The eldest brother’s Twitter business does not see a relatively clear profit prospect for the time being. Most of his current money for Twitter comes from Facebook’s cash-out funds, and the rest comes from small financing from various parties.
Zuckerberg took a shot at him last year.
He did not allow Zhang Leping to hold more than 20% of Facebook's shares, but his attitude towards Zhang Leping was not as bad as towards Saverin.
It gave Zhang Leping a dignified way to exit the company - using US$105 million in principal and interest cash to repurchase 99% of Zhang Leping's Facebook shares in the form of installment payments. Zhang Leping retained his seat on Facebook's board of directors, but had no voting rights.
After the transaction was completed, Zhang Leping's Facebook stock holdings were only a pitiful 0.71%, and he had no place in the company.
Zuckerberg looks down on Twitter at this stage and feels that this Chinese Zhang Leping will definitely fail, so when Zhang Leping asked him to sign a business prohibition treaty, Zuckerberg readily signed it and promised that Facebook would not do micro blogging. business.
Zhang Leping told his younger brother about this, and Zhang Yuanjun joked: "More than 100 million US dollars, still in cash, what are you not satisfied with? You are richer than our father."
Although the catering business has sufficient cash flow, it really can't come up with more than 100 million US dollars in cash at once. Not to mention the Zhang family, there are currently very few rich people in the country who can afford so much cash.
"You're still laughing!" Zhang Leping smoked a cigarette depressingly. "It took a lot of effort to build Facebook, but it's just gone. What a pity."
"There's nothing you can do about it. Someone else came up with the idea for Facebook, and he has always been in charge of the company. If it were me, I would have kicked out the partners. Such a good company has so much money, so it would be great if I could make it myself."
That being said, Zhang Leping typed out a lot of Facebook's code after all, and he still couldn't bear to part with it.
Therefore, in his new Twitter business, he showed that the entrepreneur has a very strong desire to control the company.
On the basis of comprehensive discussions, he would not allow anyone in the company to oppose his decision, and he would listen to Li Ying's words.
Zhang Yuanjun didn't know whether this was good or bad, but it was probably good.
A startup company needs a captain to make key decisions. If even the founders are hesitant, the company will not survive in the long run.
This is probably a common problem among entrepreneurs, because my parents are like this too. They can split shares, but they must ensure the Zhang family’s absolute control over Guodao Catering. When they decided to open a super flagship store in Beijing in 2005, many shareholders opposed it, but Zhang's father still made a strong decision to invest more than 500 million to start construction in the capital.
"Let's take it one step at a time." The initial stage of starting a business was indeed difficult. "How about you living in the capital?"
"It's not bad. I made a few movies. I didn't invest much but I still made money. I also made some money after releasing an album. It's not a problem to support my employees." If you earn such hard-earned money from filming, don't do it. The Internet compares.
"Are all of you who make movies quite profitable? If there is a good project, I will also participate." Zhang Leping has so much cash in his hand, and he definitely wants to invest it.
"I advise you not to invest in movies. The risks are extremely high and the payment period is long. You are abroad and cannot supervise the domestic situation. You can be tricked to death with just a little manipulation. If you want to invest in China, It’s really better to buy a house, buy a dozen or twenty houses in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, and make money while you’re there.”
But people who work in the Internet seem to look down on a simple and rough industry like real estate: "Why do I need so many houses? You don't understand if I ask you. I'd better buy Apple stocks."
Apple released the first-generation iPhone in January this year, which shocked the world!
Market value skyrocketed.
But now more than a month has passed, and Boss Qiao has still been unable to deliver the goods for sale, causing the outside world to speculate whether the iPhone can be mass-produced.
Are the products released last month designed to fool the market and investors?
However, Internet upstarts are extremely optimistic about Apple and believe that the iPhone will be an epoch-making product. Zhang Leping is also optimistic about this company.
Zhang Yuanjun smiled and said nothing. He was also waiting for a good opportunity to invest in US stocks.
"You smoke less." Seeing his eldest brother lighting up another cigarette, Zhang Yuanjun advised, "You smoke more aggressively than dad."
"I smoked two cigarettes during the Chinese New Year, and I still get blamed by you."
On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Zhang Yuanjun left home and returned to Beijing. He arrived at his Dongshan Villa in the evening, cleaned up a little, and then went into the study to work.
The studio started work on the seventh day of the lunar month, and assistant Xiao Zhao arrived in Beijing one day early.
Work started on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year. Zhang Yuanjun was just a tool that handed out red envelopes for the start of the work. After giving out the red envelopes, everyone just went about their business.
Zhang Yuanjun will fly to Yunnan Province with Teacher Yu on the ninth day of the lunar month. In two days, he has one advertisement, two interviews and three covers to shoot.
"Since when did you have so much work?" Zhang Yuanjun felt strange when he saw his announcements in the past two days.
"Who told you to go home at 29? This commercial and two covers were supposed to be shot years ago."
"Well, blame me."
Zhang Yuanjun's first job of the new year was an advertisement for a shampoo called O'Sally.
Filmed in a green screen studio in Beijing.
Zhang Yuanjun does not sign a long-term contract with the O'Sally brand, and this advertisement is only valid for one year.
The advertising fee was as high as 720,000 yuan. The brand said that if Zhang Yuanjun was willing to sign a long-term contract, he could pay 3.4 million yuan in endorsement fees for two years, but he was rejected.
Zhang Yuanjun came to the studio to discuss the shooting script with the advertising director. The advertising took the form of a short story: the heroine was chased by a pterosaur and was rescued by the hero. The two escaped together. When they jumped off the suspension bridge, the heroine's long hair was too dry and was Stuck, the hero took out shampoo to make the heroine's hair smooth again, and the two got out of trouble.
This script is awkward, but that's what advertising is like these days. The brand also used some snacks, spent money to write such a clip, and even set up the scene in the studio.
It would have been nice not to have Zhang Yuanjun read the words directly into the camera while holding the product.
It was embarrassing, but Zhang Yuanjun gave full play to the ethics of a professional actor and worked for money without complaining.
"Hello, Mr. Zhang, my name is Xiaowen. I'm glad to work with you." The girl in front of me is the heroine of the commercial.
Zhang Yuanjun was putting on makeup and said hello to the heroine.
"Teacher Zhang, should you use your own hairstyle or ours?"
"What's yours like?" Assistant Xiao Zhao asked from the side.
The makeup artist showed her a picture of a model. It was the most popular hairstyle for long hair with bangs, but Xiao Zhao refused: "Don't use this, our own hairstyle looks very good."
Zhang Yuanjun really doesn't like the current hairstyles. He has always had short hair, and when attending events he always exposes the back of his forehead, which makes him appear energetic and capable.
"Okay, then do as you wish." The makeup artist also saved a step of doing hair.
"Sister Zhao," during a break in filming, the agent of the heroine Xiaowen came up to chat, "this is my contact information. We all like Teacher Zhang very much. If you need anything in the future, please feel free to contact us." Looking at the other agent's face, he looked mean. With a deep expression, how could Xiao Zhao not understand the meaning.
Many model companies have this kind of peripheral business. Xiao Zhao took the other party's business card and said with a clear expression: "We fly all over the country throughout the year, so I'm afraid we don't have many opportunities to meet."
"It's okay, we can fly all over the country. Please give us more advice in the future."
"Advice should not be taken seriously. Everyone should get what they need and cooperate with each other."
"That's right. Let's cooperate more in the future." The other manager smiled brightly.
The shooting went smoothly, but Xiao Zhao went to the bathroom and threw away his business card.
The commercial shooting took half a day to complete. Zhang Yuanjun took off his makeup, changed clothes, and left with his assistant Xiao Zhao.
(End of chapter)
