kingnovel Chapter 729 Criticizing Investment in Station C
Chapter 729 Criticizing Investment in Station C
"Why do you listen to reports criticizing you?" Reba asked in confusion, blinking.
Li Shuo casually said: "Many of the praises are from Sony Agency and Shuoguo Culture. In fact, I still prefer to listen to the most authentic voices..."
"Tsk, I don't believe you!"
Reba curled her lips. She had been with Li Shuo for a long time and naturally knew that this guy had a very narrow mind.
But she still selected some reports and read them to Li Shuo:
"... starting too high may not be good for newcomers. We have seen too many Zhongyong stories in recent years. Li Jiulin's "Little Apple" is very good, but in the final analysis, it is still a catchy song. It is reported that at this signing ceremony, he has begun to promote his "new song". Well, the reason why his new song is quoted here is because it is just an imported adapted song of an imported TV series. The original song is..."
After reading it, seeing that Li Shuo looked unhappy, Reba teased him: "You asked me to read it, and the views of this big V are relatively moderate..."
Listening to others complain about you is not a pleasant experience, but Li Shuo doesn't care about that. He asked with a straight face, "Is he a Weibo celebrity? What's his name?"
"His ID is Zhang Yi. He seems to have a lot of works and over a million fans..."
"You said there are more pointed comments? Keep reading..."
"Forehead"
Reba flipped through the tablet computer and did not repeat himself this time, but simply summarized: "The comment published by the Chinese Music News said that you were too ambitious and wrote a song that was just a joke. Because of your short-lived popularity, you were sought after by Sony's agency, and you became too proud to care about anything else. You even publicly promoted your own adapted song at the signing ceremony. The rest of the comments were criticizing the adapted song, saying that it was not an original song..."
"There are also some tabloids and small websites that focus on your promotion of adapted songs. These public opinions generally look down on adapted songs, and, uh, movie and TV songs..."
Li Shuo snapped his fingers and smiled gently, signaling Reba to stop, then took out his cell phone and called Yuan Ke: Among the three general managers of the secretariat, Wei Shuting stayed in Tianjin Port and Feng Linlin was currently in Hangzhou, so Yuan Ke needed to be contacted for Leng Hai's matter.
"Boss, are you here yet?"
"Not yet... I have something to ask. Please help me check the background of Zhang Yi, the famous Weibo user, and Huale Newspaper..."
"Okay, I'll let the Shuoguo operations department handle the big V part. As for Huale News, I seem to have collected some information about it before. I'll sort it out and send it to you via email..."
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Reba waited for him to hang up the phone, and quickly brought him a glass of iced drink, saying softly, "Don't be angry. It's impossible for anyone to please all media outlets. Moreover, in the media, they criticize you only because of their own interests..."
"Xiaoreba, am I that petty?"
Li Shuo took the drink and said with a smile: "'Unforgiven' is an adapted song from South Korea. How could I not know this? The reason why I mentioned it at the signing ceremony was that someone asked me about it, so I wanted to promote our company's TV series. The first half of 'The Temptation of Returning Home' will be edited soon and has already entered the review stage of major TV stations. With a hot spot for promotion, the price will be relatively higher..."
"what?"
Reba was surprised and asked, "I remember you said during the promotion that it will be shown on Mango TV soon?"
"Haha, that's just what I said. Most people in the entertainment industry rely on bragging. Otherwise, where would they get the attention?"
Li Shuo was also teaching Reba, and then he said: "The second point is to lay a hook and see who our potential enemies are. After the Huahan Concert, Zhou Huanian and I have become sworn enemies. In the future, as long as we meet in various aspects of the circle, we will inevitably compete with each other. In this case, what we need to do is to distinguish who is a friend and who is an enemy!"
"The Shuoguo faction has been going too smoothly all the way. It has grown into a behemoth now. Even enemies with malicious intentions can only hold their noses and behave themselves in this situation. With Zhou Huanian's advancement and my obvious flaws, these people will definitely seize the opportunity!"
Reba suddenly realized: "So this is why you asked me to read a bad review?"
"No, I am broad-minded and don't care about this small bad review..." Li Shuo joked.
"Tsk, I won't believe you!"
"You naughty girl, you need to be punished again, right? Stick your butt up..."
"Oh, please don't...I'm still in pain..."
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It takes a lot of time to get from Beijing to Lenghai even on the highway. At the beginning, Reba was very excited, but when his energy was exhausted, he collapsed on Li Shuo's legs, too lazy to move.
After the exercise, Li Shuo received an email from Yuan Ke:
Huale Daily is an entertainment and gossip newspaper and magazine founded in 03. At its peak, its influence covered the entire country, with millions of paid subscriptions. But now with the rise of the Internet, its profits have been plummeting. As of 10, it has even turned from profit to loss!
These are not important. What is important is that Hualebao has several shareholders, and the largest shareholder is Century Huayue! This is the film and television music company that competed with Li Shuo for "The Temptation of Returning Home"!
Li Shuo vaguely remembered that the boss of that company was Zhang Nianhua, and his son Zhang Xiang was a student of Leng Yin. Well, because he competed with him for Zheng Yingshan, that guy voluntarily dropped out of school!
However, until now, Li Shuo also has a source of information about Zhang Xiang...
He picked up his phone and called You Dongjie...
Zhang Xiang was a defeated opponent in the past, so Li Shuo naturally looks down on him now. But since he can mobilize resources like Huale Daily, it must be Zhang Nianhua who made the move. After a struggle, Fu Chengguo transferred 5% of Century Huayue shares in his hands to Yunguo Film and Television. Because the number of shares was far less than that of Zhang Nianhua, Li Shuo had never paid much attention to it.
But now, since you, Zhang Nianhua, have been caught, don't blame yourself for being rude...
After chatting with You Dongjie for a while and getting some recent news about Zhang Xiang and Zhang Nianhua, Li Shuo was about to call Yuan Ke back when the latter called first: "Boss, the details of Huale News have been sent via email. I checked the Weibo celebrity Zhang Yi. He is a random person on the Internet, famous for his foul mouth. His favorite thing to do is to provoke conflicts and take advantage of the traffic of hot topics, so I think we can ignore him..."
"Well, good, well done! Don't relax on Zhang Yi for now. Since he is an online person, you can try to contact him. The future is the era of public opinion, and these people still have great say... Well, besides him, there are two more people: Han Er and Guo Lao Si..."
In fact, Li Shuo knew a person named "Zhang Yi". Last year, he was chatting with Jiang Shuying, who commented that he had the potential to be promoted to the "New Four Talents". The original four talents included Zhang Yi, Han Er, Tang San and others.
Later, Li Shuo Studio was established and began to cooperate with novel websites, and thus came into contact with Tang San. However, Li Shuo Studio was not well-known at the time, and intended to win over that great writer, but was rejected. Afterwards, the two parties only had an ordinary copyright buying and selling relationship.
Therefore, Li Shuo, who had no shortage of money and just wanted to enjoy a comfortable life, temporarily gave up the idea of cooperating with these "great talents".
But things are different now. "X" has already made his debut, and with his sudden rise to fame, he does need some "settle down", for example, stepping on some talented person to get to the top, or being praised by some famous talented people.
These are all quick ways to quickly establish your fame and become a "real talent".
In addition, according to the knowledge of the reborn people, Han Lao Er and Guo Lao Si have both reached the time to transform into directors. Regardless of the reputation of the film and television works shot by these two, their popularity and money-making are both very good!
"Hey, Boss, after hearing what you said, I remembered who Zhang Yi is... Do you mean that we should offer a high price? Sign him in?"
Li Shuo shook his head and said, "There's no need to ask for too high a price. We have our own production line and we have no shortage of works. We just lack the corresponding fame. So, we can give him an A-level agency agreement. If he is interested in signing, we can provide him with systematic operations... If he doesn't want to be controlled by the company, then we can just do a one-time deal. We'll talk about the details when I get back. You can notify Shuoguo Culture first and ask the relevant personnel to make preparations..."
"Okay! In addition, there is one more thing. The three websites you asked us to pay attention to are referred to as A, B, and C. We already have B, and we have contacted the management of A and C, and sent them letters of intent to invest..."
Among the three major ACG websites in China, the most famous one is naturally Bilibili, but the other two actually have a lot to offer:
The most regrettable thing is Station A, which was the first to accept capital and did very well for a while afterwards, but in the end it only stuck to the two-dimensional world and did not transition to more universal content, so it has never been able to develop. Despite this, when Li Shuo was reborn in his previous life, Station A had been doing well, and because it focused on two-dimensional content, it did not have the same revenue worries as Station B, and was later called a boutique website focusing on "niche".
The most incredible thing is Station C. After it was renamed DouYu TV, it was the dark cloud hanging over Station B for a long time. The dark cloud gradually dissipated until Li Shuo was reborn!
Regardless of whether it declines in the future, or whether the live streaming industry is overturned by short videos, it is undeniable that Douyu TV was listed on the Nasdaq in the United States at its peak, with a market value of nearly 10 billion US dollars, which can be regarded as a model of maximizing the capital operation of live streaming websites! This wave of listing also brought unparalleled huge profits to shareholders!
When Li Shuo recalled these future memories in his mind, Yuan Ke had already explained the matter of dissolving the relationship between the two families, and finally said:
"Although Station A has accepted capital investment, the management seems to be quite conservative and unwilling to cede the management rights. On the other hand, the financial results given by Shuoguo Investment Department show that Station A's two-dimensional culture has great potential to be tapped. In addition, the conservatism of the management is not necessarily a bad thing for their current development. Therefore, we support your plan to invest in Station A..."
"C Station is the opposite. Its boss, Chen Duoduo, is too radical. Currently, C Station has the worst traffic among the three. However, he not only does not want to protect the ACG field, but also wants to open up a live broadcast track. Due to the current limitations of hardware and bandwidth, the investment department feels that investing in C Station rashly may not be a good choice..."
After listening, Li Shuo frowned and asked, "That's it? Who made this kind of survey result?"
Yuan Ke quickly replied: "Before, our Shuoguo Investment was just a shell company based on Shuoguo assets, and the management authority of its subsidiaries was only decided by you and the management of the subsidiaries. But with the formal establishment of Shuoguo Group, the relevant departments have also begun to improve, especially the core direct department of Shuoguo Group: the investment department. We have recently recruited many financial talents..."
Li Shuo stroked his forehead, feeling a sense of déjà vu of "digging a hole for himself". How could he not know about the "financial talents" in the country?
After thinking for a while, Li Shuo still sighed helplessly: "Let's ignore this group of people for now. Now is the golden age of Internet development. No matter what strategy is used, there will be gains in the end. The only difference is the size of the gains. We can invest in Station A and Station C. Does Chen Duoduo have an offer?"
Yuan Ke said: "I was just about to tell you about this. Chen Duoduo has been in Qi Province. He heard that you are returning to Lenghai from the capital today, so he specially invited you to stay in Qi Province for a while. Maybe you can talk to him in person..."
Li Shuo looked thoughtful: it was almost noon, and the Rolls-Royce was going at a fast speed. In fact, they had already passed Qi Province. But for Li Shuo, he could still turn around and go back as long as he wanted. It all depended on whether Chen Duoduo had the face to do so!
"Okay, is he in Ji City? I just happened to be passing by here."
The answer is that Chen Duoduo has the face to do so. To be more precise, the prospects of Station C are too tempting!
In the era when Tik Tok was not launched, DouYu, which was renamed after C Station, was undoubtedly the leader in live streaming. Almost all well-known internet celebrities started from DouYu. Since Li Shuo wants to do new media and new agency, it can be said that DouYu is the first platform that cannot be avoided!
In addition, there are some unspeakable reasons. After all, Li Shuo was a man who liked Douyin to chase pure girls in his previous life. How could he not have played Douyu? The only pity is that when Douyu was popular in his previous life, he had just started working not long ago, and his pockets were empty. When he met a female anchor he liked, he could only watch helplessly, and he couldn't spend money to make an appointment with her like he did later...
"Qinghe, turn around and go to Ji City..."
Although they had just passed through Qi Province, it still took a lot of time to return to Ji City. It was not until 12: noon that the Rolls-Royce stopped at a holiday villa in the suburbs of Ji City.
"Hello, Mr. Li, I'm Chen Duoduo, and this is my friend Zhang Mingwen, he's also a shareholder of Station C..."
Chen Duoduo, the founder of Station C and later the CEO of DouYu, along with his friends and two members of Station C's management, had already been waiting in the square of the resort villa.