I’m in Hollywood Chapter 1162: This brilliant firework of wealth (3)
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After listening to the words of Eric, Bill · Gates was silent for a while before saying: "Eric, I can't promise all the conditions you issued, which will make me very passive in front of Board of Directors."
Eric shook his head and said: "Once Microsoft is split, all your business outside the Windows platform will lose the most fundamental advantage. I think this is the most important issue you need to care about, not those of Board of Directors members. Opinion. "
Bill · Gates was thinking about something and suddenly realized what he said: "Eric, if Microsoft is split, you will also lose a very strong competitor, which is much stronger than continuing to maintain the default status of Yahoo Browser. So Why do you want to take this video? Or, you have realized that, according to the current situation, the federal government is likely not to dare to force a decision to split Microsoft to further stimulate the new technology market? "
Eric never treated Bill · Gates as a fool, and he was not surprised to hear what he said, saying: "Without this video, even if Microsoft will not be split, it will definitely hurt. Bone. What ’s more, the government has always had a bad habit of not admitting mistakes or even forcibly continuing the mistakes even if it discovers its mistakes. So, your analysis is only a possibility. As for the benefits of the Firefly system when Microsoft is split, I certainly understand this. But from the overall point of view, once Microsoft is split, companies such as Yahoo in the Firefly system will likely face the same fate in the future. Whichever is more important, I certainly know how to choose. "
Bill · Gates patrolled between the folder on the desktop and the laptop for a moment, and finally said: "Eric, I ca n’t answer you immediately. And, anyway, some details in this contract must be renegotiated At least, Yahoo Browser should have a tendency towards Microsoft ’s Internet business, and Microsoft also has the right to publish its own browser. "
The advantages have completely turned to their side, Eric will naturally not make unnecessary concessions, but put up a finger and said: "There is only one condition to talk about, that is the pre-installed cost of Yahoo Browser. Bill, the current situation Different, the Internet bubble has burst, Microsoft no longer need to force distractions in this area, the market share of the MSN portal is not high, and then it will only become more insignificant. Make sure that Microsoft will not be split, is the only thing you should do Of. "
Bill · Gates opened the document in front again, looked for a while, then raised his head and said: "There is another thing, Microsoft can not sign a five-year contract with Yahoo for a maximum of two years."
Eric bargained: "Three years."
Bill · Gates said again: "The pre-installation cost of each operating system is increased to 5USD."
"5USD, Bill, do you think it is possible?"
The current annual sales volume of Microsoft operating system is about 50 million copies. Gates directly increases the quotation given by Eric five times. Yahoo needs to pay 250 million USD every year, which is higher than the current annual marketing budget of all businesses of Yahoo. .
Bill · Gates's tone is quite persevering, with obvious resentment, saying: "Eric, which is due to Microsoft, gave up that share subscription contract, Microsoft has been nothing for five years, Yahoo must give Give enough compensation. "
Eric did n’t care about Gates ’s grievances, and even ridiculed, saying: “Our original cooperation was voluntary by both parties, and Microsoft also got all the patent licenses related to the web browser. And, if you just feel the loss To compensate, then, how much should Microsoft plagiarize the Macintosh system to develop Windows, and now should it compensate Apple? "
Microsoft was originally only the application software supplier of Apple Inc.. Gates was inspired by Apple Macintosh system to develop Windows, which not only violated the restrictive agreement signed between Microsoft and Apple, but also copied a large number of Macintosh system graphic interface patents. . The patent litigation between the two parties for more than ten years was not settled until Jobs returned to Apple two years ago.
Speaking of it, if there were no Apple's original negligence, there would be no current Microsoft.
Similarly, if it was not the negligence of Gates five years ago, the development of Yahoo in recent years will not be so smooth. Without the original cooperation, Microsoft will definitely become a roadblock for Yahoo unified Internet technology standards.
It's just that there are too many ifs in this world, but there will be only one result.
Bill · Gates has always been very taboo. Other people accuse him of copying the black history of the Macintosh system. Hearing the words of Eric, his face suddenly becomes ugly: "Eric, I do n’t want to listen to your nonsense, if you want to cooperate , You can only accept my offer. "
Eric made a gesture towards the door: "Then you are free."
Bill · Gates almost got up and walked away, and after a moment of forbearance, he pointed to the laptop in front of Eric and raised his voice: "If I leave, it ’s useless for you to keep this broken video!"
"You are wrong, Bill, I can also show it to Thomas · Jackson, maybe he can make a final decision to split Microsoft within a month."
"You will not succeed!"
"Then give it a try."
The scene suddenly stalled again.
After a full minute, Eric took the initiative to say: "3USD, this is the limit I can accept."
The eyes of Bill · Gates flickered, but they did n’t force it, and said: "I need to discuss with Paul and Steve."
"No problem," Eric nodded, knowing that it was just the door students who were reluctant to immediately agree to come down, did not say anything more, and raised their hands towards the Hudson River to the west. ? I really have a boat. "
Bill · Gates finally glanced at the laptop in front of Eric, snorted softly, and got up and walked toward the rooftop door without saying anything like a farewell.
Eric is still sitting there, looking at the coffee on the table in front of him, and suddenly feels that he must never put anything like food and drinks between the two next time he meets Gates.
Bearing this idea, she smiled boredly.
Go downstairs again and change a pot of hot coffee for yourself. Go back to the rooftop and sit down again. The last sunset on the horizon gradually dissipates.
Until the night falls, you can no longer see things. Eric just held a cup of coffee, leaned quietly on the back of the chair, and looked up to the west sky.
At eight o'clock, a bark suddenly sounded from a barge on the Hudson River, and then, colorful fireworks exploded over Manhattan, adding a bit of glitz to this colorful and noisy city.
The sudden fireworks feast lasted for an hour, attracting countless lights on both sides of the Hudson River to stop and watch, and also caused heated discussions in the media and the public in the following days.
A lot of people naturally connected this inexplicable firework to the Nasdaq stock market that just crashed, and even produced a variety of interesting rumors.
Some people say that this is a hedge fund tycoon who made a few 1 billion USD in the Nasdaq stock market that just crashed and used this firework to celebrate.
Some people say that a billionaire lost all his net worth due to the Nasdaq crash, so he burned the bloom with the last money in his credit card.
Some people say that this is a big company that has always been bearish on the prospects of new technology, using this firework to laugh at the Nasdaq market that just crashed.
No matter what the rumors are, they can't resist the fact that the collapse of the Nasdaq market showed no signs of stopping after the start of the new week, but intensified.
From July 26 to July 30, for five consecutive days, the decline of the Nasdaq index further deepened, all the way down from 4373 points last week to 3525 points, the overall decline reached 19%, originally last week Some of the technology stocks that were reluctantly supported were also unsustainable, following the trend of the overall market.
As of the close of July 30, the stock price of Microsoft fell again by 17.3% in a week, and the market value fell from 469900 million USD last Friday to 388600 million USD.
However, in the face of another deep decline in stock prices, Microsoft, which has clearly already relied on it, is no longer as active as last week. Moreover, after meeting with Eric, Bill · Gates did not immediately respond to Eric in the following days.
Everyone knows that since the collapse, and not squeezing out most of the bubbles, the decline of the Nasdaq will not stop at all.
Therefore, Eric is not in a hurry. Microsoft wants to get rid of his troubles in a short period of time. In addition to the chips in his hand, there is simply no second way.
Although the stock price of Yahoo also fell again by 22.6% in the second week, the stock prices of other Firefly system companies also suffered heavy losses, but Eric did not put too much attention on the NASDAQ market.
In the face of the turbulent overall downward trend, Yahoo did not immediately release good news such as financial reports, and now it will only do half the effort. Waiting for most of the bubble to dissipate, with a series of advantages of Yahoo, Eric is also confident enough to keep this company's market value at around 100billion USD.
Except for Yahoo, the plunge of Cisco's stock price has no control at all.
The industry estimates that the final decline of Cisco's stock price may exceed 80%. However, Cisco has formed a very stable revenue and profit model, and the stock price crash will not cause too fatal impact on it. Moreover, even if the stock price drops by 80%, the market value of Cisco can also remain above 100billion USD.
In the final analysis, although each new technology company in the Firefly system has a very serious bubble, in general, it also has a very bright development prospect. The Firefly system ’s strong capital reserve is sufficient to support any of these. The company continues to grow.
Compared, as stated in the analysis article of "Barron Weekly" two weeks ago, most of the new technology companies in the Nasdaq market will be unsustainable after consuming the funds raised by the initial IPO , A large part of this will eventually die out.
However, the huge industry supported by hundreds of billions of USD speculative capital has too much merit after all. Waiting for the stock price to fall to the bottom, when the time comes, the Firefly system can also acquire the company it needs at the minimum cost, and further expand the Firefly system in the field of new technology.
Looking at the spectacular sight of the NASDAQ market with cold eyes, Eric's main energy has also turned back to Hollywood.
Compared with a series of new technology companies whose stock prices have fallen sharply under the investment of Firefly, the industry ’s valuation of Firefly Group has not been lowered at all due to the explosion of the surroundings from “The Blair Witch Project” beginning at the beginning of the year to the recent “Cars”. Some media that have heard about the inside of the Clover Fund even hinted that Firefly Group's performance this year will create an unprecedented peak.
In fact, it is the same. In 1999, only the first two quarters, Firefly Group ’s main business net profit has reached 2.2 billion 8 5 million USD.
In the second half of the year, with the huge income around "Cars", ABCTV Station's upcoming Reality Show "United States Idol", Firefly Pictures "4200" plan accompanying "Gravity" and "Lord of the Rings" two large films released, can be predicted, The profitability of Firefly Group in the next two quarters will only be better.
The huge amount of 10 billion USD huge cash that Clover Fund successfully cashed out. The cumulative net profit of Firefly Group1999 in all aspects will reach 40billion USD. If exposed, this will definitely become an annual profit miracle in United States corporate history.
However, in the past two weeks, Hollywood has attracted the attention of Eric not Firefly Group business, but "Shrek" released on July 16.
Blue Sky Studios, another 3D Animation movie after "Ice Age", received a lot of praise during the early small-scale trial stage because of its ingenious anti-fairy story setting.
It's just that the Box Office in the first week of the film was not satisfactory, only 56.49 million USD.
Due to the performance failure of Columbia Film Industry's other live-action and animated "Fairy Mouse Brother" Box Office in the past few weeks, Eric originally thought that "Shrek" could no longer be the Box Office miracle.
Fortunately, the production cost of "Shrek" is still well controlled by Blue Sky Studios at 60 million USD, which is only half of "Cars", which is also 50% lower than the production budget of 90 million USD in "Elf Mouse". Therefore, Eric does not Don't worry about the profit prospects of "Shrek".
Even if it continues with 56.49 million USD in the first week, the film North America Box Office breaks 100 million and there is no suspense. Counting the subsequent overseas Box Office and peripheral income, "Shrek" is destined to generate very rich profits.
Blue Sky Studios has already begun to plan a sequel after the release of Box Office in the first week of the film.
However, the development of things is beyond everyone's expectations.
The second week of release may be a further fermentation of word of mouth. The next week of "Shrek" Box Office appeared a Box Office reversal that surprised everyone, and finally reached 63650,000 USD.
In two weeks, the total Box Office of "Shrek" has exceeded 120 million USD, allowing the film to directly recover the production cost.
Furthermore, according to this magical Box Office trend that has reversed, the final Box Office of "Shrek" will never stop within 200 million USD. According to the analysis made by the Fox distribution department, as long as the subsequent Box Office curve is strong enough, the film will easily break through 250 million USD, and may even hit the 300 million USD Box Office mark.
A 3D Animation movie with a production cost of only 60 million USD instantly showed the potential of the Box Office bomb, which inevitably once again attracted strong attention from Hollywood.
Moreover, Blue Sky Studios's low-cost control models of "Ice Age" and "Shrek" have also become the key research objects of Hollywood. After all, one of the biggest problems faced by animated movies is the excessively large production investment.
Throughout the summer, although Cars and Shrek also suffered a loss of Box Office from 90 million USD's "Fairy Mouse", the entire Hollywood has once again increased its attention and investment in the 3D Animation movie.