Who are you calling powerful?.

Chapter 630: Baby Shower Maniac and Weaknesses Should Practice More

Liu Shishi’s photos caused some discussion, after all, it has been almost a year since she retired due to “injury”.

During this period, although Liu Shishi never stopped posting on Weibo, the frequency was very low. Sometimes she might not update for a month, and she basically did not take any beauty selfies.

The pregnancy rumors have gone from speculation in the past few months to a consensus recognized by many people.

The many true or false revelations from so-called "insiders", as well as the fact that the two parties involved, Wei Yang and Liu Shishi, have never paid any attention or responded positively, have also invisibly increased the credibility of this statement.

Now that Liu Shishi has released her photos publicly, many people’s first reaction is [she’s finally given birth].

Even the hot searches on her Weibo included the keywords [＃刘施施当时已返工作＃], but later, for some unknown reason, they quickly changed to [＃刘施施分享晒身于返工作＃].

However, after the discussion, the news of Liu Shishi's return to work fell silent again.

The reason is simple. Liu Shishi is working hard (?) to lose weight and plans to make a comeback when she looks prettier.

However, she has become much more active on Weibo, posting more frequently and sharing some trivial daily life and her feelings, etc.

However, what she wants to share most is her own baby.

For a new mother who likes to show off her son, it is really painful not to be able to post photos of her baby and share her child's growth.

But due to various concerns, not only could she not post on Weibo, she couldn't even post on her Moments, which really made Liu Shishi feel depressed.

Finally, it was Wei Yang who gave her a good idea: why not hide her identity and use a small account?

She only takes pictures of her baby and doesn't reveal her voice or identity. On major online platforms, there are so many moms showing off their babies. Who would have thought it was her?

This idea really inspired Liu Shishi. In order to keep it secret, she did not use her regular Weibo account, but registered a small account on Douyin.

The name of the account is [Liu Yiyi], which is a play on the character [Yi] in his son's full name. No one has stipulated that there can only be one nickname. He is called Shanshan at home and Yiyi online.

In addition, Liu Shishi resisted the temptation to share the account with her friends. She did not tell anyone except her and her family about it.

In this way, leaks are basically eliminated to the greatest extent possible.

Even if some friends have seen the video, they may not be able to recognize it. After all, when they are babies, many children look similar and the probability of recognition is extremely low. Even if someone with sharp eyes finds the child familiar, they may think he just looks alike.

When the child grows up, the symbol of personal appearance will be more obvious, but by then Liu Shishi may have worn off the novelty and would be too lazy to post photos of herself.

After all, those mothers who have seen posting photos of their babies on social media have experience.

Babies are the cutest and their parents’ love is the strongest. When they see any changes in their children, they can’t wait to tell the world.

After a few years, the child either grows up to be ugly or becomes naughty and mischievous, and everyone hates him or her. The loving hearts of the parents are almost worn out, and they get annoyed just by looking at the child, and they don’t even feel like showing it to the sun…

This is also the reason why Wei Yang asked Liu Shishi to show off her baby. Not only is the risk low, but there is a high probability that the enthusiasm will only last for three minutes.

It would be better to follow her wishes than to feel suffocated if she doesn't do the sunbathing. Besides, it would also be better to find something for her to do so as to avoid bothering the children and him.

Liu Shishi cares a lot about this baby-showing account, but the feedback she gets makes her very sad.

It’s not that some people say bad things. Except for a few bad guys, most people are very tolerant when they see children. They think children are cute and can’t help but give them a few compliments.

Young Master Wei is good-looking and it’s easy for him to fool female netizens who are overflowing with maternal love, but his new account has no traffic.

After posting three videos, Wei Yang could count the likes and comments on them with both hands, and three of them were liked by Liu Shishi herself.

There is no sense of accomplishment from showing off my kids!

Liu Shishi was autistic for two days, and then one day she suddenly excitedly forwarded a video to Boss Wei. It was a video of Young Master Wei babbling to his mother, which was very cute.

But this is not the point. The point is that this video received three-digit likes, and more than a dozen praises and @ comments.

At first, Boss Wei thought that his son was born with natural beauty, and he was discovered even though he was so low-key.

He is worthy of having the genes of the most handsome man in Asia, a natural born star!
Then he was successfully attacked by Liu Shishi - "I just realized that Douyin can actually buy traffic?!"

Wei Yang: "..."

This spendthrift woman doesn't know how to live at all...

Boss Wei has no reason to blame others for whether they can make ends meet, because Liu Shishi is spending her own money.

Besides, Boss Wei has shares in ByteDance, so a small portion of the money spent will go back into Boss Wei’s pocket.

So, Liu Shishi learned to buy some traffic every time she posted a video.

Fortunately, she had no plans to let her son become an internet celebrity. She just wanted to show off her child and satisfy her desire to share, so she would just buy a little traffic every time she saw someone praising the child.

Wei Yang watched her concentrate on her baby-sharing account, and sometimes felt that the world was indeed full of black humor.

It was rumored that he and Liu Shishi had a child. Countless media outlets wanted to get a photo of the child. It was said that someone offered a million-dollar reward, but still failed to get it.

But who could have thought that this huge melon that touched the hearts of countless people and even caused an earthquake in the entertainment industry was on a Douyin account with less than 100 fans.

Not only is it updated almost every day, but if Liu Shishi wants people to see it, she has to spend money to buy traffic herself.

Reality is indeed more absurd than movies...

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The film industry in August is still shrouded in the shadow of "Wolf Warrior 8".

There is no way. Before this, there were only two movies with a box office of more than 30 billion yuan, and there were only six movies with a box office of more than 20 billion yuan, including "Fast and Furious 4" in April this year.

Therefore, in the eyes of people in the industry, 20 billion is a mark that is difficult to break through for a hit product, and 30 billion is a phenomenon that is hard to come by.

"Wolf Warrior 2" earned over 50 billion in one go, which is no exaggeration. Not only was the domestic media shocked, but even the overseas media reported it extensively.

After all, if the box office of "Wolf Warrior 2" is converted into US dollars, it is expected to enter the top in global film history.

This is not only probably the only one in the Chinese film industry, but also the only one that is not produced by Hollywood. It is the second most watched single movie in the world, second only to India's "Baahubali 2".

Of course, regarding the data on the number of moviegoers, the prefix should be added with [the number of people who bought tickets to enter the cinema since statistics were available].

After all, let’s not talk about other countries first. The movie “Shaolin Temple” back then, in terms of the number of viewers, has never been better than anyone else…

Putting aside these jargons, the performance of "Wolf Warrior 2" is brilliant enough. Even people who are not sensitive to politics can write half a report based on the series of records and data.

Not to mention the official pens, all the major official media outlets wrote beautifully. Even the behind-the-scenes production and producer Blue Whale frequently appeared.

However, although the general public believed these words, what they were most concerned about was how much Wu Jing and Wei Yang earned.

This time, Wu Jing is more discussed than Boss Wei. After all, on the one hand, he is the person involved, and on the other hand, everyone is tired of seeing Boss Wei making money. He is too rich, and even if he makes billions, it won't show. Wu Jing is different. It is easier for everyone to imagine that he has become rich overnight.

Wu Jing is not a fool. No matter how people ask, he will never say anything. When forced into a corner, he just says one thing: Boss Wei has not treated him unfairly.

This sentence also made the outside world think a lot, how can it be considered as not being treated unfairly?

Tens of millions is definitely not enough. Nowadays, celebrities make a lot of money. "Wolf Warrior 2" made a lot of money. Boss Wei is not so stingy as to give Wu Jing, the great contributor, tens of millions.

A figure above ten digits is a bit exaggerated, after all, the producer only takes a part of it, and has to deduct miscellaneous expenses such as the cost of publicity and promotion.

Everyone believes that Boss Wei earns this much, so he won't share it with Wu Jing, otherwise we wouldn't know who works for whom.

It’s not an eight-digit number, nor is it a ten-digit number, so it must be a nine-digit number. But there are different opinions about how many hundreds of millions it is.

Even Wei Yang and the other women were a little curious, so Wei Yang revealed a little.

Film remuneration + director's fee + dividends, as well as the bonus that Boss Wei specifically sought for Wu Jing from major investors.

The total amount is over 3.5 million, in addition, there are some profits from copyrights, peripheral products, etc.

Wu Jing himself was quite satisfied. After all, this was all pure profit. He did not invest any money in the movie, but he could get so much. It was already thanks to Boss Wei's contribution.

Before the film was released, "nobody" knew that the film would make so much money, and they also blamed him for being conservative, worried that the first film almost forced him to mortgage his house. When he saw that Wei Yang gave him dividends, he did not invest any money, and he did not listen to Wei Yang's advice. Now it is meaningless to be too greedy after the fact.

In this regard, Wu Jing is more tolerant than Xu Zheng, which makes Boss Wei even think about bringing him back to make some money.

Apart from other things, PPTV has a bright future for its IPO, and there is also Bilibili in the future. If you remind Wu Jing to buy some stocks, you can make a small profit.

Compared to Wu Jing, the biggest beneficiary of "Wolf Warrior 2" is indeed Wei Yang himself.

It is widely rumored that he made tens of figures, and it is indeed not a rumor. Boss Wei, who bet on "Wolf Warrior 2" early on, got the biggest return on his film investment since then.

This is just the apparent profit, and the potential profit is even more substantial. For example, after this incident, the valuation of Blue Whale has increased again.

In the past, it didn’t matter whether Blue Whale’s valuation was high or low. After all, it was a wholly owned company by Boss Wei, and no matter how high the valuation was, it couldn’t be converted into money.

But now it is different. PPTV is likely to hold shares in Blue Whale, and Boss Wei can sell part of his shares. The higher the valuation, the more money he can make.

To put it bluntly, what Boss Wei is worried about now is not how much the shares of Blue Whale can be sold for, but whether PPTV can afford the money.

Blue Whale’s valuation is not low!
Because Blue Whale is a cultural industry company with limited heavy assets such as copyrights, signs, artists, etc., it is difficult to have an objective valuation.

Therefore, the outside world uses other listed film and television companies as benchmarks, analyzes their pros and cons, and then judges and estimates Blue Whale's profitability, and finally makes a valuation.

At present, the performance of film and television companies in the stock market is not particularly good. Due to various reasons, they even experienced a small collective decline in the middle of the year.

It seems that this is quite different from the bright situation in the entertainment industry, but this is how the stock market works.

Ups and downs, one foot in heaven and the other in hell. Many times it is affected by the general trend of the industry, and many times it has nothing to do with the industry.

This is part of the reason why Wei Yang does not want to take Blue Whale public. Once you are on the table, some things are no longer under your control.

Currently, the first tier of market capitalization of listed companies related to film, television and entertainment are Wanda Film, China Literature Group and LeTV.

Strictly speaking, these three are not pure film and television companies. Blue Whale’s business and enterprises are different, so it is more concerned about pure film and television companies, especially private companies.

Huayi - 241 billion

Enlight Media – 182 billion

Beijing Culture——101 billion

Huace Film & TV – 150 billion

Huanrui Century – 60 billion

It may not seem like much, but don't forget that part of the reason is that there is an industry leader, Blue Whale, above them.

Wei Yang couldn’t remember how many shares he had in these companies at the same time in his previous life, but what was certain was that it was definitely more than it is now.

Especially Light Media and Huanrui.

The former has almost become a younger brother of Blue Whale, and many projects and resources have been intercepted by him. His scale and market value are definitely far inferior to those in his previous life.

The latter is even worse off, being crushed by Blue Whale and experiencing turmoil in the past few months, which almost led to a margin call.

Fortunately, "Grave Robbers' Chronicles 2" and "Zhu Xian" aired in August extended its life, otherwise it would have been difficult for the market value to reach 8 billion.

In terms of profitability, company influence, work data, artist quality, copyright value, etc., Blue Whale is unique among these film and television companies.

But how much this unique product is worth is worth discussing.

A market value of 300 billion is definitely unstoppable, and Boss Wei is unlikely to agree to it.

Just kidding, this year "Detective Chinatown 2" and "Wolf Warrior 2" alone earned more than 20 billion, and the profits of other projects combined are not inferior to these two.

Market value of 300 billion?
Wei Yang could slap the contract in the faces of the executives of the two companies and then spit a mouthful of thick phlegm at them.

Moreover, even if Wei Yang went crazy and agreed to a valuation of 300 billion for Blue Whale, if PPTV wanted to tie itself up deeply with Blue Whale, it would have to acquire more than 20% of the shares, which is 60 billion yuan.

Although PPTV raised a lot of money through its IPO, there are many places where it needs to burn money and it is hard to come up with so much cash.

Therefore, Wei Yang estimated that if PPTV wanted to acquire shares in Blue Whale, it would still have a lot of fuss, and it would either have to make multiple acquisitions or a one-time purchase with installments.

Boss Wei is not only the largest shareholder of PPTV, but is also likely to become the largest creditor.

Wei Yang was even a little nervous. He wondered if he would be invited to have a chat with the relevant authorities if he did this...

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Compared to the dominance of "Wolf Warrior 2" in the film industry, "Zhu Xian", which was released in August, also performed well on the small screen.

Exquisite production, big IP, top streamers and popular stars made "Zhu Xian" popular before it was even aired and full of topics.

After its premiere, although it did not become a super phenomenal hit like "Joy of Life", it was also very popular and became a hot summer drama, dominating the entire August schedule.

At this time, PPTV, which had become a competitor of Penguin, was promoting its own projects while also bringing out its rival "Fighter of the Destiny" to criticize it.

Adapting online novels is a technical job. "Joy of Life" is the pinnacle of male-oriented novels, and now Blue Whale has come up with "Zhu Xian", which is even higher than the previous one.

In a word——

If you are not good at it, practice more. If you can’t afford to lose, don’t play!
(End of this chapter)