Back in Los Angeles, Arthur couldn't wait to see the call in his mansion and received the call. He stopped recording the album, dressed up carefully, and missed Taylor.

In order to thank Taylor for his unremitting publicity and support during this period, Arthur really did his best and was grateful for his efforts.

After a day of reunion, Taylor, who was so energetic and more beautiful, was reluctant to leave, but the album she was recording forced her to work, and Arthur had to work hard.

After seeing off Taylor, he soon welcomed people from the American branch of Barclays Bank.

In the living room, Arthur looked at the team of five people sent by Barclays Bank and had to sigh that as long as there is a benefit, the bank's services are really in place.

"His Excellency Bolin, this is based on your needs, and we have compiled all the detailed information about Amc Cinema, including the financial statements of previous years..."

That's how it is, because his financial investment advisory group is still in the UK, and even if it is brought, it is the United States after all, and some situations still require local forces to help him.

It was too late to form an American advisory group temporarily, so Arthur kicked the ball to Barclays Bank, which he had tied to his chariot.

You should know that the subprime mortgage crisis just passed, Barclays Bank packaged the North American business of the former Wall Street giant Lehman Brothers, and suddenly allowed Barclays' business to expand North America.

Therefore, Barclays is really the most suitable choice. As Arthur thought, after receiving his call, Barclays Bank's London headquarters immediately arranged a team to serve Arthur, a big customer.

Arthur took the folder handed over by the other party and opened it carefully to check it out. The information was very concise and comprehensive. This was also his requirement, because what he wanted was to let him clearly understand the briefings of the target company, rather than needing him to use his brain to extract what he needed to know from various data materials.

According to the information, the United States' screening industry is controlled by several large theaters, including General Cinema, Lianyi Cinema, Amc Cinema, Carmike Cinema, Marcus Cinema, etc. Among the more than 30,000 screens in the United States, large theaters control about 14,000 screens, while 45% of the screens controlled by the control have accumulated 80% of the box office revenue.

amc cinema is the second largest theater chain in the United States. It has a total of 3,500 screens, with an average of 15 yuan per company, covering major cities across the United States. More than 200 million people choose amc each year...

In 2004, it was privatized. After privatization, Amc obtained good development opportunities. In 2005, Amc successfully acquired another theater. It was precisely because of this acquisition that Amc Cinema became the second largest theater in the United States, and it was precisely because of this acquisition that Amc Cinema Group also had a board of directors with the top five divisions.

JPMP, Apollo, Bain, Carlyle, and Spectrum five private equity funds indirectly hold 100% of the shares of Amc Cinema through a merger and acquisition fund, while the shareholding ratios of the merger and acquisition fund are 21%, 21%, 15%, 15%, and 10% respectively. The remaining 18% of the shares are held by the company's management.

Seeing this, Arthur's brows frowned. These private equity bastards played capital games during the acquisition process, which made Amc Cinema's debt almost twice the value of its own assets.

If the quotation that can impress the other party's acquisition is valued at approximately US$700 million, while its own liabilities are as much as 1.5 billion, although the interim return time of this liability is in 2020.

In this way, if Arthur wants to complete the acquisition, he needs to take over this part of the debt at the same time. The acquisition price of US$2.2 billion is inevitable.

"His Excellency Bolin, amc is a company with excellent cash flow and has a superior industry status. Companies with excellent cash flow are easier to obtain loans. Whether it is mergers or acquisitions, they have huge advantages..."

At this time, the head of the Barclays team saw the young Earl frowned, and couldn't help but speak quickly, smiling and explaining, as if he was very worried that Arthur would give up the acquisition.

Arthur looked at the other person with a smile, then continued to look at the information in his hand, falling into deep thought.

To be honest, in addition to making money, acquiring theaters naturally also has the idea of ​​entering Hollywood. However, in Hollywood, capital controls blockbusters, and blockbusters also control capital.

For Arthur, it is not worth the effort to acquire or set up a film company. Moreover, Arthur knows better than anyone else that Hollywood movies will be almost dominated by superheroes in the future, and mortals can only survive...

In the decade of the new century, theaters have long been filled with sequels of the big-name Mingzhe, rebooting and remake works. Almost only in the fields of low-cost art films and horror films, original stories can find space to survive.

The theme of adaptation and sequel restarts mainly focus on superheroes are devouring every screen in the world. Nowadays, there are few blockbuster blockbuster protagonists who do not have superpowers in the theater.

The tide of the times is always heading towards the direction that the tide points, and the most exciting tide in Hollywood's new century is undoubtedly a comic-based superhero-themed movie.

If we calculate from the era when the superhero theme is truly regarded as a branch of genre films, then the first one to raise the banner should be the X-Men in 2000.

With the popularity brought by the popular animation of the same name in the past, Twentieth Century Fox, which holds the highest adaptation of Marvel's popular comic character movies, launched the X-Men in a timely manner, gaining both reputation and box office success.

Soon, after Fox's X-Men series and Sony's Spider-Man trilogy succeeded one after another, Marvel Studios, which did not make much money due to a contract purchase, began to realize that selling copyrights alone could not make a way out in Hollywood. The only way to succeed was to truly transform into a production company and make its own movies.

Warner Bros., who holds the copyright of all characters in the DC Comics, which has another large superhero treasure house, has also begun to realize the potential of this theme and has made a new restart of the classic Batman series of screens in the last century...

Marvel Studios learned from their mistakes and sold the copyrights of a number of small characters, and borrowed everything from others to save the starting funds for a movie. Finally, with a desperate mentality of spending all the money, Marvel Studios launched Iron Man in 2008, which almost formed a striking momentum with the comic-changer Batman Dark Knight, the Dark Knight, the comic-changer of the same year.

The red sun of comic-adapted super-English movies has risen.

Why--

Thinking of Marvel, Arthur couldn't help but sigh in his heart. If he had come a few years earlier, and had already gained money, and acquired Marvel, why should he take the path of theater acquisition like now and get involved in the film industry?

Marvel is the real treasure house, and Arthur knows this more than everyone at the moment.

Taking the Iron Man series as the axis, Marvel Studios launched a new concept of the movie series "Cinema Universe" that references the structure of comic stories. It has created a new pattern and dimension for the comic-making super-English movies.

Since then, in addition to the return year of the old money-making monster "Star Wars" IP, which carries the feelings of the whole United States, the comic-adapted super-English movies have won almost every box office championship from that time to today.

People no longer question the rationality of the protagonist's strange costumes, and the world has entered the era of comics listening to the gospel.

In the years when the Marvel Cinema Universe officially began to take over the box office of theaters, the original stories of Hollywood productions have gradually become exhausted. In order to adapt to the fierce superhero tide, the big labels have tried their best in the fight between each other.

In this battle, there are those who are proud of their own Super English IP, those who purchase Super English copyrights and exploit surplus value, those who independently develop IPs, and those who are unable to resist the cracks of being almost acquired.

This battle has begun. If Arthur wants to get a share of the pie, then the acquisition of theaters is undoubtedly the only and the best entry point.

To put it bluntly, in the entertainment industry, as long as you master money and resources, you can become a big player!

As some say, a sad reality in Hollywood is that if someone has money, he will gradually find some followers who are willing to work with him.

This is the reality. In the most snobbish film and television industry, famous actors can only live in luxury houses and drive luxury cars. Any scandal has dominated entertainment headlines for several days. Those who play supporting roles may not be able to start work every three months, and they have no meal after having a meal. Due to the special industry, directors who hold the power of life and death and producers who play capital games often determine the fate and "money prospects" of these actors.

And those who control the fate of directors and producers are indeed behind the scenes like Arthur who is both rich and possess huge resources!

There is always no shortage of good-looking skins in the circle, except for a few Qingliu, and even more so, people who have ambitions and want to get to power. As long as there is such an aberration, some people can give up their souls for fame and fortune. As long as there is such a person, Arthur can also place a red sofa in his office.
Chapter completed!