中國銅企進軍好萊塢 購入電影製作公司80%股權
A copper processing company has announced one of the more unlikely diversifications by Chinese companies into the US entertainment sector, taking an 80 per cent stake in the Hollywood film production company that made The Hurt Locker.
中國一家銅加工企業宣佈將購入出品《拆彈部隊》(The Hurt Locker)的好萊塢電影製作公司的80%股權，這是中國公司不可思議的進軍美國娛樂行業的業務多元化舉措之一。
Xinke New Materials, which smelts and processes copper in the southern Anhui province, disclosed the majority stake in the parent company of Oscar-winning Voltage Pictures.
鑫科新材料股份有限公司(Xinke New Materials)是中國南方安徽省的一家銅冶煉和加工企業，該公司披露將購入贏得奧斯卡獎的Voltage Pictures的母公司多數股權。
The deal follows a $1bn takeover last week by Dalian Wanda, China’s biggest real estate company, of
上週，中國最大房地產公司大連萬達(Dalian Wanda)斥資10億美元收購舉辦金球獎(Golden Globe awards)的Dick Clark Productions。今年1月，萬達收購了傳奇娛樂(Legendary Entertainment)，後者聯合制作了《侏羅紀世界》(Jurassic World)等影片。萬達還控股美國影院運營商AMC娛樂(AMC Entertainment)。
Dick Clark Productions, which runs the Golden Globe awards. In January Wanda bought Legendary Entertainment, co-producer of film hits such as Jurassic World. Wanda also controls US cinema operator AMC Entertainment.
鑫科此前與全球娛樂界幾乎毫無聯繫，分析人士表示，這筆交易是在國內經濟放緩之際，中國重工業企業轉向媒體等收益較高行業的更廣泛趨勢的一部分。
While Xinke has little previous connection to the world of global entertainment, analysts said the deal was part of a broader trend by Chinese heavy industry to diversify into higher-return sectors such as media amid a domestic economic slowdown.
北京藝恩資本管理(EntGroup Capital Management)合夥人肖晗表示：“鑫科在銅行業的主業屬於‘夕陽產業’，而影視娛樂行業在中國非常火爆。”
“Xinke’s main business in the copper industry is a ‘sunset industry’, whereas the movie and TV entertainment industry is a very hot industry in China,” said Xiao Han, partner at EntGroup Capital Management in Beijing.
他表示，鑫科最近收購了電視公司西安夢舟(Kingswood Culture)，目前正在製作自己的電視劇和足球主題電影。
The copper group had recently acquired a television company — Kingswood Culture — in the city of Xi’an, and was making its own TV series and football-themed movies, he said.
鑫科在提交給上海證交所的一份文件中稱，今年在香港設立了國際傳媒投資子公司沃太極國際(Wotaiji International Media)，該公司將作爲本次收購主體。
Xinke said in a filing on the Shanghai stock exchange that this year it had set up an international media investment arm, Wotaiji International Media , based in Hong Kong, which would be in charge of the Voltage stake.
該公司將向位於美國的Leone Holdings和Minuit Holdings支付3.45億美元至5.18億美元，以收購Midnight Investments的80%股權，Midnight Investments是Voltage的所有者。預計這筆交易將於12月底完成。
The company will pay US-based Leone Holdings and Minuit Holdings between $345m and $518m for 80 per cent of Midnight Investments, which owns Voltage. The deal is expected to close by the end of December.
記者未能聯繫到Voltage請求置評。
Voltage could not be reached for comment.
記者也未能聯繫到鑫科，但該公司在公告文件中稱，此次收購將增強其國內外影視業務能力，並將明顯提升其盈利能力。
Xinke could not be reached either, but said in its filing the acquisition would enable it to strengthen its position in the domestic and international film business, and would significantly boost its profitability.
鑫科的一位要求不具名的銀行業顧問表示，該公司“旨在通過收購實現戰略轉型”。
