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Chapter 262 Smart Terminal
With several scripts on hand waiting to start filming, Netflix Films is slowly getting on the right track.

Suri not only has new dramas to watch, but she has also truly entered the Hollywood film and television industry, making money while just having fun.

The total income in the past 20 years is not as much as the income in the last six months.

When the next Forbes rich list is updated, the ranking will rise significantly, and there should be no problem in entering the top 100.

The day was quite moist.

The number of paid members of Netflix Entertainment has successfully exceeded the 400 million mark in the past two days. Suri originally thought that it would take about a year to develop to this scale.

Facts have proved that netizens' acceptance of online TV is much higher than imagined.

Especially some young people who like to play Youtube feel that it is much more convenient than traditional TV. They can play the programs they want to watch at any time and pause them at any time.

If you choose the slightly more expensive, ad-free version of super membership, you can even save yourself the trouble of being interrupted by TV ads.

For now.

Apart from the fact that there are too few resources in the Netflix entertainment library and occasional slight lags due to network speed issues, there are not many other problems.

Suri felt it was not enough.

He is extremely confident in the company's future self-produced dramas, and his only focus is on how to seize the market and make Netflix Entertainment popular quickly.

In order to improve the comfort of watching dramas, he felt it was necessary to refer to LeTV's model and try to develop a matching smart LCD TV in advance, as well as a TV box, which would be very helpful to increase market share.

LeTV Company in its previous life.

It is committed to building a whole industry chain business system of "platform + content + terminal + application". This system is ambitious and has great prospects, otherwise investors would not be fooled.

It's a pity that the step was too big, and it only knew how to draw cakes, but had no actual profits to support it, and it naturally led to decline.

In Suri's view, this model is very suitable for Netflix Entertainment.

Residents in European and American countries have relatively high incomes and have done a relatively good job in protecting property rights. As long as Netflix’s core business of entertainment does not have problems and continues to contribute a lot of revenue, and tries to make some "terminal + application" products, there will be Opportunity to enter a virtuous cycle.

Then use the profits earned from selling terminals to continue to produce more good dramas. A large number of good dramas can drive an increase in the number of paying members, and then develop new terminal products to attract more paying members.

Traditional TV manufacturers can only make one-time deals and enter the field of smart terminals, but they can continue to make money from advertising and membership.

The more critical point is that it can also be used to draw a picture for investors.

This will allow Netflix Entertainment's valuation to increase significantly. When it raises external financing someday in the future, it will have the opportunity to obtain more funds with fewer shares.

Thinking of letting representatives talk to the board of directors of Netflix Entertainment at that time, Suri had no intention of personally taking charge of such a project.

Even if you want to make smart terminal products, you should develop them into smart phones, which will make it easier to make money.

In addition to Apple, a new track called Android has emerged.

Last year, Google released the Android 1.0 system and teamed up with a Baodao company to launch the first Android phone.

Many companies, including Samsung and Motorola, are trying to use the Android operating system to develop their own smartphones.

Nokia is still clinging to its Symbian operating system as I remembered.

No wonder the mobile phone business has plummeted. The management is not only brainless but also has no vision.

Currently, the only project Suri is personally responsible for is Fisker Electric Vehicle Company.His position at Netflix Entertainment is a hobby. He rarely interferes in work other than the content production department. Compared with starting a business himself, it is undoubtedly easier and less labor-intensive to use his own advantages to invest.
Want to convince Netflix Entertainment’s board of directors.

Suri felt it was necessary to find someone first to help formulate a mature plan.

Since it would involve OEM production, he naturally turned his attention to the other side of the Pacific Ocean.

Since the Olympic Games were held last year, the mainland has been transformed.

With accumulated experience, we have begun to transform from labor-intensive and resource-intensive industries to mid-to-high-end manufacturing with high added value.

It is not yet possible to produce top-notch LCD screens, processors, etc., but placing the assembly factory there can effectively control costs and increase profitability.

Jiang Jiaya was called over. After hearing Su Rui's thoughts, she said dumbfounded:

"You want me to come up with this plan? But I don't understand it at all. It's okay to help you make restaurant reservations and serve tea. For planning the plan, it's better to ask Secretary Amanda."

Su Rui rolled her eyes and said:

"I didn't expect you at all. I just asked you to tell Secretary Amanda and she would find someone to take care of it. What were you doing outside just now? You were laughing like a fool and running around."

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Jiang Jiaya said excitedly:

"It's Phoebe's boyfriend here! I mean the actor who played Phoebe's boyfriend in "Friends" is going to interview for the male lead in the script of "Prison Break"."

"I've been with a big star day and night, and I'm just so excited when I meet a supporting character? It's really impossible to hold up the wall. I went to so many parties with me for nothing. Schwarzenegger, Stallone, Leonardo, etc., how about you?" It’s not that I haven’t seen it before.”

Suri had nothing to do and had already started playing mobile games. He stood up and said:
"Let's go, come with me to see where they are auditioning. The beginning of the script for "Prison Break" is great. I need to find a great actor to avoid ruining my reputation."

"Just ask and you'll know."

Went upstairs to the door of the conference room and found several handsome guys waiting for interviews.

Previously, Suri's requirements for casting directors were to be handsome, calm and smart.

After seeing Suri.

These interviewers all stood up and greeted him enthusiastically. For example, the man named Paul Rudd was actually the leading actor in Marvel's "Ant-Man" in his previous life.

Compared with Paul Rudd, another actor named Joseph Gordon-Levitt made Suri's eyes light up, and she felt that he fit the image of the hero of "Prison Break" very well. Not only did he look pretty, Handsome, the key is that he looks relatively intelligent.

Judging from the current situation, with "The Walking Dead" as a successful case, these third- and fourth-tier actors have begun to pay attention to Netflix Entertainment.

During the preparation stage for "The Walking Dead", the quality of interviewees was not as good as it is today.

For example, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who even starred in two big-screen movies, came for an interview and was automatically reduced in salary.

There are hundreds of thousands of actors in Hollywood, and many things have been changed by Suri. Finding one person in the vast sea of ​​people is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Therefore, he has never insisted on finding actors from his previous life to film, unless he happens to know them.

Suri shook hands with them and said with a smile:
"They are all very handsome. If you are willing to play the second male lead, the third male lead, etc., I think the director would not mind choosing a few more from you. I am particularly optimistic about the script this time. Even the supporting roles have a chance to shine. ."

(End of this chapter)