novellhall Chapter 8 Bytes Falling from the Sky
Chapter 8 Bytes Falling from the Sky
This is a future internet giant! Even its future branch in the United States will be subject to sanctions.
Suppressing his overwhelming joy, Han Ziming feigned curiosity and asked, "Oh? What conditions did he offer? I'll look into a solution."
Lin Yun took a deep breath and continued:
There are three conditions
1. 3% of the shares sold for 100 million.
II. Shares are prohibited from being traded for 3 years.
3. Sign an equity authorization agreement with him.
The advantage is that this 3% stake is worth 1.8 million.
After listening, Li Feng remarked, "From 1 million to 1.8 million, it sounds tempting, but it seems a bit unbelievable!"
Zhao Siyao also expressed her concerns, saying, "If we're not allowed to trade for three years, and ByteDance's valuation drops during that time, we'll lose money."
Han Ziming, however, was very happy.
This is like a windfall!
They couldn't even catch that.
That 18cm must be a few centimeters too short!
Han Ziming smiled, raised his head, and said:
"It's okay, three years? We can earn 8000 million, it's worth the investment. Let's borrow 1 million from the bank for funding."
"Mortgaging the company, the copyrights to my works, and the house in Pengcheng shouldn't be a problem. Mr. Lin, you can arrange it."
Lin Yun was delighted and replied, "Okay, boss, I'll get to it right away."
Han Ziming calmly said, "Let's sign that equity licensing agreement in the name of the studio. That way, it will be easier to invest in the other three companies when we make money in the future."
He then talked about the company's financial situation, since they needed to hire people to operate it. He invested 6400 million yuan in the company and only kept 100 million yuan for himself.
"This morning I discussed with Wu Jing about investing 1000 million yuan in the movie 'Wolf Warrior 2.' With the budget I just gave to the three companies and the office expenses, we have 700 million yuan left."
They'll use 3 million to hire employees, and that money will cover salaries until June of next year.
The three of you should discuss this and decide on recruiting and forming your own teams. For now, you can share one set of resources for finance, human resources, and administration.
For things like investment and talent agencies, you probably don't need 10 people; you can decide for yourselves.
But the screenwriters at film and television companies are very important; I need them to revise the scripts, and I can do more of that.
With 50, we can buy two cars, hire two drivers for us, and rent a few apartments for the signed artists.
We'll allocate 20 for company equipment, 30 for artist housing, and the remaining 300 million for daily or emergency use. That's all for this year.
After "The Beginning" is released and generates revenue, we'll see how much we can borrow from the bank. Next year, I'll be heavily investing in films and other investments.
After hearing this, Li Feng, Zhao Siyao, and Lin Yun all agreed, "Okay, boss."
Han Ziming waved his hand and said, "Alright, now that things up there are settled, talk to me privately."
Soon, all three of them went about their own business.
Han Ziming recalled the situation of the Byte in his previous life and began to study and find a solution.
In 2016, Tencent invested in Kuaishou and began to gradually block links from Toutiao. ByteDance also needed to get rid of its dependence on third-party content platforms such as Weibo and WeChat.
Giving advice on Douyin is inappropriate, because the jokes are still there!
Toutiao's growth rate in China has shown signs of fatigue, and short video platforms like Kuaishou exist, but there are no mature short video platforms or monopolistic apps in overseas markets.
It's worth noting that overseas Google has extremely high profit margins. If TikTok had emerged earlier and prioritized targeting culturally similar markets like Southeast Asia, Japan, and South Korea, instead of directly challenging Europe and America...
This could be a new way to bypass Tencent's traffic blockade.
Han Ziming spent several hours compiling the information into a document and sent it to Lin Yun, asking her to arrange the communication.
A few days later, one morning,
Wen Muye walked into Mozi Film and Television Company.
He sat opposite Han Ziming and Li Feng in the conference room.
In 2015, Fumino co-directed the romance film "Cities in Love" with others. He was absent for the entire year of 2016, with virtually no work.
Han Ziming remembered that in his previous life, he had just filmed "Dying to Survive" in the first half of 2017, which made it worthwhile for him to plan ahead.
So he smiled and said to Fumino.
"Senior Brother Wen, it's a pleasure to work with you."
"Boss, you're too kind. I will do my best."
Wen Muye was a little nervous. Huang, the director of the Literature Department of Yanjing Film Academy, had contacted him and said that his student Han Ziming had set up a film company and was currently looking for a director to make a movie.
Then his senior, Li Feng, contacted him by phone. After communicating, they offered him a director's fee of 100 million yuan to direct the film.
He agreed without even thinking about it; it was like a lifeline!
He's been struggling financially for the past year, and his team is on the verge of disbanding, so he needs to cling to this powerful figure!
After receiving the script and cast list, he immediately arranged auditions, and now he is short of two female lead auditions.
"Boss, among the core actors, Peng Peng is fine. I interviewed him via video, and his acting skills were excellent."
We're currently missing the female lead Zhao Jinmai and the second female lead Zhou Ye. They happen to be in Yanjing, so I asked them to come for auditions today. They should be here soon.
For the other supporting roles, I'll prioritize finding students from Yan Ying Film Studio, as per your request. I've cast Hu Xianxu and Wang Ziqi for the roles of Zhen Kaixin and Wan Sui.
Han Ziming listened and said happily.
"Okay, that's good. Let's wait for them to come for their auditions."
Not long after, Xiao Hong knocked on the door.
"Boss, Zhao Jinmai is here for her audition, she's outside now!"
"Let her in!"
"OK!"
When Zhao Jinmai walked in, she was a little nervous, but fortunately her mother was with her, so she wasn't too scared.
At this time, Zhao Jinmai was only fourteen years old, with a face full of collagen. She was wearing a denim jacket and exuded a unique vitality and beauty of adolescence.
Zhao Jinmai saw three people inside the room: two older men and one relatively younger man.
Since no one has introduced it yet,
She could only recognize the director, Fumino.
The two had previously exchanged audition messages via video.
She greeted everyone politely:
"Hello, Director Wen!"
"Hello, Uncle!"
"Hello, brother!"
Upon hearing these titles, the three people present couldn't help but smile, and none of them seemed to find them displeasing.
Seeing that the audition wasn't in a serious atmosphere, Zhao Jinmai's mother relaxed considerably.
Then, Wen Muye handed the audition script to Zhao Jinmai and gave her resume to Han Ziming, saying...
"MaiMai, this brother is Han Ziming, the screenwriter and boss of this movie, and this uncle is General Manager Li of Mozi Films."
Then Wen Muye had Zhao Jinmai start her audition.
Han Ziming opened the resume and took a look.
There was a huge collection of film and television works on it:
Zhao Jinmai was born in 2002 and debuted as a child star.
In 2010, she starred in the TV series "Can't Live Without Mother".
In 2013, she starred in the TV series "When Hearts Meet Kindness".
She starred in the TV series "Balala the Fairies" in 2014.
She starred in the production of two "Balala the Fairies" movies in 2014 and 15.
And most recently, in September 2016, he starred in "A Little Reunion".
Han Ziming nodded after reading it.
Although young,
But he has acted in many dramas and has a high level of public appeal.
If another minor hit drama comes along, he'll definitely become a semi-top star.
Han Ziming looked at the actor resumes in his hand, his gaze lingering on the last line for a few seconds before he smiled.
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