"Full?" Xu Zhi couldn't help frowning.

David Klein said again: "Yes, but it's not actually a problem, there is a way to cut into the Christmas file, but it depends on whether Mr. Xu dares to do this?"

Xu Zhi asked, "What method?"

David Klein said: "Christmas is indeed full, but it's basically all movies that come out on that day, and there was still some gap in the month before. ”

Xu Zhidao: "Early release?"

David Klein said: "Yes, but there will be a certain risk in this, of course, if the results are good, it will inevitably continue after Christmas, but if the results are poor, or in general, once you encounter the Christmas schedule movies of other film companies, it is very likely to be directly painted, so the loss is not small." ”

Xu Zhi thought for a while and said, "Then choose this method and release it in advance!"

David Klein smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go check the information of all parties, but the specific details will have to wait until your film is completely filmed." ”

Xu Zhi nodded and said, "No problem." ”

After chatting casually for a while, Xu Zhi said goodbye and left.

has run so many distribution companies, at present, this Colombian company is the most reliable, but even so, before the finished film comes out, there is no way to talk about follow-up cooperation.

We can only wait for the movie to finish!

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Just as Xu Zhi was busy with the release of the movie, an unexpected phone call, Xu Zhi had to put down everything in his hand and board a plane to Redmond, Washington.

When we think of Washington, we all think of the capital of the United States, the political center of the world.

But

There are 31 counties named after Washington

There are 26 municipalities named after Washington

There are 240 towns named after Washington

As for the streets, there are countless of them......

And the capital in the real sense is not actually called Washington City, but Washington, D.C., referred to as DC!

But in fact, in the United States, there is one state named after Washington, that is, Washington in the northwest corner, which is also the state where the city of Seattle is located.

Redmond is an important technology hub in the Seattle metropolitan area, home to Microsoft and Nintendo's U.S. headquarters.

In later generations, the entire Nintendo is a drop in the bucket compared to Microsoft, but the current Microsoft is still a small company that has just been established for two years.

Xu Zhi's purpose for coming here is that he entrusted Goldman Sachs to take a stake in Microsoft a few months ago, and now Paul Allen is finally relieved, but the specific transaction and how much the transaction will have to be discussed by the two in person.

The meeting place was about to be in a café on the outskirts of Redmond, the location had already been decided, Xu Zhi glanced at the café, and saw a young white man sitting by the window.

"Hello Mr. Allen!" Xu Zhi walked over and shook hands and greeted.

"You're Eric Xu?" Paul Allen smiled back, "Please be seated." ”

Speaking of Paul Allen, in later generations, many people only think that he is a lucky boy who started a business with Bill Gates, and after Bill Gates succeeded, he also gained a huge fortune.

But in fact, this is a misunderstanding of him, all along, he has been pressed under the halo of Bill Gates.

In fact, in 1975, when Bill Gates was preparing to follow his father's orders to go to Harvard University to study pre-law, it was Paul Allen who approached him and invited him to develop a matching basic programming language for the first microcomputer at that time, Altair8800.

After the success, it was Paul Allen who contacted Roberts, the founder of the MITS company of altair8800, and persuaded the other party to give him and Bill Gates a chance to show on the spot, and the ending was of course happy, MITS spent $180,000 to obtain the right to use this software, in fact, this is Microsoft's first pot of gold!

In 76, Microsoft was incorporated, and even Bill Gates was actually fooled by Paul, without Paul Allen, Bill Gates might have been a lawyer in his life.

Because of the popularity of MITS altair8800, their subsequent revenue exceeded $1 million in 78, which also laid the foundation for later cooperation with IBM.

In the early history of Microsoft's development, Paul Allen's role and credit are actually no less than Bill Gates, but tragedy happened to him, in 1983, he was tested for a lymphatic malignancy called Hodgkin's disease, in order to treat it with peace of mind, he quit his job at Microsoft, but at that time, Microsoft's foundation had been laid, so all the achievements and honors were given to Bill Gates!

However, at this moment, Paul Allen is still full of beard, and his demeanor still has a geek style, even if he meets Xu Zhi, he has not made any modifications to his appearance.

"Thank you. Xu Zhi sat down.

Paul Allen said directly: "I heard that you want to buy Microsoft stock?"

Xu Zhi nodded and said, "Not bad." ”

"Why?" asked Paul Allen, "we're just a small company, we've only been around for more than two years, and not to mention you, even I, the founder, don't know the company's financial reports or revenue, how could you think of investing in a company like ours?"

Xu Zhi was prepared and explained: "My investment is not actually based on Microsoft's current achievements, but on you and Bill Gates!"

"The two of us?" Paul Allen laughed, "Do you know us well?"

Xu Zhidao: "Of course, the most important thing in venture capital is to look at the founders, not the temporary success or loss of a company. ”

Paul Allen said: "It's a very strange idea, but without a good business model, it's more likely to fail. ”

Xu Zhi smiled: "Yes, but since it is a venture capital, the biggest possibility is naturally that it is risky, but in many cases, as long as it succeeds once, the other 99 failures can also be replenished." ”

Paul Allen nodded and asked, "In that case, why don't you contact our company directly, but instead contact me through private channels?"

Xu Zhidao: "Because I don't have what Microsoft needs, but I have what Mr. Allen needs!"

Paul Allen asked, "What does Microsoft need? What do I need?"

Xu Zhi said: "What Microsoft needs is not investment, but an investment fund with strong resources to deal with the problems brought about by the company's growing growth, including management, market development and so on. ”

Paul Allen nodded, during this period of time, with the increase in business, he and Bill Gates had to spend a lot of time on the company's business and operation management, which also led to a serious lack of time invested in the company's product technology, according to history, until 1980, Bill Gates found Ballmer, this problem was solved.

Xu Zhi continued: "I don't have the resources behind me, but the only thing I have is actually dollars, Microsoft may not be short of cash for the time being, but Mr. Allen shouldn't care about a little more dollars, right?"

Alan narrowed his eyes and fell silent.

Xu Zhi said: "I just want to invest in Microsoft strategically, I will not ask for any rights, and I will not interfere in Microsoft's operations in the future!"

After speaking, Xu Zhi stopped, he was waiting for Paul Allen's reply.

After a while, Paul Allen asked, "How many shares do you want?"

“10%。 Xu Zhi said with a smile, some talks are hopeful, and he is actually quite confident in this.

Paul Allen was an extreme hedonist in later life, but in fact, it was because of the appearance of cancer that he became a completely different person.

And now he is actually the same as Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and others, who have always wanted to change the future by relying on technology, but unlike the latter two who are obsessed with personal computers, Paul Allen actually attaches more importance to investment in the information superhighway.

Unfortunately, unlike computers, which require too much investment, and Microsoft is indeed making good profits now, but its main business is still software development, and Bill Gates is unlikely to agree to use the funds in other industries.

Paul Allen shook his head and refused: "10% is too much, 5% at most." ”

Xu Zhi asked, "Does Bill Gates know about this?"

Paul Allen nodded and said, "I know, he doesn't object to me selling some of the shares, but he also asks me not to sell too much." ”

"Okay, 5% of the stock, $250,000, what does Mr. Allen think?" Xu Zhi quoted his price, Microsoft's revenue this year should be more than one million dollars, but how much profit is not clear, he gave a valuation of $5 million, which can be regarded as a temptation.

"It's too low. Paul Allen said directly.

"It's not low. Xu Zhidao: "Although I don't know the internal situation of Microsoft, but the market share of the entire market with your company's altair8800 can be checked, not to mention that Apple's computers are very famous now, and their computers come with software, Microsoft's market share is declining!"

Paul Allen frowned, this is indeed Microsoft's biggest headache now, although Microsoft's performance is still rising, but the hardware computer market it relies on has actually been threatened by Apple, and Apple's own software reserves are very good, Microsoft can't start at all.

Xu Zhi is also accurate, now is the weakest period for Microsoft, and when Bill Gates is on the IBM thigh, it will be difficult to buy Microsoft shares no matter how much money is spent at that time.

Xu Zhi said: "That's it, Mr. Allen, 5% of the stock price is $250,000, but if you are willing to sell 10%, then I am willing to pay $1 million!"

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