Our show’s song — listen to it — it’ll definitely lift your mood:😁
GATES' PERCENT
Hey, beautiful people! 👋😄 Today I’m gonna drop a little financial wisdom… but don’t worry — it won’t be like when a bank explains fees. That’s a horror movie, just without the blood… they already took that from you. 😅
So. I invented a new term. And it’s so good you can use it too, when you’re negotiating a big contract someday… or at least when you don’t want someone to run you over financially like a steamroller.
It’s called: Gates’ percent, which is... 0.8%. 😁
And now you’re asking: “Peter, why 0.8?” Because it sounds exactly like the kind of number you say and the investor thinks: “That’s nothing… it’s like a kid taking one fry out of a whole bucket of fries…” 🍟 And you just nod: “Yeah, one.” …and then you take one fry from every bucket for fifty years, and suddenly you’re eating pretty well! 😇😂
Gates’ percent is a genius thing. It’s that kind of deal where you say:
“I don’t want to take your company. I don’t want to take your control. I just want 0.8%… so I’m still in the game if it takes off and becomes a MEGA success. “
Because you know what… the world is full of people who’ll tell you: “Hey… we love you. You’re creative. You’re talent. We can’t do it without you.” ❤️ …and then they send you a contract where your name is only in the “others” section. 😄
And I’m like: no no no. Fix - a fixed fee - I always take! Sure. I like certainty. I’m not an ascetic. But Gates’ percent is my “extra pocket money”. A tiny insurance policy that if it turns into a monster… I’m not the guy standing outside at the premiere going: “That was my idea!” …and everyone else goes: “Sure… but we made the money.” 😅
And the best part is this - the investor doesn’t get mad. Because 0.8% is so small it sounds like: “That’s basically zero.” And I say: “Exactly. Basically.” 😄
It’s like me saying: “Hey… I don’t want your house. I just want to be able to sit on the porch… 🪑 and when you occasionally open the door 🚪, a little warmth blows out here too! ❄️➡️🔥😂
And now imagine Simba Rocky.🐘 Our story about Hank Thorthon and his buddy - an elephant. These two guys are walking all the way across America back home. On foot. Walking! Pretty wild - 5,000 kilometers. A cool thing we’re also developing as a blockbuster. 🎥🎬
Listen to their song so you catch the right vibe and know what I’m talking about. Really do it. Don’t skip it. You’ll understand more of what I’m trying to tell you: Hank Thorthon and Simba Rocky: "When it seems impossible - that's exactly when you can do it."
And now take this: That’s a project that looks like a family movie… but inside, it’s a financial weapon of mass smiling. 😄
Let’s say it goes insanely well. Movie budget - 100,000,000 dollars. Those are costs.
Investors would be in. The interest is...
And the expected earnings?
Merch - five billion USD. Those aren’t impossible numbers. Disney *FROZEN* got there. Because… kids, parents, grandmas… everyone will be riding 💖Simba Rocky🐘➡️: T-shirts, plushies, mugs, backpacks, socks… and of course the toughest discipline that breaks every parent - a kids’ backpack that costs like an adult mortgage. 😂🎒
And on top of that the movie - earnings: 1.2 billion. We’ve crunched it🎬🍿🎟️📽️ 🇺🇸 🗽💰😁 People cry in the theater, laugh, hug… and when they leave, they don’t even realize the popcorn cost like a flight to Rome. 🍿😅
And now watch out — here comes math. Don’t worry, this isn’t school. This is just reality that knows how to laugh.
When you’ve got a total of 6.2 billion from all of this, even a tiny percent makes a big number. And suddenly… fifty million dollars at home. 👏👏👏😀😁 Fifty million dollars! And I’m like: pocket money!
Because in Hollywood, buddy… when someone says “pocket money”, they mean: “I’ll buy… a smaller island. Or a bigger plane. Or I’ll pay them out, after the divorce, to that beauty who married me exactly for the money!” 😄
Life isn’t a feather, you already know that from our previous episodes.🐦 But that’s exactly the beauty of it.
Let’s continue the magic of Gates’ percent = 0.8% 🧮 For the investor it’s still just like: “Yeah, a little thing.” Because he’s dealing with hundreds of millions, billions, ROI, risk, spreadsheets… And you’re just sitting there saying: “I’m totally chill. It’s enough for me that if it runs for fifty years, something keeps dripping in... ”⌛ 😎 👏👏🙂
And you know what’s best? That those fifty million from Gates’ percent - say, from a movie - isn’t a lottery win. That’s a reward for being there at the birth of something that became part of culture.
Because 💖Simba Rocky🐘 suddenly isn’t just a movie. It’s:
a holiday collection in the mall,
school notebooks,
songs a kid sings in the car and the parent suffers… but secretly knows it by heart,🧔💭🎶👍😂
and most of all…one beautiful family evening when people argue less than usual. 😅❤️
And in that moment you realize that even if you keep “just a tiny bit”… when it becomes an successful project, that “tiny bit” suddenly is an amount where the bank doesn’t say: “Good day,” but says: “Good day, sir.” 🙇👨💼😂
So yeah… fifty million dollars. Pocket money. And I’ll just add:
“I don’t need to take the whole cake. It’s enough for me if it keeps baking for another 50 years, because then they’ll always cut me a little slice.” 😄
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So dear friends… Gates’ percent is a rule for life:
Don’t take too much - they won’t give you that anyway. But keep something that keeps you in the game if a miracle happens. 📊 ✨
And if you ever sign a contract where it’s possible to profit from success, and someone tells you: “Hey, we’ll give you a one-time fee and that’s it…” then just smile and say:
“I’ll take the fixed fee. And on top of that… Gates’ percent.” 😎
Good night, people! 🌙✨ Peace to people of good will — love and peace to everyone! 👏👏🙂 🕊️❤️☮️🌍🌟
Simba Rocky's: “Ẹ lọ, ẹ ṣe dáadáa!” / "Go, do well!"
