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Chapter 1645 Persistence is sure to succeed
Miss Holmes was very happy when she got the money, she said she would not disturb Boss Zhou and Grandpa Murdoch to discuss business, and left the venue contentedly.

Zhou Buqi doesn't talk about people behind his back, but this time he and Murdoch are here to discuss cooperation, and he always wants to show his goodwill, showing a very confused look, "Mr. Murdoch, 1 million US dollars? Really? "

Murdoch laughed, "Of course it's true."

"Could it be a little hasty?"

"Do not."

Murdoch shook his head, looking solemn and confident.

It's not easy to say anything this week if you don't use weapons. After all, you can't expose Miss Holmes behind your back, and the two have no enmity.

Besides, it's hard to say whether she is a real liar or not!
Just like Boss Ma, the old horse ten years ago, is he a liar?

Of course he is a liar, bluffing externally to find investment is no different from cheating money; internally he is even more bluffing, obviously not getting a penny of investment, and even telling employees that there are a group of people rushing to give him money, he will see No, he is looking for the best investors.

If it wasn't for his good luck later, he first met Goldman Sachs, and then met Softbank and Yahoo, he might have failed, and his reputation as a liar would have been confirmed for the rest of his life.

Because it was successful, it was able to reverse the image in one fell swoop.

Another example is LeTV, an Internet company that is very popular in China recently. Is Boss Jia a liar?

Judging from the results, of course he is a liar.

After ColeTV went public and developed, he is also a big boss worth hundreds of billions. He has wealth that he can't spend in a few lifetimes. Why does he want to cheat and go bankrupt?

His original intention was not to cheat, but a mistake in business decision-making.At the same time, too many businesses were developed, and the money was not enough, and the hole could not be plugged by patchwork, so he fell into a debt crisis and became a liar.

That's really bad luck.

His timing for LeEco was wrong.

If it is 3-4 years later, the domestic private equity industry will start to flourish at that time, and hot money will be spread all over the world.If LeTV can have enough money, just like Meituan and Didi, can continue to raise funds and invest continuously, maybe LeTV will succeed, and Boss Jia will become the second Boss Ma.

In American business rules, there is an indoctrination-style brainwashing argument: "Persevere, you will always succeed."

At first glance, it looks like poisonous chicken soup.

If Zhou Buqi in his previous life heard such words, he would definitely scoff.But in this life, he has experienced so much and seen so much, and he recognizes this sentence more and more.

Persevere, and do it again if you fail. As long as there are investors who pay for this persistence, if you keep doing it, you will succeed.

If someone said at this time: "I want to land on the sun".As long as someone pays the bill, as long as the entrepreneur can persevere, he will surely succeed!

However, the criterion for this success is not necessarily to finally land on the sun. This goal will never be achieved, and it is almost infinite.But in achieving this goal, you can go to 1, to 2, to 100, to 1000...

Musk said that he would lead people on Earth to emigrate to Mars. How different is this from landing on the sun?
It may not be possible in the end.

But it doesn't matter, as long as someone pays for his persistence, as long as someone is willing to spend money, in the process of realizing this ambitious goal, Musk has made rocket recycling, manned aviation, and Starlink. , and going to the moon again... Maybe he will never be able to realize the fantasy of immigrating to Mars in his life, but he has already reaped great success.

Is Musk a liar?
Yes, no.

He is a liar, because it is impossible for him to emigrate to Mars in his whole life. The complex environment of Mars cannot survive at all, so it is better to transform the Sahara Desert;
He is not a liar, because he has succeeded, and it is not an ordinary success. Under the unattainable goal of "Mars Dream", his aerospace engineering is excitingly changing the world.

Is this Holmes a liar?

Even with foresight, Zhou Buqi is not easy to draw a conclusion.

If her company is a pure shell with nothing in it, it is pure financial fraud, which of course is a veritable liar.However, if she is working very hard on this matter, but the goal is too far away, the gap between her performance and the expected goal is too large, and no one pays her to keep going and fails, then even if she is a liar, it is also business logic Under the approved liar.

This is why Zhou Buqi is more interested in Holmes.

It's not because she's blond and blue-eyed and beautiful, but because she has the sharpness of an entrepreneur, and she is courageous and courageous.Not to mention anything else, her family conditions are so good, and she can still bear the nausea and play tricks on an 80-year-old grandfather, acting like a baby, which is impossible for ordinary people.

Sure enough, Murdoch then told Zhou Buqi that the reason why he decided to invest 1 million US dollars was related to her family background.

He asked the secretary to find a document.

"what is this?"

"The list of members of the board of directors."

"Oh." Zhou Buqi took a few glances at them. They were all English names. He was not very familiar with them, so he asked, "Are they all experts?"

Murdoch said: "There is a man named George Schultz, have you found it?"

"Ah."

"He's a former secretary of state, the Reagan-era secretary of state, who also invested in this project."

"Cough cough..."

Zhou Buqi almost laughed.

This Lisa Holmes is really capable.She knows that the young professional venture capitalists in Silicon Valley can't handle it, and they are specifically targeting the old man.

Also, it is not easy for this kind of grandpa with great social status to refuse a coquettish and cute granddaughter-like girl with great dreams.

Murdoch went on to say: "There is another person, Henry Kissinger, who is also a former secretary of state, and his qualifications are older than George."

"Kissinger..."

This week, I will be very familiar with it.

Next, a few more names were mentioned, all of which were well-known old men, such as Kovacevich, the former CEO of Wells Fargo Bank.

Zhou Buqi frowned slightly, "Is this kind of board composition appropriate? Emphasizing big names and despising experts is not the board structure that a technology company should have."

"Holmes is the expert."

Murdoch handed over another material, introducing her family's family background.

This reads very smoothly.

This is really a big family of high society. Holmes' great-grandfather runs a high-end hospital, and many people in the family are engaged in the medical industry.

If you want to talk about experts, her family is full of experts.

Moreover, she has a background in politics and business.

Her father worked hard in the mall in the early years and served as the vice president of Enron, and later turned into politics, and her mother has also been in politics for many years.Because of such a family background, she had the opportunity to meet many grandpa-level political leaders...

"Huh?" Zhou Buqi found a little doubt, "Anran? Which Anran?"

Murdoch said, "That's right, it's the Enron you know."

"I go!"

Zhou Buqi didn't know what to say.

The largest counterfeiting case in the United States in this century was the Enron Corporation, which caused extremely bad social impact and caused a giant company with more than 1000 billion US dollars to fall overnight.

This is a family heritage!
"The case of An Ran has nothing to do with her father, so you don't have to worry." Murdoch was a little stubborn, and suggested: "This is a very good project. You are all young people, so you should communicate more."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "I will."

Next, it is about cooperation.

Murdoch took the lead in launching an attack, acknowledging the current difficult situation of News Corporation, the pressure on cash flow is very high, and there is a shortfall of at least 10 billion US dollars.He also said that the growth of the TV business in Asia was stagnant, and he planned to sell some assets to repay the money.

Zhou Buqi blinked, feeling absurd.

Depend on!
This old man can really do things!
News Corporation's funding gap has reached 10 billion US dollars. Can you still spend 1 million US dollars to invest in Holmes?Can you be so nice to your own granddaughter?

However, for a boss as big as Zhou Buqi, he came here in person, so it was impossible for him to do just such a small business as Fox Searchlight's streaming media rights.

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "I can provide you with three funds."

"Oh?"

Murdoch seemed to be quite addicted to alcohol. He drank half a glass of wine and had another half.When you are old, you are not afraid of death.

Zhou Buqi said: "The first sum is the streaming copyright of Fox Searchlight."

"I heard that the transaction value is not too high?"

"There is a second one."

"What is it?"

"Copyrights to Star Wars."

"Ok?"

Murdoch got serious now.

It's not an easy decision.

The first six Star Wars movies were all distributed by Twentieth Century Fox, and the distribution rights are in their hands.As a result, although Ziweixing Universal has completed the acquisition of Lucasfilm, it is unable to make distribution-level decisions on the first six films.

It is said that when George Lucas founded Lucasfilm and wanted to make "Star Wars", although he found many friends in the industry to help and paid some money out of his own pocket, the money was not enough.

As an independent film company, he can only ask the film giants for help.

The object of choice is Twentieth Century Fox.

In the 70s, this kind of computer special effects movies were still a novelty, and the investment risk was very high. Twentieth Century Fox was also cautious and did not dare to pay too much money.

This gave George Lucas a chance. He said that he could make this film for free without production fees, director fees, and personal dividends from the film, but he hoped to retain the copyright of the "Star Wars" series.

You know, Hollywood giants are very domineering, and independent film companies cooperate with Hollywood giants, and they must transfer the copyright to the giant companies.Just like "007", it was originally a British film. Because of the cooperation with the Hollywood giant United Artists Pictures, the copyright fell into the hands of United Artists.After United Artists was acquired by MGM, "007" became MGM's trump card.

After calculation, Twentieth Century Fox believed that this arrangement could save them US$500 million in expenses, and agreed.

Because of this decision, George Lucas became the richest man in Hollywood, and kept the brand and series copyright of "Star Wars" in Lucasfilm.

Twentieth Century Fox only owns the distribution rights of these six films, as well as the investment income rights.

Now, Zhou Buqi wants to take back these six movies!
It's like six Lucasfilm kids on the go, now that the family is rich and rich, it's time to go home.

(End of this chapter)