Hollywood Hunter

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Whether it is Michael Eisner and Michael Ovitz intending to enter Silicon Valley, or the "Communication Weathering Act" was drafted a year earlier in history, it is not accidental.

With the Internet penetration rate of the United States far surpassing that of other countries in the world at this stage, it can be said that this country has entered the information age, and it does not contain any water.

In the new era, both the general public and the government's focus have changed.

Since several giants jointly launched the "Information Age" marketing plan at the end of last year, not only in January of the beginning of the year, but also in February of 1995, many of the most eye-catching news in the American media are still related to new technologies.

Simon took time to meet with Eisner and Ovitz on the following weekend, and directly determined that the Igreat venture capital department would take a 20% stake in the social networking site that the two were preparing for the workplace with a start-up capital of $5 million.

Also this weekend, Microsoft announced that it will officially release the Windows 95 operating system on March 10, one month later, which is five months earlier than the previous history. In fact, the Windows 95 test system last year It has been spread around the world in various ways.

In last year's Windows 3.2 system, Microsoft has added the groundbreaking "Start" menu in advance under Simon's wakeup, and has received very positive user feedback.

However, the latest Windows95 system, not only the operating system is easier to use, but also has been upgraded in all aspects of network, external connection, image support, etc. The most important thing is that Windows95 has also introduced a more powerful 32-bit system, which makes Microsoft further left its biggest competitor, Apple, far away, and it has never been easier since.

Because the market is generally optimistic about Microsoft's Windows 95 system, the first trading day after the news was released, on February 13, Microsoft's stock price rose by 1.9% that day, and its closing market value reached 128.1 billion US dollars.

In comparison, Apple’s market value has fallen from a peak of more than 7 billion US dollars a few years ago to 2.8 billion US dollars at the close of the day on February 13, a drop of more than 60%.

Since Simon won Pixar in advance, this animation studio’s series of successful auras have nothing to do with Steve Jobs. It lacks this aura. This time, when Apple is declining, no one thinks about the invitation. Jobs, who had also failed in business for several years, returned to Apple to take charge of the overall situation.

Simon has already laid out a lot of things, and this time he doesn't plan to intervene in this matter.

Simon is not without vigilance about Microsoft's strong rise.

The resistance of Damen students to the Westeros system in recent years is very obvious. This time the release of Windows 95, the other party still did not allow IE to be the preset browser of this operating system. Igreat also did not hope to obtain it from Microsoft. Any looseness in browser patent licensing.

Not only that, because Microsoft directly imitated the Igreat online software store model and directly added its own desktop software store to the new system, the two sides will inevitably have a lawsuit next.

Because of the openness of the Windows system, of course, compared to the opening of the Apple operating system in memory, Simon has never regarded the software store business as the core of Igreat. Because with the gradual improvement of the network environment, users will be able to obtain the corresponding software directly from the official homepage in the future. Similarly, some software developers will inevitably because of their interests, hoping to bypass the software mall such as Yigrete, which requires a commission and sell directly to users software.

Damen students should not fail to see this.

Suddenly using a software mall to spoil the situation, probably can't stand the fact that Microsoft, which is gradually dominating the PC operating system field, is excluded from the core Internet industry.

Because of the increasing friction between the two sides, the Linux system team of Eaglet has been quietly developing the PC version of this free operating system, only to be officially released at the right time.

Next, Simon has only one obstacle to solve, the patent problem.

With its early entry into this market, Microsoft has applied for a large number of software patents in the operating system, forming a solid patent barrier. This is actually the reason why other operating systems cannot rise.

However, no matter how early Microsoft is, it is no earlier than Apple.

This matter is well known to everyone.

Therefore, as long as he wins Apple, Simon can obtain many operating system patents that can compete with Microsoft, and many of them are still quite core patents. At that time, whether it is in the field of desktop operating systems or future mobile operating systems, Simon no longer needs to worry about Microsoft's patent barriers.

The upcoming news of Windows 95 has greatly stimulated Microsoft's stock price, and the relevant information is even more important on Igreat.

With the gradual advancement of the IPO, just like Daenerys Entertainment last year before the IPO, Eaglet will also honor the stock award for senior executives and the reward or subscription plan for all employees in the near future.

Compared to Daenerys Entertainment last year, Eaglet’s valuation has been basically determined to reach the level of 100 billion US dollars following the release of various news.

Not to mention, just public exposure of the four giants Tim Berners Lee, Jeff Bezos, Carol Butts and Alice Ferguson under Igreat’s total 17% share of the equity award. According to a valuation of 100 billion US dollars, it has reached 17 billion US dollars.

Among them, if all the equity awards of Tim Berners Lee are realized, the stock value before the listing will theoretically reach 5 billion US dollars, which is enough to directly squeeze into the top ten of the Forbes 400 richest American list.

You know, last year’s list of the Forbes 400 richest Americans, although Simon’s personal wealth is the best, but in fact, the entire list of individuals with wealth of more than 5 billion US dollars, only a mere 6 people, after 6 people, personal Wealth has fallen below US$5 billion and ranks among the five Walton family members who occupy 9th to 13th on the list, and their personal wealth is only US$4.3 billion.

Many media are now speculating whether Simon will fully honor the equity reward promise for several executives, even if Westeros' personal wealth has broken through the sky, the amount of reward is still too large after all. Moreover, according to the contracts of several executives, the redemption period has not yet arrived, and the contract stipulates that the redemption will only be realized next year.

If Simon doesn't want to give these executives too much, he actually has a lot of room to operate.

Of course, if you really do this, the turbulence of Eaglet will be inevitable, and it may even lead to the collective resignation of several core executives, and then start a litigation battle, making this high-speed technology train suddenly lose control.

What's more, even if the Big Four is settled, other management and employees who have made many contributions to the development of Eaglet in recent years cannot be too stingy.

The share of the Big Four has reached 17%, Goldman Sachs and Morgan hold 10%, and the rumored IPO will sell shares as high as 20%. In this way, Simon’s equity is only 53% left. If too much is given to employees , Even if the dual equity structure can maintain absolute control over Igreat, after the listing, Simon’s shareholding in Igreat will inevitably fall below 50%.

The loss of the actual absolute control of the equity share will inevitably bring variables to the absolute control of Igreat by the Westeros system.

Malibu, Dome Point Manor.

The time is February 13th.

After lunch, several hosts in the Shell Villa were packing their luggage.

Tomorrow is Valentine's Day.

Simon planned to take two Jeannies to Miami, Florida this time. Of course, there is no room for the little guys for the intimate moments of Mom and Dad, so Veronica came to help bring the children.

After a certain identity was revealed last year, Veronica appeared less and less at the Dume Point Manor.

Simon probably knew that this should be a deliberate arrangement by Janet.

The couple are also very tacitly not discussing this matter.

The apartment in Miami was sent to tidy up yesterday. There was everything there. Three people were traveling, but there was not much luggage to take.

At half past one in the afternoon, Veronica held Nick in one hand and Melbourne with the other hand. There was also an Indian girl who seemed to be holding a small hand by the Indian girl who seemed to be leaving the absent-minded Seattle for her parents.

Everyone said goodbye, and the female assistant who hadn't separated from the little guy the previous year after giving birth to the child carefully explained that she got on the car with Simon and Janet.

This Valentine's Day holiday, if nothing special happens temporarily, it will last until next Monday. In addition to Miami, we also plan to go to the Bahamas and other places to play.

The entourage is also mighty.

In addition to the three Simon and his wife, the number of face-to-face bodyguards and secret agents who went together reached 50, and there was another team of more than 20 female servants.

Simon didn't feel a bit of a fight.

Even though there have been many shocks in the past year, because Simon is too dazzling, the world's hostility towards him and the corresponding actions have never been cut off. Less than one and a half months after the start of this year, there have been 3 incidents of intrusion into the Dume Point Manor for various reasons, with an average of once every two weeks.

The several drastic actions last year were mainly for revealing some of his position to the outside world. For these current offenses, Simon can't always take radical measures, so he can only deal with it in a low-key manner, and some of them are directly handed over to the FBI.

Out of a certain instinctive caution, Simon had hoped that the three would share at least two private jets. Both Jenny expressed objections and boarded the Boeing 767 together.

Front cabin of Boeing 767.

After the plane lifted off smoothly, in the cozy small living room on the lower deck of the front cabin, after waiting for the accompanying Zoe and Isabel to deliver coffee and leave, Janet immediately took out a cassette of video tape and stuffed it into the projector. The wall-mounted TV soon appeared Shu Ershkina’s solo ballet dance picture is also accompanied by the song "The Last Day of Bach."

Grabbing the remote control and squeezing onto the reclining sofa by the hanging window, Janet pointed to the TV screen and began to complain to Jennifer on the other side: "Look, you see, over there they said that this fairy is already because of this dance. I’m crazy, I don’t even hesitate to let her die, Jenny, you also have "Blizzard." Me, I have nothing."

Said that he had grabbed the big hand of the man next to him, opened his small mouth dissatisfiedly, and bit it violently.

Simon was originally looking at the Igreat shareholding plan that James Rebald turned over, but Jeanietra’s right hand was bitten, so he had to put the information aside, let the woman grind her teeth for a while, and smiled: "You When this dance music is for you."

Janet didn't let it go, and a whimper came out of her mouth: "It's so perfunctory, I don't want it."

The female assistant on the other side just smiled and watched the excitement, and actually wanted to bite it, but she was always more reserved and ladylike than Janet, and waited for a moment before she finished saying, "Then let Simon compose a song for you this time. Now, it’s not difficult for him."

Simon shook his right hand, and finally got rid of Janet's small teeth, and argued: "Don't you have it, "Bumblebee Flying", everyone knows."

Janet said: "That's not original."

Simon smiled half-truth and said: "Actually, these are not original, the ghosts around me told me."

When the female assistant heard Simon say this, her eyes flashed lightly.

But Janet didn't mind at all, she put her arm around Simon and said, "It's useless for those ghosts to ask for these. You are giving me a song, it must be nice."

Simon nodded: "Okay, I think about it, I'll wait until Miami."

Janet’s “Increase Into the Foot”: “I want you to shoot me the MV yourself.”

Simon readily agreed: "No problem, the next few days should be enough."

Seeing Simon's promise, Janet was satisfied and she seemed to remember the man's words: "My dear, are there ghosts on our plane?"

Simon pretended to look around for a moment, and pointed to a corner: "Hey, there is one over there, smiling at you."

"Yeah..." Janet pretended to be frightened and posted a post on Simon's body, and quickly asked, "Men's and women's?"

"Uh, woman."

"is it beautiful?"

"general."

"That's good, wait for us to love her in front of her, jealous of her."

"..."

"Ha ha."

Jennifer on the other side watched the two laugh and laughed, with some envy in her eyes, and suddenly remembered a Chinese verse that the man had mentioned.

Bowl.

Over the years, many things have changed, and even the two people around them are unavoidable, but the intimacy between them is the same as before.

This feeling is actually a bit weird.

Men have more and more women outside, but every time she shows up around them, she can feel that he is not alienated from them at all. Perhaps this is the advantage of men, who can fall in love with many at the same time and sincerely. Women, and they can only love him.

Thinking in my heart, I couldn't help but smile.

I haven't changed.

After all these years, he is still his bed-warmer.

Since he still loves them, Janet's feelings for him have never cooled down, she feels that she can do it naturally.

In her bones, she is a very good and strong girl.

Although, already doomed to lose to another Jenny.

Can't lose more.

So he put a sticker on the man next to him and listened quietly to the various small talks between the two, which was enough. As if feeling her emotions, a big hand stretched out around her shoulders and put her face on his shoulders. Seeing Janet expressing her dissatisfaction, she rarely demonstrated against her.

Janet squatted her white teeth and tried to rush over, when suddenly there was a violent tremor in the cabin.

With a little scream, Janet huddled beside the man like a cat, but there was no fear in her eyes, but a strange little excitement: "Simon, are we going to die?"

Simon hugged the two women tightly from left to right, and said with a smile: "It's just airflow."

The cockpit captain's announcement came from the speakers.

Sure enough, it was airflow, reminding everyone in the cabin to sit firmly and be careful of bumps.

The shaking lasted for more than a minute.

Being held by a man, Jennifer was originally a little scared, but when she noticed the gaze of Janet from the other side, for some reason, the female assistant suddenly had some strange expectations.

Not knowing whether it was a pity or a pity, the tremor finally stopped.

The three of them didn't speak again for a long time afterwards, and they all seemed to be reminiscing about the kind of danger just now.

Although the three people were suggested beforehand, but when things really happened, Simon realized that he didn't have much fear. Being a human being for two lives was originally an accidental gift from heaven. For so many years, there is no regret. Moreover, many things have been arranged in advance, and there is even no worries about the future.

Of course, Simon did not have the self-destructive tendency deep in Janet’s bones. After arriving in Miami, considering this experience, he quickly made another decision to purchase two additional Boeing 767s.

For various reasons, it is not time to buy a large Boeing 747 according to the original idea. However, it is no problem to buy two more 767s. Simon's consideration is also very simple. In the future, he and two Jenny can be on the same plane, but they definitely can't be the whole family.