Chapter 601: Flipping Hollywood

Half an hour later, inside an unfinished building opposite Bering Airlines.

Chen Jiajun and Pearson had been waiting there for a long time.

Nathan arrived fashionably late with the hard drive.

Chen Jiajun clapped his hands and said to Nathan, "This plan is brilliant; you've got Dubonrich running around in circles!"

"You're too kind." Nathan walked over and handed the hard drive in his hand to Pearson: "Mr. Pearson, I heard your research results were all hacked! But I've already made a backup on this hard drive, and it contains evidence proving that Bering Airlines engaged in theft; it will definitely come in handy during the lawsuit!"

Pearson nodded: "I will drop the investigation into everyone involved in this suspected theft case!"

Nathan nodded: "Very fair, you've recovered your property."

"It's settled then, no charges, you and your friends have nothing to worry about." Pearson nodded.

As long as the company's blueprints were recovered, Pearson didn't intend to pursue the matter further.

Besides, he had already learned from Chen Jiajun that this group of master thieves had been used by Dubonrich.

And since the mastermind was this guy Dubonrich, there was no need for him to provoke this group of troublesome people.

Nathan cast his gaze toward Chen Jiajun.

Chen Jiajun spread his hands and said, "Less than ten days, I also kept my promise!"

Nathan nodded at the two of them, then turned and left.

……

This sensational news immediately hit the local television stations.

Bering Airlines' stock price fell in response, dropping by a full 33%.

Dubonrich sat in his office, watching the news on TV with a look of utter despair.

All around him were FBI agents conducting a search.

At this moment, Dubonrich's phone suddenly rang.

He answered and immediately heard Nathan's voice: "If you had just paid up obediently in the beginning, how could you have ended up in this state today?"

That's right, Nathan was calling specifically to mock Dubonrich.

Dubonrich immediately sat up straight and said loudly, "I clearly discovered the bug!"

"Oh? That blinking thing?" Nathan chuckled and said: "We wanted you to find a few clues! Just to satisfy your curiosity!"

Nathan had set up this trap very cleverly; everything inside it was fake, but only the Nigerians were real.

It just so happened that he knew this guy Dubonrich was suspicious by nature, so he simply used his own strategy against him.

He had Sophie pose as Dubonrich's subordinate to meet the Nigerians, and then represent the Nigerians to contact Dubonrich.

In this way, Dubonrich certainly wouldn't let this opportunity go and would definitely fight them to the bitter end.

When it came down to it, it was still exploiting Dubonrich's character flaws! Using a series of traps to bind this guy firmly.

Staging a scene where one's own cleverness leads to one's downfall! Dubonrich said viciously in a fit of rage: "I am Victor Dubenlichi, I will absolutely not let this go!"

Nathan said with a smile: "Did you forget about the bribery charges?"

"What of it? There's no evidence, I didn't receive any money!" Dubonrich said with a relaxed expression.

But just at this moment, an FBI agent suddenly whistled: "Bingo!"

Then Dubonrich turned his head to look and discovered that the FBI agents had found quite a lot of cash in his office.

Nathan continued to mock him: "If the company's stock price drops by 10% or 15%, and you have foresight, you can make a huge sum of money by short-selling! If the drop reaches 30%, that's far more than just a huge sum!"

"It doesn't matter to us whether you go to prison or not, as long as everyone sees the FBI spending an entire day clearing out your company's materials, with the media hype, who would still dare to invest?"

Nathan said coldly: "You going to prison is just an extra punishment!"

That's right, Nathan and the others had shorted Bering Airlines' stock in advance.

Relying on this move, they had raked in quite a lot of money.

Not only did they get back the salary Dubonrich owed them, but they also earned a bit of "pocket money."

Although this amount of money was large enough to turn several people into millionaires instantly.

Dubonrich panted heavily, his eyes full of hatred.

Nathan warned: "If you dare to leak any information to the FBI, we won't be this polite next time!"

After saying this, Nathan hung up the phone directly.

Dubonrich felt as if a basin of cold water had been poured over his head in the middle of winter, and a chill radiated throughout his entire body.

He thought he could play this group of people in circles, but he never expected Nathan Ford to be this brilliant.

Almost every step was being led by the nose.

And he was in the light while the other party was in the dark; if he kept fighting, Dubonrich didn't even dare to imagine his own fate.

Seeing Dubonrich fall silent after answering the phone, the FBI agent couldn't help but ask curiously: "Who was that?"

Dubonrich immediately said: "No, no one!"

Dubonrich's collapse also dragged Bering Airlines down with him.

However, it wasn't just Nathan and his group who earned some "pocket money," but of course Chen Jiajun and Pearson as well.

The two were smoking cigars on the rooftop, and Pearson watched the FBI agents constantly entering and exiting Bering Airlines, saying to Chen Jiajun: "I feel like I've vented all my anger now!"

"Hehe, shorting Bering Airlines' stock is enough to compensate for your losses!" Chen Jiajun said with a smile.

He had also made a haul, not too much, just a mere few hundred million in profit.

Chen Jiajun and Cao Weicai were already well-versed in this kind of thing.

Pearson said to Chen Jiajun with a look of gratitude: "No wonder the Chairman thinks so highly of you, Mr. Chen, you really helped me a lot!"

Chen Jiajun waved his hand and said: "I dare not take the credit, this matter was all done by Nathan Ford and his team, I didn't do anything! And I reckon that even if you did nothing, Nathan Ford and the others wouldn't have let Dubonrich off."

"But if it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been at ease." Pearson said to Chen Jiajun with a smile: "At that point, I would have had to bet on whether those thieves had a change of heart!"

"We are 'our own' people after all!" Chen Jiajun said with a smile: "There's no need to be so polite."

Pearson was stunned for a moment, then followed suit and laughed: "That's right, one of our own!"

In the California Consortium, besides being a symbol of status, connections are also very critical.

Chen Jiajun's generous help this time will soon be spread far and wide through Pearson's mouth.

By then, within the California Consortium, Chen Jiajun's reputation will become his capital.

……

After Neisen and the others divided the spoils, everyone else intended to continue cooperating.

After all, Neisen's character is reliable, and the feeling of teaching these damn unscrupulous rich people a lesson is much more satisfying than going out and working alone.

It even gave them a feeling of being addicted.

Just as Neisen was hesitating, suddenly a man in black blocked the path in front of the group.

Neisen immediately frowned: "Didn't your Boss say he wouldn't pursue this anymore?"

Spencer even blocked the two women directly, his eyes scanning the surroundings like a leopard: "These bastards don't keep their word!"

The man in black chuckled and said: "Everyone, don't be nervous, I'm not here to cause you trouble!"

"Oh? Then what are you planning to do? Follow us to the victory banquet?" Spencer retorted sarcastically.

The man in black didn't mind Spencer's sarcasm, but looked at Neisen and said: "Our Boss has a proposal, I wonder if Mr. Ford would like to hear it!"

Neisen immediately guessed something: "Your Boss wants to recruit us?"

"Mr. Ford is indeed a smart man! I wonder what your thoughts are?" the man in black asked.

Neisen was silent for a moment, then said very decisively: "I refuse!"

"Oh?" The man in black was a bit surprised: "Don't you want to hear the terms?"

Neisen shook his head and said: "I don't care about money!"

"Then what do you care about?" the man in black asked, puzzled.

Neisen turned his head to look at the partners behind him, and said with a smile: "I care about justice! I think even Mr. Chen cannot achieve complete justice, right? Since there is a divergence in our philosophies, I might as well just refuse your recruitment directly!"

"I understand!" The man in black nodded and turned to leave directly.

Spencer looked at the back of the man in black, somewhat confused, and said: "What on earth did this guy come here for?" Hudson said speechlessly: "It's better if you don't know!"

"You understand?"

"I just do!"

"Why don't you say it then?"

"Alright, guys!" Neisen interrupted their argument: "We should part ways!"

"Just leaving like this?" Hudson said with some reluctance.

Sophie walked over directly: "You pick the jobs!"

"My duty is to help others!" Neisen said ambiguously.

"Punishing the wicked and eliminating evil? Then go do it!" Sophie smiled charmingly: "Those lawbreakers have plenty of money!"

"Boss, they refused."

The Information Officer returned to report the news of the failed recruitment to Chen Jiajun.

Chen Jiajun had also anticipated this point and said indifferently: "I know."

Recruiting Neisen and the others was something Chen Jiajun had done casually in the first place.

If it could succeed, that would naturally be best; if it couldn't, Chen Jiajun wouldn't do anything to them.

After all, he knew that although this guy Neisen had fallen into a gang of thieves, he was a good person in the true sense.

Many of Chen Jiajun's missions could not see the light of day; if they cooperated, there would definitely be disagreements later due to differences in philosophy.

"Then... Boss, how about finding other gangs?" the Information Officer asked cautiously.

Chen Jiajun was stunned for a moment and said: "Any recommendations?"

"I know you've been looking for these master thieves lately, Boss, so I collected a little bit." The Information Officer chuckled: "Here is the data!"

Chen Jiajun picked it up and took a look, then immediately laughed: "Magicians robbing a bank?"

"That's right, this group of people seems to be called the 'Four Horsemen'." The Information Officer said with a smile: "They've made quite a stir in Las Vegas."

Chen Jiajun was speechless for a moment, although the Information Organization's minions had used their brains.

But they hadn't used them completely.

What Chen Jiajun wanted to find were people who needed to work in a low-profile manner.

The working style of this group of magicians clearly did not fit Chen Jiajun's habits for employing people.

However, using their brains was better than not using them at all, so Chen Jiajun decided not to dampen their confidence: "Alright, leave the data, I'll take another look!"

Just as the Information Officer left, Cao Weicai ran over: "Boss, should our plan begin? Marc Randolph's side is already about ready."

Chen Jiajun nodded: "There is indeed a bit too much money on hand, we can start! By the way, notify David's side and have Yahoo cooperate with the publicity."

Cao Weicai nodded and said: "Understood, Boss!"

After Chen Jiajun put down the data in his hand, he left Rust Water Capital directly and headed to the Netflix headquarters in Burbank.

Marc had already been waiting impatiently for Chen Jiajun's arrival.

After all, the website architecture for the streaming media side was mostly finished, and the next important thing was to negotiate copyrights.

And as for copyrights, it all required real money to be thrown at it.

After arriving at the Netflix company, Marc had already divided the company into two parts.

The old office location was still operating the DVD online rental business.

And a small building next to it had been bought by Marc to become the office location for the streaming media business.

After Chen Jiajun sat down, he said directly to Marc: "I brought 800 million US dollars this time, do you think it's enough? If it's not enough, we'll talk about it!"

Chen Jiajun had earned nearly 1.5 billion US dollars again on this trip to the United States.

He sold the "Wall Street Wolf" Jordan Belfort, earning seven or eight hundred million in total.

Then he and Neisen Ford fleeced Bering Airlines, earning another few hundred million in pocket money.

It can be said that Chen Jiajun has played the "empty-handed white wolf" strategy to perfection.

Mark opened his mouth wide upon hearing this number, then hurriedly said: "Enough, absolutely enough! Right now, not many people value internet copyrights; it shouldn't cost that much!"

Cao Weicai shook his head and said: "Once you start acquiring internet copyrights on a large scale, you will soon be targeted, and then someone will definitely compete with you. Once that happens, the price of copyrights will definitely skyrocket!"

Mark is something of a tech geek, and he is still somewhat lacking in terms of managing a company.

However, this has no impact on Chen Jiajun; at worst, he can hire a Professional Manager later and let Mark focus solely on technology.

Anyway, 7-11 does it this way too.

Chen Jiajun highly approved of Cao Weicai's words: "Therefore, speed is essential! Before everyone realizes what is happening, I need you to handle Hollywood."

Cao Weicai said with some difficulty: "That is the most difficult part; those people at the Big Six are craftier than monkeys, they might not be so easy to fool!"

"I don't necessarily need you to take down the film libraries of the Big Six; just securing some popular IPs will do!" Chen Jiajun said with a smile: "My real targets are the film libraries of second-tier manufacturers like DreamWorks and Lionsgate; the libraries they hold are enough for Netflix's current development!"

"That is no problem!" Mark nodded and said: "Much easier to negotiate with than the Big Six!"

Cao Weicai shook his head and said: "You are not suited for negotiation work; I will form the negotiation team!"

Mark also knew his own shortcomings and did not object, but instead felt relieved.

As someone who works in technology, what he is least skilled at is haggling with people.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have almost been driven out of the company he founded himself by that guy Reed.

"How has Monica been lately?" Chen Jiajun thought of his lover.

Mark smiled and said: "She has played a few bit parts and seems to be doing quite well now."

Chen Jiajun nodded and said: "Just help me look after her! Don't let it affect the company!"

"Of course, Boss!" Mark nodded.

Chen Jiajun waved his hand and said with great spirit: "Alright, let's get ready and take down Hollywood!"

A few days later, Cao Weicai formed a specialized negotiation team for Netflix and began to make contact with the Hollywood Big Six.

Naturally, the first thing they contacted them about was all the internet copyrights.

However, the Big Six had varying reactions to Netflix's proposal.

The attitudes of Paramount, Sony Pictures, and Global were rather ambiguous, and their words were all non-committal.

But the attitudes of Warner Bros., Disney, and 20th Century Fox were very firm; they would absolutely not sell their film libraries.

Thus, a tug-of-war began.

The first to reach an agreement was Paramount; in recent years, Paramount seemed to have made a lot of money relying on the "Mission Impossible" series.

But in reality, the lion's share of the film's revenue was taken by Tom Cruise, and Paramount actually earned less than Tom did.

Coupled with the losses from two films, this inflow and outflow meant that Paramount's situation was not as good as it looked.

Since they could have such a sum of capital to fill the gap, they naturally would not let it pass.

However, the Hollywood Big Six are the Big Six, and their greed was not masked at all.

They gave Netflix an astronomical copyright transfer fee, which immediately caused the negotiations to stall.

It wasn't that Netflix couldn't afford this money, but once they agreed to Paramount's quote, the subsequent negotiations would be difficult to proceed.

By then, everyone would know that Netflix was foolish and had too much money, and to get the film libraries, they would have to pay several times the price.

As for Warner Bros., Disney, and 20th Century Fox, they wouldn't even talk to Netflix about the issue of film libraries.

Although they had no understanding of the emerging concept of streaming media, the sharp-nosed managers would not let Netflix succeed so easily, so the progress of the negotiations was quite slow.

However, whether it was Chen Jiajun or Cao Weicai, they both knew this was not a simple matter, so they were not in a hurry, and they were not just staring at the Big Six, but at those second-tier manufacturers.

The news that Netflix was seeking to purchase film library licenses soon spread, and many film manufacturers were eager to move.

After all, the internet is not yet developed enough, and internet licensing is a good source of income for these struggling second-tier manufacturers.

However, Netflix never had any intention of contacting them, seemingly looking down on these second-tier manufacturers.

Even when Lionsgate took the initiative to contact them, it seemed lukewarm. (End of chapter)