Hastings's idea was not wrong, because after our boss Huang left, his expression was very ugly. Boss Huang lost in this game.

After Huang He learned that Hastings had begun to steal the company's assets, he speculated that Hastings would definitely leave evidence. If he gave Hastings time, he might destroy all the evidence.

So Huang He decided to launch a surprise attack, not giving Hastings any time to react, and directly copied his nest, thinking that he would definitely be able to achieve high evidence.

Unexpectedly, Huang He miscalculated. Hastings was extremely meticulous and cleaned his hands and feet very clean. Boss Huang did not find any evidence, but instead alerted him, which made Hastings extremely vigilant.

"But it's not completely missing. At least I have gotten all the data in the company and snatched the algorithm. Even if Hastings wants to leave in the future, it is impossible to destroy the company's data before leaving!" Boss Huang fell into deep thought. "Forget it, the integration of Netflix and Los Gaitu is imminent, so it's important to let Hastings get out of here!"

So the next day, Hastings received an invitation from Huang He, and the two of them came to one of the most luxurious hotels in the area for dinner.

"Boss, if you have anything to guide at work, or want to copy data, just take a few bodyguards with live ammunition to come over. Why bother spending money to treat me to dinner?" Hastings said in a sarcastic tone.

"You don't have to be sarcastic here. Let's open the talk directly. You and I have lost all the trust. If you continue to stay at Netflix, you can only mess up the company. So I think we will solve this problem peacefully. You leave the company, and at the same time, I will not blame everything you did before!" Huang He said directly.

"Just, what did I do and you need to be forgiven?" Hastings snorted coldly and said, "I run a company and everything is legal and compliant. I am an excellent taxpayer who abides by laws and regulations. There is no legal problem, so you don't need to be punished."

"If you insist on saying something I did wrong, then take out the evidence now. If I really commit a crime, there is no need for you to drive me away, and the court will lock me up directly!"

Hastings was confident in speaking because he was sure that there was no useful evidence in Huang He's hands, otherwise he would not have negotiated directly with him and let himself leave Netflix.

"I really don't have any evidence to get you into prison!" Huang He admitted very simply, "So I'll talk to you about a business... Isn't this what you want to do with the company? How about I let you take it away openly?"

"We can sign an agreement that allows you to take away any data and people you want except algorithms in the company. These are all legal operations after my permission!" Boss Huang took out his own conditions, and Hastings' expression changed quickly.

I have to admit that Hastings was a little moved by this condition.

What Hastings feared most is that he was caught by someone when transferring company data, so he would be in prison. Now that he has reasonable and legal means to take away all the data, it is naturally an excellent choice.

Huang He agreed to this condition and seemed to have suffered huge losses, but in fact there was no loss. Because the company's most important customer account data has been taken away by Hastings through lottery, and other data have either been transferred away, or recruiting a group of programmers in the future, and he can handle it by just doing it.

So now, there is nothing that Hastings can't get except algorithms, so it's not considered a loss to Hastings except algorithms.

However, Hastings quickly figured out this point. He didn't seem to be able to get any extra things if he agreed to this condition. He just guaranteed that he had no legal risks. But now the legal risks have been almost gone, and he can't get more things. This is just making a fortune!

So Hastings said, "You can ask me to consider this condition. I will take the algorithm away, and I will pack it unconditionally and let me take it away! In addition, any employee of the company, as long as I can like it, I will take it away! You cannot stop them in the program!"

"This is absolutely impossible!" Huang He said very simply. The algorithm is the most valuable thing in Netflix now, and it is also one of the keys to Netflix's real rise in the future. It must not be handed over to this guy Hastings!

Some people may not understand how important an algorithm will have to do with Netflix's business, but the fact is that algorithms are the key to Netflix's rise in the streaming era.

Netflix's business is for disc rental, but it actually has little to do with online videos. At that time, there were more than thousands of online video platforms like Tube on the entire network.

After Netflix entered streaming media, there were more than 10 platforms above Netflix.

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How did Netflix rise in the streaming field?

First of all, it is naturally the 12 million (2012 data) core paid users brought by Netflix, and secondly, Netflix’s exclusive video content.

At this time, on the Internet, including Tube, all video network platforms will not produce any video content by themselves. They all rely on cooperation to obtain copyrights for film and television works from other film and television production companies, and then take them to their own platform for playback. This is a model.

Netflix had just begun to transform at that time, and all the funds were basically used to purchase servers and build a brand new network service platform. When they wanted to buy various video content, they were a little short of money.

It is said that Netflix used no more than $50 million to purchase copyrights at that time, while the online copyright of the 10 most popular movies at that time was more than $50 million.

Compared with other film and television platforms that spend hundreds of millions of dollars to purchase various copyrighted content libraries, Netflix's content library seems to be very inferior.

At the same time, Hastings also realized that even if he squeezes out more funds to purchase copyright, it is just a copy of the content library of other online video platforms. And what is even more fatal is that many online video platforms will sign exclusive agreements with film and television producers, and those excellent film and television works have been exclusively monopolized by one online platform. Even if Netflix has money, it cannot buy these high-quality resources.

At this time, Hastings did show his courage as a qualified entrepreneur. He decided not to buy copyrights with these film and television production companies, but to produce film and television content by himself. In this way, these things will only belong to their own platform, and Netflix will have unique things that can attract audiences.

But the problem is that the online fee was insufficient at that time and the content library was not large. The $50 million was finally used to purchase hundreds of different works to expand Netflix's own content library, first providing enough video resources, and finally, I could only find a way to borrow $30 million to make my own works.

And making one is not enough. Hastings decided in one go that he would spend $30 million to produce ten Netflix's own works, with an average of only $3 million per work.

In 2012, such a pitiful funding would undoubtedly not be able to produce any quality works. After all, any TV station or any TV series had a production cost of more than tens of millions of dollars at that time.

Moreover, even works of tens of millions of dollars are likely to be a failure, and will not cause any heat of discussion and will not attract traffic to the company.

According to Hastings' requirements, these ten works by Netflix do not require that they are classics, but they require that each of them be loved by the audience, even if it is garbage, it must be garbage that the audience likes to watch.

This is undoubtedly an almost impossible task. After all, even a big director like Spielberg, most of his works are unaware of the market, while Netflix's ten films require them to attract audiences. How is this possible?

This is absolutely impossible to outsiders, but with the operation of Netflix's algorithm, it becomes possible.

At this time, Netflix had collected user data for 15 years, and then they invested all the user's favorite data into it, and then Netflix's most precious big data algorithm appeared.

This big data algorithm can calculate by itself which film and television themes, actors, stories, IPs, and even filters that users like most under the current circumstances.

It is said that this big data algorithm can give labels of more than 280 different film and television works, and shape a film and television work from 280 angles... This basically directly makes the outline of a film and television work.

And the most amazing thing is that it can also customize the outline of the audience's preferences according to your needs.

For example, when choosing ten works, the specific needs given by Hastings' first nine works were: investment of less than 2 million, and then the labels of different types of film and television such as comedy, science fiction, the West, politics, etc.

Finally, this big data algorithm directly generates their own different film and television outlines. From the script requirements, various film and television elements, as well as the actor's choice, and even directly purchasing IPs, they are all displayed directly. Just follow this outline to fill in the content without thinking.

For the last work, Hastings only gave the standard of investing $10 million, and there were no restrictions on the others. In the end, this big data algorithm gave the answer: Remake the House of Cards
Chapter completed!