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

Chapter 81 Partnership
"How was the audition?"

"Fortunately, I feel the role is quite suitable for me, but the result still depends on the producers' intentions."

"What kind of play is this? Which company?"

"It's a suspense fantasy drama set in the Republic of China, called Wu Xin: The Monster Killer. It's also a web drama, produced by Tangren Films."

"The Tang man from the Fairy Sword?"

"Ah."

"Ha! I said that online dramas will definitely be the future development direction. Look, a traditional film and television company has gone bankrupt."

"..."

Seeing the two men sitting opposite chatting animatedly, Li Qin couldn't help but roll her eyes in her heart.

I originally thought that there was an extra person, Zhang Ruoyun, between me and Meng Bai, but I didn't expect that I was actually the extra one.

I even put on some makeup when I was on the set just now, but it was all in vain.

Li Qin silently made a note of each of the two men in her little notebook. Fortunately, Meng Bai still remembered whose territory they were in. After chatting with Zhang Ruoyun for a few words, he gradually turned the topic to business.

"Lao Zhang, if the drama you auditioned for is selected, when will it start filming?" Meng Bai asked.

Zhang Ruoyun thought for a moment and said, "I asked the director who auditioned for the role, and he said that because it is an adaptation of a series of novels, the script has not yet been finalized, so the earliest it can start filming is by the end of the year."

There is still half a year left until the end of the year, which is enough time to shoot another drama.

"Where's Teacher Li?" Meng Bai asked, "When will you be able to make time for it?"

Li Qin thought for a moment and said, "I have a drama that I filmed last year that will be aired next month. There will be some promotional activities during the broadcast period. I think I will be able to spare some time by the end of July."

Meng Bai nodded: "That's about right. I asked Brother Yi a few days ago, and he just finished filming a movie and is going to take a break. In this case, we will tentatively start filming Soul Ferry 2 in August. Is that okay with you guys?"

Li Qin and Zhang Ruoyun naturally had no objections. After all, this was something they had talked about a long time ago, and they had also set aside time for it.

The filming of "Pendulum 2" has been temporarily confirmed, and Meng Bai talked about the second thing he came here for today, which is about the financing and investment of Leshi Pictures.

He briefly introduced the general situation to the two of them, and finally said: "In short, I have a total investment quota of 10 million, and now there is a vacancy of 1.5 million. Do you want to see if you are interested in joining us?"

Ever since Qin Lan and Meng Bai talked about the financing of Leshi Pictures, he has been thinking about this matter for some time.

At the beginning, he was thinking of raising 200 million yuan through asset mortgage and other means, and investing together with Qin Lan.

But he immediately thought that he was now a partner of Leshi.com, and he had some influence. In that case, why didn't he just go to Leshi to discuss the financing and open a separate one himself? Why did he have to get together with others?

Meng Bai did it as soon as he thought of it. He found Liu Jun directly and expressed his interest in the B round of financing of Leshi Pictures and wanted to see if he could also participate.

The result was unexpected. The next day, Liu Jun told him that he could form his own group and gave him an investment quota of 1000 million yuan, and he could purchase it at a discount.

This surprise was a bit too big.

After some inquiries, I learned that this matter was specially approved by Boss Jia. The main purpose was to further strengthen the relationship with Meng Bai. After all, Arclight Films is now an important content partner of Leshi.com.

In fact, Meng Bai was not the one who got the best treatment. Several other important content partners of Leshi.com also received large-scale "deals" from Leshi. Zhang Guoshi, who was already a natural person shareholder, directly issued 1200 million shares in this round of financing; Gao Dajin, who has a good relationship with Boss Jia, also received 500 million shares in the name of the company; and Guo Xiaosi, who cooperated with Leshi Pictures on several "Tiny Times" films, won 500 million shares at a preferential price of "one yuan per share".

In comparison, Meng Bai's "privilege" seems insignificant.

But it makes sense when you think about it, after all, his Arclight Films is still just a "small role". Those people are better than him in terms of status and contribution, so it is reasonable for them to have better "treatment".

What he is more concerned about now is that he really has no reason not to vote.

He calculated that according to the "discount" offered by Leshi.com, he could buy 800 million shares for about 1000 million.

In other words, even if he invested the money and sold it immediately afterwards, he could still earn more than 20% profit.

Of course, this is just an analogy. This kind of share transfer in the primary market is very troublesome and cannot be traded freely like in the secondary market. But even so, it is enough to show the sincerity of Boss Jia.

It has to be said that Leshi.com attaches great importance to content. After all, "celebrity shareholders" are just for appearances, and the content producers behind the scenes are the real "inside", and they must be firmly grasped.

Since he had the qualification to enter, Meng Bai would not waste it. He could not afford the investment of 1000 million, no, 800 million by himself, so he called everyone to join him.

The first person he contacted was Qin Lan. As the saying goes, one does a good deed in return. Without the news about his sister, he might have missed this opportunity.

Qin Lan was stunned for three seconds at Meng Bai's invitation. She originally wanted to take this "little brother" with her, but she didn't expect that in the end she would be led away by him.

But she didn't refuse. She had to invest anyway, so it didn't matter where she invested. Besides, she could earn more here. So she took out the 300 million yuan that she had originally planned to invest with several other "star shareholders" and invested it in an asset management company called "Qiming Venture Partners" registered by Meng Baixin.

Afterwards, Meng Bai contacted Wubai again and asked if he was interested.

This was an olive branch, after all, he had always intended to recruit Wu Bai. Wu Bai obviously understood what he meant, and after thinking it over for a few days, he decided to accept Meng Bai's kindness and invested 150 million.

Qin Lan's 300 million, 150 million, plus his own 200 million, that's 650 million, leaving 150 million for investment.

Meng Bai thought about the people he knew and had a good relationship with, and it seemed that only Zhang Ruoyun and Li Qin had spare money to invest. Coincidentally, both of them were in Shanghai, so he asked them to come out and ask them if they were interested.

After listening to Meng Bai's introduction, Li Qin and Zhang Ruoyun fell into deep thought. This was not an ordinary venture capital, but a project that was sure to make money. Although Meng Bai did not say it, both of them knew in their hearts that agreeing to this was not just a simple investment of money, but also a heavy debt of gratitude.

"I can." Li Qin didn't hesitate and was the first to speak: "I can give one million."

The relationship between her and Meng Bai was already a mess, so she wasn't afraid of it getting worse.

Zhang Ruoyun, who was standing by, smiled bitterly and said, "Why don't you add another two hundred thousand so that I can afford it."

He used to film with his father, playing many roles but not much pay. Now he is working on his own and earning more, but after all, he is not famous and has not been working for a long time, so he really doesn't have much savings.

"Sure, adding another 200,000 is no problem." Li Qin said without blinking, "It's okay. If you have financial difficulties, I can take the entire 1.5 million."

She still hasn't touched the 2 million yuan share of Soul Ferry. Adding the salary she earned from filming this year, she is now a standard "little rich woman".

"No, three hundred thousand is good enough." Zhang Ruoyun hurriedly stopped the "extravagant" Li Qin, and then looked at Meng Bai seriously and said, "Teacher Meng, I won't say more, just replace the wine with tea, I'll remember it."

"Okay, okay, let's all make money." Meng Bai said with a smile.

That's good. Now the eight million is finally gathered. I just don't know how much benefit this money can bring if Leshi Films can really be merged and reorganized.

(End of this chapter)