When Lin Mu took the latest flight to Chicago late at night and knocked on his parents' door, it was already past one o'clock in the morning. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Achen, are you like this?" Mother Lin, who was wearing pajamas, opened the door, but what she saw was a tired forest.

"Mom, I'm tired!" Lin Mu suddenly hugged his mother.

"When you're tired, go back to your room and rest, just get some sleep!" Mother Lin gently patted her son's back, "We have always kept your room for you, and when you are tired, go back to your parents!" ”

"Got it!" Lin Mu nodded, after a busy day, and flying from Los Angeles to Chicago overnight, he was indeed feeling very tired now.

When Lin Mu walked to the door of his room, Lin Mu suddenly stopped him, "Ah Chen, Mom, you know that you are very tired living outside. Sometimes, don't be too yourself, in my eyes and your dad's, you've done a great job! ”

Lin Mu stayed at his parents' house for three days, and although he was reluctant, he had to leave, whether it was Paramount or Dream, there were a lot of things waiting for him to do. And at the same time that Lin Mu boarded the flight to Los Angeles, thousands of miles away in Omaha, Nebraska, an old man named Warren Buffett was looking through the information about him with great interest.

"Uncle, I don't understand why you're so interested in this investment company with assets of less than $500 million?" His nephew Carl was on his side at this time, and he had been Buffett's assistant for a long time, but had never seen his uncle take such a keen interest in a company.

"Carl, when I started investing, the funds in my hands were only $300,000, and it doesn't matter how much money I start to have, it's important to use his people!" Warren Buffett is deliberately mentioning his nephew.

"According to my investigation, there is nothing remarkable about this investment company called Dream, and I have even heard that this company was also involved in Soros's sniping operation against the pound, and such a company seems to pursue an investment philosophy that is contrary to the principles of value investing that you adhere to." Carl still stood by his opinion. "I also found out that the head of that company was named Thomas Kuller, but he has now jumped to Soros's quantum fund."

"Oh?" Buffett looked at the information in his hand with some suspicion, "This seems to be a little different from what I know!" ”

"The latest news I have received at this time is absolutely accurate and reliable!" Carl was sure of that.

"According to my understanding, the behind-the-scenes boss of Dream Investment Company is named Lin, and he is the real decision-maker of Dream Investment Company!"

"Is that him?" Carl naturally knew who Lin was, the 21-year-old vice chairman of Paramount. There are many reports about woods in American newspapers, and Carl also knows something about him, and his first reaction when he hears the news is "I can't imagine that he has another investment company".

"Uncle is interested in this company because he is interested in Lin?" Carl asked curiously.

"I like his works very much, but my interest in dreams has nothing to do with Lin himself!" Warren Buffett's words left Carl confused, "So what do you value about this company?" ”

"I'm interested in the way Dream invests!" Warren Buffett finally voiced his opinion, "I think this is a very bold idea, and it has made me rethink what is real value investing. ”

"How to invest?" Carl still didn't understand that his investigation didn't pay much attention to this aspect of the problem.

"It's the most creative idea I've ever seen, and it has a return on investment that even outperforms stocks. Dream invests directly in the most primitive companies, then gives them the capital they need to grow, and finally pushes those companies to go public, and then makes a big profit by reselling their holdings, which is a very cutting-edge investment idea, very risky, but also surprisingly high. I have calculated an account for Dream, they are now investing less than 200 million US dollars, and in two to three years, these companies will be successfully listed, and if the stock price rises sharply, Dream's direct return will be between 7~8 times. "Warren Buffett has always been good at analysis, and his analysis has always been accurate.

"But the risk of doing this is also very large, first of all, once the capital is invested, it cannot be recovered, which will cause a large amount of capital to be trapped, which is very dangerous in itself. The second is the uncertainty of the investment object, the company they choose may not be able to be listed in the end, and all losses will be borne by the investment company itself. Carl saw at a glance the huge risks associated with such an investment.

"As long as one or two companies are successful, Dream can recoup all of its costs." Warren Buffett affirmed Carl's analysis, but he also said, "So what I'm most concerned about is actually the company's risk management methods." ”

Risk control lies in the diversification of means, people choose different investment tools according to the risk of different financial assets, "do not put eggs in one basket" many people understand, this is also the most effective means to avoid risks. In Carl's view, Dream undoubtedly puts all the eggs on the success or failure of a company, which often cannot effectively prevent investment risks and obtain ideal investment returns. "I don't think Dream is a sensible approach!"

Warren Buffett knows that it will be difficult to convince his nephew that this is a clever investment now, so he does not explain too much to Karl on this point, and the facts will prove everything in the future. "To evaluate the quality of a thing, it is not necessary to look at its gains and losses, but to see whether it can help and enlighten oneself. What struck me the most about Dream's investment principles was his philosophy, a new understanding of value investing. This requires an unusually clear and calm understanding of the development of the enterprise and the market trend in order to be able to formulate such an investment plan. This young man named Lin is not simple! ”

"It is not necessarily a good thing for a young man to be ambitious, without the experience of setbacks, it is difficult for a person to truly mature!" Carl knew that Lin Mu was probably the youngest of the executives of the American company, and he was a little jealous when he said this, but seven points was his true emotion.

"The future is terrifying, the future is the world of you young people!" Warren Buffett sighed softly, and he specially instructed Kaldo to pay attention to the young Chinese youth, "He is probably my most important partner in the future!" ”

Carl suggested that if Buffett was really that interested in Dream, he could invite Lin Mu to Omaha right now.

"There's no need to rush to meet him now, I'll have to observe Dream for a while before I can finally draw conclusions." Buffett shook his head.

"It seems that my uncle is still not very comfortable with dream!" Karl made Buffett hesitate because of his own opinion, but Buffett's next words made him stand on the spot, "I'm not worried that Dream won't make money, but I'm not sure how much Dream can make!" Carl, I hope you will remember my words today, in the next ten years, Lin and Bill Gates, there will definitely be one of them who can appear in the most dazzling position in the world's richest list! ”

After Lin Mu became the vice chairman of Paramount Pictures, the first thing he received was a congratulatory letter from Spielberg and Mark, although both of them are from Universal, but the content of the congratulatory letter is completely different. The novel is complete and updated super fastSpielberg's tone in the letter is very sincere, and he congratulates Lin Mu completely as a friend. Mark's congratulatory letter is out of politeness, and it is full of some very flowery words, and he is still a little resentful of Lin Mu's refusal to go global.

Regarding Paramount's future development, Shirley Lansing and Lin Mu have the same opinion, and only by constantly releasing high-quality films is Paramount's way to survive. Because Lin Mu himself is a movie screenwriter and has worked as a producer for a while. So when assigning work, Lin Mu was responsible for the investment and shooting of the film. However, in the analysis of the future film market, there are still some differences in the views of the two. Shirley Lansing believes that Paramount must continue to grow the size of the company to achieve market share with scale advantages. Lin Mu believes that due to the increasing marginal cost, but when the scale of the company reaches a certain level, the benefits obtained by relying on the expansion of the scale are far from making up for the losses caused by the increase in costs, so he does not advocate blindly expanding the scale of the company, but to make more efforts in cost management and optimizing the internal structure. In Lin Mu's view, in the future film market, it is no longer possible for a certain film company to monopolize the market as before, but several large film companies will carry out competitive cooperation and jointly share the cake of the market.

Shirley Lansing was a little unreceptive to Lin Mu's opinion for a while, but her best friend, Jia Fei Lansing, the company's general manager of communications, agreed with Lin Mu's opinion. He told Shirley Lansing that in the future, the production cost alone may be hundreds of millions, and due to the intensification of competition, the money spent on post-promotion will also be a lot of money, which allows a film company to bear it independently, and the production cycle of a film determines that it is impossible to recover the cost of investment quickly, which will make the company's capital chain very tight. In the case of abundant funds, this problem may not be obvious, but if the company's funding fails, a film can drag down a film company.

The advantages of cooperation are self-evident, while sharing costs and risks, both film companies can use their own marketing networks to promote the film, and then release the film in their own theaters, saving a lot of costs in the middle. Jafi Lansing's analysis made Shirley Lansing finally agree with Lin Mu's point of view.

After the management agreed on the future direction of Paramount, Lin Mu began to look for a suitable film for Paramount for the next stage of shooting. In addition to class, he devoted all his time to work, and his fulfilling life made him forget his previous troubles for a while. Just then, he received a call from both Shirley Lansing and Robert Romiskey at the same time. However, the content of both calls is the same.

Robert Romischi told Lin Mu that the film "Forrest Gump" was shortlisted for six Oscars, and Lin Mu's script is one of them, and it is also one of the most likely to win Oscars. Because of the experience of Lin Mu's rejection of the Oscar last time, Robert Romiskey is still a little worried about whether Lin Mu will repeat last year's scene this time. He told Lin Mu what he meant very vaguely. And Lin Mu also gave him a clear answer: "If "Forrest Gump" can't win the award this time, he will not only retire, but also will not participate in any Oscars in the future!" ”

Lin Mu's words made Robert Romiski's previous worries come to naught, but at the same time he has new worries, in case Lin Mu really doesn't win the award this time, he is a guy who dares to do anything!

Robert Romiski's worries are the same as Shirley Lansing's, but she is not as direct as Robert Romiski. Shirley Lansing first congratulated Lin Mu, and then talked to Lin Mu on the phone about how the performance of "Forrest Gump" at the Oscars will have such and such an impact on Paramount's future. Now Lin Mu can be regarded as a shareholder of Paramount, and his words and deeds must consider the company's image. Although Shirley Lansing didn't say a lot of things explicitly, Lin Mu knew that she was hinting that she couldn't be as arbitrary as she was last time. Any inappropriate words and deeds from Lin Mu will have a great impact on Paramount.

Lin Mu just laughed at their advice, in his opinion, it was inevitable for "Forrest Gump" to win the award, and he didn't plan to get along with the Oscar jury this time. In fact, he also attaches great importance to this Oscar, in his opinion, this is his first Oscar trophy in the true sense!

So on the night of the awards ceremony, as soon as Lin Mu appeared on the red carpet, he attracted the shots of all the reporters on the scene, the last time he walked the red carpet, he was just a supporting role for Julia Roberts in the eyes of the media, but after a year, Lin Mu stepped on the red carpet of the Oscars again, and the situation has changed dramatically. The Hollywood actress who was arranged by the Oscar Organizing Committee to walk the red carpet with Lin Mu later hated the arrangement of the Oscar Organizing Committee. Because on the entire red carpet, she was just a supporting role for Lin Mu, and all the reporters' cameras were aimed at Lin Mu. Every time she stopped for an interview with reporters, she felt embarrassed. Because all the problems are directed at Lin Mu alone. From the beginning to the end, she was just a beautiful background behind Lin Mu. She really wanted to leave Lin Mu alone, but Lin Mu's personable gentlemanly style made her have nowhere to attack, so she had to be depressed and accompanied Lin Mu through the whole scene. As soon as she entered the venue, she didn't even know Lin Mu, so she ran away. (To be continued.) )