Chapter 948 The Spoiler

Cantalupo seemed to be facing a lot of resistance. Feng Yiping and the others got half a day and a day to rest, but this time, even Merbak, who was worried about gains and losses, was very relaxed.

The Asian Pavilion of the Art Museum of Chicago, Buchanan and Merbacher accompanied Feng Yiping to browse here.

Rather than talking about the Asian Pavilion, we might as well call it the China Pavilion. Most of the cultural relics displayed in it, especially those high-quality goods, belong to China. This is both a proud place and a painful place.

The proud thing is that in pre-modern Asia, China was definitely the most advanced country. The painful thing is that these treasures not only witnessed our glory at that time, but also witnessed our decline in modern times. Otherwise, their destination would not be It will be in this exotic display case.

The Chinese cultural relics exhibited here are not based on quantity. Porcelain, jade, bronze, Buddha statues, oracle bone inscriptions are all there, and they cover almost all feudal dynasties in Chinese history.

Not to mention other things, even such a heavy vessel as the bronze tripod from the Shang Dynasty is displayed in the museum alone, and there is more than one.

Feng Yiping was full of thoughts and emotions, but Buchanan and Merbacher did not have so many thoughts. They lingered in the porcelain area and praised them. Perhaps in their view, this is a normal thing. The more ethnic, the more of the world!

Merback bent down to look at a pastel vase from the Qing Dynasty, and said in admiration, "Although I can't tell what is so good about it, I can tell when I see it that it is definitely a very perfect work. Such porcelain , should also represent the highest technology of that era, "

This should be counted, Feng Yiping thought.

"Merback, why are you not worried at all?" Seeing how relaxed he was, Buchanan couldn't help asking.

"What is there to worry about? Didn't Cantalupo's words make McDonald's attitude very clear yesterday? Cooperation is definitely not a problem,"

He was really relaxed, and he didn't take his eyes off the bottle when he answered Buchanan's question, "Tsk, it's perfect!"

Buchanan smiled and glanced at Feng Yiping, "Aren't you worried that McDonald's board of directors won't agree with the few additional opinions we put forward yesterday?"

"How? Mr. Cantalupo knows how to solve this problem, and while this cooperation is critical for Coinstar, it is a humble new project for McDonald's."

"The scale of this project is not worth mentioning compared with the overall scale of McDonald's. Success or failure has nothing to do with the overall situation. I think the main reason why there is no conclusion yet is that some shareholders of McDonald's are not used to being equal to ordinary companies. Let's cooperate,"

"However, I think Mr. Cantalupo will be able to handle their work well. It's actually very simple. Just let them take a good look at the accounting tables of our financial department. Compared with feelings, these guys value numbers more. You Say no?"

He really thought it through.

However, the next moment, his actions still showed how much he cared about this cooperation.

Buchanan shook his phone at him, "Here's the news, do you want to hear it?"

Merbak immediately dropped the vase that he couldn't get enough of, and approached in two steps in three steps, "How do you say?"

"Hi, Ms. Oprah," instead of a call from McDonald's, and Merback immediately went about trying to kill with his eyes.

"Okay, thank you very much, I will definitely tell him, and I will reply you as soon as possible," although he said calmly, but Feng Yiping and Murback could see clearly that he was just pretending, but he was also very excited.

"Feng, Oprah's phone call, she said she would be happy to have you as a guest on her talk show, let me convey her greetings to you, and asked when is the best time for us?"

Just like Feng Yiping and the others thought and analyzed, after the three of them left with obvious emotions, Oprah, who was originally Shi Shiran, rarely calmed down after analyzing the pros and cons of doing and not doing it.

Although appearing on her talk show will have a good publicity effect for Feng Yiping and his company, but also, Feng Yiping chooses her talk show as his first show in the talk show column, which will definitely increase the ratings of her show rate, and the ratings are the root of her bullishness.

Although her current ratings lead the talk shows, she also faces challenges from several strong opponents.

Of course, what they care about most is face, so she waited a whole day to make this phone call, but she was the one who notified her personally. You know, usually such things are not done by the middle-level supervisors in her team.

"Feng, I don't think there's any need to argue with them. The entertainment industry is like that, and objectively speaking, going on her talk show will definitely have a good publicity effect," Merback thought Feng Yiping still had opinions on what happened that day.

He was completely overthinking, this is also a business decision, how could Feng Yiping be so emotional?

"Thank you, Old Mo. I understand. Buchanan, it's best to do this. After Cantalupo has definite news, we will set a specific time,"

If McDonald's agrees with Feng Yiping's opinion, the two parties can immediately sign an agreement of intent, and then naturally send a team to discuss the specific matters of cooperation. When the final agreement is signed, Feng Yiping will inevitably have to go to Chicago again. The time is set at that time, which is naturally the best.

It is convenient, and you can also promote the new project along the way, which can kill several birds with one stone.

"Okay, I understand," Buchanan said as soon as he finished speaking, holding up his mobile phone excitedly, "Here we come, this time it's from McDonald's,"

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Monday, September 8th in the Gregorian calendar, happens to be Bailu, a traditional solar term in China.

At 8 o'clock in the morning, Coinstar and McDonald's issued an announcement at the same time that the two parties intend to cooperate on the Redbox business. In this project, the first round of investment between the two parties is $52 million for McDonald's and $48 million for Coinstar.

The announcement briefly explained the content and conditions of this cooperation, the deliberations of the boards of directors of both parties, pointed out the risks, and determined the time for announcing the cooperation plan, on the 17th, which is 10 days later.

In the attachment, there are also the opinions of the independent directors of the boards of directors of their respective companies.

Because the total amount of this cooperation is not too large, both parties can easily pay, so there is no such thing as the most important thing in the general cooperation announcement, the joint guarantee.

The direct consequence of this incident was that after the market opened that day, the stock price of McDonald's rose slightly, while the stock price of Coin Star immediately opened higher.

The reason for this situation is not because of this cooperation.

After Coin Star was acquired by NEXTDOOR, from the previous coin-for-card program to now cooperating with McDonald’s to expand business in related fields, this series of actions has given investors full confidence in the future of Coin Star. It can be said that he has great confidence in Feng Yiping.

Emilia saw the news at the first time. From this point of view, Feng Yiping has been saying that he is busy and has no time for the past two days, so it was not an excuse. At the same time, she understands that Feng Yiping may have returned to Silicon Valley at this time.

Sure enough, a female assistant answered his call, "I'm sorry, Feng is attending an important meeting,"

Leave without saying hello? Emilia is very annoyed, hum, number 17, you wait!

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This is good for the two companies and good for the investors who hold the stocks of the two companies, and it does not make everyone happy.

For example, after seeing such news, Hastings felt full of malice!

Sure enough, I was not wrong, that Feng Yiping has always been loyal to his Netflix.

Now, it is estimated that apart from the parties concerned, only he knows Feng Yiping's ultimate goal best.

He fought for large loan support from the Bank of China, he acquired Coin Star, and he tried to boost the business of Coin Star. These are not the main purpose. His ultimate goal is his own Netflix. Announcing a partnership with McDonald's on the DVD rental business?

No wonder the last time he contacted Buchanan about changing coins for cards, he agreed so readily, maybe they had already regarded Netflix as their own.

He really admired Feng Yiping, that he could think of such a path. Among so many companies and so many possibilities, it was really not easy for Feng Yiping to choose such a path.

If it's just McDonald's, he doesn't care at all. He has already defeated Wal-Mart, which already sells DVDs, let alone McDonald's, which is the first to get involved in this business?

But it is different now, Redbox plus Coin Star, tens of thousands of McDonald’s branches, so many partners in Coin Star, and rich operating experience in this field, coupled with the leader Feng Yiping’s excellent control ability, he I believe that the new Redbox will definitely quickly occupy a large part of the market share and become a strong competitor of itself.

The point is, next, who knew that there would not be a section for renting DVDs on the NEXTDOOR website?

The appearance of one is a matter of course. At that time, they will connect online and offline, which is a fatal threat to themselves.

Just thinking about it gives me a headache.

It's just that Hastings, who had been worrying about the coming of wolves, finally felt a little relieved besides being angry when he was finally sure that wolves were really coming.

What he felt most worried and most powerless was that he didn't know what Feng Yiping would do, and now he knew.

That's just right, I can calmly find a way to deal with it.

Just thinking about it, he still couldn't help saying the word starting with F a few times.

He was really sad and angry.

Why do so many Fortune 500 companies join in such a small market?

Not to mention those companies that entered the industry early and established their industry advantages, first there was Wal-Mart, and now there are large companies such as McDonald's that are related or completely unrelated.

Why when I wanted to sell the company at a low price, not only was no one wanted it, but I was humiliated instead. Now when I am determined to make this my lifelong career, there are people who are staring at my company , Want to buy in a different way?

Also, knowing that McDonald's launched this business, why didn't I take it to heart, and why didn't I formulate countermeasures as soon as possible? Still too careless, or, unknowingly, has become a little arrogant.

However, Hastings, who has come through ups and downs for so many years, is a man of determination. He understands that such self-pity will not solve the problem at all.

The most ideal thing now is to disturb Huang and their cooperation this time, how should we proceed? He thought hard.

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McDonald's headquarters campus in Oak Brook, Chicago.

The energetic Cantalupo walked into the office and greeted his secretary, "Morning, Susan, bring in my schedule for today,"

"There is no other change, except that from yesterday afternoon to this morning, Netflix CEO Hastings has made four calls. He said that he has something to do and hopes to have an interview with you,"

"Hastings on Netflix?" Cantalupo thought for a moment. "Let's put this aside and say I'm busy,"

After realizing that Redbox might become a new business growth point, they naturally had a detailed understanding of the main competitors in the DVD rental market, so they knew the details of Netflix. He naturally knew why Netflix contacted him at this time.

However, he is aware of Netflix's business model. For Redbox's model, Netflix has less experience than his own company. The cooperation between the two parties cannot achieve complementary advantages at all, and it is very likely that they will drag each other down.

So he quickly came to the conclusion that no matter what Netflix said about contacting him this time, there should be only one purpose, and that is to destroy the cooperation between him and Coinstar.

At this time, it is better not to contact such a person.

Less than half an hour after he put this matter to the back of his mind, the secretary called, "Sir, Netflix's Hastings has arrived at the park and is downstairs now,"

This is true!

"Say I'm not there," Cantalupo said dryly.

At lunch time, the secretary said to Cantalupo, who was walking out of the office, "Sir, that Hastings is still waiting downstairs,"

Cantalupo shook his head, "Notify the driver to wait for me in the underground parking lot,"

He wasn't moved by Hastings' persistence.

In the West, it is considered impolite to come to the door without an appointment. Hastings' behavior today can also be understood as coercive.

If every visitor followed Hastings' example, Cantalupo would be completely unable to manage his time.

Unexpectedly, not long after he sat down in the club he frequented, he just finished ordering, a tall man with beards walked over and introduced himself, "Hello, Mr. Cantalupo, I'm Ha Stings,"

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