The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 561 Oscar Award

At the scene of the [-]nd Oscar Awards Ceremony, Zhao Yazhi walked across the red carpet gently holding Xu Guanwu's hand.

Being able to enjoy the eyes of everyone's attention once again, Zhao Yazhi couldn't help bursting out all her charm like a peacock spreading its tail.

Although she was already a mother, she didn't show her old age. On the contrary, she had a gentle and touching maternal temperament, which immediately attracted countless reporters and instantly killed countless filmmakers.

After a lapse of two years, Xu Guanwu once again participated in the Oscars, which is undoubtedly very topical.In addition to the movies invested by him in the past two years, his investment in Silicon Valley has gradually attracted people's attention.

Few people in the United States can keep secrets, especially in recent years, Apple Computer and Microsoft are high-tech companies that have developed extremely rapidly. Reports about them are frequently published in the newspapers, with super high annual turnover and super revenue ratio. It has made them the best prey in the eyes of Wall Street bankers.

The shareholders of these two high-tech companies have naturally become the focus of attention.Americans also like to worship the strong, especially those who have become famous at one time, and they are regarded as heroes in their hearts.It is very surprising that Xu Guanwu's name appears in the shareholder lists of the two companies, and they are both the largest shareholders.

Because Xu Guanwu has always given people the impression that he is a talented film investor, and he can produce some very popular films every year, which makes people feel that his investment vision is really shrewd.But he didn't expect that he also had an excellent vision in the high-tech field. Apple Computer and Microsoft Computer were just small unknown companies a few years ago, but now they have become large companies with a market value of more than [-] million US dollars.

Apple Computer, in particular, has sold over 300 million units of the Apple II computer, making it the highest-selling personal computer in the world, and such a high sales volume has earned Apple more than $[-] million in profits.And just a few years ago, Jobs and Wozniak were still mortgaging their houses to the bank to buy computer parts.Such a dramatic transformation naturally made Apple Computer the darling of the media.Americans really like this kind of frog-turned-prince story.

Microsoft on the other side is actually similar to Apple Computer, except that it mainly sells BASIC language and VISICALC (chalk gray) software. It is a software with extremely high application performance.Microsoft also makes a lot of money by selling these two softwares and their derivatives.

However, Xu Guanwu is not as concerned about the development of Microsoft as he is about Apple Computer. For example, Xu Guanwu did not reveal a word like Microsoft about the graphical operating system.By the time Microsoft knew that Apple was working on a graphical operating system, the system was almost out of beta.

When Bill Gates and Paul Allen saw the completed version of the graphical operating system displayed by Apple Computer, they were so surprised that their jaws almost dropped to the ground.This operating system is so advanced that these two computer geniuses are amazed to see it.You must know that even the MS_DOS operating system was not even in sight at that time.

In fact, if it is not necessary for Microsoft to help develop the graphical version of VISICALC software, Steve Jobs does not want to let outsiders see this operating system now.Because the commercial value of this operating system is too high, idiots know that if it is launched on the market, it will definitely make a lot of money.

Because Microsoft Corporation wants to help Apple Computer Corporation develop graphical office software, in addition to VISICALC spreadsheet processing software, there is also document processing software similar to WORD.Although Apple Computer also has talents for writing software, it is still not as professional as Microsoft.In addition, Jobs really likes to work with Bill Gates. Microsoft previously provided Apple Computer with the BASIC language, and the two parties established a very friendly cooperative relationship.

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Both Apple Computer and Microsoft have a market value of more than 200 million US dollars, especially Apple Computer's market value is more than one billion US dollars.And the market value of these two companies was at most [-] million a few years ago. In just a few years, the market value has increased by a hundred times or a thousand times, which naturally attracted countless envious eyes.

And when people know that Xu Guanwu also injected capital into these two companies a few years ago, they can't help admiring his investment vision even more.Based on the market value of these two companies a few years ago, Xu Guanwu's total investment would definitely not exceed 500 million US dollars, but now he has returned a huge wealth of nearly [-] million US dollars, and this only happened within a few years That's all, the average rate of return is dozens of times higher, which is even more profitable than arms smuggling and drug trafficking.

Xu Guanwu went from an excellent film investor to an excellent investor all of a sudden, and he has more vision than the most famous investment experts on Wall Street.A celebrity like this naturally has the media wanting to interview him all the time, but because Xu Guanwu stays in Hong Kong all the year round, he rarely set foot in the United States in the past two years.And he is the only one in Hong Kong, high above the top, even if foreign media want to interview him, he is often rejected by him, so he has almost become a black hole for the media, everyone can feel him but can't see him, stirring things up The American media industry was also in turmoil.

The reason why Xu Guanwu doesn't like to accept interviews with foreign media is mainly because of the old saying that "wealth is not revealed", and it is best to make a fortune in silence.In addition, he is already enough to attract people's envy in Hong Kong. If he is widely publicized in the media, he may be sniped when he goes out on the street.You must know that after Li Jiacheng became the richest man in Hong Kong, his son was kidnapped by the thief king Zhang Ziqiang.Xu Guanwu didn't want to receive a call one day saying that his father, mother, wife, children, brothers and sisters had been kidnapped.

In addition, he already has the media himself, so he naturally hopes that the benefits will not flow to outsiders. Even if he wants to interview, his own magazine will interview first.If you want to publish a manuscript, you have to pay the copyright fee first. This is a very profitable thing.There is no reason to be cheap for outsiders.

After finally showing up today, the naturally attracted media present all seemed to be on a stimulant, and kept shouting at Xu Guanwu and his wife, "Look this way, look this way!"

"It is rumored that you are the major shareholder of Microsoft and Apple Computer, is it true?"

"Do you have any experience with investing?"

"Have you considered becoming an American citizen?"

"Get out for the rich and unkind! Give us back the jobs!"

The latter was shouted by the protest group standing next to it. The United States advocates freedom of speech, and everyone has the right to express their opinions. Therefore, whenever there are major events, there will always be some protesters.They have various reasons, some of which are even ironic.

It seems that some of the people present today are opposed to the Vietnam War, although the Vietnam War has been stopped for several years.There are those who call on people to pay attention to the energy crisis.And against homosexual discrimination.A large group of people stood there holding signs, shouting at the cameras of the media reporters and the guests on the red carpet.Of course, there is usually no response, because today the Oscars and the stars are the protagonists.

Xu Guanwu and his wife walked the red carpet behind Meryl Streep and Dustin Hoffman, the leading actors of "Kramer and Mrs. Kramer", who won the awards today, although Meryl Streep was dressed sexy Charming, Dustin Hoffman is also extremely charming, and both of them are today's favorites to win the award. They should have received the attention of thousands of people, but it is a pity that they have not shown up for two years, Now it is the famous Xu Guanwu and his wife.So they, who were supposed to be the protagonists today, basically became the foil of Xu Guanwu and his wife.

After struggling through the red carpet, neither of them got the chance to stand on the interview platform and express their feelings to the audience friends in front of the TV. They were urged to leave the photo area by the staff, because Xu Guanwu and his wife were about to Come over, the two of them need to make room for others.

"I hate him." Meryl Streep couldn't help but said, today's dress was specially custom-made by her, so she couldn't shine on the red carpet, but she didn't expect that all her hard work was in vain. People didn't notice her at all, but all eyes were on the couple behind her, which really made her a little annoyed.You must know that today she is very likely to win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. This is also the first time she has won an Oscar, and it is the happiest thing in her life.Unexpectedly, it was destroyed by these two people.

"Calm down, Meryl!" Dustin said to Meryl with a smile, "You don't need to be angry, we are professional actors, we should control our emotions. The two people behind us are the most famous people in America today Film investors, we should think about cooperating with him instead of making enemies with him. This is not good for our future development."

"You're right, I shouldn't lose my temper. Well, let's go in first, I don't want to stay here any longer." Meryl Streep said.

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Xu Guanwu and his wife stayed in the photo area for 2 minutes for the reporters present to take pictures, and then they were invited to the interview area to accept an interview with ABC TV station. In 1976, ABC TV station had a unique vision and bought out the Oscar TV broadcast rights from 76 to 08.It not only owns the TV rights, but also the copyright of the Academy Awards, and the right to contract advertisements. With these rights, ABC TV station also makes a lot of money.

The Academy Awards is the most famous film festival in the world, not only has a high degree of attention in the United States, but also has a lot of influence in all countries in the world, so many TV stations will request to broadcast this world's top film festival.And they will pay high fees to ABC, which has the exclusive broadcasting rights, in order to obtain the broadcasting rights.

And if advertisers want to insert advertisements in this top-level ceremony, they also need to pay huge advertising fees to ABC.In short, ABC TV used its advanced vision to buy out the exclusive rights to broadcast the Oscars, and thus made enviable profits.

After Xu Guanwu and his wife were invited to the interview area, the head emcee of ABC TV station came to interview immediately.

"Hey, Stanley, long time no see! What have you been up to these two years? Why don't you want to attend our Oscars anymore? Is it because you have already won the best picture trophy, so you don't like the Oscars? Do you want nothing but prizes?" The master of ceremonies asked with a smile.

"Haha, don't talk nonsense, or you will offend the Oscar judges, and I will never win another award in the future." Xu Guanwu laughed quickly, "It's not that I don't want to come, but that I really had something to do the year before last and last year. , so I couldn’t get away, and I have always been very sorry in my heart. I feel sorry for the deep affection of the Oscar Organizing Committee.”

"Then what have you been busy with for the past two years? I heard that you are busy investing in high-tech? Is the Stanley angel investment fund in Silicon Valley named after you? It is said that you are Apple Computer and Microsoft The major shareholder of the company, and the shareholder of IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Xerox, Intel and other companies, is this true?" The emcee asked with a smile.

"This is personal privacy, I have nothing to say." Xu Guanwu chuckled and immediately made the emcee stunned.

(End of this chapter)