Once Upon a Time In Hollywood

  Chapter 190 Social games, all with context

   All along, Roland has firmly believed in the saying 'There is no free lunch in the world'.

  After going through the whole process from Ronald Perelman's ignorance to acceptance, Roland had no hope at all that he could get any valuable information at such a boring party tonight.

   It was the first time for everyone to meet. As the underdog, he didn't bring those guys amazing results, so why should these big guys take him to play games?

   There may be a win-win situation in business, but there is no fairness.

  Being a fan, saying hello, getting to know each other, this is the biggest gain in Roland's eyes, and now—

  Kate told him that Carl Icahn was going to attack Internet companies?

  Where did you hear this kind of news?

When asking, Roland, who was still immersed in the erratic alcohol, cheered up. When Kate caught those clear eyes, she picked up the handbag with a smile, and took out a stack of business cards from it. Yes, It's a stack.

With lowered eyes, while searching carefully, she slowly said: "Icahn brought his wife here today. During the meal, I had a brief chat with her. She said that her husband Carl heard that Rona When De introduced Internet companies to my boyfriend, he expressed great interest in Internet companies on the spot, and he also listed Netscape and Yahoo, whose stock prices have skyrocketed..."

   Pulled out Mrs. Icahn's business card, held it between her fingertips and handed it to Roland, "... Then, she gave me a business card, and said that if you have time, you can go to her house..."

Although Kate's description was very succinct and omitted all the conversation, and even the argument that Carl Icahn was eyeing the Internet company was guessed by herself, but when Roland saw the card in his hand that only had his name and After reading the business card with the number, he has actually adopted this guess, or in other words, he understood the hint.

   Of course, the memory of his previous life also told him that Carl Icahn did attack Yahoo.

  Jerry Yang was forced to resign twice, and he was kicked out by Carl Icahn.

But before he could speak, Kate took out another business card and said, "This business card was given to me by Michael Bloomberg's girlfriend, Ms. Patricia Harris. We were chatting , Talking about your uncle David Olsen, Ms. Patricia said herself that her boss Michael was shocked by the energy of Yahoo."

   "If there is a chance, she hopes we can go to their Bloomberg to see."

   Accepting a business card again, Roland's eyes were straightened.

Patricia Harris was Michael Bloomberg's confidant, and after Bloomberg became the mayor of New York, he appointed Patricia Harris as the first female deputy mayor in New York history. Not only that, Bloomberg's public relations team and philanthropy are all in charge of the other party. If she said she was shocked, she was really shocked.

   "Oh, by the way, and David Shaw's girlfriend."

   When Kate found out the third business card, Roland had nothing to say.

   After seeing Roland's ignorant look, Kate didn't stop, but continued with a smile: "She agreed to my invitation and is willing to go shopping with me."

shop?

  What do you mean?

   You don't want me to go with you, do you?

  But the first two problems seem to have to be solved first, right?

Seeing that Roland didn't react for a while, and his thoughts were still stuck on the two previous business cards, Kate directly reached out and covered the business cards given before, and reminded: "If I go shopping with her in the afternoon, then five or six At one o'clock, each of you called to ask you to come out for dinner at night, and you met unexpectedly, is there a problem with this kind of behavior?"

   Grass hold...

   seems to be really ok...

   Roland, who came to his senses, took a deep breath, and refilled his cup, but it was stuffy when he picked it up.

  Extremely special, drinking was wrong, and my head seems to be a little out of order.

  Kate is obviously creating an opportunity for herself to meet the other party!

Seeing Roland's cute sobering action, Kate bit her lower lip with a chuckle. After Roland finished drinking, she pushed another business card in front of Roland, and said in a jealous tone. : "This business card was given by your fan girl. According to her own statement, she will soon be working part-time in a modeling agency..."

   "Before that, she wanted to gain some experience from me, because she is very interested in Hollywood..."

   "I think you are also interested in this topic? Five feet eleven inches, thirty-five, twenty-five, thirty-five..."

  When Kate threw Ivanka's business card on Roland's chest, and tapped the business card with her index finger continuously, making a rattling sound, Roland felt that the opponent's finger could stab his heart every time.

  Seven business cards, seven people.

   Except for Ronald Perelman and Roland himself, the remaining seven people were all surrounded by Kate.

   While Roland was eating, drinking, chatting and spanking with those old men, Kate also became friends with the guys at the same table.

   If you have to describe it, there is only one word in Roland's head, "Peopleperson?"

   "Peopleperson? Yeah... that's about it..."

Kate thought for a while, and did not deny Roland's statement. When Roland looked at her with puzzled eyes, she also sat up, put her feet together, hugged her hands, put her chin on her knees, and said with a tilted head: "It seems Are you confused?"

   "Huh?" Roland didn't answer directly.

   "It seems that you are used to direct communication?" Kate asked again.

   "Perhaps it is... All previous cooperations were resolved with one phone call..."

   Roland smiled, picked up the business card on his chest with his fingers, and put them together without even looking at them.

  These seven business cards are important, but compared to Kate's current state, they are not the most important.

Such behavior made Kate smile with satisfaction, and after rolling her eyes around, she continued: "I know what you want to ask, you want to know how I got these business cards, but—this is social ah…"

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   "You should know about afternoon tea, right?"

   "When the afternoon tea was born, it was actually some ladies who were bored and gathered together to chat and gossip."

   "They pass the time and talk about everything, and the social dinners derived from this are actually of the same nature."

   "And chatting actually means opportunities. The people below want to go up and climb up desperately, and the people above sometimes need smart people to help them take care of their property, so... hit it off..."

   "Of course, there are many dinner parties, and the nature is actually different."

   "Private, public... Everyone talks about different topics..."

   "Let's take tonight as an example. Although it's a gathering of friends, I believe they won't chat with you about other things."

   "Although we are all friends, everyone's career is still different. Unless it's a oneonone private gathering, how can they talk about career?"

   "For you, this is an embarrassing situation, but for us, this is our home field..."

   "If you go to eat with Carl Icahn in public, will you speak up?"

"Won't."

   "Because you understand that no matter what topic is used as an excuse, the invitation between you will make others feel problematic."

   "But I chatted with his wife and found a common topic. If we continue to meet, this suspicion will be weakened."

   "And if someone really wants to talk to you, contact information is the best response."

   "Not only that, but have you ever seen someone who, like Michael Bloomberg, let his employee Patricia Harris serve as his family when he attended a friend's party?"

   "Isn't it normal for me to get a business card when both parties intend to contact each other?"

"Besides, as far as I know, in the offices of listed companies, recordings will be made 24 hours a day, and in this case, socializing becomes very useful, because in the temporary horse farms, restaurants, hunting grounds, and ranches , there will be no recording..."

   "Why do many rich people like all kinds of sports?"

  “Not only because of the money and time, but also because these activities are a means of socializing or concealing social intentions.”

   "And I'm just used to adults taking me to such occasions and listening to all kinds of news..."

   "You have to know that in this kind of social game, if I'm not smarter, then you will lose a lot of opportunities."

  When Kate explained to Roland in a light tone what she had done tonight and why she did it, Roland, who was leaning on the sofa and listening carefully, had only sighs and admiration in his eyes...

   I lamented the strong marks on the guys who grew up in different environments;

   Admire the social instinct these guys have engrained in their bones.

  Roland admits that the memory of his previous life can make him rich with resources, but it is absolutely impossible for him to be as proficient in the social arena as Kate is. This kind of skill that is subtly formed due to the environment cannot be achieved by a traveler.

  After traveling for a year, you can hang shoulders with the bosses and talk nonsense from all over the world?

  Stop kidding...Give you ten years and you won't be able to make eye contact with a guy who grew up playing with this stuff...

  Since you are good at all kinds of events, isn’t time-traveling like a prince’s failure to remember?

   As for pretending to be a luxury car watch?

  A bucket of water can't be shaken, but half a bucket of water can jingle.

   "This is what you call... exercising girlfriend rights?"

   Roland pursed his lips. For the first time, he realized that he seemed to have made a wrong judgment.

  Yes, Kate is indeed his white moonlight, and he did think a lot with divergent thinking, but—

  He overlooked a question.

  Kate's double quotient seems to be directly proportional to her appearance.

   If he remembers correctly, Kate's three husbands in the previous life were not ordinary people.

   Either the second generation of the British family, or the second generation of the British family, especially the third, that is directly the nephew of the founder of the Virgin Group, who is 96% recognized in the UK.

  If Bai Yueguang's statement alone has been right for many years, how many people will believe it?

   "Of course...in this important social occasion, I don't help my boyfriend, who do I help?"

   "Or, do you want to say that those words before are to lie to me?"

  Kate didn't think there was anything wrong, so she answered as she should.

   Not only that, but the two slender eyebrows were raised directly, as if he felt that Roland's reaction was too outsider.

  Hearing these words, Roland, who wanted to continue thinking, immediately gave up thinking.

  The comfortable smile that clings to the face proves everything.

  As long as it is human, who doesn't like to stay in the comfort zone?

   And now, it's comfortable...

   And when he wanted to open his mouth to express his thanks, Kate, who guessed what he was thinking, took the lead, winked her eyes, and pronounced with her nose.

"uh-huh?"

  In this situation, Roland smiled and nodded, "Okay, I understand, you don't need cheap thank you..."

   After reacting, Roland stood up, opened his arms, and hugged Kate.

   And Kate also raised her arm, hooking Roland's neck with a big laugh.

   When Roland closed the door of the house with his back heel, with a muffled bang, everything returned to calm.

   Roland, who entered the room, was relieved, because he felt that he seemed to have chosen the 'right' person.

   Similarly, Kate, who was carried into the room by Roland, was also relieved, because she felt that she seemed to see the 'right' person.

  ...

  The next morning, Kate called Mrs. Icahn in front of Roland.

  As Kate expected, the other party was very happy to invite her and Roland to have dinner at home, and the time was set to be that night.

When they were full of wine and food, the two ladies also went to the side hall to talk about flowers and plants, and the Wall Street jackal that everyone was afraid of, lit a cigarette and looked at Roland with a smile, "There has been no incident with Donald. Say thank you to…”

   “It is easy for us to kill a company, but it is somewhat difficult for us to revive a company.”

"Fortunately, "Home Alone 2" and the romance hype made him gain a firm foothold. It is precisely because he has tasted the shortcut, that guy now wants his daughter to continue chasing you, but your current situation... I will call you later Give him a call to calm him down."

   "That's right, I called you here to talk to you about Internet companies."

   "The bubble of Internet companies is a bit big. If we do it, it will be very easy to make a profit."

   "Yahoo is yours, we don't beat our own people, but..."

  "If you don't want to hold Yahoo anymore, or if you want to reduce your holdings in Yahoo, just sell the shares to me."

   "As long as I hold more than four million shares of yours, I can directly replace the entire board of directors, pack it up, and sell it better..."

   Maybe it was because he really accepted Roland, or maybe the wolf king was really interested in Internet companies, so during the post-meal digesting stage, this guy didn't mean to hide anything, and just said his thoughts openly.

  The arrogant words that could sentence a company's board of directors to death did not arouse Roland's discomfort.

People do this kind of thing too much. The companies that he targets and don't want to die basically pay to redeem themselves. In addition, Roland originally had the idea of ​​finding a taker for Yahoo's shares. There will be no objection.

   And Roland's straightforward response made the Wolf King very happy. While pulling him into the study to read calligraphy and paintings, the two also secretly chatted about other things, including Marvel.

  Just like "Titanic" was fully funded by Fox, Marvel, which was supposed to go bankrupt and reorganized in 1996, because of the variable "Spider-Man", the current stock price has been stable at around 20 yuan.

Originally, Ronald Perelman and Carl Icahn wanted Marvel to take on a pile of debt, and then go through bankruptcy and reorganization, issue junk bonds to sell off the debt, and turn the core assets into the market again to collect money, but now With "Spider-Man" as a booster, the two wanted to squeeze it out again, so the current Marvel is not bankrupt.

  Since this was the case, Roland didn't hide it, and directly expressed his inner thoughts to the Wolf King.

After learning that Roland likes Marvel, Wolf King, who was originally playing capital games, was even happier. He clapped his hands together and said, "Then we've made a deal. When you want to sell Yahoo stock, Ronald and I will Just exchange Marvel with you..."

   "The value of the shares of both parties is calculated according to the closing price on the signing date of the transaction contract."

   "The other shareholders..." Although Roland was excited, he hesitated.

   "Other shareholders? Who doesn't own a company in their hands?" Wolf King's words beeped arrogantly.

   "The two of us want to sell, who dares to stop?"

   "Don't worry, when the transaction starts, Marvel will only have our two shareholders."

   "You will get a 20% discount on the commission generated. We all cheat, but we don't cheat our own people."

  ...

   And Carl - Icahn after blowing the air the next day, Kate also called Patricia - Harris's phone.

   said that when he had time to go to Bloomberg to have a look, the other party immediately welcomed him happily.

  Twice around the Bloomberg company, and had a light meal with Michael Bloomberg in the company at noon that day, and during the meal break, the old man also told the reason why he asked his confidant to invite Roland.

   "Yahoo's current traffic is almost 100 million people per week, ranking first in the world in terms of visits."

   "Yahoo has always bought financial news from Reuters."

  “Our goal at Bloomberg is to beat Reuters in terms of financial information.”

   "If it is convenient, I hope Yahoo can give Bloomberg a jump link, a subpage."

   “Like your IMDb, I hope Bloomberg gets some traffic from Yahoo.”

   Regarding this kind of cooperation invitation, Roland didn't even think about it, and directly threw the blame on David Olson.

  It's different from selling stocks, he can't guarantee it to the other party!

  However, it is not in Roland's character to directly deny the opportunity for cooperation.

   After expressing to the other party that he would let David Olsen work hard to promote this matter, the two parties separated happily.

  ...

As Kate said, if you play in this circle, if the female partner you bring out is not smart, you will miss a lot of opportunities. Follow the number on the business card and dial one after another. Guys, without exception, they all agreed to their invitations. Of course, it is impossible for everyone to be busy. Chatting at close range is the general situation.

  However, when they asked David Xiao out again, the other party brought another friend besides his girlfriend.

  When Roland saw the middle-aged man with glasses and a peaceful face, he scratched the back of his head in embarrassment.

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Because the guy brought out by David Shaw is one of the three giants of Google. He has served as the chairman and CEO for ten years, solved Google's profitability problem, bought Android, defeated Microsoft in the field of mobile phone systems, and is also a director of Apple. Rick Schmidt.

   After David Shaw's introduction, Roland knew—

   "Eric is my partner. He invested in me when the fund was first established. He also likes the Internet. I think you should have a common language. It's a pity that Jeff will not be able to catch up for a while..."

   "...But it's okay, we will meet again next time."

  That’s right, just like the big guys in China’s Internet field in the future, whether they are relatives, friends, classmates, or the relationship between superiors and subordinates in the past, Silicon Valley is actually very small, but their relationship network is all on Wall Street!

  The so-called technology leads the world...

  It's all bullshit!

  No matter how strong a technology company is, as long as it wants to develop, it will succumb to money!

   And when Roland saw Eric Schmidt, he also understood, why in the future when so many companies bid for Motorola, those patents were taken by Google!

  Special code—

   These guys are all broken bones and connected muscles!

  Just like Carl Icahn doesn’t mind Roland exchanging his future shares of Yahoo for their Marvel, whoever I do business with is doing business. If that’s the case, why would I refuse if my own people need it?

   Am I brainless?

  The better their lives are, the better they will be!

   Roland understands that Hollywood cannot be played by one person, but Silicon Valley and Wall Street cannot be achieved by one person alone!

   One sentence, I am Chang Shan Zhao Zilong, single-handedly going in and out seven times?

Do not make jokes!

  Whoever dares to play like this will either jump off the building or be thrown into prison!

   And these tech companies are self-made legends?

hehe…

  After seeing the big boss behind the legend, Roland understood that all the prestige in front of the stage was just the lack of interest of those behind!

  ...

   With Kate's help, Roland, who would have left New York after the party, stayed here for another ten days.

In the past ten days, he didn't know how much wine he drank, how much he said, how many roads he walked, and how many people he met, but he knew that every night, he would fall asleep with a smile on his face, and every morning, Awakened by a tickle.

   To be honest, this kind of life is really comfortable.

  Because of the wind and clouds, the figure of the boss suddenly changed.

   But while enjoying it, Roland also understood that the so-called friendship was just a temporary welcome.

Blacksmith need its own hardware.

  Bundled with them, wealth can indeed increase rapidly, but if there are no dazzling achievements, everything now is a cloud of the past.

Looking down at the New York street view outside the window, the feeling of seeing all the mountains and small mountains made Roland full of pride, and just as he was taking out the cigarettes that had only been dyed in the past ten days from his pocket, an order suddenly came from behind him The type of discourse, "no smoking."

  Hearing these words, Roland, who hadn't put the cigarette in his mouth yet, looked helpless.

  Turning his head at the same time, he also poked the cigarette **** at the cigarette case, making dull clicking noises.

   "I never smoked before, but... they all give it, I can't do it..."

"But no one is giving you cigarettes now." Kate glared at him. She got up and walked over, who was sitting at the desk reading documents, and took away the cigarettes in Roland's hands without any politeness, even the lighter. Confiscated.

   "I feel uncomfortable if I don't smoke now..." Roland cried.

Roland, who smoked in his previous life, knew that this product was not a good product, not to mention the bad smell in his mouth, and it cost a lot of money to hurt his lungs, so he has not touched this product for six years, but this time the big boss will post it, if you Rejected all of them, that's really not giving face.

And after seeing Roland's state of being possessed by a showman, Kate, who confiscated all the cigarettes and lighters, immediately sneered and said: "It's hard to sleep outside tonight. I don't believe it. You've only been infected for ten days and you're looking for life and death." gone?"

have to…

  Since getting seven business cards for Roland that day, the relationship between the two seems to have changed.

  If it was said that they were greedy for each other before, then now it really means living a life.

  When I went out to the party, it was really embarrassing for Roland, but after I came back, I didn't cover up any stinky problems.

   You can’t lose face outside, so you can smoke, but when you close the door, if you say you can’t smoke, you can’t smoke.

   If you want to die or live, then see once and hit once.

"Okay, Okay, I'll give you everything, I won't smoke it..." Seeing the resoluteness of the other party, Roland raised his hand and surrendered. Besides, he didn't want to smoke himself, but the habit of adding up the two lives made him unable to hold back. That's all, "Okay, then can you accompany me to East Rutherford, New Jersey? We are leaving New York and returning to Los Angeles tomorrow."

   Sure enough, following Roland's "confession", Kate did not continue to maintain a cold tone, but asked curiously: "East Rutherford, New Jersey? What are you doing there?"

"What are you going there for?" Hearing Kate's question, Roland's eyes suddenly became blurred while leaning against the window, "I found someone to get two tickets for the draft, because today, an afro will be in the 13th Shun was chosen..."

Notes: ①Icahn got his eye on Yahoo shortly after Yahoo went public. In reality, after half a year after Yahoo went public, the stock price fell by 40%. Zhiyuan wanted to step down. At that time, the public letter made a lot of noise. This means that there is no backstage. No matter how good the company's technology is, it is useless. As long as it is listed on the market, it is too easy for a financial player to kill a company. ②Bloomberg’s Bloomberg took 22 years to defeat Reuters in the financial field. Yahoo did buy news from Reuters in a big way, and Yahoo Finance did use Bloomberg data afterwards. ③ Eric Schmidt is indeed David Shaw's partner, and his name did not disappear from the public list of the other party's fund company until 15 years ago. When Google was engaged in Android, it was Icahn who protected Google. He directly went to hostilely acquire Apple, forcing Cook to directly send money to buy back shares. At that time, it was reported that insider trading was under investigation, but these guys, who didn't have insider trading? ④It is not nonsense to have 24-hour monitoring in the offices of listed companies. Netscape founder Mark Anderson was planted on this. When eBay sold Skype, it was investigated for insider trading of recordings. It was Icahn who got him . ⑤ It is also true that there is a social woman beside the boss, either a wife or a confidant. Take Bloomberg as an example, the woman next to him is Diana Taylor. In the late 1990s, she was brought to all banquets.

  

  

  

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