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After this year's development.

Although the number of users of Netflix Entertainment has increased, the growth rate has slowed down.

This has nothing to do with the quality and appeal of the company's self-produced dramas, but is simply limited by the level of technological development.

There are not that many mobile terminal devices, and the Internet speed for watching dramas outside is extremely slow, so it begins to encounter a bottleneck period.

Although the number of new users has declined, the proportion of members who choose quarterly or annual subscriptions has increased. As a result, the company's revenue in the fourth quarter is expected to be 25% higher than in the third quarter.

Affected by this good news, the stock price of Netflix's parent company rose sharply again, and the total valuation of Netflix Entertainment was accordingly raised to about US$8 billion. Some institutions have even dared to call US$9 billion.

It has been just over a year since Netflix Entertainment was founded.

Its outstanding performance has made countless Silicon Valley entrepreneurs envious, and it has also made many ordinary people wonder, "What's wrong with the world?" In their minds, money shouldn't be so easy to make.

After reading the relevant data and financial reports, Su Rui felt that this year had been able to come to a successful end.

As for the slowdown in user growth... we might as well let the bullets fly for a while.

In January next year, Apple's iPad tablet computer will be released, and there are only a few months left before the release of iPhone 4. After that, the global Internet market will usher in a new wave of madness.

This is the opportunity Suri has been waiting for for more than 20 years.

During the Silicon Valley wave of wealth creation in the 1990s, because he was too young and had little money, he only encouraged his father to take action and pick up some scraps.

But this time there is nothing to stop him. For the time being, he just needs to wait quietly...

"Game of Thrones" was written on the program list, but when it was handed over to the company, Suri crossed it out and replaced it with "House of Cards".

The main reason is that the cost of filming "Game of Thrones" is too expensive, and the company's user base is temporarily very limited. Killing Wang Zhao early seems to be a bit overkill.

besides.

There is also another drama called "Holy Grail" on the list.

This is a Western fantasy drama created by Suri himself based on the concept of Devil Fruit in "One Piece".

In order to save money on set decorations, the story was eventually set in the late 19th century.

The highlight is that ordinary people can obtain supernatural powers as long as they gather the sacrificial materials and mix them into the Holy Grail to make a potion.

It also adds elements such as demons, mythical monsters, supernatural phenomena, contained objects, etc. The protagonist and his companions will deal with strange things, trying to avenge his family while guarding the peace of the world.

It can be said that Suri is more interested in this "Holy Grail" than scripts such as "Breaking Bad" and "The Big Bang Theory". After all, it is considered his "son", while other dramas are just for making money.

If the drama "Holy Grail" is really filmed, the sense of accomplishment will be very different. Therefore, he has increased the total budget of the entire drama to 120 million US dollars. It is planned to shoot about 12 episodes, with a budget of tens of millions per episode. .

Actually.

If it wasn't too time-consuming and required a lot of energy, Suri even thought of starring in the show himself.

Later, I found it difficult and worried about screwing it up, so I gave up the idea of ​​starring in the film and instead tailored a key role to be a supporting role on the set.

Unlike other dramas that are written while filming, all the scripts for the first season of "Holy Grail" were written and revised before Suri dared to start. Coupled with the preparation time, it is not expected to start filming until March or April next year.

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Apart from preparing for next year's new drama, Suri has nothing important to do recently.

Occasionally attend parties and attend movie premieres that interest me.

A few months ago, he received more than 10 million yuan in endorsement fees from the British luxury brand Burberry. His formal wear, including leather shoes, belts and pants, are currently provided by the company for free.

In mid-December.

Burberry and Lamborghini jointly released a limited edition Reventon supercar. Suri was invited to help on the platform. After reading it, he thought it was pretty good and bought one.

Within a few days.

The Aston Martin One77 supercar that he had placed an order for a long time ago was finally delivered in time before the holidays. It is the first car delivered in the world and is numbered "01".

The reason why the order was advanced is undoubtedly to take advantage of Suri's reputation. These luxury brands have always liked to cooperate with top celebrities and increase the influence of the brand itself through their high attention.

Just two days after I got my new car, it was Christmas again.

Suri's family didn't care much about this holiday. His parents took his grandparents and the others on a trip to Brazil, and they only sent a gold ingot as a gift in advance.

It is really a gold ingot made of pure gold. It takes two or three people to move it. It weighs 100 kilograms. It also has the words "I hope you will never use it" in English on it.

After reading this, I rolled my eyes.

Daddario, who was not planning to go home for Christmas this year, was extremely pleasantly surprised at this moment and asked in surprise:

"Is this your Christmas gift!? Is it all gold? This is too exaggerated. I hope to receive such a gift too!"

Almost everyone likes gold. The round and oversized gold ingot looks very pleasing.

Suri said with a smile:

"It's better to give me cash. This kind of gift is so insincere. It's probably because you can't think of what to buy me, and my father happens to know a friend who runs a gold shop."

Daddario's attention was all on the gold ingot at the moment. After stroking it gently, he saw the words on it and asked, "Why did you write this sentence?"

"I guess they thought my investment method was too radical and I borrowed so much money from the bank, so they were a little scared."

Su Rui smiled happily and continued:

"My parents were too cautious, otherwise their net worth would be at least ten times higher than it is now, and they would have missed countless opportunities in the past many years. If they had listened to me, they would probably be Google, Amazon, Yahoo, etc. The original shareholders of the company, gold equals deposits, this is a reminder to me to pay attention to the risks."

Daddario was still stroking the gold ingot, he couldn't put it down, and asked curiously:

"They are indeed one of the richest families in Los Angeles. 100 kilograms of gold is too exaggerated. How much is it worth?"

"Let me check……"

The recent price of gold is about US$34 per gram, and 1 kilogram is equal to 1,000 grams.

That is, take 34, multiply it by 100, and then multiply it by 1,000. The mobile phone screen displays US$3.4 million, plus a large amount of wages.

After showing Daddario the calculation results, Su Rui smiled and said:

"It doesn't seem to be too much. I would say that gold is better than diamonds. Diamond jewelry worth more than 3 million US dollars is so light that it would be difficult for one person to move it in gold. It is also resistant to inflation and has the opportunity to continue to increase in value."

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