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Chapter 369 Are We Really a Big Company?

The celebration banquet invited the media, as well as employees from Qi Hao's various companies.

It's like a company annual meeting.

They even invited several singers to perform.

This isn't actually that high-profile; it's nowhere near as flashy as Aunt Hua's.

Aunt Hua not only has an annual meeting, but also Aunt Hua Night, Aunt Hua Team Building, Aunt Hua Fashion Celebration... She holds many events every year, especially after going public, which makes her seem even more financially powerful.

Qi Hao's side doesn't even hold the company's annual meeting, which should be held once a year.

Last year, because the boss couldn't spare the time, he simply packaged the event budget and gave it to the employees as their year-end bonus.

In fact, not all employees like the boss's arrangements.

Bosses think they are providing employee benefits and increasing employee cohesion, but in reality, it would be better to just pay the employees cash instead.

However, it's not good if there are no group activities at all.

Qi Hao's employees also need a sense of collective honor.

This year, our company has been incredibly successful, with Donghao Venture Capital, Xihao Animation Film Studio, Zhonghao Entertainment, and Feiyang Media all shining brightly.

Everyone wants to see just how big their boss's business empire really is.

Are we considered a big company?

There was no red carpet for the premiere of "Let the Bullets Fly," so naturally there was no celebration banquet either.

However, Qi Hao has appeared in so many movies this year, and all of them have achieved excellent results, involving too many people both in front of and behind the camera.

Especially "Lost in Thailand".

Qi Hao invited many of his rumored ex-girlfriends to make cameo appearances.

You've said all the nice things when you approached them, so you can't just stop contacting them for the celebration just because they had a small role.

Invitations must be sent out.

And as for those we've worked with before, like Wan Qian and Wang Qianyuan, whether they come or not is their business. You can't exclude them just because we didn't work together this year.

In addition, some people came to join in the fun on their own initiative.

They would send a message through their agent or agency to express their congratulations to Qi Hao on his film.

It would be excessive to refuse someone who has already taken the initiative.

Therefore, as the date of the celebration banquet drew closer, a massive number of invitations were sent out for this impromptu celebration.

Even people from the Zheng family came.

Back in the day, when Wang Jinghua was still around, Aunt Hua's star-studded lineup was actually many times stronger than it is now.

If a team-building activity is to be held, celebrities in the entertainment industry will definitely flock to it, and even artists with a little fame may not be eligible to participate.

Wang Jinghua's departure took most of the big names with her.

Later, Fan Xuexue, Zhou Xun, Huang Xiaoming, Wang Baoqiang... all of them left Aunt Hua.

Nowadays, Aunt Hua's celebrity gatherings seem rather "shabby".

In comparison, it's obvious which film company is the top player in the Chinese entertainment industry.

In Wang Chongjun's words, this year has been a very successful year for them in the film market, with one box office hit after another.

Unfortunately, Zhong Hao suddenly appeared.

Whether compared in terms of awards or box office performance, Hua Yi was utterly defeated by Zhong Hao.

Many times, you have to believe in the power of luck.

Jiang Wen, who had consistently caused production companies to lose money to the point of bankruptcy, had a film called "Let the Bullets Fly" invested in by Qi Hao, which unexpectedly became a box office hit.

Not only did Jiang Wen make money while standing up, but Zhong Hao also gained both fame and fortune.

"Let the Bullets Fly" wasn't even Zhonghao's highest-grossing film this year.

With a cost of 100 million and a box office of 600-700 million, the profit was only a little over 100 million. Qi Hao took 50%, but he didn't even get 100 million in his share.

His film "You Are the Apple of My Eye" grossed a billion dollars in Asia.

The Man from Asia grossed 1.2 billion.

The production costs of these two films were not too high, only in the tens of millions, but the profits were staggering.

Some industry insiders have commented that Zhonghao's performance in one year is equivalent to Huayi's performance in ten years.

I'm not kidding.

If Zhonghao plans to go public next year, it might immediately drive Huayi's stock price down by half again.

Qi Hao will naturally invite Aunt Hua to his victory celebration banquet.

Aunt Hua couldn't possibly not come.

The loser does not lose the formation.

We're all working for companies in the capital, and we're even in the same industry. Even if we're competitors, we should at least maintain a basic level of decorum.

The celebration banquet started promptly at 5 p.m.

Qi Hao arrived not too late, but not particularly early either.

He wasn't wearing a suit and bow tie, nor was he standing at the door with An Feng to greet all the guests.

Why suffer in this freezing weather?

Qi Hao is no longer in the startup phase; he has now achieved great success and naturally doesn't need to care too much about appearances.

Those who arrived first were all socializing.

Lei Jun was like a bright light bulb on the scene, making it hard for anyone not to notice this legendary figure.

Not long ago, his new company received funding from Donghao Venture Capital, reaching a Series A valuation of $2.5 million. Although it is unknown whether this is the highest valuation in Series A, it has certainly attracted the attention of the entire industry.

Originally, Qi Hao was having a victory celebration banquet, and it had nothing to do with him.

Unfortunately, he just loves to join in the fun. Once at the venue, he started spouting all sorts of nonsense, making everyone think he wanted to enter the entertainment industry.

"Old Lei, what's going on?"

Qi Hao was also somewhat surprised when he saw him.

Of course, he was still very polite to Lei Jun, after all, this big shot was now working for him.

"Just call me Boss Lei. I always feel tired of calling me Lao Lei. I'm here to see you. I'm planning to start an investment company. Would you be interested in taking a stake?"

Lei Jun actually preferred to join Donghao Venture Capital.

But after he studied it, he also realized that this idea was impractical.

If you lend a helping hand when someone is in need, that's like sending charcoal in snowy weather.

If you try to take advantage of someone else's success, that's called picking the peaches.

Donghao Venture Capital is incredibly successful right now. Qi Hao is a one-man army; he doesn't need anyone else to get involved.

Lei Jun also didn't know that he couldn't be accepted by Donghao Venture Capital.

Therefore, he took a different approach.

They planned to start a company and obtain some money and capital from Qi Hao.

Whether you're the one who's on top or the one who's on top.

The relationship that occurred was real.

"OK……"

Qi Hao didn't hesitate much and nodded when he heard what he said.

Most other venture capital firms are private equity firms.

We make money together, share the risks together, and entrust the management to professionals.

Qi Hao's venture capital firm, Donghao Venture Capital, is a personal investment company, but he has entrusted it to professionals for management.

This person is Brother Tongzi.

Brother Tongzi is my head housekeeper.

"So...you agreed?"

Lei Jun found it unbelievable. He had prepared a lot of explanations and even had his secretary bring documents.

As a result, Qi Hao didn't give him a chance to persuade him at all.

Before they even started talking, I was already convinced.

"Since I am optimistic about Xiaomi, I am also optimistic about Lei Jun's investment ability. So why should I hesitate? At most, I might deliberately make things difficult for Lei Jun and ask him to give up more of his profits. But investment is a long-term thing. I think if we want to cooperate for a long time, we must be honest with each other."

Qi Hao's words contained both truth and falsehood.

He obtained Xiaomi's business information from the system, covering Xiaomi, Lei Jun, the mobile phone industry, and so on.

Naturally, he knew that Lei Jun was very skilled in investment.

Due to incomplete information, we don't know which industries Lei Jun has invested in, but it's enough to know that he has expertise in these areas.

Unfortunately, Lei Jun was no longer someone to be trifled with.

Otherwise, we would have to invite him to take the helm of Donghao Venture Capital.

Now I can somewhat understand Huang Zhang of Meizu; he genuinely wanted Lei Jun to work for him.

Unfortunately, Lei Jun looked down on his business.

I talked to him for a while about how to make a phone, and then I turned around and started making phones myself.

"Boss Qi!"

Lei Jun was truly shocked this time.

Most importantly, based on his years of experience in the underworld, Qi Hao was very sincere and didn't seem to be faking it at all.

Looking at the hundreds of people present, they were all filled with admiration for Qi Hao.

Lei Jun was beginning to understand Qi Hao's charm.

Of course, he was too old to bow down and call his godfather "godfather".

However, there's absolutely no problem with being more sincere in our cooperation.

Qi Hao is the host today, and many people are looking for him. Lei Jun is very powerful in the internet industry, but he's not as good as him in the entertainment industry.

People on the internet may have money, but their actual influence is not that great.

A local official can easily manipulate things.

Some bigwigs in the entertainment industry are able to frequently meet ruthless people.

Upon seeing Han Sanping arrive, Lei Jun greeted him and then wandered around aimlessly out of boredom.

"Mr. Han!"

Qi Hao knew that Han Sanping would come.

Zhonghao Entertainment and China Film Group have a lot of collaborations. Now that Zhonghao is powerful, China Film Group will be more willing to make connections with them.

"You know a lot of people."

Watching Lei Jun's departing figure, Han Sanping remembered that he seemed to be the president of Kingsoft Software.

They are an incredibly powerful force in the internet industry.

Lei Jun thought Han Sanping was awesome, and Han Sanping thought Lei Jun was pretty amazing too.

After all, if he wanted to make money, he would have to live in constant fear.

They raised a round of financing and their valuation reached 2.5 million.

(End of this chapter)