America's Road to Fame

Chapter 217 Very Satisfied Last Night

When William Chen came back to the villa from running on the beach in the morning, he saw that Scarlett had already gotten up, she was wearing William Chen's shirt, making coffee.

His white shirt was a little too big for Scarlett, and the hem didn't even reach his thighs, but it looked so sexy.

Noticing William Chen walking in, Scarlett whistled lightly and said:

"Coffee will be ready soon."

"You drink coffee for breakfast?"

William Chen asked strangely.

"I don't think you have anything to eat in the refrigerator."

That's true, the house on Marbury's side can't be lived in once a month or two, so things like coffee beans can still be in stock, but the ingredients must not be kept, Chen William had no choice but to call the bodyguard, Let them bring some breakfast.

When William Chen came down again after taking a shower, he saw that Scarlett had already changed and was sitting on the sofa, looking at the phone with a smile on her face, and couldn't help asking:
"What are you looking at? So interesting?"

Scarlet didn't speak, and handed him the phone directly.

Out of curiosity, William Chen directly took the phone and looked at the screen. It was an entertainment report. After glancing at it, William Chen was a little speechless.

This report is that the reporter interviewed an unknown actress who claimed to be Chen William’s ex-girlfriend, and then the other party told some things about Chen William when they were together... I can only say that the language is very bold, anyway, it can Fully satisfy the curiosity of the public.

Glancing at the photo, he looks pretty good, uh, he recalled it carefully, it seems that his predecessor really had something happened to her, it lasted about a week...

Under Scarlett's half-smile expression, William Chen returned the phone to her.During this period of time, as William Chen's wealth was disclosed, his popularity rose again. Then, when his predecessor was still in Hollywood, the women who had scandals with him were frequently approached by reporters. When interviewing the things they got along with at that time, up to now, there are only three that he has heard of.

Fortunately, at this time, William Chen's bodyguards came to the villa and brought breakfast over, which slightly eased William Chen's embarrassing atmosphere.

Breakfast is very simple, sandwiches, milk and burritos. After eating breakfast, William Chen wiped his mouth and said to Scarlett:

"You know that Marvel Studios' "Iron Man" has been filmed and is undergoing post-production. It will be released soon. After that, we have plans to shoot the second part. There is a character in it, which is Black Widow. This is a very important character in the Marvel Universe that will be launched later, and I think it is very suitable for you."

Scarlet raised her eyebrows, and said with a slight sarcasm:

"Is this the reward for my hard work last night?"

"I hope you see it as a fit of image. To be honest, when I first saw the setting of this character, I thought it was very suitable for you. With short red hair and tight leather clothing, this image is controlled by you. , will be heroic."

"Looks like this is some kind of new role-playing that you're looking forward to trying? Perhaps in order to get this role, I should try this new look with you next time."

"..."

William Chen sighed, and said with some sincerity:

"I want you to know that even though we've broken up now, I think we're still friends and if this role is right for you, it's going to be a top priority."

"Even if we didn't sleep last night?"

"Yes, nothing to do with that."

"Well, I trust you, William."

Scarlett finished her coffee, stood up from her seat, and said:

"Even now, after everything has happened, it sounds a bit hypocritical for you to say that."

She walked over to the sofa, put her coat on her arm, picked up her bag, turned to William Chen and said:

"In addition, you are indeed much better than the previous technology, I was very satisfied last night."

"Well, Scarlett, I'll go out right away and drop you off, it's not easy to take a taxi here." William Chen got up and said to her.

"No, I forgot to tell you, William, I'm divorced, and the new house is right next to you."

……

When William Chen said that he was going out immediately, he didn't just say it casually. He went to the airport shortly after Scarlett left.

Pick up Ember Heard on the way, and take the William to Silicon Valley together.

Ember has finished filming "Iron Man". After meeting William Chen, he became more and more happy. He took the initiative to hug him, kissed him, and said:
"It's such a pleasure to see you again, dear."

Ember was very envious of Talulah's ability to find a rich boyfriend like Musk before, so after meeting William Chen through a party, he took the initiative to have a relationship with him. At that time, William Chen had just started to become famous in the investment field. The acquisition of the "New York Observer", Twitter, and the initial investment in Netflix and Tesla, this is the first time the outside world's evaluation of him has reversed. Although it is still accompanied by doubts, his previous image of a prodigal son has improved. many.

Therefore, Ember also confirmed that William Chen is rich, at least not worse than Musk, which is the main reason why she made up her mind to gamble once.

After that, as she expected, and even far exceeded her expectations, William Chen continued to make huge acquisitions, including buying Yahoo's Ali shares for US$40 billion, buying Marvel, and buying MGM...

This also allowed Ember to get the role of Pepper in "Iron Man", but until recently, with the announcement of the Forbes Global Rich List in 2010, Ember had a specific understanding of William Chen's net worth , also made her ecstatic, the fourth richest man in the world, what does this mean?

This means that as long as she grasps William Chen's thigh, even if she can't get any public identity, but as long as she can have a child, then she won't have any worries for the rest of her life.Knowing that William Chen has half of the Chinese blood, Ember also read many articles about the traditions of the Chinese people, knowing that they still attach great importance to future generations, so he strengthened his determination.

“How did it feel to shoot Iron Man this time?”

"It feels great, my dear. I think this movie will be a success. I believe in your vision."

At this time, Ember next to William Chen looked very well-behaved.

After arriving at his villa in Silicon Valley, Chen William first met Nelson who had come earlier.

After buying Siri and establishing an artificial intelligence research and development center in Silicon Valley, William Chen had the idea of ​​acquiring Siri's partner, Nuance, which is also the dominant company in the field of intelligent voice in the world. Since then, Nelson has sent specialized personnel to carry out this matter.

"Boss, this economic crisis has also had a great impact on Nuance's stock price. Their stock price has fallen by 50% from the highest point. Based on the stock price, Nuance's current market value is about 10 billion US dollars. But The acquisition did not go well. The company's management insisted that the current stock price is far undervalued, and their company's current situation is not bad. Through cooperation with large companies including Samsung and Philips and enterprise users, they are profitable. It’s not as good as it used to be, but it’s no problem keeping the company afloat.”

"And for Nuance's current position in the field of intelligent voice, the reduction in revenue is nothing more than reducing investment in research and development. It is still possible to persevere in a short period of time. Therefore, the response to our acquisition proposal is not overwhelming. If you are not active, even according to your order, the purchase price is 100% premium, but the other party also refuses."

From this point of view, Nuance is really a tough nut to crack, but this situation is also among the several possibilities that William Chen envisioned.After all, their current position is too comfortable, they have too many patents in intelligent voice, and their technology is relatively advanced, so they don't worry about the emergence of competitors, and their pursuit of technology research and development is not that great.

Just like speech recognition, a technology with a success rate of 90% can be used, and 95% is already very good. However, for every 1% increase in accuracy beyond this rate, the cost of research and development will rise sharply, but the use of In terms of experience, the improvement will not feel too obvious, so if you invest 1 million U.S. dollars to develop and optimize the results, the benefits you can generate are far less effective than investing 1000 million U.S. dollars for advertising and promotion. No wonder Nuance The company does not have much enthusiasm for in-depth research and development.

In this case, they can fully rely on the current technology to live well.This is also the reason why those giants were able to poach people from Nuance without too much effort later, so as to develop their own speech recognition technology that is not inferior.

"How many shares do we have now?"

"Before this, we have been secretly absorbing Nuance's shares from the secondary market, plus the shares we got from institutions at a premium. Our shareholding is now around 15%, and we are still in contact with other institutions. However, since our 100% premium to Nuance’s management was rejected as a whole, the asking prices of those institutions have increased significantly, and now a premium of less than 100% is no longer considered by them.”

Nelson frowned slightly and said so.

"Then stop for a while, the current shareholding is enough for us to have a certain right to speak in Nuance, go talk to Siri's Adam Cheyer and the others, use the backup plan, try to use the Nuance that we cooperate with The company’s technical staff will come here, pay attention to their company’s technically outstanding people, and try to recruit Siri, well, the R&D center can also enrich some personnel, let them figure it out.”

At present, the three founders of Siri Company, Adam Cheyer serves as the CEO of Siri Company, Tom Gruber serves as CTO, and Daig Gitras is more interested in artificial intelligence and serves as the director of the artificial intelligence research and development center .

　The double monthly pass starts again...you know!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)