"You've got a problem for me, Sean." Neil, who came back from a few days of running, said this first thing.

"Did you encounter any difficulties?" Sean threw him a jar of blue moon.

Since filming that beer commercial, the other party has sent a lot of boxes, although there is not a year's supply, but if you want to drink it slowly, it will take at least two or three months.

"Difficult?" Neil let out a long sigh, "Well, the timing of your choice is too good, Sean." ”

"Oh?" Sean raised an eyebrow.

"I've looked up Google's information in detail, how do you say that...... Its domain name is the founder Larry? Paige and Sergey? Brin was registered on 9/5/97, and for most of the next half a year, it was just a website, a search site. It wasn't until August '98 that the first investment was pulled down, about $100,000, and then another month later, on the anniversary of the launch of the site, that the company was officially established in a friend's garage...... Well, about the same as Jobs. Neil, who flipped through the information and read it to Sean, whistled.

Sean scratched his head with some annoyance: "Hell, if I knew this, I should have gone to them the year before last." ”

"You're so optimistic about them?" Neil was a little surprised.

"That's right, so how are you doing?" Sean looked at him.

"Not finished yet," Neil said as he continued to read for him, "and then, in early '99, the two of them were going to sell Google to Excite for $1 million. ”

"$1 million?! What are you kidding, they sold?! Sean was taken aback.

"Of course not," Neil frowned, feeling that his attitude was a little strange, "Actually, George of Excite? Bell felt it was too expensive, so he rejected their offer. After that, the two founders lowered the price to 750,000, but it was still rejected. ”

"Standard idiot." Sean shook his head, but at the same time, he was a little glad that if it was really bought, I am afraid that Google would not necessarily become Google.

"Next, they persevered, and by June '99, they announced that they would raise 25 million, and venture capital such as Sequoia Capital and KPCB had contributed money." Neil said this and closed the folder.

"And then?" Sean asked.

"Don't you understand?" Neil grabbed his head and sighed, "They just raised shares in private, and they are famous venture capitalists, and now there is no shortage of money, if you want to buy shares at this time, I'm afraid it will be difficult." ”

Sean frowned and didn't speak, and walked back and forth in the room twice before he said, "I don't think so, having a capital injection is a good thing after all, and they shouldn't refuse." Secondly, there is another point, we watched the news before, and they all said that the bursting of the IT bubble this time was very serious, and almost all IT companies were hit, so if we can say that those venture capitalists can find someone to share the risk, we have a chance, I remember Mr. Walsman knows the people of Sequoia Capital and KPCB, right? ”

"You're going to be embarrassed, Sean," Neil looked at him depressedly, "I don't understand, there are so many search engines on the Internet, weishenme are you optimistic about Google?" ”

"It's simple, just like I was bullish on Microsoft and bought its stock," Sean said, gesturing to his head, "Remember?" What I told you, my gut feeling. ”

Saying that, he sighed again: "In fact, I am still optimistic about the apple after Jobs returns, but it's a pity that ...... No capital ......"

Sean, who felt that he was a little off-topic, hurriedly waved his hand: "Okay, don't talk about this, I don't ask for much, try to get at least 5% of the shares for $10 million, don't you want to prove yourself again, Neil?" This is an opportunity. ”

"After the lesson I learned last time, I don't have confidence in myself anymore." Neil said half-teasingly.

"Where you fall, you have to get up from there, if you don't seize the opportunity to carry out short-term operations, I may not be able to have an income of more than 20 million, right?" Sean said encouragingly, and then added another handful of firewood, "I told you before that I plan to set up my own production company, and it is definitely not the kind of company that is completely affiliated with a large company, are you interested in helping me take care of it?" ”

"A production company?" Neil shook his head, "I didn't think about running a production company, you know, I don't know anything about movies, but ......"

He suddenly laughed, with a hint of cunning: "If you can set up an investment company, I'd be willing to give it a try." ”

"Investment firms?" Sean narrowed his eyes and looked at him for a long time, "But I'm not very good at investing." ”

"Really? Haven't your instincts always been sharp? First Microsoft, then Apple, and now Google," Neil laughed, "Okay, Sean, give it a try, you're definitely going to need to make some investments, aren't you?" Having a profitable investment firm is also a way to open up your network, and think about it, when the big names in Hollywood make money through your investment firm, it's okay to have any kind of support you want. ”

"If I starred in or produced a movie that sold out every time, I could do the same," Sean said, raising an eyebrow, "Don't think I don't know what you're up to, Neil, that's a good sound, but it's actually trying to get enough opportunities to hone and prove yourself, right?" ”

"Of course," Neil didn't mean to deny it at all, "I admit that I'm really here to hone and prove myself, but you also have to admit it, Sean, it's good for everyone." You put your instincts to good use, woo the big guys, and make money, so why not?

Then, he used a step-by-step tone: "Now is a good time, if Google's prospects are really very good, then borrowing a newly established investment company to invest will definitely make a name for itself." I don't have your intuition, but I know how to collect and analyze data, and all of this can be done on the campus of Harvard, so even if I am in college, I can master the operation of investment firms. What's more, through the internship opportunity, I can connect with many big names on Wall Street, and besides, your production company needs to develop scale, make big-budget movies, and you can also attract investment through investment companies, right? ”

"I have to say, Neil, you're a good talker." Sean touched his chin and said, "How much start-up capital do you need?" ”

"It's the same as your production company," Neil waved his hand nonchalantly, "Investment companies, like production companies, don't spend much money, and most of the time they operate with other people's money, so as long as you keep the internal running smoothly, it's very similar to filmmaking." ”

"Okay, so how about I pay 500,000 yuan, you come as CEO, and I give you 10% of the shares?" Sean then said.

"30%, I can take 200,000 shares." Neil smiled.

"Then it's settled." Sean nodded immediately, "Okay, now it's time for you to contribute to my Google shares, and there is a 5% commission." ”

Despite some considerations, Sean agreed to Neil's request, because if all went well, he would definitely make some investments, just like he is now pursuing a stake in Google. Therefore, in this case, if you have your own investment company, it will undoubtedly be very safe and convenient.

Without capital, no matter what you want to do, you can't succeed, just like Sean was optimistic about Microsoft and Apple, but he didn't have so much capital, so he could only watch them rise and fall and make some small money from it.

Some people may say that if you don't have capital, then find a way, as long as you succeed in getting the first pot of gold, you will be high and wide in the future. That's true, but the question is, how do you get your first pot of gold? In particular, Sean was just an ordinary person in his previous life, even if he had read some self-made information, it was easy to slowly forget it in the passage of time, the human brain is not a computer after all, just search for what you want, and the power of time is often easy to underestimate.

What's more, saying is not the same as doing, he was just a child for a long time, any parent with a sound way of thinking, when he hears his child say, which stock is going up and which stock is going down, or when something happens, and shouting to invest in this and that, the first reaction is probably to take him to consult a doctor, whether it is ADHD or paranoia.

Capital is not so easy to obtain, just like Sean was moved by Neil before and invested in the financial market to go long, if it wasn't for luck, he would have really gone bankrupt.

Fortunately, now I have finally taken a solid step again, although I only took 500,000 to set up a film company, which seems to be much weaker than those laughing film companies worth two or three million, but in fact it is not less.

According to U.S. law, it only takes a few hundred dollars to set up a company, not to mention the smaller companies that are affiliated with large companies or even laughing studios. Although Sean also thought about who he wanted to be attached to, it was more to open up the situation, and if he developed well after a long time, it was certain that he would be independent.

Even so, 500,000 is enough, and there is no need to prepare all the departments for the time being, this can be done slowly, anyway, it is necessary to start with low-budget movies. And, as Neil said, a production company is like an investment company, it doesn't need much liquidity, as long as it can get investment after finding a good script and setting up a project, which is another reason why Weishenme Sean will agree to set up an investment company.

Of course, one of the prerequisites was that Frederick could help him find a better manager to take charge of the new production company, and Sean certainly couldn't do it himself.

"Don't let me down, Neil still has ...... Fred," muttered Shaun, who had thought about it, "we're going to make it, we will." ”

Anyway, that's how it is now, while Neil is working hard to buy a stake in Google, Sean also ushered in a moment in his life, which is to attend the 72nd Oscars ceremony held at the Holy Auditorium in Los Angeles.