Chapter 151: Become a nouveau riche occasionally?

Adrian is also not an avid sports fan. He has always admired but was not devoted to various sports, although he often went to some football games with his own women, including ice hockey, basketball, baseball, American football, and socializing on the sports field.

Perhaps because of rebirth, the warm atmosphere could not completely infect him. Part of the soul could always stand in the void, calmly staring at the fanatic crowd and thinking silently.

Therefore, his reason for trying to get involved in the Lakers is similar to the reason why Claude wants to get involved in the Dallas Cowboys. The one who heard the most about the NBA in his previous life belongs to the Purple and Gold Dynasty, except for the Houston Rockets who joined by Yao Dae-jen, is the Purple and Gold Dynasty.

O'Neal, Sharks, Kobe, and Black Barman are also familiar names. Adrian would not attack a team away from California like Claude. There is a well-known NBA team in Los Angeles, so let's attack it.

Hey, Ed, Jerry Bass has promised to accept your investment.Claude reminded.

But what I want is the entire Lakers.

Adrian raised his hands and drew a big circle in the air. Bass did this simply to use AC Media to increase the influence of the Lakers, but it is not enough to just write a short check.

I think this is already very good, and Bass also promised to give up a small part of the power. After all, they have been operating the Lakers for more than 20 years, and it is not beneficial to be too aggressive.Claude advised.

Yeah?If Dallas Cowboys offered the same conditions, would you agree?Adrian asked immediately.

I will continue to negotiate with them for some specific terms, but I will definitely not want to have full control of the team.Claude answered quickly.

Adrian couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, but before he could speak, Claude laughed: OK, Ed, do you have enough time and energy to run the Lakers?If you don’t care after selling it, let the professional team manage it. So what’s the difference between it and now?In addition, Bass also made it clear in private that this was his biggest concession. The Bass family would never give up on the Lakers. If they were too forced, they would try their best to resist at all costs.To be honest, if you really reach this point, it will probably have a certain impact on your reputation, and even if you get it, it will not convince the entire team.

Adrian snorted softly, not taking this threat at all. Although the Lakers just won the triple crown, it is indeed difficult to deal with now.

Ivanka helped collect information, and also had some understanding of basketball, and some related memories in his previous life. Now, I still have some understanding of the current situation of the Lakers.

Although the Sharks and Black Barman have conflicts, they are not yet at the point of breaking up. They will only break out after the Lakers are confused and make four superstars lose the finals. Now they are still very united on the surface.

However, this is not what Adrian is most depressed. The most depressing thing is that Yao Da Ge has already gone to the Rockets. Based on the Chinese's long-standing habits and Wang Da Ge's previous lessons, as long as the Rockets put in great efforts to train them, they have not done anything to sorry for him. He is likely to fight with the Rockets until they retire.

Adrian originally planned to open up the Chinese market, but missed a great opportunity because of his stalemate with Bass. How could he be happy? That's why he said something like this in the entire Lakers.

But then again, it is not easy to arrange even if you get Yao Daren over now. Should you let the big shark sit on the bench?

What Chinese audiences want is a person who can work hard in the venue and fully demonstrate their charm, rather than just appearing on the bench from beginning to end, so even if they win the championship ring, not many people like it.

So if you want to use him to further explore the Chinese market, you can only wait until O'Neal leaves and find a way to expire after his rookie contract expires. And if the plan on the mainland goes well, maybe you can find a way from there.

In this way, we will return to the beginning. How to have a say in the Lakers? Adrian's previous words are correct. Bass will agree to accept his investment, mainly to borrow the influence of AC Media. Everyone knows Adrian's position in Hollywood and the Lakers' always superstar strategy.

Don't worry about this for the time being, maybe when you don't think about it, a solution will come out.Claude smiled and changed the subject. It's better to talk about your little toy, Ed.

oh?Adrian raised his eyebrows again, Is there any problem?

Why would you want to separate it alone, rather than incorporate it into our group.

Claude asked bluntly that when only the two of them were there, neither he nor Adrian would pretend.

It's very simple, this is not a small toy, Crow, this will be a social kingdom with 500 million or more users.Adrian answered very seriously.

They are naturally talking about facebk. It has been almost two months since the website was officially launched. Although three Stanford students estimated that it would take three months to officially open it, the guy named Moradi Fisher, who took the initiative to talk to Adrian and wore glasses, was quite smart. Although he couldn't fully see the value of facebk, he knew that Adrian should not make such a website for fun. Therefore, every time Adrian asked and made a request, he would try his best to express his opinions and introduction, even if it was not used at all, and it was very hard to make it, so the online time was greatly advanced.

Victor was also preparing for his honeymoon at this time. Although he was surprised that what Adrian said at his wedding was true. Although Facebook was only a website that was built, he still resigned from his position at Yahoo a week after it was launched and then took over the operation of Facebook.

Then, with Victor's unremitting promotion and Adrian's strong support, users have occupied the Stanford campus and exceeded 10,000. Although Adrian's memory of Facebook is not comprehensive, he still does a good job with the efforts of Fisher and others. Any college student who has used it will praise it.

Next, he naturally invested money to expand. He was not interested in the strategy of one school at a time. He targeted all Ivy League schools, then other universities, and then to North America, Europe and India. According to the few people currently operating the website, if it goes smoothly, the user number is likely to exceed 5 million by the end of the year!

This is also why Claude is jealous. Although Facebook is launched very low-key, it is often spread through emails between students, so no one knows that the creativity of the website comes from Adrian, as one of the insiders, he will not be unable to see the prospects of this social networking website as one of the insiders.

But even so, after hearing that there may be 500 million users in the future, Claude still couldn't help but take a breath: Are you sure?

Adrian laughed and felt a little proud: I explained to Victor in detail that if our current network environment is regarded as web10, then the emergence of Facebook will lead everyone to web20!

Please be brief!Claude said angrily.

OK OK, just put it simply... Adrian shrugged, web10 is a collection of various information by netizens through visiting websites. There has never been an era as full of countless information as it is now. People can read what they want to see, but what after collecting the information?It is inevitable to share or show the information you collect to like-minded people, so there are always many posts in popular forums, so even communication software ICO and MSN will be so popular.However, it is not easy to find friends or acquaintances with the same interests and hobbies through these methods, and the emergence of Facebook makes up for this. Netizens can easily build their own circles on the Internet. From this point of view, web20 is a direct communication between people on the Internet.

Speaking of this, he paused for a while, and then smiled and said, "Do I need to emphasize it again?"

Of course not.

Claude immediately raised his hands, and Adrian's eyes were no longer mentioned. It was because of this that Victor would take over Facebook's operation so readily.

But Claude still didn't plan to let it go: However, I still don't understand. Even if it is not included in AC Media's system, why not follow the previous plan?

For a long time, for companies that AC Media cannot acquire but hold shares, such as Apple and Google, Adrian has always controlled part of it, Claude has controlled part of it, and then AC Group has controlled part of it, which does not seem aggressive and can also affect their company strategy when needed.

But Adrian is currently the one who takes the majority of Facebook, and then Victor, Claude, Charlize and Ivanka divided the rest, and finally gave the three programmers some points.

The reason why Charlize and Ivanka are on the shareholder list is mainly because when they asked them for dinner that night, when they said what he wanted those programmers to do, Adrian asked casually: Do you want to invest?

Charlize and Ivanka looked at each other without hesitation and answered: Yes!

Just kidding, if you have the opportunity to not invest in the project Adrian is interested in, what should you invest in?

They even announced proudly that they would eat as much as they took out. Ivanka wouldn't say that they had a lot of savings, and her father would definitely be willing to lend her money. As for Charlize, over the past few years, most of the cost was either company benefits or Adrian's package. She could also be considered a veteran employee of AC Media. The entire group's shares were still divided a little, not much, but there were millions.

Of course, this is impossible, so the final composition becomes what the above, and AC Media is excluded.

Let me put it this way, Crow, facebk is just the beginning. If Macrmedia's latest version of Flash Player had not been launched for a while, the stability still needs to be examined, and I have put another idea into action.

Adrian explained that, in addition, I also have ideas on the blog. When people generally start using mobile phones that can access the Internet, a new way of writing blogs will appear.So if Facebook is operating well, I will also separate our blog business and form a new company with Facebook.

You mean… Claude narrowed his eyes, his eyes flashing with surprise, obviously thinking of the prospect.

That's right, unless you don't care about being subject to antitrust investigations every few days, or think we can have the luck of Microsoft.

Adrian spread his hands, and it's good now, just like the brokerage company, even if it has been merged with Enjin, we still have enough voice.Moreover, Victor is trustworthy in terms of character and ability, and he only needs to be equipped with an adventurous assistant.

Regarding this candidate, Adrian thinks Moradi Fisher is good. Although he has some love, his abilities are good and his ambitions are moderate.

Of course, Victor himself is also responsible for who is more suitable.

I see.After a while of silence, Claude said simply.

Of course he understood what Adrian meant. Although AC Media has been relatively low-key this year, it is destined to be paid attention to by many people.

If it continues to expand and is still on the Internet, it will eventually become the target of public criticism. If those websites are really as valuable as Adrian said.

Investing in establishing a brand new group in the name of an individual may not be as flexible and changeable as incorporating the AC Media Department, but from a legal perspective, it is not easy to be caught.

Moreover, although the amount of information in modern society is getting bigger and bigger, as long as the methods are correct and various contradictory information are constantly instilled into people, you will not worry about not being able to grasp them. For media groups, people are always passively accepting information.

Adrian didn't say anything more, and talked a few more words, then left Cloud's office, believing that he would make the decision that would be the most favorable to everyone.

As for the Dallas Cowboys and the Lakers, well...

Let Claude try it first, and he needs to talk to Bass again. It’s not enough to just accept investment. If they want them to help promote the Lakers, they have to pay a lot.

However, American football has goals and basketball has goals. Should British football also play? Go to the Premier League to acquire a club, like Abramovich?

Adrian frowned slightly. When he came to Los Angeles, most Hollywood celebrities liked the Lakers, of course, there were Clippers.

Secondly, because of the movies between Yao Da Ge and Hollywood in my previous life, I also have some understanding of the NBA.

But this doesn't know much, so he also knows that even if he wins the Lakers, he may not be able to play, and he knows even less about British football. How much can a guy who doesn't even watch the World Cup know?

etc!

His eyes suddenly lit up. The limited memory in this area told him that Abramovich seemed to have acquired Chelsea in 2003?!

A smirk spread from the corner of his mouth. How about snatching Chelsea from there?

Although such an acquisition must have started a long time ago, it is still a competition of connections and funds. It is also interesting to be a nouveau riche occasionally.

Moreover, is it better to sell the club to a Russian, or to a well-known director who often shoots British-style movies and has good popularity in the UK and is also the head of the media group?

And it can also kill several birds with one stone to expand AC Media’s influence in the UK and thus gain a springboard to enter Europe. Isn’t ESPN’s plan?

Moreover, his lack of understanding of British football and players just allows him to let him go to the management, just call that Magic Bird or something...

Oh, Jose Mourinho, this is the only football coach he can remember, just dig him over and give him the best support.

Well, by the way, there is also a very powerful young British player named George Wood in my memory. He has a very perverted physique and shines brightly after 2005. In the end, he seems to be the captain of the England national team. I remember that he seems to be Mourinho's adopted son?

Or was he discovered it and became like a father and son?

Don't worry about him, please check it out.

Adrian, who obviously didn't know that he had confused his memory, began to think about how to disgust Abramovich.

In a blink of an eye, August is coming. No matter how intense the summer vacation is, the later stages of "Lord of the Rings", "The Matrix" and "The Devil" are continuing in an orderly manner. The trailers of the first two movies have also begun to be released, but the third movie is the same as when it was started, and it has been low-key. The media doesn't even know that there is such a movie because Adrian is still waiting for the opportunity.

Some commercial masterpieces aiming at Christmas were released at this time, such as "Pirates of the Caribbean" invested by Miramax. It almost ended the filming of Weinstein began to urge the production later on the first day of the year, and gave the crew a dead order, which must be released at the end of this year.

I have already praised you two best actresses, but your promise has never been fulfilled. I am not going to blame anything, I just want to prove that Director Miracle will never fail to fulfill!

Although Weinstein's answer was so impressive, Adrian knew that he was just eager to use commercial blockbusters to promote Miramax.

After the millennium, with the rise of a series of large-scale investment films such as "Titanic", "Spider-Man", and "X-Men", the gap between large film companies and medium-sized second-tier film companies was immediately widened. This is definitely a bad signal for Weinstein, who is determined to develop Miramax into a big film company, so he is eager to use "Pirates of the Caribbean" to push Miramax further to this time, he can no longer believe in the miracle director.

Adrian also lets him do these things. If a medium-tier second-tier film company is too obsessed with big investments, he may be doomed if he takes a little wrong step. The new line in his previous life is the best example.

Now, without the new line of "Lord of the Rings", it has not developed rapidly but is very stable in the past two years. Robert Shay does not have much desire to take a gamble. If Miramax really comes to that point...

Brother Weinstein is just waiting to work for him for a lifetime.

What makes Adrian a little grateful and regretful is that Kayla is shooting a movie in the UK, which is the one mentioned before the Cannes Film Festival, "True Love First" written by Richard Curtis, a British screenwriter who also worked with Adrian. Of course, there is an investment in the new line.

So she is not here now. Adrian has a headache for her increasingly obvious rebellious pair of others, and he also misses her hands and her own works. The softness of her works is as big as B.

Last time I went a little fast because of the film festival, maybe I should have taken some time to have a good talk with her.He thought so, there were still several years before completing the plan, so don’t make any mistakes.