"What? That guy is still filming? Or is he filming a TV series?"

"Yeah, that's true."

"Is that right? Won't you make another mistake last time?"

"It will definitely not happen this time! Because this time it is too obvious. It is the media reporters who came to visit the class."

"Ah? Is this how the information comes from?"

"Harvey, please don't worry about these details."

The Weinstein brothers are getting more and more anxious now.

The situation in the North American market is already very obvious. Their VCDs are not as good as the DVDs produced by Takeshi Iwata.

They rely more on industry giants like Brock Buster, and such giants are not fast in terms of 'product updates'.

It should be said that this product is quite unique. It is difficult for you to throw away all the previous video tapes overnight, right?

There are still many customers who still want to rent video tapes. Will they give up the 'money'?

You can have trouble with anything, but no one will have trouble with money, especially the United States.

The Weinstein brothers are very sure that disc rental is the future, but no matter how much they lobby, giants like Brock Buster will do just that.

Yes, yes, everything you said is right.

Continue to rent video tapes vigorously.

In fact, the two brothers had some expectations about this situation before, but they really didn't expect that it would be so difficult.

It's obviously the future, this is the future, why don't you guys listen?

Brock Buster said that we didn't stop pushing, we pushed too, but it's just a little slow now.

In short, it was pushed, but not fully pushed.

In this way, among the vast ocean of video tapes, there are only a few pitiful discs.

The Weinstein brothers invested a lot in the early stage, how could they not be impatient?

Ever since, I have set my sights on Takeshi Iwata again.

Netflix's DVD sales are pretty good. They are a new store, and they have a lot of activities to follow.

There are few stores, the company is small, and the transformation is fast.

In current Netflix stores, DVDs are the mainstream, but videotapes are much less common.

In addition, Netflix is ​​originally focused on "subscription", which means that you can have "videos" delivered to your doorstep by making a phone call at home.

After all, the Internet is not popular enough now, even in the United States.

Therefore, the methods used by Netflix seem a bit primitive.

Just like the promotional posters in supermarkets, they print newly arrived movies and various things on doorsteps and then mail them to members.

In this way, it doesn’t matter if Netflix wants to push something new to its members, it can just push it.

Takeshi Iwata's move is actually not complicated, but it creates an information cocoon very well.

Maybe this information cocoon is not powerful enough, but looking at it, it is quite useful.

From the Weinstein brothers' point of view, their business is going to suffer.

They are all discs, and DVDs are much clearer than VCDs. Moreover, the original advantages of VCDs, such as being cheaper, cannot be fully utilized now.

Takeshi Iwata performed many activities, and his almost perfect counter took away the advantage of VCD being cheap.

If this continues and the VCD business does not improve, then the pressure on the two brothers will...

Now it is no longer a huge problem, but it is likely to explode!

what to do?

Brothers, look at me and I look at you.

Takeshi Iwata has always been doing his job, which is directing.

He doesn't look like a businessman at all, and he didn't send anything to them...

Wait a minute, didn’t that guy forget?

The two brothers couldn't help but feel a sad feeling when they thought that they might have been forgotten by the other party.

So……

"Just take the initiative to find him again."

"Then we are too weak. We act like a bitch looking for today's dinner on the street."

"Dinner was too subtle, Harvey, you are really a literary man."

"Can you please stop making such jokes at this time?"

Well, how can a bitch find dinner on the street?

Of course it is...

Anyway, the Weinstein brothers are somewhat desperate now.

After much deliberation, they finally decided that this time they would definitely invite Takeshi Iwata out and have a good talk.

but……

"Busy."

"ah?"

Weinstein brothers, look at me and I look at you.

Well, the other party may be too busy.

…

Takeshi Iwata is indeed very busy, but the call he received this time was very different.

This is an overseas call, from Japan.

"Iwata-san, that..."

"Yamauchi-san, do you want to talk about what happened before?"

"Yes, Iwata-san promised something before. Now, I don't know if it is possible..."

"Then, I believe Yamauchi-san has prepared the conditions."

"Of course."

"Oh, Yamauchi-san, are you so confident?"

"As long as I can get Iwata-san's help, I can agree to any conditions!"

"Red bean puree?"

"As long as it's within my authority."

"Isn't that too small? I remember that Yamauchi-san's authority is not very large."

"No, this time I will lobby the powerful people in Hankyu-Hanshin."

"Si Guoyi."

The caller was Yamauchi. Takeshi Iwata could tell that this conservative from Toho was a little panicked now.

how so?

Takeshi Iwata didn't want to think too much because he could probably guess it.

"Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla", this movie is currently box office...

I can't say it's bad, but it's hard to say it's outstanding.

That's how it should be said.

According to the Japanese movie rankings last year, 1992, this movie can enter the top ten.

However, the box office of these top ten films did not exceed 3 billion.

What we are talking about here is the total box office. After all, Toho is both the producer, distributor and theater chain.

In terms of box office, it was really a success.

But what about investing?

The investment in this movie exceeded 2 billion.

Obviously, it is a loss so far.

Of course, if it is in the form of IP, it will make long-term profits.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Video tapes, related peripherals, etc.

You definitely didn't lose money.
To be continued...