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Anthony said: "I remember Turner Broadcasting took a lot of MGM's film rights in the acquisition process a few years ago?"

Simon nodded and explained: "It's just the TV broadcasting rights of a part of the film. Moreover, the method used by Turner Broadcasting was not glorious, and the contract was not strict enough. Now that it controls MGM, I will let Xue Lee Lansing reconnected with Ted Turner."

"Okay, so, what's next?"

Simon smiled and said: "The second is the development of some peripheral products and the copyright operation of image authorization. Daenerys Entertainment is planning to build a third Universal Studios in Japan. However, compared to Disney's Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and For animated images such as the princess series, Universal Studios is somewhat lacking in the accumulation of classic film and television characters. In this regard, MGM can provide a lot of support for Daenerys Entertainment, such as "Tom and Jerry" and "The Wizard of Oz" "Batman: Beginning of War" has sold 20 billion in revenue from derivative products in the past year alone. MGM has so much accumulation, and with the release of video tapes of classic movies, it can also develop a lot of side effects Peripheral products."

Anthony nodded again.

Simon didn't wait for Anthony to ask, and continued: "In the end, of course, it's the film business. I am very optimistic about the two main films of this year, "A Few Good Men" in July and "7: Goldeneye" at the end of the year. In the future, we will cooperate with MGM on some other projects. Speaking of it, MGM’s background is actually very deep. The reason why it has been reduced to this point is that the company was treated as a real estate company and capital operation throughout the 007s. The tools are in use, and if Kirk Kerkorian had been patient with the film business, this company would never have been in such a bad position."

MGM in memory, even though the entire 90s is still dilapidated, when it was acquired by Sony in 2005, the transaction price was still close to 50 billion US dollars.

Therefore, as long as MGM doesn't suffer from some failures similar to "Heaven's Gate" in the early 80s, the company's prospects will not be too bad.

Now that Simon is here, the chance of this happening will naturally be minimized.

The Anthony family did not stay overnight at Cape Dume Manor, but lived in Simon and Janet's original villa on the west side of the manor.

Simon and Anthony kept discussing until after ten o'clock in the middle of the night, when Betty Johnston came to remind her with her little daughter, Chloe, who had already fallen asleep, before the two ended their conversation.

Get up early the next day as usual.

After the four girls ABCD came to him, Simon no longer needed to prepare breakfast himself.

At six o'clock, Simon was jogging on the treadmill in the gym when C girl Claire walked in, holding two boxes in her hand.

"Morning, boss."

"morning."

Simon said hello, gestured to the packing box in the girl's hand, and asked, "Ready?"

Claire nodded. Seeing that Simon didn't mean to stop running, she came to the treadmill and opened a square minimalist packaging box that Simon personally provided, which was similar to the packaging of later generations of mobile phones. Inside the box lay a digital card camera.

Girl C took the camera out of the box and put it on the treadmill console.

Looking at Simon, the body is beautiful dark blue, with an overall length of 18 cm, a width of 12 cm, and a thickness of about 3.5 cm. Compared with other digital cameras of this era, it is already very small.

In addition, there is a word printed on the front of the fuselage: Tinkerbell.

This is the name Claire gave his company, Tinkerbell, Tinkerbell, the name of the elf in the "Peter Pan" novel, and in Spielberg's "Captain Hawk", which is almost finished, Julie That's the role played by A.J. Roberts.

It has been more than half a century since the publication of "Peter Pan", and the name Tinkerbell will naturally not go unnoticed.

In order to successfully register Tinkerbell Inc. C girl also spent an extra sum of money.

Simon joked in private that it is also a woman's name, and if this company really develops, it may be considered the "fifth woman" of the Westeros system.

Miss C generously admitted that she thought so.

In addition to the company name, there is also the naming of the camera itself: iCam 10.

iCam, of course, means internet camera, which is also the instruction of Simon.

In the coming Internet era, any company that has a relationship with the Internet or Com will attract much attention.

In the wave of new technology around the millennium in my memory, many companies changed their names deliberately, adding 'i' or 'com' to the company name in order to cater to the concept of the Internet.

Tinkerbell Inc. couldn't add an Internet logo, so it made a fuss about its products.

In addition to iCam, Simon also asked Claire to register trademarks such as iPlayer, iPhone, and iDisk around the world.

These are naturally not needed at the moment, but they can be regarded as an alternative reserve.

Simon changed from jogging to walking. After slowing down, he picked up the dark blue iCam 10 card camera to play with. In addition to the front camera, there is a 1.5-inch LCD screen at the back. The camera uses a three-section traditional 5 batteries, it is obviously not realistic to use lithium batteries in this era.

The storage device is a 3.5-inch general-purpose floppy disk. According to the manual, it can store about 50 photos.

Girl C next to her quickly opened another box, and the one inside was lavender.

Electronic products in this era are mainly about practicality, and rarely consider the appearance. Simon is used to all kinds of beautiful industrial designs later, so naturally he will not tolerate it.At this time, one dark blue and one lavender in front of my eyes, facing male and female customers respectively, were also influenced by Simon.

In order to achieve these two shell colors, Miss C also invested a lot of extra costs.

"We have ordered 1000 iCam materials, and we will be able to assemble them all in the middle of this month. The cost may be higher, about $320." Miss C actively demonstrated the operation of the camera in her hand, and said, "After finishing these , from the initial $100 million in funds, only about $15 is left.”

After all, because of the people around him, Simon has been paying attention to this matter.

Just 1000 cameras, based on the calculation of 320 US dollars, the total cost will be 32 US dollars.Previously, Tinkerbell’s operations, camera research and development, customization of equipment parts, etc. all cost money.

In the end, there was still $15 left, which was not easy.

Neil Brantly, the engineer responsible for research and development in cooperation with Miss C, originally hoped to customize a special CMOS sensor, but because of financial reasons, he could only choose an existing public version sensor.

To put it simply, although she is well prepared, Miss C is actually cautious enough in this matter, probably because she wants to give herself a few more opportunities to start a business.

It was easy to master how to use it. Simon finally got off the treadmill and motioned to Miss C: "Pose for a look."

Claire understood, leaning against the treadmill with the lavender camera in one hand, a smile appeared on her beautiful face, her slender body tilted slightly, like a car model, a slender white body was exposed between the low-waisted slacks and the tight black T-shirt The waist even made Simon have the idea of ​​clicking on the girl's belly button.

After pressing the shutter and taking a series of photos, Simon walked out of the gym and said, "Let's go, let's see the effect, and help you as a consultant."

Claire found that her boss had just been moved by her body, but she didn't make any moves. This made her a little disappointed again, but she followed quickly.

Anyway, it wasn't the first time it failed.

Even, a few girls have made a bet in private, whoever can make their boss fall in love, even if it's not about sex, but with other scales of ambiguity, is the winner.

It's a pity that no one has won until now.

Chapter 416 Premiere Ceremony (Repair)

When he came to the computer room in the villa, Simon chose a computer with a moderate configuration to turn it on, and put the iCam floppy disk into the floppy drive.

Girl C sat down next to her and said, "I've built Tinkerbell's official website, on which I can download a simplified version of Photoshop software for image browsing and processing."

In front of Simon is a Compaq computer with Windows 3.0 system. Except for the simplest built-in drawing software, there is no special picture browsing tool.

In fact, many functions that were commonplace later are not available on the current Windows operating system.

Like the 'Start' button.

Simon once thought about whether to make a "Start" button software in advance and sell it to his classmates in Damen to exchange for some Microsoft shares.

Already holds a 20% stake in Microsoft, which is basically its own company.After all, plug-in tool software and system integration functions are different. Doing so may interfere with the overall structure of the Windows operating system, and the gain outweighs the gain.

After asking for the address of Tinkerbell's website, Simon quickly downloaded and installed a simple version of Photoshop, and opened the photo he had just taken in the gym on the floppy disk.

In addition to image browsing, this simple version of Photoshop also provides basic functions such as image cropping, brightness adjustment, and adding text, which are similar to the functions that come with smartphones in Simon's memory, but there are no further types of beautifying filters for the time being.

The 10-pixel 320320 resolution picture occupies roughly a quarter of the layout on the 17-inch 800600 resolution monitor Simon is using.

According to the standards of Simon's later generations, both the display and the pictures are rough.

However, just posting pictures on Igret's blog, the current computer configuration is more than enough, and the image quality is not bad.

Although Simon invited a large number of celebrities to enter Ygritte's blog, he did not have a verified personal account.

Of course, there must be trumpets.

Logging into his vest on Igret's blog, Simon was about to send a picture. Thinking it was a picture of girl C, he realized that it was wrong, so he used a paint bucket to completely blacken the picture, and knocked a picture in the center. Big 'Dark' word, then upload.

An inexplicable blog post soon appeared on the vest account.

Claire next to him just thought it was funny.

The name of the boss vest turned out to be 'psychic Simon' (psychic Simon).

The personal profile also stated that he would undertake all kinds of psychic and ghost-hunting missions, and the fee would be 1000 US dollars each time.

Scanning further, the previous blog posts were basically all kinds of content related to gods and ghosts, which looked very professional.

Simon didn't explain that this account was created by himself and Janet together for fun. In private, Janet was more of a joke, and even teased the guy who really sent a private message to consult.

After posting the blog post, Simon didn't care that Miss C found out about this trivial matter, but said: "The effect is not bad, you should have noticed it too, the content of the picture will be one of the key areas that the Igret Portal will focus on next. [-]. In fact, the photo album function can be activated on Igret blog at any time, but it is not implemented for the time being due to the lack of content sources. So, C, what are you going to do next?"

Claire withdrew her thoughts on Simon's blog vest, and said: "The first batch of 1000 cameras, I plan to mainly use them to collect user experience data for improvement or to solve possible problems. This is a new product after all, Neil Although I have done a lot of tests in the laboratory, I can't guarantee that the machine is perfect."

Simon nodded slightly, thought for a while, and quickly said: "Well, for the first batch of 1000 iCams, I will arrange for Ygritte to buy them all, and then arrange a free trial event among bloggers. 1000 active bloggers The trial reports regularly fed back by users should be enough for you to make improvements.”

Claire actually thought so.

Since her boss offered it, she immediately agreed.

The cost of 1000 iCams is actually only 32 U.S. dollars, which is nothing compared to the tens of millions of U.S. dollars in marketing and promotion expenses that Eaglet Portal currently invests every month.

Simon noticed Miss C's expression and smiled.

As long as iCam is popularized, it will definitely be of great benefit to enrich the content of the current Internet platform.

Therefore, this project is the object that Simon intends to focus on supporting.

Claire didn't rush for quick success, but Simon didn't plan to follow the steps, and then added another fire: "However, 1000 units is too little after all, so how about it, I will help you get a loan of 500 million U.S. dollars, and Tinkerbell will be completely wiped out." The company's framework is set up, and then 10000 iCams will be produced as soon as possible. Of course, this time you need to find a way to sell it yourself."

When Miss C heard this, her eyes lit up immediately, and she couldn't help but slapped Simon.

There is an idea of ​​wanting to hug my boss and kiss her.

Claire actually doesn't have the strong confidence Simon has in iCam.However, the investment of 100 million US dollars in this project is indeed not enough in her opinion.

However, for the first investment, Vase Fund took 50% of the shares, and she and another partner, Neil Brantly, only had 25% left.Asking for more money would further dilute her stake.Not only that, but her share in the vase fund will also be greatly reduced.

If this project fails, she is not sure whether she can continue to invest in other investments.

Now, Simon's understated $500 million loan addresses all of her needs at once.

The amount of Vase Fund will not be reduced, its own equity will not be diluted, and it will be able to immediately start to put Tinkerbell on the right track.

You know, the role of the 500 million US dollars is not just as simple as building the framework of Tinkerbell and reproducing 10000 iCams.

The most important thing is the business operation experience that can be brought to her in this process.

Through the experience of the next 10000 iCams from component procurement, machine assembly, advertising and marketing to product sales, Claire can basically understand the various skills required to run such a company.

Apple was founded in 1976 and has grown rapidly.

However, as a super giant in the computer industry, IBM, which has a deep foundation, did not successfully enter the PC field until the 80s. Other companies such as Compaq and Dell lag behind in development. The biggest reason for this is that Apple has mastered PC technology in advance. Various experiences running a personal computer company.

One step ahead is often able to lead step by step.

In the field of digital cameras, whether it is Sony, Panasonic and other Japanese manufacturers, or local giants such as Kodak, their technical accumulation is much stronger than that of Tinkerbell, which is only a grassroots team.

Neil Brantly spent a lot of spare time and busy in recent months to create this iCam. In the hands of Sony and other manufacturers, a prototype may be developed in a month.

However, as long as Tinkerbell takes the lead in this field, once the card camera rises, Tinkerbell will not be afraid of the competition from those traditional camera manufacturers.

The question now, of course, is to take as many steps ahead as possible.

That's another benefit of Simon's $500 million loan.

Claire couldn't help but think that if the project didn't succeed, she might not be able to repay the $500 million loan.

Ok.

Anyway, the boss has the bottom line.

500 million dollars, in the eyes of this young man, is nothing at all.

even if...

Big deal, sell yourself to pay off the debt, and give him a few more years of work.

Simon looked at Miss C's eyes full of water, tapped on the desktop with a smile, and said, "I want to add, this 500 million loan is just for you from the bank, with interest, and it will be paid later." Only you can pay it yourself."

Claire nodded without hesitation: "Well, I will pay it myself."

"So crisp? Sounds like a kid who promises to finish homework on time."

Claire has always finished her homework on time since she was a child, but the girl stared at Simon intently, and said, "Yeah, if it's not up yet, I can't help it."

Feeling the eyes of Miss C wanting to 'eat people', Simon turned off the computer, got up and said, "Okay, let's prepare breakfast, and I'll wake Jenny up."

Claire also got up and followed Simon step by step, hesitated for a while, and finally couldn't help saying: "Boss, do you want to take a shower first?"

"Ok?"

"There is also a bathroom downstairs, I can help you get a change of clothes."

"Aren't you afraid that Jenny will suddenly rush in and beat you up?"

"Madam won't," Clare said, and suddenly said: "If you want to hit the boss, you can do it, as long as you don't use too much force."

"..."