The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 349 Eyesight? !

Jobs went on a pilgrimage to India a few years ago, and this pilgrimage also gave him a certain understanding of religions such as Buddhism and Hinduism.Jobs also had some insights into the supernatural abilities of that kind of religious propaganda.

So now when he hears Xu Guanwu explain the graphical operating system, the widespread popularization of the mouse, the application of electronic documents, data tables, the advent of large-stock hard disks, etc., everything is as if he had seen it in person.Jobs couldn't help but think of the "celestial eye" promoted in Buddhism. It's almost like Xu Guanwu foresaw the future in advance, so he was able to describe it in such detail.

Moreover, judging from Jobs' professional knowledge, the knowledge Xu Guanwu talked about is likely to be realized within a few years.Moreover, some technologies are actually available now, but they are only the works of the laboratory, and have not yet reached the stage of large-scale commercial popularization.

This made Jobs even more puzzled. What kind of person is Xu Guanwu, and why does he have such a clear understanding of the development of personal computers? !He also had the same question as the fund manager Paul, but Jobs didn't ask directly like Paul, but buried this doubt in his heart.

"I am very optimistic about the future development prospects of Apple Computer, so I will tell you these personal opinions." After Xu Guanwu finished speaking, he felt much happier, and finally he was able to share some secrets with others. "I hope you will live up to my expectations and develop Apple Computer well. I believe that with your ingenuity and my foresight, Apple will grow rapidly. At that time, we will all make a fortune together and earn the world's money together." money."

Jobs and Wozniak looked at each other, both shocked and excited.It is true that they have mastered so much information in advance and let them know the future development of personal computers. This will indeed allow them to plan in advance, invest all manpower and material resources in the right direction, and reduce any unnecessary mistakes.This is simply like a multi-country melee, and one's own side has detected all the enemy's situation. If the final victory cannot be achieved, then the general's talent is really clumsy.

The reason why Xu Guanwu told Apple the news instead of telling Microsoft's Bill Gates was that he was afraid that he would bite back at any time.Don't forget that his dad is the boss of a law firm, and his mom is an executive at IBM.Even if Bill Gates left Microsoft, relying on the influence of his father and mother, he would bring a lot of trouble to Xu Guanwu.Don't forget that IBM also launched a personal computer in the 80s, and at one point almost wiped out Apple.

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After the picnic was over, Xu Guanwu returned to Silicon Valley and took his wife back to Hollywood, leaving Jobs and Wozniak in Silicon Valley.And the two immediately started a new recruitment plan, and set up multiple laboratories at a rapid speed, and began to vigorously research and develop future technologies.

The short board in terms of capital is made up by the angel fund. Although it is impossible to give Xu Guanwu more equity, he has also signed a stock purchase contract in advance, agreeing to repay the repayment with the same share of original shares before Apple goes public.

The research project of Apple's newly established laboratory is unknown, but the code name is "Future Illusion"! However, Microsoft, which also received investment from Xu Guanwu and authorized by VISICALC, has also started the process of compiling and transplanting.

Xu Guanwu didn't know how much change his trip to Silicon Valley had brought to the personal computer industry, and this year was called the golden year for the development of personal computer technology in later generations.

Xu Guanwu, who returned to Hollywood, was immediately dragged by Richard, and wanted him to help screen the script.But this time Xu Guanwu was not so easy to talk to.Last time, I finally chose a movie called "Moonlight Panic" for him, but Richard was just evasive and ungrateful, which made Xu Guanwu inevitably have some opinions on him, and he didn't plan to get involved in his messy affairs.

Besides, just now we talked about tens of billions of business with the world's richest man, and now we meet this kind of tens of millions of dollars, it's nothing, and Xu Guanwu can't cheer up at all.Winning or losing is only a matter of tens of millions of dollars, but Xu Guanwu's tens of billions of dollars in the future are already firmly in his hands.How could he put such a small business in his eyes.

To be honest, if it weren't for his deep love for Hong Kong movies, Xu Guanwu would not want to manipulate Hong Kong movies anymore.Whether it is investing in high-tech industries or investing in real estate, the returns are far higher than investing in movies.

And Xu's annual revenue is only 4000 to [-] million Hong Kong dollars, which is not enough for Xu Guanwu to invest in an American blockbuster.It's just that Xu Guanwu couldn't bear to part with these beloved Hong Kong movies, so he stayed in Hong Kong to deal with them.However, to him, American movies are just a tool to make money and a foothold for Hong Kong movies to enter the United States.

After returning to Hollywood, Xu Guanwu just went shopping with his wife, bought clothes, or went to Lei Shidong to have a good time.Lei Shidong made a lot of money because he showed a number of top ten movies at the annual box office last year. In addition to planning to use it to buy theaters, he also had another idea to buy the stock of the film company, but he What is important is not Fox, which is now profitable, but Paramount, which no investor is optimistic about.

Although Paramount is known as the pinnacle of the Hollywood film and television industry just like its peak symbol, in fact, Paramount's business has been in trouble since the [-]s. Many films it invested in failed at the box office, making Paramount's books have been losing money year after year.Although there are occasional releases such as "The Godfather" series, "Chinatown" and other well-received and well-received films, they have not been able to turn things around, and the stock price has been in a downturn.

Since last year, Paramount has had a new head—Barry Diller, a TV personality who came out of the AMC TV network.He has made great contributions to AMC and created two enduring broadcast modes of TV series and TV movies.

However, after he took over Paramount, whether he can make this old film and television empire make a comeback and show its glory again, there are various opinions from the outside world.However, there are still a lot of people who are negative, because after all, movies are very different from TV. They can make a name for themselves in the TV industry, but they may not be able to show their talents in the film industry.But Barry Diller only has experience in the TV industry, but has almost never set foot in the film industry, so it is inevitable that he has high vision and low ability and lacks experience.

However, contrary to everyone's opinion, Lei Shidong was full of confidence in Barry Diller, and invested most of his family property in Paramount, which surprised Xu Guanwu.He knew that Redstone would acquire Paramount in the future, but he didn't expect to start doing it now.

Lei Shidong also wants to invite Xu Guanwu to invest together. In addition to wanting to share wealth and wealth with Xu Guanwu, the bigger reason is that if something happens, we can share adversity together.After all, Xu Guanwu has extraordinary abilities. If something happens to Paramount, he can help remind him so that Lei Shidong can get out as soon as possible.

However, Xu Guanwu was not interested in Lei Shidong's proposal.He has now become a shareholder of 20th Century Fox, and has become a loyal partner of Darryl Zanjuk, and has good friendships with Richard Zanjuk and David Brown.What's more, his own "Star Wars", "Jaws", "Rocky", "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and other films are now all produced and distributed by 20th Century Fox.

It can be said that Xu Guanwu is now tightly tied to 20th Century Fox, so there is no reason to invest in Paramount Pictures.If the current clock is not knocked down, it is not in their own economic interests, and it is likely to cause misunderstandings by 20th Century Fox.

When Xu Guanwu rejected his proposal, Lei Shidong couldn't help feeling a little flustered.He highly believed in Xu Guanwu's judgment and wished he could advance and retreat with him.But if Xu Guanwu refuses to take a stake in Paramount, does it mean that its profit prospects are not good enough? !Lei Shidong thought about it for a while, and wished he could sell his stocks immediately. Although this would cause some losses, it was better than losing everything.

Seeing Lei Shidong's nervous look, Xu Guanwu guessed that he might have misunderstood.Then he quickly stopped him, "If you plan to sell Paramount stock, I advise you to wait and see."

"En?! Don't you think its profit prospects are not good? Why do you want me to wait and see?" Lei Shidong asked suspiciously, not quite understanding what Xu Guanwu meant.

"I didn't say that Paramount's profit prospects are bad. In fact, I agree with you. I believe that Barry Diller will manage Paramount well." Xu Guanwu waved his hand.

He vaguely remembered that Barry Diller seemed to be rated as one of the most capable leaders in Hollywood, and that he had competed with Redstone to buy Paramount Pictures back then, and was almost robbed by him.Is it possible to raise so much money if you don't have a little ability? !
And Xu Guanwu still remembers that Lei Shidong acquired Paramount in the 90s, spending a total of more than 100 billion US dollars.Even taking into account factors such as inflation and currency devaluation, Paramount's market value is still nearly ten times higher than it is now.It fully shows that Barry Diller's business is successful.Therefore, it is very likely that Redstone will make a lot of money from this investment, so there is no need to worry about losing money and sell it.

"Then since you think that Paramount's profit prospects are good, the stock may go up in the future. Then why don't you plan to invest?" Redstone couldn't help asking strangely.In his opinion, if you don't make money even if you have money, wouldn't you be a fool?

"My situation is different from yours. I am already a shareholder of Fox, but you are not. So you can invest in Paramount, but I can't." There's been a great working relationship and there's no need to go to Paramount to re-adapt."

"That's it, then okay, I won't force you." Lei Shidong nodded and accepted Xu Guanwu's explanation.

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After leaving Lei Shidong, Xu Guanwu had just returned to the hotel to rest. Richard came to the door with David, and staged a pleading in front of Xu Guanwu.

"Stanley, you have to forgive me. Horror movies are really not my specialty, and I have specially assigned someone to be in charge of "Moonlight Panic". Don't worry, it will be filmed in time for Halloween this year." Richard said apologetically.

"Yeah, Stanley, Richard already knew he was wrong, give him another chance." David Brown also persuaded.

Xu Guanwu waved his hand, "I'm not angry with you, it's just that I'm in a bad mood recently, so I want to go shopping with my wife to relax. I didn't expect you to wait so long. Since you all came to my door, I can't wait Hiding in the hotel and being lazy, I will go to the company tomorrow to take a look."

"That's great. In this case, the two of us will leave first. Stanley, if you are in a bad mood, watch more TV, or go for a massage, and relax." After Richard finished speaking, he took everyone David Brown left.

Xu Guanwu smiled, thinking that Ren Shan was bullied and Ma Shan was ridden by others.If you don't give me some color to see, I really don't know that Prince Ma has three eyes.Filmmakers like Richard are just spoiled and picky eaters.I also don't think that it was not Xu Guanwu who funded it at the beginning, so I guess he would have been forced to change careers by now.

(End of this chapter)