China Entertainment: I became a capital tycoon

Chapter 764. Is this Boss Cao's counterattack? He tricked me again
When the people present saw that LV's boss Arnault actually agreed to Boss Cao's "unreasonable" request, the entire reception room became eerily quiet.

This is LV, a century-old company with stores all over the world, and a leading luxury goods company that plays an important role in the world.

But the boss of such a company actually agreed to such an almost impossible request as a 40% price cut and separation from Ali.

This is incredible!
Feiyu employees felt very proud.

This can be said to be a great victory for Chinese enterprises!
However, LV employees knew very well that their boss Arnault agreed to the deal because he really had no other choice.

However, this Chinese guy really dared to make such a request!

The silence lasted for three seconds. Cao Yu was the first to laugh and said, "Mr. Arnault is really sincere this time. I hope we can have a pleasant cooperation in the future."

Arnault forced a smile and said, "It's a pleasure to work with you."

Although the other party agreed, he felt as if he was forced and was not happy at all.

A 40% price reduction is unprecedented. If it weren't for the sharp drop in sales in China in the past two years, or if it weren't for the future, he would never agree to it.

The reason we call ourselves Donkey Bags is because we have a temper.

But this temper is no longer enough in front of Boss Cao.

"Mr. Arnault, you will be glad for your decision today."

Cao Yu basically achieved his goal and was in a good mood.

A company like LV, which is clearly worth snatching, still gives you a bag.

You can resist on Douyin and uncover their tricks, but rich people will still buy if they want to, and no one can stop them.

But Cao Yu thinks that you should not sell too high and just reap the benefits from our products.

Chinese people don't have high incomes and it's not easy to make money.

The low price will not make some fairies lose their self-esteem or even fall into trap for a bag.

If the price of this kind of thing drops, it may alleviate this possibility and also reduce the number of fairies.

"Hopefully."

Arno smiled bitterly and then asked, "Mr. Cao, regarding the endorsement, I want to find the most famous and beautiful actress in your company in the past two years to endorse it. Also, can we customize the costumes for your company's artists at future award ceremonies?"

"As for the candidate for endorsement, I think it's better for me to recommend it to you, but I can guarantee that it's the best one."

Cao Yu didn't want to give the other party the initiative to choose the spokesperson: "As for the costumes, it's okay for you to be responsible for the costumes of the actors produced by your company, but it's better for us to arrange the rest ourselves."

When Arno heard this request, he said, "I have already agreed to your request. Mr. Cao doesn't agree to my request? This is not sincere."

"I am very sincere. If it really doesn't work, I will recommend a few more to you and you can choose for yourself."

"Ok."

“When will the price reduction start?”

"Maybe on the first of next month."

"it is good."

It is already the end of April, and there are only five days left until May. Cao Yu doesn't mind waiting for these few days.

The two parties signed an agreement on the same day and set up a specialty store for various LV brands on Youduoduo. The prices were the same as in stores and 40% lower than the original prices.

However, their previous selling prices in China were 25% higher than in Europe and about 15% higher than in Europe and the United States.

Even if the price drops by 40% now, it is actually only slightly higher than other places.

But even this little bit of fair treatment was something that Boss Cao had to fight for with great difficulty.

As for endorsements, Cao Yu provided five actresses, namely Yang Mi, Jing Tian, ​​Nazha, Li Xiaoyu, and Zhao Liying.

Looking at the five personal profiles, Arnault was stumped.

These five people are all outstanding in terms of reputation, appearance, and temperament.

Although Arno had seen Yang Ying recommended by Ali, these five people from Feiyu Entertainment are much better than Yang Ying.

"Cao, the actors in your company are really outstanding and beautiful. It's really hard to choose."

Arnault was originally very unhappy about the price reduction, but he immediately felt much better when he was able to get two of the five people to endorse his brand.

Seeing that he was in a dilemma, Cao Yu smiled and said, "Then let me recommend two to you. I think Miss Yang Mi and Miss Li Xiaoyu are more suitable."

Arno took the information of the two people, looked at it for a long time, and said admiringly: "Mr. Cao has a good eye."

No matter how you look at it now, Yang Mi is still Boss Yang, and although Li Xiaoyu doesn't film many movies nowadays, she is definitely a wealthy lady.

The two of them have really grasped their temperament, which really matches the nobility of LV.

After talking about everything, the two prepared to have dinner together.

When the reporters outside the door saw Boss Cao and the boss of LV walking out with smiles, they all surrounded them again.

Because of Arnault's arrival, the number of reporters at the entrance of Feiyu Group was several times more than before.

"Mr. Cao, has your company reached any cooperation with LV?"

"Excuse me, Mr. Cao, your company didn't cooperate with LV before. What's the reason why you are willing to talk about it this time? Can you tell me?"

"Mr. Cao, as we all know, you have always refused to let your artists endorse LV products. Is there a conflict between you and Mr. Arnault? Did you resolve the conflict during this meeting?"

In response to the reporter's question, Cao Yu only said one sentence: "Because the market price of LV in China will be reduced by 40%!"

“40% price cut???”

The reporters were all stunned.

When did LV become so merciful? Previously, LV often raised prices in China, and said it was a pricing strategy targeting China, making us look stupid and rich.

Now they are actually reducing the price, and by 40%?

Boss Cao, you are awesome. You can even make a company like LV compromise.

The head of LV's China region looked at Boss Cao and felt that this guy was really good at pretending.

But I have to say, I was really impressed by him.

All the camera lenses were pointed at Cao Yu and Arnault non-stop. This was big news, even international news.

Under countless cameras and the surprised, admiring and envious gazes of the people around them, Cao Yu and Arnault got into the car.

Soon, this incident appeared on the front pages of major news media.

The title was similar to what they had thought before, and the content was exactly what Cao Yugang said.

"Shocked! The prices of internationally renowned luxury brands in China will be reduced by 40%. Let us wait and see what benefits this will bring to the Chinese economy!"

"Chinese people no longer have to go abroad to buy low-priced LVs. The prices in China will be even lower than those abroad!"

"In the future, China may become a luxury shopping paradise for LV!"

"Feiyu Group and LV have reached a cooperation agreement. This famous entrepreneur has influenced the price of LV single-handedly, and will also bring immeasurable economic benefits to China."

"Mr. Cao has successfully contributed to the reduction of LV's sales price in China. This kind of entrepreneur is worthy of learning for other bosses!"

……

Hangcheng.

"Director Guo, the film 'Jade Dynasty' has been confirmed. The investment will be solely borne by Ali Pictures. Don't worry."

Ma Yun has already negotiated cooperation with Guo Xiaosi and made this person an independent non-executive director of Ali Pictures.

To this end, he also promised to spend money to find a way to buy out the Keai Culture Media Company invested by Cao Yu, and then make it part of Ali Entertainment.

"Mr. Ma, thank you so much, you are really my mentor."

Guo Xiaosi was very grateful and thought that Ma Yun was the one who appreciated him.

As for Boss Cao, my script for “Jade Dynasty” is so good, but you actually called it “shit”.

It's so abominable.

"I don't dare to be your mentor, but I just don't want your talent to be buried."

Ma Yun said politely, and smiled, "As for the actors, except for the male lead Chris Wu and the female lead Yang Ying, you decide on the others. I trust you. By the way, as for the special effects, I will help you contact the special effects company in the United States."

"Okay, Mr. Ma, thank you for your trust. I will definitely make this film well."

Guo Xiaosi is quite confident about his film.

Chris Wu is quite handsome and Yang Ying is pretty enough. With these two people, the movie would still be a big hit at the box office even without Yang Mi.

"Okay, go ahead. I'll buy you, Ke Ai, and then I'll give you some more shares."

"Thank you, Mr. Ma."

Guo Xiaosi left satisfied, feeling that following Ma Yun was much better than following Cao Yu.

After leaving the Ali Building and heading back to Shanghai, he turned on his phone and immediately saw a piece of news that the LV boss had met with Cao Yu and agreed to reduce prices by 40% in China.

"Although Mr. Cao is very capable, he is a mean person. He is far inferior to Mr. Ma."

Guo Xiaosi sneered and vowed to make a good movie of "Jade Dynasty" and give Cao Yu a slap in the face.

Just like what Mr. Ma said, if you ignore me today, I will make you unable to reach me tomorrow!

At Ali's side, Ma Yun had just returned to the office after seeing Guo Xiaosi off when the secretary came over and asked, "Mr. Ma, have you seen the news?" "News?"

Ma Yun was talking to Guo Xiaosi and didn't really watch the news.

"Mr. Ma, LV's boss Arnault met with Cao Yu and reached a cooperation agreement. He also agreed to reduce the price of their products in the Chinese market by 40%."

"what?"

Upon hearing the news, Ma Yun's face suddenly changed: "When did this happen?"

"The news was released about half an hour ago. You were talking about something just now, and I didn't mean to interrupt you."

"I understand, go ahead."

Ma Yun tried hard to calm himself. After his secretary left, he opened the news on his computer and saw that the news about Cao Yu and LV had spread on the Internet.

Moreover, there was a photo of Cao Yu and Arnault walking out of Feiyu Entertainment Building together.

"Why did Cao Yu suddenly do this? Is this his counterattack against me for poaching Guo Xiaosi?"

In order to support Ali in his fight against Feiyu Entertainment, LV invested 1 billion US dollars in Tudou Video and helped him make TV series and movies. Later, it made additional investments in Ali Pictures and owned a lot of shares in Ali Pictures.

Arnault has met with Cao Yu now. Apart from the price reduction, what other agreement have they reached?
Will LV stab itself in the back in the future?
I just poached Guo Xiaosi, and this thief Cao’s counterattack was too quick.

Besides, your LV is a big company after all, so are you compromising with Cao?

40%, you are really willing to give it up!
Now, his only hope is that LV does not want to put all its eggs in one basket and still has confidence in him and will not target him in order to please Feiyu.

“Since I want to buy Ke Ai, which Feiyu helped Guo Xiaosi to establish, I will test Cao Ze.”

After pondering for a moment, Ma Yun dialed Cao Yu's number.

"Mr. Cao, congratulations. You actually made LV compromise. I admire you."

"Haha, it turns out to be Mr. Ma. This is nothing."

Cao Yu saw Ma Yun's call and said with a smile, "I just can't stand their high prices. Also, I want to open a store on Duoduo to make more money."

"Opening a franchise store?"

Ma Yun was so jealous. He had talked to the person in charge of LV China and wanted to open a store on Taobao. Unfortunately, the other party did not agree, saying that there were too many counterfeit goods on Taobao.

But you agree to cooperate with Youduoduo now?

This is too devastating.

Despite feeling uncomfortable, Ma Yun still wanted to congratulate: "Congratulations, it looks like Youduoduo's stock price is going to rise again. How did you do it? I've always wanted to cooperate with them, but these foreign devils just don't agree."

When Cao Yu heard Ma Yun actually say the word "foreign devils", he immediately became alert.

Is this a test?
You, Mr. Ma, teach English. How could you call foreigners "foreign devils"?
He thought for a moment and smiled, "Nothing much, I just agreed to let them raise the price of Korean sticks by 10%. In exchange, I also let the company's actors endorse their products."

"Oh."

Ma Yun felt relieved. As long as it was just an exchange of interests and not coercion by Cao Yu, the matter would not be too serious.

So, he said his second purpose: "Mr. Cao, Guo Xiaosi called me a few days ago to explain the matter of the "Jade Dynasty" project, but I personally think that this movie may not be as good as the movies you produced, but it still has some merits, so I plan to let Ali invest and make it."

"You want to take the photo yourself?"

Cao Yu was really surprised this time.

The person who received Guo Xiaosi in the northwest reported that this person said there was an emergency at home and he had to go back to Shanghai. So he went to find Ma Yun?

It seems that he really won't give up.

Since you want to take the photo, then go ahead and do it. Just don't cry when the time comes.

Ma Yun said: "Yes, I believe this movie will do well."

"Ok."

The other party wanted to pay compensation, but Cao Yu did not stop him and said with a smile: "Then you can invest, I have no objection."

"Haha, thank you, Mr. Cao."

Ma Yun thanked him, and then said, "Also, if you help Guo Xiaosi invest in Keai Culture, I want to buy it, so that there will be no copyright disputes when making movies in the future. I hope Mr. Cao can bear with the pain and let it go for a good price because of our old relationship."

"That's it"

Hearing that he was going to buy even this small company he had invested in casually, Cao Yu thought for a moment and agreed: "We are friends. Since you have already asked, if I refuse, wouldn't it be disrespectful to Mr. Ma? Then 2.7 million, 90% of Feiyu's shares will be given to you!"

"2.7 billion?"

Ma Yun really wanted to curse. Guo Xiaosi said that you only invested 2.7 million in registered capital, but now you want million?
When I said “the price is negotiable” I was just being polite, but you were really rude.

"Boss Ma, I only offered this price because of our good relationship. If it were someone else, it would be at least 300 million."

Cao Yu actually only spent 15 million to invest in Ke Ai.

Moreover, he had already made hundreds of millions of dollars from the movie "Tiny Times", the copyrights of several books by Guo Xiaosi, and magazines. He had almost squeezed out all the value, so he just bought it.

"Boss Cao, give me 150 million."

"Forget it then. When 'Lord Dynasty' becomes a big hit, you can give me the copyright fee according to the original agreement."

"Mr. Cao, how about 200 million?"

"Two hundred and five hundred million!"

"it is good!"

Ma Yun was almost mad with anger. This thief Cao was really good at cheating people.

Ever since I met this person, I have been deceiving myself.

From a domain name that cost him two million, to now a broken company that cost him more than two hundred million.

This person is so dark!
结果
"Thank you, Mr. Cao, for giving me face."

In the end, I have to thank this annoying guy.

However, in Ma Yun's opinion, as long as "Jade Dynasty" sells well, she won't have to pay Cao Yu copyright fees, and the 200 million will be worth it.

Besides, this will also allow Guo Xiaosi to work hard for me.

The news of the cooperation between LV and Feiyu spread quickly on the Internet.

Some people who are not short of money think that Boss Cao has ruined their opportunity to show off.

LV has lowered its price, so more people can afford it. Why are you different from ordinary people?
But most people think that Boss Cao is really amazing and can make LV compromise. In the future, such cheap products will never cheat people out of their money again.

At the same time, many domestic bloggers praised Cao Yu highly on Douyin.

Cao Yu also asked some foreigners to post videos on TikTok in various countries about how cheap brands such as LV and Gucci are in China.

This will attract foreigners to come to China to buy.

Maybe there will be foreigners queuing up at the store door to buy, which seems to be a nice sight.

Many artists and entertainment companies in the entertainment industry feel that if they want to endorse these luxury goods in the future, they must have a good relationship with Boss Cao.

As for Feiyu Entertainment, Yang Mi and Li Xiaoyu were able to get the endorsements, and everyone was envious but didn't dare to say anything.

It was almost an open secret that Li Xiaoyu gave birth to a daughter for Cao Yu.

Although no one knows yet that Yang Mi gave birth to a daughter for her boss.

But Yang Mi is the boss's godsister and the first artist of Feiyu Entertainment. Just based on these two points, there is no point in being envious.

Besides, both of them are very outstanding and qualified to get this endorsement.

But some people are curious, why Liu Yifei doesn’t have any endorsement?

Only Yang Mi knew that Xixi was already nearly seven months pregnant with her second child, so how could she continue to be the spokesperson?

On Cao Yu's side, after cheating Ali out of some money and sending the LV boss away, he prepared to arrange things for the movie and go to the set of "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" to see Ju Jingyi's Ju-style acting skills.

Two months ago, he brought Clara Lee Sung-min to China and arranged for her to star in the Hong Kong police and gangster movie "Line Walker" starring Louis Koo.

"The Love Master" will not start filming until July, so Clara should have some time to adapt first.

Afterwards, he confirmed the start time of the film "Eight Hundred" with Wang Zhongjun of Huayi.

As for "Dying to Survive", Cao Yu handed over the production to Xu Zheng and Ning Hao, and also invited Wen Muye, a post-85 director from Beijing Film Academy, to direct the film, so he didn't have to worry too much.
It was also during this period that the Oscar-winning film "Parasite", introduced by Universal Pictures, was officially taken off the screen in China after being shown for a month and a half.

Although this movie was not released during the most popular period, it achieved a box office of 2.1 billion in China thanks to the reputation of screenwriter Cao Yu.

This made Universal Pictures, which introduced this film, make a lot of money.

The box office of the movie "Fast and Furious 7" has dropped from over million per day when it was first released to to million now, and it is scheduled to be taken off the screen before the May Day holiday.

At the same time, Zhang Yimou's first suspense film "Ghost Blows Out the Light: Mojin: The Lost Tomb", which has been promoted for a month, will be officially released before May 1st.

Marvel's blockbuster "Avengers 3" will also be released worldwide and will land in China in mid-May.

Cao Yu arranged all these things and arrived at Xiangshan Film and Television City on April 30th.

"Xiao Ju, you little girl actually dared to embarrass me, wait and see how I deal with you."

Sitting in the car from Hangzhou to Xiangshan, Cao Yu looked at the scenery along the road and missed the beauties who were filming "The Heaven Sword and the Dragon Saber".

"Shishi, Reba, Xiaoju, the new three beauties of Yitian, here I come!"

(End of this chapter)