I'm just trying to ride the wave of popularity!

Chapter 184 Zhou Yang, I'm so pissed!

2 month 6 day.

The 16th day of the first lunar month.

Huaying International, which is about to go public, held an emergency board meeting!
In the boardroom!

Each shareholder silently watched the data analyst above them, analyzing the actual economic benefits of the movie "The Spirit of Zhao Zilong"!

"As of today, 'The Spirit of Zhao Zilong' has been in theaters for fifteen days and has grossed over 2500 million RMB!"

“This is just the box office data provided by four partner cinemas…” Data analyst Li Xian silently turned on the projector and pointed to the box office revenue in several sections of “The Spirit of Zhao Zilong”.

A moment of silence fell over the conference room.

The shareholders stared at the box office figures and frowned slightly.
"Four cooperating cinema chains, 2500 million RMB—that's a rather astonishing figure, according to our investigation!"

"These four cinema chains, in the past fourteen days, have increased in size by nearly 1.5 times through the integration of township cinemas, screenings in town halls, and various cinema acquisitions..."

"To date, although the occupancy rate of 'The Spirit of Zhao Zilong' in professional cinemas is no longer the astonishing 150%, it still maintains an impressive figure of around 95%..."

"Its influence among teenagers and children is phenomenal. Some kids even go to see it once, twice, or even three times. Pre-sale tickets are still sold out every time! Its popularity far surpasses all other cinema chains except for the three of us..."

"And this is just the impact of 'The Spirit of Zhao Zilong' on theaters!"

"The revenue generated by 'The Spirit of Zhao Zilong' is even more astonishing!"

"With the box office of 'The Gangster' surpassing 2 million, our theater chain received a total revenue of 2000 million from the film's share alone, and the total revenue from all the theaters under our chain was around 1 million! Of course, after deducting various fees and theater revenue sharing, this film brought our entire theater chain approximately 4000 million RMB... After deducting taxes, the total was 3420 million!"

"3420 million RMB is the total revenue of all cinemas from 'The Legend of the Condor Heroes'. Our three major cinemas accounted for the lion's share, and Huaying International was the highest earner. We have earned about 850 million RMB from 'The Legend of the Condor Heroes' alone so far this Spring Festival season... Adding the consumption during the Spring Festival season and the revenue from other films, our total profit is 1410 million RMB!"

(The box office revenue of theatrical films is 6% to 10%, and the revenue share of the total box office revenue of the affiliated cinemas and films is around 40% to 50%).

"And what about the four major cinema chains that Zhou Yang is collaborating with?"

"They don't make much profit from movies, but..."

"They received nearly 700 million RMB in royalties from 'The Spirit of Zhao Zilong'!"

"In addition, the sales revenue from the [Bingbingyang Cola] beverage and other related products that Zhou Yang brought over is close to 300 million RMB!"

"Adding the 200 million RMB from the box office revenue share, the total is 1200 million RMB! That's only 210 million RMB less than ours!"

"..."

Under the light.

An unbelievable statistic is emerging in the eyes of countless shareholders!

They were shocked at first!

I'm shocked that these four cinema chains were able to make so much money from just one movie!

Immediately afterwards, the shareholders' eyes burned with fervor and madness, and some even slammed their fists on the table!
"There are copyrighted merchandise items for 'The Legend of the Condor Heroes,' but sales are limited!"

"However, the movie 'The Spirit of Zhao Zilong'—no, I should say, Zhou Yang's entire 'The Spirit of Zhao Zilong' IP—has already taken off, judging by the market's frenzy!"

"We conducted a survey and found that after watching a movie, nearly 80% of users were looking forward to the next one!"

"The conversion rate of this movie is quite astonishing. In the past fourteen days, the pre-orders for its merchandise have already reached nearly one-tenth of the sales of the Japanese film 'Ultraman' in China during the same period!"

"Behind this film lies a complete IP industry chain that Zhou Yang has already established..."

"..."

"Besides that, Zhou Yang's personal commercial value is absolutely insane!"

"Behind Zhou Yang lies an astonishing business industry chain!"

"Far surpasses top international male stars!"

"Of the brands that have partnered with them, apart from Qin Chuan Auto which hasn't made much of a splash, the highest increase in revenue for the other brands has been 400 times!"

"And the revenue of these four small cinema chains that partnered with Zhou Yang all increased more than tenfold!"

"..."

These are some astonishing statistics!
The shareholders became increasingly alarmed as they looked at it!
The more you look at it, the more passionate you become!
Next!

Several shareholders turned their attention to Chairman Li Minghao without prior arrangement.

"I remember, Mr. Li, we had a brief collaboration with Zhou Yang before, and the results were quite good, right?"

"..."

A bead of sweat suddenly appeared on Li Minghao's forehead. After a moment of silence, he finally nodded: "Yes..."

"The cooperation was terminated midway because of the 'Golden Horse Award Incident'?" Lin Renlong, the leading shareholder and head of [Hongsheng Capital], silently looked at Chairman Li Minghao!

"Yes." Li Minghao nodded.

"Chairman Li, have you seen this data?"

"I saw it."

"On behalf of myself, I hereby declare that, effective immediately, the blockade against Zhou Yang will be temporarily lifted, and an agreement must be reached with him..."

Li Minghao's expression changed slightly. He didn't answer immediately, but instead looked around at the other shareholders. When he saw that they all shared the same sentiment, he took a deep breath: "It's difficult to explain to Taiwan. After all, there are five major film and television companies in China, and..."

"Squeezing out some screenings shouldn't be difficult for you, right?"

"Can……"

“Chairman Li, we have no permanent enemies, only permanent interests. I believe you understand this better than anyone else. Now that they are popular, we will cooperate with them, but when they are no longer popular, we can still kick them aside... When the company goes public, you will also own the original shares of the company, and you will make a lot of profits. You need to have a long-term vision!”

"..."

When Li Minghao heard this, he took a deep breath, his eyes flickering with uncertainty, before finally standing up and nodding: "I'll do it!"

"Ok!"

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The cruelest thing in this world is bowing your head.

Undeniably, when Li Minghao founded Huaying International, he had to bow his head to many people.

But that's all capital!
Yes, that's right. The company has reached a crucial stage of development and urgently needs financing, which is why they're keeping their heads down!
When he walked out of the conference room, his face was very gloomy. He then took out his phone and made a call to Li Mingrui.

Li Mingrui was taken aback at first, then became somewhat excited!
"what?"

"He's already humiliated us with the Golden Horse Award, and you expect me to swallow this insult?"

"You can eat shit, but I can't!"

"..."

Li Minghao sighed: "I'm not asking you to back down. What I mean is, our [Huaying International] might be importing Zhou Yang's films soon. We need to avoid any trouble during this listing phase!"

There was a long silence on the other end of the phone, before a sigh finally came: "Okay!"

After making the call.

Li Minghao silently returned to his office, sat down in his chair, and suddenly realized that he hadn't seen Dong Qichang for a long time.

After hesitating for a moment, I made a phone call to Dong Qichang.

The call was answered quickly, and Dong Qichang arrived at the company in just half an hour.

When Li Minghao met Dong Qichang again, he smiled and was no longer as cold as before. Instead, he warmly opened a bottle of red wine for Dong Qichang.

As he poured wine for Dong Qichang, he reminisced about the little things that happened when the two of them started their business.

During this period...

Seemingly affected by his past entrepreneurial experiences, Dong Qichang's eyes reddened, and he briefly lost his composure.

"Everything is for the company!"

"The reason we terminated Zhou Yang's contract last time and moved you to another position was because of capital..."

"There's a lot of capital behind the Golden Horse Awards in the film industry, you should know that... and now, I'm also doing this because of capital..."

"Our company is about to go public!"

"At this point, I must bring all threats under control. I believe you understand, right?"

Dong Qichang lowered his head, sipped his red wine, and his eyes grew increasingly red.

But for some reason, there was a slight bitterness to it.

In the end, however, he remained silent.

After Li Minghao finished speaking, he stood up and silently looked into the distance: "This time, please contact Zhou Yang and tell him that we are willing to cooperate!"

When Dong Qichang heard this, he was slightly startled, then shook his head and finally sighed: "Zhou Yang will not cooperate!"

“We can help him make more money…” Li Minghao added.

"He's a contradictory person. He likes money, but he's incredibly generous to his own people, as if he doesn't like money at all. This time, he emptied half of the company's revenue with bonuses and profit sharing!" Dong Qichang sighed with a complicated expression, his gaze falling on Zhou Yang's file on the table. "He seems polite and gentlemanly, but deep down, he's a real scoundrel. If you're sincere with him, he'll repay you even more, but if you distance yourself from him even slightly, he'll hold a grudge for life. I just heard that Zhou Yang is poaching employees from Tianyu Media... all because he took a role from him in 'Love Ferris Wheel.' Zheng Yichen even apologized on the spot, but this guy still attacks Tianyu Media whenever he gets the chance..."

"Why don't you give it a try!"

"Mr. Li... I..." After finishing the last sip of his drink, Dong Qichang put down his glass and said, "I quit!"

"what?"

"I resigned. If anyone in the company wants my shares from the startup, please buy them back..."

"What did you say? Say it again?" Li Minghao stared at Dong Qichang in shock. "If you take it back now, how much can you earn? After it goes public, five times, ten times, even dozens of times... you don't mean to..."

"I've thought it through over this period of time, and I think I don't belong here..."

Dong Qichang stood up.

Closed his eyes.

"Have you found someone else?" Li Minghao stared at Dong Qichang.

After Dong Qichang remained silent for a long time, he suddenly became alarmed: "Is it [Wind Whisper] or [Heavenly Path] that made you give up the stock at this time!"

"It's Zhou Yang."

"what!"

"Are you crazy?"

"Yes, I might be going crazy..."

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2 month 7 day.

【XuanShi Entertainment】

Shen Long, who had been filming movies in the mines, returned to the company.

His film "The Mine" has been filmed, edited, and submitted to this year's Berlin International Film Festival for review...

I had just entered Zhou Yang's company.

Then I heard Zhou Yang's cold voice!
"Secretary Zhang, please tell everyone that we will not cooperate with any of the three major cinema chains!"

"Apart from the three major theater chains, any small or medium-sized theater chain can screen our movies, but for toys, sorry, only the four core theater chains can sell them!"

"You think you can just terminate a contract whenever you want, cooperate whenever you want, and blacklist us whenever you want? There's no such thing as a free lunch!"

"Yes, keep poaching their people!"

"Bring all the useful people here!"

"Damn it! I'm already being merciful by not digging up their ancestral graves!"

(End of this chapter)