Super entertainment red envelope

Chapter 686 An Invitation from a Big Man!
After the day's shooting ended, Li Zhifan didn't stay on the set as usual, but left the set in a hurry and took a car to the airport.

"when's the flight?"

Li Zhifan asked while looking at his watch.

This watch is a domestic brand he recently endorsed, and this one is a relatively mid-range one in this brand - 17000 yuan!
Compared with those famous watches that cost three to five million or even tens of millions, it is too cheap!

But he has always disliked wearing a watch on his wrist, this time if it wasn't for the endorsement, he really didn't want to wear this thing.

But after wearing it for a few days, I got used to it, and I like to look at the watch when I have nothing to do. This has an advantage, and I have a high degree of certainty and clarity about the time.

"There are still 27 minutes for the plane to land, but it will take another 15 minutes to get out!" said Liu Zexin on the side.

It’s not that Xiangjiang’s airport doesn’t have VIP fast lanes, but it’s precisely because there are so many important people who land in Xiangjiang every day, the VIP fast lanes are almost becoming celebrity clubs, and sometimes it’s even slower to get in and out than ordinary lanes.

"Fortunately, I can make it in time!"

Li Zhifan tidied up his clothes.

To be honest, he was a little nervous, because today he was going to meet a special person - Fang Xiao, the second richest man in Asia and the former richest man in mainland China.

Although he is ranked second now, his legends are still everywhere.

This time, Fang Xiao specially asked him out. He knew that Li Zhifan couldn't get away while he was filming in Xiangjiang, so he took a private plane to Xiangjiang. Need help for the development of the entertainment field?
Perhaps this is the only possibility. If there is another possibility, it is beyond Li Zhifan's guess.

Half an hour later, Li Zhifan showed up at the airport, but he was only sitting in the car, and it was Liu Zexin who went down to greet him.

Li Zhifan kept looking at his watch and drummed for a full 10 minutes before he saw Fang Xiao come out surrounded by yells.

There were no journalists or media around, but those bodyguards were still on guard, with serious faces.

Fang Xiao saw Liu Zexin and walked over directly. After shaking hands with her, Liu Zexin opened the car door. Fang Xiao waved to Li Zhifan in the car, and asked for a folder from the secretary next to him before sitting in the car. went in.

Li Zhifan thought that Fang Xiao would show him the folder directly and talk about business. After all, he is a very busy big shot, but he said, "The weather in Xiangjiang is not so good! I almost couldn't land!"

"That's right, it rained all morning and stopped in the afternoon!" Li Zhifan laughed.

"My life! Don't tell me, these days I'm often stuck in the gate of hell!"

Fang Xiao didn't have the airs of a big shot at all, instead he complained to Li Zhifan, "I almost died last night. I drank three bottles of foreign wine with them. It was too much trouble."

"Okay!" Li Zhifan agreed, "Mr. Fang can't drink well, are you not drunk after three bottles?"

"It's okay, I'm not too drunk, and I haven't done anything deviant!"

Fang Xiao smiled and said, "Hey, have you been in Xiangjiang for a while? Are there any delicious places to introduce?"

"Yes!" Li Zhifan naturally thought of the place where Liao Feng treated guests last time, "There is a nice place called Longjingxuan!"

"It's Longjingxuan again!"

Fang Xiao touched his forehead, "Hey, every time I come to Xiangjiang, I will take me there. Forget it, let me take you there!"

"Okay!"

Li Zhifan didn't ask where he was going, and nodded in agreement.

Fang Xiao said to the driver: "Go to Matouwei Road!"

"Okay!" The driver is Li Zhifan's, but he is an old local driver in Xiangjiang, so he doesn't need navigation at all.

But this road runs from the west of Xiangjiang to the middle. Although Xiangjiang is not big, it takes a long time to walk this road.

Fang Xiao didn't come to see Li Zhifan for family chores, he started talking about serious business on the way.

"Hey, look at this!"

Fang Xiao had been holding a folder the whole time he got in the car. Li Zhifan had always wanted to know what was inside, and now he finally saw it.

There are several contracts and a letter of appointment.

Li Zhifan read the first contract first, and blurted out in surprise: "What? You want to buy all my shares in Timeline?"

"Yes!" Fang Xiao said, "Although Timeline is doing well now, it is still a small platform. With your support, when will it be possible to reach the level of an entertainment empire? Join our Eastern Group and give you a better platform." Broad platform."

"This……"

Of course Li Zhifan had to hesitate!
He still wouldn't refuse outright, because according to the conditions given by Xiao above the contract, it was still very generous, at least a 2 times premium to buy his shares, which is rare.

But it's impossible for him to agree, after all, the timeline was set up by himself. Although there are several other shareholders, he is the pillar, and he is completely in charge.

"Don't rush to refuse!"

Fang Xiao simply said directly, "There are still a few contracts in the future, we hope that you and your company will join our Oriental Entertainment Group, and you will be the chairman of the board of directors of the group, and you will have all the leading rights of the Oriental Group in the company. "

Dongfang Entertainment Group is a system of Dongfang Group, but Dongfang Group has only made a certain amount of investment in this company. In addition to the large shareholder of Dongfang Group, there are many small shareholders.

Now Fang Xiao invites Li Zhifan and his company to join, let him serve as the chairman of the board of directors of the sub-group, that is, let him represent the decision-making power of the Dongfang Group, and Li Zhifan's company can be fully acquired by the Dongfang Group and merged into the overall equity of the Dongfang Group. It can be exchanged for the shares of the big entertainment group and become a shareholder of the company, but still has all the decision-making power of this part of the Eastern Group's equity, including voting, proposal resolutions, and other acquisitions.

"I mean... you made me chairman of the board?"

Li Zhifan waved his hand, "No, no! I don't have experience in this field. At that time, my line was handled by a professional manager, and it was under trusteeship."

"You take this position for the time being. I spun off the cultural and entertainment industry to prepare for the IPO. You should try it first. If you still feel that you can't do it after the IPO, that's not the life you want. OK, you can resign as chairman. "

Fang Xiao smiled and said, "Besides, I am also the chairman of the board of directors, and I don't take care of everything every day as you think. On the contrary, I am very comfortable. As long as I make decisions and sign on major decisions, the following matters are handled by the management. working."

"so……"

Li Zhifan thought for a while and said, "I'd better think about it again! I'll give you an answer as soon as possible!"

"it is good!"

Fang Xiao didn't press every step of the way, but said, "If you settle in Dawenyu, then you will have more available funds on hand to fulfill your dreams and produce more works. In addition, there are two more works in the future. This contract is for you to be the general manager of DreamWorks at the same time. Since entertainment is integrated, Walt Disney, William Entertainment, and DreamWorks in the United States will also be merged into the big entertainment group, but to be listed on NASDAQ in the United States, you have to There are works that can be shown to the whole world, so I plan to make several big animation films, and I hope that while you are the general manager, you will supervise the production of these works."

"That's good to say!"

Regarding this item, Li Zhifan immediately nodded and agreed, "But I have to wait until the filming of my side is finished, or after they finish, I will review it."

"OK, that's what I mean!"

Fang Xiao said, "Of course, if you are too busy, you can just use a name. After all, you are a producer, and you know this business."

"Hmm!" Li Zhifan doesn't have any experience in making cartoons, but the film works are all in the same vein. Most of the time, the producer is actually just a decoration. The supervisor only needs to see the finished film at the end.

There was so much talk about work, and during the meal, Fang Xiao didn't say a word about work.

Even though Li Zhifan scratched his heart with all his claws, he still pretended to be calm.

After the meal, Li Zhifan sent Fang Xiao to the airport again. On the way back, he said to Liu Zexin, "Notify Zhao Yiduo that we will hold a video conference tomorrow morning!"

"Is it about mergers and acquisitions?" Liu Zexin asked.

"Hmm!" Li Zhifan nodded, "This...what do you think?"

Liu Zexin also heard Fang Xiao's words, so Li Zhifan naturally wanted to ask his opinion.

"Where do you look at it!"

Liu Zexin said, "Nowadays when making movies and television, you have to go outside to attract investment. The company's own investment alone is not enough, and it is easy to break the capital chain. But joining Dongfang is different. The most important thing they need is Money, investment, production, distribution, etc. in the future, we can handle everything in-house.”

"En!" Li Zhifan nodded and continued to listen.

"Then is the development after joining Dongfang. Once the group goes public, your value will increase by a hundred times. It is not impossible to be among the top [-] richest people in the country by then!"

"Hmm!" Li Zhifan smiled, "Money is not my lifelong pursuit, but Dongfang is a commercial group after all, even if it is split up to form a large entertainment group, it is still for capital. I am just worried that the works are not rigorous enough!"

"This is not something you think too much about!"

Liu Zexin said, "Why do you have to be so tiring? As long as the work you lead is successful, you are worthy of the audience, isn't it? Besides, Dongfang has acquired so many companies in the United States. For you, it will be easier for you to promote yourself in overseas markets. "

"Overseas markets are not what I'm considering at the moment, and I don't think Chinese people need to cater to overseas markets. As a Chinese star, we should let them cater to us in turn, which is the goal of lifelong struggle!"

"Yes, yes, this is your thinking, but capitalism is not the only thing in this world? Especially in Hollywood, it is controlled by big capital behind it. Without the help of big capital, no matter how excellent foreign works are, no matter how excellent artists are , can’t get in.”

Faced with Liu Zexin's words, Li Zhifan just received them from the bottom of his heart and thought about them later.

What he was considering right now was whether to agree to Fang Xiao's request.

The next day.

Li Zhifan immediately held a management meeting with Zhao Yiduo and others who were far away in the capital.

If the merger is approved by the management meeting, then Li Zhifan can bring this wish to the company's shareholders meeting and say that if the management disagrees, the merger is doomed.

"Mr. Li, let me first report on the company's recent situation..."

As soon as the meeting started, Zhao Yiduo took a report and prepared to chat.

But Li Zhifan waved his hand: "Let's put this aside for a while, and we'll talk at the end. Let me tell you something first. Yesterday I met Chairman Fang Xiaofang of the Dongfang Group. He wanted to buy our timeline, or merge our timeline into their Dongfang Group." Big Culture and Entertainment Group, I want to ask the opinions of all the managers who are working, everyone can talk freely!"

"what?"

"What? The Eastern Bloc?"

"Fang...Fang Xiao?"

"Is it an acquisition or a merger?"

"Both are fine, but shouldn't this be decided by the directors?"

"Mr. Li, this is too sudden. We have never thought about it, and we don't know how to say it."

Everyone spoke one after another.

But Li Zhifan asked the two most important professional managers of the company: "Mr. Yang, Mr. Chen, let's talk about it!"

"I think so..."

President Yang stroked his glasses, organized his language temporarily and said: "At present, our company is operating normally, with a complete capital chain and no shortage of money. It can even be said to be better than most of the current domestic entertainment companies."

"But at present, most of the company's profits come from you personally. Our income from other contracted artists is still very small, so this company is more like a large studio of your own! But if you join Dongfang , then whether it is an artist or other fields of the entertainment industry, it will be more than ten times larger than the current scale. My suggestion is that we join the company as a whole, and you hold shares in Dongfang Entertainment Group with the value of the company, and at the same time retain time. line this sub-brand, but all other artists are transferred to Dongfang Entertainment, and only your personal contract is retained."

"Yeah!" Li Zhifan nodded, "I've thought about this method too, but besides mergers and acquisitions or franchises, Mr. Fang also invited me to serve as the chairman of the board of directors of the newly established Dongfang Entertainment Group after the split. What do you think of this? ?”

"Of course I accepted it!"

Another Mr. Chen said, "Of course, I mean when it is confirmed that the company is merged into the Oriental Entertainment Group, because we will definitely be managed by the Eastern Entertainment Group at that time, and the company's management will definitely have new changes. , if you serve as the chairman of the board of directors, then our changes can be less twists and turns and avoid many unnecessary disputes."

"Ok!"

Li Zhifan still nodded, "I didn't expect this."

After all, after Timeline merged into Dawen Entertainment, the company will not be managed by Li Zhifan, the original shareholder, but the entire management of Dawen Entertainment. It can be said that the company will have no direct relationship with him in the future, because if Li Zhifan only serves as a shareholder , then according to Dongfang Group's long-standing AB share plan, shareholders only invest and have no management rights.

But if Li Zhifan is the chairman of the board, everything will be different. At least he can fully integrate into the group after timeline is merged into Dongfang Entertainment, instead of being dismantled to pieces.

(End of this chapter)