Chapter five hundred and twentieth Google goes public

Chapter five hundred and twentieth Google goes public

Before the second audition began, Duke struck out Scarlett Johansson. In the subsequent audition, several candidates for supporting roles were first determined.

After Duke watched the audition, he basically confirmed Michael Caine as Alfred, Gary Oldman as Detective Gordon, Lawrence Fishburne as Lucius Fox, and Henry as Henry ? Ducat's Liam? Neeson, the main supporting role is basically in place, but will not enter the crew for the time being, Charles? Rowan also has to negotiate the actor contract with their agent.

As for the most important hero and heroine, after Christian Bale showed a strong interest, Duke no longer considered other candidates and determined that he would be Bruce Wayne's actor candidate.

In fact, when Duke was in Iceland, he almost rejected Christian Bale for the simple reason that he only agreed to the audition invitation on the last day of the crew deadline.

Originally, Duke had planned to use Ben Affleck when he did not receive any news about Christian Bale on the last day of the invitation period, but the other party still caught up with the last train.

Christian Bale is not only interested in independent films as many people think .

After all, every actor in Hollywood knows the importance of opportunity.

As for the heroine, Duke was a little hesitant. Although he saw Katie Holmes in the audition, he would not consider each other at all. The remaining Jennifer Garner, Amy Adams, Anne Hathaway and Rachel Helms McAdams each has its own strengths and weaknesses.

He himself is more inclined towards Anne Hathaway, the actress who became famous because of The Princess Diaries. She has been at a low point in her life in recent years. Although her performance in the audition was not as good as it was later, she could cope with the heroine in the film. Still enough. And as long as she doesn't open her mouth and laugh, she is a qualified vase.

It's true that the other party is relatively strong. In Duke's words, it is long, five and three thick, but this is a typical American girl. It is also very in line with the aesthetics of this country.

Several of his deputies also unanimously suggested using her.

I think her audition is the best.

In the film studio, just after watching the audition videos of several actresses, Anna Prinz expressed her opinion, Anne Hathaway has a very special temperament, and she always brings a hint of innocence to her eyes during performances. And hold on, it's a lot like Rachel Dawes in the first movie.

Charles Rowan also nodded. I agree with Anna.

Duke thought for a moment, Well then Anne Hathaway.

As for the future Catwoman, Hollywood is full of actresses with similar conditions, and there are countless suitable people.

Charles Rowan's work efficiency was very fast, and it took about ten days. The issue of the actor's contract was basically settled, and other actors could figure out their roles relatively easily. Christian Bale and Liam Neeson, as well as many stuntmen, were summoned by Duke to the training hall of the Warners studio. Received Jimmy Carter up to three months of endurance and combat training.

The preparatory work is proceeding step by step, and the time has also shifted to August. Duke's energy was inevitably distracted by firms from Silicon Valley. One of the most important investments in his life, Google was about to go public for financing.

According to founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin's earliest ideas. Google is in no hurry to go public.

The reason why they want to IPO this month is mainly because some requirements of the SEC have prompted it to make a decision as soon as possible.

Under SEC rules, companies with more than 500 shareholders and assets of more than $10 million must disclose their business information and should disclose their financial situation within four months of the end of the fiscal year.

This clause has inspired the enthusiasm of many American companies to simply launch an IPO, and Google is also in line with this requirement - he has more than 1,000 employees who have stock option options in the company, and the assets have already exceeded 100 million.

Long before going public, Larry Page and Sergey Brin were well-positioned to remain in control of the company in the future, with Google splitting its shares in April for each voting class A share. A non-voting Class B share was issued, and Google's share price was halved as a result, which provided opportunities for small and medium investors to participate, while also weakening the voting rights of some major shareholders, thus ensuring the power of the two founders.

This is what every normal businessman would do. No one wants to see the company they have worked so hard to create end up in someone else's hands. Duke doesn't care too much about it. He doesn't know how to run a company at all. Investing in Google is just a matter of Just for money.

On August 19, Google, which was only six years old, went public in a highly anticipated initial public offering at a whopping $23 billion on Wall Street for a six-year-old company!

At this time, Google's annual revenue was 2.7 billion US dollars, and its annual profit was 286 million US dollars.

Unlike most public offerings, Google sells shares through an auction, as well as lowering IPO fees.

Marketers would take a 4 percent fee for such a plan to raise nearly $3 billion in IPOs, according to Wall Street, but Google charges just 2.8 percent for this approach.

In theory, the auction should offer listed companies the highest possible offering price, while offering individual investors the opportunity to buy shares in the primary market.

But by the time Google launched its IPO, the company had to scale back its offering and lower its price amid weak demand.

Although at one point the offering price ranged between $108 and $135, Google ended up going public at just $85, selling just 22.5 million shares and raising only $1.9 billion.

Adding to the woes, Google shares jumped 18 percent on their first day of trading to close at $100.34, a sign that the auction didn't achieve some of its intended purpose -- setting the offering price as close as possible to value investors. The value that would be given to the stock on the open market.

Even a layman at Duke could see that this was not a successful IPO.

But for him, this is not the case. Selling shares through auctions undoubtedly gave him an opportunity. The relatively weak market demand has allowed several of his foundations to grab a lot of shares. The amount of diluted shares has been pulled back to 25%.

Duke could have grabbed more shares if it weren't for the SEC's requirement to make an announcement, but that's enough to satisfy him.

This IPO was not a success, but Google became a star in the market and the media. By the close of the day, Google's market value had risen to $27 billion, creating hundreds of multi-millionaires.

There is no doubt that Larry Page and Sergey Brin and Duke have become the three most dazzling public offerings.

Of course, shares and actual funds are two different things. Stock trading is not about buying and selling vegetables in the market. Listed companies have many restrictions on shareholders. Before the ban is lifted, many people cannot sell their stocks.

However, Duke is not short of money, otherwise he would not buy Google's shares again. Although Google does not pay dividends, the biggest purpose of his investment is to preserve value. The speed of the devaluation of the dollar is too fast.

There is no doubt that with Google's official listing and fundraising, Duke has become one of the top billionaires in the United States on the card.

And after Google's listing, the stock price has been rising, and the value of the shares in his hands will be higher and higher.

Afterwards, Duke's work returned to the preparatory film, and it took a lot of time and energy just to review and adjust the various equipment designed for Batman.

Lamborghini temporarily set up a production line in the workshop to complete the main design and manufacture of the Batmobile.

Unlike the four Batman movies in the 1980s and 1990s, the new trilogy tends to be realistic, and some of the equipment that is too sci-fi is not intended to be used by Duke. The style of all ages, the success of this trilogy, its realistic style is undoubtedly an important factor.

Not every hero can shoot realistically, and Bruce Wayne's main setting is undoubtedly biased towards this style.

And Duke intends to start the Marvel series of Iron Man, the situation is just the opposite of Bruce Wayne, Tony Stark's character and many black technology, it is determined that the film can not be realistic, biased towards all ages Duan, or children's simplistic style, can be said to be one of the key reasons for the success of Marvel movies.

How scary would it be if Duke made a film like Iron Man in a realistic style, just like he made Batman comedy?

In a busy state of work, time always flies very fast. Throughout August and September, Duke spent the entire month of August and September in intense preparations. Although he met Ivanka once during this period, the relationship between the two did not improve.

In the final analysis, Scarlett just induced the potential differences and contradictions between the two, and Donald Trump is a corner that the two cannot get around.

Ivanka insisted on introducing funds from the Trump Organization in the financing and share expansion, but Duke, who holds 45% of the shares and has the corresponding voting rights, disagreed, and it was impossible to achieve.

There is no limit to human greed. Duke has made enough concessions to Donald Trump before that it is impossible to compromise without limit.

Fortunately, both of them are relatively rational people, especially Ivanka, who has invested a lot of money and effort in this company, and will not continue some conflicts into work.

No matter how deep the love is, it can't stand the passage of time. Although the relationship between Duke and Ivanka has not broken down, it will inevitably fade. If no one gives in, it will be difficult to go hand in hand. (To be continued ^)

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