Hollywood Hunter

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After get off work, Simon went straight to George Norman's house in Bel Air.

On Wednesday, he revealed his intentions to Jennifer. Simon received a call from James Raybold early yesterday morning. The two chatted for more than an hour, during which James Raybold cited a series of reasons to persuade Simon to cancel the offer. He and Norman are responsible for the idea of ​​the east and west coasts respectively, saying he can do the job himself, and it is more professional.

After careful consideration, Simon also agreed.

They were busy with the movie during the weekdays, so the Leibolds rushed over today, planning to discuss more details with Simon on the weekend, and borrowed the Normans to send Simon a dinner invitation.

Now that he has promised James Raybold, Simon did not make any extra effort to tell his personal lawyer about his original idea. After all, George Norman is a civil lawyer, and it is indeed not suitable for helping Simon manage the assets of Westeros Company.

Because he didn't know that he missed some opportunities, George Norman was also very enthusiastic at night, and he also congratulated his brother-in-law for reaching a cooperative relationship with Simon. Everyone was happy, but Jennifer faced her uncle. Occasionally there will be some cautious expressions on her face, but she is very aware that her father has taken away the opportunity that should have belonged to her uncle.

It's a new year soon.

In recent weeks, Simon has successively paid his personal income tax for 1987 and various taxes on the two companies under his name. Mainly, of course, is the Westeros Corporation tax.

After completing the tax settlement, the main assets under the name of the Westeros Company are the stocks of those 26 companies.

It is worth mentioning that when Simon applied for the Westeros Corporation, it confirmed the nature of the company as a limited liability company (llc). The biggest advantage of llc type companies is that they can avoid double taxation. The income of the Westeros Company is equivalent to Simon's personal income, and Simon can enjoy his due profits only by paying income tax once. Of course, llc-type companies also have their own disadvantages, such as being unable to go public.

Fortunately, Simon never thought about listing Westeros.

In contrast, in order to consider future listing and financing, Daenerys Pictures is a limited company (corp), and this type of company needs to pay taxes on its own profits and shareholder dividends.

As the North American stock market gradually shakes off the haze of the stock market crash in October, and the technology stocks are highly sought after due to the exposure of the "Westeros Portfolio", the technology stocks held by the Westeros Company have continued to appreciate during this period of time.

The total value of Westeros' technology stock holdings has exceeded $1.67 billion, according to the latest statistics from Simon's Private Accountants after the market closed today. Relative to Simon's initial investment of $1.1 billion, the cumulative appreciation has reached 51%.

The appreciation of this batch of stocks is equivalent to making up all the huge taxes paid by Simon.

On the other hand, Westeros' 4.9% stake in 26 technology companies can basically squeeze into the ranks of the major shareholders of these companies, but it is also difficult to obtain board seats and share the power of a company. Not so easy.

However, these companies have benefited from the influence of the 'Westeros combination' and their stock prices have risen sharply in recent months. Obviously, it is impossible to hope that their own stocks will be sold off. Simon is still likely to get a seat on the board of directors of these companies. very big.

After weekend negotiations, James Raybould, who was authorized by Simon, formally applied to all technology companies held by Westeros to join the board of directors, and the media who learned the news quickly paid attention to this matter.

new week.

The most anticipated event in Hollywood is undoubtedly the announcement of the new Golden Globe nominations.

At nine o'clock on Monday morning, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced a series of nominations for the 45th American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards in a press conference in the ballroom of the Sunset Tower Hotel in Beverly Hills.

Since the 'operability' of the Golden Globes is far greater than the Oscars with many judges, there is no suspense that "Lola Run" won the best picture in the drama, the best director, the best actress in the drama, the best screenplay and the most Five nominations for the best soundtrack, making it a big hit at this Golden Globe Awards.

Simon also knows that unless the Hollywood Foreign Press Association completely abandons its integrity, his best director nomination must be only one nomination. As for the best film in the drama category, the winner in my memory should be Bertolucci's "The Last Emperor", and Simon doesn't think "Lola Run" can win the long-established European film master.

Of course, it's something to be happy about after all. All morning, Simon has been answering combo calls from all sides.

And so on until noon.

In a restaurant in downtown Santa Monica, as the host, Simon arrived ten minutes early, and Bill Gates arrived soon after.

After apparently doing some homework, Gates graciously congratulated "Lola Run" on its Golden Globe nomination. The two sat down at the dining table, each looking at each other quietly.

Bill Gates is only 32 years old this year. He wears a pair of black-rimmed glasses with large lenses. He looks younger, even a bit like a middle school student, and he is the type of nerd who is often bullied by the school.

Just by looking at the face, Simon also understands why the gate classmates in many biographies and films are often bullied by Jobs of the same age.

but.

After opening his mouth, Gates did not look like a bun at all.

After ordering and waiting for the waiter to leave, Gates said bluntly: "Simon, I hope you can explain why you are interested in Microsoft stock?"

Simon ignored Gates' questioning gesture and said in a relaxed tone: "Bill, it should be said that I am very interested in the entire electronic information industry, and Microsoft is only one of them."

"If that's the case," Gates handed over a page of faxes from a briefcase he was carrying: "I'm afraid I can't agree to a request from a representative of Westeros to join Microsoft's board."

"Actually, I don't really want to join the Microsoft board, I'm very busy. However, since I have invested so much money, in order to get more returns, I still hope to provide some personal advice on the development of these companies," Simon picked up the page. Fax glanced at it, put it down, sat up straight and stared at Gates opposite, and said, "Bill, you own nearly 45% of the shares of this company, are you still worried that I will compete with you for control?"

"Okay, let's be honest," Gates said in a relaxed tone, "Simon, if Microsoft rejects Westeros' request to join the company's board, will you sell your stock?"

"I've already answered you, my main purpose is to invest. If continuing to hold Microsoft stock will make me more money, I'm definitely not going to sell. As for the Microsoft board, if I feel compelled to join, maybe I will. Keep buying stocks and increase your stake to 10% or more until you agree."

"What if I insist on refusing?"

"Besides you and Paul Allen, Microsoft's tradable shares should be 30%," Simon said with a smile: "Maybe I can buy out all of Microsoft's tradable shares. At that time, you, me, and Paul Alan, the three of us can discuss the future of the company together."

After Microsoft went public last year, Bill Gates and Paul Allen still hold about 45% and 25% of the shares respectively, and the share of Microsoft in the circulation market is 30%. According to the total market value of only more than one billion US dollars after the rebound of Microsoft's stock price, Simon was indeed able to buy all the outstanding shares.

According to regulations, once the outstanding shares in the market are reduced to a certain percentage, Microsoft can only be delisted.

Bill Gates looked at the young man across the table, and found that he could clearly feel the strong eagerness in the other person's tone when he said the words just now.

He really does this kind of thing!

After a moment of silence, Gates finally said again: "Simon, I don't like you, you are a lunatic."

"Everyone knows this, and I don't know if I'm fully recovered," Simon smiled indifferently, then turned to a serious tone: "Okay, Bill, why don't we talk about windows, I've been I'm studying the windows 2.0 that Microsoft just launched. In all fairness, it's still bad. However, your idea is right. Compatibility is a necessary development strategy for an operating system that wants to expand rapidly at this stage. Moreover, the graphical interface The system can also promote the rapid popularization of personal computers in the mass market. Only by selling personal computers to mass consumers can the entire electronic information industry develop rapidly. Just like video recorders, there were less than 1 million households in North America with video recorders ten years ago, but now , the number is 50 million. So last year, the sales of video tapes in North America exceeded the box office revenue. In my opinion, the market capacity of personal computers is much larger than that of video recorders, and due to the need for standardization, this market will be difficult in the future. There are too many types of operating systems. Microsoft doesn't have an advantage in this regard, because you don't make hardware, and companies like ibm can easily get rid of Microsoft. So, while maintaining compatibility, Microsoft must also develop certain its own advantages.”

When Simon said this, he stopped at the right time.

Bill Gates, who had already started to listen intently, saw that Simon suddenly lost the following, and subconsciously asked, "What kind of advantage?"

Simon raised his finger to the fax page just now: "Give me a board seat first."

Bill Gates insisted: "You speak first."

Simon asked, "Is there a pen?"

Bill Gates took out a pen from the briefcase and handed it over. Simon wrote something on the back of the fax paper, and then handed the pen and paper over together, saying, "One suggestion, changing a board seat, actually I feel If you lose money, maybe you can sell me some of your stock at a discount."

Bill Gates ignored Simon's words and directly picked up the fax paper, but there was only one very strange word on it: wintel.

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