Chapter 132: China is about to change
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Alain Ryder Jr. told him what Li Zetian had talked to him about, and the rest of the conference room was surprised.
However, some people have raised a question: "Mr. Alain Ryder Jr., as far as I know, there are no big film rental companies in the market, what is the name of Chronos Li's film rental company, and how big is it?"
"The name of the company is Netflix, because the film and video tapes are just beginning to develop, and Chronos-Li admits that it is not large, and he did not say exactly how big, but he said that he is willing to spend a lot of money ......on development," said Alain Ryder Jr.
"Netflix? I think we should investigate this company first before we can be ready to make a judgment. Since the company is not large, then we deserve more in terms of sales share!" The man paused, and continued, "If the other company's company is very large, or even a monopoly, it can naturally have higher bargaining power, but now it is obviously not possible! I think we can at least ask him for a 30% share!!"
As soon as the words fell, the rest of the people nodded in agreement.
Alain Ryder Jr. agrees.
At the end of the meeting, Twentieth Century Fox immediately sent someone to investigate Netflix.
The next day, the investigators received a shocking message.
Netflix is a company that has just applied for registration.
This...... It's called a small scale? It's not a scale at all!
Alain Ryder Jr. convened again, and gave a brief introduction.
"Netlfix just signed up and doesn't even have employees. What do you think?" asked Alain Ryder Jr.
"If you don't have a rental store, how can you still share the sales?!"
"Does Chronos・Li want to play the white wolf with empty gloves?"
“……”
Everyone complained.
After a while, someone suggested: "I don't know if the videotape market will grow, and Chronos·Li's film rental company is so far just an empty shell, and the sales share may not bring huge profits to 20th Century Fox." At the moment, the company is currently facing a financial crisis. I think that if the buyout price of each film is relatively high, it is better to sell it directly in exchange for a large amount of money in order to solve the company's urgent needs. Of course, this buyout right only includes the right to distribute the film, and the film rights are still owned by Twentieth Century Fox!"
Everyone nodded, this is a good method!
"That's right! Don't look at Chronos Li's boasting that he will invest a huge amount of money to develop a film rental company, but the video tape market has not yet formed, and it is unknown whether he will be the first to eat crabs or become a martyr! ”
"If the videotape market develops, it may be better to divide the way!"
“……”
The conference room was divided into two factions, but in the end it was the buyout faction that prevailed, as Twentieth Century Fox was now short of money.
After the meeting, Alain Ryder Jr. called Li Zetian, and he said on the phone: "Hello, Chronos Li, after the deliberations of Twentieth Century Fox, we have proposed another way of cooperation. ”
"In what way?"
Each movie is priced according to the box office and generation, and after the buyout, Netflix owns the distribution rights of the film!"
Li Zetian was stunned for a moment, how could the other party make such an S~B proposal.
"What exactly is the right to publish?" asked Li Zetian.
"Naturally, it's the right to distribute film and videotapes!"
"Mr. Alain Ryder Jr., I agree with the buyout method, but the film distribution rights only refer to video tapes, so I don't agree!" Li Zetian paused and continued, "The essence of video tapes is a storage medium, which is called VHS produced by JVC and β-max produced by Sony. At the moment, the battle between VHS and β-max formats has only just begun, and the outcome is still uncertain, and it may not be long before another company develops a new film storage medium, which may not even be called 'videotape'. Netflix is a film rental company, may I ask Mr. Alan Ryder Jr., what type of film storage media does Twentieth Century Fox license to Netflix belong to?
Alain Ryder Jr. was dumbfounded.
"Mr. Li, what do you think should be done?"
Of course, the movie copyright still belongs to you, and the games, novels, peripheral licenses, etc., all have nothing to do with Netflix. In fact, Netflix can help you promote the movie, which will help you develop peripheral products and create greater value! Our cooperation is very beneficial to Twentieth Century Fox!" Li Zetian said lightly.
Alain Ryder Jr. pondered for a moment, then finally replied.
"Okay, I agree! Then I will bring the company team to visit you again tomorrow to discuss the details of cooperation!"
"Okay, goodbye!"
"Goodbye!"
After hanging up the phone, Li Zetian smiled slightly, revealing the expression of a victor. On the table was a stack of documents from films released by Twentieth Century Fox over the years. Some of the movies circled in red are the movies that Li Zetian plans to buy this time, and there are almost sixty of them.
The next morning, Alain Ryder Jr. came to Li Zetian's house with two employees.
The two sides mainly negotiate the price of each movie.
The more recent the age, the higher the price.
The higher the box office, the higher the price.
After a morning, the negotiations were not over, and everyone resumed the talks after lunch.
Due to the large amount, Li Zetian had to pay for it!
In the end, Li Zetian bought out the distribution rights of 60 films at an average price of $100,000 each, totaling $6 million. However, this is not an exclusive buyout, and Twentieth Century Fox can also be sold to other companies. Of course, Li Zetian wants to buy out exclusively, but Twentieth Century Fox is also shrewd and can't give up the entire big forest for Netflix...... The more companies you empower, the more you can earn!
Sending them away, Li Zetian thought about it secretly.
Everything is difficult at the beginning, there are so many companies in Hollywood, and now that I have won the twentieth Century Fox, it will be much easier to do it next, and I don't need to go out myself, just build a strong team......
In fact, Li Zetian is too skilled, and he can't do so much work, and today's negotiation has made him tired enough. He didn't want to suffer this crime anymore, so he called Dongfang Yuqin to inform her when he turned around, and asked her to form a team to do these things, and he was responsible for the writing of video tape rental software, which was his best skill.
For the next period of time, Li Zetian wrote software in his study until September 9, 1976.
On this day, a major event happened, a generation of great people and leaders of China passed away, and as soon as the news came out, the land of China was in mourning, and Chinese people all over the world wept.
Li Chengzhi personally called Li Zetian, his voice full of sadness.
When Li Zetian heard this, he fell silent and expressed heavy condolences for the passing of a generation of great men.
That night, Li Zetian and Yu Jingqiu watched the news in front of the TV, and the TV broadcast the picture of China, Tiananmen Square was crowded with people, crying and moving, and the scene was so sad that people couldn't bear to look at it directly!
Although Yu Jingqiu was in the United States, she was no stranger to this leader, and she couldn't help but be deeply moved when she saw this scene, and her eyes were red. Li Zetian sighed at this time and said, "China is about to change......