Universal film company was founded on June 8, 1912, ranking second among the eight major film companies. It was established only one month later than the oldest paramount film company.


    The founder was Carl Lemmer, a Jew. At first, he was in the laundry business. An unexpected trip changed his life. In Chicago, he was fascinated by movies and lingered in nickel cinemas.


    Soon, the shrewd Carl Lemmer found business opportunities. He spent a long time counting the number of audience and box office, and finally decided to join the film industry.


    In 1908, Karl Lemmer founded the film trust company with the support of inventor Thomas Edison. Soon after, in order to avoid Edison''s monopoly and make his own films, he went to the west coast, where he made full use of the emerging public''s love for stars and produced many blockbuster films.


    In 1912, Carl Lemmer merged several small companies into his own company and finally established universal pictures. Unlike paramount, the oldest, globegroup''s main interest is production, not chain cinema.


    In 1915, globegroup built its own studio, covering an area of 230 mu. For a long time, Universal''s studios were the largest in Hollywood and developed for tourists.


    In the early 1920s, Universal Pictures began to decline. The main reason was that Carl Lemmer was cronyistic. There were more than 70 backbones in his company who were related to him. Since then, he pushed his son to the position of president of the company.


    At that time, Owen salburg, an important backbone of globegroup and general manager in charge of production business, had a conflict with Carl Lemmer and turned to MGM, which brought disastrous consequences to globegroup. Under the leadership of Owen salburg, MGM gradually replaced the old position of globegroup''s production industry.


    In the 1930s, globegroup carried out blind expansion during the great depression, and there were serious problems in the capital chain. Since then, the former industry leader fell flat and became a second-rate company. In 1936, because they couldn''t repay the loan, the lemmers and their son handed over the company.


    In 1952, Deka records took over universal, and the company still didn''t improve. It was not until 1962 that the American music company merged with universal that it really got out of trouble.


    In the 1970s, globegroup signed with Spielberg, George Lucas and other famous directors and released a series of blockbuster films such as jaws, aliens, deception and American style painting, which made it rise again and return to the sequence of top companies in Hollywood.


    Since then, globegroup has changed hands many times. First, it was sold to Panasonic Japan. Because of the huge differentiation, the new owner was at a loss. Five years later, Panasonic had to sell globegroup to sigram, a Canadian wine giant.


    After siglam company got universal, it was full of ambition and bent on building a media empire. In 1999, it acquired Kimberly and several other entertainment enterprises, but siglam, who was not familiar with the entertainment industry, soon paid the price for blind expansion.


    In 2000, Vivendi, a water group from France, became the master of sigram, sorted out its entertainment and game industries, and established Vivendi global entertainment.


    Well, Vivendi global entertainment is the company that Tracy used to pit before. In order to get their Blizzard Entertainment, Tracy asked the protein investment company to secretly suppress the share price of global entertainment by taking advantage of Vivendi''s debt disputes, so as to secretly acquire it. Unexpectedly, it became a shareholder by speculation. For more than a year, protein actually got 10% of the shares.


    Tracy can be said to be the largest shareholder of global entertainment except Vivendi head office.


    After he took Blizzard Entertainment, protein didn''t stop there. Because Vivendi was eager to take global cash out to solve the debt problem of the head office, Powell William was ready to buy all the shares of global entertainment at a low price.


    It has to be said that Bauer William, an old fox, won the heart of Tracy, the emperor''s grandson. He knows that Tracy is dedicated to the development of Hollywood and focuses on the media and entertainment industries. Of course, he will help a wave at this time.


    Of course, before making the decision to acquire universal entertainment, Bauer William must have obtained the consent of the old man. Otherwise, he can''t decide a 10 billion level acquisition case alone.


    The game industry of Vivendi global entertainment also has a half dead xueleshan online, which can be said to be of little value. The acquisition is mainly aimed at their entertainment departments, including studios, television stations, theme parks, studios and limited television networks.


    Bauer William''s acquisition team has made an offer to Vivendi group for these industries. The initial offer is $8.4 billion, and will bear the debt of Vivendi group of $1.6 billion.


    This offer is quite reasonable for universal now. You know, Vivendi group spent less than 8 billion on the acquisition of universal in 2000.


    However, Bauer William still underestimated the appetite of Vivendi group. Those greedy shareholders were not satisfied with the offer of 10 billion. They directly asked the lion for 15 billion, which increased Bauer William''s offer by a full 1.5 times.


    Universal Pictures is not worth the price at all. In recent years, although Universal Pictures has developed well, and its annual box office can enter the top five in the United States, the money made by the company has not been invested in development, but has been drained by Vivendi.


    The money made by globegroup in recent years has fed the head office and owed a large amount of debt. It looks prosperous on the surface. In fact, it is strong in the outside and weak in the middle. It is still standing still.


    The acquisition plan began after Tracy won Blizzard Entertainment last year. Up to now, it has been wrangling on the negotiation table for more than half a year.


    Last month, Bauer William pressed the offer to $12.5 billion. He is confident that Vivendi''s shareholders will continue to reduce prices under the pressure of the head office''s debt.


    However, no one expected that at the end of the month, Cheng Yaojin was killed on the way. Ge group made an offer to Vivendi to acquire Universal Pictures.


    Their offer of 14 billion for universal pictures immediately gave Vivendi group great confidence, so that protein''s acquisition of Universal Pictures fell into a deadlock.


    Fortunately, GE''s intention is to merge their NBC (National Radio and Television Corporation) and universal pictures, rather than a wholly-owned acquisition.


    They offered 3.8 billion in cash plus 1.6 billion in debt and a 20% stake in the new joint venture.


    3.8 billion in cash and 10 billion in cash make Vivendi''s shareholders entangled. A large number of people tend to offer protein. After all, this is real cash, which is much more than the illusory shares of the newly established joint venture.


    According to the quotation of GM Group, the valuation of the new joint venture is as high as 43 billion. Whether it is worth so much money or not, it has too many restrictions on this 20% share.


    First, within three years, Vivendi group can not cash out these shares. Second, the 20% equity can only be sold to GM Group.


    To put it bluntly, GM group ate Vivendi to death. This is the overlord clause. If you want to cash out in three years, it''s not as much as I said.


    Although Vivendi has been deeply in debt crisis in the past two years, it is also a big Mac and has a temper. They certainly can''t accept the overlord clause of general air group.


    While negotiating with the protein group, Vivendi group is still in contact with the general group. We all know what they think. It is nothing more than using the general group to put pressure on the protein to stop pushing down the price of the protein.


    How can the character of Vivendi group be changed? They only value money in their eyes. They don''t care about the shares of the so-called new company at all. They only care about whether universal pictures can sell at a good price.


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    Bauer William would report the progress of the acquisition to Tracy every once in a while. After learning that GM group was involved and Vivendi''s attitude became ambiguous, he didn''t panic at all.


    Because he knew that with the urine of Vivendi group, if they had a better choice, they would never be a brother to GM Group.


    The big pie picture of GM Group is good, but what role can 20% equity play in the new company? In front of GM group with 80% equity, it is not a brother.


    Tracy doesn''t have to buy Universal Pictures, but Vivendi group is sure to sell. It''s really not sure who has the initiative.


    After breakfast, Nicole took Naomi and whispered. Tracy couldn''t talk at all. She came to the living room to watch TV. After a while, Nicole sold Tracy clean.


    Pulling Naomi out of the restaurant, Nicole said seriously: "King Kong is a good opportunity, but you can''t lower your value. Go to that guy for a big contract, a five million contract, and he should be able to do it."


    "HMM." Naomi replied stupidly. Now her head is wooden and she is dizzy by Nicole''s information.


    That villain is actually a shareholder of globegroup. He has so much power at such a young age that he can decide on actors in a 200 million big project.


    These news made Naomi hard to digest for a time. After all, Universal Pictures is not a small company such as surprise and corn. It is one of the eight largest Hollywood companies.


    "Don''t be in a daze, Nami, go." Nicole pushed her, winked at her continuously, raised her chin slightly and pointed to Tracy on the sofa.


    "I... it''s not good..." Naomi looked back and made a embarrassed expression.


    "Don''t worry, it''s all small things. Tell him, I won''t join in. I''ll go upstairs and change my clothes." then Nicole went upstairs.


    Naomi looked at Nicole''s back, took a deep breath, and then walked slowly to Tracy.


    Tracy looked up at her and saw Naomi looking at herself with a sad face. "Well... I heard what Nicole said just now. Don''t worry about the contract. It will certainly meet your value."


    The loser Nicole said so loudly just now, that is to say, Tracy won''t be uninteresting. It''s just a $5 million contract. It''s a small deal for him.


    "How many little secrets do you have... Why, I don''t know anything..." Naomi put her face close to her, and her tone was full of resentment.