Chapter 562: Gulf Group

Seeing Harvey change his previous attitude, Monica's agent on the side was dumbfounded.

He had not expected that Harvey would actually speak so obsequiously to that Asian pretty boy.

Thinking of the stupid thing she had just done, her face turned deathly pale.

And when Monica saw this Hollywood bigwig having to grovel in front of her own man, she felt as refreshed as if she had eaten an ice cream on a midsummer day; every pore in her body felt comfortable.

As expected, her guess was not wrong at all; the mysterious man who had saved her on a whim had a terrifyingly powerful background.

Chen Jiajun did not make things difficult for this guy Harvey, because it simply wasn't worth it.

The class difference was just too vast.

So, he chatted with Harvey in a lukewarm manner and then told him to get lost: "Mr. Weinstein, let's talk again when you have time!"

Harvey felt as if he had been granted an amnesty, and he hurriedly wiped away cold sweat and turned to leave.

After Harvey left, Monica looked at Chen Jiajun curiously and said: "You seem to be very famous; that guy Harvey seems very afraid of you?"

Chen Jiajun shook his head: "I don't have much fame in the United States, but that guy Harvey probably just happens to know me!"

Monica was stunned for a moment, then shook her head and stopped thinking about other things.

She never liked to pry into these matters; anyway, she just knew that this man was very much to her taste.

On the other side, Harvey and Monica's agent left the hotel in a hurry.

The agent asked with some curiosity: "Mr. Weinstein, you seem to know that... Asian?"

Seeing Harvey's appearance, the agent immediately changed "Asian pretty boy" to "Asian."

Harvey said with a somewhat irritable temper: "Are you f***ing sick? I was just a little interested in that chick, and you're planning to get me killed?"

Harvey was not a timid person; one could even say he was very bold.

He had offended everyone in the upper echelons of the six major companies by clashing with everyone in Hollywood.

He didn't hesitate to clash with other wealthy people either; for example, David Ellison, the son of Oracle's Larry Ellison, had been confronted by him.

But he really didn't dare to do that to Chen Jiajun!

Because he knew Chen Jiajun was one of the members of the California Consortium, and he also knew he had a very close relationship with the most ferocious gang in all of New York, the Huaqing Gang.

If you angered other wealthy people, at most you would get taught a lesson.

If you angered Chen Jiajun, you might just vanish from the face of the earth one day.

So Harvey very sensibly admitted defeat.

The agent looked at Harvey with some surprise and asked strangely: "Mr. Weinstein, does that Asian have a big background?"

"Big background?" Harvey sneered and said: "A person like me is just a small fry in front of him. You'd better hope you didn't offend him, otherwise, you wouldn't even know when you were made to vanish from the face of the earth!"

"Ma... Mafia?" The agent's face turned deathly pale.

Harvey didn't say much more, just saying to the agent: "Alright, there's nothing else, you can get lost!"

After speaking, Harvey didn't waste any words and got straight into the car.

Leaving the agent alone, disheveled in the wind.

……

After having lunch, Chen Jiajun took Monica directly to Burbank in Los Angeles.

The current headquarters of Netflix.

Having received the news that Chen Jiajun was coming to Netflix, Marc Randolph came to the airport in person to receive him.

After all, this Big Boss, Chen Jiajun, had never truly been to the Netflix headquarters.

"Hey, Mark, long time no see!" After leaving the airport, Chen Jiajun shook hands with Mark.

"Boss, you really are a hands-off manager! You haven't come to Netflix for such a long time; aren't you afraid I'd take the money and run?" Mark was now in high spirits, a complete change from his previous inability to say a word, and he was actually able to crack jokes with Chen Jiajun.

Chen Jiajun smiled and said: "Would you be willing to? Netflix is your life's work; would you give up your dream for a little money?"

"The Boss really understands me... eh, who is this?" Mark saw Monica beside Chen Jiajun and asked.

Chen Jiajun patted Monica on the shoulder and said: "This is my friend, Miss Monica!"

Mark was no fool; seeing the intimate way Monica was with the Boss, he knew she must be the Boss's woman, so he just gave Monica a light handshake and said: "Nice to meet you, Miss Monica."

"Monica wants to develop in Hollywood; see which of the six major companies have film crews recently and discuss with them about getting someone in," Chen Jiajun said casually.

Hearing Chen Jiajun's words, Monica's breathing became a little rapid.

You have to know that she hadn't even been qualified to play a supporting role in an independent film before; clearly, she was now qualified to have contact with the Hollywood six majors? Mark smiled and said: "That's simple; Miss Monica has a good look, someone should give our Netflix some face."

Netflix had defeated Blockbuster and was already trending toward a monopoly in the DVD market.

So even if Netflix was in the downstream market, the other party had to give this face.

Hearing this, Monica was even more surprised.

If one could say Chen Jiajun could say such things because of his powerful background, could a subordinate of Chen Jiajun also be qualified to speak directly to the six major companies?

Now, Monica, who originally didn't want to pry into these things, couldn't help but become curious.

Just how much power did Chen Jiajun have?

You have to know that the United States had always been xenophobic; it was not easy for an Asian to operate such a large force in the United States.

People like Chen Jiajun who had eyes and ears everywhere were even rarer than phoenix feathers and unicorn horns.

Just as Monica was pondering, Chen Jiajun had already pulled her into the car.

Soon, they arrived at the Netflix headquarters located in Burbank.

As soon as she entered the door, Monica saw movie posters everywhere in the company, and other places displayed all kinds of DVDs.

Chen Jiajun looked around and smiled at Mark: "Not bad, Mark! It looks like the real deal."

Mark smiled and said: "The company's performance has been good recently, and we've hired more people, so we had to change to a new office location."

Chen Jiajun looked at the now somewhat bloated Netflix staff and nodded: "The personnel have indeed increased quite a bit!"

Mark suddenly thought of something, then said to Chen Jiajun: "Boss, I have some things I want to report to you... if you'd like!"

Monica was very tactful; she stood up and said, "I'll go out for a walk."

Chen Jiajun smiled and said, "No problem, let someone take you around Netflix!"

Mark nodded, found a female employee, and had her take Monica away.

After Monica left, Mark said with some worry, "Boss, our Netflix has reached a bottleneck. I didn't expect the situation I imagined would be realized so quickly! We actually defeated Blockbuster and became the leader in the DVD rental industry!"

Chen Jiajun immediately laughed: "Isn't this a good thing? Why the long face?"

Mark said helplessly: "But I've discovered there's no road left to walk on above!"

Unlike Blockbuster, Netflix's business model has reached its ceiling as of now.

If we expand the user base further, not to mention whether the capital can handle it, even the manpower is already at its limit.

The current scale of Netflix has made Mark realize that the employee structure is too bloated; if it isn't solved, it will still head toward the same situation as Blockbuster and eventually be crushed by latecomers.

Moreover, the DVD rental industry is not as profitable as expected.

At least compared to the profit level of Yahoo, Netflix as an internet company simply doesn't measure up.

After Mark told Chen Jiajun about his worries, he wanted to hear his Boss's opinion.

After all, Chen Jiajun's sharp insight is not something an ordinary person can compare to.

After listening, Chen Jiajun immediately sighed.

As expected, Netflix only thought about reform after encountering a bottleneck.

But it just so happens that this allows him to push out the streaming media plan.

After careful consideration, Chen Jiajun said to Mark: "Mark, have you ever thought about what exactly is the reason that has caused Netflix's business to stagnate?"

Mark frowned and thought for a long time, then said to Chen Jiajun: "Because of the industrial structure problem?"

"Smart. Since you've already thought of it, why haven't you found a way to change it?" Chen Jiajun said indifferently.

Mark frowned and said: "This is too difficult. Do you want us to open a film company ourselves and become content producers? This is even more difficult than starting from scratch!" Chen Jiajun said speechlessly: "You already thought of using the internet to rent DVDs, why are you still thinking about traditional methods?"

"Wait, Boss, are you saying?" Hearing Chen Jiajun's words, Mark suddenly thought of something and widened his eyes as he looked at Chen Jiajun.

Chen Jiajun smiled and said: "That's right, it's the streaming media business!"

"But..." Mark wanted to refute something, but suddenly thought that the internet is currently developing at an extremely fast speed and is no longer what it used to be. Now that Chen Jiajun mentioned this niche business, it seems... possibly... it really has some potential!

Thinking of this, Mark immediately became a bit excited.

Chen Jiajun smiled and said: "I've talked with the people at Yahoo; doing the internet industry is about doing users! Now that Netflix already has a batch of mature and stable users, why not be a little bolder!"

"But, we have never done content!" Mark said with some hesitation.

After all, doing business and doing content are completely different directions; letting Mark handle this kind of thing is indeed a bit difficult for him.

Chen Jiajun said irritably: "If you don't know how to do it, doesn't Hollywood know how? Just throw money at it and poach people, won't that work?"

"Ah? This will offend quite a few people, right?" Mark said in surprise.

Chen Jiajun said indifferently: "Doing streaming media is bound to offend people in Hollywood, but once you are strong enough, those people will take the initiative to absorb you!"

Mark fell into deep thought. A moment later, he raised his head and said with glowing eyes: "Boss, this requires a lot of money!"

Chen Jiajun grinned and said: "Money is the thing I lack the least! Besides, I have a secret weapon!"

As he spoke, Chen Jiajun took out the smartphone developed by Ao En and handed it to Mark.

Mark looked at the phone, confused, and said: "This..."

"This is a smartphone, the kind that can connect via wireless network. As far as I know, quite a few communication equipment manufacturers are already researching this thing. You say, if these phones all download Netflix in the future..." Chen Jiajun said to Mark with a smile.

Hearing Chen Jiajun's words, Mark's breathing even became rapid.

He played with the smartphone Chen Jiajun gave him for a while, although it was only a rough prototype.

But his vision is not bad; he knows that if this thing is really mass-produced, it will soon sweep the world. Once smartphones sweep the world, then Netflix's users...

Thinking of this, Mark's eyes were filled with ambition!

So he said to Chen Jiajun with a fervent face: "Boss, I want to do this streaming media!"

Chen Jiajun smiled with an expression of 'a student worth teaching' and said: "I will fully support you, but the traditional business cannot be neglected!"

Mark nodded and said: "Don't worry, some of my old friends can help complete the traditional DVD rental business; I will personally keep an eye on this streaming media business!"

"Good, you first create a framework, and once the funds are in place, let go and do it!" Chen Jiajun sneered and said: "What is Hollywood? In front of money, those so-called 'artists' will all have to kneel for me!"

Hearing this, Mark also laughed out loud.

At the same time, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart that his Big Boss is truly someone who sees eight steps ahead for every one he takes! After discussing some details of streaming media with Mark, a Netflix employee brought Monica over.

Chen Jiajun hugged Monica very naturally and said: "Alright, Mark has already helped you ask. Paramount Pictures has a movie, seems to be called something like 'What Women Want', and it's currently missing a vase-like female supporting role. Mel Gibson is starring."

Hearing Chen Jiajun's casual words, Monica was simply stunned.

She didn't expect that it was really just a matter of one phone call to help her find a job.

Monica didn't know what to say now.

Chen Jiajun continued: "That agent from before, just fire them. After you appear in this film, I expect talent agencies will come looking for you. You should carefully choose a reliable agent yourself; don't get sold out again."

Monica rolled her eyes: "Do I look that stupid?"

"Silly girl." Chen Jiajun touched her long hair and said: "In the future, if you encounter any trouble, just report Mark's name. Netflix still has some face in Hollywood! If you really encounter something you can't solve, just call me; don't bury everything in your heart."

Monica was very moved; she nodded and didn't say much more.

Compared to those jerks who pull up their pants and refuse to acknowledge anything, Chen Jiajun, this lover, can be called a perfect lover.

That night, Chen Jiajun witnessed once again what it means to be as passionate as fire.

Waking up the next morning, his kidneys felt a bit uncomfortable.

But the feeling of being in a bed of gentleness is really damn good!...

While Chen Jiajun was enjoying the bed of gentleness in Burbank, the situation on Cao Weicai's side was not optimistic.

Unexpectedly, having arrived in New Mexico again, just after finishing the interview for the 7-11 Professional Manager.

The company was attacked, and it was a team attack.

The entirety of Burbank was like a battlefield; several local Police who came to provide support were wounded.

After the attack, Cao Weicai felt as miserable as if he had eaten excrement.

The Professional Manager who had come for an interview had originally agreed to start in three days, but now he had scrambled away in a panic.

For the past few days, Cao Weicai had no choice but to stay inside the Police Station; after all, as the Boss of a company, the Police were also afraid that Cao Weicai would be taken out by someone.

By the time the Police finally investigated that gang of thugs, they discovered that the other party had long since fled.

Only then did Cao Weicai leave the Police Station with a look of bad luck, and he contacted Chen Jiajun at the first opportunity.

"Boss, we were attacked again! The Professional Manager who came to apply for the job was scared off!" Cao Weicai said to Chen Jiajun, looking as if he were mourning his parents.

Chen Jiajun, who had been enjoying a soft bed, was instantly irritated: "Was it that same group of people again?"

"No, it was a group of Mexicans! The local Police exchanged fire with them and several were wounded!" Cao Weicai said helplessly: "Why do I always run into such shitty things?"

Chen Jiajun was also somewhat speechless; ever since Cao Weicai started following him, he had encountered two kidnappings, and now this shootout. He didn't know if it was because this guy's horoscope clashed with his own, or if he was a jinx reincarnated.

After pondering for a moment, Chen Jiajun said coldly: "Abandon the 7-11 business in New Mexico, you return to San Francisco first! I will handle the matters that follow!"

"But Boss..." Cao Weicai said somewhat unwillingly: "We have invested quite a lot of resources here in New Mexico, are we just going to give it up like this?"

Chen Jiajun sneered and said: "You still haven't realized? They only dared to be so unscrupulous because they saw you have assets in New Mexico! I can still afford to lose this bit of money. The lesson I gave them last time wasn't profound enough; this time, I must let these drug lords know what cruelty is!"

Hearing Chen Jiajun's words, Cao Weicai couldn't help but shiver.

He had learned from Barney and the others how Chen Jiajun had originally taken out Pablo, the number one drug lord of the Medellin Cartel; clearly, he did not intend to let this matter rest this time either.

Back when he was dealing with the Salamanca Family, Chen Jiajun had already sent his Information Department to investigate these guys.

Although Salamanca had been very well-behaved during this period, Chen Jiajun felt that this matter definitely had something to do with these bastards.

Because Chen Jiajun had investigated and found that the superior of this Salamanca was actually another Colombian drug lord, Eladio.

And this Eladio appeared to have close ties with the Colombian government, but behind him was another cartel.

That was the notorious Gulf Cartel.

Ever since the Medellin Cartel exited the stage, the Gulf Cartel rose to power in its wake.

Moreover, relying on powerful armed forces, they were even able to contend with the Mexico government. The Gulf Cartel had learned from the reasons for the Medellin Cartel's previous failure and used the majority of their drug money to purchase military equipment.

They even raised a military force consisting of a full 130,000 people to contend with the Mexico government.

And they liked to use bloody methods to execute people to provoke the Mexico government.

The two sides had fought more than once or twice, and sometimes it even reached the scale of a small war.

It is evident just how outrageous these people were.

"Also, Boss, recently this Gulf Cartel even recruited a Special Forces unit!" the Information Officer said to Chen Jiajun with some helplessness: "Damn it, the environment here in North America is truly too fucked up!"

"Special Forces?" Chen Jiajun said with some doubt.

The Information Officer nodded: "It is indeed Special Forces. Back during the World Cup, those players were targeted by some forces, so the Mexico government, in order to avoid international conflict, specially trained an elite Special Forces unit to be responsible for security."

"These people were successively trained by the Special Forces of France, the United States, Israel, and others; their strength can be said to be not to be underestimated. Even after the World Cup ended, they were commissioned to carry out anti-drug activities! Striking at various drug dealers within Mexico!"

Chen Jiajun said with some confusion: "Oh? Since it's an anti-drug unit, how did they get involved with drug dealers?"

The Information Officer said with a bitter smile: "At the beginning, this Special Forces unit named GAFE was indeed a sharp sword for the Mexico government, and they were invincible against those drug dealers!"

"Unfortunately, as time passed, these people who were dedicated to their country discovered that the local Police stations of the Mexico government had been bought off by drug lords from top to bottom! Their several operations not only had no effect, but instead caused them to suffer heavy losses!"

Chen Jiajun snorted coldly and said: "Disappointed in this government, huh? Tsk! Truly fucking shitty!"

"Subsequently, the members of GAFE were corrupted, and coupled with the government's vigorous investigation into corruption, which was about to reach them, they directly took their men and defected to the Gulf Cartel!" the Information Officer continued: "And they established a special organization called the Zeta Group, which has always been under militarized management. The members' designations are also numbered Z1, Z2, Z3, and so on, becoming the backbone of the Gulf Cartel!"

"Heh, they've got something going for them; no wonder they dare to be so arrogant!" Chen Jiajun snorted coldly: "Alright, I have a general understanding of the situation. Notify Lao Yu to prepare for action! First, slaughter that Eladio for me!"

The Information Officer nodded and said: "I understand, Boss!" (End of chapter)