Back To 1995: Chapter 630 empty glove white wolf
Chapter 630 Empty glove white wolf
Ovitz, who was not enjoying himself in Hollywood, heard Kalanick scolding those Hollywood people for being corrupt, which made Ovitz feel angry.
Listening to Kalanick's praise of him, he needs to come forward to help Scour company solve Hollywood's troubles, and Ovitz has a feeling of returning to a powerful figure in Hollywood again.
Ovitz knew that it would be difficult to obtain the copyright from several major Hollywood film companies and record companies, but he felt that if Kalanick could do what he said, transform Scour and start a membership system, etc., He Ovitz feels that he has a chance of convincing Hollywood!
It’s not that Ovitz doesn’t know that the music, movies, pictures, and books on the Scour website have infringed the copyrights of major Hollywood companies, but he would never have imagined that websites such as Scour and Napster would play empty hands with white wolves. At this point, I would never have imagined that Internet music would toss the record industry to what extent, otherwise Ovitz would not be involved in this muddy water!
"Scour website, the A round of investment has already received 8.5 million US dollars of venture capital from overseas foundations, the second round of venture capital, Scour invites you to come, and wants Scour to cooperate with you, of course, this round of investment, Scour will raise funds 29 million dollars!"
Kalanick’s words reassured many people’s doubts. Overseas foundations have invested in the Scour website. They have invested $8.5 million in Scour.
"I am willing to invest in the Scour website and claim eight million dollars!"
Ron Burkel was the first to speak. He felt that investing in Scour was risky, but he could give it a try. After being with Michael Jackson for so long, Burkel thought he had some knowledge in the record industry. If you lose, you won't lose too badly.
After Ron Burkel spoke, Ovitz didn't give up, "The artist broker management group is willing to subscribe for 10 million US dollars from Scour!"
The artist agency company is the newly established company of Ovitz, and he plans to rely on this agency company to make a comeback.
Hearing that Ovitz was worth 10 million US dollars, Ron Burkel and a few others couldn't help but look at Ovitz, and couldn't help sighing, the first person in Hollywood is the first person, As soon as he makes a move, he is extraordinary, even if he is too angry to be the number one person in Hollywood!
Ovitz and Ron Burkel sent 18 million dollars to Scour, and the remaining more than 10 million dollars in financing, the other people present scored points, and then donated to Wall Street institutions After selling a part, Kalanick basically got the nearly 30 million venture capital investment.
What excites Kalanick the most is not getting so many dollars. Of course, this is something to be happy about, but more importantly, he has drawn Ovitz, Ron Burkel and other people who are closely related to Hollywood. Kalanick is counting on them to help Scour improve its relationship with Hollywood!
"When is Scour going to be listed?"
An investor who came from Silicon Valley asked Kalanick when he signed the investment agreement.
Those people present today counted as one. I really thought it was to help Scour, a broken website, and not to make a lot of money when it went public.
"Within two years!"
Kalanick gritted his teeth and said that two years is just a threshold. If the time is too short, his bragging will be broken. If the time is too long, Ovitz and others probably have no mood to wait.
Ovitz, Ron Burkel, and others looked at each other, and finally nodded. It takes a year and a half to make a movie, let alone send a company to the public market. Although Netscape, Yahoo, Double-click In addition, the current ICQ has continuously set new records for the listing time, but that is a minority after all, so if the Scour website can be listed within two years, they can still accept it!
After Ovitz and others left, Kalanick announced the news to Scour and the others, and the whole office erupted in cheers.
According to the market conditions of Silicon Valley and the Internet, as long as you can get venture capital and increase the data of users and traffic, you will only be one step away from logging into NASDAQ!
When I think about it, there is only one step away from the freedom of wealth and the ranks of millionaires and tens of millions of dollars. How can I not excite the Scour staff? They came from all over America, isn't it just for this? !
Just returning to the office, Kalanick, who closed the door, was not so excited, but worried and puzzled on his face.
Scour is so eager to start the second round of financing because the big funder, the mysterious overseas foundation, was about to be unable to survive in Scour, but suddenly came to the door and gave Scour a large fund of 8.5 million dollars Lord, news came suddenly that in order for Scour to expand its scale, Scour must increase its user base to more than 10 million before the end of the year!
It seems that the big benefactor has broken his heart because of Scour. Scour can have more than five million users in such a short period of time. It is inseparable from the publicity company that the big benefactor found for Scour. Double-click is now in charge of the Scour website The advertising and promotion of Scour attracted a lot of traffic and advertisements.
Even the most popular movie at the moment, the box office dark horse "The Matrix", has an advertisement for Scour's website. Except for companies from the Song Yang camp such as ICQ, America Telecom, and Alcatel Mobile, the advertisements for Scour's website have appeared. All of them are advertisements of big companies such as General Motors, among which Scour looks like fish in troubled waters no matter how you look at it.
However, Double-Click Company is one of the advertising sponsors that turned Scour into "The Matrix", and the cost is about the same as advertising in ordinary media.
Kalanick knows that these are probably the means of the big funder of the overseas mysterious investment foundation.
As for who the big benefactor is, Kalanick has some vague guesses, but he really can't figure it out. As the big benefactor, doing all this, there is always a sneaky feeling, as if he doesn't want to get involved with Scour .
Otherwise, given the status of the big money maker in the Internet industry, as long as he plays the banner that he invested in the Scour website, Scour will instantly become a favorite, and will be chased by Wall Street and Silicon Valley venture capital to send money!
Kalanick racked his brains, but he couldn't figure it out. He always felt that there seemed to be some truth in it, which made Kalanick's brain hurt a little.
Whether Kalanick thinks it or not, the news that the Scour website once again got $2,900 in venture capital quickly spread all over Silicon Valley and Hollywood.
While the major media were still searching for news and Kalanick's identity, another news broke out. Napster website also received a huge amount of venture capital. The Internet music trend seems to be blowing !
Internet outlets seem to appear quietly every time. No one knows who the next "lucky guy" will be, but every time a new outlet appears, it will set off a huge storm and attract countless Internet companies to join in.
This time is no exception. When Scour and Napster, the two main "Internet file sharing platforms" websites, received a large sum of venture capital, countless Internet companies began to get together to enter this industry.
"The next Bruno Song!"
In just two days, the buzz about Internet music suddenly began to blow, and Kalanick and Napster founder Sean Fanning were the representatives.
"Time Magazine" urgently replaced the cover of the latest issue with a photo of Sean Fanning. In the photo, Sean Fanning was wearing a baseball uniform, a baseball cap, and a pair of headphones on his ears. , Sean Fanning with a smile on his face, looking firmly into the distance.
Compared to Kalanick, who has been going smoothly and has not yet been "bad luck", there are not many topics. There are too many places to report on Sean Fanning.
Just like someone, Sean Fanning, who loves baseball, also entered the Internet halfway through, developed Napster, and it was just an accidental dormitory party. Sean Fanning, who was studying at Boston University, heard complaints from the room, and now The music can only be listened to on CD, and there are too few MP3 music links on the Internet.
Inspired by Sean Fanning, he came up with the idea of using P2P technology to allow users to exchange music freely. Sean Fanning launched Napster, allowing users on the website to freely exchange and download music. can also communicate with each other.
"I think Napster is something that makes users feel satisfied and happy. I will continue to carry on the business of Napster!"
"Even if Napster will encounter some troubles regarding copyright, even you, Sean, may face huge claims?!"
The Times reporter who interviewed Sean Fanning asked him such a question, and Sean Fanning gave an affirmative answer.
This kind of dedicated spirit, would rather go bankrupt and get a lot of money than fight Hollywood and record companies, just for the convenience of Internet users, the act of being able to listen to music and movies at almost no cost, let Xiao En Fanning's name resounded all over the world overnight.
The media likes this script so much, it is almost the same as someone at the beginning, because of a single idea, the idea of establishing an Internet company was born, and they were all made.
The only difference is that someone went to San Jose University to make a name, and did not advocate dropping out of school to go to Silicon Valley, while Sean Fanning ran away from Boston University and plunged into the Internet industry.
Sean Fanning appeared in Time Magazine, making Internet music popular, and it was completely blown up. Together with Sean Fanning and Kalanick, the two, as "Music Pioneers in the Digital Age", On the covers of Fortune, Business Week, Forbes, Industry Standard and other media weekly magazines, they have also become synonymous with Internet file exchange services.
(end of this chapter)