In a reception room of the Death Star building, reed Hastings sits on the sofa, chatting enthusiastically with the opposite CAA agent bill rosis, while waiting for the director to appear.
Five minutes before the appointed time, the door of the reception room was pulled away from the outside, and a tall young man in formal clothes came in. Of course, reed Hastings recognized the face and immediately stood up. The young man obviously recognized him, too. His feet quickened and his face showed a polite smile.
Since there was a need, reed Hastings stepped forward and offered his right hand. "Hi, Murphy, we meet again."
"Hello, reed."
Murphy gave him a firm grip on his hand, which had been touched before.
Bill rosis came up and said, "sit down and talk."
Three people sitting on the adjacent sofa, reed Hastings said with a smile, "I heard that Murphy''s new film has finished post production. The online rental copyright must be given to Nafi. I''ll book it first."
"We''ve had a great time working together." Murphy also laughed. "But the copyright of this film is not in Stanton studio. You need to talk to 20th century fox."
Reid Hastings, aware of the value of the Hollywood director, added, "we can continue to extend the copyright agreement between Nafi and Stanton studios."
Several of Stanton studio''s copyrighted films, such as the lost lover, are popular in the online rental market.
"That''s no problem." Murphy adjusted a more comfortable sitting position. "I''ll let the head of Stanton studio contact you."
Seeing Murphy talking and laughing with reed Hastings, Bill rosis kept silent most of the time, only saying a few words when Murphy needed them.
He has given Murphy the information of reed Hastings for a long time. With Murphy''s character, he will not ignore each other.
As early as a few years ago, reed Hastings contacted Murphy, but at that time Naifei was not mature in content production, so Murphy delayed their request for cooperation, and thus got the right to adapt the political novel.
Sometimes things are always on a certain track. In August this year, Nafi''s people contacted bill rosis. They not only wanted to continue to cooperate with Murphy, but also saw the right to adapt the political novel. They wanted to make the novel into a series, so as to open up the road of content production.
Murphy is very clear that Netflix is a very ambitious company and has accumulated considerable strength.
Especially sitting next to reed Hastings, although he is very enthusiastic now, it''s just that he asked for help from Stanton studio. In fact, he is a great man.
Last November, Fortune magazine named "business person of the year" in 2010. Reed Hastings won the title for successfully promoting Netflix''s transformation from online DVD rental business to online video service provider.
In April this year, Time magazine on Thursday named the top 100 most influential people in the world in 2011, with reed Hastings ranking third.
In addition to founding Nafi and being co chairman and CEO of the company, reed Hastings is also a member of Microsoft''s board of directors.
In any way, this is definitely a successful person. Murphy knows this very well, and will not underestimate neffe just because reed Hastings wants what he wants.
What''s more, Netflix is considered a company with the potential to revolutionize the Hollywood distribution industry.
Even, in the eyes of many people, Nafi''s model is the future of the film and television industry.
On the Internet in North America, there is a saying about Netflix. A long time ago, there was a company called blockbuster, which dominated the disc rental industry for many years.
It turns out that Harry Reid is very angry that he can''t pay a large amount of money to go to the gym because of the overdue membership fee or the lack of money.
Unfortunately, reed Hastings is a software engineer who always wants to change the world. When his ideas come, he has to do it. What''s more, he had a start-up fund at that time, so he was angry and founded Nafei. He also engaged in disc rental business. There was no overdue fee and he had a membership system.
Today, 13 years later, Nafi has taken blockbuster to bankruptcy protection, and reed Hastings has his revenge.
Of course, blockbuster can''t be said to have a bad life. In fact, he represents that the past has lost to the future. Obviously, Netflix is a kind of future.
"Murphy, I just heard from bill," read Hastings said to Murphy after seeing Bill rosis, "you intend to adapt Michael Dobbs''s novel into a TV series and continue to work with Fox cable."
"I have this idea." Murphy nodded.Naturally, this kind of news was deliberately let out by bill rosis, but it can be very bluffing. After all, game of power, which he cooperated with Fox TV network, has achieved great success.
"Why not choose Nafi?" Reid Hastings said confidently, "Nafi has many advantages that traditional TV stations don''t have."
Of course, Murphy knows this, but he still said, "from first launch to sales to leasing, I''m a little worried about Reid''s promotion and distribution model of Netflix, the current Internet bandwidth..."
Compared with the film industry, which has been deeply studied, his understanding of the Internet in North America, especially the technology, can only be said to stay in the superficial stage. If he only uses the information he saw on the Internet on the other side of the ocean at that time to judge, there must be something wrong with his head. This industry, whether it''s investment or development, is not a bit of a mess from the Internet News, even without in-depth understanding, can turn the hand for cloud cover hand for rain.
Reed Hastings understood Murphy''s doubts and said, "Nafi''s technical team has spent four years to solve all these problems. We have a special coding program that can be tailored and refined according to the characteristics of each resource. Each film will get a different algorithm. This technology can save 20% bandwidth for users, improve the quality of the picture, and solve the paradox of beauty. How precise are Nafi''s engineers willing to be? They think that even if it''s the same episode, each episode is different, and each episode should have its own code. "
Technology is really Murphy''s biggest worry, and it''s also an important reason why he delayed Nafi''s invitation last time. If the audience experience is not good, no good movie or drama can sell for a good price.
This is a genuine business cooperation, Murphy must consider their own profit prospects.
Murphy''s left index finger gently tapped on the middle finger and continued to think about cooperation with Nafi.
He can wait, but reed Hastings doesn''t want to. Nafi''s situation doesn''t look so optimistic.
So, he said, "Murphy, Nafi is very sincere in cooperating with you on this political drama."
After a pause, reed Hastings made up his mind and said, "I have a suggestion."
"Go ahead, please." Murphy turned to look at him.
Reed Hastings no longer hesitated and said directly, "Stanton studio and Nafi have each invested 50% of their funds to shoot and produce this drama. The drama is publicized and distributed through Nafi''s channels, Nafi..."
He stressed, "for the first two seasons of the show, Netflix and Stanton studio can each get 50% of the benefits, and it''s the share before Netflix''s channel and promotion expenses are removed!"
Hearing this, Bill rosis immediately looked up at Reed Hastings. Neffe really made a big concession.
Murphy did not expect reed Hastings to have such determination. If he looked at it like this, Naifei was sincere in cooperation.
Although both sides are 50% each in terms of contribution ratio, Netflix is also responsible for the promotion and distribution channels. If the income is 50% in half
"Well..." Murphy thought for a moment and said cautiously, "reed, I need some time to think about it."
Reed Hastings nodded. "No problem. But, Murphy, can you give me a specific time? "
Murphy stopped tapping his fingers. "Before December, I''ll give you a definite answer at the end of this month."
It must be false to say that he is not interested in such favorable conditions for cooperation.
"Good!" Reed Hastings can see that Murphy''s intention to cooperate is stronger. He stands up and says, "I hope we have a chance to cooperate!"
Murphy also stood up and offered his hand. "I hope so, too."
Reed Hastings shook his hand and said, "I''ll go back to Nafi''s headquarters now and prepare for our cooperation."
Hearing this, Murphy didn''t answer. Instead, she said, "I''ve made a decision. I''ll let bill inform you."
Although reed Hastings offered favorable conditions, Murphy couldn''t just listen to what he said and make a hasty decision. Business in this world is always full of intrigues. All the capital is for the pursuit of interests. He must first find out why reed Hastings and Nafi are willing to make so many concessions, and whether there are any problems What he didn''t know was even the possible business pitfalls.
Murphy is not a five or six-year-old kindergarten child. Of course, she can''t make a decision just by clapping her head.
Seeing off reed Hastings, Murphy said to bill rosis, "provide me with the information of Nafi in the last two years as soon as possible, the more detailed the better."
Murphy after Bill - Rossi, and dial the lawyer Robert''s phone, ready to through various channels to further understand the situation of Naifei.
After all, Netflix is a listed company, and its main business is online service of film and television works. At noon the next day, Murphy got a lot of information. (to be continued). )