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Chapter 681 Downtime Accident (Repair)

After lunch, Terry Semer accompanied Simon to watch the sample "Suicide Squad" for more than an hour and left Daenerys Cinema, but Simon spent the whole afternoon on this project.

The "Suicide Squad", which has been scheduled to be scheduled for December 16, will be filmed in January and will be completed in April.

As of now, the film has been in the late stage for more than three months, and the special effects part was launched at the same time shortly after the filming started. The entire project is expected to be completed by the end of October.

Because the characters involved the copyrights of superheroes such as Batman, "Suicide Squad" was jointly invested by Daenerys and Time Warner, and Warner Bros. Pictures were responsible for the release. Therefore, compared to "The Flash" and "Cylinder" that Warner alone, Simon also attaches more importance to this new series.

He discussed the details of follow-up special effects, editing, soundtracks and other details with several creators of "Suicide Squad" until after five o'clock in the afternoon, Xi left the post-production center on the first floor of the Cinema and returned to his own office on the administrative district on the third floor.

Following the A-skin who entered the office, waited for Simon to sit down behind his desk, handed over several documents, and said: "D in the afternoon, we reached an agreement with Egret to transfer 20% of Instagram shares, on the condition of $5 million in cash and Egret provides Instagram with unlimited free server support for 18 months. In addition, Egret will also open the Egret account authorized login interface for Instagram."

The $5 million in cash and account authorization are easy to understand.

Just last weekend, because of the traffic diversion of the Igret portal and a large number of celebrity recommendations on Facebook's social network with tens of millions of followers, the number of registered users on the Instagram website exceeded 1.2 million in just three days.

While this starting line of the ladder and the rocket-like jump speed have made many hard-working entrepreneurs in the Internet field envious, jealous and hateful, the value of the Instagram website itself has also been recognized by the industry.

After Simon's registered user data on the first day of the website's launch last Friday, he confirmed that Girl D wanted to sell the website at that time, and there would be a lot of people fighting for the 20 million US dollar offer.

Now, 20% of the shares are exchanged for $5 million in cash, which is equivalent to a valuation of $25 million.

In fact, it's more than that.

In the past, there were many Internet platforms, including various types of account authorization and login interfaces such as email, QQ, Weibo, etc., and many users have become accustomed to this convenient authorization and login model. But now, the account authorization of Igret, which almost monopolizes Internet user resources, is not a treatment that any website can get.

As of now, Igret understands that the huge user base is his most precious resource. Therefore, although Simon proposed the concept of authorized login and Bezos and other management teams also accepted it, they are very cautious about opening each interface.

Instagram is not only the reason why Igrit's investment in the stake, but also the management of Igrit's plan to use this website as a supplementary business in its social network segment.

Just like the Instagram used to Facebook.

Simon and Bezos communicated on the phone in the morning.

However, the 18-month unlimited free server supply is new.

Simon asked, and Alison explained: "This is also a disguised bet. D initially offered a 10 million USD price of 20% of the shares. This is actually not high. Whether in Silicon Valley or Wall Street, venture capital has been tempting Instagram in recent days. Not to mention 10 million USD, even if it is higher, some people are willing to accept it. However, Igrit was only willing to give 4 million USD initially. The two sides bargained and finally added this clause. Free 18 months of server support is provided. If Instagram's development is not as good as expected, Igrit will not suffer much loss. On the contrary, if Instagram continues to grow rapidly as in the past few days, as a shareholder, Igrit can also benefit from the website's value-added."

After hearing this, Simon asked, "Who thought of this?"

Alison was slightly puzzled and said, "Ah D."

Simon nodded slightly and smiled, "A, B, C, D, it's all you need, why don't you let it go together?"

Girl A blinked her eyes, as if she suddenly remembered it, and said, "Boss, Mrs., called and said that she hoped you would go back early today. Mr. David Johnston and his wife came to Los Angeles temporarily and had dinner at home in the evening."

Simon seemed to have forgotten what he said just now. After nodding, he waved his hand to signal that Girl A could go out. He looked down and looked up a piece of media and audience feedback information about the "God Watching Movies" incident last Saturday. Although this incident exceeded Simon's plan, since the matter had happened, he no longer struggled and began to follow up in person, trying his best to maximize his interests.

I continued to be busy until six o'clock, and remembered Alison's reminder, so I went home from get off work.

Back at the Shell Villa, Janet was chatting with David Johnston and his wife in the small bar area beside the glass curtain wall. Jennifer was preparing dinner, and Veronica was watching over the four children in another rest area beside the curtain wall. The three little guys from the Westeros and the son of David Johnston and his wife in February of the year were named Derek Johnston.

After saying hello to David and his wife, Simon sat down next to Janet, took a glass of red wine handed over by the woman, and asked with a smile: "What are you talking about just now?"

Janet was hit on Simon unconsciously, with his arm pillowing on the back of the man's sofa chair, and said, "David and Lily are planning to move to San Francisco. Simon, do you think David can find a job in Igritte?"

When Simon heard Janet say this, he glanced at the David couple. David Johnston was obviously embarrassed, but Leslie looked forward to it.

Without hesitation, Simon nodded quickly: "Of course it's okay. David studies fluid physics, and mathematics must be very good. It just so happens that Egret is constantly strengthening his big data department, so David can work here."

Unable to expect her husband to be too proactive, Leslie Johnston had to ask: "Simon, what is the big data department doing?"

Simon said: "The total number of users of IGRENT has exceeded 100 million worldwide. The big data department mainly explores, analyzes and integrates user behaviors of IE browser, IGRENT portal, social network and other platforms, so as to more efficiently and accurately place advertisements, promote products, customized services, etc. to target users. This is a very important department, personally responsible by Tim Berners Lee, which will affect the development direction of the entire IGRENT company in the future."

After Simon explained, David Johnston was obviously a little moved by the job.

Leslie Johnston realized that when her husband entered this department, he could obviously be an ordinary researcher and lead a small team at most. Even in a research-oriented department, managers also need emotional intelligence and leadership skills. David obviously did not have these, and Simon could not make him the head of the department.

However, when the couple moved to San Francisco, Leslie's fundamental purpose was to herself. She had no expectations for her nerdy husband.

After getting married at the end of the year before yesterday, she became pregnant again last year, and Leslie Johnston's career almost stagnated.

Fortunately, Simon is really good to the people around him, so he handed over a large part of the design work of the Egret Park in Mountain View to the design company of Leslie.

Now that the child is half a year old, Leslie plans to work again. First, he starts by taking over the family's architectural design firm branch in North America. Although the married daughter splashed water, Leslie naturally feels that the North American branch of the family business should belong to her in the future, not her own brother and sister.

As for the husband, don’t be idle if you have a job, and you can also see the children.

After directly finalizing this matter, Leslie took the initiative to talk about the design of Dumeiji Manor. Since buying a large number of properties around, the reconstruction of Dumeiji Manor has not stopped. At present, many extra villas are being demolished one after another, and it is planned to be directly built into a garden corridor, lawn and sports field. However, if the manor is more beautiful, professional designers must be required to plan.

However, this matter is mainly because Jennifer is in charge. Simon and Janet are very busy on weekdays and can't think too much about it.

Everyone talked about various topics for more than an hour. It was getting dusk. Jennifer came over to remind the dinner was ready. Everyone came to a large restaurant in the villa for guests. None of the four little guys were pulled down, which was very lively.

After dinner, they took David and his wife to another apartment in the manor to rest, and the whole family also had free time.

We made an appointment in advance to watch a movie together tonight.

Continue to throw the three little guys to Veronica, Simon and the other two came to the private screening room of Shell Villa.

The movie is "The Story of Fire" which was painted last Friday.

Simon once liked this movie very much. This time, although he had watched the sample film more than once in advance, Simon still did not get tired of it.

Simon's viewing principle is that instead of watching many mediocre movies, it is better to watch a classic movie repeatedly.

Two Jennys enjoyed the intimate time of the three of them.

However, after the movie started, the three of them were quickly attracted by the plot.

This summer, if "Batman: The Rise of the Dark Knight" is a bottle of ice-cold Coke and "Forrest Gump" is a bowl of strong and mellow wine, then "The Story of Fire" is a pot of tea worth savoring.

Although this is also a criminal action movie, what Simon sees in it is the lives of many people.

There is helplessness, disputes, happiness, and loss.

Life is impermanent.

Simon loves both Robert De Niro and Al Pacino.

A seemingly cold but actually the most true nature.

He likes to tell people that there shouldn't be anything that cannot be put down in 30 seconds in life. When he meets a woman he is moved, he insists on saying 'I'm alone, but not lonely'. As a result, he can't let go of his brothers, his lover, and his hatred.

In the end, I couldn't see the seaweed that only shines once a year.

Another one is irritable on the outside but gentle on the inside.

With a face-paralyzing face that has experienced the world and can't do much expression, she widens her eyes and is silenced to those gangsters whom she hates from the bottom of her heart.

He wanted to keep all the sins of the world he had seen in his heart and go home cleanly, not wanting his wife and children to know that there will be viciousness and ugliness in the world that just hates the children too noisy, but the result is not understood.

He pretended not to care about everything, but actually cared the most.

When he sees his daughter's collapse after being killed, he will hold the other person tightly in his arms to comfort him, and his stiff face still makes too many expressions. When he sees his stepdaughter troubled by mental illness, he will tremble and say that none of this should be true. Good people should not be like this, bad people should have such an ending, and they are like the most innocent fool in their words.

The nearly three hours of movie seemed to have ended in a blink of an eye.

Janet said she likes De Niro very much because his role in the film is actually very similar to Simon.

Jennifer said that he liked Pacino's role very much, but a pity that such a good man could not find a good woman who could understand him. Then he felt a little sorry for De Niro's role, wondering why he couldn't be a good person.

Simon has watched this movie many times.

I understand more.

Does De Niro's role as Neil doesn't want to be a good person?

Of course I want to.

However, he was in jail. Although there was no explanation in the video, many details have proved that Neil has a high education and a very smart mind. Such a person could have easily managed a perfect and prosperous life, but once he was imprisoned, it became a stain that he could never get rid of in his life.

Like the black man recruited as a driver.

He also wanted to reform himself, but because of the case, he was squeezed and ordered by the restaurant manager like a dog, without dignity.

A proud person like Neil will definitely not be able to let go of his dignity.

So I can only choose this path.

In this world, it is always difficult to understand without experiencing the world. The world seems to be big and seems to have many choices, but in fact, most people have no choice.

Early the next morning, Simon just woke up and heard bad news.

The Instagram website went down last night.

It lasts for two hours and forty minutes.

Due to the rapid increase in the number of users, the website began to expand and upgrade again at 2 a.m. last night, and this incident was conducted once last Saturday.

Then, due to an engineer's operational error, the website suddenly fell into a paralysis.

Girl D stayed up all night.

Originally, if the Instagram website was limited to the West Coast of the United States, this would only be completed in the sleep of many people. When the website was restored, it was less than five o'clock in the morning on the West Coast.

However, this is a website for global users.

And in recent days, it happened to have received a lot of attention from the media.

Not to mention the rest, it was just on the east coast that the website was restored, and it was already past eight o'clock in the morning. Europe had watched the excitement for several hours, and many European media had already started to tease this.

Because many people know the identity of Girl D.

Simon Westeros has spared no effort to support the vase around him. Look, now, let's make a joke.

It would be great if you don’t have the ability to make a vase with peace of mind.

Simon called after work, and the D girl still had a little tired crying voice in her tone. Of course, the engineer had been fired by her. Simon had to comfort her. This incident was also an advertisement for Instagram.

This is indeed the case.
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