Silicon Valley

After Henry and Spielberg finished talking on the phone, they thought about it and sent the electronic file of "The Da Vinci Code" on the computer to the West German Press. At the same time, I also specifically called Edward Joe, the CEO of West German Press.

"Edward, my new book, The Da Vinci Code, has been sent to your e-mail, and you should arrange for publication as soon as possible."

"There's a new book again!" Edward Joe exclaimed, "Okay, I'll arrange it right away! Well, that's it, I'm going to hang up!"

Edward couldn't wait to turn on the computer, then logged in to his e-mail, and downloaded the attachment of the novel sent by Henry to the computer. Immediately open the file and read it. After reading this, Edward immediately fell into it and couldn't stop...

Edward watched it all night, but his face was not tired, but showed a strong excitement.

"Oh, God, it's so beautiful!" Edward couldn't help saying, "The novel is a collection of detective, thriller and conspiracy theories and other styles, with suspense and thrilling, after reading it, you can't stop! It's too much! It’s amazing, the amount of knowledge in it is too rich, it’s really a rare classic novel!!!”

Edward hurriedly copied The Da Vinci Code to a USB flash drive. Although the capacity of the U disk is small, it is enough to copy books less than 1M.

In the previous life, U disk was invented in 1998, and China Netac Technology obtained the basic invention patent of U disk. But in this life, Henry took the lead in launching the USB universal converter, and naturally he also took the U disk into his pocket. With the increase of computers with USB interface, Williams Electronics Co., Ltd. naturally launched a U disk. Each U disk storage is only 2M large, the cost is less than 20 US dollars, but the price is 50 US dollars, because the U disk is easy to use and easy to carry, so once it is launched, it is very popular. In 1994, 3.5 million USB drives were sold, bringing Williams Electronics a net income of $105 million.

Edward brought the USB stick. Then drove to the company, and then transferred people to prepare for the publication of the book "The Da Vinci Code".

The publishing process is complicated. There are many reviews, revisions, paper processing, and typesetting. Proofs, quality inspections, etc., after passing, check red, generate final documents, and print. Inventory. issued. Generally speaking, it takes at least three months for publishers to officially publish.

However, for Henry's work, that's the special case. In two to three weeks, it is estimated that it will pass, and then press the time to print, and it will be published within a month!

At this time, Henry was already busy adapting the script. Henry not only watched the movie "The Da Vinci Code", but also wrote the novel himself. Deep experience. When writing the script, the wonderful strokes are full of flowers, and the spirit is like a spring. It took a week to complete the script of "The Da Vinci's Code", which was more perfect than the previous life.

Henry then came to the studio, handed the script to Bobby Robin, and told him that he had promised Spielberg to direct.

"Bobby, where is Helen?" Henry asked after he had been here for a while, but he still hadn't seen Helen.

"Oh. Miss Helen went to Japan."

"Going to Japan? What did she go to Japan for?" Henry asked.

"Miss Helen herself offered to manage Galaxy Toho and Ghibli Animation Studios."

"Oh, that's right..." Henry nodded, and then said, "Then tell me about the development of Galaxy Toho and Ghibli Animation Studio. It's been a while since you bought them!"

"Yes, Chairman, at the end of 1993, it acquired Ghibli Animation Studio and Galaxy Dongbao. At present, the two companies are developing smoothly. At the beginning of this year, Galaxy Dongbao launched the TV cartoon "Magic" "Baby", after this cartoon was broadcast, it immediately caused a huge sensation in Japan. The TV ratings broke the record in history, so that the peripheral products of "Pokémon" sold very hot, and made a lot of money for the group company. Money!" Bobby Robbie said, "Miss Helen thinks that cartoons will be a huge cake in the future, so they need to be laid out in advance. She said that animations are generally adapted from manga, so she went to Japan. The purpose is actually to acquire the comic publishing house!"

Hearing this, Henry couldn't help but smile a little, he never thought that Helen was quite far-sighted.

"Which comic book publisher is she going to buy?" Henry asked.

"Shueisha and Shogakukan," Bobby Robin said in detail, "Shueisha and Shogakuan are both very famous large publishing houses in Japan, and they are also two of the three major Japanese manga giants. Shueisha publishes Weekly Shonen Jump. , Shogakukan publishes "Weekly Shonen Sunday", and the third manga giant is Kodansha. Due to its early establishment, many well-known cartoonists have published works on "Shonen MAGAZINE", such as Tezuka Osamu, Nagai Howe, Ishimori Shotaro, etc. However, the best-seller at the moment is "Weekly Shonen Jump" published by Shueisha."

Henry smiled and said: "Shueisha seems to be a subsidiary of Shogakukan. As far as I know, Shueisha was founded by Shogakuan at the beginning, but it was split off later. However, Shogakuan still holds more than 40% of Shueisha's shares! "

"Chairman, you also know a lot about these two publishing houses!" Bobby Robin was surprised.

"Fortunately, I know a little bit!" Henry smiled. He not only knew a little bit, he even knew that the two publishing houses would be reunited into Yiqiao Publishing Group in the future.

"Bobby Robin, I support the acquisition of Shueisha and Shogakukan. The value derived from comics is indeed huge. Since Helen acquired comics in Japan, Galaxy Films will acquire comics in the United States!"

"Chairman, do you mean that we want to acquire Marvel?" Bobby Robin said after a pause, "There are two major comics companies in the United States, one is Marvel and the other is DC Comics. DC Comics It's a subsidiary of Time Warner. Batman works for them to make a lot of money, and they will not sell DC Comics to us. Then, the only thing we can buy is Marvel!"

"Yes, it's the acquisition of Marvel!" Henry nodded.

When Bobby Robbie heard the words, he couldn't help but recall, and then said: "In 1989, American billionaire Ron Perelman bought Marvel for 85 million. Ron Perelman is just a A pure businessman, he has no intention of running Marvel at all. After he bought Marvel, he only wanted to get Marvel to go public. Once Marvel went public, he would be able to cash in a lot of money from the stock market. Ron Pay In order to increase Marvel's stock price, Lehman kept asking Marvel to acquire other companies. However, the end result was that Marvel was heavily in debt and was on the verge of bankruptcy..."

"Hmph, Marvel is indeed going bankrupt, and Ron Perelman is so rich!" Henry sneered.

"Yes, Chairman, he has already cashed in a lot of stock and made at least $500 million! It doesn't matter to him whether Marvel is bankrupt or not, he has already squeezed the potential of Marvel!" Bobby Robbie said bitterly.

Henry looked at Bobby Robbie's expression and asked with a smile, "Why, are you a fan of Marvel?"

"Well, I've been reading Marvel comics since I was a kid!" Bobby Robbie nodded.

"I also prefer Marvel heroes. So, you then make a takeover offer to Marvel! Oh, yes, Bobby Robin," Henry ordered, "after you buy Marvel, take it off the stock market. Delisting, leaving only a portion of the company’s founders and managers.”

"Well, okay, Chairman," said Bobby Robin, "then I'll buy Marvel now!"

"Wait, you can buy back all the heroes that Marvel sold before. I hope to get a complete Marvel!"

"Yes!"

(To be continued ~^~)