Hollywood Starts with Animation

Goldman Sachs in Los Angeles.

In order to undertake the listing of Water World Animation, Goldman Sachs Investment Bank did not neglect at all. It specially dispatched Wal Dren, a well-known figure in the financial industry, to be personally responsible for it.

"You are welcome, Mr. Wald."

In the huge conference room, Wal Dren himself got up and invited Zucker to take a seat.

"Mr. Deren, you're welcome." Zucker said with a smile.

Zucker has a certain understanding of Waldron. He is one of the bigwigs of Goldman Sachs investment bank. He has served in top investment banks such as Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers. He has several doctorates in finance. He has been in the financial industry for decades.

"Mr. Wald, you are indeed young and promising."

"Yeah, when I'm only 22 years old, I'm about to own a listed company. It really makes me feel ashamed!"

"Dade was right. When I was 22, I was working on a Texas farm and woke up laughing thinking about making an extra $100 a day."

"The listing of Waterworld Animation on the US stock market is definitely a major event in the financial field of the United States. Think of Pixar Animation, my God, can you imagine it? Pixar Animation, which almost went bankrupt at the beginning, once went public, it will soon have a billion-dollar company. The market value, which is only a few years old, is already as high as $3.2 billion.”

"What is that? Didn't it say that Toy Story 2 will be released on Thanksgiving soon? By then, the market value of Pixar Animation has soared by another 300 million to 400 million US dollars, which is absolutely no surprise."

"Mr. Wald's water world animation is not bad!"

"Yes, looking at today's American animation field, besides Pixar Animation and DreamWorks Animation, who else can compete with Mr. Wald's water world animation?"

"No! Not a single one!"

"I dare to say that once Water World Animation is listed, its valuation will definitely break through the $1 billion mark in a short period of time!"

...

The managers of the Goldman Sachs investment bank present were all eloquent and eloquent.

Well, even though Zucker knew that they were mostly boasting, he still couldn't hold back a burst of joy!

do not!

Don't stop! keep talking~

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Witnessed by a group of lawyers, Zhu Ke's chief assistant Alexander showed the final list of equity ratios of Water World Animation.

12% of the water world animation shares will be occupied by a group of water world animation employees such as Stephen Solenberg and David Messer.

The number of people is relatively large, more than 300 people.

Once the company is officially listed on the U.S. stock market, Stephen and Messer will undoubtedly see their fortunes skyrocket, and the remaining 300 employees will also make a fortune;

3% of the shares, shared by CEO Victor and other senior executives of the head office;

In other words, Zucker currently also occupies 85% of the shares of Water World Animation.

Of course, these 85% shares are not fully held by the parent company Jinshuguang Entertainment Group!

Golden Dawn Entertainment Group: 58% of the shares;

LinkedIn: 7% of the shares;

Hengyuan Investment Company: 15% of the shares;

Wald Foundation: 5% of the shares.

Hengyuan Investment Co., Ltd. is a company headquartered in the Cayman Islands, which is known as a "tax haven". Its main business is financial investment. However... it's actually just a leather bag company, wholly owned by Zucker himself.

The Wald Foundation is also a new company that was established not long ago.

The main business of its existence is to do charity and provide education funds for out-of-school children in Asia, Africa, and America. Provide minimum living security for the lonely elderly;

Look, is Zhu Ke very noble?

In fact, it is mainly used by Zucker to avoid taxes!

Why are so many rich people in the United States keen on charity and investing in public welfare activities one after another? In fact, isn't it all for tax avoidance?

In order to save tax, classmate Zhu Ke is naturally not exempt.

Otherwise, according to Zhu Ke's stingy attributes,

How would you be willing to pay out!

Jin Shuguang Entertainment Group occupies the absolute controlling stake of its subsidiary Water World Animation, and LinkedIn, Hengyuan Investment Company, and Wald Foundation are cross-shareholdings, ensuring that Zhu Ke will always be the biggest beneficiary.

"Then the question is, what is the issue price?" Zucker asked again.

Wal Dren responded: "$19!"

$19?

Zucker nodded secretly.

This issue price is a reasonable price made by Goldman Sachs Investment Bank after several months of continuous work and market trends.

In the previous allotment to the company's employees, Zucker gave them a price of $7 per share.

In other words, Water Century Animation has not yet been listed, and those shareholders who participated in the allotment have already made a lot of money. This is also one of the benefits that Zucker gives to employees.

the number of shares issued;

the length of the sale;

Secondary market;

Listing publicity, etc., Zucker and Goldman Sachs Investment Bank had a 3-hour discussion. And this discussion is also the last discussion before the listing.

That night, Zu Ke couldn't help but feel a little emotional at home.

"Water World Animation, it is real and created by me, and it is the first listed company~"

Compared with the listing of icq, Zu Ke obviously values ​​the animation of the water world more. After all, one is an adopted son and the other is a real son. The relationship is there!

From its creation to its listing, Water World Animation has been going for more than three years, and has produced many popular animations such as "SpongeBob SquarePants", "Peppa Pig" and "Finding Nemo".

Especially the "Finding Nemo" movie!

It became popular all over the world as soon as it was released, and now it has achieved box office results of more than 900 million US dollars worldwide, making it a veritable popular animated film!

That night, Zucker also received many blessing calls.

One of the Pixar Five Tigers, John Lasseter, as one of Zucker's best friends, he has sent his blessings for many days in a row.

"did not expect!"

"I never imagined it!"

"Once upon a time, you, Zucker Wald, were a very naughty and rogue guy, but now, the animation company created by you has been able to reach such a glorious point."

"Congratulations, my friend."

For John Lasseter's blessing, Zucker calmly accepted.

Although Zucker was friends with Lasseter at first and had a utilitarian purpose, he has really regarded him as one of his best friends for a long time.

Charlize Theron, Joaquin Phoenix and other friends, naturally needless to say.

"After your company's listing, I will definitely start it as soon as possible." Theron said proudly.

"I'm optimistic about Wald Pictures, and even more optimistic about the future of Waterworld Animation. I've bought the stock," Joaquin said on the phone.

However, our classmate Zhu Ke is a little ashamed!

Man, the dot-com bubble is not far away~

Zucker rushed to list the company at this point, with the mentality of making a fortune from the stock market before the crisis broke out!

Under the outbreak of the crisis, the stock price of Water World Animation will inevitably be greatly affected, and the interests of investors will definitely suffer losses.

" "The first more is sent.