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As a direct subordinate of Boss Zhou, Jiang Fan was also invited to attend the executive meeting of Ziweixing Global.

He also had the most powerful voice.

It is said that all future office products of Ziwei Star Global will use services from Ziwei Cloud, which can completely prevent the recurrence of email leaks, script leaks, and storyboard leaks that have frequently occurred in the past few years.

  Those low-level hackers who stir up trouble are not worth mentioning at all!

CEO Kilar also said, "The transformation to technology is an inevitable trend for Hollywood. In the past hundred years, Hollywood film companies have gradually moved closer to the media group structure of television and TV stations. That is all in the past. I believe many people have seen the data. In the past three years, the number of cable TV users in the United States has been declining year by year. Streaming media platforms like Netflix are not only rich in content and flexible in products, but also have great advantages in price!"

Chris Albreck, president of TV production, came from HBO and is very familiar with HBO's data. "Indeed, the transformation to streaming media is the inevitable way out for the future TV industry. HBO is transforming to streaming media, and other TV giants must also take this path!"

Zhou Buqi laughed and said, "This road is not something you can take just because you want to."

When it comes to technology, CEO Kilar is very impressive. "Streaming media is not a very advanced technology. It is easy to do. But even if it is easy, there is still a chasm that Hollywood cannot overcome."

The vice president of marketing once said, "I heard that Disney is also interested in transitioning to streaming media!"

Kilar said calmly, "This is not surprising. Disney holds a lot of shares in Hulu, and Disney also has its own TV media. A simple comparison of the two businesses will show the difference. The number of Hulu users is increasing, while the number of viewers of Disney's ABC and ESPN stations are decreasing. Even if Disney doesn't understand the Internet, it can still react through such straightforward data reference. Disney has some opinions about us now. Do you think this is really because of hackers?"

Everyone was silent.

Kilar said in a deep voice: "This is because Disney is afraid. Compared with other Hollywood giants, they have realized the importance of the streaming industry in advance! They want to transform into the streaming industry, but they lack the technical capabilities to transform into streaming. And our streaming platform Peacock will be launched soon. Disney's move this time is not so much a disagreement with us on the attitude towards hackers, but rather Robert Iger is deliberately dividing us from Hollywood."

For streaming platforms, the most important thing is copyright.

Of course, the technical requirements are also quite high.

At least in Hollywood, it is not possible to transform into a streaming platform just because you want to. Disney is currently secretly communicating with BAMTech, a streaming platform under the baseball league, and wants to buy the platform so that it can have related streaming technology.

After acquiring BAMTech at a high price, Disney was able to launch ESPN's online streaming platform ESPN+ and Disney+ under Disney. However, Disney still has too little content, especially film content.

If Disney wants to develop its streaming business, it needs to actively cooperate with major film companies and obtain more content copyrights from them.

In this hacking incident, Disney, led by Robert Iger, stood out in a high-profile manner to oppose Zhou Buqi. He believed that they should not rashly confront hackers who had a large number of nude photos of female celebrities, but should adopt a smarter and safer strategy.

And Zhou Buqi had obviously realized something.

  Robert Iger is on the board of directors of Apple!

Maybe Cook is already standing behind him. If so, Robert Iger has gathered a large group of brothers this time, while Zhou Buqi is fighting alone.

So much so that after the meeting, even Jiang Fan, an outsider, felt a little nervous.

Jiang Fan said worriedly: "I didn't expect things to be so complicated. Judging from the current situation, Disney has not only joined forces with many producers and filmmakers in Hollywood, but it is also very likely that it has also contacted Apple."

Zhou Buqi nodded. "It's not a possibility, it's a certainty. Robert Iger is already a director of Apple, and Disney and Apple are strategic partners."

"Will this be difficult?" Jiang Fan realized that things were not that simple. His previous thoughts were too naive. "If everyone is against it, can we really fight against everyone with our strength alone?"

Zhao Limuge next to him also made a careful suggestion, saying, "Hollywood producers, directors, screenwriters, and even the actresses who were victims, all need to rely on the film industry to survive and rely on numerous film and television projects to provide work. Although Ziweixing Global's market share is very high, the total number of film and television projects must be much less than that of rivals such as Disney, Warner, Fox, and Paramount."

Zhou Buqi said: "So, whoever gives you milk is your mother!"

"Isn't that troublesome?" Zhao Limuge bit her lip, a little anxious. "We are under such great pressure to stand up for those female stars and actresses. But they may not stand with us! Disney is organizing an alliance, and this alliance can provide far more job opportunities than us!"

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, “Don’t worry too much, after all, our Peacock will be online soon. And don’t forget, the world’s second largest film and television investment company is not the traditional Hollywood giants such as Disney, Warner, Fox, and Paramount!”

Jiang Fan didn't understand. "The first one is Ziweixing Global, I can guess that, but who is the second one? Who can invest more than Warner?"

Zhou Buqi said: "Netflix!"

"Ok?"

Zhao Limuge's beautiful eyes flashed, and she immediately understood what the boss meant.

  No wonder he always says streaming media can change the entire Hollywood!

After strongly supporting Netflix's development for so many years, it seems that it is really bearing fruit and it is time for a big harvest!

This is not just about how much wealth Netflix has created for Boss Zhou.

Rather, Netflix's industry resources have really become a powerful force that can change the direction of the Hollywood industry! In the past few years, Ziweixing Global has done its best to support the development of Netflix, and has exclusively licensed almost all of its film and television content to Netflix.

  Now, Netflix can finally give back!

Jiang Fan was not concerned about these things. He was concerned about security. He pondered and said, "If Hollywood compromises collectively, they will form a unified consciousness with the hackers. At that time, I am afraid that Ziweixing Global will become the main target of hackers and they will concentrate all their firepower on it. The hacker community is not large, and if things go wrong, many hackers may feel provoked and take the initiative to participate in attacking us."

"There's no need to worry about gains and losses!" Zhou Buqi waved his hand and stated his most basic goal, "Hollywood must change. The rules of Hollywood in the past were all made by those filmmakers. I have been here for so many years and I have to abide by the rules they made. This time, it is an opportunity to break the existing rules! Only by breaking the old world can we create a new world! If you want to lead Hollywood, you must make Hollywood change according to our rules!"