What kind of bad thoughts can the director have?

Chapter 165 New Steps
In the past, one or two months before Christmas every year, the streets and alleys were decorated with red Christmas hats, green Christmas trees, and colorful lights to create a Christmas atmosphere. Carols were everywhere, and shopping malls began various sales promotions.

On Christmas Eve, the downtown business district is even more crowded with people on the brightly lit streets, and some shopping malls even open overnight for discounts and promotions. This has been so popular for 20 years.

It's strange that the temperature has suddenly cooled down this year. The Christmas atmosphere on the streets has faded a lot. Many shopping malls have just taken out the decorations from previous years and dealt with it hastily.

Ning Song is more sensitive about this: "In previous years, Christmas was the second busiest time for me after Valentine's Day. I was exhausted every year with a word, a glass of wine, and love. What's wrong with this year? It's not good for the catering and accommodation industry. .”

This is simply a humble man who dares not forget to worry about the country. His hands and feet are under control, and he is still worrying about the welfare of other male compatriots.

What's even more strange is that everyone seems to have some kind of subconscious tacit understanding. Sister Tao also canceled the Christmas dinner that she had insisted on for several years. She quietly did not give any explanation, and no one thought it was strange.

On the other hand, Yang Shu added a few dishes to dinner with Liu Man and Jiang Shiyu in the name of the holiday on Christmas Eve, following the script of previous years.

While eating, he talked about "Warrior" being initially scheduled for July [-]st, and Luo Xue's going to transfer to Tiange Media.

Talking with Luo Xue at noon yesterday, Yang Shu thought about it for a day, and then brought it out for discussion after he had a mature idea.

In fact, there is only one core question. The future development direction is to still concentrate on production, continue to manage the studio well and be an artist with peace of mind, or expand the industrial chain and enter the distribution field to be called an operator?
The former is specialized in surgery, which is relatively simple and more handy for Poplar.

The latter is something that seems familiar but is not well understood. Even if there is a mature team doing it, you have to learn a lot to manage it.

To put it bluntly: the scale of the wonderful studio has always been small, and even the daily brokerage affairs have been outsourced to Junqi Feiyang, who is afraid of trouble. Do you need to find trouble now?

However, if you have your own distribution company, then you can share about 15% less of the box office to others in the future, and you can use mature resources to release other films, which means influence in the film and television industry.

This is quite exciting for Yang Shu. He has made a lot of money in the past two years, and in 2017 there may be even more money in his account. It seems that it is time to re-plan the future.

"In addition to making movies, there must be something else to do next. You can't let the money on hand not make full use of it, right?"

Just being a grassroots producer seems to be getting more and more unsatisfactory. Earning more money means having a new foundation. It stands to reason that there should be higher development goals.

"So it's time to take a closer look. In the past, we started from scratch. In the future, we should pursue higher and more complete games. Otherwise, no matter how fun the game is, we will get tired of playing it."

Following this line of thought, if the establishment of a studio to produce works is considered as the first step up, then the second step should be mastering the distribution rights.

With a distribution company, you can also enter the theater chain in the future, achieve a real one-stop production, supply and marketing, and have more voice in the film and television industry.

So Yang Shu thought about it for a day, and told the matter tonight.

Both Liu Man and Jiang Shiyu's first reactions were: "Mr. Fu is a senior engineer, and it will be a few years before he retires. Why don't they do it?"

It's hard to say, Yang Shu shrugged: "The times are developing, and everyone should adjust accordingly, no one can be an exception."

Both Liu Man and Jiang Shiyu were stunned again: "Understood, when it's time to stop, stop. Those who know the current affairs are the best."

"But why do you want to take advantage of us? Is there something tricky in it?"

Yang Shu has been thinking about this question for the longest time, and thinks it is unlikely: "The issuing company is a service company, as long as it has no debts, it can't think of anything that can trick us.

As for the initiative to transfer it to us, I think it is because we helped out when Tianjun Garden encountered a problem, which is a kind return. "

For Yang Shu, Tianjun Garden is an investment, but from Luo Xue's point of view, it is largely an act of helping others.

At this time, Liu Man also wanted to understand another aspect: "The Fu family manipulates Tiange Media behind the scenes. No one outside knows about it, and they dare not let too many people know the inside story. In fact, the transfer is very troublesome, and there may not be a few contacts at all buyers, and we just happen to know the bottom line."

To say this is blatantly merciless in business. Although Yang Shu is more willing to believe that this is Luo Xue's special care and warmth from his sister-in-law, he knows in his heart that what Liu Man said should be closer to the truth.

Tiange Media can't advertise and transfer publicly. Although the Yangshu group may not be the only ones who have cooperated in the past few years and know the inside story, they are young and ambitious, and they can afford the price.

Just like Tianjun had a funding gap, the reason why Luo Xue approached Yangshu was, of course, because his "Love Letter from the Kingdom of Heaven" was about to receive a large sum of money, so there was nothing to talk about without money.

"Man Man makes sense," Yang Shu looked at the problem realistically, "But what we need to consider is not this, but whether winning Tiange is beneficial to us and whether it is valuable."

He explained all the aspects that he had considered in the day: Tiange's past business capabilities, the approximate valuation, the operation and management after taking over, the future development direction of the business, and so on.

"Tianjun Palace will be sold within half a year. Even based on the current housing prices, our profit is hundreds of millions. With three to five billion yuan, we should be able to sell Tiange, which is still affordable."

Tiange Media has performed well since its establishment, with an average annual profit of about 1.5 million yuan. The industry average price-to-book ratio of the issuing company is about 2.5 times, so the transfer price is usually two and a half years of net profit.

"Using part of the profits from the real estate cooperation with the Fu family to buy the company that they can no longer continue to operate, we have nothing to lose," Jiang Shiyu tended to agree with Yang Shu's plan: "Although that is also the money we earned from investing, it is almost the same. It can be considered that the wool comes from the sheep."

Liu Man also agreed: "Tiange will not be transferred until the release of "Warrior". By then, Tianjun Palace should have been settled, so let them leave a part of the real estate profits directly. We will take the company over and hedge it. And pay less tax."

Yang Shu smiled and shook his head: "This kind of account hedging is regarded as tax evasion, who did you learn from?"

"I forgot who said that, cross-investment among companies in the circle is sometimes just to offset accounts."

"Let's not learn that way, we have to figure out every cooperation with anyone, otherwise we have to be careful that one day we will be settled by Qiu Hou."

Liu Man is in charge of the finances, and she must not learn these messy things, but she is obedient: "Don't worry, I will discuss with you first before doing anything, so there is no need to scare me."

So regarding the matter of Tiange, the general direction was decided in this way, and Yang Shu also told Liu Man: "You can find time to ask your sister or Qin sister, and listen to their opinions."

He could have consulted Sister Qin and Sister Tao, who were more experienced in business operations, but he was too busy and forgot about it.

"Why don't you ask directly, are you not familiar with my sister?"

"Mature is ripe," Yang Shu said, "although your sister is my sister, but I think it's easier for you sisters to speak the truth, and if I ask, there may be objections, so I'm too embarrassed to pour cold water on it. "

Since I forgot it before, it is hard to bypass Liu Man when I think about it now. Yang Shu feels that more than half of his human experience has been used in this area.

"You are very contradictory," Liu Man pouted, "Sometimes you are bold and reckless, and sometimes you are cautious."

This was right, and Yang Shu's heart skipped a beat when he said it.

(End of this chapter)