This director lacks vision.

Chapter 264 If you have money, you should spend it.

Zhang Yiming's previous job was at 9Fang.com.

9Fang.com is a project invested in by Wang Qiong.

Therefore, when starting his business again, Zhang Yiming chose to cooperate with Wang Qiong.

But he also wanted Jiang Yifeng's investment.

After all, the product Zhang Yiming wants to create this time is "Toutiao," which belongs to the news and information category.

If we can secure investment from Jiang Yifeng, we will receive significant assistance in terms of resources and distribution channels.

A GIF creator on Kuaishou, with the support of Jiang Yifeng's connections, has amassed millions of registered users in less than a year, developing very rapidly and becoming the absolute leader in the GIF market, launching many wildly popular emoji packs.

Many of these emojis belong to celebrities, such as Tian Qianwei's mischievous smile, Wang Sicong's transvestite emoji, etc., which in turn help Fengxing Media's celebrities gain popularity.

Some people who don't follow the entertainment industry have also gained an impression of celebrities because of these memes.

This is the effect of subtle influence.

After exchanging a few polite words, Zhang Yiming took out a business plan, handed it to Jiang Yifeng, and said, "I was very well prepared before starting this business."

After carefully reviewing my previous work experience, I realized that what I had been doing all these years was actually the same thing—information collection and distribution.

Therefore, my main focus for the new company and new product positioning is still information gathering and distribution.

Toutiao uses personalized recommendation engine technology to recommend suitable information and distribute content that users are interested in based on multiple dimensions such as each user's reading habits, interests, and geographical location, thereby improving user retention and stickiness.

Zhang Yiming has started his own business many times, and he even worked with Wang Xing and others on Fanfou.com. His thinking is very clear.

His viewpoint isn't exactly novel, after all, personalized recommendations have been around in the e-commerce industry for a long time.

There are very few companies in the market that intend to focus on this area.

Jiang Yifeng talked with him for an afternoon and finally invested 100 million yuan, obtaining a 20% investment share.

This share is already the limit that Zhang Yiming can accept, and Wang Qiong only has 8%.

After all, Zhang Yiming is different from Chen Yixiao. He has a very good resume and his entrepreneurial ventures have no shortage of investment.

Startups are reluctant to give up too much investment. If it weren't for Jiang Yifeng's channels and connections being so attractive and helpful to the company, Zhang Yiming wouldn't have been willing to give up so many shares.

After Zhang Yiming and Wang Qiong left, Liu Yifei went into Jiang Yifeng's office.

She was dressed in a black business suit today, with a white shirt that made her look smart and stylish, and a pencil skirt that accentuated her waist-to-hip ratio, adding a touch of allure.

Seeing Jiang Yifeng scrutinizing her, Liu Yifei twirled around and asked smugly, "How is it? Does it look good? My secretary outfit is just as good as Zhang Tianai's and Dilraba's, isn't it!"

Among Jiang Yifeng's harem, Zhang Tianai and Dilraba are the most enthusiastic about being his secretaries.

Zhang Tianai is a boss-obsessed person. She loves watching Jiang Yifeng handle work while she assists him from the sidelines.

Dilraba is a staunch guardian of order and also enjoys being a secretary.

The other women were just dabbling.

Take Liu Yifei for example.

"Your outfit is indeed beautiful, but the dinner party tonight is more casual, and yours is too business-like."

After drinking the beauty potion, Liu Yifei is now an enhanced version of a celestial being, with a cool and aloof demeanor mixed with a touch of soft cuteness. Her figure is also curvaceous, and coupled with her peculiar fetish, Jiang Yifeng is absolutely smitten with her.

Hearing this, Liu Yifei remained completely calm.

She slowly removed the protective covering from under her bodycon skirt and used it as a hair tie to tie her hair up.

Then he sat on Jiang Yifeng's lap.

Jiang Yifeng saluted with a serious expression to show respect, then asked, "Where did you learn that move?"

"Do you like it? I learned it from watching movies recently." Liu Yifei hugged Jiang Yifeng and said, "We're definitely going to drink tonight. Everyone says eating some food before drinking can protect your stomach~"

Jiang Yifeng held Tianxian's hands still and said with a smile, "Whether you can get food or not depends on your skills."

This small obstacle is no problem for Liu Yifei.

Her expression was focused and serious, her rosy cheeks were plump, and her phoenix eyes were watery. She would look at Jiang Yifeng from time to time, her eyes full of affection.

After changing her clothes, Liu Yifei got into the car with Jiang Yifeng.

She said, "I heard the company is planning to acquire Shanda Literature? Wouldn't that mean they could get the copyright to 'Zhu Xian'?"

In the online poll for the actress who plays Lu Xueqi, I ranked number one!

Jiang Yifeng patted Liu Yifei's round head and said with a smile, "The acquisition of Shanda Literature is still under negotiation, and the outcome is hard to say."

Even if the acquisition is successful, it will have nothing to do with Jade Dynasty.

The copyright for the TV series "Zhu Xian" has also been licensed to H&R Century Pictures, and it won't expire until 2017.

"You want Lu Xueqi? That's a bit difficult."

After Fengxing Media went public and raised 75 billion yuan, it naturally went all out to make acquisitions; money is money, so it should be spent.

Last year, Fengxing Media tried to buy "U17" but failed. This time, they directly offered Shanda a price to acquire Shanda Literature as well.

However, Chen Tianqiao's asking price of 8 million US dollars is clearly too high, and the price is still under negotiation.

The team led by Wu Wenhui at Qidian hoped to be acquired by Fengxing Media.

Because Chen Tianqiao appointed Hou Xiaoqiang as the CEO of Shanda Literature, things became very tense between him and the Qidian team.

The news of Fengxing Media's acquisition of Shanda Literature was deliberately leaked by Wu Wenhui's team to create momentum for Fengxing Media and facilitate the acquisition.

After all, making big money from online literature still depends on copyright.

The Qidian team believes that if the company is acquired by Fengxing Media, adapting the copyright into film and television will be much simpler, the influence of the IP will expand, and the future will be bright.

Jiang Yifeng thought so too.

His goal is to spend six to seven hundred million US dollars to acquire Shanda Literature and reserve some IPs and copyrights.

This is the benefit of going public; with funds, you can expand rapidly.

Liu Yifei doesn't understand online literature and doesn't know the details of "Zhu Xian".

She didn't particularly want to play Lu Xueqi, but she felt that "Zhu Xian" was very popular. If Fengxing Media were to start a project on "Zhu Xian", it would most likely be directed by Jiang Yifeng.

To put it bluntly, she still wants to act in director Jiang Yifeng's dramas.

Upon hearing Jiang Yifeng's words, Liu Yifei said, "In that case, I'll rest for a while longer."

Jiang Yifeng smiled and asked, "Do you still need to rest? You've been resting for more than half a year."

Liu Yifei retorted confidently, "Isn't that what you said? One 'Hunting' is enough to feed me for ten years, and I also won the Best Actress award at the Tokyo International Television Festival."

I'm not in a rush to film a new drama right now; it's better to take some time to reflect. If the new drama flops, it will damage my reputation and popularity.

Jiang Yifeng said, "It's up to you to choose. This year, the company has already approved 12 film and television projects."

If you want to play a certain role, you can negotiate it yourself.

But to be honest, you've been a bit too lazy lately.

Look at Xiaotian and Xiaosong, they train very hard, and now their martial arts moves are very beautiful.

If you have time, you should go to the venue and practice.

In terms of film, the martial arts drama route suits you best; television dramas are your comfort zone, so I won't comment on that.

After its listing, Fengxing Media had ample funds and was very active in film and television investment.

In 2012, in addition to the four films and television dramas that Jiang Yifeng filmed himself, Da Peng was also going to direct his first feature film.

He borrowed the title from Jiang Yifeng's previous film, "The King of Bathhouses," and planned to make a comedy film set in a bathhouse, called "The King of Bathhouses: Northeast Past."

Encouraged by Jiang Yifeng, Guo Fan began directing solo, serving as the director of Pacific Rim Season 3.

Tian Yusheng is preparing to film "Ex-Files," and Chen Sicheng is going to film a movie version of "The Love Story of Yanjing."

After filming the new Legend of Wu Zetian, Yin Tao's new drama is also set in the Tang Dynasty, called The Glory of Tang Dynasty.

Wu Jing's training is almost over, and the first installment of Wolf Warrior is about to begin.

After filming a web movie, Yi Xiaoxing felt that his skills were insufficient, so he plans to film "Unexpectedly" in the new year.

Li Hongchou, on the other hand, is immersed in Mao Pian and plans to film a third season.

These are only the projects that have been approved so far.

With so many film and television projects, the company's artists will never lack roles.

Hearing Jiang Yifeng's criticism, Liu Yifei pouted and said, "Haven't I been working hard? I've been studying a lot of technology lately, don't you like it?"

Am I focusing my efforts in the wrong direction?

Jiang Yifeng: "..."

After filming the hunting scene, Liu Yifei resolved her inner conflict, took beauty supplements, and her cervical spondylosis disappeared, leading to a better and better mindset.

They're getting more and more mischievous.

Seeing Jiang Yifeng's helpless look, Liu Yifei laughed and said, "Anyway, I think the same as Sister Yuanyuan. We need to eat more food. Filming doesn't matter. We'll focus on high-quality projects from now on."

The side effect of Jiang Yifeng using the beauty serum was that he turned into Tang Sanzang (the monk in Journey to the West).

He's gotten used to this situation.

The car arrived at the Wanda Hotel, where Jiang Yifeng had booked the largest private room.

He arrived a little late because of his second battle with Liu Yifei.

When he led Liu Yifei into the private room, the Happy Twist team had already arrived.

Upon seeing Jiang Yifeng, Zhang Chen was the first to greet him. To his left was Ma Li, and to his right was another founder, Yu Kai.

The group of people behind him were also familiar faces to Jiang Yifeng.

Shen Teng, Allen, Wang Ning, Chang Yuan, Wei Xiang, Huang Cailun...

Happy Twist is not making much money yet, and Tian Youliang, one of the founders, quit after two years.

However, the team is about to have a turning point. Yan Fei's skit "Today's Happiness" has been selected by the Spring Festival Gala production team and will be featured on this year's Spring Festival Gala.

This was also the first time Shen Teng's "Hao Jian" appeared on the Spring Festival Gala.

"President Jiang, let me introduce you. This is Wang Ning, a key member of our team, and this is..."

Fengxing Media, with its deep pockets, directly invested 2 million yuan to acquire 67% of Happy Twist's shares, becoming the actual controller of Happy Twist.

This acquisition came at a significant premium.

Because Happy Twist's revenue in 2011 was only 1000 million yuan, its valuation wasn't that high.

But Jiang Yifeng didn't dawdle too much, because Happy Twist would take off after this year's Spring Festival Gala.

Subsequently, in May of this year, it received investment from China Cultural Industry Fund, with a valuation of 160 million yuan. The valuation has since soared dozens of times.

Furthermore, Fengxing Media's investment also includes terms and conditions with restrictions and incentives, and they will renegotiate contracts with the team's artists.

The founders and shareholders can only receive a portion of the cash; the majority of the money will remain with Happy Twist and be used for the company's business expansion.

Tonight's dinner is just Jiang Yifeng having a meal with the Happy Twist team so everyone can get to know each other.

Upon seeing Jiang Yifeng, everyone on the creative team beamed with smiles.

For them, Fengxing Media's acquisition of Happy Twist is a great joy.

After Ma Li starred in "Back to 20", her popularity soared and she received a constant stream of acting offers, which made everyone very envious.

They were even more unconvinced by the sudden popularity of Dapeng and Qiaoshan.

Now that they can also curry favor with Jiang Yifeng, they are all overjoyed, feeling that their long wait has finally come to an end.

These comedians have high emotional intelligence and are very good at talking, so the atmosphere at the dinner was very harmonious.

Jiang Yifeng's purpose in having this meal was not only to get to know the team, but also to boost morale and offer them rosy promises.

After all, Happy Twist is a light-asset company; its valuable asset is its creative team.

In Jiang Yifeng's plan, after Fengxing Media went public, it would acquire Roku and Happy Twist, then acquire Shanda Literature, build a headquarters building for the company, invest in a series of film and television dramas, and buy various copyrights.

The 75 billion yuan in financing has been almost spent.

If you have money, you should spend it as soon as possible. If you need money later, there are many ways to raise funds in the stock market.

After all, with the huge box office success of "Lost in Thailand," Fengxing Media's stock price has soared, and its total market value has now reached 430 billion.

For the next week, Jiang Yifeng was busy handling company matters.

He didn't arrive at the "Youth With You" production team until January 11th.

Hu Qian has completed all the pre-production work for the crew, and filming can begin once Jiang Yifeng joins the crew.

He deliberately chose this shooting time to cover the Spring Festival.

Whenever the holiday season, think twice.

Jiang Yifeng, who has no relatives, loves to film during the Spring Festival.

(End of this chapter)