Roger. Eckert was no better than Mark Brown for his meeting with Daniel. Zuckerberg is much calmer, and in the huge Boston consortium, Roger. Albert is not a small person, especially when the consortium has suffered a blow in the military and industrial sectors. The Eckert Fund has more say in the consortium, and its direct manifestation is to be responsible for management, that is, the funds that can be used, more than 7 billion US dollars, which is not a small amount for the current Boston consortium, not to mention, this is far from their traditional field.

Even so, Roger didn't have his usual stride before he prepared to meet Daniel.

Generally speaking, as the helmsman of such a large sum of money, he rarely puts himself in such a situation, he is generally wise, high-minded, never guessing what others think, only expressing his will - this is the characteristic of an established consortium, especially a slightly declining old consortium.

This time, however, the guests were very different.

He was a young three-time Oscar winner, a young billionaire, and a well-traveled upper-class man.

Roger's apartment was built in the 40s of the last century, and is quaint and stately, apparently well maintained to maintain a strong historical atmosphere.

No matter how much he was mentally prepared, he still shook his head slightly when he saw such a young Daniel in a suit and step out of the door opened by the security guards.

He is even more handsome and young than he imagined.

"Mr. Eckert, it's an honor to meet with you."

Old Roger, who was standing at the door to greet him, paused, and Daniel opened his mouth first.

I sighed secretly in my heart, and the smile on my face became warmer.

In Roger's apartment, the two had a conversation that lasted more than three hours, and there was no third person. Daniel can certainly dictate many things, but Roger is not, after all, the funds he has are not his own, but from many shareholders. Still, it's obvious. He looks confident in himself, which is good news for Daniel as well.

Today's meeting between the two will not determine anything, but just a beginning. If both sides are interested, there will certainly be intensive confidential negotiations to follow.

When Daniel was sent out, his face was very relaxed, and it seemed that the negotiation was relatively satisfactory.

This time, MB's Javier did not come. To avoid being noticed, of course, Daniel is a public figure, but he is still a newcomer to the business world.

……

"Yes, we've talked about it."

Javier's phone had been called several times, but the phone was in Miller's hand.

Javier seemed to want to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything, just asked the other party's attitude, and of course Xavier was in charge of negotiating specific matters, and it was natural to tell him this.

Daniel also knows that for finding the Eckert Fund. Javier was not in favor.

There are too many funds interested in MB, how to make full use of the relationship network behind these funds - not just a network of interpersonal relationships, under the consortium economy, many companies have close capital and ownership relationships, which affects the whole body, if MB can choose well, it can fully pave the way for many actions in the future.

It's just that Daniel has his own considerations, and MB is very important to him. But it's not the most important thing, it's where the interests are, but it's not where the biggest interests are, let alone the biggest ones. He's not a pure businessman, he's not an investor, he's a Hollywood star after all, and his goals are certainly different from those at the helm of MB.

Daniel also considered the relationship with Javier, in the MB sketching stage, so to speak. Daniel and Javier worked together to bring this novel affair to the public in a short period of time, and through one impactful public event after another, MB became deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. At that time, a large part of his energy was spent on MB, and Javier was in charge of execution, and he came up with plans and goals, and he worked closely with each other, which was of course a good time.

With the proposal of the F2F project, he and Javier, first because of Google's involvement, and secondly, because of the impact on MB itself, the two sides considered different contents, and their interests were not completely identical, and many times, there were contradictions.

However, Daniel does not intend to take into account Javier's attitude.

As the owner of 70% of MB's shares, he can certainly decide what to do with the company, even if it is Google, if it wants to intervene, it depends on his means. As long as it is done properly, Google can only remain silent except to withdraw from MB.

……

"Daniel. Sandler returns to Los Angeles! ”

His whereabouts were unsurprisingly heavily reported, and he came out of LAX without any disguise, and of course was quickly photographed by the paparazzi.

For a moment, the comments that were expecting him to speak out dispelled those doubts a little.

"A little time is enough."

Daniel blew the tea leaves floating in the teacup, since Disney did it, he had a habit of drinking green tea, and Cusa sitting opposite him was also more accustomed to it, but no one would mention this kind of trivial matter.

“…… What do you think about MB? ”

Kusa asked with a slight hesitation, these things should be said to have little to do with him, although speaking of which, he can also meddle in these matters, but in general, this is Raymond's domain. MB is a little more special, and Daniel is a little more when he deals with it directly. But since the rapid development of F2F, Daniel's actions against MB are a little puzzling.

This time Daniel went to Boston to discuss with the Ackert Fund, and in addition, several companies on Wall Street, Daniel seems to be in contact through Raymond.

Daniel hadn't talked to him in detail, but Kusa already had a little idea about it all.

"Javier found you?" Daniel smiled, obviously his recent repeated actions on MB made Javier a little worried, but he couldn't do anything, and it was expected to learn a thing or two from Cusa, "Your guess is right, I plan to promote MB's IPO after Google's IPO, and I will start preparing before the end of April, and I hope it can be completed before the end of this year." ”

Google's IPO was put on the table by Wall Street. As a result, the financing was not smooth, and the issue price was suppressed by 20%, which is bad news for Google itself. However, it is a big positive for technology stocks that have been caught in a stock market crash. $85 issue of Google stock. After the rapid rise after the listing, there are Internet technology companies interested in IPO listing, of course, they can borrow a dongfeng.

The IPO itself is just an action, and the significance of this makes Kusa a little frightened.

"You're going to—"

"There's no point in holding MB in your hand," Daniel narrowed. "As MB's influence grows, so does the pressure on us, so it's only natural to take advantage of this opportunity to sell for a good price. There are no longer a few wolves staring at this piece of meat. Although MB was founded by me, it is no longer the time to be a family business, and if you want to continue to grow, you must always bring in capital from all sides. We just have an influence in it. ”

Kusa didn't know that Daniel was going to basically step out of MB and leave an influence, which would mean that he would have a position on the board of directors, as long as he had a few points of stake. This goal can be achieved.

Then more than half of the shares saved, the price that can be sold after the IPO is billions.

What does Daniel want so much money for?

……

Since the release of "Ghost Omen" in North America, the total box office has just exceeded 60 million, and it is basically in place, and there is no potential.

Of course, this is not a loss, but compared to DD Pictures's previous work, whether it is "Greek Wedding", "Hotel Rwanda", or the plausible "Pirates of the Caribbean", the performance of "Omen" is of course disappointing, or relieved. No one wants DD Pictures to be like its boss, to have an undefeated record.

However, with the release of "Ghost Omen" in Europe, the situation changed dramatically, in France. The box office exceeded 10 million, Germany also nearly 10 million, the United Kingdom 15 million, Spain, Japan, etc. have also gained a lot, and there was a situation of flowers blooming inside the wall and fragrant outside the wall, which made many people fall through the glasses.

Those who gloated slightly were also slapped hard.

$158 million worldwide. Of course, it is a satisfactory box office result, DD Pictures is expected to earn no less than 30 million with this film, and there is also a large amount of revenue from the DVD tapes of horror films.

As a result, DD Pictures' financial results for the year must have looked good.

……

In April, when Daniel told Javier and Larry about the idea of pushing MB for an IPO. Paige time.

Steve. Martin's comedy "Love to the Ground" was also released.

Compared with "Ghost Omen", DD Pictures is more confident in distributing this type of film, and "House Collapse" has a good effect in the early promotion, and these factors are of course also reflected in the arrangement of the theater.

2,802 screens were released.

The first day of Friday closed at 11.92 million, a total of 35.43 million in the three days of the weekend, the first place in the weekly box office - this result is not bad, of course, it cannot be said to be particularly good, but there is no competitive opponent in the same period, which is good news for "House Collapse", the number of screens has continued to increase, the second week increased by 70, the third week increased by 120, and the peak can reach the edge of 3000 screens.

The theater chain immediately felt proud of its decision, the film's reputation continued to ferment, and the box office trajectory was quite beautiful.

At the end of the second week, 32.01 million, only a slight decline.

There were also 26 million at the end of the third week, a slightly larger decline than before, but in horizontal comparison, it is already a surprising number.

By the end of the third week, "House Down" had always occupied the top spot in the weekly box office charts.

The box office totaled 128.22 million.

This number is enough to remind people of the grand occasion of "Greek Wedding", according to the box office trajectory of the movie, it is conceivable that it will climb to 200 million in the later period.

"House Down" has naturally become the new focus of the media, which is of course also beneficial to Daniel - although on the whole, the impact of winning the best actor on him is negative, and it is not easy to have a good response with Robert and others, but under his interruption again and again, there is no one-sided public opinion.

For Daniel, that's enough.

The Washington Post, as Daniel's pioneer, is now stared at by many people, and Daniel simply uses it as a window to convey his meaning.

"Daniel previously returned to Los Angeles to apparently oversee the ...... for 'Love Falls Down.'" (To be continued.) )