While Xiao Muyou was thinking, Zhou Qianhe was also thinking. She also knew that the conditions she just mentioned were impossible to impress Xiao Muyou, so how could she impress Xiao Muyou and protect her own interests to the greatest extent?
This must be done with caution.
In the end, Zhou Qianhe did not state his conditions, but asked instead.
"Mr. Xiao, what conditions can Yaohua Cultural and Creative Industries accept?"
Xiao Muyou raised her lips slightly. She didn't expect Zhou Qianhe to directly ask Yaohua Cultural and Creative Industries' bottom line. But what was the bottom line? Of course it was in the bigger picture, but before that, she needed to know how much money Wenhua Publishing House needed.
"President Zhou, how much capital is needed to completely dilute the shares held by those shareholders?"
"At least one billion, and the Zhou family will also add more to ensure that they have enough shares."
Knowing this bottom line, Xiao Muyou remained silent for a moment. One billion is really not much to Yaohua Cultural Creation. Last month's financial statement of Yaohua Cultural Creation showed that the cash flow on the books was still 600 million.
many.
"Yaohua Cultural Creative can spend one billion, but I need no less than 60% of the copyright library of Wenhua Publishing House. In addition, Yaohua Cultural Creative's shares must be no less than 25%."
Xiao Muyou made a rough estimate and found that Zhou Qianhe's group currently owns about 46% of the shares of Wenhua Publishing House. If it is diluted with additional funds, it should still have about 32%, which is still the case.
Can become the largest shareholder of Wenhua Publishing House.
The reason why Xiao Muyou wants so many shares is because she doesn't want to become an idle shareholder who only has voting rights but no voice.
If Zhou Qianhe's management philosophy is consistent with hers, then she will always stand by Zhou Qianhe's side. However, if the two parties' concepts conflict with each other, then Xiao Muyou must have enough ability to unite other shareholders to have a greater say.
Zhou Qianhe couldn't help but gasp after hearing the conditions Xiao Muyou said. She didn't expect Xiao Muyou to be so open-minded, and such conditions were just on the bottom line of what she could accept.
"Mr. Xiao, your appetite is too big. This is equivalent to putting the Zhou family on the rack to roast."
By this time, Zhou Qianhe had nothing more to say. He smiled bitterly and shook his head.
Xiao Muyou smiled and replied.
"Then it depends on what kind of people from the Zhou family will join Wenhua Publishing House in the future. If they are all people like President Zhou who are dedicated to the good of the publishing house, then Yaohua Cultural and Creative Industries will always be on your side. Otherwise,
, then Yaohua Cultural and Creative Industries can only re-select a suitable person to sit in that position."
Xiao Muyou also expressed her attitude. She wanted more, but this was also to ensure that her investment would not lose money.
Zhou Qianhe nodded. She had guessed this when Xiao Muyou told Yaohua Cultural Creation's conditions, but she also had concerns. If one day Yaohua Cultural Creation's heart became bigger, with this ratio
It is also easy to completely win over Wenhua Publishing House.
Xiao Muyou seemed to see Zhou Qianhe's embarrassment and hesitation, so he said something else.
"President Zhou, this billion will be funded by me personally. In addition to the copyright library owned by Yaohua Creative, Wenhua Publishing House will never merge with Yaohua Creative. We can write this in the contract."
When Xiao Muyou said this, a trace of surprise flashed across Zhou Qianhe's face. Could this woman be able to see through other people's thoughts? She probably didn't show too much emotion just now.
However, Xiao Muyou's words dispelled her worries, but she was curious about why Xiao Muyou had such thoughts.
"Mr. Xiao, why did you decide like this?"
"Yaohua Creative and Wenhua Publishing House are not following the same development route. I think a company should do one thing thoroughly in the field it is good at, rather than blindly follow the trend."
Hearing Xiao Muyou's words, Zhou Qianhe smiled bitterly. This exposed the shortcomings of their industry over the years.
Because the cake of online literature film and television is too tempting, several top traditional publishing houses in China want to develop in this area, but they have ignored the most critical part, which is film and television, which requires professionals to operate.
, rather than just revising and revising any web article and making it into a TV show.
In this regard, only Yaohua Cultural and Creative Industries has a unique advantage. After all, Yaohua Cultural and Creative Industries is backed by Yaohua Media, a top player in the entertainment industry. It not only has a professional team of screenwriters, but also has a dedicated shooting team. The most important thing is
You still have strong funds, and these are indispensable elements for the film and television production of a work.
Just like a work invested and produced by Wenhua Publishing House in the first half of the year, this literary work was very good and sold well, but after it was finally made into a movie, it was criticized constantly. The final movie score was only 4.6, not even a passing mark.
None of them met the standards.
In order to make this movie, Wenhua Publishing House not only took the copyright share, but also invested 50 million. The total investment in this movie was as high as 180 million. In the end, the total box office of the movie was less than 400 million. Excluding theaters, distribution
Fang, they didn't even get the original copy of what was distributed to them.
And this kind of thing is not limited to Wenhua Publishing House. Last year, Southern Publishing House invested in adapting two works, a TV series and a science fiction movie. In the end, the TV series could only maintain a balance of payments, while the movie suffered a loss of more than 100 million.
Zhou Qianhe now understood why Yaohua Cultural and Creative Industries could develop so rapidly. In addition to relying on the big ship of Yaohua Media, more importantly, the woman in front of him had unique vision and wise insights.
Thinking of this, Zhou Qianhe also had a general idea in his mind. Maybe his bold decision this time could really completely change the current situation of Wenhua Publishing House.
As for whether she is worried that Yaohua Cultural and Creative Industries cannibalize Wenhua Publishing House, that depends on her own ability. If it is due to her poor management, even without Yaohua Cultural and Creative Industries, Wenhua Publishing House will become someone else's meal.
After thinking about it, Zhou Qianhe felt relieved, stood up, poured a cup of tea for Xiao Muyou, raised his glass and said.
"Mr. Xiao, it's a pleasure to work with you."
Yes, Zhou Qianhe decided to accept the conditions proposed by Xiao Muyou. In this case, he directly expressed his sincerity, which was equivalent to wooing the future second largest shareholder of Wenhua Publishing House.
Seeing that Zhou Qianhe accepted his conditions, Xiao Muyou raised the tea cup in front of him with a smile.
“A pleasure to work with.”
Afterwards, the dinner was relatively harmonious, and the two of them did not talk too much about the specific matters of cooperation. The two parties will form a professional team to negotiate and communicate in due course.
It was past eight o'clock when the dinner ended. This meal could be described as a feast for the host and the guest, well, actually it was just the two of them.
When leaving the table, Zhou Qianhe stopped Xiao Muyou again.
"Mr. Xiao, I hope the cooperation will be kept secret for the time being."
Xiao Muyou nodded directly in agreement. After all, Zhou Qianhe wanted to use her hand to weaken the rights of those shareholders. If it were made public now, there would be great resistance to this matter.
As for what Zhou Qianhe wants to do specifically, this is not Xiao Muyou's business. She only needs to wait for the contract to be signed, invest the funds, get what she deserves, and then arrange for one of her own people to settle in Wenhua Publishing House.
But thinking about the evidence he had in hand, Xiao Muyou couldn't help but send a favor to Zhou Qianhe.
"President Zhou, just leave old man Xu of your publishing house to me. When the time comes, each of us will have half of the shares in his hands. How about that?"
Mr. Xu, the third largest shareholder of Wenhua Publishing House, currently owns about 12% of the publishing house's equity, and he is also the person behind the scenes that leads Wenhua Publishing House to steal sales.
When Zhou Qianhe heard this, a guess flashed through his mind. Looking at Xiao Muyou's confident and smiling expression, he became even more sure of his guess.
When the scandal occurred at Wenhua Publishing House, the Zhou family conducted a secret investigation, and the final result was directed at Xu Guochang. However, this guy was so cunning that he did not leave any substantial evidence at all. In the end, he just asked the person responsible for this
A junior supervisor stepped forward and took the blame.
And now that Xiao Muyou said this, it meant that she had evidence to bring down Xu Guochang again. Zhou Qianhe felt very depressed when he thought about this.
It was obviously our own business, but in the end an outsider had to intervene, but then I thought that this outsider would soon become my collaborator, which made me feel a lot more balanced.
In the end, Zhou Qianhe didn't say much, just replied thank you, and then the two of them walked out of the box.
"Will Xiao always take my car back?"
Zhou Qianhe knows where Xiao Muyou lives. It’s not far from Jinxi Garden from here. It takes about twenty minutes to drive. It’s just not the same as where she lives. But since I took her car when I came here, it’s natural to go back.
It should be delivered in person.
However, Xiao Muyou shook his head and refused.
"No, someone has already come to pick me up."
As they said this, they happened to arrive at the entrance of the courtyard.
It was already dark at this time, and only a few street lights were lit in the long and narrow alley, shrouding the entire alley in the gentle moonlight.
Not far from the door, a long and narrow figure spread all the way to the entrance of the courtyard. When Xiao Muyou saw the man leaning under the street lamp in the distance, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, and his steps moved faster.
"Didn't I ask you to wait in the car?"
When Xiao Muyou came to the man, there was a touch of gentleness on her face that she had not seen before, and her tone of voice became a little softer, with a hint of coquettishness.
The man skillfully took the bag from Xiao Muyou's hand, gathered her coat, and said.
"This place is too remote, and cars can't drive in. I'm worried. Is it over?"
Xiao Muyou nodded. Just as he was about to leave with the man, he suddenly saw the shadow reflected on the wall, and then he remembered that there was a third person beside him.
At this time, Zhou Qianhe also looked surprised. She recognized the man in front of her. Isn't it the new president of Feng Group who made a high-profile appearance at the new product launch conference some time ago? His surname seems to be Lei?
"President Zhou, the person to pick me up is here. Thank you for your hospitality tonight."