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Carl Erik Rinsch, the director of “47 Ronin,” allegedly used nearly $60 million – that Netflix had given him for a sci-fi series – to invest in the crypto and stock markets.

《47 Ronin》的導演卡爾·埃里克·林什 (Carl Erik Rinsch) 據稱使用了 Netflix 為科幻劇集提供的近 6000 萬美元投資加密貨幣和股票市場。

According to The New York Times, Netflix gave the director more than $55 million, along with a near-total budgetary and creative freedom.

根據《紐約時報》報道，Netflix 為這位導演提供了超過 5500 萬美元，以及近乎全額的預算和創作自由。

It never got a single finished episode back.

它再也沒有恢復過一集完整的內容。

Instead, Rinsch reportedly used a large portion of the budget to invest in stocks and cryptocurrencies.

據報道，林什將大部分預算用於投資股票和加密貨幣。

He then went on to spend millions on cars, furniture, and designer clothing.

然後，他繼續花費數百萬美元購買汽車、家具和名牌服裝。

The report cited cast, crew members, emails, and court filings in a divorce case brought by Rinsch’s wife.

該報告引用了林什妻子提起的離婚案件中的演員、工作人員、電子郵件和法庭文件。

'紅旗'

Netflix battled other streaming giants for Rinsch’s new show called Organic Intelligent, which Netflix renamed to Conquest.

Netflix 與其他串流媒體巨頭爭奪 Rinsch 的新節目《有機智能》，Netflix 將其更名為《征服》。

The company agreed to pay $61.2 million in several installments for the rights to the series.

該公司同意分期支付 6,120 萬美元購買該劇的版權。

But Netflix ignored several red flags, the report said. A major one is that Rinsch was still fighting 30West and other early investors, which subsequently received $14 million of the $61 million from Netflix under a legal settlement.

但報告稱，Netflix 忽略了幾個危險訊號。其中一個主要問題是，Rinsch 仍在與 30West 和其他早期投資者抗爭，後者隨後根據法律和解從 Netflix 獲得了 6,100 萬美元中的 1,400 萬美元。

In March 2020, Rinsch asked Netflix for more money. By that point, they had already spent $44.3 million and were reluctant to give more as Rinsch had missed several production milestones.

2020 年 3 月，林什向 Netflix 要求更多資金。到那時，他們已經花費了 4,430 萬美元，不願意再投入更多，因為 Rinsch 錯過了幾個生產里程碑。

Still, to save the production, Netflix sent Rinsch’s production company $11 million. This brought the total to more than $55 million.

儘管如此，為了挽救製作，Netflix 向林奇的製作公司捐贈了 1,100 萬美元。這使得總金額超過 5500 萬美元。

However, Rinsch’s behavior “grew erratic,” the NYT said. He claimed he had discovered Covid-19’s secret transmission mechanism and was able to predict lightning strikes and volcano eruptions.

然而，《紐約時報》稱，林奇的行為「變得不穩定」。他聲稱自己發現了Covid-19的秘密傳播機制，並且能夠預測雷擊和火山爆發。

“上帝保佑加密貨幣”

Rinsch went on to spend the project funds on investments, many of which failed.

林什繼續將專案資金用於投資，其中許多都失敗了。

This included the S&P 500 index and shares of the biotech firm Gilead Sciences. He lost $5.9 million in weeks.

其中包括標準普爾 500 指數和生物技術公司吉利德科學公司的股票。他在幾週內損失了 590 萬美元。

In March 2021, Netflix stopped funding Conquest. Rinsch, however, started using what remained of the $11 million Netflix had sent to bet on crypto.

2021 年 3 月，Netflix 停止資助《征服》。然而，Rinsch 開始使用 Netflix 發送的 1,100 萬美元中的剩餘資金來押注加密貨幣。

He transferred more than $4 million to the Kraken exchange and bought dogecoin (DOGE).

他向 Kraken 交易所轉帳超過 400 萬美元併購買了狗狗幣（DOGE）。

This one paid off, said the NYT, stating that,

《紐約時報》稱，這項舉措得到了回報，並指出：

“When he liquidated his Dogecoin positions in May 2021, he had a balance of nearly $27 million.”

“當他在 2021 年 5 月清算狗狗幣頭寸時，他的餘額接近 2700 萬美元。”

Rinsch wrote in an online chat with a Kraken representative: “Thank you and god bless crypto.”

Rinsch 在與 Kraken 代表的線上聊天中寫道：“謝謝你，上帝保佑加密貨幣。”

He then bought five Rolls-Royces, a Ferrari, a Vacheron Constantin watch, high-end furniture, and designer clothing, totaling $8.7 million.

隨後，他購買了五輛勞斯萊斯、一輛法拉利、一塊江詩丹頓手錶、高檔家具和名牌服裝，總計 870 萬美元。

The legal team of Rinsch’s wife, Gabriela Rosés Bentancor, suggested in the divorce proceedings that the buying spree was designed to hide Rinsch’s crypto winnings.

Rinsch 妻子 Gabriela Rosés Bentancor 的法律團隊在離婚訴訟中表示，這次瘋狂購買是為了隱藏 Rinsch 的加密貨幣獎金。

後果

Rinsch and Netflix are currently locked in a confidential arbitration proceeding, with a ruling expected soon.

Rinsch 和 Netflix 目前正處於保密仲裁程序中，預計很快就會有裁決。

Rinsch claims that Netflix breached their contract and owes him $14 million in damages.

林什聲稱 Netflix 違反了合約並欠他 1400 萬美元的賠償金。

He first argued that the cars and furniture were props for Conquest, bought with Netflix’s production money. But then, in his arbitration case, he said that the money spent was contractually his.

他首先辯稱這些汽車和家具是《征服》的道具，是用 Netflix 的製作資金購買的。但後來，在他的仲裁案中，他說花的錢依照合約是他的。

On its part, Netflix said any payments were contingent on the director hitting production milestones – which he had failed to do.

Netflix 則表示，任何付款都取決於導演是否達到了製作里程碑，但他未能做到這一點。

Thomas Cherian, a Netflix spokesman, told the NYT the company had provided substantial funding, but “after a lot of time and effort, it became clear that Mr. Rinsch was never going to complete the project he agreed to make, and so we wrote the project off.”

Netflix 發言人 Thomas Cherian 告訴《紐約時報》，該公司已經提供了大量資金，但「經過大量時間和努力，很明顯，林什先生永遠不會完成他同意的項目，因此我們寫道項目結束了。”

Rinsch declined to comment, the report said.

報道稱，林什拒絕發表評論。