I am a director, but I have the skills of an actor

Chapter 291 I'm on the list

Wan Qingshan still didn't understand why Ma Huateng suddenly called for dinner. Three days later, he came to the hotel and followed the waiter to the box. When he saw the people in the box, he had a vague guess.

There were many people in the box, including Ma Huateng, Liu Eodong, Wang Xing from Meituan, and Xu Xin and Xu Nanpeng.

"Everyone, I'm sorry, there was a traffic jam on the road, so I was late."

"It's not late, it's not late. It's only twelve o'clock. We're early." Xu Nanpeng said with a smile.

Then, Wan Qingshan sat down and chatted with them for a few words, while Ma Huateng asked for food.

Then they chatted while eating. After more than half an hour, Xu Xin got down to business.

"Mr. Wan, Mr. Xu and I want to invite you here this time because we want to act as intermediaries to bring together Maimai, JD.com, and Meituan for three-party cooperation!"

Wan Qingshan frowned slightly. Some time ago, apart from Taobao, there were too many merchants. E-commerce companies such as JD.com and Vipshop all updated their versions and launched live broadcasts to introduce their products. The market share could not be increased at once.

However, due to different positioning, these market share grabs are all Taobao users, and Maimai's low-price users are not affected at all.

On the contrary, with sufficient funds, Maimai has developed very fast. A few days ago, Wan Qingshan received a good news call from Chen Lei, and the single-day turnover reached 2000 million!

Maimai is now developing rapidly, and no defects have been found during the development process.

In this case, what can you do to cooperate with JD.com and Meituan?
Seeing Wan Qingshan frown, Xu Nanpeng said, "Mr. Wan, this cooperation is a win-win-win situation.

JD.com has been vigorously developing logistics in recent years. However, because Taobao prohibits merchants from using JD Logistics to deliver goods, JD Logistics has few external orders, which hinders the development of JD Logistics.

So Mr. Xu and I want to bring together Maimai and JD.com to cooperate in logistics. Where there are JD.com logistics sites, Maimai will ship through JD.com. "

As soon as Xu Nanpeng finished speaking, Liu Edong said, "Mr. Wan, Mai Mai has signed a cooperation agreement with JD.com, and the express delivery fee will be discounted by 40%."

JD Logistics' express delivery fee is much higher than that of three links and one express delivery. With a 40% discount, it is almost the same as three links and one express delivery.

The prices are about the same, and JD Logistics is generally faster with three connections and one delivery. This cooperation is very acceptable to Wanqingshan!
"Mr. Liu, you have given such a discount. There is no problem in cooperation. I will contact Mr. Chen later. Then Mr. Liu, just send someone to talk to Mr. Chen."

A smile immediately appeared on Liu Edong's face. Although the express delivery fee was discounted by 40%, Maimai still made money with so many goods every day.

It can also reduce freight costs for JD.com’s self-operated goods. The more goods there are in logistics, the lower the cost per order.

At this time, Xu Xin smiled and said, "Mr. Wan, you and Mr. Liu have agreed on the cooperation. Now let me talk about the cooperation between Maimai, JD.com, and Meituan.

Meituan is a food delivery platform with a large number of users, so it wants to connect user resources with JD.com and Maimai, and each can embed each other's channels in the App, which will greatly help the development of all three parties. "

Embedding channels, Xu Xin had never told Liu Yidong about this before, so Liu Yidong immediately started thinking about it after hearing it.

Wan Qingshan refused directly.

"Mr. Xu, Mr. Wang, I'm sorry, I can't agree to this cooperation."

Seeing that Xu Xin wanted to speak, Wan Qingshan immediately continued, "Mr. Xu, I told you before that an App must not make users feel confused.

Although Meituan is also in the shopping industry, I have to consider the feelings of Maimai users, especially since Maimai is still in its early stages of development and cannot be disrupted at all. Therefore, I cannot agree to cooperate with this channel. "

Wan Qingshan is not stupid. Meituan has many users, but now that Mai Mai has not reached the bottleneck stage, there are enough Taobao users for Mai Mai to grab.

Cooperating with Meituan may increase a lot of users in a short period of time, but it will definitely damage Maimai's reputation.

Although Maimai's products are low-priced and the cost is low, and the products are just like that, they are worthy of the price, so they have a good reputation among the public.

Although Taobao has not launched a live broadcast yet due to size issues, it will only happen sooner or later. In addition, Pinxixi will appear next year, and the competition will be more intense by then. Maimai can only rely on word of mouth to win. At this time, it can Don't mess around, don't end up losing everything just because of a little word of mouth.

Wan Qingshan's reason made Xu Xin unable to continue. Wang Xing frowned and said nothing.

Wan Qingshan's reason for refusal made Liu Edong realize that JD.com relied on focusing on quality to achieve its current status. It could not go astray, so he also refused to cooperate.

None of them cooperated. Wang Xing was a little disappointed, but he didn't say anything.

If you don't cooperate, you won't succeed. If you fall out because of the failure of cooperation, Wang Xing won't be where he is now.

After finishing the meal, Wan Qingshan chatted with a few people and left.

After returning home, Wan Qingshan continued to think about what the manufacturing industry should do.

More than half a month later, the Forbes Celebrity List was announced, and Wanqingshan was on the list this time, ranking fifth!
Although he is ranked No. 5 in terms of income in the celebrity list, it is just because of his lack of exposure that he is ranked No. [-].

It has never been on the list, but it suddenly appeared on the list this year, which caused a lot of heated discussion on the Internet.

"Wanqingshan is actually on the list!"

"What a strange news, Wanqingshan is actually on the list!"

"I'm blind!"

"It's awesome. The director's fee for one movie is actually higher than the income of all other stars. Zhou Jielun held so many concerts last year, but they can't compare to Wan Qingshan's movie."

"That's not right, why is he only No. 5? Last year, he had the highest income among all celebrities, and he had a lot of exposure. For a while, all the news was about him. Even if he was not the first, he should be the second. .”

"His exposure is all from the business world. The business world and the entertainment world have to be looked at separately. If the business world is included, then Ma Yun should be ranked first.

Last year, he rarely appeared in front of the entertainment media. If he hadn't criticized Andy Lau at the launch conference of "Operation Sword", which increased his exposure, he might not even be ranked No. 5. "

"Hey, Wanqingshan is on the celebrity list, will it also be on this year's rich list?"

"Looking forward to the rich list to see how much Wan Qingshan is worth!"

"By the way, Wan Qingshan is suddenly on the list. Is it because his backer has fallen? That's why he is on the list."

"Impossible. If his backer had fallen, the eldest nephew would have made sarcastic remarks long ago. Wanqingshan has made him lose face. It is impossible for the eldest nephew not to hold a grudge."

"Yes, when the eldest nephew speaks, it means that Wanqingshan's backer has fallen."

"Then why is it suddenly on the list? Does Wan Qingshan think it's boring to hide it?"

"I really want to know how much Wan Qingshan is worth!"

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On the third day of the heated discussion among netizens, Wan Qingshan received a call from Li Weizong, and he flew back to the capital the next day.

I looked at the annual report of Qingshan Media in the office, called Wang Changtian and Ma Huateng respectively, and then asked the secretary to send a notice to the department manager for a meeting.

"Last year's profit was 3000 million, and we did well. I originally set a goal of reaching 5000 million in annual profit, and spent [-] million to buy back shares for equity incentives.

I keep my word. I just called Mr. Wang and others, and they agreed with the stock incentive.

5000 million stocks were distributed equally among three people, the first was Li Weizong, the second was Tian Li, and the third was Fang Jun. "

The three of them, Li Weizong, looked overjoyed. The others, who owned shares themselves, were neither sad nor happy. The disappointment on the faces of the others could not be more obvious.

"I've given you share incentives, but I hope you won't sit on your account and rest on your laurels." Before Li Weizong and the others could give their assurances, Wan Qingshan looked at Cheng Ting.

"Mr. Cheng, of the 3000 million profit, the TV series production department and distribution company contributed 8000 million, and the film production department is lagging behind.

You must know that we started out as a film producer. I don’t want that in a few years, when everyone mentions Qingshan Media, they think it produces TV series and distributes movies. "

Cheng Ting was startled and quickly replied, "Mr. Wan, I will work hard this year. I am already preparing the second part of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" with Director Wu, and Director Cheng is also preparing to shoot a new film."

Wan Qingshan nodded slightly and continued, "Dividends, the company's operating funds are quite sufficient, nearly 15 billion, let's use [-] million to distribute dividends."

They took out [-] million in dividends, which surprised everyone.

In film and television production, a major production costs hundreds of millions, so film and television companies generally have to retain sufficient funds.

Nowadays, the listed film and television companies pay relatively small dividends. Last year, Qingshan Media only paid a dividend of [-] million, which is quite a lot. This year, it paid a dividend of [-] million. This...

Although everyone felt it was inappropriate, no one refuted it. Wanqingshan's domineering style made them dare not refute.

"This year's profit target of 5000 million has been achieved. We still spent [-] million to acquire stocks for equity incentives, and there are still three people."

For those who don’t have any shares yet, their disappointed expressions immediately turn into excitement.

Wan Qingshan glanced at the crowd and said, "Don't look at the three people who were rewarded this time. They all didn't have shares before, so you think that equity incentives must be for people who don't have shares.

Equity incentives don't look at anything else but performance.If your achievements far exceed those of previous years, then I will give you shares. "

At this time, people who did not have shares frowned, but those who had shares immediately became full of energy!

After the meeting, Wan Qingshan and Li Weizong gave a few instructions and contacted the headhunting company.

Wan Qingshan had been thinking about what to do in the manufacturing industry for a long time, and only yesterday he thought of making batteries.

If you want to scale up the manufacturing industry, you need a lot of investment, and batteries are much safer than other manufacturing industries.

The battery market is small now and you may not make money, but in a few years the market will become bigger. As long as you win a few mines now, you can make money no matter what you do.

Wan Qingshan didn't know anything about the battery industry. Most of the people around him were in the Internet industry, so they certainly didn't have much to recommend, so they could only find headhunting companies.

A few days later, while Wan Qingshan was going through the formalities for the company, the Cannes Film Festival announced the shortlist for this year's competition. "Fair and Just" was shortlisted for the main competition. This was the only Chinese film shortlisted for this year's Cannes Film Festival.

"Fair, Just" was shortlisted for the Cannes Film Festival, causing Qingshan Media's stock to plummet instantly.

I used to think that the new movie was a commercial film, and Colombia only agreed to pay a director's fee of [-] million. But now that it has been shortlisted for the Cannes Film Festival, it must be an artistic film. This makes capital and stock investors curse in their hearts.

As for literary and artistic films, if they are Hollywood films starring Hollywood actors, then don't worry, "Green Book" and "Marriage Story" both did well at the box office.

But the Chinese-language film, "The Explosive Drummer" didn't make any money at first. Just like this, Colombia is willing to pay a director's fee of [-] million. Wan Qingshan, are you pouring ecstasy soup to Colombia?
The investors who had rushed in because of the dividends were slandering the company, but the entertainment media was carnivaling.

"Wanqingshan's new movie is aimed at the Palme d'Or!"

"The second Palme d'Or in the Chinese film and television industry?"

"After many years, Wanqingshan finally entered the Cannes Film Festival, the last of the three major European film festivals!"

"Berlin Best Actor, Venice Golden Lion, Oscar for Best Director, Cannes, Best Director or Palme d'Or?"

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There was no need for media reports at all. The public believed that Wan Qingshan went there for the Palme d'Or.

Because there have been media reports two years ago that Wanqingshan will definitely hit the Cannes Film Festival.

There are several well-known national film festivals, and there is only one Cannes Film Festival left, and he will definitely go to Wanqingshan.

The public also believes that Wan Qingshan has even won the Oscar for Best Director twice, and it is impossible not to go to the Cannes Film Festival, which he has not participated in once.

And everyone thinks that Wan Qingshan is going, and it must be for the Palme d'Or. After all, there is only one Palme d'Or in the Chinese film and television industry. With Wan Qingshan's temper, he definitely wants to win the Palme d'Or to knock down Chen Kaige's status. of.

According to media reports, after two days of hot discussion among netizens, the popularity of this matter gradually subsided. Wanqingshan did not show up to promote or hype, and the popularity was not maintained at all.

A few days later, Wan Qingshan completed all the procedures for the new company. The headhunting company also hired a few people from CATL and BYD. Then, Wan Qingshan flew these people directly to Jiangyou.

In Jiangyou, Wan Qingshan spent one billion to get the lithium mine, and then spent more than half a month to establish the initial stage of the new company. Then he threw another five hundred million to Li Zhong, who was in charge of the management and operation of the new company, and patted him. Butt, lead Hu Jun and the others to participate in this Cannes Film Festival.

This Cannes Film Festival is particularly friendly to Wanqingshan.

Among the eight main competition unit judges are Jia Zhangke and Korean actor Jeon Do-yeon, who has appeared in "Parasite".

Although the relationship with Jia Zhangke has faded in recent years, it can be said that there is no need to say hello. Jia Zhangke will vote for "fair and just" in major awards. As for Quan Doyeon, it is no problem to say hello and send some small gifts.

Of the eight tickets, a quarter were guaranteed, which was much more comfortable than when "In the Heart" participated in the Venice Film Festival.

After landing in Cannes, Wan Qingshan and Hu Jun had just checked into the hotel when Wan Qingshan received a call from Jia Zhangke. After a while, Jia Zhangke came directly to the hotel.

Jia Zhangke didn't have anything else to do when he came. He just came to tell Wan Qingshan that you are in some trouble this time. If you want to win the prize, you have to put more effort into it.

The news about Jia Zhangke made Wan Qingshan's original feeling of friendship at Cannes turn into naked targeting.

The next morning, Wan Qingshan contacted his old friend Korevadang and asked him to meet.

"Mr. Vatan, if I want to win the Palme d'Or, what do you think I should pay?"

Korevadang put down his coffee, thought for a moment, and whispered, "Eight million euros!"

Wan Qingshan's eyes widened in surprise and he said in disbelief, "Mr. Wadang, are you sure you're not joking?"

Korevadang shook his head slightly, "Evan, your situation has been reported by the media, and you are worth tens of billions of dollars.

And now you are only missing the Cannes Film Festival award, so since your film was shortlisted, many judges have said privately that you are so rich, so you can get more benefits. "

Jia Zhangke told Wan Qingshan about this yesterday, but Jia Zhangke didn't say how much it would cost to win the award. He only said how much effort it takes.

Spend more time and pay more, Wan Qingshan thought, no matter how hard it is, it can’t exceed 500 million euros!

I didn’t expect it to cost 800 million euros. What a fucking scam.

Although he wants to win the Palme d'Or, it costs 800 million euros. He would give it up if he was stupid. At worst, it will be a waste of time.

He is not the new director who needed awards to sell movie rights. Whether he has the Palme d'Or or not will have little impact on the box office of "Fair and Just".

Without the Palme d'Or, he is at most a little regretful that he did not collect awards from the three major European film festivals.

This little regret is not worth 800 million euros.

(End of this chapter)