Chapter 775： turn to

The purpose of starting a company is to make money, what kind of company do you start if you don’t make money?

So there is nothing wrong with the saying that profit comes first.

Even those who plunge into the film and television industry for their ideals, even for the survival of the company, will make money as their top priority.

But Chen Yang knows that those companies in the entertainment industry, no matter whether they have ideals or not, when they connect with capital, the entire film, television, and music will be controlled by capital.

Making money is no longer the first priority, but the only pursuit.

The things produced in this way are good or bad and don't judge, but Chen Yang is clear about one thing,

That is, it is absolutely impossible to assume the role of positively guiding society.

Internet celebrity salivary songs, idol groups, brain-dead idol dramas, fan culture... What can these things lead to?

If Chen Yang doesn't do something, the large entertainment platform that he managed to build will really become a tool for other capital to make money.

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Huang Shan pondered for two seconds, raised the red wine glass to her lips and took a sip. After putting it down, she turned to look at Chen Yang, "What are you going to do? Make a show by yourself?"

"Well, let's talk about this later,"

Chen Yang picked up Kuaizi, picked up a piece of beef, threw it into his mouth, swallowed it in two or three bites, and filled his hungry stomach, then looked at Huang Shan and said,

"Do you still remember the suggestions Direotti made in the afternoon?"

Huang Shan turned her eyes slightly, and nodded slightly, "Remember, through the American Damai Film and Television Company, the money is distributed in Hollywood, with a little Chinese cultural element mixed in, and through the influence of Hollywood blockbusters, let more people know about China, Understand China,

and also,"

Huang Shan looked up, raised her head and thought for a while, then continued, "We can organize a film culture project to subsidize independent filmmakers to shoot more Chinese-themed films.

The other is to sponsor American filmmakers, especially film majors in colleges, and invite them to come to China to shoot short films or independent films. "

Then he looked at Chen Yang, "Should it be these three points?"

Chen Yang smiled and was about to speak, when Qin Yu suddenly said, "No matter what I hear, they are all solutions with only investment and no return. Isn't this just doing charity?"

Chen Yang turned to look at her, opened his mouth and was about to speak,

At this time, Huang Shan said to Qin Yu, "Your work has been focused on the financial market this year, and you don't have a deep understanding of domestic business, especially the boss's big entertainment plan.

The original intention of the boss to do this plan is to enhance the influence of Chinese elements at home and around the world by promoting China and Chinese culture.

When this influence spreads, our domestic products will surely gain more market space,

Therefore, this is a long-term and comprehensive plan that is carried out from multiple angles at the same time.

It's not bad that you call this program a charity,

Although in this plan, we will not directly make profits, but as long as it can produce a certain positive impact, we have a way to expand this impact and feed it back to market behavior, ultimately improving the market space of other industries. "

Qin Yu slowly nodded thoughtfully, "Understood."

Then he looked at Chen Yang, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, "You are doing a big business and at the same time, you have the feelings of family and country at the same time!"

Boss Chen finally found a chance to speak, but he rolled his eyes first, "Don't put a high hat on me, I just have money to burn,"

After a pause, he looked at Qin Yu seriously and said, "To be honest, after listening to Di Lai'ao's suggestion in the afternoon, I have a rough plan in my mind, and I need your cooperation."

Qin Yu raised his eyebrows, grabbed a big crab with both hands, "Say."

Chen Yang smiled and said, "Acquire several video sites."

Qin Yu blinked, looked up at him in confusion, "Do you want to unify American video sites?"

Chen Yang was stunned, "How to say?"

Qin Yu put down the big crab, picked up a towel and wiped his mouth, looked at him and said,

"Half a year ago, you gave me the bottom-buying list of stocks, and there was Netflix, the largest video website in the United States, and they were the only ones that made videos. It took me half a year to take advantage of the low stock price to absorb more than 100% of them. of forty-five shares,

If I am not worried that if I continue to absorb, I will touch the mandatory delisting line, I can continue to add,

So now we are already the largest shareholder of Netflix,

You now want me to continue to acquire several video sites,"

As she spoke, she suddenly snapped her fingers, "HULU has been established for less than two years, and its current valuation should not exceed one billion US dollars. It is easy to acquire,

But YouTube was acquired by Google at a price of 1.65 billion US dollars two years ago, and it was operated as a subsidiary.

Not to mention that the financial crisis is over now, even when the crisis is the worst, Google is not short of money. If they want to get HULU from them, unless they exchange it with other businesses they are interested in,

But this possibility obviously does not exist.

As for HBONOW, it is a video platform attached to HBO, and the parent company of the cable TV network is Time Warner, so there is no possibility of a transaction.

Other Amazoch are just overflow attempts attached to the main business, so don’t ask any questions,

In addition, other small platforms, it can be said that there is no need to acquire them at all. "

Qin Yu knew everything well, and finally looked at Chen Yang and said, "You have Netflix in your hand, but you still want to acquire a few video sites, isn't it because you want to unify the American video site business?"

Chen Yang smacked his lips, looked at Qin Yu for a few seconds, then turned to look at Huang Shan, curled his lips and said, "I think she just wants to find a chance to scold me!"

He really didn't expect Qin Yu to move so fast and strike so hard,

Forty-five percent of the shares, if Netflix is ​​not already a listed company, and the stock price has been at a low level in the past six months, which is seriously inconsistent with its value, it may not be possible to acquire it.

This is no longer a matter of more money and less money. Under normal circumstances, there are so many people selling shares.

So the window of 2008 is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime window.

Huang Shan shook the red wine glass, smiled slightly, and said in agreement, "I think so too."

Qin Yu raised his brows lightly, didn't bother to pay attention to him, and continued to grab the big crab, and sliced ​​it into pieces like someone else.

"Cough cough,"

Boss Chen coughed twice, then looked at Qin Yu who was fighting with his head down, and said seriously, "If this is the case, then it's all right."

Forty-five percent of the shares are just a little bit short of absolute control. For a listed company, it is completely possible to become the actual controlling boss.

Chen Yang believed that Qin Yu must have arranged for someone to join Netflix's board of directors, maybe even the chairman of the board, so his ideas can be realized through Netflix.

As the video platform that currently ranks first in terms of traffic and number of users in the United States, Netflix is ​​enough.

After a pause, he turned his head to look at Huang Shan and said,

"Dileotti's three suggestions will be implemented through the American Damai Film and Television Company."

Huang Shan nodded slightly, "Understood."

After taking a sip of the red wine, she continued, "The first point is definitely no problem investing in movies, but the last two, should we discuss with the higher-ups and find a suitable unit to be affiliated with, so that it will be convenient for communication in the future?"

To put it bluntly, it is to find a banner to declare orthodoxy, not a wild way of folk behavior.

Chen Yang pondered for two seconds, then slowly shook his head and said, "You don't need to be affiliated, but you can let me know. Later, you should talk to Leader Wang about this matter first. It's best to find an opportunity to report to the leader. Then Nothing will be lost."

The big entertainment platform was able to pass the review and implement it so quickly. Leader Wang contributed a lot. He even came to Beijin specifically to put forward cultural-related policy suggestions.

Chen Yang had to take some action, and it was his duty to inform him.

Maybe he can add a small amount to his resume,

After all, the size of the culture going to sea is also a problem, even if it is a feudal official, it will not be completely ignored.

But the most important thing is the leader. If you can get a word from the leader, even if you don't find any unit to be affiliated with, you won't be tripped up secretly.

If it's not a last resort, he doesn't want to have anything to do with those units. It's true that they are backed by a big tree to enjoy the shade, but their ability to do bad things is also first-class.

Anyway, I have sufficient resources, and I can't use those names, so it's better to play by myself.

After Chen Yang finished speaking, Huang Shan nodded slightly, "Understood, I will make arrangements."

After a pause, he looked at Chen Yang again, and said with a smile, "Then, the Netflix acquired by Xiaoyu should be the channel for you to realize your ideas, but what about the entertainment platforms in the mainland, are they still useful?"

The big entertainment platform that was built with great difficulty, can't just leave it like this?

"Of course it works,"

Chen Yang looked at her and said with a smile, "Domestic and foreign strategies are different, but these channels will definitely be of great use."

If it doesn't work, he is crazy to spend so much effort to build a big entertainment platform,

Although these member companies of the platform only have money in their eyes, the channel of the platform itself is the biggest resource.

When the time comes, Chen Yang will come up with something that will be popular even if it is rubbish, let alone a unique and creative boutique program.

Seeing that they hadn't talked about anything for a while, Zou Rong brought the pimple soup that had been served to Chen Yang,

"It's almost cold, eat something quickly."

"Um,"

Chen Yang smiled at her, picked up the spoon and buried himself in cooking.

Qin Yu and Huang Shan looked at each other, raised their brows, smiled lightly, and then continued to eat their own food.

For a while, the restaurant was also quiet.

After a while, when Chen Yang straightened up, Huang Shan said,

"Then, Comrade Boss, before you abandon the company, do you have any special explanations for Xiaoyu and me?"

Chen Yang glared at her angrily,

"What is abandonment? It's not that you don't get along with each other. If you really want to ask me for something, I can just ignore it!"

"Humph,"

Qin Yu was still a little upset, and without looking at him, he pursed his lips and said, "Who said just now, 'I don't care about the company's affairs next year,' doesn't it just mean that we will never communicate with each other."

Boss Chen glared at her angrily, turned to look at Huang Shan, and said seriously,

"I really don't have anything special to explain here. Anyway, all the work has been planned, so just go step by step,"

After a pause of two seconds, he suddenly laughed again, "I still remember the first time we met, you said that you wanted to be the best industrial investment expert, where you can invest and what to invest, most of them are based on my ideas,

It's all right now, I will completely delegate power, you can do it according to your own ideas,

Anyway, now that the company is so big, it has a little ability to resist risks. You can do whatever you want, whatever you want. "

This year, although Chuangfuture and Honggu Capital have invested in thousands of projects, except for the one made by Boss Chen himself, all others are just small projects. It's gratifying to succeed, and it doesn't matter if they fail.

And for a real top investor, it doesn't count if he hasn't invested in a big project, that's why Chen Yang said that.

Hearing Chen Yang's words, Huang Shan also remembered the scene at that time, and couldn't help but smile knowingly,

Then he said, "Okay, then I will do it according to my own ideas. If there is really a loss, don't deduct my bonus."

Chen Yang's face immediately turned serious, "That's not acceptable, rules are rules and cannot be broken!"

Huang Shan suddenly became angry, and couldn't help but pouted, "Old man."

Made a joke, Huang Shan thought for a while, then said softly,

"About the company's development next year, I originally wanted to find a time to communicate with you,"

As he spoke, he looked at Qin Yu, smiled, and turned around again, "It just so happens that Xiao Yu is back today, and you made this decision again, so I'll tell you briefly,"

After a pause, she looked at Chen Yang and said with a smile, "Even if you want to choose someone, it will be after the annual meeting, not today!"

Chen Yang shook his head pretending to be impatient, "Okay, okay, it's not bad these days Amidst a few chuckles, Chen Yang looked at Huang Shan and said softly, "Then you Just tell me, I'll check it out for you. "

"Um,"

Huang Shan smiled, and then said seriously, "My idea is that from next year, the company's business will shrink in an all-round way, or at least slow down its expansion.

Except for very few supplementary investments, we will put most of the funds and resources into existing projects. "

Chen Yang nodded slowly, and said softly, "This idea is correct. This year, Chuangfuku and Honggu Capital together have invested in thousands of projects."

Saying that he shook his head and laughed,

"Looking at the world, which investment company dares to do this?"

Let alone a few thousand, within a year, if the investment projects can reach double digits, they are considered to have achieved fruitful results.

That is to say, the two big factories of the later generations, Goose Factory and Ali, dared to invest in dozens of projects a year when they were expanding to the limit, but they were far from the record of Honggu Capital.

However, this is also related to the market environment.

Coinciding with the financial crisis, almost all projects on the market are facing financing difficulties.

And Future Innovation just happened to appear in advance, giving those start-ups a space to gain a foothold.

At the same time, Future Innovation and Honggu Capital have the money and the ability to evaluate these projects that come to your door, or even ask for it.

In addition, many joint ventures derived from companies such as Damai and Hengli in the development process were also included in the scope of investment, and this miracle was finally created.

But what Huang Shan said is right, this kind of expansion is very abnormal. Moreover, as a venture capital company, investment projects are only one aspect, and incubation projects are even more important.

"The Ronin From Douluo"

With the current situation of the Rainbow Group, it is indeed necessary to turn around.