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“The benefit of the theme park business in particular is the way we do it and where we are in the life cycle. It’s kind of like a ‘you build it and people come’ business.”

In the office, Stephen Burke, CEO of NBC Universal, attaches great importance to the construction of theme parks. This is also because he took over the super project of Tianchao Capital Theme Park as soon as he took office. This is his opportunity and a difficult task he has to face.

"If we continue to build theme parks in Florida, California, Footbath, Beijing and potentially other countries around the world, we can have significant double-digit growth for many years in a row. And this year's theme park operating cash flow is expected to reach $1.5 billion .”

"When I insisted on acquiring the Footbath theme park, I thought about it. In the future, perhaps the theme park will become the most popular part of NBC Universal." Andy nodded calmly.

"Because theme parks are the best output form of NBC Universal's intellectual property, especially the superheroes of the Marvel Group, it can perfectly complement other departments of the company."

Andy continued: "In all of our businesses, I think carefully about the next 10 or 20 years, and what we know best now is how to maintain rapid growth over the long term.

Therefore, for this trip to the Celestial Dynasty, regarding the capital theme park, NBC Universal must hold 40 to 50% of the shares of the theme park. "Andy's eyes were deep, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised: "tens of thousands" of people will participate in the construction of this project. This is a super project that solves employment. Even after it is completed, it can also solve 5,000 to 6,000 jobs. I believe The Celestial Dynasty will make certain compromises."

Of course, Andy also knows some problems that Universal Studios will face in the future when it builds a new theme park, how to distribute the character image IP to different theme parks and how to attract tourists to include a large future hotel complex and the latest properties Play in the huge park.

In addition, Universal Studios has not yet purchased land, which requires cooperation with the local government to solve logistics and transportation issues. The problem is, however, if Universal Studios can introduce fans to their favorite characters in the theme park, then the benefits of future traffic will definitely be considerable.

The dominance of Disney and Universal Studios in the theme park industry is unshakable. Judging from the latest number of visitors to the top 25 theme parks in the world, the theme parks owned or authorized by Disney and Universal Studios completely dominate the TOP10 tourist rankings.

After the completion of Beijing Universal Studios, it will become the largest American theme park in Beijing, just like Disney is to Shanghai.

For Beijing, which is adjusting its industrial structure, vigorously developing modern service industry as an important task of current development, and actively cultivating cultural tourism as a strategic pillar industry, it is undoubtedly more hopeful to carry out in-depth cooperation with NBC Universal Group in this regard to realize Win-win development.

After Andy and Stephen Burke discussed the theme park project again, half an hour was almost up. Before Stephen Burke left, he suddenly remembered something and reported to Andy Hui: " Boss, Universal Pictures reported this morning that the footage of MJ's rehearsal for the London concert before his death is currently the object of bidding by major Hollywood film studios. The bidding price has risen to more than 40 million US dollars, so I asked the headquarters Whether to continue the bidding."

"Oh?" Andy frowned slightly. Although he had watched the documentary "This Is It" in his previous life, he didn't know if the documentary made money. It was just to take advantage of the heat of MJ's death to sell his feelings.

"MJ London concert promotional agency AEG Entertainment,

This time, all the rehearsal tapes at the Staples Center in Los Angeles were taken out a few days before Jackson's sudden death. There are a total of 80 hours of video and only a few minutes of clips have been released to the public.

The Los Angeles-based show company hopes to recoup some of its losses after spending as much as $30 million up front on MJ's farewell show in London. MJ's sudden death not only made the London tour "advance farewell", but also made AEG's early investment come to naught. Therefore, AEG hopes to release this documentary to recover some losses.

And in order to obtain more benefits, AEG Entertainment also plans to split and sell the final rehearsal clips to major American TV networks to make TV albums.

Sony, which is currently bidding $50 million in one fell swoop, is the most likely to win the bid. This is because Sony Music Entertainment already holds the distribution rights for most of Jackson's albums and singles, and will be able to easily prevent other bidding companies from using Jackson's songs. "Stephen Burke saw that his boss was a little moved, so he explained in detail the many issues involved.

"Indeed, the issue of music copyright is a big problem. Let's go ahead and inform you. If you can reach an agreement with Sony, you can buy it at a high price. As for the split rehearsal clips, let NBC TV station actively fight for the broadcasting authorization of the TV album. , The speed must be fast, and the ratings can be guaranteed when the popularity is high." Andy said after pondering for a while.

"Okay, boss, I understand what to do." Stephen Burke nodded and said goodbye to Andy, then turned and walked out of the office.

Andy, who sat back on the boss's chair, shook his head with emotion. The business society always puts interests first, and this can be regarded as extracting the last remaining value of MJ.

"...We believe that from a technical point of view, the U.S. economy will hit its bottom in June and July, and in the third quarter, driven by the rebound in demand for durable consumer goods, corporate inventory replenishment will be strong, and the economy will show a clear bottoming out Rebound trend. However, because the consumption and credit in the euro zone are still in contraction, the recovery of the overall economy in the third quarter will still be fragile, and the pace of recovery is expected to be slower than that of the United States.”

In the video conference screen on the computer monitor, the financial team in London is reporting their analysis conclusions to Andy. After all, Andy agrees with the conclusion of this analysis, and is also very satisfied with the work of the London branch.

Not putting eggs in one basket is something that smart investors know very well, and Andy is naturally not ignorant, so when he established the European branch, he also separated the think tank Some of them were sent to Europe. Since then, the two companies in the United States and Europe have affiliation, but they are relatively independent. Andy can also compare the data analysis conclusions given by the two companies to prove it, so that he can better mastery of the situation.

Of course, it doesn't rule out Andy's idea of ​​wanting the two sides to check and balance each other. After all, any time a family dominates, it will damage the interests of his master.

"The European Central Bank announced that the interest rate will continue to remain unchanged at the historically low level of 1%. The European Central Bank has begun to implement the established bond purchase plan with a total scale of no more than 60 billion euros..."

A piece of financial information that is happening in Europe and that is about to happen is summarized and reported. Andy, the controller, sorts out and updates various data and information about European finance in his mind. There is no way, since he wants to make money, then I can only use my brain well.

"Iceland's debt crisis has caused the international community to worry about the sovereign debt of some countries. At present, Dubai's debt crisis is the most prominent and may collapse. This also means that Dubai's desert myth will be shattered."

Hearing this, Andy's eyes lit up suddenly, and he said with burning eyes: "Can we benefit from it?"

"In addition to the largest local commercial bank, their main creditors also include HSBC, Credit Suisse, Barclays, Rice and Royal Bank of Scotland, etc. If there is a delay in debt repayment in Dubai, the European stock market ratio will inevitably be severely affected However, the debt crisis of Dubai will not trigger a new global economic crisis. After all, their debt crisis is not due to the problems of financial derivatives. They themselves have the support of the real economy and resources, and the influence of Dubai is not as good as that of Wall Street. .

Of course, there will be temporary turbulence in the world financial market. After all, the global linkage is already very close, and any problem in any link will have a collateral impact. "

Hearing the analysis of his subordinates, Andy couldn't help shaking his head and laughing. If the myth of Dubai's desert is really shattered, the most unlucky ones will be those Hollywood stars who invest in Dubai, such as Brad Pitt, Beckham and other big names. Celebrities often buy houses and land in Dubai.

"Then I'll leave this matter to you guys. By the way, we also need to share information with the United States. It would be good to have a short-term operation and earn some pocket money!"

Andy said with a smile, but his "earn some pocket money" still made everyone who participated in the video conference dumbfounded, and secretly complained in their hearts. The figure of his boss' pocket money really made people want to cry without tears.