Section 40 Funding and Scripts
"I'm so glad you haven't forgotten that your company is in Hollywood, and your work is in Hollywood."
Time is a rather strange fellow, and every time people enjoy life, his steps are always rushing. When Bruce saw Levy again in Los Angeles, it was already August, and he didn't see his brother again until the CSI series began.
"It's been three months, man, where the hell have you been?" Sitting inside the Mystery Company, Bruce complained mercilessly, "I thought you really forgot where your home was, and you were crazy playing outside." ”
During this time, his younger brother became great. Perhaps it was because of the painful experience that after the suicide that his brother became different. He began to know how to make a TV series, and he also produced a TV series that CBS was extremely optimistic about, of course Bruce was very happy about these actions, but he was better everywhere else, why did he still dislike to contact his family so much?
"Haven't I been in contact with you on the phone all the time?"
"What kind of connection is a phone call? You ran away without a trace, and if I hadn't known that your crew would have to shoot in Las Vegas in August, you would have come back, and I would have gone to look for you. Bruce reproached, "Where the hell have you been?" ”
"I didn't go anywhere, I just looked around, just traveled." Levy only covered up his words with a single sentence, he didn't want to tell his friends that he had been in China for a long time, looking for traces of his past life, but found nothing, "just go around and enjoy the scenery." ”
"Really?"
"Of course it's true, this guy is watching sports again, and he's going to England to see Kubrick, and he's going crazy." Outside the door, Alexander also pushed the door and walked in, "I think, if CSI hadn't started filming, he would have stayed there for a long time." ”
"If it's true, that's good." Bruce looked at the two of them, visibly relieved.
"Are you still worried about what will happen to me?"
"Of course: you have a history of suicide and are mentally unstable. You have 10 million in your hand, and we don't know what to do anymore - a neurological patient has 10 million in his hand, do you think we can not worry? ”
Alexander's harsh words made Levy smile bitterly. When Bruce heard this, he also remembered something, "Nick, you've spent a full 10 million in the past few months - where did you put all this money?" ”
Bruce has been looking for Levy because he has concerns: In Hollywood, there are always a lot of liars, and so are the bastards. Fundraisers, marriage cheaters, drug sellers, and condom set-ups have never been a lot in Hollywood, and many people here are people who make huge profits and don't know how to spend them, Levy has 10 million, and Bruce is of course worried that he has met a liar.
Although his younger brother is an adult, Bruce is still not at ease with him.
His question made Levi shrug his shoulders, "Invest, if you have money, you naturally have to invest." Isn't it better to keep money and make small money, so it's better to spend it? ”
"Spent 10 million?" Bruce was a little relieved, but he still had a slight headache, who knows where this guy spent his money, "What are you for?" ”
"I bought some stocks in the Internet and invested in a search engine website company, and I ran out of money."
"Invest in the network?" Bruce didn't immediately rush this time, he thought for a moment before he spoke, "Internet stocks have been really hot in the past two years, and the stocks of all kinds of bizarre websites have risen wildly...... However, some people say that this is a bubble, and it is easy to lose money, so be careful not to lose all your hard-earned money. ”
"If you lose it, you can earn it again." Levy didn't say much, just smiled, "Don't worry, the few websites I invested in shouldn't lose money...... I know that's what every investor says, but I'm sure it's definitely not a problem with my money being spent. ”
Bruce is still a little worried, since 95, all kinds of Internet stocks, all of which have been selling quite hot, but there have always been various analyses that say that this is just a bubble. Bruce has always cherished his money and refused to invest his money, for fear of being trapped and losing all his money, seeing Levy throw all his money in, he was naturally very distressed, "Be careful of losing money, what stocks are you investing in?" ”
"When did you become a tax policeman, and you are so good at auditing accounts." Levi said helplessly, "Just tell you." The investment advisor I found at Blackstone helped me buy AOL, yes, the one that issued Visa in June. I bought it in May, and at that time their stock was only a dozen yuan, and now you know how much it has turned. ”
Levy's words made Bruce's eyes light up, he didn't expect that Levy would really make money, "Then sell it quickly, the company will be rich all of a sudden." ”
"Keep it, it will go up in the future."
Levy ignored Bruce's ramblings, just picked up his cup and drank his tea. Invest 10 million into AOL, this will definitely not be a loss. Levy remembers that AOL has been sitting big in the future, merging with Time Warner and becoming a super large company with assets of more than 350 billion, at that time, the price of their stock has also risen to $800 a share, and when the time comes, their own stock operation will directly be a billion profits, and that is a good time to make money.
Now that online stocks are very hot, to be honest, Levy doesn't know which one makes money and which one loses. His method is also very simple, and what he can remember is definitely a company of considerable size, such as Yahoo, Google, etc., which will not lose money. AOL and Warner will have a lot of trouble in the future, and Levy also knows something, so he will naturally not let go of this opportunity, not only that, but in addition to investing in AOL, he also invested in Google, Google's two founders only have a total of 100,000 start-up capital, and they gave them an investment of 2 million, and now they are also well-deserved big investors in Google - of course, although the early investment now accounts for a lot of shares, the later financing still has to continue to decline, and the two founders in order not to lose their rights, is only willing to give shares, unwilling to give voting rights, however, Levy estimates that he continues to invest, with Google's financing strength, when it comes to going public, he can leave 10% of the incense, but even if it is only 10%, ...... That's tens of billions.
Crossing is indeed a good thing, that is, with a simple operation, Levy dares to guarantee that ten years later, he will have tens of billions of assets in his hands. Levy is not a business wizard, and he is not in the mood to tease people in the business circle and compete for equity, but even so, he guarantees that he will definitely have money to spend. Of course, maybe five years is a bit long, but during this time, Levy can afford to wait.
The 90s were a good time for tech stock bubbles, and there were plenty of good opportunities to make money all the way to the new century. As a traverser, with money in hand, it is not a strange thing to be able to multiply it by two or three hundred times in ten years. And once you have this money, at that time, you really don't have to worry about everything.
If you want to make money, it's better to invest in stocks as the fastest.
And even if things have changed...... It's just money for a half-season TV series.
Bruce didn't say anything more after talking to Levi, he knew that Levi had just returned, and he and Alexander still had something to discuss, so it was naturally inconvenient to stay for a long time. And after he left, Alexander also talked to Levy about the company.
"How's the company doing?" After Bruce left, Levy also asked, "In terms of TV series, as well as buying scripts, are they all going well?" ”
There aren't many things in the mystery company, although Alexandria said that he would hire a lawyer, an accountant or something, but that's Alexander's business, and all he cares about is the production and future development of the TV series.
"On the TV series, you don't have to worry, it premiered on September 11, although it wasn't the best Thursday, but it was also Wednesday, and it was better than Friday. On the company's side, this summer, we have been thinking about buying scripts, and some time ago, I really wanted to buy the adaptation rights of a game - that is, the zombie fighting game from the Japanese - but unfortunately the adaptation rights have to be at least tens of millions, and we don't have enough funds. ”
The advantage of fighting zombies produced in 96 ...... Isn't that Resident Evil? Levy immediately thought of it, but he didn't think much about it when he thought of it: Resident Evil is a big hit game, and since it came out, it has been targeted by many Hollywood companies, and if you want to buy it, I'm afraid it's not so easy.
"If you don't buy it, forget it, there will be other opportunities in the future." Levy also has some regrets: it would be nice if he had crossed a year earlier - not only Resident Evil, but now Diablo has just been listed in the United States, and Harry Potter is the same in the United Kingdom.
Unfortunately, adapting well-known games and best-selling novels is never cheap. If you want to buy it now, it's much more expensive.
"The funds are limited, so I can only buy some not very good scripts, Bob bought the adaptation rights of a novel called What Notebook, the story seems to be an innocent love story of men and women falling in love, anyway, it is the kind of story that men don't like to read." Alexander spoke, throwing the two books on the table, "Clark is interested in a man's story, but it seems to be a story of a psychotic person. But in these days, the story of neurosis is ...... to making movies."
"Clark has a crush on the story of Fight Club? Is Bob interested in the story of "The Notebook"? You're all very stunning. Looking at the two books in front of him, Levi exclaimed.
"What's amazing? I looked for them one by one on the bestseller list, excluding those who couldn't afford them, excluding those who were not suitable for making movies, and there were only a few of them. Alexander replied, "Clark took a fancy to this one at first sight, and said how creative the cover design was, and after reading it, he immediately decided to buy the rights to adapt it." ”
That is, I didn't read it, and I bought it when I looked at the cover...... Levi was a little speechless, he thought that his companion was good just now, why should he be in a hurry to destroy his illusions.
"We've all gained, what about you? Do you have any rights to the adaptation of a good book that you bought? ”
Levy shook his head, "No, I'm still not very good at digging up other stories, but I'm trying to write my own script. ”
"You're writing a movie script? What's the story? Alexander was immediately interested.
"What are you doing in such a hurry? Now we don't have to think about movies. Don't forget, our TV series is about to start. Let's take a look at our TV series first, how it goes. ”