Chapter 961: The Gate to the New World

Throughout January of 2004, Qi Jie became the most popular figure in the American financial and Hollywood film circles, and seemed to have become the most dazzling upstart in the American business circle in a flash.

As the spokesperson of China Li, he took charge of Minghu Culture, a giant culture and entertainment company with a total assets of about 4 billion U.S. dollars, and as the leader of the negotiations, assisted China Li to successfully win the It is reported that Morgan Stanley, Coca-Cola and other parties involved in the negotiations all praised this oriental strong woman afterwards, praising her as "quick and sharp" in thinking and "tough but restrained" in style. Possesses "Oriental Wisdom".

And more importantly, after the U.S. Department of Commerce approved this amazing transaction, Minghu Culture completed the payment on the third day—this fully demonstrates the strength of Minghu Culture from China!

And Qi Jie is the top manager of this company, and now she seems to have the possibility of entering Columbia at any time - if she becomes the executive president of Columbia Pictures, she will become one of the top seven in Hollywood, and even more ancient Hollywood In the history of the Eighth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, it is the second female president and the first Asian president.

According to the analysis of relevant financial media, the current total valuation of the Minghu-Colombia system, dragged down by Colombia's loss expectations, is about 6 billion to 7 billion US dollars, even if it is only as the leader of this system, Qi Jie is already enough to rank among the world-class film giants. What's more, according to relevant media reports, her relationship with Li Qian is extremely complicated. She is not only in the Minghu-Columbia system, but also as Li Qian's There are spokespersons and direct managers, and it is said that she also has a very high say in other more personal affairs of China Li.

In a way, she was Lee's chief financial officer.

And China Li, was officially included in the Forbes Asian wealth list in 2002, and ranked 42nd among the super rich, and with the rapid development of his two main companies, Minghu Culture and Xunfei Group, Especially for the latter, the stock price almost changed every day, and his wealth was still expanding rapidly.

In 2002, he was listed on the Forbes list for the first time. The estimated personal shares, equity, real estate, copyright assets, etc., have a total wealth of about 6.3 billion US dollars.

In 2003, that figure became $12.1 billion. Ranked 17th.

And in the just-released list in January 2004, he has officially ranked ninth in the Asian wealth list, with a net worth of US$17.8 billion.

And there is a clear note in it, because Li Qian has many copyrights of cultural products under his name, which cannot be valued, such as various copyrights of many books, film and television adaptation rights, etc., so this part of wealth is only a note , not quantified.

In addition, after investigation by Forbes magazine, it was found that Chinese Li owns a lot of real estate all over the world. He and his financial officer Qi seem to be particularly keen on buying real estate, and these real estate are located in China and around the world. Even if Forbes carefully Collecting, it is impossible to collect all the information at all, so this part of the wealth is also marked with a special mark, which is called "incomplete statistics".

And Qi Jie, as his "chief financial officer", according to Forbes' investigation, "China Qi holds the right to control these wealth", even "overriding Li's wife, Senior Vice President Jing Lu Wang of Xunfei Group. "!"

Therefore, her scenery in the United States can be imagined.

She made a high-profile appearance and officially entered Columbia Pictures on behalf of Minghu Culture.

She attended the high-level meeting of Columbia Pictures. According to the internal information disclosed by the source, at the internal meeting, she was quick in thinking, chatting and laughing, and very "friendly". settle down.

She appeared at the press conference and made a promise in an unquestionable tone that the management framework would not change, that there would be no split, no layoffs, and no salary cuts—this move not only left a competent first impression on the entire United States, but also made her After taking over Columbia, these soft policies, especially no layoffs, not only quickly settled the hearts of the people in Columbia, but also made many ordinary Americans who care about this news full of goodwill towards her.

There are many things that American people hate, but there is no doubt that there are two things that they hate the most: first, unemployment caused by layoffs; second, it is time to pay taxes.

Therefore, with Qi Jie's series of high-profile appearances, she quickly became a popular figure in the business world that the entire United States liked and paid close attention to in just a few days.

Because of this, as a behind-the-scenes manager, she actually enjoys the treatment that many Hollywood superstars can enjoy-no matter where she goes, there are at least ten or twenty paparazzi squatting and taking pictures.

Nearly 30 years old, Qi Jie has a top-notch oriental beauty and figure, and possesses the extraordinary temperament and super aura that she has experienced in the upper class for many years. She treats people kindly, but handles things decisively. An absolutely undeniable powerful oppressive force.

As a result, many voices of praise for her began to appear in Colombia, and the American people paid more attention to her and fell in love with her.

She is dressed in a business attire that highlights her shrewd and capable temperament. She has suddenly become a popular figure that many TV stations must report every day, and a superstar who frequently appears in the financial and entertainment pages of many newspapers every day.

Her every move has attracted the attention of the whole United States.

Even her unabashed move into Liao Liao's house has become a hot topic of discussion among the American people.

In contrast, Li Qian, whose whereabouts were low-key, gradually disappeared from the attention of the American people. On the one hand, Qi Jie was too stealthy; on the other hand, Li Qian's whereabouts were too difficult to catch .

January 28, 2004 is the Chinese Lunar New Year, the Spring Festival.

On this day, Columbia has become the envy of all Hollywood company staff, because their Chinese boss, the big beauty Qi, announced that every Chinese Lunar New Year, Columbia Film Company, and MGM Film Company, which is wholly owned by Columbia, will , as well as all employees of Oriental Dream Film Company, will receive an additional day of paid leave.

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For Qi Jie's series of actions and trends after he entered Columbia on behalf of Minghu Culture, the major Hollywood film companies kept a close eye on them, but on the other hand they maintained an attitude of indifference in an extremely tacit understanding.

A senior executive of a film company claimed in an interview, "The huge gap between China and the United States is farther than movies and Coca-Cola!"

This sentence was widely quoted by various media and became a famous saying for a while, and it was regarded as a very vivid explanation of the dilemma Minghu Culture faced after acquiring Columbia.

Although Coca-Cola is a layman in movies, they are an American company after all. They understand American culture, but Minghu Culture is just a Chinese film company. They may be able to dominate the Chinese film market, but they don’t understand American movies, let alone American. culture.

This is fatal for a film company!

A Disney executive who asked not to be named even declared, "We will soon become one of the six major film companies in Hollywood."

The executive is also said to have said, “I am appalled at the low level of management wisdom at China Qi in trying to bring Columbia into submission with only a small favor, and a favor that already belongs to someone else.”

But at this time, as Columbia's acting CEO, David Emerch, and Columbia's top management did not give any rebuttals, but remained low-key as always.

According to the interpretation of the outside world, David Emerch should be using his silence to express his demonstration. Obviously, he is somewhat dissatisfied with China Qi's refusal to remove the word "agent" from himself after entering Colombia.

And when the reporters threw these claims directly at Qi Jie, Qi Jie simply shook her head with a smile, not paying any attention to it at all.

At this time, on February 5, 2004, when the news about the acquisition and acquisition of Colombia by a Chinese company gradually faded from people's attention, and the beautiful China Qi began to appear less frequently in newspapers and on TV, suddenly , Without any warning, Columbia Pictures suddenly held a rather large-scale press conference.

Glenshire, the former executive president of Columbia, who held a press conference two weeks ago to announce his resignation in protest, appeared at the press conference with China Qi, which aroused amazement from the reporters at the scene.

After the official start of the press conference, Qi Jie personally announced that Glenshire will officially return from today to serve as the executive president of Columbia Pictures, and David Emerch, who was acting as the executive president before, will continue to serve as the senior vice president. President—she specifically emphasized that Minghu Culture will give absolute trust to the management headed by Glenshire!

Before the news was digested by the reporters present, Qi Jie immediately announced that Minghu Culture plans to inject 500 to 800 million U.S. dollars into Columbia Film Company in the next three years, of which more than 300 million U.S. dollars will be invested in this year alone. The US dollar capital injection is in place, and 100 million US dollars will be in place in February. This fund will be used to repay part of the upcoming loan and strengthen Columbia's production capacity.

After announcing these two items, Qi Jie directly handed over the microphone and gave the stage to Glenshire, even David Emerge became a complete foil.

Even in the ensuing question session, she, as always, refused to answer any questions.

When the press conference was over, she was the first to leave.

And in the afternoon of that day, under the intense attention of countless cameras and video cameras, she sat in Liao Liao's car and was driven by Liao Liao himself to the airport, where she formally waved goodbye to all the reporters.

She has returned to China.

This move was more direct and more effective than all her promises.

She said that she would not interfere with the internal management and operations of Columbia Pictures, so she turned around and left. In a subsequent interview, Glenshire said that he said that Minghu Culture Company in China did not report to the company. The company sends a person.

The move shocked the United States.

Spent 3.1 billion U.S. dollars to complete the acquisition of Snake Tunxiang level, and then took over with a high profile, announced a series of policies to stabilize people's hearts, and resolved everyone's hostility and rejection of outsiders in the shortest time, but then invited back In order to replace the former executive president who had firmly opposed their entry, he not only announced a huge capital injection plan, but also handed over all power directly and cleanly.

All of this, even if you count the period of the acquisition process, it is only a short month, and if you calculate it from January 20, when the US Department of Commerce approved the acquisition, it even took only 17 days. !

China Qi just said let it go, let it go, and just left!

Because this acquisition has attracted much attention from the very beginning, it has been one of the most popular financial news in the United States in the past month, and China Qi has been quite popular with major media recently, so as soon as this news came out, it quickly spread. spread throughout America.

Some people laugh at it, but countless people worship it.

Based on the purchase price of 3.1 billion US dollars, plus the funds that China Qi announced that it would gradually inject in the next three years, the American media specially invented a new phrase for this——

"Trust Worth Four Billion Dollars"!

As soon as the phrase appeared, it immediately swept through the media across the United States and the world like a gust of wind.

You know, before that, Colombia had been losing money for more than ten consecutive years!

Overnight, Glenshire became a hot topic in the United States.

Qi Jie's trust became even more precious as she resolutely left.

As for why Glenshire announced his comeback after just half a month, neither Qi Jie nor Glenshire kept secret what happened during the half-month period.

Until nearly three years later, under the control of Glenshire at that time, Columbia finally achieved profitability for the first time in 20 years. In the full fiscal year of 2006, the company finally lost the hat of loss. In the ensuing 2007, it achieved a huge profit by leaps and bounds.

In a subsequent interview, Glenshire was asked about this matter again, and finally spoke up, confessing that he was "moved by Qian's sincerity" at the time.

"He took me to China, he took me to see a new technology that Minghu has been developing, he described to me a new vision of this technology in movies, and I sat there and experienced it for myself. Technology. I must admit, at the time, I was completely blown away. Yes, he is what you saw this past summer, 3D!"

"It opened the door to a whole new world for me!"

"Him told me, he said, 'I will give you power, all power! I will give you trust, we will not interfere with your decision-making! I will give you time, five years if three years is not enough! I will give you funds, a lot of cash !"

"I told him that within three years, I will definitely turn Colombia into a profit!"

"He did it! I did it too!"

"It is an honor in my life to meet him and dedicate my work and ideas to Columbia under his flag! If possible, I would like to work for Colombia and him forever!"

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The plan for January is at the beginning of the month, a new month is here, brothers, let me hear your monthly tickets, okay?

If you tear it, tear it hard!