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Chapter 1263 Coming and not being indecent

Song Yang and Brian Roberts looked at each other. Eisner, the little old man, really counts pennies and pennies. He is not soft on the enemy at all, and he will never feel at ease if he doesn't kill him.

Laughing, Song Yang looked at Eisner and said, "The company that betrayed Disney should of course be punished!

"President Eisner will handle this matter. Western Films, Warner, and Universal will cooperate with President Eisner!"

Song Yang feels that it is better to add some obstacles to Jobs, lest he is fine and always thinking about diluting Song Yang's equity in Apple, or thinking about the mobile phone industry or something.

Let Eisner use Pixar to add some trouble to Joe's boss, Eisner's office fighting skills are full, and as for how to add trouble to others, it is a master.

After Song Yang's words, Brian also nodded. Eisner will retire in a few years, so why bother with this little old man? Let him make a smooth transition and give up power to leave Disney. Eisner and Pixar Not dealing with it is better than wrangling with Comcast Group.

Hearing this, Eisner's face showed joy. Manipulating power is his best game. In the past, relying on Disney alone, he could disturb the peace of Hollywood. Now that he holds half of Hollywood's resources, he is still not tossing around. Dead Pixar? !
Eisner feels that he is ready to make a move. He is going to portray Pixar as a public enemy of Hollywood, and become the biggest villain in Hollywood. Oscar, Pixar won't even think about winning another medal, and any actor who dares to voice Pixar, don't I want to receive the script now, as well as Pixar’s screenwriters, planners, and technicians. If you don’t leave Pixar, you won’t be able to work in Hollywood in the future. Back then, Apple kicked Jobs out of the house, and Eisner was also planning to drive Joe Gang out of Hollywood. !

Several people raised their glasses and clinked each other. Song Yang glanced at Brian Roberts. Song Yang didn’t need to worry about Comcast Group. Comcast Group, Comcast Group will not be bad in the future.

As for whether you need to worry about raising tigers and turning against Brian in the future, Song Yang believes that Brian is a smart person and he knows how to choose!

Comcast and ICQ are now you have me, and I have you. The two sides are really dog-eat-dog, and it is hard for anyone.

However, Song Yang will not pin all his hopes on Brian, and he has to prepare for the future.

Now that Song Yang has obtained 19% of the shares of Comcast Group, he is still letting the North American Global Investment Foundation continue to acquire the shares of Comcast Group through various vests and foundations. Then directly forcefully eat the opponent.

Not only Song Yang, but also Brian Roberts is definitely preparing a follow-up. Comcast Group's shareholding in ICQ is by no means as simple as 16%.

Disney was acquired, and the entire Hollywood was in shock. Everyone knew that the Hollywood industry would usher in a new round of reshuffle. It is unknown how many small and medium-sized film manufacturers and studios would be acquired.

However, for this turmoil, Netflix, which is in the small town of Los Gatos, feels that it should not affect itself.

In the disc rental market, Netflix has completely gained the upper hand. No one would have thought that Blockbuster, which is as big as a giant, can’t compete with the grassroots team Netflix.

When the Internet crashed, it was the most critical moment for Netflix, but Reed Hastings survived, and Netflix, which survived the difficulties, completely defeated Blockbuster and became the leader in the disc rental market in America.

In the past two years, Netflix has also begun to transform, from an online disc rental company to an online video website, just like the IMDb website under Western Films.

It’s just that compared to the wealthy IMDb, there are a bunch of TV stations and film giants such as ICNC, CNN, NBC, Western Pictures, Warner Pictures, and Universal Pictures behind it to provide copyrights for TV series, movies, and variety shows. Netflix is ​​worse. Many, the copyrights it can buy are from Paramount, Lionsgate, MGM, ABC, Starz TV, etc. In order to get enough copyrights last year, Netflix spent more than 2 million The US knife directly turned Netflix's profit into a negative number, and it also caused complaints from all the institutions that invested in Netflix.

Originally defeated Blockbuster, those investment institutions thought that Netflix could start to make money, but who knew that they started to fight with IMDb again. It is true that this made Netflix’s valuation a lot higher, but the cost is also the same. The general flow of water made Netflix's investors a little bit overwhelmed.

However, if Netflix dares to go head-to-head with IMDb, which owns the American media industry and half of Hollywood supports it, it naturally has its own unique way.

Just like how Netflix overturned Blockbuster, it found the weakness of Blockbuster, and then started to attack. For example, the movie library system that Netflix uses to intelligently recommend movies is developed by Netflix itself. This set of technology Beat Blockbuster's manual film selection.

As for the competition with IBMd, Netflix is ​​also preparing to play technology. Even though Western Films seems to have a higher level of technology, IMDb has technical support from companies such as ICQ, Fortinet, and PayPal, but Netflix is ​​still not afraid. I am developing my own new online video playback function. It needs to optimize the broadband and network system, and it can also be played on multiple platforms such as computers, TVs, and mobile phones at the same time. This technology has not yet been developed by IMDb.

"It's not enough. Now it takes 45 seconds to buffer a movie. This is far from enough. The buffering time must be reduced to less than 30 seconds!"

Reed Hastings buffered a film in the technical department, and after a few seconds, he said to several technical supervisors.

"This is already the limit we can achieve at present. IMDb is currently buffering a movie, and it takes about 47 seconds at the fastest..."

A technical director of Netflix complained incessantly, what he meant was very clear, what even IMDb, the leader in the online video industry, failed to do, Netflix can do it? !
Hastings looked at the technical director, "I didn't invite you to tell me that I couldn't do it. If you think it can't be done, then what's the need for Netflix?!"

Several technical executives lowered their heads. Even if they refuted, they didn't know where to start. The salary and treatment provided by Netflix for these technical personnel are not similar to those of IMDb. Some even win, including equity rewards, etc. This is what Netflix gritted its teeth to provide.

And those who join Netflix are all unwilling to be calm and want to do something, how are they willing to admit that they are not as good as others.

"Reed!"

At this time, Mark Randolph, another Netflix founder, stopped the angry Hastings and waved several technical executives to leave.

Reed Hastings breathed a sigh of relief. He also knew that he was a little anxious and lost his temper, but now Netflix has been unable to break through, and is losing money. IMDb and Netflix continue to compete for users and copyrights. Investors The pressure over there made Hastings a little irritable.

Back in the office, Mark Randolph said to Hastings, "Reed, maybe you should take a break. These days, you are too nervous, you should relax!"

"Time is running out!"

Reed Hastings looked very serious, "For Netflix, the time is too tight, Hollywood is changing, new Hollywood giants are being born, and copyright is becoming more and more important, the cost of Netflix's acquisition of copyright in the future , will get higher and higher!
The most important thing is that IMDb is different from Blockbuster. Blockbuster's management is pedantic and short-sighted, and they don't know how to work around. They would rather give up users for disc retention fees.

IMDb is different. Although Ted Sarando's attention is on Hollywood, he has not given up on IMDb. Even though the person in charge of IMDb may lack vision and ability, he will not be like Blockbuster's executives. Even if IMDb responds slower than Netflix, as long as it does not make fatal mistakes, the threat and pressure on Netflix will become greater and greater! "

Hearing what Hastings said, Mark Randolph felt relieved, "Reed, that's a company founded by Bruno Song. If Netflix can compete with IBDb, it's already qualified!"

Mark Randolph feels that even if Netflix loses, it will not be wronged. Let alone Netflix, Netscape, Yahoo, Microsoft, General Electric and other companies have all been defeated by Song Yang. In the hands, what is Netflix doing? It's an honor to say that it's a defeat.

But Hastings was unwilling to do so. It is said that his qualifications are no lower than Song Yang, and he is also a veteran figure in the Internet industry. He was also named a genius when he debuted. Tins was not reconciled to losing like this.

"Netflix hasn't lost yet, so there are still opportunities. The current market is indeed unfriendly to Netflix, but there may not be no opportunities!"

Under Mark Randolph's surprised eyes, Hastings said, "Buying copyright is not a long-term solution. Netflix does not have as many supporters as IMDb. If a company wants to surpass IMDb or even Hollywood, Netflix must have its own film and television production department!"

"Develop your own film and television?!"

Mark Randolph was taken aback. You know, even IMDb did not produce its own film and television, but purchased copyrights from other companies. Netflix did this, is it too big a step?

"This is a step that must be taken. Netflix will leave sooner or later!" Hastings said firmly.

Mark Randolph was a little scratching his head. Although it is expensive to buy TV series and movie copyrights, the risks are controllable. He buys movies and TV shows with high ratings and high box office. If he produces them himself, what can he produce? The ghost knows, "The risks and costs are too great!"

"If you want to make your own film and television, Netflix's cash flow can't support it at all, so you have to find new investors!"

Mark Randolph said to Hastings, and the latter was also silent for a while, which means that Netflix needs to give up more copyrights, and more control rights of Netflix will also be taken away.

At this time, the phone on the table rang, and Mark Randolph answered the phone. When he heard the self-reported door on the opposite side, he couldn't help being surprised, "Ted Sarando?!"

(End of this chapter)