Chapter 118

Mark was very happy when his girlfriend came to pick up the plane. Although they had only been separated for more than half a month, they held together like they hadn't seen in three years and separated for a long time.

Returning to Los Angeles, California, mark has a feeling of returning from the king. At the moment, he is a member of beimi 300 million club. There are no more than 10 directors who can shoot beimi's 300 million works. However, what makes mark proud is that he has become the fourth largest shareholder of Guge, with 15% equity. As long as it is not diluted, he will become a world-class rich man in time.

Mark and his girlfriend hugged at the passenger exit and were found by paparazzi reporters wandering nearby. They recorded this warm and moving side with their camera. However, when the reporter rushed up to interview them, he was found in advance, and they quickly got on the bus and left.

Since the British Princess Diana had a car accident in a tunnel in France, the paparazzi's crazy pursuit of photography has aroused public anger in the industry. Paparazzi no longer dare to pursue photography wantonly.

Mark found that black's car was driving quite smoothly, shuttling through the traffic like a swimming fish, and was very flexible. Mark said, "how about this car?"? Do you like it? "

Black smiled, "what if I say I don't like it?"

Mark said, "then go to the 4S store and choose one you like. I'm Mr. 20 million now. I don't need money at all."

"I like it very much. I have been the envy of my classmates," Blake said

Mark said, "I want to move out. Do you have any suggestions?"

Blake blushed and said, "that's good! You have more private space, but I won't move in and write about living with you, at least after I enter college. "

High school and college are completely two worlds. Many families do not pay tuition fees and allow them to work part-time or borrow money to complete their studies. Generally, they are adults after entering college. Their parents can't restrain them. They can live together openly, but not now. Black doesn't dare.

Mark was a little disappointed and said, "it's a pity. The house is empty. I'll be very lonely."

Black said, "can I have a party with you?"

Mark said, "of course, but I haven't found a house yet. I'll find it when I'm free these days."

Blake thought, "you'd better let the agent find it for you."

They talked and soon went to David's villa. When they heard the sound of the car, Kayla rushed out and jumped into Mark's arms. She refused to come down again. Her small face was red and said, "brother, I miss you very much."

Mark kissed and kissed her apple face, smiling. "I want my royal highness, too. There's a gift. Oh, do you want it?"

Kayla said excitedly, "give it to me, give it to me." Mark asked black to take out a beautifully wrapped gift box from the trunk to Kayla. She was willing to leave mark, hold the gift box and run back to the living room to open the gift.

Sophia was preparing dinner while David was reading the newspaper. When he saw mark coming back, David was very happy. He put down the newspaper and said, "come back and sit down."

Mark sat down on the sofa opposite him. Black was a regular here. She quickly poured a cup of coffee for their father and son, took Mark's luggage back to the room, and then ran to the kitchen to help Sophia. Here she got along well, just like at home.

In fact, mark and David don't have much deep feelings, even worse than Sophia and Keira. There is little interaction between them, and their feelings are naturally thin. They talked about some work, and David is still satisfied with mark. In his eyes, after a period of study and adaptation, mark left school like a runaway wild horse, moving forward quickly and achieving great success in a short time, This is inevitable and should be, because this is his gene. What makes him happy is that mark and his brother and sister love each other, which makes him less worried.

David talked about Gu Ge: "Gu Ge has officially decided to go public for financing. While Gu Ge announced the listing news internally, the outside world received the same news. Major global financial media such as Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg News and Reuters news and major streaming media such as CNN and the New York Times have reported this news, Led by Morgan Stanley, the largest investment bank, and Zurich Credit First Boston, the largest technology capital bank in Europe, the listing of Google, which is attended by more than a dozen of the world's largest technology capital banks such as Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, officially kicked off. They will raise US $2.7 billion, which is one of the top 25 IPOs in history. The whole wall street and investors are excited, Your vision and luck are extremely good. It can be said that you will double your wealth in a few months. "

”It's us. " Mark knowingly asked, "why is there such a big enterprise holding brother Gu?"

David Road: "after 02 years of technology bubble, Internet technology stocks have been in a doldrums, and the stocks held by these companies have been greatly depreciated. What they must do to stimulate the stock market, to restore confidence and to regenerate the market is a risky investment action. We must succeed and not fail. Only brother Gu has good performance and great operability, which has become a choice they can't help. It can be said that like you have become God's choice, brother Gu's listing will greatly stimulate the stock market, make the stock market rise, and make a large number of junk stocks in their hands appreciate. They are playing a big game of chess. "

Mark said excitedly, "so it's not a problem that we're worth billions. Maybe we're another Oracle or Microsoft."

Sophia happened to say, "it's not that simple. They see that Guge is unprofitable and has little interest. In the previous listing actions, the price of the original shares was negotiated and agreed between the company to be listed and the contractor. Generally speaking, the price is lower than the actual value, while the contractor and its big customers make a price difference, Of course, this will damage the interests of listed companies and small and medium-sized investors. They will be profitable only if the price is low. Not only that, the contractor will also control the allocation of original shares. Unless it is a very large and important customer, ordinary people can't get any subscription right at all. In this way, the interests of small and medium-sized investors cannot be guaranteed. "

Mark asked, "what should we do?"

Sophia said: "in order to ensure the interests of us and small and medium-sized investors, Wall Street needs to earn less. They also know this. It's not easy to say on the surface, and they certainly won't cooperate with brother Gu behind the scenes. Therefore, there was dissatisfaction with the subscription of initial shares in the initial public offering. We decided to make a quick decision and reduce the price of some initial shares, At the same time, the amount of financing has been greatly reduced, from the original US $2.7 billion to US $1.7 billion, and the share price has been reduced from US $135 to US $85 per share, avoiding a large dilution of their shares at a low price. "

Mark didn't understand. He asked, "in this way, brother Gu's market value won't be very high, right?"

Sophia said, "you can't be fat at one bite. As long as you stand firm, we can carry out BCDE round of financing."

Mark doesn't know how their equity in Guge operates. He has always been the agent of Sophia. For mark, as long as the equity is not diluted and transferred, everything will be no problem. This is his big killer.

Sophia also thought that mark was not satisfied with the result and comforted: "no company can achieve great success at the beginning, neither Microsoft nor oracle."

Mark said, "I understand that the money has doubled in a few months. It's no different from robbing. What's my dissatisfaction?"

At dinner, mark politely proposed to move out. David seemed a little unhappy. Seeing David's appearance, black immediately raised his hand and said, "it's not my proposal, and I have no intention to move out."

Sophia patted David's hand and said, "when my son grows up, sooner or later, mark, I have a request."

Mark said, "please speak."

Sophia said, "go home for dinner at least once a week."

Mark thought it was a request. He readily agreed and said, "no problem. If I'm filming outside, I'll do it."

Kayla was a little unhappy. She bowed her head and cut a sandwich. Mark smiled and said, "Kayla is not willing to let her brother move out?"

Kayla said in a low voice, "yes, but I know all my classmates' brothers are like this."

Mark said, "even if my brother moves out, he still loves you. Shall we go to Disney Resort this Sunday?"

Kayla was happy and said, "OK! I like to play with my brother. "

Sophia and David smiled at each other.

After mark finished eating, they went out to see a movie with Keira. Of course, they watched Shrek 2, an animated blockbuster released in May. Keira had seen it for the second time.

Disney is best at making money for children. As long as children like it, they will watch it again and again, and they will not get tired of watching it many times. Most of them will be accompanied by their parents and elders, which means that their income increases. If children like movies, they will pursue the toy dolls in the movies, which means that the surrounding income increases.

This is Disney's big move. However, as the boss of animated films, he is being challenged by new upstarts. The rise of Pixar and DreamWorks has carved up the market originally monopolized by Disney. Disney president Michael Eisner has a special preference for traditional hand-painted animation because the hand-painted animation Lion King has reached the peak, And disdain for the new rise of computer 3D animation, which eventually made Pixar and DreamWorks bigger.

In fact, these three animation production companies can all have a relationship with Disney. As we all know, Pixar has super production ability, but does not have its own distribution ability. All cartoons are distributed by Disney. Jeffrey carsenberg, the founder of DreamWorks Animation Department, was the chairman of Disney's film department that year and was fired because he had different opinions with Michael, The establishment of DreamWorks is to challenge Disney's dominance. It is not impossible to summarize the characteristics of these three animation studios. In short, Disney reshapes the old classics, Pixar creates new classics, and DreamWorks is funny and anti classics.