A middle-aged man of medium build wearing a black suit sat at the conference table and said, "It's not that we don't agree with the merger of Youle and Apple, but we have concerns."
The representative of the negotiating party at "Youle" is Assistant Jin, "Mr. Zhu, please tell me."
The middle-aged man called "Mr. Zhu" by Assistant Jin is named Zhu Yong.
—— is the largest shareholder of “Apple Video”. He holds 87% of the shares of “Apple Video” and is the big boss of “Apple Video”.
Zhu Yong only started to have contact with the gentle-looking young man in front of him in the past month.
A month ago, he suddenly came to his door through the help of an old friend, saying that he wanted to discuss with him the project of acquiring "Apple Video" by "Starlight Investment Fund".
The right-hand man of the big boss of "Starlight Investment Fund" and an old friend who was the matchmaker, it was impossible for Zhu Yong not to give him face.
But how can I put it this way, he prides himself on being a figure in the shopping mall, and an assistant will not make him treat him differently. If it is the person above him, it will be more or less the same.
But after a month of communication, he no longer dared to look down on this young assistant.
Even as the acquisition project continued to advance, the exchanges and interactions between "Apple" and "Starlight" deepened. When negotiating with him, he did not dare to let down his guard.
He also became more and more cautious when speaking——
"Your 'Youle' has absorbed and integrated our 'Apple' into its own business. Even if we 'divide and conquer' in terms of content, we still need to maintain the user base with production works of matching quality and quantity, and 'Youle' has
It is the Big Brother, so it is destined that in the future, Apple's resources will be continuously transferred to Youle, and Apple's strategy will also be oriented towards the overall strategy of Youle."
Looking at the mergers and acquisitions of industry giants, there is never a safe and equal transaction. The strong ones always get stronger, and the weak ones get weaker or even disappear.
This kind of lesson learned can be found in all walks of life.
"Apple Video" was created by Zhu Yong. To develop to the present, it does need the capital of "Starlight" and the resource support of "Youle". But compared with these, Zhu Yong is more afraid that even though he will get the money, he will not be able to do it.
The "apple" is gone.
Zhu Yong's words were whitewashed, and Assistant Jin immediately understood his concerns and worries, so he replied calmly: "The development goal of 'Youle' is overseas streaming media."
His light words dispelled all Zhu Yong's hesitation and hesitation.
"That's good, that's good."
Zhu Yong smiled happily and said, "We have read the contract here. If there is no problem, let's sign it. It's getting late. After signing, we can rush to have lunch."
As an industry insider, he is very aware of how promising the overseas development prospects of "Youle" are now.
He has not seen the financial statements of "Youle", but according to rumors, in last year's year-end financial report, "Youle" had 310 million global paying users in Q1.
Among them, Q1 increased subscriptions by 27.57 million in a single quarter, and is expected to add 13 to 15 million new subscribers in Q2.
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The lunch after successfully signing the contract can only be a celebration party.
At the celebration banquet.
As the signing representatives of both parties, Zhu Yong and Assistant Jin sat side by side.
After three drinks, Zhu Yong put his arm around Assistant Jin's shoulders with a blushing face and called him brother-in-law, "Brother Jin always comes to see you whenever it's convenient. Can you help me make an appointment? I've admired his charm for a long time."
Assistant Jin smiled with a gentle and kind expression, "Mr. Zhu, we are all a family now. There are always opportunities when we meet."
When Zhu Yong heard this, he smiled and said, "This is this."
He picked up the decanter and personally added wine to Assistant Jin.
Assistant Jin waited for him to add some to his wine glass, then immediately reached out to cover the surface of the tall crystal glass, "Mr. Zhu, I'm sorry, I have to go back and report our good news to Mr. Shi later. Really?" No more drinking."
"Then let's drink less." Zhu Yong took away the wine bottle very simply.
There was a table of people surrounding the two people.
Everyone seemed to be talking to the people next to them in a gentle and decent manner, but in fact, everyone's attention was focused on the two of them.
After Zhu Yong chatted with Assistant Jin again, he took advantage of the drunkenness and leaned close to his ear and asked, "Brother Jin, I heard rumors in the industry that our 'Youle Video' has been under pressure in the past two years. Regarding the overseas growth performance data, to tell you the truth, I admire the operation and management model of 'Youle' very much, but I just don't know whether this information is reliable?"
As he spoke, he lowered his voice and told him some specific data he knew.
After listening carefully, Assistant Jin nodded very calmly, "Previously, the management of 'Youle' expected to add 7 million yuan."
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"Weibo?" He Yuan, who was lying alone in the study room of a villa on the outskirts of Beijing, drinking and reading, suddenly received a call from Ma Zhou, "She'll forget it."
While talking, she sat up from the sofa drunkenly, "She is very strange. She doesn't play Weibo or watch TV. She usually only reads papers and books. It's easy to ask her to post on Weibo. The problem is that she has always been I’ve never used Weibo. Don’t be ridiculous. She even registered a new account just for the show. She doesn’t have any fans, she’s like a troll.”
"That's it..." Ma Zhou on the other end of the phone was quite surprised, "This Xiao Ning is really a cultured person, casual and comfortable."
He Yuan chuckled, "Unlike us, she has struggled for half her life. She talks about freedom, but in her heart she still thinks about money and fame. She doesn't need to bow her head for these. She only cares about the thing itself when she does something. Whether it has practical significance and value to society and others.”
After He Yuan mentioned this, Ma Zhou had no choice but to smile and sigh, "Okay then, I'll tell the program team to announce this matter and don't bring Xiao Ning with me."
"Thank you, brother." He Yuan laughed heartily.
"Yuanyuan, why are you being polite to me?" Ma Zhou chuckled, "The director of our program team said that in the future we will select more topics related to 'psychology' and 'education'. When the time comes, you have to help us. Xiao Ning comes to our live broadcast room for tea."
He Yuan laughed loudly, "I can't be the boss of the professor. Let's talk about it when we find something suitable."
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A temporary lounge set up by a domestic film crew.
Zhou Tang sat on a chair with his eyes closed and let his personal makeup artist apply makeup on his face.
In the corner next to her, Xiao Qian was half lying on a lazy sofa, wearing loose casual clothes, scrolling through her mobile phone.
After brushing and swiping, he suddenly stood up and walked to Zhou Tang who was putting on makeup and said: "Brother, "Old Friend Comes" is @you. It seems that he wants us to help repost it to promote the show."
"Just turn around." Zhou Tang closed his eyes and said nothing.
"But when we appeared on this show, the contract negotiated at that time did not agree to help promote it." Xiao Qian scratched her head in embarrassment, "Will Sister Lin talk about us later?" 1314