I’m in Hollywood Chapter 1073: It ’s so welcome

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The two of them sat down on the reception sofa near the window of the study. Jodie S. Miller took out the notepad and recorder from the satchel while secretly observing the youth on the opposite side.

Compared to Western women who are prone to premature aging, most Western men are the opposite. Many young people often have childish blush and freckles on their faces in their twenties.

However, although she retains her young blonde hair and has no trace of stubble on her cheeks, the sharp face in front of her does not give any sense of astringency. Instead, Jodie Si · Miller felt from Eric a kind of maturity and calmness that would appear only after world polishing.

Cindy quickly brought in a pot of coffee, poured them carefully, and then quietly exited the study.

The appearance of Cindy interrupted Jodie Si · Miller's observation of Eric, noticing the faint smile on the man's face, Jodie Si · Miller realized that he had just looked at each other for a long time. I embarrassedly smiled, Jodie · Miller turned on the recorder, took the notepad in his hand, and looked at the other party and said: "So, Mr. Williams, according to the latest statistics, with the listing of Yahoo, your personal net worth Reached 265billion USD, and even exceeded the latest GDP value of the Russia federation. Can you talk about your views on this wealth? "

The first reaction of Eric thought it was another non-nutritive topic similar to "How does it feel to be the richest person in the world", but in a flash, I realized that the problem is not so simple.

Jodie Si · Miller asked, obviously Eric's views on the meaning of this huge wealth itself, not his inner feelings at this time.

After hesitating for a while, Eric still smiled and shook his head: "Sorry, I don't know how to answer your question."

In fact, it ’s not that I do n’t know how to answer it, but that the question itself is too sensitive.

As Jodie Miller said, 265 billion USD has exceeded Russia's current gross national product. Although the background of a superpower such as Russia is absolutely impossible to measure with pure GDP figures, similarly, 265 billion USD and the greater social capital affected by this wealth have also touched the United States. The fundamental issue of control.

The wealth of Rockefeller Family only accounted for 1.6% of United StatesGDP in that year, and it has been considered to control the entire United States. Eric has possessed wealth since then, and its proportion in United StatesGDP has far exceeded that of Rockefeller Family in its heyday.

Rockefeller Family almost controls the lifeline of the United States energy industry after the second industrial revolution. Similarly, the industry under the name of Eric also involves the most core electronic information field after the third technological revolution.

At this time, the core enterprises of the Firefly system such as Yahoo, Cisco, Amazon, Qualcomm, Nokia and so on have all demonstrated their rising status. Eric also has great confidence that several of these companies will not repeat the same mistakes . Then, in the next ten years, after these companies have further consolidated their foundations and continued to expand, it is no exaggeration to say that the Firefly system controls the lifeblood of the information industry of United States.

On the other hand, in order to ensure that the overall interests of the Firefly system will not be affected by the United States national policy trend in the future expansion process, Firefly must also strengthen its own influence in the political field, and even control United States as much as possible. The replacement of the highest power class.

This is definitely not something that Eric can avoid if it is not interested in politics. If Firefly does not do this, it will only face strong pressure from competitors who use political means without mercy. At the same time, the huge wealth of Eric itself is enough to support the expansion of the Firefly system in the political arena.

So, finally, add the strong layout of Firefly in Hollywood.

So.

Politics, economy, culture.

Complete.

Are these three words stacked together, does this sound familiar? Usually, the capitals of most countries are called the political, economic, and cultural centers of a country.

If a consortium can exert strong control over the political, economic, and cultural aspects of the country, then it is obvious that this consortium is equivalent to controlling the entire country.

Although all countries have ruling classes in front of and behind the scenes, it is clear that most ordinary people are not willing to face this topic directly. Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for Eric to discuss this issue in depth in front of Jodie · Miller, and he did not want to perfunctory, so he simply refused.

At the same time, Eric also realized that the next question of the female reporter would not be too polite, so she secretly rejuvenated.

Jodie S. Miller did not expect that the first question he had prepared meticulously was just rejected by Eric. There was not even an ambiguous answer.

Slightly stunned, she showed a polite understanding smile, looked down at the notepad, and continued: "Mr. Williams, according to yesterday's closing stock price, Yahoo's price-earnings ratio has reached 530 times, how do you think about it Serious bubble problem in Yahoo stock price? "

It's really not polite at all.

Eric sighed in his heart, and then said: "The stock price increase on the first day of Yahoo did exceed our expectations, but I do n’t think there is too serious a bubble component. From the last two consecutive years of high-growth camps According to the data collected, Yahoo has gradually developed a very mature business profit model. All we need is time to fully stimulate the business potential contained in the Internet media industry. "

Jodie · Miller failed to pick out any faults from Eric ’s answer. She thought that this was the 'standard answer' prepared by Eric in advance, so she chased down: "How long do you think it will take, created by Yahoo Will the annual profit match his current valuation of 90billion USD? "

Eric thought for a moment, and said: "Five years."

Jodie Si · Miller said: "Even if it is calculated according to the 30 times price-earnings ratio, in five years, Yahoo will achieve an annual profit of 3billion USD, do you think it is possible?"

"In 1995, the number of global Internet users was only about 40 million. In three years, this number has grown to 100 million 60 million. According to various data, this number will increase to 300 million in 2000, while in 2005, global Internet users The number will reach 1billion. At the same time, these 1billion Internet users are undoubtedly belong to the middle-class people with extremely strong consumption ability, "Eric stared at Jodie Si Miller, and asked:" So, Ms. Miller, do you think In a huge market with a base of 1billion top-quality consumer users, what else is impossible? "

Jodie Si.Miller felt the pressure in Eric's eyes when he asked himself, but he didn't show any cowardice.

The entire 《The New York Times》 is paying close attention to this interview. If she lets this interview flow into a mediocre conversation, even if she has deep experience and background in 《The New York Times》, she may face the end of being forced to resign. . You know, the reason why she came to conduct this interview today is also the result of fierce game among various forces within 《The New York Times》.

"Mr. Williams, the entire population of North America is only 300 million, so the future development focus of Yahoo will be the global market. But as far as I know, over 70% of Yahoo ’s business is currently in North America, and overseas expansion is not smooth. What do you think of this problem? "

"The description of your problem is not accurate. More than 70% of Yahoo's business is concentrated in North America. This is true, but it does not mean that Yahoo has failed to expand overseas. It is just because Yahoo has been trying hard to keep itself in the past few years. North America is the foundation of the big home market. If an enterprise cannot achieve an absolute leading position in its own country, its overseas expansion will be impossible to talk about. Moreover, under such an enterprise development strategy, Yahoo still easily achieved 30 % Overseas market share, which is enough to prove Yahoo's strong global expansion ability. After the IPO, the main development goals of Yahoo in the next few years will be concentrated on the development of overseas markets, and I believe Yahoo's business scale in overseas markets will soon catch up Even overtake the local North America. "

Jodie Si.Miller nodded slightly and seemed to agree with Eric ’s remarks, but when the Eric voice fell, she immediately asked a sharp question again: "Mr. Williams, I just heard in your speech." The term "absolute leading position", in fact, Yahoo has already achieved single hegemony in the field of Internet media. Have you considered the negative impact this situation may have on the entire industry? "

“I understand your subtext, Jodie. Once each industry forms an industry pattern of giant monopoly markets, there will often be situations where the leader enjoys its success and the progress is hindered, and the latecomers are hindered by innovation and unable to grow. However, the Internet industry does not Similarly, this is a newly emerging industry that is experiencing rapid and explosive growth, and because of the global nature of the Internet, this is destined to be the best new technology companies in the future will be global-type behemoths. According to this standard, Yahoo is actually still It ’s just a toddler. Although we did learn to walk earlier than other babies, if we do n’t think aggressively, we are destined to be eliminated in this wave of new technology. At the same time, I do n’t think the federal government should A new technology company ca n’t wait to limit it when it shows a leading position in the market. As I just said, the future Internet industry will be global, which is different from any traditional industry. If the federal government cannot The industry reforms have shown a sufficiently open and inclusive attitude. The Federation has just taken The leader is likely to be Europe even overtake Asia, and even in the future we have to conquer new territories from Europe and Asia meet in the Internet giant North America awkward in. "

《The New York Times》 did not communicate with Firefly about the specific details involved in this interview in advance. Just a few of the questions were even Jodie. Miller's live performance, but the youth in front of her was asking a series of tricky questions. Zhong did not show any confusion, nor did he respond to others in the same way as some other interviewees, but instead gave very clear and compelling answers. Jodie Si.Miller interviewed countless social elites, and it is clear that the series of data and insights that Eric has just casually revealed cannot be the result of homework done in advance. This can only be because the other party has long and profound thinking about the entire Internet industry.

If the initial impression of Eric on Jodie and Miller is just the appearance of mature and calm temperament, but after a series of conversations just now, Jodie and Miller also had to show the strong knowledge of the young man in front of him. Knowledge and foresight convinced.

Jodie Si.Miller had a detailed understanding of the personal background of Eric in advance, and she was more curious at this time. How can such a young man who just graduated from high school do all of today.

However, because of the prior agreement, Jodie Si.Miller did not ask the doubts in her heart, and she knew that Eric could not answer this kind of question.

digested Eric Just now, Jodie S. Miller I also changed a slightly more relaxed question, saying: " Mr. Williams , Microsoft Also belongs to a new technology company, everyone knows Yahoo versus Microsoft There is a very close cooperative relationship, such as the 30% forward equity transfer agreement, and the pre-installed Windows system Yahoo Browser . Microsoft The Ministry of Justice has been conducting antitrust investigations all these years, then, according to what you just said, the Federal Microsoft Is this series of investigations too harsh? "

Eric's mouth smiled slightly, saying: "Although I know that the arrogant guy in Bill will not appreciate it, my answer is yes. Microsoft is still in the most important stage of global expansion, if the federal government The restrictions on Microsoft are too severe, and United States is likely to lose a global corporate giant. Although North America is one of the largest markets of global, it cannot be compared with the larger global market after all. I think that a company in global's corporate giant with industry leadership should be in the fundamental interest of the Federation. Of course, I also hope that Microsoft can show a more open corporate attitude. At this point, I have only enough confidence that I can draw an analogy with Yahoo, Yahoo in its own The core web browsers, instant messaging software, and e-mail technologies all have a very open authorization attitude. Most of the technology's authorization objects are our direct competitors, such as AOL, or Microsoft's MSN portal. But this It does not affect the market position of Yahoo, but encourages Yahoo itself to be more aggressive in scientific research . "

Jodie Si.Miller nodded slightly, said: "Speaking of AOL, Mr. Williams, although Firefly investment has already made a detailed explanation about the abandonment of a large number of AOL equity, but I am still very curious. I know, what are your considerations for giving up AOL shares? "

"You know, Firefly has invested in a lot of new technology companies, and most of them are very successful, including AOL." Eric thought, slowly said: "My criteria for selecting companies That is, everyone can agree on the concept of enterprise development, so that I can invest in it with confidence, and I can also safely give the management of the enterprise to the original management. "