America's Road to Fame

Chapter 34 Small Rewards

With such an intensive plan, William Chen's day will be full.There will be 4 sessions of 3 hours each.In this regard, William Chen believes that if it is only six days, it can still persist.

The problem now is that he has four courses a day, including the study of script writing, the study of director's storyboard script, and Erica's basic study for the master's degree in economics. Among them, Erica still needs to complete two 6 hours of lectures.

Therefore, what he was going to discuss with Erica was for her to choose the teaching time she thought was more appropriate, so that he would arrange the other two in the remaining time slot.

"Wow, William, are you sure you can persist like this?" Erica said with an incredulous expression.In her opinion, such high-intensity study, which lasts 12 hours a day, is a very high challenge to a person's spirit and endurance.

And although she has never been in contact with it, she also knows that it must be very difficult to learn script writing and directing storyboard production in only 6 days, something that needs to be accumulated very much.

"If you don't try, how will you know? Shall we make a bet, Teacher Erica, if I can successfully complete these six days of study, can I have a small reward?"

At this moment, William Chen had a charming smile on his face.But in Erica's eyes, this appearance felt a little dangerous.

She is very familiar with this expression. When William Chen gave her lectures, every time he put forward slightly excessive conditions, such as when he got an A+ in the exam last time and needed Erica to help him study the quality and feel of stockings , is this expression.

"Rewards? I admit that this is indeed a very difficult matter. But since you have raised this matter so happily, you are still very sure. Besides, if I don't talk about my two homework, how can you guarantee other things?" Can you really master the two subjects?" Erica asked Chen William not to be outdone.

"This is very simple, Mr. Erica. It's like having a graduation thesis in college, and I can prove it to you in a similar way. The reason why I am going to study this this time is that I recently conceived a I want to make a movie, so I need to write a script and a storyboard.”

"After all, not only do I not have the experience of directing, but I also don't have that much time to shoot such a movie. Therefore, I can use it to prove that I have completed the six-day study and mastered it, as long as I put the movie I conceived I wrote the script and perfected all the shot scripts. After completing these, it is estimated that any director can easily make this movie, so is it possible for me to use these two things to prove it?"

"That's fine, but how do you prove that you created these? After all, I know that there are many gunmen in those scripts in Hollywood. And since it's a bet, then each of us has to take the lottery. Your lottery is What, William?" Erica seemed to be quite interested in this, she continued to ask.

"If you want, you can watch while I do this later, Mrs. Erica. And I have an idea about the lottery: for the sake of fairness, as a bet, we hope that the other party will need to do after losing the bet. Things, each write down, and then exchange. If both parties agree, the bet is reached. How about my proposal, Mr. Erica." William Chen thought of an idea and said it to Erica.

Erica also felt that this method was better, so she nodded in agreement.So the two each held a piece of paper, and wrote on it with a pen what they wanted the other party to do after losing the bet.

After the two exchanged what they had written, William Chen saw what Erica wrote on the paper, what he needed to do if he lost, his face changed slightly, he looked at Erica strangely and said: "This will not be good. Is it going too far? Mrs. Erica?"

"Hehe, ask yourself, isn't what you wrote too much? William Chen!" Erica gritted her teeth and said, "Do you think it's appropriate for you to bring up such a thing as a student? This is what you call respecting the teacher." Is it serious?"

"Uh, I take back what I said. I think your request is very reasonable. How about it? Mr. Erica, do you agree with our bet?" Hearing what Erica just said, William Chen immediately No more words, and quickly asked: "If you are not sure about yourself, I allow you to regret it now."

"William, you don't have to provoke me like this. Okay, I agree. I am looking forward to your performance. In fact, if you are not sure, you can still use six days to practice other things, for example..." Ellie Ka pointed at the paper Chen William held in his hand, and said with a half-smile.

"Don't worry, Teacher Erica, I still look forward to your performance." Chen William raised his eyebrows and said with a smile.

But to be honest, William Chen really didn't have much confidence in this bet. After all, he hadn't tried the effect of the experience boosting ring, so he was able to spend 6 days learning from Erica while compiling the script. He is not 100% sure about the writing and the production of the director's shot script.

But he is still willing to give it a try. After all, if it is really a sure bet, it is not so interesting.Moreover, this bet can also make him devote more seriousness to the study of these six days.But if he still loses in the end... Uh, probably not.

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Tom helped Chen William to find two teachers, one of them is a relatively well-known screenwriter, and the other is a director who once worked with Chen William, and this director is still a student of art, so he is very good at storyboarding and scripting. Also have their own understanding.

Of course, because they are well-known, the remuneration that William Chen needs to pay is also very considerable. For six days, each of them will teach William Chen three hours a day, and each person can get a reward of 5 US dollars. Naturally, they want to hand over all their special skills, although both of them agree that William Chen only has such a short time, and it may be difficult to even get started.

But before the two teachers arrived in New York, Paris came back first.After William Chen saw her at home, he felt that after a period of rest, she became more energetic.

"William, I saw your interview on "The Oprah Show". What you said was awesome, and I'm so proud of you." Paris brought a travel bag to Chen William's house. After the meeting, she said He praised Chen Weilian's performance in the interview, took the initiative to hug him, and offered a sweet kiss.

Yes, the interview William Chen filmed with Oprah was finally aired.Since the broadcast of this episode, the response has not been good, and many people really got to know William Chen again because of this.

At least, he can talk about him without the prejudice in the previous reports as much as possible. William Chen can clearly feel these changes from the comments on his Facebook and Twitter accounts on the Internet.

Speaking of Twitter, Nelson has proposed to the other party the overall acquisition intention, and plans to acquire Twitter with an offer of US$2 million after evaluation. The other party has not yet given a clear answer.

However, according to Nielsen, some of Twitter's previous investors are still more interested in this offer, especially Twitter's A-round financing investment institutions.

At that time, they had more contact with Jack Dorsey, the founder of Twitter. After the management turmoil last year and Jack Dorsey resigned from the CEO, they were not so optimistic about the future of Twitter, so now they have the opportunity to use more than ten times They are still a little moved to sell their shares in return.

As for the investors in the B round, you must know that a year ago, the valuation of Twitter’s B round financing was only 8000 million U.S. dollars, and now they can get 1.5 times the profit if they sell it. interest.

Therefore, William Chen told Nielsen, just like what he said at the beginning, try to make the acquisition as a whole as much as possible, and even if it fails, you should get as many shares as possible.

If he can only get [-] to [-] percent of the shares, William Chen may at most get Twitter to go public, and then gradually cash out, because although he has a certain right to speak in the company with this proportion of shares, most Internet companies will With the implementation of AB shares, investors have less right to speak than the company's management.

Just like we can see that whether it is the United States or Huaguo, many Internet companies, even if the founders only have single-digit shareholdings in the end, they can still firmly control the company because of the shares they hold and voting rights. It is several times or even ten times higher than ordinary shares.

If the final result is that way, it will be difficult for William Chen to stabilize the management of Twitter, and it is very likely that there will be continuous changes in the management, so its future development will be very limited.

Just like the Twitter company in the previous life, the subsequent development was gradually overtaken by the same type of Instagram and ephemeral companies.

If this is the case, then it is better to treat it as a financial investment, sell the stock and leave after earning dozens of times the income, even if you keep a certain amount of shares in the end, so that you have the right to speak in the company, if you can't completely control company, it is enough to retain 15-20% of the shares.

"I will take the acquisition as the top priority. I will negotiate with the shareholders and the management first. When it is almost the same later, I will need you to talk to the management. But looking at the current situation, even if the acquisition cannot be completed in the end, getting more than It is not difficult to achieve 60% of the shares." Nelson said to William Chen.

(End of this chapter)