The Youngest Son of Sunyang (Reborn Rich)

[124] Venture Spirit 2

Rachel scrutinized my expression with a coffee cup in front of her.

I looked around the office, avoiding her gaze. As the head of the US subsidiary and the key player in Miracle, the company handling the largest sums of money, she exuded an air of sophistication.

I may not have liked it, but I had decided to acknowledge and accept the culture here. The boundaries between frugality and extravagance were often blurry.

"Howard, tell me honestly. Why did you come to the United States?"

"You saw it. I came to warn against excessive optimism about dot-com companies."

"Is that really the only reason?" She observed me with an eagle eye, not missing a beat, and now she seemed more persistent. Was there another reason?

"It seems like you have something to say. What is it? Tell me honestly." She burst into laughter, catching me off guard.

"This, this is too much. Haha."

"Is it a proposal? A request? Or perhaps an entreaty?"

"It's a proposal."

"Go ahead and say it comfortably."

"Shall we go to LA?"

This time, I was taken aback. How did she know I was thinking about going to California?

"What? Are you thinking of LA too?"

"It's similar but not quite. I was actually considering San Francisco."

"San Francisco? Why?"

"Stanford University."

"It's a great university." Rachel nodded. It was clear she was under the impression that I was preparing to study abroad. "It would suit you because it's a school that has produced many outstanding business geniuses like you."

A place where young millionaires drop out of school to prepare for startups one after another.

A place that has already produced founders of companies like GAP, Nike, Victoria's Secret, Yahoo, Hewlett-Packard, Dolby, and Sun Microsystems, among others.

Do I even have a chance to study here? I'm here to meet those who have dropped out of school or are planning to.

But more than that, I'm curious about LA.

"However, why LA? Is it because of the movies?"

"Yeah, there's a screening of 'Saving Private Ryan' next month. We always get invited, you know. Just like you said, we've invested in every DreamWorks film since its founding. It's almost like a partnership."

"Just that doesn't really excite me."

I'm tired of it.

I must have seen it several times in theaters when it was released, and it's been on TV countless times since then, hasn't it? I've seen it more than twenty times.

Rachel smiled slightly and lowered her head. "DreamWorks sent a signal."

"A signal?"

"Yeah. Once they found out our Miracle's funding comes from Korea, they want to bet on the Asian distribution rights."

"Are they looking for an investment, by any chance?"

"That's exactly it."

In 1994, there was plenty of opportunity when Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen founded DreamWorks, but I didn't show any interest.