I’m in Hollywood

The average number of visitors per day exceeds 5 million. If you say this number, not only Elizabeth, but also most people will not easily believe it, but it is an indisputable fact.

Since the advent of personal computers in the 1980s, North America alone has accumulated tens of millions of users. These are important foundations for the successful promotion of network services. After Clinton took office, he increased the promotion of the information superhighway plan at the government level. .

However, the most important thing is that the graphical interface browser that appeared two years earlier has lowered the threshold for ordinary people to explore the online world. Together with the content support provided by the Yahoo portal website and online services such as free e-mail, the network service is no longer limited. Because of professional computing personnel, it began to expand to the broadest user base, so it has the user scale of Yahoo today.

If you have to explore the reasons, Eric replied when he heard Elizabeth's doubts, It's similar to the appearance of television sets in the 1950s and 1960s. People found that they could observe the world through a small box, so they chose to buy them. , Investors see the profits, and they also set up TV stations to provide content, so a very large industry has gradually formed. The current situation is that computer networks can not only observe the world, but also communicate with the world, and the relevant software and hardware conditions are also It has been accumulated for more than ten years, and once it starts to explode, the expansion is of course very rapid.

Elizabeth said: But the traditional paper media industry can't be eliminated because of this, right?

Eric nodded and said, Of course not, but it will not be as beautiful as before.

Elizabeth suddenly smiled and said, Then what do I do now, I'll tell my old man. Bah-bah. I mean. I told my dad that the newspaper industry is about to decline, so why don't we buy it? Do you think he will because Do your few words change deep-rooted opinions?

Eric spread his hands and said: Then, in the second half of the year, Firefly will sort out this part of the assets for public sale, and News Corp. will come to participate in the bidding. In business, whoever offers the highest price will sell Firefly to whomever.

Elizabeth felt that this matter seemed to have no choice but to do so. Go back and tell the old man what Eric said. Even if it doesn't affect his final judgment, at least News Corp. will be out of this scruples when bidding, and the bid will not be so aggressive.

One more thing, the two were about to leave after talking, when Eric stopped Elizabeth again and said, Don't reveal the scale of Yahoo's user data.

Although Yahoo, ie and just launched have been closely followed by the industry, on the one hand, the industry only sees three companies burning money without any output; on the other hand. These three companies have never publicly released any company data, which is why they have been able to maintain a quiet expansion posture for several consecutive years. Although many people have realized that the user scale of the three companies is already very large.

But there is no specific data, but it is not enough to stimulate the awakening of too many people. If the data just now is publicly disclosed, many industry giants will realize what the total user scale of 20 million and the daily average of more than 5 million visitors means. A field with promising investment prospects will attract a large number of competitors to this field at that time.

Elizabeth stopped and asked, Can't even my dad say that?

Eric nodded solemnly and said, You can't tell your old man in particular.

Elizabeth hammered Eric angrily, but she still agreed: I know, but these things should be hidden sooner or later, right?

Eric clenched his fist confidently, waved it gently, and said, As long as there is another year of layout time, the chips in my hand are enough to crush any competitor!

Portal websites and online mailboxes are all relatively easy to copy, but as long as the instant messaging software developed by Steve Mitnick is popularized, combined with the technical barriers of IE browsers and other means, weaving into a huge user base The Internet can suck in all new Internet users like a black hole.

The Matthew effect that the stronger the stronger the weaker the weaker in the Internet industry is very obvious. Once a giant in a certain field is formed, it will be difficult for similar companies to compete with it.

Elizabeth couldn't help but stared at Eric's calm and confident profile for a few seconds, felt Eric's eyes move, and hurriedly avoided, saying: By the way, you just said let me recommend for you. A Yahoo's editor-in-chief?

Eric saw Virginia beckoning to them outside, walked out with Elizabeth, and asked, Do you have any good candidates?

I don't know if it's a good candidate. You can only judge for yourself, Elizabeth said. You know Vanity Fair, right?

Well, Eric nodded, and then thought of someone: Don't you mean Tina Brown, will she be willing to leave Condé Nast?

The portal website has just emerged, and Eric can only select talents from traditional media, and this person must have a strong enterprising spirit and a non-conservative character, otherwise it will be difficult to accept the new field of Internet media. Tina Brown has successively led Vanity Fair, The New Yorker and many other magazines to the top through a series of innovations in the original time and space. She should be only in her early 40s now, and there is no shortage of these necessary personalities, and it is the cause of her career. In the peak period, if this woman can really be dug into Yahoo as editor-in-chief, it would be a good choice.

It's just in memory that Tina Brown left the editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair magazine and directly transferred to the editor-in-chief of another New Yorker magazine under the Condé Nast Publishing Group.

Elizabeth said: Tina just resigned from Vanity Fair at the beginning of the year. We are still familiar with her. I saw her at a party two days ago. On hesitation, she's not a repeat person, and if there's a better option, I think she wouldn't mind trying it out.

Eric said: Then you can leave a phone call to me later.

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As night fell, the manor house was brightly lit inside and outside.

Since it's a birthday party, it's natural to start blowing out candles. Everyone tried their best to coax the two little guys who just turned one year old. Hawaii, who was already able to call her mother, watched the people around her point to the candle on the cake in front of her and encouraged her. Seems impatient. In the end, he simply stretched out his little hand and grabbed the candle, which was regarded as extinguishing the candle, causing a burst of laughter. Little Kevin was so frightened by a circle of strangers that he cried, and finally the candle was blown out by Emma who was eager to try.

After the cake was distributed, the party officially began, the table was filled with self-pick-up dinner, and the guests began to gather in twos and threes, sitting or standing.

Eric walked through the crowd with a glass of red wine to greet the guests. Continuing the afternoon talk about movies with Pierre Clarke from Merrill Lynch and others, Joanna suddenly walked up to him and gently pulled his sleeve.

Sorry, excuse me, Eric nodded to a few people, then came aside with Joanna and asked in a low voice, What's wrong?

Joanna just whispered: Eric, come with me.

Eric followed Joanna into the villa for some unknown reason, walked through the hall full of guests and came upstairs, and Joanna pointed to the bedroom. Said, Vicky is crying, go and persuade. I don't know what to say.

Eric stopped and asked, What's the matter, wasn't it okay just now?

About Kevin, Joanna said, Xia Xia would speak more than a month ago, but Kevin can't say anything, and just now...

Eric almost understood when he heard half of it, smiled helplessly, and said, Go down and entertain the guests, I'll do it myself.

Pushing open the bedroom door, he saw that Virginia was bending over to change the diaper of the little guy who was lying on the bed. Said: There's no need for this. Boys develop later than girls. Einstein didn't speak until he was three years old. The little guy is only one year old. What are you worried about?

Everyone thinks Kevin is stupid, they just don't talk about it, Virginia felt a sore nose and seemed to be crying again, handed the little guy to Eric, and said, You hug me. He, maybe you don't like him when you grow up.

What nonsense are you talking about? Eric glared at the woman, put the little guy in his arms, stretched out a finger to tease his son, and stared wide-eyed Kevin saw the finger dangling above him , I grabbed it and put it in my mouth. The few small deciduous teeth that had just grown were itchy.

Seeing the intimacy between the father and son, Virginia felt relieved a little, pulled one over to sit by the bed, and suddenly sighed regretfully: I should have chosen a caesarean section in the first place, Kevin must have been absent for a long time. Oxygen does that.

Didn't you test Kevin's IQ and say it's okay?

Virginia said: How can such a small child be accurate.

Eric realized that the woman who accepted the truth couldn't turn around, so he whispered to his son lying beside him: Baby, learn to talk quickly, if you don't talk, mother won't like you anymore.

The little guy stared at Eric with round eyes. He didn't seem to understand Eric's words, but he seemed to understand it again.

Eric looked at his son like this, and tentatively said, Come on, call Dad to listen, and learn from me, Dad-Dad-

After a brief silence, the little guy in his arms suddenly uttered a short syllable: Pa-pa-

Although the pronunciation was very vague, in the quiet bedroom, Eric and Virginia could hear clearly. Virginia suddenly stood up from the chair, with a surprised look on her face, and no longer No sadness just now.

I'll just say, this little bastard is definitely pretending to be stupid, Eric suddenly laughed, turned the little guy over and slapped his ass lightly, and said, And it's just here waiting to occupy the I’m cheap, and I’m not willing to speak out unless I shout out first.”

Although Eric didn't use any strength in his hands, the little guy started crying immediately. Virginia hurriedly snatched her son from Eric's hand, coaxed her with a doting face, and said: Unceremoniously, he blasted the 'culprit' who made his baby pimple cry out of the room.

Eric went downstairs, and Joanna nervously greeted him.

It's alright, Eric smiled and told Joanna what happened just now, and Joanna was relieved: Now Vicky can finally rest assured.

She just cares and messes up, Eric said with a smile.

Most of the villas were female guests. Eric and Joanna said a few words briefly and were about to leave. Chris's girlfriend, Emily, came over and blocked Eric's way.

You can't just throw me a word and leave it behind. I've already contacted a lot of models, and now it's your plan.

Eric smiled and pointed outside: You are still in the mood to worry about this.

Emily looked annoyed, but she couldn't complain that Eric brought Jeffrey: Chris will explain to Jeffrey, we just bought ltd, and we are so busy every day that we don't even have time to sleep, There's still time to get married there. Don't change the subject, okay? You encouraged us to buy ltd, so you can't just leave it alone.

I never planned to leave it alone, Eric said. It's just that I haven't had time recently. It's not that you don't know this, and even if I tell you my plan, you can't do it yourself. I have to do this myself, you can only cooperate.

I can't do anything. It's important for you to disclose it first. At least I can prepare in advance.

I'm going to direct a Victoria's Secret annual show myself.

Emily was a little disappointed and retorted: Is that all? How could I not be able to do this? It's not like you didn't come to New York Fashion Week last year. I personally operated the fashion show in Brighton, and Victoria's Secret has it now. New product launch show of the year.”

Of course it's more than that. I want to gather top-tier models from all over the world to walk the catwalk, invite the most popular pop singers to the scene, and turn the fashion show into an all-around media marketing channel through newspaper preheating, magazine publicity, live TV broadcast and online discussions. Fashion Carnival, making Victoria's Secret a global icon of popularity.

Although Eric just revealed a simple idea, Emily was obviously shocked by Eric's huge idea and almost dropped her chin, and stammered: This... how much does this cost?

First of all, my personal director fee needs to be at least 10 million US dollars, which is still a discounted price, Eric joked, and then said: What we should focus on is how much this marketing strategy can make for the company, Rather than spending a lot of money, I guarantee it will be absolutely insignificant relative to the expected future earnings. (To be continued.)

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