Best Actor

    Sean is not a person without decision, nor is he a person without imagination, otherwise how could he become an actor, but Neil's words still made him feel incredible and uncertain. Buy YouTube and wait for it to develop to a certain extent. After it has a large number of users, it will increase the network subscription service, and then attract several major public TV stations. What media group behind them? is it possible?

    "Netflix is ​​already doing this, how can we compete with them?" Sean couldn't help asking.

    “There is no need for competition,” Neil laughed, “Netflix has only just gotten rid of the loss situation, but in two years, they are only partners of several major TV stations, if one day they don’t work with them If you play it, then Netflix will be in a pretty bad situation. Since last year, online video subscriptions have started to grow rapidly, TV station subscriptions have been declining, and many people are now not optimistic about the development of TV stations. In this case, a few Large media groups have to find a way to reach out to the Internet. If Netflix can’t reach an agreement with them, it is very likely that they will find another partner or even create a website by themselves. At this time, if a website with huge traffic wants to use a cross-shareholding method. How about partnering with them to offer a web subscription service?"

    Sean was stunned.

    "Certainly," Neil raised another finger, "it's all based on the fact that YouTube can grow so fast and take a big place in the Internet, but why don't we Can you take a gamble?"

    "These are... your thoughts?" Sean asked after taking a deep breath.

    "Of course, don't forget what I do, Sean, analyzing this is just a piece of cake," Neil smiled smugly, and then his face turned pale, "The IT bubble burst was My shame, so after that I paid a lot of attention to the news in this area and also did a lot of analysis. Then there were examples of Google and Facebook, especially Facebook, which now has more than 4 million active users, which gave me a lot of inspiration, It gave me a clearer picture of how these sites work, and I'm fully confident that my ideas are possible."

    "So you want to..." Sean narrowed his eyes.

    "If you need someone to take care of you buying YouTube, I hope I will." Neil nodded vigorously.

    "Reason." Sean still didn't say much.

    "Yes, I've been very successful now. Although the investment company is not as good as those big VCs, it's still somewhat famous on Wall Street," Neil, who knew what he meant, said in the immediate sequel. "But it's almost there, if you want to go further, it's not just about funds or contacts. I'm not sure I'll be fully committed, even though our family's tradition is to do finance, so why not Going to try something new before then?"

    "You're not out of money now, you can buy the operation yourself, right?" Sean thought and asked again.

    "Two reasons," Neil raised his finger, "First, you asked me to follow this new single site, if I bought it without telling you, I'm not sure you would What's the reaction? Second, and most importantly, I don't have that much money to keep pouring into it, and a few million dollars isn't enough."

    He cleared his throat: "We all know that there is no possibility for any website to be profitable in the first three or four years. Before attracting enough users, any profitable behavior will lead to They give up the website, whether it's Yahoo or Google or Facebook, it's proven. I don't want to deal with venture capital either, I'm doing this myself, and once the VC capital has the upper hand, it's easy for them to kick you out Or instigating you to sell your website to make a fortune.”

    "If I buy it and continue to invest, there will be no such problem." Sean answered noncommittally.

    "Yes," Neil didn't care, "and when we negotiate with several major TV stations and even the media companies behind them, we can have more initiative!"

    "Then how do you solve our behavior of eating alone?" Sean immediately said, although he is not good at this, but some basic points are still clear.

    "This is not a problem, as long as you do some tricks on equity distribution, it seems that the funds come from different investment institutions. You don't need to keep cheating, as long as it takes about three years, once you exchange equity with TV stations , we don't have to worry anymore." Neil said encouragingly, "Try it, Sean, I know no one has done this before, it is indeed a risk, a great risk, maybe we can't fool the past, maybe we attract Not that many users. But sometimes we do need a little bit of adventure, don’t you? Would you be where you are now if you hadn’t left home and came to LA?”

    Sean didn't speak anymore, his thoughts kept going up and down, and honestly, he admitted that Neil's idea was highly operational - at least in his eyes - but even if the other party said After so much, Sean didn't give up his previous idea. He still just wanted to invest in youtube, and then sell it to Google in exchange for equity when he matured.

    However, Neil's last sentence made him unconsciously start to reflect, is he too rigid about the future in his memory?

    Even if you sell youtube to Google, how much equity can you get? Google will definitely not wait for it to mature before starting. Then in a few years, when Google's market value reaches 200 billion, how much equity is left? Can there be 4%?

    If there is no youtube, how much equity can I have left? 2% or 3%? Do these billions really matter to you?

    Yes, most of his current status is supported by the value of Google's equity, but this wealth does not directly support him in Hollywood's right to speak. And now, Neil showed him another path, one full of unknowns, one that could help him considerably if successful, so why not try it? As for the net worth, isn't there an equity stake in facebooke?

    Clenched his hands into fists and released them, clenched his hands into fists and released them, finally, Sean closed his eyes and took a deep breath, then laughed at himself: "It seems that I too have been given stereotyped thinking. restricted."

    Then looked Neil in the eye: "Let's do it."

    People do need a little bit of adventurous spirit, this is not just the act of leaving home and coming to Los Angeles after graduating from high school, it was taking a risk to stand completely on Eric Reese's side, to fight for "Legend of Thunder" The hero of Pooley is taking a risk, as is recommending himself to Scorsese.

    Even, to challenge different characters, take the risk of depression, let yourself and the characters completely integrate, so as to achieve the perfect effect, is it not taking a risk.

    Sean's luck has played a lot along the way, but the spirit of daring to fight is also one of the important reasons. He can say that he can have most of his current achievements It all depends on their own efforts, not all predictions about the future.

    If that's the case, why not do it again? As long as you do your best, even losing is acceptable, isn't it?

    Neal, who got the answer he wanted, left happily. The fate of youtube has also changed from this moment, and the rest is to wait for time to prove.

    Told Sanders about this, and Sean, who made them look at it, became a little excited because of the unknown future. Since he is like this, Sanders and Galen agreed.

    Since returning from Las Vegas, Sean has always been a little unhappy, and every time he hit a wall from Jordana and Zoe, it was obvious that Galen and the others did their best to make him happy Method.

    Not only are they thinking of a way, Frederick is also thinking of a way, of course, his way is always very different, such as recommending a script to Sean.

      I will." In the transparent office, Frederick said with a smile.

    "Really?" Sean, who was holding the script, replied lukewarmly, making the other party hit a soft nail.

    The reason for this is because Frederick found Zooey behind his back and asked her to sign the supplementary prenuptial contract. Sean was very angry when he found out, and asked him to get the contract back and apologize to Zooey, but the agent refused this time.

    "My duty is to protect your interests, Sean, I can apologize, but I will never ask for that contract back, and I will stop you from asking for it, unless You fired me," Frederick said.

    Well, he won this time. Although Sean was very unwilling, he could only acquiesce to his behavior, because... Sean knew very well that he said when Zooey left She had to be firm, but she didn't really think about asking her to sign a prenuptial contract. Anyway, before a certain number of years, the wife couldn't share the husband's property.

    However, Frederick did consider the issue in his own interests, even though it was very impersonal, so he could only get angry, or show a cold face like now dissatisfied.

    "I don't want to take on any roles lately, Fred." Sean said after flipping casually.

    Frederick looked at Saunders, who was with Sean and sat next to him, and the latter shrugged and said there was nothing he could do.

    But the agent was not disappointed, but smiled proudly: "Who said you were asked to play a role in it?"

    Sean and Sanders were both taken aback.

    "This script was available in 2002 or even earlier, and the screenwriter Michael Armt worked for this script for a long time. Originally, Focus Pictures had planned to approve the project last year, but Or give up because the plot is too bland, so why don't you take over, Sean? Although it is said that your vision is good, our vision is not so bad - I mean the vision of endeavour." Frederick Seriously, he said, "You were full of praise for the "Juno" script we recommended before, but don't you have the time to take a second look this time?"

    Sean raised his eyebrows, and finally picked up the script called "Little Miss Sunshine" and officially read it.