More than ten years later, WiFi in stores such as Starbucks and McDonald's will be free. Tinkerber wants to provide a mini Internet cafe function in the Starbucks chain. Whether to charge and who will bear the cost are all issues. Moreover, the reason why The plan was submitted to Simon, and Girl C also hoped that Yigrit could participate and share the cost.
A few years ago, in order to bring more people into contact with the Internet, Yigrit would have been happy to do this.
Even now, the new technology giants in Silicon Valley are actually constantly promoting more people to connect to the Internet, just like Facebook, Google and other companies in the past. However, this plan is relatively more in line with the interests of Tinker Bayer and is more beneficial to Igre. The special promotion is not big, so I am not that enthusiastic.
Simon came directly from the airport to 66th Street on the West Side to attend a meeting at 10 o'clock in the morning. He entered a conference room in the East Coast headquarters building. There was still some time before the meeting, and he hurriedly wrote down his opinions on the document.
Simon doesn't agree with this plan.
If it is just to provide a convenient upload interface for users such as iCam, iRec and iPlayer, Tinker Bayer does not need to cooperate with Starbucks. Instead, it can provide similar vending machines or public phone booths in public places with a large flow of people. Tinco Bayer products have dedicated network upload equipment and designed a specialized closed system that only provides applications for related products, such as picture upload, video upload or audio download, which can greatly improve the application efficiency of the equipment.
In comparison, setting up a mini Internet cafe in Starbucks must provide complete PC Internet functions, and Starbucks users may not necessarily use it to connect to Tinco Bayer products. Or, if it is a targeted closed system device, then Starbucks must pay a licensing fee.
No need.
If the plan is rejected, there will be no need to discuss cooperation with Ygritte.
Finally, Simon suddenly remembered to remind Girl C in the note that she could start the acquisition of Apple. This is a plan that Simon decided on very early. Now Apple is already in the lowest state of the company. By winning Apple, the Westeros system can obtain a large number of underlying core patents on the operating system, and Tinker Bayer can expand. In addition to its own hardware product line and global operations team, it can also take advantage of Apple's system technology to develop a closed system dedicated network upload device in the shortest possible time.
Kill multiple birds with one stone.
After writing the note, I handed it to the girl A next to me and passed it to Silicon Valley. The time came to 10 o'clock.
Robert Egger and other members of the West Coast core of Daenerys Entertainment were basically sitting there. This meeting mainly discussed the US$9 billion broadcast cooperation between ESPN and the NFL. Now, things have finally come to an end. This meeting has finalized the deal. Some details are expected to be officially signed and announced next Monday.
A large contract involving US$9 billion is also related to the future of ESPN, and Simon certainly cannot be absent.
However, during the two-hour meeting in the morning, Simon did not interrupt too much. He has never been very keen on sports, and he tried his best to avoid laymen coaching experts.
After the meeting in the morning, I had a meal with Robert Iger, Steve Bernstein and others at noon. I didn’t leave afterwards. In the afternoon, I also participated in reviewing the upcoming autumn schedule of major TV stations under Daenerys Entertainment Television Department. The core program is busy from one o'clock in the afternoon to seven o'clock in the afternoon.
Currently, the core platforms of Daenerys’ entertainment television business include ABC Television Network, USA Women’s Network, A&E Television Network, Fashion TV, etc. The program, as well as last year's super-hit "American Idol" series launched by ABC, and even series such as "Friends" and "ER" that Simon deliberately transferred to other major TV networks, are still at a very popular stage. , therefore this year’s TV business is generally stable, and Simon is not in a hurry to launch new flagship programs.
What I am more concerned about is the second season of "American Idol".
This singing talent show, which caused nationwide carnival last year, brought a huge revenue of 860 million U.S. dollars to Daenerys TV department in just the first season, excluding the original After US$230 million in production and marketing costs, gross profit reached US$630 million.
After the end of the first season, subsequent nationwide concert tours, related record sales, etc., the revenue so far has exceeded 300 million US dollars. This is not to mention the indirect promotion of this program to the overall ratings of the ABC TV network, the development of Daenerys' records, and even other companies in the Westeros system such as Tinker Bell.
Completely a hen that lays golden eggs.
Due to the original perfect planning, the cost of the second season of "American Idol" that has already started production will not increase much. However, it is expected that the number of episodes will be extended again in the second season, and the project revenue and profits will continue to increase. A new high.
After a day's work, he took a helicopter back to his estate in the northern suburbs of Greenwich. B-girl Betsy Hope and her fiancé Mark Shinar, who works at Long-Term Capital Management, were invited to dinner.
Compared with A, C, and D, Simon and Girl B have met very rarely in the past two years. However, the development speed of Aaliya Company founded by Girl B has not slowed down at all. Taking advantage of this wave of new technology driven by With the stock speculation style and the unremitting support of the Westeros system, coupled with the low-price strategy, Alia's flagship software has so far developed more than 260,000 subscribers worldwide.
Even though Aaliyah's software products are only one-tenth the price of a Bloomberg terminal, with 260,000 subscribers, it can currently contribute more than 30 million US dollars in revenue to Aaliyah every month. Taking into account the continued growth factors, Aaliyah is expected to Ya's full-year 1996 revenue will reach $400 million.
Compared with Bloomberg's revenue of US$1 billion, the gap between Aaliyah and this direct competitor is still obvious. However, relying on the huge user base of Bloomberg, which has far surpassed only more than 20,000 users, Aaliyah has already started. Build your own financial data ecosystem.
The former Bloomberg system was actually very difficult to use. The key reason why Wall Street couldn’t live without it was the data ecosystem. Everyone was trapped in this system, and all data was in this system. If you want to obtain relevant information, just Can use Bloomberg terminal.
Aaliyah burst onto the scene when Bloomberg was still less than one-tenth of its size at its peak, and it has already thrown Bloomberg into chaos.
In the past two years, Bloomberg and Aaliyah have been engaged in a close fight in all aspects, from software technology to legal proceedings to talent competition. They are simply at loggerheads. Even when Aaliyah quietly raised the price of its own software, Bloomberg had to adopt a price reduction strategy to respond.
On the other hand, Aaliyah's 'goblin' background is obviously too tough. After Bloomberg developed, it deliberately bought back its shares and got rid of its former partners. It was unjust and had few helpers. Now Bloomberg has already lost its battle in this war. At a clear disadvantage.
Although there is no plan to go public, according to industry assessments, based on a relatively conservative price-to-earnings ratio of 30 times, Aaliyah's net profit rate can reach more than 20%, and its current valuation reaches about US$2.5 billion. If Aaliyah is truly listed, because of Aaliyah's obvious Internet attributes and the high growth potential of its business, doubling its market value will not be a problem.
Even if calculated based on US$2.5 billion, Girl B’s 15% stake in Aaliyah’s company would still be worth US$375 million.
He is another emerging billionaire who is close to the threshold of the Forbes 400 richest people in the United States.
This dinner did not discuss much about Aaliyah's company. Instead, Girl B and her fiancé Mark Shiner were about to get married in September. It was through the help of Girl A, who had always been very close to Girl B in private, that they With this dinner, it can be regarded as congratulations and blessings in advance.
As for the subsequent wedding, although the two extended an invitation at the dinner, Simon declined.
If you really agree, it will be a waste of time.
Speaking of which, among the four girls A, B, C, and D, Simon happened to have nothing to do with B, but outsiders obviously didn’t believe it.
Even Simon himself didn't quite believe it.
Um.
Have you ever had this before? There were so many women. I really can’t remember.
Scumbag boss!
This is the little resentment of a certain girl when Simon and A were chatting away after sending away the two girls B. Then, she finally got a night alone, and Girl A made full use of it.
The next morning, Gemma from next door came over to have breakfast with her. She saw someone who was planting strawberries on the ground that was rare. Even though she had a well-behaved and ladylike personality, Gemma couldn't help but turn over several times in front of someone. Eye roll.