mousepad-d2 Chapter 169 The Idle Tycoon
Chapter 169 The Idle Tycoon
This is probably the darkest day for Ma Yun in the Internet industry. Even if he was forced to leave Beijing and Hangzhou, he did not make him so desperate.At this time, it was the initial stage of Internet development, and everyone believed that the "Yahoo" model was the most perfect.Although Ma Yun's Alibaba is a B2B trading website, his main profit point still comes from advertising revenue.When he learned that the president of Japan's Softbank was very interested in Alibaba, he pushed for the deal.He knows exactly who Masayoshi Son is, and the result of a good relationship with him is that Alibaba Group may be listed on NASDAQ in the United States, or even enter the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Japan.
But when Ma Yun was full of pride, Sun Zhengyi poured cold water on him, and his company was actually sold to a company engaged in film and television entertainment.At this time, the mainland film market has been gradually opened up, and Ma Yun can also see several large-scale productions produced by Galaxy Films every year.He admitted that Yinhe Film Company is a very good film company, but what does it have nothing to do with the Internet?And why buy my company?Ma Yun is naturally clear that in the hands of these tycoons, the companies he regards as treasures are just playthings.When people get tired of playing, maybe they will throw it aside.But this is his own hard work, and he can't tolerate his hard work being trampled on.
Ma Yun suddenly had the idea of resigning, at worst, he would lead the entrepreneurial team to build another website.When Ma Yun was still struggling, someone told him that a long-distance call from the United States had reached his landline.Naturally, Ma Yun didn't dare to neglect, no matter what kind of company his new owner, Sherman Interactive Entertainment Group, was, he still had to respect his face.Unless you don't plan to mix in the US capital market!
"Mr. Ma, right?" A hearty voice rang on the phone. The mandarin was relatively standard, but with a little Hong Kong accent. "I'm Jed Sherman, the one who bought your company. I want to tell you a few things. First, I've been following you for a long time. If it wasn't for Softbank's early start, you would have been acquired by me; Second, I didn’t buy you on a whim, it’s related to my big Internet strategy; third, I have many good ideas, but I need you to realize them. I can guarantee one thing, if you cooperate with me sincerely, we will You can leave your own monuments in the history of the Internet. Note that not only leave your name, but also leave a monument for future generations to look up to. If you are willing to explore the undiscovered territory of the Internet with me, Please come to the United States for a trip. I will let people handle your passport and air tickets, but your entrepreneurial team, no matter how many people, I want to give you confidence. Let you believe in me, believe that I can create brilliance with you!"
I have to say that Jed's ability to deceive people is still first-class.Ma Yun, who was a little disheartened, was suddenly ignited with hope. He was eager to go to the United States to see what kind of company this Sherman Interactive Entertainment Group is.Since my new boss sincerely invited me and my entrepreneurial team to visit the United States, it should be treated as a vacation. Anyway, the new boss paid for all the air tickets, board and lodging expenses with a lot of money.So after Ma Yun came out and talked to his Eighteen Arhats team, this group of tech-savvy geeks were naturally overjoyed.
Although the relationship between China and the United States has become increasingly friendly at this time, and non-governmental exchanges between China and the United States are not particularly rare, for the vast majority of Chinese people, a trip to the United States is still tantamount to a trip to the moon.Fortunately, Ma Yun has been to the United States, but his entrepreneurial team has never been there.After everyone cheered, they naturally began to get busy, applying for passports and visas. Although the Sherman Interactive Entertainment Group had sent an invitation letter, and Jed Sherman also specially greeted the US State Department, the visa matter Or do we have to do it ourselves?Moreover, everyone's seven aunts and eight aunts brought messages one after another, telling themselves to go to the United States to bring this and that, and they had to make a list.
While Ma Yun and his entrepreneurial team were still busy, Jade had already started setting up scenes for the movie "Patriot".Since the relationship between Jed and Mel Gibson is impossible to ease, Jed simply asked Bruce Willis to continue to play his leading role.Bruce Willis has always been defined by Hollywood as an action movie star, which is actually a more unlucky position than a comedy star.Comedy stars may still have a chance to compete for Oscars, but action movie stars, let alone compete for Oscars, even have zero chances of being nominated.Even for action movie stars, the chance of them being able to attend the Oscars and get an award presenter or an introduction is already the closest they get to an Oscar in their life.
However, Bruce Willis, an action actor, has undergone a major reversal after encountering the Milky Way movie. First of all, his wonderful performance in "Pulp Fiction" made people discover that this action movie obviously has the possibility of performing other types of characters.And in "Peerless Cataclysm", Bruce Willis played the role of "father" vividly, making people see the tenderness under the tough guy's appearance.
And in "The Sixth Sense of Spirituality", Bruce Willis completely changed from an action movie star to a drama actor. Bruce Willis' performance made him nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, although he missed it in the end , But it is already a great encouragement for Bruce Willis.It's a pity that in terms of Oscars, the young actor Haley Joel Osment's performance was so wonderful that the Oscar judges forcibly ignored Bruce Willis' acting skills.
So when Jed invited Bruce Willis again, he agreed without saying a word.In "The Patriot," Bruce Willis will play the role of Benjamin Martin.And another important actor, that is, the person who plays Benjamin Martin's eldest son Gabriel Martin is Heath Ledger.
This movie is Heath Ledger's transformation work. Before he starred in "The Patriot", Heath Ledger could only be regarded as an idol actor everywhere in Hollywood, but his skin is better, so he got several good awards. gig opportunity.But after "The Patriot", Heath Ledger was really an actor, an actor who could finally become obsessed with drama.
With the help of Hollywood's skilled industrial system, the filming of "The Patriot" went very smoothly.However, location shooting was a bit troublesome. Fortunately, the omnipotent Hollywood industrial system quickly helped the "Patriot" crew find a suitable location, which was located in a forest in Canada. However, Canada was still too cold at this time, so Jed had no choice but to shoot After completing all the interior scenes, a temporary holiday is announced, and I will go to Canada to shoot in another two weeks.And just during this filming gap, a flight from China landed at Los Angeles International Airport.It was Ma Yun and his entrepreneurial partner on the plane, and Jed specially arranged for someone to pick him up.Jed arranged them at the W Hotel in Hollywood, because it is very close to Hollywood and not too far from downtown Los Angeles.
"Welcome everyone to stay at the W Hotel in Hollywood. Mr. Sherman will entertain you at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills tomorrow night. The W Hotel is a hotel brand of the Starwood Hotels and Resorts International Group, with the main feature of combining local characteristics. And the Sheraton The Hotel and Resort Group is the investment company of Jed Sherman Holdings, which holds 40% of the shares. You can also consider this hotel to be one of Mr. Jed Sherman's properties. I hope you can feel at home here, Rest early, everyone." The person in charge of the reception explained in fluent Chinese.
In fact, Jed doesn't like this way of showing off his wealth, but to make Ma Yun have some confidence in himself, he has to use the most local way to explain it.Although Ma Yun didn't go abroad many times, as an Internet practitioner, he still knows what kind of company Starwood Hotels and Resorts International Group is.The company's Sheraton and Westin are among the top luxury hotels in mainland China, and their parent company is actually only one of Jed Sherman's investments.Thinking of this, Ma Yun has confidence in Sherman's adequacy of funds.
After everyone had a day's rest to beat the jet lag, they were naturally borrowed to the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, the holy place for local tyrants in the minds of countless Asians.To be honest, this hotel doesn't have many features, but her only feature is enough.The Four Seasons Hotel inherits the fine style of Hollywood's golden age-luxury.What's important is that it's completely normal for you to have a meal here and meet some top Hollywood stars.It is precisely because of this that the restaurant of the Four Seasons Hotel is basically closed to the public, that is, a big local tyrant like Sherman can reserve a corner for a group of ordinary-looking people.
"Usually I'm not such a high-profile person, but in order to give you a little confidence, I have to be like this." These are the first words of Jed after his debut.This Chinese sentence that made fun of himself got everyone's laughter, and even Ma Yun felt a little embarrassed.
After all, everyone doubted Sherman's net worth at the beginning, but now everyone has no doubts.And everyone has been notified that due to the hasty invitation this time, no family members are allowed to accompany you, so Jed has asked people to prepare shopping for their mothers and wives or girlfriends from the most extravagant shopping in Beverly Hills - Beverly Hills Boulevard. Perfume, jewelry and other gifts.
"Tomorrow I'm going to invite you to visit our corporate headquarters in Burbank, and then we're going to visit the headquarters of Sherman Interactive Entertainment Group in Mountain View."
Jade still puts Google where it originally belonged. In fact, what is more important is that American high-tech companies such as Microsoft and Symantec are concentrated here in Mountain View.
Ma Yun and others have no objection to Jade's arrangement, and their main purpose of coming here is actually to return to the capital strength of the new parent company.And for Mountain View City, in the eyes of this group of computer-dead nerds, it is even more like a holy place.Just beyond Mountain View is Cupertino, where Apple is headquartered.In fact, Mountain View and Cupertino are not a big city, but a small town, so don't look at Apple and Google, it sounds like they are not the same place, in fact, it takes only half an hour to drive.However, the question in Ma Yun's heart now is what Jade thinks about Alibaba's future development, which makes him a little uneasy.But Jed doesn't seem to want to talk about business, he just arranges for everyone to travel to the United States.
After visiting the headquarters of the head office in Burbank and the headquarters of Interactive Entertainment Group in Mountain View, Ma Yun finally got the opportunity to have a private talk with Jed in person.In the past few days in the United States, Ma Yun also chatted with Jed Sherman with a few old friends. Now he finally knows how high his new boss is in the hearts of American Internet practitioners.