Hollywood is really a vanity fair.

There are various invitations every night, including carnival parties, business banquets, charity galas, award shows, and various Hollywood blockbuster premieres.

In the past month or so, the project "Purple Star Global" has been spread.

Zhou Buqi, who was already very famous in Hollywood, became more and more famous. Invitations flew in like snowflakes. It was Friday, which was equivalent to half the weekend. Zhou Buqi received an invitation and chose to attend.

An important social event.

The organizer is Hulu, the most well-known streaming media platform in the United States. The company’s chairman and CEO Jason Kilar organized a cocktail party at his home with MGM, Fox, Warner, Lionsgate, Sony Entertainment, NBC,

Executives from ABC and other companies will participate.

At the moment, Zhou Buqi is trapped by a problem of Sun Zhengyi, and he was not in the mood to participate in such nonsense.

However, Hulu is different, this is a streaming media platform!

Hulu has invited so many content providers. Needless to say, Hulu must be trying to convince the content providers to provide them with more content.

This is what Zhou Buqi cares about most.

He had to go there himself.

Find out!

Let’s see what these people in Hollywood know about the combination of content and streaming media!

For this occasion, you must wear formal attire.

In the cloakroom, Senior Sister Zhen Yu tried on various dresses with the help of Sun Wanran and Ning Lu.

It's very simple for Zhou Buqi. After she picks out the dress, she can just choose a matching suit.

Watching Senior Sister Zhen Yu change her clothes, eh! She has such a good figure, her skin is so white, and her waist is so thin. The more she looks at a set of black underwear, the more tempting she becomes.

"No, no, no! Who bought these clothes? You are not allowed to wear low-cut clothes, pick something conservative." Zhou Buqi saw her holding a low-cut evening dress dazzling in front of the mirror, and he firmly objected.

Zhen Yu rolled her eyes at the person in the mirror and handed the skirt to Ning Lu, "Then let's change it again."

Then, he asked curiously: "Have you thought about it?"

"What?"

"Masayoshi Son!"

"Damn!" Zhou Buqi had a headache, "Senior Sister Zhen, don't you open the pot or pick up the pot? I'm so irritable."

Zhen Yu pursed her lips and said, "It's okay to be annoying. You have to make a choice."

Zhou Buqi said angrily: "This Sun Zhengyi is really evil. I thought this operation was a cooperation between the two parties. The result is great, he wants me to come forward and work for him!"

"It's not like what you said." Zhen Yu laughed and said seriously, "I think they are right, your idea...no one else can keep up with it. Son Zhengyi said that he has prepared up to 20 billion US dollars.

If you weren't the one to do the trading in person, would he be able to rest assured? Let me tell you, he had the intention to get you out of the market from the beginning."

Zhou Buqi hummed: "What should I worry about? This is an investment in the entertainment industry, which is different from Internet investment."

"ah?"

"Investing in the Internet is doomed if it fails, and all investments will be in vain. But this project is different. The acquisition of Universal Pictures, MGM, and DreamWorks all have real assets. Even if MSI Global fails in the future,

If you run it as expected and dismantle it and sell it, you can easily get your money back."

To think about victory first, think about defeat. Zhou Buqi had already thought about it.

As long as it's not like MGM, where the company's value is only US$2 billion and external loans are as high as US$3.7 billion... if the annual income is not enough to repay the interest, it's a doomed situation.

It is now a bargain hunting state.

Even if it doesn't work well and can't continue, it doesn't matter. If you sell it in three or four years, you can still get a 25%-30% return.

This is also the reason why Masayoshi Son dared to spend 20 billion US dollars at once. As long as you don't play with fire too much, the profit rate of this business will be lower at best and it is unlikely to lose money.

The "lipstick effect" under the economic crisis has already been reflected!

For example, DreamWorks Animation's net profit in the first quarter reached US$62 million, an increase of nearly 30% over the same period last year. The income of other Hollywood companies has also increased significantly.

Under the economic downturn, the bright signal of film and television entertainment has been released.

Therefore, you should enter the market quickly and buy the bottom before others react!

The only trouble is that Son Zhengyi wants Zhou Buqi to die personally.

Sun Wanran didn't understand very well, and asked doubtfully: "Just let it go. This case was originally planned by you. If you do it yourself, it will definitely be better than instructing others to do it."

Zhou Buqi said angrily: "How can I have that time?"

"ah?"

Sun Wanran's expression was complicated.

You don't have time?

It's every day, no matter how busy you are?

When there was no delegation of power in China, you were indeed very busy. But after promoting Zhang Yiming to vice chairman and president, you didn't do anything serious?

Just go to countries like Colombia and Venezuela for beauty pageants, right?

Or did you go to film schools around the country to adopt your goddaughter?

Ning Lu suggested: "You become the chairman and then delegate the work to others."

Zhou Buqi sighed, "That's the difficulty. Isn't it a shortage of people? I not only have to be the chairman, but I also have to be the part-time president to take care of all the business."

Ning Lu looked back at him, "Can't you?"

"What's wrong with this? What's so difficult about making a movie?"

"Then do it."

"I...forget it, I'll think about it again."

Zhou Buqi was a little unwilling.

It was obvious that he was cooperating with Masayoshi Son and using Hollywood as a pawn, which felt very good. But he was going to end up doing it himself, and Masayoshi Son was enjoying the success behind his back.

The most important thing is that he is not interested in the film industry!

What he does is the Internet!

Although his blueprint design for "Purple Star Global" is part of the Internet industry, it will take many years until the streaming media industry develops.

The current "Purple Star Global" still has to operate in a relatively traditional way.

After the film is produced, it is first shown in cinemas; then videotapes, DVDs and Blu-ray loaded DVDs are released; then high-priced on-demand, mainly used on screens in museums, cafes, airports, and airplanes; and then promoted to TVs.

Cable TV, wireless TV, satellite TV, overseas TV...

In short, the "Purple MSI Global" in the next few years will have nothing to do with the Internet.

If Zhou Buqi does this, he is not doing his job properly.

What does this make Ziweixing’s executives think?

I left my own company alone and went to take care of other companies?

Senior Sister Zhen Yu saw it more clearly and said softly: "It's actually not that complicated. If you ask me, it's better to just agree to him. Universal Pictures, Comics, and DreamWorks are all doing well now. They just need to develop according to the past model.

That's it. After you take office, your main job is to smooth out MGM's business, and then identify talents with a keen eye, train and promote a group of executives with Internet thinking."

Zhou Buqi waved his hand, "Let me think about it!"

Senior Sister Zhen Yu’s last sentence is quite right, and this is probably Sun Zhengyi’s true intention.

Hollywood is short of talent!

Most of Hollywood's executive talents have transitioned from producers.

What kind of business thinking can a film producer have?

Therefore, if "Purple Star Global" wants to get off the ground, it will require Boss Zhou to step in personally and spend several years cultivating and promoting a group of executives who understand both the new Internet model and the Hollywood content business.

Only with a mature, strong and capable senior management team can Zhou Buqi have the opportunity to retire.

…

Hollywood entertainment has always been indispensable for female stars.

However, Zhou Buqi had little interest in them. The more he came into contact with them, the lower his interest became. His main focus was still on business and socializing at the cocktail party.

Hulu CEO Jason Kilar organized this event mainly to obtain more content resources from major film companies.

Zhou Buqi is setting up "Ziweixing Global", and the probability of success is very high. In the current economic crisis, whoever has money is the boss.

At the cocktail party, Zhou Buqi saw Frank, a vice president of MGM.

The other party came forward to talk enthusiastically, showing both humility and flattery in front of the future boss. This kind of exaggerated and superficial flattery was really surprising, as it was so rare.

Zhou Buqi was a little calm, "What's MGM's attitude towards Hulu?"

Frank quickly said: "MGM is looking for sale and there will be no big business moves."

Zhou Buqi remained calm, "What about before? Was there any cooperation?"
To be continued...