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Chapter 1590 Three Numerical Tasks
Just do it!

From this point of view, Zhou Buqi is very similar to Musk. As long as you firmly believe that it is right, you can’t procrastinate and hurry up to get things done.

Zhou Buqi returned to Los Angeles and held the executive meeting of Ziwei Star Global. Jason Kilar also followed him to attend this high-level meeting for the first time.

The first thing is to introduce Jason Kilar.

Appointed him as Vice President of Ziwei Star Global, responsible for digital business.

This is a very vague appointment.

Because the coverage of digital business is too wide, converting film content into DVD content is a digital business; making DVD format into Blu-ray format is a digital business; selling Blu-ray DVDs in the market is also a digital business; including Some official websites and mail systems of Ziweixing Global are also digital businesses.

And of course, streaming too!
This is the highlight. Everyone knows that Jason Kilar is the founder of Hulu, which has caused great controversy in the industry.

The current Boss Zhou is Sima Zhaozhi's heart, and everyone knows it.

He has not officially proposed to take the streaming media route within Ziwei Star Global, but the 12 group executives present basically guessed the big boss's mind.

Ziwei Star Global will usher in a major strategic and business transformation in the next few years!
In Jason Kilar's work assignment, there are mainly three tasks.

First, the conversion of digital content, the Blu-ray format is the trend.

This is also an important means for Hollywood to make money.

For example, the movie "Jurassic Park", which is a classic among classics, is a treasure in Universal Pictures' film library. In the 90s, videotapes were popular. When visiting a friend’s house, they would buy a videotape of "Jurassic Park" and send it to them; in the new century, DVDs are the world, and gifts are usually given as gifts. DVD.

Even if a friend already has a videotape of "Jurassic Park" at home, they can continue to send DVDs, because the resolution is higher and the definition is better, so they can watch it again and have a better viewing experience.

The same logic goes for the Blu-ray version.

The same people who made enough money on video tapes and DVDs in the past can still make a fortune on Blu-ray versions.

Just like Disney, which has been outstanding in this business in the past year.

Last year, Disney's digital distribution business had a new president named Bob Chapek, and one of his most important things was to put all Disney movies on Blu-ray format.

Then the market exploded.

This business is Disney's highest revenue growth department in the past year, and even made up for the loss caused by the reduction of amusement park business.

Bob Chapek also became an instant hit.In 2011, he was further promoted and became the president of consumer business. In 2018, he was promoted to President of Amusement Park Business.Next, it was the pinnacle of power, and he became the new CEO of the Disney Group.

In addition to ability, this is also the choice of the times.

Whoever is lucky enough to step on the point of "digital business" may be promoted step by step, all the way to prosperity.

As far as candidates for "digital business" are concerned, Jason Kilar is obviously better and more suitable than Bob Chapek.

Second, adjust many websites under Ziwei Star Global, and cooperate with Ziwei Star International to integrate cloud business.

When you go to the cloud, you have a huge advantage, you can work in different places.

The current Universal Pictures official website is just a small website. The server is in Los Angeles. The technicians can only come to the company to clock in and do some simple tasks, such as website maintenance, poster replacement, new movie announcements, etc.

After going to the cloud, you can work across locations and from home.

Technologists in Silicon Valley can do work online for companies in Hollywood.

There is also the security and efficiency of the mail system.

Online work in the United States is often done by sending emails.

The advantage of email is that it can be recorded and can become legal evidence.

In the chats on MSN, you can tell the truth or lie casually. Even if one party is cheated, it is useless to take the chat records of MSN, which has no legal effect.But if it is an email, it has legal significance and can be evidence in court.

So you can't talk nonsense in the email, it's more worthy of acceptance.

For example, when Universal Pictures and Sony Pictures collaborate on a movie, the two parties need to use emails when negotiating and communicating.If you use instant messaging software such as MSN, Helo, and QQ to communicate, there is no legal protection.

However, if Ziwei Star Global communicates internally, is it still necessary to communicate by email?

The disadvantage of email is its non-immediacy. After an email is sent, it may take several hours for the other party to pay attention to it. The efficiency is too low and it is not suitable for real-time office work.

This is a very important thing that Zhou Buqi asked Jason Kilar to do, trying to promote real-time office tools within Ziwei Star Global!

The English name is Tita, and the Chinese name is Weishu!

The most common real-time office tool in Silicon Valley is Google Docs, and it is almost impossible for Weishu to beat Google Docs in the Silicon Valley market.But it doesn't matter, you can start with Hollywood first!

Zhou Buqi has already established the company's goal, Ziweixing Global will be the leader of the new era of Hollywood!
Not only streaming media, including Lucasfilm's 3D technology, digital imaging technology, virtual reality technology, but also a new efficient online collaborative office model!
Hollywood is in the content business, and it is really laborious to communicate content via email.Online documents that are synchronized and modified in real time are the best content-based chat tools.

However, it is not easy to promote this matter.

Traditional Hollywood has too much power.

It can be seen from the dignified expressions of these executives at the meeting.These are old guys, it is already difficult to send an email, and it is really difficult for them to learn to use new collaborative office software.

Fortunately, Jason Kilar has many years of experience in dealing with Hollywood people, so he said with a smile: "Let's use Marvel Studios as a pilot first, and do it slowly."

Zhou Buqi accepted the suggestion.

The third task is the digital copyright business.

This is the most important topic of today's high-level meeting.

In this regard, Zhou Buqi said from a high-level view: "Everyone can see the effect of "Avatar". Hollywood is moving forward. Under the influence of technology, Hollywood’s business philosophy will also undergo earth-shaking changes, from a pattern where channels are king to a world where content is king. Whoever masters enough high-quality content will win You will have a bright future in the film and television industry!"

Bob Friedman, vice president of the group and president of MGM, seconded this, saying: "When the first 007 was produced, the novelists had almost no right to speak, and Hollywood could do whatever they wanted. But not in the new era. Yes. The "Harry Potter" series of films have been greatly influenced by the author of the novel. The author of the novel requires that the directors and actors of the series of films must be British. This is an unreasonable and absurd requirement, but the producer can only Accepted. The importance of content copyright has been reflected in all aspects."

This is easy to understand.

However, what Zhou Buqi said next caused a collective shock.

"In the next 18 months, Ziwei Star Global will spend 20 billion US dollars to buy copyrights all over the world! Remember, it is a copyright buyout, not a lease."

"$20 billion..."

Even if all the people here are big shots, they are all stunned.

Even Jason Kilar, who had passed the gas before, was dumbfounded at the moment.

In his estimation, it is reasonable for Boss Zhou to spend 2 million US dollars to purchase copyrights. If he is bold, he may spend 5 million US dollars.

Unexpectedly, the tone is so loud!Such courage!
Are you going to throw in $20 billion in one go?
Can this pass?
Turning to look at the chief financial officer, Miles Lee, everyone knew that he was arranged by Softbank, and he somehow meant to prevent Boss Zhou from spending money indiscriminately.

Unexpectedly, Miles Lee just opened his eyes and looked at Boss Zhou for a few times, and then... Then he didn't even fart, and sat there like a wooden man.

Michael Moore, the vice president of Ziwei Star Global and the president of the film production department, tentatively said: "$20 billion... Is it a little risky? The current economic situation has not improved yet, should we reserve more cash?"

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "Precisely because the economic situation is not good, we should take the initiative to attack and attack generously. Ziwei Star Global's debt is very low, Myers, how about our debt-raising ability?"

Miles Lee said: "Our current debt is very low, and we can easily obtain low-interest loans of no less than US$50 billion from banks."

"It can be seen that capital flow is not a problem. The copyright procurement fee of 20 billion US dollars is only the first step." Zhou Buqi has already made a decision, so he has to unify the thinking of the team and let it go. "Ziweixing Global has an advantage. We are not a listed company. Major competitors such as Warner, Disney, and Paramount are all listed companies. It is impossible for them to make such a large investment for future strategies in a short period of time. But Ziweixing Global can. This is a guarantee of solid accumulation , which is the basis of strategic transformation!"

If it was a high-level meeting of Ziweixing, Zhou Buqi would not dare to be too arbitrary. Everyone is a genius. Even if he has foresight, he would not dare to be too self-righteous. evaluation of.

But Ziweixing Global is different.

Zhou Buqi is not polite at all, he doesn't mind making this place his own.

Hollywood is a traditional industry. To put it bluntly, these people present, except for Jason Kilar, are almost idiots. They are all producers and have no judgment on the general trend of the times.

They have no say.

It is enough to follow orders and then carry them out.

(End of this chapter)