That night, the official account of ABC's Deep Space Tribe posted a new post, claiming that the total number of viewers of the Deep Space Annual Conference live broadcast that ended last night reached 56 million.
As soon as this number came out, it immediately attracted a lot of attention.
Advocates of deep space companies are naturally rejoicing, and they have begun to boast about the "great achievements" of deep space in various postures. However, there are still many people who are skeptical about the data released by ABC.
In fact, the Deep Space Company also has some anti-fans. As long as news related to deep space comes out, these anti-fans will jump out to find fault.
But this time, before those well-known black fans showed up, Ravi, the financial analyst who had previously written a report analyzing Amazon, was the first to come out and question it.
What’s interesting is that Ravi’s question was about the Deep Space Tribe.
Since Ravi sent his analysis on Amazon to his clients, he has become a celebrity in the financial markets and is now somewhat of a minor celebrity on the Deep Space Tribe.
Ravi was very active during this period and posted several tribes every day, and most of his tribes were related to Amazon.
Of course, they are all negative.
It is also easy to understand. In this case, Ravi can only continue to badmouth Amazon. Only in this way can he finally win in this non-existent confrontation.
The content of Ravi's tribe this time was very simple. He questioned the authenticity of the data released by ABC and listed a series of data at the same time.
It’s just that the data listed by Ravi are from the Academy Awards ceremony in previous years. It can be seen from the data listed by Ravi that in the past ten years, the number of viewers of the Academy Awards live broadcast has basically stabilized at four.
Between 10 million and 50 million.
Just the year before last, because of "Titanic", the number of viewers reached more than 55 million.
Of course, these data are all based on the United States, and broadcasts in other countries and regions are not included.
But even if data from other countries and regions are included, the number of Oscar viewers did not reach 60 million.
In other words, the number of viewers of the Deep Space Annual Conference live broadcast is basically the same as that of the Academy Awards.
This is impossible in Ravi's view, and he firmly believes that the data released by ABC is fraudulent.
However, he did not point the finger at the ABC TV station that released the data, but at the Deep Space Company.
Ravi believes that this data must have been fabricated by Deep Space, and the purpose of Deep Space is to make people believe that the Internet industry is still strong and help Amazon, which is in deep trouble, get out of trouble.
At the same time, Ravi also mentioned one thing, which is Deep Space Company’s star card promotion plan.
He first affirmed the feasibility of the Star Card plan, but also pointed out that Deep Space Company did not mention Amazon at the annual meeting.
If Deep Space is really still optimistic about Amazon, then it should be strongly bound to Amazon when launching space cards in Europe and the United States this time.
Now that Deep Space has not done so, it means that Deep Space is not very optimistic about Amazon's future.
As soon as Ravi's remarks came out, ABC responded.
ABC explained that the reason why the number of viewers of this annual deep space conference reached 56 million was mainly because of the addition of the Chinese mainland market.
China is a country with a population of over 1.2 billion, and the Deep Space Annual Conference is still held in China. The high ratings in mainland China are of course normal.
Ravi certainly didn't believe ABC TV's explanation, but he had no way to question it because they couldn't get the data from Chinese TV stations.
And ABC also announced the number of views on their Deep Space Tribe official account. The number of views on that day was more than 90 million, which shocked many netizens including Ravi.
When this happened, the investors began to hesitate, not knowing whose words to believe.
If the number of viewers of the Deep Space Annual Conference really reaches 56 million, that is definitely good news.
Moreover, the Deep Space Tribe is also developing rapidly, which all shows that the Deep Space Company is steadily rising.
You know, although Deep Space has been cashing out, it is still Amazon's largest shareholder.
Now every time Amazon's stock shrinks by one billion U.S. dollars, Deep Space's assets will also shrink by several hundred million dollars.
Can Deep Space really allow Amazon's stock to continue to fall? According to common sense, Deep Space will definitely pull Amazon's hand at a critical moment.
But what Ravi said is not unreasonable. Deep Space is so forceful in promoting space cards in European and American countries, but it has not let Amazon on board. Does this itself send a signal?
Investors' hesitation is reflected in the stock market, where Amazon's stock has fluctuated in the short term, rising and falling.
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The next morning, Yu Dong went to the Jinling Hotel. Yesterday, he made an appointment with Jimmy to explore the film and television adaptation rights of Marvel characters.
He called Jimmy in the morning, but the guy didn't answer. Yu Dong thought that Jimmy was still hungover from last night, so he went directly to the hotel without thinking much.
Arriving at the door of Jimmy's room, Yu Dong knocked on the door.
No one answered, so Yu Dong knocked harder on the door, and then Jimmy's voice came from inside, "Who is it?"
"It's me, haven't you gotten up yet?"
Jimmy didn't respond immediately. After a while, he said from inside: "Wait for me for a while."
Yu Dong originally thought that Jimmy would come to open the door soon, but he stayed at the door for three or four minutes before the door slowly opened.
Looking at Jimmy who was neatly dressed, Yu Dong frowned and said, "You were up early?"
Jimmy touched his forehead, "No, I just got up."
"Then you..." Yu Dong pointed at Jimmy's suit and leather shoes.
"Isn't it better to be more particular?" Jimmy laughed, "You are looking for me about the Hulk. Come on, let's go directly to the company."
From the beginning to the end, the door to the room was only half open and was blocked by Jimmy.
Jimmy's action was so abnormal that Yu Dong couldn't help but look inside, but couldn't see anything.
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Seeing this, Yu Dong couldn't help but raise his lips, "Is there anyone in the room?"
"Ahem, there's no one there, don't think nonsense."
Yu Dong didn't believe it at all, but since Jimmy didn't say anything, he didn't ask any more questions and said with a smile: "I'll just trust you and let's go to the company."
"Well, let's go."
Jimmy walked out, closed the door, and then took Yu Dong's arm and walked outside.
Seeing that Jimmy didn't pull out the room card, Yu Dong smiled knowingly but didn't say much.
But seeing how mysterious Jimmy was, Yu Dong became more interested in his girlfriend.
Who this woman is, Jimmy doesn't want to announce it to the public, and she doesn't even tell him.
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On the way to the company, the two of them briefly discussed the film and television adaptation rights of Marvel characters.
Yu Dong's meaning is very simple. Since Michael Eisner said he is interested in the Hulk, let's just talk to him about the Hulk today, and don't talk about other characters no matter what the situation is.
In addition, unless Disney can pay more than $70 million for the film and television adaptation rights of Hulk, it will be impossible to sell them directly.
Even though Jimmy was someone who dared to sit down and raise prices, he was also frightened by Yu Dong's tone.
At that time, Hulk and Iron Man were bought as a package. The two characters together did not cost more than 5 million U.S. dollars, but they later sold them to others for 70 million U.S. dollars.
In Jimmy's view, this price directly blocked the path to buyout, and Disney could only choose to develop Hulk with Deep Space Company.
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Michael Eisner's reaction was also what Jimmy expected. After hearing Yu Dong's offer, Michael Eisner no longer even had the desire to counteroffer, and directly expressed his hope that he could compete with Deep Space in another way.
way to cooperate.
In Michael Eisner's view, Deep Space offered such an outrageous price, which shows that they have not sold the film and television adaptation rights of Hulk first.
In this case, Michael Eisner wisely stopped talking about a buyout.
Moreover, there are other options in Michael Eisner's plan. He hopes to jointly finance the filming of Hulk with Deep Space, and hopes that in addition to sharing the accounts, he can also share other copyright income from the film.
Regarding this point, Jimmy and Yu Dong have no objections. As long as Disney pays more, it is appropriate to give them more points.
Although Michael Eisner did not mention other characters besides Hulk, Yu Dong and Jimmy both felt that maybe Hulk was just the beginning, and Disney would probably want to explore other characters in the future.
cooperate.
Another point is that Eisner inadvertently mentioned WCG a few times during the conversation, and also mentioned "Warcraft" which is not a competition event.
This seemingly casual mention also made Yu Dong and Jimmy have some associations.
The cooperation between Deep Space and Disney has become closer and closer in the past two years. "Pirates of the Caribbean" is the beginning, and the launch of the Oriental Mythology Universe Project has deepened the relationship between the two parties.
Now it seems that Eisner is not satisfied with this and wants to have more in-depth cooperation with deep space.
After seeing Eisner off, Jimmy said with a smile, "I even doubted whether Eisner had planted a spy in our company, knowing that we were going to focus on developing "Warcraft"."
"If there were a spy, he wouldn't pry for such less useful information." Yu Dong curled his lips, "Maybe he has the same idea as our hero and is interested in "Warcraft", or maybe he mistakenly
Hit by mistake."
Jimmy nodded: "If we really want to develop the Warcraft IP in the future, it might not be a bad choice to cooperate with Disney. Their ability in this area is worthy of recognition. The most important thing is that they have very sufficient funds on hand."
"Yes, the key is having more money."
Jimmy rubbed his hands and said: "These characters obtained from Marvel do have great potential for development, but I think we still need to operate more of our own company's IP, otherwise, we will eventually have to
Others make wedding clothes. We did not get all the characters from Marvel, and among the characters we got, some only had film and television adaptation rights."
Deep Space is a Marvel character copyright purchased from different channels, and the situation of these copyrights is different. Some characters only have film and television adaptation rights, while some characters have all other copyrights except comic rights.
The reason why Yu Dong is willing to develop Hulk with Disney is partly to avoid risks, but also because he is interested in the profits from peripheral products.
"No need to rush, take your time and finish the few plans we have at hand first. How is the casting of "Harry Potter" going recently? Do you have any clues?"
Jimmy shook his head, "No, it's quite difficult. I guess it will take some time."
Hearing that there was no clue, Yu Dong did not continue to ask, but instead asked about "A Song of Ice and Fire", "Is the third part of "A Song of Ice and Fire", "A Storm of Ice", going to be on the shelves soon?"
"Yes, it will be on the shelves in May. I showed you the manuscript of the book before, but you didn't read it. George even complained to me before."
"You don't have time, you know that. And when I saw him these days, why didn't he tell me?"
"He's so nice."
"He doesn't seem like a nice person." Yu Dong smiled and said, "Has anyone come over recently to ask about the copyright of "A Song of Ice and Fire"?"
"Of course, it has never stopped."
"After the few plans we have on hand stabilize, we will have to consider "A Song of Ice and Fire"."
"The story in "A Song of Ice and Fire" is relatively scattered and there are many characters. It is not easy to make it into a movie. It is very different from "Harry Potter". Moreover, the scenes are more grand and require special effects.
The requirements are relatively high.”
"Then we need to find a good angle for the story, or it can be made into a TV series. As for the special effects, I heard that "The Lord of the Rings" is being filmed, and we can use it as a reference."
When "The Lord of the Rings" was mentioned, Jimmy shook his head, "I don't know if "The Lord of the Rings" can be filmed yet. Peter Jackson's life has not been very good recently."
Yu Dong said in surprise: "What's going on? Didn't I hear before that the filming of the movie is about to start?"
"Originally, Peter Jackson had already taken the money to carry out pre-production for eighteen months. But Miramax suddenly told Peter Jackson that it was only willing to make one of them - Peter Jackson wrote
We received scripts for three films, and Miramax initially agreed to film two of them."
"Then what?"
"Of course Peter Jackson couldn't accept it, so Miramax decided that John Madden would take on the project."
Yu Dong wondered: "The script was written by Peter Jackson. Does Miramax have the power?"
"Originally there was none, but Peter Jackson has already taken Miramax's money and basically spent it. Now Peter Jackson is looking for people to invest everywhere with a prototype, hoping to repay Miramax's money.
."
Yu Dong's eyes lit up, "This means that after we help him pay back the money, we can take over the project?"
Seeing Yu Dong's interested look, Jimmy was startled, "Oh my god, do you want to be the taker? It's not that simple. I heard that if all three movies written by Peter Jackson are finished,
Chapter completed!