609. Cameron takes a stake in the financing
Cameron briefly addressed his question, and Cameron immediately fell silent.
Zhou Fangyuan knew that he was thinking, so he didn't urge, just drank coffee silently.
It took a long time before Cameron sighed, "Zhou, does your media company accept shares?"
Zhou Fangyuan raised his eyebrows, "Can I know who it is?"
"Disney. ”
"I accept. ”
"Very good, I will prepare the funds when I go back, and you will handle the contract matters, but Zhou, I want to tell you in advance that I am actually very reluctant to participate in these things, especially those linked to politics, just because you and I have the same philosophy, I treat you as a friend, so don't let me down." ”
Cameron said seriously.
"Of course," Zhou Fangyuan nodded, "You treat me as a friend, I actually treat you as my New Year's friend, and Avatar is also my wish, I will definitely not let you down." ”
"That's good," Cameron stood up, "I might have to go back, the shooting schedule is very tight, and if it wasn't for you saying that there was something urgent, I probably wouldn't have come out." ”
"Understood, then I'll deal with this matter. ”
"I'll see you later. ”
Cameron nodded, shook hands with Zhou Fangyuan, and turned to leave.
After he left, Zhou Fangyuan sat down again and looked at the street outside in a daze.
He didn't expect that it would be Disney who was tossing him behind his back, it stands to reason that the previous cooperation between the two sides was not bad, and both parties were very satisfied, why would Disney suddenly make a move on himself? Is it because of Marvel? Or because of the superhero series of movies? Or is it his own nationality? However, Disney, as a world-famous large company, should not be so short-sighted, let alone take the initiative to provoke enemies. The result of their doing this is that at most, Zhou Fangyuan's Mi Guoxing will be greatly discounted, the big deal is that the movie will not be made, anyway, the copyright is in their own hands, and others can't make it.
Warcraft movie itself Zhou Fangyuan is only an investor, most of which are from Blizzard, even if he is the majority shareholder of Blizzard, but Blizzard is a company in the United States after all, and Mike is also a pure American countryman, plus a Cameron, Disney has no reason to cause more trouble for himself.
So when they do this, nine times out of ten, they still want to get involved, probably because they see that their side may not need their strength, so they use various methods to make trouble for Zhou Fangyuan, and they will come forward when Zhou Fangyuan is annoyed...... It's quite beautiful to think about, but it's a pity that ordinary people may not be able to see the Tao here, but Cameron has been in Hollywood for decades, and he has seen this kind of thing I don't know how many times, and he can see the root of the problem at a glance - Zhou Fangyuan!
Yes, Zhou Fangyuan is the root of all problems, because Zhou Fangyuan is a Chinese, and there is basically no power at all on the side of the country, so Disney can let go of his hands and feet to toss Zhou Fangyuan, they don't believe that Zhou Fangyuan can find Olympic aid, they are confident that they will force Zhou Fangyuan to commit it. Therefore, Cameron proposed to take a stake in Yuanfang Media, if he becomes a shareholder of the company, then Yuanfang Media will have a strong spokesperson on the side of the United States.
At the same time, it can also send a signal to the outside world - don't play tricks, we now have people who know how to do it.
It can be seen that Disney doesn't want to mess up the relationship with Zhou Fangyuan, otherwise they wouldn't have used this kind of small means all the time, if they really want to drive Zhou Fangyuan out of the United States, they should use more powerful means. In the final analysis, it is just a kind of foreshadowing for cooperation, but they themselves know that this cooperation may be difficult to succeed, so they have made some not-so-bright preparations in advance. But if Cameron comes forward, not to mention anything else, these preparations in advance will first become meaningless, and secondly, Cameron's fame is too big, so big that even if Disney is put aside, there are countless companies willing to cooperate with him, and he is alone, in a way, he has the level of wrestling with Disney, at least the current Disney can't overpower Cameron.
When the time comes, plus Blizzard, as well as Twitter and Facebook, which have begun to sell shares, although they are emerging websites, they are currently the most familiar names in the Internet circle in the United States, and these aspects add up, in fact, they are no worse than Disney. Especially the two Internet companies, if they really want to do some bad publicity to Disney, it is simply not too easy.
Cameron's shareholding is tantamount to protecting Zhou Fangyuan in a change of direction, and at the same time, it is also a platform for Yuanfang Media, so that Yuanfang Media's already good reputation can be further enhanced, which is a benefit that can be seen directly in front of you.
More benefits are more, and Cameron itself also has benefits, the income of Far Media is increasing every year, and in the future, based on China, sitting on the world's second largest film market, Cameron can completely bypass the domestic rules and directly let his own films be released in China, without having to go through the annual quota of imported films, which is also good for Cameron.
It can be said that Cameron's entry can be regarded as a strong alliance, and his behavior also shows his affirmation of Zhou Fangyuan and the friendship between the two.
Overall, the pros definitely outweigh the cons.
Packing up his mood, Zhou Fangyuan checked out and left.
He came to the United States this time, mainly for this matter, he could feel that someone was deliberately tossing himself, but he didn't know who was behind the scenes, let alone what the other party was for.
But through this meal with Cameron, he not only knows the beginning and end of all this, but also has solved this incident, and overall, the harvest is still full.
However, Zhou Fangyuan is still a little unhappy, his goal is Disney, but he hasn't done anything to Disney yet, Disney turned his head and fired at himself, although it was just a few small movements, and the purpose was not really to do anything to himself, but Zhou Fangyuan was still unhappy, he was holding back the fire in his heart, so he had to vent.
As soon as he pushed open the door, he saw Xu Ruxuan sitting on the sofa barefoot watching TV, and there was still the sound of dripping water in the bathroom. Ruxuan paused for a moment, and was about to say hello, but was picked up by Zhou Fangyuan, and then walked straight towards the bedroom of the hotel.
Ruxuan snorted, but did not resist, and directly buried his face in Zhou Fangyuan's chest, making an ostrich shape.
And then...... Needless to say, a big battle lasted until the evening of the same day, and Zhou Fangyuan tried his best to finally vent the anger in his heart. As for the others...... Sorry, that wasn't in his mind.
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Now that he has come to the United States, Zhou Fangyuan does not plan to go back in the short term.
On the one hand, he has to grasp the filming process of Warcraft, and at the same time, he can't ignore Iron Man's side, of course, this is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that Twitter and Facebook are going to raise funds.
The financing matter has been negotiated a long time ago, and Zhou Fangyuan already knew the relevant quotations before the start of the World Cup, but there were some things during the period, of course, it has nothing to do with Zhou Fangyuan's side, it is the investor's own problem, and the financing can only be temporarily stopped. Now the fundraising is back in business, but the number of users on Facebook and Twitter has increased a lot. Although it can't be said to be explosive growth, after all, these two companies are not profitable at the moment, and they can't greatly expand the size of their servers. But even so, the two websites have shown more powerful potential, and the price of this financing has changed again.
Zhou Fangyuan doesn't know much about this matter, he just pays attention to the price, what he knows, the final price, Facebook is very high, has reached a valuation of 500 million US dollars, and because of its terrifying self-appreciation speed, investors want to get more shares. In the end, the other party agreed to buy a 15% stake in Facebook for $75 million, which is a rare high-value deal in recent years, and it has caused quite a stir on Wall Street. As for Twitter, it is slightly worse, with a valuation of only $300 million, and investors are ready to buy 10 shares, so it is only a pitiful 30 million, which is about the same as Twitter.
But having said that, it's not easy to sell for so much money, okay? The two companies combined with 25% of the shares directly earned Zhou Fangyuan more than 100 million US dollars, although he couldn't use the money himself, but the shares were valuable in his hands. Not to mention that these two companies have not yet been listed, once they are listed, the stock price soars, and Zhou Fangyuan's shares will skyrocket overnight, and many of his follow-up plans will be implemented at that time.
But it's still a bit far to say this, and Zhou Fangyuan hasn't thought about it so much for the time being.
The financing ceremony of the two companies was held recently, and Zhou Fangyuan, as the owner of the two companies, of course, also needs to be present.
The owner of this company on the surface is An Lin, but in fact, the owner behind it is AL Investment Company, and the boss of AL Investment is Zhou Fangyuan, so Zhou Fangyuan is the last owner. He must come forward for such a thing as financing, there is no way to do this, he can't hide if he wants to. In fact, according to his original thoughts, he was reluctant to appear in front of people more, after all, as we all know, the United States is still very repulsive to Huaxia, but then again, even if Zhou Fangyuan doesn't come forward, can't the United States find out the behind-the-scenes of these two companies?
Impossible!
If you want to check, you must be able to find it, which goes without saying.
I haven't checked it now, and it's just because the value of the two companies in the social field has not yet been shown, and the various well-known doors in the future, all kinds of Mi government have not yet broken out in the software or website to open the back door, or rather, the current Mi government has not really launched these plans, so for the time being, the attention of the Mi government is not enough. So for now, it's okay for Zhou Fangyuan to stand in front for the time being. But as time goes by, Zhou Fangyuan and his AL must retreat, and even the controlling stake will definitely be handed over, which is certain.
Especially after the United States government launched various Internet plans, it is basically impossible for him to continue to maintain such an identity.
Unless he wants to fight against the entire Mi government, but come on, is this a one-person business?
Zhou Fangyuan didn't have that kind of strength or that kind of courage, so when that time really came, he could only exist as an ordinary shareholder, and most of the shares had to be sold, so as to ensure his safety.
Of course, that's fine, in fact, Zhou Fangyuan didn't plan to really do anything on these two websites from the beginning, these two websites can only be regarded as tools for him to make money, just like the movie "The Shining", knowing that they will be very prosperous in the future, so get it out in advance and cut a wave of wool at the right time, anyway, there are people who are willing to take over at that time, which Zhou Fangyuan never doubts.
On the fifth day of coming to the United States, Zhou Fangyuan finally met with the investor.
Of course, the investors were a little surprised to see that the boss of AL was actually Chinese, but it was just surprise, they didn't think much about it, let alone ask more.
I didn't remember it, and there were no irrelevant personnel, just a few people from the investor, as well as Zhou Fangyuan, An Lin and her secretary, and several people signed the financing agreement in the conference room.
The next day was another group of people, in short, with the signing of the two agreements, the value of Zhou Fangyuan's shares in the two companies also soared significantly.
For example, his stake in Facebook is currently worth more than $400 million, while Twitter's side is worse, less than $300 million, but in any case, the two companies spent less than $10 million from their inception to financing, and now they have suddenly become 700 million dollars, an increase of 70 times. And now that the company has money, it can develop on a larger scale, and then the shares will continue to soar, go public, and cash out...... Zhou Fangyuan has thought about it, it will be a year or two at most, he is not ready to really wait for the establishment of the trillion-scale Internet empire, he knows that with the continuous development of the two websites, there will be more and more big names in the future, he Zhou Fangyuan is still just a child, no matter what, he can't face those real behemoths, not to mention that there may be the existence of the United States government behind the people.
So in Zhou Fangyuan's expectation, he only needs to keep a single-digit stake in the end, and any more, there may be trouble.
This is not alarmist, in the original time and space, after Huaxia became strong, there were few similar things? The United States not only exerted pressure on Huaxia at the government level, but also frequently used means in the commercial field. Anyway, Zhou Fangyuan can't say anything about such a big thing, but he knows how to pursue advantages and avoid disadvantages, and holding too many shares and funds will always cause trouble. Rather than that, it is better to retreat a little, anyway, all he needs is money, as long as the shares of these two websites can get him enough money, he does not mind handing over the shares.
It's that simple, because he has other plans, and as long as his plan is successfully implemented, the impact on the United States will not necessarily be worse than these two websites, and it may even be higher.
It's like a smart phone, headquartered in Huaxia, you can completely ignore the situation on the side of the United States government, that is where Zhou Fangyuan's real foundation lies, just two social networking sites, he can really give up at any time, as long as the money is enough, he will definitely not feel distressed.
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