Chapter 247 Hot potato, an invitation
In reality, the project "Black Hawk Down" could not attract investment at all.
Disney was willing to vote for "Pearl Harbor", but they said No to Jerry Bruckheimer's "Black Hawk Down".
There is no other reason, it is because the time is too close, the matter is too big, and the timid Di Mouse dare not.
It might sound like an exaggeration to say so, but Jerry Bruckheimer went to Warner, Universal, and Paramount in the name of full military support with the script revised by the American Ministry of Defense. Yes, they are all closed doors.
Seeing that the project could not go on, Jerry Bruckheimer began to look for investment among his friends. At this time, Todd Garner, the former co-head of the production department of Disney Studios, who had a good relationship with him, contacted Hollywood The producer, Joe Ross, who has produced "Baseball Angels", "Love at Second Sight" and "Heroes", decided to take a gamble with him.
In the end, in the big project of "Black Hawk Down" with an investment of 92 million, only the revolutionary film studio founded by Todd Garner and Joe Ross, Jerry Bruckheimer's film company of the same name, and Director Ridley Scott's film studio, the three joint investments—in a movie with an investment of nearly 100 million yuan, it is a very outrageous thing to find less than a little giant. After the end, neither Revolutionary Film Studios, Jerry Bruckheimer Films, or Scott Freedom Productions dared to put their company's logo on the title of the film.
That’s right, I invested in the production of a movie, but I didn’t dare to use my company’s logo.
This is no longer called counseling, and we almost didn’t tell the outside world that we really just paid out of our own pockets and paid for things.
If anything goes wrong with a movie, don't come to us.
If it is said that investment and production are very difficult, and no one wants to be blamed for causing trouble, then the distribution is even more bloody.
When looking for a distributor, even if there is no bid, Warner, Universal, Paramount, Disney, and Fox don't want to cause a show at the last minute, and the only one of the six major capitals that is not American is the one who finally took over. , Sony.
Many people always like to brag, Hollywood scale is too big, dare to shoot anything.
Use ‘hehe’ to perfectly respond to those licking dogs.
There are many things that Hollywood film companies dare not shoot. If you scold the general and blow up the White House, is that freedom?
too naive.
As for Jerry Bruckheimer, why did he bite the bullet and shoot?
Who told him to pick the head first, so that the American Ministry of Defense felt that the "Black Hawk Down" he changed was too special!
After the movie was released, who would remember that American soldier who fell off the zipline because his hands slipped? Who would remember that this recruit egg that fell due to his own mistakes was the culprit that caused Super 61 to be hit by the RPG?
Things in the general direction cannot be changed, but small details can still be corrected!
Just as the New York Times exaggerated how gentlemanly the rich people on the Titanic were, the American Defense Department does not want the stigma of sending recruits to battle to be passed down.
They would rather bear the blame for underestimating the enemy than allow the outside world to question the strength of their own army.
Because once the American army is able to defeat the opening, then the world's police, there is no way to be.
If you can’t be the world’s policeman, how can you plunder resources from other countries?
Underestimating the enemy will make the outside world think that the American army just missed by accident. As long as it is serious, it is still an invincible army. Similarly, the crazy rescue shown in the movie can strengthen the mad dog of the American army in the eyes of the outside world. Image - you kill me, I kill your whole family! If I can hit you, I will never beep!
Of course, the more the giants think that "Black Hawk Down" is tricky, and they are afraid to avoid it, the easier it is to get the copyright. However, the easier it is to get the copyright, the harder it is for Sony to get it. When Roland was silent because of this matter, Bill Gates, who took him for a brief stroll around the Microsoft campus, sent an invitation for Roland to go directly to his house for dinner.
Although there are anti-monopoly lawsuits, the anti-monopoly case has not been formally filed by the Ministry of Justice after all. In addition, in the previous anti-monopoly lawsuit against Apple, Microsoft has won a big victory, so at this time, the old Yinbi is not at all worried. Don't panic.
Well, I was actually a little panicked, because they were under the watchful eye of the Ministry of Justice, and it was difficult for them to acquire Yahoo.
If Yahoo is acquired at this time, then Windows+Internet Explorer+Yahoo! , This is not a natural monopoly. If you pick things up at this juncture, Microsoft will definitely be caught and beaten.
Because of this, during the meal, Bill Gates didn't talk about work, but asked about other things.
"Are you going to this year's Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting?"
"You complained to Ronald and the others the year before last that you didn't receive an invitation. As a result, after Warren sent you an invitation letter last year, you didn't show up because of work. This year he also sent you an invitation. You will not be there again Are you absent?"
"What?" Roland was taken aback for a moment, then nodded and said, "Go! Why don't I go?"
If Bill Gates hadn't mentioned it, Roland would have really forgotten about the annual Omaha investment event.
Every year, Berkshire Hathaway holds a shareholder meeting at CenturyLink in Omaha. All those who hold Berkshire Hathaway stocks can bring their friends to go there according to their shares.
Because of this, in Roland's previous life, there were many investment companies in that unexplainable eastern country, which would do some tourism business—holding a small amount of Berkshire Hathaway stocks, and then after obtaining tickets to the shareholders' meeting , and then sold the places they went together. The price was different depending on the location, but the minimum was 150,000 yuan.
If you buy this service and go there on time, you can listen to Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger, and Bill Gates bragging on stage in a venue of 50,000 people. In the early years, if you don’t understand English, it’s really blind and blind, but as this kind of tourism business grows bigger and bigger, more and more people come to join in the fun every year. The organizer really thinks that there are so many shareholders after seeing the number of people present. Finally, they thoughtfully provided a large conference room with simultaneous interpretation, directly satisfying those rich guys who are not good at English, so that they can understand directly on the spot.
As for these tour groups, will they lose money by engaging in this kind of service?
If you think about it, buying Berkshire Hathaway stocks with money is itself an investment that outperforms the market. In this case, organizing people to go on a pilgrimage every year and charging by the head is a big deal. Get a ticket for a year!
Moreover, those who did it early started doing it a few years ago. Many of the money they earned was either invested in real estate or continued to hold shares in the name of their families to expand their business; There is a gap in the public video. While engaging in tour group services, those guys also opened investment, consulting, and education companies. They hang photos of Berkshire Hathaway every year in the company. Whenever a customer comes, directly Just use the story of Bill Gates' son-in-law.
What filming Buffett’s charity lunch, and cutting leeks by recommending stocks to Buffett, are all leftovers from these people.
Of course, the current Roland can go in without signing up for a tour group. After all, he is a real shareholder!
He is too lazy to sell admission tickets and open an education company, because it is too slow for him to get money.
Just as he agreed, he remembered his deal with the Big Six.
There are still a bunch of interviews waiting for him over there, and he has to arrange a time.
"Uh... wait... when does it open this year?"
"May? Uh... At that time, it happened to be the announcement period of "Saving Private Ryan". I promised Paramount to participate in a talk show, but I don't know what day they will arrange for me... "
"Announcement? Paramount? Talk show?" Bill Gates blinked, then smiled and said, "Isn't Paramount owned by Viacom? Isn't Viacom owned by Summer Redstone? If you are dissatisfied with time management, then let me call Summer for you? I don't think he will embarrass you about this kind of thing..."
Q: How easy is it to find guys on the Forbes list of the world's richest people?
Answer: Bill Gates can just talk about it.
"Well, I think I told Paramount that they wouldn't make it hard for me either..."
After hearing Bill Gates' proposal, Roland's forehead was about to sweat.
At the same time, he was also a little strange, "However, it doesn't seem to matter if I go or not?"
Hearing what Roland said, Bill Gates was a little surprised, "How could it have no effect?"
"With your current net worth, you could have been listed on Forbes long ago, okay? It's just that most of the assets under your name have been counted by Forbes on David Olsen, and many industries have not been listed. There's simply no way to calculate the value."
"Take the 20,000 Berkshire Hathaway shares you hold as an example. One percent of the stock can make you rank in the top 20! If such a big shareholder doesn't go to the scene, you Say Warren won't pursue?"
"You know, in 1995, only forty-nine state shareholders attended the annual meeting, and then the next year, he wrote in the shareholder letter, 'Where were you, Vermont?' .”
"Besides, after Warren learned that there was a guy named Carl among the guys who listened to your complaints, so he always wanted to meet you, because he hates Karl the most. That's what it looked like."
Speaking of this, Bill Gates stopped suddenly, pouted his mouth, tilted his body, his eyes stared straight ahead, his pupils were full of not cutting, and he tried his best to look like a stranger should not enter.
After seeing this funny face, Roland directly patted the table and laughed.
"Oh, William! Is that really what Warren is?"
The disrespectful words also made Bill Gates retract his crude imitation, and responded with the same laugh, "Of course!"
That's right, on the surface, Warren Buffett and Bill Gates are both good-natured and peaceful-looking guys, but in fact, none of these guys is good, and each is more ruthless than the other.
As said in "Zeng Guang Xian Wen"—
‘Compassion does not lead soldiers, righteousness does not raise wealth, kindness does not serve as an official, love does not establish affairs, benevolence does not engage in politics. '
Warren Buffett is also a guy who holds grudges.
Although he has been criticized by Carl Icahn for being too merciful, the kindness of the stock **** is only relative to the extinction of the wolf king. Buffett does not kill the chicken to take the eggs, but this does not mean that he will let the chicken have its own cubs.
Not to mention, beside him, there is Charlie Munger who dares to openly criticize all investors.
Of course, apart from messing with the Wolf King, Roland's Amazon and net worth are also the reasons why Bill Gates repeatedly hopes that he can go to the Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos was very, very familiar with Warren Buffett when he was engaged in finance with David Shaw.
When people first sought financing, they approached Warren Buffett.
It's a pity that Warren Buffett is an old-fashioned old man who doesn't believe in the Internet at all, so he refused.
And Roland's net worth...
In the latest "Forbes" global rich list released at the beginning of this year, Bill Gates reached the top again with a net worth of 51 billion. Although Roland's net worth cannot be compared with him, it is still quite a lot.
Twenty thousand shares of Berkshire Hathaway are worth one billion. Yahoo, Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft are all worth two billion, plus Bill Gates knows Even after excluding Blizzard Entertainment, Warcraft Films and Interstellar Records, three companies that cannot be accurately valued, Roland's net worth is 4 billion.
Easily entered the top 100.
That is, David has been helping Roland block the knife, otherwise, these wealth that cannot be hidden at all would have been exposed long ago!
Bill Gates really wanted to attract Blizzard based on Roland's praise of himself?
Stop joking, okay!
What he said to Paul Allen before, "Some people are born to interpret success", refers to Roland's investment vision, or in other words, these lucks that have not been exposed by those media at all!
Why did those rich Jews treat him kindly from beginning to end?
At first, it was because Roland helped them do something, but now, they know that Roland is qualified to come to their house for dinner!
That is to say, Roland, a man with a clear heart, knows that what is obtained on paper is always shallow. Compared with the wealth obtained by the industrial giants, it is simply a world away, so he always chooses to hang on and work hard Wealth will be transferred to industry, creating as many job opportunities as possible for the public!
This is not because Roland thinks too much money and has no place to spend it, nor is it that the current copyright operation model is not good, but in the capital society, every living person is also an asset that capital can control!
The more human assets, the greater the right to speak!
Of course, even if the net worth is poor, it doesn't matter.
Because of these things, Roland can enter the community after the Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting.
The general meeting of shareholders is actually a big exhibition for buying, buying and buying. The American media even called it Woodstock in the capital world. The dinner party of individual major shareholders who do not want to disclose their identities is the real home party, those who are engaged in military industry, chemical industry, energy, and finance...
Everything.
Roland felt that since he couldn't think of any way to lure Sony into the pit for the time being, it might be a good choice to go to an old disco and relax.
Note: ①In reality, except for Sony, the other five companies don't even want to touch "Black Hawk Down". , politicians, CIA, FBI, but they dare not hack the army as a whole, they can only hack a certain person, for example, in "Extreme Panic", the villain is a member of the army, and the righteous protagonist must also be a member of the army People, this is the necessary common sense for screenwriters, otherwise you will be in bad luck. ②Revolutionary Film Studio is a small company. Jet Li's "Universal Pursuit" was made by them. They have a very good relationship with Fan Guangtou, and they organized "Xxx". ③It is true that the Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting was turned into a tourist group in China. The number of participants in the shareholder meeting in recent years has been inflated by thousands of people, and a large number of them spent money to buy tickets The reason why they are called fools is because there are tickets on eBay, and a dozen dollars will do. ④ It is true that Warren Buffett has a grudge. The diss shareholder's absence was written directly in the letter to shareholders. ⑤Amazon is really not something that ordinary people can invest in. Bezos doesn’t like those VCs. In addition to having David Shaw, he also has a super good relationship with Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger. This is Charlie Munger Ge said it himself at the Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting. What he wants is not money at all, but backing.
(end of this chapter)