Hollywood Hunter

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Seattle, in a villa on Mercer Island in the center of Lake Washington.

Seeing that Alice Ferguson was almost shaky and went downstairs, Zooey Parks and Isabel Dunn almost wanted to laugh, and there was some inexplicable envy in their emotions.

The housekeeper, who was no longer a housekeeper, glared at the two women, walked towards the restaurant on her own, and at the same time hated a certain guy again.

Anyway, he will never give in.

Today is Tuesday, January 12th.

Simon came to Seattle as a major shareholder to attend a high-level meeting of Microsoft, mainly to discuss the pre-installation of the IE browser with the Windows system.

The matter with the housekeeper actually started with some disputes.

In the past week, Ygrit's online payment tool ypay has successively authorized the payment interface applications of six online business websites, many of which are directly or indirectly competing with Amazon.

This was naturally opposed by the housekeeper, who thought that Simon was marrying someone.

Simon didn't have the heart to talk too much with the housekeeper, so this dispute turned into a direct 'physical conflict' last night. Not only that, after waking up in the morning, the housekeeper was forcibly confronted again, so there was a What Yi and Isabelle saw.

After a while, Simon followed him downstairs, with the radiance he had only after some exercise.

Came to the restaurant, sat down under the awe-filled eyes of the two maids, and began to eat breakfast.

It was already nine o'clock, Zooey and Isabel had already had breakfast, and they quietly exited the restaurant after making arrangements for them.

Simon took a sip of milk, picked up the cutlery and cut the omelette again, and finally said to the housekeeper: "The issuance of the consumption card can be terminated. Go back and discuss this matter with Jeff and the others."

In order to promote Internet users to try online consumption, Igreat issued a consumption point card similar to a prepaid phone card.

For a $10 point card, Igreit needs to pay no less than $2 in all aspects.

In the early stage of the development of Igreit, there was nothing. At present, the outbreak of the Internet has begun to accelerate, and the growth of e-commerce will also be greatly accelerated. Moreover, Igreat has opened up the online payment channels of several major banks in the United States, and users are also It is more and more acceptable to directly connect to a credit card for online consumption. Continuing to issue point cards is a bit of a loss for Igrete.

The housekeeper just hummed softly, indicating that she was still angry.

In fact, she first raised this matter at the end of last year, but she did not get a response.

What does the man say at this time?

Would you like a little sweet date?

He is not someone who can be bought so easily.

Simon didn't mind the housekeeper's pretentious indifference, and continued: "There is also the icq instant messaging tool, which still cannot be used as Amazon's customer communication tool. I hope it can develop into a pure even social software. I have tried it myself. , the instant messaging on the page you developed is good, it must also use the patented technology of icq, there is no need to pull icq over."

The housekeeper hummed again.

A thought flashed through my head: sticks?

Simon still didn't care, and continued: "There is also the matter of ypay's cooperation with other e-commerce sites. I remember I said more than once that the Internet industry will be very huge, and no one company can fully occupy it. Moreover, at this stage, promoting the Internet more prosperous, making this platform more accessible to more people is more important than the monopoly idea you can’t wait for.”

Even Amazon, at its peak in the original timeline, accounted for less than 50% of online e-commerce in the United States.

The housekeeper finally said this time, "I never thought about monopolizing the Internet."

Simon said: "But you're trying to do that."

The housekeeper fell silent again.

Simon continued: "Actually, I also thought that this is the ambition of every businessman. However, things are not realistic at all. Especially in the early stage of an industry's development, a monopoly is directly formed. For this monopoly company It's not a good thing, lack of competition, it will stall, it will become bloated, it will cause all kinds of problems, and the end result will only be eliminated. Compared with other companies, Amazon has enough Resources, now there are only a few more people who are chasing far away, if you can't even deal with this competition, come back obediently and be my bed-warming girl."

The housekeeper had already agreed with a certain guy, but when she heard the last sentence, she finally raised her head and glared at him fiercely.

What the hell is the bed warmer girl?

Simon smiled and said, "I recommend you a book, A Dream of Red Mansions, which Jenny likes to read. Well, you'd better learn some Chinese."

As a former housekeeper, Alice actually knew this.

On the surface, he was still unconvinced, but he kept it in his heart silently, but he changed the subject and said, "Will you agree to Gates' cooperation conditions on browser pre-installation?"

At yesterday's meeting, classmates Damen pointed out that it is not impossible for IE browser to be pre-installed with Microsoft. However, Microsoft needs to obtain the authority to adjust the corresponding functions of this browser. Not only that, classmates also require the direct commercial use of World Wide Web-related technologies. authorized authorization.

The previously published World Wide Web patents actually have many limitations.

The most critical point is that other companies must not directly use the World Wide Web technology for profit. In short,

That is, it is not allowed to use the World Wide Web technology to develop related application software for profit, such as World Wide Web browsers, web page design software, etc.

Because this is the private plot of Igreit.

In the past year, only 10 dollars a piece of browser software, Igreit has sold 23.79 million sets worldwide, so it has obtained a huge income of 230 million US dollars.

In addition, with the exponential explosion of sites on the World Wide Web, web design software, which varies in price between individuals or companies but averages between $300 and $500 depending on who is purchased, also sold 760,000 copies, so This makes this part of the revenue easily more than the original most profitable browser software, reaching 280 million US dollars.

For web design-related software, the Igreit operation team also considered renting instead of direct one-time sale, which can ensure longer-term sustainable income. However, considering that Oracle directly overturned the monopoly of traditional IT manufacturers such as IBM on database software by selling software at one time, Simon finally chose to sell directly.

Therefore, whether it is browser software or web design software, it will be largely a one-time benefit.

But even so, the benefits of these simple two pieces of software were enough to cover most of Igreit's early-stage budget.

The financial information of Igreit in 1992 is still in the statistics, but because of the outbreak of software sales again, Igreat's loss this year has also been greatly reduced, and it may only be tens of millions of dollars in the end.

Moreover, this loss was deliberately caused by the Igreit operation team.

Simon isn't as prematurely profitable as Igret, and Jeff Bezos and Carol Bartz aren't short of foresight.

Not only that, according to the loss deduction clause in the US tax law, the current loss can be turned into an income tax deduction in the next 15 years.

Amazon, on the original timeline, used this method to make the annual net profit of tens of billions of dollars, not only do not need to pay taxes, but can get a part of the tax rebate from the federal government, and finally formed a rare 'negative tax rate' phenomenon for federal enterprises. .

If you take into account factors such as inflation, it is not cost-effective to use current losses to offset future profits.

However, considering other aspects, the current investment will actually be transformed into the strength and advantages of Igreat in the Internet industry. In the long run, this is very cost-effective.

Inside the restaurant at this time.

Hearing the housekeeper's question, Simon shook his head quickly and said, "I plan to ask Jeff and the others to discuss the pre-installation directly with the OEM manufacturer, and that's fine with Gates."

Alice paused, and said with a little teasing in her tone: "You said just now that you don't want to monopolize the Internet?"

There is something paradoxical about deliberately nurturing Amazon's competitors in e-commerce and limiting the emergence of other competitors in World Wide Web technology.

Simon said: "These are two different things. I don't want to license to Microsoft, I'm not worried about competition. You must understand that I am also a major shareholder of Microsoft. Well, now, it should be the second largest shareholder. Microsoft's development can also give me brings advantages."

Bill Gates and Paul Allen were originally Microsoft's first and second largest shareholders.

However, after the equity transaction in the previous two years, and Paul Allen's subsequent sale of some shares, his shareholding in Microsoft has now dropped to 18.6%, and Westeros' shareholding in Microsoft is still 21.3%, so Westeros is now the second-largest shareholder in Microsoft after Bill Gates.

Alice naturally knew this, and asked, "Then why?"

"I just don't want the Internet standards to be split," Simon said. "If more of the World Wide Web technology is licensed to Gates, in order to compete with Igret, Bill might take advantage of the Windows market and create something different. Standard, and most likely is not compatible with Igreat. As you can imagine, if the original power system did not have a unified standard, some grids were 110 volts, some grids were 220 volts, and some grids were 240 volts again. How much inconvenience will it bring to users, and how much will it hinder the development of the electric revolution?”

The housekeeper nodded subconsciously, but immediately retorted: "Then, you are not worried that this will happen to e-commerce?"

Simon smiled and said: "Of course not, e-commerce websites, with a little image, are more in the position of 'home appliances'. No matter what kind of electrical appliances, they need to adapt to the federal 110-volt voltage standard."

"However," the housekeeper hesitated this time, and said, "You allow so many 'appliances' to come out to compete with Amazon. If, if I mess up, you will also be held responsible."

"Without a contender, I think you're more likely to screw it up," Simon said, adding, "And, frankly, the Westeros system is huge now, and I have enough chips and Don’t be afraid that one or two of them will fail. For example, several e-commerce sites that have been authorized this time, most of them have venture capital from the Westeros system.”

The housekeeper was suddenly depressed again.

In fact, she has already understood this since he let Amazon and Blockbuster sell video tapes and movie merchandise.

However, she was still a little disappointed that he didn't have such strong confidence in her.

Damn guy.

How many times.

Always talk about what to do if you fail.

it is good

Like she was destined to fail.

Simon didn't care about the housekeeper's careful thoughts, and explained everything that should be explained. After lunch, the two left Seattle and flew to San Francisco together.

In the afternoon, I discussed the idea of ​​changing the pre-installation idea with Igret executives, and stayed in San Francisco for another night before Simon returned to Los Angeles.

At the beginning of the year, Daenerys Entertainment's key films for the next year or two have been determined, but there are still many sub-level projects that are gradually approved.

On Wednesday morning, Simon had an appointment with Roland Emmerich and Michael Bay to discuss a film written by Roland Emmerich called Space Shock.

Roland Emmerich is still busy with the later stages of "Superman". Although he has already begun to wrap up, but after finishing the first "Superman", he will start preparing for the sequel almost immediately, and he has no time to take care of other projects.

Therefore, Simon intends to hand over to Michael Bay, who just completed the Victoria's Secret show at the end of last year, for the "Cosmic Soldier" written by the director himself.

On the original timeline, "Space Shock" was Roland Emmerich's famous work in Hollywood, and it was the success of "Space Shock" that allowed Roland Emmerich to shoot his Hollywood masterpiece "The Space Shock". Alone Day.

This time, if nothing else, Simon intends to give both opportunities to Michael Bay.

Both films, especially "Day of Alone", are actually also very suitable for Michael Bay's personal style.

As for Emmerich, as long as the "Superman" series can be successful, the fame brought to the director will not be much worse than the original timeline. Simon's plan this time is to let the other party serve as the producer of "Space Shock". , and next, possibly the producer of "Day of Alone".

"Cosmic Soldier" tells the story of a human archaeologist who discovered that the pyramid was actually the 'Stargate' to another world, led a team of soldiers to explore through the 'Stargate', and led the humans in the other world to resist the alien race A story of domination and return to Earth.

Overall, this is a sci-fi action movie with a big brain hole.

Sci-fi action movies are also the type that Michael Bay is good at on the original timeline.

After a preliminary estimate, the budget of "Stargate" was US$30 million, which was slightly higher than Simon's expectations. However, such a production budget is not too high for a sci-fi movie. Simon also believes in Michael Bay's ability. , is fully capable of completing the film within a budget of $30 million.

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