Cable TV currently only has TV stations in three cities. One city in the south is definitely Ilian, and the rest is the political, economic and cultural center of the Imperial Capital.
Du Lin also wants to cover the entire empire with TV stations at once, but the problem is that those signal lines don't seem to be valuable, but if they are laid out on the scale of a city and enough interfaces are reserved, this is an astronomical sum. , even if he has tens of millions in his hands now, it is not enough, even if it is increased ten times, he can only choose to pre-install three cities, and then consider obtaining funds through commercial operations, and then use the money to build the city. Other cities laid lines.
During this time, he discussed the charging issue with Nasha and Frena, including the management of the new company. Dulin's idea was to cover it all for six yuan and ninety-nine cents, but this was unanimously opposed by others. Objecting, Nasha believed that six yuan and ninety-nine cents might be appropriate if the monthly fee was just for one channel, but if it was for all channels, it would obviously be a loss, especially when this business is still a sole one.
The high profits brought by the monopoly are enough to support them in quickly laying a sound and terrifying national signal transmission network connecting all cities across the country. Speeding up this infrastructure construction will be more helpful to their later profits, at least profitably. The period has arrived early and the profit space has been expanded.
Du Lin felt that the fee was too harsh, and he even let it out. Finally, with the help of those business elites, they held a conference call to set the charging standards.
What Du Lin said at the press conference is still valid, but a premise has been added here. Users who must subscribe to all channels at once for two years can apply for six yuan and ninety-nine cents to subscribe to all channels after two years. "Old user" welfare policy. Before this, the activation fee for each channel was three yuan and ninety-nine cents, and it cost thirty-nine ninety cents to activate all channels. In addition, Nasha and Freyna also negotiated another cooperation plan with the Producers Guild, a very important cooperation plan.
In the future, all users who have access to cable TV signals can order any already produced movies at home. They only need to pay an additional fee for this, and the movies will be played on Channel 11 alone. Of course, there are still a lot of technical problems that have not been solved. For example, a series of problems such as how to allow users to have a simple and effective connection with the TV station and quickly watch their favorite movies need to be further solved by Science Island. .
To this end, the Producers Guild has signed a commercial agreement with Dulin's Cable TV Broadcasting Company. The Producers Guild will provide at least three million and no more than ten million in special research funds to implement on-demand technology and enjoy Thirty-three percent of the technology is patented. This is a very good business plan. You can use other people's money to do research for yourself without having to pay all the patent rights. You can definitely make a lot of money.
From the perspective of the Producers Association, there is actually no loss for them to do so. According to the current standards and rules of the film industry, once a film is released, if the cinema continues to play the film in the future, 99% of the revenue will be All are owned by the cinema chain, and only a token 1% will be given to the producers. This is very annoying for many producers. Under this system, legal box office theft has always occurred. Those theaters have obtained the film but they do not play it, or play it less, and wait until the release period is over before starting to play it on a large scale. This caused huge losses to the production company.
The production company also sued these theaters, and the final result was very unsatisfactory. First of all, the theaters did not obtain these film sources for free, but purchased them with their own money. Then the ownership and rights of the film copies They are all owned by the cinema chain, and they can play them whenever they like. The production company has no right to require the cinema chain to perform obligations that they do not need to bear.
This has also resulted in the fact that when a movie is released now, the producer must either provide a copy of the movie for free and sign an agreement that details how many shows will be shown at what time each day, or spend an additional amount of money to hire and purchase time slots. To arrange the broadcast, in short, the producers have become very weak when it comes to theater issues.
But if that bastard Dulin can allow those viewers to watch movies at home and have an accurate billing method, some production companies think that it is not a problem to abandon most rogue theaters, even those two women Requires a 45 percent cut of the cost of each on-demand movie.
And this also has a more obvious benefit, that is, the production company still makes money during the "rerun". Even if the audience orders a movie from more than ten years ago, they can still make a profit from it. The embarrassing situation of earning 1% of the box office revenue, and sometimes not even 1%, those theater chains will not tell the production company that I have started to make money by showing your movies from a few years ago again.
So in order to break the constraints imposed by theater chains on producers, they spent three million in advance for special research. Once this research is successful, they will let those theater chains know what it means to go bankrupt!
Everything was moving in the best direction according to Dulin's plan, but problems still arose, and the first place that appeared was the imperial capital.
So far, apart from the wires that need to be pulled by telephone poles, there are only telephone wires left, which do not take up much space. Electrical wires can be one main line and then separated. There are not many telephone lines because many ordinary families do not have the right to have telephones. They cannot afford telephones and cannot afford the high charges for telephones. But there are a little too many cable TV signal lines. After the TV stations came out, they were split into every corner of the city. This is definitely an amazing project.
Hanging it on a telephone pole is not realistic at all. I am afraid that both telephone poles may not be able to withstand the TV signal line from the TV station, so the initial plan was to bury the telephone line under the ground. But as soon as the excavation started, people from the Social Services Bureau of the imperial capital appeared and asked the project to be stopped. The same was true for the other two cities. Anyway, each had their own reasons.
The Imperial Capital is an ancient city with a history of more than a thousand years, and it has been the capital of the empire for the past few hundred years. It has extraordinary significance and historical value. Every brick on the ground can be called a historical relic. . Such destructive construction is absolutely not allowed. It will damage too many historical traces and ground, so the cable TV station project is not allowed to continue.
Ilian is said to have taken into account the city's appearance. As a tourist city, if there are flying dust and construction sites everywhere, it will cause great damage to Ilian's image. How to dig, when to dig, and how much to dig each time must first submit a reasonable plan to the city hall, and only after approval can groundbreaking be allowed. In particular, people from the city hall said that it would be better to schedule the construction during the winter break, when the number of tourists in Ilian will drop sharply, which is more suitable for such large-scale construction.
As for the problems in the southern cities, Du Lin felt that they wanted money. The reasons they proposed were very reluctant, and of course they were in line with the actual situation. They included road damage, dust, noise pollution, complaints from residents, and so on. Although there are many problems, their determination is not firm enough. It seems that there is still a possibility of negotiation. If they can negotiate, it will be for money. In the South, where everything can be regarded as a commodity, this has become the easiest thing to do.
But except for the south, the construction work in Ilian and the Imperial City was a problem, which made Dulin's head hurt.
It wasn't just Dulin who had a headache, there were other people as well.
At this time, Taylor was sitting at the council meeting holding his head. He was not qualified to sit in the seats with Sika's nameplates, so he could only sit in the corner of the meeting room against the wall and listen. He looked in very bad shape. He fell down the spiral staircase of Porte Gloria and broke one of his legs and one arm. He is now wearing a plaster and a fixed frame and cannot move. His head was also wrapped in gauze and he wore a cervical spine protector around his neck, making him feel as if he had just experienced a thrilling car accident.
The current meeting is discussing the issue of a complete suspension of the insurance business. Dulin not only took out the patent certificate, but also sued the two major banks to the Supreme Court of the Empire. Only the Supreme Court of the Empire is qualified to hear the case regarding the two major banks. case.
The Imperial Central Bank has been sued countless times, and I can’t say that they will definitely win every time. But 99% of the time, they win the lawsuit in the end. There is no other prestige, they just have money. Having money can bring down all those who sue them and drag the lawsuit into a long trial process. In the end, the plaintiff chooses to voluntarily withdraw the lawsuit because he is bankrupt or unable to bear the huge financial pressure. The Imperial Central Bank will provide a symbolic compensation and it will be over. Sometimes I won’t even give a penny to others.
There is a common saying among the people, "If you don't have money, the wisest way is not to challenge the bank." According to the current working methods of judicial practitioners - those vampires called lawyers, no matter whether they win or lose a lawsuit, they All can obtain a considerable part of the income.
If you win, the amount of compensation involved in the indictment must be paid to the lawyer as an additional fee based on a percentage, usually between 12% and 20%, sometimes it is higher, even 100% Fifty cases.
If you lose, you will also need to pay such a fee. Of course, the fee will be between 1% and 3% of the compensation amount. In addition, you must pay the fees for hiring a lawyer regardless of whether you win or lose. It costs money to collect evidence, it costs money to sort out information, it costs money to formulate a defense plan, and finally it costs money to stand in court and defend your case.
With countless fees added up, the bank may not even pay enough to pay the lawyer.
Of course, if the plaintiff has money and can drag out the lawsuit with them, such as someone like Du Lin, they have no good solution. When the risk is too high, it is the bank's code of conduct to promptly stop losses. If you can win, fight. If it seems like you can't win, don't fight. After all, banks also need money to litigate.
The lawsuit they discussed today is different from before, because Du Lin is rich, very rich! Huge amounts of money flowing out of Ilian and Odis City every month flow into dozens of bearer accounts. The bank initially assessed Dulin's net worth, which was probably between 200 million and 300 million.
These do not refer to his cash, but include the combined assessment of all the movable and immovable properties clearly in his name, excluding the part of illegal gains, which cannot be calculated in the books. The largest asset comes from the real estate in Otis City. Dulin originally bought eight districts of land in Otis City at a cheap price of 100,000 yuan per district, covering almost all the prosperous areas of the city. The prices of these lands are rising rapidly. Perhaps with the development and gold-absorbing ability of Odis City, these lands alone will be worth 500 million or 1 billion before long.
It is not interesting to litigate with such a guy. There is no feeling of abuse at all, only the feeling of being abused.
"Do you think it is necessary for us to fight such a lawsuit with him?" All three executive directors attended the meeting, including the other four directors, and several others were unable to come due to various reasons. But they all sent representatives. Almost all the directors were here, and Taylor also saw a relaxed-looking Phyllis sitting at the back and whispering to another director.
All eyes were focused on the head of the Imperial Bank's Legal Department and a member of the Board of Governors. He nodded and said, "We must fight such a lawsuit with Dulin, and sue Dulin for violating the Antitrust Law and the Anti-Industry Manipulation Act at the same time. In addition, we also need to sue the Imperial Patent Office. , accusing the Patent Office and Dulin of power-money transactions, registering a patent for a category that has never existed.”
The old man pursed his lips and thought for a while, "What do we need to do, what can we gain, and what will we lose?"
The only voices of these two people were heard in the entire conference room, and everyone else kept their mouths shut tightly, except for Phyllis, who was sitting at the end.
"Dulin's lawsuit against us will be dragged out as before and the focus will be on the other two cases. No matter which side succeeds, we can directly break the patent standards and patent barriers created by Dulin.", Legal Department The minister was once a very good lawyer and had tried thousands of cases in his life. Now that he is too old and can no longer work as a lawyer, he has been transferred to the Imperial Bank as the minister of the legal department, but this does not mean that he is no longer useful. .
His rich experience and experience allowed him to find some of Dulin's current flaws at a glance. As long as he could break them, Dulin would lose!
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