Chapter 34: small reward

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

The problem now is that he has four courses in one day, including the study of script writing, the study of directing and storytelling, and Erica's basic study for the master's degree in economics. Among them, Erica still needs to take two 6 hours of teaching.

Therefore, what he plans to discuss with Erica is for her to choose the teaching time that she thinks is more suitable, so that he will arrange the other two in the remaining time period.

"Wow, William, are you sure you can hold on like this?" Erica said with an incredible look. In her opinion, such high-intensity study, lasting 12 hours a day, is a very high challenge to a person's energy and endurance.

And although she has never been in contact with it, she also knows that it must be very difficult to learn the script writing and the production of the director's split script in just 6 days.

"If you don't try, how will you know? Let's make a bet, Mr. Erica, if I can successfully complete these six days of study, then 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 was too familiar with this kind of expression. When William Chen was giving her lectures, he always put forward some excessive conditions. For example, when he got an A+ in the exam last time, he needed Erica to help him study the quality and feel of the stockings. , is this expression.

"A reward? I admit that this is indeed a very difficult thing. But since you brought it up so happily, then you are quite sure. And I haven't said these two homework, how can you guarantee the other Can you really master the two homework?" Erica asked William Chen, not to be outdone.

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

"After all, not only do I have no directing experience myself, but I don't have that much time to make such a film. So I can use it to prove that I completed these six days of study and mastered it, just need me to put my own idea of ​​this film. The script was written, and all the storyboards were perfected. With that done, I guess any director could 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 it's your original creation? After all, I know there are a lot of shooters in those scripts in Hollywood. And since it's a bet, then each of us has to come up with a lottery. Your lottery is What, William?" Erica seemed to be interested in it, she continued.

"You can watch while I do this later if you want, Mr. Erica. And about the jackpot, I have an idea: to be fair, as a bet, we put what we want the other side to do after losing the bet. Write things down and exchange them. If both parties agree, the bet is reached. What about my proposal, Mr. Erica." William Chen thought of an idea and said it to Erica.

Erica also felt that this method was quite good, so she nodded in agreement. So the two of them each took a piece of paper and wrote on it with a pen what they needed to do after they hoped the other party lost the bet.

After the two exchanged what they had written, Chen William saw what Erica had written on the paper. If he lost what he needed to do, his face changed slightly, and he looked at Erica strangely and said, "Will this not happen? Would it be too much? Teacher Erica?"

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

"Uh, I take back what I said. I think your request is reasonable. How about it? Teacher Erica, do you agree that our bet will be reached?" Hearing what Erica just said, William Chen immediately I didn't say more, and asked quickly: "If you are not sure about yourself, I allow you to regret it now."

"William, you don't need to provoke me like this. Okay, I agree. I'm looking forward to your performance, but if you're not sure, you can still use six days to practice other things, such as..." Erica Pointing to the paper in William Chen's hand, he said with a half-smile.

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

But to be honest, Chen William is really not sure about this bet. After all, he has not tried the effect of the experience booster ring, so he can spend 6 days, while studying with Erica, and writing the script. The writing, as well as the production of the director's storyboard script, are completely mastered, and he is not 100% sure.

But he is still willing to give it a try. After all, if it is a bet that is completely won, it will not be so interesting. Moreover, this bet can also make him devote more seriousness to the six days of study. But if he still loses in the end...well, probably not.



Tom has found two teachers for William Chen, one of them is a relatively well-known screenwriter, and the other is a director who has worked with William Chen, and the director is an art student, so he is very good at splitting the script. It also has its own understanding.

Of course, because they are well-known, the remuneration that Chen William needs to pay is also considerable. For six days, each person will give Chen William three hours of courses every day, and each person can get a remuneration of 50,000 US dollars, but only if the premise is Naturally, they have to hand over all their special skills, although they both agree that Chen William is only for such a short period of time, I am afraid it is difficult to even get started.

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

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

Yes, the interview that William Chen filmed with Oprah was finally broadcast. Since the broadcast of this episode, the response has not been satisfactory, and many people have re-acquainted with William Chen because of this.

At least, I can try to talk about him without the prejudice in previous reports. These changes, William Chen can clearly feel from the comments on his Facebook and Twitter accounts on the Internet.

Speaking of Twitter, Nielsen has already proposed the overall acquisition intention to the other party, and plans to acquire Twitter with an offer of 200 million US dollars after evaluation, but the other party has not given a clear answer yet.

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

At that time, they were more in touch with the founder of Twitter, Jack Dorsey. After last year's management turmoil and Jack Dorsey's departure from the CEO, they were not so optimistic about the future of Twitter, so now they have the opportunity to use ten times more They still have some intentions to sell the shares in their hands for the return.

As for investors in the B round, you must know that a year ago, Twitter’s valuation in the B round of financing was only $80 million. Now you can get 1.5 times the profit by selling it. Their offer for William Chen also shows that interest.

Therefore, William Chen told Nielsen that UU Reading , as he said at the beginning, should make the acquisition as a whole as much as possible, and even if it fails, get as many shares as possible.

If he can only get 20 to 30 percent of the shares, Chen William may at most get Twitter's listing and then gradually cash out, because although his shares have a certain right to speak in the company, 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 many Internet companies, whether in the United States or China, even if the founders only have single-digit shareholdings in the end, they can still firmly control the company. The reason is that they hold shares and voting rights. To several times or even ten times the common stock.

If this is the final result, it will be difficult for William Chen to stabilize the management of Twitter, and it is very likely that the management will continue to change, so its future development will be very limited.

Just like the Twitter company in the previous life, its subsequent development was gradually overtaken by the same type of Instagram and instant-on-read companies.

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

"I will take the acquisition as the top priority. I will negotiate with the shareholders and management first. Later, I will need you to chat with the management. However, looking at the current situation, even if the acquisition cannot be completed in the end, it will take more than 60% of the shares is not difficult to achieve." Nielsen said to William Chen.