Chapter seven hundred and eighty seventh is a long way to go
The National Day holiday is over, and Tang An has to get back to work again.
The crew and actors have already set off to Morocco one after another to prepare for the next three or four months of filming.
Tang An had some other things to deal with, so he met with Cao Guowei after the holiday.
"Mr. Cao, I would like to thank you for your help a few days ago." After chatting for a while, Tang An first expressed his gratitude to Weibo for helping to control comments.
Although the matter was quite troublesome, Tang An did not spend much energy or resources on it. In addition to his own audience popularity and popularity, Weibo's control of comments also played a big role.
However, Weibo made a mistake in this matter, deleting Tang An’s Weibo, and it was the fault that came first.
Cao Guowei also apologized and said, "Dr. Tang, I was also negligent before. I didn't expect that someone would dare to delete your Weibo. I'm sorry that such a farce happened, but one of the deputy directors involved in this matter has been fired."
Except, I hope Mr. Tang will forgive me."
"Mr. Cao's words are serious. There are bound to be omissions anywhere."
Tang An waved his hands indifferently. Although this matter has a big impact at present, to Tang An, it is just a small matter.
"However, I'm afraid some people within Xinlang have taken a narrow path, and sooner or later they will be involved in Xinlang." Tang An said with some meaning.
Cao Guowei frowned slightly, "Tang Dong, please explain clearly."
Cao Guowei probably knew something about what was going on. There was a powerful Baodao force within Xinlang. Some relatively sensitive topics and news about Baodao would be controlled and evaluated, and they would be guided in a disharmonious direction.
During the summer vacation, Weibo also became the main forum for public opinion during the smoking scandal.
Because the Baodao forces behind Xinlang could be seen criticizing the domestic legal system, human rights, and various conspiracy theories at that time, as if Ke Zhendong had been persecuted in some way.
At the same time, Weibo has also deleted a large number of unfavorable remarks. It is unknown how many accounts have been blocked. Even the accounts of Ziguangge and the Central Committee of the Workers’ Youth League have been blocked. It is unknown how many articles have been deleted.
This incident made his superiors very unhappy, and Cao Guowei also received cold looks from his leaders.
Moreover, when Tang An called him before, he said that Minister Huang had a few words for him.
Tang An glanced at him and said directly, "Public opinion is very important in any country and region. Even the United States, which always promotes freedom, does not have real freedom of speech. Weibo, as the largest social media platform in the country, has now
It has the tendency to become a tool in the hands of some people in Baodao, what do you think, Mr. Cao?"
Coming straight to the point, Cao Guowei did not hide anything. He shook his head helplessly, "Large companies that started to develop at the beginning of the century, especially emerging industries, will inevitably have this situation, but I have nothing to do now.
Complete change.”
Tang An also knew what was going on at Xinlang. Three of the board members were from Baodao, and the shareholders behind them also had Baodao roots.
Tang An asked, "Are these things related to Cao Xunfeng, Cheng Beihong, and Jiang Fengnian?"
Cao Guowei said, "There are indeed internal problems, but Xinlang still has to face external threats. Victory, Divide, and Li all want to eat Xinlang one after another. I have no time to take care of the internal conflicts."
Tang An nodded to express his understanding. Since the founder left, Xinlang has changed several chairman of the board, and has become the fat in the eyes of other Internet companies.
Shengda once almost won Xinlang. Chen Tianqiao bought nearly 20% of Xinlang's shares from the secondary market and became the largest shareholder.
You must know that Xinlang's largest shareholder, Stone Company, only held less than 5% of the shares at that time. In addition, there were some people in the company who were flirting with Chen Tianqiao, so Xinlang would have to change his surname just one step away.
However, Cao Guowei's "poison pill plan" caused Chen Tianqiao to give up further acquisitions of Xinlang. He had already spent 60% of Shengda's funds for the 20% of the shares. If he continued the acquisition, Shengda's cash flow would be
Problem.
After that, everyone in Fengliang, ah, was all greedy for the fat meat of Xinlang.
Tang An continued, "But now that Xinlang and Weibo are on the right track and have completely established a firm foothold, some things should be resolved."
"Xinlang's shares are too dispersed, and they also have three board seats. They also want to seek a board seat for Weibo. If I hadn't facilitated the entry of Director Zhang of CITIC, the situation would have been worse."
Cao Guowei shook his head. From being a manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers to where he is today, he naturally wanted to fully control Xinlang and Xinlang Weibo, but it was not easy.
Not only the Baodao faction, but also Ah Li and Tang An across from him were all the ones he needed to be wary of.
"Xinlang is really too complicated internally, but we can start with Weibo. After the rights issue, Ahli holds 20% of the shares, I have 15%, the management has four points, and Xinlang holds 45%
, although we are not as good as Xinlang in terms of equity and voting rights, but if we add Director Zhang of CITIC, we have an absolute advantage on the board of directors, and I believe that Mr. Cao’s control of Weibo is definitely better than Xinlang’s.
The situation is much better.”
Today, the market value of Weibo has exceeded that of Xinlang. Although it is because Xinlang has divested some other industries and gone public separately, it is a fact that the importance and value of Weibo has exceeded that of Xinlang.
With the same level of support, if Weibo and Xinlang.com do the same thing, Weibo will definitely have better results.
Cao Guowei nodded and asked another question, "What about Tang Dong and Ah Li?"
Tang An smiled and said, "It's just a competition with Ah Li Pictures. Director Ma and I can talk quite well, and it will be beneficial for both of us to join forces. He also wants to use the Weibo platform to help attract traffic to Da Bao.
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Indeed, although the market value of Ahli Pictures is higher than that of Weibo, it is not as important as Weibo. For Ahli as a whole, Weibo’s traffic is much more valuable than Ahli Pictures.
The purpose of Ahli's investment in Weibo was to help attract traffic to Dibao, just like UC, and Ahli also paid nearly US$400 million in sky-high advertising costs over three years.
Tang An and Cao Guowei have temporarily reached an agreement on Weibo, and he is not worried that Cao Guowei and Ma Yun will get together and eventually kick him away.
We all know what happened to the companies acquired by Ahli. For Ahli, it is enough that these companies can attract traffic, and the rest does not matter at all.
But if Weibo becomes a platform for promoting Taobao products, it will be doomed, and Cao Guowei will not allow it.
Then, it is time to gradually eliminate the disharmonious factors within Weibo.
The incident involving Ke Zhendong during the summer vacation and the deletion of Tang An’s Weibo were all led by Weibo Entertainment Director Zheng Wei, who was considered a vanguard and did the work.
A movie that Zhao Wei was preparing invited Dai Lijin. Later, something happened to Dai Lijin, which also implicated Zhao Wei. It was Zheng Wei who helped them accuse and clear the ground.
Including the Zhou Ziyu incident, as well as the targeted smearing of the new generation of Mainland celebrities in the coming years, Zheng Wei did it in front of the stage.
There is also the criticism of Taiwanese artists. They have also done quite well in this regard. Compared with the new generation stars from the mainland who are criticized every day, the treatment of those Taiwanese artists is simply as high as in the sky.
There are only a few celebrities in Baodao who have sufficient resources and are united and open to the outside world.
However, there are many factions in the mainland. You are trying to criticize me and I am criticizing you. They are trying to hype themselves up and attack their opponents every day, and they cannot unite together at all.
The first target was the entertainment director, but there had to be a reason that barely made sense. The specifics depended on Cao Guowei.
As long as Weibo is a little cleaner and Tang An has enough weight, the upcoming traffic era may not be so bad if it is controlled properly.
The movie starring Wu Fan and Lu Han of the Four Returned Sons will be released soon, as well as those young talents from the mainland. As long as they show the value of traffic, domestic companies will definitely participate without hesitation.
This is the general trend. Tang An alone can do nothing unless the higher-ups listen to him.
Now we can only provide guidance from all aspects to prevent the entertainment industry from going too far.
With great ability comes great responsibility, and there is still a long way to go!
ps: Since I resigned, my parents and relatives have arranged three blind dates for me, which is really crazy.
The result is of course hard to describe. I travel back and forth between the county and the city every day, and it doesn't feel any easier.
I haven’t kept up with the updates, and the blind date didn’t work out. I’m really in trouble!
Starting from today, the 28th, there will be a ten-day update event.
After three failed blind dates, the fourth time in a short period of time should not be so fast. I will try my best to participate in this event!