Chapter 199： My investments are related to movies

Chapter 199 My Investment Is About Movies

There is no doubt that Jobs is a legend of this era!

Compared with the contemporaries of Oracle, Microsoft, Dell and other companies, Apple led by Jobs is an epoch-making enterprise that has truly changed the way of life of people all over the world.

It's just that in the summer of 2000, Jobs was far from a legend.

Even in front of this guy who was twenty years younger than him, he couldn't find any sense of superiority.

In terms of wealth, Dunn's net worth is close to 7 billion US dollars, ranking the top 60 of the world's Forbes rich list. And what about Jobs? His entire net worth is less than $1 billion now, not to mention the world's richest list, and he can't even enter the top 60 of the North American rich list.

In terms of status, the gap is even greater. Don't look at Steve Jobs as the founder of Apple, but he holds a very small share of Apple's stock, and Dunn is Apple's largest shareholder.

In terms of influence... there is no comparison.

Dunn's influence is world-class, not to mention his involvement in the field of capital, just talking about his films, can influence a generation. In contrast, Jobs also has a little reputation in Silicon Valley, and no one knows this unremarkable middle-aged uncle outside Los Angeles.

In order to avoid being discovered, Dunn dressed very casually, wearing a peaked cap and dressed like a high school student.

But even so, Jobs did not have the slightest carelessness.

Although he works in Silicon Valley all the year round, he is also a half-Hollywood person.

Jobs is the chairman and CEO of Pixar, and of his $1 billion in assets, more than $800 million is in Pixar stock.

So he has heard a lot of Hollywood secrets.

Jobs had a bad relationship with Disney's Michael Eisner, the power-hungry type who wanted to keep everything under control.

When Pixar and Disney cooperated, the two sides negotiated very smoothly, and signed a contract that stipulated that Pixar will produce 5 animated films in the future, which will be distributed by Disney.

But after the contract was signed, Jobs and Michael Eisner fell out.

Michael Eisner bluntly said that Pixar's animated characters are pitiful, because they are all computer-made, without flesh and blood, and lack of soul; Jobs naturally refused to give in, he satirized Disney's continuous production of animated sequels, which are smelly, long and boring tedious.

But even so, Pixar still has to cooperate with Disney.

In Hollywood, the strength of Jobs is in front of Michael Eisner, and he has to lie down even if he is a tiger!

So Jobs knew Michael Eisner very well, a stubborn, ruthless, powerful guy who didn't recognize his kin, and nobody in Hollywood wanted to go against him.

But in this case, the young Hollywood rookie Dunn Walker boldly challenged Disney!

Not only a challenge, but a success!

In the summer box office market, "Spider-Man" crushed "Sixty Seconds", which is the focus of recent entertainment reports.

Jobs is an artist, he likes film art, and he has a relationship with Pixar, so he naturally pays special attention to the dynamics of Hollywood. For Dunn Walker, he has a heartfelt admiration and appreciation!

When he was 21 years old, he founded Apple, but because of his age, experience, contacts, etc., he was quickly kicked out of Apple. So he understands how difficult it is for young people to start a business.

Now Google, an emerging high-tech company that is collectively favored by the three major rating agencies, has not encountered such a situation?

Google has just developed, and the two young founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, were cut by investors and invited Eric Schmidt, the former director of Apple, to Let more experienced managers lead Google.

Although Dunn did not vote against, but he did not support Larry Page and Sergey Brin, which is equivalent to his recognition of the more experienced Eric Schmidt.

In many cases, behind age discrimination, there are concerns about the ability of the other party.

But there are always exceptions!

Dunn Walker, who is only 22 years old this year, has no such concerns. Dunn Capital and Dunn Pictures are his private companies. Moreover, the continuous success has also allowed him to form a kind of absolute authority within the company.

In Los Angeles in the evening, there was a row of flaming red clouds in the sky. Dunn and Jobs walked side by side on the Golden Gate Bridge, listening to the whistle and the tumbling of the waves under their feet, they really had different feelings.

Jobs spoke first. He pointed to the two bodyguards who followed behind him, "Do they usually follow like this?"

Tang En sighed, "The stock market crash is still going on, some people... always take some precautions."

Jobs smiled. "Yes, 17 people have jumped off this bridge in the past three months."

"Cough cough!"

Dunn shuddered, his face a little embarrassed.

Jobs glanced at him, "It's not a cure for the symptoms. If you can save this bubble crisis, you don't have to hire bodyguards. I think the federal government will send agents to protect you 24 hours a day."

Tang En said with a wry smile: "Save the bubble crisis? Steve, you can let me make a movie, let me do finance... I really don't understand."

"I don't understand?" Jobs turned his head to look at him with a half-smile, "I see your Dunn Capital, the recent investment momentum is quite strong."

Tang En shook his head without shame and said, "No, the industries I invest in... If you study carefully, you will find that they are all related to movies."

"It has something to do with the movie?" Jobs' eyes flashed with suspicion. "I can understand your investment in Hasbro. That is a strategic alliance. But your investment in Google is also related to the movie?"

Tang En said with a smile: "Google is a search company. I am very optimistic about the future of the Internet. Just imagine, if the movies produced by Tang En Pictures will become a hot word in Internet searches in the future, the market response will be no less than tens of millions. dollars in publicity.”

Jobs' expression was indifferent, and he didn't believe it at all, "What about Company X? Is this also related to the movie?"

"Of course!" Dunn looked calm It was an online payment company. As I said, I'm very optimistic about the future of the Internet, and it's terrible that moviegoers are queuing up to buy tickets at the cinema. I think the future world must be online transactions, which can greatly save the time of queuing to buy tickets. "

Jobs glanced at Dunn in surprise, with a surprised expression on his face.

This kid, no wonder he succeeded many times, no wonder Wall Street praised him so much, he really has a unique vision!

Now, as for movie Internet companies, only Amazon's imdb is relatively well-known, and several unknown small companies such as Rotten Tomatoes are also well-known for movie ratings.

Tang En can keenly see the trend of online ticket purchasing in the future. This alone makes him qualified enough to be an investor in Silicon Valley.

Jobs reached out to Dunn, made a gesture of please, then stood by the bridge, leaned on the railing, looked at the vast sea below, took a deep breath, and asked, "What about Apple? I'm a director of Apple. Chang, I'm sorry, I really don't know if Apple can be related to movies now."

Tang En also held onto the railing and turned his head to look at him with a smile, "Of course Apple has nothing to do with movies, but well... I bought so many Apple shares for the sake of movies."

"Appreciate further details!"

"Apple has nothing to do with movies, but Apple's chairman and CEO have something to do with movies, right?"

Facing the refreshing sea breeze, Tang En was smiling but not smiling, exuding a calmness that was very incompatible with his age.

Jobs was immediately shocked, with a bit of surprise and even panic on his face, and blurted out: "Your purpose is Pixar!"

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Chapter 199 My Investment Is About Movies