The time soon came to July, Tang An had told Liu Tianming and Xiong Xiaoge about the singularity at the reception before, and after having an intention, he made an appointment to talk carefully after two days.

And Wu Wen also had results, and initially said that Carlyle and Trustbridge Capital were moved.

The four investment companies confirmed their intentions, and after discussion, they formulated a cooperation method.

Hantang Media invested US$150 million, SoftBank China invested US$50 million, Carlyle Investment Group invested US$50 million, IDG Capital invested US$50 million, Trustbridge Capital contributed nearly US$20 million, and Wu Wen and his team invested a total of US$10 million

Trustbridge Capital is an investment company founded by Li Shujun, the former CFO of Shengda Network, and had a good relationship with Wu Wen before.

The acquisition of Shengda Literature at a total price of about US$330 million is aimed at 100% equity of Singularity Chinese Network, 50% equity of Chinese World Publishing House, and 51% equity of Jinyu Literature.

The negotiation with Shengda lasted for nearly half a month, because Chen Tianqiao's anxiety has not improved, he must stay away from Shengda, and he has already planned to change careers to make investments.

In the end, the price was $350 million, with SoftBank China and Carlyle Capital each adding $10 million.

In the large conference room of the headquarters of Shengda Network Magic Capital, everyone signed the acquisition contract.

Hantang Literature Group, jointly established by Hantang Media and SoftBank China, owns 100% of Singularity, 50% of Chinese World Publishing House, and 51% of Jinqi.

Hantang Media has also become the largest shareholder of Hantang Literature with a 42.86% stake, which is equivalent to a subsidiary of Hantang Media.

It's not that Tang An doesn't want to hold it, but at present, the group only has 100 million working capital, and most of this money will be used for the promotion of "Looking for the Dragon" in October, and it can't be moved anyway.

Otherwise, the publicity will be unfavorable and affect the box office results, and the loss will be great.

Moreover, the 42.86% stake is not much different from the absolute holding, and the 7% stake has a chance to buy back in the future.

"Tang Dong, happy cooperation. ”

Chen Danian shook hands with Tang An and the others with a complicated expression.

The dignified Shengda Network, once the first giant of the Internet, BAT has to look up to the existence, but now it has to slowly sell the industry, or sell it to a "small company".

"Mr. Chen, thank you, can you tell me Dong Chen's address, I'll visit him later. Tang An said sincerely.

Chen Danian shook his head, "Thank you Tang Dong for your kindness, it's just that the doctor said that my brother can't be disturbed by mundane things now, and he needs to recuperate, and he will talk about it after a while." ”

"Then greet Chen Dong for me and say thank you. ”

After the completion of the acquisition, it was not immediately announced, but first went to Singularity to appease the company's executives, and held a meeting to reassign management.

Wu Wen served as the CEO of Han and Tang Dynasty Literature.

Shang Song served as the president of Han and Tang Dynasty literature.

The other digital vice presidents in charge of original content, publishing, copyright marketing, legal affairs, finance, technology, wireless cooperation and other businesses are basically from Wu Wen's team, and they are also the founders of Singularity.

As for the other middle layers, they will remain unchanged for the time being.

After handling some trivial matters, Tang An asked the company's middle-level and above management to get together.

"Mr. Wu, the company will be handed over to you in the future, and I will not ask about the specific operation, you are professional in this regard. ”

Tang An still said this, coupled with the transfer of high-level management, which also made Wu Wen and other high-level executives feel at ease.

They don't want to just break away from Shengda and jump into another "Shengda".

Tang An had a glass with them and said, "I only have one request, the market share of Han and Tang literature should increase year by year, and in the next two years, it should account for at least 50% of the market share." ”

Tang Dong rest assured that at present, no company in online literature can pose a threat to us. ”

Regaining control of the company, Wu Wen's self-confidence has risen to a notch.

But that's no problem, Singularity's current market share is nearly 45%, and the other more than a dozen websites in China add up to 55%, and none of them can play.

"The wireless channel is the key, in addition to the singularity client that has been launched, the new cloud reading APP should also be launched as soon as possible, the discount is slightly larger, as soon as possible to raise users, and the major mobile phone manufacturers to contact the built-in software, it doesn't matter if the major websites give concessions, the money earned now will be earned back dozens of times in the future. ”

"There are also peripheral copyrights, the release of "Looking for the Dragon" on the National Day, and all copyright marketing will be discussed after the National Day. ”

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After finishing the singularity, Tang An returned to the capital overnight.

It's July 24th, a month after the film was completed, and the editing has just begun, and he has to cut out the finished film as soon as possible, and then make the post-production.

Fortunately, the post-production is not very complicated, the preliminary preparations have been completed, and all the CG materials and data have been calculated.

I had a good night's sleep and went to the office early the next morning.

Now the company has its own editing room and a small screening room, which is also much more convenient.

Before continuing to edit, Tang An first looked at the entertainment news.

"Snowflake Secret Fan" was officially released in North America and other overseas countries this Friday, but the word-of-mouth seems to be good in major cities in North America.

I don't know if it's for Wendy Deng's face or it's true, anyway, in order not to make the box office too ugly, Wendy Deng made a North American box office of $1.34 million in a dark box operation.

Not only are there all kinds of deception in China, but Hollywood, as a complete film industry system, is the same.

The domestic box office of "Snowflake Secret Fan" also hit grandma's house, with a total box office of less than 40 million.

Among other films, the Hollywood animated film "Animal Story" took nearly 70 million at the box office.

The comedy "God of Wealth Inn" produced by Berner reached a box office of 120 million, and Wang Jing is still very good at making these funny films, although the reputation is not good.

There are basically no movies in June, and Hollywood blockbusters are concentrated in May, July and August.

"Kung Fu Panda 2", which was released at the end of May, beat all movies in the same period and won 650 million at the box office.

Uncle Depp's "Pirates of the Caribbean: Strange Tides" withstood the pressure of "Kung Fu Panda 2" and got 590 million at the box office.

"Fast and Furious 5" got a new high of 280 million at the domestic box office for this series.

The total box office of the Hollywood superhero movie "Thor" in the mainland has just exceeded 100 million.

Throughout May, it was bombarded by many Hollywood blockbusters, completely occupying the schedule for more than a month, and jointly bombarded the box office of more than 1.6 billion yuan, sweeping all domestic films in the same period.

I can't even find a movie with a box office of more than 10 million, and the kung fu comedy "Cai Li Buddha Boxing" starring most of Zhou Xingchi's team and popular star Wang Baoqiang even barely broke one million at the box office.

It is worth mentioning that in April, a "Cai Li Buddha Boxing" was also released, starring Hong Jinbao and Hong Tianzhao father and son, which is also a huge fight.

It can be said that since the Spring Festival, domestic films have been firmly pressed under the body by imported blockbusters, and they have no power to fight back.

And now that the summer season has begun, the only domestic blockbuster "Martial Arts" in July is not much better.

This martial arts movie directed by Chen Kexin and starring Donnie Yen, Takeshi Kaneshiro, and Tang Wei was also unsatisfactory at the box office.

In the first week, it broke 100 million in 7 days, and it was barely passable, and in the second week, it was only 50 million.

Now in the past 6 days of the third week, the box office is only 13 million, and there is no hope of breaking 200 million.

And in a few days, "Transformers 3" will land in the mainland film market, which will be a bigger storm, and no movie can withstand it.

Tang An sighed, the summer file had never let Hollywood movies rage in the previous ten years, and it was going to fall this year.

After spending about an hour browsing the entertainment news, Tang An was ready to get up and go to the editing room.

But at this time, there was a knock on the office door, and it was Xu Zheng who came in, still holding a document in his hand.

"Director Xu, is there something wrong?" Tang An smiled and invited him to sit.

Xu Zheng came to sit down in front of him and handed over the documents in his hand, "Tang Dong, I found a good book in the company's script library and want to make it into a movie." ”