Chaplin's arrival surprised me very much.

"Yes, after William Hayes's fuss, ambitious companies like Mutual Aid, Warner, and Fox have been injured. MGM and Paramount are vigorously operating overseas markets and have no time to take care of small companies like us. Global and Bivorglaf. First, they are unwilling to take the risk of acquisition. Second, because the name of this movie is not very good, they are also afraid of causing unnecessary trouble from the public, so they will not acquire them. Lianmei has been in the past few years.

Under Chaplin's leadership, the benefits have always been very good. I have long wanted to become bigger and stronger. This time it was an opportunity, so Chaplin contacted me today to propose the acquisition. However, this guy has always been very unfair. He wants to add insults and pays 3.8 million. I have always had a bad impression of him, so I didn't tell the board of directors, Andre, as long as you can get 3.7 million, I would rather let the company lose money and hand over the lightning to you." Barra shook my hand, bent down and got into the car.

Gans stood behind me and whispered, "Boss, this is a bite of fat. If you don't eat it now, you will regret it! Besides, you can't let that guy Chaplin succeed in any case. If he becomes stronger and bigger, it will only harm but not good for us."

Gans's words make a lot of sense.

Hollywood film companies have five levels. Generally speaking, the most fierce competition often occurs above the same level. In other words, for MGM, their main competitor is Paramount. For small companies like DreamWorks that are not on the same heavyweight as themselves, they generally do not consider them at all. United States, DreamWorks, Callum, Aisana, Lightning and other companies belong to the fourth level, but companies that compete one level higher than themselves can only focus on competitors at the same level if they want to develop. Lightning's bankruptcy has led to the opportunity to greatly increase their strength in this class. Chaplin is not stupid. As long as he succeeds, he can become the largest company in the fourth level. At that time, it will definitely be easy to deal with us with the advantage of capital.

So, no matter what aspect, I have to take the lead in swallowing lightning, which is related to DreamWorks' development plan.

But money, money, has once again given me a headache!

Money is not omnipotent, but it is absolutely impossible to have no money.

I now understand this truth more deeply than anyone else.

Back at the office, I asked Gans to bring the others up and convened a board meeting.

When these people heard that I wanted to acquire Lightning Company in front of Chaplin, they all screamed and raised their hands to support them!

"Boss! I support you! As long as you can take the lightning in front of Chaplin and piss off the British guy who is raised to death, I don't need my annual salary!" My eyes were red with excitement, and I waved my arms and opened my throat to cheer.

Griffith, Stiller, James and others also looked eager and longing.

"Who can bring out 700,000?" My words made these guys feel weak.

Gans told everyone about the company's finances in detail. Stenberg looked at me, opened his mouth, and didn't say a word.

"Boss, my entire net worth is only 8,000 yuan. If I use it, I will donate it to the company!" Stenborough licked his lips.

"It's useless! It's still early for 700,000!" The fat man's words made Stenborough sit back on the chair like a poked ball.

"Boss, can you borrow money from others?" James asked tentatively.

I shook my head: "It's okay to borrow 100,000 or 80,000, 700,000, the amount is too large, no one is willing to lend it to us."

"Didn't you have a friendship with Marskolov? Let Miss Leni adjust it and maybe you can borrow it." Gans grabbed my clothes and shouted.

Everyone laughed at this.

"Get out! I know Lao Ma so well. He is a person who is easy to talk about. Whenever he mentions money, he doesn't even accept it. If he borrows money from him, he has no way to borrow money, so don't think about it."

Stiller, who had not spoken, touched his beard and said, "Boss, can you discuss with Gao Meng Company and ask them to give us profits and dividends in advance?"

"Yes! Why didn't I expect this? Boss, this is a good idea!" The fat man bowed and picked up the phone next to him and stuffed it into my hand.

In front of everyone, I called the manager of Gaomeng Company and the answer I got was: NO.

When French people do business, they always use Ding Mao or Mao. They want to pay money in advance from their pockets, just like an old man snatching food from the mouth of a tiger, and there is no door.

The last little hope was shattered. Looking at the silent silence of a group of people, I could only whisper: "Everyone, I can only give up this opportunity. But don't be discouraged. There are opportunities in the future. Everyone should work hard and make money quickly."

Not enough money was raised, DreamWorks returned to its usual busy and busy working state in a loss.

The next day, I took Stenborough and others to continue filming "People Call for Help". The hope of acquisition was shattered, and it was not completely unhelpful. Stenborough and others were holding back their energy and working frantically.

"Boss, I will make a lot of money for you. One day I will acquire Lianmei. Then, let Chaplin's bitch sleep on the street!" He suddenly told me this when he was working.

In the afternoon, Chani Bala called me and asked if I had collected all the money. I told him not, and Bala sighed repeatedly on the other end of the phone.

"Andre, come here too when the asset appraisal tomorrow, and it's okay to see." Barra said in a tremolo.

"Okay." I agreed to him and put down the phone.

Although the acquisition failed, I went over and saw it and had a good experience.

On the morning of the asset appraisal of Lightning Company, I got up early. Although Lightning Company is not far from Harvey Street and can be reached in more than ten minutes by car, I still arrived early.

In addition to Chani Barra, the directors, senior executives, directors and main actors of Lightning Company all gathered in a large conference room.

It can be seen that because of the company's bankruptcy, each of them was in a bad mood.

I stood next to the window holding a glass of water and looked at the Lightning Company's factory area. It covers an area of ​​nearly 100 acres and is twice as large as DreamWorks. It has five buildings, nearly 500 employees, and a price of 3.7 million yuan. It is absolutely worth it.

I sighed and felt sorry again.

At around 9 o'clock in the morning, lawyers, fair teachers and appraisers arrived one after another. The appraisal work officially began. They systematically evaluated the financial and assets of Lightning Company to see if the price of 4 million they offered was false.

When the assessment was about to be completed, an employee of Lightning Company ran in and said to Barra: "Mr. Barra, someone from United States is here."

"What are they doing now?" Bala's face showed an unhappy expression.

The directors of other Lightning companies also put aside their work.

"Hahahaha, Mr. Barra, the work here is going very fast." Chaplin arrived before he could hear, and walked in from outside with Van Punk.

When Bala saw Chaplin coming in person, he walked up with a smile: "Mr. Chaplin, welcome, don't know what's wrong with me?"

Chaplin ignored Li Bala, but looked around in the room, shaking his head repeatedly: "Mr. Bala, are the things in this room from the last century? They are so broken and so old. If someone buys them back, they will be considered garbage."

Van Punk laughed loudly after hearing this from behind.

The directors of Barra and Lightning Company are pissing off their anger.

"Mr. Corleon, I didn't expect you to be here too. Why are you interested in Lightning?" Chaplin finally saw me and walked over and shook my hand.

"Who is not interested in a company as excellent as Lightning?" I asked back.

"Excellent? I can't see anything excellent, otherwise I wouldn't have gone bankrupt." Chaplin frowned.

"Mr. Chaplin, if you have something to do, just say it. If you have nothing to do, please give yourself a try. We will be busy assessing it." Barra couldn't help it and shouted.

It was the first time I saw him angry after having been in contact with Bala for so long.

But seeing how they both are, there is a good show.

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Chapter completed!