Writing Web Novels In America-Chapter 117 - 115: 2g has arrived

Seeing someone enter, the HBO representative toned down the aggressive attitude.

Wang Jian shook hands with Reed and then invited him to sit down.

He glanced at the two groups of people seated at the conference table and began calculating.

From the words of the HBO representative, he knew that they were not here solely for the prequel to "Prison Break".

And Reed Hastings, willing to give up some production rights, clearly had major plans in mind.

"By the way, I forgot to introduce, this is the representative from HBO."

"This is Reed Hastings from Los Angeles, and he is also interested in investing in the ’Prison Break’ prequel."

Both sides exchanged glances.

The HBO representative was fine, merely considering the other as an investor wanting to enter the entertainment industry.

Reed, however, furrowed his brows.

HBO’s business model, in some ways, was extremely similar to his own vision for the future of the company.

Wang Jian pulled out two documents and handed them to both parties, "This is the current viewership and audience ratings of ’Prison Break’."

"This is the profit margin of ’Prison Break’ so far."

Wang Jian handed the two documents to each side.

"Now, we can discuss your offers."

"HBO is interested in a deep collaboration with the website," the HBO representative put the document aside, "besides the ’Prison Break’ prequel, we’d also like to secure the first rights to adapt other works from the website."

"In return, HBO promises that every adapted piece will air on television and will not be shelved."

"However, each adaptation can only be broadcast on HBO, and after the broadcast ends, HBO also has the right to buy out the copyrights of these film and television works."

How domineering.

Wang Jian nodded noncommittally and turned his gaze to Reed.

Reed stared at the HBO representative for a while, then opened his briefcase and pulled out a document.

"Mr. Wang, can we speak privately?"

After getting approval from the HBO representative, Wang Jian led Reed into his office.

"I wonder, Mr. Wang, what do you think about the current video tape market in the United States?" Reed, sitting in an office chair, handed a document to Wang Jian.

Wang Jian took the document and began reading.

He saw that in the current market for videotape products, Bestar dominated with an absolute advantage, occupying nearly 50% of the market.

And their new stores were still increasing.

However, Wang Jian then frowned.

Although the number of Bestar stores continued to rise, the business volume of each store was steadily declining.

This...

"Heh, Mr. Wang, you must be surprised that despite the significant increase in stores, the total profits are decreasing?" Reed said.

Wang Jian nodded and looked puzzledly at Reed.

"First, there’s severe homogenization. Bestar doesn’t have anything unique; they are merely a resource consolidator."

"With small videotape rental stores operating, it inevitably impacts Bestar’s fundamentals."

"On the other hand," Reed pulled out a newspaper, "we owe it to HBO for setting a good precedent."

Wang Jian took the newspaper and saw a news report.

According to the news, in just the year 1995 alone, five free TV networks had transitioned to pay-TV networks.

Some of these channels primarily featured action movies, others featured artistic films.

A large number of videotape rental users began to switch to paying TV customers.

"So, Mr. Wang. How about we enter a deep collaboration?"

Reed proposed, "We don’t ask for much, just the exclusive rights to sell videotapes."

He pulled out a proposal and handed it to Wang Jian.

"This is a plan I drafted over a few days."

"It includes developmental strategies and specific collaborative methods."

"Please, Mr. Wang, read it carefully and give me a response as soon as possible." freewebnσvel.cѳm

After saying that, he handed Wang Jian a business card and then turned and left.

Wang Jian sat on his office chair, briefly glanced through the proposal, and couldn’t help but marvel inwardly.

Such high ambitions!

He called Tom on the internal phone, "Send the HBO representative away first, say I need to consider carefully."

"Understood."

The proposal briefly described Reed’s intentions to advance in the videotape rental industry.

Then, it spent a lot of time discussing specific collaboration methods.

Basically, Reed’s side would invest money based on the number of paying viewers for each work.

He wouldn’t partake in other profit-sharing from the dramas, only wanting the exclusive rights to sell and profit from the videotapes.

Of course, as compensation.

The website couldn’t sell the drama to pay channels within three years of its premiere.

Wang Jian thought about the proposal from HBO and the one from Reed, pondering deeply.

Meanwhile, in Finland, Helsinki.

Inside the office building of the world-renowned mobile phone manufacturer, Nokia.

An engineer, under the watchful eyes of executives and investors, showcased a new product.

"This cell phone is called the Nokia 9000, the most advanced phone in the world today."

"Not only does it have added functionalities like fax, email, and messaging, but it also comes with a full keyboard."

"The most crucial aspect is that it supports internet connectivity, both hardware and software."

"This should be the world’s first real 2G phone!"

An investor, intrigued, picked up the Nokia 9000 and started to examine it.

However, just a few minutes later.

The investor furrowed his brow and looked at the engineer.

"So this so-called internet access only allows you to view text-based messages?"

"Uh..." the engineer glanced at the investor, "Given the current technological conditions, viewing text information is most suitable."

"So you want this device," the investor closed the phone with a sigh, "to challenge the current market leader, Motorola?"

"Do you know what would appear if I opened my eight-year-old son’s web browser favorites?"

"Viewing text-based information online, tell me, what’s appealing about that?"

"Uh..." the engineer stuttered, unable to respond, while inwardly cursing the investor.

Your son’s favorites are all filled with musclemen!

At that moment, a high-priced engineer hired from the United States raised his hand.

"Actually, viewing text does have certain appeal."

"Oh?" the investor looked at the speaker with a smirk, "Then show me."

The young man walked to the podium, picked up the phone, and began to press keys.

Soon after, a webpage appeared on the large screen in the conference room.

However, due to transmission speed, the webpage opened very slowly.

The young man waited a bit and then directly clicked on the website’s first link.

A page filled with text then loaded quickly.

The investor frowned and looked at the large screen, "Extreme Heavenly Demon?"

"What is this?"

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