Chapter 447 - 446 Adjusting Work Focus

Chapter 447: Chapter 446 Adjusting Work Focus

The next day, early morning.

"A glass of water, please, just water."

Kyle had just woken up and hadn’t even washed up yet, but he plopped down on the living room sofa.

"Thank you."

Kyle expressed his gratitude for the glass of water the waiter handed him.

Kyle hadn’t drunk too much at the celebration party last night, but due to his excellent mood, he quickly got drunk. So, he didn’t return to his villa in Burbank but stayed directly at the Depeche Estate. The only person accompanying him was Lima. Oh, and of course, a large team of security guards in black suits.

Kyle valued his life very, very, very much.

Thump thump thump ~

The sound of high heels came from the second floor of the estate.

Lima!

"Why are you up so early?" Kyle asked in surprise, as she had drunk quite a bit last night.

"Of course, I’m the owner and chief designer of That girl store. Recently, Susan, Tina, and I have been working overtime to catch up on designs. Unlike you, a big boss who just throws his hands up and delegates everything," Lima said with a glint in her beautiful eyes.

Kyle immediately looked embarrassed, waved his hand, and chuckled, "Alright, you can go about your business later. I don’t plan to be idle today either. Don’t forget, I intend to buy the Depeche Estate."

Recently, especially after Christmas, Kyle had indeed had a lot more free time, hardly inquiring about the company’s various businesses, and he had gained several pounds.

At noon.

Kyle had just finished eating at the Depeche Estate when he learned that Turner, the owner of the Depeche Estate, had arrived.

"Hi, Kyle!"

"Hello, Turner!"

As soon as the two met, they engaged in some business flattery.

Turner Depeche, 52 years old, is one of the senior partners of "Heidrick & Struggles," a global top headhunting firm, with billions in assets. He has enormous influence in the field of human resources, especially in high-level talent.

Heidrick & Struggles, a headhunting firm, is headquartered in Chicago.

Kyle had some understanding of it and had collaborated with them multiple times.

"Kyle, your LinkedIn company is currently the largest internet online recruitment service company, and I, Turner Depeche, although I cannot provide much help to LinkedIn in terms of assets, I believe I can do a lot in terms of high-level talent recruitment and resources," Turner said confidently.

Kyle nodded.

As one of the senior partners of Heidrick & Struggles, Turner Depeche had been in the workplace for decades, and Kyle would not doubt his ability in this area.

LinkedIn was undoubtedly Kyle’s current focus.

Currently, LinkedIn was developing very rapidly and well, but in the field of high-level talent and cooperation with large companies, it still showed many shortcomings.

The reason Turner wanted to invest in LinkedIn was precisely because he saw these deficiencies in the company.

"I can let you invest in LinkedIn, but I have a question," Kyle suddenly said.

"Tell me?" Turner immediately brightened.

Kyle said solemnly, "Is the investment in LinkedIn a personal investment by you, Turner, or is Heidrick & Struggles also participating?"

Turner’s expression stiffened.

Kyle continued, "If it’s just your personal investment, to be honest, I can find many people who can replace or take your place; it’s not that I can’t do without you."

In one sentence, Kyle wanted to pull the top headhunting firm Heidrick & Struggles onto the LinkedIn bandwagon, and even had the idea of acquiring Heidrick & Struggles.

Not long after.

Kyle and Turner temporarily ended their discussion about investing in LinkedIn, as this couldn’t be accomplished overnight. Instead, Kyle and Turner signed a sales contract for the "Depeche Estate."

60 million US dollars!

Kyle paid 60 million US dollars in three installments, acquiring this well-known estate located in the suburbs of Los Angeles...

In the afternoon.

After afternoon tea, Kyle, escorted by his security team, arrived at Waterworld Animation Studios.

"How are the two animated films, ’Kung Fu Panda’ and ’Up,’ progressing?" Kyle inquired.

Stephen Sorenberg, the head of the studio, immediately replied, "Boss, ’Kung Fu Panda’ is one-third complete, and ’Up’ is two-thirds complete."

"That’s a good pace," Kyle said with a smile.

To achieve such completion in just one year was much faster than before.

"Indeed, it’s not bad."

At this point, Stephen Sorenberg couldn’t help but smile, saying, "Thanks to you, Boss, for reaching a series of technology-sharing agreements with Pixar Animation. Otherwise, the progress would definitely not be this fast."

Pixar Animation!

This was an animation company that Kyle both loved and hated!

There was no way around it; Pixar Animation was full of brilliant people, just too outstanding!

"Hmm, same old rules, keep me updated on the production progress of both animated films at all times. Also, the animation for ’Up’ must be completed before September this year. I don’t want to miss the Thanksgiving slot in 2001."

That’s right!

For the 2001 Thanksgiving slot, Kyle didn’t intend to let Pixar Animation’s "Monsters, Inc." dominate. He planned to use the animated film "Up" to compete with it!

If the challenge was successful, Waterworld Animation’s influence would rise another notch, and its stock price would also soar.

Failure?

Haha, that’s fine too; Kyle could afford the loss!

After a work discussion, Kyle also left a script for an animated series — "Love, Death & Robots"!

This animated series, produced by Netflix and released in 2019, was a wildly imaginative work, incorporating elements such as sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and comedy, and even gore, violence, horror, mecha, monsters, sci-fi, and cyberpunk, all thrown in to create a diverse visual feast.

Kyle still held great expectations for this series...

A few days later.

Kyle gave some instructions to Victor, the CEO of the general company, and then handed over all the work of the entire Goldencross Entertainment Group for the foreseeable future to him.

Film and TV series production;

TV stations, radio stations;

Goldencross Publishing, Goldencross Music, Manchester City Club, and other subsidiaries, Kyle would not be heavily involved in for some time.

"Adjusting my work focus!" Kyle thought to himself.

For the next period, Kyle would be busy with his other ventures, such as LinkedIn, California Standard Bank, Great Wind Capital, Ross Properties, Amazon, Google, and so on.

"Without saying too much, if I manage these ventures well before the subprime mortgage crisis erupts in 2008, it will undoubtedly bring me huge returns."

"While the entertainment industry is good, its ceiling is there. Compared to the internet, finance, and real estate, it’s still somewhat inferior."

"If all goes well, in a few years, doubling or tripling my total assets is absolutely achievable."

Kyle was full of confidence.

The Enron scandal alone, the collapse of that hundred-billion-dollar company, was enough for Kyle to make a huge profit.