1089 Two People

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"The stock price rose 43% on the first day, and the market value reached 5.9 billion US dollars. After experiencing it myself, I realized that sometimes making money is really so easy."

"Just because we're just in time for a new wave of wealth distribution. But Mike, I've seen a report on LinkedIn's performance in recent months, and frankly, I'm more and more convinced that you're the better place to be in charge. This company, after all, LinkedIn and caa are actually the same in some aspects. The core business in the future is to sell talents to customers. As for Eisner, when LinkedIn was small, it was no problem. With the scale of users in the future Getting bigger and bigger, his mindset of running a content business will only limit the company's growth."

"Simon, you know it's very troublesome. Mike and I have been good friends for so many years. LinkedIn is more of what he did. I'm only a partner and occasionally give some ideas."

"The number of registered users of LinkedIn is 27 million now, and this is just the beginning. In the future, it may be 270 million or even more. Mike, compared to the current caa, which has less than 2,000 customers of all types combined, it represents 1 billion customers. Which one do you think will give you more room to display?"

"Simon, I don't think we should discuss this."

"Well, it's still a long time in the future anyway."

Park City, Utah.

Simon is located in the villa on the top of the hill in the south of the city. The time is Saturday afternoon, January 18th.

The waiter team in the villa is busy preparing for the annual party in the evening. Simon and Michael Ovitz, who came to visit, hid in a reception room on the west side of the villa overlooking Park City, drinking coffee and chatting. The topic was the online listing that was successfully listed yesterday. Workplace social networking site LinkedIn.

Two years ago, Michael Eisner resigned after the Disney acquisition. Together with his friend Michael Ovitz, they searched for the idea of ​​a workplace social networking site. They chatted with Simon by chance, and Simon came up with a LinkedIn name based on memory.

The project was established in February 1995 and launched in June of that year. Until now, about a year and a half, through close cooperation with the Westeros system, the number of registered users has accumulated to 27 million under the marketing drainage of Igreat. Unlike Facebook, a popular social networking tool, as a professional workplace social networking site, LinkedIn's user scale is unrivaled among similar sites.

In the just-completed IPO, LinkedIn issued 15% of new shares, raised US$600 million, and the company’s valuation reached US$3.5 billion. In the end, the stock price rose by 43% on the first day, and the total share capital after the issuance of new shares reached US$5.9 billion.

Although it cannot be compared with the previous instagram listing, the cumulative investment of a website with an estimated annual revenue of less than 10 million US dollars has only reached 5.9 billion US dollars in one and a half years, and it has to make people feel the Internet again. The miracle of wealth creation.

After two rounds of financing and this IPO, Michael's shareholdings, both from Hollywood, have been reduced to about 18%. They were listed yesterday. According to the closing stock price on the day, their personal net worth directly reached the level of 1 billion US dollars. , becoming a new 'billionaire', which is also the key reason why Ovitz's tone was so emotional.

Even if it is understood that it is only book wealth, it is still too easy to earn this money.

Simon is not as emotional as Ovitz. The initial direct investment and the subsequent shares that Igret obtained from LinkedIn's penetration are also insignificant to Simon's current net worth. What he sees is under the scenery of LinkedIn. worries. After the listing, Michael Eisner was also the chairman of LinkedIn and saw the position of CEO, while Ovitz, as a major shareholder with a considerable shareholding, only had one board seat. In Simon's view, if LinkedIn wants to develop better , the two should actually be swapped.

If Ovitz is willing, Simon can come forward and talk about the project in person. Of course, if the agreement cannot be reached, it is also easy to forcibly replace the management with nearly 30% of the shares held by the Westeros system. Think about the last piece of chicken feathers between two Michaels in history, this time will probably be the same.

Now, since Ovitz is still interested in his friendship with Eisner and does not intend to do so, Simon is not reluctant.

Not urgent.

There is ample time.

It would be even better if Eisner could withdraw voluntarily in the future.

The reception room.

Michael Ovitz took a sip of coffee, looked at the small town surrounded by mountains and snow fields, and asked, "By the way, Simon, is there a newcomer you are optimistic about this time?"

"Yes, I have."

"Um."

Simon held the warm coffee cup in his hand, smiled and shook his head: "I won't tell you, lest I be taken away by caa to sit on the ground and start the price."

"Uh, okay."

Knowing that Simon was joking, Michael Ovitz couldn't help but smile bitterly.

In Hollywood now, the rise of blockbusters continues to weaken the status of big directors and big stars. Coupled with Daenerys Entertainment's growing control over the entire entertainment industry, how can any brokerage company be able to raise prices in front of Simon? , are scrambling for opportunities.

Thinking of this, Ovitz couldn't help thinking of Simon's proposal just now.

Even though Ovitz has worked hard to develop sports brokerage and expand the business scope of caa in recent years, it is basically impossible for this company to develop too much. If he can jump out and obtain a broader platform for display, Ovitz is actually very happy. try.

The problem is that there can only be one leader on LinkedIn.

If you forcibly lean over, Ovitz is not without emotional intelligence, very clear, the result is very

It may be that he and Eisner have been friends since then.

Simon only arrived in Park City in the morning, and he hasn't watched a movie yet. He just flipped through the information on this year's shortlisted films on the plane. Of course, under normal circumstances, it is impossible to discover any newcomers.

Of course the opposite is true.

Among the shortlisted films this year, Daenerys Entertainment's Highgate Films propelled two projects, Christopher Nolan's first feature film to follow, and Guy Ritchie's two-shot film from the UK who is also the first feature-length film. Smoking gun.

There is no need to say much about these two films and the related creators.

In addition, Simon also saw some other familiar names.

For example, there is a big bald man named Vin Diesel, who wrote, directed and acted a movie Lost, and was shortlisted for the main competition unit.

For another example, there is also a young Asian director named Justin Lin, who brought a work written and directed by himself and his classmates, called Snap Tooth, which was filmed for $100,000, but unfortunately he didn't get the judges' eyes. , just entered the out-of-competition screening unit established by Sundance in recent years.

It's just this pair, Simon's trip is worthwhile, after all, the Fast and Furious series is a direct life.

However, Simon's arrangements for Vin Diesel and Justin Lin are different.

Because he does not plan to start the Fast and Furious series in the short term, Vin Diesel plans to hang it for a few years, and Simon will control the career line of the big male star a little to avoid the other party going too high before the Fast and Furious series starts. Including Rescue Private Ryan, who is in preparation for Spielberg's side, this time, for the role of a certain soldier, Simon promised Lao Si that he would not interfere at all, but he didn't want to let one person get the role, which was easy.

Justin Lin just started to polish it further.

The 23-year-old director who graduated from the film department of the University of California has already shot two feature films, although they are both very low-cost small films that can only be co-operated with relatives and friends, but compared with many newcomers who have high skills and low skills , This is already a pretty good result, and it can be sent directly to New World Pictures to be the director of some low-cost small projects.

Simon and Ovitz chatted casually, and the time soon came to evening.

The winter days are short, and when the twilight begins to fall, the villa on the top of the mountain lights up with bright lights, becoming the most yearning place for everyone in the whole small town at night.

"Simon, I'm so pitiful, Mrs. Veron's such a good film, Paramount screwed up."

In the villa lobby, Madonna, who arrived early, saw Simon, who was chatting with Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon, rushed over and complained while taking advantage.

Robbins and Sarandon saw this, raised their glasses with a smile, and walked away voluntarily.

Simon just hugged the woman and pushed it away decisively, but still said: "There are at least 50 million here in North America, not bad, and Paramount will definitely not make the same mistake overseas, it's no problem to sell well, in short, this The project must be very lucrative, and you can continue to toss in Hollywood.”

Madonna understood this, of course, and rubbed against Simon's arm again and again: "Since that's the case, Simon, do you have a role for me here?"

Simon is very decisive: "This is really not."

Her Lady Queen opened her mouth in dissatisfaction and bit Simon on Simon's shoulder, then winked over: "Or, I'll stay tonight, let's talk alone, you must have some, right?"

"Then there is no more."

Simon refused again mercilessly. Seeing Robert Redford approaching, he took the initiative to greet him with a few steps. Redford obviously misunderstood the relationship between Simon and Queen Mai, and looked at the two with ridicule in their eyes, just casually chatting. After a few words, he signaled to Tommy Lee Jones, who was a judge of this film festival not far away, and said, "I have something to talk to Tommy about. See you later."

Robert Redford said, not forgetting to nod to Madonna, and turned to Tommy Lee Jones.

When Redford left, Simon noticed that Madonna came over again, raised his hand and took a swipe somewhere on the woman: "Okay, little sweetheart, even if you love me to the point of heartbreak, we will never have an outcome, since If you don't have a male companion, then go pick and see if there are other little men who are interested."

Queen Mai pretended to be in pain and said softly, but she gestured to the two tall figures in the crowd: "I'm looking for a little woman, do you mind?"

Her Lady Queen is for both men and women.

Simon glanced at the two women, Roberta Chilco and Anneliese Thurbert, who were signaled by Madonna, and then deliberately lowered his head and glanced at Queen Mai, who was only one meter and six heads: "Go and try, as long as you can seduce, I won't stop."

Queen Mai looked around the crowd in the hall, and said with a poisonous tongue: "There are so many models tonight, Simon, can you stand it?"

Now Sundance, not just movies, but also gradually become a gathering place for music and fashion events, so it will attract a large number of musicians and fashion models.

As for tonight, it's really a bit more.

Mainly Cindy Crawford, Cala Bruni, Croce Goff, Fernand Lima, etc. on the elite side vs Roberta Chilco and Anneliese Thurbert on the Ford side Brought a batch of ford pillars.

The total was close to 30 people.

If Simon of course really can't stand it.

However, Simon, of course, never thought about 1v30 or the like. This is too cruel, but the villa is full of these big goblins, which is more and more pleasing to the eye.

Madonna continued to say a few words, finally restrained, and said the business: "Simon, at the Golden Globe Awards tomorrow night, do you think there is hope for Mrs. Veron, and my heroine nomination?"

"That's what you should ask Pyla

Over there," Simon shrugged, seeing Her Lady Queen staring at her, he had to say: "My focus this year is on British patients, and the others are not in competition, so as long as you are not too incompetent, the chances are very high. "

"Oh, that's really good news."

Mrs. Bellon applied for the Golden Globe Award in the musical comedy category. On the musical comedy side, Daenerys Entertainment's nominated film is Frozen. Giving up to the British patient, but Paramount doesn’t necessarily think so, thinking that this is a disguised PR strategy of Daenerys Entertainment.

Although the Coen brothers have not been favored by the awards season, if Daenerys Entertainment exerts its force, Mrs. Veron will be difficult to stop, and she will not be able to win the Golden Globe Award, and the subsequent Oscars will not be available. The overseas release of this film, There will inevitably be more haze.

Therefore, to put it mildly, it is a godsend for Queen Mai.

Queen Mai sighed with excitement, and when someone was not paying attention, she suddenly hugged and kissed Simon on the face again, and finally let go of this little man who always saw that he couldn't eat and walked to him with satisfaction.

Madonna had just left, and before Simon could move, Cindy Crawford, who was wearing a black low-cut dress, came over with Carla Bruni, and greeted: "Good evening, Simon, although it's not the first time, but every time. It feels great to come here.”

"Thank you," Simon nodded to Carla Bruni, then turned to Cindy and asked with a smile, "I heard you're getting married soon?"

"Yeah, you've seen it, Rand Jaber," Cindy said, with a little resentment in her eyes: "I am an older model, the transformation failed, and you closed the Victoria's Secret show again. , I can only get married and retire."

Simon gestured and covered his chest: "Don't do this, I feel guilty."

Cindy took advantage of the situation to pursue: "Then why are you not responsible for me?"

"This, it seems that I can only admit that I am a bad man and I have never been responsible."

""

Carla Bruni held a glass of red wine in his hand, and watched the interaction between the two with his eyes wandering. Seeing that Cindy was speechless for a while, he grabbed the words just right: "Simon, I heard that you can sleep here?"

"Of course, it's just that I can't guarantee safety."

With a smile on the corner of Cala Bruni's mouth, he raised his eyebrows and said, "Why?"

Cindy grabbed the conversation again: "Because there is a bad man here."

Simon nodded regretfully: "That's right."

Cala Bruni chuckled and said, "I'm not afraid of bad men, so can I stay here for a few days?"

"You said so, of course it's fine."

"Actually, this small town gives me a great feeling. I plan to stay here for a while and write songs by the way. I am preparing my first record. Simon, can you help me?"

Before Simon had time to answer, Cindy had already said, "Tomorrow night is the Golden Globe Awards, and Simon should go back to Los Angeles."

Said and looked at the man in front of him.

Simon shook his head: "I won't participate in the Golden Globes. There are still things to do here. I won't leave until next Monday. As for Kara, I still have to write my own record, but it's fine to stay here as long as you want."

"Oh, that's a big thank you."

"You're welcome," Simon said, looking at Cindy again: "By the way, are you staying overnight?"

Cindy hesitated a little: "How many people do you plan to keep?"

"If you want to stay, you can stay. After I leave, you can also continue. It has been empty for a long time, and it is better to live with people."

"Never mind."

Cindy refused. She was engaged after all. If something happened to Simon Westero quietly, it would be fine. Too many eyes around would be inappropriate. Everyone knows it.

Simon didn't force it, he raised his glass to the two women, and said, "Then be more happy tonight."

Knowing that the man has to entertain a lot of guests, the two women did not entangle, so they said goodbye and turned to other places.

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