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Time passed quickly, and several low-cost films that Yan Ruxin invested in had completed post-production and entered the promotional period.

"The Hangover" and "The Weakness" are films that Yan Ruxin directly invested in. Both films are promoted and distributed by Warner Bros. and are currently in the promotion period.

However, because they are all low-cost movies, Warner did not put too much publicity on them. They used trailers, social media and the traditional methods of promoting programs on various TV networks.

Yan Ruxin was busy buying platters for investment, and had no time to participate, and felt that there was no need to intervene.

"Inglourious Basterds", "Fake Marriage", and "Julie and Julia" are co-produced or co-published through Summit Entertainment. Therefore, Yan Ruxin, the Weinstein Brothers, Disney, and Columbia Pictures have more or less or less contact.

Not to mention how friendly they are, at least I got to know the management of these studios.

In addition, "The Hurt Locker" released by Summit has also entered the promotion period.

Summit Entertainment's leading actress, the second part of the Twilight Saga series, "Twilight: New Moon" has entered the filming period. Yan Ruxin, like the other management of Summit, is deeply impressed by this company's most popular movie. Also visited a class.

For the most part, though, Summit has taken a laissez-faire stance with Twilight 2.

It's just that Yan Ruxin reviewed the script, and then she held a short meeting with the director, screenwriter and producer for less than 40 minutes, and everything after that was completely let go.

……

As an investor and operator, Yan Ruxin is also a third-year student in the Department of Directing at USC.

In the second semester of junior year, the pressure of school work increased. Although Yan Ruxin didn't struggle with the talent of Angela girl, but was at ease, but the time spent on schoolwork inevitably increased.

After all, it was knowledge that she had never studied before. Yan Ruxin's memory was good, and her comprehension skills were not bad, but she hadn't reached the level of being a prodigious genius who would allow professors to give her the green light to directly waive the exam.

Coupled with the fact that the funds of YA Capital have basically turned into debt and equity held, the company basically has nothing to do, only monitoring various projects and market trends. Catherine and Yan Ruxin do not feel that No matter how difficult it is, YA Capital still recruited two interns.

Both interns were graduate students from Yale and Pennsylvania in the Ivy League, one was in the finance department and the other was in the law department.

The two are mainly responsible for assisting Catherine in YA to do some equity and property rights management.

At the same time, although Yan Ruxin continued to maintain a low-key style in school, her schoolwork was one aspect, and on the other hand, her alumni always gave her the movies and short films they made to watch.

She basically never refuses anyone who comes, as long as she has time, she will watch the short videos seriously, and sometimes she will take home ones she likes, and sincerely invites her husband who is staying at home to watch them together.

From the perspective of her review of professional directors, large and small, most of these films are incomplete in structure, but the flashes of innovation and some peculiar shooting angles and shooting techniques are surprising.

Yan Ruxin mobilized her contacts and introduced the main creators of these short films that she thought were good to Summit Entertainment or directors she was familiar with as interns.

……

At the same time, the Girl Scout Biscuit website was also revised with the help of Marcos. How can this gentleman who is capable and hardworking also owns the shares of the website, and it is not justified to just take money and do nothing.

She has learned her previous lesson this time.

When No Common Sense Star was having a Skype meeting with the website's management team, designers and engineers to design the website together, she also held a pot of hot tea, took a book, and broke into his bedroom and studio. In the master bedroom, leaning on his bed as a "supervisor".

It would be more like if you waved a small leather whip~

Of course, this is just her own self-deprecating joke.

On the other side of the Skype video connection, the management team and designer team of the website were simply cheering, shouting that they finally don't have to be mercilessly whipped and tortured by that cold, professional and critical boss all the time.

After the last time, the area of ​​their psychological shadow is too large to be calculated.

But when Yan Ruxin asked them if they wanted to leave or not to let Marcos intervene in the operation, they reluctantly refused.

Naturally, it wasn't because they didn't dare to offend the boss.

Now is a free society. Although Yan Ruxin and the others have each signed a one-to-three-year contract, the liquidated damages are not high. These teams are elites carefully selected by Yan Ruxin. next home.

She was a little confused at first, and maliciously guessed whether Marcos secretly threatened others with some dangerous means behind her back...

But gradually, she understood.

Mr. Grim is a very stressful character both in appearance and attitude. No wonder he can still be called a "devil" in a place like Wall Street where people cannibalize.

He has the obsessive-compulsive disorder of a perfectionist, but at the same time has an extremely professional vision, a high aesthetic taste, and a profound knowledge background in different fields, so what he says is harsh but hits the nail on the head.

Although his attitude makes people feel pressured, and his words are too harsh to make people feel that he is unreasonable, but you have to admit that most of what he said is right.

That's why these high-achieving and talented students and elites who are pretentious and capable, even though they have been abused by him thousands of times, still want to stay in pain and joy.

Although this mean-spirited gentleman's words are still sharp and his attitude is still cold, but I always feel that when his eyes glanced at the person who unconsciously rolled and messed up his bed, not only did he not feel awkward as a clean freak, but It's softened a lot.

People who have been with each other for a long time may gradually become similar in appearance and thinking. The employees feel that the two big bosses have converged a lot in appearance, and the expressionless and stern man looks much gentler.

……

On this day, Yan Ruxin received an email from Carl Icahn.

When she received the email, she was watering the flowers in the yard, no, to be precise, the vegetables.

Marcos planted a lot of vegetables in the courtyard of his home—for a man with such a cold, serious and unsmiling appearance, there was indeed a big contrast.

However, considering that besides business and finance, what he is most passionate about is cooking food, and one of the most critical factors that determine the quality of cooking is the ingredients. Thinking about it this way, it is not surprising.

Vegetables are grown organically, and it takes a lot of effort.

It happened that this gentleman was not at home today, so he specially sent an email, noting which varieties he had added during this period, and how they should be watered, and marked the urgent symbol at the beginning of the email.

Yan Ruxin dug out the vegetable planting instructions that had been printed out before, and then bound the newly added items together, shaking her head and carrying various tools into the garden.

She has no intention of easily challenging some of this obsessive-compulsive man's stubborn preferences - provocation should be used when necessary.

Don't let this deep well ice blow up every day, who can stand it?

Back to Carl Icahn.

Known as the "corporate sniper", "corporate predator" and "radical speculator", the 73-year-old man is one of the most frightening corporate CEOs in the past 20 years.

Of course, "Wall Street Devil" Marcos is also one of them, but Yan Ruxin's reputation is not in this aspect.

Carl Icahn is famous for his hostile takeover of Trans World Airlines in 1985. Time Warner was also a struggling prey in his mouth. Yahoo, Western Union, Motorola...all contributed a lot of money to his acquisition strategy.

Carl Icahn's strategy is actually very simple. His targets are usually companies whose shares he believes are undervalued. After he hostilely acquires the company, he quickly uses various methods to increase the company's stock price and quickly cash out, earning the intermediate price difference.

When facing the film industry giant Time Warner, he acquired 22 million shares for US$5000 billion, and then cashed out at a price of more than US$30 billion six months later, making a fortune.

And now it seems that he has become interested in YA Capital.

If it were Yan Ruxin who was still at the Big Moore, she would not have too much pressure to face Carl Icahn.

Because she has enough resources and anti-risk coping ability to drag Carl Icahn's hostile takeover to the late stage, when the time comes, it's still uncertain.

But the current YA capital is not enough to meet Carl Icahn.

Fortunately, YA is not publicly listed, nor does it attract external capital injection. The company's only two shareholders, besides Yan Ruxin, are Marcos' Miranda. She just needs to ensure that Marcos will not sell the shares.

In addition to the 5% exchanged out, she also has the right to repurchase the other 25% of the shares. If Miranda defaults, Miranda will have to pay a heavy price, so it is not too dangerous.

After figuring this out, Yan Ruxin patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief.

……

In the evening, the gentleman who had been meeting for a day returned home.

Turning into the entrance, Marcos narrowed his eyes keenly, and then locked his eyes on Yan Ruxin who was watching the TV seriously.

"Is there something?" He asked expressionlessly, and he didn't know how he could tell from Yan Ruxin, who was immersed in TV dramas every day, that her expression seemed to be the same, that she had something to ask.

"Did you get the email from Carl Icahn?" she asked bluntly.

He nodded, walked to the sofa and sat down with his long legs, and said, "I received it last Monday."

"What? Today is already Friday, and you received it last Monday?" Yan Ruxin's eyes widened, she approached him unconsciously, and frowned as if thinking of something, "...you can't reach an agreement with him. Agreement, want to deal with me together?"

No wonder Yan Ruxin thought so.

If it were an ordinary person, when they had an affair with each other and had a life-and-death friendship, considering the emotional ties, they might think it was some kind of betrayal.

But the person in front of her is not an ordinary person. She can guarantee that when he makes business decisions, the last thing he will consider is whether it is about emotions.

Reason and interests are always his first considerations.

Sure enough, he hooked his lips with an unclear expression: "If the benefits are big enough, it's not impossible."

She knows the way of thinking of investment bankers, and she used to think like this, so it is naturally understandable.

But although she could understand it, it didn't mean that she was really as calm as she appeared on the surface.

"Don't forget the stock I sold to you. I have the right of first refusal. The liquidated damages are doubled. If you want to sell the replacement stock, it's only 5%. It won't cause any trouble." Yan Ruxin sneered. , "Besides, cooperating with Karl is undoubtedly seeking skin from a tiger."