The treasurer first reported on the use of the company's funds some time ago: "...... According to the instructions of the company's management, our company has been hoarding cash since last year, and the company's cash reserves have reached 1.2 billion US dollars without affecting the company's existing projects, for which the company has also reduced the amount of investment projects this year. In external publicity, the company is based on the fact that there are important acquisitions. It's just that the company's cash reserves are too high at present, and if it has been held for a long time, the potential income will be relatively large, so it is recommended to find a suitable hedging project as soon as possible......"

Other management has expressed their stance that they should look for investment projects as soon as possible and not hold huge amounts of cash all the time. It can be seen that if it weren't for Zhang Lexing's high shareholding in VisualSystem and the support of Yang Xinxin and Dr. Yu, I am afraid that these people would have been planning to overturn Zhang Lexing's previous resolution to reserve cash. What Zhang Lexing said next may make some people even more dissatisfied.

"In the near future, the company will not only have to hoard cash from revenue, but also gradually reduce its holdings of shares in listed companies, including Microsoft, which went public last year. At present, the stock market is showing an upward trend, and it is a good time to cash out, if you have shares of other listed companies in your hands, I personally recommend that you consider selling them at the right time. After a while, when the time is right, the cash we have hoarded can make a huge difference, please be patient and we will definitely see it before the end of the year. ”

Zhang Lexing felt that there would definitely be some disagreement among these management, but the situation was special, and Zhang Lexing could not directly tell them that the stock market would crash in October, at most he used some information to blow the wind in advance, but it didn't seem to have obvious results.

As a regular company that wants to develop in the United States for a long time, even if some opportunities are visible, for the sake of the company's image issues, it can only take some more acceptable ways to intervene. For example, in the coming October, if VisualSystem openly does something that causes public outrage during this special period, although it can make some small profits, I am afraid that it will not be beneficial to the company's future operation. Fortunately, it won't be long, as long as you hold on for a few more months, everything will be fine.

Unfortunately, the days of waiting are always sad, and it didn't take long for Zhang Lexing to be a little overwhelmed, but fortunately, Hawkins sent an invitation to Zhang Lexing to attend a game industry gathering in San Mateo at the end of the month. The party featured representatives of major game publishers, as well as well-known game designers and special guests.

To be honest, this kind of gathering in the game industry is the first time Zhang Lexing has participated, although he has invested in EA for many years, but he has not interfered with its business situation at all, at most, it is necessary to contact the feelings when the game needs to be released, and there is basically no time to participate in the networking activities between the game industry. It's rare to catch up with his leisure time this time, and Zhang Lexing certainly doesn't want to miss it.

The party was held in Hawkins' home in San Mateo, and Zhang Lexing arrived just in time to welcome him. The distinguished guests he invited and the major shareholders of his own company came, and of course Hawkins couldn't put a score on the side, so he immediately greeted him warmly.

"Mr. Zhang, welcome to this gathering, please come with me. Hawkins led the way, followed by Zhang Lexing.

Walking into Hawkins' mansion, Zhang Lexing looked around, and there were some well-dressed people gathered more or less together, tasting the buffet food on the table or talking softly, these people seemed very strange to Zhang Lexing.

"Mr. Zhang, you may not be familiar with these people, let me introduce you. Hawkins took Zhang Lexing and began to introduce the people around him as he walked.

"The bearded guy in front of me who looks a bit like John Landis, the one with the glasses, is Joel Billings of SSI, and their company is mainly a strategy simulation game...... Eating alone over there was Richard Galriot of OriginSystem, and the Genesis they made was quite popular...... The two who are chatting, the taller one on the left is Jimmy Levy of Activision, and the shorter one on the right is Brian Fargo of Interplay, Activision has been in a bad situation in recent years, and it is no longer the courage of the Atari era, and now it is ......"

Before Hawkins could finish speaking, he was interrupted by a cold gaze, and Jimmy Levi's sour words floated over: "Hawkins, it's not a gentleman's job to evaluate other people's companies casually!"

Hawkins snorted coldly, ignored Jimmy Levy, and continued to walk in other directions with Zhang Lexing, obviously not everyone was so harmonious at this party. After taking two steps, Zhang Lexing found two people chatting together in front of him, and the gray-haired middle-aged man had a gloomy face, but he looked familiar.

"Hawkins, that middle-aged man looks familiar, do you know him?" Zhang Lexing asked curiously.

Hawkins turned his head to look at it and said with a smile: "Of course I know, that's George Lucas." ”

"Ahh

"Of course, there will be a second George Lucas?" Hawkins shrugged.

Zhang Lexing was very excited, he didn't expect that he would be able to see George Lucas in person. As a former Star Wars fan, Zhang Lexing has watched the "Star Wars" trilogy and prequels many times in his previous life, and has also collected a lot of related genuine DVDs and books. After returning to this era, Zhang Lexing rarely went out for activities, and rarely went to see those freshly baked "old" movies, with the exception of "Star Wars". When George Lucas appeared a few meters away from him at this moment, Zhang Lexing had already turned into an ordinary movie fan, but as a fan who was still sane, Zhang Lexing did not pounce directly to ask for an autograph very abruptly, but hoped that Hawkins would help.

"Hawkins, can you introduce me to it?" Zhang Lexing looked at Hawkins beside him with an expectant face.

"No, as a master, I'm always a little thin-faced. Hawkins said with a smile.

Zhang Lexing followed Hawkins to George Lucas, but the short distance seemed to be very far away, Zhang Lexing only felt that his heart was beating faster and faster, and his steps seemed a little vain, so he hurriedly took out Yang Xinxin's secret psychological regulation method, and finally stabilized his mind in time. The arrival of Zhang Lexing and Hawkins seemed to alarm the young man who was talking to George Lucas, and before Zhang Lexing could see his appearance clearly, he turned around and left.

"Mr. Lucas, I'm Hawkins of EA, we've met before, it's nice to see you again!" Hawkins took the initiative to reach out.

Lucas seemed to recognize Hawkins, nodded, and reached over as well, and the two hands were firmly clasped together.

"Mr. Lucas, this is Mr. Zhang Lexing, the majority shareholder of our company. After shaking hands, Hawkins pushed Zhang Lexing to the front.

Zhang Lexing stretched out his hands and enthusiastically shook Lucas's hand that he hadn't had time to withdraw, and said excitedly: "Mr. Lucas, it's a pleasure to meet you, I'm your fan." ”

"So where do I sign my autograph?" Perhaps because of the encounter with fans, the gloom on Lucas's face disappeared before and he joked with great interest.

"Mr. Lucas, your Star Wars trilogy is really fascinating, I have been to the cinema more than ten times and I still can't enjoy it, I always feel that there is still something missing, if only I could make another prequel, for example, the story of Luke the Skywalker's father. ”

Maybe it was the Star Wars prequel mentioned by Zhang Lexing that touched Lucas, and his mood suddenly rose, "Then do you have any thoughts on this?"

"This ......" Zhang Lexing hesitated suddenly, he knew the story of the prequel to Star Wars at the time, but should he tell it at this time?

Seeing Zhang Lexing's hesitant expression, Lucas misunderstood, and thought that Zhang Lexing didn't dare to say it, so he encouraged: "It's okay, you can talk about it casually, it may help me." ”

Forget it, anyway, it was the original thing to be returned, Zhang Lexing simply said it according to the prequel story of Star Wars in his memory: "A long time ago, in the distant galaxy, the Congress of the Galactic Republic was engaged in a fierce debate over the taxation of the interstellar trade route. The greedy Trade Alliance sent invincible warships to blockade all shipments to Naboo, and kidnapped Amidala, the queen of Naboo, to force her to sign an agreement to betray Naboo's interests.

With the help of Annikon and Ganger Chirp, Naboo defeated the Trade Federation's robot forces and the Sith Warriors. In the process of seeking to repair the ship's parts, the group found that a powerful Force Skywalker Anakin was also on this planet, and Anakin then followed the Jedi to the capital of the Galactic Republic, Goruth Survey, while on the other hand, Empress Amedena had to gather the remaining troops and officially declare war on the Dark Lord with the Jedi Knight after being rejected by the reinforcements, and launched an interstellar counterattack.

Ten years later, the galaxy is in chaos and turmoil. Under the instigation of the renegade Count Dooku, thousands of solar systems decided to separate from the Galactic Republic together, but the Galactic Republic did not have enough military strength to suppress these separatists, and in the absence of force, the United Council of the Galactic Republics decided to form a temporary army to attack the separatists, and one of the councilmen, the former queen of Napo, Amidala, strongly opposed this strategy of violence against violence, because it would lead to large-scale fighting and slaughter in the galaxy, but not everyone agreed with Amidala's determination to maintain peace, so there are constantly conspiring to assassinate Amidala in order to achieve his ulterior motives......"

Zhang Lexing said very simply, but Lucas's expression became more and more serious the more he listened, originally he was just out of etiquette, wanting to satisfy the little vanity of his fans, but he didn't expect the content of the fan in front of him to be so close to his own idea, even more perfect than he thought, Lucas's eyes looking at Zhang Lexing gradually became not so simple.

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