Now that the streaming business is just emerging, Twentieth Century Fox and other companies want a piece of the pie in this new industry.

After all, Netflix's streaming business has proven that the industry has a lot to offer.

As one of the traditional content producers, traditional content producers, including Twentieth Century Fox, also do not want to lose the advantages and positions they once had.

But other companies have only really realized the value of the industry this year, and Netflix streaming seems to be one step ahead, but in fact it is already a few positions ahead.

Since Ronan won Netflix, he has been preparing for the streaming media business, taking advantage of many advantages such as foresight, and in more than a few years, he has quickly accumulated and bought out a large number of necessary content copyrights and network technologies.

In fact, this has also raised the entry threshold for latecomers.

There is more than one Hollywood video website, but it is only Fox Online that is currently online.

Other companies are not abandoning the market, but are accumulating strength.

Online video playback has never been Hollywood's position in the past, this is a new industry for Hollywood as a whole, and Hollywood's large companies are actually more cautious, after all, hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars of funds are smashed, once something goes wrong, it is very likely to affect the normal operation of the company.

In some ways, Twentieth Century Fox is more radical and bold, spending $1.2 billion in less than a year, from integrating copyrights to licensing to merging Internet companies.

Fox Online technology is not mature enough, and the main manifestation is that the highest definition is only the level of Netflix streaming secondary definition, and once the highest definition is selected, the buffering that appears from time to time requires the audience to be patient.

In this fast-paced era, audiences are not as patient as they were a decade ago.

And the most important point is that Fox Online is officially in operation, and there are no heavyweight new dramas online.

Ronan originally thought that the real weight of streaming media or other business opponents would not appear until at least another six months or even a year.

Twentieth Century Fox clearly can't wait.

"The emergence of competitors is not a bad thing for Netflix. Ronan turned off the punctuated True Lies, and said to Connie, "Tell Mark Randolph to give them a sense of urgency by paying proper attention to Fox Online. ”

Connie responded, "Okay." ”

Ronan tapped lightly on the table, Netflix was ahead of everyone, but competitors would definitely emerge one after another, not just the streaming business.

Connie's phone rang and she glanced down: "What's new on Fox Online." ”

Ronan waved his hand, Connie went to answer the phone, and after a few words, he quickly came back and said, "I just got the news that Twentieth Century Fox is in contact with Amazon's Jason Girard and is preparing to invite Jeff Bezos's right-hand man to be the CEO. ”

"Jason Girard was intrigued by the invitation of Twentieth Century Fox," she emphasized. ”

Ronan asked, "Are there any restrictions on Jason Girard's contract at Amazon?" ”

Because Ronan has increased his holdings in recent years, which can be regarded as a relationship with Amazon's larger shareholders, Connie has an understanding of Amazon's situation, thought about it for a while, and said: "Jason Girard is a very important manager of Amazon, and one of Jeff Bezos's important deputies, there should be a very high amount of resignation clause." ”

"Sure. "If it exists, you inform Scott Swift, in the name of Amazon's majority shareholder, to find a suitable opportunity to remind Amazon's management that the interests of Amazon's shareholders must be upheld," Ronan said. ”

Connie understands that this is to allow Amazon management to avoid letting go of Jason Girard at no cost because of personal relationships.

On the other hand, it is also to increase the cost of poaching people on Fox Online.

This is not a big problem, and business things can be done according to the contract.

Although the current Amazon has shown a certain strength, it is not an unusually powerful Amazon in the future, and there are also competitors with close strength like eBay.

Thinking about the future, Ronan said to Connie, "Tell Scott Swift that my personal investment fund continues to increase its holdings in Amazon stock. Also, I'm seeking to get on Amazon's board of directors. ”

Not only Amazon, but also Apple, Ronan has already reached a tacit understanding with Steve Jobs, and Steve Jobs will also push him into Apple's board of directors.

"That's right. Ronan instead asked, "Is there any new development on the Twentieth Century Fox and Terminator side?"

Connie said, "There are some. Twentieth Century Fox asked to get back the filming rights of the sequel to "Terminator", but Warner Bros. said that since the end of "Terminator 3", it has been doing early planning for "Terminator 4", and has invested a lot of manpower and material resources, and Twentieth Century Fox's request has seriously damaged the interests of Warner Bros., and Warner Bros. must pay $50 million in compensation. ”

Ronan wasn't surprised, if he did the same, the six companies were never one.

As for whether it is planned in the early stage, with the ability of big Hollywood companies, it is not difficult to get some copywriting materials out, and creativity and copywriting are sometimes not valuable, and sometimes they are valuable.

Connie's words continued: "Warner Bros. said that if Twentieth Century Fox does not compensate, Warner Bros. will continue to prepare Terminator 4. ”

Ronan smiled and asked, "Is there a response from Twentieth Century Fox?"

"The two sides are in a tug-of-war. Connie said quickly: "Twentieth Century Fox said it was willing to pay Warner Bros. $10 million in addition to the $20 million copyright concession fee, but Warner Bros. insisted on $50 million. ”

She knows what has happened: "The two sides should be able to reach an agreement soon, Warner Bros. just wants to take the opportunity to ask for money, and Twentieth Century Fox raises the offer, and it is estimated that the sequel to "Terminator" will be filmed back in Twentieth Century Fox." ”

Ronan nodded slightly and reminded, "Stay tuned." ”

The more Twentieth Century Fox pays to get back the rights to shoot the sequel to "Terminator", the more urgent it will be to make a new "Terminator" movie.

After all, there is a way to get back the investment.

Ronan hopes that the "Terminator" series will continue to fail as before, as it once did, to the point that even hardcore fans want to vomit when they hear the name.

It seems that Twentieth Century Fox has accumulated a number of top-notch large-budget commercial film projects, and in the next two or three years, they may be released in a bunch.

Two days later, new news about Twentieth Century Fox reached Ronan.

Twentieth Century Fox has reached an agreement with Jason Girard, who will become CEO of Fox Online.

At the same time, Scott-Swift, together with a number of shareholders, sent a letter to question Amazon's management.

There is a case of Disney shareholders suing the board of directors of Disney, and Amazon management will not harm its own interests for Twentieth Century Fox, so immediately notify Twentieth Century Fox and Jason Girard, Jason Girard has no problem leaving to join Fox Online, please pay $60 million in liquidated damages for early departure.

This money, of course, cannot be paid by Jason Girard, but can only be borne by the poaching Twentieth Century Fox.

Twentieth Century Fox did not have senior management talent involved in the Internet business, so it had to poach people from the outside, and finally signed the CEO of his choice for $60 million after Amazon gritted its teeth.

In this respect, it also shows the determination of Twentieth Century Fox to compete with Netflix in the Internet business!

Subsequently, Fox Online announced plans for a new drama.

In addition to the previously tentative "Men" spin-off, there is also a heavyweight series that has been included in Fox Online's development list!

This is Terminator Gaiden!

Twentieth Century Fox took back the rights to shoot the sequel to "Terminator" from Warner Bros. after paying $20 million in copyright concessions and $20 million in compensation.

The investment of tens of millions of dollars also prompted Twentieth Century Fox to increase its determination to further develop the "Terminator series".

It was also after the news came back that Ronan learned that Twentieth Century Fox still had the rights to the film and television adaptation of James Cameron's never-before-published manuscript of "The Terminator".

So, Twentieth Century Fox has prepared a TV series plan in addition to the sequel to "The Terminator".

Whether it's a sci-fi movie or a sci-fi series, wanting to be a little better means a huge investment of money.

Despite the unexpected, Ronan watched as it all happened, as it wasn't possible for everything to go exactly as planned.

He also doesn't remember ever watching a TV series related to "The Terminator."

Ronan personally called James Cameron to ask about the so-called "Terminator" manuscript, which was just the first version of the original script that was discarded when "Terminator 2" was created, and after the movie was released, it was directly packaged and bought by Twentieth Century Fox, and it was not specially created by him or other literary works.

The content of the manuscript is the original plot of "Terminator 2" conceived by James Cameron back then, John Connie is not a child, but an immature young man, who is being chased by robots sent by Skynet from the future, Sarah Connor needs to take John Connor around on the run, and at the same time train John Connor to become the leader of the future resistance forces.

This is indeed a side story of the main plot of "Terminator".

After Ronan asked about the situation, he just asked Connie's assistant team to keep an eye on the "Terminator" series, and then went to Shahai Entertainment.

Since the project "Hannah Montana" has reached an agreement, Shahai Entertainment is also preparing to gather people to prepare.

Ronan had a relationship with Andrew, who was directly in charge, and Steven Petman, who was the producer and director, for a while, and was about to leave Shahai Entertainment when he was stopped by a girl.