Chapter 417: Streaming Empire

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Reed Hastings of Netflix?

"Alexander, there shouldn't be any intersection between me and him?" Zhuke asked, sitting on the sofa.

"Yes, the boss, whether it is Reed Hastings himself, Netflix, or even any shareholder of Netflix, you don't know the boss, nor do you have any social contacts." Alexander responded.

Zhuke nodded, smiled, and said, "You let him in."

"Uh? Hmm~"

Alexander was taken aback for a moment, but he quickly reacted.

In his impression, Netflix is ​​just a company that provides online DVD rental, with an overall value of more than 130 million U.S. dollars, especially affected by the Internet bubble.

Netflix’s losses in the first half of 2000 exceeded US$45 million.

The situation is very serious~

Alexander has seen too many such companies.

"I wonder why the boss would be interested in Netflix?" Alexander muttered.

Most people would not understand, but...who made Zhu Ke a traverser? !

The Disney Group is awesome, right?

In 2018, it will acquire 20th Century Fox, which is also one of the six major Hollywood companies, with an overall market value of more than 200 billion U.S. dollars.

But... in 2018, Netflix surpassed the Disney Group!

........

"Hello, Mr. Wald, this is Reed Hastings from Netflix. It is a great honor to meet you!"

Reed Hastings, who had just entered Zucker's office, was very polite and did not show the usual arrogance at all.

Yes, Reed Hastings is a bit arrogant and has a bad temper.

But here, does he dare?

Being respectful and respectful is his choice.

Zhuke glanced at Reed Hastings and said, "Our time is precious. Tell me what you are here, sir."

"Ok!"

Hearing this, Reed Hastings solemnly said: "Mr. Wald, your Wald Pictures, now has a film library of more than 2,000 films. IMHO, in addition to expensive The company’s self-produced movies are quite popular in the market, but what about other movies?"

"Well, the copyrights of your company's more than 2,000 movies were acquired through acquisitions. It can be described as uneven. It can even be said that most of the movies have not been released offline on video tapes and DVDs.

"This is definitely a considerable loss for your company!"

"The purpose of my visit this time is to win the offline distribution and distribution rights of this part of the film."

The voice fell.

Zhuke: "......"

Alexander's eyes were bright. He thought Reed Hastings's suggestion was very good!

First of all, we must understand!

The nation's and the world's largest offline DVD and video tape distributor and rental company, Blockbuster, have a principle that they undertake the distribution and leasing of films, that is, they mainly focus on popular films.

The last time, it will also go through the theater market!

In other words, more than half of the movies produced by major American film companies each year fail to land in the theater market. It is even said that more than 35% of the movies are not even qualified to record video tapes and DVDs.

"Alexander, about how many of the films in our Wald Pictures library have not been released offline?" Zhu Ke turned around and asked.

Alexander pondered for a moment, and then whispered to Zhuke: "Boss, there are at least more than 1,500 films in the library, and there is no offline sale."

More than 1500? !

I have to say that the quality of Wald Pictures' film library is really bad enough!

To be precise, the quality of Wald Pictures' film library is one of the worst among all major Hollywood studios. More than 1,500 films that have not been released or sold offline are like rubbish.

"Mr. Wald, Mr. Alexander, I came with the sincerity of Netflix. We are willing to take over this part of the film resources and push them all to the offline market." Reed Hastings said.

Alexander was a little moved.

After all, no matter how small a mosquito is, it is a piece of meat.

The 1,500 films that have not been distributed or sold offline can be completely used as waste. Naturally, it is too late to be happy.

However, Zhu Ke shook his head!

"Sorry, I refuse!"

One stone stirred up a thousand layers of waves~

As soon as the voice fell, the confident face of Reed Hastings disappeared instantly, turning into consternation and disbelief.

"Why?!" Reed Hastings asked loudly, bouncing from his seat.

Zhu Ke immediately narrowed his eyes and whispered: "Do I need to tell you why?"

Reed Hastings' pupils shrank, and he said quickly, "Sorry, sorry, I lost my mind."

At this moment, Alexander, as a bystander, was full of doubts.

Refuse?

Isn't it obvious that you have money and you don't make money?

Alexander has been following Zhuke for a long time. He knows Zhuke very well, knowing that Zhuke is the kind of mosquito who is the owner of a piece of meat no matter how small.

"Boss, how could you refuse?" He didn't want to understand for the time being.

At this moment, Reed Hastings was a little depressed. He didn't understand what he was sure of, how could the talk collapse?

Zhu Ke said suddenly: "Mr. Hastings, the copyright of the film library of Wald Pictures, unfortunately can not reach a cooperation, but I intend to invest in your company Netflix. I don't know if I have such an honor?"

"......"

Reed Hastings was taken aback immediately.

If the cooperation fails, he should invest in Netflix instead. He is a little hard to understand Zhu Ke's brain circuit.

Netflix, one of the world's largest streaming media giants in the future, owns more than 100,000 movie rights, and its self-made "House of Cards" movie and TV series is even more popular all over the world.

Moreover, the Film Association (review, classification) committee, which symbolizes the supremacy of Hollywood films, will also receive a seat in 2012 for Netflix.

You know, seats are a good thing. They are reserved for the Big Six in Hollywood and MGM, something that other film and television companies dream of and cannot get.

"Investment?"

Reed Hastings immediately smiled and said: "For Mr. Wald, you are taking a stake in Netflix. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com I personally welcome with my hands, but you know, I am the founder, but the company The board of directors has the final say on the shareholding."

Zhuke understood very well.

Reed Hastings was the founder of Netflix, but after several rounds of Netflix's share expansion, his share of the shares was diluted to only 10%.

In 2020, he holds only 1% of Netflix shares left.

Of course, this is very common in listed companies in the United States. Not everyone is Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, who can hold a lot of shares.

.......

The next day.

Zhu Ke received the news that the board of directors of Netflix refused to accept Zhu Ke's shareholding and investment.

The second update of "" was sent, and the author continued to open the code.