Sean is not an indecisive person, and he is not an imaginative person, otherwise how would he be an actor, but Neil's words still made him feel incredible and uncertain. Buy YouTube and wait until it grows to a certain extent, add online subscription services after having a large number of users, and then win over several major public TV stations, what media group behind them? Is this possible?

"Netflix is already doing this, how can we compete with them?" Sean couldn't help but ask.

"There's no need to compete," Neil laughed, "Netflix has only been out of the red for two years, they're just partners with a few big TV stations, and if they don't play with them one day, then Netflix will be in a pretty bad situation." Since last year, the subscription of online video has begun to grow rapidly, and the subscription of TV stations has been declining, and many people are not optimistic about the development of TV stations now. In this case, several major media groups have to find ways to reach out to the network, if Netflix can't get along with them, it is likely to find another partner or even create their own website, and at this time, if a website with huge traffic wants to cooperate with them to provide network subscription services in the form of cross-shareholding, what will happen? ”

Sean was dumbfounded.

"Of course," Neil then held up another finger, "and it's all based on the fact that YouTube can grow rapidly and occupy an important position on the Internet, but why can't we gamble?" ”

"These are all ...... What do you think? Sean asked after taking a deep breath.

"Of course, don't forget what I'm for, Sean, it's just a piece of cake to analyze this," Neil smirked, and then his face turned grim, "The IT bubble burst was a shame for me, so I've been very concerned about this since then, and I've done a lot of analysis." Then there was the example of Google and Facebook, especially Facebook, which now has more than 4 million active users, which gave me a lot of inspiration and made me understand more clearly how these sites work, and I fully believe that my idea can be realized. ”

"So you want to ......," Sean narrowed.

"If you buy YouTube and need someone to take care of it, I want me to come." Neil nodded vigorously.

"Reason." Sean still didn't say much.

"Yes, I'm pretty successful now, and the investment companies aren't as good as the big VCs, and they're a bit well-known on Wall Street," Neil, who knew what he meant, said in the sequel, "but almost, if you want to go further, it's not just about money or connections." I'm not sure I'm going to give it my all-in, even though our family's tradition is to do finance, so why not try something new before then? ”

"It's not like you don't have the money now, you can buy and run it yourself, can you?" Sean thought for a moment and asked.

"Two reasons," Neil cocked his fingers, "First of all, you asked me to follow this new singles site, and if I bought it without telling you, I'm not sure how you'd react." Secondly, and most importantly, I don't have that much money to invest in consistently, and a few million dollars is simply not enough. ”

He cleared his throat: "We all know that any website is not profitable for the first three or four years, and any profitable behavior will cause them to abandon the site until enough users are attracted, whether it is Yahoo or Google or Facebook, as has been proven." I also don't want to deal with venture capital, I'm doing this myself, and once the VC capital has the upper hand, then it's easy for them to kick you out or instigate you to sell your website for a profit. ”

"If I buy it and continue to invest in it, I won't have that problem." Sean replied noncommittally.

"That's right," Neil didn't care, "and we can have more initiative when we negotiate with the big TV stations and even the media companies behind them!" ”

"So how do you solve our behavior of eating alone?" Sean then added that although he was not good at this, some basic points were still clear.

"It's not a problem, as long as you do something about equity distribution, it looks like the money comes from different investment institutions. There is no need to be deceived all the time, as long as it takes about three years, once the equity is exchanged with the TV station, we don't have to worry about it anymore. Neil said excitedly, "Try it, Sean, I know no one has ever done that, it's a risk, it's a big risk, maybe we can't blind the past, maybe we can't attract that many users." But sometimes we do need some adventurousness, don't we? If you hadn't left home to come to Los Angeles, would you have been where you are now? ”

Sean didn't say anything more, the thoughts in his mind kept rising and falling, and to be honest, he admitted that Neil's idea was highly operational—at least from his eyes—but even after saying so much, Sean didn't give up his previous thoughts, still just wanted to take a stake in YouTube, and then sell it to Google for equity when it matured.

It's just that Neil's last sentence made him unconsciously begin to reflect, is he too stuck in the future in his memory?

Even if YouTube is sold to Google at that time, how much equity can you get in exchange? Google will definitely not wait for it to mature before starting, so a few years later, when Google's market value reaches 200 billion, how much equity will be left of it? Can there be 4%?

If you don't have YouTube, how much equity will you have left? 2% or 3%? Do these billions really matter to you?

Yes, most of his current position is supported by the value of Google's shares, but this net worth does not give him direct support in Hollywood. And now, Neil has shown him another path, full of unknowns, and the path that can help him considerably if he succeeds, so why not try it? As for net worth, isn't there still an equity in Facebooke?

His hands were clenched into fists and released, his hands were clenched into fists and released, and finally, Sean closed his eyes and inhaled sharply, and then laughed at himself: "It seems that I am also limited by stereotyped thinking." ”

Then he looked Neal in the eye, "Let's do it." ”

One does need a little bit of adventure, and that's not just the act of leaving home and coming to Los Angeles right after graduating from high school. Reese is taking a risk here, it's a risk to fight for the male lead of "The Genius Ripley", and it's also a risk to introduce himself to Scorsese.

Even, to challenge different characters, risk depression, let yourself and the character completely integrate, so as to achieve the perfect effect, is not a risk.

Sean has played a lot of roles along the way, but the spirit of daring to fight is also one of the important reasons, he can say that most of the achievements that can be achieved now rely on their own efforts, not all of the prediction of the future.

In that case, why not do you do it again? As long as you do your best, even if you lose, it's acceptable, isn't it?

Neil, who got the answer he wanted, left happily, and YouTube's fate changed from this moment as well, and all that remains is to wait for time to tell.

Telling Sanders about it, and Sean, who made them look at it, also became a little excited because of the uncertainty of the future, and since he was like this, Sanders and Galen agreed.

Since returning from Las Vegas, Sean has been a little depressed, and every time he hits a wall from Jordana and Zoe, it is obvious that Galen has done everything they can to make him happy.

Not only are they trying to figure it out, but Frederick is also trying to figure it out, and of course, his methods are always very different, such as recommending a script to Sean.

"There are many people in the company who think this script is good and think that it is worth making into a movie, but unfortunately those production companies don't see it that way and always refuse to invest, so I think if you support it, I will definitely let it." In the transparent office, Frederick said with a grin.

"Really?" Sean, who was holding the script, replied lukewarmly, making the other party touch a soft nail.

The reason for this is that Frederick went to Zoe behind his back and asked her to sign the supplementary prenuptial contract. Sean was very angry when he found out, and asked him to get the contract back and apologize to Zoe, but the agent refused very strongly this time.

"My duty is to protect your interests, Sean, I can go and apologize, but I will never get that contract back, and I will prevent you from going to get that contract back, unless you fire me." That's what Frederick said.

Well, he won this time, and although Sean was very unwilling, he could only acquiesce in his behavior, because ...... Sean knew very well that although he was categorical when Zoe left, he didn't really think about what prenuptial contract he wanted her to sign, anyway, if it was less than a certain number of years, his wife would not be able to take away her husband's property.

However, Frederick did think in his own interests, albeit impersonally, so he could only be angry, or as he is now, to express his dissatisfaction.

"I don't want to take on any role lately, Fred." Sean said after flipping it casually.

Frederick looked at Sanders, who had come with Sean and was sitting next to him, who shrugged his shoulders and said he couldn't do anything.

But the agent was not disappointed, but smiled proudly: "Who said you were allowed to play a role in it?" ”

Sean and Sanders couldn't help but be stunned.

"This script was available in '02 or even a little earlier, screenwriter Michael? Amter has been working for this script for a long time, and originally planned to set up the project for Focus Pictures last year, but he still gave up because the plot was too bland, so why don't you take it over, Sean? Although they all say that your vision is good, our vision is not necessarily bad - I mean the vision of endeavor. Frederick said very seriously, "You were full of praise for the script of "Juno" that we recommended before, but didn't you have the effort to take a second look at it this time?" ”

Sean raised his eyebrows, and finally picked up the script called "Little Sunshine Beauty" and officially flipped through it.