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Chapter 367 Monopoly
There’s not much to say about the awards ceremony.

Although Suri has become the best-selling singer in the United States for two consecutive years, he does not have much contact with the music industry.

From the beginning, he made his debut through the Internet, and later bought a record company and played his own music, more like an independent musician.

Now in the eyes of colleagues.

Compared to being a singer, Suri is actually more of a businessman.

After all, he is very, very rich and has been making big noises in Silicon Valley, Hollywood and other places. His achievements in investment and business have far exceeded singing.

It's no wonder that tonight, many singers seemed to keep a distance from him.

In addition to having no intersection and not knowing what to say, there is also an element of jealousy in it.

In the past, many singers could not compare with Michael Jackson, Madonna Ciccone, Whitney Houston and others, which was understandable.

However, Suri was still young and outperformed them all while playing.

So much so that when young people talk about famous singers, they always think of him first. Every time they vote for the best singer, he is always far ahead.

Over time, it is easy to make people feel uncomfortable.

Unlike those actors and directors in Hollywood, these famous singers don't need to beg Suri, and naturally they don't bother to get close to her.

Suri knew very well why a big tree attracts the wind. Although he noticed a hint of hostility, he didn't care at all.

He has obviously won several Grammy and American Music Award trophies before, but he has never attended the award ceremony live.

There are too few acquaintances in the circle.

As a result, every time I hold a concert, I have to find someone to be a guest singer, and I have to spend money to do business, and I can't even find a friend...

The organizers of tonight's American Music Awards arranged for Suri to sit in the front row of the venue, close to ABC executive Steven Bernstein.

On the other side is Mike Eisner, who has been the head of the Disney Group for 21 years and retired a few years ago.

When I saw these two names.

Suri immediately realized that the seating arrangement tonight might not be simple.

If you were just invited as a singer, you could sit with Kanye and Avril Lavigne.

Just by looking at the surnames, you can tell that one on the left and one on the right are Jewish.

They almost dominate the film and television media field in the United States, as do the heads of Viacom and News Corporation.

With the current scale of Netflix Entertainment, it is obvious that it has the strength to enter their sight. Su Rui was quite curious about what these guys wanted to talk to him about. After calmly sitting down, he crossed his legs and played with his mobile phone.

soon.

Steven Bernstein, an executive of ABC TV, first came to sit next to Suri.

Seeing him talking to Su Rui, many singers who wanted to say hello to Su Rui were very sensible and sat back in their seats silently.

As a singer, most of the time he seems to be prosperous, but the ceiling in this industry is a bit low, and his status is far inferior to that of many businessmen.

For example, Hollywood.

For more than half a century, stars have changed one after another, but it has never been them who are truly influential.

The seemingly fair Oscars are almost controlled by the Weinstein brothers, and above them is the Disney Group.This group of Jews has extremely close ties, as if they have created a big network, monopolizing the business they want at every level.

At this moment.

Steven Bernstein sat next to Suri, unbuttoned his suit and said with a smile:
"Congratulations on investing in a very good company. Our TV station's recent performance has declined severely, and even many shareholders are buying shares of Netflix's parent company. Also, you will win three awards tonight, congratulations in advance. "

Suri smiled, as if he had completely forgotten what they had suppressed before, and answered:

"I hope Mr. Bernstein will buy it too. It will become very valuable in a few years."

The ABC TV executive smiled and said:
"I did invest a sum of money in my own name, and it was earlier than them, and it seems to have almost doubled by now. Please don't mind, I don't mean to blame you, just like newspapers, radio, and TV news, It’s like being gradually replaced by the Internet. I have been paying attention to these aspects from a long time ago, but I didn’t expect Netflix Entertainment to develop so fast.”

I can't figure out what kind of game tonight is going to be.

Su Rui glanced at the empty seat next to him and asked tentatively:

"Your parent company, Disney, has also launched a streaming media business. With your group's resources, I'm afraid the performance will not be bad by then."

Steven Bernstein nodded and continued:

"Indeed, the performance of the HBO streaming platform has greatly increased shareholders' confidence in this new business. Tonight is actually Mr. Mike Eisner, who wants to talk to you about cooperation. He is very interested in acquiring Netflix. , maybe a good price will be offered, it will probably arrive soon."

It’s similar to Suri’s recent massive expansion.

These established oligarchs like to use their wealth to buy like crazy and concentrate all kinds of high-quality resources in their own hands.

Disney bought ABC Television in the 90s, Pixar Animation Studios a few years ago, and this year it successfully acquired Marvel.

The final transaction price for acquiring Marvel was as much as $40 billion.

This is also the reason why Suri did not make a real bid in the first place. With his current strength, he simply cannot beat a film and television media giant like the Disney Group.

Knowing that he just wanted to cooperate, Su Rui secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He always liked to make money comfortably, so it would be best to reduce friction.

Keenly grasping the key points of the words, he asked: "Are you planning to acquire the parent company of Netflix, or are you planning to acquire Netflix Entertainment as a whole?"

Steven Bernstein told:

"The parent company of Netflix, the Netflix listed on the Nasdaq exchange."

"Everyone knows that all good dramas are produced by you, and Netflix Entertainment has a better future with you. So Mr. Eisner and I hope to continue to maintain a cooperative relationship with you, and in the acquisition of In the meantime, get your support.”

"The reason why ABC TV's new dramas don't perform well is because the people in the film and television production team are too stupid. Whether it's "Prison Break" or "The Walking Dead," I found it very exciting after watching it..."

really.

Only if you are strong enough can you integrate into certain circles naturally.

Su Rui has no doubt that if he didn't have the influence he has now and the financial resources at hand, these wolves and beasts might not try to seek cooperation with him in a negotiated manner.

As for now.

The value of Netflix Entertainment is tied to him. Without Suri's help, the valuation may drop by half and become no different from other platforms.

It seems that preparations for the Disney Group's streaming media platform are not going smoothly, which explains why HBO's platform has been launched, but Disney's has not yet been launched...

(End of this chapter)