Facing Jobs' surprised eyes, Angela spread her hands and shrugged: "I'm serious, after the release of "Titanic" at the end of last month, the North American box office was about 720 million, and the net profit was almost 1 About 30 million yuan, plus the overseas box office share is just right, and I have not touched this money so far!"
"As a screenwriter, you are the first in Hollywood to ask for a share of the box office." Steve took off his glasses with a smile, pinched the bridge of his nose, and then looked at the girl with emotion: "To be honest, you are a gift from God. Angie?"
"Do you say this to every investor?" Angela covered her embarrassment with a joke, but she couldn't help but whispered, "Or it's more appropriate to say that God's prank is more appropriate."
Jobs didn't hear the last sentence, he made a gesture: "Of course not, well, I'm just sighing that luck is a really wonderful thing, and it was the same last time, but I'm sure it will be again. A wise investment!"
"Of course, I'm sure, there's nothing to worry about with you as CEO." The girl said with a smile.
"Oh, I want to make one point, Angie," Steve waved, "I'm still just a consultant, and the CEO role is temporary. I'll resign when the board finds a suitable candidate."
"What?!" Angela blinked in surprise, "Then I'll quit!"
Booth, who was drinking coffee, made a puff and almost spit out the drink in his mouth and looked at the girl in amazement. Jira spread out her hands and looked serious: "If you don't serve as CEO, I won't inject capital!"
The reason why Angela would immediately put forward his own capital injection after Jobs said that he needed a lot of cash is naturally because of his understanding of Apple's future development. Even if you haven't used it, you should have heard of iMac, iPod and iPhone, so be careful. It can be seen that it is the I series that has made Apple more successful. Since there is just enough liquidity in hand and Apple is short of money, it is really a fool not to inject capital quickly, even if only 1% of the equity is put into 10 years. How many times after that!
But the problem is that when Apple took off again, Jobs was the CEO. Although Angela no longer knew anything about business after so many years of edification, she was asked to judge if Jobs did not serve as CEO of Apple. Whether the I-series products can be successfully developed... That's impossible!
"I think I may have misunderstood something. Angie..." Steve, who put down the cup, wanted to explain something, but the girl immediately raised her hand: "No no no, this is what Steve wanted to say! I will have the idea of injecting capital. It's because you're the CEO, don't say anything to me without anyone, at least not for Apple!"
This is a bit of an exaggeration. Maybe Jobs only served as a consultant to make Apple's development even stronger. Maybe because of her appearance, Jobs made Apple fall into the abyss? No one knows what the future will hold. Even Angela, facing the wings of a butterfly, is not sure that something will happen, but she still has to add the condition of Jobs as CEO to the premise of capital injection, because that is when she faces the unknown. the only reference.
In fact, Angela's investment, income and possible inheritance are enough for her life, but she knows that her plan still needs enough right to speak. This is not like movies and music. Angela has a lot of influence on the latter two. Goals and work hard for them, but you really have no talent in business, so you must seize the opportunities that you can seize just like when you invested in Pixar!
"It's not that I don't want to, Angie," Steve shook his head with a wry smile, "but you know, the board has fired 3 CEOs in less than a year, otherwise they wouldn't have thought of letting me to take up this position.”
"If you're worried about the weak position, I believe it won't be a problem with my 150 million capital injection." Speaking of which, Angela paused and seemed to think of something, then smiled: "You know, someone has She asked me what was worth investing in. I told her at the time that I could buy some Apple stock, because Jobs was about to return to Apple! The other party thought it was strange that Jobs was not swept out by Apple at first? Why did he go back to Apple? There must be an improvement? My answer is that if Steve Jobs fell in the same place, he would never have started Apple!"
Steve looked at Angela in surprise, opened his mouth and finally laughed: "You know, Angie, your persuasion needs to be strengthened, if it is my words, I will analyze it from more places, and then tell him that he doesn't want to do it. CEOs are not worth investing in!"
Saying that, he stood up and extended his hand to the girl: "Okay, that's it for today, I'm glad we reached a consensus, as for your suggestion..." Steve made a long pause: "I I will seriously consider it and give you an answer as soon as possible."
"I hope that's what I want to hear." Angela shook hands with him, and after watching him go out, she sat back on the sofa and stretched out, wondering what this guy Steve would do in the end... Forget it, he'll give him the answer anyway.
Angela decided not to think about this issue anymore. After looking at the time, she got up and planned to leave. After all, the film department had just been established, and
The first movie has just started shooting, and there are not many employees at present, but it is enough for all departments to operate.
"It looks like your situation here is not bad." Angela pushed the door open after getting permission, followed by Xiao Xiao's surprise. All the desks in the office with only three people were full of large and small. Folders, some piled high.
"Miss Angela, it's a pleasure to meet you." One of the middle-aged men who was slightly bald stood up and extended his hand enthusiastically, "I'm Edwin Volker, the script editing team leader, and they are Geraldine. Alda Dell and Larch Warren."
"I'm also very happy to meet you," Angela smiled and shook hands with the three of them in turn. "You are the busiest among all departments. Maybe I should propose to Ed to give you bonuses."
"That's because the film department has just started," DeWine chuckled and didn't take it to heart. "Writers and actors are the most in-demand in Hollywood, of course, Miss Angela is rare."
Angela also didn't pay attention to his little flattery, but agreed with the first half of the sentence. The many folders on the table had already explained his sentence very well.
"Any scripts you're interested in?" Angela sat down on the chair and asked with a smile, "Don't be nervous, I'm not here to check the work, I just want to see how many of the scripts are yours. It's worth shooting."
"Then let's start with the play that has passed the third trial," Edwin immediately brought five or six folders over, "and a few are electronic texts, which have not been printed out yet. If necessary, you can put them on the computer. Watch."
"Thank you, Mr. Ed." Angela nodded and took the flip. After all, what she remembered was limited, and it would definitely not be a good thing for the film department to support itself.
These six scripts have various contents, such as science fiction, action, family ethics, etc., as far as writing is concerned, it is quite good. Of course, for Angela, who is accustomed to her own writing style with pictures and texts, Angela has a somewhat strange feeling when she reads other people's scripts. This is not a bad thing. Not a big help for her directing work.
"At least the text looks good, is there a plan?" Angela asked, closing the folder.
"There are two plans, which are small-budget films that are intended to be produced by independent producers. Mr. Ed said that you still have two scripts to be cast in the second half of the year." Edwin explained.
The girl couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded. Ed was very thoughtful. She didn't say much and then looked at the computer next to her: "How many electronic texts are there?"
"There are two who have gone through the third trial," DeWine helped to adjust the text, "one is a nonsensical comedy, and the other is an adventurous and magical movie, a bit like the Raiders of the Lost Ark series, Miss Angela ?"
"Ah? Oh, I'm fine," the recovered girl smiled, then pointed to the electronic text on the screen, "this is a good script, I suggest you better buy it right away!"
"You mean this "The Mummy"?" Edwin asked in confusion.
"Yes, it is the most valuable of these scripts, I can guarantee it!" Angela said seriously, this script called "The Mummy" is 60% similar to the one she knows, obviously it should be It was the original draft of the famous "Legend of Gods and Ghosts" or "Tomb Raiders". The screenwriter's name was Stephen Sommers. Angela felt like she had heard it somewhere but couldn't remember it for a while.
She quickly put it aside. Anyway, she would have an interview with him at that time. What she was surprised was that she actually saw the script of "The Mummy" in the newly established film department, which really made her a little at a loss as to what to say.
"What about the others, no, just look at the ones that haven't been reviewed yet." Angela suddenly became interested, and Edwin naturally wouldn't refuse, pointing to a large desk: "Most of the ones that haven't been reviewed are in Here, the categories are arranged from left to right, the electronic text is easier to view, and there are large categories and small categories."
"It's okay, I'm just watching." The girl said that she had started to look at the family ethics category, but she was quickly disappointed, most of them were mediocre and even some scripts completely used pornography and violence as a selling point. It's unappetizing, and the names of the script are more eye-catching than each other, it seems that the title party is everywhere.
"It seems that the more attractive the name is, the less you can read the content." Angela put down the folder in her hand and shook her head with a smile.
"But if many people make their names very mediocre, maybe they will let us ignore the past." Edwin replied a little helplessly.
"Yeah, for example, this script is called "The Death of a Middle-Aged Man". I'm afraid you won't notice it until you think about it after reading other scripts." The girl raised another folder in her hand, and opened it with In a joking tone, he read: "Act 1, the hero's monologue: My name is Linus Burnham, this is my hometown, this is my street, this is my life, I am 42 years old, a I'll be dead within a year..."
At the end of the reading, Angela's voice became lower and lower, and her face became more and more serious. In the end, she closed her mouth and turned a few pages, and then turned to the front again. The screenwriter's name was clearly written as Alan Bowe. you.
Angela took a deep breath and opened her eyes, her emerald green eyes were shining, she raised the folder in her hand to Edwin: "Mr. Edwin, I want this script!"