Chapter 220: Painting a boat and listening to the rain to sleep

Chapter 220: Painting a boat and listening to the rain to sleep

Before coming to Hangzhou, Zhou Wang couldn't even think of props that could only be exchanged for nearly 200,000 reputation points.

The most awesome thing is that this is just a rudimentary business plan, and it is a one-time prop...

But precisely because of this, Zhou Wang felt that since the mysterious store dared to price it like this, it must be worth the price.

He doesn't have any urgent need for other props at the moment, so he might as well try a business plan instead.

He has no experience, and he doesn't necessarily have talent, but he has cheats... which should be enough.

There is another important reason that supports Zhou Wangsheng's idea, which comes from the "treasure" he discovered from the vice president of Douyin's e-commerce department——

[Treasure - Short Video Operation Gambling Agreement: After signing, every time the host adds 1 million real fans on the associated platform, he or she will receive a gift package of share fragments from the associated company*1]

[Share Shard Gift Pack: After opening, you will receive equity rewards ranging from 0.001% to 1% from affiliated companies]

Yes, although I am a little disappointed, as expected by Zhou Wang, the rudimentary treasure map did not directly unearth the shares of Douyin or the parent company behind it, Yiyinjing...

It's not realistic when you think about it. The last time the treasure map dug up 10% of Wuyou's shares, the equivalent market value was about 200 million, regardless of other circumstances.

And what kind of behemoth is Douyin?

According to the "China's Top 500 Most Valuable Brands" released by Brand Finance, an internationally renowned brand evaluation agency, in 2024, Douyin has surpassed Unixing, with a brand valuation of approximately RMB 600 billion.

Because Douyin is not listed on the market and is too large, the real market value may be different from this, but the assessment by authoritative institutions will not be too far away.

Therefore, if we can really dig out Douyin's equity, even 1%, it will instantly increase Zhou Wang's net worth to tens of billions.

It is estimated that the treasure map of the elementary level cannot dig out such a big treasure. The intermediate level is also unreliable. Only the advanced level should have hope.

But whether it is an intermediate or high-level treasure map, the required reputation value is an astronomical figure that Zhou Wang does not have to think about for the time being...

This "gambling agreement" was tantamount to providing a compromise plan. Although it did not directly provide him with shares, it gave him a disguised way to obtain shares.

Since you want to operate your personal IP, the best way is definitely to combine it with industry. If you can completely solidify your identity as a young entrepreneur, then you will be able to build a golden body for yourself.

He always remembers what the system said, that only industry is his true foundation.

If you only have shares, you will always feel uneasy... You still have to walk on two legs to walk more steadily.

Even if he fails, it doesn't matter. These equity interests that can continuously generate dividends are his escape route. At worst, he can just keep trying.

As a loser, he has greater fault tolerance than anyone else. This is his confidence in managing his life...

As for what kind of business he would do, Zhou Wang hadn't thought much about it yet, but he had to make preparations.

"Qing Kui, you have to do one more thing for me."

Zhou Wang thought of this and ordered.

"You said."

Jiang Qingkui sat upright and listened carefully.

"In the past few days in Hangzhou, I have acquired shares in a chain of bars called BSK. At present, from the surface, I am the largest shareholder."

Zhou Wang first explained the reason.

Jiang Qingkui felt a little numb after hearing this.

She didn't know much about the bar industry. After all, she had almost never been to these places, but the one that Zhou Wang could bring up so seriously would definitely not be some unknown small bar. Needless to say, it would definitely be something else. It is an investment in billions...

Sometimes she is really curious, how many assets does Zhou Wang have?

But let alone her secretary, it would be difficult for her to inquire about this kind of question, even as her pillow partner.

"There are probably more than twenty shareholders in this bar. I want to organize a party and invite them all. I'll leave this matter to you... As soon as possible, I won't stay in Hangzhou. Too long."

Zhou Wang stated his needs and then pulled Jiang Qingkui into the shareholder group.

After Jiang Qingkui asked for some more details, she nodded clearly, and Zhou Wang didn't need to worry about the rest.

"Then I'll let you know after setting a time."

"Qingkui, it seems you still owe me a request?"

After talking about the business, Zhou Wang suddenly spoke leisurely.

Jiang Qingkui pursed her lips, not trying to show off. She just subconsciously fiddled with the hairpin that had been inserted into her hair and said softly: "What do you want me to do?"

Zhou Wang curled his lips, then moved closer to Jiang Qingkui, and raised his fingers at her.

Jiang Qingkui's heart was beating hard, but she still leaned over.

Just when Jiang Qingkui was hesitating whether to hide if Zhou Wang really kissed her, Zhou Wang had already moved his head over.

Jiang Qingkui closed her eyes slightly and twisted her skirt with her fingers. However, the kiss she imagined did not come. Zhou Wang just put his mouth to her ear and whispered something.

Jiang Qingkui's eyes suddenly widened, her cheeks turned red with embarrassment, and she turned to look at Zhou Wang, with a look of panic and anger in her eyes.

But Zhou Wang just spread his hands innocently: "I am willing to admit defeat."

"伱..."

Jiang Qingkui's defense was rare, but after a second she took a few deep breaths and controlled her emotions.

Jiang Qingkui fell silent. Judging from the changing expression on her face, she was in a huge psychological struggle.

The weather was originally cloudy and the sun disappeared at some point. When Zhou Wang smiled and leaned on the lounge chair again, with the sound of "ticking", a steady drizzle fell on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

Facing the suddenly cool river breeze, he took another comfortable sip of ice beer. Looking at the hazy city with a different look under the rain curtain, Zhou Wang rested his head on his head and sighed:

"Spring water is as green as the sky, painting boats and sleeping in the rain... No wonder ancient poets loved to write about Jiangnan. I finally got a bit of the state of mind of an educated man."

...

After hiding from the rain for a while and being delayed for a while due to something, it was already past 7pm when Zhou Wang and Jiang Qingkui got back into the Rolls-Royce Phantom and went home.

Miao Ying, who had been waiting in the car, did not go shopping with the two of them. Instead, she listened to audio books all afternoon. Obviously, this thing brought her far more pleasure than shopping.

When the two got into the car, Miao Ying, who took off her headphones, seemed a little confused and asked: "Sister Qingkui, are you okay? Your face..."

"I'm fine, let's drive."

Although Jiang Qingkui's cheeks were flushed, she had no expression. If you noticed carefully, you could find that there was some slight vibrato in her words.

Miao Ying didn't ask any more questions and silently started the vehicle.

"Isn't there a soundproof electric partition? Please open it..."

As the Rolls-Royce set off on the road, Jiang Qingkui, who seemed a little intolerable, still said something to Zhou Wang in a very soft voice.

"Miao Ying is not an outsider. It's just the three of us. Isn't this necessary?"

Seeing Zhou Wang's serious expression, Jiang Qingkui felt itchy with hatred, but she had no choice but to endure it while pretending to be calm, lest Miao Ying really notice anything strange.

Not long after, Zhou Wang asked Miao Ying to turn on the radio and tune to the news and current affairs channel.

Jiang Qingkui breathed a sigh of relief when the radio sounded, and some gentle breathing began to escape from her nose, as if she was trying to calm her down.

Just a minute later, as Zhou Wang moved his fingers, Jiang Qingkui, who was caught off guard, couldn't help but let out an "ah" sound.

"Sister Qingkui, am I driving too fast?"

"I'm just recruiting two people. Isn't that too few?"

"I think it's enough, because you don't usually live here for a long time. When you really need a big cleaning, you can also pay for professional cleaning help. For normal maintenance, three people can handle it... Recruit a nanny , it is also convenient for you to have someone to serve you at any time when you occasionally stay."

Xiao An clearly thought about this issue carefully and explained.

Zhou Wang thought it made some sense, and nodded and agreed, "Then you can handle this matter yourself. I have already told Xu Wenqian that when you need to withdraw cash, you should tell her That's fine, it's just that she's more serious, so you must keep the receipts and everything else."

"I understand, don't worry."

...

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Zhou Wang attended the first serious meeting of his first job in his life in the large conference room of Wuyou Media.

But to be honest, it's quite boring...

The main content of the meeting was to summarize this annual event and lay out the work tasks for the next quarter, but in fact it had little to do with Zhou Wang.

As a supervisor, he mainly exercises supervisory power and usually does not participate in the daily operations of the company. Although it is not impossible for him to insist on interfering, in most cases, it will only make people annoying.

The main purpose of his appearance was to make more middle- and lower-level employees of the company familiar with him. Even because of the Wuyou Night, everyone basically already knew him.

However, after the meeting, while drinking tea in Zhou Wang's new office, Zhang Shihao took the initiative to propose:

"Now that Lao Zheng is gone, the company has a vacant vice president position. Brother, do you have any suitable candidates to recommend?"

Zhou Wang's heart beat for a second.

Because he could hear that Zhang Shihao was not out of politeness, but really intended to hand over the appointment power of this position to him.

This is completely different from proposing a supporting role in a TV series. As one of the shareholders of the company, it is reasonable to have a vice president who is his confidant. It is estimated that Zhang Shihao took the initiative to give up this position because he would not be in the company for a long time. .

When Zhou Wang was busy with other things, the vice president was his pair of eyes.

What's a little annoying is that Zhou Wang searched around in his mind and found that he couldn't find any suitable candidate at the moment.

This is the deputy general manager of Wuyou Media. He is definitely a high-ranking and powerful person in the industry, and not just anyone can be qualified...

His accumulation of contacts was still too few, which led to him getting stuck at critical moments.

But soon, Zhou Wang secretly cursed himself for being stupid.

Do you need to follow the path of a normal person?

Aren't the three basic [universal resumes] in the system warehouse come in handy at times like this?

"If there is a candidate, there should be one, but I need to think about it, it may take some time..."

"No rush, no rush at all. The company's operating system is basically mature. Even if the position of vice president remains vacant for a while, it won't affect you. Brother, you can take your time and think about it!"

As soon as Zhou Wang opened his mouth, Zhang Shihao understood what he meant and immediately waved his hand and smiled.

"Thank you, second brother!"

Zhou Wang smiled gratefully.

"Which one of us is following the other? Let's not talk about this!"

Zhang Shihao said displeasedly.

"By the way, second brother, is there something wrong with Zhang Dada again?"

After chatting for a while, seeing that Zhang Shihao had no intention of mentioning the matter, Zhou Wang asked.

"Did you see the statement he made?"

Zhang Shihao was not surprised, he just smiled.

"Well, I saw it when I was checking my phone this morning..."

Zhou Wang nodded.

Zhou Wang was a little surprised that Zhang Dada jumped out to act like a monster again.

After all, he has to hang out in this circle from now on. If everyone looks up and sees each other, the contract can be terminated peacefully. There is no need for him to have a serious dispute with Wuyou Media. But judging from the statement issued by the other party, in addition to a "victim" "In addition to his tone, Zhang Dada seems to be on the verge of going to court.

"Originally, the talks were going well, but there were some differences on the issue of equity buyback, so..."

After Zhang Shihao explained, Zhou Wang finally understood the hidden meaning.

In order to recruit these outdated stars in the entertainment industry, Wuyou Media spent a lot of money, the most important of which was the "equity incentive" in the contract.

In fact, not only celebrities, but also several of the company's top Internet celebrities also have equity incentives. This is why the "superfluous sister" dared to openly declare that she was Wuyou's boss when she was bringing goods.

Because Wuyou has not yet been listed on the market, according to the contract, once Zhang Dada terminates the contract, the company will have to pay to buy back his equity, but the price is very questionable.

"The equity obtained by Zhang Dada is 0.8%. He insists on calculating it based on the company's market value of 2 billion according to last year's financial evaluation. In other words, we have to pay him 16 million in one lump sum..."

"Then how did you respond, second brother?"

"I only gave him 500,000."

"?"

Zhou Wang was stunned for a moment.

He knew that Zhang Shihao could single-handedly bring up Wuyou, so he was definitely not a good person at heart, but this guy was too shady!

Even Zhou Wang, who was on his side, felt a little pitiful for Zhang Dada at this moment...

The gap between 16 million and 500,000 is really too big. No wonder Zhang Dada is making trouble!

After a moment, Zhou Wang reacted, "Second brother, did you calculate it for him based on the registered capital?"

The registered capital of Wuyou Media is 60 million, 0.8% is exactly 480,000, and if you round it up, it is exactly 500,000.

"Well... my thinking is that, after all, it is because his personal ethics have been damaged, and his temporary strike is tantamount to a disguised violation of his contractual obligations, so we have the right to repurchase the shares at the lowest price."

Zhang Shihao said unceremoniously, "Even if it goes too far, if he really wants to continue making trouble, I may not even give him 500,000!"

"So he plans to file a lawsuit with us now?" Zhou Wang nodded knowingly.

"That's the trouble. There's nothing wrong with a lawsuit. It's nothing more than wrangling."

Zhang Shihao frowned and said: "What I'm worried about is the other impacts of this matter. In the company's strategy for the second half of the year, there will be several second-tier and above popular stars joining. The quarrel with Zhang Dada is too stalemate, which will be harmful to the company." Their reputation is unfavorable, which may also trigger their wait-and-see..."

"Another tricky thing is... Mr. Zhang has spent a lot of money. Do you know who sent us the lawyer's letter?"

"who?"

Seeing Zhang Shihao's solemn words, Zhou Wang couldn't help but be startled.

"Lawyer Zhu Yunlong, brother, you may not have heard of him, but in recent years, he has become famous in the legal circles of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, especially in commercial cases involving economic disputes. He can be regarded as the number one advocate in Hangzhou. I I know that many large companies have suffered losses at his hands..."

"The Zhu Yunlong you are talking about is Zhu Yunlong from Yun Shang Yun Law Firm?"

Zhou Wang asked uncertainly.

"Yes, it turns out you know it too, brother!"

Zhang Shihao was not surprised and just nodded, "Yunshangyun is not a simple law firm. It has spread all over the country within three to five years. I heard that it also has a certain background..."

Zhang Shihao sighed to himself, but did not notice at all that Zhou Wang's expression had become strange.