Chapter 326: Mark's New Mind
Mark doesn't care what his subordinates think, his mind drifts to the New Year, and now the company is operating normally, just during the Christmas stalls, there are two big sales of North Mi over 100 million, and various peripheral products (singing and dancing youth) are selling well, what else is there to think about.
However, the United States and other European countries do not pay much attention to the Chinese New Year, and many times it is a countdown event, relatively speaking, they will pay more attention to Christmas, Easter and Thanksgiving and other festivals (many of which are related to religion, mainly Catholicism). )
On the eve of the new year, people gather in squares, churches, and parties, and wait until the clock rings at 12 o'clock at midnight, and then people excitedly hug and kiss each other to welcome the new year.
In addition, December 25 Christmas is the largest and most lively festival in the United States, this is the annual time when everyone exchanges gifts, cards, and greetings, and you can see a dazzling array of Christmas trees decorated everywhere, and the shops are crowded with people buying gifts, and the whole country is immersed in a warm and festive atmosphere.
The Chinese New Year does not watch the "Spring Festival Gala", and there is no national TV program, in addition to dinner, the "traditional program" of each family is to send gifts to each other, most of the gifts may need to be sent, so this time is also the busiest season for post offices and express delivery companies, and each family will spend about 1,000 US dollars as a gift in this season.
However, gift-giving is sometimes quite blind and difficult to send what the other party likes, in this regard, in recent decades, many Americans have been ingenious, knocking on the side or even directly asking the other party what they want; There are also people who ask the other person to give them something as a gift.
Mark has been a second devil in the United States for several years, and he is not interested in these festivals, he prefers to live the Lunar New Year, which is no way, for a Chinese, this is a major event integrated into the bones, so on that day, even if he is busy, he will give himself two days off and go to Chinatown for two days.
If there is still such a little New Year's flavor there in Beimi, it should be Chinatown, he stays there and can feel the atmosphere of some years, but now, he has to celebrate New Year's Day and New Year's Day first.
Mark decided to hold a large welcome party at the villa on the shore of Lake Tahoe, entertaining his friends and colleagues, and also showing their friends their fairytale castle-like luxury villa, this is the first time that this super villa has a large party, Giselle is very important, she personally planned and arranged the party, drew up the list, and even the champagne, red wine, and beauty of the party She has clear requirements, must be perfect, high-end atmosphere and grade.
And Mark has always been the shopkeeper for this party, he has an agreement with Giselle, he is outside Giselle, and for the family's housekeeping, Giselle has always decided and made up his mind, but Giselle has been hinting at her expectations for New Year's gifts openly and secretly after Christmas, saying that it is best not to buy it, it is better to make it by hand.
This New Year is an important holiday for Giselle, and there is a habit that has always been used to the present, Mark follows the local customs, and must follow the public, but handmade gifts, which makes him embarrassed, Giselle said handmade, certainly not to buy handmade artwork or any gifts, but to make something with his own hands.
Mark racked his brains, what should he make? He has the best production team under him, and he can produce first-class film and television works, but this is the work of the team, it can't be considered his Mark's, if he uses it to please Giselle, it seems unreasonable, but apart from this, there is nothing to do.
Mark is a person out of touch with this society, he grew up in China, there are no partners and friends who grew up here, most of the people of his age are just graduated from college, looking for or hard work, and he is in a high position, he was born in 1983, less than twenty-three years old, but he has become the top boss in the entertainment industry, among the six giants, Meghan is the youngest, followed by Mark.
Among the four giants of MM, the equity of the Ellison brothers and sisters is quite large, second only to the Mark brothers and sisters, but David, as a latecomer, has been occupied by the three main positions, and can only be the vice president.
Meghan, on the other hand, is recognized as a person of super luck, she can quickly achieve great success, one is the strength of the family, the other is to find the right partner, she is like the second leader of Microsoft, Alan Paul, found the right partner, invested in the right time, enough to benefit her endlessly, yes, Meghan's success is more about Mark's vision and ability, anyone who invests in Mark in zero three years, will also achieve great success.
So Mark is a little lonely like snow in his life now, and it's really cold from a high place!
This is just obscenity, at present, the Wang brothers and sisters family fund, the assets controlled are huge, but the debts are also huge, a bit like the Disney family, nominally controlling the prominent Disney Group with a market value of tens of billions, but the equity owned is only about 10%, which is also the main reason why the Disney family and Michael Eisner are unhappy, and Mark They can also be understood as agents, they are essentially no different from those fund managers on Wall Street, managing a large amount of assets, paying commissions to investors, but they must complete a certain amount of debt.
If they are unable to fulfill the specified debts, their assets will be confiscated by the bank and they will be left working in vain.
However, up to now, the Wang sibling family fund headed by Mark has not regretted doing this? If he regrets it, he will definitely anger many people, who will be disgusted with the money, many people are unscrupulous to raise funds, illegally raise funds, steal and steal, and even Ponzi schemes have been done, look at the dignified vice chairman of Nasdaq Securities, in order to let people put money in his foundation, he did not hesitate to promise 8 to 10 percent of the profits, which made many people rush to him.
So, don't say regret, don't say stupid, this is a great thing, many people are so envious that they drool and want to replace it.
And Mark's foundation nominally controls nearly 10 billion assets, but what he actually owns is not more than 4 billion (after selling YouTube), which is enough to squeeze into a well-known rich family, but compared with Mei Duo and Lei Shidong, who have personal assets of 10 billion and control more than 80 billion large enterprises, the gap is still that big.
Of course, the age gap between Mark and these bigwigs is also huge, Mark can be their grandchild, so Mark now knows that the revolution has not yet succeeded, and he still needs to work hard, and it is not too late for him to be arrogant when he has tens of billions of personal assets and controls hundreds of billions of enterprises.
But now that Mark's shelf has been laid out, (in the eyes of outsiders, too, a large number of bodyguards in and out), Mark is now a bit of a temple high, and he can no longer brag and fart with his friends and drink all night as before, this self-respecting attitude makes it difficult for Heath and David to be as close as before.
There is no way, Mark has positioned himself to be an upper-class gentry, not a local tyrant nouveau riche, so from now on, you must respect your identity, only by pretending to be unattainable, others will think that you are superior, so that now, he wants to find someone to ask for advice, but he can't find a suitable candidate.
The Ellison siblings, who are equal to him, are too young and don't know how to love and be grateful, and asking them for advice is asking for blindness, while the Egger couple have been in love for decades, but they can be used as the object of consultation, but Mark feels that Egger is a person who is gentle on the outside, stubborn and tough on the inside, he only obeys the strong, Mark has always shown him an unfathomable side, if Mark asks this kind of question, it will definitely make him look down.
After thinking about it, Mark decided to make a decision after a while, and after searching and comparing, he found that it was indeed more meaningful to make it himself.
This really makes Mark feel embarrassed, he is a person with no special talents, and his manual ability is even worse, three lovers, each with a piece of jewelry of more than 100,000 yuan, plus a New Year's cannon, is enough to deal with it, but Giselle said that he didn't need money to buy it, and he definitely can't be so shameless as a New Year's gift.
Mark had an idea, called his assistant Anne in through the walkie-talkie, and said, "Anne, you have been with me for almost half a year, how do you think you are doing?"
Anne lowered her hand and said, "I should have asked you, do you recognize my ability to work?"
Mark's last assistant, Caroline, was transferred to MGM as vice president, this is Anne's example, as long as Mark is satisfied, her future is limitless, for which she made all the preparations, dumped her boyfriend who had been talking for two years, this is convenient to warm the bed at any time, but after seeing Mark's spare tires, she knew that this was too much to worry about, Mark has various types of top beauties around her, she really wants to be on the top It is not easy, now she is dead this heart, she understands one thing, if you want Mark to look the other way, you must prove yourself with your work ability.
Mark said: "I don't think your potential has been fully realized, and I will only entrust you with a task if you show more powerful abilities." ”
Anne said, "I'm waiting for your orders. ”
Mark was silent.
Anne lowered her hand, her eyes raised slightly, looking at Mark intently, her heart couldn't help but pound, she felt that her opportunity had come, Mark would have something important to do for her, once it was done, it would be a big plus, her resume would be more perfect, maybe she would be another Caroline.
Mark looked up, stared at the other party with burning eyes, and said, "Can you keep it a secret?"
Anne felt that the heavens were about to descend on the people, so she suppressed the excitement and excitement in her heart, and said, "Of course, you can leave the task to me with confidence." ”
Mark said, "Do you know how to cook?"
I wish you all book friends a happy new year.