San Francisco Silicon Valley, Skynet technology chairman's office.
"John, Eugene called and wanted to talk to you about a project that might be invested." Wang Siqing suddenly hung up the phone and said to Li Feng with a smile.
"Oh... Bill said that he has been wandering around century capital recently. It seems that he is interested in which project and has come to me to take credit." Li Feng replied with a little surprise.
After all, according to the habits of the venture capital circle in Silicon Valley, if a start-up company really goes to century capital to seek investment, as long as the investors approve it, Li Feng will not manage it. After all, venture capital is like this, looking for "treasure" in the sea.
"Hehe, the information email has come. Do you want to see it?" Wang Siqing quickly asked Li Feng again.
"Well, I'm really interested in seeing what he likes. Send it to me." Li Feng replied with a smile.
Soon, the documents forwarded by Wang Siqing appeared on Li Feng's personal laptop. They are also two documents, one is the introduction of the founder and the team, and the other is the introduction of the start-up company's project. Li Feng is used to this. First, he starts by introducing the founder's team.
After opening the file, the first thing to see was a one inch bareheaded photo of a 3-40-year-old American white middle-aged man with a beard. His name was reed Hastings.
He was born in 1960 and graduated from Stanford master of Computer Science in the 1980s. After working for a while, he started a business. Last year, the company started by others was acquired, making the first pot of gold in life and realizing financial freedom. He is also a talent.
Then, at the end of last year, he won over some of his former subordinates to start a business again and set up an online DVD rental company called Netfix, claiming to be "blockbuster on the Internet".
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"Wait, Netfix?? How does the company name feel a little familiar? " Li Feng suddenly thought of something and suddenly thought in his heart.
"Online DVD rental, network blockbuster?"
"Shit, isn't this Naifei company?"
"Ma Ma, Silicon Valley is really a good place!"
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After muttering in his heart, Li Feng finally remembered what was going on. Li Feng remembered that Naifei's market value had begun to run wildly at the rebirth of 17 years in his previous life, as if it was going to reach 100 billion.
Fortunately, the network information of later generations is really developed. Although Li Feng honestly doesn't know or even heard of Netflix's founder reed Hastings, at least Netflix has always heard of it. After all, people are the leader in the industry in terms of online video and online media.
Of course, Li Feng has heard more about Naifei company, but every time he sees Naifei company on the domestic network, his English name will always be displayed in parentheses.
At first, when I saw Netfix, I felt a little familiar. Today's Li Feng knows such a familiar feeling very well. As long as he sees such a familiar feeling, he can't be wrong to look for his memory in his mind immediately.
No, this search turned out to be another gold mine in Silicon Valley.
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Next, I didn't look at the rest of the founder group. I directly clicked the company project book on one side. Sure enough, although there was a huge gap with the Naifei model of later generations in my memory, it was indeed the Naifei company I had heard of in previous generations.
However, at this time, Naifei's website has just been online, and there are few users, and only launched people's first service, that is, customers can place orders directly on the website. After people, Naifei will mail DVDs directly to people for free, avoiding the trouble that customers have to go directly to the store to rent.
There is no doubt that in the DVD rental market, blockbuster is now the world. Blockbuster's stores cover the whole of North America. However, people sell offline in reality, that is, offline, while Naifei directly moves offline to the network, so that customers can rent the DVDs they want without leaving home.
At this time, Netflix has not yet introduced a member free late fee, nor has it moved all its businesses online to watch directly online, or even directly produce and launch excellent dramas. It is really a start-up team. No wonder it claims to be "network blockbuster".
Facing the super "big gold mine" with a market value of more than 100 billion US dollars in the future, Li Feng was naturally excited. He immediately said to Wang Siqing, "sister Qing, please call Eugene for me and ask him to come over. It's best to bring all the people of Netfix company. I'll talk to others in person."
"Oh... John, are you optimistic about this project?" Wang Siqing replied in surprise.
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"Think about blockbuster, the overlord of DVD rental industry today. The rise of the Internet is unstoppable, and the competition between enterprises in reality and similar enterprises on the Internet is also inevitable. There is no doubt that blockbuster is the competitor of Naifei company, and I don't know whether blockbuster will pay attention to Naifei or the Internet.
In short, I think as long as Netflix can really lay out in advance before blockbuster reacts, it may be able to realize their slogan and become a network blockbuster or even surpass it in the future. After all, the Internet has no boundaries. " Li Feng explained with a smile.
"Well, I'll contact Eugene."
Thinking of blockbuster, Wang Siqing immediately reacted. After all, blockbuster is not a small company and has enough influence in the media field, and the media has always been one of the key points of Li Feng's layout. Wang Siqing naturally cleared this point.
Li Feng pays special attention to the importance of the Internet in the media field. As a person around Li Feng, Wang Siqing knows better that Li Feng's media group is expanding except in the newspaper field.
Li Feng once mentioned to Wang Siqing more than once that with the development of the Internet, the traditional paper media will be gradually replaced by the Internet, and a large number of real businesses can be realized on the network, so the real business will face major challenges.
There is no doubt that if Netfix can really replace blockbuster in today's reality in the future, it is a very important link for Li Feng's future layout in the media field. Thinking of these, Wang Siqing pays more and more attention.
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"John, Eugene replied that it's too late to meet the founder team of others. He will make an appointment with others and arrange it tomorrow."
Wang Siqing quickly contacted Xu Youyu and gave Li Feng a positive reply soon.
"Well, Silicon Valley is really a good place. I think Netfix has a good idea. You can see that the DVD rental in blockbuster stores is really good, but if you think about it, you just need to place an order online at home, and then Netfix will mail it home free of charge. You can rent the DVD you want without leaving home. There are many aspects.
Since I can do things at home, why should I go to blockbuster or DVD rental stores on the street? This is the advantage of the convenience of the Internet. Similarly, this is a major challenge that many enterprises will face in reality. " After stretching, Li Feng smiled and said something to Wang Siqing.
"John, I feel that blockbuster should also launch corresponding services. After all, people are not fools." Wang Siqing replied with a smile.
"Yes, it's a matter of time. There's also the need for 'Internet thinking'. However, I don't think much of blockbuster. After all, it's troublesome for people to rent something in reality. I really think much of this company called Netfix." Li Feng replied with a smile.
"Hehe... I hope it's what you want."
"That's natural. I have decided to invest in Netfix. I even want to occupy the majority shareholder. In the future, the media group can complement each other."
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