Reborn Capital Empire

Chapter 94 Recruiting Talents

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"Boss, this is the contract just signed with Time Warner!"

Guo Shouyun took it over and looked at some key data and signatures, and then returned it to Buddy Morris.

The key content of the contract, he had already discussed with Richard Parsons long ago. Buddy just signed on his behalf.

"Lock the contract in the safe!"

Nodding, Buddy Morris took it respectfully. He really did not expect that Matrix Films had just been established for less than a year, and it already had the opportunity to cooperate fairly with Time Warner. And there are three blockbusters with an investment of over 100 million yuan.

"By the way, boss. The total investment of the three films is as high as 360 million US dollars. According to the contract, we have to pay half of the funds. Can the company's revenue alone sustain it?"

"Don't worry, the shooting cycle of the three movies is two years, and we have enough buffer time! And, don't forget, we still have several movies that have not been released yet."

Guo Shouyun is full of confidence, no one knows the box office better than him. The only thing that worries him is Ang Lee. The brain circuits of middle-aged literary and artistic people are always different from those of ordinary people.

However, whether one is good or bad is irrelevant.

Buddy Morris nodded. Looking at the original Morris, the current Matrix Films has become more and more brilliant under the leadership of Guo Shouyun. He also has some blind trust in this young boss who is a round younger than himself.

"How are things going on in the theater now?"

"We have already negotiated 5, 3 in Los Angeles and 2 in Sacramento. There are still 3 more in talks, all in San Francisco! According to the boss's instructions, all 8 theaters are located in the core area of ​​​​the city, close to shopping malls, supermarkets, etc. In a crowded area, with a business area of ​​3000~4000 square meters, 12~15 halls, each theater line includes a MAX hall, with an independent restaurant. The property is self-owned, currently it is mainly a 20% down payment plus a 30-year loan, and the annual interest is 6.12% , the renovation cost of each theater line is 8 million to 12 million US dollars.”

"In this way, the cost of decoration and property purchase, the average cost of each theater is about 10 million US dollars. Our 120 million funds are almost enough to open 12 theaters!"

Buddy Morris nodded.

"You can't make a fat man in one bite, and twelve are not a lot!"

Although the matter of poaching Warner's corner this time was resolved as he wished, Guo Shouyun did not forget the powerful sense of threat. Moreover, what he fears most about Time Warner is the theater. Once the other party uses its powerful industry influence to obstruct the release of Matrix Films films, although not all theaters may sell face, as long as half of them are, it will definitely have a significant impact on the film's box office.

Matrix Films is Guo Shouyun's favorite egg-laying rooster. When the Internet was still at a low point and Phoenix's layout for Enron was still uncertain, Matrix Films was the most important capital pool other than Thornbird Copyright Company. Therefore, even though he knew that the theater chain was an extremely expensive and heavy investment project, he did not hesitate to invest the 120 million US dollars he had loaned out.

Only in this way, when facing Warner again, will he have more confidence to deal with them.

"By the way, the company has received emails from some film companies such as Lionsgate and Miramax, and they want to visit the boss!"

"Reject it for me! Just say I'm not in Los Angeles!" After a little consideration, Guo Shouyun refused.

These studios came to him for the rights to his best-selling books. Since the fire, he has received a lot of this kind of mail. However, it is a pity that the small and medium-cost film Matrix Films will shoot by itself, and the fertilizer will not flow into the field of outsiders.

As for this kind of blockbuster with over 100 million that Matrix has not been able to shoot at present, he will only find cooperation with the six major Hollywood companies.

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In October 2000, Hollywood was full of splendor. Here, Matrix Pictures took advantage of Time Warner's corner. The result was shocking. The two soon announced that they would invest 360 million US dollars to cooperate in filming, and three films within two years. A million-dollar production. For a while, Heiman Pictures, which was kicked out of the game, became the object of sympathy and ridicule.

However, it didn't take long for Heiman to be sympathetic, and Hollywood's attention was drawn to the divorce of Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, the most talked about couple in Hollywood. Back then, the combination of Qiantang and the great beauty Nicole was called a 'dream couple' by those who did good deeds! Now the dream is shattered, not only the fans of the two, but the whole of Hollywood feels hurt. However, with the help of the lace tabloids and the fact that the two have never had children, the rumor that Qiantang is **** has once again become clamorous.

But at this time Guo Shouyun had left the rumored Los Angeles and returned to the relatively quiet San Francisco.

Now he lives in the less than 150-square-meter rental house next to LinkedIn, but in the small town of Atherton, one of the most famous wealthy areas in Silicon Valley. After paying a 20% down payment, I bought this colonial-style luxury villa worth 15 million US dollars, covering an area of ​​about 26,000 square meters, with 12 rooms, 2 swimming pools, tennis courts, guard rooms and other rich facilities.

Although Guo Shouyun is not too wealthy in his pocket now, the housing prices in the United States are too low because of the economic crisis, and if they will rise sharply in a few years, it is really sorry for not buying them. Of course, Guo Shouyun didn't plan to buy such a big one at first, but after seeing the information of several neighbors around him, he quickly chose to pay.

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Looking at the familiar faces in the newspaper, Guo Shouyun couldn't help but think of that charming night, but he also knew that the relationship between him and Nicole Kidman was just a beautiful misunderstanding, so after a short memory, he was taken He actively put it behind his head.

"Boss, Mr. Schmidt is here!"

Guo Shouyun nodded, put down the newspaper in his hand and stood up.

"Please come in!"

Not long after, a fat middle-aged man in a black suit and gold glasses walked in under the guidance of Wendy Solo.

"Mr. Schmidt, welcome!"

Looking at the smiling, handsome-looking young man who stretched out his right hand to him at the same time, Eric Schmidt swiftly stretched out his right hand.

Today, in Silicon Valley circles, Guo Shouyun, who is also the chairman of two star companies of Google and LinkedIn, is an uncompromising rising star. And on top of that, the other side has the title of America's Most Outstanding Young Writer on his head.

"Mr. Guo, nice to meet you!"

After a simple handshake, Guo Shouyun invited Eric Schmidt to the reception room of the manor. A brief look at one of the Iron Triangles who brought Google to glory in later generations.

"Mr. Schmidt, what would you like to drink?"

“Just coffee!”

Guo Shouyun nodded, and he didn't need to say anything, Wendy quickly instructed the servant to bring a cup of tea and coffee.

"Please!"

"thanks!"

With a polite sentence, the two took a sip from their cups.

"How about it?"

“The taste of Jamaica Blue Mountain is of course extraordinary!”

"It seems that Mr. Schmidt is really a middle-class expert. In my case, aside from being able to drink coffee, don't even think about the place of origin!" Guo Shouyun smiled and shook his head.

"Everyone's taste is different. I think Mr. Guo's taste in tea must exceed my knowledge of coffee." Eric Schmidt smiled and complimented after glancing at the tea cup in front of Guo Shouyun.

"This may be the only thing I'm good at in drinking!" After a pause, he glanced at the middle-aged man opposite, "Mr. Schmidt, have you considered changing jobs?"

"I don't quite understand what Mr. Guo means?" Eric Schmidt shrank his pupils and said in a slightly solemn tone.

“Norwell, where Mr. Schmidt worked, has been losing money since the Nasdaq crisis. In the third quarter of this year, it lost more than $143 million, and in the fourth quarter it will only be more. Although in the last century It used to be brilliant in the late 1980s and early 1990s, but now Norwell has become sullen, and its strategic decision-making in the network operating system has made it lose its dominant position in the market. Even if the market environment improves in the future , Norwell is no longer a great company. So, I personally think that Mr. Schmidt should change to a new platform that can fully display your talents!"

"Mr. Guo~www.wuxiaspot.com~ You should know that I am here to seek investment?" After a moment of silence, Eric Schmidt said calmly.

The investment he is talking about is actually PE. Now Guo Shouyun's Phoenix Investment Management Co., Ltd. has important stakes in Google, LinkedIn, Guo's business, and the acquisition of the CDMA department of Juji Company, so it is in the Google investment circle. Already have some fame. Of course, it is incomparable with private equity giants such as Blackstone, Carlyle Fund, Goldman Sachs, and TPG, but now Norwell is losing money every quarter. Even if these predators are interested, the conditions will make them Can not afford. Therefore, the newly emerging Phoenix and other small and medium-sized PEs have become the most realistic choice for Novell.

"I know. But now there are dozens of tech companies going bankrupt every day in Silicon Valley, the only thing that Norwell is better than them is that it once had a glorious history, but the history is the least valuable. And frankly, this company is in addition to you. Besides, I have absolutely no interest in it!" Guo Shouyun said bluntly without shyness.

In fact, for Nowell, Guo Shouyun also knows how to get it out of the quagmire of bankruptcy. He just needs to give up Netware, which has no future, and shift the focus of research and development to Linux. With the foundation laid by Nowell in the past ten years, he wants to It's not difficult to make a difference on Linux. But accomplishing this task requires Guo Shouyun and Norwell to invest hundreds of millions of dollars and a lot of time.

Comparatively speaking, he is more willing to spend his energy on companies such as Apple and Amazon, rather than Norwell. Under the conditions of equal pay, the benefits brought by the former exceed the latter by too much.