Vol 5 Chapter 82: Spoiler

Cantalupo seemed to face a lot of resistance. Feng Yiping and the others were given half a day and a day off, but this time, even Merbach, who was suffering from gains and losses, was very relaxed.

At the Asia Pavilion of the Chicago Art Museum, Buchanan and Merbach accompany Feng Yiping to browse here.

It is better to say that it is the Asia Pavilion. The cultural relics displayed in it, especially those fine works, belong to China. This is both a place of pride and pain.

I am proud that in Asia before modern times, China is definitely the most advanced country. What is painful is that these treasures have witnessed our glory at that time, but also experienced our decline in modern times. Otherwise, their homes will not It would be in a showcase in this foreign country.

The Chinese cultural relics exhibited here do not win by quantity. Porcelain, jade, bronze, Buddha statues, oracle bone inscriptions... all are available, and they cover almost all the feudal dynasties in Chinese history.

Not to mention other things, even heavy objects like the bronze tripod of the Shang Dynasty, there are more than one exhibited in the museum alone.

Feng Yiping was full of thoughts and emotions. Buchanan and Merbach didn't have so many thoughts. They lingered in the porcelain area and praised them. Perhaps in their opinion, this is a normal thing. The more ethnic, the more it is. The world!

Merbach bent over and looked at a famille rose vase from the Qing dynasty, his mouth was amazed, "Although I can't tell what is good about it, I can understand it when I see it. This is definitely a perfect piece of porcelain. , It should also represent the highest technology of that era,"

This should be counted, Feng Yiping thought.

"Merbach, why are you not worried at all now?" Buchanan couldn't help asking when he saw him so relaxed.

"What's to worry about? Didn't Cantalupo's words yesterday make McDonald's attitude very clear? Cooperation is definitely not a problem,"

He was really relaxed. When answering Buchanan's question, his eyes never left the bottle, "Tsk, it's perfect!"

Buchanan smiled and glanced at Feng Yiping, "Don't worry, McDonald's board of directors won't agree with the additional comments we made yesterday?"

"How come? Mr. Cantalupo knows exactly how to solve this problem, and although this cooperation is crucial for Coinstar, it is a humble new project for McDonald's."

"The scale of this project is not worth mentioning with the overall scale of McDonald's. Success or failure has nothing to do with the overall situation. The reason why there is no conclusion yet, I think the main reason is that some shareholders of McDonald's are not used to being equal to ordinary companies. Cooperate,"

"However, I think Mr. Cantalupo will be able to do their job. It's actually very simple. Just let them take a good look at the tables calculated by the financial department. These guys value numbers more than emotions. You Don't you say it?"

He really understood.

However, in the next moment, his actions still show how much he cares about this cooperation.

Buchanan shook his phone at him, "The news is coming, do you want to listen?"

Merbach immediately threw down the vase that he hadn't seen enough, and walked in three steps in two steps, "How to say?"

"Hello, Ms. Oprah," it was not a call from McDonald's, and Merbach immediately began to try to kill people with his eyes.

"Okay, thank you very much. I will tell him and I will reply to you as soon as possible." Although he said calmly, Feng Yiping and Merbach could see clearly that he was pretending to be, but he was also very excited.

"Feng, Oprah's phone, she said she would be very happy to let you be a guest on her talk show, let me convey her greetings to you, and ask us when is the most suitable time?"

Just like Feng Yiping and the others thought and analyzed, after the three of them obviously left with emotions, Oprah, who was originally Shishiran, was rarely able to calm down after analyzing the pros and cons of doing and not doing it.

Although going on her talk show will have a good publicity effect for Feng Yiping and his company, but also, Feng Yiping chose her talk show as his first show in the talk show column, which will definitely increase the ratings of her show. The ratings, and ratings, are the root of her bullishness.

Although she currently leads the talk show in ratings, she also faces challenges from several strong opponents.

Of course, what they care most about is face. Therefore, she has been making this call for a day, but she personally notified it. You should know that usually such things are not done by the middle-level supervisor in her team.

"Feng, I don't think there is any need to care about them. The entertainment industry is like that, and objectively speaking, on her talk show, the publicity effect will definitely be good," Merbach thought Feng Yiping still had an opinion on what happened that day.

He was completely worried. This is also a business decision. How could Feng Yiping be emotional?

"Thank you old Mo, I understand, Buchanan, it's best to be like this. After Cantalupo has the exact news, we will set a specific time."

If McDonald’s agrees with Feng Yiping’s opinion, the two parties can immediately sign an intentional agreement. After that, they will naturally send a team to negotiate specific matters of cooperation. When the formal agreement is finally signed, Feng Yiping will inevitably have to go to Chicago again. The time is set at that time, naturally the best.

Convenient, and you can also promote new projects by the way, and you will get several benefits with one stone.

"Okay, I understand," Buchanan said as soon as he finished speaking, holding his cell phone excitedly, "Here, it's McDonald's this time."

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Monday, September 8, the Gregorian calendar, happens to be the traditional Chinese solar term Bailu.

At 8 o'clock in the morning, Coin Star and McDonald's issued an announcement at the same time that the two parties intend to cooperate on the Redbox business. In this project, the first round of investment by both parties is McDonald's US$52 million and Coin Star US$48 million.

The announcement briefly explained the content and conditions of this cooperation, the deliberations of the board of directors of both parties, reminded the risks, and determined the time for the announcement of this cooperation plan, on the 17th, which is 10 days later.

In the attachment, there are also the opinions of the independent directors of the respective companies' boards of directors.

Because the total amount of this cooperation is not too large, both parties can easily pay, so there is no such thing as a joint guarantee as in the general cooperation announcement.

The direct consequence of this incident was that after the market opened that day, McDonald's stock price rose slightly, while the price of Coin Star's stock price rose immediately.

The reason for this situation is not because of this cooperation.

After Coin Star was acquired by NEXTDOOR, from the previous coin exchange program to the current cooperation with McDonald’s to expand business in related fields, this series of actions has given investors full confidence in the future of Coin Star. Of course, also It can be said to be very confident in Feng Yiping.

Emilia saw the news for the first time. It seems that Feng Yiping had been busy the previous two days and said that she had no time. It was not an excuse. At the same time, she somewhat understood that Feng Yiping had already returned to Silicon Valley.

Sure enough, when he dialed his phone, a female assistant answered, "Sorry, Feng is attending an important meeting."

Leave without saying hello? Emilia is very annoyed, hum, number 17, you wait!

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This is good for the two companies and for investors who hold the stocks of the two companies, and it does not make everyone happy.

For example, when Hastings saw such news, he felt full of malice!

I really didn't think wrong, that Feng Yiping had always been loyal to his Netflix.

Now, it is estimated that apart from the client, only he knows Feng Yiping's ultimate goal best.

He sought the support of a large loan from the Bank of China, he acquired Coin Star, and he tried to boost Coin Star’s business. This is not the main goal. His ultimate goal is his own Netflix. Otherwise, why did he do so soon? Announced cooperation with McDonald's on DVD rental business?

It's no wonder that the last time he contacted Buchanan about the coin exchange, he promised so readily, maybe they had long regarded Netflix as their own.

He really admired Feng Yiping a little bit, and he was able to come up with such a path. In so many companies and so many possibilities, it is really not easy for Feng Yiping to choose such a path.

If it's just McDonald's, he doesn't care at all. He has defeated Wal-Mart, which originally sells DVDs, let alone McDonald's, which first set foot in this business?

But now it’s different. Redbox plus Coin Star, McDonald’s tens of thousands of branches, so many partners, and rich operating experience in this field, plus the outstanding control ability of the leader Feng Yiping, he I believe that the new Redbox will definitely occupy a large portion of the market soon and become a strong opponent of its own.

The key is, next, who knows that there will be no DVD rental section on the NEXTDOOR website?

The emergence of one is a matter of course. At that time, they will connect online and offline again, which is a fatal threat to themselves.

I really get a headache after thinking about it.

However, Hastings, who had been worried about the arrival of the wolf, felt a little relaxed when he finally determined that the wolf was really coming.

What he felt most worried and weakest was that he didn't know what Feng Yiping would do. Now he knew.

Then this is just right, I can think of ways to deal with it calmly.

Just thinking about it, he couldn't help saying the word beginning with F several times.

He was really sad and angry.

Why are there so many Fortune 500 companies in such a small market?

Not to mention those companies that entered the industry early and established industry advantages. First, Wal-Mart, and now McDonald’s, related or completely unrelated companies, have joined in.

Why was it that when I wanted to sell the company at a low price, not only did no one want it, but I was humiliated. Now when I am determined to treat this as my lifelong career, some people just stare at my company. , Change the law and want to buy?

Also, knowing that McDonald's launched this business, why didn't I take it seriously? Why didn't I formulate countermeasures early? Still too careless, or, unconsciously, has become a bit arrogant.

However, Hastings, who has walked through ups and downs for so many years, is a determined man. He understands that such self-pity cannot solve the problem at all.

The most ideal thing now is to disturb their cooperation. How should we proceed? He was thinking hard.

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McDonald's Headquarters Park in Oak Creek, Chicago.

An energetic Cantalupo walked into the office and greeted his secretary, "Morning, Susan, send in my schedule for today."

"Others haven't changed much, except that from yesterday afternoon to this morning, Netflix CEO Hastings has made four calls. He said that he has something serious and hopes to talk to you."

"The Hastings of Netflix?" Cantalupo thought for a while, "I put this one out in advance, just say I'm very busy~www.wuxiaspot.com~ After discovering that Redbox might become a new business growth point Naturally, they had a detailed knowledge of the main competitors in the DVD rental market, so they knew Netflix's details. When Netflix contacted him at this time, he naturally knew his intentions.

However, he is aware of Netflix's business model. As for Redbox, Netflix has no more experience than its own company. The cooperation between the two parties will not be able to complement each other's advantages at all. It is likely that they are a drag on each other.

So he quickly came to the conclusion that no matter what Netflix said when he contacted himself this time, there should be only one purpose, and that is to destroy the cooperation between himself and Coinstar.

Such people, at this time, still don't touch them.

Less than half an hour after he ran the matter behind his head, the secretary called in, "Sir, Hastings of Netflix, has arrived in the park, and is now downstairs."

This is really!

"Say I'm not here," Cantalupo said flatly.

At lunchtime, the secretary said to Cantalupo, who walked out of the office, "Sir, that Hastings, is still waiting downstairs,"

Cantalupo shook his head, "Notify the driver and let him wait for me in the underground parking lot."

He was not moved by Hastings' perseverance.

In the West, it is actually a very rude behavior to come to the door without an appointment. Hastings's behavior today can also be understood as a compulsive nature.

If every visitor followed Hastings's example, Cantalupo would not be able to arrange his own time at all.

I don’t know, he sat down for a while at the club he used to go to. Just after ordering the food, a tall man with a big beard came over and introduced himself, "Hello Mr. Cantalupo, I’m Ha Stings," (to be continued.)