Chapter 299 Scarlet Capital joins forces with Tengda!
"evildoer!"
This is Renyu’s latest evaluation of Sprout.
"After obtaining 12 billion in liquidity from Qiandu, the cash flow of the sprout has been completely revitalized, and with the continuous blood transfusion of Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment, the sprout will only become more difficult to deal with this year." Lu Jian agreed.
"It's very aggressive."
The second master doesn't have a headache, "But no matter what, we can't get into trouble."
Tengda’s heritage is still there.
"This year, while consolidating the two core businesses of social networking and gaming, we will also deepen our efforts in entertainment and e-commerce, and at the same time drive food delivery, search and map businesses."
"Buya has invested heavily in the fields of artificial intelligence and cloud computing. Should we follow up?" According to Lu Jian's idea, since Puya can learn from Tenda, then Tenda can naturally benchmark against Puya.
Learn from others!
"Forget it, you can't bite off more than you can chew." The second master was still very pragmatic.
"cough."
Lu Jian's expression was slightly stagnant, and then he said: "Scarlet Capital proposes that the two of us can join forces to strengthen cooperation in investment business to attack the investment business of Sprout Ya? I got the news that Sprout Ya has registered an independent Sprout Investment. It can be seen that it is
I want to make a big splash in the investment business.”
If Tenda joins forces with Scarlet Capital, it can achieve the effect of one plus one greater than two.
Think about it, Tenda has funds, traffic, and business support; Scarlet Capital has connections, talents, and funds in the venture capital circle, and it is also very professional.
When two people join forces, they are indeed invincible.
What is particularly rare is that Scarlet Capital has just been put in a position by Tenda on the Dacong Dianping matter, and it can actually ignore past grudges and proactively seek deeper cooperation.
It can be seen that he is very sincere.
"You can collaborate, but you can't get too close to Scarlet Capital."
Er Ye is still very wary of Scarlet Capital. When he founded Tengda, it was Chengye Capital, Failye Capital, and Nuo built a Tengda business empire, but his own shareholding was less than 10%.
Not only was the capital obtained for nothing, it also gained a bad reputation as a foreign company.
But being vigilant, Er Ye was still very interested in sniping at the sprouts, especially since Tengda could benefit from it while sniping at the sprouts.
Naturally there is no reason to refuse.
"clear!"
Of course, Lu Jian is not a rookie, and he understands the importance of being cautious.
"What's the market share of Dota 2?" Erye turned to look at Renyu.
After all, the game business is the cornerstone of Tenda.
In the game business, the PC game business is the top priority and the main profit point of Tenda Games. Especially when the mobile game business suffers a setback, it is even more important to defend the basic market.
Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment’s acquisition of Dota 2 is a huge threat to Tenda.
"The situation is not as bad as we thought before." Renyu was rarely in a relaxed mood, "I have to admit that the TI1 event was very successful, but it still cannot cover up the difficulty of getting started in Dota 2. To put it simply, Dota 2's
Professional competitions are exciting and enjoyable to watch, but they fail to attract new players to the game."
In Renyu’s eyes, Dota 2 is a sinkhole.
The more money Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment invests in the Dota 2 project, the worse it will suffer in the future.
"Although Dota's advertisements have spread all over university campuses and Internet cafes, according to our field investigation, Internet cafes still mainly play "League of Legends"."
"That's good!"
The second master quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
If it loses ground in the PC game business, then Tenda will only become more and more passive in the face of the threat from Germination, and it does not even rule out the day when it is overtaken by Germination.
This is unacceptable to the second master.
"After the sale of 71 Assistant, has Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment's revenue been affected?" The failure to win 71 Assistant eventually became a big regret in the second master's heart.
Somewhat difficult to calm down.
"After Qiandu took over 71 Assistant, Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment has not released a new game, and we can't see any impact for the time being. Especially Qiandu and Sprout are still in the honeymoon period of cooperation, so Qiandu is even less likely to create difficulties in the channel.
The bluebirds have fun with each other, which will only strengthen their cooperation." Rengyu also felt a little regretful.
"Then just wait and see!"
Subconsciously, the second master still felt that there was a trap here.
………
Ahri Headquarters.
Although the launch of Tiantian Toutiao did not pose a challenge to Ali's business, it stimulated the uncle and asked Ren Xiaoyao: "Are we also going to make a move in the media industry?"
"Are you referring to traditional media or emerging media?"
"Want them all!"
But the uncle has a huge appetite, "not only to acquire a traditional newspaper with regional influence or even global influence, but also to embrace online public opinion platforms such as bib."
I am still very interested in guiding public opinion, or even controlling public opinion.
"Then let me find out first."
Ren Xiaoyao, who has extensive experience in the beautiful country, certainly has no objection to getting involved in the media industry, and is very happy to see the results. This is a basic operation in the beautiful country.
………
Sprout Building.
Naturally, Zhang Shuo didn't know that Tengda was so afraid of him behind his back and even hooked up with Scarlet Capital. It was even less likely that he knew that the launch of Tiantian Toutiao also stimulated Ahri.
Let me start laying out the media industry in advance.
While finishing the work at hand, secretary Dai Yutong knocked on the door and came in, "Boss, there is a lady named Xu Jia downstairs looking for you, saying she is your friend."
In order to avoid being disturbed, you must make an appointment in advance to see Zhang Shuo in the Germination Building.
"Xu Jia? Invite her in."
Zhang Shuo was also surprised, wondering why Xu Jia suddenly came to Binhai City.
After leaning a little, Xu Jia followed Dai Yutong into the office. She had short hair and dressed in decent professional attire. She looked capable and fashionable. Her two pairs of large earrings also had a bit of European and American style.
A typical urban beauty.
"When you come to Binhai City, why don't you say hello in advance?" Zhang Shuo smiled and asked Xu Jia to sit on the sofa.
Dai Yutong serves tea.
"You are a busy man. When I was in Jiangcheng during the Chinese New Year, I wanted to talk to you about Jiawei culture, but I didn't find the opportunity. I had no choice but to come and visit in person."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Xu Jia is really a workaholic, and she talks about work whenever she comes up.
"What's there to talk about Jiawei Culture?" Zhang Shuo suddenly lost interest.
"..."
Xu Jiaxuan didn't roll his eyes, "Let me tell you, you are also the big boss behind Jiawei Culture. Strictly speaking, I am working for you. What else is there to talk about?"
The equity relationship of Jiawei Culture has experienced two major changes.
One time was to cooperate with Hou Hongliang's team and gave Hou Hongliang's team 35% of the shares.
Another time, after Zhang Shuo injected another 100 million into the Prodigal Fund, the same 100 million was injected into Jiawei Culture, obtaining an additional 40% of the shares of Jiawei Culture.
After two equity changes.
The Prodigal Fund holds 55.21% of the shares, replacing Lin Weiwei and becoming the largest shareholder of Jiawei Culture.
He is also the controlling shareholder.
Among the remaining shares, Hou Hongliang's team holds 21%, Lin Weiwei's personal shareholding is diluted to 19.5%, Xu Jia personally holds 3.9%, and Zheng Zhebin holds a symbolic share of 0.39%.
Therefore, Xu Jia is nominally the CEO of Jiawei Culture, but in essence he is a wage earner.
Senior wage earner!
After a year of rapid development, Jiawei Culture has established a firm foothold in the film and television industry. Not only does it hold a large number of high-quality IP copyrights, it has also established one of the most sophisticated TV series production teams in the industry.
at the same time.
Jiawei Culture also owns the JWG e-sports club, which is the TI1 champion.
It can be said that he gained both fame and fortune.
"Okay, let's talk about it then. What do you want to talk about?"
Zhang Shuo was also a little embarrassed. He had only glanced at the work emails Xu Jia sent him before when he had time, and ignored them when he had no time.
Not to mention any comments, it's completely free-range.
However, Xu Jia is a very enterprising woman. Since she decided to take root in the entertainment industry, she was determined to achieve something.
That’s why I traveled all the way to Binhai City to learn from Zhang Shuo.
"Do you have any idea of starting a video website?"
Seeing the live streaming of Pangda and Toutiao under the banner of Mei Ya, Xu Jia couldn't sit still and looked forward to what new weapon Mei Ya could come up with.
It is best to be one that can cooperate with Jiawei Culture.
"No!"
Zhang Shuo shook his head decisively.
Are you kidding me? Video websites are already busy now, and he doesn't want to join in the fun.
Do you have money to burn?
As for why Xu Jia is paying attention to this, it is naturally because the online copyrights of TV series have begun to increase in price.
How outrageous is the increase?
For example, the online copyright fee for the popular TV series "Wulin Gaiden" in 2006 was 100,000 yuan. There were 80 episodes in total, and the copyright fee for a single episode was only 1,250 yuan.
This year, Tenda bought out the online copyright of "BJ Love Story" and the cost of a single episode has exceeded one million.
Then in 2015, the hit TV series "The Legend of Miyue" pushed the online TV series copyright fee to the level of tens of millions of yuan for the first time.
By 2019, the first round of copyright revenue for a single episode of "Everything Is Fine" was an Internet hit, which was about 14.5 million per episode, including two major TV stations and three major video websites.
"Everything Is Fine" has a total of 46 episodes, and the total first-round copyright revenue is as high as 667 million.
This does not include the second and third rounds of copyright income.
Isn’t it really profitable???
In just 10 years, domestic TV drama copyright fees have soared 7,200 times.
So scary!!!
Along with the online copyright fees for TV series, which keep pace with the times, are the fees for the adaptation of original novels.
In 2016, Tenda Pictures announced 27 original novel adaptation projects including "The Three-Body Problem" and "Tomb Raiders". At that time, the copyright fee for the novels was close to 10 million yuan.
Only three years ago, the original copyright fee for the novel of the same name "The Legend of Zhen Huan" was only 300,000.
It’s also a great roll!!!
It can also be seen from this that Jiawei Culture, under the guidance of Zhang Shuo, has almost won the IP copyright of more than 40 high-quality online novels at a bargain price.
It's just blood money.
Tenda has worked hard to lay out the Internet literature industry, but the high-quality IP it finally obtained may not be as high as Jiawei Culture.
The reason is also very simple.
More than 99% of online novels are not suitable for film and television adaptations, especially popular IPs such as fantasy and fairy tales. Animation may be successful, but film and television adaptations are difficult to say.
Basically, apart from riding on the popularity of the book's title, the filmed content has nothing to do with the original work.
Lose-lose!!!
In such a super-involved situation, how could Zhang Shuo still intervene.
"Then, Jiawei Culture wants to develop its brokerage business, do you have any good suggestions?"
Xu Jia did not give up.
"My suggestion is that it is best for Jiawei Culture not to get involved in the brokerage business."
Zhang Shuo is really not perfunctory this time. The main reason is that the entertainment industry is too chaotic. The stars of the original time and space are collapsing one after another, and there may be a thunderstorm one day.
Why bother?
"Why?" Xu Jia didn't understand. "We have so many high-quality IPs in our hands. How many celebrities are begging to cooperate with Jiawei Culture. We just took the opportunity to sign in the company and kill two birds with one stone."
"The reason is very simple. The agency business is a double-edged sword. Although it can bring good profits to the company, it can also limit the casting of TV series projects."
As the saying goes: Don't let the rich water flow to outsiders' fields.
If possible, good roles should of course be given to your own people first.
But your own people may not be the most suitable.
"Instead of being restricted by one's own people and causing internal strife, it is better to give up the brokerage business completely and look down on the entire entertainment industry with a detached attitude. As long as the project is of high quality, isn't that just taking everything you want?"
"It makes sense, but I still feel it's a pity." Xu Jia didn't completely agree.
"Then you weigh it yourself. I have already said that although Prodigal Fund is the controlling shareholder of Jiawei Culture, the management rights of the company belong to you." Zhang Shuo is also very open-minded.
Celebrity agents are a double-edged sword, but they are not monsters either.
"Fine!"
Xu Jia did not persist.
"Ahem, compared to the brokerage business, I have a new business to recommend to you." Xu Jia finally made the trip, and Zhang Shuo couldn't let her come back empty-handed. He had to come up with some useful information.
"What new business?" Xu Jia suddenly became interested.
“Internet celebrity agent!”
“What is an internet celebrity agent?”
Xu Jia was a little confused. This topic was a bit out of scope.
"Internet celebrities are Internet celebrities."
"Are they internet celebrities like Sister Feng, Beast Beast, and Gan Lulu?"
Xu Jia's eyes resisted.
"You are wrong," Zhang Shuo shook his head, "Internet celebrity is a very broad concept, including self-media people, anchors, UP hosts and other online content creators. The arrival of the mobile Internet era will change the creation of these online content
It brings the status of an enterpriser to a whole new level, its future potential is immeasurable, and it is a true blue ocean.”
In Zhang Shuo's eyes, internet celebrity is not a derogatory term at all, but needs to be analyzed in detail on specific issues.
For example, Li Ziqi is very positive.
There are also many UP owners on Xiaopo.com, whether they are intellectual, military, handicraft, sheep and other UP owners. Zhang Shuo likes them very much and they are all positive.
There is no need to kill him with one shot.
In the future, if Germination plans to intercept Hu Douyin and get involved in the short video business, it will also need the support of MCN organizations.
Rather than taking advantage of outsiders, it would be better for Jiawei Culture to get involved in this business in advance. As long as it does well, its income will be far higher than that of the celebrity artist management business.
Apart from anything else, anchors who bring goods are really profitable.
"Can you tell me more about it?"
Xu Jia was indeed interested. The internet celebrity Zhang Shuo mentioned was indeed completely different from what she understood.
He pulled out his notebook as if by magic.
"I will just briefly mention a few points. You have to understand the details yourself..." Zhang Shuo was not impatient and told everything he knew.
However, Xu Jia became more and more excited as she listened. When Zhang Shuo finished speaking, she was still unfinished and determined to have a deeper understanding of the Internet celebrity industry after returning home.
Otherwise, it will really fall behind.
Although she still doesn't fully understand the potential market for Internet celebrity agents, one thing is that she has the endorsement of Zhang Shuo, the entrepreneurial guru, and the other thing is that the anchor is related to Panda Live, and the self-media person is related to Tiantian Toutiao.
As long as your back is against the big tree of Germination, there will be no problem!
"Can I visit Panda Live and Tiantian Toutiao? I want to understand the operating logic behind the anchors and self-media people." Xu Jia made the request.
"Of course. I'll ask Xiao Dai to take you there later."
Zhang Shuo was happy to see Xu Jia's progress and said with a smile: "Let's have dinner together tonight."
All have come.
Of course Zhang Shuo wanted to show his kindness as a landlord.
"Ahem, I made an appointment with someone from Tenda Video tonight to discuss the purchase of online copyright for "Why Shengxiaomo"." Xu Jia felt a little embarrassed.
"hehe."
Zhang Shuo was speechless, "I thought you were so kind and even came here to ask for advice. I'm just going along with you."
These bitches are not good people!
"I just have an appointment tonight. Let's make another appointment some other time. Anyway, I have to stay in Binhai City for a few days." As a strong woman, being thick-skinned is also a necessary quality.
What's more, the two of them are still growing up, and Xu Jia doesn't feel any pressure at all.
"Forget it, I have the weekend off and I don't have to socialize!"
This is also the rule Zhang Shuo has set for himself. Now that he is a boss, he still needs to leave enough private space for his personal life and family life. He cannot work and his life is completely mixed.
That's too sad.
"you are vicious!"
Xu Jia was a little envious. Who said Zhang Shuo was the richest man? He was qualified to make such a statement.
"By the way, how was your conversation with Binzi?" After talking about business, Zhang Shuo suddenly started gossiping. When he was in Jiangcheng during the Chinese New Year, he noticed that something was not right about Zheng Zhebin's state.
"not so good."
Xu Jia rolled her eyes, "I just want to focus on my career now and don't want to fall in love."
hehe.
Zhang Shuo understood instantly.
When a woman says this, it’s not that she really doesn’t want to fall in love, she just doesn’t want to fall in love with you.
It seems that he is still dissatisfied with Zheng Zhebin.
Too.
Xu Jia was originally a proud and arrogant person, and she had a career, so it was normal for her to have a higher outlook.
Although Zheng Zhebin has been promoted to the manager of the R&D Department of Qingcheng Technology a few years ago, his future prospects are unlimited and he will become a senior white-collar worker no matter what.
But in Xu Jia's eyes, it was obviously not enough.
"You two are both my friends. It's not appropriate to take either side, so I won't comment." Zhang Shuo is also very self-aware and does not get involved in the emotional dispute between the two.
To avoid being a human being inside and outside.
"clever!"
Xu Jia admired Zhang Shuo's point of view very much, and then said jokingly: "Don't just ask about my gossip. You yourself don't know that Weiwei has always been interested in you, right?"
"Ahem, I only regard Weiwei as my brother."
"Bah, scumbag!"
Xu Jia smiled on her face, but in her heart she felt sorry for Lin Weiwei.
As a quasi-first-line female star in China, Lin Weiwei's future marriage and love journey is destined to be even more bumpy than hers, and her options are actually very limited.
Looking for an ordinary person?
This is unrealistic. Love will eventually lose to the reality gap one day.
Looking for a celebrity?
Yes, you can, but you also have to endure the couple spending less time together and being apart more often, and you have to endure all kinds of gossip and scandals that are true or false. It can be said that there are very few people who can truly grow old together.
The only option left is to marry into a wealthy family.
On the surface, it seems to be the best destination and the most beautiful. However, since ancient times, wealthy families have a lot of tricks, and the real wealthy families just ignore it. It would be tragic if you misjudge and marry into a fake wealthy family.
He said that he had no choice but to make a comeback again, filming like crazy, and repaying his husband's debt.
Even if it is a truly wealthy family, it is actually a rich family that has lasted for one or two generations. There is no real heritage at all. The dirty things inside will only be more exciting and bloody than those in movies and TV series.
In comparison.
A self-made rich generation like Zhang Shuo is simply the ultimate pursuit of female stars.
The key point is that both Zhang Shuo and Lin Weiwei are very self-sufficient, and they have played together since childhood. Their parents also know everything about them. They are simply the most perfect couple.
Unfortunately...
"The falling flowers are intentional, but the flowing water is ruthless."
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Monday, February 13th.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Xu Jia has returned to Shanghai. After Zhang Shuo went to work, he hosted a morning meeting for the group's senior executives.
This is a new arrangement again.
The group's affairs are so complicated that communication through monthly strategic meetings is obviously not enough. The rest is for Zhang Shuo to talk to someone alone, or to convene a small-scale meeting at short notice.
At Jiang Yue's suggestion, there was another weekly morning meeting.
Monday morning was specifically chosen for a brief meeting among senior executives to discuss the main issues that may need to be coordinated in the coming week and set a tone.
Moreover, the senior management is limited to the senior management of Sprout Group and does not involve the subsidiary level.
It's more about communicating group affairs.
In order to make the morning meeting more efficient and avoid being a drag on the class, Zhang Shuo also personally set a rule that the duration of each morning meeting should not exceed 45 minutes at most, and it is best to complete it within half an hour.
He didn't want to say it.
As the Sprout Group grew and grew, Wen Shan Hui Hai Lai emerged internally.
That's driving backwards.
Lu Kai, the rotating president, was the first to speak, "The preparations for the establishment of Germinal Financial Holdings are in place. This is the resume of Song Xiaohui, the department manager to be hired. Please take a look."
When it comes to positions at the group department manager level, you still need to be more cautious.
"Studying in a beautiful country, interning at a Wall Street investment bank, and working in Hong Kong for five years. His resume is very impressive." At least there is nothing wrong with Zhang Shuo's resume. He is an elite in the financial industry at first glance.
It's also a standard turtle.
"So, what's your opinion, Mr. Zhang?"
Lu Kai was a little confused about what the big boss meant. Did he agree or disagree?
"Let's use it first."
Since the authorization was given to Lu Kai, Zhang Shuo would certainly not veto it easily. "My only request is that you must abide by the rules and don't bring Wall Street tricks to the group."
"I know, I will keep it in check."
Lu Kai felt the pressure immediately and understood Zhang Shuo's voice-over - "I can use the people you recommend, but if something goes wrong in the future, you will be responsible to the end."
Power and responsibility are interdependent at all times.