Hollywood Starts with Animation

Buy MGM? !

Well, Zucker does have this ambitious idea, after all, there are more than 5,000 movies in MGM's film library. These movie copyrights are not only the foundation of big companies, but also from the TV station and DVD and video tape markets, they can regularly harvest tens of millions of dollars of wealth every year.

However, no money!

The only little money, but also set aside a part for the end of April tax payment.

"It seems that we have to find a way to get some money, otherwise, let alone the expansion of the film company, even Spider-Man can't shoot."

"System, are you still alive?"

"......"

Zucker couldn't help but get very angry. This damn system is such a fucking waste! Except for the occasional bit of future information, it's useless, not as good as a 21st century computer.

The most wasteful system is none other than you!

The idea of ​​making money is wonderful, but the actual operation is too difficult.

That's right, "Lola Run" is about to be released. It has a good reputation in the original time and space, but it is not a high-box-office movie in itself. It's okay to use this movie to make Wald Pictures stand out, but it is estimated that the profit at the box office will not be too much. As for how much profit he can get in the end, Zu Ke has no idea. After all, it is not the original film, but made by a rookie director himself.

Expecting to use it to make a fortune is simply overthinking.

"futures?"

"I remember the money coming in very quickly for this stuff!"

For a moment, Zucker thought of futures, and he couldn't help thinking of Soros, an economic predator.

In 1992, he attacked the British pound and made a profit of 1 billion US dollars in a short period of time; in 1997, he attacked the Thai baht and Hong Kong dollar, which triggered the Asian financial turmoil; in 2012, he shorted the Japanese yen and once again made a profit of 1 billion US dollars in one fell swoop.

For a period of time when Zucker just graduated in his last life, he was very obsessed with the so-called wealth myth. He had studied the stock market and read several reports on Soros, and had a relatively simple understanding of it.

However.

Nima, it's 96 years now!

There is still more than a year before the sniping of the Thai baht in July 1997. Where is Zucker's current first choice for making money?

stock market? !

At this moment, Zu Ke thought of the stock market. After all, most of his net worth came from the stock market, and although the money was not as fast as futures, it was not low. In addition, in the late 1990s, it was the period of the Internet blowout, otherwise where did the bubble come from?

Netscape, Cisco, Comcast, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon…

For a while, the names of many Internet companies popped up in Zucker's mind.

Netscape?

Zucker was the first to rule it out!

Yes, Zucker made his fortune through the listing of Netscape, but because of this, he didn't dare to buy its shares.

Without him, I know it too well.

Netscape went public in August 1995, and its stock price peaked at $75 on the day of its listing. In the words of The Wall Street Journal: It took GM 43 years to reach a $2.7 billion market cap, while Netscape took "about a minute."

However, it flourished and declined.

Microsoft's IE browser came out and was fully promoted.

The struggle between Netscape and Internet Explorer was later called the "browser war". By December 1997, Netscape's stock price was less than $20 per share, which can be said to be a complete defeat to Microsoft. .

"Buying Netscape now is simply courting death, but I can short Netscape next year and make some extra money."

"Cisco's stock price has still risen, but this year's increase is not large (after all, the increase in 1998-99 is amazing). You can consider buying a little bit, and you won't lose money anyway."

apple?

Forget it,

Before Jobs returned in 1997, Apple was still the rotten apple, half-dead;

Comcast?

It is the second largest Internet provider in the United States. By 2020, the market value will exceed 200 billion US dollars. It has been in the process of "buying, buying and buying". It is either acquiring this company or acquiring that company. The stock market has been rising almost all the time, but In 1996-97, the increase was not very big.

Amazon?

Yes, it is a giant company. But man, it's just a company that was founded in 1995, and now it's just a young newcomer, and it didn't go public until 1997.

......

After calculating all the way, Zhu Ke found out:

The stock market can make people rich, but as far as I know, it is almost impossible to expect to get rich overnight in the stock market this year!

(The stock prices of Cisco and Microsoft have been rising, which is true, but it is not enough to get rich for a while.)

For a time, Zhu Ke's dream of making a fortune in the stock market was shattered!

"God, why is it so hard to make money!"

Zucker almost sighed.

That night, Zucker hardly slept. When I woke up the next morning, my whole body was listless, but I still resisted getting up.

No way, today is the beginning of April, the store managers and treasurers of SpongeBob SquarePants will hold a meeting this morning and report on the recent business situation.

......

Alice Cafe.

It is a coffee shop near the Chinese Theater in Hollywood, next to Zucker's SpongeBob SquarePants store, so it has become Zucker's fixed meeting place at the end of each month.

Save money!

"Boss, thanks to the popularity of "Toy Story", even if it is released, our peripheral products are still selling well. After eliminating various costs such as manpower, water, electricity, property, etc., the main store's pure profit this month For $70,000" James, the store manager, spoke first.

"Boss, the net profit of the second store this month was $63,000."

"Three stores made a net profit of US$40,000 this month."

......

In the end, the net profit of the seven SpongeBob SquarePants stores totaled $345,000. Year-on-year at $375,000, a decrease of eight percent.

down again?

That's right, pure earnings have been declining since January.

But these Zuckers are acceptable, after all, the popularity of "Toy Story" has passed. Moreover, since January, Zuke has also consciously reduced the prices of peripheral products to enhance the return rate of customers.

In fact, compared to other movie peripheral chains in Los Angeles, only in terms of the profitability of a single store, Zucker's SpongeBob SquarePants House is still among the top three.

Because of Zucker's listlessness today, the meeting ended quickly.

out of the cafe.

"Zuke, how are you today?" James asked curiously after the meeting.

"No money, unhappy." Zucker waved his hand.

Hearing this, James frowned.

What the hell!

With a net profit of more than 300,000 dollars a month, what else are you unhappy about? Even if the profit may decrease in the next few months, but the revenue is expected to be 3 million US dollars a year, you still say that there is no money? !

Of course, James didn't say that.

After all, the level of the two people is different now, and the issues to consider are different.

"Jenny, are you really going to buy Yahoo's stock? It is said that this company is not very good, and your investment might lose money."

"It's okay, I don't plan to sell much anyway."

At this moment, a voice of discussion entered Zu Ke's ears.

Yahoo? !

In an instant, Zuke was shocked.