"I'm just an Internet person, and I can't help much, if Ling Gongzi is willing to develop in this industry, I will definitely support it." Chen Bo said perfunctorily.

"We don't talk darkly, my brother is the founder and major shareholder of Galaxy Entertainment, and now he has Shaw Brothers Pictures in his pocket. Even Hollywood here has to give you some face, how can you say that it can't help much? Chen Long laughed and debunked his lies.

"Oh? Galaxy acquired Shaw Brothers? Chen Bo was surprised, "I'm just a shareholder without power, the galaxy is managed by Lao Wang, and I have to run back and forth between Europe and the United States for 10 months out of 12 months a year, and I can't take care of the country at all." But I heard that Ling Gongzi is signed under the Emperor's flag, so he must have a lot of resources in his hands, right? ”

"Don't pretend to be confused, now that the mainland is developing so well, everyone knows where the general trend of the future is. What can happen to the palm-sized place on Hong Kong Island? How many cents can you pay for filming a TV series? The box office of a movie is only a few million Hong Kong dollars, and even the crew fee can't afford it, and now it is no longer the golden period for Hong Kong films. ”

The prosperity of Hong Kong films does have a historical background, there was not such high inflation before, and actors' salaries were low. Including many companies are controlled by underworld associations, and when the cost is reduced, there is naturally money to be made, and they are willing to reinvest. This led to the gold boom, which worsened with the development of new technologies such as VCDs, the rampant piracy, and the Asian financial crisis.

After all, the movie is a capital game that can only be played by burning money, and those millions may not be enough for an actor's expenses, but where is the box office when the big investment is made? Relying on the 7 million people on Hong Kong Island alone, they can't make money at all, and it is inevitable to fall into a dead circle. Even in Europe, where the economy is developed, many countries produce only seven or eight films a year.

"Let me say hello to Lao Wang." Chen Bo thought about it and decided to sell him this face, but he gave him another piece of advice, "After young people enter this industry, they will inevitably be impetuous. There are unscrupulous people who want to use him to climb up to you, lure them to do something non-compliant, and don't end up ruining your reputation. ”

"Don't worry, I will discipline him well, if you don't do anything well, if you know about smoking him in the future, I don't have any opinion." This is a good piece of advice, in Vanity Fair, he doesn't understand how deep the water is, and Chen Bo has already said it quite tactfully.

"Surely not." Chen Bo took over with a smile, but what he thought in his heart was that he had really committed a crime, so I would not just smoke him.

The water in the entertainment industry is deep, and he never planned to get involved in it officially, but at the beginning, he just took advantage of the fact that this industry was just starting to lay out a situation for the Internet ecosystem. Although he doesn't want to see this figure in the circle, he can't be offended, he is always much deeper than Chen Bo in terms of Taoism. Whatever stumbling block behind his back may not make him feel better, so he simply sells him a favor.

He doesn't care about the affairs of Galaxy Entertainment now, Wang Changtian and Lu Xiaoyun are tossing there, as for whether to complete the acquisition of Shaw Brothers, he really doesn't know, now the focus is completely on the cause of the Internet, Xingchen Culture is his sole proprietorship anyway, and he controls so many companies enough to earn pocket money for him in China.

After a few more nonsense words, Chen Long left satisfied, but this time he walked through the main gate, and learned from his mouth that the house next to him was just bought by him for investment, and he only came to live for a few days occasionally. It cost only $3 million in '98, and now it's almost doubled. It's no wonder that I didn't know that Angelina lived next to it.

"It's not that I'm saying bad things about others behind my back, that person's reputation doesn't seem to be very good in the circle." After Long Chen left, Julie said to Chen Bo.

"Well, I know, he's a really nasty kind of person! And he only came to me to get resources for his son, but he forgot that there was an illegitimate daughter who he left behind in the country and couldn't even get alimony. Chen Bo pursed his lips and said disdainfully, at least what he did was extremely unauthentic and unmanly.

"What about you?"

"What do you think?" Chen Bo asked with a smile.

"You...... You're really romantic......"

"Looks like I'm going to have to ask the mayor of New York next time how I can have a girlfriend in every state." Chen Bo smiled and said that Bloomberg is a romantic person, and in his autobiography, he is very proud of his private life, claiming that he has a girlfriend in all 51 states in the United States, and they are all safe.

"You don't have to look for Bloomberg, go out and turn left at the Flower Mansion at the end of Sunset Boulevard, and Hugh Hefner will tell you about his Maiden Heart Sutra." Julie teased.

Hefner, an old man, was not an ordinary man, he was extremely bored and conservative when he was young, and he was disgusted by his daughter-in-law and put on a natural hat. But he borrowed a few thousand dollars to start a business, and started with $500 to buy Marilyn Monroe's semi-nude photos and founded the magazine empire "Playboy", which changed the conservative attitude of Americans with half of his credit, and this old man who is now in his eighties claims to have slept with nearly 2,000 models, which is the envy of countless men.

In the big villa of Beverly Hills, this old man hugged the night and sang songs, and once was sent to the hospital for rescue because of indulgence. Of course, in the evaluation of Americans, there are mixed reviews, some people say that he is morally corrupt, and some people say that he lives out of himself and releases his nature. But if you can live to his level, who cares about other people's evaluations?

Oh yes! The bunny girl is this man's invention. Although it may seem mundane now, it was a great feat at the time, and having a membership card with the Bunny Girl Club became a symbol of glory for the wealthy.

Such a person is rare to meet in a hundred years, they are all blessed with openness, and Chen Bo can't learn it, so he has to smile and respond.

After a happy Christmas in Los Angeles, Chen Bo went back to Silicon Valley, spending a lot of money and trouble. There's a lot to do, and there's currently two major acquisitions.

Tele Atlas, led by Milhouse, managed to avoid the eyes of its rivals, but even if Google was alert, it didn't help, because they didn't have much of an advantage over the $2 billion Ant.

The key battlefield of contention is the image browser, Chen Bo wants to take a finished product and directly transform it into an entrance tool for desktop search, Google is eyeing Picasa, and he is staring at ACDSee. All of them are relatively mainstream in the current market, and the key is that the market value is not high.

As a global financial center, it is not like the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets that encounter seven days of National Day, seven days of Spring Festival, and seven days of May Day...... It's a year of light holidays.

The stock market is endless, and the staff in charge of investment and acquisition naturally have to work overtime.

"Picasa has risen by more than 120% in half a month?" Looking at the data on the computer, Chen Bo's heart is still quite refreshing, is there anything more interesting than pitting opponents? Anyway, he is not the only one who does this, and the investment institutions are all wolves, and they definitely want a piece of the pie. There is no consciousness that will hurt the conscience.

But seeing that ACDsee has also risen by 70%, he is not calm, and the sense of smell of Nima's group of investors is really sensitive, which is similar to a dog's nose.

When digging a hole for others, I also dug a hole for myself, and only one of the two companies of the same type soared, and the others did not move, which is impossible, this is a plate effect. This time it was really a miscalculation, if the news was announced again, it could rise even more than Picasa, and the cost would be much greater.

"You're having a headache for Acdsee, aren't you?" Pichai appeared in the office, having completed the European affairs, he has now returned to Silicon Valley to preside over the development of a new open source browser, since it was the original idea he proposed, Chen Bo handed it all over to him to complete.

Within ants, seniority is not important, what is important is character and ability.

"Why don't you take a vacation to accompany your little wife, why are you coming to the company."

"I'm here to help you out." Pichai smiled and took out a USB flash drive, plugged it directly into the computer and started to operate, "Look at this software, ir.fanvie, the installation package is only 2.15MB, the startup speed is extremely fast, and the functions are not inferior to Picasa and ACDsee." ”

Chen Bo tried to compare the startup and operation of the three software,ir.fanvie is indeed able to complete the other two in terms of running speed,As for the picture editing and processing function,It can only be said that it needs to be improved,And UIThe design reveals a rough and primitive wind,It's like an unfinished semi-finished product,Or it's more like a student's graduation work。

"Not bad, where did you get it? It won't be your own development! ”

"Of course it's not me, it's a finished product developed by a small studio in Bosnia and Herzegovina, without any promotion, and the website is very simple. I also found out by accident. And they use the method of netizen fundraising, and you can get a genuine verification code by paying 10 euros with your PayPal account. Pichai explained.

"Bosnia and Herzegovina? Partial enough. ”

Bosnia and Herzegovina, whose full name is Bosnia and Herzegovina, is a member of the former Yugoslav Federation. But his capital is certainly no stranger. Sarajevo, the fuse of the First World War. So, the Archduke Ferdinand, Prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was assassinated here. It is bordered by Italy by the sea, Croatia to the north, and Serbia and Montenegro to the south, both of which belong to the Balkan Peninsula.

The disintegration of Yugoslavia made a mess of chicken feathers, and the civil war was not softly fought, all of which were of Slavic blood in the same vein as Lao Maozi.

Chen Bo had the impression that the Balkan Peninsula was a place where excellent football players were produced, and the rest was turbulent, but he really didn't expect it to intersect here.

"Who's to say it isn't, but it's a really good software, so I think some of the technologies can be embedded in the design of browsers as well."

"Yes, then invite their studio to visit Silicon Valley after the festival and talk about this by the way." There is no need to fly directly to Bosnia and Herzegovina for such a small project, it is not enough trouble.