Vol 3 Chapter 340: Not going well

Hastings stepped out of the car door, and the first winery established in Napa Valley, Meili Winery was in front of him. A guy with a square face, thick hair, sunglasses and a light-colored suit was at the door of the winery. Come and walk around and call, then Buchanan!　 Seeing his car stopped, Buchanan hung up the phone in a hurry, "Hello Hastings, sorry for making you come so far,"

Hastings didn't expect that this lunch would be so laborious to eat, and he would have to travel all the way to the Napa Valley.

"Hello, you must be Buchanan. I haven't been here this year, so I can take this opportunity to relax."

Hastings held Buchanan's hand and had a general judgment about him. This was a very ambitious, energetic, and decisive guy.

"Hehe, this is my first time this year, please,"

Buchanan has collected a lot of Hastings's information and has a deep understanding of him. He knows that this is a very capable, drastic, and in order to achieve his goals, he does not care about others' opinions.

However, this guy with a moustache has small eyes and sufficient power. Among the founders of Silicon Valley technology companies, he is a handsome middle-aged guy who is very attractive at first sight.

The place to eat is not in the restaurant of the winery.

Under a tree behind the winery, there is a dining table. The cool sea breeze blows and the white tablecloth swings gently. Through the shade of the tree, the fine sunlight is sprinkled on the silver tableware and on the solid wood seats. People looked very peaceful and comfortable, a bit like dining in their own backyard.

Below, there are neatly organized vineyards, one after another, separated by woods, and on the rolling green hills in the distance, there are flying clouds and the blue sky, plus the sweet and fragrant grapes in the air. And the taste of red wine, once seated, the whole person can not help but relax.

Hastings immediately added in his heart, this guy is not simple, and this arrangement made him almost forget that this is a very serious business negotiation.

Unlike the restaurant, the choice of dishes here is very limited. Both ordered steaks. The wine must be a good wine. The Napa Valley wine leader and the top winery Prestige. This kind of red wine has an extremely limited annual output.

Buchanan did not rush to get to the point. Like an old friend, he talked with Hastings, talking about wine, food, and the recent congressional elections, but not about work.

Hastings was uncomfortable for the first time. He also knew Buchanan’s resume. The other party could easily talk about it all afternoon without any effort. However, he had something in his heart, "Buchanan, our Has the time for the group purchase project been set?"

This is also a temptation for him. If it's just such a trivial matter, it doesn't take Buchanan to come out in person and run so far.

"The time is almost set, if you are in a hurry, I can ask them to advance Netflix's group purchase as far as possible,"

"By the way, Wal-Mart's recent online leasing business is progressing well. Is Netflix under great pressure? It seems that the stock price performance is not very good? Do you want me to make an exception on the website and help you do more group purchases?"

"Their progress is nothing. Netflix is ​​still the dominant player in online leasing, and our share of the entire leasing market is growing."

The first time we met, these two guys were tempting, but on the face of it, Hastings had the advantage. He wanted Buchanan, and Buchanan knew his purpose, but he didn’t know Buchanan. What is the idea?

"Yes, I am also very confident in Reid, you and Netflix, and I am very optimistic about your company," Buchanan said, finally revealing a little wind.

"Buchanan, I don't know what your purpose is for you to come to me, but yes, I hope to promote Netflix on NEXTDOOR. I hope that the home users of NEXTDOOR can use our online DVD rental business."

Anyway, the other party knew his purpose, Hastings simply pointed out that he was originally a straight forward, regardless of any obstacles in the middle, who always walked forward in a straight line, not too impatient with these false and real temptations.

"Look, Reid, you and I want to go together. I also think that our two companies have a lot of opportunities for cooperation." Buchanan easily gained the upper hand in the meeting, swaying the wine glass freely. ,said laughingly.

Hastings immediately became alert, "You mean, business cooperation?"

"No, strategic cooperation," Buchanan throws out his own purpose, "cooperation at the level of equity and capital."

Hastings was surprised to hear this. What he thought was that it might be possible that NEXTDOOR saw the market potential of online DVD rentals, so he wanted to cooperate with himself in business. Unexpectedly, they had this idea.

However, knowing the purpose of the other party, he relaxed, thinking about how to respond, while raising another question, "A few days ago, did Amazon intend to acquire your company? I met Andy Weir in Silicon Valley. K, I know what he is responsible for now,"

"Yes, Amazon has taken a fancy to our company. Dan and our board of directors are completely uninterested. I think you should understand our future development space, Reid,"

"You can all reject Amazon, so why should I consider your proposal?" Reed Hastings looked at Buchanan seriously, and stared at him with his small eyes.

"Because we can provide great help to Netflix's development, and also allow Reid and your team to have better development opportunities,"

Buchanan still smiled lightly under Hastings's gaze.

"Haha, it sounds like you are going to acquire as a whole?" Hastings was laughing, but that laughter was very cold, "And after the acquisition, I have to ask my team to leave this project."

Since I took the initiative to find Blockbuster and made them fail to buy at a low price, they were ridiculed and ridiculed. For Hastings, the acquisition was a pain that I didn't want to touch.

"Reid, we hope that the two companies can cooperate strategically. There can be many ways to cooperate. If you agree, the overall acquisition is not impossible.

At the same time, we have absolutely no intention to put you and the team aside. The achievements of you and your team over the years are obvious to all. If we can cooperate, the existing business will still be operated by you, but you will definitely Will focus on new areas.

Believe me, it is not difficult for us to build a company like Netflix, but the team you lead is unique. You are the core and soul of Netflix."

"We? There should be that Mr. Feng," Hastings asked another question.

"Yes, after seeing how you founded Netflix, Mr. Feng admires and admires it very much. He thinks that with your ability to deal with latecomers like Wal-Mart, it is not a problem, and it will certainly occupy most of the DVD rental market in the future. However, after carefully studying the status quo of Netflix, he believes that Netflix can set foot in other broader spaces."

"I very much agree with his blue ocean strategy, and I also appreciate the creation of NEXTDOOR in his original way. I also believe that NEXTDOOR has infinite development space in the future. I also thank him for his recognition of us. However, at this stage, I still There is no idea for Netflix to enter into strategic cooperation with other companies.

I admit that we are currently facing some pressure and investors have a little lack of confidence in us. However, as Mr. Feng said, I will eventually lead Netflix to become a leading company in this field, and I think The difficulty of this challenge is not small.

If NEXTDOOR thinks this project is not difficult, I welcome you to join.” Buchanan’s contempt for online DVD rentals revealed in Buchanan’s words made Hastings unhappy.

"Reid, since you agree with Feng's blue ocean strategy, you must also believe in his vision. Now he has discovered a new blue ocean. The prospects are very good. Believe me, you and your team will definitely be in that field. more interested,"

Compared with Feng Yiping's prospects, Buchanan is a little bit down on the online DVD rental business they are now engaged in.

Hearing him say this repeatedly, Hastings became interested, "What new field is it?"

Buchanan smiled and said nothing, how could he tell you?

"I can assure you that it is definitely an area where you and your team are willing to struggle for a lifetime. The market capacity of that area will be many times the capacity of the online DVD rental market."

"Without mentioning the new direction of development, I just say that now, if Netflix cooperates with us, NEXTDOOR can definitely bring your leasing business to a higher level. Are you right, Reid? Our two cooperation, for Netflix , It is definitely very beneficial,"

Although Hastings is a little tempted and itchy, but now he is very repulsive of his own company being acquired. "After studying the establishment of NEXTDOOR, I am looking forward to meeting Feng face to face. He is indeed an outstanding strategist, but I believe that my understanding and grasp of this market will not be worse than anyone else."

To put it bluntly, he still doesn't believe that Feng Yiping can have in-depth understanding of this market. If you look at the information, you can find that they have been immersed in the blue ocean that no one has discovered, which is too childish.

At least since Buchanan said that, he has been thinking, what new field is it? But still nothing has been achieved.

"I also hope to cooperate with NEXTDOOR in business, and do not rule out the possibility of further cooperation in the future, but at this stage, we are not interested in the cooperation of equity and capital."

Buchanan felt very familiar with this. When I thought about it, doesn't it have the same meaning as his previous rejection of Amazon?

"Even without external help, we can quickly resolve the challenges we face. Thank you for your hospitality!"

This is really a very proud and tough person!

"When SARS improves, Feng will definitely come to the United States as soon as possible. I look forward to our next meeting."

"I also look forward to the opportunity to communicate with Feng, please convey my regards to him for me,"

As soon as Hastings got in the car, he completely put aside NEXTDOOR’s willingness to cooperate, and immediately called the core team, "Call everyone to the meeting room to wait for me,"

One person counts the shortcomings and the others counts the chiefs. Buchanan said solemnly. He believes that there are areas he hasn't seen yet. He hopes to concentrate on his staff and analyze what he might have missed.

Buchanan is not worried at all, and Feng Yiping is not worried at all, because he knows that in this world, only himself can accurately predict the development trend of the next 5 years and 10 years and can accurately grasp the development trend. Future trends.

So, while he was still having breakfast, when he received Buchanan's call, he said optimistically, "Nothing, I can imagine, um, I think I also have a way to let Netflix take the initiative to find us again,"

Domestically, when I heard that Jiasheng finally has the intention of financing, several major banks are a little overjoyed. Jiasheng Group has two listed companies that have performed well on NASDAQ, and it can be said that it is currently one of the best domestic customers. .

Because of this, it is also one of the most weird groups in the country. From its establishment to the present, I have seen it deposit money in the bank, but have not seen it borrow money from the bank. It is one of the few in China. At least it makes bank money from the books. No matter how low the interest of the group’s deposit is ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ As long as the amount of funds is large, the interest is really not a small amount.

It can also be seen from this that since Jiasheng wants to raise funds, it is definitely not a small amount, it is definitely a big business.

As a result, Mei Yiliang, who was in charge of the provincial capital base camp, immediately became a guest of all major banks in the province. He was the deputy governor of the provincial branch personally. However, upon hearing the currency value he quoted, he played money all day long. Without exception, the leaders all retreated gorgeously.

The same goes for Shanghai.

The matter was reported to the head office immediately. In the end, a person at the head office level of the four major state-owned banks went to Shanghai and contacted Jin Ling. Once they confirmed the number she reported, they all took a breath. If you don’t borrow it, it’s amazing. It costs 1.5 to 2 billion at will, or US dollars!

The big guys generally said, Well, we really have to study it.

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