Heads Up Hollywood

Jeff Bezos is very interested in paypal!

Anyone with a bit of a business mind can see the potential of paypal, and the combination of e-commerce and online trading platforms is absolutely complementary and complements each other!

In the previous life, Amazon did not acquire PayPal, not because Jeff Bezos didn’t want to, but because Amazon was too weak to afford it.

As a result, PayPal was acquired by eBay for $1.5 billion.

In this life, Tang En wanted to make a change.

He outright rejected eBay's bid and went on to negotiate directly with Amazon.

Jeff Bezos certainly couldn't come up with the crazy bids of eBay.com.

"Mr. Walker, you know about Amazon's situation. With the bursting of the Internet bubble, Amazon's valuation has been seriously undervalued. It is impossible for me to make an offer similar to that of eBay."

Jeff Bezos came to the door himself, and he was sincere.

Tang En took the coffee from Isla Fisher with a smile and said, "Try it, authentic cat poop coffee."

"Ahem..."

Jeff Bezos almost choked.

Only then did Tang En calmly say: "1 billion US dollars can be used for stock mergers and acquisitions, plus one additional requirement."

Jeff Bezos' eyes widened, "A billion dollars? Mr. Walker, are you serious?"

Now eBay has raised the offer to 1.5 billion US dollars.

Moreover, the current volume of eBay is equal to 5 Amazons!

Under such circumstances, Tang En was able to reject eBay, choose Amazon, and sell it at a low price of 1 billion US dollars, which is really shocking!

Tang En glanced at him, "Do you think I'm joking?"

The future Jeff Bezos is very famous and awesome, and his wealth even surpassed that of Bill Gates, becoming the richest man in the world.

But now, Jeff Bezos is a small person in front of Tang En.

"This... This is too surprising, hehe, I really never dreamed that the acquisition of PayPal could be completed at a price of 1 billion US dollars."

Now Amazon has a stock price of $17.78, a share capital of 462 million, and a market value of $8.2 billion.

If PayPal was acquired in the form of pure stock, 56.24 million additional shares would need to be issued, and Tang En would occupy 30.93 million shares.

If the transaction is completed, Amazon's total share capital will become 518 million shares, and Twain will occupy 6% of the total share capital.

It can be said that Twain will further consolidate his position as the world's richest man in the future!

And far ahead.

"Wait!" Tang En waved his hand and looked at him with a half-smile, "Jeff, don't forget, I have an additional condition."

"You say!"

"I need IDMb website."

Tang En sold PayPal at a relatively low price, so he naturally wanted to ask for corresponding benefits.

The IDMb website was established as early as 1990, and was later acquired by Jeff Bezos, completing the commercialization transformation, from a pure film and television and video game database to a film and television news network.

Of course, the more authoritative ones are the ratings of movies, TV, and video games.

With the development of the Internet, IDMb's scoring authority in the film and television industry will become higher and higher.

Moreover, just this year IDMb also provides a professional membership version IDMbPro, which provides richer information on professionals in the entertainment industry.

In the entertainment industry full of rumors and gossip, many news can't tell the truth from the fake.

At this time, IDMbPro can provide an authoritative conclusion.

Tang En knew the potential of IDMb, and it was a rating for film and television content, so it was necessary to include it in his pocket.

"IDMb website?" Jeff Bezos raised his eyebrows and said hesitantly, "This website is a supporting service with Amazon's main website, which allows us to provide corresponding information for users to choose when selling DVDs and videotapes. .”

Tang En waved his hand disapprovingly, "It's okay! Even if New Global acquires the IDMb website, Amazon can still use the rating information on IDMb."

Jeff Bezos hesitated.

He knows that there is a Netflix company under the New Universal Group.

Netflix provides DVD and video tape rental services, and the demand for the IDMb website is higher. What Amazon provides is the sale of DVDs and video tapes, and the demand for the IDMb website is also very high.

Seeing that he was hesitating, Tang En said lightly, "Jeff, you have a long-term vision. You have a very complete layout for Amazon. I can see that. Otherwise, I wouldn't hand over PayPal to you. However, the basis of the transaction It's a mutual benefit. I know you value the IDMb website, but you have to understand that I saved you $500 million in the paypal acquisition!"

"May I think about it?"

"certainly!"

...

Tang En's new book "Strategy of Explosive Money" was released on a small scale at Houghton Mifflin Press on November 13th.

As expected, it wasn't a bestseller.

Compared with the comic "The Walking Dead" he created, it is not at the same level at all.

"The Walking Dead" has been on the market for two weeks, and it has sold 1 million copies in North America, which is very scary!

In contrast, the book "Explosive Style Strategy" is a bit shabby.

On the first day of listing, only 22,000 copies were sold.

Among them, 5,000 volumes were still ordered by major universities and institutions.

However, in the "New York Times", "New York Post" and other newspapers, the evaluation of this book is quite good, at least it has not fallen into the prestigious reputation of Don Walker.

On November 15th, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" was finally released in the much-anticipated release.

Opened in 3,682 theaters in North America, it will be screened simultaneously in four formats: ordinary film version, ordinary digital version, imax film version and imax digital version.

This day is Friday.

The cinema that night became a paradise for children.

In particular, the imax theaters once again fell into a full-blown situation, which is simply a replica of the summer "Pirate League: The Curse of the Black Pearl".

imax film is still a new trend and new form at the moment.

After watching the movie, there are also staff from New Universal who are presenting the investigation report to the fans.

The question is not so much about the film quality of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," but a survey of imax digital and imax film.

imax film is too expensive.

If all the old classic films of the past are converted into imax film versions, the loss outweighs the gain. It is difficult to recover the cost through dozens of imax theaters just for the conversion fee of two to three million US dollars.

This has caused many Hollywood film companies to be reluctant to convert imax films.

It will also cause insufficient sources of imax movies.

As more and more imax theaters are being established, we must find ways to enrich the source of imax movies, right?

Now, imax has finally launched the imax digital version conversion technology, that is, to convert movies into digital format, not only the cost of conversion will be reduced to one-tenth of the film version, and the cost of copying is very low.

Even if the technology is not yet mature, a digital copy of imax can be won for $800.

Compared with the expensive imax film version, the imax digital version is the lifeline of old movies. It also allows many film companies that are still holding a wait-and-see attitude towards imax films to have the possibility to test the waters.

The most critical question, how much impact will the imax digital version have on the audience's viewing experience?

After all, the clarity and brightness of the digital version must be as good as the film version.

"What's the result of the investigation?"

At around nine o'clock that night, Tang En received a call from Lon Meyer.

"More than 90% of movie fans think that the imax digital version is shocking enough! It is far better than the normal version of the movie!" Lon Meyer said excitedly.

Tang En smiled. He almost expected this result.

He said: "Although the imax digital version is worse than the imax film version, it must be better than the normal version! In this case, we can rest assured that we can announce the results of our investigation to all film companies tomorrow and tell them that the imax digital version of the film , we have succeeded! Low conversion fee, low cost copy, we can do it!"

If "Pirate Alliance: The Curse of the Black Pearl" is the beginning of imax films, then "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" is likely to set off a real boom for imax films.

The imax movie is coming with an unstoppable attitude, stepping in the footsteps of the times, and surging with Tang En's strength, coming shockingly!