Chapter 847 The Ambitious Joss
Los Angeles is a commercial entertainment capital that influences the film and television industry around the world. It is the home of Hollywood and the ultimate dream of countless actors who want to become superstars around the world.
"Hi, Joss, long time no see." When he came to the overseas branch of Haina Entertainment, Yang Dongxu smiled and gave Joss, the little old man, a hug.
Haina Branch has established a firm foothold in the US market, and the little old man in front of him can be said to have made an indelible contribution, especially in terms of cooperating with some well-known Hollywood directors and blockbusters. He has done a great job.
"Hello, Boss, you are still so young." Joss said with a smile.
He has enjoyed his life very much in the past two years. Although the work is much more tiring than before, everything is worth it. Compared with the past when he was at EMI, he watched the company's influence decline year by year, the market was jointly eroded by other music companies, and the headquarters cut financial support year after year, not to mention dragging its feet.
Although this job is very tiring, it is more beautiful now. Compared with most British people who like to maintain the status quo, or simply live in the glory of the past. Although Joss is almost 60 years old, he prefers to create and squeeze the last drop of oil in his engine to rush forward.
"You look better than before, and it seems that I can give you a little more work."
"Oh! NO, boss, you can't do this. I'm already very busy. If you give me more work, I will sue you in court." Joss glared at Yang Dongxu fiercely, and the two looked at each other and laughed instantly.
This attracted the company's internal staff to keep turning their heads to look here. I don't know what good things happened to their general manager and big boss that made them so happy.
"Tell me about the company's recent situation. I heard that after taking over these movies, some people began to join forces to block us?" Yang Dongxu asked after the two sat down face to face in the office.
"A group of termites who can't make any achievements and can only suck blood from others." Joss, who originally had a smile on his face, suddenly looked disgusted and angry.
Obviously, the situation is more serious than Yang Dongxu knows, otherwise this British old man who has always been very gentlemanly would not show his anger on his face without concealing it.
"Tell me what happened specifically?" Yang Dongxu said.
"Haina Company has achieved good results in the past two years. Whether it is variety shows, songs, or movies and TV, they have all produced outstanding masterpieces, so some people are jealous and want to get a piece of the pie." Jos said.
"What do you think?" Yang Dongxu asked.
"We may have to add a few new shareholders." Jos said after a moment of silence.
"Compromise?" Yang Dongxu raised his eyebrows. He knew that it was a good thing to find powerful and influential shareholders in the United States for Haina Branch to speed up the company's development, but he might take the initiative to find shareholders to join, but he hated being forced to do so.
"Not looking for those hateful bugs, but looking for other beneficial partners. Now that the Internet bubble has just burst, many bosses with capital have money in their hands but don't know how to invest. Some of them may not have much influence in Hollywood, but they can help us a lot in other aspects." Jos said.
"For example?"
"For example, some big bosses say that there are congressmen standing behind them with strong political capital, and for example, they have a way to make those bugs who have been causing trouble recently suffer, and these bugs dare not offend them."
Jos didn't say it in detail, but Yang Dongxu understood it. This is indeed a win-win choice. Haina Branch allows the other party to invest and double the money invested by the other party, and the other party helps them with those bugs from the outside world who wanted to come up and suck blood.
"Are there any suitable targets?" Yang Dongxu asked while rubbing his chin.
"Kennedy!" Joss took a deep breath and spit out these three words, as if these three words had a thousand pounds of weight.
"Hmm?" Yang Dongxu's eyebrows were instantly locked into a Sichuan character, and they slowly loosened after a while: "Why would they choose him? And with the current assets of Haina Company, they don't look down on it, right? They took the initiative to contact you?"
It's no wonder that Yang Dongxu reacted so strongly. The Kennedy family is one of the four major political families in the United States. In the eyes of such a big man, let alone Haina's overseas branches, even Haina Company is nothing in the eyes of the other party, right?
"It wasn't him who found us, it was me who took the initiative to find them, and they didn't even have to invest too much money, and I also promised a 15% stake commitment once we cooperated. It's not the shares of Haina Branch, but 15% of the entire Haina." Joss said.
Yang Dongxu frowned as he spoke, looking at the old British man in front of him, waiting for the next words.
"Do you know about the plane crash of Kennedy Jr.?" Jos said something that he didn't want to deal with in this cooperation.
Yang Dongxu nodded. He naturally knew about this matter. After all, it happened just last July. This matter was a sensation and the whole world knew about it.
Some people even speculated that this was another assassination attempt on the Kennedy family. To be honest, the fate of this American political family is indeed unfortunate.
At first, the fourth brother, Joseph Jr., died in World War II. This was unavoidable. Finally, John Kennedy became president and the family was about to take a step forward, but he was assassinated.
Then there was Robert Kennedy, the third brother. The Secretary of Justice of the United States was a pillar that could revitalize the Kennedy family, but he was assassinated again.
Among the four brothers, only Edward Kennedy survived, and he lost in the final presidential election. In the end, he could only be a senator in Maryland.
Last year, the son of former President John F. Kennedy, JFK Jr., was a talented person who grew up in the Kennedy family.
He founded the chairman of George magazine and was highly regarded by all walks of life as the second president of the Kennedy family. He was rated as the "sexiest man in the United States" by People magazine. In the end, he died in a plane crash.
This family standing at the top of the American political pyramid is simply a tragic family. Many people even call it a curse.
"Some people say that this incident was an assassination, and some say it was an accident. In short, there is no judgment on the true meaning of the matter. His death is a huge blow to the Kennedy family both politically and economically.
Currently, the most capable person in the Kennedy family is Edward Kennedy, but he is 68 years old this year, and the other adults in the Kennedy family are unable to take on major responsibilities, and the young ones lack time to grow up." Jos said.
"But what does this have to do with us? Regardless of whether Kennedy Jr.'s death was an accident or murder, it is a fact that his father and uncle were assassinated. Do you think Haina Company can withstand those who assassinated the president and the US Attorney General?" Yang Dongxu spread his hands.
Kennedy Jr.'s death does have a tendency to make the Kennedy family unable to recover. After all, the resources invested in training such a successor are absolutely amazing and unimaginable. Now that he has lost everything, the investment will go down the drain and there will be no return.
And this is indeed a good opportunity for some speculators to buy at the bottom. Taking advantage of the weakness of the Kennedy family, they may get rich returns.
As for kicking someone when they are down, sorry, the injured lion is still a lion. If you really want to swallow Kennedy, there are not many people in the United States who can do it, and those who can do it dare not do it easily. After all, once you are related to the assassination, you will at least lose a layer of skin. It is not worth it to show up at present.
But speculation is not something that anyone can get involved in. At least Yang Dongxu can't afford to get involved now. Any one of those people who are related to the assassination will pose a great threat to his life.
"We naturally can't be enemies with those people, but we are just doing some business cooperation with the Kennedy family without involving politics." Jos said.
"This." Yang Dongxu couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
Politics is sensitive in any country, especially when foreigners are involved. The lightest is deportation and entering the return list, and the most serious is leaving your life directly.
But if it is just a simple business cooperation, the risk is much smaller. Heina waved the banner of the Kennedy family to resist those jealous bugs, and the Kennedy family took back some profits from Heina to relieve their breath.
Whether it is politics or business, the final result is whether there is money in hand. The death of Kennedy Jr. not only completely frustrated the Kennedy family's political expectations, but also undoubtedly became financially tight instantly. Although their family still has a lot of huge inheritances, so many inheritances can't be left in the bank to rot, right? It also needs a way to realize it, right?
"What do you think specifically?" Yang Dongxu asked after a moment of silence.
"Pure business cooperation, pure business cooperation that absolutely does not involve politics. Using the influence of the Kennedy family in the United States to let Haina gain a firm foothold, and then have the opportunity to compete with several other giants in the same industry.
On the surface, Haina has indeed been rising steadily in recent years, and its profits have gradually increased. But Haina is not as good as several other entertainment giants in Asia in terms of status and influence.
And if you want to compete, you should pull those small family shareholders in to increase your influence, such as finding a BOSS-level one in one step. And now there is such a good opportunity, so you must seize it." Qiao Si said.
Yang Dongxu fell silent again. Although Qiao Si's words were obscure, he already understood. Haina wants to become an international entertainment giant, especially in the United States, it must have a strong backer to go further.
It's like Yang Dongxu has enough resources in China. Although many people are jealous of Haina's money, they can only watch and dare not come up to rob it openly.
He must also find a backer in the United States that those jealous people dare not rob openly, otherwise the face of capitalism will be so ugly that you will doubt your life. They will even make a separate law to make the illegal act of robbing you legal.
Whether it is Universal or Warner, the reason why these entertainment industry giants become giants is directly related to the consortium behind them.
Otherwise, these companies are estimated to die halfway through their growth. The reason why Joss found the Kennedy family is that he wants Heiner to become a giant. This British old man who looks a bit old-fashioned on the surface is actually very ambitious and has a strong sense of adventurism. When he sees an opportunity, he wants to go all in and gamble big.