Entertainment: I just want to be the boss behind the scenes

Chapter 390 Acquire Straw Bear?
"Are you worthy?"

As Meng Bai finished speaking, the room fell silent.

No one present expected that the seemingly gentle Meng Bai would curse so bluntly.

Seeing Wu Qilong's flushed face, Liu Xiaofeng laughed dryly and tried to smooth things over: "Don't be angry, Mr. Meng. Old Wu was just excited for a moment. We founded Straw Bear Entertainment and have a deep affection for it over the years. So, regarding the specific proportion of shares, we should each take a step back..."

"I said he didn't say anything about you, right?"

Meng Bai didn't give them any face at all. He leaned back and smiled contemptuously at the two of them: "No, you really think that Arc Light is short of 100 million or 200 million shares, right?"

"..."

Wu Qilong and Liu Xiaofeng were choked and speechless.

Indeed, for Arc Light Pictures, which is valued at tens of billions and has many collaborations, a small company with only a few billion is indeed not worth mentioning.

It wouldn't be a big deal at other times. No matter how awesome your arc is, I won't play with you. The domestic film and television market is so big that small companies have their own way of survival.

But now it’s different. Not only have they offended each other, but the key is that they now need each other’s help.

After a long silence, Liu Xiaofeng finally said in a deep voice: "Mr. Meng, what happened before was indeed our fault. We sincerely want to make amends to you by asking you to meet this time. But this condition is really too harsh. It is really difficult for us to do it. Do you think it can be changed?"

"Boss Liu, I hope you can understand one thing." Meng Bai said, "Now you are the ones who are asking me to give it to you, not me asking you for it. I don't care whether you want to give it to me or how much you want to give. As long as you are happy, that's fine."

He stood up and nodded to the two people with grim expressions: "Okay, we've talked too much nonsense tonight and I'm not in the mood to eat. Everyone, take your time to eat... Extra reminder, don't waste food."

After saying that, he pushed the door open and left the room, leaving the people in the room sitting opposite each other in silence.

When we walked out of the private club, the driver, Lao Qi, had already driven over. Hearing the sound of the door closing, he looked at Meng Bai in the rearview mirror and asked, "Mr. Meng, where are we going now?"

"Fuck... this is so awkward."

Meng Bai glanced at the time on his watch. It was a little after eight o'clock, and it seemed inappropriate to do anything.

"Have you got a meal yet?"

"not yet."

"Then let's find a place to eat first."

"I remember there's a good noodle shop nearby, but I don't know if it suits your taste."

"Well, I'm a grown man, so what do I have to worry about? Let's go to the place you're talking about." Meng Bai let out a sigh, "I really can't eat with people I don't like in the future. I have no appetite at all."

Lao Qi smiled but said nothing. After driving for a year, he was familiar with his young boss's personality. He could just listen to complaints like this and didn't need to agree with them.

Neon lights flicker in northern Beijing at night, and the bright lights flash past as the car drives by.

Meng Bai sat in the back seat, closing his eyes to rest while thinking about the situation of Straw Bear Entertainment.

He just said in a tough tone in the room that he wanted to take over all the shares, partly to vent his anger, and partly because it was a sudden idea.

To ensure the absolute control of Arclight Films, he has always refused to accept financing. The effect of this decision is obvious. Meng Bai has the final say in the entire Arclight Mountain. Even Liu Jun and his team can only make suggestions if they have any ideas.

As for external cooperation, it is either to set up an independent new company like Huace, or to make a reverse investment like Xiaotangren.

This model was fine during ArcLight's previous growth phase, but it seems a little unstable now.

After all, the so-called cooperation is essentially a kind of group. Only by tying everyone's interests together can it become solid. Therefore, for Arclight now, it is a bit inappropriate to still hold on to the previous development concept. Before this, Meng Bai had discussed with Liu Jun whether to set up a new company and accept normal capital cooperation. It just so happens that they can also take this opportunity to separate part of Arclight's increasingly complex business, which is a two-pronged approach.

This idea had already been planned, but when Liu Xiaofeng proposed to resell the shares of Straw Bear Entertainment, he suddenly thought of starting from scratch, so why not just acquire a company with a foundation.

If you think about it this way, Straw Bear Entertainment is really a good fit.

It has perfect production capabilities and distribution channels, and a good number of IP copyright reserves. The capital involved is relatively simple. One is that Alibaba is ready to withdraw, and the other is Qiyi TV, which Arclight itself has a close relationship with.

Moreover, they have already started to receive listing guidance and have some experience in IPO, which is the best fit for capital. If they can build on this, perhaps within two years, Arclight will have a listed company.

Of course, the most important point is that the other party now has something to ask of ArcLight. Compared with acquiring other companies, the cost performance is very high.

Therefore, considering the interests, he still hopes that the other party will eventually sell the shares to him.

But as he said before, if you want to sell, you have to sell all of them. This is not only for profit, but also for safety.

To put it bluntly, a large part of Arclight's recent momentum comes from official support. Including Wu Qilong and Liu Xiaofeng, what they fear most is not Meng Bai himself, but the current situation.

As Arclight's biggest support right now, Meng Bai couldn't possibly go against the authorities. If it was revealed at this time that he had secretly reached a cooperation with the "black industry", they would probably be the ones to be hit hard.

But if the other party's forces are driven out, there is no need to worry about this. After all, the iron fist targets people, not companies. Even if you know that he is taking advantage of the power of others, you will turn a blind eye to such a small matter.

So don't listen to what he said, "Letting Miss Liu come to talk may help." This is just a joke. Even if Boss Wu really sent his wife over despite the green hair, Meng Bai couldn't do anything.

It was as if he had never intended to do anything to Zhang Chunye from the very beginning.

It would be foolish to rush to step on the opponent's trick even though you know it's his. And if the opponent takes advantage of your trick and takes some photos or videos of him, you never know what will happen.

There are so many good girls around our President Meng, why does he have to look for excitement?

He opened his eyes and took a deep breath. Although he had some ideas about Straw Bear Entertainment, he would not rush into it. At worst, he could change his target or start from scratch, which would only be a little more troublesome.

Anyway, he is not the one who is anxious.
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The online debate over Straw Bear Entertainment and several celebrity shareholders is still going on. Netizens have begun to dig out the ratings of Liu Shishi, Zhao Liying and others' TV dramas in recent years, judging them one by one to see if there are any signs of fraud.

Anyway, everyone is bored after the National Day holiday, so it's a good time to find some fun.

But just as the Internet was in an uproar, an even more shocking announcement was released.

This number sounds really sensational.

Before this, everyone actually knew that the entertainment industry made money, but they still underestimated the speed at which they made money.

[Don’t talk about young people, look at the children nowadays. When we were young, our dreams were to become doctors, scientists, etc. Now if you ask them, they either want to be stars or internet celebrities. If they still think like this, who will build the country? ]

News about the entertainment industry and celebrities has always attracted much attention. Now that such a big melon has suddenly been exposed, it has naturally aroused the emotions of netizens even more.

Under the impact of huge public opinion, the first to be hit are the film and television companies whose main business is movies.

The day after the official announcement, the entire stock market's film and television sector was in the red. A number of film giants, including Tangde, Huayi, Bona, and Guangguang, all hit the daily limit.

In just one day, the total market value of the entire film and television industry evaporated by more than 10 billion yuan.

This is just the beginning. Immediately after the huge shock in the film and television sector, Star Cinema, which ranks fourth in the domestic film market, announced that its capital chain was broken and was looking for a takeover party. The leading cinema chains Wanda and Dadi also said that the number of cinemas is approaching saturation and they will limit the speed of expansion in the future.

Many netizens have called online for rectification of the chaos in the industry.

(End of this chapter)