His girlfriend came to pick him up, Mark was very happy, although they had only been separated for more than half a month, they hugged each other tightly as if they hadn't seen each other for three years, and they separated for a long time.

Returning to Los Angeles, California, Mark has a feeling of returning as a king, at the moment he is a member of the North Mi 300 million club, and there are no more than ten directors who can shoot North Mi's 300 million works, but what makes Mark even more proud is that he has become the fourth largest shareholder of Brother Gu, with 15% of the equity, as long as it is not diluted, in time, he will become a world-class superwealth.

Mark and his girlfriend hugged at the passenger exit, and were found by paparazzi reporters wandering nearby, who used their cameras to record this warm and touching side, but when the reporter rushed up to interview them, they were discovered in advance, and they quickly got in the car and left.

Since the British Princess Diana had a car accident in France, the paparazzi's crazy behavior of chasing pictures has aroused public outrage in the industry, and the paparazzi no longer dare to chase pictures unscrupulously.

Mark noticed that Blake's car was now driving quite smoothly, shuttling through the traffic like a fish, very nimble, and Mark said, "How is this car?"

Blake laughed, "What if I say I don't like it?"

Mark said: "Then go to the 4S store and choose one you like, I am now Mr. 20 million, and I am not bad for money." ”

"I like it very much, and I'm the envy of my classmates," Blake said. ”

Mark said, "I want to move out, do you have any suggestions?"

Blake blushed and said, "That's good! You have more privacy, but I'm not going to move in with you, at least until I'm in college." ”

High school and college are completely two worlds, many families do not pay tuition, let them work or study part-time or borrow money to complete their studies, generally after entering college, they are considered adults, parents are unrestrained, they can live together openly, but not now, Blake still does not dare.

Mark was a little disappointed and said, "It's a pity, the house is empty, and I'll be very lonely." ”

Blake said, "Can I have a party at your place?"

Mark said: "Of course, but I haven't found a house yet, so I'll look for it when I have time these days." ”

Blake came up with an idea: "It's best to let the agent find it for you." ”

As they spoke, they soon arrived at David's villa, and when they heard the sound of the car, Kayla rushed out and threw herself into Mark's arms, and she refused to come down again, and she blushed and said, "Brother, I miss you very much." ”

Mark kissed and kissed her apple-like face, and said with a smile: "I also want my princess, there is a gift, do you want it?"

Kayla said excitedly, "Give it to me, give it to me." Mark asked Blake to take out a beautifully wrapped gift box from the trunk and give it to Kayla, and she was willing to leave Mark, holding the gift box, and running back to the living room to open the gift.

Sophia was preparing dinner, and David was reading the newspaper, and when he saw Mark coming back, David was very happy, put down the newspaper, and said, "Come back, sit down." ”

Mark sat down on the sofa across from him, where Blake was a regular customer, and she poured a cup of coffee for each of them, then took Mark's luggage back to her room, and then ran to the kitchen to help Sophia, where she got along as well as she did in her own home.

Mark and David actually don't have much deep feelings, not even as good as Sophia and Kayla's, there is little interaction between them, and the relationship is naturally thin, they talked about some things at work, David is still satisfied with Mark, in his eyes, Mark after a period of learning and adaptation, after leaving school, like a wild horse, moving forward quickly, and achieving great success in the short term, this is inevitable and deserved, because this is his genes, and what makes him even happier is that Mark and their brother and sister love each other, which makes him less troubled.

David talked about Brother Gu: "Brother Gu has officially decided to go public for financing, while Brother Gu announced the news of the listing internally, the outside world got the same news, the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg News, Reuters News and other major global financial media and CNN, the New York Times and other mainstream media have reported the news, led by the largest investment bank Morgan Stanley and Europe's largest technology bank Zurich Credit First Boston, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and other more than a dozen of the world's largest technology banks to participate in the listing of Gu Ge officially kicked off, they will raise 2.7 billion US dollars, this is one of the 25 largest IP0 in history, the entire Wall Street and the majority of investors are excited, your vision and luck are extremely good, it can be said that you will double your net worth in a few months. ”

"It's us. Mark asked knowingly: "Why is there such a big company to support Brother Gu?"

David said: " Since the 02 technology bubble, Internet technology stocks are in a downturn, the stocks held by these companies have depreciated sharply, they must do something to stimulate the stock market, so that investors can restore confidence, the market is prosperous again, this is a risky speculative action, only allowed to succeed, not allowed to fail, throughout the Internet many companies, only Brother Gu has good performance, with huge operability, which has become their inevitable choice, so to speak, you have become the chosen one, Brother Gu listed, will greatly stimulate the stock market, make the stock market rise, so that a large number of junk stocks in their hands appreciate, they are playing a big game of chess。 ”

Mark said excitedly: "In this way, it is not a problem that we are worth billions of dollars, maybe we are another Oracle or Microsoft." ”

It just so happened that Sophia said: "It's not so simple, they see that Brother Gu is unprofitable, little interest, in the previous listing action, the price of the original shares is negotiated by the company to be listed and the contractor, generally speaking, the price is lower than the actual value, and the contractor and their big customers make the difference, so of course it damages the interests of the listed company and the interests of small and medium-sized investors, only if the price is low, they will be profitable, not only that, the contractor will also control the allocation of the original shares, unless it is very large, Very important customers, ordinary people do not get any subscription rights at all. In this way, the interests of small and medium-sized investors cannot be guaranteed. ”

Mark asked, "What should we do?"

Sophia said: " In order to ensure the interests of us and small and medium-sized investors, Wall Street will earn a little less, and they also know this, and it is not easy to say it on the surface, and it will definitely not be uncooperative with Brother Gu behind the scenes, therefore, there was a situation where the original shares of the first fundraising were not subscribed, and we decided to make a quick decision to lower the price of some original shares, and at the same time greatly reduced the amount of financing, from the original $2.7 billion to $1.7 billion, and the stock price from $135 per share to $85 per share, so as to avoid a large amount of dilution of their shares at too low prices。 ”

Mark didn't understand, and he asked, "So Brother Gu's market value won't be very high, right?"

Sophia said: "You can't become fat by eating in one bite, as long as you have a firm foothold, we can carry out the BCDE round of financing." ”

Regarding how Mark's equity in Gu Ge operates, Mark doesn't know, it has always been Sophia who is operating as an agent, and for Mark, as long as the equity is not diluted and transferred, everything is not a big problem, which is his big killer.

Sophia also thought that Mark was not happy with the result, and comforted: "No company has ever been able to achieve great success from the beginning, neither Microsoft nor Oracle. ”

Mark said: "I understand, the money has doubled in just a few months, this is no different from robbery, what am I not satisfied with?"

During the meal, Mark politely proposed to move out, David looked a little unhappy, seeing David's appearance, Blake immediately raised his hand and said, "It's not my proposal, and I have no plans to move out." ”

Sophia patted David's hand and said, "When my son grows up, sooner or later there will be such a day, Mark, I have a request." ”

Mark said, "Please speak." ”

Sophia said, "Go home and eat at least once a week. ”

Mark thought it was a request, but readily agreed, saying: "No problem, if I'm filming outside, I'll superimpose." ”

Kayla was a little unhappy, lowered her head and cut the sandwich to eat, Mark smiled: "Kayla is reluctant to let her brother move out?"

Kayla said a little down, "Yes, but I know that my classmates' brothers are like that." ”

Mark said: "Even if my brother moves out, I still love you the same, this Sunday, shall we go to Disney Resort to play?"

Kayla then rejoiced and said, "Yes! I like to play with my brother." ”

Sophia and David looked at each other and smiled.

After Mark finished eating, they went out to watch a movie with Kayla, of course, to see "Shrek 2", the animated blockbuster released in May, Kayla has already seen it, and this is the second time he has seen it.

Disney is best at making children's money, as long as children like it, they will watch it repeatedly, and they will not get tired of watching it many times, and most of them will be accompanied by parents and elders to watch, which means an increase in income, and children like movies, they will pursue the toy dolls in the movie, which means that the surrounding income expands.

This is Disney's big killer move, but as the boss of animated films, it is being challenged by the new upstarts, the rise of Pixar and DreamWorks, carved up the original Disney monopoly of the market, Disney President Michael Eisner, because the hand-drawn animation "The Lion King" reached the peak, so he has a special preference for traditional hand-drawn animation, and disdain for the new rise of computer 3D animation, which eventually made Pixar and DreamWorks sit big.

In fact, these three animation production companies can all have a relationship with Disney, as we all know, Pixar has super production capabilities, but does not have its own distribution capabilities, all cartoons are distributed by Disney, and Jeffrey Katzenberg, the founder of DreamWorks Animation, was the chairman of Disney's film department back then, and was fired because of differences of opinion with Michael, and the establishment of DreamWorks is to challenge Disney's supremacy, if you insist on summarizing the characteristics of these three animation studios, it is not impossible, in short, Disney is to reinvent the old classics, Pixar is to create new classics, and DreamWorks is a comic anti-classic。