Chapter 225 Swallow the remote?
Wanda has only one CEO Zeng - Zeng Maojun, the head of Wanda Pictures.
The crew of "The Wind" declined all visits during the filming. Zeng Maojun found out that the crew rarely had a day off and hurried here.
"I'm waiting for you in the hotel cafe." Xiao Zheng said as he followed Cheng Yu'an.
"Okay, wait for me for 10 minutes. I'll go up and wash my face and go see him. Is there anything else?" Cheng Yu'an understood as soon as he thought about it. There should be many people who want to see him on this day off.
"Wang Zhonglei from Huayi is here with Li Bingbing, and people from South Korea's CJ Entertainment and SM are also here. Do you want to see them?" Xiao Zheng stood outside the bathroom, while Cheng Yu'an was washing his face inside.
"Everyone is celebrating the Chinese New Year, but why come here at this time?" Cheng Yu'an wiped his face.
"I guess they all came to talk about "Tron: Legacy"." Xiao Zheng guessed.
Cheng Yu'an took a sip of water: "Okay, everyone is here for the Chinese New Year, so let's see you there."
"I'll go see Zeng Maojun first, then Wang Zhonglei in an hour, followed by CJ and SM. You can arrange your time accordingly."
"Okay, I'll inform them." Xiao Zheng said and went out.
Cheng Yu'an sat in the room by himself for another two minutes, took a few breaths of relaxation, replied to all the friends who had sent messages to wish him a happy new year, and then went out.
In the elevator, I received another call from Liu Yifei:
"I originally wanted to come over and stay with you, but my mother wouldn't let me."
"You are the only one with your mother, so you should stay with her."
"What are you doing?"
"The crew took a day off and took Sister Xun and the others to play outside for a day. We just came back and now we have an appointment with someone for a meeting."
"I don't even have a good rest during the New Year."
"In our line of work, there's no point in celebrating the New Year or not. Well, I'm here and I won't tell you anymore."
"Oh, Happy New Year."
"Happy New Year."
Zeng Maojun is 40 years old. He wears suits and leather shoes even in winter. He is a handsome man.
During the Chinese New Year, there were no ghosts in the hotel cafe. As soon as Cheng Yuan arrived, Zeng Maojun recognized him.
"Happy New Year, Director Cheng. I have long admired your name."
"Happy New Year, Mr. Zeng."
The two sat down, Cheng Yu'an asked for a cup of hot water, and said with a smile, "Don't Mr. Zeng go home to celebrate the New Year?"
"Huh, in our line of work, there is no one who is not young." Zeng Maojun smiled bitterly.
Cheng Yu'an asked knowingly: "Mr. Zeng is here...?"
Zeng Maojun didn't answer, but said: "Director Cheng came to Dalian to film without notifying us. Dalian is our base, and we didn't even say we would treat Director Cheng well when he came."
"It's just a filming, it doesn't matter if we hire people or not." Cheng Yu'an said with a smile.
Then, Zeng Maojun began to talk to Cheng Yuan about Dalian customs and customs, and finally talked about Wanda's film business:
"Wanda Cinemas has always been the leader of domestic cinemas. I won't talk about our distribution capabilities, but I believe Director Cheng also knows it."
"Of course," Cheng Yu'an complimented, "Wanda Cinema has always been very supportive of our remote control. I even talked to your person in charge in Beijing before."
Cheng Yu'an doesn't like dealing with an old man like Zeng. He always talks in a roundabout way. He knows what you are going to do when he is celebrating the New Year. Be more relaxed.
"Yuanyuan's movies are all high-quality, and of course we will strongly support them." Zeng Maojun did not expect that Yuanyuan was quite familiar with Jingcheng Wanda, so the following topic became easier to develop.
"Director Cheng, I'm here this time because I want to talk about cooperation with Yuan Yuan. To be precise, I'm talking to you, Director Cheng." Finally getting to the point, "Wanda has done a very good job in the cinema chain. I
Let me give you the bottom line, the group has decided to establish a film and television company in 2009 and officially enter the production industry."
"I believe that with the strength of Wanda Cinemas, our production business will also develop rapidly."
Cheng Yu'an didn't answer, leaving Zeng Maojun to speak.
"What we mean is that we want to cooperate with Yuan Yuan in production and distribution."
"Oh?" Wanda's strength certainly cannot be underestimated. If the two parties can have more in-depth cooperation, Cheng Yu'an would certainly welcome it, "How do you want to cooperate, Mr. Zeng?"
"I want to exchange 40% of the shares of Future Wanda Pictures for 80% of the shares of Yuan Yuan." Zeng Maojun opened his mouth and was about to eat Yuan Yuan.
In fact, Wangda has two internal plans for the acquisition of Yuanyuan, one is capital acquisition, and the second is equity exchange.
But Zeng Maojun knew that the most core asset of Yuan Yuan was actually the director Cheng Yuan, and investing in the acquisition was not the best plan. When Cheng Yuan took Yuan Yuan up and down and started a new business, Wanda would use an empty shell of Yuan Yuan to solve the problem.
So he never raised the issue of capital acquisition at all.
When Cheng Yu'an heard Zeng Maojun's words, his expression did not change, but he had nothing good to say in his heart.
The market value of Wanda Pictures (not merged into the group) has reached as high as 40 billion in later generations, and has hovered around 30 billion all year round. 40% is at most 16 billion, which seems like a lot, but it cannot get 16 billion at all.
What's more, Yuan Yuan Media also owns Yuan Yuan Technology.
Once Yuan Yuan Technology's current Weibo develops, it will cost more than 16 billion. Will Cheng Yu'an miss Wanda's two dollars?
Even if Remote Technology's Weibo cannot be launched, the IP value of several of its mini-games, including "Angry Birds" alone, can exceed tens of billions in the future.
I, the male protagonist of an entertainment novel, wouldn’t have such shallow eyes?
If you want to exchange the equity of the entire Wangda Group, Cheng Yu'an might be tempted...
Bah, why settle this account?
Cheng Yuan has no intention of selling remote control at all!
"Mr. Zeng, it's not good at all to make such a joke during the Chinese New Year."
"Director Cheng, you might as well consider what I said." Zeng Maojun smiled.
"Don't think about it. I thought Mr. Zeng was here to discuss project cooperation, but I didn't expect that he was coming to raid my home." Cheng Yu'an took a sip of water, "If Mr. Zeng came here today just to discuss the acquisition of Yuanzhong, then I don't think we have anything to do with it."
We need to continue talking."
"There is no need for Mr. Zeng to find my aunt. I don't want to sell Lingfeng, let alone I won't." Cheng Yu'an continued, "Does Mr. Zeng have anything else to do?"
Zeng Maojun was rejected, but he was not annoyed at all. He said with a smile: "Director Cheng, don't be so angry. This is the New Year. If the acquisition fails, we have other ways of cooperation."
Cheng Yu'an suddenly thought of Mr. Lu Xun's article:
"For example, if you say that this room is too dark and a window needs to be opened here, no one will allow it. But if you advocate removing the roof, they will mediate and open the window."
It felt like what Zeng Maojun said next was the real purpose of his visit today.
"It has now spread in the industry that Director Cheng has a US$60 million investment in "Tron: Legacy" in cooperation with Disney."
Cheng Yu'an said yes, which was regarded as acknowledgment. This matter has been made public in the industry.
“Wanda Pictures wants to acquire Director Cheng’s investment share of US$20 million for US$25 million.”
The premium is US$5 million, which is a very normal price.
Wanda has the ability to monopolize the 60 million, but it is not necessary. Cheng Yuan must participate in this project, otherwise the outside world will not believe it.
And Wanda also needs Cheng Yu'an's endorsement from a major film company.
Hollywood now recognizes Cheng Yuan.
Nonsense, it can help Universal, Fox and Columbia make money, of course I agree.
Otherwise, if Wanda abandons Cheng Yuan and goes to Hollywood with $60 million, Disney will make him lose nothing even if he closes his eyes.
Cheng Yu'an thought for a moment and said without saying anything: "Mr. Zeng's price is very fair, but I still have a few customers to meet later. I guess they are talking to me about this too, and I need to compare."
"Of course, just shop around." Seeing that Cheng Yu'an's attitude had softened a lot, Zeng Maojun didn't press hard and said with a smile, "It's the Chinese New Year, so I won't delay Mr. Cheng. I have to rush home to be with my wife and children. Happy New Year, Mr. Cheng.
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Chapter completed!