When Steven Petman left, Ronan left behind the script and plan, which was a very clear signal that Relativity Entertainment had intentions to cooperate.

In the face of this kind of Hollywood veteranship, there is no need to hide it, and the two sides just negotiate with normal market conditions as the standard.

He hired Connie, asked the assistant to copy the script and proposal, and transferred it to Shahai Entertainment to start negotiations with Steven Petman as soon as possible.

With Disney as a long-term partner before, Steven Petman did not consider cooperating with other companies, and now Disney's civil strife has caused problems in its own operation, with Steven Petman's many years of experience, if Relativity Entertainment thinks about it for too long, Steven Petman is very likely to turn to other partner companies.

Because of Robert Iger's relationship, Steven Petman appeared in front of him with "Hannah Montana", and Ronan certainly won't miss it.

Such a situational musical may seem very brainless, but when it works, its profitability is even more terrifying than the average hit drama.

Let's talk about "Hannah Montana", once the series is popular, it can release an original soundtrack, a movie, and even a concert in the name of Hannah Montana.

Ronan has not watched a musical, but because of the relationship between a female friend, he has watched "Good Girl is a Big Star", and Miley Sellers, who played Hannah Montana at that time, can be described as half the sky.

Otherwise, camel toes wouldn't have spread so widely.

However, it is not easy to run such a series successfully, in addition to the music composition, the main characters in it need to have a good level of singing.

Ronan remembers that it seems that the father and daughter who play the heroine in the film seem to be the Miley Sellers father and daughter in reality.

You can ask someone to find it.

Of course, Ronan will not put his hopes on one person, and at the same time will make other preparations, after all, it is never difficult to find actors in Hollywood.

Even if it's a girl actor with a certain level of singing.

With Robert Iger as the matchmaker, Shahai Entertainment's contact with Steven Petman has progressed very quickly, and after several negotiations, a preliminary verbal agreement has been reached.

Compared with the chaotic Disney, stable Relativity Entertainment is also a good partner to work with.

Moreover, for Steven Petman, the remuneration offered by Relativity Entertainment is only higher than that of Walt Disney.

Ronan also received a report from Connie that no actor or singer named Miley Sellers could be found.

Because of the "camel toe" relationship, Ronan is very sure that he has not misremembered the name, then there is only one possibility, Miley Sellers does not know which state is nesting in the horns.

This kind of thing can't be forced, and it is impossible for Relativity Entertainment to spend a lot of resources to find a certain actor like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Ronan is not a person who does not know how to be flexible, and when the project is negotiated, Shahai Entertainment will make an open selection.

Sitcoms have always had a market in North America and even in the West as a whole, and they are often typical of small inputs and large outputs.

Of course, this refers to the beginning stage.

In the later stage, the remuneration of the main creators has always been a big problem.

Especially the kind of group play.

For example, "Friends", the end of this series, in addition to the ratings, is that the salaries of the six protagonists are too high, so high that the producer is almost unbearable.

Shahai Entertainment also has a sitcom project, which has been named "The Big Bang Theory".

Since Ronan basically didn't watch the specific content of this series, he just put forward ideas and directions, and the series was completely handed over to a professional screenwriting team.

At present, the publication of the script has been completed, and after Ronan read it, he is generally satisfied, allowing the screenwriting team to continue to polish the script, and at the same time, the formal preparation of this project is also on the agenda.

As long as there are no big surprises, Netflix streaming will not lack quality episodes in the future.

In late September, at Ronan's suggestion, Netflix's board of directors approved a brand new acquisition, with Netflix Video buying YouTube Pipe, which was just formed this year, for $47.8 million.

Netflix Video, which is the No. 1 in the online video industry, acquired the No. 2 company in the same industry, and the video business, which was originally the weakest of all the major businesses of Netflix Networks, has been further enhanced.

YouTube only existed for five months from the first 19-second video upload on April 23 to being wholly acquired by Netflix Video.

Netflix Video, which swallowed YouTube, became a website with 40 million short videos and more than 8 million people every day.

This figure even exceeds Yahoo's traffic.

In addition, since Netflix Video is a business of the Netflix network and not a separate company, there is no need to worry about some copyright troubles.

As we all know, when netizens make videos, they often use clips such as certain movies or MVs, which will involve copyright issues.

After several years of hard work, Netflix has reached content licensing and protection agreements with other large and medium-sized companies other than Hollywood and Twentieth Century Fox, including Universal Music, Sony BMG, Warner Music, CBS, etc., which can completely dispel the market's suspicions that content providers may pursue infringing content and escalate legal actions.

After the acquisition, at a Netflix network executive meeting, Ronan also mentioned a proposal to explore and investigate the live streaming industry.

It's certainly not business now, it's about preparing for the future.

The Netflix network is a leader in its industry, but if it wants to stay afloat, it must maintain a sufficient pace of development, not stand still.

Those who stand still, don't want to run, but want to fall behind, whether they are veterans or not, Ronan will find a way to kick them out.

Where is there so much to talk about in business.

Even after going public, Ronan still has an absolute controlling stake in Netflix Network, and for now, all major investors are strong supporters of him.

Because Ronan is the best able to guarantee the return on their investment.

But the Netflix network is not without competitors.

Ronan had just returned to Los Angeles after meeting the new board of directors of Netflix in San Francisco when he saw a message in the media.

The 20th Century Fox, which has been rumored to be in the twentieth century, has entered the Internet with the latest development.

News Corp. and Twentieth Century Fox jointly held a press conference to officially announce the launch of Fox Online.

Not only that, Fox Online has also obtained the Internet authorization for film and television dramas of most medium and large film companies, including the Big Six in Hollywood.

Hollywood movies have never been exclusively licensed, and it's a good thing for studios to continue to sell rights and create another amount of revenue, so why not?

Of course, Relativity Entertainment and DreamWorks are licensed, Fox Online does not.

Fox Online almost copied the operating model of Netflix streaming, using both on-demand payment and monthly fees, but the monthly fee is $3 lower than Netflix streaming.

"It looks like it's lower than Netflix's monthly streaming fee. ”

In the office, Connie, who has learned more about Fox Online, reported to Ronan: "But Fox Online does not provide users with an online DVD rental business. ”

Ronan was using his computer to check the content of Fox Online, clicked on "True Lies" at random, and said, "Fox Online does not broadcast new dramas exclusively?"

Connie thought for a moment and said: "Originally, Twentieth Century Fox planned to put the latest season of the popular series "Twenty-Four Hours of Counter-Terrorism" on Fox Online, but it was strongly opposed by Fox TV, and it was rumored that Fox TV and Fox Online's senior management quarreled directly in an internal meeting. ”

Ronan can roughly guess why, the appearance of Fox Online is too far away to impact Netflix, and the first thing to move is the cake inside Fox.

The most typical is Fox TV.

The new drama will be broadcast exclusively on Fox Online, what will Fox TV think?

The contradiction between the old and new media is simply unavoidable.

Relativity Entertainment does not have a television network, which is a major drawback, but it is also an advantage for Netflix's business to be able to expand quickly.

Because there will be no internal constraints.

Connie continued: "It is said that after Twentieth Century Fox has been coordinated internally, TV series projects that already exist within Fox or are about to be established will not be the first to land on Fox Online, but will only enter Fox Online after the first round of TV broadcasts. ”

"That's it?" Ronan moved his mouse and chose the highest-definition version of True Lies, "Twentieth Century Fox doesn't prepare a new show for Fox Online?"

"At the moment, all I can get is gossip that Twentieth Century Fox is interested in developing a spin-off of 'X-Men' to be broadcast through Fox Online," Connie said. ”

Hearing "X-Men", Ronan frowned slightly, this series simply supported half of Fox's film business.

Think about a few years ago, Marvel was so poor that he sold his son, which gave him the opportunity to take advantage of the situation, and he was in a very good mood.

But now, thinking of the loser behavior of this group of bastards at Marvel, the anger is a little rushed to the brain!

It's really the ass that determines the head, and the interests that determine the position of the ass.

After more than a dozen seconds of buffering waiting, "True Lies" began to play on the top of the computer screen, and Ronan only glanced at it and determined that there was a gap in clarity with Netflix streaming.

This is not really a gap in video clarity, but a gap in technology.

"What about investment?" Ronan continued.

"Very high!" Connie said, "Because of Netflix's streaming business, Twentieth Century Fox has at least twice as many licenses as we did at the beginning." The website design and technical support were solved through acquisitions and patent licensing in Silicon Valley, and there is definite information that Fox Online will be able to go live and operate, and the investment of Twentieth Century Fox will not be less than $1.2 billion. ”

Ronan stopped watching the video, because it had only been a few minutes since he watched it, and "True Lies", which had a decent definition, was buffered again.

"I'm in a hurry. Ronan whispered.

Connie answered: "Twentieth Century Fox is currently in a-for-tat confrontation with us, and probably doesn't want to be left too far behind us in the Internet business. ”