America’s Road To Wealth

  Chapter 157 Two Amc

   November 14th.

noon.

  Smith Building, fourth floor.

  In the office, Abel nestled on the comfortable leather boss chair, holding his mobile phone very seriously

   Playing with Tetris.

  Classic mini-games, even the super billionaire Mr. Smith likes it a little bit.

   After a while, there was a knock on the office door.

   "Come in~"

  Abel didn't look up.

   Having said that, he still puts most of his energy into the game.

  The person who pushed the door and came in was full of energy.

  Wearing a suit, with hair combed meticulously, a white man about forty to fifty years old.

  The man’s name is Alan Baker, a former senior actuary of Mingde Fengyi, and the business manager of the European Division.

   This is the man's previous identity.

  He now works for Smith Capital, working in the company's "special department".

  This "special department" was originally created by Smith Capital.

  Its role is to pay salaries and benefits to Abel's think tank.

  Alan Baker who came in is a representative of the think tank.

  After the Catherine Jones incident.

  Abel lost interest in such things as "beautiful secretary".

   Not losing interest in beautiful women.

   is losing interest in the secretary.

  He felt that instead of setting up a "secretariat" in the company, it would be better to have a think tank.

  I have never had a fixed office location anyway.

  I like to come to Smith Capital except when cutting leeks, and I rarely appear here at other times.

  Now they both start running in Los Angeles and New York, and often go to Texas.

   In the future, it is estimated that they will run around all over the world.

  It would be better for every company to set up a secretary.

   This secretary is in direct contact with the "Special Department".

   In this way, the think tank is directly responsible for part of the secretary's work.

   There are pros and cons to doing this.

  The disadvantage is that the think tank will become particularly large and powerful.

  Where power is greater, corruption may occur.

  This is unavoidable, human nature is like this.

  The only thing that can be done is to strengthen internal supervision.

  The advantage is that the think tank has a representative with Abel at all times.

  No matter where Abel is, he can know the situation of any company under his name at the first time.

   At that time, another rotation system will be implemented.

  For example, the secretary of company A, after a period of time, changes to company B, and the secretary of company C goes to company C, etc.

   Create a promotion system, such as after someone in a think tank works for a period of time.

  If the ability and experience are sufficient, there is an opportunity to be transferred to a company under Abel's name as a management.

   In addition, there are matching benefits and remuneration.

   To stimulate the subjective motivation and enthusiasm of the work of the think tank.

   In doing so, there may be other shortcomings that Abel cannot see.

  But Abel feels that no matter what system there is, there will always be disadvantages and advantages.

  Amplify the advantages and improve the disadvantages.

  Abel actually made such a nondescript thing according to the model of the "Military Aircraft Department" of a certain dynasty in China.

   As for whether it is useful or not, that needs to be seen later.

  At present, Alan Baker, the senior manager of the special department, temporarily acts as the business secretary next to Abel.

   By the way, David Jones was also included in this department.

  His duty is life secretary, which belongs to Abel's big housekeeper.

   When Alan Baker came in, he saw the boss staring at the phone seriously.

  He stood at the desk and waited quietly.

   Wait for ten minutes.

   Abel's cell phone failed, the game is over, after looking up at him.

   "Ah ~ Allen, I'm sorry, I was fascinated by the game just now. I forgot you came in, what's the matter?"

  The representative of the think tank spoke softly:

   "BOSS. The information you asked us to collect about the two ams yesterday has been collected. Do you want to read it now, or later?"

   "Oh~"

  Abel smiled and said, "Take it here."

   In the United States, the English abbreviation is AMC, and there are mainly two companies with relatively large scale and reputation.

   are amc cable TV station and amc theater company respectively.

  In the Chinese context, this English abbreviation will make people think that they are the same company.

   But it's not.

  In the English context, the full name of AMC Cinemas is "AmericanMulti-Cinema", which literally translates into Chinese as "Many Cinemas in the United States".

   The name of the amc cable TV station is actually "American classic cable TV station".

  The two are not the same thing at all.

  amc Cinemas was acquired by Wanda in parallel time and space.

   But AMC Cable as a TV station, even if it is only a TV station with low ratings and influence.

  It is impossible for the United States to allow it to be sold to foreigners, especially the Chinese.

  Like some entertainment novels or Hong Kong Island novels.

  After the male protagonist gets rich, he goes to the United States to acquire Hollywood giants or TV stations.

  It is impossible to happen in the United States.

   Even if the boards and shareholders of these companies are willing to sell, the relevant US departments will stand up to stop them.

   Either the Ministry of Commerce or the Ministry of Security.

  It's like in China, it is impossible for foreign capital to control domestic TV stations.

  A truly sovereign country will never allow similar things to happen.

  Only those countries that appear to be sovereign countries (say you, Britain and France), but are actually semi-puppet countries, will allow Americans to buy their country's TV stations.

  The Marshall Plan back then injected more than just funds for European economic recovery.

   At the same time, there is also the chain of "mind control" in the United States.

  Abel took the materials handed over by Alan Baker, and there were two copies of the materials.

   One is for AMC Cinemas, and the other is for AMC Cable TV.

  In Abel's previous business plan, in his own media territory.

  The last two sectors he listed were the theaters and the TV station.

  Coincidentally, there are two such companies with the same English abbreviation in the United States.

   It happens that one is a cinema company, and the other happens to be a film company.

  Among the two documents, he first flipped through the information of AMC Theater Company, which seemed thinner.

  AMC Cinemas was established very early in 1920.

  It also happened to be the golden age of Hollywood, and many movie theaters were born in that era.

  AMC Theaters ranks second in the U.S. market. As of 2000, there are 349 movie theaters with about 5,500 screens.

   This data is behind Emperor Entertainment, which is the first place, and ahead of the third place, Cinemark Studios.

  According to the data, the valuation of AMC Theaters is about US$1.5 billion, with an annual revenue of US$500 million.

  The price is wonderful, it looks cheap.

   You must know that this is the second largest cinema company in the United States.

  But the company's market debt is as high as more than 3 billion US dollars.

  Another company that is insolvent and whose debt far exceeds its value.

   As for this amc theater chain, Abel remembers that after Wanda bought it in the parallel time and space, he was tied to death.

  In addition to fame, I didn't make much money, and I kept losing money.

   And now, if Abel wants to acquire this company.

   In front of him, in addition to AMC's prohibitive debt.

   There's also a **** Paramount bill.

  This bill stipulates that film producers in the United States cannot directly control movie broadcast channels, that is, movie theaters.

  This bill was originally used to sanction Paramount in the golden age.

   Hence the name Paramount Act.

  This bill, in fact, has been weakened since the 1980s.

  For example, Viacom Group, which is the parent company of CBS and Paramount.

  Its controller and boss, Lei Shidong, owns theater companies under his umbrella, as well as film companies such as Paramount.

  The existence of these two businesses is itself a satire on the Paramount Act.

   In addition, if you work in parallel, this plan will be officially canceled in another ten years or so.

   It's just that now, if the acquisition is really carried out, it should encounter a lot of trouble.

  Those Hollywood tycoons probably don’t want to see Abel buy AMC theaters when he has MGM.

  Because that would greatly enhance MGM's strength in the market.

  No one stopped, everyone was worried about the sanctions of the Paramount Act.

  If someone intervenes, it will definitely hinder the acquisition action even more.

   What's more, cinema companies in the United States have always been an industry that doesn't make much money.

   Otherwise, most of the movie theaters are in cities, and the attendance rate has always been good at AMC.

   There will be no various losses, so that it is almost to the extent of being sold.

   "Is there a way to bypass the Paramount Act?" Abe briefly glanced at the information of AMC Cinemas, and Abel looked up at Alan Baker.

  Alan Baker replied directly: "It is feasible. Before Viacom officially entered the media industry, its main business was movie theaters."

   "If the boss wants to acquire AMC theaters. We think that we can first acquire a small theater, and then contact AMC theaters in the name of this theater."

   "This method is feasible."

   "The premise is that it must be fast, and find a way to keep the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Commercial Law from interfering as much as possible. Before other competing companies react, buy most of the shares of AMC Cinemas."

   Abel frowned after hearing this.

  Alan Baker said yes, but there are too many preconditions and too much trouble.

  The background of the US Department of Justice and the Department of Commerce is also required, and the acquisition must be fast.

   It is necessary to acquire a small theater chain first, and any step will easily attract the attention of those Hollywood giants.

  Once they get their attention, things can become troublesome.

   After thinking about it, he still shook his head, "Forget it. Let's not watch AMC theaters for now."

  The Paramount Act is there, and it's not easy to get around it.

   But there is actually no way.

   In a few years, when Internet streaming media flourishes.

  The movie theater chain has been greatly affected, and companies such as amc will be even worse than they are now.

   At that point, the Paramount Act became dispensable.

   Finally it was abolished, also because of the rise of the mobile Internet and the Internet.

   While talking, Abel opened the information of the AMC cable TV station on the other side.

  "American AMC Cable TV, the full name of American Classic Movie Cable TV, was established in 1984. AMC was originally a pay TV station that played classic old movies in the 1950s."

   "In 1987, AMC joined the basic cable TV camp."

   "By 1989, there were more than 39 million subscribers in the continental United States."

   Turning here, Abel frowned.

  This 39 million data is not very outstanding.

   In the United States, there are two types of cable TV stations.

  One is basiccable, the other is premiumcable.

   If translated into Chinese, it is probably the difference between the basic wired station and the customized wired station.

  Among them, AMC belongs to the basic cable, and HBO, which is more familiar to Chinese people, is a customized cable.

   In addition to these two types, there is also a limit Wired.

  As the name suggests, the latter has a lot of playable content that LSPs love.

  Some of them restrict cable stations, and the episodes they broadcast, for a period of time, are indescribable sports.

  The plot is optional. I was very excited when I first watched it, but after watching it too much, it becomes boring.

  The difference between these three lies in their broadcast content and charges.

  The most expensive charges are of course the limited cable channels. The purchasing power of global LSPs is obvious to all.

   Followed by HBO these custom cable.

   The worst thing is of course the basic cable of AMC.

   There are many basic cable stations, the most famous ones are USA, AMC, TNT, MTV, and Disney.

   Compared with these similar peers, AMC TV's 39 million subscribers are at the bottom.

  Because many times, these basic cables are all basic stations in the same package.

  Here I have to mention the "cable TV operator" in the United States.

  Because of the above TV stations, they are actually just program content providers.

  They are commodities.

   There must be a "supermarket" and a channel to see them.

  Like the real owner of the New York Knicks, CSC, is this kind of company.

   In addition, Comcast, the giant that Abel has always wanted, is the giant among cable TV operators.

  Compared to Comcast, any TV station and the media group behind them are scum!

   But Comcast is too far out of reach to be something money can buy.

   amc TV is.

   In the past few years, the situation of AMC has become worse and worse.

  Its original film resources are not good enough. As a result, in the past ten years, its other similar-level peers have been acquired by media groups one after another.

  These media groups have acquired Hollywood giants.

  This is equivalent to having the support of Hollywood giants in the same industry.

  amc no.

   This made amc moved in the movie screening.

  Obviously, these film giants with their own brother TV stations, it is obviously impossible for amc to play the latest movies.

   What amc can get are old movies that have been released for several years, or even decades or decades ago.

  amc can only rely on TV dramas to continue its life.

  But other colleagues, they also make TV series.

  When they filmed TV series, they also had the support of those Hollywood giants.

  amc is at a disadvantage here again.

  Parallel time and space,

  If it weren't for the sudden release of "The Walking Dead" to continue life.

   AMC, which no one wants, may go bankrupt around 2010.

   "Estimated at $1.3 billion"

   Looking at the information of the AMC cable TV station, Abel fell into deep thought.

  Although the ratings coverage of cable television stations is far inferior to those of the public television networks.

  But those public TV networks belong to companies that are not so easy to get.

  Any one of them, without funds of more than tens of billions of dollars, is delusional.

  Most of them are even impossible to buy with money, and the only one that can be bought is NBC.

   But if you want to buy NBC, it is estimated that you will need at least tens of billions of dollars in cash.

   At the same time, there must be some resources that its parent company, GM, want to exchange.

  amc is much simpler.

   There is no big boss behind it, the controlling company is Rainbow Entertainment Media.

  The key is that the business is bleak and does not make money.

   Basically belong to the company that can be won with money.

   After reading the information here, Abel also made up his mind.

   The amc theater chain is temporarily untouchable, and it will take a few years.

   Instead, we can do the Internet streaming business first, and then kill the Paramount Act first.

   But to do Internet streaming, you need to consider whether the bandwidth of the American Internet in this era can support it.

   It is enough for Silicon Valley to worry about this kind of thing, and I only need to burn money to invest.

  amc cable TV is not the case, after buying it.

  Your own media map is the most important part.

   Next, you only need to wait for the opportunity or raise your strength. When the time comes, you should be able to buy nbc.

  If you get nbc, that powerful media empire will be announced to take shape.

  Public TV has nbc,

   Cable TV has amc,

  Movie production has MGM,

  Entertainment intermediary brokers have caa,

  Newspapers have ab smith newspapers,

   Fashion has Isa show,

   Basically complete.

   At that time, a media giant that will not lose to Viacom and Time Warner will be formed.

  If Comcast can also be won at the same time, it can be said to dominate the American media industry.

   But... again, the size of Comcast is basically equal to that of the American radio and television. It is still a private one.

  Its shareholding is unimaginably complicated, without a ten-year plan and sufficient strength.

   It is simply delusional to want to get it.

   "Contact Rainbow Company." Abel threw the information on the table, stood up and said to Alan Baker:

   "Within $1.5 billion, I want AMC Cable TV."

   "Understood." Alan Baker silently helped the boss pack up the materials, and at the same time responded immediately.

   "Let's go, I'm going to see if David has closed the net. I should be able to leave the field completely today."

  Abel smiled and walked out of the office.

  Smith Capital’s investment in the pound sterling currency exchange has already begun to close the position and leave the market the day before yesterday.

   Due to the large amount of funds, it takes a long time to close the position.

   Fortunately, in the past two days, the dollar has been going short.

  This makes the pound, the strongest other than the U.S. dollar, keep going up.

  Smith Capital's closing and exiting, the speed has been increased several times, and the difficulty has been reduced several times.

  Originally, it would take at least a week, but it may take ten and a half months to guarantee a high-profit exit.

   In terms of time and difficulty, it has been greatly reduced and lowered.

  So yesterday afternoon, Abel announced that the blockade of the Smith Building was lifted.

  Relevant personnel of the company can freely enter and exit the company building.

  After all, at this time, even if you want to leak the secret, it is useless.

   Why is the British pound so hot now, Smith Capital is selling it like crazy.

  Other players on the field, those bulls are buying like crazy.

  There are more buying orders than selling orders, so it is naturally easier to leave the market.

  Hearing this from the boss, the former senior actuary of Mingde Fengyi.

   Alan Baker looked at the back in front of him, and suddenly felt a little reverence and awe.

  After the blockade of the Smith Building was lifted yesterday, as a member of the think tank.

   Alan Baker only knew that the boss and Smith Capital had made such a crazy investment in this week.

The key is.

  Such a crazy investment behavior like Las Vegas.

  fxxk actually made a profit.

  The profit was also particularly exaggerated, which shocked Alan Baker, whose main customers were in Wall Street before, by a huge shock.

  This ratio of investment to income made Alan Baker feel numb after he knew some inside information.

  Wait for Abel and Alan Baker to come to the trading room on the third floor.

   There are hundreds of people in the trading room, and it is full of voices at the moment.

  Abel entered,

   Alan Baker saw hundreds of people, led by David Mellon, clapping wildly and cheering.

   Waiting for this kind of fanatical restlessness, after several minutes, after being finally suppressed by Abel.

  Alan Baker got a data that made him jaw-dropping.

  That is the relevant account of Smith Capital this time, after the official end of the entire investment cycle.

   The account balance is $17.159 billion.

   Alan Baker remembers.

  The principal of Smith Capital this time is 10 billion US dollars.

  So much out of the $7.1 billion.

   Obviously, it is the profit in this investment cycle!

   About seven days, $7.1 billion profit?

  Profit of more than one billion dollars a day, this data simply made Alan Baker feel like he was about to suffocate.

  (end of this chapter)