international blockbuster that can establish itself in country Z and go to Hollywood. You know, I have no interest in just investing in money. Why not run Ahri with peace of mind, but I have self-knowledge. I know that under the current conditions and environment, money alone cannot make a good film, so I would like to ask you, is it possible to acquire a company with a well-established producer? A Hollywood film company with great ability, let the domestic team we send concentrate on studying for a few years, and then realize my dream after graduation. "

When Yang Cheng heard Jack Ma talking about movies, he couldn't help but think of the super bad movie that he accidentally spent 5 yuan in his previous life and watched on-demand online. What is it called "Gong Shou Dao"? It should be called "Jack Ma and His Celebrity Friends Pretend 13 Magical Adventures".

It seems that Lao Ma really likes movies. It’s not been a day or two since he had this idea. It’s not that Ah Li just came out on the market, and then he was thinking about making movies. Fortunately, he didn’t say that he would star in it now, otherwise Yang Cheng sprayed him with coffee. .

In fact, Aribaba entered the entertainment industry to engage in movies. From the perspective of channels and ecological chain, it is a good move. After all, it can make full use of the advantages of its entire industry chain. Various businesses include Internet publicity, online ticket sales, Ari has been involved in theater services, theater operations, entertainment e-commerce systems, etc., which is equivalent to a person who has a net worth of tens of billions of dollars from birth. Why should he learn this and that? Just play and enjoy, if there are so many moths, it's called nonsense!

As for Jack Ma's ambitious venture into international investment, let alone, it is no longer a new topic in the entire film industry. The rapid growth of the box office in the country Z market in the past two years has made the country Z market more attractive to foreign film companies. The attractiveness is increasing day by day. For example, Paramount’s parent company has repeatedly publicly expressed the idea of ​​​​introducing country Z capital, and Sony has also opened the door to cooperation with Wanda Group before.

And for foreign films, due to the vastness of country Z and the fragmentation of the market, the most important thing is the closedness of policies, which makes it difficult for them to control the distribution work in this region. For example, there are few Hollywood films. The film can be successful in the first and second tier cities as well as the third and fourth tier cities at the same time, so under such conditions, the importance of country Z distribution companies has emerged.

Against this background, it is not difficult to understand the logic of Ahri Films or Jack Ma’s pursuit of overseas investment. Among the four existing businesses of Ahri Films, the weight of international business has always been quite high. From the beginning, it started before the content production business. At the beginning of its establishment, Ahri Films hoped to actively promote cooperation with Hollywood companies and participate in the investment and global distribution of Hollywood blockbusters.

Yang Cheng has heard about this for a long time. When he joined the investment project of Mission: Impossible 5, David Ellison, one of the main investors, introduced to Yang Cheng the intention expressed by Ahri Films in the negotiation Of course, the result of the negotiation should be enough to satisfy Ahri Films. If the box office of Mission: Impossible 5 does not change in the impression, according to the results of Ahri's negotiation at that time, this film will bring Ahri at least 60 million RMB. Net profit is definitely a high-return investment.

Not only that, the parent company that Ahri Films is backed by is itself a company with strong e-commerce genes. The endorsement of the two e-commerce platforms TB and TM means that the sale of derivatives will be a predictable income. For many filmmakers, it is an attraction that cannot be ignored. From this point of view, it seems that the overseas strategy of Ahri Films is very successful, so Jack Ma has already expected the success, so he proposed to enter early. In the field of content production?

Yang Cheng asked curiously, "Jack, is your goal just an ordinary film company with a perfect production process? Or is it one of the top 6 with a strong copyright library and global publicity and distribution capabilities?"

"Big Six? I want to buy it, but they don't sell it. I heard from my friends that Spielberg is going to cooperate with former DreamWorks friends in a company again. I think this is a good opportunity. I want to use Jewish shrewdness to , I definitely don’t mind introducing capital from country Z, paving the way for them to enter the world’s second largest film market.” Jack Ma said helplessly.

Yang Cheng suddenly realized that if this is the case, it is not impossible to operate, "So, you are asking me about the feasibility of this operation?"

Jack Ma hesitated, "I want to ask you if it is possible to re-merge DreamWorks Pictures and DreamWorks Animation."

Yang Cheng didn't understand for a while, "What do you mean? DreamWorks Pictures has been acquired by Disney long ago, and their cooperation is very happy now."

"The news I received is that Spielberg is going to take the original DreamWorks Pictures to be independent from Disney. If I can bring DreamWorks Animation to join, I hope to gain the highest say in the company."

Jack Ma's abacus was clanging, but he was not so friendly to Yang Cheng. This was stealing money from his pocket, "Are you kidding Jack, you know I took Dreamworks Animation from Katzenberg How much effort did you spend? And DreamWorks Animation is an important part of the new era of film industry, it is indispensable, you don’t even think about it.”

Yang Cheng's resolute attitude was expected by Jack Ma, and he also knew that he was a little whimsical, "Well, I just asked, although it is impossible, but I always don't give up. It seems that the most I can do is ask A board seat."

"Jack, I suddenly found out that dealing with you is very torturous. How about I give you 20 million dollars, sell me the scam of the search engine, and then we both go our separate ways? If you keep going, you will even worry about three points of my core assets." Yang Cheng complained full of complaints.

"Well, you can just take me for a joke, but you are not going to take a share in Spielberg's new company that has not yet been established? When the two of us join forces, we will have two seats on the board of directors, and the right to speak Not too small."

"I'm not interested. My New Era Films is enough for me to play. Except for Spielberg's connections and influence, there is nothing else worthy of my attention."

. . .

After chatting with Jack Ma for more than an hour, after confirming the cooperation intention between Alipay and Yang Family Private Bank in the future, he said goodbye and left the hotel.

Yang Cheng drove non-stop to the Hearst Building again. Amanda, that crazy woman, didn't know what happened. As early as a few days ago, she kept torturing him with life-threatening serial calls and insisted on dragging him out. Dating, no, for the sake of his eardrums, Yang Cheng is going to follow this crazy woman's wish and give her a perfect date. For this reason, he booked a seat at the Michelin three-star per se restaurant early on, and bought Broadway Amanda laughed at her because of her front-row tickets to the musical "Beauty and the Beast".

Why? Isn't it because she is a beauty that she treats Yang Cheng like a beast?