Entertainment, I only like to make movies

Chapter 325 Simple and Rough

"boss Zhang."

"ByteDance's thoughts on the second round of financing, I have already learned from Minghui, and I understand your concerns and expectations."

After clinking glasses, Fang Ziheng was the first to speak, and first used the words of the scene as a foreshadowing.

Zhang Yimin's ambitions are extraordinary, as can be seen from his repeated refusal of Tengxun's investment in ByteDance.

Compared with Liu Qiangdong of JD.com and Huang Zhen of Pinduoduo, Zhang Yimin is more rigid and confident.

the reason is simple.

ByteDance's products, once developed, can create their own traffic.

He only needs to introduce a small amount of capital injection from an Internet company in the previous rounds of financing, so as to complete the identity change for ByteDance, and formally enter the Internet field while attracting traffic.

In layman's terms, it is to join the circle in the Internet field, and at the same time send a signal of goodwill to the outside world,

You see, I accepted the capital injection.

In the future, when the company develops and grows, it will continue to look for big brothers from the Internet to lead the investment.

If you release it with good intentions, everyone is a member of the circle, even if your colleagues want to engage in ByteDance, they will weigh it.

In this way, more room for development is obtained.

However, only Fang Ziheng knew that Zhang Yimin's move was a low-key development, and he didn't want to attract the attention of Teng Xun and Ali.

This guy's gaze is very far away.

It is also reasonable to reject Hengyu Media's second-round lead investment.

But reason belongs to reason, and business belongs to business. It is impossible for Fang Ziheng to give up the big golden pig of byte beating just because of understanding.

In the second round of financing, it is necessary for Hengyu Media to increase its shareholding!

Zhang Yimin is also very clear about this.

He didn't let down his vigilance because of Fang Ziheng's scene, but he cheered up even more.

"Fang Dong, thank you for your understanding."

He smiled and said seriously: "Don't worry, as long as Hengyu Media gives up the second round of leading investment, ByteDance will ensure that Hengyu Media's shares will not be diluted. As long as you want, you can maintain 20% of the shares for any suitable! "

When he said this, Zhang Yimin thought about it, for fear that Fang Ziheng would not agree.

Fang Ziheng didn't speak in time, so he picked up the wine and clinked another glass with Zhang Yimin.

Afterwards, he fell into deep thought.

The atmosphere at the dinner table also cooled down because of his silence.

Zhang Yimin pretended to be relaxed, while picking up vegetables to eat, while paying attention to Fang Ziheng's expression.

If the other party really does not agree!

Want hard steel?
If it is hard steel, it will definitely offend Fang Ziheng and Hengyu Media.

Bytedance, it still takes time!

Zhang Yimin changed his mind, thought over all the problems, and went through them again in his mind.

Fang Ziheng didn't know Zhang Yimin's thoughts, he pondered for a moment, met his expectant eyes, and said warmly: "Mr. Zhang, if I remember correctly, ByteDance is going to sell 10% to 15% of the shares for this second financing, right? "

"Yes, only 10% of the financing is expected."

Zhang Yimin nodded slightly, and then explained: "It will take at least three to four years for Byte to fully develop, and it will take three or four rounds of financing. This is another big stake."

Little fart!
Fang Ziheng secretly laughed, did he really think he didn't know about Byte?
In each round of financing, your old Zhang sells at most 10% of the shares, and you will not do anything more than 1 point.

What a fool!

In the last life, ByteDance adopted a VIE equity structure. According to the negative list of the industry, no foreign businessman can directly control this company, and can only own 49% of the shares at most.

This structure has also become Zhang Yimin's greatest confidence.

In ByteDance’s 8 rounds of financing, except for the angel round and the third round led by Qihoo 360, the other six rounds of financing were all led by foreign investors.

Because of the VIE structure, many foreign businessmen can only give up their greed, do not participate in the company's management rights, and only enjoy the income rights of ByteDance.

Zhang Yimin signed various agreements with these foreign businessmen, allowing the foreign businessmen to hand over all the management rights of the shares to him personally.

Ha ha
I remember that when the ByteDance concept stock was listed, it was disclosed that Zhang Yimin occupied 98.8% of the shares.

This news is false at first glance.

After eight rounds of financing, it is absolutely impossible for Zhang Yimin to still own so many shares.

But because of the VIE shareholding structure, on the surface he is indeed the agent of these shares, and no one in the entire ByteDance company can shake his position and right to speak.

It is precisely because of these equity management that he is not afraid of Tengxun, Ali, or any foreign capital.

Dividends can be given to you, I only need equity representatives!
Many investors, except for a nominal equity asset and annual profit dividends, can't get anything.

It can be seen from this that Zhang Yimin is overbearing!

That is, in this life, Hengyu Media grabbed the angel round investment and signed a follow-up priority investment agreement.

This priority agreement made Zhang Yimin a bit wary and couldn't use the VIE equity structure.

Otherwise, people don't have to hang on Fang Ziheng, who loves to vote or not!

The two met today, and Zhang Yimin wanted to have a good talk with Fang Ziheng in a way of being worldly.

In other words, if you want to fool around, ask Hengyu Media to give him a hand.

It is impossible to lift.

Even if it is to be lifted, it is not this way of lifting.

Fang Ziheng had already made a plan in his heart, so instead of hiding his intentions, he would directly amplify his moves!
"Mr. Zhang, my request is very simple. Hengyu will increase its stake in ByteDance again, and at the same time maintain the subsequent financing share without diluting the original share!"

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Yimin's heart skipped a beat, his expression changed, and his eyelids twitched.

It’s over.

Fang Ziheng really wanted to increase his shareholding.

He secretly groaned, put down the chopsticks in his hand, and said reluctantly: "I don't know, how many shares does Director Fang want to increase?"

The two were face to face, so he couldn't refuse directly.

In his heart, he even hoped that Fang Ziheng would open his mouth and force him to use his words, and go back to discuss with the team on the grounds that he could not make the decision.

As long as he walks out of this gate, he will have a breathing space and can reject Hengyu Media openly.

Ran and egg.

The idea was beautiful, but the reality gave him a skinny blow.

As soon as he saw the reluctance on his face, Fang Ziheng knew he was stable, and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhang, don't worry, I just need to increase my holdings by 10%!

Moreover, I can give Mr. Zhang an unexpected quotation, which will definitely satisfy you and your team! "

"Oh what price?"

Zhang Yimin took a light breath, his fluky heart was broken, and he didn't have much interest in the price.

Although he is not a rich person, he can spend several million to start a business, which naturally satisfies a better material life.

At the same time, he didn't really believe that Fang Ziheng was able to offer a price that made his heart flutter.

Just when Zhang Yimin was concerned and dissatisfied, Fang Ziheng smiled confidently, and slowly spit out a number.

"2000 million dollars!"

"Mr. Zhang, Hengyu led the second round of financing of ByteDance with an offer of 2000 million US dollars!"

How many?

Zhang Yimin's heart was shocked, and he stared at Fang Ziheng with wide eyes.

$2000.

real or fake!

He regained his energy in an instant, and the sympathy and dissatisfaction he felt just now disappeared without a trace.

You know, Hengyu Media’s angel round of financing is already very generous, and the 3000 million soft sister coins only account for 20% of ByteDance’s shares.

Before coming, his original expectation for the second round of financing was to use 10% of the shares to replace an Internet company's investment of 1000 million US dollars.

And Fang Ziheng's quotation was directly overturned.

It is a full 1.2 million soft sister coins more than the first round.

Only 10% of the share!
Once ByteDance has the 2000 million dollars, it can burn for a year or two.

When the money is burned out, he can even skip the third round of financing and start the fourth round of valuation financing directly.

For general Internet projects, the second round of valuation is calculated in millions of dollars, and the third round of valuation is calculated in tens of millions of dollars.

In the fourth round, ten times more, the valuation is calculated at over [-] million U.S. dollars.

In an instant, Zhang Yimin came to his senses.

Today, he got lucky.

Skipping the third round of financing is equivalent to owning 10% more shares of ByteDance.

call..
Zhang Yimin took a deep breath and smiled happily.

He picked up his wine glass and stood up, respectfully to Fang Ziheng a cup: "Fang Dong, thank you for your care, don't worry, I know it well, the leading investor of ByteDance's second round of financing definitely belongs to Hengyu Media !"

"Haha, Mr. Zhang, happy cooperation!"

Fang Ziheng smiled sincerely, raised his glass and touched it lightly, and drank it down in one gulp.

Zhang Yimin may not need to use money to improve his life, but he definitely hopes to hold more shares in Byte during the entrepreneurial process.

Fang Ziheng's approach was simple and brutal.

Just throw money at it!
By reducing the number of ByteDance financing with a high premium, the valuation of ByteDance has been abruptly raised.

By the time of the next third round of financing, ByteDance has already completed the previous accumulation, and it is completely possible to report to the outside world the valuation that can only be achieved in the fourth round of financing.

Once in and out, Zhang Yimin not only set aside 10% more shares, but also accelerated the development of ByteDance.

Simply a win-win.

No, it should be said to be a triple win.

Fang Ziheng also won 10% of the shares in advance, so he doesn't need to increase his holdings in the future, he just needs to keep following the investment and keep the original shares from being diluted.

In the future, as a mainland investor, Hengyu owns 30% of ByteDance's shares, and can easily intervene in part of the management and application, enjoying the help of the pan-entertainment business brought by ByteDance and the huge traffic generated by it.

As long as Zhang Yimin's dominance is not shaken, he would be happy to cooperate with Hengyu Media.

A traffic producer, the king of short video tracks.

A high-quality content producer and a top player in the entertainment industry, the cooperation between the two will definitely erase the spark of difference.

The next scene was enjoyable.

Fang Ziheng took out an invitation letter and invited Zhang Yimin and his team to attend the premiere of "The Great Wall" on January 1.

Leaving the palace.

The library on the second floor.

Fang Ziheng leaned lazily on the boss's chair, moved the laptop in front of him, and browsed through the movie data of this week one after another.

Zeng Li and Xiao Yueyue came back and moved into the baby room next door that had been prepared in advance.

When Xiao Yueyue came home for the first time, as a father, he was naturally stunned, and happily became a daughter's slave.

In the past few days, as long as Xiao Yueyue wakes up, she will definitely see her father appearing in front of her eyes, "Yi Yi Ya Ya" non-stop.

Fang Ziheng guessed that his daughter must be very happy to see her father and greeted herself in a baby-specific way.

Zeng Li embarked on a journey of self-cultivation and will not be able to leave the house until a month later.

Fang Rou returned to Fang Ziheng's side and served as her life assistant again.

Her mother stayed and continued to take care of the daily life of the mother and daughter in the Li Palace.

Fang Ziheng offered a salary of 2 yuan a month, which satisfied Fang Rou's mother.

Her son and daughter are all here, and her wife passed away. Apart from a few brothers and sisters in her hometown in Yichun, she doesn't miss anything else.

Thinking of Bao'er's daughter, Fang Ziheng slowly cheered up.

The sooner you finish your work, the sooner you can go to see your daughter.

这一周，1月7号至1月13号，拢共有8部电影在院线上映。

There is no doubt that the weekly box office champion is "Chinese Partner".

The film has been released for 15 days, and it reported a box office of 1.8 million this week, with a total box office of 7.5 million. It is very hopeful that it will break through the 10 billion level.

Lao Mouzi was unrivaled in the limelight, and was frantically praised by the media.

Praise him for not only successfully defending the title of 'Movie Master', but also for being immortal, and erecting a mountain of commercial film masters.

All the famous actors in the entertainment industry, one counts as one, all sent blessings and congratulations to Lao Mouzi.

That shameless flattery made melon eaters feel embarrassed even through the screen.

Even Zhang Weiping, who has long since retired, sent congratulations to Lao Mouzi through Weibo, hoping that he will go further and further on the road of film career.

In addition, the three leading actors, Huang Xiaoming, Deng Chao, and Lu Yi, had the biggest income from the popularity of the movie.

Among the three, Huang Xiaoming, who played Cheng Dongqing, took up the most coverage and was praised by the media many times, saying that his acting skills are extraordinary, and he once again proved himself.

Taking this opportunity, Huang Xiaoming also stepped into the seat of the top movie stars, tied with Liu Ye, Deng Chao, and Bao Qiang.

Under these four, it is the turn of Chen Kun, Lu Yi, and Huang Bo.

Wu Jing and Xu Zheng were promoted to directors, but were deliberately skipped by the media.

Weekly box office runner-up, is a Republic of China kung fu movie directed by Hong Kong Island director Wang Jiawei.

"the Grand Master"!
The film was released for 5 days, and the weekly box office was 1.35 million, which is a full 3000 million less than the previous life.

There is no way, "Chinese Partner" is displayed across the front, Lao Mouzi is more famous than Wang Jiawei.

The joining of Huang Xiaoming, Deng Chao, Lu Yi, and Liu Qianqian also easily crushed the heroine Zhang Ying of "The Grandmaster".

No.3 is Uncle Long's "Zodiac", which is old and strong, and its battery life can be called the top in China.

The movie has been released for 25 days, and it still has a box office of 6800 million this week, and the total box office has reached 7.9 million.

Compared with the previous life, the total box office of the movie was only 3000 million short, and it was not affected much.

Huayi spared no effort in the publicity and distribution, and Hengyu Media assisted in the publicity, making "Zodiac" halfway into the 9 million box office level.

The stock price of Huayi has also raised its head, and the total market value has returned to 560 billion. Just wait for "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" to break through the peak of 600 billion again.

These days, Wang Zhongjun finally showed a smile on his face, and said several times in front of the media that he would hold a grand celebration banquet to help the film break through 10 billion.

No.4: "Great Shanghai" starring Chow Yun-fat, with a weekly box office of 1200 million and a total box office of 1.1 million.

Proper off-the-street movie!
The hat of "box office poison" on Fa Ge's head seemed to be unable to be removed, and he was crazily ridiculed by the media.

Another movie controlled by Hengyu, "The Four 2" was released for 38 days, with a total box office of 12.53 billion.

It became the third film in the mainland market of Chinese-language films to break 12 billion at the box office, and the only martial arts film with a box office of 12 billion.

Since the key was obtained, the film still has seven days to go down, and now it has a single-day box office of more than 100 million every day.

12.6 billion, no problem!

In the global market, "Four Famous Catchers 2" is slightly weaker than "Looking for the Dragon".

1.2 million in North America.

3000 million US dollars in Asia.

5000 million US dollars in other overseas regions.

The total overseas box office is worth 2 million US dollars.

Among martial arts movies, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Hero" Yuzhu are in the forefront. Even with "Four Famous Catchers 1" as the base, it is difficult to cause a big hit overseas.

But $2 million is not a small amount.

In Deng Wendi's words, there are only a handful of Chinese-language films in the entire history of Chinese-language films that can hit $2 million in the global film market.

"Whoah..Whoah"

Just when Fang Ziheng took out his mobile phone and was happily calculating the income of "Four Famous Catch 2", a very penetrating cry came to his ears from the next room.

Xiao Yueyue woke up.

Fang Ziheng stood up cleverly.

The whole person seemed to be loaded with springs, and came to the back of the study door with a whoosh.

In the next second, the door opened and closed, and his person had already appeared in the corridor.

That spirit is more important than him in the crew!
(End of this chapter)