Zhang Qiang, Zhang Yong, and Yu Yongfu shook hands.
"Excuse me, Mr. Zhang, for making a quick trip. Please take a seat."
Zhang Yong smiled, asked him to sit down, and introduced Yu Yongfu again.
The two of them greeted each other. Although Zhang Qiang had a bad premonition, he was not in a hurry to ask questions.
Zhang Yong came to the capital from Ninghang and had a lot of things to deal with, so he didn't beat around the bush.
"Mr. Zhang, you must be aware of the news that the company is going to integrate the cultural media industry. Now we just have to wait for the negotiation with Hantang Media to end and take over UC's shares. Then we will officially integrate UC, Youku, Taopiaopiao, and Ali Pictures."
, Ahli Literature, Damai.com and other cultural media-related companies were merged into the Great Entertainment Group."
Zhang Yong, the chief operating officer of Ahli, came here in person, which is enough to illustrate the importance of the big entertainment group in Ahli.
A big phone call shows the importance of the Great Entertainment Group in the future. The billion-dollar entertainment empire will be an important piece of the puzzle of Ali's business sector, and the Great Entertainment Group will be the platform of Ali. "The King of Masked Singer" is not as good as "The Voice"
"It's not half as good as it is."
Throughout the first half of the year, Hantang Media not only maintained its industry-leading position in the film business, but also in variety shows and TV series. It had five star TV series and two popular variety shows, completely surpassing all its peers.
This is completely different from Ali's strategic direction. The success of Han and Tang Dynasties was based on content, but Ali Entertainment Group does not focus on content, at least content is not the most important.
Otherwise, Fan Luyuan, a layman, would not be allowed to serve as the chairman of the board of directors and CEO of Ali Pictures. However, Zhang Qiang, a first-class professional, has been transformed from CEO to co-president.
Cai Chongxin didn't know if Ma Yun was heading in the right direction, but Ma Yun had the final say and could only follow him.
Moreover, Ma Yun has been successful for more than ten years.
After signing the contract, Tang An personally sent Cai Chongxin away. As he walked around, he said, "Mr. Cai, why don't you leave Xiami Music to me? You can set a price and I guarantee that you will be satisfied."
Cai Chongxin shook his head and said, "Dr. Tang is joking, Xiami Music is not from us, you should talk to them."
I'm going to talk to ghosts, four of the five founders came from ah, who doesn't want to return home in glory!
After a few more test sentences, and after confirming that there was no hope, Tang An said no more. Today's harvest was enough.
After sending Cai Chongxin and his party away, Tang An immediately called Xu Manyun, Wu Feng, and Wang Wei to the office.
"Mr. Wang, how many loans are there currently?" Tang An asked.
"A total of 3.3 billion, one billion of which is mortgaged by real estate, and there are still a few months left before the repayment date." Wang Weidao.
Tang An nodded and asked, "How much money does the company have on its books now?"
"The revenue from TV dramas is 450 million, and the revenue from the co-productions with four subsidiaries has been settled. In terms of variety shows, the previous dozen programs of Oriental Popularity and several new ones have been settled for a total of 350 million. The revenue from "The Breakup Master" is 1.7
100 million has been received, plus various other items, the total is 3.7 billion in cash." Wang Wei reported briefly.
It was only 3.7 billion. Tang An thought for a while and said, "Let's give them the 400 million that was offered for the acquisition of Tiantian Tiandong. Don't be in a hurry to pay back the money to the bank."
Tiantian Dongting has already acquired 77% of the shares, with management retaining 13%.
Digital music has great potential after the Copyright Office introduced policies, but not many can be won. Kugou is in the hands of Tengxun, and several founders of Xiami Music came from Ahli.
But Tiantian Dongting is enough, after all, it now has 300 million users.
Later, Ah Li made a stupid trick and imported Tiantian Tingting users into Xiami Music, which was only used as a simple music player.
Xiami Music has become a comprehensive music platform, although Xiami Music was earlier involved in algorithm recommendation, music community, and playlists.
But Tiantian Dongting is more well-known. With 300 million users and Ahli’s traffic, it can compete with QQ Music and Kugou. Those communities and algorithm recommendations can also be transferred step by step. If there are users, what do you have to worry about.
As a result, due to Ahli's positioning error, Xiami Music and Tiantian Dongting both went downhill.
The bank loan will not be repaid for now, and there will be a lot of money to spend. The more than 3 billion will be spent soon.
The money spent is valuable, otherwise it will be of no use.
Financial directors Wang Wei and Xu Manyun also have no objections. The domestic box office of "Interstellar" is aiming for 2 billion, which is nearly 1 billion in revenue. It also has great potential overseas.
Tang An does not interfere in the operation of his subsidiary companies, but only uses his forward-looking vision to put forward some constructive suggestions.
"I will invest 500 million in Tiantian Dongting and purchase copyrights from domestic and foreign companies such as Universal, Warner, Sony, Rolling Stone, Huayan, and Media Asia. Within a year, I will see at least 3 million songs in the music library."
Exclusive copyright."
Five hundred million was used to purchase copyrights at one time. Of course, it was not purchased one by one, but packaged and purchased by each company.
No matter what the industry is, users, products, and channels are all indispensable.
In an era when piracy was rampant, Tang An was extremely decisive when spending 500 million to purchase music copyrights.
Financial resources and channels cannot compete with Tengxun, so we can only rely on foresight. With Tiantian Dongting’s 300 million users, we can also take a big bite in the digital music industry.
But Tang An knows when the music will become legal, others don't.
Chen Guofu will leave next month, and the company will basically be temporarily managed by Xu Manyun. She immediately raised questions.
"There is no need to buy copyrights now. If you spend a lot of money to buy copyrights, the annual losses will be too great."
Tang An couldn't explain this. He couldn't say he could see through the future.
"It is only a matter of time before copyright is formalized. From video websites to music platforms, the country is making constant moves, probably in the next one or two years. It is totally worthwhile to use these hundreds of millions to gain an advantage."