Chapter 578 I'm still the king of the New Year's Eve!
It’s the end of the year, and every company has a lot of things going on.
Several TV series produced by the company's TV drama division will be broadcast on major satellite TVs, and several TV series jointly invested with several subsidiaries have also been filmed.
It's impossible for all of them to sell well, and Tang An didn't specifically pick them out.
However, if the projects are carefully selected by professionals, the difference will not be much worse.
In the past few months, we have negotiated the copyrights for several programs from South Korea, in addition to the original TV show.
Tang An's request is to win the remake rights in one go as much as possible, even if he pays a little more copyright fee, instead of licensing it season by season. Later, the annual licensing fee gets higher year by year.
As for original programs, Tang An also asked people to brainstorm to see if there were any good ideas.
Tang An himself rarely watches variety shows. Although he knows most of them, most of them have not watched two episodes.
So many variety shows were adapted later that he himself didn't even know which ones were adapted and which ones were original.
I just remember "Qi Pa Shuo" and "You're All Right", which are variety shows similar to talk shows, and there is also "Celebrity Detective".
After watching a few episodes, Tang An briefly talked about the idea and asked the Variety Show Department to prepare a plan and conduct market research.
Tang An is not a professional in this regard. After the group's Variety Show Division acquired Dongfang Popular, it has become the top variety show production team in the country. The level of business capabilities is absolutely reassuring. After all, Dongfang Popular is already a top variety show production company in the country.
After some adjustments to the group, one-third of its employees were transferred to Tudou Pictures and other companies.
Preparations for Han and Tang film and television production have also been completed, and the middle and senior management have been transferred from the group.
Han and Tang Literature established Singularity Film and Television Company, invested in three animation production companies, and also invested in two animation broadcast platforms as an angel investor.
There are also four film and television companies established by studios, all of which have removed their staff from the group.
The original number of more than 3,000 employees of Hantang Media Group was immediately reduced to 1,800.
1,200 employees, all middle-level employees were dispersed to six or seven other companies, and with the recruitment of some people, Tudou Pictures, Qingdian Film and Television, Hantang Film and Television and four studios were instantly formed.
Originally, the group expanded to 3,000 people in order to cope with the release of more than a dozen movies every year, as well as the production and distribution of numerous TV series.
It is still the traditional distribution method, and it is time to slowly transition to Internet distribution.
Moreover, with so many independent companies, the film and television production business has also been slowly spread out. The group only accounts for a small part of the investment and does not participate in production.
The huge and bloated group suddenly lost weight, but it did not affect the operation at all, and instead became smoother.
Several companies invested by the group are also following up, and it is estimated that within a few months, they will all follow suit again.
Everything was operating normally, and Tang An was also concerned about the trends of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" and "Tomb Robbers Notes".
On the 27th, Tang An brought a team composed of the group's legal department, finance department, and strategic investment department to the headquarters of Xiaomi Technology Co., Ltd., China Resources Colorful City Office Building, Qinghe Middle Street, Haidian District, Beijing.
The Group’s Strategic Investment Department has been negotiating with Xiaomi Technology for financing for more than half a month.
Rebus can be said to be well-known in later generations. He is the figure who will suppress the Four Kings. Tang An has been keeping an eye on Xiaomi since its A round a year ago.
But he was rejected. Rebus started investing a few years ago and has invested in a lot of companies. He is a well-known angel investor in the industry and has a lot of money.
Xiaomi’s first few rounds were all domestic and internationally renowned large venture capital companies such as DST, Goldman Sachs, Temasek, Qiming Ventures, and Morningstar Capital.
Most entrepreneurs ask people to invest and call them daddy, but some entrepreneurs have a lot of people waving checks and rushing to send money.
I missed out on the previous rounds, but it was hard to participate in this round.
This time last year, Xiaomi was valued at US$1 billion and raised US$90 million. Now it is valued at US$4 billion and needs to raise US$21.6 billion.
It quadruples in one year. You know you can make money, but you can't help it if you can't get involved.
This financing also includes some cooperation terms. In the next five years, all mobile phone implants in the film and television dramas produced by the group and several film and television companies it holds will use Xiaomi phones, and the quantity, departure time, and TV drama ratings are stipulated.
Terms such as the number of movie viewers.
At the same time, the other party's Xiaomi phone must have a built-in cloud reading app, and it must not have built-in novel readers including QQ Reading.
The mobile bookstore that monopolized mobile reading in the past two years was on the verge of bankruptcy, and now the market competition for wireless terminals is fierce.
Although Xiaomi is still not among the top in terms of sales volume now, in two or three years, as long as it monopolizes Xiaomi's built-in products, this channel alone will have at least a 10% share.
The contract was signed for five years. Within five years, all Xiaomi mobile phones will come with cloud bookstores when they leave the factory. However, Han and Tang Literature will have to pay Xiaomi 20 channel fees.
In an era where channels are king, those who create content will never be as good as those who create channels.
This channel fee is not high, at least Pingguo will charge a channel fee of 30 later, and other built-in readers from other mobile phone manufacturers will charge similar amounts.
First, cultivate users and occupy the market, and then find ways to guide readers to the p version website to download the app, so there is no need to pay channel fees.
After all, QQ Reading is backed by the behemoth QQ and has a natural advantage in terms of audience.
But it's just an app for reading on the cloud. Singularity already occupies 60% of the market share. It doesn't need to be built-in, and its audience is somewhat different from other wireless texts.
There are also endorsements, Han and Tang Media have priority.
Win-win cooperation, otherwise you will be of no use to others, and no one who wants your money will give it to you.
The specific financing figures and proportions have been negotiated before. Dst Fund from Russia, Temasek, and Hantang Media Group exchanged 51,233 shares for US$21.6 billion.
Hantang Media invested US$60 million and obtained 14,232 shares.
It's so pitiful that it's just a sip of soup at most. It's mainly a collaboration between Han and Tang literature and Xiaomi.
At the same time, Tang An also spent 129.5 billion to get 166 of his U shares from Lei Jun. The remaining 5 shares of Nokia were also negotiated by Wu Feng for 3.9 billion.
Hantang Media now holds a total of 296 shares of uYoushi.
For this, Tang An paid 164.9 billion yuan, plus the 3.9 billion invested in Xiaomi, totaling 203.9 billion yuan.
For the first time, I used the group's shares to borrow money from a bank, and 15% of the shares were loaned 2 billion.
During this period, although the share of "The Stolen Five Years" and "Kuaiben's Happy Home" did not come down, the company's two previous TV series sold in the first round had good ratings, and the second and third rounds were broadcast
The rights were also sold.
In addition, three more TV series have sold their first-round broadcast rights and online copyrights, adding up to 2.8 billion yuan in revenue.
The price is not high, and it is not a hit TV series.
After coming out of Xiaomi Technology, Wu Feng, deputy general manager of the strategic investment department, asked, "Chairman, do you plan to cash out your shares in U?"
Tang An asked curiously, "Oh, why would Mr. Wu think like this?"
Wu Feng said, "At present, the group has taken over the shares of u296. You have not interfered with the operation of u. You have not even visited u's headquarters. You have also mortgaged the group's equity for the first time."
Including the previous loans, I currently owe a total of 3.8 billion to the bank. Even if "Longling Labyrinth" and "囧" are both hits, I still can't afford to repay such a large amount of loans.
Judging from Tang An's previous actions, the group has not accepted investment from anyone, so the 15 pledged shares will certainly not be given away easily.
It is impossible to make a net profit of 3.8 billion from two or three movies. The only explanation is to sell U's shares. Otherwise, Tang An holds 296 shares but has never even been to U. It is unreasonable.
Tang An nodded and smiled, "Mr. Wu is right. I heard that Baidu is already preparing to acquire U. It is estimated that the acquisition will be launched in half a month. Tengxun has a QQ browser, and Ali will definitely intervene.
, we can sell it at a good price when the time comes!”
Wu Feng suddenly said, "So that's it. Chairman, you are really well-informed. I haven't received any news at all."
As an investment manager from CITIC, not to mention that he has connections all over the financial circle, at least the news from major companies will not lag behind. Now Tang An has received such accurate news, he has not even heard the slightest news.
No wonder the chairman has achieved such a scale in just three years. Wu Feng secretly admires it.
Many things can be equated with money, and advanced news is undoubtedly the most important. Sometimes news is worth more than money!
As for the accuracy of the news, Wu Feng had no doubts. After all, it involved the group's equity and more than 3 billion in funds. Tang An did not seem to be a reckless person.
Wu Feng was right. Tang An himself had advance news, and he was the only one who knew it. It was worth more than money.
Baidu was supposed to launch an acquisition of U66 before the Spring Festival, but was rejected by Yu Yongfu. Then within a year and a half, Ali made two consecutive acquisitions, acquiring U66's shares at a valuation of 30 billion.
It’s really 666. The big players are not short of money. The current valuation of u is less than 8 billion. A year and a half later, Ali directly gave it a valuation of 30 billion. It has doubled nearly twice and is almost as good as the past year.
Xiaomi’s growth has accelerated.
Although from the books, Ah Li’s investment failed, but considering the traffic that u brought to Ah Li’s other businesses, it actually still made a profit.
Yu Yongfu had joined Jack Ma a long time ago, and U was also the most important part of Ah Li's entertainment business group. Ah Li was bound to win, and Tang An didn't have the money to hold a controlling stake, so he couldn't rob him.
If it is estimated at 30 billion by then, selling half of the 15 or so shares will yield 4.5 billion, which is a huge profit.
Next year, Xinlang Weibo will encounter its biggest dilemma in the past few years. It will be caught in the wavering between social and media, causing its valuation to plummet.
The Optoelectronics Special Fund Office has been able to do real-time data statistics for 90% of cinemas across the country, and the online ticketing platform will usher in the best opportunity.
With this money, you can do a lot of things!
News can be exchanged for money. If it were Ma Yun or Ma Huateng, the helmsman of a super giant, who controls hundreds of billions of funds, it would be easy to become the world's richest man based on this news.
It’s very difficult for Tang An. He doesn’t even want to invest in Xiaomi.
He knows a lot about unicorn companies, but they may not always be able to win them. Just like the previous Meituan financing, he and Ali both wanted to invest, but they didn't want him and wanted Ali, so there was no way.
After leaving Xiaomi Technology and getting into a business car, Tang An took advantage of the time on the road to learn about the situation of Didi, Toutiao, Nuomi.com and other companies from Wu Feng, and told him to participate in the next round of financing.
On the afternoon of November 28, Tang An came to the National Stadium to participate in the epic "1942" that Feng Xiaogang has been honing for two years.
Huayi has always been the most enthusiastic company in China to host premieres, and it can create something fresh every time in a different place.
It is said that the world's largest movie screen of 600 square meters was specially purchased, the Barco dp2k-32b projector that won the Guinness World Record for "the brightest projector in the world", and Dolby Atmos from Dolby Laboratories' latest audio technology.
When we arrived at the National Stadium, it was already late because of the traffic jam. There were hundreds of movie fans and dozens of reporters outside, and people kept walking on the red carpet.
Tang An also simply walked off the red carpet and was asked about his expectations for Feng Xiaogang's movie, his views on the Lunar New Year movie, and the Golden Horse Best Director. He also responded to questions one by one.
Entering the stadium, Wang Zhongjun, Feng Xiaogang and the CEOs of major companies were all here. After all, it was Feng Xiaogang's masterpiece, and the success of "Tangshan Earthquake" was still fresh in our minds.
"Director Wang, Director Feng, I'm sorry for being late." Tang An walked over to say hello.
"You're welcome, Mr. Tang. You're giving me face by coming here to honor me." Wang Zhongjun smiled and shook hands with Tang An.
Feng Xiaogang also responded, "Dr. Tang, it's a pity that you are not participating in the Lunar New Year this year. I have to wait until next summer to see your masterpiece."
Feng Dapao said he was waiting for Tang An's masterpiece, but his tone was not modest at all.
It's been two years since "If You Are the One 2" failed miserably in "Edge of Tomorrow". There is no doubt that he has been completely suppressed by Tang An. The title of King of the Lunar New Year Festival that he originally wore on his head is gone, and Tang An has taken it.
If it was a cuckold, he would give it to Tang An, but he wanted to take back the title of King of the Lunar New Year.
In terms of winning awards and art, he considers himself to be worse than Zhang Yimou, but he was completely suppressed at the commercial box office, which he is proud of. He has no Kobe qualities at all.
This made him hold a breath in his heart, and he was just waiting to let it out.
Tell everyone that he, Feng Xiaogang, is still the king of the Lunar New Year stalls!!!
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