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

Chapter 400 Identity exposed!

After eating, Yang Mi waited for the assistant to bring clothes, washed up, and then said goodbye and left.

It was not until she returned to the company that she realized that the heartless man who had taken out the bird had not even left her a mobile phone number. Fortunately, she had added WeChat before playing games last night, otherwise she would have felt like she was being taken advantage of.

Zeng Jia did ask Yang Mi about the financing situation. After learning that the other party had no such intention, he sighed for a long time, but had no choice but to accept it.

Of course, they have not forgotten what they should do.

Just when fans of Yang Mi and Li Qin were fighting online over the "role interception" incident, Jiaxing Media, as the "victim", suddenly issued an announcement to explain that they had not received any role invitations from the beginning, so there was no such thing as "being intercepted" or anything like that.

By the way, I would also like to apologize for the recent impact it has brought to Li Qin and Arc Light Films.

Immediately afterwards, the official Weibo account of Yang Mi’s personal studio and the crew of "Assassination of Novelist" reposted the announcement, advising fans to remain calm and not believe in rumors from marketing accounts without evidence.

This announcement is written very sincerely, and anyone can see that its subtext is to tell those fans who have been attacking everywhere recently——

The role originally belongs to someone else, and we can't afford to offend Arc Light. Just stop making trouble and cause less trouble for the company and the owner.

On the contrary, the other party involved in the incident, Li Qin and Arclight Film and Television, had a very cold attitude. They didn't say a word to the outside world from beginning to end, as if they didn't care about the matter at all.

Faced with Jiaxing Media’s “surrendering” announcement, Li Qin’s fans were naturally triumphant and overjoyed, but Yang Mi’s fans were struck by a bolt from the blue.

We are ready to fight to the death, why did Your Majesty surrender first?
Fans were already dissatisfied with Jiaxing, and this wave was like adding fuel to the fire, and their anger immediately erupted.

[Jiaxing Media, do you still have any heart? We have worked hard for the company, making money and helping people, and now we are being bullied, and you are the first to give in? ]

[I'm really impressed. Is there something wrong with Jiaxing? I've never heard of someone whose role was taken away apologizing to the other party who took it away.]

[Jiaxing will be destroyed if it does not do justice! Jiaxing will go bankrupt today! ]

[Uh, a new fan asks, is Arclight Pictures much more powerful than Jiaxing Media in the industry? So the company doesn't dare to mess with them. ]

[This... is definitely amazing, but it shouldn't be much more amazing. ]

[Arc Light’s drama production is indeed quite impressive, but I haven’t heard much about other aspects. Many people in the fan circle say that they are “an enhanced version of Noon Sunshine”. Maybe Jiaxing hopes to cooperate in the future, so they gave in. ]

【…】

Except for the big fans and station sisters who make a living from it, the core fans in the fan circle are generally young, mostly students in their teens and teens.

They are very familiar with controlling comments, brushing topics, and rushing to increase data. They are also familiar with major rankings and high-end endorsements, and are well aware of celebrity status, relationships in the circle, and gossip.

But when it comes to a deeper level, such as capital cooperation between film and television companies, representatives of various forces, etc., most people are not so concerned, and when they occasionally talk about it, they tend to just repeat what others say.

Anyway, the resources that the original owner can get are "top teams and conscience in the industry." Those that cannot be received are "third-tier small productions" and not worth filming.

Therefore, for ArcLight Pictures, they only know that it is a "film and television production company with many hits", but they have no idea what is hidden beneath the surface.

In fact, this is also because Meng Bai has always pursued a low-key operating strategy. After all, he does not need to engage in all kinds of marketing bragging in order to raise valuations in order to obtain financing. It is better to make money in a low-key manner.

However, this policy of making a fortune in silence could no longer be covered up after the previous "ratings fraud" incident. Now, no one in the entire film and television industry is unaware of Arclight Films and its inherent strength.

The only thing Meng Bai could be thankful for was that at least people outside the circle didn’t understand it yet.

However, he forgot one thing, that is, compared with previous years, the expansion speed of his business this year was unusually large. Under this situation, his plan to hide behind the scenes had already "collapsed".

Just when Yang Mi's fans were still discussing what position ArcLight Films held in the industry, a fresh piece of news shut everyone up.

At the end of November, Hurun and Forbes successively released the 2018 global wealth lists.

Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos continues to be the world's richest man, while in China, Tencent's Pony Ma defeated Alibaba's Ma with a $15 billion advantage to become the new richest man in China.

But the two people who attract the most attention are Huang Zheng, the boss of Pinduoduo, and Zhang Yiming, the head of ByteDance.

Both of them made the list for the first time, one with US$145 billion and the other with US$138 billion, surpassing a number of veteran tycoons such as SF Express's Wang Wei, Xiaomi's Lei Jun, and Baidu's Robin Li, and directly entering the top in the country.

However, for most netizens, although this matter has been discussed a lot, it is nothing surprising.

As early as when Pinduoduo went public, everyone had already determined that Huang Zheng would be ranked high. The only difference was the specific position.

The same goes for Zhang Yiming. Although ByteDance is not listed, its valuation has exceeded US$700 billion and it is known as "the world's first super unicorn company."

However, despite this, there is at least a traceable reason for their inclusion on the list, and everyone can accept it. What really shocked everyone was a name in the lower half.

[No. 1281 in the world (No. 162 in China), Meng Bai, $18 billion (RMB 125 billion), cultural and entertainment industry, 28 years old. ]

Like Huang Zheng and Zhang Yiming mentioned above, Meng Bai's name was also placed in a separate list of "first time on the list" and was seen by many people.

With assets of 1.8 billion US dollars, he would certainly be a top tycoon in real life, but on this list he can only be considered "ordinary".

What really catches people's attention is the name "Meng Bai" - because of various hot events in the entertainment industry in the past six months, many people have also remembered the mysterious boss behind Arc Light Films - the other is his age of "28 years old".

You know, Huang Zheng and Zhang Yiming are 39 and 36 respectively, which is incredible among a group of old men in their s and s. Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, this number has been reduced to the beginning of "".

[Fuck! Is this true? Is this Meng Bai the boss of Arclight Films? ]

[Of course it is. The industry type is also written as "culture and entertainment". There can't be another film and television industry with the same name. ]

[That's not right, how can his film and television company be so valuable? ]

[Looking at the notes on the list, his assets are mainly invested in Pinduoduo, followed by a company called "Apocalypse Entertainment", but Arclight seems not to be included in the statistics. ]

[Damn it, my mentality is blown! He is a 200-year-old industry leader, and I am also years old. Recently, I have been struggling whether to spend an extra yuan a month on rent to live closer to the company so that I can sleep more. ]

[Young people don’t need to worry about not having money. When you reach your forties like me, you will get used to it.]

[Should I say this, this guy must be the richest "post-90s"? 】

[That's not the case. He is the same age as Hugh Grosvenor, the seventh Duke of Westminster in the UK, with assets of 1150 billion; the Collison brothers who founded Stripe online payment in the United States, each with 1200 billion. There is also Evan Spiegel who founded Snapchat, and Ludwig Braun, the heir of B. Braun Medical. There are many young people. ]

[Indeed, I looked at the list and the youngest person is only 22 years old, with assets of 12 billion US dollars, but it is inherited. If we only count domestic people, then Meng Bai is indeed the youngest among the rich. ]

[Oh my God, there are so many rich people in the world, why can't there be one more like me! ]

【…】

According to the rules set by the Hurun and Forbes lists, only billionaires with assets of more than 10 billion US dollars will be on the list, which is approximately more than people in total.

In fact, to be honest, for the vast majority of netizens around the world who just want to have fun, this kind of "rich list" or something like that doesn't attract many people to pay attention to even the twentieth, let alone the 2,000th.

Therefore, in previous years, the most people would do was to see who the richest man was and have more topics to talk about during meals.

As the saying goes, no one cares about second place, unless you are Yuelun or K2.

But this year is different. Although Meng Bai is not the richest man, because his industry is the film and television industry that the public is very familiar with, and his age is particularly eye-catching, he has become an absolute favorite for a while.

On Weibo, the entry #孟白90后首富人# directly became the number one trending search, even more popular than the list itself.

The discussion about him has completely broken through the circle and become the latest hot topic. Various self-media marketing accounts have followed up and started to dig into his career development history and asset map.

Under such circumstances, the various identities that Meng Bai had concealed for so long could no longer be hidden, and were exposed one by one by netizens.

The founder of Arclight Films, a giant in the film and television industry; a partner of Tencent, Huace, Guangxian, Ruyi and other capitals; a major shareholder of the first-tier brokerage company Taiyang Chuanhe; an angel round investor of Pinduoduo; a representative of the top film and television industry alliance; and a talented creator of more than a dozen hit dramas and popular movies...

Before this, many people doubted whether he was really worth that much. But when he listed his businesses one by one, they found that the list even underestimated him.

At the very least, Meng Bai’s most core Arclight Film and Television was definitely not counted.

However, this also solved the doubts of many people, that is, why the majority of Meng Bai's assets are in Pinduoduo's shares, but the industry type is arranged in the "culture and entertainment" industry.

For those in the film and television industry, everyone has finally understood where the huge funds behind ArcLight Films' continuous expansion this year come from.

I used to think they had capital, but now I realize that they are the capital.

By the way, Meng Bai's status as a "big boss in the circle" has also been completely confirmed. A net worth of 125 billion may be considered average in other circles, but in the film and television industry, it is definitely the "top 1".

If you don’t believe it, just look at the list. Besides Meng Bai, the only other film and television industry practitioner on the list is Wang Changtian from Light Media, but his net worth is only 98 billion.

It is no exaggeration to say that Meng Bai's assets alone are even equal to an entire film and television company. For example, Huace Film and Television, which has cooperated with Arc Light for a long time, has a total market value of only 105 billion after experiencing the film and television winter.

All I can say is that the film and television industry is too small, and any random internet capital that comes in will be a dimensionality reduction attack.

(End of this chapter)