Chapter 179: Hollywood is a pot of porridge!
In the conference room of Dream Airlines, a huge screen shows a CEO with a handsome face and a leather collar. He is Menghang's second person in addition to Shaogong, CEO - Wang Yang.
The meeting was held to distribute the company's equity, and because Wang Yang was in Europe to host the Dream Airlines Cinema Line in Europe, he could not return to China, so he made a video call.
In this conference room, there are Shao Gong, Ouyang Ke, Ouyang Fenqiang, Meng Xiangting, and the company's legal Gu Chen Yingzi.
It is not the first time that Shao Gong proposed to distribute the company's shares, he proposed it when the company was first established, but Wang Yang vetoed this proposal. Now that I heard Shao Gong raise the issue of distributing the company's equity again, others were naturally meaningless, and some people even secretly rejoiced in their hearts. After all, the current Menghang is not just established, how many people in the current Menghang want to take real money into the shares, but this is the original stock, very valuable!
Looking at the people in the conference room, Wang Yang frowned and pondered for a moment, and said, "Shaogong, I don't think it's a good time to distribute the company's equity, I hope you will consider canceling this issue again." Hearing him say this, Shao Gong put one hand on his forehead, touched his chin as soon as he reached it, and pondered: "No, Brother Yang, I think it's time now." ”
"What you said is time, is it because you are married? I consulted Xiao Jing about your marriage, although the divorce contract you signed with your younger siblings made her unable to get any shares from Menghang, nor could she get half of the money earned by Menghang. But after all, you are married, Menghang senior management said that it is a high-level, but there is no share, in the end, it is still a senior worker. Even if you are not in the company and your younger siblings forcibly meddle in the company's affairs, the senior management will fall behind in terms of identity. That's why you want to distribute the company's equity, to elevate the status of the top management, so that we can live up to the name?"
Hearing this, Shao Gong slowly closed his eyes and shook his head comfortably, but he nodded again: "There are reasons for this, but it is more that everyone has put too much effort into Menghang over the years, and this is still what everyone deserves." And I have too much equity on my body, except for being able to control the overall situation and make a statement in the company, it is not of much use. ”
The conversation between the two was almost incomprehensible to Ouyang Ke and Ouyang Fenqi, because these two were playing with their brains, and what they were thinking about was far from what they could guess. As for Chen Yingzi, she didn't understand it, she just took the equity transfer letter and waited for the equity distribution to perform her duties as a legal adviser.
However, Meng Xiangting could understand what the two of them were thinking about, so she said: "Brother Wang, all of you here today, except for Sister Jin, are all veterans of our Menghang. Shaogong's mind is like the sea, and there is no one who has not counted what he has said. He said back then that we would start from scratch, start a business together, and share the blessings, and if everyone here had shares, we would definitely do it. Today's Menghang has a very strong reputation both at home and abroad, and our industry has expanded several times or even dozens of times. If Menghang is a city, then our Menghang Cinema Line is a city wall, as long as we are united internally, outsiders will not be able to break through the iron wall of Menghang, which is a powerful situation that can be attacked, retreated, and defended. So Xiaomei thinks that now is the right time to distribute the company's equity. ”
Seeing her self-righteous and lightly relieved, Wang Yang pursed his lips and showed a bright smile: "Xiangting, you only see Menghang's achievements, don't you see its crisis?"
"Crisis?"
Meng Xiangting pondered for a moment, and finally nodded to Shao Gong and said: "Shao Gong, buying Marvel Comics for 3.5 billion US dollars is a bit big, and almost all the funds of the Magnesium Country branch will be drained at once." I think it's better to choose to let Dream Airlines go fully public, so as to make up for our lack of funds in the shortest possible time. You must know that although the domestic Dream Airlines makes a lot of money, it is far from the shooting expenses that support the Dream Airlines branch, after all, you have formulated a series of shooting plans for the magnesium country branch, and you need money!"
"What exactly did you come up with?"
Wang Yang shook his head helplessly and smiled: "Your vision has improved over the years, but it is not enough, you can see that Shaogong's acquisition of Marvel Comics is too risky, but you don't see the value behind the adventure." And what I mean by the Dream Voyage crisis is a crisis that may or may not happen in the future. At least I think Shao Gong's decision not to let Dream Airlines go public was a really wise decision.
Although the listing can bring huge wealth to Menghang in a short period of time, it will also lead to a large amount of Menghang's equity release. You know, once we choose to go public, the company that buys our Menghang shares is not all friends, sometimes enemies and adversaries will also buy to achieve the purpose of causing trouble for us. I'm not saying this without purpose, for example, once we go public, the Tang people who have been secretly against us will definitely buy a large number of our shares, and when Cai Yinong has Menghang's equity, what do you think she will do?"
"Shoot with us. ”
Meng Xiangting said: "Or take the works she likes from Menghang Chinese Network and shoot them for the Tang people." ”
"That's just one aspect. ”
Wang Yang shook his head, and said with a wise gaze: "If I were Cai Yinong, I would definitely send a few more accountants to keep an eye on all of Meng Hang's income, so as not to have my own interests blackened by Menghang." At that time, we will have to devote most of our energy just to deal with external interference, and how much time and privacy we have to develop ourselves! Therefore, Menghang's equity must not be released, so that Menghang can maintain autonomy and independence, and only our own Menghang.
And the crisis I am talking about is indeed related to Shaogong's acquisition of Marvel Comics, because the funds of the magnesium country branch are indeed seriously insufficient. Although Shao Gong wants to shoot Marvel hero movies to save Marvel's influence, after all, this is a gamble, betting that our hero movies can successfully open the market, so that it can bring a series of subsidiaries such as anime comics, Marvel models, toys, and clothing to rise again. But what if we lose the bet? You must know that the current magnesium country is a time of economic crisis, and we are the weakest financial company in Hollywood. In this crisis, those old companies with bigger financial resources than us have been caused by the turmoil in the stock market, and they have lost enough money to break their bones, so they have been bought by foreign companies one by one. But with the arrival of new funds, they have already made up for the losses. They have been against us before, and they will continue to be hostile to us in the future. And with the support of the consortium behind them, their methods are definitely more violent than before.
But that's just a crisis, and I'm sure Shao Gong can solve them well. But then we'll have more money to fight them. And Menghang equity is an opportunity to accumulate a lot of money, we can not go public, but we can sell equity, we can not sell to enemies and opponents, but we can sell to our optimistic consortium. For example, the country, I believe that the country will not let Menghang fall, after all, the only film and television company that can go to the world in China is our Menghang. And Dream Airlines Cinema Line is the world's largest cinema chain. I believe that the country will definitely be very covetous of this cinema chain, because the country will rely on this cinema chain to build a bridge for the overseas distribution of Chinese films. As long as Menghang opens its mouth to sell equity to the state, I believe that the country will definitely agree without hesitation and invest a lot of money.
But that's just my guess, there is only a 50% chance that this kind of crisis will happen, after all, Shao Gong's talent is also here, and I believe he saw these crises when he bought Marvel Comics. But he still went for the acquisition, and there must have been a good way to solve these crises. That's why I say it will happen in the future or it won't happen. But it's best if it doesn't happen, once it really develops like that, let's exchange shares with the state for funds to recover! That's why I said that Menghang's equity can't be distributed, at least not until the Marvel hero movie is not a big success. ”
After saying so much at once, Rao is Wang Yang couldn't help but be thirsty, Shao Gong saw him on the other side of the screen holding a teacup and drinking tea, nodding seriously: "Brother Wang is worthy of being a top student of the School of Finance, and he really sees the problem as the deepest of the high-level ones." But since I dare to spend a lot of money to buy Marvel Comics, I won't fail to see those crises and the opponents we will face in the future. But I already have the means to deal with them, so Brother Wang doesn't have to worry about the future of the company at all. ”
"It seems that you are still planning to distribute the equity, can you tell us about your plan for dealing with the crisis?"
Wang Yang's eyes flashed with curiosity: "In terms of business operation, you are smarter than me." Although I am conceited about my own vision, I admit that I am not as good as you. So I'd like to hear your solution and see if you can improve my horizons. ”
"Yes, vision, vision determines vision. Only by going to the world can our eyes look at the whole world. ”
Shao Gong said proudly: "I am confident that I can do a good job in Marvel hero movies, but when we do better, that is, when the enemy comes." So my decision was that in the face of many enemies, Menghang must not play heads-up, we need allies. In the face of those stinky and shameless Hollywood veteran companies, to put it simply, it is necessary to pull a batch, fight a batch, and find an ally for a whole batch. ”
"Interesting, what do you mean: pull a batch, hit a batch, find an ally for a whole batch. ”
At this time, Wang Yang suddenly came to his senses: "This is not a battlefield, don't use tactical language." ”
"Brother Wang, shopping malls are like battlefields, and it's not impossible to use tactics to do business!"
Shao Gong smiled and squinted, revealing a standard fox face and said: "Pull a group, that is, find a friend in several old Hollywood companies to form an alliance, although they are currently an alliance, but they are not united internally, they are gathered together in order to share the interests from Menghang, but if we can give the right benefits, will they still be a monolith?" For example, Disney, which is currently the only independent company in Hollywood, will definitely want to open a Marvel Heroes exhibit in the Disney park if our hero movie is a big success, and this is an opportunity.
It is obvious that if the other party is uncomfortable, then we are not easy to provoke, if they dare to come, we will dare to fight back, beat them with a disgraced face, play the majesty of our dream sailing, and beat our morale, so that they dare not stretch their claws again.
Finding an ally is to find another ally in addition to Disney, as long as we are in tune with each other, we can reach an alliance of interests. At present, Sony is the only one in Asia that has broken into Hollywood like Dream Air, and Sony's financial resources and the consortium behind them are no less than the parent company behind the old Hollywood company. I think two Asian companies will be a powerful force when they join forces, even if it's Hollywood. Although I don't like the little devils either, they are currently the only Asian company that is qualified to be in alliance with Dream Air.
What's more, the current Hollywood is no longer the Hollywood of the past, and only one of their iconic old companies has been acquired, so Hollywood is also facing a reshuffle. In my opinion, Hollywood is a pot of porridge now, and if we want to break into the top Hollywood film and television company sequence to get a piece of the pie, we must first squeeze the other party out. If Menghang's family can't do it, then take their companions to squeeze them together, as for whether they can squeeze in, who can squeeze in, it depends on the ability of our families.
And Sony has been at the bottom of Hollywood's film and television companies over the years, because they don't have good screenwriters and haven't been able to make good magnesium movies. Although our Menghang is the weakest among them, the results of our films last year are firmly in the first place at the box office in the magnesium country, and even nearly double the second place, because we have good ideas and scripts, as well as the ability to control the market.
In my eyes, the film and television companies in the world are roughly divided into three classes!
But there is no one in all the film and television companies who does not like to follow the fashion trend. But not every company has that strategic vision. The third-class company follows the trend, that is, smells the fart behind others, and as soon as other people's excellent movies come out, they follow the trend to pick up the benefits.
Tier 2 companies are trend-forecasters, and they can accurately predict where they will go in the next two or three years, giving them a head start. But the trend is so easy to predict, if you are not careful, you will lose money. So even the established Hollywood companies will have a good time at the box office, and that is caused by their misprediction of trends.
The first-class company is the trend, in the hands of such a company, the trend is the toy in their hands, what kind of trend they want to make popular, can roll up the storm that leads the trend. You have to be able to predict what the market will do in the next decade. And we dream sail to be the trendsetters. Because when we were founded, we said that Dream Airlines produced it must be a high-quality product. And at home, we've always done that. I believe that I will be able to do it in the magnesium country, because I have already made a plan for the next ten years for the Dream Airlines branch. ”
Plans for the next 10 years!!
Hearing these words, Wang Yang was directly shocked.
Seeing that he couldn't close his mouth in surprise, Shao Gong smiled and said: "Actually, not only on the magnesium country's side, but also in China, I am also making a plan for the next ten years, but it is not completed now." ”
Another decade for the future!!
All the high-ups in the room were shocked.
Speaking of this, Shao Gong continued: "Actually, what I am most worried about is not the distribution of equity, but the fear that the equity will fall into the hands of the state. As soon as these words came out, Wang Yang was surprised: "Why?"
"Because we're businessmen, not politicians, and God knows what's going on in the minds of those politicians?"
Shao Gong took a sip of tea, lit a cigarette and took a deep breath: "Although the country can help us at a critical time, it is also a Zhongtian hanging sword, and it is not a good thing to have such a sword hanging on the head that will fall at any time." And my business philosophy has always been only for profit, and sometimes it is inevitable to use some small means, and the country will definitely not want to see me do that. And how does Brother Wang know that the state will not keep an eye on our capital income and expenditure!"
At this time, Wang Yang shut up directly, he didn't know that there were some illegal means between Shaogong and Ouyang Ke to make profits, and investing in the Wuhu Group was used to launder money, and at the same time, the box office of Menghang was also an excellent channel for money laundering. There is Ouyang Ke in the domestic theater chain, he is in Europe, and Balang in the magnesium country is also a dogleg who is very loyal to Shaogong.
As long as there is no problem with the three of them, Menghang Cinema can launder as much money as Menghang wants, and no one is qualified or has the right to do it. But if the state and foreign forces intervene, it will be really difficult to say. Therefore, Shao Gongcai strictly refused to list Menghang, in order to prevent this kind of foreign forces from investigating Menghang's internal affairs.
"Well, what you said makes a lot of sense, and I was convinced by you. ”
Wang Yang nodded, and said with a convincing face: "It seems that you have thought very clearly, and once the state comes to buy Menghang's equity, it is indeed difficult to refuse." ”
"That's why I want to distribute the equity, as long as I have 51% of the equity left, I can also refuse to sell the equity on the grounds that they have monopolity. Moreover, I added a clause to the equity distribution book, and all the senior executives who were assigned to the equity of Menghang are not allowed to sell the equity of Menghang without authorization. Otherwise, Dream Hang does not need to pay any money, benefits, or consideration to recover the equity that has been ceded out, and the senior executives who want to sell the equity will be cleared out of Dream Hang. ”
Speaking of this, Shao Gong saw a smile on Wang Yang's face, and said proudly: "We are acquiring each other in the Menghang branch, and Kevin Wright did not get half of the equity from Menghang." But Balang's Oudian Cinema Line was used as a shareholder, so I gave him 10 percent of the equity, cut off 51 percent of mine, and left 39 percent of the equity. Now I distribute the 39 percent of the equity, Brother Ke accounts for 10 percent, the teacher accounts for 10 percent, Brother Yang accounts for 10 percent, Sister Meng accounts for 5 percent, and the remaining 4 percent goes to Sister Jin. Although Sister Jin refused to join Menghang on the grounds of being a dancer, without Sister Jin's help, there would be no Menghang today, after all, she was the one who pulled the thread for me and Uncle Benshan, so that I could earn the first pot of gold with the script of "Liu Laogen", which I have always remembered in my heart and am grateful to Sister Jin. ”
Seeing that everyone had no meaning for the equity distribution, Shao Gong asked them to sign quickly, and Wang Yang also promised to return to China as soon as possible to sign the equity documents, and promised Ouyang Ke that he would definitely stuff the four percent into Jin Yu's mouth so that she could not refuse to swallow it. Before going offline, Wang Yang looked at Shao Gong and said, "Shao Gong, do you think Sony will unite with Menghang?" Shao Gong nodded directly: "Yes, because I am already developing my plan, I believe they will not refuse." ”
In fact, Shao Gong was right, because Sony's president, Howard, had invited Ichiro Hirata, the head of Sony Pictures, to arrive in Shanghai, and was heading for his dream. On the other side, an elegant-looking middle-aged man with gold-rimmed glasses and a beautiful woman boarded a passenger plane to Shanghai from the capital.
They are one after the other, and the goal is all - Dream Voyage.