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December 31st.

The last day of 2008.

After being harassed by tourists throughout the vacation, Suri finally had enough of being a mascot and flew to Los Angeles again.

Daddario's parents and younger siblings just returned to New York yesterday, so they were perfectly separated from him to avoid the embarrassment of meeting him.

The so-called separation is better than a new marriage.

On the morning of the 31st, Suri didn't even return home after landing. He first took a car to Daddario's new home.

The two of them toiled until lunch time, their stomachs growled with hunger, and then they took a shower and went out to look for food.

The place to eat was at an Italian restaurant.

Coffee-flavored ice cream, paired with Neapolitan pizza, lasagna and lasagna.

Although it was not clear which country the chef was from, Suri actually tasted the taste of Northeastern grilled cold noodles from the lasagna. It was probably because this restaurant used similar sauces. The memory had been dormant for more than 20 years. Being aroused increases his appetite.

During meal.

Suri said to Daddario:

"I was wrong. You shouldn't go back to Lanai during the peak season. It's more comfortable to live in the off-season. Do you know how you feel when you are pestered by a bunch of people every time you go out and can't leave even if you want to? It's so annoying."

Daddario was eating lasagna, fork in hand.

She was wearing a black shirt, and the hint of white in the gaps between the clothes was faintly visible.

Sure enough, if you have a good figure, you can attract attention no matter what you wear. Even an ordinary shirt can look so sexy.

He was in a hurry to go out for dinner and his hair was still a little wet. Daddario smiled and said, "Then you should come here early so that I can find time to see you."

"I can't help it," Suri told me. "Lana'i is not only my home, it's also a business."

"How is its business this year? Can it make money?"

"Of course. Since November to now, it has contributed a total profit of about 20 million yuan. Unfortunately, it just opened this year and the investment is relatively large, so the net profit is definitely not that much."

Suri reached out to help Daddario wipe the sauce from his mouth, and then explained:

"If the annual net profit after tax is 20 million US dollars and the tourism business can be continued, then according to the asset valuation formula in the market, adding up the total income in the next 15 and 20 years will make Lanai The value of the island has increased by US$3 to 400 million.”

This method of calculating asset value is similar to evaluating listed companies.

If Lanai is losing money, 98% of its land ownership is worth just over US$300 million, then the value of an island that can earn US$20 million per year can soar to US$670 million.

After the new hotel is built, if it can still be fully booked and attract tourists to come in droves, and the annual profit can be increased to 50 million U.S. dollars, it means that Lanai Island has the opportunity to increase its value by about one billion U.S. dollars.

Therefore, Suri has always felt that the new hotel may have an impact on other investment projects, but he has not considered how long it will take to recover the cost.

The increased profits will be magnified and reflected in the total value of the entire island, which is also an asset.

Daddario was in a particularly good mood and continued:

"That's awesome, The Walking Dead's premiere numbers are great, and hopefully the good luck continues next year and everything goes well for us."

It's been a week since "The Walking Dead" aired, and the second episode will be shown tonight.

Suri smiled and said:

"I check the data every day. There are only a few hundred thousand members in total, but the first episode had more than 24 million views."

"It shows that the film has a good reputation and has attracted netizens. In addition to repeated clicks, trial viewings, etc., about 7.5 million people have actually watched it."

"Since the first three episodes are all free, it's not yet clear how many paying members it will attract, but this number is far beyond my expectations..."

As an actor.

Daddario has no access to backend data.

Even if she asked Director Lynch, she would only get a very good answer at best.

Only movies that are released in theaters like to continuously release box office data, which means nothing more than saying, "This movie is good. Many people have seen it. Come and see it."

After listening to Suri's words, Daddario asked him: "Which website did you find it on? Can you send me the link?"

"The company's programmer gave me permission to view the real-time data background. In order to avoid affecting your mood, it's better not to pay too much attention to this. I can let you take a look occasionally..."

More than 7.5 million people have watched the first episode.

Compared with the population of the United States of 300 million, this number seems small.

However, Suri felt beforehand that it would be quite good if 2 million people could watch it in the initial stage. After all, Netflix Entertainment has just started and people are not used to watching TV on the Internet.

The data of 7.5 million per week undoubtedly gave him a big surprise.

According to the discounted pricing of Netflix Entertainment, the monthly membership fee for the regular version is about US$8, and the gold membership with no ads is priced at about US$12.

On average, if one user contributes US$10, even if it only brings in 1 million paying users, it means US$10 million in revenue.

Without excluding other company expenses, based on four episodes of "The Walking Dead" per month, its income can not only support the crew, but even have a little left over.

This is what surprises Suri the most.

The sooner you start making money, the more helpful it will be for Netflix Entertainment’s valuation, and it will be able to plan two or three more new dramas next year.

If it can have 2 million paid members and maintain its growth trend, perhaps by the end of next month, Netflix Entertainment’s valuation will skyrocket, reaching US$3 billion or more.

The growth valuation method in the Silicon Valley Internet field is inherently unreasonable and focuses on the calculation of future value.

If Netflix Entertainment can obtain 2 million paying users in the first month, the capital market will dare to evaluate its potential based on 20 million paying users.

Anyway, judging from the current situation, it is already worth betting heavily and burning money.

The board of directors of the parent company specially sent someone to take care of Suri and said that they planned to use a full budget of 10 million US dollars in January to promote "The Walking Dead" and Netflix Entertainment like a movie. How about planning in advance? The issue of opening up international markets.

Daddario suddenly remembered something and told Suri:

"During dinner two days ago, my father mentioned Netflix's parent company inexplicably, saying that its stock price had risen a bit crazy, and then he guessed that the new series would perform better."

"Of course, Netflix's parent company owns half of it. During the Christmas and New Year holidays, the stock price rose 33% in a single day."

Suri took a bite of ice cream, and her brain almost froze. After a while, she added:

"The capital market is the most well-informed, and nothing can be hidden from them, especially brokers with deep pockets. Their intelligence network is terrifyingly large. Since it is foreseen that Netflix Entertainment will become very valuable, of course people have to rush to grab Netflix shares in advance. Becoming its shareholder means indirectly holding shares in Netflix Entertainment..."