Chapter 225: Two Billion, Help a Friend
Kate always knew that Roland was rich, but she never knew how much money Roland really had.
According to what Anthony Hopkins revealed, she knows about a Warcraft Pictures that can't be hidden at all, as for the rest...... Just a Yahoo stock related to David Olson?
When she met with Roland and those financial tycoons in New York before, she did hear the name Warren Buffett, but neither of them talked about stocks at that time, so Kate made up her own mind to understand that Roland was very interested in the old man and wanted to get to know him.
As for anything else......
If you let her make up for it, she can't make it up!
And now, Roland owns more than one percent of Berkshire Hathaway's shares?
Even if she doesn't speculate in stocks, she understands what it means!
It's a pity that David and Roland didn't give her time to digest, but talked directly.
"How much has the stock gone up?"
"Thirty-four thousand eight per share, you hold twenty thousand shares, for a total price of six hundred and ninety-six million."
"Nearly 700 million? It's okay, continue to hold and don't sell. When does the Annual Meeting start? ”
"Tentatively scheduled for January 20."
"January 20th? Then I may not have time to go, I have to film on the set, so ......"
"I know, you want me to go again, right? Okay, okay, can't I go? ”
The light and fluttering conversation made Kate's scalp tingle when he heard it.
Roland's personal assets are nearly 700 million?
It's simply amazing!
However, before she could calm down and try to accept the fact that I didn't know why Roland had 700 million, but he had 700 million, David, who wanted to make a quick decision, directly threw aside the documents related to Berkshire Hathaway and moved on to the next matter.
"Next is Blizzard Entertainment, they released "Warcraft 2", "Diablo", "Spider-Man" this year, of which "Warcraft 2" sold more than one million copies in one month after it was launched, "Diablo" sold one million copies in eighteen days after it was listed, and "Spider-Man" related to you has sold four million copies so far, with a total revenue of more than 100 million, and then they will continue to develop a sequel, as well as a game related to science fiction, and they are also preparing to have an annual meeting, and hope you can participate, Compared to Berkshire Hathaway, the time here will be set by you......"
"Oh? Mike: Are they already that good? Hearing this, Roland, who has never cared about the company, showed a spring breeze smile, "The annual meeting is scheduled for February, since they are working so hard, I also have to fulfill the original promise, every time there is a hit, I will sell three percent of the equity to the founder of Blizzard and Blizzard North, this news, I will personally announce it at the annual meeting." ”
What???
Kate swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and she raised her eyebrows as she stared at Roland's back......
Roland also has a gaming company? And the operating income of the game company has exceeded 100 million?
Although revenue is not equal to profit, the evaluation of a company's quality or not is generally based on revenue.
If the valuation is calculated according to the current PE multiple of Internet game companies, then this game company is not worth 500 to 600 million???
Roland's personal assets are 1.3 billion?
How come no one has ever broken the news!
How many are 1.3 billion?
Kate knows that she may not earn 12/10 of filming for a lifetime!!
But that's not all.
After Roland waved his hand and asked David to skip the company with the right to research and develop on his own, David coughed and picked up the report of Shouwang Ventures.
"Overwatch Venture Capital currently holds 67% of IMDb's equity, which is an absolute controlling stake, and this year's IMDb revenue exceeds 20 million, and the net profit reaches 4 million, and a large part of this revenue comes from the online advertising ...... of "Spider-Man"
"It's all your company anyway, so I'll let people do a simple calculation, it's worth 80 million."
"In addition, Shouwang Venture Capital also holds 15% of Amazon's equity, according to the current valuation of 330 million, these shares are worth nearly 50 million, and they are currently in a dilemma between continuing financing and direct listing, if they still want to raise money, I am expected to be able to eat 30% ......of the equity."
"Not only that, the 4.68 million Yahoo shares held by Shouwang Venture Capital are now worth 1.5 billion."
"The sum of the three adds up to the total assets of Shouwang Venture Capital is almost 2.8 billion......"
"Two and eight billion?"
Roland had already heard David about the Amazon, so he wasn't surprised, "It's okay......"
"If Amazon is going to look for financing, 30 percent is obviously the most important goal for us."
"Of course, if you can't get it, there's no way, if he wants to go public directly, let him go directly, we can absorb the tradable shares, anyway, there is not much money......"
FFFFFFFuck!!!
IMDb turned out to be Roland's???
Yahoo shares are also rumored to be Roland's?
What else did he invest in Amazon?
The corners of Kate's mouth twitched......
What is IMDb, will she not know?
At present, the largest Internet movie database is also the largest fan communication platform!
And what about Yahoo?
Even though she doesn't have much contact with the Internet every day for filming, she already knew about this thing when she went to Bloomberg! What's more, Yahoo itself is the most popular Internet company at the moment......
And all of this is actually Roland's assets?
David Olsen just holds the ???
She felt like she was meeting Roland for the first time.
700 million Berkshire Hathaway stock, plus 500 to 600 million Blizzard Entertainment, plus 2.5 billion Overwatch Ventures?
Roland's total net worth is more than 1.55 billion?
This, this, this......
Kate felt that her mind was blank, and she didn't know what to say, and just as she was trying to digest all this, she suddenly realized that what David said just now was not Roland's main business!
"The last one is Warcraft Pictures."
"The Redemption of Xiao Shengke" has reached 23 million this year, and the overseas share of "Seven Deadly Sins" has also come down, plus the videotape, the total revenue has reached 36 million, and the "Red Fan Zone" that you bought casually before has brought you nearly 13 million net income, of course, the most important thing is that your "Spider-Man" global box office share ......"
"There are two points of copyright, the starring is divided into 18 points, and the total is 20 points, the box office of 880 million, the share that Sony gave me is 17600000000000000000000000000000000000000000000......0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
"Then, Disney shared six million dividends from this year's "The Lion King" across the board......"
"And the 41 million net profit of Sony and Amperin and Warcraft United Publishing Company......"
"Warcraft Pictures' net income this year is 239 million, and all of it is cash ......"
"Of course, in terms of copyright, it is the copyright owned by the Avengers, the copyright owned by the X-Men, the copyright of Spider-Man, the copyright of The Hobbit, and the copyright of the Lord of the Rings......"
"Oh, that's good......"
Roland, who had expected it, was not surprised.
Because Sony didn't dare to pit his money.
Coupled with a bunch of bigwigs behind him, these film companies don't dare to delay the payment of money with various excuses.
But Kate was already numb.
Roland's main business is films, with a net income of 239 million in cash a year?
Give her a lifetime, she can't earn it!
She didn't know what to say about Roland, but David just paused, and then continued, "Then there is the Olson sisters' double star group share, due to the associated factors of "Spider-Man", this year's after-tax share is 74 million, and I have already paid all of it to Blizzard Capital's account......"
"And last year, we only spent a lot of money on the copyright of "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit", the acquisition of IMDb and Amazon's investment, and then deducted your consumption, as well as the normal expenses of the group's personnel affairs, and there was a balance of nearly 100 million."
"In other words, Blizzard Capital's cash is now 413 million, that's right, you have more than 400 million cash lying in the company's account......"
"Your current assets ......"
"It's officially over me......"
Oh! My! God!
Syllable......
Kate reached out and covered her cheek.
With a side business of 1550 million and 413 million in cash, Roland's total net worth reached 2 billion? !
This can already be on the Forbes list, okay?
No!
Few of those guys who can make the list can be more terrifying and rich than Roland!
Whose assets have 25 percent cash?
Who can pat his chest and say, as long as I want, I can take out my 400 million in minutes?
If Berkshire Hathaway's stock is like a punch that makes Kate dizzy, then Blizzard Entertainment, Overwatch Ventures, and Warcraft Films are like rubber machine guns, making Kate unable to distinguish between southeast and northwest.
Roland sits with those bigwigs because he really has that capital?
Roland has always said that money can buy happiness, that will be the greatest meaning of money, this sentence turned out to be true?
He really doesn't care about money? Not interested in money?
Is he really just a hobby of movies?
Kate originally thought that Roland's two or three hundred million was already very remarkable, but now, this number has multiplied tenfold!
She rubbed her cheeks on the side recliner, not daring to accept this fact, and just as she was trying to regain her lost reason, Roland, who had already listened to the summary news, smiled and said to David: "David, you give yourself an annual salary, continue to work for nothing, I'm really embarrassed."
"There's no urgency, I'll talk about it next year."
"You will be eighteen in a year, and the care before that is all what I should do, and in the future, I will charge according to the standard of a normal manager."
Didn't take it before eighteen?
This is actually David's selfishness.
He helps his friend raise a son, so he has to raise him until he reaches adulthood, right? Before adulthood, you don't receive a penny, and after adulthood, you will make a choice depending on the situation......
If Roland's assets are okay, David will forget it, but Roland's assets have surpassed him now, so he won't be polite to Roland.
After all, it's a busy day.
David said so, and Roland didn't push it, and after looking at the other party's motionless body, Roland also understood that David let himself spend the 400 million, because it was too wasteful to lie on the account.
Roland actually has the idea of investing, because the Lord of the Rings project will not open next year.
Even if it is opened, he will not invest his own funds.
The slow speed of payment collection in "The Seven Deadly Sins" made him desperate, and with this cash, it was better to do something else.
And although he is engaged in a film and television company, he has never hoarded entertainment heavy assets, firstly, he does not want to directly fight with the Big Six, and secondly, he is too slow to become an entertainment company, and it is not as simple as a wave of acquisitions.
As for investment......
There are actually projects.
If the New York gang would have followed in the Asian financial crisis of '97, then he would have followed, if not......
"Steve Jobs is a friend of Steven Spielberg, and as far as I know, he's coming back to Apple."
"I love Toy Story, so I'm ready to become an Apple shareholder to support him......"
"Apple's stock price is now ......"
As he spoke, Roland also turned on the computer next to him, opened Yahoo with Internet Explorer, and when he saw that Apple's stock price was only five cents, he ......
Stunned.
"How much is it?"
"So cheap?"
"Don't you have a market capitalization of two billion?"
"That'...... Let's ask for 10 percent. ”
"Ten percent should be considered the largest shareholder, right?"
"It's okay to get a board seat, right?"
"Of course, it's still yours."
David:???
Kate:??????
When Roland said lightly to buy 10% of Apple's shares, the two people in the study looked confused - David, who wanted to record Roland's investment needs, shook his right hand, and the pen left a strong mark on the record book, and Ketra, who was covering his face, opened his hands and looked at Roland with disbelief.
More than a billion deals, just like that?
Is it because you like Toy Story?
Was Steve Jobs a friend of Spielberg's?
"Are you sure?" David was a little puzzled, "If you like Pixar, wouldn't it be good to discuss with Jobs directly about buying a stake in Pixar?" Why buy apples? ”
Kate thought the same thing.
If you like movies, then buy a film company directly, a technology company that buys an egg!
Pixar's current market capitalization is only one billion, isn't that trivial to you?
But Roland doesn't think so, "because the copyright of "Toy Story" is in the hands of Disney. ”
"Pixar only makes sense in Disney's hands, and even if I buy it, it doesn't work."
"And if I want to take 'Toy Story', I'll have to buy Disney."
So, in order to let Pixar have the mind to produce good animation works, does Jobs, the owner, have to live physically and mentally comfortable? And if he wants to return to Apple, he is physically and mentally comfortable, should he become Apple's largest shareholder to support him? ”
This makes so much sense!
Kate, who had been silent, felt that Roland's logic was fine, while David ......
"Okay, okay, I know you love movies."
"Ten percent will cost up to 200 million, so what are you going to invest in the next 200 million?"
What's next for the next two hundred million?
Of course, I won't vote for the time being!
"If Amazon wants to raise funds, then the money will come in handy, and if it goes public, then put it there and watch first......"
"Anyway, I don't have anything I want to buy for the time being."
Speaking of this, Roland suddenly felt that something was wrong, closed Apple's market value page, and turned to look at Microsoft, and after seeing that Microsoft's stock price was only about 12 yuan, he waved his hand and said: "Since Microsoft is a friend of DreamWorks, it is my Roland Allen's friend, if Amazon does not seek investment, then we will buy 10 million shares of Microsoft stock, which can be regarded as a public cooperation!"
"The remaining tens of millions will be used as the company's operating funds, and the daily expenses will go from there."
Co-authoring your investment, purely to support your friends?
Whether it's IMDb or Yahoo, it's all Roland investing in the name of helping people.
It's just that it was James Cameron who took the blame for him before, and now it's Steven Spielberg.
David was accustomed to Roland's imaginative but profitable investment ideas, so after hearing the same reason given by Roland, he didn't bother to dwell on it.
"Okay, that's it."
"Come on ninety-seven years!"
"Assets have risen by one billion a year, and it is estimated that when you are forty or fifty years old, you will be able to enter the top ten of Forbes, right?"
"Hopefully I'll see it then."
Two investments, siphoning out nearly seventy percent of the company's cash flow, what is there to say?
But as long as Roland was happy, he would help get it.
It's a pity that he doesn't know why Roland loves movies so deeply.
In order to make Pixar better creative, he went to be a major shareholder of Apple???
Hehe......
Roland can do this this time, so he won't be surprised that Roland asks David to buy Disney next time.
In order to make those guys better creative, so I'm going to be this boss......
Doesn't this logic also make sense?
With David's departure, Roland also put away the company statements left by the other party.
When he turned to put them in the safe, he found that Kate was looking at him with complicated eyes.
"What's wrong?" Roland asked with a smile.
"I'd like to talk to you......" Kate pursed her dry lips and said, "Now, okay?"
"Of course ......"
Roland stuffed the papers into the safe, then sat down next to Kate, "What do you want to talk to me about?" ”
In the face of such inquiry, Kate took a deep breath, and when she opened her eyes again, she asked, "Is everything just now true?" Those...... Are all your assets? ”