Chapter 738： Alien

Many states in the southern United States can never underestimate the power of conservatives. Even if the entire state has become a mess, it is not easy to compromise.

In early February, after a series of hearings, a 12-member grand jury made a relevant ruling: there was no solid evidence to prove that the police intentionally shot and killed the African-American youth, so the jury carefully decided not to prosecute.

The nation's eyes have been fixed on Georgia. After the ruling was announced, the results can be imagined.

On Netflix, which responded most quickly, there were protests everywhere, and many people called for public protests.

In just one afternoon, Netflix has become the most active media in the United States. People who are concerned about this matter from all over the world not only make their own voices, but also take pictures or short videos of surrounding protests and share them on social software for the first time. .

After the hustle and bustle in December, and brewing in January, coupled with the intensification now, Netflix sharing not only penetrates into social life, but also gradually changes people's lives.

The use of Netflix sharing has even become a popular trend.

The situation in Georgia and even the entire United States has begun to become overwhelming.

After the grand jury announced its verdict, large-scale demonstrations broke out across the United States. The protests almost spread to 90 cities in 34 U.S. states, as well as several settlements in Canada.

Los Angeles is not just a protest rally by black people. At the call of Will Smith and Spike Lee, black Hollywood stars took to the streets of the Hollywood area to protest.

As one of the centers of all-white leftovers, Hollywood will never lack people who support the black movement.

A large number of Hollywood stars of other ethnicities participated in this protest, even if it is for the white leftist set, they must support the protest.

Will Smith naturally became one of the black leaders in Hollywood.

Hollywood is the focus of public opinion, which naturally attracts attention. After the protests in the Hollywood area, large-scale protests quickly spread to nearly 180 cities across the United States.

Ordinary people see protests and the chaotic social situation, but those who are interested see the power of new media.

"Los Angeles Times" newspaper, the editor-in-chief Connors is sharing his own Netflix. Once the latest news is found, people will immediately collect relevant news.

This is no way.

The impact of the incident was too great, but the number of reporters in the Los Angeles Times was limited. Even if there were special reporters in every city, there were only two or three, and they simply couldn't take care of all parts of the city.

Watching Netflix sharing the constantly updated news and information, Connors felt a sense of powerlessness. Although Netflix sharing is not a news media, it spreads news faster than all media and covers a wide range of areas.

Compared with the traditional news media, this Netflix sharing is simply hanging up. More than 20 million users in the United States can all become news discoverers and uploaders.

How does traditional media compare?

The only natural flaw is that because there is no threshold for publishing, there are too many fake news to distinguish.

Connors called his deputy.

"Netflix shares what do you think?" Connors asked.

The deputy told the truth: "The influence is rapidly expanding and a new way of socializing is being created."

Connors asked again: "You often contact the Internet media, what is the prospect of Netflix sharing?"

"Wall Street's assessment." The deputy said of the news he had just received: "They think Netflix will increase the number of users to more than 50 million in the next two years."

Connors slowly nodded: "I have an idea. We will set up a Netflix sharing account in the name of the Los Angeles Times to establish a closer relationship with Netflix. It will also allow people to pay attention to the Los Angeles Times for the first time. "The Times"."

The deputy agreed: "Yes, the Internet is irreversible. We can only follow the trend, and Netflix is ​​not a news media, nor is it a direct competitor with us."

"Then decide." Connors is very efficient: "I know Ronan Anderson, and I will call him directly today."

In just over a week, Ronan was surprised to find that many traditional media have registered accounts on Netflix and became users of Netflix.

Ronan never thought of directly competing with these traditional large-scale media, and Netflix would not be deeply involved in the news industry. After communicating with Mark Randolph, he specifically asked Netflix to share these media accounts with the official authentication status.

Since the beginning of the new year, Netflix has shared the Ganafei streaming media, just like the two locomotives of the Netflix train, pushing and pulling each other, driving Netflix to develop at a speed of 200 miles per hour.

By February, Netflix's registered users in North America reached a new high, surpassing the 25 million mark for the first time.

In addition, all of Netflix's businesses in overseas markets are oriented towards localization, so many detours have been avoided, the development has been relatively smooth, and overseas registered users are growing rapidly.

"Only relying on relativity entertainment, it is difficult for Netflix to have a particularly big development."

In the office of Relativity Entertainment, Ronan said to Robert Iger: “The funds we have prepared in our hands, and the next big strategic acquisitions, can’t be all on Netflix.”

He slowly said, "If Netflix wants to expand globally, the only way to go is to burn money."

Robert Iger fully agrees with Ronan’s words: “Netflix’s globalization strategy requires more than 5 billion U.S. dollars in funding in the next phase, and many problems require not only funding, but also partners and development platforms.”

Ronan nodded: "Only by taking the road of financing, Relativity Entertainment also needs partners."

"Wall Street's assessment of Netflix is ​​rising." Robert Iger said: "Netflix has a promising future. Under the temptation of huge investment income, Goldman Sachs and his partners will support us, at least for a long time in the future. Will support us."

Ronan reminded: "Don't relax your vigilance on Wall Street."

Robert Iger said very seriously: "I know who they are and I never relax with them. Ronan, Wall Street is very strong, but as long as we can create enough value for their investment, they will stand by us. This side."

He smiled: "Don't forget, we are not just a financing channel on Wall Street, we also have the Pacific Investment Fund."

The Pacific Investment Fund has a relatively broad overseas financing channel, which is incomparable to the large Wall Street investment banks, but it also has relatively strong liquidity.

At the beginning of this year, a batch of financing projects of the Pacific Investment Foundation expired. Without any delay, the foundation returned all investors' principal plus dividends.

Good reputation, stable and guaranteed investment income, these are attracting new investment.

South Korea, island countries, Netflix and Indians continue to invest.

In addition, Scott Swift recently went to Brazil and Mexico, where there are also new prospective investors.

Like many investment institutions on Wall Street, once their reputation and credibility are established, it will be relatively easier to attract new investments.

"We need a large amount of money to make the next step." Robert Iger said: "In addition to the cash flow of Relativity Entertainment Group, the financing of the Pacific Investment Fund, I have communicated with the Bank of America, as long as we need, they will Provide high loans for Relativity Entertainment."

Ronan lightly nodded: "Bob, let go and do it."

Robert Iger said: "Some occasions, some people, you are better than me."

"I understand." Ronan said calmly: "When you need me, you can always notify me."

The two discussed for a long time.

After Robert Iger left, Ronan called Alan Horn and agreed to go golfing together in the afternoon.

The co-chairman of Disney Pictures has recently suffered a lot, because after he took over the mess of Disney Pictures, the board of directors gave him new responsibilities, in charge of Disney Animation Studios.

Such as live-action movie shooting, this is more than a mess.

The Disney board of directors allowed Alan Horn to reinvigorate the reputation of Disney Animation Studios.

Hand-drawn animation is completely outdated, and Disney Animation is no longer the Disney Animation Studio of ten years ago.

Today's Disney Action Studio is supported by old movies.

Afterwards, Ronan went to meet Harvey Weinstein again. Miramax has no heavyweight works in this awards season. The purchase of "The Spring of the Cattle Class" is destined to hit the streets in North America, and naturally will not be in the Oscars. Invest more on it.

The most important thing is Ronan to take a look at how long the Weinstein brothers can stay in Miramax.

It is not easy for Michael Eisner to kick the two directly away When Walt Disney acquired Miramax, it was not as strong as it is now, and it adopted a cash-plus-merger approach. The Weinstein brothers are also shareholders of Walt Disney, and they also hold a lot of Disney shares.

Unfortunately, the current Disney civil turmoil is endless, no powerful works have come out, and the stock price continues to decline, causing shareholders to complain.

The former Disney only gradually got back on track after Robert Iger came to power in 2006.

Ronan poached Robert Iger away, and he was still eagerly waiting to continue digging Disney's corner.

This year will be the best opportunity.

During 　　, Ronan went to watch the Super Bowl at the invitation of Tom Cruise. The New England Patriots defeated the Eagles and won the Super Bowl trophy this year.

A quarterback named Tom Brady is in charge of the game.

In the stands where many celebrities and wealthy people gathered, Ronan saw Gisele Bonchen.

This super model, who has steadily reached the front line, sits beside an alien-Ronaldo!

is not the letter Luo from Manchester United, but the one called the alien by old Robson.

The love affair of celebrities always turns the pages at a speed that catches people off guard.