Chapter 21: The DVD Era

A few days later, Mark Randolph asked Roy out, along with a veteran investor, a young lady who was not very old.

They met in an upscale café, and after shaking hands with each other, the four sat down.

From a distance, the four of them were all extremely well-dressed, wearing multiple layers of clothes, plump in style, polite manners, advancing and retreating in moderation, and speaking concisely and well.

"Mark, I've received messages from my secretary several times that you have a good investment project, and I wasn't very interested in it, but I happened to come to see my daughter today, and I deliberately set aside 20 minutes, I hope you don't let me down. ”

The famous investor named Anthony Robert, Da Ma Jindao, sat on the seat, with a majestic momentum set off by fat and fat, and his unformed eyes were shining.

Mark and Roy were choked.

"It's a great honor, really a great honor. Mark flattered and praised: "This beautiful girl turned out to be your daughter, it's really better to be famous than to meet, so beautiful, if you go to Hollywood to make a movie, you will definitely be able to become popular......"

Roy was also looking at Alyssa Albert, even from his point of view, Mark's praise was not exaggerated at all, this girl should be less than 30 years old, with mature and steady manners, white color, thin face, tender quality, and soft sex, like a piece of white tofu, anyone wants to take a bite.

As Mark complimented Alyssa on her looks, she frowned, and for a moment, Roy caught it.

looks so beautiful, but resists people's praise. Hey, that's kind of interesting.

Alyssa looked at her watch and reminded Mark softly, "There are 18 points left." ”

Mark's ass slapped on the horse's hooves, and he smiled awkwardly: "Don't say much politely, let's go straight to the point."

"Now I have a very good project in my hand, it is the future trend of the home theater industry, if the company can go public, it will definitely help you make a lot of money......"

Alyssa interrupted: "If you still want to finance Netflix, I think this topic can be over, Netflix's use of Internet technology to do film and television leasing may be a little new, but after the first round of financing, he did not perform well, and we are still waiting and seeing." ”

"It turns out you're right. Mark continued: "Through Internet leasing, completely replacing the offline physical store model, can save a huge amount of rental costs, this operational idea is absolutely not wrong, we only need to find a breakthrough now, develop the first batch of loyal users, at least to be able to turn losses into profits."

"And now, I've found it. ”

Mark systematically and succinctly described a propaganda strategy, and handed Anthony and Alyssa a copy of the paper chart.

And what Mark said was exactly what Roy proposed in the conference room last week - the videotape coupon strategy.

Roy grinded his teeth quietly, this shameless plagiarist has personally proved how shameless a person can be.

Seeing that the two nodded, Mark also seemed to think that this low-cost propaganda strategy was not bad, but he changed his tone and complained in a low voice: "But Reed, I really didn't expect Reed to ...... I was overwhelmed by the rejection of such a good proposal.

"Mr. Roy, who is our company's top technical staff and a core member of the company's strategy team, was also present at the time. ”

Roy saw that the eyes of the three of them fell on him, he was really a dog, and it turned out that shamelessness could be endless.

He stiffened his face and nodded solemnly: "Yes, this proposal did not pass in the end. ”

"It's an internal decision within your company, and I'm not interested. ”

Mark said, "Miss Alyssa, I'm just telling you how unreliable Reed is.

"And I and Mr. Roy are different, we are real doers, and we have a lot more of them like this.

"We have registered a new company, the same is to do Internet film and television rental, and Netflix is different, we only need you to invest one million dollars, we can exceed Netflix's five million investment achievements in a month, the company has achievements, AB round of financing is not a problem at all, and then expand the market scale, cultivate loyal users, after the C round, D round, and then successfully listed, when the time comes, whether you cash out or continue to invest, it is a wise choice......"

Mark excitedly pointed out the country and the characters, as if the leader's soul was possessed, but those who knew the inside story would only laugh at him for being close to the fence and picking up people's teeth, just a momentary proud clown.

Fat Anthony was always expressionless and silent.

Alyssa thought for a few seconds and shook her head.

It was clear that Mark's routine did not impress the other party.

"There are still 3 minutes to go. Alyssa said again.

Roy stopped rubbing his fingers and leaned forward slightly, his face full of confidence. Finally, it was my turn to turn the tide.

"Miss Elisa, do you usually rent videotapes?"

"Very little. ”

"Do you have an old-fashioned video recorder or a revolutionary DVD player?"

"DVD?" Alyssa had apparently not heard of.

Roy took out the materials prepared in advance, spread them on the table, pointed to a thin cuboid on it, and introduced: "According to official data, only five hundred families in the United States have such players, you don't know, it's not surprising.

"As you can see from the picture, this is a thinner and more beautiful epoch-making product, as long as you put this, a thin round saucer, you can see a clearer picture on a TV than a video recorder. ”

"This ...... It's really cool and will be more popular than bulky video recorders. But this product must be expensive, right?" said Elisa.

Mark also nodded in agreement, not knowing what kind of medicine was sold in Roy's gourd.

This is Roy's super discovery a few days ago, that is, the DVD era is coming, 99.9% of the bulky rectangular videotapes on the market are facing obsolescence, but this technology has come so quietly that even many DVD agents can't see the miracle of this future trend.

"The birth of a new product is always costly, but with the overcoming of more technology and mass production, its price will plummet, just like a computer, who dares to say that it can be used for civilian use? But now, computers have entered thousands of households.

"This cross-era product, the same is true, if you lay out at this time, be greedy when capital is afraid, bet when capital is confused, and exit when capital is greedy, it can bring you more benefits than you can imagine. ”

Alyssa nodded. Three minutes have passed, but she has not left, obviously, this DVD product has attracted her attention and allowed her to see a broad future.

Roy continued: "There are some products that are an exception, and although they are epoch-making innovations, they are like a plague that has swept the world in a short period of time – because of the ultra-low price. ”

Alyssa asked, "Do you mean that the price of DVD players is very low?"

"Not very low. Roy shook his head and said firmly: "It's super low, its current price is only half of the video recorder, this price can be affordable by any family in the United States, but this is not the lowest point, with the mass production of DVD players, I make a bold prediction here: its price is likely to be only one-tenth of the current one, or even lower." ”

Roy's words were like a boulder smashing into a pool of water, not only alarming Alyssa and Mark, but even Anthony, who had been silent next to him, looked at it carefully, carefully examined the picture on the table, and his eyes flashed with the desire for capital.

Roy continued to throw his chips and did everything he could to stir the nerves of investors.

"DVDs are also cheaper than videotapes, easier to store, very low-cost, have a super long lifespan, and can play higher quality images and audio!

"And any of the above advantages, the video tape that can be played will not be able to defeat the army, let alone the overall advantage?!"

Roy pushed through a stack of DVDs of data, sat in place, quietly watching their surprised looks, savoring the loneliness and loneliness of the tower.