Chapter 728: Money Never Sleeps

In the banquet hall, Jim Prose of 20th Century Fox chatted with Michael Eisner, and found that the Disney tyrant was too harsh, so he took the initiative to end the unpleasant contact and walked towards the side near the terrace go.

No wonder people in Disney are rebelling, and I can't stand such a boss.

Jim Prose made a few remarks, and his eyes suddenly fell on the focus of tonight.

There was another crowd around Ronan Anderson.

Among them were a few familiar faces, including Wall Street's Lloyd Blankfein, chief operating officer and president of Goldman Sachs.

Howard Johnson, the senior president of Morgan Stanley, and the CEO of Merrill Lynch...

The collection of these people represents an extremely large force of capital.

They were talking and laughing with Ronan Anderson.

Relativity Entertainment is about to get the support of big capital groups. Jim Pross has also learned that Netflix is ​​preparing to go public. Wall Street is generally optimistic about this Internet company. It is said that Wall Street’s expectations for Netflix far exceed Google’s listing this year. .

A successful listing means abundant funds, more and stronger partners, and a broader platform and development prospects.

Ronan Anderson shares the most anticipated Internet company with the capital group, at least for a long time, there will be a lot of people supporting him.

I am afraid that Relativity Entertainment will take advantage of this wave to accelerate its development again.

It's getting harder for Hollywood to stop him.

At least not by 20th Century Fox alone.

Jim Prose shook his head. The six major Hollywood companies have never been united. It is possible to suppress tacitly, but it is impossible to unite to deal with a certain company.

"Netflix wants to continue to develop rapidly, and going public is a must."

At the center of this small circle of Wall Street people, Ronan talked eloquently: "Netflix also needs to rely on everyone's strength to develop. We welcome every investment institution to invest in Netflix."

These people are nodding, Ronan's attitude is what they like.

Similarly, they also like this person very much.

The development of Netflix has proved Ronan Anderson's vision and decision-making ability. Investing in a company led by such a person can give people a sense of reliability like investing in Microsoft.

These people have participated in more than one investment, and they are very clear about the importance of an excellent leader for the company's rapid development.

Today, they appear here, and they have already expressed their attitude-extremely interested in investing in Netflix in Nasdaq in the future.

Netflix is ​​preparing to go public with the help of Goldman Sachs, and Nasdaq is likely to usher in a star stock next year.

Ronan added: "But don't be in a hurry to go public. The more fully prepared Netflix is, the greater its future development potential will be."

Lloyd Blankfein said: "What Ronan said is very correct. What we expect is a high return, and we have to wait patiently."

Howard Johnson of Morgan Stanley also said: "We will wait for the moment when Netflix goes public."

"I hope there will be surprises." Someone said.

Before a company goes public, there is a lot of preparation work, and often even the investors have already been found.

The reception was very successful. After the reception, many people did not leave Los Angeles. For example, major mobile phone manufacturers, Netflix and Qualcomm, held joint talks in Los Angeles and reached a lot of intentions.

Some people on Wall Street went to the San Francisco Bay Area to visit and learn about Netflix's business.

Netflix is ​​not the kind of company that brags and sells concepts. It is supported by a fast-growing business, especially the streaming media business has reached the final stage of preparation and will be launched soon.

Meanwhile, with the help of Relativity Entertainment and Embassy Pictures, Netflix has partnered with Britain's Red Bus Pictures, Luc Besson's Europa Films and Germany's Konstantin Films ahead of Christmas. A number of overseas film companies, including China, have signed contracts and obtained more Internet authorizations related to film and television works.

Netflix's DVD rental and sales business has completely surpassed the traditional rental industry led by Blockbuster and has become an important peripheral channel for Hollywood.

Today, DVD is the most important profit point in the film industry, and the revenue that Netflix can create as a peripheral channel has reached a point that no film company can ignore.

Even Twentieth Century Fox has temporarily abandoned its conflict with Relativity Entertainment and reached a license agreement with Netflix for its film library.

So far, among the medium and large film companies in Hollywood, only Paramount Pictures, which belongs to the Viacom Group like Blockbuster, has not opened its film library to Netflix.

Netflix has not slowed down its acquisition of overseas copyrights. Although Netflix will definitely not be able to enter many markets in the future, such as the other side of the Pacific Ocean, Netflix must also take the road of internationalization.

At the very least, the western market is open to Netflix.

Ronan did not expect Netflix to enter the market on the other side of the Pacific Ocean. If nothing else, the problem of piracy would be difficult to solve.

Once, he can also be said to be a direct beneficiary of the proliferation of piracy.

How many people are staring at the high-definition version on the Internet, various download tools emerge in endlessly, and some people even play themselves in prison.

Besides, regional protection strategies can be found everywhere, and Ronan didn't expect Netflix to enter all markets around the world.

The licensing fees for overseas movies are very low, and there are no industry regulations like Hollywood. Netflix has successively reached licensing agreements with many overseas companies. When Christmas comes, Netflix already has nearly 100,000 movies and TV series on the Internet. Related Copyright.

This is a very large film library, which can provide sufficient work support for the upcoming streaming business.

Meanwhile, Netflix hit 14 million paid subscribers and sold its 500 millionth DVD rental.

This series of data has made Netflix attract much attention.

Coupled with the fact that Netflix has been sharing all kinds of fierce news for the first time in the black movement, Netflix is ​​already a veritable star company in Silicon Valley.

The limelight even overshadowed Google, which just went public this year.

Lehman Brothers quietly contacted Ronan again, expressing their willingness to invest in Netflix, but not after Netflix was listed on Nasdaq, but now.

They made an offer that looked impossible to turn down.

A single share price of 80 US dollars, with 1.6 billion US dollars to acquire 10% of the shares of Netflix.

In other words, Lehman Brothers valued Netflix at $16 billion!

An offer that can blow a lot of people's minds? Google went public in August this year, with a single issue price of US$85 and a total market capitalization of US$23 billion.

Going public is not only finance and mathematics, but also a kind of magic trick. There are many go-to-market magic tricks that have been favored but failed in the past.

Judging by the situation of Google's listing, Lehman Brothers once again made a pretty good offer for Netflix.

But the Netflix of today is not the Netflix of the past.

After Relativity Entertainment entered Netflix, Ronan provided not only development ideas and future decisions, but also relatively abundant funds. Netflix has also developed video and social media on the basis of the original DVD rental business. The big business has won Android, and is actively building a smartphone alliance, and the streaming media business will also be listed next.

Not to mention the future of Lehman Brothers, from the attitude of Wall Street towards Netflix, it is not difficult for people like Ronan to analyze that Netflix's future listing will at least be no worse than Google.

Therefore, without hesitation, Ronan once again rejected the hand of friendship extended by Lehman Brothers.

Soon, gossip began to circulate that some Wall Street companies would attack Netflix's listing plan.

But Netflix is ​​not fighting independently, and Goldman Sachs quickly stood up to stabilize the situation.

Lloyd Blankfein directly pointed out at Goldman Sachs' board of directors that Goldman Sachs may get a return of more than ten times in the future for Netflix's listing and financing!

The development data of the Netflix network he provided in the past two years quickly convinced Goldman Sachs.

Goldman doesn't mind siding with the devil as long as it's profitable.

On Wall Street, money never sleeps.

The talks between Mark Randolph and Qualcomm and several major mobile phone manufacturers have also temporarily ended after reaching a few preliminary intentions.

A Netflix network that is not strong enough, let alone leading the alliance, is very difficult to promote the establishment of the alliance.

Business alliances can only be discussed step by step, and the key lies in Naifei Network itself.

Compared with Netflix, Blockbuster has fallen into a difficult situation.

In the past, 70% of Americans could find a Blockbuster chain store within a 10-minute drive. At its peak, Blockbuster had more than 8,000 physical stores across the United States, which can be said to be the ultimate.

Over the past two years, Blockbuster has continuously cut off stores that were struggling with performance. Currently, there are only more than 5,000 stores left in the United States.

In addition, Viacom's acquisition of Blockbuster is more out of capital operation needs, and it is not particularly concerned about Blockbuster. It withdraws a large amount of cash flow from Blockbuster every year. Now that Blockbuster is in trouble, Viacom gives Support is far from enough.

Sam Redstone directly dismissed Blockbuster's CEO and replaced him with a new leader who knows the Internet industry better, preparing Blockbuster to transform into the Internet leasing industry.

It is not an ordinary difficulty for a huge aircraft carrier to complete a U-turn in an extremely short period of time.

Netflix is ​​too far ahead of other companies in the Internet rental and sales of DVDs.

Christmas is coming, and Ronan holds a Christmas party at home, inviting friends who are not in Los Angeles and single to come to the party.

Somewhat unexpectedly, the old fox Angela Lindwall also came after hearing about it.

"Maybe we won't meet again in the future."

After the party, Angela Lindelwald said to Ronan: "Just keep it as a last memory."

Of course, Ronan would not chase people away in a rude manner, and he must satisfy the needs of the guests.

Angela Lindelwald went upstairs to take a shower first, leaving Ronan to see off the other guests.

After sending James Wen away, Ronan received a text message: The fort has been erected, when will the gunner be in place?

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