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Chapter 731 - Chapter 722: Changes in Acquisition

"Haha, Rin, what are you talking about? I just think Yumi is just the right person."

Nanaya laughed and said innocently.

"Well, you know it yourself anyway."

Rin narrowed his eyes and examined Nanaya for a long while before turning around to talk to Yumi and Ryan.

It is said that three women make a drama, and Nanaya feels that this is absolutely true.

Ryan, Yumi and Rin, the three women, came together and have not stopped talking since a while ago.

It would be fine if they were just chatting, but there was a hint of confrontation in their words to each other.

This made Nanaya very concerned.

First, Scarlett Johansson mentioned her sister, and now she meets Rin...

Although Ryan kept smiling, Nanaya believed that she must be in a very bad mood at this moment.

And it's not just Rin and Yumi, as time goes by, more and more people come to say hello to Nanaya.

Among them, there are many women who have unclear relationships with Nanaya.

For example, Sakura, Ryougi Shiki (with her brother), Shion, and Lily.

The most important thing is that these people were quite friendly when greeting Nanaya.

Nanaya could even feel the provocative looks these women were giving Ryan.

[What if he chose you as his female companion today? When I was talking to him, you could only watch, right? ]

Anyway, Nanaya could see that there was some unhappiness in Ryan's eyes beside him.

[Why hasn't the red carpet ceremony started yet? ]

Nanaya glanced out the window, feeling extremely anxious.

Ryan was indeed not very happy.

Even though she had already known that Nanaya had many beautiful women around him.

My "boyfriend" is not an ascetic either.

Although Nanaya never gets tired of the old and loves the new, he will not let go of the woman he loves.

From another perspective, perhaps this is a disguised way of not forgetting one's original intention?

Ryan curled his lips.

She knew it, but when those women really stood in front of her and had an intimate conversation with Nanaya.

Ryan realized that he couldn't be as calm as he imagined.

Especially the sense of superiority that other people showed when they mentioned to him that Nanaya had made a movie for her, Ryan kept it all in his mind.

It's okay with other people, but when my sister starts to act arrogantly.

Ryan really wanted to hang Lily up and let Nanaya whip the little girl with a whip.

No wonder Shion has been unhappy with Lily recently. Ryan also thinks this girl is a little too presumptuous.

But Ryan was still very able to control her emotions and she didn't show it.

But some thoughts and impulses slowly grew in her heart.

Nanaya himself was also embarrassed, but he couldn't pull Ryan and the other women and loudly say "You are all my wings".

The last person who said this was already criticized to pieces.

It was not until the red carpet walk began that the women surrounding Nanaya left one after another.

As the favorite to win the award, Nanaya's appearance order is relatively late, just in time to stagger with the others.

Just like in previous Oscars, Nanaya walked onto the red carpet arm in arm with Ryan and did not do anything to deliberately attract attention.

After all, "Madoka Magica" has already been released, but it's still a long way to go for FGO.

Nanaya doesn't need to work hard to promote his movie to reporters.

He and Ryan simply waved to the fan area and walked through the red carpet at a normal pace.

Afterwards they exchanged a few words in the interview area and walked into the Kodak Theater.

After meeting up with Shion who was working with Iioka to build relationships, the group quickly found seats and sat down, waiting for the award ceremony to begin.

However, it was still early for the ceremony to start, and in the seating area of "Madoka Magica", except for Nanaya and some members of the production team, no actors had walked in yet.

Even though the Oscar voting has ended, no matter how hard these girls try, they won't be able to change the result.

But as actors, the red carpet exposure at the Oscars is still very important to them.

Especially some actors like Yui Aragaki and Fuu Kujo who are not very famous in Europe and the United States.

It would definitely be good for them to be on camera more often.

"Hi, Nanaya."

Just when Nanaya was bored and browsing his phone, Lucas came over and congratulated Nanaya: "You are going to be the big winner tonight!"

Nanaya smiled slightly: "Until the results come out, everything is hard to say."

Lucas shook his head and said, "Everyone knows. The result is almost 100% certain! Madoka Magica will win at least one or two awards."

"Hello~"

Nanaya's face was filled with black lines.

Could it be that this old man came here specifically to insult him?

Lucas grabbed Nanaya's shoulders and said with some emotion: "Nanaya, I really envy you. Anyway, I definitely don't have a chance."

When the title sequence of "Star Wars" did not comply with the regulations of the Directors Guild, Lucas was so angry that he simply quit the Directors Guild.

This completely offended Lucas with the Directors Guild.

The result was that not only did Lucas lose his eligibility to join the Academy, he would never be able to win the Best Director award.

At the same time, the "Star Wars" series was also on the Oscar blacklist, and it was very difficult to win even some technical awards.

But Lucas himself didn't mind it particularly.

Two years ago, when he, Spielberg and Francis Coppola presented the award to his old friend Martin Scorsese, he also made fun of himself.

Because he gained more than he lost.

The achievement of "Star Wars" will not be recognized by winning an Oscar, nor will it be denied by not winning an Oscar.

It's just a pity that as the most famous director in Hollywood in the 1980s, he didn't win this award.

After all, he was the only one among the "Four Heavenly Kings" who didn't win this award back then. It would be a lie to say that he didn't feel a little uncomfortable.

Especially when people get older, they always miss these shortcomings.

"Regarding that matter, how is your internal discussion going?"

Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Nanaya asked Lucas in a low voice.

That matter, of course, refers to Washimine's acquisition of Lucasfilm.

Although Lucas is the founder and actual controller of Lucasfilm, he is not the only shareholder of the entire company.

Therefore, Lucas must find a way to convince others about the acquisition of Washimine.

"There's nothing wrong with selling the company," Lucas whispered, "but some people want to sell it for a higher price."

This is also normal. It doesn't matter who you sell to. It's always good to get more money.

It is not uncommon in corporate acquisitions to introduce other buyers and increase the acquisition amount.

The most famous example is that when Disney acquired Fox in the future, it was interfered by Comcast, the largest cable TV company in the United States.

In the end, the acquisition amount originally agreed upon with Fox, which was $52.4 billion, was forcibly raised to $71.3 billion.

As for whether Comcast really wants to acquire Fox or was pulled in by Fox to raise the price.

I guess no one knows except the parties involved.

But Lucas'next words made Nanaya a little worried.

"Some people hope to bring in 20th Century Fox to maximize their profits."

Lucas's words immediately made Nanaya frown.

If it was any other company, it wouldn't matter. At worst, Washimine would just bid a higher price in the end.

Just buying Lucasfilm for under $4.5 billion would make it all worth it.

But Fox is different.

Not to mention that Fox will definitely make the offer with the mentality of "even if I can't buy it, I want you to lose money."

As News Corporation had been keeping a close eye on him and Shion during this period, Nanaya didn't think that the other party would carry out the acquisition according to normal business procedures.

"Has Fox already known about this?"

Nanaya asked a little nervously.

"Not yet. I suppressed it." Lucas whispered, "But I guess they will know about it soon."

Nanaya nodded slightly.

After all, Fox has been a partner of Lucasfilm for many years, and Nanaya would definitely not believe that there is no one in the management who is loyal to Fox.

Since Lucas said so, Nanaya will definitely prepare Shion for Fox's entry.

It is also very easy to get Fox out. As long as they themselves are in crisis and have no energy to take care of Lucasfilm, that's it.

But if this is the case, he will need to cooperate with Washimine's plan to deal with News Corporation.

[It looks like the acquisition of Lucasfilm won't be completed anytime soon.]

Nanaya thought with a bit of regret.

He also wanted to link Fate with the Star Wars series.

However, for a huge acquisition like Lucasfilm, patience is definitely not an option.

The more impatient you are, the more likely it is that you will get the opposite result.

So after Lucas left, Nanaya discussed some issues about Lucasfilm with Shion.

In the end, the two decided to stick with the original acquisition plan.

But you should be prepared to increase the purchase price.

But in terms of funding, Washimine has always had a huge advantage.

When it comes to money, Washimine really won't lose to anyone.

But this is only for Lucasfilm.

As for News Corp and Fox...

Washimine has never stopped his secret investigations on each other in North America and Europe.

Washimine has collected a lot of negative information about News Corporation.

Perhaps they are used to being unrestrained, and the people at News Corporation are not very secretive and do not do things cleanly.

Ordinary people may not be able to detect it, but for large companies like Washimine, if you check carefully, you will basically find all kinds of negative information.

And there is solid evidence.

This also shows how unscrupulous News Corporation is.

Just a bunch of mad dogs.

This is Nanaya's evaluation of these people after reading the materials collected by Washimine.

Nanaya believes that describing News Corporation as paparazzi is the biggest insult to dogs.

These guys have completely lost the moral bottom line that media professionals should abide by, and all their brain cells are left with the idea of "making big news."

It's a pity that the time is not right now, and the negative information in Washimine's hands is not suitable to be made public.

However, judging from feedback from all sides, this opportunity will appear soon.

Originally, Nanaya wanted to ask Shion about performance training, but unfortunately it was too late.

As heavy music sounded, the 82nd Academy Awards ceremony officially began.

So Nanaya stopped thinking about these things and concentrated on this Hollywood super show for the whole world.

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