"You hate Netflix too!" Hearing Huang He's words, the man's face immediately broke into a smile, and he happily said to Huang He, "You hate Netflix, then we are friends!"
"Unfortunately, although Netflix is a bastard, I can't hate him!" Huang He shook his head with great regret.
"Hmph!" The man immediately put away his smile and looked at our Boss Huang unhappily, asking, "Who are you? Why are you here?"
"That's what I want to ask. Who are you, why are you here, and why are you behaving so rudely!" Huang He retorted.
"Because I am the president of this company, this is my company, is that reason enough?" The other party sneered, and his whole body was instantly exuding an imposing aura!
"You are Jim. Jimi! Netflix's former Chief Content Officer and Vice President!" Huang He realized with a start.
"Damn it, I hate hearing that name!" Jim. Jimi's ears turned red with anger, and he looked like he was about to hit someone, scaring Huang He's two bodyguards into readiness.
"Then it's even stranger. Since you are the president of Redbox, why are you sitting in the lounge watching DVDs?" Boss Huang asked with a smile.
"Damn it, if the DVD in my office wasn't broken, who would be willing to come here to watch DVDs!" Jimi mumbled.
"I remember, I've seen your profile... This profile states that the thing you love most in your life is watching movies. You can watch up to 16 different movies a day, and at least 4. And you watch them from beginning to end without fast-forwarding with the remote, even if it's a movie you think is terrible. You'll bear the disgust and finish it."
"Because of this, you have a very strong understanding of movies and know how to recommend any movie based on anyone's preferences, and 90% of the time, the person recommended will feel that the trip was worthwhile after watching the movie. You are the person who understands them the most in the world!"
"Netflix's original recommendation system was built by you, and the current recommendation algorithm is also built by you. At the same time, you have extensive contacts in the industry and can acquire the latest DVD discs at very low prices."
"You are investigating me!" Jimi's entire face turned grim. This information was very detailed, and most people wouldn't know so much, let alone an Easterner.
But Huang He said it all, and the implication was highly problematic.
"Don't misunderstand..." Just as Huang He was about to say something, someone rushed in and said, "Jimmy, I'm begging you to find a solution quickly. There are countless users online asking us to provide DVDs of *Pursuit of the Misty World* in the vending machines. Please, hurry up and find a way to get these damn things!"
"FK, what good is it for you to tell me this!" Jimi pushed Huang He aside and said to the newcomer, "Brother, you know that the distributor of *Pursuit of the Misty World* DVDs this time is Netflix, and Netflix only provides rental services. The DVDs I have here were borrowed using my friend's account. Where can I get bulk *Pursuit of the Misty World* DVDs for you!"
"Then we can apply for more accounts, rent DVDs of *Pursuit of the Misty World* from Netflix using these new accounts, and then just not return them!" the man said.
"Do you think I haven't thought of this? But the problem is that Netflix doesn't have enough DVDs for itself. I opened 10 accounts to apply for *Pursuit of the Misty World* DVDs, but the result was that only my friend's account managed to borrow them, and all other accounts are still waiting. Their theory is simply unrealistic!" Jimi said.
"That shouldn't be the case. I should have prepared plenty of DVDs this time!" Boss Huang said, not too quietly.
The two were interrupted by this remark and looked at Huang He strangely, but didn't pay much attention. Then they continued, "Jimmy, why don't we just record it with the TV and burn our own DVDs!"
"That's possible, but I won't be able to get enough recording DVD equipment for a while. It seems I'll have to go to Utah. I have a friend there who has a lot of burners in his building, and maybe he can help!" Jimi said.
"Is that Hall? I forgot about that bastard. Last time we asked him to burn a batch of *Pursuit of the Misty World* DVDs, he actually delayed for three months and only gave us 1000 copies, which wasn't even enough for one community's disc rental machines!"
"Then why don't I go to California? There are many Chinese people in California, and their speed is fast. The industry chain is also very rich. Even 10 million discs can be burned within a week."
"It's just that I don't know how to get them into the mainland... I need to think of a way..."
"..." Hearing these two guys discussing piracy so openly in front of him, and even discussing pirating his own *Pursuit of the Misty World*, Huang He's expression was very complex. He wondered if he should just turn these two guys in to the police.
Fortunately, the last person still had some sense. "Forget it, it's piracy and smuggling. The risk is too high. We need to think of other ways! Perhaps we can go directly to China. I heard that a large number of DVDs of the TV series *Pursuit of the Misty World* have also been released in China, but they are in Chinese."
"Perhaps we can get these Chinese versions of the legitimate DVDs, and then replace the audio tracks in the DVDs with the American version's audio tracks, and then they can be used!"
"Brother, you're a genius! I'll go to China right away. We can definitely succeed and defeat that bastard Hastings, and see his despairing face!" Jimi said excitedly.
"Cough, cough!" Huang He coughed.
"What are you doing? Do you have anything else?" Jimi asked impatiently.
"Actually, if you need DVDs of *Misty World*, I have quite a few!" Huang He said with a smile.
"How many can you have?" Jimi said dismissively, "10? 100? Or 1000? Even if you have 10,000, it won't be enough to fill the gaps. Our daily demand is now over 100,000, so hurry up and leave, don't get in my way!"
"Alright, then I'll sell you 100,000 DVDs of *Pursuit of the Misty World*!" Huang He continued. Jimi was stunned, and the other person beside him also turned his gaze to Huang He.
Although he had seen Huang He earlier, he hadn't paid much attention to him, thinking he was Jimi's friend, as Jimi often brought friends to the company.
But now, as he looked at Huang He carefully, he realized that this man was extraordinary. He had a demeanor that was completely different from ordinary people, a demeanor that radiated from within, as if he didn't consider others human.
Generally speaking, only the powerful or the wealthy possessed such a demeanor.
"Sir, may I ask who you are, and how can we help you?" the man asked, somewhat warily and with a veiled expression.
"You are Mr. Randolph, the former president of Netflix, aren't you?" Huang He asked back without immediately answering.
"It is I!" Randolph nodded, then asked tentatively, "You, are you related to Netflix?"
"I suppose I have some relationship!" Huang He nodded. "I am a director and shareholder of Netflix, and the chairman of Jiangnan Group, Huang He!"
"..." Randolph gasped, while Jimi, oblivious, was still planning to discuss the trip to China with Randolph.
"Why are you still going to China? The chairman of *Pursuit of the Misty World* is right here. Talk to him directly about how many DVDs you need!" Randolph said, pulling his old friend. Jimi only then understood what was being said and was stunned, staring at Huang He in shock.
"Mmm!" Huang He nodded, quite satisfied with the effect, and then said with a smile, "Gentlemen, why don't we go to the office to talk? It's a bit too messy here!"
"Please!" Randolph quickly led Huang He into his office, along with Jimi, who was still somewhat dazed.
After the three sat down, Randolph looked at Huang He with some concern and asked, "Mr. Huang, what exactly is the purpose of your visit?"
"It's not a big deal, really. First, to meet you two. Although I was your boss before, I've never even met you, which is really not right!" Huang He said with a smile. Randolph and Jimi looked embarrassed. They were indeed all employees of Boss Huang before, but they only knew that the company had been injected with capital by a great entrepreneur, but they didn't know who it was. Now they knew it was this Chinese man in front of them.
"These are all past matters, and there is no point in discussing them! Do you want to invite us back?" Jimi said impatiently.
"Yes, that's exactly what I mean. I want to invite both of you to return to Netflix. It needs you!" Huang He said.
"This is absolutely impossible!" Randolph said directly before Jimi could speak. Netflix was a painful memory for them. He would never forget how he was kicked out of Netflix.
Back then, Randolph and Jimi, in order to save Netflix from continuous losses, spent three months researching and designing this automatic DVD rental machine system. They had even negotiated cooperation with McDonald's, and McDonald's would allow them to place these automatic disc rental machines in McDonald's restaurants worldwide, in exchange for a share of the profits.
However, this profit share was insignificant compared to the profits to be made. So, when Jimi and Randolph angrily returned to Netflix, ready to get Hastings' support for this plan, they were told that it was the stupidest thing in the world and that the vending machine wouldn't make a penny.
It was one thing for the plan to be rejected, but then Hastings directly announced Jimi's dismissal because Jimi was useless in the company... His DVD recommendation system had been replaced by a superior computer algorithm.
Then, in anger, Randolph and Jimi resigned from Netflix together and took the plan they had written to found this Redbox automatic DVD rental company.