Chapter 286 The happiness of capitalists is all based on the pain of tool people
October 5th is Kate's birthday, but Roland has never celebrated Kate before.
When we first met in 1996, the two sides hadn't confirmed the relationship between the man and the woman, and they just used each other as the anchor of the drama.
By the time Roland invited Kate to her home for Christmas, her birthday that year had already passed.
In 1997, the two people who had established a relationship had different ideas.
Roland was thinking about how to give Kate a chance, while Kate was thinking about how to occupy Roland.
In addition, it was the announcement period of "Titanic", so both parties tacitly did not mention this matter.
But in 1998, the situation was different.
I bought a house, proposed a marriage, made an official announcement, and built a brand...
In this case, if Roland doesn't celebrate Kate's birthday, he will blow it up!
Because of this, he deliberately asked the truck driver to adjust the shooting schedule, and took a short break on October 5th to come to accompany him. But the idea was very good, but the reality was very skinny. On the night of October 4th, Roland slammed After educating Kate and letting her understand that being a human being should be reasonable, this guy couldn't get up early the next morning!
"No, can you get up? It's hard to take a day off, don't waste it on the bed!"
Looking at the guy who was wrapped in a bedding, curled up into a ball, and turned into a silkworm chrysalis, Roland, who had already returned from his morning exercise, felt a little overwhelmed.
"No! I won't get up!" The words came out from under the quilt in a muffled voice.
While speaking, the white lump squirmed a little bit, tightening the loose bedding from the inside, like glutinous rice balls.
In such a situation, Roland smiled wryly and shook his head. If it was the streaming media era, then Roland could hold up the GoPro and show the audience [a little trick for breaking up every day].
Don't get up?
Do you want to be slapped? Still want to eat chestnuts?
Or Screaming Chicken? Or a bunch of voice-activated toys?
Well, it’s actually because he dared to die only when he held a GoPro.
Then use the 'program effect' to cover up the cowardly heart.
Now, since it is not the vlgo era, Roland can only sit by the bed and start the wake-up service for the earth ball grass—
"Get up..."
Patted the glutinous rice **** with his hands, but unfortunately the glutinous rice **** did not move.
"Breakfast has been brought for you, there are black pudding and fried tomatoes that you like..."
The glutinous rice **** shook a bit, but the filling inside still didn't mean to break out of the shell.
"It's already eight o'clock. If you wash up and eat now, we can reach Chinatown before nine thirty. If you have enough time, you can eat the shredded chicken I made at noon..."
There was a small crack on the edge of the glutinous rice balls, but Roland still couldn't see what was inside.
"Didn't you say you can make small cakes? How about learning how to make cakes from you after buying the ingredients and not going anywhere in the afternoon?"
The glutinous rice **** were stirred a few times, and the gap widened accordingly. A small head grew out of it. His bright eyes stared straight at Roland, and his small mouth was slightly pursed, as if to say: 'Go on, go on...'
"We went to LeBernardin tonight, and their chef Eric Ripert will only serve us tonight, and we can eat whatever we want."
When she heard LeBernardin, Kate's eyes suddenly lit up, and after learning that the chef would only serve herself, she collapsed on the bed and smiled like a corgi, "You actually reserved the restaurant? The red silk fish there nice!"
"how much did you spend?"
"During the time you've been in bed, I've already been able to buy the restaurant..." Roland said truthfully.
"Is that because I wasted your time making money?" Kate raised her voice and her eyes became sharper.
"How could it be?" Kate, who didn't even think about fighting for reason, said with a smile: "No matter how much money you make, you can't buy you back!"
"Huh~" Kate, who was in a good mood, snorted softly and got up from the bed.
Just when Roland thought that the seal of the quilt had been lifted, Kate suddenly hooked his neck and lay on his back.
"Why?" Roland was puzzled.
"I was too tired last night, my legs have no strength, I may not be able to walk..."
"My hands are also a little sore, I may not be able to lift them up..."
"My body is even more boring, I feel like I will fall down when the wind blows..."
British Rose rubbed her face against Roland's neck. Roland was taken aback by her sticky words, and then smiled wryly and nodded.
"OK!"
"I'll carry you to the bathroom!"
"I'll wash your face and brush your teeth!"
"I still feed you!"
"Hey..." After getting an affirmative answer, Kate's body softened, she chose a position, and fell into Roland's arms.
That clever movement, how can it look like a person who has no energy?
To be a human being, you have to be trustworthy!
Last night, Kate yelled, 'Roland, you're dead tomorrow! ’, then today, she will definitely not let Roland have an ‘easy life’!
Letting Roland carry him to the bathroom, brush his teeth and wash his face, and feed himself breakfast are all trivial matters.
When going shopping in Chinatown, let Roland carry himself the whole time, this is happiness.
Not only that, but while waiting for lunch, she stood at the kitchen door like a supervisor, picking and choosing.
When teaching Roland how to make a cake in the afternoon, this guy even squeezed cream onto Roland's face.
Although when Roland presented Kate with a cake that looked and tasted so-so, the guy praised him out of conscience, which made Roland feel extremely comfortable, but after the two of them finished their dinner, she lay on Roland's back again. , let a man accompany her shopping.
LeBernardin is in Manhattan, the center of New York!
Shopping with Kate on the back of this boundary, that’s really…
It's hard not to attract attention!
It's hard not to be recognized by others!
When Roland walked into the first store with Kate on his back, they were recognized because they were not wearing sunglasses because it was dark.
After the passing fans learned that Roland was celebrating his wife's birthday, his envious words drowned him like ocean waves.
"Ah! Is it really a birthday?"
"My God! Isn't Kate so happy?"
"Angangang! My boyfriend is not as handsome as Roland, nor as rich as Roland, and he never goes shopping with me!"
"Wake up! Do you have a boyfriend?"
"Is now the time to say this? Hurry up and ask for an autograph!"
Although it is not the era of mobile Internet, passers-by can’t hold up the camera and take pictures, and then share the photos on Instagram, but this is not a pre-set program, and the security measures are not perfect.
When his identity was exposed, the shopping trip that had ended before it started came to an end. In order to avoid being surrounded by fans who were constantly gathering, and to prevent accidents, Roland, who was carrying Kate on his back, ran wildly, rushing to Enter the Plaza Hotel, let the hotel security block the passers-by who followed, and he himself...
got into the security car that came to meet him, and left the scene quietly through the back door.
"Goose goose goose..." Looking at Roland who was sweating profusely, he covered his mouth without touching the ground and laughed.
The guy leaning on the seat and panting heavily glanced at her and said, "Are you happy? Are you happy? Huh?"
"Hey hey..."
Kate didn't answer directly, but expressed everything with actions.
Kneeling there, she hugged Roland, her straight nose started from her neck, and when she rubbed all the way to Roland's cheek, the mischievous guy drew circles around his man's mouth again.
Like Yu the Great who controlled the floods, he never entered the house after passing through the house three times.
After a whole day, the two of them didn't actually spend much money.
Rings, necklaces, earrings, pendants, none of those are bought, watches, bags, shoes and clothes, even less.
For those who have achieved financial freedom, material things are no longer important.
Cars, houses, land, these items can be bought whenever you want, but taking a day to play with them is a real luxury.
Since the two parties did not hide their whereabouts, the next morning, the major news stations broadcast the news that Roland accompanied Kate on her birthday, and the photos of Roland running wildly on the street with his wife on his back made the CP party very addicted , and when the frontal footage of the two people laughing heartily entered the Internet, Yahoo and MSN were bombarded again.
Anyone who clicks on the title link will go in smelling the fragrance and come out holding their belly.
Of course, some people are happy and some are sad.
Compared to those fans who are so addicted, the working David, his teeth are almost sour!
"It's coming again! It's coming again!"
"These two guys! Here we go again!"
"Papa papa!"
His annoyed right hand slapped his thigh loudly.
Although Roland changed the development direction of the company under his name, he cut off StarCraft Records, which was not profitable on a large scale, released Warcraft Film and Television, which he didn't bother to manage, and put aside Shouwang Venture Capital, which has no projects to invest in for the time being. Blizzard Entertainment, which is on the right track, has been handed over to the Big Three for operation, but this does not mean that David is idle.
He has always been in charge of buying land for Blizzard Entertainment to build the headquarters. The plan was born at the beginning of the year, the deal was concluded in June, and the design plan was finalized at the same time that the formalities were completed in August. or so before delivery.
This is just a job he just finished.
In addition to this, there are many other messy things.
First of all, Warcraft Movies and TV.
Although the projects that have been rolled out are all managed by professional managers, and Warcraft Film and Television has no intention of supervising the work during the entire creative process, but the investment amount of the "Lord of the Rings" project was run by David himself. .
No way, who made Roland unwilling to invest with his own funds?
After returning from the Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting, Roland gave David the contact information of Wells Fargo that he had obtained, because Berkshire Hathaway is the majority shareholder of Wells Fargo, and Warren -Buffett is also the director of the only AAA bank in America, so it is not too easy to get a project loan from them.
"The Lord of the Rings" has a budget of 300 million, and Disney and Warcraft Film and Television each bear half. With the participation of the six major companies, even if it is an unsecured loan, Wells Fargo has approved 30% of the investment amount of 150 million. .
Don't think that 45 million is too little, because with it, Roland doesn't have to pay for the remaining 105 million!
After getting a loan of 45 million yuan, David found Spielberg non-stop, and this guy was very familiar with the business and asked his long-term partner, Chase Bank, to package the project into a fund and go public. Sell, raise funds.
Although it took a total of five months from the loan to the listing of the fund, all the risks have been transferred out.
Except for the 45 million loan and interest that must be paid off, the remaining 105 million is basically free.
Because in addition to the 7% fixed remuneration, the 25% profit return agreed in the plan is basically impossible for retail investors to eat, and even if they get some, it is considered a capitalist with a conscience !
If Time Warner treats "Harry Potter" like Time Warner, let alone making money for retail investors, it will take several years to recover the principal!
But more often, for the sake of the sustainable development of leeks, the Big Six will not do anything absolutely.
unless…
Screenwriters, directors, and actors charge too much.
This is why Spielberg still holds that shell after the failure of DreamWorks.
With the shell of DreamWorks, he can get more money from Leek.
Start-up capital?
In Roland's previous life, the old man first used money from Samsung, Microsoft, and Chase, then sucked the blood of Paramount, and then took money from Indian Industrial Corporation, and after that... he was Jack Ma, the rich man of the people.
Dreamworks is losing money every day, but the old man is making a lot of money.
Because the director's share and producer's share he takes are prior to fund dividends and bank loan repayments...
With this acquaintance leading the way, Roland is simply a white wolf with empty hands.
Don't look at 150 million yuan in five years, the final interest payment will be more than 50 million yuan.
But based on the box office of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy of nearly 300 million, after splitting the accounts, he can get 600 million.
After deducting the cost of 200 million yuan, the remaining 400 million yuan is simply free.
Without spending time or energy, I only paid for the filming copyright, and earned 400 million yuan.
What is the difference between this and bending over to pick up money?
ah! wrong!
You don’t even have to bend over, the tool man has already finished everything...
As for Wall Street?
After the fund was listed and the money was raised, they who were in charge of the underwriting had already received the hush money through commissions!
"Hollywood is too cunning! We have been mistaken too! The business is losing money! There is no way!"
"hehe-"
Of course, this kind of mature business that has been jointly developed by Hollywood and Wall Street does not require David to handle it himself.
The reason why he led the team personally was mainly to open the eyes of those tool people.
The core of the entire business is not how good the company is, but that Roland has opened up all channels.
These capitals are based on people’s orders, not all projects are done.
Those managers just follow the process and follow the process, don't make any fools!
In addition to the two jobs of buying land and building buildings and empty gloves white wolf, the cooperation of RandK has also been negotiated.
As David expected, Warren Buffett, a thief-like old man, did not intend to pay cash to enter the market, but wanted to use his own brand to invest at a discount, based on a market value of nearly 2.4 billion, even if After the discount, they also have to pay 33% of the equity and 550 million in cash, and if they do this, it is tantamount to giving up absolute control.
According to the urgency of the old man's holding and management, the company has become so big since it was registered, so he will definitely find a way to continue to swallow shares in the future, so David directly rejected this plan, and under the arguing between the two parties, the store added cash became the final choice.
Berkshire Hathaway offered thirteen stores in the five major cities of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, and Philadelphia, as well as 630 million in cash, in exchange for 20% of RandK's shares, and a five-year Agent sales rights outside the five major cities, and a cooperation agreement that must purchase the remaining assets of the company in cash within ten years.
To put it more simply, Warren Buffett understands that Roland does not want to give up control of the company, so he is willing to take a step back and not want so many shares. Only RandK's channel jewelry company was acquired with cash.
It looks like a win-win, but it is actually a gamble. Both parties bet that RandK has a bright future.
Don't look at the three things that are easy to say, but it took David nearly ten months to do it.
In addition, Google burned 200,000 in three weeks, and then used the "little" thing that "borrowed" 2 million from Roland, which also passed David's hands, and every three months, He also had to go to the US Securities Regulatory Commission to submit Yahoo's reduction report.
Not only that, he was responsible for the construction of the land in New Zealand and the decoration of Roland's three villas!
To put it bluntly, now Roland really moved his mouth, and David broke his leg!
Roland Fragrance fell into his arms, David...
Miserably miserable!
And in this situation, he still sees that **** Roland doing things every day?
"This day is simply unbearable!"
"I'm resigning! I'm going home!"
Jealousy tore him apart!
But just as David's chest heaved and he was sullen, he wondered why Roland could eat, drink, and have fun while he had to hold a meeting. During the meeting, the door of the office was suddenly knocked from outside.
Hearing the news, Ben who was still dissing Roland directly picked up the remote control on the table and turned off the TV.
"Come in!"
Following his call, the male secretary holding the document came in.
"Chairman, there has been news from ATI..."
Note: ① For the film fund, 10 million can be organized to raise funds, and depending on the project funds, the ratio of capital contributions is also different. Generally, projects with more than 100 million should not be less than 30%, and 10 million Level projects are generally between forty and fifty, and depending on the amount of funds raised, the profit return is also different, but the most common is twenty-five percent. For example, a 10 million project raises 5 million funds, gives a part of the fixed income, and then gives 25% of the profit share, and among them, the profit share is highly unlikely to be obtained, and if the movie does not Losing money (the film company really made money), fixed income is generally given, and if it loses money, then goodbye. Don’t think that this thing is very rare. Ten years ago (ten years ago) we made Hollywood products in China (the entertainment treasure that appeared later is even a sinkhole), and this kind of thing is more common in Hollywood, of course. , Banks are only willing to issue public offerings to the Big Six, and small companies can only deceive people through private placements.
(end of this chapter)