Chapter 877： Fox Online

When Steven Pateman left, Ronan left behind the script and plan, which clearly signaled that Relativity Entertainment had the intention of cooperation.

Faced with this kind of old Hollywood qualifications, there is no need to conceal it. The two sides just negotiate with normal market conditions as the standard.

He found Connie, asked the assistant to copy the script and plan, and transferred to Shahai Entertainment to start negotiations with Steven Pateman as soon as possible.

Previously, there was Disney as a long-term partner. Steven Pateman did not consider cooperating with other companies. Now Disney’s civil strife has caused problems in its own operations. With Steven Pateman’s years of experience in the industry, if the theory of relativity considers time Too long, Steven Pateman is very likely to turn to other cooperative companies.

Because of Robert Iger's relationship, Steven Pateman appeared in front of him with "Hannah Montana", and Ronan certainly would not miss it.

This kind of situational musical seems very mindless, but when it works, its profitability is even more terrifying than the general hot plot.

Just say "Hannah Montana". Once the drama is on fire, it can produce original sound discs, movies, and even hold a concert in the name of Hannah Montana.

Ronan has not watched a musical, but because of a female friend, he has watched "A Good Girl Is a Big Star". Miley Cyrus, who played Hannah Montana at the time, was so popular.

Otherwise, **** would not spread so widely.

However, it is not easy to successfully run such a series. In addition to music creation, the main characters must have a good singing level.

Ronan remembered that it seemed that the film starring the heroine and the father and daughter seemed to be the father and daughter of Miley Cyrus in reality.

People can find it.

Ronan certainly doesn't put hope on one person, and at the same time will make other preparations. After all, it is never difficult to find actors in Hollywood.

Even a few actresses with a certain level of singing.

With Robert Iger matchmaking, the contact between Shahai Entertainment and Steven Pateman progressed very quickly. After several discussions, a preliminary verbal agreement has been reached.

Compared to the chaotic Disney, stable relativity entertainment is also a good partner.

Moreover, for Steven Pateman, the reward given by Relativity Entertainment is only higher than that of Walt Disney.

Ronan also received Connie’s report that he did not find an actor or singer named Miley Cyrus.

Because of the "camel toe," Ronan was very sure that he didn't remember the name wrong, and there was only one possibility. Miley Cyrus still didn't know which state he was nesting in.

This kind of thing cannot be forced, and relativity entertainment cannot consume a lot of resources, like finding a needle in a haystack to find an actor.

Ronan is not a person who doesn't know how to adapt. After the project is negotiated, Shahai Entertainment will select it publicly.

Sitcoms have always had a market in North America and the entire West, and are often typical of small inputs and large outputs.

Of course, this refers to the beginning stage.

In the later stages, the remuneration of the main creative staff has always been a big problem.

Especially the kind of group drama.

For example, in "Friends", in addition to the reason for the end of this series, the six main characters' pay is too high, which is too high for the producer to bear.

Shahai Entertainment also has a sitcom project, which has been named "The Big Bang Theory".

Since Ronan has basically never seen the specific content of this drama, he only proposed the creativity and direction, and the drama was completely handed over to the professional screenwriter team.

At present, the published script has been completed. Ronan is generally satisfied after reading it. While the screenwriter team continues to polish the script, the formal preparations for this project are also on the agenda.

As long as there are no major surprises, Netflix streaming will not lack quality dramas in the future.

In late September, under Ronan’s suggestion, Netflix’s board of directors approved a new acquisition. Netflix Video acquired the newly established oil pipeline for US$47.8 million.

Netflix, the first in the online video industry, acquired the second largest company in the same industry. The video business, which was originally the weakest among all the main businesses of Netflix, has been further enhanced.

From the upload of the first 19-second video on April 23 to the wholly-owned acquisition by Netflix, the Youtube Company only existed for a short period of five months.

The Netflix video that swallowed the tubing became a website with 40 million short videos and more than 8 million viewers every day.

This number even exceeds Yahoo's traffic.

In addition, since Netflix Video is a business of Netflix, not a separate company, there is no need to worry about certain copyright problems.

As we all know, when making videos, netizens often use certain movies or mv and other clips, which may involve copyright issues.

After several years of hard work, Netflix has reached a content licensing and protection agreement with other large and medium-sized promised companies except Hollywood except 20th Century Fox, including Universal Music, sonybmg, Warner Music, CBS, etc., which can be completely lifted The market has raised doubts about legal actions that content providers may pursue infringing content.

After the completion of the acquisition, Ronan also mentioned a proposal for exploring and investigating the webcast industry at a high-level meeting of Netflix.

This is certainly not a business now, but a preparation for the future.

Netflix is ​​the leader in their respective industries, but if you want to keep it going, you must maintain a sufficient development speed instead of standing still.

Ronan will find a way to kick them out, whether they are veterans or not, those who are standing still, do not want to run, and are falling behind.

There is so much love in business operations.

Even after the listing, Ronan still has an absolute controlling stake in Netflix, and for now, all major investors are his strong supporters.

Because Ronan can best guarantee their investment income.

But Netflix is ​​not without competitors.

Ronan finished the new board of directors of Netflix in San Francisco. When he returned to Los Angeles, he saw a news in the media.

Twentieth Century Fox, which has been rumored before, has made the latest progress in entering the Internet.

News Corp. and Twentieth Century Fox jointly convened a press conference to officially announce the launch of Fox Online.

Not only that, Fox Online has also obtained Internet licenses for film and television dramas from most medium and large film companies, including the Big Six in Hollywood.

Hollywood movies are never an exclusive license. For each film company, it is a good thing to continue selling copyrights to create another profit. Why not?

Of course, Fox Online does not have the authorization of Relativity Entertainment and DreamWorks.

Fox Online almost copied the operating model of Netflix’s streaming media, using both on-demand payment and monthly fees, but the monthly fee is $3 lower than Netflix’s streaming media.

"It seems to be lower than the monthly fee for Netflix streaming."

In the office, Connie, who had learned more about Fox Online, reported to Ronan: "But Fox Online does not provide users with online DVD rental services."

Ronan was using a computer to check the content of Fox Online, clicked "True Lies" at random, and said: "Fox Online does not broadcast new dramas exclusively?"

Connie thought for a while and said, "Originally, 20th Century Fox planned to broadcast the latest season of the popular series "Twenty-Four Hours of Terrorism" on Fox Online, but it was strongly opposed by Fox TV. There are rumors. The senior officials of Fox TV and Fox Online quarreled directly in the internal meeting."

Ronan can roughly guess why this is. The appearance of Fox Online is too far away to hit Netflix. The first thing that moves is the cake inside Fox.

The most typical is Fox TV.

The new drama will be broadcast exclusively on Fox Online. What will Fox TV think?

The contradiction between the old and new media cannot be avoided.

Relativity Entertainment does not have a TV network, which is a major flaw, but it can also be regarded as an advantageous condition for Netflix's rapid business development.

Because there will be no constraints inside.

Connie continued: "It is said that after 20th Century Fox has been internally coordinated, none of the existing or upcoming TV drama projects within Fox will be the first to log on to Fox Online. Instead, they will be able to enter Fox Online after the first round of the TV broadcast. "

"That's it?" Ronan moved his mouse and chose the clearest version of "True Lies" to play: "Will Twentieth Century Fox prepare a new series for Fox Online?"

Connie said: "At the moment I can only get some gossip that Twentieth Century Fox intends to develop a derivative series of "X-Men", which will be broadcast on Fox Online's Hejia.

Hearing "X-Men", Ronan frowned slightly. This series has almost supported half of the Fox film business.

Think about it a few years ago, when Marvel was so poor to sell his son, he had the opportunity to take advantage of it, and he was still in a great mood.

but now? Thinking of the prodigal behavior of Marvel, this group of bastards, the anger rushes to the forehead a little!

This is really the **** determines the head, and the profit determines the position of the butt.

After more than ten seconds of buffering, the "True Lies" on the computer screen began to play. Ronan only glanced at it and determined that there was a gap between the clarity and Netflix streaming media.

This is actually not a gap in video clarity but a gap in technology.

"What about investment?" Ronan continued to ask.

"Very high!" Connie said: "Because Netflix's streaming media business is booming, 20th Century Fox has obtained at least twice the authorization than we had before. In terms of website design and technical support, it is through the acquisition of Silicon Valley. Regarding the patent authorization, there is definite news that Fox Online can go online and the investment in 20th Century Fox will not be less than 1.2 billion US dollars."

Ronan stopped watching the video, because after only a few minutes of watching it, "True Lies" with reasonable clarity was buffered again.

"Too anxious," Ronan whispered.

Connie answered: "20th Century Fox is currently diametrically opposed to us, and probably doesn't want to be left too far by us in the Internet business."

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