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   Chapter 630 Empty Gloves White Wolf

  Ovitz, who had an unhappy life in Hollywood, heard Kalanick scolding the gang of Hollywood people for being rotten, and Ovitz also felt a sense of anger in his heart.

   Listening to Kalanick's adulation to him and the need for him to come forward and help Scour company solve Hollywood's troubles, Ovitz has a feeling of being a powerful figure in Hollywood again.

Ovitz knew it would be difficult to get the copyright from several major Hollywood film companies and record companies, but he felt that if Kalanick could do what he said, let Scour transform, open the membership system, etc., He Ovitz feels that he has a chance to convince Hollywood!

It's not that Ovitz doesn't know that the music, movies, pictures, and books on Scour's website have infringed major Hollywood companies, but he would never have thought that websites such as Scour and Napster would play empty-handed white wolves. At this point, I would never have thought that Internet music would toss the record industry to what extent, otherwise Ovitz would be killed, and it would not be involved in this muddy water!

"Scour website, the A round investment has received 8.5 million US dollars of venture capital from overseas foundations, the second round of venture capital, Scour invites you to come, and wants Scour to cooperate with you, of course, this round of investment, Scour needs to raise money $29 million!"

   Kalanick’s words have dispelled the doubts of many people. Not all overseas foundations have invested in Scour website, and they invested 8.5 million US dollars in Scour.

   "I'm willing to invest in Scour and claim $8 million!"

Ron Burke was the first to speak, feeling that investing in Scour was risky, but he could give it a try. After being with Michael Jackson for so long, Burke thought he had some skills in the recording industry. Loss, not too bad.

   After Ron Burkle spoke, Ovitz didn't stop, "The Artists' Agent Management Group is willing to subscribe for 10 million US dollars from Scour!"

  The Artists Agency is a newly established company by Ovitz, and he plans to rely on this agency to make a comeback.

Hearing Ovitz, a shot was worth 10 million dollars. Ron Burke and several others couldn't help but glance at Ovitz, and couldn't help but sigh, the first person in Hollywood is the first person, As soon as the shot is made, it is extraordinary, even if it is too angry to be the first person in Hollywood!

Ovitz and Ron Burkle gave Scour $18 million, and the rest got more than $10 million in financing. The rest of the people in the room scraped points, and then sent to Wall Street institutions. Selling part of it, Kalanick basically got the nearly 30 million venture capital.

What excites Kalanick the most is not getting so many US knives, which is of course something to be happy about, but more importantly, he has drawn Ovitz and Ron Burkel, who are closely related to Hollywood. , Kalanick is counting on them to help Scour improve his relationship with Hollywood!

   "When is Scour ready to go public?"

   An investor who came from Silicon Valley asked Kalanick when he signed the investment intention agreement.

   Of these people present today, one is counted as one, I really thought it was to help the broken website Scour, not to make a lot of money when it went public.

   "Within two years!"

   Kalanick gritted his teeth and said that two years is just a threshold. If the time is too short, his bragging rights will be broken. If the time is too long, Ovitz and others probably don’t have the mood to wait.

Ovitz, Ron Burke and others looked at each other and finally nodded their heads. It takes a year and a half to make a movie, not to mention a company going public, although Netscape, Yahoo, DoubleClick Coupled with the current ICQ, they are constantly setting new records for the time to market, but that is a minority after all, so if the Scour website can be listed within two years, they can still accept it!

   After Ovitz and the others left, Kalanick announced the news to Scour and the others, and the entire office immediately burst into cheers.

  According to the market conditions of Silicon Valley and the Internet, as long as you can get venture capital and increase the data of users and traffic, you are only one step away from logging in to Nasdaq!

   Thinking that it is only one step away from wealth freedom and becoming a millionaire and tens of millions of dollars, how can you not make Scour people excited, they come from all over America, isn't it just for this? !

   Just returned to the office and closed the door, Kalanick was not so excited, but a worried and puzzled look on his face.

Scour is in such a hurry to start the second round of financing because the mysterious overseas foundation on the side of the big sponsor, that is about to be unable to support Scour, suddenly came to the door and gave the Scour website $8.5 million in big money. Lord, there is a sudden news that in order for Scour to expand its scale, it is required that Scour must increase the number of users to more than 10 million by the end of the year!

It seems that the big sponsor has broken his heart for Scour. Scour can have more than 5 million users in such a short period of time. It is inseparable from the promotion company that the big sponsor found for Scour. Double-click company is now responsible for the Scour website. The advertising and promotion of Scour has attracted a lot of traffic and advertisements for Scour.

Even the most popular movie now, the dark horse at the box office "The Matrix", has advertisements on Scour's website, and Scour appears in it, except for companies from the Songyang camp such as ICQ, America Telecom, and Alcatel Mobile. The advertisements are all advertisements of big companies such as General Motors, and Scour is in them.

   But as it happens, Double Click Company is one of the advertising sponsors that turned Scour into "The Matrix", and the cost is about the same as advertising in ordinary media.

   Kalanick knew that these were probably the means of the big financier of the overseas mysterious investment foundation.

Kalanick had some vague guesses about who the big financier was, but he really couldn't figure it out. As the big financier, doing all this always felt a little sneaky, as if he didn't want to get involved with Scour. .

  Otherwise, with the big money owner's status in the Internet industry, as long as he plays the banner of investing in Scour website, Scour will instantly become a fragrant pastry, and will be chased by Wall Street and Silicon Valley VCs to give money!

   Kalanick racked his brains and couldn't figure it out. He always felt that there seemed to be some things in it, which made Kalanick's brain hurt a little.

   Regardless of Kalanick's thoughts, Scour's website once again received news of a $2,900 venture capital investment, which quickly spread throughout Silicon Valley and Hollywood.

While the major media were still looking for news and Kalanick's identity, another news broke out. Napster also received a huge amount of venture capital. The wind of Internet music seems to be blowing up. !

   The Internet's outlet seems to appear silently every time, and no one knows who the next "lucky person" is, but every time a new outlet appears, it will set off a huge storm, attracting countless Internet companies to enter.

   This time is no exception. When Scour and Napster, the two main “Internet file sharing platforms”, received a large amount of venture capital, countless Internet companies began to enter the industry.

   "The next Bruno Song!"

   In just two days, the air of Internet music suddenly started to blow, and as representatives of it were Kalanick and Napster website founder Sean Fanning.

Time Magazine has urgently replaced the cover of the latest issue with a picture of Sean Fanning, who is wearing a baseball uniform, baseball cap, and a pair of headphones over his ears. , Sean Fanning with a smile on his face, his eyes firmly looking into the distance.

  Compared to Kalanick, who has been smooth sailing and has not yet been "bad luck", there are not many topics, and there are too many places to report on Sean Fanning.

Just like someone, Sean Fanning, who loves baseball, also got into the Internet halfway through, developing Napster, just a random dorm room party, Sean Fanning studying at Boston University, heard the room complain, now The music can only be listened to on CD, and there are too few MP3 music links on the Internet.

Inspired by Sean Fanning, he came up with the idea of ​​using P2P technology to allow users to exchange music freely. Sean Fanning launched Napster, which allows users on the website to freely exchange and download music. can also communicate with each other.

   "I think Napster is something that makes users feel satisfied and happy. I will continue Napster's business!"

   "Even if Napster will encounter some trouble with copyright, and even Sean, you may face huge claims?!"

   Interviewed Sean Fanning's Time Magazine reporter and asked him such a question, and Sean Fanning gave a positive answer.

This kind of spirit of devotion would rather be bankrupt and be paid a large sum of money, but also to be tough with Hollywood and record companies, just for the convenience of Internet users, being able to listen to music and movies at almost no cost, let Xiao The name of En Fanning resounded all over the world overnight.

  The media likes this kind of script so much, almost the same as someone did at the beginning, all because of an idea, the idea of ​​​​building an Internet company was born, and it was done.

  The only difference is that someone went to the University of San Jose to make a name and did not advocate dropping out and running to Silicon Valley, while Sean Fanning ran away from Boston University and plunged into the Internet industry.

Sean Fanning appeared in Time magazine and made Internet music popular. It was completely blown up. Along with Sean Fanning, and Kalanick, the two of them were "pioneers of music in the digital age". On the cover of Fortune, Business Week, Forbes, Industry Standard and other media weekly, they have also become synonymous with Internet file exchange services.

   (end of this chapter)