The beautiful lifeguard's "private teaching fee" was US$2,000, and Li Zhenyu learned the correct posture and force techniques from her.

The waves rolled and kept hitting the rocks on the coast.

Pa pa~ The sky darkened, a bonfire was lit on the beach, and the yellow light of the lifeguard booth lit up, reminding people in the sea that it was time to come back.

Li Zhenyu held the surfboard and went around the reef with Ellie and appeared on the beach.

"Ellie, where have you been? I've been looking for you all afternoon."

Ellie smiled, put her arm around the other's shoulders and said, "Li, my new employer, I'm going to teach him how to surf. What's up?"

The other party shook his head and looked at Li Zhenyu with vigilance: "No, nothing, I'm just worried about your safety."

Ellie frowned and said unhappily: "I'm an adult and can take care of myself."

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Li Zhenyu quickly interrupted and said, "I should go now, Coach Ellie, thank you for your personal demonstration."

After Li Zhenyu finished speaking, he turned and left, leaving two people with different expressions arguing behind him.

"Ellie, what did you do?"

"What I do is none of your business. Who are you to me?"

"Ellie, you know how I feel about you."

"Stop talking, we are just colleagues..."

Alas, the world is so big, and there are so many dogs.

At the beach villa, Claire and others had just returned and were discussing the conditions offered by Colombia.

Films imported from Hollywood are distributed according to 35/17/48.

That is to say, for a Hollywood blockbuster, the producer takes 35%, the distributor takes 17%, and the final 48% goes to the exhibitor.

Screening accounts for the majority of these, which is an international standard.

But that was for Hollywood, the identity exchange situation was not that simple.

The condition given by Columbia is 70 percent, covering both distribution and response, and they can discuss the specific division themselves.

The only thing that is confirmed is that Zy+ will have to give up 5 percentage points more.

Claire and Park Hoon-jung naturally disagreed, but the other party insisted on the 70% standard and threatened that no one in Hollywood would want this film except them.

Li Zhenyu suspected that he had heard it wrongly. Who would say that?

Where's your brain? We are here to discuss cooperation, not to beg you for food.

Claire sighed and said helplessly: "There are arrogant people everywhere. I will think of a way."

Colombia is not the only option, but it is still the best choice.

The reason why the other party behaved like this might be related to the fact that Li Zhenyu himself was in Los Angeles but did not show up.

This incident hurt the other person's heart and made him feel that he was not taken seriously.

"Who is in charge of the negotiations?"

"Matthews, Vice President for Review and Issuance."

"Is there anyone who has the same authority as him, or higher."

The president and the first vice president are responsible for the specific operations of the entire company and can also make the final decision on signing contracts when necessary.

"Go beyond Matthews, talk to other people, and contact a few more companies."

"Hoonjeong."

"senior."

"Go to Paramount and Universal tomorrow. Don't just focus on one."

Park Hun-jeong responded helplessly. It was clearly his idea to choose Columbia, so why should he take the blame now?

But who can blame him? He is just a small assistant director with no human rights.

"Yes, it's just that Paramount is now fully preparing to shoot Transformers, and I'm afraid they are not interested in other films."

"Why not if you can make money? Don't worry, they won't refuse."

Besides, I don’t really want to join.

Paramount and Universal are industry giants, each with its own glorious history.

But if he really has to give up Columbia, the best choice, Li Zhenyu would rather set his sights on MGM.

Today, MGM, which once created "Tom and Jerry", an unsurpassed masterpiece in the history of animation, is about to lose everything.

At the beginning of next year, MGM will be hit by another financial crisis, with debt and operating capital gap reaching as high as 170 million US dollars.

MGM hopes to overcome this difficulty by delaying interest payments to debtors and to reverse the situation by restarting the long-lasting classic IP "007".

But not all of its many debtors want it to be revived.

What everyone is most envious of is the huge film library that includes many IPs such as 007, Gone with the Wind, Rocky, and Robocop.

Among them, the "007" IP accounts for 50% of the market value and is also MGM's only hope for rebirth.

But he had no intention of offering himself up to be slaughtered before the storm.

No one's money comes from the wind...

Why does this sound a bit awkward? !

"Boss, the dinner will start in 40 minutes. We should leave."

Facebook's charity dinner was held at a private club in Beverly Hills.

Covering an area of ​​7 acres and surrounded by trees, it has a private swimming pool, golf course, and open-air green plaza to meet all activity needs.

The venue was provided free of charge by the investor, presumably to sell Zuckerberg well.

Claire did not rent a stretched Lincoln, but temporarily rented two supercars, which was more in line with the young personality of the BOSS.

The front car is a McLaren GT and the rear car is a modified Mustang.

The purpose of a car is to show your personality, not just the price. After all, to the big guys present today, no matter how expensive the price is, it is just a string of numbers.

Old Taylor's love for Mustangs knows no class distinction. In the garage of any car lover here, there must be a Ford Mustang modified according to his or her preferences.

After showing the invitation, two cars entered the club's gate one after the other and drove diagonally into the empty space on the right side of the white building as instructed.

"Sir, Madam, please follow me." The waiter in a suit and vest led them in.

Li Zhenyu pointed backwards and said, "Wait, my companions are still behind."

After Zhao Yingjun and his female companion caught up, they walked towards the main body of the white building together under the guidance of the waiter.

Zhao Yingjun's female companion is a junior lawyer working for Claire.

With blonde hair and a baby face, she looks like a real-life Barbie.

She also has a very fitting name, Barbara...

Li Zhenyu really couldn't understand why she would choose to be a lawyer given her image.

"Boss, someone is coming."

As soon as he got the champagne, Claire reminded him that someone was coming.

"Mr. Li Zhenyu, it's nice to see you here."

The visitor is Sheryl Sandberg, former vice president of global online sales and operations at Google and current chief operating officer of Facebook.

They had previously communicated via email, asking Shirley to give due attention to this invisible family that has a huge influence in South Korea.

Moreover, in previous exchanges, some of Li Zhenyu's ideas coincided with hers.

His foresight and courage in the fields of Internet and intelligence left a deep impression on her.

"Shirley, me too...why haven't I seen Mark?"

Li Zhenyu scanned the room and could say with certainty that Zuckerberg was not there.

He has admired the Lizard Man for a long time. It is rumored that in order to avoid having his facial expressions analyzed, he hired professionals to design a 'lizard' mask for him at a high salary.

Li Zhenyu was a little curious whether he was now like a normal person, with emotions such as joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness.

"You know, geniuses always have some unique quirks and ideas. He was upstairs with the technicians, and they were talking about the future of Facebook."

Sulli was also helpless. Zuckerberg did not show up for such an occasion, but instead hid upstairs with a group of young people to have a party.

I just hope he doesn't play things too big and create some scandal.

In fact, Shirley could roughly understand why he was like this. To bear all this in one's twenties would be a huge pressure for anyone.

He needs something to vent his inner stress, otherwise he will be crushed.

In any industry with huge competitive pressure, being able to become a senior executive is more or less eccentric.

Smoking, drinking, marijuana, and women are all normal.

The longer you survive in the industry, the more you play.

Those projects that cannot be exposed are the real flood channels that can relieve pressure.

Li Zhenyu nodded in agreement and said, "I think he will be able to make it."

If Facebook succeeds, Zuckerberg will become the greatest entrepreneur of this century.

fail……

In two days, he will become the subject of jokes at other people's dinner tables.

No one knows the future like a prophet like Li Zhenyu, and understands how valuable Facebook will be in the future.

Every time he opens his eyes, fear and excitement accompany him.

His life is not easy! ...

PS: Thank you to book friend 0197 for the reward, thank you!!!

(End of this chapter)