After the picboo virus has continued to spread for five days, there is still no effective solution. Picboo, the network software, is equivalent to completely ineffective. User activity has been plummeting. By the fifth day, the problem has not been solved, and user activity has dropped even further.
It fell directly to three digits.
Before the virus took hold, Picboo's user activity reached more than one million people every day. It can be said that it has shrunk by ten thousand times.
As for the stock market, Picboo is finally on the verge of delisting after five consecutive days of lowering its limit.
Jefferson and other company executives spent every day in the company discussing countermeasures, but five days had passed and they had no solution at all.
Including announcements of a million-dollar reward on the Internet for cracking the virus and a $2 million reward to find the creator of the virus, no clues were found.
The three founders of the company are living like a year these days.
It was already past nine o'clock that night, and the three of them had not left the company yet. They gathered together in Jefferson's grand office, all of them smoking cigars with frowns on their faces.
"Jason, don't you have any clues from the FBI?" Brown, one of the partners of the company, asked.
Jefferson frowned and shook his head: "They don't have any clues. I can only say that the other party is really too cunning."
Another partner, Murphy, was dissatisfied: "They are all a bunch of trash. They are wasting our taxpayers' money. It has been five days and they haven't found any clues."
Brown defended the FBI and said: "It's not that the FBI is useless, but that the creator of this virus is too mysterious and too powerful. We have invited so many experts, but we still haven't deciphered the virus, which illustrates the problem."
Until now, we don’t know which master we offended. This person specifically targeted us Picboo, there must be his reasons.”
After Jefferson hesitated for a while, he said: "I did find a suspect. He is from the Tang Dynasty and is my love rival. He is a star in the Tang Dynasty and has also acquired a small entertainment company in Los Angeles. In short, he
He has money and is also hostile to me. My intuition tells me that it is very likely that he asked a computer expert to create this virus to target me."
Murphy frowned and said: "Jason, are you a little too sensitive? The other party is from the Tang Dynasty. How could he find a computer expert to get him this virus? It's not like you don't know the technical content of this virus. There is such a thing
It is impossible for a technical person to be hired because if he wants money, he can easily make it online."
Brown also nodded and said: "Yeah. Jason, I don't think it was done by this Tang Dynasty person. After thinking about it, it is possible that our Picboo software itself offended this great master because of the function of burning after reading.
What I can think of is that this great guy may have fallen in love with a girl on the Internet, but the girl used our Picboo to send him photos, which disappeared within a few seconds or even a second or two. After a few times,
This pissed off this great guy. As a result, there was this virus specifically targeting Picboo.”
After hearing this, Jefferson and Murphy couldn't help but look at each other, quite speechless.
Brown continued to mind his own business and said: "I think we can solve this matter in a different way. Since this great god likes beautiful women, we can use a beauty trap on him. We can let the most beautiful woman in the company come forward and make it public.
Show love and weakness to the virus creator. I hope he can stop as soon as possible."
When Jefferson and Murphy heard this, they were both stunned. They both felt that Brown's idea was really a new approach.
Murphy was the first to speak: "I think we can give it a try. We've come to this point anyway, so why not give it a try."
Jefferson shook his head and said: "I don't think it will be effective. On the contrary, if we do this, our company will become a laughing stock."
"Jason, we are a laughing stock now." Brown sighed and said, "Our original market value was more than a billion US dollars, but now it has dropped to the limit for five consecutive days, and the market value is only over 100 million US dollars. Isn't it a joke?
"
Murphy smiled bitterly and said: "Then give it a try. Anyway, there is no loss."
Jefferson no longer objected. However, he scorned this method in his heart. In the end, he believed in his intuition and believed that Chen Feng was responsible for this virus incident. Although the FBI monitored this
No clues were found for several days, but he still believed so stubbornly.
After the two partners left his office, he used the office phone to call Chen Feng's mobile phone. Chen Feng's mobile phone had been blocked.
Compared with Jefferson's depression, Chen Feng was much more comfortable. After he, Miranda and he finished eating, they sat on the sofa in the living room and chatted while watching TV.
The main conversation was about the preparations for the "Prada" movie. At present, the movie has finally joined two investors, one of which is Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where Trauren worked before. They invested US$5 million, accounting for 16% of the income, and
After the film is completed, it must be handed over to them for distribution. Beauty Beauty has no distribution channels and no experience in this area. It urgently needs the protection of a major film company like MGM. Therefore, although 16% of the shares is too much
A little bit, but it’s not bad. This is thanks to Laurent’s cooperation with Zhongguan. Otherwise, MGM may not be able to agree to this share ratio.
Another investor, the DMG company represented by Steven, also invested US$5 million and signed a gambling agreement. If the box office of "Prada" does not reach US$100 million, their US$5 million will be treated as a shareholding in them.
At the price of Beauty Beauty, they will own 8% of the shares. If the box office exceeds 100 million, they only need to recover the principal of 5 million US dollars.
Chen Feng readily accepted this gambling agreement and signed the contract with the other party happily.
In the previous time and space, this movie had a box office of more than 200 million US dollars in North America, and a global box office of more than 300 million US dollars. Chen Feng did not believe that in another time and space, this movie would be a hit.
Chen Feng said with a hint of pride: "Our budget now is 25 million US dollars, and Meili Beauty Company has invested 15 million US dollars. This will give us a lot of room for filming. So, you two must have confidence in this movie."
Emily smiled and said: "I have memorized all the lines now. I also play with Randa every day, so I feel confident. But Randa is afraid that her performance will be too poor when she plays opposite Meryl.
.”
Miranda smiled bitterly and said, "Yes. Meryl is a movie queen, and I feel a lot of pressure to act opposite her."
Chen Feng nodded and said: "It's normal for you to have pressure. As long as you convert this pressure into motivation. In addition, don't be afraid of being crushed by the other party in terms of acting skills, because this is completely foreseeable. You can't
She's even better at acting than her. All you have to do is act yourself well. In fact, I created this role specifically for you, and the heroine's character is your character. You just need to put yourself into this role and act in your true colors.
That’s fine.”
Emily clapped her hands aside and said: "No wonder! The more I read this script, the more I think the heroine is so similar to Emily? It turns out that you wrote it completely based on Miranda's character. Chen, you really care about Randa.
It’s so good.”
Miranda smiled happily and kissed Chen Feng: "My dear, you didn't even tell me about this matter. If you had told me earlier, I wouldn't be so worried. I just want to play myself, so I won't
How much worse than Meryl."
Chen Feng nodded and said: "That's it. All you have to do is act yourself. On the contrary, Meryl's challenge to play the role of the Devil of Fashion is much more difficult than yours. When the time comes, she may not be able to perform as smoothly as you.
"
Miranda smiled and nodded, then asked: "Has the director been decided now?"
"MGM will help us choose the director. I believe in their professionalism. I will interview and approve it then. It should be in the next two days. It is expected that the crew will complete the preparations in another week at the earliest.
Then it’s time to start the actual shooting.”
As he was talking, Chen Feng's cell phone rang. When he saw that the number was a landline, Chen Feng had a premonition that it might be Jefferson. After all, he didn't have many friends in the United States. Because the cell phone number was from Datang, he also
It can't be a sales call.
Chen Feng just waited for a while and then answered the call.
"Who are you looking for?" Chen Feng asked directly.
Jefferson's voice came from the phone: "Chen Feng, I want to meet and talk with you again. I think even if we can't be friends, there is no need to become enemies, don't you think?"
Chen Feng said rudely: "Jefferson, you were biased against me from the beginning. And you also stubbornly believed that I was the publisher of the virus. How could you ask me to talk to you?"
"This time we are talking about investment. I am willing to give you 10% of our company's shares. You can exchange it with me for the same shares of your entertainment company, or you can spend five million US dollars of your own money."
It has to be said that Jefferson's suggestion is very constructive. Cross-shareholding, or paying a bargain price to buy Picboo shares, seems to be a big advantage for Chen Feng.
Chen Feng was almost tempted. After all, picboo's flash-like function is very popular on the Internet. Its previous market value was more than one billion US dollars, and it was still underestimated. In the future, if it is developed in depth and some entertainment elements are added, the market value
Doubling is foreseeable. If you hold 10% of the shares now, the stock price may be more than one billion US dollars in the future.
Faced with the billions of dollars that can be expected in the future, it is impossible for Chen Feng not to be tempted.
But he immediately stuck to his true feelings. This guy was his love rival, and he kept trying to poach him. If he "turned an enemy into a friend" with him, it might not necessarily be a good thing for him in the future.
"Your company is about to be delisted. If I exchange shares with you or pay to buy your shares, it would not be a wise move."
Chen Feng's words did not arouse Jefferson's dissatisfaction. On the contrary, he said in a very calm tone: "Our company's stock price has been falling now, and you know what caused it. As long as the threat of the virus is lifted, we will
The company's stock price will rise back soon. What's more, even if our company is forced to delist, it will not go bankrupt. Because we all know that this virus will be contained sooner or later. Now, it is just a matter of time.
It’s a bit longer. As far as I know, Simon Antivirus has just cracked the shell of this virus not long ago. It’s only a matter of time before it can be deciphered.”
Chen Feng did not doubt his words. His virus programming level was considered to be the best in the world due to system cheating, but there must be other top virus experts in the world. It would be a matter of time before the virus he invented was deciphered.
matter.
"You are a good lobbyist. If you had spoken to me so calmly earlier, I think our misunderstanding would not be so deep. I will not agree to your offer to swap stocks with me. But as you said
Yes, now is indeed a good time to buy your company at the bottom. 10% of the original stock for 5 million US dollars, right? I will seriously consider it. I will give you the news tomorrow."
Jefferson quickly said: "I hope you can reply to me before noon tomorrow. If this time passes, I may regret it. In addition, what I want to explain is that for 10% of the shares, you only have the right to dividends.
You must fully entrust me with the shareholder's participation in management and voting rights. If you want to sell these shares, you must give me priority to repurchase them."
"Okay, I understand. That's it. Bye."
Chen Feng said goodbye to him politely this time, and then hung up the phone.
"Chen, it's Jefferson calling again? Why does it sound like you want to spend money to buy his stocks?"
As soon as Chen Feng hung up the phone, Miranda was surprised and asked curiously.
Chen Feng explained with a smile: "He is willing to sell me 10% of Picboo's shares for only 5 million US dollars. Do you think I should refuse? Or should I accept?"
Miranda was stunned for a moment, then shouted excitedly: "Of course I accept it. Picboo had a market value of more than one billion U.S. dollars before, and you can buy 10% of the shares for only 5 million U.S. dollars. This is nothing short of amazing."
The cake thing.”
Emily said hesitantly: "Picboo has been affected by the virus in the past few days, and its stock price has been plummeting. There is a possibility of delisting. What if...what if it goes bankrupt?"
After Chen Feng and Miranda looked at each other, Miranda smiled and said: "I think this is only temporary. Picboo cannot go bankrupt. As long as the virus issue is resolved, their stock price will definitely rise again. Picboo is a good company
We all use good software, don’t we?”
Emily nodded in understanding and said no more.
"Okay. Let's go back to the room first. You can continue watching."
Miranda said and pulled Chen Feng quickly upstairs to their bedroom.
After closing the door, Miranda couldn't wait to whisper to Chen Feng: "My dear, I think you can agree to Jefferson's condition. I am very optimistic about Picboo. As long as the threat of the virus is lifted, its stock price will definitely rise again."
If the price goes back up, you may become a big Internet company in the future. By then, your 10% stake will be worth hundreds of millions of dollars." Chen Feng asked with a half-smile: "Don't you care about Jefferson at all?
Do you care?"
Miranda rolled her eyes at him and said: "This is a big business worth hundreds of millions of dollars. With five million dollars, you can get back hundreds of millions of dollars in a month or two at most. Such a huge good thing, if you miss it