Happy life in the world of film and television

Chapter 1511 "Outside the Courtyard" - Chen Man
"Mr. Jiang, you're too kind." Xu Wen quickly picked up her wine glass.

For Xu Wen, what Jiang Chen said was just a small matter.

Moreover, Jiang Chen didn't have any special requirements. If the cooperation succeeded, it would be a good thing for her and for Yuguo Company. Even if it failed, it wouldn't affect her. Jiang Chen would still remember her kindness.

"Cheers." Jiang Chen picked up his glass and clinked it with Xu Wen's.

After having a drink, Jiang Chen and Xu Wen continued to eat and chat.

Of course, Jiang Chen and Xu Wen are talking about trivial matters right now.

"President Jiang, would you be interested in further cooperation with our Yuguo Company?" Xu Wen asked.

"Further cooperation?" Jiang Chen looked at Xu Wen.

“Yes.” Xu Wen nodded.

"President Xu, please elaborate," Jiang Chen gestured.

"President Jiang, I think..." Xu Wen explained her thoughts.

We had the idea of ​​further cooperation with Xingchen Group after our previous collaboration.

However, Jiang Chen is the president of Xingchen Group, so she couldn't bring it up without a reason, and today just happened to be the right day.

After hearing Xu Wen's words, Jiang Chen said, "Okay, Ms. Xu, I will arrange for someone to contact you."

“Okay.” Xu Wen naturally wouldn’t refuse.

She also knew that Jiang Chen, as the president of Xingchen Group, didn't handle everything personally. If she hadn't met Jiang Chen by chance, she would never have known him, let alone had a meal with him, given her status.

Half an hour later, Jiang Chen and Xu Wen left the restaurant.

"Mr. Jiang, I'll be going now." Xu Wen said goodbye to Jiang Chen.

"Okay, Mr. Xu, take care." Jiang Chen nodded slightly.

Xu Qing nodded, waved to Jiang Chen, and then left.

"President Jiang?"

Just then, a voice came from the side.

"Mr. Ma?"

Jiang Chen turned his head and saw the penguin horse.

"Mr. Jiang, it's been a long time." Penguin Ma walked over.

"Mr. Ma, what are you doing here?" Jiang Chen was very curious to see Penguin Ma here.

"Something came up," Penguin Horse said without elaborating.

"Mr. Ma, would you like to have a cup of tea with me?" Jiang Chen invited.

“Okay.” Penguin Horse did not refuse.

Fifteen minutes later, Jiang Chen and Penguin Horse arrived at a high-end teahouse.

The two went to a private room, ordered a pot of Wuyi Mountain Da Hong Pao tea, and started chatting while drinking.

In its previous life, Penguin was a top-tier large corporation, but the First World is a world that blends film and television, with many companies comparable to Penguin. Therefore, Penguin Horse is not as famous as it was in its previous life.

However, this is quite normal.

After all, the integration of film and television with the world can no longer be described by common sense.

Jiang Chen and Penguin Ma's tea drinking was certainly not just casual conversation.

Starry Sky Entertainment and Tencent are both partners and competitors.

Although Jiang Chen and Penguin Ma's encounter was unexpected, their conversation eventually turned to company matters. Initially, they were both tentative, but then they engaged in a heated discussion about company affairs.

Both competitive and cooperative matters were within the scope of their discussion.

"President Jiang is truly a man of great talent," Penguin Horse remarked.

"Isn't Mr. Ma the same?" Jiang Chen smiled.

However, at this moment, Jiang Chen thought of the South Korean mobile game CJ Games.

According to his intelligence, in 2014, Tencent spent $2 million to acquire a 28% stake in CJ Games, a South Korean company specializing in mobile game development. Of this, 22.2% was a stake in Netmarble, CJ Games' gaming portal. At the time, some media analysts suggested that Tencent's acquisition of this South Korean mobile game company was to ensure the quality of its games. At that time, most domestic mobile games were produced by web game companies, and their quality was questionable. Netmarble, which had produced games like "Everyday Tycoon" and "All People's Boom Boom," better met Tencent's requirements.

Netmarble was the world's ninth-largest mobile game developer at the time, and its Marvel and Star Wars series had a good global following. As of 2016, Tencent had earned $160 billion (about 1100 billion RMB) from Netmarble based on its shareholding.

According to Jiang Chen's intelligence, Tencent is still acquiring CJ Games, and it is clear that Tencent wants to take control of CJ Games.

According to Jiang Chen's assessment, if Tencent directly controls CJ Games, then Tencent will also impact Starry Night Games in the gaming sector.

After all, Tencent has invested heavily in gaming.

In recent years, Tencent has not only wanted to dominate the domestic gaming market, but also has an ambition to go global. It has been looking for close partners for overseas cooperation in an attempt to introduce Tencent Games to users worldwide.

Back in 08, Tencent invested in Riot Games and subsequently acquired the distribution rights for League of Legends in China, laying the foundation for Tencent to become a dominant force in the Chinese gaming industry. After League of Legends was introduced to China, Tencent recognized the game's enormous potential and, not wanting this lucrative opportunity to fall into the hands of outsiders, spent $2.31 million in 11 to acquire the remaining shares of Riot Games, meaning Tencent achieved 100% control of the company.

Last year, in 16, Tencent led a consortium to acquire an 84.3% stake in Finnish mobile game developer Supercell for $86 billion (approximately 566 billion RMB), making it the largest acquisition in global gaming history and the largest overseas acquisition in Chinese internet history. If we compare this to the total price Tencent paid for acquiring Riot Games, the developer of League of Legends, Tencent could have bought at least 20 Riot Games.

Meanwhile, back in July 2012, Tencent acquired 48.4% of Epic Games' issued share capital for US$330 million (approximately RMB 20.5 billion). Epic Games, founded in the United States in 1991, primarily focuses on game engine development. Its Unreal Engine series has been used in numerous games. Becoming a shareholder of Epic Games allows Tencent access to the latest and fastest engine technology. Furthermore, Epic Games also engages in game development; the Chinese version of the shooting game Fortnite, developed using the latest Unreal Engine 4, has already been acquired by Tencent.

Although Tencent is not the sole dominant player in the gaming industry due to its integration of film and television with the world, the Tencent Group's momentum in gaming is unstoppable, putting significant pressure on StarCraft Games.

While chatting with Penguin Horse just now, Penguin Horse mentioned Starry Night Games several times.

Jiang Chen is now a veteran in the business world, and he is well aware of Penguin Horse's probing.

Penguin Ma smiled and said, "Mr. Jiang, Meituan is going public. What are your thoughts?"

“Naturally, it’s about pushing Meituan to go public.” Jiang Chen smiled.

Back in 2015, Jiang Chen had Yuan Ruilang acquire the Meituan shares held by Alibaba. Now, Xingchen Group holds 10% of Meituan's shares, while Alibaba still holds 5%.

Alibaba held approximately 15% of Meituan's shares in 2014, but after Meituan merged with Tencent-backed Dianping in 2015, Alibaba gradually reduced its stake, eventually retaining only a small amount. In this world of film and television integration, Jiang Chen, after establishing Xingchen Group, began acquiring Alibaba's Meituan shares.

It took Jiang Chen two years and all his efforts to acquire 10% of the shares.

However, for Star Group, Tencent is the biggest competitor.

"But Mr. Ma, what are your thoughts?" Jiang Chen asked.

“Mr. Jiang, Meituan is going public this December and I’d like to ask for more shares,” Penguin Ma said.

"Mr. Ma, now that Meituan and Dianping have merged, Meituan's development is booming. Do you think I would do this before Meituan goes public?" Jiang Chen asked.

Prior to its merger with Meituan, Dianping raised a total of $14.15 billion in seven rounds of financing, of which Penguin Capital invested approximately $6.21 million. Prior to its merger with Dianping, Meituan raised a total of $10.12 billion in four rounds of financing, of which Penguin Capital invested approximately $43 million.

Jiang Chen remembered that in his previous life, after Meituan and Dianping merged, Penguin Capital invested approximately US$34.1 billion in Meituan-Dianping.

In this world of film and television integration, Star Group acquired Meituan's shares from Alibaba, while Dianping did not.

Therefore, after the merger of Meituan and Dianping, Xingchen Group does not hold many Meituan shares.

Jiang Chen also recalled that in his previous life, after Meituan-Dianping went public, Tencent purchased a small number of shares from the secondary market. Specifically, in 19, Tencent Holdings purchased 15 shares of Meituan-Dianping from the secondary market at an undisclosed price.

However, in this world where film and television are integrated, Jiang Chen doesn't want Tencent to hold a large share in Meituan.

In this regard, Tencent wants to acquire a controlling stake in Meituan, and so does Star Group.

“Mr. Jiang, we can discuss this…” Penguin Horse said.

Jiang Chen smiled and started chatting with Penguin Horse.

However, in order to obtain more Meituan shares, Jiang Chen and Tencent's Ma engaged in a heated debate, arguing until their faces turned red.

Penguin Horse was a high-ranking figure in both his previous life and the First World, but for the sake of profit, he was not so virtuous.

Jiang Chen understood this.

After all, even the most powerful people are still human.

As human beings, we must fight for our own interests.

Half an hour later, Jiang Chen and Penguin Ma parted on bad terms.

"It seems we'll have to fight Tencent before Meituan goes public." Jiang Chen wasn't annoyed; instead, he was filled with fighting spirit.

After leaving the teahouse, Jiang Chen headed towards the parking lot near the restaurant.

on the way.

"Ok?"

Jiang Chen, who was walking and looking at the pretty women on the street, suddenly saw a young woman.

Almost simultaneously, a system notification sounded.

"Sign in."

Jiang Chen silently recited in his heart.

[Congratulations, host! You have successfully checked in and received a wolf-hair brush.]

"A wolf-hair brush?"

"One Luo is one hundred and forty-four."

"You received 144 wolf-hair brushes for signing in?"

"And this is the eleventh time I've checked in and received a wolf-hair brush?"

According to the system introduction, the wolf hair brush obtained from signing in is made from the tail hair of the Crimson Fire Wolf, a mid-level level 1 demon beast. The brush handle is refined from red iron and can be used to draw talismans of the intermediate level and below.

"The Jiang family now has a total of 194 members."

"If you include the sign-in bonus, you'll get even more."

"Now, not only members of the Jiang family are practicing the Nourishing Spirit Technique and other techniques, but also the Jiang family guards, stewards, and maids (the Plum Blossom Inner Guards who were given spatial bags). The purpose is to cultivate more rune masters."

"Therefore, the more wolf-hair brushes you have, the better."

"The more wolf-hair brushes you have, the more talismans you can make. Next time you come to the Fourth World, you can exchange them for more low-grade spirit stones."

"Moreover, even if you are not a family member, you can still form a team of rune masters."

At that moment, Jiang Chen looked at the female lead who had signed in.

Chen Man, a character in "Outside the Court".

In the drama, she is the ruthless and cunning leader of a large smuggling ring, a femme fatale. She is an imposing and authoritative figure, exuding a sense of pressure. In every interaction, she is highly perceptive, employing every pressure tactic to probe and test the waters. She is brimming with confidence and composure, remaining unfazed even in the face of impending doom. At the same time, she seems deeply concerned about the fate of the lawyer involved in the car accident.

"The plot of 'Outside the Court' begins in 22."

"There are still five years before the story begins."

"Chen Man..."

Chen Man is a villain in the drama. She's the big boss of a smuggling ring, and she's in a relationship with Tian Yang, appointing him as the head of an import/export company. However, she's the one truly controlling the company. She's been using Tian Yang all along, using his identity to protect herself. After Tian Yang is exposed, she takes all the blame upon him. Chen Man, the biggest drug lord, remains at large.

Her true identity is that of a smuggler connected to numerous major cases. She and Tian Yang's wife have been working together on illegal activities. Tian Yang was merely a pawn they used to conceal their identities. Ultimately, they pushed Tian Yang out to become a scapegoat.

Nine years before the story begins, Liu Fengjun was murdered. Suspects included Li Mengqi and Tian Yang. Five fingerprints were found on the murder weapon, including Li Mengqi's and Tian Yang's DNA. However, because the database did not contain their information at the time, there was no conclusive evidence. Nine years later, it was confirmed that Tian Yang had murdered and dismembered Liu Fengjun. Li Mengqi's whereabouts remained unknown, and she was never sentenced. It was for this reason that Fu Ting and Lu Nan were transferred to assist.

Although the criminal had been arrested, during his communication with the criminal's lawyer, he discovered that there were other hidden details in the case. The criminal only admitted to dismembering the body but denied murder. All the clues pointed to a woman named Li Mengqi who had an affair with the criminal. Her whereabouts were currently unknown. The lawyer suspected that Li Mengqi and Chen Man, a powerful underworld boss, were the same person. This suspicion was very bold, but the analysis was reasonable and well-founded, which aroused Lu Nan's suspicion as well.

After arriving at Chen Man's territory, the undercover police officer learned from Lu Nan that Chen Man would be returning soon. Lu Nan and the police officer discussed how to avoid arousing Chen Man's suspicion and devised a clever plan to switch the roles. Chen Man was returning to see a lawyer, but unfortunately, he was hospitalized due to the car accident at the beginning of the story. So Lu Nan asked his lawyer friend Qiao Shaoting for help, who pretended to be the lawyer's partner in the car accident.

Lu Nan inquired with lawyer Ran Sen about why he was so certain Li Mengqi was still alive. Ran Sen recalled that when Tian Yang was arrested, the police searched his room and found an earring, along with cosmetics and a love note in the trunk. Ran Sen knew that Tian Yang only had one woman: Li Mengqi. Ran Sen repeatedly emphasized his desire to uphold justice, believing that Tian Yang was merely taking the blame for Li Mengqi. Lu Nan suddenly felt a sense of admiration for Ran Sen…

"According to the plot of the drama, Chen Man is the behind-the-scenes boss of the Starry Group."

"As the head of the smuggling gang, Chen Man is ruthless and meticulous. Her short hair shows her competence, and her cold expression shows the sharpness of a leader. She is full of confidence and composure, and she remains calm even when everything is in chaos."

Jiang Chen sized up Chen Man.

Jiang Chen didn't look down on Chen Man at all.

In Jiang Chen's view, Chen Man might not be suitable in the First World, but whether in other worlds or in the Spirit Realm, someone like Chen Man would be of great use.

Jiang Chen thought it would be better to let An Ning (An Ning in "Only Side by Side with You") test Chen Man.

An Ning manages the Tiger Group.

Chen Man is the behind-the-scenes boss of the Starry Group.

Perhaps this could lead to a collaboration between the Tiger Group and the Starry Group.

As for Chen Man's ruthlessness?
That's not a big deal.

If you're not ruthless, your position won't be secure.

Jiang Chen is also a ruthless person.

"There are still five years before the story begins, so there is enough time to set things up."

"Hmm, let's use our computer skills to investigate Chen Man's identity later."

"Then notify Anning..."

With that thought in mind, Jiang Chen continued walking forward.

After arriving at the parking lot, Jiang Chen began his return journey to Huaxi Residential Area.

It was already late, so Jiang Chen decided to go find Liang Shuang first.

Well, now that I'm in Shenzhen, I certainly can't forget Liang Shuang.

Only by using the same methods we used on Jiang Nansun and Shi Yi can we get her to accept other girlfriends.

"Jiang Chen..."

When Liang Shuang saw Jiang Chen, she felt both happy and worried.

"What's wrong?" Jiang Chen came up to Liang Shuang and put his arm around her waist.

"It's nothing," Liang Shuang replied.

"Really?" Jiang Chen asked.

"Mm." Liang Shuang nodded.

"Shall I go make dinner first?" Jiang Chen said.

“Okay.” Liang Shuang’s eyes lit up.

Half an hour later, Jiang Chen had prepared four dishes and a soup.

"Come on, let's eat," Jiang Chen called to Liang Shuang.

“Great!” Liang Shuang’s eyes lit up when she thought of Jiang Chen’s cooking skills.

"Eat more, you'll be expending a lot of energy later," Jiang Chen said.

“You…” Liang Shuang, her face slightly flushed, glared at Jiang Chen: “Jiang Chen, won’t doing this be bad for your health?”

"Do you think I'm not in good health?" Jiang Chen asked back.

Liang Shuang was speechless.

She had sensed Jiang Chen's health last night... no, she had sensed it the first time she was with Jiang Chen, but it wasn't like what was described in the book. According to the book, this only happened after taking medication.

But Jiang Chen doesn't seem to be someone who takes medicine.

"I'll try it in a bit and see how my body feels," Jiang Chen said, looking at Liang Shuang meaningfully.

"Eat, eat..." Liang Shuang glared at Jiang Chen, she didn't expect Jiang Chen to be becoming more and more outspoken.

"Okay, hahaha..." Jiang Chen laughed loudly, his eyes filled with smugness.

Liang Shuang picked up a piece of meat and fed it to Jiang Chen.

After dinner, Jiang Chen couldn't wait to carry Liang Shuang into the bedroom.

The next day, Jiang Chen arrived in Guangzhou.

However, Jiang Chen encountered Hong Xiaoyu as soon as he arrived in Guangzhou.