China Entertainment: I just want to give my child a home

Chapter 387: The Thoughts of the Han Family Father and Daughter (Subscribe!)

"You really don't want to get involved in the drama business?"

On a flight from Shenyang to the capital, Jiang Wen confirmed with Chen Dong again.

"It's really not true."

Facing Jiang Wen's suspicious look, Chen Dong explained: "Don't you think that many of Happy Twist's plays are worth adapting into movies and TV series?"

“Some of the stories are really good.”

But it’s just good… Jiang Wen added silently in his heart.

Chen Dong saw that Jiang Wen didn't seem to care, so he didn't care.

In fact, if anyone could see the future potential of Happy Twist, then Chen Dong would not be the only one who wanted to invest in them.

Then, the two stopped talking about this topic and started talking about their respective movies.

"When will you start post-production on Tangren?"

"It's already started."

"Oh my god, why so fast?"

"Don't forget that my company has the most professional post-production team in the country, certified by the industry."

At this point, Chen Dong also asked for some business: "How about you consider letting Dongcheng Visual Effects do your "One Step Away" as well?"

Jiang Wen was actually somewhat tempted, but considering that he had already signed a contract with Ying Huang for this film, he could only express his regret angrily.

Just as Chen Dong and Jiang Wen boarded the plane, in the conference room of Happy Twist, Zhang Cheng had already gathered all the shareholders and was holding a financing meeting.

Of course there were opposing voices at the meeting, but Zhang Cheng owned more than half of the shares of Happy Twist, so as long as he was determined to accept the financing, no one could stop him.

Therefore, the main purpose of this meeting was to discuss how much of their shares should be given up to allow Dongcheng Pictures, a film and television giant, to invest in the company.

When their meeting ended, Chen Dong had already arrived in the capital. He said goodbye to Jiang Wen outside the airport, then got into his wife's car and headed home.

In the car, Chen Dong called Zhong Lifang and explained the matter of Happy Twist to her, asking her to arrange someone to follow up.

Seeing Chen Dong hang up the phone, Liu Yifei couldn't help but ask curiously: "Didn't you go to Shenyang to record a program this time? Why does it sound like you also negotiated a business deal?"

"By the way."

"Tell me, what happened specifically?"

"Didn't you hear that? I'm optimistic about Happy Twist and plan to raise some money for them."

"I remember Happy Twist is a play, right?"

In the past two years, Happy Twist's programs have frequently appeared on the Spring Festival Gala, and Liu Yifei has also heard of them.

But this made her even more confused, because her man didn't like drama very much.

"It's true that they do dramas, but I think many of their dramas have the value of being adapted into movies and TV series. It just so happens that the boss of Happy Twist also has plans in this regard, so we have the basis for cooperation this time."

Liu Yifei suddenly understood, and then she seemed to have thought of something, and said in surprise: "If that's the case, then Happy Twist is also preparing to make a movie?"

"Yes, and there is a high probability that they will film "Charlotte's Troubles"."

Although "Charlotte's Troubles" has been out for more than a year, Liu Yifei and Chen Dong, like each other, have no interest in watching dramas, so they have no idea what the drama is about.

Chen Dong had no choice but to describe it to her again, but he mainly described the content of the movie in his previous life.

"It sounds interesting, but it doesn't sound like a play, it's more like a movie script."

I go!

"Wife, you can tell the difference."

Then Chen Dong shamelessly said: "This is the script that I concatenated in my mind after reading the story outline of "Charlotte's Troubles" on the honor wall of Happy Twist."

Liu Yifei didn’t think her husband was bragging, because she had already determined in her heart that Chen Dong was a genius.

However, as an actress, she has been out of the screen for more than two years due to giving birth to a child. Now she has come across an interesting script. Even though the role in the script may not be suitable for her, it still aroused her desire to act.

Seeing his wife talking to him about Ma Dongmei and Qiuya, Chen Dong guessed what she was thinking and said bluntly, "Neither of these two roles is suitable for you."

"I know, it is, it is ..."

When Liu Yifei didn't know how to start, Chen Dong spoke for her: "You just want to make a comeback, right?"

"Ah."

"My daughter is still too young and hasn't been weaned yet. I'm afraid it's not convenient for you to film now. How about holding a concert?"

“I don’t want to give a concert.”

Liu Yifei probably knew what Chen Dong was thinking. Perhaps he felt that she was too idle and wanted to find something for her to do.

Although she is indeed free and does want to work, she does not want to hold a concert.

"Then what do you want to do?" Chen Dong asked directly.

"I want to act, to act the role of my husband."

"But I just finished filming 'Tangren' and I haven't found my next movie yet. Besides, my next movie may not be suitable for you."

"Then pick one that suits me."

Chen Dong met his wife's gaze and saw the emotional side of a woman in her eyes.

He knew that reasoning would not work at this time, and the only way to make sense was to follow his wife's words, so he didn't care about anything else and nodded directly, "Okay, okay, I'll think of a heroine script for you later."

Sure enough, the next second he saw a smile on his wife's face, a bright smile.

"Well, thank you, husband."

……

Chen Dong thought that his wife had not been caught by reporters when she went to the airport to pick him up this afternoon, but he did not expect that it would still become a hot topic that night.

The hot searches on this day also included the single-day box office of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" reaching 1.22 million, Da Ai Si admitting her pregnancy, Huang Yi facing a marriage crisis with her husband, Xu Guangtou accepting an exclusive interview with Sina to discuss why he did not leave the capital, Wang Lihong's girlfriend was exposed... "Fake drug dealer" Lu Yong was arrested by the Yuanjiang City Public Security Bureau in southern Hunan.

On the hot search list, the first nine items are about things happening in the entertainment industry, and only the last one is about people's livelihood issues.

I remember that it caused quite a bit of discussion on the Internet at the time, with many people standing on Lu Yong's side. However, I didn't expect that public opinion could not save this "fake drug dealer."

Chen Dong knew that this was the prototype of "Dying to Survive". He also liked this movie very much in his previous life, but he had never thought of filming it now. Perhaps the reason he gave himself was that the time had not come yet.
But Chen Dong couldn't deceive his own heart. He knew very well that he just didn't want to offend the entire pharmaceutical industry.

Chen Dong is not the only one reading this news, there are countless others, including Han Jianu. Han Jianu once spoke out for Lu Yong on the Internet. Although she knew that the law was unforgiving and Lu Yong could not escape this fate, she still felt unfair, not only for Lu Yong, but also for those patients who could not afford domestic genuine drugs. She put both hands on the keyboard, wanting to vent her anger, but found that it was useless.

So she deleted the words she typed one by one.

Han Jianu's purpose in doing this is not to turn a blind eye.

Instead, she suddenly had an inspiration, an inspiration that came from the Internet and from life.

She is a screenwriter. She wants to write this inspiration into a script and then film it to maximize its influence. Perhaps only by doing so can she attract some people's attention.

Of course, Han Jianu didn't just bury her head in work.

Before she started writing the script, she discussed her plan with an old cadre in her family who was about to retire.

"I don't recommend you to write this book." After listening to his daughter's idea, Han Shanping hesitated for a moment and then shook his head.

"Why?" Han Jianu asked unconvinced.

"Have you ever thought that this would offend the entire pharmaceutical industry?"

"so what?"

Han Jianuo's blood boiled and she didn't hesitate any more. She even became more excited.

She continued, "It's only been a few years since our country's reform and opening up. Can those pharmaceutical groups control everything in China? Even making a movie now requires their approval..."

Han Shanping also had a headache facing his chattering daughter.

Actually, he didn't think that his daughter's film could not be made, because after all, no matter how complicated the pharmaceutical industry is, it is not in the same system as theirs. If the other party really dares to make a move, he has people above him. And his daughter was right, pharmaceutical groups in China could not cover the sky with one hand.

However, Han Shanping is about to retire, and he can no longer provide for his daughter, so he doesn't want her to be too ostentatious.

Han Shanping also told his daughter the same truth, but it did not dissuade Han Jianu from her thoughts.

Instead, it made her more determined.

In the next few days, Han Shanping saw that his daughter was determined to finish the notebook, so he stopped trying to stop her.

Instead, I began to think about how I could pave the way for my daughter.

……

It has been a week since Chen Dong returned from Shenyang.

He has already handed over the financing plan for Happy Twist to Zhong Lifang to follow up. These days, apart from attending several seminars, he has been focusing on the post-production of "Detective Chinatown 3".

"Director Chen, Mr. Zhang from Happy Twist has arrived. We will have a merger and acquisition meeting at 10 o'clock. Manager Zhong asked me to come and ask you if you want to sit in."

"Okay, reply to Manager Zhong and I'll be right there."

Naturally, Chen Dong had received the news of today's merger and acquisition meeting a long time ago, otherwise he would not have rushed to the company so early today.

Standing up and tidying up his clothes, Chen Dong walked out of the office and headed towards the reception room.

"Mr. Zhang, everyone, welcome to Dongcheng Pictures... Please forgive me for not welcoming you in person."

"Director Chen is too polite."

After some pleasantries, it was almost time for the agreed meeting, so the group moved from the reception room to the meeting room.

Since Chen Dong was just there to observe, he did not sit at the main negotiation table. Naturally, the person who presided over the merger and acquisition meeting was not him, but Zhong Lifang.

"Manager Zhong, we at Happy Twist are willing to accept the 8000 million investment funds your company offered last time, but we also have three requirements."

Dongcheng Pictures' last offer was to acquire 8000% of Happy Twist's shares for 45 million... Chen Dong also knew this, so as an bystander he was not confused when he heard this.

It’s just a little surprising that Zhang Cheng agreed to it just like that.

You should know that Happy Twist has more than one shareholder, Zhang Cheng. He even only holds 51% of the shares. And that was before this round of financing. After the financing, the shares he held were even less than 40%.

This means that as soon as the contract for this business negotiation is signed, Dongcheng Pictures will directly become the largest shareholder of Happy Twist.

If Chen Dong really has ideas about Happy Twist, he can easily change the ownership of Happy Twist by buying back some shares from other small shareholders in the future.

This is also the reason why Chen Dong was surprised that Zhang Cheng was willing to take up the 8000 million yuan in financing funds.

"My first condition is that your company must not acquire shares from other shareholders through malicious competition."

“The second condition is that you do not interfere with the management of the company and grant the voting rights to me.”

Zhang Cheng’s first condition was to prevent them from being taken advantage of. If they didn’t agree to this, the negotiation would probably not be able to proceed, so Dongcheng Pictures had no objection to this.

But the second condition was a bit unfair. Although Dongcheng Pictures might not necessarily send a manager, what if Zhang Cheng did something wrong? So Zhong Lifang put forward a restriction on this condition. That is, if Zhang Cheng's decision caused Happy Twist to suffer heavy losses, Dongcheng would have the right to take back the voting rights granted to him.

As for how to define this major loss, Zhong Lifang did not give any specific explanation here, and deliberately left a loophole just to make it easier in case her boss wants to take action against Happy Twist in the future.

After all, 100 million can be considered a major loss, and 1 million can also be considered a major loss.

Zhang Cheng and others thought that Zhong Lifang's restriction was reasonable, so they added it, but they ignored Zhong Lifang's little calculation.

As for the third requirement raised by Zhang Cheng, it was that Dongcheng Pictures needed to invest in three Happy Twist films. Zhong Lifang was still thinking about this, but Chen Dong, who was listening at the side, agreed directly and generously.

The reason why Zhang Cheng included investment in the conditions was that he was worried that if Happy Twist's transformation into making movies did not make money but instead resulted in losses, at least there would be Dongcheng Pictures to back them up, and they would still have the capital to make a second or even a third film. He did not believe that all three films would fail.

Of course, if all three parts failed, Zhang Cheng estimated that he would most likely lose his position as chairman.

After the main terms were agreed upon, Chen Dong no longer stayed to listen in on some details.

In the afternoon, Ning Hao held a movie premiere for "No Man's Land", and Chen Dong happened to leave with this reason.

But as soon as he came out, the phone in his pocket rang.

When he took it out and looked at it, he found that it was Han Shanping calling. Chen Dong was stunned for a moment, but still pressed the answer button.

"Hello, Mr. Han."

"Director Chen, are you busy? I hope I didn't disturb your work."

When did Han Shanping become so polite?

Of course, although Chen Dong was a little confused, he still answered honestly: "I just came out of my company and was about to attend the premiere of "No Man's Land". Does President Han have any instructions?"

"I'm an old cadre who is about to retire. How can I give you any instructions? I'm going to attend the premiere of No Man's Land, too. See you there."

Looking at the hung up phone, Chen Dong muttered softly: "This old man is so mysterious, there must be something wrong!"

(End of this chapter)