Google's matter is over first, IPO is never a simple matter, any company's IPO road is to involve a year or even more operations, as the most optimistic Internet company, Google's listing involves all aspects of interests, it is by no means a simple matter.

The valuation of Google's market capitalization is subject to a lot of calculations, and Larry Page is reluctant to cede the company's autonomy to Wall Street giants, what kind of bidding and subscription methods to use, how many shares to release in the initial public offering, etc., these are all carefully planned, and it is by no means a matter of doing what you want.

Google's revenue in 02 increased by more than 300% compared with 01, and revenue in 03 is estimated to increase by more than 200% compared with 02.

Most tech companies and their founders prefer to take the less resistant path to IPO, succumbing to pressure from venture capital firms and banks to choose the path to riches.

Now Google's advantage is that as a venture capitalist, Zhou Bai has no intention of forcing Larry Page, and as long as he keeps his financial health, Google will definitely take a different path, which is why Larry Page and Zhou Bai have such a good relationship, they are not just friends, but also allies.

Of course, Larry Page has always had a cool head, even in the second financing, the shares in his hands have not been diluted too much, the two founders still remain calm, not carried away by the funds, and with Zhou Bai's help, he is not under much pressure now.

For the shares in the hands of Zhou Bai and his son because of various pressures, he can only choose to convert into ordinary shares and gradually reduce his holdings to about 10%, Larry Page is actually in a very complicated mood, if there is a choice, he prefers to let Zhou Bai and his son hold more shares, but there are some things that even he can't object, and in the end he can't help with this matter.

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Hollywood, the world-famous movie center, is located on the east side of the Pacific Ocean on the coast of San Pedro Bay and Santa Monica Bay, the most well-known is probably the Oscar and the world's famous white landmark, of course, there are also the famous Walk of Fame, Beverly Hills, Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood Eight, etc., basically mention a place casually, many people are familiar with it.

On the set of Paramount, the crew of "Fast Pursuit", Zhou Bai walked in under the leadership of Hollywood bigwigs, and then met Cheng Xiaodong and others who were busy, this trip was really not easy.

This time, there were a lot of shots that needed to be shot on the set of Paramount, and Paramount's boss Lei Shidong happened to be interested in cooperating with the domestic film and television industry in China, so he took the initiative to hand over an olive branch after hearing the news that Baixiang Studio was looking for a studio, and the matter was soon decided.

Zhou Bai spent the first two days of his arrival in the United States with the Google gang, and the enthusiasm of Larry Page and others surprised Zhou Bai, but he didn't have time to visit Lei Shidong and Shirley Lansing, who really arrived on the set today under the leadership of Paramount's CEO Shirley Lansing.

If Zhou Bai was not a shareholder of Google, Lei Shidong would not have put down his body to receive Zhou Bai in person even if he wanted to cooperate with the domestic film and television industry, and Shirley Lansing, a big man who has dominated Hollywood for decades, would not be so enthusiastic to send him to the set of Paramount in person, and now everything seems to be logical.

"Zhou, our mission to send you here is complete, I hope you are doing well on the Paramount set, if you need any help, you can always come to me, I have already ordered it to go down, I believe everything will go well. Shirley Lansing smiled, as the CEO of Paramount, one of the eight Hollywood companies, she seemed to have no frame at all at the moment, and she was very easy-going.

"Thank you, I will. After hugging Shirley Lansing and watching her leave in the car, the smile on Zhou Bai's face only dropped slightly, and it was not an easy thing to deal with this kind of Hollywood bigwig.

"Zhou Sheng, if I'm not mistaken, it's Shirley Lansing, the head of Paramount, how could she personally send you here?" Cheng Xiaodong, who happened to come out to greet him, was shocked as if he had eaten a duck egg, and his mouth couldn't close.

"Yes, it's her, it's a long story, I'll tell you slowly in the future, I didn't expect her to be so enthusiastic today and personally send me here. Brother Dong, how is the crew preparing now, and how is the machine being debugged?" Zhou Bai smiled, did not continue to say more on this topic, and asked about the situation of the crew.

The crew members of "Fast Pursuit" now also feel that there are only a few days here, and many things need to be explored, whether it is a machine or a personnel, there is a run-in process, even if Cheng Xiaodong has been to Hollywood, it is not easy to control the crew now, so Zhou Bai asked so.

Zhou Bai was reluctant to elaborate on this topic, and Cheng Xiaodong didn't ask, this kind of thing is a bit sensitive after all, but he was shocked by Zhou Bai's strong connections again, he didn't expect that even Shirley Lansing he could get in touch with it, it seemed that there was still a friendship, in his heart, Cheng Xiaodong felt more and more unfathomable that Zhou Bai was unfathomable.

"Now that the actors are in place, and the rest of the crew is basically in place, now because the composition of the crew is more complicated, it is still in the most preliminary run-in, do you want me to take you to go shopping first?" Cheng Xiaodong shrugged and said after telling the situation of the past two days in detail.

Coming to Hollywood to film, Zhou Bai's crew cannot all be Chinese, and many of the equipment used this time are the best in Hollywood, so the members of the crew can almost be said to be from all over the world, of course, because of the limitation of production costs, many places still cannot be compared with Hollywood's big crews.

"Okay, you take me around first, there is still more than half a month before the official start time, I will meet the crew members first, have you found a good person for the role of gang killer?"

"We found a German actor, very dedicated, acting skills, but not famous, originally he played more literary films, originally this role was not big, but he heard that your movie, so he participated in the audition, so far the most suitable is him, of course, in the action scene still needs a little training to meet the requirements. Cheng Xiaodong said while taking Zhou Bai to the set.

"Oh, it can't be my movie fan, right? My movies don't have that much of an impact. Zhou Bai was stunned for a moment and said self-deprecatingly.