Li Rui stood empty on the balcony, looking at the scenery outside, feeling as lonely as snow.

Until Xu Xiaoyang's phone call disturbed his "loneliness".

After answering the phone, Xu Xiaoyang reported the good news and contacted the production company of "The Artist".

"I talked with people from Little Queen Film Company. They were very interested and invited me to Faguo for an interview." Xu Xiaoyang said, "But..."

"But what?"

"I read the film information they sent me. Are you sure you want to invest in such a film?" Xu Xiaoyang said hesitantly, "This film is black and white and a silent film. Who would watch this kind of thing nowadays? It will definitely be a loss.

For money!”

Li Rui smiled.

Losing money?

What he lacks most now is money, so is he afraid of losing money?

"I didn't expect this movie to make money." Li Ruidao said, "Don't worry about money. They will give you whatever they want, but there is a requirement that the name of our film fund must be reflected in the investors, and

I want to buy the exclusive rights to broadcast this movie online!"

Xu Xiaoyang still didn't quite understand, but Li Rui was the boss, and the boss's requests were orders, and he just had to follow them.

"Okay, then I'll book a flight to Faguo immediately."

Xu Xiaoyang took the order and went.

Li Rui thought to himself, when the Oscar season comes next year, you will know my purpose.

Xu Xiaoyang has just been sent here, and Zhang Ming's call came.

This is the call Li Rui has been waiting for for a long time, so he should answer it quickly.

"Mr. Li, the one-month period is here. I have handed over Jiujiu House to Lao Liang. From today on, I will be your soldier." The advantage of Zhang Ming is that he is very direct, but the disadvantage is that he is too direct.

Li Rui smiled: "Welcome, welcome, all the flowers I've been waiting for you have withered! Where are you? Is it convenient for me to meet you?"

Half an hour later, the two met at a cafe next to Jiujiufang Company.

Zhang Ming was wearing a plaid shirt and carrying a shoulder bag. He probably hadn't washed his hair in the morning and was as messy as a bird's nest. Judging from his appearance, it was impossible to imagine that he would become the founder of a super company with a market value of hundreds of billions of dollars in the future.

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Zhang Ming himself must not have thought, otherwise he would not have been poached by Li Rui so easily and sold himself.

After ordering coffee, the two started chatting.

The conversation at the beginning was about shares and personal benefits, and we already had a basic consensus before that.

Li Rui invested 200 million yuan and owned 80% of the shares of the reorganized Blockbuster. Zhang Ming invested in technology and held 20% of the shares.

Other salary bonuses will be calculated based on the company's market value and profitability.

After briefly talking about stocks, let’s get to the point.

Zhang Ming said: "I still need to confirm with you the strategic direction of the company's future development. What kind of company are we going to be and what kind of impact are we going to have on the world? As for Netflix, the current largest competitor, do you

What kind of coping methods are there?”

Li Ruidao: "Before answering your question, I would like to ask your opinion on the feud between Netflix and Blockbuster over the years. Where do you think Netflix has won and where has Blockbuster lost?"

Zhang Ming squinted his eyes and thought for a moment: "From my perspective as a science and engineering man, I think Netflix wins because it respects business logic, while Blockbuster loses because of its arrogance and slow response."

"Can you tell me more specifically?" Li Rui nodded slightly. As expected of a future expert, he really hit the nail on the head and pointed out the key points at once.

Zhang Mingdao: "I am a programmer, and I am good at making algorithms. The most important thing in algorithms is logic and rules. In the development of Netflix over the years, whenever Netflix encounters a problem, the solution is the same as studying algorithms.

Analyze the root problems, find solutions, create solutions, and finally solve the problems. For example, the earliest business of Netflix was to rent DVDs by mail. In this model, Netflix wants to develop. The root cause lies in two points. One is to expand

User groups, and the second is to optimize user experience.”

"NFL first figured out who were the most accessible potential users. They found that Blockbuster mainly relied on offline chain stores to reach customers. Although Blockbuster has more than 9,000 chain stores, there are always places it cannot cover.

Users in these places cannot enjoy Blockbuster's services, so naturally they are very likely to become Netflix customers."

"Blockbuster pays one price for watching a DVD, while Netflix charges a monthly fee. No matter how many DVDs you watch in that month, the price is the same. In addition, Netflix has also acquired many old and niche movies.

The copyright does not cost much and can enrich the film library. These two moves have gained many serious movie lovers and niche movie lovers."

"Netflix has expanded its user base, gained capital flow, purchased more movies, and attracted more users, forming a virtuous cycle. This solves their first problem and expands their user base."

Zhang Ming talked eloquently, and Li Rui nodded frequently.

As expected of a great man, his analysis is sound and well-founded.

Zhang Ming got excited and drank a cup of coffee and continued: "As for optimizing the user experience, I think Netflix has done a great job. In the past, movie website search only had basic functions, relying on searching for movies, directors and actors' names.

Search movies. Netflix is ​​the first company to use search engine algorithms for movie search. It has accurately marked various movies and can provide related services based on users’ searches.”

Li Rui smiled and said: "This should be your specialty, Jiujiufang is very good at this."

Zhang Ming said excitedly: "Yes... I have studied Netflix's search engine. It is indeed very intelligent. It has a relatively accurate algorithm that can make personalized recommendations based on search content. But they are a media company after all.

There are still technical flaws, but if I were asked to do it, I would definitely do better!"

Li Rui thought to himself, this is what I asked you to do. As long as you bring out the algorithm technology that will be a hot topic in Huawen in the future, you will definitely defeat Netflix.

When it comes to the algorithm he is best at, Zhang Ming becomes more and more enthusiastic and tells Li Rui a lot of ideas.

The more Li Rui listened, the happier he became, because he could tell that the algorithm theory given by Zhang Ming was actually the technology that would be able to break through the three mountains of Penguin Ali Thousand Degrees in the future!

This shows that Zhang Ming has really come up with something useful!

The 20% shares were not given to him for free.

After talking about the algorithm, Zhang Ming returned to the topic: "I am very confident in my algorithm, which is definitely better than Netflix. However, the algorithm requires a large amount of content support. After all, we are a media company. If there is no content, even if there is no content, it will be better than Netflix."

Good algorithms are of no help. I looked at the copyright library left by Blockbuster, and it’s basically all old movies. If we only have this content, we have no chance at all!”

Li Ruidao: "This is why I invested 200 million yuan. This money is only an initial investment. I want you to use 80% of it to expand the content library!"

Zhang Ming was shocked: "Do I need to use so much?"
Chapter completed!