I Won a Prize of 100 Million at the Beginning, and I Became a Capital Boss

Chapter 254 Weike Xinke's B round of financing!
The popularity of "In the Name of the People" has remained high. During the two sessions, the spokesperson of the conference also introduced this phenomenon-level TV series to Chinese and foreign journalists. This shows the determination of the top leaders to comprehensively fight corruption without any restricted areas.

Zheng Wentong is also paying attention to the proposals of the representatives of this year's two sessions. When he participated in the meeting of the People's Congress in Puhai City, his proposals were basically related to the Internet industry, as well as the film and television culture industry.

Puhai Drama Art Center has started to rehearse a local drama "Wanchun Street" this year. This drama is the winning work of the Shanghai Culture Script Writing Competition held by Incline Investment last year.

Mai S provided a [-]-word script overview, telling the story of the growth of Chen Sijia and Chen Sinan, the two daughters of educated youths aided by Puhai, and the joys and sorrows of three generations of the Shikumen family.

Wheat S spent more than half a year expanding this script into a novella of about 30 words.If the performance of the drama rehearsed by Puhai Drama Art Center is good, Zheng Wentong will adapt the drama into a TV series.

Zheng Wentong and Hu Xinglin, the general manager of Puhai Drama Art Center, valued this cooperation project very much. The two discussed many times about the starring candidates, as well as the release time and the number of shows.Xu Ru's daughter Jiajia will play a guest role in Chen Sijia's childhood, a local girl from Puhai who grew up beautiful.

Jiajia is quite talented in performance, and she prefers acting.Zheng Wentong said to Xu Ru: "If you really want to cultivate Jiajia, you can let Jiajia join the Little Yingxing Art Troupe first, and then consider whether to pursue acting after she becomes an adult."

The Puhai Little Yingxing Art Troupe has also produced many stars. Lu Yi, Hu Ge, Huang Shengyi, Feng Shaofeng and Tong Rongrong have all joined the Puhai Little Yingxing Art Troupe.

Xu Ru is not willing to let her daughter endure hardships. Now Jiajia may just think it is fun, so she is willing to try acting. After all, she is considered a famous figure in school. She has starred in the TV series "Ordinary Glory", and her classmates all admire her.

Zheng Wentong thought, Yang Mi starred in the movie "Wu Zhuangyuan Su Qier" starring Zhou Xingchi when he was a child. Yang Mi was very cute when he was a child, and his big eyes were full of aura, which was very attractive.

Jia Jia also made guest appearances in TV dramas and dramas produced by Slope Investment since she was a child. When she grows up, as long as she is determined to continue to work hard in the entertainment industry, Zheng Wentong and Bai Xiaolu will both be little Jiajia's helpers. Daughter, I will definitely not ignore Jiajia's stardom.

Since Zheng Wentong went to the Drama Art Center to discuss things, he invited Li Chentao to dinner for his girlfriend. Li Chentao and Bai Xiaolu hadn't seen each other for a long time.

Li Chentao also talked about "Xiangmi" that Bai Xiaolu is filming, "Although the "Kangxi Dynasty" we filmed is also a costume drama, it is different from "Xiangmi" that Xiaolu is currently filming. In fact, her film is wearing a fairy tale Outer garments fall in love, young people like to watch it, but we have no interest. This kind of drama, after watching it once, forget it in a blink of an eye, this kind of costume idol drama is like the soap operas of the past, with no connotation."

"If there is a demand, there will be a market. If someone watches it, someone will film it. It's also very attractive for handsome men and beautiful women to fall in love in TV dramas." Zheng Wentong disagreed with Li Chentao's opinion.

"By the way, actors' salaries are so high now, there are very few actors who are willing to sink their hearts into rehearsing dramas. By the way, our drama art center is about to start recruiting actors. Remember to remind Xiaolu not to miss our interview. .” Li Chentao reminded.

"Mr. Li, don't worry, the studio has already marked the time for Xiao Lu, and Xiao Lu will ask for leave from the crew to come back for an interview." Zheng Wentong said.

Ever since Bai Xiaolu became a teacher of Li Chentao, Li Chentao found himself busy all of a sudden.Li Chentao will play the role of Cheng Kaiyan's mother in "Dajiang Dahe". Li Chentao will also play the role of Chen Sijia's mother Gu Ximei in the drama "Wanchun Street", and Tao Hong will play the charming Gu Nanhong.

In fact, the scale of drama creation is larger than that of film and television dramas. If "Wanchun Street" is put on a TV series, some plots in it still need to be deleted, otherwise it will be difficult to release.

Li Chentao asked Zheng Wentong, "Xiaolu is only 23 this year, and you are going to let her star in a big movie with a production of hundreds of millions. Are you not worried that Xiaolu will be killed?"

"Ms. Li, Xia Yu has won the Venice Best Actor Talent. Whether she is suitable for filming has nothing to do with her age. If Xiaolu's acting skills are good enough for this film, then it doesn't matter if she is younger. If she is not competent, then I will film in a few years later. .If you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight. If you don’t have the ability to resist pressure, then you should switch to behind-the-scenes as soon as possible.” Zheng Wentong said.

Li Chentao knew that Zheng Wentong's words were very realistic.For all actors in the entertainment industry, being able to play the leading role in a big movie with a production of hundreds of millions is a dream opportunity.If Bai Xiaolu can't pass his psychological test, he can consider saying goodbye to the screen and work behind the scenes with peace of mind.

In Hollywood with a well-established film industry system, first-line stars or big directors, if there are two consecutive big-budget movies hit the street, they will not have the opportunity to continue to star in the six big-budget movies, but to star in small-budget movies from other independent studios , and then slowly accumulate word of mouth and continue to star.Then fight for the opportunity to star in a big-budget movie.

A big-budget movie in Hollywood, with a production budget of [-]-[-] million US dollars, the Big Six couldn’t afford to lose money for several movies in a row. Cameron’s filming of "Titanic" almost forced Fox into bankruptcy.

The production cost of Ang Lee's "Bill Lynn's Midfield War" filmed last year was 4000 million yuan, and the box office was only 3079 million yuan, which made investors lose money.Ang Lee used the new 120-frame 4K shooting technology for the first time in this movie, but the audience didn't buy it.

Since Ang Lee began to ponder the new technology of 120 frames and 40K, Ang Lee has gone further and further on this road. The "Gemini Man" released in 19 years is still a blood loss of 7000 million US dollars. There is no scene to film.

Ang Lee, who holds three Oscar statuettes, two Golden Bears, and two Golden Lions, will also fall into the predicament of having no movies to film after suffering two box office failures.If "The Legend of Mulan" starring Bai Xiaolu fails both at the box office and word of mouth, Bai Xiaolu may not have the chance to continue to star in a big-budget movie for a long time.

Although Zheng Wentong holds the controlling stake in Galloping Pony, the shareholder of Galloping Pony is not the only shareholder of Slope Investment. If Zheng Wentong continues to go his own way and let Bai Xiaolu continue to star in the movie of Galloping Pony, the shareholders will file a lawsuit against Slope Investment on the grounds of infringing on the small and medium shareholders. , asking for the dismissal of Zheng Wentong, the executive director, is enough for him to drink a pot.

Li Ang is a little moved by the olive branch extended by Pony Gallop, but he still needs to confirm the time with Will Smith.If Ang Lee finishes filming Mulan and Will Smith just finished filming "Aladdin", Will Smith can seamlessly star in "Gemini Man" directed by Ang Lee.

Ang Lee has high expectations for the upcoming "Gemini Man", which uses new technology to make Will Smith "rejuvenate" and allow two Will Smiths to fight each other under the same camera, which can be called an upgrade. version of "Face Changing".

Different from other movies produced by Galloping Horse, Zhong Lifang is the producer of other movies, but "The Legend of Mulan" is produced by Zheng Wentong, and Zheng Wentong will also seek more investors to share the production of "The Story of Mulan" cost.

During Galloping Pony's road show in Hong Kong Island, Zheng Wentong had already promised investors that Slope Investment would not participate in the production of movies, TV dramas and variety shows produced by Galloping Pony. Of course, Zheng Wentong couldn't face himself so quickly, so he could only seek outsiders. Investors share the investment pressure and reduce investment risks.

Xiong Xiaoge was very interested in the movie "The Legend of Mulan" and was willing to contribute. He asked to appoint a certain actress to play the second female role, but Zheng Wentong rejected it.

Xiong Xiaoge was very dissatisfied with this, "Pony Galloping invested the most and appointed Xiaolu to play the heroine. I invested the second most. It's not too much to ask for a female lead?"

"It's not too much, but the movies produced by Galloping Pony are not allowed to have actors who bring funds into the group, otherwise I'm afraid that the actors will challenge the director and make a copy of "Warring States" at that time. If you really want to praise her, when the time comes Bai Xiaolu Studio is making a web drama "Si Teng", and I promise to make her popular, okay?" Zheng Wentong comforted Xiong Xiaoge.

Xiong Xiaoge was dubious, but he had no choice but to believe in Zheng Wentong's vision.Weike Xinke has developed to the current scale, and the relationship between IDG Capital and the slope system has been reversed.

If the slope system intends to continue financing, IDG Capital is only one of the options. Many domestic investment institutions are interested in participating in Weikexinke’s B round of financing. However, Zheng Wentong and Xiong Xiaoge have a good personal relationship. When the slope system was first established, Xiong Xiaoge also It has brought a lot of help to Zheng Wentong.

WeChat did not block Crowdfunding, and Xiong Xiaoge reconciled it, otherwise Crowdfunding could only be promoted through Weitoutiao and Weiyin.

At the end of March, Weike Xinke announced that it has officially completed the B round of financing. The company's overall valuation is 48 billion U.S. dollars. Ahri and IDG Capital in the A round of financing continued to follow suit. Sequoia Capital participated in the B round of financing. Xinke invested US$4 million in exchange for a 3200% stake in Weike Xinke.

Zheng Wentong also cashed in 1% equity incentives to Weike Xinke’s CFO Zhong Yiqi, CTO Wang Zhiliang, Weiyin CEO Yang Ji, Weidu CEO Jiang Cha, technical director Zhao Jianwei and others.This stake is worth $4800 million.

Sequoia Capital invested in ByteDance before the Spring Festival, and invested in Weike Xinke after the festival. The current valuation of Weike Xinke is about half of ByteDance.

Zheng Wentong also fulfilled his promise to investment institutions, and his personal equity in Weike Xinke was further reduced to 70%.

After Weike Xinke completes the C round of financing and the D round of financing, it can start to consider the issue of listing. Before the company is officially listed, Zheng Wentong will reduce his personal shareholding ratio to less than 50%.

However, before the C round of financing, Zheng Wentong will design an AB share plan for Weike Xinke, with different rights for the same share, to ensure Zheng Wentong's voting rights and control over Weike Xinke.If Sequoia Capital, Ari and IDG Capital disagree, Zheng Wentong will not further reduce the stock holdings and ensure that his personal shareholding is greater than 51%.
　There is another chapter tonight, see you later.

　　
　
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