Vol 5 Chapter 1234: Not idle

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The temporarily losing side is reviewing and adjusting, and the temporarily winning side is also not idle.

This is an era in which if you do not advance, you will retreat. The more leading companies and individuals, the more clearly this truth.

When Redstone made some of his company's executives nervous, Raffarin Murdoch was in a high-end Hollywood club meeting with the executives of another major Hollywood company.

"Hello Zhuke," he personally went to the door and took a tall man, wearing glasses, and having less hair than his old man Murdoch. He thanked him to the back of his head, only his temples still had hair. A middle-aged man who is somewhat similar to a well-known Hollywood actor, Stanley Tucci, welcomes in.

"Hello Raffarin, you have done a great job recently," nbc Universal Group, the head of entertainment, news and cable TV business, is also a strong competitor of this large media group backed by General Electric and the future helm. One, Jeff Zucker said with a smile.

"Haha, thank you, but in any case, you can't compare with Zucker, we all know that you have created a ten-year-old "Today" that occupied the first place in the same period," Raffarin said.

Knowing that Zhu Ke was praising them for their outstanding performance in the acquisition of myspae, he also praised Zhu Ke's greatest achievement.

This Mr. Zhu Ke, who failed to be admitted to Harvard Law School, is also very simple. It can also be said to be one of the youngest and most promising representatives in the industry. At the age of 26, he served as the nbc morning news program "thetodaysho". The producer.

After becoming the youngest executive in the industry, Zhu Ke shined, and in the ten years since then, "Today" has been the number one column in the American morning news.

This is indeed a very remarkable achievement.

"It's all achievements in the past," Zhu Ke waved his hand. "Your current achievements are worthy of recognition. After myspae was successfully acquired, it has not been less than a quarter. The achievements made everyone admire. "

After myspae joined News Corp., the number of registered users has also increased rapidly. Although it is still incomparable with faebook, relying on the big tree of News Corp., it is better than before.

It has brought even more gains to News Corporation. Raffarin and the others proudly announced not long ago that because of myspae, the traffic of News Corporation’s website has successfully doubled.

More than one analyst has pointed out that if myspae is valued now, it should be close to one billion US dollars. This is also the reason why Redstone is soaring.

"In the Internet age, we can't be left behind," Raffarin said. "Zuke, this is also the question I want to discuss with you today."

Zhuke nodded. Raffarin has met with many heads of television networks and film companies in the past few days. He naturally knows some of the relevant information.

"Zuke, what do you think of Hollywood's prospects?" Raffarin asked.

"I think that with the economic improvement and the rapid development of special effects technology, the box office of the top ten movies will see a substantial increase in the next few years, at least," Zhu Ke said.

Since the beginning of the blockbuster era in Hollywood at the end of the last century, the box office of popular movies has been hitting record highs every year.

"It is true that both of us have a series of movies with higher and higher box office," Raffarin said. "But Zhuke, do you think that with the major production plants, more and more resources are invested To make a blockbuster, to make a movie, is more and more like a gamble?"

"Yes," Zhu Ke also felt a little emotional. "It is good filming and the rewards of blockbuster films are actually not much different from small and medium cost movies."

"Just say that "Titanic" produced by your company has an investment of 200 million and a box office of 600 million. The following year, DreamWorks' "Saving Private Ryan" only had a box office of US$210 million, but the investment was only US$70 million.

"Yes, if the shooting is not good, then the Titanic will at least bring hundreds of millions of dollars in damage," Raffarin said.

"The problem is that now we all have to spend 80% of our budget on 20% of the movies, making blockbuster films with increasing investment," Zhu Ke said.

In the past, the films made by film companies, in terms of investment, were distributed in four categories: above 300 million US dollars, 300 million to 200 million, 200 million to 100 million, and below 100 million US dollars.

They represent the most important super blockbusters, ordinary blockbusters dominated by traditional genres, movies shot for a specific group of people, and make-up movies to ensure that they can maintain their relationship with the screening and promotion channels.

The current trend is that there are more and more high-investment movies like the first two categories, which naturally brings high risks.

"The risks this brings, I think even the newly acquired Marvel, Mr. Feng, who has always been known for his vision, can't avoid it," Raffarin said.

"Hehe, I don't think anyone can always accurately predict the box office of a movie," said Zhu Ke. "From the perspective of Marvel's own science fiction film attributes, this is doomed to their future productions with high investment. Lord, I think we all look forward to their performance,"

"Haha," Raffarin also smiled.

Like many Hollywood people, they are somewhat looking forward to watching Marvel, that is, watching Feng Yiping's jokes.

"But Zhu Ke, I think that some of the decisions made by Mr. Feng are still worth learning. Taibai said, the reason why we quickly acquired myspae is not only optimistic about its potential and what it brings to our gratifying business. In addition to the improvement, the vigorous development of nextdoor and faebook founded by Mr. Feng is also an important reason for our decision," Raffarin added.

"In the Internet field, that Mr. Feng's vision is really good," Zhu Ke couldn't deny this, "Then, the purpose of your looking for me today...?" He looked at Raffarin.

"Yes," Raffarin nodded affirmatively, "After careful analysis, we feel that the Netflix acquired by Mr. Feng is also a very good format."

"Compared to what you know, in the past two days, I have contacted many people in the industry. I talked to them about this issue."

"I think, since Netflix can develop to where it is today, and even Feng Yiping is optimistic about Netflix's model, then why can't we do it ourselves?"

"We all know that Netflix and YouTube will be integrated in the future. Their future business focus should shift from DVD leasing to online video. In this regard, we have inherent advantages, right?"

"Look, we not only have a film company, but we also have our own TV station network. We have produced a lot of excellent movies, TV series, and variety shows. Users also highly appreciate our works."

"If we launch similar projects, at least, in the field of video resources, we will definitely be ahead of Netflix. If we unite, our video resources will not only be more, but also updated. I think this will definitely get a lot. User’s welcome~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Another very good news is that the technical threshold for creating a video website was high, and this was not our area of ​​expertise, but now, these are not problems, related The technology is very mature,"

"We have consulted professionals, and the result is that as long as funding is not a problem, at least half a year, at most a year, we can produce a very good online video website, of course, it can also take into account the DVD rental business,"

Having said that, Raffarin's purpose has been very clear.

After following the initial success of investing in social networking sites, they wanted to replicate another successful project online video site of Feng Yiping.

"If this is true, it can also effectively combat piracy," Zhu Ke added.

"You are right, then Zucker, what do you think of this project?" Raffarin asked.

"Do you want to unite several of our large companies to jointly invest in such a new project?" Zhu Ke asked.

"Yes, that's what I meant," Raffarin said. "In the past few days, many people in the industry have expressed their optimism about this project. A company like nbc Universal with strong strength and high influence in the industry, Naturally our most welcome partner,"

"It sounds good, but it is very different from our original business model. You know, this will definitely have a series of follow-up effects, and the profitability of this project..."

He raised his head, "I am optimistic about this project, but I can't decide yet. I think we need to know more about it."

"Understandably, this is our report on this project," Raffarin handed him a folder.

Zhu Ke's statement like this has made him very satisfied, "I will send it to you and look forward to hearing your good news as soon as possible."