The Wolf of Los Angeles.

"The news about Beckham and Victoria is still very popular."

In the conference room, Caroline switched the images on the projection screen, which showed an official announcement from Real Madrid: "Real Madrid informed the media and fans that Beckham will miss the next two games due to family matters."

Hawke was not interested in these and asked directly: "We have invested a lot in this matter. What are the data?"

Technical director Haaland said: "The effect of increasing overseas user registrations is significant. As of yesterday, during the Beckham cheating scandal, there were 617 million new registered users worldwide, of which to percent were from outside North America."

Caroline also adjusted the projection screen to the data statistics column.

Haaland continued: "Over this period of time, Twitter has more than 4500 million registered users worldwide and nearly 3500 million active users, and the data has been showing an upward trend."

Hawke nodded slightly and asked, "Where are our competitors?"

Caroline said: "The second social networking site is LinkedIn, a workplace social platform founded in the first half of the year, which now has 224 million users. Reid Hoffman originally wanted to invest in LinkedIn, but we made restrictive clauses for him and Peter Thiel during the investment negotiations, and they could not invest in the same type of company again."

“Stay tuned in to LinkedIn,” Hawke said.

Not only LinkedIn, he also privately sent people to Harvard University to find Zuckerberg, and is trying to put pressure on him through some means.

Twitter's lead continues to widen.

Hot news one after another attracts users, and the convenient interactivity and usage functions cultivate the habit of usage.

As long as Twitter doesn't overdo things, it can maintain its good development momentum in the short term.

…………

Long-Term Capital Management, San Francisco Bay Area.

In the office, Peter Thiel was browsing Twitter while Beckham and Victoria reconciled and left Los Angeles together.

In the reception area, Reid Hoffman was sipping his coffee and said, "It turns out that you have a good eye."

He then talked about another incident: "I received several calls recently, and some people put pressure on me. What about you?"

"I got it too." Peter Thiel didn't care: "In the next five years, there may be tens of billions of dollars in asset appreciation. Will you give it up?"

Reid Hoffman said directly: "I will choose to withstand the pressure and continue our investment. If they dare to break the rules first, I will take out $500 million from it and confront them directly."

Peter Thiel's view is consistent with Reid Hoffman's that such opportunities are extremely scarce even in Silicon Valley.

It is useless to just talk big and make empty promises. If you want them to cooperate, it is actually very simple. You can also give them a good opportunity to increase the value of their assets by tens of billions of dollars.

Reid Hoffman then said: "Twitter rejected the initial valuation of $50 billion, believing that Twitter has a higher market value."

Peter Thiel sighed: "3670 million active users is really a bit amazing."

Reid Hoffman said: "The company is growing at an astonishing speed. Users represent huge market value. Tom Cruise's ice bucket challenge and David Beckham's cheating scandal have brought huge traffic to Twitter and cultivated user habits."

"Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch have also set their sights on Twitter." Peter Thiel is well-informed: "And Bill Gates mentioned Twitter at the latest Microsoft board meeting."

Reid Hoffman had heard it, too: “Pacific Investment Group is also raising money.”

Peter Thiel was silent for a few seconds and said, "It's too far in the future to say. Given Hawke Osment's age and ability, Twitter will maintain its upward trend in the next fifteen years, and may even become the new Yahoo before 2001."

"With the AB equity structure, although we can get a seat on the board of directors, Hawke Osment holds absolute power." Reid Hoffman also has concerns: "He can bring Twitter onto the fast track of development, but he may also push the company into the abyss."

Peter Thiel said: "But judging from the past year, Hawk Oscar's Internet operations are no less impressive than his strategic planning business."

Reid Hoffman thought for a moment and nodded slightly: "Without Hawke Osment, there would be no Twitter today."

Peter Thiel stood up: "Revaluate and speed up negotiations."

The development of Internet companies is often astonishingly fast, and Twitter is at the forefront of Internet companies.

…………

Malibu, an independent villa occupying an entire cliff.

A private cinema showing the latest Harry Potter movie.

Sean Ackerman hugged a blonde woman, kneading the softest part of her body, looking at Hermione Granger on the screen, and said, "If you can get her here, all the film investment you want will not be a problem."

The blonde woman was extremely coquettish: "Isn't it enough to have me?"

"It's different, it's different." Sean thought of the Venice Beach Club, and looking at Hermione Granger, some thoughts in his mind became stronger: "You are not young enough."

The blonde woman reminded, "This Hermione was born in 1990."

Sean laughed happily, "13 years old? 13 years old is the best. I like it."

Fernando Crane, the assistant who came in, happened to hear the last two sentences and thought to himself, "I like 13-year-old Hermione, too." But he knew very well that he could enjoy those brought from Latin America.

Fame like Emma Watson is something that is in the pockets of big names.

As for age, from what Fernando Crane has seen and heard in the Ackerman family over the years, age has never been a problem in Hollywood.

The reason why so many Hollywood child stars have fallen into a state of being neither human nor ghost is not just the influence of fame and fortune and the greed of their guardians.

What they have experienced is far beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

Those who can make it out of it and remain very popular as adults, either have the support of a big boss or must have gone through a lot of trials and tribulations.

Fernando walked quickly to Sean and said, "Boss, the people outside are back."

Sean let go of the blonde woman and patted her shoulder, trying to imitate his father, Buddy Ackerman. "Get Hermione here soon. My check will always be waiting."

The blonde woman, who had worked with Warner Bros. before, gritted her teeth and said, “I can only give it a try.”

She was not stupid, so she went to Warner first to find out which senior executive Hermione belonged to.

If it were producer David Heyman, he could still think of a solution.

Sean followed Fernando out of the theater, took the elevator up to the second floor, and entered the study facing the sea.

Fernando stopped automatically and stood guard at the study door.

In the study, Sean glanced at Vaughns who was waiting here and asked, "Did you see Barack Bernanke in Rosario?"

"Yes, we met and talked several times." Vaughns quickly organized his words and said, "Barack has no ill feelings towards our goodwill and is quite friendly to me."

Sean laughed, "Without Melissa, he'll always have to choose someone else."

Vaughans replied: "And you are the best choice."

Sean laughed even more happily.

Compared to his sister Melissa, Sean is much inferior in ability and scheming, and there is a reason why Buddy looks down on him.

Sean asked again, "Barack has been in Rosario for so long, has he found any clues about Melissa's disappearance?"

"We found some." Vaughans knew a lot. "The clues were traced to a valley outside Rosario. There were burned cars there. The cars were the most common type in Mexico. The engine and frame numbers were all removed. No weapons or people were found."

"It's good that she hasn't been found!" Sean hoped that Melissa would never be found.

Vaughns continued, "The area near Rosario is vast and sparsely populated, with wilderness and disorder everywhere. Once the attackers leave the city, it will be very difficult to find them. Barack hired professionals from Pinkerton, but still could not find any clues. The Pinkerton detective believed that the attackers had strong anti-reconnaissance capabilities and were professionals like them."

Sean asked, "Is Barack still looking?"

"He hasn't given up yet and is still looking for clues to get Melissa back," Vaughans said.

Sean thought for a moment and said, "You return to Mexico and continue to keep an eye on Barack Bernanke and maintain contact with him."

There are some things he can imagine: "As Melissa's disappearance increases, Barack will gradually lose confidence, and he will have no choice but to support me."

Vaughns immediately said: "I will book a flight right now and return to Rosario immediately. I will take people to follow Barack Bernanke's team 24 hours a day to get first-hand information about their dynamics."

Sean said, "Go ahead."

Vaughans left the beach house even faster than when he came.

Sean was sitting at his desk when he suddenly had the urge to call Buddy Ackerman.

But thinking about his old father who exploded in anger yesterday because there was no news from Melissa, it would be better to stay away from him for the time being.

Melissa disappeared in the chaotic and backward Mexico. No useful clues have been found in so many days, and there has not even been a ransom call. It seems that she is in great danger.

Today, there is only one direct descendant of Buddy Ackerman left.

Sean believed that even if his father had an organ transplant, he would not have many years left to live, and he would then be the only one to choose to inherit the family inheritance.

At this moment Fernando opened the door and entered the study.

Sean said: "We need to continue recruiting people and get ready to take over the Ackerman Charitable Foundation in all aspects."

Fernando responded: "As long as the money is enough, manpower is not a problem."

Sean suddenly thought of something: "If there is a chance, find the blood packs and organ bank raised by the family." (End of this chapter)