Reborn Capital Empire

Chapter 44 Morris Pictures

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Cesar Chavez Avenue is part of the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles and is named in honor of Cesar Chavez, a Mexican-American union leader. Located in the middle of the street, Starbucks has won the favor of white-collar workers in the United States and the world with its stylish and simple model.

"In the future, if you have enough money, Starbucks is a good investment target!" Recalling the prosperous scene of Starbucks blooming all over China and its skyrocketing market value, Guo Shouyun couldn't help but have this idea in his mind.

Maybe he is too eager to make money and succeed. Now, in addition to writing books and starting a business, he thinks about investment the most.

Pushing open the glass door and walking into the hall, Guo Shouyun strode over after seeing a middle-aged black man sitting in a corner, wearing a black suit, with a slightly fat body and a slightly sad face.

"Mr. Morris?"

"Are you Mr. Guo?" The black man raised his head, glanced at Guo Shouyun, and quickly stood up.

"Yes, I am!"

"Hello, I'm Buddy Morris, the owner of Morris Pictures!"

"Hello!"

They simply shook hands with each other, and after a few polite words, the two sat down again.

"Mr. Morris, I've brought the contract. We can sign it now if you don't have an opinion. After the signing is complete, we will take on all of your company's bank debt. And the $1.2 million in acquisition funds will also be Credited to your account after we've signed the contract."

Taking over the contract that Guo Shouyun handed over, Buddy Morris showed hesitation on his dark face.

"What's wrong with the contract?"

"No, there is no problem. However, before signing the contract, I hope Mr. Guo can agree to a condition!"

"Mr. Morris, we have already communicated the terms of the merger over the phone. Moreover, I think the appraisal company's property appraisal of Morris Films is accurate enough. If you want to take the opportunity to increase the price, I can't agree!" Guo Shouyun frowned slightly and said seriously.

"No, no, you misunderstood! I'm not trying to increase the price. I just hope you will try not to lay off the employees of the company after the acquisition of Morris. They have their own families to take care of, and without this job, many of them People will lose their livelihoods. Moreover, the reason why the company is in trouble this time is also caused by my wrong decision-making, and everyone can’t be unlucky with me.”

Looking at the guilty expression on the other's face, Guo Shouyun flashed a thought in his eyes, and nodded after a while, "I can promise you!"

"Really?" Buddy Morris exclaimed in surprise.

"certainly!"

In fact, the reason why he fell in love with the unknown Morris Film Company among countless Hollywood film companies is because it is not big, but it has all the internal organs and has a group of experienced film practitioners. Therefore, even if the other party does not say it, he will not dismiss the employee.

"Wonderful! Mr. Guo, I thank you for all the staff at Morris and I assure you they are the best in the business!"

Guo Shouyun smiled and nodded, and generously accepted the other party's thanks.

"Can we sign the contract now?"

"Ok, Ok!"

After signing the contract and looking at it without any problems, "Mr. Morris, can you take me to the company?"

"now?"

"Now!"

Although the time was approaching evening, according to Guo Shouyun's plan for himself, every day's time was precious and he didn't want to waste it.

Buddy Morris nodded, got up and took Guo Shouyun out of Starbucks, and then drove to Santa Monica. Santa Monica is more popular with smaller independent studios and individual studios than places like Burbank, Universal Studios, and Wilshire Boulevard. Here, the most famous is Lionsgate, and Morris is also a member here.

Of course, the company that Guo Shouyun likes is not a grass-roots team. In fact, it has some popularity among the Santa Monica studios. However, it is not concentrated in the film industry, but in the niche industry of documentary filming.

Before the filming of feature films, Morris Films maintained an annual profit of $400,000 by shooting documentaries alone. It has a production department, a marketing department, a distribution department, an administration department and a logistics department. It has a workforce of about 150 people and has an office space of about 280 square meters.

If it wasn't for Buddy Morris trying to transform the company into a real film production company, and the result of a major loss in investment mistakes, the $1.2 million obviously would not have won the Morris Company.

"Boss!"

When the two entered the door, the blonde girl at the front desk hurriedly stood up.

"Heidi, I'm no longer the boss of the company!" Morris shook his head in disappointment.

A look of sadness flashed across Heidi's pretty face, and when she looked at Guo Shouyun who was standing beside her, there was a trace of nervousness and worry in her eyes.

Guo Shouyun turned his eyes around the two of them, but did not speak, and walked towards the office area. Morris waved his hand and asked Heidi to go back to work, and quickly followed behind Guo Shouyun.

"Boss...!"

After seeing Morris, almost everyone in the office area made a voice of concern and concern. Obviously, everyone is well aware of the current state of the company.

If nothing else, the young people in the front will be the new bosses of the company in the future.

Under the complicated eyes of everyone, Guo Shouyun pushed open a room marked with the general manager's office. After sitting down on the sofa in the sitting area next to him, his right hand has been facing the sofa. Knowing Buddy Morris hurriedly sat down.

"Mr. Morris, I can see that you are very respected among this group of employees!"

"Maybe that's the only thing I'm happy about right now!" Morris exclaimed.

Guo Shouyun nodded, "I saw from the information provided by Merrill Lynch that Morris Films was sold because of an investment error and owed $5 million in bank loans that could not be repaid?"

"Yes!"

"Can you be specific?"

Morris nodded bitterly.

"It's me being too greedy. ... My biggest dream has always been to develop Morris into a major film production company like Lionsgate and DreamWorks. So last year, we started investing in feature films. We were lucky at first. Not bad, both horror films were profitable. Not a lot, but it gave me a lot of confidence. Finally this year, we decided to expand our investment. Morris Co. contributed 3 million US dollars, and then borrowed from the bank $5 million for a feature film!"

"What's the name of the movie?"

"Legal Blonde!"

"You mean Legally Blonde?" After Guo Shouyun was stunned for a moment, his eyes suddenly widened.

Although he didn't understand why he was so surprised at the moment, Morris nodded seriously.

"Legal Blonde, Legally Blonde...?"

After muttering a few words to himself, Guo Shouyun took a deep breath and concealed the surprise and excitement in his heart. Although he has forgotten which company produced and distributed the film~www.wuxiahere.com~, the words "Legal Blonde" are not unfamiliar to him. Not only did he download it online and watch it several times, he also remembered that it was a high box office hit.

"Where is the film?"

Guo Shouyun asked quickly.

If everything goes as he thinks, then this acquisition is a huge profit.

"It's not over yet!"

Morris shook his head with a wry smile.

"Not finished?"

"Yes! The original budget was $8 million, but after that money was used up, the film was only two-thirds completed. The rest, and post-production, needed more than $5 million, and we didn't have that much. Money! Besides, the bank loan is about to expire...!"

"Have you ever thought about working with other film companies?"

"Of course I thought about it, but now is the Nasdaq crisis, the economy is in a downturn, and everyone is very cautious about high-risk film investment. Even if the film company intends to take over, the conditions are very harsh!"

Guo Shouyun nodded clearly and was about to speak. I heard the sound of hurried footsteps coming from far to near, and then the door of the office was banged open.

"Buddy, I just talked to the guys at MGM, and they're willing to pay $500,000 and take on all the bank debts to buy all the rights to Legally Blonde and the film that's been shot...!"

After seeing a stranger in the room, the excited middle-aged man slowly stopped talking.

"Robert, let me introduce to you, this is Mr. Bruce Guo, an investor from San Francisco. We have just signed the acquisition contract, and Morris is no longer mine! ... Mr. Guo, this is " Legally Blonde director Robert Luketic!"