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Kutaragi Ken smiled and shook his head.

"Su, it costs 20,000 to 30,000 US dollars a piece... According to your plan, there are at least more than 4,000 valuable film and television works in the world, and this does not include TV series... The most important thing is that it is not an exclusive license. And Copyrights will definitely become more and more expensive in the future... You can't pay $20,000 for a movie that has just been released with a box office of over 100 million, right?"

"For films that have just been released, we can naturally adopt the model of signing bonus and dividends." Su Yuanshan said with a smile: "And as the first online copyright management company, we can naturally ask for channel exclusivity."

"Kyudo-kun, don't you understand what I mean? Our main purpose is to welcome the Internet era..."

"But that's a pure loss." William Smith looked at Su Yuanshan and said seriously: "I don't think that under the current financial situation, spending hundreds of millions of dollars in investment to do something that will only be realized in ten years is the right choice for our industry. What needs to be done.”

"Does that mean you don't agree?" Su Yuanshan looked at him.

"Yes, I disagree." William Smith nodded: "I appreciate your vision, but I can't gamble with you on the future of Sony Pictures."

Su Yuanshan sighed softly and said something in Mandarin: "Shu Zi is not enough for strategy."

"What's the meaning?"

"It's not interesting. I praise you for your business vision." Su Yuanshan turned back to English and chuckled: "Let's put it this way, if you want to do big things, money is never a problem...the problem is the direction. Mr. Smith, there are actually many ways to save money. Money’s way.”

"Whether it is absorbing the eight major film companies to invest in online copyrights, or using a pure dividend model, there are countless ways to increase revenue and reduce expenditure. And... in the Internet era, it is not just about watching through PC." Su Yuanshan said Then he looked at Kutaragi Ken: "One of my classmates has successfully developed a product that can play specific media files online through network protocols and push the images to any display device. And we also have a team working on it. Develop a streaming media real-time conversion system for TV program signals.”

“You will then be able to watch any HD channel on your TV without paying channel usage fees.”

"You film makers have shot so many science fiction films. But when that day in science fiction films is about to come... why do you think it is out of reach?"

Su Yuanshan turned to look at Smith with emotion on his face.

…

That night, Kutaragi Ken knocked on Su Yuanshan's door.

"Susan."

After sitting down, Kutaragi looked at Su Yuanshan seriously and said: "Frankly speaking, from a profit perspective, what Smith said makes sense. Maybe we should reconsider our need for copyright."

"Yes, but planning for the future has never been for the purpose of profit." Su Yuanshan was silent for a few seconds and said: "Copyright can be slowed down, but the online leasing system is necessary. No matter how much we lose, we must continue to do it - —Because it is a platform that provides services to users, and it is also a platform that develops user habits.”

"Well, I agree with this." Seeing Su Yuanshan relent, Kutaragi Ken couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "I feel relieved now."

Su Yuanshan sighed in his heart - he just didn't know how much money he would waste in the future.

Ken Kutaragi paused and said, "By the way, what do you think about the game platform?"

Speaking of this, Kutaragi Ken became energetic. After all, he is currently the boss of the game division. With the glory of selling PS, he now has unparalleled authority in the field of games.

"In North America, we have established a game publishing company, Custom, with Davidson, which Davidson is currently responsible for."

Kutaragi Ken nodded and said that he knew - although he makes console games, he is naturally no stranger to a company like Custom, which claims to publish all games.

"Davidson will return with Shi Dazhu in a few days. At that time, we will discuss and add Sony and Giant Group to it. By then, we will be able to form a three-party gaming force composed of China, Japan and the United States, spanning consoles and PCs. Industry. Sony Games can not only have better producer resources, but also have higher influence."

"Think about it, in the future, both PC players and PS players will be able to play the same games...even in the end, there is no need to use a disc. You can directly connect to the Internet and enter the game library to download..."

Kutaragi Ken listened leisurely and fascinated: "What an advanced mode this is!"

"Yes... Mr. Jiuduo, to put it bluntly, the Internet is a service industry - whether it is for enterprises or individuals. In the service industry, the platform is the most basic and the most important. We only You just need to provide rake - when the time comes, you can even use the trick of giving away PS for how many games you buy.”

Ken Kutaragi was stunned and surprised: "Can you still play like this?"

"Of course! You said, are you willing to sell one million consoles and make a hundred yuan each. Or are you willing to sell 10 million consoles and make no profit on each one?"

"Forehead……"

"Or put it this way, would you rather have only one PS game console on the market, or would you like to have multiple consoles?"

"Then I certainly hope the former."

"Isn't that enough?" Su Yuanshan spread his hands.

…

After saying nothing, the boss of Sony Pictures left the next day. Instead, the CEO of Sony Music stayed behind - since he was here, he naturally wanted to go to HK for a tour, so Zhang Jianjun and others accompanied him to HK.

The news from Sony headquarters also came back very quickly. Judging from Ken Kutaragi's tone, it seemed that Mr. Smith was going to leave get out of class early.

And Kutaragi Ken once again asked Su Yuanshan whether the Titanic, which is currently making a fuss, is worth getting involved.

In this regard, Su Yuanshan's answer is: As long as Sony Video can provide opportunities, Yuanxin can help with the money... At the loss of Sony Video, it is not responsible, and it makes Sony and Yuanxin 28% of the dividend.

Since Su Yuanshan used the method of "betting" to assert that he was optimistic about the Titanic, Kutaragi Ken was heartbroken and told Su Yuanshan that he could give it a try and see if he could invest tens of millions of dollars in it.

Two days later, Davidson and Shi Dazhu arrived as scheduled.

Compared with the communication with the audio and video department, the communication with the game department here is much more enjoyable.

Although Davidson was a little surprised as to why Shi Dazhu wanted to get involved, he knew Su Yuanshan's vision better and believed in Su Yuanshan more than those two from Sony Pictures.

After all, their Custom business has now started to make money.