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

Chapter 76 Investment Opportunities
"what!"

With a low moan like crying, Qin Lan fell heavily on the bed.

Meng Bai leaned over and reached out to push aside the strands of sweat-soaked hair on her forehead. The woman said weakly, "No, let me rest for a while..."

"Sister, your fighting ability is not good enough." Meng Bai smiled evilly, but was considerate enough not to continue. Instead, he lay aside and hugged the woman who was "begging for mercy."

While subconsciously stroking the smooth and delicate surface, Meng Bai looked around the room - he was now at Qin Lan Jingbei's home.

"This house isn't that big." Meng Bai said, "I thought you were living in a 300-square-meter apartment with a swimming pool on the rooftop where you can go up and bask in the sun."

"I'm sorry to disappoint you. I don't have that much money to buy a large flat or a swimming pool." Qin Lan half closed her eyes and said lazily, "At a time like this, shouldn't you take the initiative to step forward and say, 'I'll give you one' or something like that?"

"Sorry, I usually just say 'Sister, hug me, I'm hungry'."

"Haha, sister only likes the little wolfdogs who are self-reliant, not the little milk dogs who say 'repetitive words'. Which one are you?"

"Usually, I still prefer to be a human being."

Meng Bai stayed in Beijing for a few more days to arrange the "novel publishing". When Qin Lan learned that he was back, he immediately gave him the address and asked him to come over and continue the game.

Obviously, Meng Bai's preparations during this period were effective, and he successfully turned the last situation of "equally matched" into "unstoppable".

Although Qin Lan was too tired to move, she was in good spirits. Half lying in Meng Bai's arms, she squinted her eyes and talked to him about her "guest role".

"...I feel like 'Sun Mei' is actually a very tragic character. Her inner desires were suppressed by worldly concepts. She finally couldn't help but express them once, but it ended up being the cause of her tragic ending." Qin Lan touched Meng Bai: "But I always feel that the transformation of this character is a little incomplete. It seems that she went from being a bystander to an accomplice without much description."

Meng Bai said: "Yes, this character is a bit of a tool in the plot. But there is no way, the film and television adaptation needs to focus on the protagonist, and there is not enough space to show the mental journey of such a supporting role. But if you are interested, you can wait until it is broadcast. I may adapt the script into a novel of the same name. The text can express richer information, and perhaps I can use more words to describe this character."

"A novel with the same name?" Qin Lan said with a smile, "Other people usually adapt texts into TV dramas, but there are people who do the reverse adaptation like you."

"It doesn't matter how you change it. The reason I've been in Beijing North recently is to cooperate with Leshi.com on similar things." Meng Bai said: "By the way, speaking of Leshi.com, I don't think I've seen your best friend, the boss lady, much recently?"

Qin Lan opened one eye and glanced at Meng Bai: "Why, are you so concerned about my best friend now?"

"Snapped!"

Meng Bai was silent for a second, and then he couldn't help but slap her butt, making a crisp sound.

"Sister, my name is not Cao Bai, and I don't have such a perverted hobby."

"Haha, that's hard to say. I can't tell you...ah, I was wrong, I was wrong, I'm sorry, I really can't do it now." Qin Lan's face was flushed and her hair was disheveled. She kept begging Meng Bai for mercy and finally escaped the disaster.

Qin Lan moved a few steps away and explained, "Weiwei found out she was pregnant a few months ago, and it's been almost half a year now, so from now on until the birth, she will focus on taking care of the baby and will probably seldom go to the company."

"I see. That's no wonder."

He said that he had not seen Gan Wei when he went to Leshi.com several times in the past few months, but since he was mainly working with Liu Jun now, it didn't have much impact.

"By the way, speaking of Weiwei, I need your advice on something."

Qin Lan rested for a long time, regained some strength, sat up and looked at Meng Bai and said, "Weiwei mentioned to me some time ago that Leshi.com might have plans to reorganize and merge with Leshi Pictures. LeTV Pictures is preparing to issue additional 'B round' financing in the second half of the year, and wants to invite a group of 'celebrity shareholders' to join. Do you think this is reliable?"

Leshi Films was established in 2011. Boss Jia has always wanted it to be listed on the stock market like Leshi.com. Unfortunately, due to profit margin and other reasons, it has not been successful.

If the company cannot be listed, shareholders and investors will not get high returns, which may undermine people's confidence in Leshi. This is a bad signal for Boss Jiao, whose main business is to gather people's hearts.

Fortunately, Leshi Pictures itself is a "high-quality asset". Since it cannot be listed separately, it is better to merge it into Leshi.com. Taking advantage of the bull market that started in early 2014, the parent company's stock price and valuation rose.

The benefits of this major merger and reorganization are closely related to the value of the merged companies. Therefore, Leshi.com plans to give Leshi Pictures another round of financing before announcing the merger to increase its valuation.

For unlisted companies, corporate valuation is a very abstract thing. Assets, industry, potential, goodwill, popularity, etc. may all become factors that affect market valuation.

Compared with real money investment, popularity and goodwill are much easier to come by. Especially as a film and television company, Leshi Films has a unique advantage, which is that it can introduce "celebrity shareholders" to increase the popularity of the company.

In fact, long before this, Leshi Pictures already had a number of "celebrity shareholders". Zhang Guoshi, Guo Xiaosi and Huang Xiaozhu were all natural person shareholders of Leshi Pictures, and each of them basically held 18 million shares.

For this new round of financing, Leshi Pictures plans to expand the list of "celebrity shareholders" and invites many celebrities who have cooperated with Leshi.com or have personal relationships with it to join.

As Gan Wei's good friend and a popular star, Qin Lan naturally received an invitation as well.

After listening to the introduction from her good sister and consulting with others, Qin Lan was actually somewhat tempted by this rare opportunity to "get on board" - after all, Leshi.com is now developing at a rapid pace and is at its peak, and she has inside information, so it seems to be a business that is sure to make money.

However, she had never done this kind of capital operation before, and she was always a little worried about gains and losses. It happened that Meng Bai mentioned the cooperation with Leshi.com today, so she told him about it. First, she wanted to ask his opinion and strengthen her confidence; second, she wanted to give this "stinky little brother" a chance to guide him.

　Dear friends, it is expected to be on the shelves this Friday, and I hope you will support it!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)