Hollywood Hunter

Before Rachel Vichy had eaten a piece of bread, the glass door of the living room leading to the terrace was slammed and roughly pushed open.

The two women looked up together.

Seeing the two beautiful girls in the room, the imposing door classmates paused slightly, and their expressions changed quickly. They seemed to want to converge the gaffe in their expressions, and quickly gave up, continuing to walk through the room in an angry manner. Away.

After a while, Simon opened the door and came in. He didn't mean to send his classmates off the door. He nodded slightly to Rachel at the dining table and walked to the corner of the couch where Kate Beckinsale was lying.

Kate put down the magazine in her hand, propped up and crawled along the sofa to the other end with a little temptation. Seeing the man stretched out his hand, he lay down on his back, resting his head on Simon's leg, and gently pressed the man to her delicate face. Big hand, smiled and asked: "What happened just now?"

Simon smiled and said, "Obviously, the negotiation broke down."

Kate followed with a smile: "Then why are you so happy? Mr. Gates looked very angry just now."

Simon slid his fingertips from Kate's smooth face to her neck and said, "Although the negotiation broke down, I was actually bullying him. You know, after bullying people, I always feel good."

Kate symbolically blocked the man's movements, and also heard some other meanings from his words, whispering in a lover's intimate tone: "You are really a bad guy."

Simon looked at the beautiful eyes of this English rose and said, "I'm going back to California soon. Are you going back with me, or spending a few days here?"

"In such a hurry, today is Saturday?"

Kate was surprised and almost wanted to sit up.

I had no resistance to this legendary man at first. Last night, although a certain guy was a little stronger, he actually felt very good for her. I also wanted to take advantage of this weekend to get along better, at least to become his lover first, maybe, It is not impossible to achieve a certain goal in the future.

Simon said: "There are a lot of things, and you must set off right away. Then, you and Rachel can spend a few days in Seattle, and the cherry blossoms in this city will be blooming soon. It's very beautiful."

Kay nodded, and seemed a little uncertain: "Simon, can we continue to live here?"

Simon smiled and said, "Of course, I will leave you a few people as drivers and wallets. You can go where you want or buy anything."

"Thank you, Simon, you are so considerate," Kate sat up with Simon's arm, kissed the man on the face, and said again: "So, when will we see you again next time?"

"This should be fast."

Simon said, retracted his arm from Kate's arms, stood up and said: "In this case, I'll go first."

Rachel Weisz, who had never had a chance to speak, saw the two of them getting up to go outside, and finally reacted and subconsciously stood up to follow. The entourage outside had already packed up and waited for departure, and kept sending the man to the small dock by the lake, watching him board the speedboat to the airport on the other side of the lake, then blinked a few moments in a daze.

Did you promise anything?

Domineering guy.

She didn't say that she would stay in Seattle, let alone stay with Kate Beckinsale.

I ended up with a grudge last night.

When the speedboat arrived on the other side of the lake soon, Ketra pulled Rachel beside him: "Hey, let's go back, you still can't bear it?"

"I, nowhere," Rachel subconsciously denied, and added: "And, I didn't say I wanted to stay, so he decided for me."

Kate leaned at her with a look of contempt: "Then why didn't you say it just now."

Rachel argued: "He didn't give me a chance to speak at all."

"The mouth is on you, Simon didn't put the adhesive tape on," Kate said again, and then she waved her hand, took her shoulders and dragged her to the villa: "Well, sisters, we just need now Plan carefully how you will play in the next few days, but you heard that there is a driver and a wallet."

"I don't think this is good."

Rachel frowned slightly and said in a low voice.

When we first met yesterday, Rachel had a great affection for Kate. She was generous and straightforward and very good at getting along with others. She had high IQ and EQ, and she was still a British fellow. However, after a day and night, I gradually disliked it, played too much, a little worshipped money, and didn't know how to take care of other people's feelings. He didn't conceal his attitude towards someone...well, coveted, and even didn't care about him at all. It's the fact of a married man.

Back at the villa, Rachel continued to be dressed by Ketra to the study room equipped with a computer, and began to find and plan the schedule for the next few days according to the information on the Internet. By chance, through the study window, he saw a Boeing 767 at the airport on the other side of the lake. Flying into the sky, there is still no suggestion to leave.

Then Rachel couldn't help but feel that she probably also wanted to stay.

Ok.

She is also a hypocritical woman.

who cares.

So self-defeating and making up their minds, the two women went out to eat at a well-known restaurant at noon. In the afternoon, they started to have fun, shopping, and shopping. Anyway, a certain man paid the bill, and that guy had too much money to spend. For the first time in his life, he let go Hands and feet once.

Of course, both women are very smart people.

Unanimously, he quietly set his spending limit at about $100,000.

Even if you understand that adding a zero is not a pain to someone, you must be self-knowledge. ,

If a man volunteers to give it, even if it is a Beverly mansion, Kate is willing to accept it, and Rachel will probably struggle and accept it again. Now it's men who let them take it by themselves. In this case, if you don't understand temperance, you have IQ problems.

Moreover, the two women can only be regarded as Hollywood's third-line actors, and $100,000 is already a lot of money for them.

Kate returned to the UK last year to shoot a thriller film "Mill at Step". The heroine is of a very large scale. Given her somewhat seniority in the circle, the pay is still only £30,000.

The glamour of the entertainment industry has always been the glamour of a few people at the top.

This is why countless people have to do everything possible to climb up without hesitating to sell everything they have.

Having invested in Microsoft for so many years, until the meeting with Damen students on March 11, Simon had been looking forward to the software giant becoming a part of the Westeros system.

Companies such as Microsoft, Intel, Eaglet, Cisco, AOL, Oracle, and SUN work closely together, and the Westeros system is sufficient to completely control the global information industry.

It's a pity that this idea didn't work out.

Simon is only a little regretful about this, but not too disappointed.

People are unpredictable.

The more outstanding or the person who thinks that he is outstanding, the more he is the head of the chicken rather than the tail of the ox.

Even if they understand that mutual cooperation can maximize the benefits, some people are still more inclined to hold the absolute initiative on their own one-third of acre. Even if the harvest is a little bit less, development is a bit more difficult, and even if you accidentally go into decline, you are unwilling to accept even if it is a vassal of others in name.

The former Soviet Union fell apart because of this.

Inheriting a large legacy from the former Soviet Union, but also getting rid of a large group of surrounding burdens that need to be aided. It could have relied on its profound industrial and agricultural heritage to become a "mini Soviet Union" Ukraine, in Simon's memory, fell to the poorest rundown in Europe In the end, too many people are also unable to make the best choice for this country because of various reasons, either conflicting with their own interests, or **** by public opinion.

Bill Gates is a very proud man.

As the monopoly advantage of Windows in the field of operating systems has become more and more obvious, the software tycoon has resisted the software empire he created to become a part of a certain business system, even if he understands that this will have many benefits for Microsoft. Damen students are still more willing to firmly control this company in their own hands, and probably still have the ambition to directly compete with the Westeros system.

At the meeting on the morning of March 11, Simon determined that there was no room for change in certain things, and completely let go of the idea of ​​making Microsoft a member of the Westeros system.

Speaking of it, it's not bad to have such an enemy.

The Westeros system actually needs opponents, which can not only maintain the enterprise's internal enterprise, but also avoid the outside world's fear of the various companies in the Westeros system.

However, just as the apparently actual hostile relations between many major countries in the world still have very extensive economic cooperation, even if the positions are completely opposed, the cooperation between Microsoft and the Westeros system will not stop.

Because both sides have bargaining chips that depend on each other and restrict each other.

Just like back then, Apple was in full swing. Faced with the threat of Gates stopping the supply of office software, it could only allow the other party to develop a separate operating system, thereby raising a tiger.

The current advantage of Microsoft in the field of operating systems is the same as that of Apple back then, but the comprehensive strength of the Westeros system is even stronger.

After the meeting on Saturday, Simon did not expect the door classmates to take the initiative to compromise, and soon contacted the spokesperson of the Westeros system on the Microsoft board of directors and some other shareholders and executives of Microsoft, even though Microsoft is the only one of Gates in daily circumstances. In the face of Simon’s ultimatum, I believe Microsoft also knows how to choose.

Not only that, the next day, March 12, Eaglet also suddenly released the 1994 annual financial report.

Daenerys Entertainment Group’s fiscal year cycle has been set from October of the previous year to September of the second year after the listing last year in accordance with the low-peak season of the Hollywood entertainment industry. This limit happens to be the end of the summer period. With the opening of the TV autumn show, this setting is more conducive to all aspects of financial statistics, and even tax avoidance.

Before the listing, Yigrete still conducted financial statistics according to the calendar year.

Not surprisingly, after the listing, Yigrete's fiscal year cycle will still be calculated according to the natural year.

This is a digression.

Even though there have been a lot of speculations in advance, when Eaglet released its 1994 annual financial report, it still caused a sensation in the entire media industry.

Eaglet’s annual revenue data of US$5.41 billion last year has been amazing.

And this year, when Eaglet’s annual revenue data of up to 11.67 billion U.S. dollars appeared on the headlines of major online platforms and a series of mainstream newspapers in North America for the first time, many people even questioned it for the first time. It may be the false financial data made by Eaglet in order to obtain a higher IPO valuation.

11.67 billion dollars!

how is this possible?

However, after carefully reading the detailed financial report data published on many platforms, everyone had to accept it.

The first is the advertising business that contributed the largest revenue to Eaglet in the past year

Compared with the $1.15 billion in advertising revenue in 1993, because all new technology companies have started to burn money wildly in the past year, even traditional companies have begun to pay attention to the marketing of Internet platforms. Igreat’s portals, social networks, and search The total revenue of the four major online advertising platforms of Engine and Advertising Alliance reached a staggering US$3.21 billion, a growth rate of 179%.

E-commerce business.

Amazon.com's 1994 revenue was US$2.59 billion, compared with US$1.36 billion in 1993, an annual growth rate of 91%, nearly doubled.

Under the aggressive expansion strategy of a certain workaholic housekeeper, the gross profit margin of e-commerce is much lower than that of other businesses, coupled with huge amounts of technology research and development, channel construction, advertising and marketing, and even large amounts of money for users to form online consumption habits. With large-scale subsidy investment, the single department loss of e-commerce business is as high as 710 million US dollars.

However, no one can ignore the high growth of this business and its vast market potential far beyond software and advertising.

After all, software and advertising are more inclined to corporate users, but e-commerce is for all the public. The most typical reference is the scale comparison between traditional paper media and TV advertising and the retail industry.

Amazon in the original time and space has gradually become the overlord in the e-commerce field with a steady development strategy. However, in Simon's view, Bezos's stability is more compelling to do, because Amazon just started to move on the fast lane. When the Internet bubble burst, the market value once fell by as much as 90%. In the critical years of Amazon's rapid growth, there was simply not so much money for Bezos to burn.

Simon initially also hoped that Yigrete's e-commerce business could develop steadily.

After all, things backfired.

Every manager has his own style of doing things, and Simon cannot directly transfer Bezos, who has already begun to control the overall situation, to replace Alice in charge of the e-commerce business.

However, the result is not bad.

Once Amazon has proved the correctness of its own development strategy with a series of great successes, but this does not mean that the development strategies of other companies will not work.

Alice's aggressive expansion approach, in Simon's view, is very similar to the business strategy of some emerging Internet unicorn companies after 2010.

The key is two words, burning money.

This is not derogatory.

Simon remembers reading an article about shared travel business.

The Internet industry has never lacked ideas.

Before the emergence of travel giants like Uber, many people had already come up with similar project planning. However, most of the solutions are hindered by one of the key difficulties, that is, how to let users get rid of the traditional travel habits to use online taxi services.

In the end, everyone just discovered that poverty is the limit to everyone's imagination.

The sharing giant's solution to this matter is very simple and rude.

subsidy.

Burning money frantically to subsidize.

I found that this strategy is actually effective. All Internet companies, whether they are new or established brands, whether they are sharing or e-commerce, have started a new round of subsidy wars. For a while, red envelopes are flying all over the sky, and the giants are also unknowingly harvesting Massive users.

When consumption habits form and subsidies disappear, users can no longer get rid of their dependence on these services.

Simon started the Internet era ahead of time by investing all his energy, basically relying on spending money. In order to promote its own network services, AOL also adopted a large-scale subsidy program.

It's just that I didn't think much about it.

It was Alice's aggressive expansion strategy that allowed Simon to see the shadow of the money-burning wars of later generations.

At this stage, since funds are sufficient and all conditions are considered complete, it is not indispensable for Simon to directly spend money to catalyze the rapid expansion of the e-commerce market.

At the end of last year, in the process of planning the development of the new year of the company, Simon personally approved the expansion plan of Yigrete’s 1995 e-commerce business loss of 1 billion US dollars, most of which will be used for product discounts and transportation directly to users Cost subsidy.

Things like online shopping can actually be addictive.

Once you get used to it, you can't change it if you want to.

As long as users form a habit, all investment will be recovered exponentially in the future.

After e-commerce, another important software business. With the continuous increase in the types of Internet-related software of Egrets in the past year, this year also includes the service fee revenue of IE after free. Egrets 1994 The annual software business revenue totaled US$1.99 billion, a year-on-year increase of 145%.

For this alone, Igreat is to a large extent not inferior to Microsoft, which had a total revenue of US$5.63 billion in the previous fiscal year.

In my memory, Microsoft's later operating system business gradually marginalized, but to ordinary people, the revenue of Office that seemed inconspicuous to ordinary people gradually accounted for one-third of the company's revenue, so the strong vitality of application software is visible. Moreover, the later strength of Office largely depends on the subscription model gradually shifting to the cloud.

Eaglet’s Internet tool software matrix has now realized the transformation from selling out to subscription.

In the past year, in addition to key products such as the Three Musketeers on the web and the image design software YgrittePhotoshop, the embedded browser playback software YgritteFlashPlayer, and the video editing software YgritteVideoStudio, the Eaglet software department has successively launched additional audio products through self-development, mergers and acquisitions. Editing, web documents, typesetting, and other professional software closely related to Internet services.

Not only that, in order to avoid the emergence of other 3D software in the industry, Simon has decided to hand over the 3D modeling and animation software Maya used by Daenerys and Pixar Studios to the Eaglet software department for transformation, development and commercial operation. Of course, the functions of the public version will definitely be restricted. Simon does this with another purpose, which is to promote the development of 3D games.

With the rapid improvement of basic software and hardware performance, now is the embryonic stage of 3D games.

Compared with animation and special effects, the market size of 3D software in the game field is even larger.

In addition to the software business, the YWS data center business, which is also in charge of Carol Bartz, has also achieved an ultra-high annual growth rate of 118% in the past year, with revenue reaching US$1.73 billion.

Calculated, just advertising, e-commerce, software and YWS four core, the total revenue has reached 9.52 billion US dollars.

Others, such as the Ystore software store, Steam game store, online game business, solutions and patent licensing, etc., contributed to the revenue of 2.15 billion US dollars.

According to comprehensive statistics, in 1994, Igreat, which had become a behemoth, had total annual revenue of 11.67 billion US dollars.

Just as some media predicts, with the annual revenue of tens of billions of dollars, Eaglet’s speed of making money has exceeded the speed of spending money. Even after large-scale investment in various aspects, this new technology company has only been established for about five years. The company still achieved a net profit of $790 million.

For the media and the public, Yigrete's financial report data brought only shock.

For Microsoft, it is the most direct and strong sense of oppression.

Faced with Simon’s ultimatum, under multiple lobbying and pressure from Microsoft’s board of directors, major shareholders and management, on Monday morning, March 13, Bill Gates chose to compromise and agreed to Simon’s overseas sale of Windows systems. Requirements for pre-installed IE.