Chapter 1310 I Want to Come Back
Some people went to the bathroom on the pretext of others, and some people made phone calls on the spot. It didn't take long for them to know the general situation of the negotiation at that time.
They also understood at this time that the so-called negotiation with Apple was better to be called seeking help. After Sean Parker completely disrupted the music market, no one bought the entire music album anymore, and more and more people were looking for free resources on the Internet, these helpless musicians had to find a way out everywhere.
They also understood Jobs' attitude towards those colleagues. He almost said face to face, "You don't have brains."
Feng Yiping was also very impolite. Facing those who questioned his approach, he said, "There is no room for bargaining on this point."
You should know that at that time, his business landscape in the United States was far less well-known and widely praised than it is now.
It can be said that he personally determined the main business model of the current music market. What about this time?
Well, these problems are actually not what I have to worry about.
"Fortunately, this time he didn't have Jobs' support behind him," someone said.
Yes, the last time the music industry went to Jobs, and in the end, it was only the Apple light conditions that were almost completely accepted.
Such treatment is not something that any person or company can enjoy.
"We should be more thankful that no one has launched a website like Sean Parker's Napster for film and television works," Clark raised his glass.
If there is a website like Napster that can download film and television works for free, well, several people shuddered, the picture was too beautiful, they really dared not think about it.
They only knew that after such a situation, making money would not be as easy as it is now.
"Yes, in order to find one, we have to have a drink," everyone raised their glasses at the same time.
"Huh?" At this time, someone pointed at the TV and asked, "Look, is that him?"
"It's really that Feng," Clark obviously did the most research, and said affirmatively after taking a look.
They also thought that they insisted on not meeting everyone today, did they want everyone to listen to what Mr. Feng would say tonight?
Unconsciously, they all called the young man Mr. Feng in their hearts.
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Hastings drove around Netflix again. Sometimes, he would drive quickly in front of Netflix just to see the expressions on the faces of the employees entering and leaving the door.
As he expected, the faces of those employees were all beaming with joy.
He knew exactly why.
As soon as Feng Yiping's YouTube was launched, he immediately guessed the result. This was the best way to make up for Netflix's last shortcoming.
Originally, he thought that after at least half a year, when the website had gained influence, there would be some technical problems, such as the revenue sharing with Hollywood, the pricing of online members, the conversion and segmentation of online business and original registered users.
After solving these technical problems, Netflix will surely enter a period of rapid growth, and will no longer be afraid of rivals like Blockbuster.
Because although Netflix does not purchase as many films as Blockbuster, it has the most complete film library, which is their greatest strength.
Coupled with the company's core and proud recommendation system, such an advantage is not something that any latecomer can catch up with.
But he never expected that the development of this website would be so fast, it can be described as a thousand miles a day, which made him sigh again that NEXTDOOR's potential is so great that it can almost provide a bonus to all of Feng Yiping's future businesses.
A point of view flashed in his mind. Perhaps, for Internet companies, the most important thing is not the model, but the number of users?
It must be said that Hastings is indeed a genius in some aspects. The problem he has not finally figured out is the iron law of the Internet + era. As long as you have a considerable number of users, even if you don’t have a good profit model, many people will pay a high price to buy your company for your users.
If you have a considerable number of users and a profit model, you can become a giant or a hegemon, such as Penguin.
Another thing that Hastings didn’t expect was that they could think of using YouTube to help film companies promote and promote their new films, and the results were so intuitive and amazing.
He knew the industry practices of Hollywood. The cost of publicity and promotion was sometimes even higher than the production cost. The Internet, TV, magazines, newspapers..., you can see their promotion of new films everywhere.
Even in the upcoming Super Bowl, which has the largest audience and the highest advertising price, film companies have not missed this opportunity and have spent huge amounts of money to promote their most important new films at the Super Bowl. For this purpose, they will also edit exclusive Super Bowl trailers.
However, a large audience does not necessarily mean that more people will watch this version of the trailer. It is possible that, like advertising on other media, a lot of money has been spent but there is no effect.
But on YouTube, whether it is popular or not, how many people have watched it cumulatively, that is clear at a glance, and it can be accurate to the number of people.
How could those film companies miss such a good channel?
Let the film companies need him, not just his own unilateral need for the film companies, and let him have the right to speak and bargaining power when facing the film companies. This is the problem that Hastings had always hoped to achieve, but he just couldn't find a suitable way. Now they can easily solve it. To be honest, Hastings now has to admire Feng Yiping.
This is a genius who not only always has genius ideas, but more importantly, he can always smoothly realize these ideas.
He now has to admit that Netflix can indeed develop better under the leadership of Feng Yiping.
And he is also very dissatisfied with being just a simple spectator.
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At the end of the get off work day, seeing Randolph actually coming out of the office with his bag on time, Susan couldn't help wiping her eyes, "What I saw is true?"
"Of course it's true, let's go, get off work," everything went unexpectedly smoothly. Today, there are so many Hollywood people who took the initiative to come to the door. Randolph thinks he can get off work on time and celebrate a little.
Unfortunately, Hastings is not here, otherwise..., now, Feng is not here either, it seems that he can only go home to celebrate with Julia.
Susan tidied up again while muttering, "Let me think, how many days will it take for me to finally get off work on time?"
"Okay, okay, I will remember to give you a raise," Randolph said with a smile. At this moment, the phone rang. He was stunned when he saw the number. Did he know what I was thinking just now? "Hi Hastings,"
Hastings? Upon hearing this, Susan became nervous. She picked up a piece of printing paper, quickly wrote a line on it, and held it in front of Randolph to show him.
While talking to Hastings, Randolph looked at the big "Be careful" on the paper and nodded, "Well, okay,"
"Randolph, you must remember what happened at the beginning," Susan reminded him.
"Thank you," Randolph felt a little funny. Am I so unreliable?
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It was still the bar near the company, and the guy behind the bar was still the same guy. He nodded to Randolph, "Mr. Randolph, you haven't been here for a long time!"
He naturally knew what happened at Netflix, and knew that the man in front of him was now the helmsman of Netflix, so he addressed him politely.
"Too busy recently,"
"Mr. Hastings is over there," the guy gestured.
In fact, he didn't need to do that at all. Over there, Hastings, who was dressed neatly and had a neat mustache, had stood up, "Randolph, here,"
Still very enthusiastic, but there was less of the commanding flavor in his words.
"Hello," Randolph walked over, not knowing how to start, Hastings had already hugged him warmly, "You did a good job, man,"
Randolph was stunned for a moment, "It was Feng who arranged it well,"
"Feng did plan well, beer?" Hastings opened a bottle of beer for him.
"Thank you," Randolph took a sip, "How are you doing lately?"
"Randolph, I want to come back," Hastings said suddenly.