The richest person in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 218: Chenguang Group is established and the mentor lineup is revealed

"The third one, I want both."

The third clause that Boss Qiao had high hopes for was a condition that was even more difficult for him to accept.

Zhang Chen's request is really too much.

"Leon, first of all I need to tell you that I don't have many shares in Apple."

After Apple went public, he actually owned 11.3% of the shares, but when he was kicked out of the company by other shareholders, he kept one share as a commemoration and sold the other 1 million shares to another company.

Since his return, he has only held less than 1% of Apple's shares.

Therefore, he could not agree to Zhang Chen’s request for Apple shares.

This is also the reason why he does not want to sell his shares in Pixar Animation to save Apple.

It is true that he founded Apple, but one also has to look at his shareholding ratios in the two companies.

"Then go back and tell those shareholders to either sell me some of their shares or just wait and watch Apple's stock price continue to fall."

This is not really a threat. If he sells a large amount of Apple stock he owns at a low price in a short period of time regardless of the cost, he can really smash Apple's stock price to the floor price.

Although Steve Jobs didn't know what Zhang Chen got the confidence to say this, given the current predicament Apple is facing, it is only a matter of time before its stock price falls.

Therefore, even if Zhang Chen did not intervene, the stock price would fall and the interests of shareholders would be damaged, which was within the foreseeable range.

"By the way, one of the prerequisites for me to help Apple is the shares of Pixar Animation." Zhang Chen saw that Boss Joe wanted to refuse, so he raised his hand to interrupt him, "Steve, after I have acquired enough shares of Pixar Animation, I will sign a 'concerted action agreement' with you and will not let you lose control of the company."

While Boss Joe was still digesting the pros and cons of this condition, Zhang Chen continued to add: "The same is true for Apple. How much say you want in Apple depends on how many shares you help me get."

What Zhang Chen meant was that he would also hand over his shareholder rights of Apple to Steve Jobs. This would undoubtedly be a great temptation for Steve Jobs, who founded the company but did not have much actual control over it.

"Leon, you know this is not a decision I can make alone."

Boss Qiao did gain something from this trip, and how big the gain was depended entirely on his determination.

But this is not something that can be decided in just a few hours of meeting today. He needs to go back and think about it himself, and also discuss it with the shareholders of the two companies.

"It's okay. I can wait, but I don't know if you can."

Zhang Chen smiled slightly, not caring at all about today's fruitless meeting.

Such a big thing cannot be decided by just snapping your fingers today.

When it comes to transactions worth hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars, there are too many things to consider.

Today Zhang Chen put forward the conditions, and it depends on how the other party will bargain.

While Zhang Chen and Boss Qiao were discussing Morning Glory Music, William, who was far away on the other side of the ocean, was also negotiating with several funds about Facebook's financing.

Zhang Chen has given William a lot of tasks in this regard. The first is to ensure that the shareholding ratio is not particularly conspicuous on the surface, but to have absolute say in secret.

That is, the total shares held by Zhang Chen's several seemingly unrelated companies after the company went public exceeded 33.4%.
In fact, these companies don’t know that Zhang Chen is the boss behind the scenes, but if the time is right, Zhang Chen will secretly manipulate these companies to unite and decide on certain developments of the companies.

As long as this bottom line needs to be guaranteed, the company should try to retain as many shares as possible. After all, the company is not short of money. Introducing these capitals is only to reduce obstacles to the company's development. With more people making the cake, the actual profits will not be affected by the decrease in shareholding ratio.

The simplest logic is that holding 1% of the shares of a company valued at only 100 yuan is different from holding 1% of the shares of another company valued at 1 trillion yuan. The difference in monetary value alone is more than an order of magnitude. More importantly, in terms of global influence, the two companies are simply not comparable.

With the entry of Wall Street capital into Facebook, Zhang Chen and William don't have to work hard. Those people on Wall Street will help Facebook enter every country in the world and frantically increase the valuation of this company with huge potential. After it goes public, they will be able to reap huge profits from it.

This is the most basic demand of many companies, hoping to have strong capital entering the market during the financing stage.

There is still one week left before the official recording of "The Voice of China".

Zhang Chen came to the "Morning Light Building Inauguration Ceremony" which was postponed due to some reasons.

At 6 p.m. on June 25, the mentor lineup for "The Voice of China" will be announced, which will also be the site of the program's press conference.

The headquarters of Morning Glory Group is located in Chaoyang District of the capital, specifically at the intersection of East Third Ring Road and Yaojiayuan Road. Across the road to the west is the New Century Morning Center, and to the south is Tuanjie Park.

The headquarters of Chenguang Entertainment is surrounded by the CBD, Chaowai and Yansha business districts, and faces the Fortune Center across the Third Ring Road.
There are many media industries around it, including CCTV, Capital TV, People's Daily, etc. At the same time, the headquarters is surrounded by the First Embassy District, the Second Embassy District and the Embassy Apartments on three sides.

The building borders Tuanjie Lake Park, which covers an area of 13.8 square meters and has a water area of 4.6 square meters. It has a wide view and beautiful scenery. The west entrance of Tuanjie Lake Park is about 30 meters away from the building.

Chenguang Group Building has waterscape resources that are hard to find in BJ and unique geographical advantages. It is the hottest golden location in the East Third Ring Road area and even in the whole BJ.

The entire project covers a total area of approximately 13800 square meters, with a total construction area of 43653.281 square meters. The building height exceeds 150 meters, with a total of 46 floors and a bay area of 200 square meters to 1800 square meters.

For the construction of this headquarters, Zhang Chen spent a total of nearly 35 billion RMB.

It was leased to the Morning Glory Group at a price of RMB 2 million per year.

But every time Zhang Chen saw the pride that the company's employees showed when they looked at their grand headquarters building and the luxurious facilities inside the building, he felt that the money was not wasted.

Having a headquarters building that is expensive, strategically located, and has luxurious facilities can not only enhance the company's image, but also strengthen the sense of belonging of the company's employees, not to mention that a few years ago it only cost the same amount of land as cabbage compared to later generations.

Tuanjie Lake Park next to the "Chenguang Building" has been booked today for today's opening ceremony.

Now that summer has just begun, the vegetation in the park is lush and green. Every employee of the Morning Glory Group has experienced the benefit of having a scenic park next to the company. If they can sit here during their afternoon break, how can they talk about work fatigue?
Their boss is the eternal God!
"The building next door is the Morning Light Building, right?"

Han Sanping, who had just arrived at the scene, looked at a tall building not far away through the gaps between the trees in the park, and felt a little emotional. Zhang Chen is really fucking rich!
The cost of building a headquarters building is said to have exceeded the budget of the National Stadium for the 08 Olympics. "Mr. Han, have you not visited it yet?"

Principal Zhang, who has just taken office as the president of Beijing Film Academy, was invited to attend today's inauguration ceremony because Zhang Chen is a student of his school.

And it's not just him. Basically the entire teaching team of Beijing Film Academy and Zhang Chen's classmates were invited today. Anyway, the whole park is big enough to accommodate so many people.

"There?" Han Sanping thought of the scene he had just seen and answered with lingering fear, "There are people everywhere now. Wouldn't it be a crime to go there?"

"That's right. I almost forgot that Chen Guang basically invited all the top celebrities from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong to come this time."

After the stars there have received the public's attention and been photographed by the media, they finally have two choices: one is to enter the building for a tour and then enter the park which is only a few dozen meters away, or to take a shortcut directly into the park.

Han Sanping just thinks there are too many people visiting the building now, so it would be better for them to come directly to the park.

Anyway, the highlights of today are all here.

While Han Sanping and Principal Zhang were chatting, the entrance of the Morning Light Building welcomed the last batch of guests of the day, namely the mentors of "The Voice of China" from the two countries!

"My dear friends, the next few people who will appear on stage are the mentors of The Voice of China that you have guessed for a long time. The program has been prepared for a whole year, and the mentor lineup is also highly anticipated by everyone. I hope that when they appear on stage next, you can welcome them with your enthusiastic applause and cheers!"

The host of today's celebration invited by Morning Light Entertainment is Mr. He. Although they haven't seen each other for many years, Zhang Chen has not become estranged from him. On the contrary, because of Zhang's father, they usually keep in touch during the holidays.

And because of Mr. He's good reputation in the circle and solid hosting skills, Chenguang Group also invited him to be the host today at Zhang Chen's suggestion.

Today's celebration was not only a press conference, but also invited more than 1000 media reporters from around the world to report on the scene. Among them, Spoon TV and Warner Group won the broadcasting rights for two countries.

Therefore, today's press conference is destined to be watched by more than billions of people around the world.

"First of all, let us welcome the mentors of "The Voice of China" that you have been looking forward to for a long time. They are..."

At the end of the red carpet that is more than 100 meters long and 10 meters wide in front of the Morning Light Building, four seventh-generation black Rolls-Royce Phantoms have been parked.

The dark car windows blocked everyone's prying eyes.

Everyone is also looking forward to which big shot will emerge from this.

"Liu Huan!"

As Mr. He's loud introduction fell, the door of one of the cars slowly opened with the help of the concierge.

The person who walked out was one of the people that everyone had guessed long ago. After all, this person's silhouette was too different from the others, so it was easy to guess.

"Liu Huan! Liu Huan! Liu Huan!"

The audience at the scene was very respectful. Even though Mr. Liu Huan is not an idol, he is indeed a real talent. Mainland fans still like this singer very much.

Amid the cheers of enthusiastic fans on both sides of the red carpet and the flash lights all around that turned the whole place into a bright day, he slowly walked to Teacher He.

"Teacher Liu Huan, as the first instructor to appear, do you have anything to say to everyone?"

"The reason why I'm the first to appear is because there's no suspense about me. You guys dug me out a month ago."

Liu Huan said this with a hint of resentment. As the most beautiful and mysterious mentor, he was the person that everyone least expected today.

"Haha, that's because Mr. Liu Huan's image has long been deeply rooted in people's hearts. Let's go to the side and sign your name first, and by the way, tell everyone who will be the next one?"

Teacher He's words were flawless, and he described Liu Huan's special body shape as a symbol that was deeply rooted in people's hearts, which also made Liu Huan's face beam with joy.

Of course he knew it was a compliment, but that didn't stop him from liking to hear nice things.

"Next one, you are in for a treat."

Liu Huan did not say who it was, and tried his best to cooperate with Teacher He's idea of creating suspense. After giving a mysterious smile to the people present, he turned and walked towards one of the sofas on the stage.

"Since you're talking about having a good time, could it be a beauty? Let me see who she is." After Liu Huan took his seat, Teacher He continued his words, pretending to pick up the card and look at the name on it, and said in a very surprised tone:
"Friends, please use your screams to welcome today's second mentor. Let us invite him." After a long pause, Teacher He immediately read out the name:
"princess!"

As the introduction ended, the princess also walked out of the car.

Dressed in a white low-cut evening gown, her diva temperament was fully revealed.

She received the same treatment as Liu Huan, the difference was that the foreign reporters seemed to press their shutters a little faster, as they all wanted to record the charm of the first female star who appeared today.

"Fei Fei, as far as I know, Zhang Chen seems to have invited you to participate in this program a long time ago, right?"

Before Mr. He came to host this event, he got first-hand information from Zhang Chen.

He is well aware of the reasons for selecting these mentors. The reason why he is asking now is to add more attention to the program and to indirectly introduce to everyone how long Zhang Chen has spent preparing for this program.

"Yes, Zhang Chen told me about this several years ago. I have been waiting for about three or four years, right?"

The princess' words also made the audience gasp. They never expected that the planning of this program could be traced back to three or four years ago.

"Then can you tell everyone who the next mentor will be?"

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Teacher He stopped talking about other things and wanted the princess to reveal the name of the next mentor.

"Next one."

　It's over. There's a chapter break.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)