The Best Entertainment Era

In many states in the southern United States, the power of conservatives should never be underestimated. Even if the entire state has become a mess, they will not easily compromise.

In early February, after a series of hearings, a 12-member grand jury made a ruling: there was no conclusive evidence to prove that the police had intentionally shot and killed an African-American youth, so the jury carefully decided not to prosecute.

The eyes of the whole United States have been staring at Georgia. After the ruling was announced, the result can be imagined.

On Netflix, which has the fastest response, there are voices of protest everywhere, and many people have called for public protest.

In just one afternoon, Netflix Sharing became the most active media in the United States. People who are concerned about this matter not only made their own voices, but also took pictures or short videos of the surrounding protests and shared them on social software immediately. .

After the hustle and bustle of December, and the brewing of January, coupled with the intensification of the current situation, Netflix sharing has not only penetrated into social life, but is gradually changing people's lives.

Sharing on Netflix has even become a popular trend.

The situation in Georgia and even the entire United States has become out of control.

After the grand jury announced its verdict, large-scale demonstrations broke out across the United States. The protests almost spread to 90 cities in 34 states of the United States, and also included several settlements in Canada.

In Los Angeles, not only black people protested and rallied, under the call of Will Smith and Spike Lee, black Hollywood stars took to the streets of the Hollywood area to rally and protest.

As one of the places where the white left is concentrated in the United States, Hollywood will never lack people who support the black movement.

A large number of Hollywood stars of other ethnicities participated in this protest, even if it is for the white left, they must support the protest.

Will Smith has naturally become one of the black leaders in Hollywood.

Hollywood is the focus of public opinion, and it naturally attracts attention. After the protests in the Hollywood area, large-scale protests quickly spread to nearly 180 cities across the United States.

Ordinary people see the protests and the chaotic social situation, but those with a heart see the power of new media.

The editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Times newspaper, Connors, is browsing his Netflix share. Once he finds the latest news, he immediately asks people to collect relevant news.

This is no way.

The impact of the incident was too great, but the number of reporters in the Los Angeles Times was limited. Even if there were special reporters in each city, there were only two or three, and it was impossible to cover all parts of the city.

Watching the constantly updated news and information shared by Netflix, Connors felt a sense of powerlessness. Although Netflix is ​​not a news media, it spreads news faster than all other media and involves a wider range of areas.

Compared with traditional news media, this Netflix sharing is simply cheating. There are more than 20 million users in the United States, all of whom can become news discoverers and uploaders.

How does traditional media compare?

The only natural flaw is that because there is no threshold for publishing, there are too many fake news to distinguish.

Connors called his deputy.

What do you think of Netflix sharing? Connors asked.

The deputy said truthfully: The influence is expanding rapidly, and a new way of socializing is being created.

Connors asked again: You often contact the Internet media, what is the prospect of Netflix sharing?

Wall Street's assessment. The deputy talked about the news just received: They believe that Netflix will increase the number of users to more than 50 million within the next two years.

Connors nodded slowly: I have an idea. We set up a Netflix sharing account in the name of the Los Angeles Times to establish a closer relationship with Netflix and allow people to pay attention to Los Angeles Times in the first place. News from The Times.

The deputy agreed: Yes, the general trend of the Internet is irreversible, we can only follow the trend, and Netflix is ​​not a news media, nor is it a direct competitor with us.

That's the decision. Connors worked quickly: I know Ronan Anderson, and I will call him directly today.

In just over a week, Ronan was surprised to find that many traditional media had registered accounts on Netflix and became users of Netflix.

Ronan has never thought of directly competing with these large traditional media, and Netflix will not be deeply involved in the news industry. After communicating with Mark Randolph, he specifically asked Netflix to share with these media accounts for official authentication.

Since the beginning of the new year, Netflix has shared plus Netflix streaming media, just like the two locomotives of the Netflix train, one pushes and the other pulls, driving Netflix to develop rapidly at a speed of 200 miles per hour.

By February, Netflix's North American registered users reached a new high, crossing the 25 million mark for the first time.

In addition, all of Netflix’s businesses in overseas markets are oriented towards localization, avoiding many detours and developing more smoothly, with overseas registered users growing rapidly.

Only relying on relativity entertainment, it is difficult for Netflix to have a particularly large development.

In the office of Relativity Entertainment, Ronan said to Robert Iger: We have prepared funds in our hands, and there will be major strategic acquisitions in the future. It is impossible to spend all of them on Netflix.

He said slowly: Netflix wants to expand globally, and the only way to go is to burn money.

Robert Iger fully agrees with Ronan's words: Netflix's globalization strategy requires more than US$5 billion in funding in the next stage, and many problems require not only funds, but also partners and development platforms.

Ronan nodded: The only way to go is financing. Relativity Entertainment also needs partners.

Wall Street's evaluation of Netflix is ​​constantly rising. Robert Iger said: Netflix has a promising future. Under the temptation of huge investment returns, Goldman Sachs and his partners will support us, at least for a long time in the future. will support us.

Ronan reminded: Don't let your guard down on Wall Street.

Robert Iger said very seriously: I know who they are, and I will never relax with them. Ronan, Wall Street is very powerful, but as long as we can create enough value for their investment, they will stand by us. This side.

He smiled: Don't forget, we have more than just Wall Street as a financing channel, we also have the Pacific Investment Fund.

The Pacific Investment Fund has relatively broad overseas financing channels, which cannot be compared with large Wall Street investment banks, but it also has relatively strong liquidity.

At the beginning of this year, a batch of financing projects of the Pacific Investment Fund expired. Without any delay, the foundation returned the principal plus dividends of all investors.

Good reputation, stable and guaranteed investment income, these are attracting new investment.

Investments from South Korea, island nations, Netflix and Indians continue.

In addition, Scott - Swift recently traveled to Brazil and Mexico, there are also new potential investors.

Just like many investment institutions on Wall Street, once the reputation and reputation are established, it will be relatively easier to attract new investment.

We need a large amount of money to carry out the next step. Robert Iger said: In addition to the cash flow of Relativity Entertainment Group and the financing of the Pacific Investment Foundation, I have already communicated with Bank of America. As long as we need it, they will Big loans for Relativity Entertainment.

Ronan nodded slightly: Bob, you can do it freely.

Robert Iger said: Some occasions, some people, you come out better than me.

I understand. Ronan said calmly, When you need me, you can always notify me.

The two discussed for a long time.

After Robert Iger left, Ronan called Alan Horn and agreed to play golf together in the afternoon.

The co-chairman of Walt Disney Studios has been battered recently, because after he took over the mess of Disney Pictures, the board of directors gave him new responsibilities to be in charge of Disney Animation Studios.

For example, live-action movie shooting, which can be described as more than a mess.

But the Disney board of directors allowed Alan Horn to revive the prestige of Disney Animation Studios.

Hand-drawn animation is completely outdated, and Disney Animation is no longer the Disney Animation Studio it was ten years ago.

Today's Disney Action Studio is fully supported by old movies.

Later, Ronan went to meet with Harvey Weinstein. Miramax has no heavyweight works this awards season. The purchased Spring of the Cowherd Class is destined to hit the market in North America, and naturally it will not win the Oscars. Invest more.

Most importantly, Ronan wanted to find out how long the Weinstein brothers could stay in Miramax.

It is not easy for Michael Eisner to directly kick these two people away. When Walt Disney acquired Miramax, it was far from as powerful as it is now. Disney's shareholders also hold a lot of Disney's equity in their hands.

It is a pity that the current Disney is full of civil strife, no powerful works have come out, and the stock price has been declining, causing shareholders to complain.

Once Disney, after Robert Iger came to power in 2006, it gradually returned to the right track.

Ronan poached Robert Iger, and is still waiting to continue poaching Disney's corner.

This year will be the best opportunity.

During the period, Ronan went to see the Super Bowl at the invitation of Tom Cruise. The New England Patriots defeated the Eagles and won the Super Bowl trophy this year.

A quarterback named Tom Brady was in charge of the game.

Ronan saw Gisele Bundchen in the stands where many celebrities and rich people gathered.

This supermodel, who has been on the front line steadily, is sitting beside an alien——Ronaldo!

Not Manchester United's Antetokounmpo, but the one Robson Sr. called an alien.

Celebrity romances always turn pages at a speed that catches people off guard.