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

Chapter 538 Acquisition of Wanda Cinema Line?

After a night of good luck, Meng Bai felt refreshed when he woke up the next morning.

As for Bai Lu and Yang Chaoyue, the two girls woke up almost at the same time. The first person they saw after opening their eyes was each other. Then they couldn't help but recall the terrible scene of last night.

The two girls were embarrassed and angry. They didn't say a word to each other and ran back to their rooms holding their clothes.

Both of them were a little angry with Meng Bai. Although they had guessed this in their minds when they saw each other yesterday, and knew that the boss must be planning this, they didn't expect that he would give it to them for free on the first day.

The only thing that can comfort or "deceive" myself is that I was drunk last night and had no ability to resist, so the boss succeeded. Otherwise, I would definitely not be like this.

For the entire day, Bai Lu and Yang Chaoyue hid in their own rooms and did not come out, trying to express their attitudes in this way.

Meng Bai didn't provoke the two of them. It was understandable. After all, she still had some self-esteem as a little girl. Being suddenly put together with another woman would always make her feel emotional.

However, as night fell again, he was not going to let the two girls "hide" any longer. They had already started yesterday, so there was no need to resort to any further tricks today.

After weighing the pros and cons in his mind, he went to Bai Lu first. Although this girl was a few years older than Yang Chaoyue, she was actually easier to deceive and soon became obedient under his sweet talk.

Then, Meng Bai picked up the girl while she was distracted at the climax, and then walked into the next room.

In the last second, Yang Chaoyue was pouting because of the voice from the other side, but in the next second she found her door was opened, and then a "huge" figure walked in.

She took another closer look and realized that the woman opposite was hanging on her boss like a koala.

Before she could react to the scene, Meng Bai had already walked in front of her, held her little head and fixed her in place.

Yang Chaoyue tried to struggle to get up, but she was no match for Meng Bai in strength. Then, she was half-pushed and half-pushed, and was placed together with Bai Lu for the second time.

As the saying goes, once the door to compromise is opened, it is difficult to close it again. In the next few days, the two girls gradually got used to this absurd situation. After a few symbolic resistances each time, they simply started a "three-person fight against the landlord".

Of course, they also made excuses for themselves in their hearts, thinking that they were only like that during the few days they were in the villa.

As the saying goes, when you enter the garden, you don't miss the people outside the garden, and when you leave the garden, you don't miss the things inside the garden. After leaving after a few days, everything returned to normal.

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The district health director said that they had to wait for five or six days, but in fact Meng Bai and his companions stayed in the villa for ten days before they were confirmed to leave.

After he returned to northern Beijing, he stayed at home for another two days and was finally free only after confirming that he was not infected with the influenza virus.

Compared to Shanghai, where the entire city has fallen silent, the situation in other places is relatively stable. It is not as tense as it was at the beginning two years ago.

After being away for half a month, everything in the company was back to normal. After all, the film and television company itself did not have too much work that had to be handled offline. In addition to the filming of the crew, even the post-production could be done at home.

ArcLight mainly focuses on asset-light projects such as investment and production. Although influenza has recurred in the past two years, the overall impact has not been significant.

In contrast, the entertainment industry that suffered the most was the film industry, especially cinemas and theater chains. Not only did they close every other day, but even if there was no risk, only half of the staff could be employed at most.

In addition, there are few projects that have been launched in the past two years, and there are only a few blockbuster films that have appeal. Except for a few holiday seasons throughout the year, the rest of the time is almost in the red.

It’s not that the industry has not thought of a solution. After all, it’s an online industry, and if one prospers, all prosper, and if one suffers, all suffer. If the theater chain and theaters fail, the upstream producers and distributors will also be doomed. Therefore, since the beginning of last year, major film companies have opened up their own project libraries, taking out previous years’ annual champion films such as "Wolf Warrior 2", "Operation Red Sea", "The Wandering Earth", "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World", etc., and providing them to theaters for free, and they will keep all the profits.

Regardless of the effect, the entire industry has finally overcome the difficulties together.

But even so, some people still couldn't hold on.

"Mr. Meng, Wanda is interested in selling its shares in Wanda Films recently. Do you think we should consider taking over?"

Meng Bai received a call from Chen Zhixi, asking for his opinion.

Since Wanda's decline, it has been on the road of "selling assets" without looking back. It has sold off cultural tourism projects, real estate projects, and entertainment projects one after another, and then used the money from the sales to pay off debts.

However, it must be said that thanks to Boss Wang's strong family background, he still has a lot of high-quality assets to support him after so many years of selling, so he did not follow the path of Evergrande.

The same is true now. After almost all the assets that should be sold have been sold, Wanda has finally set its sights on its own film business.

In fact, Wanda had already sold off AMC Cinemas last year, completely abandoning the overseas film market. Now it is continuing to sell off domestic cinemas, which is also a strategic unification.

Wanda Cinemas is the bridge that connects Wanda Group to the entertainment industry. Its core value lies in the Wanda Cinema line that is spread across major commercial complexes across the country.

For Arclight, whether or not there is a cinema chain does not really matter. But for Ruyi, a system that mainly produces movies, once it is able to control the cinema chain, the benefits it will bring are hard to say, but the influence and company value will increase exponentially.

It is precisely for this reason that Ruyi has a strong desire to take over Wanda Films.

However, every advantage has its disadvantages. Acquiring a large cinema chain can certainly allow a company's strength to grow rapidly, but the financial pressure that comes with it is also enormous.

Especially now that we are facing the recurrence of influenza, no one knows how the trend will develop next.

The stability of the past year made everyone feel that the situation was slowly improving. But this year, the second wave of virus mutations at the beginning of the year has thrown the situation into chaos again.

Many people are wondering, since there is a second mutation, will there be a third, fourth, etc.?

"We can contact Wanda first, and then wait and see which direction the flu situation will change." Meng Bai said: "Anyway, Wanda wants to sell the cinema chain, the main reason is to repay debts. Even if the situation improves later, the price will not fluctuate too much."

Upon hearing this, Chen Zhixi understood what Meng Bai meant. He was more inclined to play it safe.

But it does make sense. The flu is raging right now, and there is a lot of confusion and mixed information on the market. It is really hard to tell the truth from the false in a short period of time, so it is better to wait and see.

Anyway, there are only a few companies that have the ability and interest to take over Wanda, and there is not much competitiveness, so there is no need to act so hastily.

After chatting in detail for a while, the two of them roughly agreed on the idea.

After hanging up the phone, Meng Bai couldn't help but ponder. Ruyi is now considered a top-tier company in the domestic film industry, with production investment and a production team. If it can acquire a theater chain, its status will undoubtedly be taken to a higher level.

By then, he will have his own people in every circle, with Arc Light in one hand and Confucianism in the other. Everyone who meets him will call him "the big boss behind the scenes"!

(End of this chapter)