The god of the world

Chapter 221 It’s Natural To Be Cruel To The Enemy
The so-called first-line river view of many luxury houses may really only have one line.

Or it is far away, and only a vague river view can be seen.

Riverside Arc de Triomphe, as an existence that has been on the list of the top ten luxury houses in China in the past.

It is only a distance away from the fence and green plants to the promenade and cycle path of Binjiang.

This kind of luxury house is in the same building, and the prices of different floors are different.

In the lower area below the 7th floor, the selling price is less than 15/square meter.

In the central area starting from the 8th floor, jump directly to 17/square meter.

This is still the opening price, and the second-hand market price will be higher, with an upside-down price difference of about 10/square meter.

Some people apply for a fake marriage certificate, wait for the real estate certificate to come out, and then sell it to earn the price difference.

Just do this once, and the profit is more than ten million.

The first-line river view mansion has such magic power.

"This house is nice, how much did you pay for it?"

Lin Shen himself has several luxury houses in Shanghai.

I usually get tired of living in a villa, so I go to live on a flat floor or a duplex on the top floor.

"A total of 6800 million was spent,"

Sun Yi bought this house to be closer to Lin Shen.

The money Wang Jinghua gave, plus some of the property she got from the divorce, was almost all spent.

Although she is now a second-tier actress, she has never had the opportunity to go out to shoot commercials, so she joined the current new crew without stopping.

According to the company, this drama is expected to push her to the position of a first-line actress.

Even if she has this kind of relationship with Lin Shen, she doesn't dare to be presumptuous in front of Zhong Xia, who dominates her stardom, and can only obediently cooperate to join the crew of "Know or not".

Lin Shen beckoned to her, and Sun Ning came over obediently and sat on his lap, like a docile cat.

"Didn't your mother-in-law promise you 5000 million benefits?"

Lin Shen patted Sun Ning on the back, "Take out my phone."

Sun Yi looked pleasantly surprised, but Lin Shen was really willing to say hello.

But in an instant, he didn't seem so happy anymore.

What does this mean?
She is fundamentally in Lin Shen's heart and has no weight.

Otherwise, with a man who is jealous and possessive, he will definitely not agree.

"Why are you dumbfounded?"

Lin Shen took a picture of Sun Ying's butt, and motioned her to get her phone quickly.

"It hurts~"

Sun Ning's eyes were full of spring water, with a bit of flirtatious obsequiousness.

With great difficulty, Lin Shen freed up a hand, found Zhong Xia in the address book, and dialed directly.

The phone rang twice and was quickly connected.

"Director Lin."

Zhong Xia's voice was respectful and tired.

"still working?"

Lin Shen looked at his watch, it was past nine o'clock.

Zhong Xia hasn't finished get off work yet, what a desperate Sanniang!

Zhong Xia explained casually: "Lu Yao and LV have not reached an agreement on the endorsement. We want a global spokesperson, and they only want to be a spokesperson for the Asia-Pacific region, so I am still negotiating with them."

The status of spokespersons in the global and Asia-Pacific regions is obviously different.

Naturally, a top luxury brand like LV would not give it away easily.

Even if Lu Yao is top-notch in the country, the leader of the new generation of young actors still needs careful consideration.

Lin Shen smiled and said with concern: "Work is important, and your body must not be exhausted, otherwise I won't be able to find someone who can make me feel at ease like you."

Although the loyalty is full, but the boss cares, it will always make people feel warm.

"Boss, you don't have to go to the Three Treasures Hall if you don't have anything to do. If you have anything to do, just explain it."

Zhong Xia's mood improved a lot, and he made a joke.

"Recently, the company has a suitable movie, and we can assign Dong Zijin a somewhat important role, the male number three or four is fine, and it is fine to reveal that our company has no intention of targeting him."

Lin Shen didn't go around in circles anymore, and directly explained what he meant.

"Sun Yi is with you?"

Zhong Xia is naturally a smart person.

"Well, she's by my side. Wang Jinghua went to her crew to find her. It's not a big deal, and we don't need to embarrass a small person."

Lin Shen's tone was relaxed, but his hands didn't stop for a moment.

Sun Jin's face was flushed, and her body was limp and snuggled into Lin Shen's arms.

"Ok, I see."

Zhong Xia also knew that this kind of matter could only be handled by her.

After hanging up the phone, Zhong Xia dug out some documents from the drawer.

Randomly found a low-budget film, and arranged for Dong Zijin to act as a supporting role for a newcomer who had just signed with their company.

Whether he likes it or not, this role must be grateful to Dade for taking over.

Otherwise, he will have no future in this life.

……

"Okay, okay, Mr. Zhong, thank you for your kindness, our family will definitely play this role well, and won't let you and your company down."

After Wang Jinghua answered Zhong Xia's call, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Mom, what do you say over there?"

Dong Zijin looked at his mother expectantly.

"I'll give you a chance to play the third male role in a movie. The leading actor is a newcomer signed by Forest Films. It's a low-budget movie."

Wang Jinghua was in a good mood, and her tone was somewhat relaxed.

"Male three?"

Dong Zijin was disappointed, since his debut, he has never played such a worthless role.

If it was a big production, he would admit it.

A low-budget movie, and it's supporting a newcomer.

After this, can't you be laughed at to death?
"Even if you don't want to act in this movie, you have to work hard for me."

Wang Jinghua scowled, "I spent [-] million to make the other side proud."

"One hundred million?"

Dong Zijin was dumbfounded, and couldn't help swallowing: "Is it for that Lin Dong?"

"No, it's your ex-wife."

Wang Jinghua sneered: "Look at how promising you are now, your ex-wife, as long as this drama can explode next, it is very likely that she will hit the first line, and look at you, you are not even a second line."

"Mom, you can't blame me, who made you and my dad genetically weak."

Dong Zijin complained softly.

Do you really think he doesn't want to be a handsome guy?

But that also has to have that good looks!
It's not impossible to go for plastic surgery.

But after plastic surgery, I basically bid farewell to the actor industry.

Facelift, in front of the camera lens, a slight change in expression will be particularly obvious.

Therefore, many directors refuse to use actors with plastic faces.

What's more, he is not as tall as an idol!

For idols, 185 is the minimum standard now.

"You kid still blames your mother?"

Wang Jinghua was also laughed out of anger.

But who let this be the meat that fell from her body, even if she spent [-] million for her son, as long as she can get Dong Zijin's stardom back, she is willing.

It's not that she is great, but that her contacts will eventually be worthless one day.

In the face of capital, it has become extremely pale and powerless.

The 'blocking' this time couldn't be more obvious.

The stars and directors who have been favored by her in the past are all wise and safe.

I would rather offend her than help Dong Zijin.

"Mom, I secretly visited Duff a few times, and Duff said she hasn't seen her mother for a long time."

Dong Zijin looked at his mother carefully.

"Well, Duff is a good kid, and it's all because she has a bad mother."

When Wang Jinghua heard Dong Zijin mentioning her granddaughter, her expression softened a bit.

"I want to talk to her and get Duff's custody back. I don't want my daughter to call someone daddy."

After this blow, Dong Zijin has matured a lot.

It is impossible to get back together, and he has no intention of being a tortoise.

"A fight for custody?"

Wang Jinghua rolled her eyes: "You will be filming in the future, and I will also be busy with my own affairs, throwing the child to the nanny?"

"Uh……"

Dong Zijin was momentarily at a loss for words.

"Do you still want to remarry in the future?"

"That's for sure. I can't be a bachelor for the rest of my life."

"Then don't think about it, no matter what, it's her own child, and tiger poison doesn't eat its own child."

Wang Jinghua waved her hand, "Look at your sloppy look, go to bed early, and report to the crew tomorrow."

"understood."

Dong Zijin returned to his room and fell headlong on the big bed.

Looking at the ceiling, he couldn't help but glance over the head of the bed.

There used to be their wedding photos hanging there.

It only took a few short years to go from being blessed to never getting tired of watching.

But what was his once beloved wife doing now?
……

When she woke up from hunger, there was already nothing around her.

Leaving the warm embrace of the man made Sun Yi feel a little depressed.

But when she saw the bank SMS notification on her mobile phone, Sun Yi's mood reached the threshold like a roller coaster in an instant.

Wang Jinghua is a smart person, so naturally she won't renege on her debts.

For Lin Shen, one sentence can decide the fate of their mother and child.

At this time, reneging on debts, Chunchun has a problem with his mind.

Originally, I bought this large flat, and my net worth, which was almost emptied, was enriched in an instant.

One, ten, one hundred...

5000 million!
A series of 0s is enough to make people's heart beat faster.

Even if it is a star, it is difficult not to be excited.

What's more, it didn't take long for her to become a second-tier actress.

Thinking that the money was earned from the ex-mother-in-law with whom she had a sworn feud, Sun Yi felt as refreshed as eating ice cream in the dog days.

Suddenly, the body is full of vitality.

With 5000 million in hand, there is also a large flat-storey mansion bought with full money.

Even if you lie flat for the rest of your life, it is completely enough.

One can think of the tradition in Lin Shen's family, which rewards [-] million for the birth of a child.

In an instant, the 5000 million didn't seem so fragrant anymore.

She got this news from Huang Mengying.

They are all in the same company, and Huang Mengying is a few years older than her.

Occasionally, when I was filming, I would go shopping together and gradually became familiar with each other.

Once, they drank a little too much.

The news that Huang Mengying revealed inadvertently completely stunned Sun Ying.

Compared with her giving birth to the Dong family, the mother and son over there are like guarding against thieves, notarizing the property in advance before marriage, lest she plot their family's assets.

Every time she thinks about it, she hates herself for not meeting Lin Shen earlier.

The benefits obtained are definitely a hundred times better than Dong's family, a thousand times!
When I got up, I saw that there were still hot meals on the table, which were still warm.

In the family, besides her, is Lin Shen.

Obviously, this was Lin Shen's cooking.

Sun Yi was stunned, she didn't expect Lin Shen to be able to cook.

in her mind.

A man of Lin Shen's worth talks about billions of dollars in business.

There are special nanny to do things like cooking.

After hastily washing up, Sun Ning came to the table.

Open the lid, and the tangy aroma hits.

And next to several dishes, there is a note.

The man's handwriting is like a dragon and a snake, and it also has the outstanding artistic conception of a calligrapher, which is pleasing to the eye.

"Good performance last night, a small reward for you."

Sun Yi couldn't help but look down at her red knees, and couldn't help muttering: "I almost lost my life, and I just got a good evaluation."

"Wow, so delicious?"

Sun Yi picked up the chopsticks, tried to take a small bite and put it in his mouth, it was unexpectedly delicious.

While eating, tears fell from the corners of his eyes.

It's ridiculous to say that she married into Dong's family for a few years.

Dong Zijin never cooked a meal for her.

Occasionally, the microblog is happy, and it is more to create a wife-loving persona, just to attract fans.

When it comes to creating characters, her former mother-in-law is an expert.

If it weren't for the divorce, the personality of a good husband would probably continue forever.

Her so-called popularity, in front of Wang Jinghua, was like a bubble that would burst at the touch of a button.

The same reason.

Wang Jinghua's connections are not worth mentioning in front of Lin Shen.

If it is said that she chose to cling to Lin Shen before, it was more about the benefits and the resources this man could give her.

Now, it's a little more willing.

……

Lin Shen drove the Bugatti Night Sound to the Lemon Building on the Bund.

On the top of the building, a distinctive lemon logo is clearly visible.

As the leading platform in the field of long-form video platforms, even if Kiwifruit and Penguin Video merged, it did not affect the steady progress of Lemon Video.

In the domestic market, growth is declining.

In the next step, Lemon Video will definitely go to sea.

But going to sea involves a problem of cultural adaptation.

Movies and TV dramas filmed in China may not have a good response overseas.

Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia are relatively better.

But these are not problems for Lin Shen.

There are movies and TV series produced by streaming media platforms such as Netflix and Disney as reference.

As long as they build up their staff step by step, they will not worry about the growth of ratings and paying users.

As early as when Kiwifruit was acquired, a group of overseas business talents and middle and high-level talents were recruited.

Goose Factory sees it, but is not optimistic about Lemon Video going overseas.

Previously, both of them had ambitions to go to sea.

But the result?

There was no splash of water.

There is a lack of popular dramas to attract audiences, and overseas management is more difficult.

For Goose Factory and Kiwifruit, overseas business is no less than tasteless.

The executives of Lemon Video, including the management of the overseas version of Lemon, all attended this key meeting concerning the direction of the company in the next few years.

Lin Shen, who took the main seat, saw that among the executives present, there were familiar faces, and some had just joined.

Just from their exuberant spirit, they are different from the other three families that are lifeless.

"Our achievements in the domestic long-form video field are obvious to all, but we should not be too proud. Compared with domestic, overseas is the real battlefield. We have to compete with Disney, Netflix, Warner and other companies with a market value of tens of billions of dollars. "

Lin Shen paused, and said with a smile: "I decided to acquire Lionsgate Films. At that time, this company will be the only designated production company for all dramas and variety shows on our overseas platforms, just like Forest Films in China."

Forest Pictures, contribution to Lemon Pictures.

None of the senior executives here knows this well.

Without Forest Films, there would be no Lemon Films today.

If the video platform does not have enough excellent content, users will naturally not sign up for membership willingly.

But foreign countries are not like domestic ones.

Few domestic directors are recognized overseas.

The few people who have thrived in Hollywood are also of Chinese descent.

He can't even speak Mandarin well, so the domestic media naturally doesn't have the face to brag about it.

Therefore, "Inception" will make the country look forward to it.

This is the first super blockbuster movie ever made in China with an investment of 3 million US dollars!

Moreover, it is a serious Chinese director, and there is an Oscar-winning actor like Xiao Lizi playing the leading actor, plus a string of top-level casts that gather domestic and foreign celebrities.

Even so, the outside world generally looked down upon Jiang Ye.

But apart from Jiang Ye, how many people in China can afford to support their business expansion overseas?
On the video platform, there must be at least 30 episodes released every year, which is enough to meet the strong viewing needs of users.

Especially in the early days, there is not enough high-quality copyright library, and the start must be extremely difficult.

But there are also advantages. Many themes that cannot be reviewed in China can be seen overseas.

For example, the Deadly series.

There is no reason why this kind of high-rated online drama should not be taken as its own.

"Lionsgate?"

There was a commotion in the conference room.

For practitioners in the film and television industry, this company is naturally no stranger.

Distributed and produced more than 17000 films, such as "The Hunger Games", "The Expendables" and "Chain Saw", "Twilight" and other series of films.

In terms of horror and thriller movies, it is unique.

In recent years, Lionsgate Pictures has been in decline.

From 18 billion US dollars at the beginning of 70, it has fallen to only about 40 billion US dollars today.

But a lean camel is bigger than a horse, and the copyright library accumulated by Lionsgate is the core that many streaming media companies have been peeping at.

Just like Disney, after so many years of children-themed film and television dramas, it launched the Disney+ platform and immediately gained tens of millions of users.

Lin Shen decided to acquire Lionsgate because he valued the wealth that Lionsgate had accumulated over the years.

US$55 billion is the bottom line for Lin Shen to acquire Lionsgate.

If it exceeds this figure, Lin Shen doesn't mind giving away the film and television copyrights of Lionsgate to Harmony.

Acquisition of a company with a high profile in the US and around the world.

This is exciting news for everyone here.

As for funds, they don't need to worry about it at all.

With Guanhai Group as the backer, let alone 55 billion US dollars, even 550 billion US dollars, it is not impossible to make up, at most it can sell a part of the equity.

……

Soon, Tangcheng Group formally made an offer to Lionsgate.

$45 billion!
It is much higher than the current market value of Lionsgate Films.

Finally, there are rich people who are interested, how could Lionsgate sell themselves so easily, backhanded a report of 70 billion U.S. dollars, and listed their family assets over the years.

Tangcheng Group has no intention of giving in.

Anyway, the bottom line given by the boss is 60 billion US dollars, if it is higher, it will be given up.

Realizing that the upper limit of Tangcheng Group's offer may not meet their expectations.

Lionsgate CEO Jon Felame, after consulting the board of directors, intends to sell the production business unit and keep the cable TV and streaming media unit Starz.

But Tangcheng Group directly refused.

Either buy it all, or give it up altogether.

For a while, the negotiations reached a deadlock.

But on the Lionsgate side, they are reluctant to package and sell the premium cable TV channels including Starz, which was bought for US$44 billion, and the streaming business.

After receiving the instruction from the major shareholder, Jon Ferreme killed $70 billion and did not intend to lower the offer.

Anyway, these years, their production business income is limited.

Big deal, they just make movies for Netflix.

The streaming business and pay-TV channel business are worth more than the declining studio business.

Lin Shen was a little surprised by such a strong company.

Considering that Netflix and Lionsgate have both mixed oils, it is hard to say that there is no inspiration from Netflix.

Either Lin Shen was taken advantage of and was brutally slaughtered by Lionsgate.

Either forcing Lin Shen to give up, Lionsgate still has to rely on Netflix's order to survive.

But Mr. Lin is not the kind of soft-spoken person.

Since the acquisition failed, Lin Shen directly sent the acquisition team back to China.

He is very capable of dealing with these greedy guys.

Take the "Knives Out" series that Netflix has high hopes for. The cost of the first part is only 4000 million U.S. dollars, and the production cost of the latter two together is only 1.7 million U.S. dollars.

The Knives Out trilogy has a total of 2.1 million US dollars.

Using the film and television investment privileges, the three films disappeared from the whole world and were replaced by other films.

For this replacement, the system considerately provides three options.

Worse than the original, same as the original, better than the original.

Naturally, there is no need to show mercy to the enemy.

Lin Shen decisively chose to be worse than the original.

what does this mean?
These three Netflix movies will suffer a blood loss, which will be shown in their past financial reports.

It seems that the production costs of these three movies are a little bit lower, which is not harmful to Netflix.

But what if many film and television dramas in succession suffer losses?
The capital market has the keenest sense of smell. As long as Netflix finds out from the financial report that there is a risk of continuous losses, the stock price will never return to its original high.

The $60 billion that was originally used to acquire Lionsgate was saved and used to produce those high-cost excellent dramas.

With a high score, the system will give him cash back.

Regardless of Disney or Netflix, in the face of his showmanship, they have to bow down.

The sum of money they spent was really spent.

As for Lin Shen, not only does the system have cashback, but it can also collect part of it from users through fees.

Inside and outside, it means that he didn't spend a penny, and he also has an extra high-potential company that is no less than a head streaming platform.

The production budget for the first phase should be generous no matter what.

Just spend 10 billion US dollars first and see how it works.

The Jue Ming series, which is not expensive but has a high ratings, is naturally taken over by Lin Shen unceremoniously.

As long as you have money, you don't have to worry about finding someone to shoot.

Anyway, as long as the score is high, the system will give cash back, even if the salary is higher, there is no pressure.

Don't worry about making money in the early stage, broadcast it for free first, and accumulate the plates.

Wait until there are more people, and there are popular dramas to cover the bottom line, and then launch the payment model at that time, it will be as easy as boiling a frog in warm water.

(End of this chapter)