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

Chapter 678 The Sniper on Wall Street, Barbarians at the Gate

With Ms. Park officially taking office, the window of opportunity for Sino-Korean cooperation has opened.

Li Mingyang was immediately swept up by the trend and became a mascot, making it impossible for him to photograph the girls.

So Li Mingyang completely changed the original plan to film scenes for the book.

The exterior and interior scenes were built using the old houses in Cheongdam-dong.

During my time as the mascot.

Li Mingyang is unable to do what he wants, and the most important part of the filming schedule for Miss is disrupted.

He was going through a lot of suffering every day, and there was only one way to relieve it.

That means spending money!
Only by throwing money at the film crew of "Miss" can he find peace.

Li Mingyang still vividly remembers how, after spending more than ten days in China, he rushed back to the former site of Bouquet Technology upon returning to South Korea, only to find a Japanese-style manor rising up, blending Eastern and Western cultures and combining tradition with modernity.

The setting sun cast its golden rays upon the manor, giving it a mysterious glow.

It was different from the lady's mansion in my vague memory.

But it was the kind of mystery and elegance that I wanted!
With the budget constantly increasing and money pouring in, the production team's costumes, props, and sets have also seen a qualitative improvement. They brought together top costume designers from China and South Korea to create 51 sets of "lady's elegant attire."

For outdoor scenes, the hillside was built directly, planted with vegetation, and a green screen was erected.

The interior scenes are relatively independent; the study, bedroom, living room, staircase, and basement are all set up separately... serving the purpose of the shots.

Li Mingyang used the filming techniques of Parasite to seduce prostitutes!

They didn't care about money at all. The original budget was 10 million, but they spent more than 60 million before filming even started.

Cai Zhongxin wasn't very interested in the scene with the young lady; he was more concerned with whether he could get the land he was standing on.

"Director Li, what's your decision?" Cai Zhongxin asked, looking down at the ground.

"I don't have time to think about it right now. I just want to make the movie. We can talk about it properly after I finish making the movie."

"How long will it take?"

"About a month."

Tsai Chung-hsin could accept this short timeframe, saying, "Then I'll wait for good news."

"Speaking of which... even if I sell the land to you, can Alibaba's warehouse base really be built?"

"Director Li, you have a great business mind, but you're not a businessman at heart. How can a company as big as Alibaba have only one goal? Dozens of predetermined goals are enough. As long as you can achieve a few, that's fine."

"Haha, I understand."

"It's normal that you were targeted by Wall Street this time. The intentions were too obvious, there was no cover, it was an open attack."

"Would you believe me if I told you I have a backup plan?"

"A backup plan? It's fine if you have one, it's fine if you don't... Essentially, the Asian streaming plan is very good. Once it's done, you'll be virtually invincible in Asia. That's why Wall Street is targeting you."

Cai Zhongxin adjusted his glasses and smiled shrewdly, "Even without the Wall Street attack, you would still encounter a joint attack from domestic capital, South Korean chaebols, and Japanese conglomerates."

"..."

"FBTV is nothing, but Director Li, you are different. Only you can make the Asian streaming project a success. Your influence is unmatched in Asia."

"you flatter me."

"You're only missing the shokuto market now. Are you interested in partnering with SoftBank?"

Cai Zhongxin finally revealed the true purpose of his trip.

SoftBank is very interested in FBTV and Lee Myung-yang.

“I’m open to cooperating with anyone or any company. The key is what you can give me…” Li Mingyang grinned. “Oh, right, I’m not short of money.”

"You'll be short of money very soon."

……

When Li Mingyang received the list of those shorting CJ, some people were expecting it, while others were quite surprised.

As for the authenticity of the list...

Li Mingyang felt it must be true.

This list was compiled based on account tracking to determine who did it.

They thoughtfully provided account annotations, otherwise I wouldn't understand them even if I received them...

Core information.

It was either created by hackers or provided by the official source.

LeEco, Sohu, Youku, Huayi, Yinghuang... these were all foreseeable. What Li Mingyang found inexplicable was that Berna and Wanda were also involved.

Yu Dong and he have a good relationship, there's no need for that!
Wanda's competitors are BAT (Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent), and given that Wanda's relationship with Wanda is decent, Xiao Wang would have to ask Wanda for help if he wanted to develop his career in South Korea.

can't read.

I didn't know that unless I looked at the list!

I've been gone for over a year, and I'm still so hated!

There was a snap.

Li Mingyang pressed the lighter, and the flame burned the list.

The firelight illuminated Li Mingyang's face, and the lenses of his sunglasses reflected two balls of fire.

The list was burned to ashes on the ground.

Li Mingyang stepped on the ashes, a fake smile playing on his lips, and left the director's dressing room.

I cleared my mind of all distractions and began photographing the woman.

A capitalist mindset can help him soar even higher...

But movies were the key to his success!
He needs a Palme d'Or to complete his Asian streaming ecosystem!

His height!

That is, the reach of FBTV!
……

Saturday, April 3.

South Korean stock markets are closed.

It's foreseeable that CJ's stock price will plummet again on Monday!

Lee Myung-yang was always worried that listing on the Korean stock market would make the company vulnerable to short selling, and even with the support of conglomerates, it would still be difficult to escape the fate of being targeted by short sellers.

The 30% fluctuation range in the Korean stock market makes it too easy to short sell.

Li Mingyang felt that this was intentional on the part of the government...

Knowing full well that it's easy for short sellers to target them, why not enact a law to prohibit short selling?

If all else fails, we can learn from the US and cut off circuit breakers!

is it hard?
Leeks... Korean stocks are really ruthless at fleecing leeks...

Over the weekend, Li Meijin, Zhang Wei, and Boss Zhao were busy trying to stabilize the stock price. They had good talks with the conglomerates and were ready to wait until the market opened on Monday.

Under the hegemony of Wall Street, the tycoons all chickened out and dared not invest any more money, watching helplessly as CJ Holdings fell another 10%.

For the next four trading days, CJ's stock price was manipulated by Wall Street and fluctuated wildly, hitting the daily limit down again on Friday morning.

Its market capitalization is less than one trillion won.

The lock-up period for shareholders of South Korean listed companies on the Growth Enterprise Market (GEM) is one year.

A six-month complete ban on sale and a six-month ban on losing shareholder status.

In theory, even if the chaebol wanted to escape, they couldn't.

In reality, Wall Street has already swallowed up 25% of the chaebol through an agreement worth two trillion won.

Now only Li Mingyang, Boss Zhao, Wang Changtian, and CJ Entertainment are keeping things afloat.

Funds from mainland China are precisely shorting stocks, following Wall Street's lead.

Li Mingyang's imagined scenario—that Wall Street would suddenly turn around and fleece all the funds in mainland China—did not happen.

This is weird!
Wall Street capital, acting as market manipulators, and having a presence in the Korean stock market, why wouldn't they take advantage of their profits? That's highly illogical!

4 month 2 day.

CJ's stock price has been completely ruined. In just thirteen days, it plummeted from a peak of 2.6 billion won to only 7000 billion won.

What's most frustrating is that South Korean media outlets have been reporting extensively on various internal problems at CJ Corporation, fabricating data and predicting its downfall, thereby affecting investor confidence.

The market has already classified CJ Bouquet as a low-quality stock...

In fact, Li Mingyang disagreed with the conditions offered by Wall Street capital, and believed that Bouquet CJ was a low-quality stock.

Wall Street capital dashed his hopes of raising funds.

Streaming is extremely expensive; without massive cash flow, you're not qualified to get into streaming.

Li Mingyang ignored the pressure from Wall Street.

He doesn't lack money. Even if he can't raise funds, it doesn't matter; he can earn it himself.

He wants an award!
He'd compromise if either the Palme d'Or or an Oscar came along.

Li Mingyang's willingness to do anything for a reward really startled Boss Zhao, Wang Changtian, and Li Meijin.

They don't want to see FBTV become a tool of Wall Street.

South Korea can't stop American hegemony; Wall Street capital can effectively control FBTV.

The three rejected the proposal, but Zhang Wei, on behalf of Li Mingyang, made substantive contact with BlackRock's representatives.

Cloud-based meeting room.

Wang Changtian puffed on a cigar, flipping through the all-English documents in his hand, his brow furrowed in worry.

Mr. Zhao scribbled on the document, circling the particular number '70%'.

Wall Street capital raised its offer to 70%.

After reading the document, Li Meijin looked up and gave Zhang Wei a deep look. Only now did she understand why Li Mingyang had suppressed Zhang Wei and reduced her power.

Zhang Wei actually made a deal with Wall Street...

Although the price is unacceptable, 70% of the shares!
But Zhang Wei actually succeeded in making the deal. Li Meijin had dealt extensively with overseas investment banks; Wall Street capital couldn't control Hollywood capital, and could even turn the tables on Wall Street.

It can only be Cannes.

Cannes has been suppressed by Hollywood, and if Wall Street capital intervenes in Cannes, it is likely to cause conflict with Hollywood.

Instead of being a help, it will only be a hindrance.

But if Wall Street capital really wants to succeed, anything is possible.

FBTV is tied to Lee Ming Yang. If Lee Ming Yang can win the Palme d'Or, his influence in Asia will reach an unprecedented high!
This will be a huge benefit for FBTV's expansion across Asia!

Compared to its dominance in Asian streaming media, Wall Street really knows how to compete in tiny Cannes!
What good is winning even if you win?
In order to facilitate the negotiations, Zhang Wei has essentially sold 70% of the bouquet to Wall Street!

If 60% can still be controlled through equity structure, how do you manage 70%?!
Li Meijin strongly suspected that Zhang Wei had betrayed her.

Zhang Wei never considered the interests of the four of them.

"What is this garbage? I don't agree!" Wang Changtian angrily threw the document on the ground.

"70%? You really dare to ask for that? It's better to let European capital have it for free," Boss Zhao said sarcastically.

“These are the conditions; they require a response within three days,” Zhang Wei said.

"They even gave us three more days, not bad." Li Meijin calmly put down the documents and smiled, "Director Li, what do you say?"

“He doesn’t know yet,” Zhang Wei said as she picked up the scattered documents from the ground.

“I have no objection... Actually, this is quite normal. If you want to develop overseas, you have to accept the unfair terms of overseas capital. I am confident in the future of Bouquet CJ. With the help of overseas capital, it won't be long before the Asian streaming market belongs to FBTV.”

Li Meijin's words shocked Wang Changtian and Boss Zhao, who jumped up on the spot.

“What’s the use of getting angry with me? The final decision rests with Director Li.” Li Meijin turned to Zhang Wei, who was still in a daze, and said, “Go and inform Director Li. I don’t object.”

"Will FBTV merge with TVing?" Zhang Wei asked.

“Of course, that was agreed upon, wasn’t it?” Li Meijin said with a smile.

Zhang Wei breathed a sigh of relief, casually tossed the documents she had picked up from the floor onto the coffee table, picked up her briefcase, and strode away from the Cloud Reception Room with firm steps and a brisk pace.

"Damn it! Director Li's judgment is indeed sharp. This woman shouldn't have been given so much power. I rarely regret things, but I especially regret it now, pleading for her." Li Meijin's expression changed, and she said with a gloomy face.

"Damn it, this Zhang Wei is a bit out of touch! She's completely thinking from her own perspective!" Wang Changtian said angrily.

"You clearly disagreed, so why did you agree?" Boss Zhao asked, puzzled.

"What's the use of my disagreement with Li Mingyang's controlling stake?"

"Fortunately, TVing and FBTV haven't merged yet..."

Because too many important things are happening at once, Li Mingyang has not yet officially become the vice president of CJ.

This was originally supposed to be a major positive, boosting the stock prices of CJ Entertainment and Bouquet CJ, but now it's turned out to be a disappointment...

"Mr. Wang, do you think Li Mingyang will agree?" Li Meijin looked at Wang Changtian and asked with a serious expression.

"After the negotiations, shouldn't Zhang Wei's first meeting be with Director Li?" Wang Changtian asked doubtfully.

“Zhang Wei hasn’t met Director Li yet… If Director Li agrees to Wall Street’s conditions, the first thing he’ll do is call me and ask about the vice president’s position.”

"why?"

Lee Mi-jin chuckled and said, "If I don't agree, FBTV won't be able to get the rights to Korean dramas."

“But aren’t you about to collapse?” Wang Changtian said.

Li Meijin was embarrassed. She waved her hand and said with a stern but restrained tone, "We can still hold on for another month."

"President Li, you must hold on! With Director Li's wealth, he has no ambitions left. He'll most likely sell FBTV," said Boss Zhao.

"Mingyang would definitely have sold in the past, but it's hard to say now..."

After Wang Changtian finished speaking, his thoughts drifted to Li Mingyang's recent strange behavior.

Although Guangxian is a family business, Wang Changtian is still worried and checks the work reports every day to keep track of the company's affairs.

Recently, Li Mingyang has suddenly become very concerned about the movements of the company and wants to see its daily work reports.

So every day he received an email from his wife, he would forward it to Li Mingyang.

He doesn't check it every day, just every few days. Li Mingyang, on the other hand, checks it every day, and sometimes after he finishes reading it, he sends him a bunch of messages.

……

Cheongdam-dong, the Miss film crew.

When Li Mingyang saw the negotiation results brought back by Zhang Wei, he thought that if it were any other man, he would have beaten him so badly that even his own mother wouldn't recognize him.

This is practically selling me out!

Li Mingyang wanted the award, but he never thought of selling himself out!

Zhang Wei's negotiation result was too good to be true. If Li Mingyang didn't still have some trust in her, he would have suspected that Zhang Wei had colluded with BlackRock.

Zhang Wei sold FBTV herself and became the CEO of FBTV!
"Is Wall Street just bragging? Can they even do it?"

"It says here, 'See the results. The prerequisite for investing is that you win the Palme d'Or or an Oscar.'"

"What's the deadline?"

"What deadline?"

"It's only a matter of time before I win the Palme d'Or. I didn't win it this year because Wall Street helped me, but I'll win it on my own next year. I can't blame it on Wall Street."

"Understood. I will specifically request that it be this year, and that the exact date be written down."

"Okay, go ahead and do it."

"Any other questions?"

"Nothing."

"Then do you agree?"

“Of course I agree! Why wouldn’t I agree?” Li Mingyang said with a grin.

Zhang Wei was stunned and speechless for a moment.

She can't exactly say that once this agreement is signed, FBTV will no longer be hers...

Li Mingyang picked up the document and handed it back to Zhang Wei, saying, "You should discuss with them when to sign the agreement. Don't let some small fry sign with me, making the agreement completely unenforceable."

Zhang Wei nodded, took the document, and put it in her bag.

Li Mingyang's implication was that he wanted to sign the agreement personally, which meant the agreement was secure.

Just as Zhang Wei grasped the doorknob, she suddenly turned around and said, "Are you really willing to sell FBTV?"

"What can I do if I don't want to?" Li Mingyang said indifferently.

“There are ways to play if you don’t want to.” Zhang Wei walked back, put down her briefcase, and sat down opposite Li Mingyang.

I told Li Mingyang about a new way to play.

That means selling FBTV to iQiyi.

"With the merger of FBTV and iQiyi, one focusing on domestic and the other on international markets, and with the support of Baidu, FBTV's path to dominating Asian streaming media will be faster and smoother."

Seeing that Li Mingyang didn't react and was quietly looking at her, Zhang Wei continued, "Gong Yu highly approves of you, and he will support any decision you make, right?"

Li Mingyang was quite surprised, since he had already 'agreed'.

Zhang Wei was still able to offer such feasible suggestions at this time.

Li Mingyang lit a cigarette and grinned, "Why can't it be Ali?"

“You’re not one of Alibaba’s own people. Once you’ve used them, you’ll be kicked out,” Zhang Wei said, covering her nose.

Correct! Absolutely correct!
Why can't it be a penguin?

"Penguins' success comes from replication. Innovation is a risk... If you've never lost, you can take many risks, but once you lose, you can never take risks again, and you can never innovate again."

Let's say it's half and half...

There are too many male penguins...

Among so many high-ranking officials, who came first and who came last?

"iQiyi is not entirely controlled by Gong Yu..."

"That was before... Now, Gong Yu is in charge of iQiyi, and Li Dong of Baidu is obsessed with artificial intelligence and has already delegated power to iQiyi."

Li Mingyang raised an eyebrow. "Then Gong Yu is having a blast right now."

"The pressure of the performance-based betting is enormous."

Li Mingyang took a deep drag of his cigarette and said with a playful expression, "Why did you suddenly change your mind?"

“You agreed too quickly… You don’t agree to this plan,” Zhang Wei said.

"Why would I disagree if I could win the Palme d'Or?" Li Mingyang retorted.

"You always like to challenge yourself and everyone else."

“That’s not a good reason. I’m very willing to cooperate… It’s just too difficult for me to win the Palme d’Or. As you can see, it would require exchanging it for FBTV.”

Zhang Wei pondered for a moment, but couldn't find an answer, so she shook her head.

“If you weren’t a woman, but a man… if Lao Wu had brought me back such a ‘humiliating’ agreement, you’d be lying in the hospital right now.” Li Mingyang grinned, took off his sunglasses, and said coldly, “This is the first time I’ve ever seen an agreement that sells me out so thoroughly.”

Facing Li Mingyang's sinister gaze, Zhang Wei remained unfazed and met his eyes. "Do you know how difficult it is for you to win the Palme d'Or and the Oscar? BlackRock's representatives spent hours on the phone before finally finalizing this agreement, and... they weren't even confident they could get you what you wanted."

"So BlackRock didn't promise you the position of CEO of FBTV?"

Zhang Wei turned her head away and rolled her eyes. "Am I really that bad in your eyes?"

"Human nature."

Do you think I would change my nationality?

"Don't you?"

"I am not your mother."

"roll!"

……

(End of this chapter)