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In October, Universal Pictures released "Doctor Strange", which tells the origin of Doctor Strange.

Doctor Strange was originally Stephen Strange, Ben was a top neurosurgeon. Later, due to a car accident, his hands were completely destroyed, and his career also plummeted.

In order to heal his hands, he exhausted all means, and finally came to the Himalayas, and worshiped under the legendary magician Gu Yi.

Strange is a magical genius. Through learning and growing, he eventually becomes the supreme mage, the guardian of the earth, and protects the earth from the evil spirits of different dimensions.

"Doctor Strange" opened up the setting of the Avengers universe. The previous Avengers movies were all sci-fi.

Even Thor, who was born in Asgard, has only been described as a super high-tech alien.

The appearance of Doctor Strange has added magic to the world. Since then, technology is no longer the only force in the Avengers universe.

And the magical magic, the weird different dimension, and the brand-new fighting mode also brought more freshness to the audience.

In addition, Xiang Nan played the role of Gu Yi, a mage with white eyebrows and long beard, elegant and handsome, celestial spirit, and otherworldly, with a masterful look. Although he was only a supporting role and did not play much time, he left the audience with the last impression. deep impression.

The audience praised that Xiang Nan's Gu Yi is the most restored character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Not only is the image restored, but the most important thing is that the kind of Yuan Tingyue Zhi and outstanding master demeanor is not something ordinary actors can perform.

Therefore, "Doctor Strange" has a North American box office of 300 million U.S. dollars and a global box office of 870 million U.S. dollars. Compared with its cost of 160 million US dollars, it can be said to be quite profitable.

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In November, Xiang Nan completed the filming of the three films of "Quick Chase 2, 3, and 4", and then completed the deal with Apple. With a price of 60 billion US dollars in cash and 60 billion US dollars in stock, Officially sold Universal Pictures to Apple.

Afterwards, Xiang Nan stepped down as the chairman of Universal Pictures, but according to the contract, he remained as the honorary chairman and was responsible for helping Apple finalize the filming plan for the new year for a period of five years.

In this way, Xiang Nan was relieved of the biggest burden on his body, and he was relieved of nothing. So after the deal was completed, Xiang Nan and Cong Shan moved back to Xiangjiang. In addition, Shanshan also returned to Xiangjiang with Ning Jian.

To be honest, Shanshan was a little confused about this.

"Brother, why did you sell Universal and return to Xiangjiang? You are not very old now, you can work for another ten or twenty years." Shanshan asked suspiciously.

In the United States, there are many CEOs over the age of 70 or 80, such as Warren Buffett, Larry Ellison (CEO of Oracle), Maurice Greenberg (President of AIG), Rupert Murdoch ( President of News Corporation), George Soros (founder of Quantum Fund)…

Xiang Nan is only sixty-one years old this year, and looks younger, at most around forty years old, still very young and very energetic, but it is really beyond her expectation that he is going to retire.

"This is called torrent retirement." Xiang Nan laughed, "Can't you see that, with the development of online streaming media, the traditional film and television industry is being destroyed, and the future market will become smaller and smaller.

So take advantage of the high stock price and the good market value, hurry up and sell the company. Otherwise, in a few years, believe me, the stock price will definitely not be so high.

Besides, I have a lot of money now, so there is no need to work for another ten or twenty years. In the next time, I am ready to accompany you and Jianjian well. "

When Shanshan heard this, she nodded.

Although she has retired in the past few years and concentrates on raising her daughter at home, she is also the president of ATV after all, so she still has a certain understanding of the outside situation.

Now with the rise of online streaming media, the number of viewers of NBC, ABC, CBS and other TV stations has declined. Even the Oscars have dropped from more than 40 million viewers to more than 10 million. It can be seen that there is a decline How powerful.

Shanshan believes that the ratings of these TV stations will decline even more in the future.

The reason is very simple. It is really hard to watch TV programs. TV stations like NBC, ABC, CBS, etc. have a lot of commercials. A 40-minute episode can fill in 20 minutes of commercials.

Almost every ten minutes, there are five minutes of commercials, which cannot be skipped or fast-forwarded. The viewing experience is really bad.

Therefore, many viewers who are not short of money would rather spend money on streaming media to buy an ad-free membership to watch dramas than watch free TV for abuse.

These audiences who are not short of money happen to have the highest spending power. When the TV station loses them, it loses its most important audience.

And those who still stay in front of the TV are either poor people who can't afford broadband and membership fees, or old people who don't understand Internet streaming media.

In short, these people's consumption power is limited, so that although the advertisements are broadcast more, the benefits are not high. Over time, advertisers are naturally reluctant to place advertisements on TV stations.

As a result, the TV station's advertising revenue will definitely decline. The biggest source of revenue for TV stations is advertising.

Advertising revenue has declined, and TV stations’ revenue has declined, so they dare not spend a lot of money to buy drama series and variety shows. High-quality drama series and programs will be bought by online streaming media, making streaming media more and more popular.

Under such a vicious circle, the TV station will disappear one day.

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The same goes for movies.

More and more people choose to stream movies on streaming media.

Although the viewing effect is not as shocking as that of the theater, it is more convenient, and you can watch movies anytime, anywhere, as long as you have the Internet.

In 2018, Netflix's revenue reached US$15.7 billion, a year-on-year growth rate of 35%. The net profit was US$1.2 billion, a year-on-year growth rate of 110%.

It can be seen that the growth of Netflix is ​​very fast, and the scale of revenue is even higher than that of Sony, Paramount, and Fox.

It can be seen that the potential of online streaming media cannot be underestimated, and it is not impossible to replace the traditional six giants of Hollywood in the future.

That being the case, Xiang Nan did the right thing. Taking advantage of the current global stock price is good, it is the right time to sell.

"I see. No wonder you bought YouTube in 2005, and later invested heavily in Netflix. So you expected it a long time ago." Shanshan suddenly realized.

Xiang Nan nodded, "From the moment I saw the Internet, I knew its potential."

"However, even if you sell Universal Pictures, you don't need to move back to Xiangjiang." Shanshan said doubtfully again, "Then you have given up all the contacts you have managed in Hollywood for decades."

"No matter how long you stay in the United States, you don't feel at home. Let alone us, even if you immigrated to the United States in the last century, and now you have immigrated for four or five generations, you also have no sense of belonging in the United States. People are regarded as outsiders." Xiang Nan waved his hands, "I am regarded as an outsider even if I don't want to die."

After hearing this, Shanshan nodded.