Chapter 182: Everything in Demand
"Is the filming of "Heavenly God" still smooth? You seem to be in a good mood. β
"Yes, Seth doesn't have a good job, although he doesn't have a good job."
Kusa nodded, "This is the resume, before you join the group of Pirates of the Caribbean, the new assistant must be in place, otherwise there will be no one to accompany you to the Caribbean, and Andy will not be able to leave Los Angeles." β
"At the beginning, I was shooting in Los Angeles and the South Bay, and then I went to the Caribbean."
"But you didn't have time at that time, did you? Do you have to come back in between filming "Pirates" and then take it to Central America? β
Kusa's frown fully showed his disapproval, it had been a long time since this was started, but everyone was really busy before, and almost no one had any hands on it for the release of "Greek Wedding" and the preparation of "Pirates of the Caribbean".
Now, with the miraculous results of "Greek Wedding" and the pre-filming preparations for "Pirates of the Caribbean" coming to an end, everyone is finally free to go their separate ways.
Speaking of which, the members of the "Greek Wedding" distribution team were indeed poached by major companies with high salaries, but unexpectedly, there were more people who stayed than expected, only one employee of Mountain Eagle Company and two employees of DD headquarters were hired by Paramount and Miramax, and the rest of the employees chose to stay in the original company.
The reasons are quite consistent.
Under the incentives announced by Daniel, each rank-and-file employee received more than $100,000 in bonuses, which helped many people withstand sugar-coated shells from the outside. At this time, from the perspective of career development, there is no doubt that the three companies they work for have great potential. And they are participants in this program. In the company, he has naturally become the person with the most potential for improvement. Instead of leaving here and starting over at those so-called big companies, it's better to take the opportunity and give it a try. If the company grows bigger, of course, the returns will be more impressive.
The future of several companies is not a conjecture of these people.
In fact, after this wave, the decisive actions of major companies inside and outside Hollywood exceeded the imagination of Daniel and others.
Not to mention that everyone in the distribution team of "Greek Wedding" got several offers, and none of the key personnel were missed. Kusa. Damon was fired from a position in the production department by Universal with which he worked well, if not for his ambitions. Otherwise, Daniel really wasn't sure he would be able to keep him.
DD Pictures, Shanying Company, and MB have all received large-scale acquisition negotiations.
MB Company, which was valued at only $750 million a few months ago, has a buyer who directly opened it to 100 million yuan this time, and there is no shortage of 500 million prices. in exchange for half of the shares. Of course, MB will not accept it, they are now facing the best moment of profitability since the company's creation, and the cooperation model between MB and offline merchants has been proven to be effective. There are so many requests for cooperation right now. MB has been forced to expand the size of its own team in this area. In addition, as Daniel expected, MB has been approached by dozens of partnerships in just one month, ranging from tens of thousands of dollars to millions of dollars, regardless of the size of the filmmaker.
MB's development model has almost become a model for similar companies - because any technology company has to seek round after round of financing in exchange for development funds, and the founder's share of stock is decreasing. become more valuable β but many people will eventually have to leave the company they founded, because investors may express dissatisfaction with your decisions at any time. Then use the stake in your hand to knock you out of your own company. MB does not have to be like this, it has relatively sufficient development funds in the early stage, and relies on Blogger's mature profit model to support its own development from the beginning. At a time when it was thought to be in a state of rapid development and had to seek financing, "Greek Wedding" opened up a terrible profit point for it - business collaborations and cooperation in films, TV series, and online promotion are expected to bring tens of millions of dollars a year to MB.
In addition, MB has always been at the forefront of developing unique profit points, MB is an open platform, programmers can make a variety of web applications, mounted on MB, if users consume and use, MB can get a large proportion of the share. In addition, the happy cooperation with the payment company PayPal has also allowed MB to try out its own e-commerce platform, not just promotion. At the moment, the focus is still on products such as virtual game items, but MB is one step ahead of the curve in this regard.
With a large number of active users, MB's future has been optimistic, and there are countless funds, investment banks, and companies that want to get a piece of the pie, but for now, they still have to wait for opportunities, and as MB's future becomes more and more clear and larger, the possibility of these forces wanting to make huge profits is infinitely reduced.
Goldman Sachs, including Wall Street, has been lobbying MB for a listing, and on the premise that technology stocks are still in the doldrums, this mention has to be said to have full confidence in MB.
MB is still classified as Google's system, and Google, Blogger, and MB in the Google system are all extremely high-quality assets, and they are also fat in the eyes of Wall Street. In the end, who can swallow it and not be choked depends on their respective supernatural powers, and the Google system naturally hugs together to resist the push that is not in its own interests.
Offers for MB have been available for many years, so these people don't have much hope. And DD Pictures has abundant cash flow in everyone's imagination, and may not be willing to sell the company at this time, not to mention, DD's core competitiveness is not strong, as a film studio, it does not have any popular series. Its biggest competitiveness lies in Daniel, and this person can't be obtained by buying DD Pictures, so DD Pictures has received the least offers.
Shanying is the leader of the three.
It has extremely advanced market analysis theories, highly practical algorithms, personnel and technical foundation for operating network marketing, and intricate customer systems and partners in the industry, which are the competitiveness of Shanying Company.
But. Investors are doomed to disappointment.
Daniel has no plans to sell these companies, which is the root cause, and the intending acquirer doesn't even know who decided on this qiΔ.
One way or another. It is doomed that the three companies will not be able to avoid this kind of "harassment" for a while.
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The assistants selected by Cusa, Melissa, Andy and others for Daniel are all excellent, after all, with Daniel's salary, it is enough to hire the top group of people in various industries.
Miller. Stone, male, 34 years old, former Marine. Specially trained to work as a security guard for some billionaires.
Sally. Cuco, female. 31 years old, an executive manager of a Fortune 500 company, with strong organizational deployment and communication skills.
Deshar. Thuron, female. 29 years old. A single mom, but with qualifications in five professions: cook, housekeeper, and even tour guide and psychological counselor.
Daniel flipped through the resumes of the three, and Kusa was watching with burning eyes, and if he didn't give the results today, he might not be able to do well.
"Miller, looks pretty good, doesn't have that exaggerated muscles. It's not too vicious. How's his temper? You won't pick up my fans and throw them out in a fit of anger, will you? β
"Rest assured, he has enough work ethic."
"Hmm. All right. Sally, wow, the world's top 500, she is tired of serving a bald boss, so she wants to find a handsome star for a change of taste? β
"She's an ascetic." Kusa's expression was a little strange, "You have to consider this, her appearance xiΓ n is very suitable for this identity, almost immune to male charm, and very persistent in work. She left the company because they wanted to send her to Europe, and she didn't want to, so she simply submitted her resignation. β
"Tsk."
Daniel glanced back at Sally's resume, an alumnus of Kusa, a top student of Brown.
"Isn't it a bit overkill?"
"Maybe she's not willing to take on such a heavy task."
Daniel tilted his head, "Then I don't have a problem with that." And finally, Deshar......"
"Kusa, I have to say, you guys are really very good, none of these people are ordinary, five professional qualifications, and psychological counselors? Didn't you really add an extra 0 to our salary? β
"In fact, the word that you need to hire assistants got out and it sparked a wave in the headhunting market. It is rumored that your big broker, that is, me, can easily earn $5 million a year, and your investment manager, Melissa, will earn no less than 2 million. Your PR is the most lucrative publicist in the PR world, and it's all because Triver just bought a big house. As for your former assistant, Andy, her million-dollar annual salary is already known to everyone, isn't it? Look, you're surrounded by millionaires, who cares about salary. β
Daniel's eyes were about to burst out.
Kusa was divided, receiving about five million in total from his film work. Melissa has no income of two million, after all, she only gets a fixed annual salary, and last year Daniel gave her 600,000, and then there will be a part of the bonus equivalent to a share in Daniel's business activities. The annual income is probably in the millions. As for Andy, Daniel's salary for her is indeed a bit outrageous, but under the premise that she is used for three or four purposes alone, the salary of close to one million is not particularly unacceptable, after all, many of Andy's jobs no longer belong to the category of assistants. Andy's annual salary, which has been adjusted to work, has dropped to about 400,000.
People like Fred who take shares are now real multimillionaires.
Thinking about it this way, Daniel is indeed a little too generous with the people on his team.
"Do I make so much money on movies? Isn't it all going to be you? β
Kusa glanced at him, making sure he was joking or something.
"In "Pretty Woman", you got more than 10 million before and after, "Gladiator" 1 million, "The Lord of the Rings" post-reshoot is also 1 million, and you also got 500,000 for extra work on some peripheral products. The next "Spy Shadow" is 7 million, the packaging contract of "Spy Shadow 2 and 3" is 40 million basic salary, "Greek Wedding", "Impostor God", "Pirates of the Caribbean", and a small "Pianist". In addition, the quotation of your business activities has been reported for a single game of more than 500,000 yuan a long time ago, and now it has already risen to more than 1 million. Seriously, Daniel, you're really blessed at this point, you know that other Hollywood stars don't have this opportunity, no matter what kind of coffee they are. Do you now know how much money you've made in the past two years? Of course, this is only in terms of film and commercial activities, and does not include the huge amount of investment income that you don't have to give us a share of. β
"Haven't some of them been received yet? And I spend a lot of money on it, tooβ" Daniel was almost impressed by the fact that the salary was rising faster than robbing a bank, and of course, it was a reflection of how busy he had been over the past two years......
Kusa didn't want to speak anymore, and Daniel had to shut up in amusement.
"Well, I don't have a problem, call someone to meet. If that's all right, just get them ready for work. β
Getting his resume back, Kusa stood up and nodded.
"Oh, wait, Kusa, am I not going to be on those rankings? Forbes, or characters or something. β
"By the way, this job was supposed to be for Trick to inform you, since you've asked. It's the same with me to inform you, People magazine invited you to shoot their New Year's cover, and the theme seems to be 'Hollywood's new billionaires'. You know, ever since you got on the cover of Vogue, the magazines that wanted to shoot your cover had been able to get from Los Angeles to Beijing. Perhaps, you should try to choose a few, and quite a few magazines have agreed to go to the set to shoot them. β
"Let me think about it, I'm afraid it's not good to do something else on set." Daniel had a headache, and the thought of being given the title of billionaire made his scalp tighten, "I should probably ask Miller if he has any comrades looking for a job, a security guard may not be enough for me." β
"It's worth considering."
Daniel's personal phone rang suddenly, and Kusa gestured and turned to leave.
"Tricker? If you're going to sue me for the cover shoot of People, I'd have to tell you that Kusa just stole your job. β
"Not? β¦β¦ What the? My God, is he crazy? β
Daniel's face suddenly became solemn and difficult to look at, and Trick obviously sent a very bad message, after the carnival of "Greek Wedding", there was always some unpleasantness coming to the door (to be continued......
PS: 10,000 words, over, write so slowly