America: Starting with the acquisition of MGM

Chapter 58 57. Use yourself to save others (please collect and read)

In a luxury hotel in Rhode Island, a threesome is underway.

Sergey Hassenfeld is happily doing sports. He loves sports and sweats profusely every week even though he is almost forty years old.

The mother-in-law in the family has long since lost her feelings. As she grows older, there is more and more friction on the one hand and less and less on the other.

Everyone is playing their own thing now. If we cooperate, we will both benefit, and if we fight, we will both be hurt. As long as we don't take it home and quarrel with each other, that's fine.

bell.

When I was having fun, the phone suddenly rang.

Sergey frowned. Who the hell called him in the middle of the night? If he had something to do, he couldn't talk about it in the morning. He really had no sense.

But when he glanced at the phone screen, he immediately kicked the woman away from his feet, picked up the phone and quickly connected it.

Uncle, what's wrong so late?

The old voice of Hasbro CEO Alan Hassenfeld sounded on the other end of the phone: Sergey, what's going on? Tell me what's going on?

What? What uncle are you talking about?

Just now, MGM announced the director of Transformers!

Huh? Shouldn't it be announced a long time ago? After delaying it for so long, they must have hired a big director, Spielberg? George Lucas? Or Ridley Scott?

Idiot, what are you dreaming about? It's Eric Cooper!

Sergey Hassenfeld was stunned for a moment: Who? I've never heard of this director. Wait. Are you talking about Eric Cooper?

Who else could it be but him?

You're mistaken, uncle, how could he be a director? We talked and he graduated from UCLA. That school didn't have a film major. He studied finance.

The patience on the other end of the phone was obviously exhausted: Sergey, do you think I will stay up in the middle of the night to joke with you?

After being yelled at, Sergey broke into cold sweat and said hurriedly: Uncle, don't be angry. I will contact MGM immediately and tell them that this is a stupid decision.

I will persuade them to change their decision. This is Transformers, not a small movie for the rich second generation to fool around with.

It's too late. You can't contact the Coopers, because even I can't. I want you to fly to Los Angeles immediately. No matter what method you use, you must change this decision, and you must do it quickly, otherwise Hasbro's The stock price will plummet.”

Don't worry, uncle, I'm going now!

Oh, I hope this is just a misunderstanding.

Alan Hassenfeld's worries are not unreasonable, because the stock market has always been unpredictable. It can skyrocket because of a piece of news, and it can also plummet because of a piece of news.

This situation is especially obvious when the stock price is related to the movie industry. Hasbro's stock price can rise because of Transformers, and it can also fall back to the starting point because of Transformers.

The decisive factor in all this is the quality of the movie, and a 22-year-old young man, a second-generation rich man in the eyes of the public, who has never been exposed to film-related knowledge actually wants to direct a US$150 million movie. Make.

In the eyes of the public, this is as outrageous as asking a pig to fly a spaceship.

There are not no talented directors, but those talented directors who have become famous often have worked hard for more than ten years behind the scenes.

What do you Eric Cooper have?

You only have one good father!

Moreover, just a few months ago, the stock market bubble caused by the Internet ended, and the general environment had just improved. This was the time when the ability to resist risks was at its weakest.

In this crisis-ridden environment, as long as there is a slight disturbance, it is guaranteed that those investors will run away en masse.

After announcing the good news, the Coopers and his son went to rest separately. As for the phone, of course it was turned off. At this time, the king of heaven came and ignored him.

Early the next morning, Eric got on a flight to Park City, Utah, the opening day of the Sundance Film Festival.

If you go there, you might be able to find gold in the shit, and more importantly, you can avoid trouble.

As for dad, a veteran like him will have his own ideas.

The New York Stock Exchange ranked first among the world's stock exchanges in 2003, with a market value of more than 10 trillion U.S. dollars and is one of the world's financial centers.

At 9:30 am, as the market opened, a lot of attention was focused on the S\u0026P 500 Index.

The so-called S\u0026P 500 is a stock index that records 500 listed companies in the United States, covering various industries and fields, and Hasbro is among them.

The stock market crash has just ended, and now almost all stocks are in the process of slow recovery, with not much growth, but the trend is still good. After all, market confidence needs to be slowly restored.

On a market that is almost entirely green, only a few companies are showing red line charts, and Hasbro is the one with the most red lines.

Since that press conference, Hasbro's stock has been rising, and tens of thousands of investors are staring at MGM and Hasbro, wanting to take advantage of this wave of dividends.

But the news in the early hours of the morning directly confused the market. MGM must be crazy to let a 22-year-old rich second generation who has never been exposed to the film and television industry become a director.

Many investors who were frightened by the stock market crash and were not determined have already begun to sell.

In fact, the psychology of these leeks is very simple. Hasbro's stock price has been rising for a while, and they have made a small profit. Now they have to sell it at a high price, at least they will make a profit without losing money.

If you wait until the situation reaches a serious limit, you won't be able to cry even if you want to, and many more members will be added to the homeless army.

However, those who are selling now are timid, and most people are still in the wait-and-see stage. The general public mentality is that MGM has sent the wrong message, and it will definitely be corrected soon.

In Beverly Hills, the Cooper family received an uninvited guest early in the morning, Sergey Hassenfeld came to the door.

Trotting all the way to the door of the villa, Sergey pressed the doorbell with some breathlessness.

After waiting for a while, the nanny opened the door.

Is Mr. Cooper home?

Sorry, who are you sir?

I'm Sergey Hassenfeld, CEO of Hasbro, and I need to meet with Charlie Cooper about something very important.

The little nanny shook her head: Sorry sir, Mr. Cooper fell ill and was rushed to the hospital last night.

What!

Sergey looked confused: Which hospital?

I don't know, maybe you should call him yourself.

boom!

The villa door is closed.

Sergey is messy in the wind. If I can contact someone, why should I use it to block the door?

Ring. The phone rings.

Sergey answered the call tremblingly, and an angry roar came from the other side: Did you find the person? How was the conversation?

Sorry uncle, Charlie Cooper is ill. I think he may be angry with his son. I suspect there is chaos inside MGM right now.

It was Eric Cooper who talked to us from beginning to end. Charlie Cooper only showed up when he signed the contract at the end. I think this may involve a power struggle between their father and son.

The other end of the phone continued to shout angrily: Don't use your stupid brain to speculate, I want facts! I want facts! Find Charlie Cooper within a day and ask him to change this decision! The stock price has already started to fall.

Okay, okay, I will, don't worry, uncle!

shit!

After hanging up the phone, Sergey threw the phone to the ground angrily. My legs were almost broken when I ran. You know how to yell at me until you die.

I've made so much money working for you over the years, what's wrong with one mistake? Is there anything in this world that is without risk?

However, after a few curses to vent his anger, Sergey could only continue to think of a solution. His speculation just now was entirely based on himself.

When you use yourself to save others, who would want to have an old guy above your head forever?

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