China Entertainment: I became a capital tycoon

Chapter 724 722. It’s no use pleading, Boss Cao’s domineering attitude

Mainland media also reported on Boss Cao's investment in TVB.

However, many people in the entertainment industry do not understand what Boss Cao did.

TVB has already declined. Given Mr. Cao's business acumen, why would he still invest in this sunset company?

To make a little money from the rising stock price?

But such an input-output ratio is totally unprofitable for you, Boss Cao. Every movie produced by your Feiyu Entertainment has good box office performance. Wouldn't it be better to produce a few more films than to invest in TVB?
However, many viewers who grew up watching TVB support Cao Yu.

TVB is well-known for being stingy and perfunctory in its costumes and props, as well as its stingy treatment of actors.

Using plastic sheets as waterfalls, a costume being worn for three generations, and a rooster bowl being used for thirty years are all common practices.

But TVB's dramas excel in plot and acting. If Feiyu Entertainment can combine its own large investments with TVB's background, it will surely be able to produce more good films.

Unfortunately, these are just one of Boss Cao’s goals.

Although his decision to invest in TVB was a spur of the moment decision, it was a decision he had considered carefully afterwards.

The first thing is naturally to kick Zeng Zhiwei out of the entertainment industry, and the second is to make more good dramas.

Thirdly, let the mainland entertainment industry learn TVB’s professionalism and let the so-called stars know that you are just an actor and don’t think you are so awesome and superior.

The last goal is to reopen the wireless artist training class so that Feiyu actors can communicate and learn more with Hong Kong actors.

These four points are Cao Yu’s entire purpose.

Because Youduoduo is going to be listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Cao Yu has been staying in Hong Kong during this period.

While accompanying Xiao Yumi, he also began to integrate TVB with Chen Guoqiang.

After Boss Cao expressed his ideas, Chen Guoqiang realized that it was true that different trades make different trades. Boss Cao was indeed an expert in this field, and every step he took was well-reasoned and based on facts.

If TVB follows Cao Yu's idea, it will definitely not be a pipe dream to regain its glory.

Zeng Zhiwei.
You should continue to run your restaurant.

"Boss Cao, you really should be the boss of TVB."

The top floor room of TVB has become the place where Chen Guoqiang specially entertains Cao Yu.

"How can I occupy the magpie's nest?"

Cao Yu doesn't want to be the boss of TVB, that's too tiring. Just rush forward and help me make money.

After taking a sip of wine, he smiled and said, "We at Feiyu are going to film The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber next year. We can co-produce this drama."

"Great."

Boss Chen Guoqiang and Cao are simply helping TVB, so there is naturally no problem with that.

He approached Cao Yu and looked at the group of dancing girls on the stage: "Boss Cao, were you satisfied with Wang Zhuoqi last time? Are there any others you like?"

"never mind."

Cao Yu came to Hong Kong not to pick up girls, he was attracted to Wang Zhuoqi because of her high education.

As he was speaking, Chen Guoqiang's cell phone rang.

He answered the phone, and after a while, he covered the receiver and said to Cao Yu, "Boss Cao, Cheng Long and Zeng Zhiwei are here. Do you want to meet them?"

"What are they doing here?"

Cao Yu frowned when he heard the names of these two people.

It’s okay to meet Cheng Long, as I happen to have a movie I want to discuss with him.

As for the short man Zeng Zhiwei, he wanted to eat more in the evening and didn't want to lose his appetite.

"I do not know either."

"Just say we have something to do and cancel the call. I'll make an appointment with Cheng Long alone next time."

"Row."

Boss Cao didn't want to meet, and Chen Guoqiang didn't know what to say, so he just replied on the phone.

The two of them finalized the details for the filming of The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, and nearly an hour had passed when Cao Yu stood up and prepared to leave.

When I came downstairs, I saw two people walking towards me. Cheng Long and Zeng Zhiwei had not left yet and had been waiting here.

"Boss Cao, it's really hard to see you."

Cheng Long looked much more haggard because of his son's affairs.

"Brother Cheng Long, I was a little busy just now, you guys haven't left yet?"

When Cao Yu saw the two people, he roughly guessed that they were trying to intercede for Zeng Zhiwei.

This shorty Zeng really can't bear to leave the entertainment industry.

Cheng Long smiled and said, "We haven't seen each other for a long time. I miss you, brother. How about going for a drink tonight?"

"Ok."

Cao Yu didn't want to offend Cheng Long, so he agreed. Then he glanced at Zeng Zhiwei who was silent on the side and said deliberately: "I just happen to have a movie. Let's have a good chat."

When Cheng Long heard the three words "two people", he naturally understood what Boss Cao meant, which was that he didn't want to bring Zeng Zhiwei.

Although he had a good relationship with Zeng Zhiwei and they usually treated each other as brothers.

But since Boss Cao had said so, he could only say to Zeng Zhiwei: "Then go back first. I'll call you when I have time."

As he said this, he winked at Zeng Zhiwei.

Zeng Zhiwei looked very embarrassed at this moment, but he had no choice but to smile and say, "Boss Cao, big brother, I'll leave first."

A few days ago, he heard from Chen Guoqiang that Boss Cao hated him, and he thought he had offended this great man in some way, so he could only use the relationship with him.

But the other party doesn't want to negotiate at all, and now just hopes that Cheng Long will come out and say a few good words for him.

Cao Yu ignored Zeng Zhiwei, just said goodbye to Chen Guoqiang, and then left with Cheng Long.

Arriving at a high-end private club, Cheng Long seemed to be a frequent visitor here and skillfully called a few young models to accompany him for drinks.

"It's very private here. It's a place only some of the prominent people in Hong Kong can come to. If you relax a little, no one will know."

Cheng Long said, first hugged a young model and said with a smile: "Boss Cao, you said there is a movie, what type is it?"

Cao Yu said: "I heard that you are going to shoot a movie called Kung Fu Yoga. I wonder if the project has been finalized?"

"You know all about this, that's amazing."

Cheng Long was stunned. He and his partner Tang Jili were indeed planning the "Kung Fu Yoga" project, but it hadn't been announced yet. How could Boss Cao know about it?
"I heard that, too."

Cao Yu smiled and said, "Is the script ready?"

"It's still being written, and the details won't come out until next year."

"I do have some ideas for this movie. I'll send them to you when I get back."

In fact, Cao Yu had already written the script of "Kung Fu Yoga" just for his Indian sister Disha Patani.

It’s just that I was too busy in the past two years, and Jackie Chan was also filming "New Police Story 2013", so the script was delayed.

It's just the right time to bring it out now, and Disha will graduate next year, so it's a good time to shoot this film.

"That's great! With the creative ideas from Boss Cao, the movie will definitely be a success at the box office!"

Cheng Long laughed and said, "Boss Cao, do you have any actors you want to recommend?"

"Brother Cheng Long really understands me."

Cao Yu did not deny it either. After all, when it comes to being romantic, the two of them are equally good, so no one should blame the other.

He took out his phone and opened Disha's photo: "You have seen this girl. My script idea is written for her. How about she be the heroine?"

"no problem!"

Cheng Long met Disha once at the last Hollywood cocktail party, and was attracted by the girl's almost perfect figure at that time.

Now that I see Boss Cao recommending her, I naturally understand the relationship between the two.

I have seen countless women, but now that I am with Cao Yu, I feel like a firefly.

Especially when compared to Disha, the young model in his arms immediately lost its appeal.

After chatting for a while, the atmosphere became more relaxed, and Cheng Long finally said, "Boss Cao, if Zeng Zhiwei has offended you in any way, I will let him take the blame for you, how about that?"

Upon hearing this, the smile on Cao Yu's face immediately disappeared.

This made Cheng Long feel something was wrong. It seemed that the conflict between the two was quite serious. No wonder Zeng Zhiwei had been so worried during this period and asked him for help.

Cao Yu said calmly: "Brother Cheng Long, I admire you very much. You are already sixty years old, and you still work so hard."

At this point, he changed his tone and said directly: "You'd better not interfere in Zeng Zhiwei's affairs. I plan to kick him out of the entertainment industry!"

"so serious?"

Cheng Long didn't know what to say now. Chen Guoqiang had said before that Boss Cao hated Zeng Zhiwei.

From the tone of voice now, it is not as simple as just hating him. What on earth did Zeng Zhiwei do to make this big boss want to kick him out of the circle?
He hurriedly said, "Boss Cao, we have known each other for quite some time and we are considered friends. What is the grudge between you two? Can't you just let it go?"

He then added: "As long as Boss Cao doesn't make things difficult for him, no matter what the request is, we can do it."

"I won't make things difficult for him, I just ask him not to appear in the entertainment industry in the future."

After Cao Yu finished speaking, he picked up a glass of wine and said, "Brother Cheng Long, I still say the same thing. Don't get involved in this matter, otherwise we will no longer be friends."

"Ok."

Cheng Long finally realized that Boss Cao seemed really angry, so the best plan now was to make Zeng Zhiwei surrender.

I don't know if the two people had a conflict because of that woman.
I don't understand.

In the evening, on his way home, Cheng Long called Zeng Zhiwei.

"Awei, Boss Cao said he wants to kick you out of the entertainment industry."

"Kicked out of the entertainment industry?"

Zeng Zhiwei originally thought that with the intervention of Brother Cheng Long, the problem could be solved, but he did not expect that Boss Cao would not even give Brother Cheng Long face.

He could only beg: "Brother, what should I do? Please help me think of a solution."

"I don't know what you can do either."

Cheng Long helplessly suggested: "Even if you don't get involved in the entertainment industry, don't you still have a company? You won't starve to death anyway."

"I understand. Let me think about it." Zeng Zhiwei hung up the phone and shook his head in pain.

Is this retribution for all the bad things I've done over the years?
But many people in the entertainment industry are like this, why is it only me that is being punished?

Although he was unwilling to leave the entertainment industry and couldn't bear to leave the beauties here, when he thought of Boss Cao's terrifying power, he didn't even dare to think of resisting.

On Cao Yu's side, after discussing "Kung Fu Yoga" with Cheng Long, he sent the complete script to him.

When Tang Jili and Cheng Long saw the script, they felt that Boss Cao was amazing. His ideas were similar to their own, and the script was even more complete.

This Boss Cao really spared no effort in praising the girl. Thinking back to what happened with Zeng Zhiwei, I sighed that Cao Yu was really good to the girl.

Both parties immediately began to operate the project, preparing to select other actors and arrange filming.

Cao Yu also began to prepare for Youduoduo's listing.

However, before the listing, he made a trip to Huawei in Shenzhen.

Huawei no longer has any problems with chip design.

With the two lithography machines that Lee Boo-jin has made, it is almost possible to produce mid-to-high-end chips. However, it will take time to imitate and manufacture lithography machines.

They will have to invest hundreds of billions of R&D budget in this area in the coming years, but Cao Yu feels that it is all worth it.

"Mr. Ren, thank you for your hard work."

After visiting Huawei's chip R&D center, Cao Yu shook hands with Ren Zhengfei and felt that if all Chinese entrepreneurs could be like this, there would be no need to worry about the country's prosperity.
"It should."

Ren Zhengfei also admired Cao Yu's behavior very much.

It is also commendable that this young man is willing to invest huge amounts of money in the field of science and technology.

The two of them felt a sense of mutual admiration, and Cao Yu suddenly thought of Ma Yun.

If Jack Ma could truly make some contribution to China's high-tech industry, its reputation might not have fallen so much.

If he didn't say that 996 is a blessing, and didn't launch Huabei to let people consume in advance, I wouldn't target him.

Unfortunately, is 996 really a blessing?

On the way from Huawei to DJI, Cai Chongxin, who rushed over from Yanjing, told a piece of news.

"Mr. Cao, in order to make the financial report look better, Ele.me has recently introduced a lot of policies. Not only has it increased the commission for merchant services to 18%, it has also reduced the delivery fee for deliverymen, forcing them to be faster in order to earn the same salary as before."

Cai Chongxin collected information about his competitors and said worriedly, "In addition, I also heard that many of the merchants that cooperate with Ele.com are actually unlicensed small workshops. They have used this low-price strategy to grab a lot of our market share."

"Small workshop"

Cao Yu couldn't help but get angry.

Food is the primary need of the people, and food safety is as important as heaven!
Is it really possible to make money without any bottom line?

He really couldn't understand why some capitalists, who were already so rich, would still do this.

Exploiting riders, is that something a human being could do?

Although there are many Chinese people, you shouldn't treat them like this!
Riders have made such a great contribution to the development of the platform with their hard work and sweat, and they should get rewards commensurate with their hard work.

The reason why he did not allow Meituan to go public overseas was that he did not want foreign capital to control this subsidiary that was related to the income of millions of grassroots riders and the health of hundreds of millions of people.

Cao Yu frowned and pondered for a while, then asked, "How many users does Douyin have now?"

"More than 680 million people, more than 500 million active users."

"Not even close."

Cao Yu’s goal is 700 million, but he is still a little short of it now. It is estimated that we will have to wait until the Chinese New Year when everyone has free time to watch Douyin, and the number of users will exceed 700 million.

But he couldn't wait any longer.

I originally wanted to put the takeout industry on the right track, but since you're messing around, don't blame me!
His eyes suddenly became sharp, and he arranged: "Tell those short video bloggers we trained to first expose the lies about Diamond, and then expose the matter of Hungry's small workshop."

The boss's look scared Cai Chongxin.

He seemed to sense a domineering aura from his boss.

It seems that the boss is really angry this time. Not only does he want to fight with Ma Yun, he also wants to expose the diamond.

But, in this case, wouldn't Ahri be...
Cao Yu's eyes frightened Cai Chongxin, but shocked the heart of Zhang Xiaotian beside him.

It turns out that the boss is so domineering, he is a real man.

The originally calm ripples in her heart began to ripple again.

"It is said that women conquer the world by conquering men. If I can conquer him."

The little girl Zhang Xiaotian suddenly developed a strong ambition.

Cao Yu didn't know what the secretary was thinking at the moment. When he saw Cai Chongxin hesitate, he stared at her and asked, "Are you worried about Ma Yun?"

"Mr. Cao, you misunderstood. I was just thinking about your plan."

"It's fine if you don't."

Cao Yu calculated the time. There was still more than a week before Ali went on the market, which was just the right time.

After a while, Cao Yu said, "Also, let some people expose the problem of mooncakes having more additives than ingredients, and the problem of fakes on Taobao."

"Ok."

Although Cai Chongxin agreed, he knew that Ma Yun would probably go crazy this time.

Mr. Cao, you are so cruel.

Joining Feiyu was the most sensible decision I made in all these years.

The two came to DJI, which was a small workshop a few years ago. It has now grown into a large enterprise with more than 5,000 employees and independent design and R&D capabilities.

Its products account for 70% of the global drone market.

When Cao Yu inspected the company, he asked the company to develop not only small drones, but also long-range food delivery drones and delivery drones.

Although these products look like they are for civilian use, when they are truly useful, they are powerful weapons for the country!

More importantly, this company has no foreign capital.

Just as Cao Yu was inspecting the companies under Feiyu Group these days, on September 15th, Ma Yun, who was in the United States, was losing his temper with his subordinates.

"I can't invite this one, I can't invite that one, what are you all doing for a living?"

Ma Yun originally wanted to make a splash at the IPO, but after sending out a large number of invitations, many people in China, except for some members of the Taishan Society, said they could not come.

It is understandable that Cao Yu is not coming, Lu Huateng is not coming, and Liu Qiangdong is not coming.

But it’s a bit embarrassing that many bosses of domestic Internet companies don’t come.

Ma Yun scolded the employees who didn't live up to expectations, drove them away, and leaned on the sofa in the hotel alone: ​​"Alas... since there is Yu, why is there Liang?"

"dong dong dong"

Suddenly, there was a rapid knock on the door.

Ma Yun went to open the door, only to see Wang Xing walk in with an anxious look on his face: "Boss Ma, something happened!"

"Something happened? What happened?"

Ma Yun's nerves immediately tensed up. There were still four days before the listing, so there must not be any problems.

"Mr. Ma, there are many videos on Douyin that criticize us, saying that there are a lot of fakes on Taobao. Some people even compared it with Meituan's payroll and said that we exploit our riders. In addition, the problem that our partner restaurants are small workshops has also been exposed."

Wang Xingtou didn’t have time to wipe the sweat off his forehead. “Boss Ma, Ele.me’s reputation has collapsed. The number of orders has dropped significantly. Many riders have taken the opportunity to cause trouble, besieged the company and demanded better treatment.”

"Douyin."

Ma Yun didn't get angry this time, but she felt a lot of anger stuck in her throat and her face turned red.

He could naturally guess that, apart from Cao Yu, who else could have caused such a thing at this critical juncture?
"This person is too cruel, isn't he trying to kill me?"

After a while, Ma Yun's breath made him feel dizzy and he almost fell on the sofa.

"Boss Ma, are you okay?"

Wang Xing was so frightened that he was in a panic and hurried over to pour a glass of water for Ma Yun.

"call"

Ma Yun took a sip of ice water and then let out a long breath.

But my brain was like a mess and I couldn't think of any solution.

There are only four days left before the listing. Even if I come forward to clarify the matter and hire someone to do public relations, it is too late.

It cannot be delisted, otherwise it will become a joke.

If this news spreads to the United States, will Ali's stock price be lower than the issue price on the day of listing?

That would be more embarrassing than not having many guests.

It seems that people in China have already known about this, and that is why they are unwilling to come even though I invited them.

After a while, Ma Yun finally felt better. He said to Wang Xing, "Do you have any good ideas?"

"Boss Ma, how about I return to China right now, apologize publicly, and see if I can make amends."

"That's the only way. You should go back early."

If something goes wrong with the food delivery platform Ele.me, it will not only affect the users of Zhifubao, but will also have an impact on the Kuaidi taxi-hailing app that is in a fierce battle with Penguin.

Ma Yun could no longer care about anything else; this matter had to be resolved as soon as possible.

After Wang Xing left, Ma Yun felt a little dejected.

At this moment, he couldn't help but think of what Cao Yu had warned him when he was on Peach Blossom Island: not to exploit the riders and not to use a low-price strategy for food delivery.

But I want to develop and compete with you. If I don’t do this, how can I seize the market?

It's easy for you, Cao Yu, to talk without any pain in your waist.

"Hey, if I get too hungry and Taobao can't help me, do I really have to focus my energy on video websites and entertainment companies?"

Boss Ma, who was full of confidence before, actually started to consider a way out for himself.

Your Cao Yu's Youduoduo will also be listed on September 29th. Should I find some bloggers with a large number of fans to expose some of your negative information?

But what kind of scandal does Boss Cao have?

Ma Yun rubbed his head and fell into deep thought.

(End of this chapter)