Twentieth Century Fox.
Little Alan Ryder said what Li Zetian was talking to him about, and others in the conference room were surprised.
However, someone raised a doubt: "Mr. Alan Ryder Jr., as far as I know, there is no large-scale film rental company on the market. What is the name of Chronos Li's film rental company? How big is it?"
"The name of the company is netflix, because the movie and video tapes have just begun to develop, and Chronos Li also admits that the scale is not large. As for the specific size, he did not say, but he said that he is willing to spend a lot of money to develop..." said Alan Ryder Jr.
"netflix? I think we should first investigate this company before we can prepare to make a judgment. Since the company is small, we should get more in terms of sales share!" The man paused and continued. , "If the other party's company is very large and even forms a monopoly, it can naturally have higher bargaining power, but it is obviously not possible now! I think we can at least ask him for a 30% share!!!"
As soon as the words fell, the rest nodded in agreement.
Alan Ryder Jr agrees.
After the meeting, 20th Century Fox immediately sent someone to investigate Netflix.
The next day, the people sent to investigate got a shocking news.
netflix is a company that has just applied for registration.
This... is this called a small scale? It doesn't scale at all!
Alan Ryder Jr. held another meeting and briefly introduced the situation.
"Netlfix has just registered and doesn't even have employees. What do you guys think?" asked Alan Ryder Jr.
"There isn't even a rental store, so how do you divide the sales?!"
"Does chronos li want to play white wolf with empty gloves?"
"… "
Everyone complained.
After a while, someone suggested: "I don't know if the video tape market can develop. Chronos·li's film rental company is just an empty shell so far, and the sales share may not be able to bring huge profits to 20th Century Fox. Right now, The company is currently facing a financial crisis. I think that if the buyout price of each movie is relatively high, it is better to sell it directly and exchange for a large amount of money to solve the company's urgent needs. Of course, this buyout right only includes the film distribution rights, Movie rights still belong to Twentieth Century Fox!"
Everyone nodded, this is a good idea!
"That's right! Don't look at Chronos Li's boasting about investing huge sums of money to develop a video rental company, but the video tape market has not yet formed, and he will be the first to eat crabs, or become a martyr! It's unknown if he gets the funds. That's the most important thing, and I'm more in favor of the buyout approach."
"If the videotape market develops, the division method may be better!"
"… "
The conference room was divided, but the buyout group eventually prevailed because Twentieth Century Fox was short of cash.
After the meeting, Alan Ryder Jr called Li Zetian, and he said on the phone, "Hello, chronos·li, after 20th Century Fox's negotiation, we have proposed another way of cooperation."
"In what way?"
"One-time buyout! Each movie is priced based on box office and year, and after the buyout, netflix owns the distribution rights for the movie!"
Li Zetian was stunned for a moment, how could the other party make such a sb proposal.
"What is the distribution right?" Li Zetian asked.
"Naturally it's the film and video distribution rights!"
"Mr. Alan Ryder Jr., I agree with the buyout method, but the film distribution rights only refer to video tapes, then I disagree!" Li Zetian paused and continued, "The essence of video tapes is a storage medium, The vhs produced by jvc is called vhs, and the one produced by Sony is called beta-max. At present, the battle between vhs and beta-max formats has just begun, and the outcome is uncertain. Maybe soon, another company has developed a new movie storage. Media, it 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 the distribution rights authorized by Twentieth Century Fox to Netflix belong to? Are you planning to charge for multiple authorizations?!" Li Zetian asked in a more serious tone.
Little Alan Ryder was speechless under pressure.
"mr·li, what do you think it should be?"
"It's very simple, just authorize netflix's distribution rights other than movie theaters! Of course, the film rights are still owned by you, games, novels, peripheral licensing, etc., all have nothing to do with netflix. In fact, netflix company can help you promote movies , so as to help you develop peripheral products and create greater value! Our cooperation is very beneficial to 20th Century Fox!" Li Zetian said lightly.
Little Alan Ryder thought for a moment, and finally gave an answer.
"Okay, I agree! Then I will visit you again tomorrow with the company team to discuss the details of cooperation!"
"Okay, bye!"
"goodbye!"
After hanging up the phone, Li Zetian smiled slightly, showing the expression of a winner. There was a stack of documents on the table, all of which were documents about the films released by Twentieth Century Fox over the years. Some of the movies circled in red are the ones that Li Zetian intends to buy this time, there are almost 60 movies.
The next morning, little Alan Ryder came to Li Zetian's house with two employees.
The two parties mainly negotiate the price of each film.
The older it is, the higher the price.
The higher the box office, the higher the price.
After a morning, the negotiations were not over yet. After lunch, everyone continued to talk non-stop.
Due to the large amount, Li Zetian had to compare the baht!
When it comes to 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, 20th Century Fox can also be sold to other companies. Of course, Li Zetian wants to buy out exclusively, but 20th Century Fox is also very shrewd, it is impossible to give up the entire forest for Netflix... Authorize more companies, and naturally you can earn more!
Sending them away, Li Zetian thought secretly.
The beginning of everything is difficult. With so many companies in Hollywood, now that I have won 20th Century Fox, the next step will be much easier, and I don’t need to go out myself, just form a strong team and go…
In fact, Li Zetian was incapable of doing so much work, and today's negotiation exhausted him. He didn't want to suffer this crime anymore, so he called Dongfang Yuqin to inform her and asked her to form a team to do these things. He was responsible for writing the videotape rental software, which was his best skill.
For the next period of time, Li Zetian wrote software in his study until September 9, 1976.
A major event happened on this day. A generation of great people and leaders in China passed away. As soon as the news came out, the whole land of China wailed, and Chinese people all over the world cried.
Li Chengzhi called Li Zetian personally, his voice full of sadness.
Hearing this, Li Zetian fell silent, expressing his 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. The TV broadcasted the pictures from the Chinese side. The square was crowded with people, crying loudly, and the scene was so pathetic that it was hard to bear to look directly at it!
Although Yu Jingqiu was in the United States, he was no stranger to this leader. Seeing this scene, he couldn't help being deeply moved, and his eyes were red. Li Zetian sighed and said, "China is about to change..."