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   Chapter 629 Longyou Shallow Water

   Hearing Kalanick's hard-working performance, the people sitting below whispered a few words. The people who came here today are all big names in Hollywood.

  The wind of the Internet has hit Hollywood, especially someone's investment in Hollywood, which has stimulated a lot of people. "The Matrix" is the most dazzling existence in this summer vacation, and countless fans have become its believers.

   This movie under the guise of "Internet concept", whether it is bragging or not, has indeed made Hollywood and fans around the world hear the name "Internet".

And the people who invested in it are the upstarts from the Internet. In just a few years, from the site of Western cowboys, almost as a self-made man, all the way to the American wealth list, he will be known for his extravagance and quick money. In Hollywood, there is no **** left.

In the past few decades, young men and women in America have sought fame and fortune by becoming famous in Hollywood. As long as they release a hit album or act in a hit movie, the fame and fortune will follow, interviews, advertising endorsements, remuneration, etc. , you can earn more than one million dollars a year. This is the fastest way to make money for young people. Just like the live broadcast era, only people will do it if it is profitable. Independent things.

But now it’s different. The Internet is really exciting. As long as there is an idea, it doesn’t take a year or a half, maybe just one day. If a venture capital company takes a fancy to this idea, it will cost millions or tens of millions of dollars. The beautiful knife smashed past, and the rest was to log on to Nasdaq and reach the pinnacle of life. A man named Bruno Song has already performed all this incisively and vividly...

  Disney, Time Warner, Fox and other established Hollywood companies are all in contact with Internet companies and want to ride on the Internet.

   Even these old Hollywood companies, not to mention those Hollywood actors, producers, agents, investors, etc., are all about to make a move.

   It's not just ordinary leeks that are fooled by Wall Street. The more valuable people are, the more they are fooled. Those sub-analysts, financial planners, and bank account managers dare to talk about it!

Investing 10,000 US dollars on the Internet and earning 1 million US dollars a year is such an outrageous rumor that I really thought it came from somewhere. Star, fool more leeks.

Seeing that all those who play on the Internet are making a lot of money, even Hollywood people can't help it. Hollywood people with spare money, like those stars, began to buy the Internet under the trick of their agents. stock.

And Hollywood investors, producers, etc., play a lot more advanced. They don't look down on the kind of thing that relies on luck and buys the stocks of Internet companies to see the sky, but invests in Internet companies by themselves, especially those that have not yet been listed. Internet company.

   Internet companies like Scour, which have a bit of kinship with the Internet, are the most favored by people in Hollywood.

   "Kalanick, right, I wonder, how does Scour make money?"

The person who spoke was a middle-aged blond man and a well-known Hollywood investor, Ron Burke. He was a food and mall owner from Montana. The most well-known in Hollywood is that he and Michael Jackson's relationship.

  Ron Burke was a close friend of Michael Jackson and now serves as Michael Jackson's adviser.

With his relationship with Michael Jackson, Ron Burke is a powerful figure in Hollywood. He has a very close relationship with Michael Jackson, and even after Michael Jackson left, he was responsible for the debts of Michael Jackson, To solve it, the "Neverland Manor" finally fell into his hands.

   "Scour will launch advertising and membership business in the future. Now the most important thing on the Internet is traffic. Whoever owns the traffic owns everything!"

Kalanick said, using Yahoo as an example, "Yahoo is still losing money overseas. Last quarter, Yahoo just lost nearly $70 million, but Yahoo's current market value has exceeded $500. The people who invested in Yahoo at the beginning have received more than 200 times the return!"

"Scour is going to be the No. 1 music and video site in America, and now Napster and Scour are doing the same thing, we can't be behind Napster, Bruno Song said, the Internet industry will only remember who is number one, never Someone cares what the second name is!"

This impassioned speech made many of the investors present feel a little anxious. The Scour website seems to be reliable, the office area does not seem to be large, but the staff size already has more than 100 people. , users are all over America, Canada, England and other English-speaking regions, the key is 5 million users, but it is real.

Just now, Kalanick also vaguely declared that in the future Scour website will seek cooperation from Internet giants such as Yahoo, AOL, ICQ, MSN, etc. If ICQ can get support and is willing to drain traffic for Scour, then Scour is really It's going to skyrocket, you know, ICQ claims to have 100 million users!

If you can’t fool your peers, ICQ fools a layman, but it’s still accurate. Hollywood is obviously crippled by ICQ. When I hear that Kalanick can have a relationship with ICQ, even Ron Burke Er, this old river and lake, was also a little frightened.

In their impression, an Internet website with 100 million users would be soft on receiving money even if they did nothing. Although in fact, ICQ did not make much money at this time, but it sounds like , really intimidating.

   But the people who came here today, besides Ron Burke, there is another big Hollywood figure, and the coffee position is much bigger than Ron Burke.

   "Copyright issue, how should Scour solve it?

   As far as I know, none of the music, videos, and pictures on Scour’s website have been authorized by the top five record companies, seven Hollywood groups, and those singers and actors! "

   The person who speaks is sitting at the end. Whether it is a Hollywood actor, a star in the sports industry, or a writer in the publishing industry, I am afraid that I will be shocked when I see this character.

   When Kalanick heard this question, his scalp felt a little numb, and when he saw the person who asked the question, his forehead was sweaty.

   "Mr. Ovitz!"

  Kalanick shouted to the questioner, who was speaking from one of Hollywood's most powerful men, the founder of CAA Economics, former Disney CEO Michael Ovitz.

  Ovitz has indeed lost some ground in recent years. He was kicked out of Disney by Eisner in disgrace. He wanted to go back to CAA, but was turned away again. This made Ovitz, a Hollywood veteran, feel a little like a dog in the background.

Now Ovitz has set up a new agency and established a new agency, but the effect is not very good, and he is constantly being poached by CAA. Those stars and the like do not dare to offend CAA because of Ovitz, which makes Ovi Z is now in a very embarrassing situation.

   As a last resort, Ovitz found a new way to find a way to connect with Silicon Valley on the Internet. This is why he is here today. To put it bluntly, life in Hollywood is a bit difficult, and he has to find another way out.

Unless he retires, Disney Emperor Eisner and CAA will not let him go. They are also afraid that Ovitz will make a comeback and clean them up again, no matter whether Ovitz is an old tiger or not. Now, there is still a bit of tiger power, anyway, let's kill the chaos stick first.

  "Um..." Kalanick's head turned quickly, "That's right, Scour hasn't been soft-touched by the record and Hollywood companies, but other music sites, whether it's MP3 music sites or Napster, are also unlicensed!"

  "But," Kalanick exclaimed, "I believe this is only temporary. After Scour goes public, both the record industry and Hollywood will see the scale of Scour's users, and at that time, Scour will also seek to transform.

   Neither Hollywood nor record companies can stop the advent of the Internet era, and they will eventually be changed by the Internet. They are already rotten and belong to the old era.

   In addition, we have Mr. Ovitz, which is why Scour invited Mr. Ovitz. I believe Mr. Ovitz can help Scour get those guys in Hollywood! "

  Michael Ovitz was stunned for a moment, then seeing the gazes from the crowd and Kalanick's expectant look, Ovitz couldn't help but smile.

   (end of this chapter)