I’m in Hollywood Chapter 683: I am a capitalist

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I had a morning meeting and had a meal with Katzenberg at noon and discussed some trivial matters. It was n’t until Eric in the afternoon that I made time to learn about the auction of mobile communication operation licenses that I accidentally saw on CNN yesterday.

Any country has radio control regulations, whether it is TV media or mobile communications, it also relies on radio wave transmission. Just as different TV Stations have different radio wave frequencies, different telecom operators are also restricted to operate within a certain radio wave frequency range. United States TV Station or telecom operators obtained from FCC (Federal Communications Commission) in the corresponding radio wave frequency range The authorization to operate a business within is the so-called 'license'.

In the office of Firefly Headquarters Eric, looking at the Eric reading the basic information carefully, Kelly sitting on the other side of the desk said softly: "In the 1980s, operators of wireless spectrum resources for mobile communications all applied to the FCC, and then Accept its allocation. However, in recent years, the mobile communication industry has risen rapidly with the support of digital technology. Most operators used to obtain spectrum resources from the FCC in the past. The number of spectrum license applications has increased significantly. Clinton Administration Realizing that this is a good time to create financial revenue, the spectrum resources required by telecom operators are divided into three different operating licenses of A, B, and C for auction. What you saw on CNN yesterday is segment A and The auction of segment B licenses mainly faces traditional telecom operators. The auction of licenses in these two segments brought 3.75 billion USD revenue to the Ministry of Finance. "

Eric raised his head and asked, "What about Section C?"

Kelly Road: "According to the plan given by Clinton Administration, the main auctions for segment C licenses are those of emerging telecommunications operators, used to support small and medium-sized enterprises from the early stage of entrepreneurship, but the license auction for this segment is arranged in Three months later. "

Eric thought about it for a moment and then understood the joints. Some sneered smiles, and it was really crow-like in the world.

previous life Eric noticed that China Unicom publicly complained that it was late to move to get a license and missed the 4G layout period. The situation in memory is really similar to the present, and the difference is only a game of Zhengzhi. The other is purely an economic game.

It is now a critical period for the United States mobile communications industry to upgrade from analog signals to digital signals. Traditional telecom operators already have a strong advantage, and after obtaining a license, they have obtained another three months of lead time. Once enlarged. [ㄨ] Those new telecommunication operators who have obtained the C-segment licenses are even less likely to catch up. Eric can imagine that even if they have the C-segment licenses, the relevant SMEs will only be swallowed by the incumbent telecommunications giants.

Noting the expression on Eric's face, Kelly can also guess what he is thinking. Then he smiled and said, "You must have guessed that the FCC did this, and it must have been influenced by AT & amp; amp; T, Sprint, and other established telecom operators. However, what's more excessive next?"

Eric wondered: "What?"

Kelly flipped through the thick folder on the desktop, found a document and handed it to Eric, and said: "You see, this is the detailed bidding letter of the FCC for this spectrum license auction, which turned to 12 pages. I drew a red line. "

Eric turns the page number that Kelly said. Seeing the red line marked a paragraph: Section C licenses will be auctioned separately in order to give ethnic minorities, women, township operators and small businesses more opportunities to gain a more level playing field.

Eric read it several times and found no problems. He raised his head curiously and asked, "What's wrong with this passage?"

Kelly smiled and said: "You certainly can't think of it. Yesterday, the auction was just over. Someone started the article with this sentence. There are probably six small companies that have submitted bid applications for segment C licenses to the Federal Court. Filed a lawsuit, claiming that the description of race and gender in the FCC bidding document violated the United States Constitution's provisions on national equality. Suspected of discrimination, the FCC was required to amend and apologize for its offending words.

Eric is really a bit stunned this time.

You can still play like this.

After many years of rebirth, Eric also understands the United States ’s rules of legal proceedings.

Since someone has filed a lawsuit against this, this matter is definitely not going to be completed by the FCC simply modifying the bidding documents. Everyone must gather lawyers to study and study the United States constitution to see if this passage is really unconstitutional. The Constitution is so thick, it will take a month or two to turn it over. This is the so-called evidence-gathering stage. When the evidence is collected, both parties need to talk in court. Even if the local court gives the judgment, if one party refuses to accept the judgment and continues to appeal, then the lawsuit will continue to fight.

In the end, after such a tossing, after the lawsuit is over, it is estimated that most of the six months have passed.

Section C license auctions were three months later than sections A and B, and this kind of lawsuit is now appearing. It is estimated that the so-called emerging telecommunications operators will at least wait until next year to obtain licenses.

"Okay, do n’t mention this," Eric put the bidding book next to it and reached out to indicate that he was in this office, which was not luxurious but equally exquisite, and laughed: "I think we discuss There are some wrong positions on these issues. I am a capitalist now. I am a kind of conscience. "

Kelly was amused by the words of Eric, and the words of Eric were actually correct. This happened only because it happened in the telecommunications field that did not have much connection with them. But if a similar thing happens in Hollywood, the Seventh Congress will definitely join together without hesitation, strangling the latecomers who may threaten their status in the cradle.

"So, Eric, are you planning to get involved in mobile communications?"

Yesterday I saw the news of mobile operation license auction. Eric is really very exciting. Now is the beginning of the outbreak of the mobile communication industry. Investing in the telecommunications industry can definitely bring generous returns, but the case of the segment C license auction can also It can be seen that the water inside is too deep. Before clarifying the situation, Eric does not intend to venture into it.

Sadly shook his head, Eric rubbed the folder in front of him, and said: "I don't consider these for the time being, right, Kelly, have you ever touched Qualcomm?"

"Oh, I am about to tell you." Kelly took out the memo and turned a few pages, handed a note to Eric, and said: "QualcommCEO Irving Jacob is very interested in our contact, but he I ’ve been at South Korea recently. I wo n’t be back until next week. He called me and said that he would fly directly to Los Angeles at that time, hoping to talk to you in person, Nà, this is the phone number of Irving Jacob at South Korea. He said you can call at any time. "

Eric took the note paper and looked at it and laughed: "Qualcomm is so eager, this is not a good habit, are they not afraid of sheep entering the tiger's mouth?"

"The current situation of Qualcomm is very bad. So far, they have only won the opportunity to build a CDMA network in South Korea, but the telecommunications market capacity of South Korea is too small, and it will not produce too much for the overall communication technology standards of global. Big impact. Moreover, a week before the auction of spectrum licenses, AT & amp; T just announced that it would build a GSM network nationwide. As the largest telecommunications operator in the Federation, the communication technology standards determined by AT & amp; T will definitely Drive a group of followers. GSM's technology maturity is much higher than CDMA. Once most operators turn to GSM, Qualcomm may even face bankruptcy, "said Kelly, and said:" Firefly investment over there The absorbed Qualcomm stocks will soon exceed 1 million stocks, if it continues, Eric, once Qualcomm goes bankrupt. These stocks will become worthless. "

Qualcomm issued 6 million shares in circulation for the first IPO in 1992, accounting for 30% of the total share capital. Due to the rise of GSM, the development of Qualcomm has lagged in recent years. There is no further financing.

The stock price of Qualcomm is currently hovering around 17USD, and the total market value is only 340 million.

In my heart, if all Qualcomm can be eaten, Eric will not have any hesitation at all, after all, it is only the income of Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show's video tape. It will bring him more 300 million and more USD income, and the entire Firefly Group, because there is no any large-scale expansion plan for the time being, with the premier profitability in Hollywood, Firefly Group now faces a very happy worry is that there is too much money .

"1 million shares are only 17 million," Eric told Kelly: "I plan to absorb at least 3 million shares, so I only need to spend 50 million USD, this investment is quite equivalent to a medium-production investment film, even if It does n’t matter if you lose money. "

"Yeah, it doesn't seem to matter to you," Kelly also realized that he was a bit concerned and chaotic. 50 million USD is really nothing for Eric's current net worth.

The two are discussing, and the mobile phone Eric on the desk rang.

After connecting, the sound of Elizabeth came from the other side.

Eric simply said a few words and hung up the phone.

Kelly also heard some information from the conversation between the two and asked, "Miss Murdoch?"

"Well, regarding the Golden Globe Award and Oscar," Saving Private Ryan "and" Braveheart "collided together, and Liz asked me to talk about two things about the public relations of the film awards."

Eric said to stand up, Kelly took his coat thoughtfully, Eric reached out and put on his clothes, and looked at the female assistant who helped her button down gently with her eyes down, Eric inexplicably produced a The illusion that his wife sent her husband to date another woman, she put her arm around the waist of Kelly and smiled: "It's strange, why do I suddenly feel guilty?"

Kelly smiled, but the movement in his hand did not stop, with a little woman's emotions, said: "It is to make you guilty."

"Ah, you can use this trick for yourself, don't pass it on."

"Are you going to be bothered to pass it on?"

Eric nodded hard: "Very troublesome."

After the popular New Year ’s period, for Hollywood, the most important thing is undoubtedly to deal with the current award season.

Compared to last year ’s Oscar year, this year ’s awards season Hollywood also has no so-called movie work, but there has been a confrontation between "Saving Private Ryan" and "Braveheart".

Although the Oscar nomination has not yet been released, on the more important film and television nomination Golden Globe Award, the two films coincidentally got the best plot film, best Director, best actor, best screenwriter and best Five nominations for the soundtrack. The performance of Mel · Gibson can only be regarded as average. Eric remembers that he had not received any nomination for the best actor in the original time and space. Now there is such a nomination on Golden Globe Award that should be regarded as the public relations achievement of Weinstein.

As early as more than a year ago, Eric and Elizabeth had discussed the draw strategies of these two films, but the plan was always unable to keep up with the changes, and many things still needed to be changed according to the current situation.

Under the reasonable operation of Miramax, "Braveheart" is undoubtedly more successful on Box Office than the one that won the award but lost the Box Office version.

"Braveheart" has been released on a small scale since the beginning of December last year, and has continued to accumulate word-of-mouth and Box Office. During the Christmas period, Miramax will increase the scale of the show to 2,000 in one fell swoop. With the advertising effect brought by the nomination and release of Golden Globe Award and the word-of-mouth accumulation of long-term operations The movie got 2more than 6 million USD's Box Office that week, and now just entering the first week after the New Year, "Braveheart" total Box Office is close to 60 million. With the continuous hot topic of the award season, many end-of-year films Box Office have fallen sharply. However, "Braveheart" week Box Office has maintained a weak decline of about 20%. If this situation continues to Oscar, the conservative estimate of the total Box Office of "Braveheart" is also around 120 million USD, with the Oscar award nearby, and "Braveheart" through overseas Issuance, it is likely that the full cost can be recovered on Box Office.

Eric left Firefly Headquarters and came to the Beverly Hills Manor family Hollywood celebrity frequented the open-air restaurant according to the address given by Elizabeth. Although it was at work in the afternoon, there were still a lot of guests who casually drank coffee while chatting casually. Face. Seeing the wait staff leading Eric in, many guests got up and greeted Eric.

Greeting through the crowd, Eric saw Elizabeth and Harvey · Weinstein on the restaurant terrace.

Sit down at the table and order a cup of coffee at will. Eric looked at the gentle **** with bushes outside the railing beside him, the Beverly mansion scattered in the field of vision like a chess piece, and the sweeping Los Angeles urban area in the distance. The scenery here is really good, no wonder so many guests. "

Harvey · Weinstein said with a smile on his face: "Eric, you can come here often if you like. The owner of this restaurant is my friend. I let him give you a free order."

Eric gestured to keep glancing at them, jokingly said: "It's definitely not enough to avoid a single order. If I come often, your friend may have to pay me something for advertising."

Elizabeth and Harvey both laughed. If Eric really patronizes here, the number of guests trying to approach him in the restaurant with all kinds of thoughts will definitely increase exponentially, which is really better than a billboard.

The three of them chatted for a while, and the topic gradually turned to the award season. (To be continued.)