296 Jobs' Collection and Bad Taste
"30%," Su Zhen said.
"What?" Jobs was a little confused.
"Cross-holding, I traded 30 percent of MGM for a 50 percent stake in Pixar," Su said.
"Oh, Sue, you must know that Pixar's market value is now more than $7 billion, and the price you bought MGM at the beginning was only $6 billion..."
"Alright, Steve, we all know how unreliable this algorithm is, how about 31%?" Su Zhen shook his head with a smile and said, indeed as Jobs said, on the surface, the price of Pixar is higher than MGM, but the account is not so calculated, you must know that Pixar is a listed company, and the market value and actual value of a company are two different things, if the market value wants to become cash, it will shrink a lot, and MGM is one of the eight major film companies, but it is rare that it is not a listed company, Su Zhen's acquisition of MGM was a green cash, so in terms of actual value, MGM is far higher than Pixar, and the reason why Jobs said that was just to bargain, but this also means that this deal has a drama.
"No, no, no, Sue, you know, Pixar is the best 3D animation special effects company in Hollywood, and its potential value is far more than that, how about 40%?" Jobs smiled and bargained that in fact he treated Apple and Pixar completely differently, Apple was like a child to him, and Pixar Studio was just a tool for him to make money, so as long as the price was right, he didn't mind selling Pixar at all.
"You're too greedy. Steve, 32%" Su Zhen said with a roll of his eyes.
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In this way, the two negotiated the price one percentage point by one percentage point like buying vegetables in the vegetable market.
"OK, 35%, if it doesn't work, I can only consider buying DreamWorks or Blue Sky Studio" Su Zhen finally said helplessly, in terms of bargaining, Su Zhen is still much worse than an old slippery head like Jobs, although Blue Sky Studio and DreamWorks Animation are also good choices, but Su Zhen feels that if you want to buy it, you can buy the best, and in 3D animation special effects technology. Pixar is undoubtedly the best.
Jobs nodded. He also knew that this price was almost Su Zhen's bottom line, and he would accept it when he saw it.
So the two reached a 35% stake in MGM Ring and 50% of Pixar's equity, of course, 50% of Pixar's stake will definitely not be all by Jobs, after all, all the shares in Jobs' hands are only 50%. This writing is that the shares will be shared among all shareholders. Naturally, MGM's shares will be distributed proportionally to those Pixar shareholders. The interests are all involved.
"When we're done talking, we should celebrate with some music, right?" In Su Zhen's puzzled gaze. Jobs smiled and walked to the back wall of the company, and then took the remote control that he didn't know where to find it, and pressed it, and the entire wall moved to both sides, revealing a whole set of extremely ancient and luxurious audio equipment behind the wall, but what surprised Su Zhen was not this set of audio equipment, after all, although this kind of old-fashioned audio equipment is rare, but it is not precious, and it can be found for eighteen thousand, what really surprised Su Zhen was the rack behind the stereo - the shelves were full of records, these records were not the current CDs and DVDs, It is the ancestor of the record - LP, that is, the vinyl record that most people in China have only seen from TV and movies.
"This is really crazy" Su Zhen looked at the shelves full of vinyl records and said a little dumbfounded, even if he didn't pay much attention to music, he knew that with so many vinyl records, it would take a lot of effort to collect them.
"To listen to music, you have to listen to vinyl," Jobs smiled and took out a record, gently put it down on the record player, and soon the melodious music began to float through the office.
Vinyl record - to be precise, it should be bakelite record, because it also has other colors, but most of it is black so it is called vinyl record, vinyl record can be said to be the most convincing music signal source in the history of human sound and music, it dominated the music signal source throughout the 20th century, until the advent of CD record players in 1984, it withdrew from the mainstream stage, and now it is only seen in many DJs, but even if it is no longer mainstream, But in the minds of many audiophiles and music lovers, vinyl is still the perfect way to play music.
The reason is simple, because the ethereal inspiration and liveness brought by the music played by vinyl records cannot be replaced by CDs and digital players, and generally speaking, true music lovers will feel that the sharp and rough digital sound of CD records and digital players is simply unbearable after listening to the music played on vinyl records... Even music idiots like Su Zhen can hear that vinyl records do sound much better, and it is precisely because of this that vinyl records are basically still used in various countries in the storage of many important audio materials.
In fact, Su Zhen is no stranger to vinyl records, don't forget, one of his girlfriends, as a famous singer Avril, is a serious audio enthusiast, although the number of vinyl records she collects is not as much as Jobs, but it is also a lot, but the types of collections of the two are completely different, Avril is heavy metal punk, the collection is mostly rock music, and Jobs's collection is mostly classical music.
It's precisely because he knows something about vinyl records that Su Zhen won't get this thing even if he is killed... Without it, it's too troublesome, one is the capacity problem, generally the capacity of a vinyl record is only about five minutes on one side, so if it is a long music like a symphony, you may need several records, and to listen to vinyl records, then you have to listen to a record patiently from beginning to toe to the end, it does not have a convenient song selection mode like CD and digital music, and the second is to pay attention to storage, vinyl records are easy to spoil, so we must pay great attention to preservation, and carefully dust the record after each playback, Turntables and stylus also need to be cleaned frequently, which is very cumbersome. With Su Zhen's relatively out-of-the-box temperament, it is really not suitable to play this, and only a person like Jobs who pursues Zen can calm down and enjoy this quiet enjoyment, of course, it is not impossible for Su Zhen to collect this kind of thing, just leave the preservation and maintenance to his subordinates... It's just that in this way, the meaning of collecting is completely lost.
But then again, Avril is not the kind of person who is quiet, how can she tolerate "slow" music like vinyl records? Su Zhen sat here, listening to less than two records, and he was already a little restless.
And Jobs also sensed Su Zhen's discomfort - he soon understood why, but in this regard, he could only sigh that young people are really a little impetuous.
If Su Zhen knew that Jobs's thoughts would definitely spray him in the face, your sister didn't look at what music you played, and the two big men TMD together actually played Bach's Matthew Passion, which is unbearable.
So when Su Zhen walked out of Jobs's office, the color of his whole face was blue, and those executives of Apple were smiling secretly when they saw this, another poor guy who was ravaged by Jobs's bad taste.
Next time, I should take Jobs to Avril Avril to listen to Obituary (the famous American death metal band) for an hour or two, so that he can also taste this taste, Su Zhen thought viciously. (To be continued......)