Who are you calling powerful?.

Chapter 410 Liu Shishi: You have always been shameless

In the early morning, Wei Yang was drowsily awakened by the ringing of the phone. He patted the frowning Liu Shishi in his arms comfortingly and answered the phone. Yang Tianzhen's voice came from the phone.

"Hey?"

"Boss, the big dog is dead."

What the hell?Call me if your dog dies at night?

Wei Yang opened his mouth to curse, but when the words came to his mouth, he suddenly realized: "Which big dog?"

"The chairman of Pony Galloping, Mr. Li Laoban, just got the news that he passed away suddenly from a serious illness."

As I said before, Mr. Li of Galloping Horses is a generous man and considers himself the big brother of the world. Most acquaintances in the industry call him Big Dog Brother.

Wei Yang sat up, put Liu Shishi down, put on his clothes and came to the side, asking in a low voice: "Tell me the specific situation."

Soon he knew the general situation. Time was tight. In fact, Yang Tianzhen didn't know much about it.

I just heard that late tonight, this martial arts eldest brother suddenly fell ill in his private club and was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment, where he died.

It has just been confirmed that the person left not long ago, and the news has not begun to spread, but Yang Tianzhen has a relationship with a senior executive of Xiaoma Galloping.

The latter may have told Yang Tianzhen about the matter out of betrayal or thinking of a way out.

Galloping Horse is not a small company in the industry, and Big Dog is considered a big boss. The sudden death of a person of this level has considerable influence. After Yang Tianzhen got the news, he quickly informed Wei Yang, the boss.

"You've done a good job on this matter. You can go find out more information and let me know if anything happens."

Wei Yang explained a few words and hung up the phone. He couldn't sleep because such a big thing happened.

He simply put on his clothes, sat on the sofa in the hotel, lit a cigar, and thought about the impact of this incident on himself and the Blue Whale.

The galloping pony Boss Li is not very old. Wei Yang has known this for a long time, but he doesn't know the specific time, only a rough range.

The two of them had no friendship, and since he was suffering from an acute illness, he couldn't avoid it by warning him in advance, and Boss Wei didn't bother to take care of it.

This kind of gangster brother is in the entertainment industry. He smokes and drinks heavily, and he has no shortage of women. Staying up late is a common thing. With such a living condition, you can imagine the hidden dangers in the body.

In addition, the failure of Galloping Horse to be launched at the end of last year was also a huge blow to the business, and it may also be a cause of disease.

He is 50 years younger, has poor health, and is still at a low point in his career, so nothing will happen to him.

As for the conspiracy theory in later generations that he committed suicide because of something, Boss Wei doesn't believe it.

The big dog died too quickly, giving almost no time for anyone to react, and leaving too many hidden dangers and disadvantages, which directly led to the demise of the little horse Galloping Horse. If it was suicide, at least his wife and children would not be harmed.

But in any case, with the departure of the big dog, the small horse galloping, which was originally in turmoil due to the failure of its listing and the burden of gambling debt, is now in danger.

When Galloping Horse raised funds in the first two years, it was valued at more than 30 billion and was snapped up by many institutions.

The current listing is unfavorable and the prospects are bleak, but the hot thing is that despite the general environment, this company is still valuable. It is said that Huayi was interested in acquiring it last year, with a valuation as high as 53 billion. It is definitely a first-tier echelon in the industry.

In addition, Galloping Pony can not only be sold for money, but also allows you to play many cards.

Ning Hao is a talented director who has a close relationship with the international director Wu Baige. Zhang Yibai is also said to be interested in joining the film. Huang Bo, who is now popular in the film industry, and Ning Caishen, a popular screenwriter, also have deep cooperation with Dagou. There are multiple mature IPs under it.

What's more important is that Galloping Pony was very popular on CCTV and even made a fortune in the early days. There are many shadows of CCTV behind it.

It can be said that although losing the bet is troublesome, Wei Yang feels that if the big dog is still alive, the galloping pony will never fall apart.

Just Ning Hao, as long as the big dog can stabilize him, judging from the subsequent development, it is not hopeless for the little horse to make a comeback.

After all, Ning Hao's Bad Monkey Pictures had a strong presence in the film industry in the next few years. It was not as good as those big companies, so it would definitely be no problem to support Galloping Pony.

But the premise is that the big dog is alive. Now that he is gone, many things are completely different.

Ning Hao is a genius director, and the big dog can barely win over him. Even if the former is independent, it is not difficult for the two to cooperate in depth with their friendship.

Most of the other people are not galloping ponies, but partners. The big dogs are capable, and everyone works together to make money.

Now that the big dog is gone, the galloping Optimus Prime has fallen. Even Wei Yang still remembers that due to the mistake of the big dog, the internal equity was unclear, which eventually led to internal fighting, and the two sisters teamed up to kick the widow out.

Anyone with some ability and long-term vision cannot continue to be bound to this kind of company.

In the end, the ace director Ning Hao left, many partners dispersed, and his close friend Kong Ergou, assistant to the chairman, joined Youzuo.

Zhong Lifang, the right-hand man and right-hand man, also set up his own business. Zhong Lifang, who is known as a think tank and is also a frequent visitor to China Entertainment News and the golden retriever's royal housekeeper, started his own company. Zong Shuai, who was in charge of the brokerage business, took root in the traffic craze and became the top-notch returnee who used a sewing machine in the future. broker.

Galloping Pony was valued at more than 50 billion from its peak, and was once able to impact the existence of giant companies in the entertainment industry, but eventually disappeared.

Frankly speaking, Wei Yang felt a little bit sad when he saw this.

Like Galloping Pony, Blue Whale also relies heavily on him. Although it has begun to develop in an all-round way in the past two years, everyone is still accustomed to respecting Wei Yang.

The advantage of this is that power is concentrated, Wei Yang has an unprecedented say, and as long as he is stable, the company will unite with him as the core and develop rapidly.

The disadvantage is that it has poor independence and is prone to have a huge impact due to the rise and fall of the core.

To put it bluntly, if Wei Yang died suddenly like the big dog, the blue whale would be no better than the galloping pony, and it might even be worse.

After all, Big Dog still has a wife to take over. Although Blue Whale has Xiao Zhao, the company veteran and his girlfriend, after all, he has an unfair reputation and no direct rights, so he can't control the situation.

The best outcome is that the parents take over the inheritance, entrust Xiao Zhao to manage it, and without any foreign debt, they join forces with some more loyal executives to sell the Blue Whale Company.

As for Xiao Zhao taking over Blue Whale and continuing the business, Wei Yang is not optimistic about her ability.

Maybe Xiao Zhao can grow from an ordinary girl to an A-list celebrity and accumulate considerable capital, but running her own and artist studios and running a tens of billions-level entertainment group are completely different things.

Let’s talk about whether the executives, directors, and core creative staff can suppress him. The most important thing is the connections and relationships that Wei Yang has accumulated over the years, and even some backers.

When someone dies, the light goes out. Without Wei Yang personally spending several years slowly paving the way, no one would care about you.

Without connections or backers, rashly taking over a money-spinner company is like a child making money in the busy city, and being targeted by countless jackals and tigers.

Now, the same is true for the galloping pony. It may not be as perfect as the blue whale, but with its size, it is enough to squeeze out a lot of oil.

In a sense, this kind of behavior can be regarded as "eating the family", which is very immoral, but also very realistic.

Wei Yang was somewhat opposed to this approach from his heart, but his reason told him that he would be a fool to act as a moral model at this time.

Apart from that, Blue Whale and Galloping Pony collaborated on "Heart Blossoms", which was originally controlled by Galloping Pony, but now I guess they have no interest in it.As one of the investors, Blue Whale is very hopeful to take over if it can get the right to publish.Even accepting a part of the share can result in profits of tens or even hundreds of millions.

That's it, Wei Yang is not short of this piece of fat. If he can, he is even willing to help the pony gallop in this project to let them make some money.

But this project can allow it, but Ning Hao cannot.

As mentioned before, Ning Hao's follow-up development is very good. This person can become one of the leading directors in the mainland. It seems that there are very few directing works in the later period, but his tentacles are all over the entire industry, and he has even joined forces with Huang, Xu and others to form a small mountain. .

Wei Yang didn't want to take Ning Hao under his command. He estimated that with Ning Hao's current strength, he might not be willing to work for others.

But just because he doesn't sign with Blue Whale doesn't mean he can't cooperate with Blue Whale.

Wei Yang is optimistic about his abilities and prospects. After Ning Hao becomes independent, he will definitely lack backers and funds. Both sides will get what they need. Boss Wei is willing to be Ning Hao's new sponsor and boss.

In this regard, Wei Yang believes that he has an advantage. He has laid the groundwork for the past few cooperations.

Ning Hao and Boss Wei work very happily together and have a close relationship. Under the same conditions, the chance of choosing to join Wei Yang is very high.

Blue Whale has been lacking a major director. If Ning Hao can be brought in to become a stable ally, it will be a great improvement to the company's soft power and reputation.

Of course, there are definitely not a few companies that are eyeing Ning Hao. If Boss Wei wants to get what he wants, he will have to put more effort into it.

In addition, Wei Yang is also willing to accept some talents from Galloping Pony. Even if the senior management does not come, many of Galloping Pony's backbone middle managers are still very popular.

Wei Yang is not short of money, and he doesn't pay much attention to Galloping Horse's film and television projects and some IPs. What he cares most about is talent.

Blue Whale is working hard, and the scale of Jade Shrimp and Coral Entertainment is also increasing, requiring a large number of professional and mature talents to help expand their territory.

In addition, Galloping Pony had previously acquired Cameron's Digital Domain, and Wei Yang also considered whether to buy this special effects company.

Blue Whale currently mainly shoots feature films, but if it wants to expand its business, special effects blockbusters will inevitably be involved in the future.

With Boss Wei's character, he is unwilling to hand over all the technical keys to others.

Blue Whale has also been cultivating a special effects team. This team has participated in the film "Cohabitation in Time and Space", as well as the "A Thousand Bones of Flowers", "Gu Jian Qi Tan" and "Celebrating More Than Years" series.

However, the team size and technical level are not yet top-notch. Wei Yang has been thinking about building a strong special effects team.

Digital Domain was founded by Cameron and has participated in many Hollywood blockbusters. Even if it is not at its peak and has even been in bankruptcy, its team and technical level are still very good, at least it is a good complement and reinforcement to Blue Whale.

However, the scale of Data Kingdom is not weak, coupled with the large investment in special effects, low gross profit, the future development is vague and uncertain.

It might become a money-sucking burden that only eats but does not earn, which would slow down the development of Blue Whale, so Wei Yang would inevitably have to consider it carefully.

……

"I say I won't eat it, but I'm going to tear it into pieces in my heart."

Wei Yang, who had been pondering for a long time, suddenly reacted and couldn't help but laugh at himself.

Even with Wei Yang's picky eyes and barely passable moral standards, he is envious of many aspects of Galloping Pony, not to mention other companies that are far less confident than Blue Whale. He can't wait to drink from Galloping Pony. Blood eats flesh.

After stubbing out the cigar, Wei Yang stopped thinking about it, took off his clothes and brought Liu Shishi over to warm the baby to sleep.

As for other things, don't worry too much. Just do it if you can, and don't push back. It's enough to lose your conscience if you are "extremely poor". If you are calculating everything, it will break the bottom line.

Wei Yang knew that Yang Tianzhen knew earlier, and others would definitely notify him when they got the letter later, so they turned off their phones early.

When he got up the next day and turned on his phone, he found that people from all walks of life were reporting to him, including Ning Hao's phone number.

"Looks like it might be easier than I thought."

Wei Yang made a special call to Ning Hao and didn't say much. He just chatted about the big dog's situation and then made an appointment for a meal.

They didn't say much, but both parties knew what they meant, and Ning Hao was more decisive than Wei Yang.

He may not leave Galloping Pony now, after all, it would be too cold-blooded and ruthless to leave just after the boss dies, but he is also aware of Galloping Pony's future, so he contacts the retreat early.

Wei Yang believes that he may not be the only one contacted by Ning Hao, but he is definitely one of the highest priorities.

China Film and Shanghai Film may be able to cooperate, but they are state-owned enterprises after all. In-depth binding is too troublesome, and it involves team issues, so most people dare not join forces.

Huayi and LeTV are larger than Blue Whale, but one has Feng Pants and the other has just signed a contract with Lao Mouzi. Ning Hao may not be willing to be the second child.

The same is true for companies in Hong Kong and Taiwan. There are too many famous directors, and Ning Hao's advantage is not enough to convince those experienced Hong Kong and Taiwan directors.

As a result, there are only a few companies that have sufficient capital and value him.

Blue Whale definitely has better overall conditions, not to mention that it has a personal relationship with Wei Yang and has had many pleasant cooperation experiences. The latter two are crucial bonus points.

Wei Yang did not dare to say that Ning Hao was already in his possession, but in this competition, Blue Whale did lead by a large margin.

In addition to Ning Hao, Xia Cong and Yang Tianzhen all called him. In addition to reporting problems, they also proposed a talent acquisition plan.

There are not many artists in Galloping Pony, and most of them are talented. Yang Tianzhen is not very interested, but he is very optimistic about many talents in their team.

Including the person in charge, Zong Shuai, who was the person in charge of Huayi’s brokerage business in the early days. He was recruited by Big Dog to be the vice president of Galloping Pony. Later, the director Wu Moufan returned to China and joined Lemon Pictures and became a partner.

In terms of qualifications, Yang Tianzhen is not even as good as this one, so he really wants to recruit his deputy, even mentioning option rewards.

Xia Cong had the same idea. He had his eye on Galloping Horse and a large group of people, and the list he listed included twenty or thirty people. They had seven subsidiaries, and this guy listed four of them.

Boss Wei's eyelids twitched when he saw this. He felt that he had morally condemned himself. These two were really not human beings.

Regarding the two people's ideas, Wei Yang was noncommittal, neither supporting nor opposing, and adopted a default attitude.

After hanging up the phone, Wei Yang couldn't help but ask Liu Shishi: "Am I both upright and upright sometimes?"

"No."

Liu Shishi, who was putting on makeup, shook his head: "In my impression, you have always been shameless."

Wei Yang: "..."

I shouldn't have been soft-hearted last night, I should have been gentler...

(End of this chapter)