Heads Up Hollywood

There is no doubt that Jobs is a legend of this era!

Compared with contemporary companies such as Oracle, Microsoft, and Dell, Apple led by Jobs is an epoch-making enterprise that has truly changed the way people live all over the world.

It's just that in the summer of 2000, Jobs was far from a legend.

Even facing this young man who was more than twenty years younger than him, he couldn't find any sense of superiority.

In terms of wealth, Twain's net worth is close to US$7 billion, ranking among the top 60 on the Forbes list of the world's richest people. And what about Jobs? His entire net worth is less than US$1 billion now, not to mention the global rich list, he can't even enter the top 60 of the North American rich list.

In terms of status, the gap is even bigger. Even though Jobs is the founder of Apple, he holds very little shares of Apple stock, and Twain is Apple's largest shareholder.

In terms of influence... there is no comparison.

Tang En's influence is world-class, not to mention his involvement in the capital field, but his movies alone can influence a generation. In contrast, Jobs has a little reputation in Silicon Valley, but outside of Los Angeles, no one knows this ugly middle-aged uncle.

In order to avoid being discovered, Tang En dressed very casually, wearing a peaked cap, and dressed like a high school student.

But even so, Jobs did not have the slightest carelessness.

Although he has been working in Silicon Valley all year round, he is also considered half of Hollywood.

Jobs is the chairman and chief executive officer of Pixar. Among his $1 billion assets, more than $800 million is Pixar stock held in his hands.

So he has heard a lot about Hollywood's secrets.

Jobs had a bad relationship with Disney's Michael Eisner, both of whom were power-hungry types who wanted everything under control.

When Pixar and Disney cooperated, the two parties negotiated smoothly and signed a contract, stipulating that Pixar will produce 5 animated films in the future, which will be distributed by Disney.

But after the contract was signed, Jobs and Michael Eisner had a deadlock.

Michael Eisner bluntly said that Pixar's animated characters are very pitiful, because they are all computer-made, without blood and flesh, and lack of soul; Jobs naturally refused to give up an inch, and he satirized Disney's continuous animation sequels, which are smelly, long and boring tedious.

But even so, Pixar still has to cooperate with Disney.

In Hollywood, Jobs' strength is in front of Michael Eisner, even a tiger has to lie down!

So Jobs knew Michael Eisner very well. This guy was stubborn, ruthless, powerful, and unrecognizable. No one in Hollywood wanted to fight against him.

But under such circumstances, the young Hollywood newcomer Dunn Walker boldly challenged Disney!

Not only was it a challenge, but it was a success!

In the summer box office market, "Spider-Man" crushed "60 Seconds", which is the focus of recent entertainment reports.

Jobs is an artist, he likes film art, and has a relationship with Pixar, so he will naturally pay special attention to the dynamics of Hollywood. For Dunn Walker, he has admiration and appreciation from the bottom of his heart!

When he was 21 years old, he founded Apple, but because of his age, experience, connections, etc., he was quickly kicked out of Apple. So he understands how difficult it is for young people to start a business.

Isn't Google, an emerging high-tech company that is collectively favored by the three major rating agencies, also encountered such a situation?

Google has just started to improve, and the two young founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, were cut off by investors and invited Eric Schmidt, the former director of Apple, Let more experienced managers lead Google.

Although Twain did not vote against, he did not support Larry Page and Sergey Brin, which was equivalent to his approval of the more experienced Eric Schmidt.

In many cases, behind age discrimination is concern about the ability of the other party.

But there are always exceptions!

Dunn Walker, who is only 22 years old this year, has no worries in this regard. Tang En Capital and Tang En Pictures are both his private companies. Moreover, the continuous success has also allowed him to form an absolute authority within the company.

In Los Angeles in the evening, there was a row of flaming red clouds in the sky. Dunn and Jobs walked side by side on the Golden Gate Bridge, listening to the sound of sirens passing by and the sound of waves rolling under their feet. It really felt different.

Jobs spoke first, and he pointed to the two bodyguards who followed him, "Do they usually follow like this?"

Tang En sighed, "The stock market crash is still going on, some people... have to take some precautions."

Jobs smiled, "Yes, 17 people have jumped off this bridge in the past three months."

"Ahem!"

Tang En shuddered, his face a little embarrassed.

Jobs glanced at him, "It's a temporary solution, not the root cause. If you can save this bubble crisis, you don't even need to hire bodyguards. I think the federal government will send agents to protect you 24 hours a day."

Tang En smiled wryly and said, "Save the bubble crisis? Steve, it's okay if you let me make movies, but let me do finance... I really don't understand."

"Don't understand?" Jobs turned his head to look at him with a half-smile, "I see that your Dunn Capital has been investing very well recently."

Tang En shook his head without shame and said: "No, the industry I invested in... If you study carefully, you will find that it is all related to movies."

"Is it related to the movie?" Jobs' eyes flashed a bit suspicious, "I can understand that you invested in Hasbro, it is a strategic alliance. But you invested in Google, is this also related to the movie?"

Tang En smiled and said: "Google is a search company, I am very optimistic about the future of the Internet. Just imagine, if the movies produced by Tang En Pictures will become a hot word in Internet search in the future, the market reaction will be no less than tens of millions dollars in publicity costs.”

Jobs' expression was indifferent, and he didn't believe it at all. "What about X.com? Is this also related to movies?"

"Of course!" Tang En said calmly, "It's an online payment company. As I said, I am very optimistic about the future development of the Internet. Now the situation of movie fans queuing up to buy tickets at the movie theater is too bad. I think the future In the world, it must be online transactions, which can greatly save the time of queuing up to buy tickets."

Jobs glanced at Tang En in surprise, his face full of surprise.

This kid, it's no wonder he's been successful every time, no wonder Wall Street is praising him, he really has a unique vision!

Now, among Internet companies about movies, only Amazon’s IMDB is relatively well-known, and a few unknown small companies like Rotten Tomatoes are also word-of-mouth for movie ratings.

Tang En can keenly see the future trend of online ticket purchases, and this alone is enough to qualify him as an investor in Silicon Valley.

Jobs reached out his hand to Tang En, made a gesture of please, then stood by the bridge, leaned on the railing, looked at the vast sea below, took a deep breath, and asked, "What about Apple? I am the director of Apple. Long, I'm sorry, but I really don't know that the current Apple can have anything to do with movies."

Tang En also leaned on the railing, turned his head and looked at him with a smile, "Of course Apple has nothing to do with the movies, but well... I bought so many Apple stocks because of the movies."

"Appreciate further details!"

"Apple has nothing to do with movies, but the chairman and CEO of Apple has something to do with movies, right?"

Facing the refreshing sea breeze, Tang En smiled half-smile, exuding a calmness that didn't match his age.

Jobs was shocked immediately, his face showed a bit of surprise, even panic, and blurted out: "Your goal is Pixar!"