King of Hollywood Chapter 151: Occasional upstarts?

Adrian is also not an avid sports fan. He always admires all kinds of sports but does not invest in it. Although he often goes to watch some games with his women, ice hockey, basketball, baseball, American football all have , And participate in entertainment on the sports ground. Perhaps because of the rebirth, that warm atmosphere cannot completely infect him. A part of the soul can always stand above the void, calmly gaze at this fanatical crowd and think silently.

So, he wanted to infect the Lakers, for the same reason Claude wanted to indulge in the Dallas Cowboys. The most heard about the NBA in the past life is the Purple Gold dynasty except the Houston Rockets that Yao joined. O'Neal, Sharks, Kobe, Black Barman, these names are also familiar, Adrian will not be as whimsical as Claude to a team far away from California, and Los Angeles has a famous NBA team, then to it Get started.

"Hey, Ed, Jerry Bass has agreed to accept your investment." Claude reminded.

"But what I want is the entire Lakers." Adrian raised his hands and drew a big circle in the air. "Bath did nothing more than want to use the media to increase the influence of the Lakers. Not good."

"I think this is already very good, and Bath also promised to give up a small amount of power. After all, they have been running the Lakers for more than 20 years, and it is no good to be too aggressive." Crowder persuaded.

"Really? If the Dallas Cowboys set the same conditions, would you agree?" Adrian immediately asked.

"I will continue to negotiate specific terms with them. But I will never want to completely control the team." Claude answered quickly.

Adrian could not help raising an eyebrow, but Claude laughed before speaking: "Okay, Ed, do you have enough time and energy to run the Lakers? Don’t ask, let the professional team Going to take care of it, what is the difference from now? And Bath also made it clear that this is his biggest concession, the Bath family will never give up the Lakers, if they are too forced, they will try their best to resist at all costs. Honestly Say, if you really get to this point, I'm afraid it will have a certain impact on your reputation, and even if you get it, it will not convince the entire team."

Adrian snorted softly, and didn't take this threat to heart. Although the Lakers just won the Triple Crown, it is really difficult to deal with. Ivanka helped to collect data, plus some understanding of basketball, and some related memories in the past life, and now I will supplement the understanding. There is still some understanding of the current Lakers situation.

Although the big shark has a contradiction with Black Barman, it hasn’t reached the point of tearing his face. This will not happen until the Lakers are dizzy, what are the four big stars, and then they lost the finals. But it is still very united on the surface. But this is not the most depressing of Adrian, the most depressing is that Yao Big has gone to the Rockets. With the Chinese's long-term habits, plus Wang Dage's lesson, as long as the Rockets make great efforts to cultivate, and did not do anything sorry to him, he is likely to retire on the Rockets.

Adrian originally planned this to open up the Chinese market. But because he couldn't hold on to Bass and missed a great opportunity, how could he be happy, so he would say something like the entire Lakers. But then again, it's not easy to arrange for Yao to be brought over now. Should we let the big shark go to the bench? What the Chinese audience wants is a person who can do his best in the venue and show his charm. Rather than only appearing in the bench from start to finish, not many people like it even if they take the championship ring.

So if you still want to use him to further explore the Chinese market, then only after O’Neal leaves, his rookie contract expires, and if the mainland’s plan is successful, maybe you can think from there. Method. In this way, it is back to the beginning. How can the Lakers have the right to speak before Adrian? Bass promised to accept his investment, mainly because he wanted to borrow the influence of the media. Everyone knows the status of Adrian in Hollywood, and the Lakers' long-standing superstar strategy.

"Forget about this for a while, maybe a solution will come up when you don't think about it," Claude smiled and digressed, "It's better to talk about your little toy , Ed."

"Oh?" Adrian raised his eyebrows again, "Is there any problem?"

"Why would you want to separate it separately instead of being included in our group." Claude asked directly, only when the two of them were there, neither he nor Adrian Will pretend.

"It's very simple, this is not a small toy, Crow, this will be a social kingdom with 500 million or more users." Adrian answered very seriously.

Naturally they talked about k. The website has been officially launched for almost two months now. Although the three Stanford University students estimated that it will take three months to formally start, but the one who took the initiative to talk to Adrian, The guy with glasses named Moradi Fischer is still a bit of a brain. Although he did not fully see the value of k, he knew that Adrian should not be such a website for fun, so Adrian asked and asked every time I will try my best to publish my own opinions and brief introductions, even if I can’t use them at all, and they are very hard to produce, so the online time is greatly advanced.

And Victor is also preparing for his honeymoon at this time, although he was surprised that what Adrian said at his wedding is true, although k is just a website that was only established, it is still a week after going online Resigned from Yahoo, and then took over the operation of k. Then, with Victor's spare no effort to promote, and with the strong support of Adrian, users have now occupied the Stanford campus and exceeded 10,000. Although Adrian's memory of k is not comprehensive, but under the efforts of Fisher and others Well done. As long as they are used by college students, they are full of praise.

And then, of course, he invested money to expand, but he was not interested in the strategy of one school by one school, he aimed at all Ivy League schools, then other universities, and then to North America, Europe and India. According to several people who currently operate the website, if it has been successful, the number of users is likely to exceed 5 million at the end of the year!

That's why Claude is greedy, although k is very low-key. Most of the time, it is still spread through emails between students, so that no one knows that the site’s creativity comes from Adrian, but as one of the insiders has created the rise of the media, he will not see the prospect of this social networking site.

But Rao is so. After hearing that there might be 500 million users in the future, Claude couldn't help but take a breath: "Are you sure?"

Adrian laughed, with a little smugness: "I explained to Victor in detail, if we consider our current network environment as web1.0. Then the emergence of k will lead you to web2.0 !"

"Please be brief!" Claude said angrily.

"Okay, okay, simply," Adrian shrugged. "Web1.0 is that netizens collect all kinds of information by visiting the website. There has never been an era full of countless information like now. People can enjoy Flip through what you want to see. But after collecting the information? Sharing or showing the collected information to others and like-minded people is inevitable, so there are always many posts in popular forums, so even communication software and MSM Will be so popular. It’s just that it’s not easy to find friends or acquaintances with the same interests and hobbies in these ways. The emergence of k makes up for this, and netizens can easily build their own circles on the network. In this regard, web2.0 is a direct communication between people on the Internet."

Speaking of which, he paused, and waited for Claude to ponder before laughing again: "Do I need to emphasize it again?"

"Of course not." Claude raised his hands immediately. Adrian's vision is needless to say, and it is for this reason that Victor will take over the operation of k so cheerfully.

But Claude still does not intend to let it go: "However, I still don't understand, even if it is not included in the media system, why not follow the previous plan?"

For a long time, for companies that the media could not acquire but held shares, such as Apple and Google. It is always Adrian that controls a part, Crowder controls a part, and then the group controls a part, so that it does not seem aggressive and can influence their company strategy when needed. But k is currently dominated by Adrian, then Victor, Claude, Charlize, Ivanka split the rest, and finally left some points for three programmers.

The reason why there are Charlize and Ivanka on the shareholder list is mainly because when they were invited to dinner with them that night, he said that when he asked the programmers to do something, Adrian casually asked: whether to buy shares. Charlize and Ivanka looked at each other and answered without hesitation: Yes!

Just kidding, if you have a chance not to buy Adrian, what do you want to buy? They even dared to announce that they would eat as many shares as he took, Ivanka would not say, the savings were quite generous, and her father would definitely be willing to lend her money. As for Charlize, these years, Most of the cost is either company benefits or Adrian packages, and she can also be considered a veteran employee of the media. The shares of the entire group are still divided a little, not much, but there are millions.

Of course, this is impossible, so the final composition becomes the above, and the media is left out.

"So to say, Crow, k is just the beginning. If it is not the latest version of FlashPlayer, it will not be long before it is launched. The stability is still to be investigated. I have already put another idea into action." Adrian explained Say, "Besides, I also have an idea on the blog. When people generally start using mobile phones with Internet access, new ways of writing blogs will appear. So if k operates well, I will also post our blog Separate the business and form a new company with k."

"You mean..." Claude narrowed his eyes. His eyes flashed with astonishment, apparently thinking of the prospect.

"Yes, unless you don’t care about the antitrust investigations carried out at both ends of the day, or you think we can have the luck like Microsoft." Adrian spread his hands, "Now it’s good, just like the brokerage company. Even if we have merged with Endeavour, we still have enough right to speak. And Victor is trustworthy in both character and ability, just need to equip him with an adventurous assistant."

For this candidate, Adrian thinks Moradi? Fischer is good. Although there is some love, but the ability is very good, the ambition is also very modest. Of course, whoever is more appropriate also needs Victor's own attitude.

"I know." Claude said briefly after a long silence.

Of course he understands the meaning of Adrian. Although this year's media is relatively low-key, it is destined to be followed by many people. If it continues to expand and is still on the Internet. Then in the end it will inevitably become the target-if those websites are really as valuable as Adrian said.

Investing into a brand new group in the name of an individual may not be as flexible as the inclusion of the media system, but it is not easy to be grasped from a legal point of view. Moreover, although the amount of information in modern society is getting larger and larger, as long as the method is proper and the contradictory information is constantly instilled in people, there is no worry that they will not be able to master them. For media groups, people are always passively receiving information.

Adrian didn't say more, and chatted a few other words, and left Claude's office. He believed he would make the most beneficial decision for everyone. As for the Dallas Cowboys and Lakers. Hmm...Let Claude try it first, and I need to talk to Bass again. It's not enough to just accept the investment. I want them to help promote the Lakers.

However, American football has goals, and basketball has goals. Should soccer be involved? Go to the Premier League to buy a club, like Abramovich?

Adrian frowned slightly, acquired the Lakers and was in Los Angeles. Most Hollywood celebrities like the Lakers-and of course there are Clippers. In the previous life, because of the big films of Yao and Hollywood, he knew a little about the NBA. But he didn't know much about it, so he also knew that even if he got the Lakers, he wouldn't necessarily be able to play around, and the knowledge of English football is even less.

Wait! His eyes lit up suddenly. This limited memory tells him that Abramovich seems to have acquired Chelsea in 2003? ! A bad smile flickered from the corner of the mouth, how about grabbing Chelsea?

Although such an acquisition must have started long ago, in the final analysis it is still a contest of contacts and funds. It is interesting to be an upstart occasionally. Moreover, is it better to sell the club to a Russian, or to a well-known director who often makes British-style movies and has a good popularity in the UK is also the head of the media group?

Also, it can help the media expand its influence in the UK in one fell swoop, so as to obtain a springboard for entering Europe. Isn't ESPN planning this? And the lack of understanding of football and players just allows him to let go of the management, as long as that is called the magic bird or something... Oh, Jose Mourinho, this is the only football coach he can remember , Dig him over, and give him maximum support.

Yeah, by the way, there is still a very powerful young British player named George Wood in the memory, who has a very abnormal body and shines after 2005. In the end, he seems to be the captain of the England national team. I remember it seems to be Mu Linho's adopted son? Or was he excavated and kissed like father and son? Let him check it out.

Obviously not knowing that he has confused his memory, Adrian began to wonder how disgusting Abramovich came.

In a blink of an eye, it’s August. Regardless of how hot the summer vacation is, the later stages of The Lord of the Rings, The Matrix, and The Devil’s Head continue in an orderly manner, as do the trailers for the first two. It started to be released, but the third part was as low-key as it was when it was turned on. The media didn't even know there was such a movie because Adrian was still waiting.

Some commercial masterpieces aimed at the Christmas stalls were released with trailers at the time, such as "Pirates of the Caribbean" invested and produced by Miramax. Almost at the end of this year, Weinstein began to urge the post-production, and gave The crew gave a death order and it must be released at the end of this year.

"I have already given you two best actresses, but your promise has never been fulfilled-oh, I don’t mean to blame, I just want to prove that the promise of the miracle director never fails. "Although Weinstein replied with great sound, Adrian knew that he was just eager to use commercial blockbuster to promote Miramax.

After the millennium, with the rise of a series of big investment movies such as "Titanic", "Spider-Man", and "X-Men", the gap between big film companies and middle-tier second-line film companies was immediately widened~IndoMTL. com~This is definitely a bad signal for Weinstein who is committed to developing Miramax into a big film company, so he is eager to use "Pirates of the Caribbean" to push Miramax further- By this time, he was no longer allowed to believe in Director Miracle.

It’s up to him to do this for Adrian. If the middle second-tier movie companies are too obsessed with big investments, they may lose their lives if they take the wrong step. The new line of the previous life is the best example. And now, without the new line of "The Lord of the Rings", the development has been unsatisfactory but stable in the past two years, and Robert Shea doesn’t have much desire to gamble, if Miramax really got to that step ...The Weinstein brothers are waiting to work him for a lifetime.

Let Adrian be a little thankful and regretful that Kayla is daring to make a movie in the United Kingdom, that is, the one mentioned before the Cannes Film Festival that has a supporting role, and the British screenwriter Richard Curty who also worked with Adrian The screenwriter and director of "True Love First", of course, has investment in the new line.

So she is not here now. Adrian has some headaches for her increasingly obvious shame to others, but also misses her hands and her own work-that pair has softness of B size.

Last time because the film festival went a little faster, maybe you should take the time to talk to her. He thought so, there are still several years before the plan is completed, but don't make a mistake. (To be continued...)