Chapter 645: The Set-Top Box That Changed Destiny(1/2)
久多良木健端起茶杯,一饮而尽.
“痛快,苏桑!”
苏远山便笑着摇了摇头.
“全球票房统计出多少了?”
"It's close to $500 million, but the craze is still surging, and even the best box office experts dare not draw conclusions now on how long it will last."
久多良木健感慨万千.
The paradox of this movie is that it completely breaks the existing common sense and rules, making those who are waiting to watch it jokes a joke, and it makes people no longer dare to estimate its limit.
The simplest example is that in the past, North American box office has always accounted for the majority of the global box office.
So much so that when discussing the distribution rights, Sony Pictures gave 20th Century Fox a dilemma, either giving up the North American box office or packing the global box office and DVD distribution rights.
After all, Sony did not help the poor in the past, but went for the purpose of "may make money". Since 20th Century Fox has obtained the "guaranteed" market, it is natural to sell the DVD issuance rights to Sony, which ends up paying more than it does.
Of course, 20th Century Fox is not stupid and honest, saying that it can be given to you, but I have to draw 20% of the net profit share.
It is said that as soon as the 20th Century Fox request was put forward, Sony Pictures almost turned against each other on the spot, and after all, it was finally reduced to 20%, and it would not continue if it cost up to $50 million.
In this way, the digital copyright bought by Flix and Sony took over the promotional expenses, which finally made 20th Century Fox breathe.
——As long as the box office in North America can be 100 million, it can make a profit.
As for Sony...flix, let Dingxin Media bear the pressure together.
After layered distribution, the situation has become that the box office in the North American market is from 20th Century Fox, and the global box office is from Sony Pictures.
Flix was jointly invested by Sony and Dingxin Media, which means that the highest investment movie in history has so far, and all the risks and profits have ended up on the three companies.
20世纪福克斯,索尼,远芯.
Now, the box office in North America exceeds 100 million, which means that the 20th Century Fox will be able to make a comeback soon.
In addition to the global box office in North America, it emerged as a sudden move with an extraordinary attitude. Not only did it surpass the North American box office for the first time, it even exceeded the North American box office for the first time, but it was even more terrifying.
以至于,索尼影业现在就已经回本了!
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"The expert cannot predict it, so I, an outsider, will give you a prediction." Su Yuanshan once again filled the tea with Ken Kutaraki and said with a smile: "The global cumulative box office is more than 1.5 billion, and then it is difficult to estimate DVD, but it will definitely not be lower than the box office. You must know that this is a movie destined to be recorded in film history, with great collection value."
Ken Kutaraki wiped his mouth and nodded, "Have you seen it?"
"I've seen it." Su Yuanshan added in his heart, in his previous life.
Unlike history, because Sony Pictures undertakes global distribution, it will be released in China several months earlier, and it will be introduced and released after New Year's Day.
Nowadays, the domestic box office has reached 200 million yuan, and it is hard to find a ticket for cinemas today.
"The box office doesn't need to be considered. It's estimated that 20th Century Fox is crying in the toilet right now." Su Yuanshan laughed: "The biggest two pieces of profit are gone."
Ken Kutaraki shrugged: "Who makes them afraid? I deserve it!"
Su Yuanshan laughed loudly.
After expressing gloating to 20th Century Fox, both sides quickly got to the point.
Ken Kutaraki came here this time, obviously not to express his admiration for Su Yuanshan's vision...
The box office in North America is of course strong, and it is still the world's largest single box office market.
But other markets also reveal the possibility of development.
For example, the mainland.
"Su Sang, what is the mainland's policy on cinemas now? Has it been opened to foreign capital?"
"As far as I know, policies will be issued at the latest next year, and as soon as this year." Su Yuanshan thought of the call with Zhang Jianjun a few days ago, and said with a smile: "The policy will probably be similar to other industries. Foreign capital must enter in a joint venture manner, and it cannot exceed 49%, and then it will be dominated by domestic companies."
//Note: The "Interim Provisions on Foreign Investment in Cinemas" promulgated in 2000 are as follows.
"These are all the details." Ken Kutaraki waved his hand and didn't consider this at all. For Sony, a country with a population of 1.3 billion, as long as it can enter, it will have to burn incense.
Su Yuanshan nodded: "Well, it's really a little bit. It's mainly necessary to be faster. The cinema is closely related to real estate. Currently, the cost of building a house and land costs are in a relatively stable period, which is suitable for building a house investment."
Su Yuanshan was a little moved as he said that according to the box office comparison of the Titanic in history, the domestic box office was obviously higher than in history.
这意味着,国内要富了那么一点点.
These subtle manifestations are taken for granted by others, but in Su Yuanshan's view, they are a positive effect obtained by Yuanxin's intervention.
"Why is Yuanxin not involved in real estate?" Ken Kutaraki is a person who has experienced the Tokyo real estate bubble. In his opinion, the current housing prices in mainland China are still at a very rational level, and there is absolutely no way to do it.
"I don't have that interest." Su Yuanshan shook his head and said, "The water involved in domestic real estate is very deep. Yuanxin is a technology-based company that can always stand up straight. But once you get involved in real estate, you will sometimes have to."
"That's right." Ken Kutaraki understood how deep the water in the real estate industry is, and nodded with a smile. He then said: "Su Sang, Flix will get hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue by issuing DVD CDs. This large amount of money... It seems that the existing business cannot be spent. Is it for investment? Or to develop new businesses?"
“Explore new business.”
Su Yuanshan is authentic without thinking.
"Don't tell me, you can promote the Internet media now."
"Haha, of course not." Su Yuanshan said, then stood up and walked to the file cabinet. After searching for a while, he took out a folder.
This is a Chinese and English patent specification.
Su Yuanshan handed the document to Ken Kutaraki: "Look at this."
Ken Kutaraki opened the file and was immediately attracted by the patent name.
"A New Digital TV Playback Equipment"
The device supports digital/analog signal conversion, which can realize the viewing of high-definition digital TV programs on analog TVs. It also supports multiple Internet protocols and supports streaming media decoding.
In short, it is one, and the first two-way IP set-top box that supports both traditional digital TV playback and network playback.
Ken Kutaraki looked at the patent description, and Su Yuanshan introduced: "This is the idea that a classmate of mine had been thinking a long time ago. After several modifications, he finally completed the patent."
The patent description is very clear. Even if Ken Kutaraki cannot understand the specific technologies and protocols, it is a piece of cake to understand the functions. He immediately realized that this set-top box is an ideal product that can meet the existing digital electronics and Internet access.
"Your undergraduate classmate?"
"Yes, I was the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the
A smile appeared on the corner of Su Yuanshan's mouth, thinking of the scene where Sun Guoqiao was alone and drew with pencils.
I thought I had a little bit of this thing.
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Flix's future development direction - this also reflects the two behind-the-scenes bosses' control over its affiliated companies.
Sony Pictures has been developing extensively before, but has suffered losses for many years. Now that Sony's headquarters has strengthened interference, it has turned around instantly. Sony Pictures has to endure no matter how unwilling it.
As for Dingxin Media, let alone, the two major shareholders are Yang Yingying and Zhang Jianjun, who followed Su Yuanshan's advice. If they weren't afraid of trouble, they would have to ask Su Yuanshan to "do a fortune" even when they were promoting the record.
Of course, Su Yuanshan was also very aware of the difficulty of popularizing two-way IP set-top boxes at this time.
The first step to pass is network speed. Although countries have already made arrangements for fiber optic communications, the most aggressive thing for various telecom operators is Adsl network access, and the standards and equipment launched by various operators are also diverse.
For this, not long ago, some well-known operators and equipment providers have set up an adsl standard group, committed to unifying the adsl standards.
In addition, the VDSL technology, which has faster speeds, but relatively long transmission distances, is also under intense research and development. This technology claims to reach a rate of 52mbps within 100 meters, which is most suitable for accessing from cell optical fiber to home terminals.
In short, the future is bright, but it is enough to wait.
And in the country...
OK, set-top box, Su Yuanshan doesn’t consider the country for the time being.
Even Yuanxin can't afford to offend that department - after all, this involves extremely sensitive traditional propaganda positions such as TV content, how can it be easily allowed to get involved among the people?
(You know why Shanda Box failed?)
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The next day, Su Yuanshan took some time to return to the long-lost electromechanical department.
Sun Guoqiao followed Zhou Xingwen, another professor of electronic information engineering in the electrical department, in the direction of signal and information processing, and set-top boxes were just right.
"Professor Zhou." Su Yuanshan found Zhou Xingwen's office with ease.
"Oh, Professor Xiao Su is here?" Zhou Xingwen was also a "comrade-in-arms" who worked with his father in microcontrollers. Now Professor Su Xinghe has been promoted and is about to take over as principal. Zhou Xingwen has also risen with the flow of the situation. It is estimated that the department head will not be able to run away.
"Hehe, you'd better ask me to be nice to the hill." Su Yuanshan held the door frame and saw Sun Guoqiao in the middle at a glance: "I'm here to find Guoqiao."
"Well, then you guys talk." Zhou Xingwen nodded, and left the office with the documents to Su Yuanshan and his students.
Sun Guoqiao raised his head and saw that it was Su Yuanshan. He was slightly stunned and laughed, and stood up and said, "Professor Xiao Su..."
"Damn, don't call that." Su Yuanshan immediately stopped him: "I'll just ask, are we both going to discuss whether we can communicate with each other?"
"..." Sun Guoqiao was speechless.
To be honest, because he and Su Yuanshan both won the special prize at the beginning, he did not think Su Yuanshan was so awesome... But with the rise of Yuanxin, various stories of Su Yuanshan spread, especially after communicating with Su Yuanshan in person in the study room, he had a thorough understanding of himself, his former "comrade-in-arms".
After a period of trouble, he began to adjust his mindset and no longer deliberately resisted Yuanxin. Then he received Yuanxin's scholarship very early and signed a work agreement.
"Then I'll call you, Mr. Shan, and I'll always feel that I'll take advantage of you," Sun Guoqiao walked closer to Su Yuanshan, shook his hand, and laughed: "Why are you free to come here today?"
To be continued...