Hollywood New Century - Chapter 406

Come May, as Hollywood’s studio and theatrical window negotiations, the NBA and the NFL’s new round of collective bargaining negotiations, and other things, Simon’s vacation Europe plan ended early.

In a hurry, I returned to the United States from Europe for processing. At the same time, the NBA playoffs have reached the third round. The New York Avengers in the Eastern Conference finals have already fought against the Chicago Bulls for three games, as the first Avengers in the Eastern Conference 2:1.

The New York Avengers are very strong as the Eastern Conference champion this year. The rise of rookies and the ability of LeBron James are irresistible in the Eastern Conference.

New York, Manhattan, Xinghai Building, Simon leaned on a chair in his office, listening to Miami Dolphins president Tom Garfunkel talking about the news that the NFL collective bargaining agreement had stopped.

“So the NFL is on hold?” Simon asked.

Tom Garfunkel nodded and said that this is the situation now, “However, don’t worry, the NFL, as the largest sport in the United States, will start again in September, and the negotiation of the collective bargaining agreement will definitely resume as soon as possible, no Affect the new season of the game.”

“This is also stopped, that is also stopped,” Simon complained silently,

“Okay, you go back to Miami and stare at this!”

After Tom Garfunkel left, Simon called Martha Cosby and knew that the cooperation between the Nine Heads Real Estate Fund and the Blackstone Group was going well and that the 10% stake in Hilton Hotel Group had also been obtained.

“Blackstone has made great efforts to reform the high-level of the Hilton Hotel, and the business focus is mainly shifted by the way of brand authorization. They hope to increase the number of rooms in the Hilton Hotel as soon as possible, focusing on the market,” Martha Cosby reminded.

Simon nodded and said casually: “Whatever they are, this 10% stake in Hilton is also cheap anyway. Blackstone is a private equity fund and will not hold it for a long time. We will also wait until Hilton is listed again!”

“Blackstone is very experienced in office building management and hotel industry management, and I can also trust them.”

After finishing speaking, Simon took out a document from the drawer and handed it to Martha Cosby, saying: “This is a British ARM chip design company, mainly for the licensing of chip property rights. Now there are many ARM architectures used in computers and smartphones on the market. They are all designed by them, and they are authorized by dozens of large semiconductor companies in the world;”

“The rise of smartphones is unstoppable. Last year, ARM shipments reached 6 billion units, and there should be more in the future. Inform Nancy and let her take the lead in forming a holding joint investment fund to acquire this company!”

“Smartphones!” Martha Cosby’s eyes lit up and took the documents, thinking that it would be a good business again, and she was also interested in this British ARM company.

“Boss, in terms of capital, it is very convenient for Nine Heads to raise funds now!” Martha Cosby reminded.

Simon looked at Martha Cosby, and of course he understood what she meant, but Simon didn’t have to own a large share in any company, as long as he had the right to speak and make money.

“In terms of Nine-headed Bird Capital, let Nancy decide for herself. Whether it is me or other investors want benefits, whether the acquisition of ARM will have enough benefits to impress investors, this also needs to be considered,” Simon said to Nine Head Bird Capital has a high level of control, mainly because its own capital investment profits are amazing, and the rest of the private equity funds such as Phoenix Fund also have high returns.

As for the value of ARM, Simon is not worried about the financing ability of Nine Head Bird Capital, but only estimates how much energy Nancy Davis will spend.

After all, in many companies, Nine-headed Bird Capital is not a holding management company, but belongs to the category of investment shareholders.

Now Simon’s nine-headed bird’s most thoughtful company is WhatsApp. Simon is the absolute largest shareholder. Last year, it acquired San Francisco’s Instagram, a photo wall service software.

With Simon’s support, the development of WhatsApp has become more and more competitive, and its powerful social performance has become more and more attractive to users.

“Also, isn’t there a mode of copying our online communication on Facebook?” Simon asked again.

“WhatsApp has been in contact with Facebook, and it’s not working well,” explained Martha Cosby.

“Really!” Simon has long been prepared for Facebook, a company that likes to plagiarize. “Don’t worry about this. If the WhatsApp legal team is not enough, add Xinghai Entertainment’s cooperative law firm, and keep an eye on Facebook and Instagram. It is so popular now that they will probably be jealous;”

“Also, I asked Instagram to work on a photo-burning feature before, how is it now?”

“Oh, soon, Instagram will be launched next month, and the trial is very popular.” Speaking of this, Martha Cosby felt excited. The boss’s creative ideas from time to time are really amazing.

“That’s good, WhatsApp will definitely be listed. Don’t worry, as long as we maintain the top spot in mobile social networking, the future benefits will be immeasurable.” Simon also has high hopes for WhatsApp, and it must be built into the WeChat of the United States.

“The competition in overseas markets, especially Europe, Latin America, India, Oceania and other places cannot be left behind!”

“Facebook, fix me to death, copy this and that every day, don’t be afraid to spend money, send me a lawyer’s letter to death!”

Martha Cosby wondered: “Does the boss hate Facebook? They have a lot of users!”

“Hmph, they are all competitors, why bother with so much? Doesn’t Facebook like to steal user privacy? Starting from this direction, the American people have the right to privacy. Stealing user privacy is illegal, isn’t it? Respect the human rights of the United States!” Simon, whether it is public or private, Facebook, as the overlord of online social networking, must be dismounted, and the future of mobile social overlord can only be WhatsApp.

“Got it!” of course Martha Cosby had no objections.

With the combination of WhatsApp and Instagram, Simon is confident to push Facebook down. After all, it has already taken the lead in mobile social networking.

WhatsApp’s recommendation from strangers and the functions of searching nearby people are all for social networking. Without huge user support, instant messaging alone is too simple.

Instagram photo upload function, now developed to burn after reading, how to attract social crowd.

After Martha Cosby left, Simon was also ready to go to a dance party at the Rosewood Carlisle on Madison Avenue on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.

However, Simon must have returned to his mansion on the Upper East Side first. Simon’s mansion is at Block 84 on Fifth Avenue, and the hotel is at the intersection of Madison Avenue and 76th Street, not far away.