Hollywood Starts with Animation

Zucker sent a letter to Wells Fargo, sternly rejecting their takeover, and offered the idea of ​​taking a stake.

It's not that Zucker is making fun of them, it's that... he really wants to take a stake in them.

Wells Fargo, a giant with a market value of $200 billion in the future, manages the savings funds of tens of millions of users, with savings funds reaching trillions of dollars.

Such a sweet pastry, Zu Ke was very moved.

In fact, it is not only Zucker who is excited, even Buffett, the world-renowned investment tycoon, is also coveting Wells Fargo.

In 1990, Buffett invested heavily in Wells Fargo, buying millions of shares of Wells Fargo.

At the time, Wells Fargo was trading at a little over $2 per share.

now what?

As of April 2000, Wells Fargo's single stock price has reached $26.

An investment that has doubled more than ten times in ten years, Buffett has doubled his profits!

Therefore, since 1998, Buffett has proposed several times to increase the investment of Wells Fargo, hoping to obtain more shares, and then... His application was rejected by the shareholders' meeting of Wells Fargo.

"I was rejected?"

"It's okay! Send more letters, what if it happens?"

Zucker still misses Wells Fargo!

"Boss, then we, California Standard Bank, should we also take action in the near future, um, mainly for lending and investment in real estate projects." The general manager of the bank said.

Zucker's eyes suddenly lit up, "Your suggestion is quite good. We can't miss the real estate project, and strive to become one of the largest real estate loan banks on the West Coast of America in the next few years."

At the same time, Zhu Ke does not want to let go of gold investment.

The detonation of the Internet bubble and the continued weakness of the U.S. dollar have caused many people to start investing in gold projects, not expecting to make money, at least to preserve their value.

"Boss, the gold project is indeed a very good investment." The bank manager nodded.

In April 2000, the international gold price was $279 per ounce;

In 2004, the international gold price rose to $410 per ounce;

In 2012, it even climbed to $1,700 per ounce, frightening how many people;

In early August 2020, the price of gold broke through the $2,000 mark, breaking the history of the unit price of gold!

For the investment in gold, in addition to the participation of California Standard Bank, Zucker himself will also invest in this aspect.

Of course, it is obviously extremely difficult to acquire such a huge amount of physical gold, and it can only be paper gold in the futures market.

$1 billion!

After Zucker invested nearly 800 million US dollars in 1998, in April 2000, he waved his hand again and brazenly invested 10 US dollars in gold projects again.

"It can preserve wealth and make money, so why not do it?"

In the next few days, the funds in Zucker's personal account were reduced by another nearly $100 million.

Of course, Zhu Ke did not take this fund for personal enjoyment, but invested in a batch of fairly good Internet companies one after another. Although these Internet companies have not become giant companies or industry unicorns in the future, they can be considered successful companies.

"Not too much. In a few years, it is enough to bring me several times the return." Zuke smiled.

......

April 19.

The Butterfly Effect, co-directed by Todd Phillips and Christopher Nolan and co-written by Zucker and Jonathan Nolan, is officially released in the United States.

The production cost of the film is more than 12 million US dollars, which belongs to the category of small-budget sci-fi movies, or it is a soft sci-fi movie.

It tells the story of the male protagonist Ivan, who experienced a series of bad things when he was a child, damaged his originally perfect life, and even left a very deep childhood shadow. However, one day, he was able to travel through time and space. As a result, he came up with the idea of ​​changing the past.

But everything Ivan has changed in the past, when he returns to the present, finds them with unexpected results,

And the damage is even worse!

Things got worse and worse, time and space were messed up by him, and disasters followed.

In order to make up for his mistakes, Ivan returned to the past again and again, trying to remove the traces, but it backfired, and what he did could only lead to the gradual collapse of the real world again. So back and forth, he rushes between the increasingly chaotic past and reality, until the irreversible ending.

The movie has multiple endings, one of which is very dark.

In order to prevent the tragedy from repeating, the male protagonist Ivan traveled back to the mother's womb and strangled himself with the umbilical cord.

The more you cross, the worse it gets!

"A butterfly in the Amazon rainforest of South America, with the occasional flap of its wings, can cause a tornado in Texas two weeks later."

That's where the "Butterfly Effect" movie came from.

Before the film was released, there were as many as 72 test screenings in Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, New York, Salt Lake City and other places.

More than 3,000 movie fans analyzed and media reporters participated in the movie's vote;

In the end, the overall evaluation of the film was a B+.

This comprehensive evaluation does not refer to the word-of-mouth of the film, but to the box office potential. For an investment cost of only 12, B+ is already a very rare high evaluation.

The theater line that was invited to watch the movie said: "The global box office of this movie can exceed 100 million!"

But don't think the box office is low!

You must know that Hollywood movies, which can produce more than 100 million movies at the box office every year, are definitely not more than 50, or even less.

And this proportion only accounts for 3% of Hollywood's annual output.

Well, the vast majority of Hollywood movies are losing money, and they can't even make it to theaters. They can only sell DVDs and videotapes.

......

the next day.

The North American box office of "The Butterfly Effect" on its first day has already been released, and it has achieved a first-day box office of 9.2 million US dollars.

"$9.2 million?"

Zhu Ke raised his head slightly and said with a smile: "As far as a low-budget movie is concerned, this box office is not bad. After continuous release, the North American box office reached 50 million US dollars, which is definitely easy."

Kevin Feige said with a smile: "Boss, in the April schedule, we have almost no rivals. The final box office score exceeded 70 million in North America and 130 million in the global box office. Well, of course, this is my personal judgment."

There is one sentence that Zucker agrees with.

In the schedule of April, "Butterfly Effect" is indeed invincible!

Yesterday, there were only 3 movies released at the same time as "The Butterfly Effect", of which only "Four Eyes Tour Group" produced by Disney was not bad, but it was not bad!

The North American box office of "The Butterfly Effect" on its first day was $9.2 million;

And Disney's "Four Eyes Tour Group", whose first-day box office was only $4.1 million, and the word of mouth was very poor, it finally managed to get a total box office of $15 million, even if thank goodness.

What about The Butterfly Effect?

On rating websites such as IMDB, the rating of "Butterfly Effect" is as high as 9.1 points. Even if the word-of-mouth rating will decrease over time, it will never be lower than 8.5 points.

Other films that also hit theaters in April, whether it's Paramount's "Law of Engagement" or Warner's "Deadly Romeo," have been battered.

In April 2000, the off-season schedule, the movie "Butterfly Effect" was invincible!

As the saying goes: good things come one after another!

No, Zhu Ke's Jin Shuguang Music Company also brought good news to Zu Ke.

Britney Spears' second solo album has sold 24 million copies worldwide in just one month.

With this pretext, director Domino immediately made a decision: "Make every effort to create Britney Spears and start a global tour."

Domino's also sent Zucker a ticket to the concert in Los Angeles.

"Ha ha!"

Zucker smiled and said, "I have to go to see her concert for the few music superstars who can be called global idols in the future."

" "The second is sent.

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