China Entertainment 2004

Chapter 171 Is It Time To Call Dad Now?
"Scary Step by Step" was first serialized on the Jinjiang website in 2005. Although it is a time-travel novel, it fully respects historical facts in major historical events. It is more a historical romance than a time-travel novel.

Then, on the basis of Jiulong seizing the heir, it tells a poignant and beautiful love story, thus breaking away from the stereotype of general romance novels, which is why "Scary Step by Step" can become a classic later.

It was Jiang Yu's idea to buy the copyright of "Scary Step by Step" and adapt it a long time ago.

Not only for Liu Sisi, but he also needs a popular web adaptation to prove that the model of video website + web IP can work.

Otherwise, wouldn't his prophetic advantage be too wasteful.

At this time, the value of online novels has not been discovered by the market, and the copyright of novels is basically equal to the price of cabbage.

Thanks to the success of "33 Days of Broken Love", Jiang Yu is quite well-known in the film and television industry. Under Jiang Yu's name, Chen Yang went to discuss copyright with Tonghua, and bought "Bu Bu Jing" very smoothly. Heart" adaptation rights for five years.

In fact, it is not uncommon for novels to be adapted into film and television dramas, but the most amazing thing about online novels is that they can be mass-produced.

This is what Gu Yongjian valued the most.

If the pie that Jiang Yu painted for him can come true, it will be equivalent to directly establishing a complete assembly line for the film and television industry.

And this film and television assembly line brings much more room for imagination to the capital market than a pure video website.

"Are you interested in starting a business with me?" Gu Yongjian looked at Jiang Yu and couldn't help asking, "To be honest, with your business acumen, it's a pity to be a star."

He found that every time he saw Jiang Yu, he could get some surprises.

This young man is like a genius, constantly coming up with refreshing ideas.

Gu Yongjian had a premonition that if Jiang Yu could join Youku, Youku would definitely be able to improve to a higher level.

Jiang Yu laughed, "You're too much of an award. I'm not good at starting a business, but I'm still very interested in investing."

Gu Yongjian said: "You have your strengths, and I have mine. We can cooperate and complement each other."

"How complementary?"

Gu Yongjian thought about it and said: "Youku will definitely be listed in the future. According to your idea, youku must be in your hands when it comes to content production. I have a plan..."

Then, he stated his plan, which was roughly that Youku used shares and some cash to acquire half of the shares of Jiangyu Jiuliu Media, and then Jiang Yu joined Youku to be in charge of the production of film and television projects.

"Of course, I will give you shares of corresponding value. In terms of price, I will definitely not let you suffer."

According to Gu Yongjian's plan, Jiang Yu and Youku were deeply bound together.

In order to be able to cash out the shares in his hand, Jiang Yu had to work hard for Youku, otherwise Youku would not be listed on the market, and those shares would not even be as good as waste paper.

This is also the most common way for Internet companies to draw big cakes for their employees.

Jiang Yu raised his eyebrows: "Nine Six Media, what is the valuation?"

Gu Yongjian smiled slightly and stretched out three fingers.

"3000 million?" Jiang Yu asked with a raised voice.

Just kidding, he earned 33 million from "3000 Days of Broken Relationship", not counting his own music copyright and endorsement fees.

"It's 3000 million," Gu Yongjian explained with a smile: "I've done the math, and your Jiuliu Media's annual profit is around 10 million. I use [-] times the PE for valuation."

"Well, this is already my greatest sincerity."

Generally speaking, there are three valuation methods for company valuation, PE valuation method is the most common one.
To put it simply, it depends on the current level of profitability of the company, how many years it will take to pay back.

Obviously, Gu Yongjian is very optimistic about Jiang Yu's ability, so he gave 10 times the PE to buy him for the next ten years.

According to Gu Yongjian's experience, when ordinary young people hear the price of 3 million, they should be stunned on the spot.

Then the blood surged, and my mind was full of "I'm getting rich", and finally I didn't even want to read the contract, so I just picked up the pen and signed the contract.

But obviously, Jiang Yu is not an ordinary person.

After Gu Yongjian finished explaining, he kept paying attention to Jiang Yu's expression.

But to his surprise, the expression on Jiang Yu's face was not surprise, shock, or greed, but...doubt?
I have to say that Jiang Yu was a little moved when he heard the price of [-] million.

That's [-] million!

You don't have to do anything, as long as you sign the acquisition contract, it will be worth [-] million yuan.

Or say that the capital market comes in quickly.

However, after more than four years of rebirth, Jiang Yu has experienced it after all. After thinking about it, he felt that something was wrong.

The last time Youku raised funds, Gu Yongjian talked with him. At this time, Youku had less than 3 million cash in hand, and the valuation was only 50 billion soft sister coins.

How dare Gu Yongjian spend such a large sum of money to buy Jiuliu Media, which has only six people?
What is he drawing?

Figure yourself to be handsome and talented?

After thinking for a while, Jiang Yu found the crux of the problem, "Is there a cool valuation?"

He asked the most important question.

Gu Yongjian also admired Jiang Yu for being able to sort things out so quickly, but he is an old driver in the capital circle after all. He took a sip of coffee leisurely and said without changing his expression:

"I think the valuation of US$30 billion is very reasonable based on the market share of Youku in the video website and the imagination brought by Youku after establishing the long-form video model."

30 billion U.S. dollars, converted into soft sister coins, is almost 200 billion.

Jiang Yu almost spat out a mouthful of old blood. The cash in your hands is less than 3 million. You haven't made a profit yet, so you dare to claim that you are worth 200 billion? !

The water here is probably deeper than the sea.

No wonder he dared to give Jiang Yu a valuation of 3 million, and the co-authors were all empty-handed white wolves.

"This won't work," Jiang Yu said without changing his face, "I think that with my vision and ability, Jiuliu Media is worth at least 10 billion yuan."

Now it was Gu Yongjian's turn to vomit blood.

What the hell are you talking about? Jiuliu Media has only three or two big cats and kittens. How big is it to think that you are worth a billion.

In all fairness, Gu Yongjian thinks that his valuation of [-] million is very conscientious.

He believes that with Jiang Yu's extraordinary vision and production ability, if he is in charge of Youku Film and Television, then Youku will definitely take off.

However, a valuation of one billion is too much!

But Jiang Yu was very persistent.

He still has great confidence in himself. Among other things, the drama "Scary Step by Step" is worth more than [-] million yuan!
As a result, the two sides naturally couldn't agree on an agreement, and Gu Yongjian didn't take it seriously. This kind of important cooperation will not bear fruit without a few rounds of wrangling.

"Well, we can sign an agreement. Aren't you very optimistic about "Scary Step by Step", we will use the performance of this drama to determine the final valuation of Jiuliu Media, how about it?"

Gu Yongjian put forward his own real plan-the gambling agreement.

VAM agreements are not uncommon in the capital circle, but currently in the film and television circle, no one has used them, and the success rate is extremely low.

In the original time and space, after a celebrity founded his own film and television company, he signed a gambling agreement with the capital.

The general content of the agreement is that Star will sell 20% of the company's shares to the capital at a price of 3 million yuan, on the condition that the company's net profit will reach 3.1 million yuan within three years.

Otherwise, the shares in the hands of the capital party will be repurchased at an annual interest rate of 15%.

This is a life-and-death gamble. If it fails, the star will probably have to work for the capital for the rest of his life to pay off the debt.

In such a comparison, Gu Yongjian's condition is simply a living bodhisattva.

The only difference is that when they gamble, the capital side pays real money, while Gu Yongjian pays a empty check.

But the problem is, Jiang Yu clearly remembers that after Youku and Tudou merged, they successfully rang the bell in the United States, and their market value was once as high as 119 billion US dollars!
Gu Yongjian's empty check can really be cashed!
Jiang Yu took a sip of coffee, letting the bitter taste spread in his mouth, so that he could wake up under the temptation of that huge empty check.

"There can be an agreement, but for the specific content, I will go back and discuss it with other shareholders of the company before deciding."

"Of course, I hope we have a happy cooperation," Gu Yongjian picked up his coffee cup and smiled at Jiang Yu.

Jiang Yu imitated him and picked up the coffee cup, "Well, I hope we can have a good cooperation."

……

To be a celebrity or to be a capitalist, this is a question.

Whether to shoot movies, release songs, accept commercials every day, or wield a sickle to cut leeks in the capital market, this is indeed a question worth thinking about.

The former can live freely, but they are always in a state of being picked and manipulated.

This is not what Jiang Yu wants.

Jiang Yu knew very well that if he missed the opportunity of Youku to go public this time, then he would probably have to wait until after 2016 if he wanted to enter the capital circle and occupy a place in the entertainment industry.

At that time, Youku sold himself to Lao Ma and began to decline, while Station B replaced Youku and gradually showed its prominence.

But now that the opportunity is in front of him, Jiang Yu still feels unwilling not to try it.

At worst, after Youku goes public, he will simply cash out at the highest point and leave, no matter what, he won't lose money.

With the empty check written by Gu Yongjian, Jiang Yu cheered up and plunged into the bitter sea of ​​graduation thesis.

Ma Dan, he is worth hundreds of millions, and it is strange enough to be tortured by his graduation thesis.

"Lao Jiang, show me your graduation thesis..." In the dormitory, Xiao Bing came over salivating, wanting to refer to Jiang Yu's thesis.

"Go, go," Jiang Yu waved him away, "My thesis is so bad that I can't even read it myself."

There is a question in later generations. Is there something that looks great to the layman but is too low to the insider?
One of the answers is: the graduation thesis of undergraduate students.

"Me too," Xiao Bing nodded frantically, "I feel like the thesis I wrote is a pile of academic rubbish, and I'm too embarrassed to show it to my tutor."

Jiang Yu said: "You don't have to worry about this. Before you hand in the paper to your tutor, you are the one who is anxious. After you hand in the paper, it is your tutor who is anxious."

"It's called anxiety transfer."

"Damn it, what you said makes sense," Xiao Bing thought for a moment, and felt that it was really the case.

"What about the thesis defense?" Xiao Bing asked.

Jiang Yu smiled and said, "Don't be afraid of this, I have the eight-character mantra, and I will guarantee you to pass the defense."

"tell me the story?"

"Let's hear it, is this the attitude of asking for help?"

Xiao Bing had no choice but to run over to rub Jiang Yu's shoulders and beat his legs. After a long meal, Jiang Yu said slowly: "When defending a thesis, you should memorize eight words—answer if you don't argue, and apologize if you ask."

Of course, the teacher will not intentionally embarrass his students, even if you can't answer, as long as you have a better attitude and apologize, you will basically be fooled, and you can't really stop you from graduating.

In this way, according to the guidelines given by Jiang Yu, the two passed the thesis defense smoothly.

For some reason, at the moment of handing in the thesis, an inexplicable emotion surged up in Jiang Yu's heart.

After the dissertation is handed in, it means that the four years of study are really over.

From now on, he is a social person.

In the past, he always felt that the school restricted him and delayed him from making money, but now that he has graduated, he is a little bit reluctant.

On the way back to the dormitory, Xiao Bing sighed silently when he saw the gorgeous and beautiful girls on campus.

"I feel like I haven't learned anything in the past four years. Alas, I'm really sorry for the school."

Jiang Yu comforted: "Don't worry, you will have a long time to be sorry for the school in the future."

"Fuck, don't you want to be so heartbroken," Xiao Bing said that he was connoted.

However, he has been tortured by Jiang Yu for more than four years. Now that he has been pierced in the heart, he will not even produce negative energy, and he is completely numb.

Although it hurts my heart, I have to admit that Jiang Yu is right.

People say that today I am proud of my alma mater, and my alma mater will be proud of me in the future.

But it is obvious that in the future, the Film Academy will most likely regard Jiang Yu as a well-known alumnus, and he is just an ordinary graduate who is unknown. There is a high probability that things like "the alma mater is proud of me" will not happen to him.

"Is your "Donkey Gets Water" going to start?"

"Well, the crew is ready, and I'll leave after the graduation photos are taken."

"Aren't you going to the graduation ceremony?"

Jiang Yu shook her head, "I won't participate. The head teacher originally wanted me to speak on behalf of outstanding graduates, but I refused. I don't have time."

There is no way, Uncle Ge only gave him a one-month schedule, so he can only hurry up.

"Come on, take a good shot," Xiao Bing patted Jiang Yu's shoulder with mixed feelings in his heart.

Before, Jiang Yu gave him a script and joked that if he was given a chance to call him Dad, he would play Zhou Tienan. Xiao Bing knew it was a joke, so of course he refused to call him Dad.

Unexpectedly, when he finished reading the script and thought that his first play after graduation would be the leading actor, Jiang Yu told him that the leading actor had already been decided, and it was Shi Jin in "Soldiers Assault". Better and more famous.

Reason told him that Jiang Yu's choice of leading actor was of course not so casual.

But he still couldn't help thinking, if he had called that father at that time, would everything have been different?
After graduation, the students went their separate ways, some became successful and took advantage of the momentum, while some were doomed to remain unknown and spend their entire lives in the film crew, with no chance of a bright future.

Facing the unknown road ahead, Xiao Bing just wanted to say, is there still time to call him dad now?
"Come on, too!" Jiang Yu patted Xiao Bing on the shoulder, then turned and left.

Xiao Bing watched Jiang Yu leave, looked at his slender back, and shouted in his heart:
Dad, please bring me!

(End of this chapter)