Chapter 106 Stealing chickens is not a loss of rice
"This Zheng Donghan is bullying others too much!"
The king directly slammed the newspaper in his hand on the table, his gloomy face turned livid, and his chest heaved violently, as if he was holding a suffocating breath with nowhere to vent.
When the cake was not yet big, Huayi Brothers sold 25% of the shares of Liu Hao Records to PolyGram for 12.5 million yuan. This business was still praised by everyone as a good deal at the time.
After all, Huayi Brothers initially invested less than RMB 500,000 in helping Liu Hao set up a record company, and earned over RMB 15 million from sharing and selling shares of Liu Hao's first album.
The return rate reached an astonishing 30 times, and Huayi Brothers also retained 20% of the record company's shares.
But after joining PolyGram, with the help of PolyGram, the cake has now become much bigger. If Huayi Brothers sells the shares again at the same price, it will be a fool's operation that others cannot understand.
Why do you say that? Taking Liu Hao's third album as an example, Huayi Brothers' final share from Liu Hao's record company will definitely exceed 5 million, and it is still after-tax income.
After signing a five-album contract, there are now four more albums to be released. If calculated according to Liu Hao's three albums, Huayi Brothers can at least get more than 20 million in after-tax income from the four albums.
And judging from Liu Hao's current speed of releasing three albums a year, it can be completed in one or two years at most.
Is there any need to sell shares in such a hurry, or should we sell shares at such a shocking price?
The price of 10 million for 20% of the shares is too low. If they knew that Huayi Brothers wanted to sell shares, a lot of record companies would be willing to take over and come to the door.
It is not impossible for Huayi Brothers to sell for twice the price.
You must know that record companies do not only get a share of records.
You can get a share from the singers for commercial performances and various announcement activities.
Although according to the contract, the record company's share of the revenue from Liu Hao is negligible, no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat.
The focus is still on the concert. If it goes well, the record company's share from the concert will not be lower than a hit album.
Otherwise, today’s record companies wouldn’t be so keen on helping singers hold concerts.
It's still on the eve of Liu Hao's upcoming concert. If you want to sell it, you can wait until after the concert.
Liu Hao is now very popular, and his popularity has continued to rise during this period, so there is almost no chance that his concert will be unpopular.
Therefore, the reason for selling shares because you are not optimistic about Liu Hao's future development is not tenable.
Many people in the industry, including Liu Hao and Wang Jinghua, can't understand Huayi Brothers' operation.
Many people speculated that PolyGram had some leverage over Huayi Brothers and forced Huayi Brothers to sell it at a low price.
Um….
In fact, this is indeed the case.
Something happened!
The little tricks that Xiao Wang and the director surnamed Teng were doing behind the scenes were discovered by PolyGram!
Xiao Wang thought that what he did was hidden and could not be discovered by others, but he forgot one thing. If you don't want others to know, unless you do nothing yourself, there is always a possibility that what you have done will be discovered.
Yes, Liu Hao's rise was too fast, and the news and public opinion were not strong enough to find out that Xiao Wang was behind it.
But just because Liu Hao couldn't find it doesn't mean that others can't find it.
PolyGram is very strong in entertainment news and public relations.
After all, the mainland is still a younger brother in front of Hong Kong and Taiwan in this regard, it is too young.
A little use of connections can lead to unexpected surprises.
The king looked at Xiao Wang with an expression of hatred, and wished he could throw the newspaper in his hand at Xiao Wang's face.
I recall the time when Xiao Wang and Zheng Donghan came to find me a few days ago...
The king never expected that the initiator of Liu Hao's scandal would be his younger brother.
Doing these things against your own will.
He also acted so carelessly that PolyGram caught his sore leg.
Now that the thing has happened, there is nothing the king can do if he is angry anymore. After all, it was his stupid Ou Doudou who did it, and he has to find a way to wipe his butt.
After calming down, the king began to analyze the pros and cons.
After the Liu Hao scandal broke out, Wang Jinghua also called the king many times, hoping to use the power of public opinion of Huayi Brothers to calm the matter as soon as possible.
It can be seen from Wang Jinghua that this incident has really caused Liu Hao a lot of trouble, and Liu Hao also hates the people behind it.
Once Liu Hao discovers that the person responsible for the trouble is Xiao Wang, he will definitely feel resentful.
The betrayal of allies is more hateful than that of enemies!
There will definitely be a big gap between the two parties, and it is basically impossible to restore the original relationship.
As the saying goes, it is difficult to recover when water is poured over it, and it is difficult to make a round mirror when it is broken.
Even retaliation is not impossible.
Liu Hao has gradually grown up, and today's Huayi Brothers no longer have any binding force on Liu Hao.
The current Huayi Brothers are like worthless food to Liu Hao. It is a pity to throw them away if they are tasteless. The help they can provide is extremely limited. At most, they can only bring icing on the scenery.
If the friendship from before was not still there, and if he kept trying to please Liu Hao, I am afraid that the Huayi brothers would have been kicked away long ago.
After PolyGram purchased shares from Huayi Brothers, it re-signed a contract with Liu Hao.
But there is a stipulation in the contract that if Liu Hao wants to terminate the contract before it is fully performed, and if he does not want to pay high liquidated damages, he must obtain the consent of at least one party, Huayi Brothers and Polygram Records.
At that time, Huayi Brothers and PolyGram were allies, and the King did not think there was anything wrong with this rule. However, in the King's opinion, PolyGram had sinister intentions in enacting such a rule.
I have long had the idea of kicking Huayi Brothers out!
Now that Xiao Wang has done such a thing, PolyGram has already known about it. If PolyGram tells Liu Hao, Liu Hao will definitely change his attitude towards Huayi Brothers.
With the support of PolyGram, Liu Hao can completely terminate the contract with PolyGram and establish a new record company to jointly divide the interests of Huayi Brothers' shares.
Liu Hao's record company does not have the copyright to Liu Hao's songs. If Liu Hao leaves again, it will be basically worthless, and the shares held by Huayi Brothers will be worthless.
Since PolyGram has grasped the handle of Huayi Brothers, it naturally wants to maximize its profits, and it also wants to monopolize the benefits of Huayi Brothers' shares, so it first negotiates with Huayi Brothers.
If PolyGram wants to monopolize the profits, it cannot let the Huayi brothers break the pot. They will give in to a desperate situation. After the two parties conducted "friendly" negotiations, they finally purchased the shares for 10 million at the original price.
acquired all remaining shares of Huayi Brothers.
Huayi Brothers had a large piece of flesh cut off.
At first, the king wanted to try to repair the relationship with Liu Hao, but Xiao Wang dissuaded him.
"Second brother, things have come to this, why do you still want to please him? Yes, I know you think highly of him. He is very talented in music, but so what. We helped him set up a music company and provided money and effort. What happened?
He took all the big money, he ate meat and we only had a sip of soup, and only one album was divided into millions..."
Xiao Wang continued nonchalantly, "A few million don't matter, we can make more than this just by investing in a movie or TV series..."
The king was extremely angry and scolded: "It's not because of your unauthorized assertion that we are in this situation. I didn't tell you my plan?"
"Second brother, I know your plan, but will things develop as you expected?
You kept showing your kindness to him, just to recruit him to your company, but in the end, he established his own film and television company when his wings were strong, have you ever remembered our kindness?"
Thinking of Liu Hao, Xiao Wang couldn't help but feel angry, "That guy is so ambitious, he is not the same as us at all!"
Xiao Wang's words suddenly silenced the King. The development of the matter was no longer under the King's control. It was just because Liu Hao grew up too fast, which greatly exceeded the King's expectations.
Liu Hao was much better than he originally imagined, and he was a rare talent. But because of this, the king wanted to have a good relationship with Liu Hao even more.
After all, they are planning to work in the film and television industry in the future. They are definitely optimistic about the future of the film and television industry and will have opportunities to interact with each other in the future. In this case, how about working together to expand the market and make the common soup of film and television work together?
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Why become enemies when you can be friends?
The king couldn't help but sigh when he thought of this.
But Xiao Wang still ignored it and continued to persuade: "Second brother, I have never been optimistic about the music industry. The film and television industry is the future. It is really no shame to sell the shares.
Many people in Beijing have been favored by us, and many talents have been recruited by us to join the company. Hong Kong has also established relationships and is willing to cooperate with us. Everything is proceeding in an orderly manner according to plan.
We can become bigger and stronger ourselves, so why do we need to please him and look at his face?
He is a rare talent, but in the film and television industry, no one is irreplaceable.
A thousand-mile horse often exists, but a bole does not always exist. If we can lift him up, we can also lift up others.
We have the resources to support others, so why should we support an outsider?
At the same time, there are many talents in Nortel Class 96, and there are two people I am optimistic about...
Well...the potential of those named Huang Xiaoming and Chen Kun is not as good as his..."
Xiao Wang said a lot of things sincerely, and finally the king no longer objected.
The shares of Liu Hao Records owned by Huayi Brothers were sold to PolyGram.
Recalling it, the king couldn't help but sigh. Although he was very reluctant in his heart, it was irreversible at this point; he could only support his brother and go away.
I can only hope that Liu Hao's future development will not be as expected and he will not be severely slapped in the face.
The king reluctantly patted Xiao Wang on the shoulder.