The richest man

Chapter 180 Investing in Oracle

"Ah! Really? This is really surprising, Zhang Jun actually bought the Shaw Brothers film company!!!" A female employee was extremely surprised, looking at Zhang Jun with a nympho.

At this moment, most Shaw employees are happy.

The Shaw Brothers film company has sunk down, and the treatment is getting worse day by day.On the other hand, at Legendary Film Company, the salary is 20% higher than that of its peers, and there are various benefits, the treatment is simply enviable.

The artists of Shaw Brothers Film Company were also very excited. After getting a relationship with Zhang Jun, not only would they not have to worry about not having a movie in the future, but most importantly, the artists of Legendary Film Company were not paid a fixed salary.

As long as it becomes popular, it is not a dream to earn millions a year!

Zhang Jun smiled at everyone, "Hi, I'm Zhang Jun, and I look forward to working happily with you and growing the company!"

clap clap clap! ! !
Everyone applauded excitedly, the applause was thunderous, and Zhang Jun couldn't help worrying whether their palms would be hurt~
Seeing that Zhang Jun was so sought after by everyone, Shao Daheng's face suddenly turned black like the bottom of a pot, which showed how unpopular he was before.

But to be honest, Shao Daheng is really quite picky, and the salary for everyone is very low. Most artists even have a fixed salary, and they can barely make ends meet.

"Zhang Sheng, the company has been sold to you, you should send someone to take over as soon as possible, I'm leaving!" Shao Daheng explained to Zhang Jun, and then strode away.

Zhang Jun stayed to paint cakes for everyone, pour chicken soup, and said a lot of words of encouragement before leaving.

As soon as Zhang Jun left, there were cheers in the company...

On the same day, the news of Zhang Jun's acquisition of Shaw Brothers Film Company spread.

For a time, there was a sensation in the whole of Hong Kong.

Shaw Brothers Film Company has dominated the Hong Kong entertainment industry for 30 to [-] years. Most people in Hong Kong grew up watching Shaw Brothers movies and have a certain affection for Shaw Brothers.

Unexpectedly, the Shaw Brothers film company declined so quickly and was sold in a blink of an eye, which is really emotional.

"Sigh, Golden Harvest has been fighting Shaw for so many years, but I never thought it would end like this..." Zou Wenhuai sighed.

"Yeah, who would have thought that there would be such a monstrosity as Zhang Jun in the world. The Shao family is lonely, and Shao Daheng can only sell the company to stop the loss."

Jiahe and Princess Jin are doing well in the Hong Kong film industry.

However, Shaw Brothers films declined very quickly. There are many reasons for this. In addition to the pressure from competitors, its actor selection system, investment strategy failure and backward "big studio system" are also reasons that cannot be ignored.

Shao Daheng is old and has lost his ambition.

Thinking of Zhang Jun, a sense of powerlessness suddenly arises.

How can Zhang Jun defeat such a monster?
……

It can be said that Zhang Jun's acquisition of Shaw Brothers Film Company had a great impact in Hong Kong.

Many people have witnessed the end of one legend and the rise of another.

After Legendary Cinemas acquired Shaw Cinemas, the number of cinemas accounted for almost two-thirds of Hong Kong cinemas, almost a monopoly.

In this way, when independent film companies want to cooperate, most of them will be the first to find Legendary Films, and good works will undoubtedly belong to Legendary Films.

After a week.

"Boss, Shaw Brothers Film Company has been merged into Legendary Film Company, and has acquired a large number of excellent filmmakers. Although Shaw Brothers has made many bad films, the talents they have cultivated are very good. It is only limited by Shaw Brothers. The large-scale studio system cannot fully utilize their capabilities! In addition, the equipment and houses of Shaw Cinemas are outdated, and they are not multiplex theaters. Therefore, we plan to redecorate these cinemas and purchase advanced projection equipment... "Huang Baiminghui reported.

Zhang Jun nodded: "Well, just do as you said."

"Ok."

For Legendary Films (Hong Kong) Company, Zhang Jun is now basically a hands-off shopkeeper, and rarely writes scripts.There are three sources of scripts, one is external submissions, one is the original creation of the internal screenwriting team, and the other is the adaptation of ip.

Unlike other film companies in Hong Kong, Legendary Films attaches great importance to scripts. Coupled with excellent production and perfect distribution channels, generally speaking, most of the completed films are very profitable.

Moreover, Industrial Light & Magic has established a branch in Hong Kong. The original group of Hong Kong special effects apprentices who went to Industrial Light & Magic to study have now graduated and can be independent, so they were sent by Zhang Jun to Hong Kong to establish a branch of Industrial Light & Magic.There is no doubt that a lot of special effects have been added to the films of Legendary Films.

Zhang Jun then asked his father about the progress of the filming of "Jurassic Park". He was surprised when he learned that the film was about to be finished. Hong Kong directors were shooting Hollywood blockbusters quite quickly.However, the post-production of this film will also take a long time, and it is estimated that it will not be released until the second half of next year.

"Boss, "Space Invaders" is a big hit at the global box office. Now the total box office has reached 3.5 million US dollars, and the previous "Spider-Man" is also very popular. I am afraid that the adaptation of IP works will become a trend in the development of the industry!" Huang Baiming said.

Zhang Jun nodded and said: "That's true! However, the film company cannot completely rely on IP adaptation, otherwise it will lose its ability to innovate. Therefore, we still have to insist on creating original works, and we must guarantee to shoot at least four original works every year!"

"Well, yes, boss."

While Zhang Jun was chatting with Huang Baiming.

George Lucas excitedly announced to the surrounding people that the post-production of "Star Wars" was completed!

"Star Wars" took two or three years to finish, and George Lucas gave everything for this work.

Jingle Bell!
The phone rang, Zhang Jun picked up the phone, and George Lucas' excited voice came from the receiver.

"Zhang, the production of "Star Wars" is finished, do you want to come over and see the finished movie!!!"

Zhang Jun was overjoyed when he heard the words, "Star Wars" is a super ip, a money-absorbing weapon, the box office of the first part reached 7.7 million US dollars.

In this life, the production of this movie is more sophisticated, the level of special effects is stronger, and the script is more reasonable. Zhang Jun chatted with George Lucas about the script for a long time, and modified some of the slots in the previous life, making the script almost like Complete.

In the previous life, when "Star Wars" was first released, it was not taken seriously.

Zhang Jun is sure that the global box office of "Star Wars" in this life will definitely be 7.7 million US dollars higher, and the peripheral income will be even more exaggerated, at least more than 40 billion US dollars.

The investment in "Star Wars" is only 1500 million U.S. dollars, and the investment income is unbelievable!
Zhang Jun quickly agreed, went to the United States to see the cost, and made a release plan.

The next morning, Zhang Jun brought a group of people to the United States.

Disney's internal theater.

At the moment, this place is full of people, including Zhang Jun and George Lucas, as well as senior executives from Disney and Warner Pictures.

This movie was originally a cooperation between Legendary Films and Warner. Since Legendary Films merged into Disney, it became a cooperation between Disney and Warner to release "Star Wars".

After two hours, the viewing is over.

There was warm applause in the screening hall.

"George, well done! This "Star Wars" is perfectly shot!!!" Zhang Jun was overjoyed and praised George Lucas beside him. The details are precise, the picture is beautiful, and the film is full of all kinds of whimsy. It can be called a classic!
For such a small amount of money, but such a good work, George Lucas is also amazing.

Soon, everyone moved to the office and began to discuss the distribution of the film.

Zhang Jun insisted on investing 5000 million US dollars in publicity and distribution costs for large-scale theater distribution. In the first 5 days, film scheduling accounted for 70%.

Everyone was stunned when they heard the news. In this era, few Hollywood film companies would spend such high publicity costs, and there were very few large-scale theater releases. Not to mention, Zhang Jun also asked for 70% of the film schedule.

The Disney Company and Warner Company jointly released it, and the major theater companies may not necessarily give face like this.

In this era, large-scale theatrical distribution is not very popular, but a long-term flow, a film may be screened for two to three months, or even longer.

"Boss, this... I'm afraid it's not right. The production cost of the film is only 1500 million US dollars, but the promotional cost is 5000 million US dollars!" The president of Disney said, shaking his head.

Zhang Jun smiled lightly and said, "Don't worry, the higher the cost of publicity, the higher the box office. The box office of "Star Wars" may surpass that of "King Kong"!"

As soon as the voice fell, everyone couldn't help being surprised.

The box office of "King Kong" broke 6 million US dollars. Could it be said that the box office of "Star Wars" is really higher than that of "King Kong"?
The legendary color of Zhang Jun is still stronger, and all the movies he valued have achieved shocking box office results.

Since he thinks "Star Wars" will explode at the box office, maybe it will.

In the end, under Zhang Jun's strong request, Warner Films also had to agree to this distribution plan.

However, if you want to get 70% or more of the film schedule, you can't choose a popular schedule, and finally negotiated to release it 5 days in advance of Christmas, that is, it will be released on December 12.

George Lucas was very excited, but the only pity was that he only got a fixed salary and had no film copyright and peripheral income.

Walking out of the Disney company, Zhang Jun thought about it. It is now July 1977, and there are still several months before the release of "Star Wars".It's not easy to come to the United States by yourself. You can't leave as soon as you come. You have to grab the wool of the Americans.

The Four Great Sacred Beasts Venture Capital Company has been established for a long time, and there has been no major action until now.

America, Wall Street, Suzaku Investment Company.

At this moment, Zhang Jun is chatting with Bob Vogt, the president of Suzaku Investment Company, to learn more about potential start-ups in the United States.

Zhang Jun has already assigned the investment area to Four Holy Beasts Investment Company.

Suzaku Investment Company enters North America.

Xuanwu Investment Company is based in South America, Africa and Australia.

Qinglong Investment Company enters Asia.

White Tiger Investment Company enters Europe.

The investment direction of Xuanwu Investment Company will be more inclined to invest in mining companies.

"Boss, this is the document you asked me to investigate!" Bob Vogt handed a document to Zhang Jun.

Zhang Jun took the information and studied it carefully.

There are a bunch of large companies listed above, most of which are small in scale, and the company has only been established for two or three years, or even shorter.

Zhang Jun found Microsoft and Oracle in this list of companies.

Founded in 1975, Microsoft currently sells BASIC compilers.However, although the company was established, due to the fierce competition in the BASIC compiler market, Microsoft's development was slow.Bob Vogt valued the company at only $500 million.

As for Oracle, it was established this year and is mainly engaged in the research and development of database software.Bob Vogt felt that this research and development project had great potential, so he also wrote it on the recommendation list.

Zhang Jun continued to look down, he had never heard of most companies.

Although he has never heard of these companies, they may not have development potential, and they may have died halfway due to lack of investment.

After half an hour, Zhang Jun said: "I value two companies, one is Microsoft and the other is Oracle."

"If you invest in Microsoft, take as many shares as possible!"

"It would be best if the Oracle company can be fully acquired. If it is not possible, then invest, and take as many shares as you have!"

"As for other companies, you can do what you see and invest according to the actual situation."

Although Legend Technology has developed the Hongmeng computer and the Hongmeng operating system, Zhang Jun cannot guarantee that he is capable of overcoming the shameless U.S. government. With a sales restriction order and sanctions, Hongmeng computer will not be able to enter the U.S. market.

Eggs cannot be put in one basket, so it is necessary to invest in Microsoft.

Bill Gates' mother is a member of IBM's board of directors, so Microsoft still has a high probability of getting on the giant ship of IBM.

Database software is very important.

Zhang Jun also adheres to the principle that eggs cannot be put in one basket, and invests in it if it cannot be acquired.At the same time, the legendary technology company will also develop a set of database software of its own.

Bob Vogt was a little surprised when he heard this, and immediately nodded and said, "Okay, boss, I promise to complete the task!"

Zhang Jun smiled and nodded.

The next day, Bob Vogt took the company's employees into action.

The first to find is Oracle Corporation.

Oracle was founded by Ellison and his colleague Robert Meyer. Faced with the sudden acquisition, both of them were surprised. Oracle was established for a very short time, and software development had just started. At this time, someone wanted to acquire their company. Enterprise, which surprised them very much.

Ellison asked about the purchase price, and Bob Vogt offered $100 million.

Oracle Corporation, though young, was not worthless.The software they have been developing for several months is still very valuable, but the database software is a very large software, and it is difficult to develop a set of mature and reliable products without a year or two of effort.

Ellison asked Bob Vogt to take a break, and he needed to talk it over with his colleague Robert Meyer.

Just as people in the world only know that Apple has Jobs, but they don't know Woz, the talented engineer behind it.

The same is true for Oracle Corporation. Many people only know the wild and unruly Larry Ellison, but not Robert Mayer, the technical god who writes the code behind it.In the early days of Oracle, Robert Meyer was the chief engineer and wrote most of the Oracle database alone!
Their aura is taken away by CEOs who appear in the spotlight.

Facing the takeover, Ellison and Robert disagreed.

Both Oracle has great potential for development, but how big it is, in fact, must be beyond their imagination.

In short, $100 million is not enough to buy their company.

The two discussed it and unanimously decided to reject the acquisition.

Soon, the two of them walked out of the office and came to Bob Vogt.

"Mr. Vogt, I'm very sorry, we don't plan to sell the company, but we can accept investment!" Ellison said.

Upon hearing this, Bob Vogt nodded and said, "Okay, that's fine."

Ellison and Robert were overjoyed when they heard the news. Oracle was just starting out and lacked funds.

The two sides soon began to discuss the issue of investment.

After talking for a whole day, Ellison and Robert finally accepted only 40% of the shares.

Bob Vogt called Zhang Jun overnight.

Zhang Jun heard that American venture capital has emerged. Generally speaking, 40% of angel investment is quite a lot, and there will be multiple rounds of financing in the future, and the shares will gradually be diluted.

"40%, I am already very satisfied, sign a contract with them!"

"Okay, boss!"

Zhang Jun hung up the phone, frowned and pondered. When I go back, I will set up a database software development department immediately. Since Oracle does not accept the acquisition, then this investment should be regarded as a financial investment, simply to earn a little money and spend it. If you sell it before it goes bankrupt, you can grab a handful of American cash and earn dozens or even tens of billions of dollars from it!

……

The next day, Bob Vogt came to Oracle Corporation again, and then signed an investment agreement with Ellison: Suzaku Investment Company invested $40 in Oracle Corporation, holding 40% of the shares.

The post-money valuation is only $100 million.

In the pre-money valuation, Bob Vogt crazily lowered the price, only giving $60.Who told them not to accept the acquisition, otherwise they could get 100 million US dollars directly.

(End of this chapter)