I’m in Hollywood

After a morning meeting, I ate with Kasenberg at noon and discussed some trivial matters. Until the afternoon, Eric made time to learn about the mobile communication license auction that I happened to see on CNN yesterday. ∷∷,

Any country has radio regulations, whether it is television media or mobile communications, relying on radio waves. Just as different TV stations have different radio frequency frequencies, different telecom operators are also restricted to operate within a certain radio wave frequency range, and the corresponding radios obtained by American television stations or telecom operators from fcc (Federal Communications Commission) The license to operate a business in the wave frequency range is the so-called 'license'.

In the office of Firefly's headquarters, Eric, looking at Eric, who is reading the basics carefully, Kelly, who is sitting on the other side of the desk, said softly: "In the 1980s, the wireless spectrum resources for mobile communications were all operators. Fcc applied for and then accepted its distribution. However, in recent years, the mobile communication industry has rapidly emerged with the support of digital technology. Most of the spectrum resources that operators have obtained from fcc in the past are not enough. With a substantial increase, Clinton’s government realized that this is a good time to create fiscal revenue. It will divide the spectrum resources required by telecom operators into three different segments of a, b and c for auction. You saw it on CNN yesterday. The auction of the a and b licenses was mainly for the traditional telecom operators. The license auctions of these two segments brought a total of 3.75 billion U.S. dollars to the Ministry of Finance."

Eric looked up and asked, "What about c?"

Kelly said: "According to the plan given by Clinton's Zhengfu, the c-segment licenses are mainly auctioned to the emerging telecom operators, which are used to support SMEs in the early stage of the venture. However, the license auction for this segment is arranged. Three months later."

Eric pondered for a moment and understood the joints. Some mocked smiles, but it was really black in the world.

In the past, Eric noticed that Unicom publicly complained that it was late to move to get a license and missed the 4g layout period. The situation in memory is too similar to the present, and the difference is just a game of Zhengzhi. The other is purely an economic game.

At present, it is a critical period for the US mobile communication industry to upgrade from analog signals to digital signals. Traditional telecom operators have already had strong advantages. Once they got the license, they got a three-month lead time. The gap was once again pulled. Big. Emerging telecom operators who have obtained c-segment licenses are even more eager to catch up. Eric can imagine that even if the c-segment license is obtained, the relevant SMEs will only be swallowed up by the old telecom giants.

Noticing the expression on Eric's face, Kelly could guess what he was thinking. Then he smiled and said: "You must have guessed that fcc does this, and it must be influenced by the old telecom operators such as att and sp. However, what are the more excessive things?"

Eric wondered: "What?"

Kelly flipped through the thick folder on the desktop and found a document and handed it to Eric. "Look, this is fcc's detailed bidding for the spectrum license auction, turned to 12 pages. I drew a red line."

Eric turned the page number that Kelly said. See the red line with a paragraph: c-segment licenses will be auctioned separately to give ethnic minorities, women, township operators and micro-enterprises more opportunities to achieve a more level playing field.

Eric repeatedly read it several times and found no problems. He curiously looked up and asked, "What happened to this passage?"

Kelly smiled and said: "You must not think about it. Yesterday, the auction was just over. Someone started this article. About six small companies that submitted c-licensing bids also filed suits in the federal court. Claiming that the description of racial and gender in the fcc tender is contrary to the US Constitution's provisions on national equality. There is discrimination suspect, asking fcc to make changes and apologizing for the offensive words."

Eric is really a bit wrong this time.

Can still play like this.

Reborn for so many years, Eric understands the rules of legal proceedings in the United States.

Since someone has filed a lawsuit against this matter, this matter is definitely not a matter of simply changing the bidding document by fcc. Everyone must be gathered together to study the US Constitution and see if this passage is really unconstitutional. The constitution is so thick, it takes a month or two to go through it again. This is the so-called evidence gathering stage. After the evidence is collected, the two sides still need to slap in the court. Even if the local court gives the verdict, if one party refuses to accept the judgment and continues to appeal, the lawsuit will continue to fight.

In the end, such a toss, after the end of the lawsuit, it is estimated that more than half a year has passed.

The c-segment license auction was three months later than the a and b segments, and there is now such a lawsuit. It is estimated that the so-called emerging telecom operators will have to wait until next year to obtain a license.

"Well, don't mention this," Eric put the tender book aside and reached out to show off the office that was not luxurious but equally refined. He said: "I think we discuss these. The position of the problem is somewhat wrong. I am now a capitalist, and I am devastated."

Kelly was teased by Eric's words. Eric's words are actually true. This is only because of the telecommunications field that has little to do with them. It will be a bit uncomfortable to see this situation. But if something similar happens in Hollywood, the Big Seven will certainly not hesitate to unite and kill the latecomers who may threaten their status in the cradle.

"So, Eric, are you planning to get involved in mobile communications?"

Yesterday, I saw the news of the mobile operation license auction. Eric is really very excited. It is the beginning of the outbreak of the mobile communication industry. The investment telecom industry can definitely bring rich returns, but the case of the c-segment license auction can also be seen. Out, the water inside is really too deep. Before I figured out the situation, Eric did not intend to venture into it.

Unfortunately, shaking his head, Eric Momo looked at the folder in front of him and said, "I don't think about it for a while, right, Kelly, have you touched Qualcomm?"

"Oh, I am going to tell you." Kelly took out a memo and flipped a few pages and handed a note to Eric. "Qualcomm ceo Owen Jacob is very interested in our contact. Only he has been in Korea recently. I have to wait until next week to come back. He called me and said that he will fly directly to Los Angeles when he arrives, hoping to talk to you face to face, oh, this is Owen Jacob in South Korea. The phone number of the residence. He said that you can call at any time."

Eric took the note paper and looked at it. He smiled and said: "Qualcomm is so eager, this is not a good habit. They are not afraid of sheep entering the tiger's mouth?"

"Qualcomm is in a very bad situation. So far, they have only won the opportunity to build a cdma network in South Korea. However, the telecom market in South Korea is too small, and it will not have much impact on the global communication technology standards. Moreover, a week before the spectrum license auction, att just announced that it will build a gsm network nationwide. As the largest telecom operator in the country, att determined the communication technology standard will certainly drive a group of followers. gsm's technology maturity Much higher than cdma, once most operators turn to gsm, Qualcomm may even face bankruptcy," said Kelly, and said: "The Qualcomm stock that is being absorbed by the firefly investment will soon exceed 1 million. Shares, if they continue, Eric, once Qualcomm goes bankrupt, these stocks become worthless."

In 1992, Qualcomm issued a total of 6 million shares outstanding, accounting for 30% of the total share capital. Because of the rise of gsm, Qualcomm has lagged behind in recent years. There is no further financing.

At present, Qualcomm's share price is only around $17, and the total market capitalization is only 340 million.

To be honest, if you can eat all of Qualcomm, Eric will not hesitate at all. After all, it is just the video of Rembrandt. It will bring him more than 300 million US dollars in revenue, and the entire Firefly Group, because there is no large-scale expansion plan for the time being, with the second-best profitability in Hollywood, the Firefly Group is now facing a very happy trouble, that is, money Too much.

“One million shares are only 17 million,” Eric said to Kelly. “I plan to absorb at least 3 million shares, so I only need to spend 50 million US dollars. This investment is quite similar to a medium-sized investment. It’s just a movie, even if it’s all lost.”

"Yeah, it doesn't really matter to you," Kelly realized that she was concerned about chaos, $50 million, which is really nothing for Eric's current body.

The two are discussing, and Eric’s mobile phone on his desk rang.

After the connection, the other side heard the voice of Elizabeth.

Eric simply said a few words and hung up.

Kelly also heard some information from the conversation between the two and asked: "Miss Murdoch?"

"Well, about the Golden Globe and Oscar, "Save the Ryan" and "The Brave Heart" slammed together, and Liz asked me to talk about two public relations for the film awards."

Eric said, standing up, Kelly took his coat thoughtfully, and Eric reached out and put on his clothes, looking at the female assistant who lowered his eyes and gently helped him to button. Eric Inexplicably, the illusion that a wife sent her husband to date with another woman, reached out and licked Kelly's waist and smiled: "It's weird, how do I suddenly feel a little guilty?"

Kelly smiled, and the movements on her hands did not stop. With a little emotion of the little woman, she said, "I want you to be guilty."

"Amount, this trick you can use on your own, don't pass it."

"Will you get out of trouble?"

Eric nodded hard: "It’s very troublesome."

After the popular New Year's schedule, the most important thing for Hollywood is undoubtedly to deal with the current awards season.

Compared to last year's Oscars, this year's awards season Hollywood also has no such thing as a so-called film work, but the emergence of "saving the big Ryan" and "brave heart" double confrontation.

Although the Oscar nomination has not yet been released, but in the more important film and television Golden Globe nomination, the two films coincidentally got the best drama, best director, best actor, best screenwriter and best soundtrack. Five nominations. Mel Gibson's performance can only be considered average. Eric remembers that he did not get any best actor nomination in the original time and space. Now, the nomination of the Golden Globe Award should be regarded as the public relations result of Weinstein.

As early as more than a year ago, Eric and Elizabeth discussed the tactics of the two films. However, the plan always fails to change, and many things need to be changed according to the current situation.

Under the reasonable operation of Miramax, "Brave Heart" was undoubtedly more successful at the box office than the one in the original time and space that won the award but lost the box office.

"Brave Heart" has been released on a small scale since early December, and has continued to accumulate reputation and box office. During Christmas, Miramax has increased its scale to 2,000, with the advertising effect and long-term results brought by the Golden Globe nomination. The word-of-mouth accumulation of the operation, the film won more than 26 million US dollars at the box office that week, just now into the first week after the New Year, "Brave Heart" total box office has been close to 60 million, in the award-winning season continued hot topic Many box office tickets at the end of the year have fallen sharply, but the "Brave Heart" week box office has maintained a weak 20% decline. If this situation continues to Oscar, the "box of the brave heart" is also conservatively estimated. Around 120 million US dollars, with an Oscar award, "Brave Heart" is issued overseas, it is likely to recover the full cost at the box office.

Eric left the Firefly headquarters and came to the Hollywood celebrity in Beverly Hills to frequent the open-air restaurant. Although it was in the afternoon, the restaurant still gathered a lot of guests who were free to chat with coffee. There are some familiar faces. Seeing that the waiters led Eric into the room, many guests got up and greeted Eric.

Chilling through the crowd, Eric saw Elizabeth and Harvey Weinstein on the restaurant terrace.

Sitting down at the table and arranging a cup of coffee at random, Eric looked at the Beverly mansion, which was covered with shrubs on the side of the railing, and the chess pieces scattered in the view, and the downtown Los Angeles, where the distance was unobstructed, nodded: “The scenery here is really good, no wonder so many guests.”

Harvey Weinstein said with a smile: "Eric, if you like, you can come over often, the owner of this restaurant is my friend, I let him give you a free list."

Eric gestured to the eyes that were still coming over to them. He joked: "The exemption is definitely not enough. If I come often, your friend may have to give me advertising fees."

Both Elizabeth and Harvey laughed. If Eric really visits this place, the number of guests who try to approach him in the restaurant will increase exponentially. It is better than a billboard.

The three people chatted for a while, and the topic gradually turned to the awards season. (To be continued.)