Chapter 149: Pleasing (II)
"Honorable Lady Nancy, may I whisper?" Li Mo said. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Okay."
Li Mo almost wanted to say, you come here with your ears...... But it wasn't a joke, even though the meeting was a show. He walked up to Nancy and whispered to Nancy and Reagan, the same explanation he had given to Johnson.
Looking at his mysterious appearance, Nancy wanted to laugh, after all, Li Mo is small, harmless to humans and animals, smart and well-behaved, as long as the heart is not too evil, she will like it, she covered her chest, pretended to be surprised and said: "Oh, so that's it, so that's it." ”
Li Mo's statement is indeed very pleasing.
The United States is a country controlled by elites, and not to mention Trump, who is also supported by a large number of elites. Why? Because he proposed to bring manufacturing back to the United States, which was indeed very dangerous at that time, although it still seemed to be strong on the surface, and far more powerful than China, but the industry was really hollowed out. For example, when launching satellites, it actually hired Russian rockets, and even when the two countries were at loggerheads, Russia openly threatened that its own launch vehicles would be banned from launching US military satellites.
This is only a microcosm of the hollowing out of the U.S. industrial system and industry, and if Trump can really bring manufacturing back to the United States, it will not only create many jobs, but also bring huge benefits to many elites, and will also have a huge help effect on the United States.
Of course, some companies that have made profits in China will be very repulsive to this statement.
How can an elite-controlled state not reject egalitarianism?
However, on the other hand, the United States has also been guarding against monopoly to prevent wealth from falling into the hands of a very small number of people, resulting in a serious gap between the rich and the poor, social injustice, and thus threatening the country's security. Therefore, taxation has always been "killing the rich and helping the poor", and the richer the tax, the heavier the tax. At the same time, a heavier inheritance tax was introduced. But there is no absolutely perfect system in this world, and there is no absolutely perfect law, and no matter what system or law, people will get into loopholes.
However, Li Mo's thinking seems to be very consistent with the spirit of American governance, and although Mrs. Nancy is surprised, she agrees with Li Mo's idea. It is also what Li Mo needs, at least to be able to disguise himself as a person whose thoughts are very close to American thought, so that many Americans will not reject Li Mo.
Li Mo said again: "Venerable Lady Nancy, if it is exposed, it is the same thing, but it must not be exposed, the more readers guess, the better it will sell." ”
"Hahaha," Mrs. Nancy could guess Li Mo's thoughts, she laughed, touched Li Mo's head with her hand and said, "Li, don't worry, the president and I will definitely keep it secret for you." ”
Shan Xiaoting immediately kept taking pictures, Li Mo was able to say that the President of the United States was happy, but it was a big gimmick, he couldn't take a front photo, at least he could take a side photo. But she was thinking in her heart, what did Li Moxin write?
The meeting ended quickly.
Walking out of the White House, Li Guangping asked: "Xiao Mo, are you not afraid?" ”
"Poor official standard...... Li Mo thought to himself. Since going to the White House, his father's calves have been trembling, but fortunately, Li Mo didn't plan to push his father out of the front desk, otherwise he would be foreign today.
It's not that Li Guangping is timid, this is a tradition left by ordinary Chinese people for thousands of years, and they will tremble when they see a big official, including now.
Even with Li Mo, he was also a little nervous in his heart.
Li Mo continued to sign and sell books, and of course, because of the new book, many reporters also asked some pointed questions.
Li Mo's answer to them was very simple: "Ladies and gentlemen, I also know some leaders in our country, and their monthly salary is only a few dozen yuan, and the high one is only a hundred or dozens of yuan. Do you think I'm mocking my country? ”
The powerful people who live in the carriage in front of the perpetual motion train live a life like a drunken dream, not to mention a monthly salary of dozens of yuan, a hundred or dozens of yuan in the United States, they will also be starved to death. The reporter couldn't ask questions, he could only sigh that it was really a backward country, thinking about dozens of yuan, or yuan, how to survive?
Li Mo said again: "I'm talking about human nature, if you don't understand, please look at the title page in front." ”
The reporters were also depressed, we know what Confucius Xunzi, there is no way, they have to hold the book in their hands, to consult the relevant Chinese professors, as a result, the more these Chinese professors explain they are more confused.
When the book was released, it also attracted the attention of a Hollywood studio, Warner Bros. The brothers' favourites are robber films and film noirs, which are often sinister or deliberately highlight the conditions of underclass life, and it can be said that among the major Hollywood studios, Warner Bros. films are closer to social life.
In '67, Warner Bros. was sold to Seven Arts, and the company was renamed Warner Seven Arts. In '69, Steve Ross bought Warner from Seven Arts and changed it to Warner Bros. Communications, which changed hands again a few years later.
However, in general, in the past ten years, Warner Bros. has continued its previous style, that is, Li Mo's novel, which is just right for their taste.
Hollick negotiates with Warner Bros.
In this movie, Li Mo did not put forward harsh requirements on the copyright, Hao Lick and Warner Bros. talked about 300,000 US dollars, and according to Li Mo's meaning, he accepted it when he saw it. But Hollick put forward a more demanding requirement, that is, the production cost should not be less than 10 million dollars.
The Warner Bros. rep was a little dumbfounded, this is Snowpiercer, not those big dinosaurs in Jurassic Park.
"My employer said you think funding is difficult, and my employer is willing to inject 40 percent," Hollick said. ”
The Warner Bros. representative was still hesitant, and Hollick added: "My employer said again, even if the rights to this novel are sold to you, you can't rush to shoot it, and you can't officially shoot it until Jurassic Park starts post-production special effects." ”
Hearing this, Warner Bros. representatives' eyes lit up.
That's a real big-budget movie, and many people are already wishing that 87 would come sooner rather than later to see how the two studios brought dinosaurs to the big screen.
With its east wind, this movie can be a big hit even if it doesn't work.
But Li Mo is also gambling this time, the box office of the movie in his previous life is actually not very good, in addition to the various reasons that Li Mo thought about before, one of the key reasons is the special effects of five cents, and even five cents can't be talked about, only one cent.
may let Li Mo win the bet, or it may make Li Mo lose the bet, but as long as the box office is not good, Warner Brothers will lose money, and Li Mo will also lose money, because the derivative income of this movie is limited, almost eighty percent depends on box office revenue, at most, how much can the videotape be sold in the future, or how many advertisements can be inserted.
Although the latter statement made the Warner Bros. representatives very excited, they were not in a hurry.
The subject matter of this book is not like Jurassic Park, as soon as it came out, all the film companies knew that it was a big IP, and they were gearing up to win it.
There may be other studios interested in it, but that's about it. Anyway, it was delayed to the end of 86 shooting, and the time was not in a hurry, so he went back later.
Negotiations between the two sides continued until next summer, before an agreement was finalized, and if it had not sold well, it might have dragged on even longer.
Li Mo went to Portland, anyway, after ten years of publicity, Li Mo is likely to cover all major cities in the United States. It's just a quick look, Li Mo just passed by in a hurry, and he passed through major cities, but he didn't know much about them.
Portland is not far from Seattle, and Bill Gates has rushed over in a rustic manner.
"Lee, we're going to go to Microsoft.?"
"Going public?"
"Lee, if Microsoft wants to grow further, it has to build its headquarters, it has to recruit more talent, and it has to merge with some other small companies that have helped our company, including their talent technology and related patents. Otherwise the technology on which paper you write simply cannot be achieved...... Li, don't blink your eyes, this amount of money will be astronomical, and the little money in your hand is simply not enough. Bill Gates said distressedly.
Li Moda's investment the year before last cannot but be benevolent, but Bill Gates is really a little painful when he sees the momentum of Microsoft's growth.
"When will it be available?"
"I'm going to put it in the spring of the year after that."
"Why are you preparing so early?"
"Li, you don't understand, if you want to go public, you must submit relevant information, including finance, allotment shares, number of shareholders, and others, to the securities company for review, and find a guarantee company, which will take a long time. After the review, there will be a long roadshow, which will take at least a year before and after. ”
According to the lunar year, it is still 84 years, but according to the solar calendar year, it is almost close to February of 85 years. Li Mo handed over the voting rights to Bill Gates, which is the most satisfying thing for Bill Gates, but it does not mean that Li Mo has no rights, including the right to audit accounts, and major decisions must also be notified to Li Mo, or Li Mo's legal adviser Hao Like.
It happened that Li Mo was promoting his new book in the United States, and Bill Gates rushed over to inform Li Mo.
"Has the care company found it?"
"It's Goldman Sachs, have you heard?"
"I've heard of this company," Li Mo thought to himself, not only have I heard about them, but I don't know much less about them than you, this company not only operated the listing of Microsoft, but also operated the listing of Yahoo, eBay and other companies in the future. They didn't make much money by operating Microsoft's listing, but after the operation of the two companies went public, they took the opportunity to make a lot of black money.
"Li, you really have God-like vision......" Bill Gates said bitterly, not only praising Li Mo for his vision, but also saying that Li Mo cut off a big piece of fat from them.
"Mr. Gates, do you regret it?" Li Mo asked.
How can you not regret it?
But Bill Gates couldn't say it.
Li Moda's investment the year before last was too benevolent, and Microsoft was in the midst of civil strife, and the injection of this fund immediately enabled Microsoft to smoothly rectify the company's civil strife situation, not to mention the things written on a dozen pieces of paper, which will be of great help to Microsoft in the future.
Li Mo also expected that he would regret it.
After all, Microsoft is different from Cisco, Yahoo, Amazon, eBay, Google, Facebook, Tencent, Alibaba, and Baidu, and these large companies are seriously short of funds in the start-up stage, so they know that they will make a lot of money from venture capital, and they have to expand their scale with the help of venture capital, and even hope that venture capital will come to the door to send money.
Microsoft has not been short of money, at least it can stick to the IPO, is the return of the IPO the same as that of venture capital? Even if it is a benevolent capital injection like Li Mo, it is also a meat cut!
"Mr. Gates, I don't have God's eyes, I just rely on the information and knowledge in some books and newspapers that I read. To be honest, I was also a big gamble the year before last, and if I lost the bet, I didn't have a few million dollars, you know, in our home country, what does a few million dollars mean? It is possible that if you win the bet, it will bring a hundredfold or even a thousandfold return. There is also a possibility that I won for the time being, but I didn't make a timely move, and then the shares in my hands were worthless. ”
Li Mo is not cursing, there is no country that cannot be defeated by a thousand emperors, and there is no company that cannot fall for a thousand years.
Don't look at the company's listing, some companies have a short lifespan, and the listing will not last for ten years, and they will also collapse, of course, the company's shares have become worthless, at most, with preferred shares, move some chairs and tables from the company and break the computer home.
Bill Gates was also happy about this, stood up, and hugged Li Mo, which means that we will talk about it, I don't regret it, and you don't have to be angry.
After that, Li Mo and Bill Gates got down to business, while Li Mo continued to play God...... (To be continued.) )