Although Henry came to negotiate in the name of Nicholas Bookstore, it was not Nicholas Bookstore who actually paid for it, but Henry. Although both companies have the same boss, it is necessary to set up a separate company in order to have clear property rights and avoid confusion in the company. When the Nicholas Group is established in the future, and Pixar is then under the group, there will be no problem.

After the Pixar acquisition, the first thing to do was to relocate. In order to take care of Pixar's employees, Henry's company headquarters did not move quickly, and it was still in Emoryville, California, USA. Once they were settled, Henry transferred the money to Lucas's account and told them to do their job. Henry didn't limit or ask them to do anything, but let them use their talents to the fullest and do whatever they wanted!

Is a bound Pixar still a Pixar?

Anyone who has seen a Pixar office will be amazed that they are not offices at all, but leisure centers. There is no difference between the size of the company, completely equal, usually talking, even if the sweeping aunt suddenly came to inspiration, you can also insert two sentences, win the applause of everyone!

Everyone worked together and used their imagination to give full play to each animation!!

Although Henry was very relieved about Pixar, the water in Hollywood was very deep, and Henry didn't want Pixar to drown after entering.

In the previous life, when Pixar Animation Studio first started, it was very difficult. At that time, although Jobs was kicked out of Apple, his dream of computers has not been shattered in his heart, and he invested most of his money in his newly established computer company. Jobs took care of one thing and the other, resulting in Pixar Animation Studio having no money for technology research and development, no money to make the animated movies he wanted to make, and finally had to take a lot of small orders in order to survive, which took a long time. If Pixar hadn't hugged Disney's thigh later, I'm afraid he would have been killed by Jobs!

Now that he has been involved in film and television, it is necessary to insert it a little harder and deeper!

Henry then went to Nicholas Bookstore to discuss some issues with CEO Gely Hurt and the company's chief technology officer, Tom Wilson. Tom Wilson was thirty or forty years old, graduated from Stanford University, worked as a senior software engineer at IBM, and was poached by Henry with high technology. The three of them arrived in the conference room, and Henry spoke his mind.

"I want you to make a website about movies, and the name of this website is called the Internet Movie Database, or IMBD for short. The idea of a website is all in this document, so take a good look at it and consider whether it is enforceable!" said Henry, handing them the printed document to look through.

MDb is designed to be very detailed, with a lot of information about the film, actors, film, content introduction, ratings, reviews, etc., and fans can rate the movie!

Geely Hurt and Tom Wilson looked very closely, and after reading it, they had to admire Henry.

"Chairman, this website is so perfectly designed, I think it's very doable!! Tom Wilson affirms.

"I think that once this website comes out, we will have a certain say in Hollywood! Chairman, your idea is so good!" Geely Hurt naturally thought a little more far-reaching as CEO, knowing that Henry had acquired a computer animation department and named it Pixar Animation Studios, and it was obvious that his goal was to break into Hollywood!

"That's good, you can make a website as soon as possible according to my design!" Henry instructed, then paused, and then said to them, "Well, this website will be under the banner of Nicholas Bookstore in the future!"

"Yes!! "When they heard that the IMBD website was going to be listed under the Nicholas Bookstore, Geely and Tom were very happy and excited. This will greatly increase the influence of Nicholas Bookstore!

Henry left Nicholas Bookstore and went on to Cisco.

It was only in 1990 that the world's first web server appeared. Nowadays, the concept of a server is not yet clear, and in Henry's opinion, using an ordinary computer as a server is too low-end. Not to mention the low efficiency, there are often messes. With the development of the network and the impact of a large number of traffic, a good server is particularly important!

It's only been a long time since the Internet emerged, and people haven't realized the importance of servers!

Henry intends to set up a new company from the Cisco Wave of people, which will be jointly invested by Cisco and Nicholas Bookstore. A server must have not only hardware, but also software. The two cooperate, and this is the best. Nicholas Bookstore, wholly owned by Henry, can be decided in one word, while Cisco, Henry still has to discuss with Cisco's large and small shareholders.

Being autocratic is not a good leader!

Because Henry is learning how to be a great leader......

Before coming to Cisco, Henry made a phone call to Ford Brooke and told him to come to the company to discuss things. Ford Brooke holds a seat on Cisco's Board of Directors as a representative of Sequoia Capital. Therefore, for such a major matter as the joint establishment of a new company, it is natural to inform him. When Henry arrives at Cisco, Bossak is working in the lab and Henry sends someone to inform him to come to the conference room.

Soon after, Mr. and Mrs. Bossack and Ford Brooke arrived in the conference room. They still had doubts on their faces, wondering why Henry had called them to a meeting.

After everyone sat down, Henry spoke, "Today we are going to discuss important developments related to the future of Cisco. Everyone should know that with the rise of the Internet, online services have gradually become a trend, and Nicholas Bookstore is a typical representative nowadays! But at the same time, this kind of online service website will now face a huge problem, that is, the problem of the website system often collapsing!! there are two main reasons for the collapse, one is the increase in the number of user visits, and the other is the problem of the system itself. Because the system could not withstand such a large amount of traffic, the system crashed. However, there are two main factors that affect the system itself, one is the hardware aspect, and the other is the software aspect. Therefore, how to make a stable system to ensure that the website does not crash again is particularly important at present!"

Henry paused for a moment to digest them, and then continued: "First of all, I will propose a new concept here, this new concept is called 'server', in short, it refers to a special computer that provides some kind of service! Its composition includes a processor, a hard disk, memory, a system bus, etc., similar to a general computer architecture. However, the requirements for processing power, stability, reliability, security, scalability, manageability, etc. are much higher than those of ordinary computers, and according to the type of services provided, they are divided into web servers, database servers, application servers, etc., which will be a huge engineering !!"

As soon as Henry finished speaking, several people present were stunned.

Ford Brook's eyes shone brightly, and he looked very "unbearable", and hurriedly said: "Henry, in this matter, we Sequoia Capital must join !!"

Henry ignored him and said to everyone with a smile: "Since this project requires software and hardware support, I would like to cooperate with Nicholas Bookstore and Cisco to set up a new company separately for the research and development of servers!"

"That's a good thing, of course we support it!" Bossak nodded in agreement, and Lerner agreed.

Naturally, Ford Brooke agreed, but he also wanted to invest in the newly formed company. But Henry temporarily dismissed his request, saying, "If necessary, I will agree to Sequoia Capital's financing plan!"

Ford Brooke finally found some comfort in his heart when he received this reply. He also knew that it was impossible for Henry to let Sequoia Capital come in and take advantage of the company's new start-up, but fortunately, everyone had a good relationship, and Henry gave a guarantee and promised to let Sequoia Capital raise funds in the future.

Afterwards, the crowd began to discuss how to form the new company. Roughly speaking, Nicholas Bookstore and Cisco contributed money and each held half of the shares, but considering that this project was proposed by Henry, as an advocate, Henry got an additional 1% of the shares, so Cisco and Nicholas Bookstore each held 49.5% of the shares! Although Nicholas Bookstore is fully controlled by Henry, there should be a clear distinction between individuals and companies. 1% belongs to Henry and 49.5% belongs to Nicholas Books, and the two should not be confused.

At the end of the meeting, Ford Brooke quietly approached Henry and mysteriously pulled him aside, smiling all over his face.

Henry was stunned and looked puzzled: "Ford, what's wrong with you, do you have something to do with me?"

"Hehe......" Ford Brooke smiled, as if he were peddling some small movie disc on the street, and whispered, "Do you want to invest in Nicholas Bookstore?"

Henry gave him a blank look, and said angrily: "What's the matter? After you Sequoia Capital took advantage of Cisco, you targeted my Nicholas Bookstore again?"

"Hehe, you can't say that. "As for the fact that we are targeting Nicholas Bookstore again, there is no way to do it, who called you a genius, especially the Netscape browser you developed, this thing is so creative!!! Our Sequoia Capital analysts agree that this Netscape browser will become a gateway to the online world in the future, and it has great potential for development!"

I thought I had taken a fancy to the e-commerce website of Nicholas Bookstore! Alas, can the browser be compared to Alibaba? I don't know it, it's terrible! Henry despised it in his heart......

"So, you want to invest in Netscape Browser?" asked Henry nonchalantly.

"Yes, yes!" Ford Brooke nodded in response when he saw that Henry's attitude seemed to have softened.

Henry also took it and considered whether to invest in Sequoia Capital. Holding a single company by itself seems a bit weak, and it is obvious that several suitable strategic partners will be needed in the future, and Sequoia Capital can be regarded as one of them.

"Nicholas Bookstore will spin off Netscape and become a subsidiary. Henry thought for a moment and said.

Ford Brooke's eyes lit up when he heard this.

"However, there is one condition. Henry's next sentence made Ford Brooke nervous.

"What conditions do you say?" asked Ford Brooke cautiously. He's seen how great Henry is, and he's definitely the kind of shrewd guy who doesn't play by the rules!!

Sure enough, Henry's offer immediately made Ford Brooke embarrassed.

"Share swap !! exchange Apple shares for Netscape Browser shares!" Henry said lightly.

"Apple has begun to decline, since IBM began to enter the personal computer market, Apple has been hit hard, its performance has fallen sharply, and even Apple founder Steve Jobs has been implicated and kicked out of the company. And the new CEO John Scully, who took over Jobs' position, made a series of mistakes, and he actually signed a contract that allowed Microsoft to use some of Apple's graphical interface technology by agreeing to Microsoft's production of software (such as Word and Excel) for Apple! I dare to say that this contract will be the worst contract for Apple since its establishment! After Microsoft gets Apple's graphical interface technology, it will definitely push a system similar to Apple's interface, and Apple is undoubtedly digging its own grave!!

"One is the sunset, and the other is the rising sun. Mr. Brooke, if it were you, who would you choose?"

Ford Brooke's face was solemn, and Henry made the situation of Apple very clear, and Apple was dying of old age and had long since lost its former glory. Now Apple's stock has fallen one after another, like a knife cutting flesh on Sequoia Capital, which hurts and hurts. However, although Apple is in decline, the emaciated camel is bigger than a horse, and it is far from being comparable to Netscape!

Ford Brooke couldn't make up his mind about the share swap, so he told Henry to go back and discuss it with the members of the board. Henry smiled and agreed, letting them think slowly and not in a hurry. Of course, Henry is not in a hurry, because he knows that Apple's performance will continue to decline, and when Microsoft launches the Windows 2.0.3 operating system in 1988 with a graphic logo similar to that of the Mac, Apple will have to cry!

Without a patent for a graphical interface, Microsoft would not have been able to achieve great success with its Windows system. In fact, Henry also covets the operating system, but others have long been covered with patent barriers, and many things can't be bypassed at all, otherwise Microsoft wouldn't be so awesome in the future!!

Henry didn't know how they negotiated after Ford Brooke returned to Sequoia Capital. Henry, on the other hand, was busy opening a new company, first of all, the name of the new company, so what should be the name of the company that produced the server? Henry thought about it, so he called it "Noah's Ark", a seemingly lame name!

The end times are coming, and Noah's Ark carries the future of mankind!

Henry felt that the Noah's Ark Company he had established carried the future of the Internet! However, any company related to the Internet must have servers, and hundreds of millions of data will be stored and run in servers. It's okay to say that it's the Noah's Ark of the Internet!

A few days later, Henry sent someone to register the company and set up its headquarters in Silicon Valley. Because there are too many high-tech companies here, it is the best choice to promote the company's product server! ）