After all of them were reborn, who would still be an actor?

Chapter 118 Baidu uses money to pave the way
Ten minutes later, Li Mingyang arrived at a conference room in the hotel.

Old Yu waved his hand, and the dozen or so people in the room stood up consciously and left.

"Director Li, please sit down." Lao Yu took out a box of cigars from what seemed to be his bag, took out one and handed it to Li Mingyang.

"Cigars are edible, and I just can't eat them." Li Mingyang refused.

"People always have to learn to get used to things. Nowadays, everyone is worshipping foreign things. I learned this from Lao Gu." Lao Yu said as he cut off the top of the cigar with a cigar cutter, then lit it and took a puff.

"Lao Gu is a finance guy. He is good at going public and has many tricks up his sleeve. However, in the video industry, there are too many companies that are moving fast, such as Youku and Tudou, and it's amazing that Lao Gu can catch up to this point. Maybe he can sell it for a good price in the future." As he spoke, Gong Yu laughed, with a hint of gloating.

Li Mingyang looked at Lao Yu strangely, not understanding what he wanted to say.

"Lao Gu probably came to discuss the IPO... The Running Man business is too big for him to get the exclusive broadcast, so he should be planning to IPO the third season of Diaosi Men."

"Ah."

"He should have promised to give you shares, right? How much did he give you?"

"2%."

"Ahem!" Old Yu was choked by the smoke and couldn't stop crying. After a long while, he said, "It's either 0.5 or 1 point. He gave you 2 points because he's old and confused."

"You asked me even though you knew that."

Lao Yu took a few puffs of his cigar, adjusted his thoughts, and got straight to the point: "He can't win. Only the first in the industry is valuable. The rest are just cashing out and running away. There is no benefit in hanging out with him. The so-called shares are just empty checks."

"Video websites are very large in size. Even if Tudou successfully goes public and becomes the industry leader, it won't be able to afford the money it spends later."

"We are different. We have money and people. We don't have the pressure of going public, but the pleasure of grabbing the market."

Li Mingyang lowered his head and smiled. He felt that Old Yu was so cute and confident now.

Seeing that Li Mingyang was unmoved, Lao Yu couldn't help feeling puzzled.

He has come into contact with countless people in the entertainment industry in the past six months. When they heard that he represented Baidu, many directors and producers were eager to sign a contract to work with him.

But when it comes to Li Mingyang, he is stubborn and ignorant of the current situation.

For fear of avoiding it.

"You can tell me what treatment you want, and I will definitely satisfy you." Lao Yu took a puff of his cigar, took out an agreement from his bag and handed it to Li Mingyang.

When Li Mingyang opened it, he found a contract between Tangren and iQiyi.com regarding playing spy games.

The contract for Spy House was signed between Tangren and Guangxian, with a total investment of 2000 million.

Li Mingyang didn't ask about it, but he knew that Tangren was worth 800 million and took a 40% share.

In this contract, Tang Ren sold 20% of the shares to Huace for million...

The 20% share was worth 400 million, and it was sold for 800 million in one go.

As expected of Baidu which is reaching its peak... using money to attack people.

"Here's another big one."

Lao Yu picked up a thick contract from the table and handed it over.

Li Mingyang took it and looked at it. Okay, Running Man, Baidu also bought it.

The copyright of Running Man is actually very complicated, involving more than a dozen video websites. I don’t know how Baidu negotiated with them, but in the end only five were left.

Huashu Entertainment, Sohu, Huace, Guangxian...and Qinglou Brothers.

"Do you really want to kick Huayi out?" Old Yu patted Li Mingyang on the shoulder. "Young man, you are very motivated, but you can't see the big picture. Any industry is one step ahead, one step at a time."

"We have been discussing this for many days and have come to the conclusion that even if you are the second Feng Kuazi, Guangguang will never surpass Huayi. Guangguang doesn't have any artists to show off, and the capital doesn't have the time to wait for you to develop and train slowly. Our boss has heard that Penguin will also invest, Sohu will also participate, and there are many other Shanghai-based capitals."

"Guangzhou is imitating Huayi and listing its films. It will never catch up with Huayi and will only be left further and further behind."

“As the saying goes, there are no permanent friends, only permanent interests.”

"I've talked to Wang Changtian, he has no objection, what about you, do you have any objection?"

Li Mingyang looked at Lao Yu deeply, then put the thick contract in Lao Yu's hand.

"What if I don't agree?"

"It's better to resolve a feud than to create one. Huayi can let go of everything. If you have anything you can't let go of, don't worry. I'll protect you. Huayi won't be able to cause any trouble."

"I just want to do what I like to do. If there are too many obstacles, I don't mind ruining the road." Li Mingyang took out a cigarette box from his pocket and took out the last cigarette.

"I admit that you played that trick beautifully, but who else can you borrow strength from now? Wanda? It's not that I look down on Wanda, nor do I look down on the people behind it."

Lao Yu said calmly: "In front of real Internet capital, nothing is worth anything, including the entertainment industry."

Click! Li Mingyang lit up his last cigarette and grinned at Lao Yu, "I'm on my own this time. I'm going to open my own video website."

……

Once upon a time, Li Mingyang was just a small figure who was a little clever and had played supporting roles for ten years but gained nothing.

The skits only made him successful, but his thinking is still that of the entertainment industry.

It was not until he became a senior executive of Penguin Video that Lao Ma started to cultivate a Gu and he became what he is today.

Penguin Video appeared very late.

WeChat has Zhang Xiaolong, and King of Glory has Yao Xiaoguang, but Tencent Video has never had such a soul figure. Liu Chunning was in charge at the beginning, and later Sun Huaizhong took over.

Two years later, Liu Chunning, who had already jumped to Alibaba, was sent to prison by Penguin because of audit problems.

iQiyi, Youku and Tencent lost more than 100 billion yuan in total during those ten years, but in fact, it was far more than that because the money from acquisitions was not included. What can be calculated is that Penguin lost more than 50 billion yuan... which is the sum of the other two companies.

Lao Ma has always wanted to change people, but he has never found a suitable one.

The losses were so great that no one at the top wanted to take on this hot potato, so they started raising poison from the bottom up.

And Li Mingyang is one of the competitors.

Youku has long fallen behind, and Penguin Video’s biggest rival is iQiyi…

And Yu Shiyao from iQiyi has really become a smart guy.

From the moment he joined Penguin Video, he was being wooed and targeted by Lao Yu, and he was having a lot of trouble.

It was also from that time that he met Lao Yu, who was the master of capital thinking and domestic entertainment thinking.

Then he began to study Lao Yu, his life, and capital thinking, and also learned about the development history of long videos.

Maybe it's his talent! He learns very quickly and can fight with Lao Yu in the later stage.

Then, because he came from the entertainment industry, he was ostracized and reported by his colleagues who came from accounting, law, finance, and famous foreign universities.

My mind is full of conspiracies and tricks every day.

Later, Lao Ma asked him to do his job well, make short videos well, and focus on overseas markets.

Li Mingyang felt bored, so he resigned, and at the same time pulled down Zhang Wei, who had been teaming up with others to exclude him.

The limit is exchanged for one.

However, not long after, Zhang Wei joined iQiyi. It was at that time that Li Mingyang realized that all this was caused by Lao Yu.

Lao Yu is very powerful. He can be said to be one of the people who understands the entertainment industry and capital best in the era of traffic.

But now he has not been beaten, so he is too weak...

It is impossible to open a video website, it is too late.

And I can't afford that money.

Video websites will enter an era of copyright disputes by the end of the year, and the price of TV series online broadcasting rights will be raised from a bargain price to a sky-high price.

The demand for video websites is too large, and hundreds or thousands of TV series are just a small matter...

The further you go, the scarier it gets.

Even the middleman Lao Jia couldn't bear it anymore... The business kept getting bigger and bigger, and finally he couldn't cover it up and ran away.

Although I don’t run a video website, I still have to do what I need to do.

The next day, Gang sent Jingtian back to the company.

Li Mingyang immediately called Zhong Xiaoyu and asked her to register a company and create a video website.

Then he contacted Liu Yan.

This guy has been making a lot of money recently. When he heard that Li Mingyang wanted to invest, he refused without a second thought.

"Hey, I want to make money with you, but you don't want to do it, so I'll leave you with nowhere to go."

Li Mingyang stepped on the accelerator and headed straight for Youku headquarters.

"Oh! Isn't this Director Li? Long time no see!" When Manager Qiao saw Li Mingyang, he was happier than seeing his own father.

Ever since he recognized the talent, came into contact with Li Mingyang, and made every effort to facilitate the production of Diaosi Nanny, Manager Qiao has been promoted to vice president in almost a year.

"Long time no see. I heard you got promoted again."

"What kind of promotion? It's just that the department was divided into smaller parts and a vice president was appointed," Manager Qiao said modestly.

"What are you mainly responsible for?"

“Video content.”

"This is the most important department... I recently had an idea. I want to set up a video website like Liujianfang. I want to find a bunch of girls to dance with me and make some money."

"Haha, Director Li, you must be kidding. You're still short of that little bit of money. That thing looks like it has a high turnover, but after deducting the operating costs, it actually only makes a few hundred thousand a month."

"Who would complain about having too much money? When Lao Gu wakes up, call him and tell him that I'm going to start a company that specializes in live shows. Then we can have a strategic partnership with Youku and hold a press conference or something."

Manager Qiao's eyes turned and thought that this was a good idea and could take advantage of the situation.

The two chatted about the details for a while, and when they were almost done, Li Mingyang asked, "Manager Qiao, why did Lao Gu give up Running Man?"

Manager Qiao sighed, "We are having a hard time right now! The higher-ups have made a big decision that piracy will no longer be allowed. Mr. Zhang from Sohu is setting up an anti-piracy alliance, but he's actually trying to get rid of Mr. Gu. Really... Baidu is willing to help, so we exchanged resources."

Li Mingyang nodded. It was pretty much what he thought. Baidu at this moment was more powerful than the future Penguin or Alibaba.

After all, there is no competitor...

"Just wait until it goes public. By the way, my variety show will start filming soon, and I want to borrow a few people from Youku."

"No problem. Our company has just set up a production team, and we don't have much to do right now. If you want to use it, just take it."

Li Mingyang smiled and said, "I want to borrow Zhang Wei, producer Zhang."

　Thanks to book friend 20190308132024238 for the reward

　　
　
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