Before the summer season arrived, Ronan went to San Francisco to convene the board of directors of Netflix.com and identified new investors of Netflix.com, several companies or institutions including the Pacific Investment Foundation, which will become new shareholders of Netflix.com in the next few months.

In addition to the five major businesses of DVD online rental and sales, online video, social sharing, Android development and streaming, Netflix Network is also preparing to develop new businesses.

The new business is online live broadcast, which will take about a year to plan and is expected to be launched in the middle of next year.

At present, Netflix Network has developed rapidly through crazy money burning, and all five major businesses occupy the position of industry leaders. Needless to say, the four traditional Internet businesses are not only the leaders in their respective industries, but also the distance away from latecomers is getting farther and farther away.

Android also accounts for more than half of the smartphone market, and the other half is occupied by Apple. Nokia insists on independently developing the Symbian system, because of the existence of Android, a huge interest alliance, there are very few users.

In the smartphone market, more than 20 smartphones have been launched in multiple brands of Android phones.

Thanks to the sharp increase in smartphone sales and the popularity of the Internet around the world, coupled with Netflix's persistent publicity and promotion, as of the end of April, Netflix's global registered users reached 162.45 million and paid users were close to 100 million.

Netflix Network's market value is surging towards its $100 billion goal.

Although after cross-holding with Conscart and At&t and this financing expansion, Relativity Entertainment's direct holdings in Netflix will be reduced to 65%, the continued rising stock price has further increased the value of assets held by Relativity Entertainment.

However, Netflix Network also has difficulties to face. Since last year, the growth rate of DVD online leasing and sales, which became Netflix's business, has slowed down significantly. It is expected that the growth rate of business volume in 2007 will be difficult to exceed 5%. The DVD industry has reached a peak.

If nothing unexpected happens, the DVD industry will gradually go up and down in the future, and the situation where movies are not as good as those sold by discs will change.

Corresponding to the slowdown in DVD business, Netflix's streaming media business is developing faster and faster.

With the popularization of the Internet, the continuous upgrading of hardware equipment, and the development of technology, Internet on-demand broadcasting is becoming an important playback channel for entertainment programs.

Netflix Streaming still releases at least one new season every month, which may be a brand new series or a sequel to previous hit series.

"Shameless", "Lost", "Hannah Montana", "Breaking Bad", "American Horror Story" and "The Walking Dead" have all achieved great success.

Subsequently, there are "The Big Bang Them", "Spartacus", "Stranger Things", "House of Cards" and "Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" and other online streaming media.

As a key project, "Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" has ended all shooting and is currently in post-production. It will be available on Netflix's streaming platform as soon as this year.

In contrast, the progress of "House of Cards" is still slow. David Finch continues the style of slow work and meticulous work. This series will not be completed next year.

"Stranger Story" has also begun formal preparations. Ronan met a familiar name in the cast list - Saoirse Ronan.

This child star who looked quite sweet as a girl will play the most important role of a little girl in the series.

Ronan generally remembers that last year, the heroine of "Cute Bones" recommended by Peter Jackson but rejected by him was Saoirse Ronan.

Unfortunately, Peter Jackson was born for Tolkien in his life.

In addition to these, Shahai Entertainment is also preparing new episodes for Netflix streaming.

The series production department, jointly with the screenwriter department, intends to produce a series from the official US agency to Mexico and then to Colombia drug trafficking organization based on the drug transactions that have become increasingly rampant in the United States in the past two years. It is currently collecting various information and has contacted the US Drug Enforcement Administration and the FBI.

Because of Netflix streaming’s huge traffic and number of users, these two official institutions are very interested in Shahai Entertainment’s drama plan and are also interested in cooperation.

As we all know, official institutions in the United States have always been happy to cooperate with Hollywood.

After receiving support from the US Drug Enforcement Administration and the FBI and obtaining a lot of first-hand information, Ronan also approved the project, and the Shahai Entertainment Drama Production Department officially named it "Drug Lord".

There have been too many stories on the border between the United States and Mexico, and I don’t know how many are suitable for adaptation into film and television works.

For these two sides, they are disgusted with each other.

Mexico is too far from heaven and too close to the United States.

The day after returning from San Francisco, Ronan got a data report. "The Inn 2" was removed from North American theaters, and the final North American box office was $47.35 million.

In addition, Weinstein Pictures' Oscar for Best Actress, "The Queen", was released overseas by Embassy Pictures. With the help of the Oscar effect, the cumulative box office has reached nearly US$45 million.

Elizabeth II has many selling points in the Western market and is definitely one of the most suitable characters for film and television adaptations today.

This queen redefined the meaning of the queen and crown prince in her own life.

Every queen has a legendary life, and ******* is no exception. Her husband cheats, her sister is upset, and her son and her husband are not worried. This is really interesting.

Ronan is also considering whether to adapt it into a TV series based on the life of Elizabeth II.

However, he still took into account William's relationship that had been getting along well, and even if he wanted to adapt, he would gain support from the royal family.

The difficulty of adapting the life of Elizabeth II is not very high. It requires long-term planning and communication with Buckingham Palace in London.

If it is a drama centered on historical figures, the degree of freedom will undoubtedly be greater.

After all, most of the historical figures who have been filmed into film and television works have been written in ancient times. Their right and wrong, merits and demerits, anecdotes and interesting stories have been written in history books and gossip news, and controversies are relatively a little laughing.

But it is not easy for a living person to be filmed and television works.

The historical figure who was still standing at Buckingham Palace, a person who has witnessed her from the 1920s to the present, made her into a series, and from a certain point in her life, she had to be prepared in advance.

These things are not suitable for Luo Nan, so it is perfect for him to leave them to Shahai Entertainment to communicate. Even if the talks with the royal family break down, he can clean up the chaos behind with just one word.

In fact, all senior management has a common talent and uses it to perfection - let subordinates take the blame for themselves.

If you can't even use this trick, you can say that you don't even have the most basic management capabilities.

In addition to the live TV series project, Shahai Entertainment has also jointly developed animated series with Marvel Entertainment. After holding several creative meetings with Netflix Streaming, it has decided to produce the "Iron Man" animated series as a supplement between the movies and play it with Netflix Streaming as a platform.

In addition, Hulk, Thor, Black Widow and Captain America will also be released in animated series.

These comic superheroes have also produced cartoons in the past, but this time, under the leadership of Kevin Feige, they have a clear and unified world view. Although animated series will not affect the plot of the movie, they can also be used as a supplement to the content outside the movie.

For example, the first season of the animated series "Iron Man" will tell how Tony Stark cleaned up the chaos after the war with Obadai.

The animated series of "Black Widow" can also test the market's reaction to female superheroes as the absolute protagonist before independent films.

The summer season is coming soon, and comic-adapted superhero movies are gradually becoming the mainstream of business. There are three superhero movies produced in this summer season, namely "Spider-Man 3", "Hulk Hulk" and "Dark Knight".

Marvel two, DC one.

The prospects for "Hulk Hulk" are the most uncertain.

Because "Spider-Man 3" is a sequel, there is no need to say much about the market response. "The Dark Knight" has a very obvious trend of becoming a god with the Joker and Heath Ledger, and it will only be released and exploded.

The second part of the new "Batman" trilogy has not been released yet, and the series has almost been a success. After the great success of the God-making Project, Warner Bros. and DC Comics naturally put the third "The Dark Knight Rises" on the agenda.

Even Warner Bros. is considering continuing to shoot the sequel and then connecting it with the Justice League film plan in preparation.

But to achieve these, there is a prerequisite for Warner Bros. to be unable to get around.

Shahai Entertainment, a subsidiary of Relativity Entertainment, has investment authority for the series. As long as this series continues to be filmed, Shahu Entertainment can maintain more than 40% of the investment share and continue to obtain profit sharing.

The conditions that Ronan personally discussed made Warner Bros. No one expected that the Batman movie that almost killed "Batman and Robin" in the 1990s could regain such a glory in the hands of Christopher Nolan.

Especially with the death of Heath Ledger, with Hollywood's usual promotional style, Warner Bros. received a super gift package.

When Warner Bros. sent Charles Rowan to discuss with Ronan for the first time, Ronan put forward several conditions because he was working hard to deal with Disney at that time, and basically everything could be discussed.

Unexpectedly, Warner Bros. suddenly lost news until Heath Ledger's misfortune happened...

But Ronan could not give up his investment rights under the same conditions when "The Dark Knight" was about to sell super big, and then asked Shahai Entertainment to find various excuses to turn down the suggestions negotiated by Warner Bros.

Charles Rowanquan, who represented Warner Bros., was stopped by George Clint, and he could not even see Ronan.
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