Chapter 838

Hastings stepped out of the car door, and the first winery established in Napa Valley, Meili Winery, was in front of him. A guy with a square face, thick hair, sunglasses, and a light-colored suit was standing at the door of the winery. Walking back and forth on the phone, that's Buchanan!

Seeing his car pull up, Buchanan hung up the phone hastily. "Hi Hastings, sorry to make you come so far,"

Hastings didn't expect that this lunch would be so laborious to eat, and he would have to travel all the way to Napa Valley.

"Hello, you must be Buchanan. I haven't been here this year, so I can take this opportunity to relax,"

Hastings held Buchanan's hand and made a general judgment on him. This is a very ambitious, energetic, and decisive guy.

"Hehe, it's my first time this year too, please,"

Buchanan has collected a lot of information about Hastings, and has a deep understanding of him. He knows that this is a guy who is very capable, acts boldly, and doesn't care about others' opinions in order to achieve his goals.

However, this guy with a mustache has small eyes but a lot of power. Among the founders of technology companies in Silicon Valley, he can be regarded as a middle-aged handsome guy who is very attractive at first sight.

The place to eat is not in the restaurant of the winery.

Under a tree behind the winery, there is a dining table, the cool sea breeze blows, the white tablecloth sways gently, through the shade of the tree, the fine sunlight shines on the silver tableware and on the solid wood seat People feel very peaceful and comfortable, a bit like dining in their own backyard.

Below, there are neat vineyards, one piece after another, separated by woods, and above the rolling green hills in the distance, there are flying catkin-like clouds and a tile-blue sky, plus the sweet and fragrant grapes in the air. With the smell of red wine, once seated, the whole person can't help but relax.

Hastings immediately added in his mind, this guy is not simple, such an arrangement made him almost forget that this is a very serious business negotiation.

Different from the restaurant, the choice of dishes here is very limited. Both of them ordered steak. The wine must be good wine. It is the best wine in Napa Valley, and the top-notch Prestige of Meili Winery. The annual production of this kind of red wine is extremely limited.

Buchanan didn't rush to get down to business. Like an old friend, he chatted with Hastings about wine, food, and the recent congressional elections, but he didn't talk about work.

Hastings couldn't hold his breath at first, he also knew Buchanan's resume, and it was effortless for the other party to talk about it all afternoon, but he had something hidden in his heart, "Buchanan, our Is the time for the group buying project set?"

This was also a test for him, if it was just such a trivial matter, there would be no need for Buchanan to come forward in person and return to running such a long distance.

"The time is almost set. If you are in a hurry, I can ask them to advance the group purchase of Netflix as much as possible,"

"By the way, Reid, Wal-Mart's online rental business is doing well recently. Is Netflix under a lot of pressure? It seems that the stock price is not doing too well? Shall I make an exception for the website and help you do more group buying?"

"Their progress is nothing. Netflix is ​​still the leader in online rental. In the entire rental market, our share is getting bigger and bigger,"

When we met for the first time, these two guys were probing, but on the surface, Hastings had the upper hand. He asked Buchanan, and Buchanan knew his purpose, but he didn't know Buchanan What is the idea.

"Yes, I also have great confidence in Reed and Netflix, and I am very optimistic about your company," Buchanan finally revealed a little wind.

"Buchanan, I don't know why you came to me, but yes, I want to promote Netflix on NEXTDOOR, and I want those home users of NEXTDOOR to use our online DVD rental business,"

Anyway, the other party knew his purpose, and Hastings simply pointed out that he was a person who went straight, no matter what obstacles there were in the way, and always walked forward in a straight line, so he was not very patient with these false and real temptations.

"Look, Reed, you and I want to go together, and I also think that our two companies have a lot to do with each other," Buchanan easily gained the upper hand in the meeting, shaking his glass freely ,said laughingly.

Hastings immediately became alert. "You mean, business cooperation?"

"No, strategic cooperation," Buchanan threw out his purpose, "cooperation at the level of equity and capital,"

Hastings was surprised to hear this. What he thought was that maybe NEXTDOOR saw the market potential of online DVD rental, so they wanted to cooperate with him in business. Unexpectedly, they actually came up with this idea.

However, knowing the purpose of the other party, he relaxed instead. While thinking about how to deal with it, he asked another question, "A few days ago, did Amazon intend to acquire your company? I met Andy Weir in Silicon Valley. K, I know what he's in charge of now,"

"Yes, Amazon is interested in our company. Dan, our board of directors is not interested at all. I think you should understand our future development space, Reed,"

"You can all reject Amazon, so why should I consider your proposal?" Reed Hastings looked at Buchanan seriously, with those small eyes staring at him fiercely.

"Because we can provide great help to the development of Netflix, and also allow Reed and your team to have better development opportunities,"

Under the gaze of Hastings, Buchanan still smiled easily.

"Hehe, it sounds like you guys are going to buy it as a whole?" Hastings was laughing, but the laughter was cold, "And after the buyout, my team has to leave the project,"

Ever since he took the initiative to find Blockbuster and let them buy it at a low price, they were ridiculed and ridiculed. For Hastings, the acquisition was a pain that he didn't want to touch.

"Reed, we hope that the two companies can cooperate strategically. There are many ways to cooperate. If you agree, the overall acquisition is not impossible.

At the same time, we have absolutely no intention of throwing you and your team aside. The achievements of you and your team over the years are obvious to all. If we can cooperate, the existing business will still be run by you. Focus on new areas.

Believe me, it is not difficult for us to build a company with the model of Netflix, but the team you lead is unique, and you are the core and soul of Netflix.”

"Us? There should be that Mr. Feng," Hastings talked about another question.

"Yes, Mr. Feng admired and admired you very much after seeing how you founded Netflix. He thinks that with your ability, it is no problem to deal with latecomers like Wal-Mart. In the future, you will definitely occupy most of the DVD rental market. share, however, after carefully studying the current situation of Netflix, he believes that Netflix can completely set foot in other broader spaces, "

"I agree with his blue ocean strategy very much, and I also appreciate NEXTDOOR founded by him in an original way. I also believe that NEXTDOOR has unlimited development space in the future. I also thank him for his recognition of us. However, at this stage, I still There is no idea of ​​strategic cooperation between Netflix and other companies.

I admit that we are currently facing some pressure, and investors have little confidence in us, but, as Mr. Feng said, I will eventually lead Netflix to become a leading company in this field, and I think The difficulty of this challenge is not small.

If NEXTDOOR thinks this project is not difficult, I welcome you to join," Buchanan's contempt for online DVD rentals made Hastings unhappy.

"Reid, since you agree with Feng's blue ocean strategy, you must also believe in his vision. Now, he has just discovered a new blue ocean with a very good prospect. Believe me, you and your team will definitely be interested in that field. more interested,"

Compared with the prospect Feng Yiping described, Buchanan looked down on the online DVD rental business they are now engaged in.

Hearing him say this again and again, Hastings became interested, "What is the new field?"

Buchanan smiled and said nothing, how could he tell you?

"I can assure you that it is definitely a field that you and your team are willing to fight for a lifetime. The market capacity of that field will be many times that of the online DVD rental market,"

"Don't mention the new development direction, just say now, if Netflix cooperates with us, NEXTDOOR can definitely bring your rental business to a big level, are you right? Reed? , definitely very beneficial,”

Although Hastings is a little tempted and itchy, but now he is really repulsed by the acquisition of his company, "After studying the history of NEXTDOOR's founding, I am looking forward to having a face-to-face communication with Feng. He is indeed a strategist with great vision, but I think that my understanding and grasp of this market is no worse than anyone else, "

To put it bluntly, he still doesn't believe that Feng Yiping can have a deep understanding of this market. If he looks at the information, he can find a blue ocean that people who have been immersed in it for a long time have not discovered, it would be too childish.

At least since Buchanan said that, he has been thinking, what is the new field? But so far still nothing.

"I also hope to cooperate with NEXTDOOR in business, and I don't rule out the possibility of further cooperation in the future, but at this stage, we are not interested in the cooperation of equity and capital,"

Buchanan felt very familiar when he heard this. When he thought about it, didn’t it mean roughly the same as what he said when he rejected Amazon before?

"Even without external help, we can quickly resolve the challenges we face. Thank you for your hospitality!"

This is really a very proud and tough man!

"Feng will definitely come to the United States as soon as possible after SARS improves. I am looking forward to our next meeting,"

"I also look forward to the opportunity to communicate with Feng, please convey my regards to him,"

As soon as Hastings got into the car, he completely put aside NEXTDOOR's willingness to propose cooperation, and immediately called the core team, "call everyone to the conference room to wait for me,"

One person counts the short, everyone counts the long, Buchanan said solemnly, he believed that there were areas that he hadn't seen yet, and hoped to gather his men to analyze what he might have missed.

Buchanan is not worried about this at all, and Feng Yiping is also not worried at all, because he knows that in this world, only he can accurately predict the development trend of the next 5 or 10 years, and can accurately grasp future trends.

So, when he was still eating breakfast, when he received a call from Buchanan, he said optimistically, "It's nothing, I can imagine, well, I think I also have a way to let Netflix take the initiative to find us again,"

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In China, several major banks were overjoyed to hear that Jiaqiang finally had financing intentions. Jiaqiang Group, which owns two listed companies with good performance on NASDAQ, can be said to be one of the best customers in China at present. .

Because of this, it is also one of the most wonderful groups in China. From its establishment to the present, it has only seen it deposit money in the bank, but it has not seen it borrow money from the bank. It is one of the few in the country. At least from the book, it makes money Group - no matter how low the deposit interest is, as long as the amount of funds is large, the interest is really not a small amount.

It can also be seen from this that since Jiaqiang wants to raise funds, it must not be a small amount, it is definitely a big business.

As a result, Mei Yiliang, who was in charge of the provincial headquarters, immediately became the guests of the major banks in the province, all of whom were the vice presidents of the provincial branches. Without exception, all the leaders retreated gorgeously.

The same goes for Shanghai.

The matter was immediately reported to the head office. In the end, the deputy-level figures from the head offices of the four major state-owned banks went to Shanghai in person to contact Jin Ling. Once they confirmed the numbers she reported, they all gasped. If you don’t borrow it, you’ll have it. If you borrow it, it’s astonishing, and it will cost 1.5 to 2 billion, or US dollars!

The bosses generally said, well, we really have to go back and study it carefully.

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