Top of the Great Era

Chapter 3134: New Forces

After entering the venue, a group of Hollywood people from Warner, Fox, Paramount and other companies came over.

Zhou Buqi deliberately avoided them.

Don't want to waste any more words.

It would be bad if we started quarrelling.

This is a charity dinner, please donate first.

Zhou Buqi took the lead and personally donated $100 million to set the tone for tonight's charity donations. Other donors do not need to feel too much pressure, and donating $10 or $20 per person is enough.

Soon, the amount of donations exceeded $2000 million.

Many big bosses, such as Lee Zairong, Robert Iger, and Larry Page, donated the maximum amount, contributing $100 million.

However, the most crucial veil has never been lifted.

  How should we deal with this matter tonight?

Should Hollywood in the future follow emerging forces, or should it continue to surround conservative forces as in the past?

Now it was Zhou Buqi's turn to go on stage and speak.

Zhou Buqi took the stage without a smile on his face, and said in a deep voice: "I think everyone knows what happened today. Recently, a hacker group used the security loopholes of iPhones to steal the private photos of hundreds of Hollywood female staff. The donations this time will be used in two directions. First, to compensate the victims whose photos were leaked, which is their mental loss; second, we will set up an organization to use legal means to fight for their rights and interests."

Robert Iger was also standing nearby, waiting to go on stage to speak.

At this moment, I felt mixed emotions.

Of course he understood what Boss Zhou meant.

Who should we fight for our rights through legal means? Of course, Apple, the platform. Hackers stole so many private photos through their products. They did not do a good job of security protection, so they do need to bear some responsibility.

Boss Zhou was willing to stand up and take the lead in fighting for the rights of Hollywood actresses, which naturally aroused warm applause from the audience.

Actresses and female stars all regard him as a friend of women.

Zhou Buqi looked around and wanted to use this topic to guide the discussion to a larger direction.

"I've learned before that many female friends are worried that hackers will spread their photos. These photos will affect their career development. Many people even want to compromise with the hackers and pay the so-called 'hush money'. Here I want to promise every actress who has been, is currently, and may be attacked by hackers in the future that your career will not be affected just because you are a victim!"

"On the right are Peacock CEO David, Hulu CEO Mike, Netflix Chief Content Officer Thom, and Amazon Chief Content Officer Randley. A new field has emerged in the film and television industry, that is, Internet streaming. The rise of the streaming industry can provide more employment opportunities for the industry."

"You all know that I work in the Internet industry. One important attribute of the Internet is that it can create a better life!"

"There are many bad phenomena in Hollywood. Many directors and actors are afraid of offending big shots and affecting their careers. Even if hackers steal photos, you may lose your job. The streaming industry can change this unfair phenomenon. The Internet welcomes everyone. The Internet will not ban any Hollywood staff. There is no power struggle on the Internet. The Internet will embrace everyone!"

As soon as these words were spoken, most of the people present couldn't help but show joy on their faces.

In a place like Hollywood, apart from the big directors and producers, who hasn't been bullied? Especially actresses, who hasn't been harassed in the working environment? The reason why they dare not get angry and have to endure it is mainly because they are afraid of the existing power system in Hollywood.

Now that the Internet is here, streaming is really different.

This would circumvent Hollywood's existing power structure.

As you can imagine, Boss Zhou's blunt words upset many industry leaders present, who felt that this guy was going too far. Not only did Ziweixing Global want to launch Peacock as a streaming media, it also wanted to lead the entire Hollywood astray!

Zhou Buqi then threw out the bait of benefits, saying: "I have just counted that these streaming platforms invest more than 100 billion US dollars in the content field every year, and the rate of growth will be no less than 25% every year. Streaming media can be another important film distribution channel after theaters, home entertainment, cable TV, and wireless TV. This is a new channel that is fair and open to everyone."

The speech ended and he left the stage amid applause.

Lao Zhang was waiting nearby.

"Your speech is not very good!"

Zhang Chaoyang frowned slightly.

Boss Ma was also present and felt that his speech lacked power. "Next time you make a public speech, you should rehearse more in advance and find more people to advise you..."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "I can't be too outstanding."

"what?"

Boss Ma was slightly stunned.

Zhou Buqi glanced at the figure who was walking onto the stage and said, "If there are more important things to say, let him say them." Both Lao Zhang and Lao Ma took a look at Robert Iger, the CEO of Disney who was walking onto the stage, and they secretly sympathized with him. They thought they were going to put him on the fire!

Sure enough, after Robert Iger took the stage, he said, "Hollywood is transforming towards technology, and the frequent hacking incidents are also due to our own insufficient level of technological level." This sentence summed up the theme of his speech.

He is going to stand on Zhou Buqi's side!

He wants to take the technological route!

This is clearly a call for everyone to move towards the "new forces" rather than curl up in the "unfair and unjust" power structures of the past.

Most of the people present looked surprised.

Those vested interests had gloomy faces. When Robert Iger said, "Hollywood must change, otherwise it will only suffer hacker attacks again and again," Harvey Weinstein trembled with anger, and Warner's big boss Jeff Bewkes turned his face away and left.

……

With Disney's support, the balance was decisively broken.

Previously, Ziweixing Global, together with streaming platforms such as Netflix and Amazon, was a strong force that could form a balance with the traditional forces in Hollywood. However, with Disney's "backstabbing" of the old forces and siding with the new forces, the situation has suddenly reversed.

Boss Zhou firmly grasped the initiative.

Colleagues in Hollywood, there is no need to hesitate when choosing a team. The current situation is very clear. The production of Warner, Fox, and Paramount is decreasing year by year. Paramount's annual production volume has even dropped to single digits.

Now even Disney has changed its tune.

The number of jobs that traditional forces can provide has been greatly reduced. Streaming media has both money and powerful distribution channels. It can be said that it has broken the financial and channel advantages that were completely monopolized by Hollywood giants in the past.

Everyone comes out here to make a living.

We will naturally move towards whichever side has greater interests.

On the spot, Paramount's president Stott quickly found Zhou Buqi and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhou, I forgot that you are good at high technology! How can a few hackers be your opponent? You can definitely lead our actresses to defeat the hackers!"

Zhou Buqi nodded and said, "Now is the era of technology, we still have to move closer to technology."

"Yeah, it's true." Stott had no choice. Paramount was having a hard time right now, and it was natural for them to be weak at the bottom of the Big Six. "It just so happens that I have a big movie here, and I want to cooperate with your upcoming Peacock!"

"Oh? What is it?"

"Paramount's big production this year is 'Hercules: Son of Zeus'."

"Oh."

Zhou Buqi knows this movie.

This is a Hollywood blockbuster released by Paramount in the summer, and it also has strong IP attributes. It is adapted from a comic book and has a mythological and heroic color. However, it was a cold box office and can be called the Hollywood blockbuster with the most serious losses this year.

Stott said: "For this movie, we have already sold the first run on cable TV and the second run on wireless TV. They have all been broadcast. If the price is right, the movie can be launched on the streaming platform Peacock before the DVD. Of course, if you have other arrangements, Netflix is ​​also available."

Zhou Buqi said without hesitation, "Then let's pay $5000 million to buy out the global streaming rights for the film."

"Uh……"

Stout was slightly stunned.

Zhou Buqi glanced at him and said, "Peacock is about to be launched. This $5000 million is a gift from me to you. You must do it as soon as possible. If you agree, sign the contract quickly. Peacock will be launched in a few days. I hope that this movie can be one of the first films to be stored on the platform when it is launched."

Streaming media's competitors are the TV station market and the DVD market.

After killing TV stations and DVDs, streaming media is invincible.

Television is a super giant.

It is difficult to shake in a short period of time.

  Let’s take over the DVD market first!

Paramount's decision to release this movie on streaming media before DVD is actually a good signal of alignment. Although "Hercules: Son of Zeus" failed at the box office, the movie is not bad, and it is a Hollywood blockbuster, with $2 million spent on publicity alone. It is very popular and full of gimmicks, and it is a good project to earn money.

(End of this chapter)