MTL - Reborn Capital Empire-v2 Chapter 695 net neutrality

Chapter 695 Net Neutrality

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"Mr. Guo, it is a great honor to visit Matrix Company!"

Seeing the young man who was standing in front of the door to greet him, although it was the first time he had met him, but he was very familiar with it through the newspapers and media, Karl Corey hurriedly took two steps forward and stretched out his right hand in front of the other party.

"You're welcome, Mr. Corey, Comscart is our partner."

Matrix's telecom service provider is Comscat, but the most critical cable service provider is Time Warner Cable, which was an additional condition for the acquisition of The CW and Warner Records.

Carl Corey understood the meaning of Guo Shouyun's words, but after changing his mind, he smiled: "In my opinion, Conscat should have more cooperation with Matrix Company, we are complementary enterprises, able to communicate with each other. Create greater value for each other.”

"I think so too!" Guo Shouyun smiled lightly, half turned around and made a gesture of invitation.

The two men walked into the office building of the Matrix Company. Soon Carl Corey was attracting attention with movie posters hanging in the halls and hallways.

Jaws, Jurassic Park, Tomb Raiders, Harry Potter, National Treasure, Pirates of the Caribbean, Hulk, Batman, Finding Nemo and more Wait, the large posters of Matrix Films, including the representative films of Universal and Pixar, are hung in the most conspicuous positions in the lobby and corridors, highlighting the company's brilliance and attracting the envy of visitors.

"Mr. Guo, under your leadership, Matrix Company has achieved amazing results, which is really enviable."

"Comscat has made great strides in the telecom market in recent years, especially the $47.5 billion acquisition of AT&T's broadband business, which is even more thrilling. In contrast, our matrix's actions are much smaller."

"Matrix has concentrated on its core business in the past two years. Film and television entertainment, games and theme parks have grown by nearly 20% each year, which has accumulated rich cash flow for Matrix. If Mr. Guo is willing, it is easy for Matrix to launch mergers and acquisitions. things." Carl Corey complimented.

After speaking, the two came to the reception room prepared in advance.

"Please sit down!"

"thanks!"

"Matrix has been consolidating its main business in the past two years, integrating Universal Pictures and the Warner assets it bought. The only external acquisition was MGM Pictures, but Conscart took the lead."

"If Mr. Guo agrees to license the TV rights of MGM's film library and the TV rights of Matrix's future films to Conscart, and sign an exclusive agreement, we are willing to withdraw from the MGM acquisition. , and negotiate with the matrix company."

Guo Shouyun smiled, "Conscarter is really a good idea. You haven't paid anything yet, you just want me to exclusively license the MGM film library and the TV rights of the new movies released by Matrix to you. ?"

"Mr. Guo, we now have the upper hand in the acquisition of MGM Studios. If Mr. Guo wants us to give up, of course he has to pay certain conditions."

"You got a head start on MGM? Mr. Corey, did you sign a deal with Gary Barber?"

"This... Of course not!" Carl Corey frowned slightly.

"In that case, where does Mr. Corey's confidence come from?" After a pause, "Or, do you think you are fully capable of exceeding my offer of $15 per share?!"

Just as Carl Corey was about to speak, he was interrupted by Guo Shouyun: "Oh, I almost forgot. With Conscart's revenue and your $66 billion acquisition of Disney, you can really get a higher price. , but what about Sony Pictures? Providence Equity Partners, Texas Pacific Capital Fund, DLJ Commodity Bank Partners, Foursquare Group, Wall Street capital?”

“…Maybe Sony will continue to bet on promoting their own DVD standard. But the guys on Wall Street are more risk-aware than Sony and Comscart, and they’re just focused on getting enough returns on their investments, not like Sony and Comscott, and the hidden need to promote DVD standards and enrich the channel content. … So, how likely do you think they will follow Constat to raise the offer?"

"By the way, one more thing. I have sent a letter to Sony headquarters that if they give up the acquisition of MGM, then all the movies in our matrix library will be recorded on Blu-ray HD DVD as standard. From Mr. Nobuyuki Idei's Judging from the tone, they will most likely agree to my request. Therefore, if MGM's merger is not unexpected, it is a competition between Conscart and Matrix."

Looking at the smiling and confident young man in front of him, Karl Corey's face was full of surprise. Although there is no way to verify the truth of what I just said. But if the Matrix really intends to support Sony's DVD standard, then in exchange, they will probably abandon the acquisition of MGM.

If Sony, which is the organizer of this acquisition, withdraws, the entire acquisition consortium, in addition to Providence Equity Partners, which has always been interested in the media, entertainment, communications and information industries, Texas Pacific Capital Fund, DLJ Commodity bank partnerships and Sifang Group will most likely withdraw.

In the end, the acquisition of MGM is really likely to be a competition between Conscart and Matrix.

And can Conscart win the Matrix? Carl Corey was really in the dark. Not only because Matrix is ​​currently the media giant on Wall Street after Time Warner and Disney, it has become Hollywood's highest-grossing film company for three consecutive years, with abundant cash flow and huge profits. More importantly, there is a Bruce Guo who can cause a financial earthquake by stomping his feet behind it.

The Bruce Foundation, the Kwok Family Charitable Foundation, and the even stronger Phoenix Bank. This is a financial giant with $800 billion in assets. Although Citigroup, Seymour, Merrill Lynch and other institutions will have more assets than this consortium, or even double. But they can't have as much cash flow as Bruce Guo.

Although the Bruce Foundation is a private institution, it is unclear how much money it holds. However, the Guo Family Charity Fund, because of its charitable nature, needs to disclose its financial affairs to the society every year, so everyone knows that it...is a powerful organization with nearly 60 billion US dollars in assets. As long as Guo Shouyun is willing, he can easily use the money for his own acquisitions. Just some workarounds are needed in the middle. For example, buying bonds or original shares issued by matrix companies, etc. These are all investments permitted by law.

And, even if Conscart gets enough money. Carl Corey is also very skeptical that the board will not be isomorphic to buy MGM.

After all, MGM is not Disney, let alone Matrix, News Corp and Time Warner. This century-old movie giant is already a real rundown.

Although the "007" series is tempting, no matter how tempting the copyright is, it is useless for a movie that cannot be made into a high-box office. Comscat is different from Matrix, which has produced more than 80 films in five years, each of which has no loss, proving to the world their ability in the field of filmmaking. As a layman in the film and television industry, Conscat, who does not have the ability to distribute globally, does not have such confidence.

After thinking about all the possibilities in his mind, Carl Corey predicted that the company's bid for MGM this time around would probably fail.

"Mr. Guo, if we give up the acquisition of MGM as a price, then the TV rights of MGM's film library; and the copyright of the film and television programs newly filmed by Matrix Company, can we authorize the exclusive TV broadcasting rights to us? "

Knowing that Matrix owns Hulu, he wisely didn't ask for the rights to broadcast the network.

"Yes. As long as Conscart agrees to give up MGM, then your conditional matrix can completely agree."

When we first cooperated with Time Warner Cable, it was only the film library of Matrix and Universal, which did not include newly released movies, TV, MV and variety shows.

Carl Corey nodded. Such cooperation is probably the best condition that Conscat can obtain.

"What does Mr. Guo think of the 'net neutrality' principle?" Carl Corey said after pondering for a while.

"Net neutrality?"

Guo Shouyun smiled~www.novelbuddy.com~net neutrality' concept can be traced back to the telecommunications law of the United States in the 1930s. At the time, the law required no telephone company to block access to calls to non-company users. After the rise of the Internet, the concept of "net neutrality" has been automatically extended, and operators are not allowed to set restrictions on data from non-company users, such as emails and videos.

The Internet is open to everyone from the beginning of its design. Users can use network resources through simple and reasonable pricing and charging standards, and easily send and receive network content without worrying that the network traffic level of these content will be reduced.

As the Internet has grown in popularity, treating all traffic equally is also one of the reasons why the Internet is attractive: individuals, startups, and industry giants are equal to each other. For example, people build a highway, and then require all vehicles to obey certain traffic rules, whether it is a Mercedes-Benz or a Santana, can drive on this highway.

'Net neutrality' means making sure that all website content or videos will load at the same speed. 'Net neutrality' will allow small internet companies to level the playing field with internet giants. In the US, high-speed network operators, including AT&T, Comscat, and Verizon, are looking for a legal basis for two-tier network services.