Frank said: "The emergence of the website Hulu originated from two TV stations, NBC and Fox. They discovered that there were many video websites with a lot of TV drama content on the Internet. They realized that they should make their own video website and disseminate their own content legally.

, Only in this way can we get the returns we deserve in the online advertising market.”

"Oh? Two TV stations?"

Zhou Buqi knew that the founders of Hulu were two media giants - NBC Universal and News Corporation. Unexpectedly, it was actually two TV stations owned by the two media giants.

Frank nodded, "Yes, the TV station, they want to make up for the losses in TV advertising through online advertising."

"No wonder!"

Zhou Buqi suddenly realized.

You have to pay to watch movies and TV shows here in the United States. But Hulu’s model is different, it’s an “ad-free” model. It turns out that it was transferred from the TV station model!

NBC and Fox are both free television stations.

That is to say, there are a lot of advertisements on these TV stations, attracting users through content, and making money through users watching advertisements, that is, the "advertising free" model. Some streaming media platforms such as Netflix, Amazon, and Apple are different.

Pure subscription, you can only watch it by paying money, no ads.

"What's going on with the internal strife between Universal and NBC?"

This is the secret that Zhou Buqi pays the most attention to, and it may be helpful for the subsequent split of NBC Universal and the acquisition of Universal Pictures.

Frank hesitated and whispered: "Mr. Zhou, you may not know much about the policies in the United States. In terms of anti-monopoly mechanisms, movies are the most stringent, followed by TV series, and then music and literary works."

Zhou Buqi immediately understood, "Who said that there may be pirated content of TV series on the Internet, but it is difficult to have pirated movies?"

"right."

"interesting."

"Because of the existence of pirated TV series, NBC and Fox want to build Hulu, disseminate the content legally, and make the profits into their own hands, instead of giving free money to pirates. But movies are different, and there are almost no pirated movie resources.

"

"So..." Zhou Buqi seemed to understand, "NBC has launched Hulu, so it wants to put Universal Pictures' content on Hulu to promote this website, but Universal is unwilling."

Frank smiled and said: "Yes, that's the reason. Hulu now has movie content from Fox, MGM, Lionsgate, Sony Columbia, and Disney, but it doesn't have movies from Universal Pictures."

Zhou Buqi was very surprised, "Not even some outdated leftovers and black-edged movies? Not even silent films?"

"No, this is a conceptual difference. Universal is firmly opposed to NBC and Universal being a subsidiary of hulu.nbc Universal. The relationship has never been very good." Frank began to please again, "I heard that Mr. Zhou intends to promote NBC and Universal.

Splitting up the industry? That’s right, it should be easy. Just like the split between CBS and Paramount in previous years.”

Zhou Buqi nodded and said "hmm".

This is easy to understand.

Just profit.

These unlisted film and television companies are traditional companies that do not issue stock options to executives, and none of the executives own shares. They only receive salaries and dividends every year.

Dividends are directly linked to company profits.

The more profits there are, the greater the dividends.

But here comes the problem.

Like the merger of Universal Pictures and NBC, or the merger of Paramount and CBS, it must be a blood transfusion between content providers and channel providers. After all, they are all the same company, and the left hand is the right hand.

NBC can broadcast Universal content for free, and CBS can broadcast Paramount content for free.

This has led to damage to the interests of the film department, and has also led to a reduction in dividends for film business executives, and this conflict has arisen.

Well, NBC took Universal Pictures' content and broadcast it for free. That's it. After all, he is a brother of his father, and his son must obey his father. But what happened to Hulu?

Want to give Universal Pictures content to outsiders?

Firmly refuse!

At this time, Zhou Buqi was in a mixed mood.

Fortunately, this group of people in Hollywood are really idiots. They are short-sighted and only focus on immediate interests. Not only are they sticking to the past, they are also resisting the emerging Internet streaming model.

What's worrying is that they are so idiotic and lack the overall picture. Just like Universal is unwilling to cooperate with NBC's work, this is NBC Universal and it is a company!

If a company, using some content, has to send a negotiation team to quote, purchase, negotiate repeatedly, and even prepare various detailed reports, wouldn't this reduce efficiency? Wouldn't it add a lot of additional expenses?

Cost?

He only cares about his own interests and does not care about the interests of the company. This is a serious disease of big companies.

It seems that when the "Purple Star Global" is started in the future, similar operations must be more cautious. When "left hand turns to right hand", both parties should be satisfied as much as possible.

"week!"

At this time, someone tapped him on the shoulder from behind.

Zhou Buqi turned around and saw an acquaintance—Megan Fox.

"Megan?"

"Zhou, I have contacted you many times."

Megan Fox looked resentful. Frank, the vice president of MGM, saw this and immediately found an excuse to leave.

Zhou Buqi was a little surprised, "Really? What's the matter?"

Megan Fox said softly: "Zhou, you promised to give me a gift."

"What?"

"A Ferrari."

"Oh, that's right." Zhou Buqi slapped his forehead. How could he have forgotten this? It had been more than half a year since he slept with her at Old Trafford Stadium. "No problem, I'll give it to you tomorrow."

Just send someone to follow you. I've been too busy recently and haven't taken care of you."

Megan Fox happily took his arm and said, "Thank you."

Zhou Buqi didn't want to get entangled with her and said he still wanted to meet someone important.

Megan Fox pulled him and asked coquettishly: "Mr. Zhou, will you acquire DreamWorks?"

"Huh?" Zhou Buqi raised his eyebrows, "Who said that?"

"I heard that too."

"Nonsense."

"Then...then if you buy DreamWorks, can you do me a favor?"

"What's wrong?"

"I still want to star in the next "Transformers", but the producer and director don't seem to want to renew my contract."

"Really?" Zhou Buqi shook his head, "I'm afraid I can't do anything about it. Even if I really buy DreamWorks, I won't interfere with the creation. Okay Megan, I'm going to see a friend."

"Transformers 2" will be released globally next month, and the promotion has been vigorous.

One of the promotional points is that this may be Megan Fox's last movie in the series. Fans who want to see this stunning beauty must not miss it.

In fact, it’s because of the salary.

In the first two movies, Megan Fox was a newcomer and received a basic salary. The combined salary of the two movies was only US$2 million. This will be different in the next movie "Transformers 3". The film contract has expired.

If you renew the contract, you will have to pay more.

But the production team of "Transformers" believed that the highlight of the movie was the Autobots and it didn't matter who the heroine was, so they didn't want to pay a high salary, and the two sides were in a stalemate.

Don't say Zhou Buqi can't intervene. Even if he could, he wouldn't help.

This Meghan is really a bit big-breasted and brainless.

I slept with her once and she didn't show any gratitude. It was as if someone owed her money!

She didn't cherish such a super friendship relationship, but wanted a car, turning a good relationship into a transaction. This state of affairs is really bad.

It's better to be better than some domestic female stars, such as Xu Qing, Qin Lan, Che Xiao, Deng Jiajia and others. There were times when Chunfeng, the boss of Zhou, had nothing to do with him. He even said that it was an honor to be valued by Mr. Zhou and that he only wanted to be with

He makes a friend.

How clever is this!

Isn’t making friends with Boss Zhou worth more than a Ferrari?

Zhou Buqi has come into contact with some Hollywood actors, including both men and women, and the overall impression is very bad. All of them are more mercenary than capitalists.

After getting rid of Megan Fox, Zhou Buqi moved towards tonight's real host, Jason Kilar, a former Amazon executive who was born in Silicon Valley and is now the CEO of Hulu.

Both of them are from the Internet, and they felt a special sense of identity as soon as they met.

In particular, Jason Kilar particularly likes Chinese people. Most of Hulu’s senior management are Chinese, and they have even opened a research and development center in the capital.

There are too many people, so it’s hard to say too much.

Can only communicate briefly.

Zhou Buqi asked: "What is the current status of Hulu's film library?"

Jason Kilar sighed, "It's not good. The TV series are okay. There are a few well-known sitcoms, but the movies are not good at all. Let's put it this way, as long as the movies on DVD can be sold on the market, the content providers will not
To be continued...