On the way back, Donn invited Barry Diller into his car.

"Last year, Lei Shidong asked me to broadcast "Six Feet Under" on Shotime TV, and since then, I have made up my mind that one day, I will make him pay the price of blood!"

Don's face was calm, but his eyes showed sharpness and firmness that could not be shaken.

Barry Diller said: "The cancellation of the cooperation with Pescard will bring some losses to New Universal, but ...... Whether it's a blessing or a curse, it's not necessarily. ”

Tang En smiled slightly, revealing a row of white teeth, "Maybe Lei Shidong is too overestimating Pestella's strength, or underestimating Netflix's potential." ”

Barry Diller shook his head and said, "For now, Netflix has no possibility of arguing with Pepsi at all. ”

"The bigger the volume, the greater the inertia, and I want to turn around...... Maybe it's going to roll over. Netflix is different, asset-light, small volume, and can adjust its strategic direction at any time. The future will be full of changes, and this is important. "Don showed a lot of confidence in Netflix.

Barry Diller raised an eyebrow, he heard something, "You mean...... Will the DVD rental industry follow in the footsteps of the record industry?"

"Affected by Internet downloads, the record industry's market has taken a sharp turn, and even if Congress has introduced a policy to crack down on pirated downloads, the development of the Internet should not be underestimated," Tang said. Nowadays, the network speed is slow, at most it is to download some music and adult movies with low definition, as long as the network speed is improved, the network on-demand business must be promising. ”

"Network on demand? There is no technical threshold, and there is no problem of turning around. Barry Diller shook his head.

Tang En smiled: "So, no matter how the old and new channels are replaced, what remains unchanged is the content! Controlling the content is equivalent to controlling the source." ”

Barry Diller's eyes lit up, "You mean...... Acquisition of MGM?"

Tang En clenched his fists and said in a deep voice, "I must do it!"

Barry Diller nodded repeatedly, "I firmly agree! Even if there is no new Internet channel, the acquisition of MGM is enough to give us more confidence in the fight against Pepsi." MGM has 4,200 films in stock, and 2,000 films are controlled, excluding those joint ventures and shared rights. Counting our new Universal film library, such a large volume is enough to compete with Pepsi!"

Peskind is powerful, but Peskind is just a channel.

After being banned by New Universal and Disney, the number of films rented by Pepsi will be greatly reduced.

Fans want to watch these films, what should they do?

You can only go to Netflix!

Netflix now implements a monthly membership system, and users pay $20 per month to rent and watch unlimited movies. (The $20 monthly fee is actually very cheap, and if you rent a film at Pepsicard, you will have to pay a $50 late fee for a late return of the film.) ）

It's a new model.

Now, Netflix has more than 2 million users, and its annual revenue is $620 million, including membership fees and advertising!

Of the $620 million, half of the copyright fees will be paid to major film companies, as well as warehouse rental fees, video disc transportation fees, staff expenses and other expenses.

In the whole of 2002, Netflix's profit was only more than $34 million.

That's pretty good, though.

This emerging model, which can create profits without burdening the parent company, is the greatest success. In particular, the number of subscribers is growing rapidly, and the outlook is very bright.

If there is support from New Universal, Disney, and MGM's exclusive film library, will there be less user growth?

In the previous life, Pepsi went bankrupt in 2010.

Now that Donn has fought with Viacom, he has to push this time forward for a few more years!

Natalie, who had been sitting beside Don and listening quietly, suddenly spoke up at this time and whispered, "Acquire MGM...... However, I heard that last year, Sony Pictures was interested in buying MGM, but the asking price was too high, so it withdrew. ”

"Last year, last year, MGM had several blockbuster films such as "Hannibal" and "Legally Blonde", and it was not surprising that Cork Corkerey was in high spirits. Look at it again this year, he vomited blood! MGM's burden, he must want to get rid of it in a hurry. ”

Don was very disgusted with the person of Cork Cockrian.

is obviously a gambling tycoon, but he went to Hollywood to play movies, but he made a lot of money himself, and directly crippled MGM, the world's largest film company that year.

None of the Hollywood filmmakers had a good impression of Cork Corkerian.

Barry Diller thought of something and said, "I'll give Murdoch a call!"

Then, he took out his phone.

"Rupert, hehe, you didn't come to the celebration party for "Lord of the Rings 2"?"

Barry Diller's voice is enthusiastic, like an old friend, and it's hard to imagine that the two had a heated conflict a decade ago.

Don didn't know what Murdoch said on the other end of the phone, Barry Diller's expression was calm, and he said with a smile: "Lei Shidong wanted to take "Truth or Dare" to CBS for broadcast, but I refused. You know, even though I'm not currently signed with Twentieth Century Fox, I'm looking forward to Truth or Dare airing on FOX, because the FOX network has some ties to me. ”

Don has mixed up a lot among business tycoons and has a lot of experience, and immediately analyzed the meaning of Barry Diller's words.

When the big man speaks, many times it is in the clouds, and the listener must avoid the false and the real in order to understand the deep meaning.

For example, Barry Diller's remarks just now - "Truth or Dare", CBS, and FOX are all "virtual", and only "rejection" is "real".

To put it bluntly, it was Barry Diller who rejected Lei Shidong!

This is sending a signal to Murdoch that New Universal and Viacom are going to war!

If News Corp. had remained neutral, New Globe would have maintained a partnership with Twentieth Century Fox and delivered "Truth or Dare."

"Okay! No problem...... Oh, that's fine, that's it. ”

Barry Diller hung up and nodded at Donn.

Donn breathed a sigh of relief.

Having a right-hand man is a lot easier.

After getting Murdoch, he can compare with Lei Shidong in a dignified manner.

As for the other media giant, AOL, Time Warner......

Don wasn't worried.

The current AOL Time Warner is taking care of itself, and there has been news in the industry. In order to solve the problem of huge losses, Time Warner intends to sell its Warner Publishing Group and Warner Records......

……

In the blink of an eye, it's another year.

2003 arrived.

With the arrival of various payments at the end of the year, New Globe had cash flow of more than $2.8 billion.

However, only $1.9 billion can really be used, and the remaining $900 million has not flowed back to the United States overseas.

This amount of money is far from enough to buy MGM.

But don't worry, you can earn slowly.

New Universal's earning power is definitely the best in Hollywood!

Especially when the second season of "American Idol" is broadcast, there will be a lot of money in the account.

And MGM's acquisition must be very complicated.

Since Cork Corkerian publicly stated that he would sell MGM, there have been seven or eight companies asking for prices.

There's Sony Pictures, Paramount, Disney, Time Warner, Lionsgate, Comcast, and even Microsoft and General Electric.

Bidding for MGM must be a long and complicated process, and there is no urgency.

However, after three months of repeated discussions, discussions, and negotiations, another acquisition finally came to an eyebrow.

Amazon acquired PayPal, the world's largest online payment platform, by issuing an additional 40.72 million shares at $20.87 per share, plus $200 million in cash!

The total transaction volume is up to $1.05 billion!

Among them, Donn received 27 million shares, accounting for 6% of the total share capital, becoming the second largest individual shareholder of Amazon after Jeff Bezos.

Elon Musk took $120 million in cash and 3.83 million shares of Amazon stock because he wanted to start a business.

Since then, following Google, Hasbro, Apple, MGA Toys, Legendary Pictures, Space, and the Scott Swift Angel Foundation, Tang has added an independent director.

Amazon Independent Director!

However, New Universal and Hollywood are focused on another deal three days after the deal was completed!

New Globe spent $180 million in cash to acquire Amazon's IMDb Film and Television Information Network!(Amazon is poor and has little cash flow, and the $200 million cash to acquire PayPal is actually this money.) ）

After the completion of this acquisition, IMDb will be integrated into Netflix, which will provide a rich supply of information for Netflix's video rentals.

Netflix members will also automatically enjoy the services of IMDbPro members.

As soon as this news came out, the entire entertainment industry was shocked!

That day, at the celebration reception of "The Lord of the Rings 2: Two Towers", Tang En called Lei Shidong in person, refused to back down, and faced each other with big swords.

Now, the acquisition of IMDb, the world's most professional, complete and authentic film and television information website, and its integration into Netflix, has clearly stated the problem.

Don has a shot!

He is increasing his investment in Netflix's business and challenging Pepsi, the leader in the video rental market!

Perhaps in terms of assets and the number of storefronts, Netflix is far inferior to Pepsi.

However, Netflix represents a new force!

Just like the corporate slogan of New Globe Group: "New Order, New Model, New Power, New Universal, New Hollywood!"

Netflix has formed a series of complete film rental chains based on the Internet, based on monthly membership subscriptions, guided by IMDb's professional information, and featuring exclusive leasing rights for New Universal and Disney film and television productions.

Challenge Passcard!

Didn't Lei Shidong want to use Pepsi to suppress Donne?

All right.

Don doesn't mind the flames of war!()

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