Best Actor

    "You're giving me a problem, Sean." Neil, who came back from running for a few days, said this first.

    "Anything difficult?" Sean threw him a jar of Blue Moon.

    Since the beer commercial was filmed, the other party sent a lot of boxes, although there is not a year's supply, but if you want to drink it slowly, it will take at least two or three months.

    "Difficult?" Neil exhaled, "How can I put it, your timing is too good, Sean."

    "Oh?" Sean raised his eyebrows.

    "I checked Google's information in detail, how can I put it... Its domain name was registered by founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin on September 5, 1997 , and for more than half a year after that, it was just a website, a search website. Until August 1998, the first investment was pulled down, which was about 100,000 US dollars, and then another month passed on the anniversary of the website's launch. , just officially set up the company in a friend's garage... well, it's similar to Jobs." Neil whistled while flipping through the documents and reading it to Sean.

    And Sean scratched his head in annoyance: "Damn, if I knew this, I should have gone to them the year before last."

    "Are you so optimistic about them?" Neil was a little surprised.

    "Yeah, so how are you doing?" Sean looked at him.

    "It's not over yet," Neil said, continuing to read for him, "and then, in early '99, the two of them had planned to sell Google to Excite for $1 million ."

    "$1 million?! What a joke, they sold?!" Sean was taken aback.

    "Of course not," Neil frowned, finding his attitude a little strange, "in fact, George Bell of Excite thought it was too expensive, so he rejected their offer. , the two founders reduced the price to 750,000, but they were still rejected.”

    "Standard idiot." Sean shook his head, but at the same time he was a little fortunate. If it was bought, I'm afraid Google would not necessarily become Google.

      folder.

    "And then what?" Sean demanded.

    "You still don't understand?" Neil scratched his head and sighed, "They just raised privately, and they were funded by a famous venture capital, and now there is no shortage of money, you are at this time. It will be difficult to get a stake.”

    Sean frowned and didn't speak. After walking back and forth in the room for two times, he said, "I don't think so. After all, it is a good thing to have funds injected, and they should not refuse. Secondly, Another point, we read the news before and said that the IT bubble burst is serious this time, and almost all IT companies have been hit, so if we can persuade those VCs to find someone to share the risk, we have a chance, I remember Mr. Wolsman knows people at Sequoia and KPCB, right?"

    "You are really embarrassing, Sean," Neil looked at him depressedly, "I don't understand, there are so many search engines on the Internet, why do you prefer Google?"

    "It's very simple, like I was bullish on Microsoft and bought its stock," Sean said, pointing to his head, "Remember? I told you that those, my intuition."

    He sighed again: "Actually, I'm still optimistic about Apple after Jobs returns, but unfortunately...no capital..."

    Feeling a little off topic, Sean waved his hand quickly: "Okay, let's not talk about this, I don't ask much, try to get at least 5% of the shares for 10 million US dollars, don't you? Don't want to prove yourself again, Neil? This is an opportunity."

    "After the last lesson, I no longer have confidence in myself." Neil said half-jokingly.

    "Where you fall, you have to stand up. If you hadn't seized the opportunity to make short-term operations, I might not have earned more than 20 million yuan, wouldn't I?" Sean said encouragingly. , and then added another firewood, "I told you before that I plan to set up my own production company, and it is definitely not the kind of company that is completely affiliated with a big company. Are you interested in helping me take care of it?"

    "The production company?" Neil shook his head, "I didn't want to take care of the production company. You should know that I don't know anything about movies, but..."

    He suddenly laughed, with a hint of cunning: "If you can set up an investment company, I'd be very willing to try it."

    "Investment companies?" Sean squinted at him for a long time, "But I'm not very good at investing."

    "Really? Haven't your intuition always been sharp? First Microsoft, then Apple, now Google," Neil chuckled, "Okay, Sean, try it, You definitely need to make some investments, don't you? Having a profitable investment firm is also a way to open up your contacts, think about what you want when the big guys in Hollywood make money through your investment firm Support is fine."

    "If the movies I star in or make sell well every time, I can achieve the same effect," Sean raised his eyebrows, "Don't think I don't know what you're thinking, Neil , It sounds really high-sounding, it sounds good, but it is actually fighting for enough opportunities to hone and prove yourself?"

    "Of course," Neil didn't mean to deny it at all, "I admit, I really did it to better hone and prove myself, but you also have to admit, Sean, this is very important to everyone It's all good. You use your sensitive intuition to win over the big guys and make money, so why not do it?"

    Following, he used a persuasive tone: "Now is a good time, if Google's prospects are really good, then borrowing the newly established investment company for investment will definitely make it famous .I don't have your intuition, but I know how to collect data and analyze data, and these can be done on Harvard's campus, so even if I'm in college, I can master the operation of investment companies. What's more, through internships I can get in touch with many big figures on Wall Street. Besides, if your production company needs to develop a large scale and make big investment movies, you can also get investment through investment companies, right?”

    "I have to say, Neil, you are very good at talking." Shawn said, rubbing his chin, "How much startup capital do you need?"

      operation, so just keep the internals running smoothly, which is a lot like filmmaking.”

    "Okay, then I will pay 500,000, you will be the CEO, and I will give you 10% of the shares, how about that?" Sean said immediately.

    "30%, I can take 200,000 shares." Neil smiled.

    "Then it's settled." Sean nodded immediately, "Okay, now you should contribute to my Google shares, there is still a 5% commission."

    Despite some consideration, Sean agreed to Neil's request, because if all goes well, he will definitely make some investments, just like he is now pursuing a stake in Google. Therefore, in this case, if you have your own investment company, you will undoubtedly feel at ease and convenient.

    Without capital, no matter what you want to do, you can't succeed, just like Sean was optimistic about Microsoft and Apple at the beginning, but he didn't have that much capital, so he could only watch them rise and fall, and make some money from it money.

    Some people may say that if you don't have capital, you can find a way. That's true, but the question is, how to get the first pot of gold? In particular, Sean was just an ordinary person in his previous life. Even if he has read some self-made materials, it is easy to forget them slowly in the passage of time. After all, the human brain is not a computer. easily underestimated.

    What's more, it doesn't mean doing it, he was just a child for a long time, any parent with a sound way of thinking, when he hears his child say, which stock is going to rise? As long as the stock is about to fall, or when something happens, and clamoring to invest in this investment or that, the first reaction is probably to take him to consult a doctor, whether it is ADHD or paranoia.

    Capital is not so easy to obtain, just like Sean was persuaded by Neil to invest in the financial market to do more, if not for luck, he would have really gone bankrupt.

     Actually it's not much.

    According to US law, it only takes a few hundred dollars to set up a company, not to mention those small companies that are attached to the big companies and even laughing studios. Although Sean has also thought about who he wants to rely on, but it is more to open up the situation. If it develops well for a long time, it is certain to be independent.

    Even so, 500,000 is enough. It is not necessary to prepare all the departments for the time being. This can be done slowly. Anyway, we have to start with low-budget movies. Moreover, as Neil said, a production company is just like an investment company. It does not need much liquidity, as long as it can get investment after finding a good script and setting up a project, which is why Sean agreed to set up an investment company. another reason.

    Of course, one of the prerequisites is that Frederick can help him find a better management talent to take charge of the newly established production company, Sean will definitely not do it himself.

    "Don't let me down, Neil and... Fred," muttered Shaun after thinking about it, "We'll make it, we will."

    In short, this is how things are now, when Neil was working hard to acquire Google shares, Sean also ushered in a moment in his life, that is to participate in the Los Angeles Sacred Auditorium. The 72nd Academy Awards ceremony.