China Entertainment: I have been a director since 05

[Edited, Ronaldo is awesome]

"Whether ByteDance can continue to operate depends on me, Guan Ling..."

"You have always been under my control,"

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Yiming and others were stunned instantly.

These words came out of Guan Ling's mouth, domineering and natural.

Even these words made them feel numb all over, and a sense of collapse of consciousness.

To be honest, Guan Ling's words were not just a simple provocation, but were really meant to destroy their self-confidence and competitive spirit.

When Guan Ling's voice stopped, the entire conference room fell silent.

Although Guan Ling's words were unpleasant to the ear, everyone could understand them.

Many times, when the Analects of Confucius talks about truth, people don’t like to listen.

But when the words really hit everyone's head, everyone really understood what physical principles meant.

Anyway, at this moment, Zhang Yiming understood.

So he was stunned for a moment.

Liu Yan looked at Zhang Yiming and said softly.

"Did you hear that, Mr. Zhang?"

Zhang Yiming was silent at the moment.

Liu Yan paused, her eyes swept across Zhang Yiming's face which froze in an instant, and across the horrified faces around him, and finally fell back on the plan, her fingertips lightly tapping on the number.

"That's the valuation. Mr. Zhang," Liu Yan tilted her head slightly, "Do you think Director Guan's opinion is okay?"

Liu Yan is very beautiful, but at this moment, no one in the conference room has time to pay attention to her beauty.

The corners of Liu Yan's mouth curled up slightly.
But it is enough to make people feel cold.

"Anyway, I think I need your answers."

Liu Yan's voice was short and powerful.
"boom!"

These words and this expression were like thunderbolt from a clear sky, striking Zhang Yiming hard on the head!

He only felt a surge of hot blood rushing to his brain, burning his eyes and making his ears buzz.

He knew very well that this was taking advantage of someone's misfortune.

But he also knew that he had to give an answer.

For Guan Ling and also for myself.

Some founders who started a business with Zhang felt that this was a humiliation, a naked and merciless humiliation!

I even wanted to leave. The worst that could happen is bankruptcy. How could I give away my shares and voting rights in equal proportion at the same time?

This is a career that they have worked so hard for and regarded as their life, but in the end it has been reduced to a weapon for others to control them.

Zhang Yiming thought a little more.

He felt unhappy, but he felt that Guan Ling's behavior was not actually humiliating.

According to the current situation, the other party’s Toutiao users can completely destroy his Toutiao, and ByteDance will be destroyed along with it.

But the other party did not do that. Instead, he generously gave me a choice.

"Mr. Guan."

Zhang Yiming still wanted to struggle and continue communicating with Guan Ling on the phone.

He stood up suddenly, and the legs of the chair made a harsh noise on the smooth floor.

With his hands on the cold table, Zhang Yiming's body trembled slightly due to extreme embarrassment, and his knuckles turned pale due to the force.

Although he couldn't see the man, he still stared at the screen of the phone in Liu Yan's hand.
It seemed as if I could see that calm and composed person through the screen. His voice had become high-pitched and hoarse at this moment due to excessive excitement, and he was determined to make the most of it:

"Director Guan, this is an Internet company. Even if you have a proportional voting right, you still don't understand the operation and innovation of the Internet industry. Internet companies are different from the entertainment industry you are familiar with. The rules of the game of capital are not like this. You can't..."

"Rules?" Guan Ling interrupted him. His voice was not loud, but it was cold. In just a moment, he strangled Zhang Yiming's excited roar.

"I never believe in these rules. I only believe in my own vision. You will definitely agree because you have nowhere else to go."

On the other end of the phone, the filming in Inner Mongolia had just ended. Guan Ling leaned back slightly, leaning into the back of the large director's chair, his posture even showing a hint of laziness.

He casually crossed his fingers in front of him and looked at the screen with a condescending look.

The conversation with Zhang Yiming on the phone was very dull, like a director commenting on an actor's poor performance.

"Mr. Zhang," Guan Ling's voice was filled with a clear, undisguised hint of amusement, "I just want to say it again, you actually have no choice at all."

He paused slightly,
"You can talk to Liu Yan about the specifics. I'm hanging up now."

"Don't hang up, Director Guan."

Zhang Yiming said something, so Guan Ling didn't hang up, but fell silent again.

Afterwards, Liu Yan began to appreciate the expression on Zhang Yiming's face which was distorted by extreme shame and anger, as well as the expressions of the people around him who looked as if they had seen a ghost.

Liu Yan could clearly see that he was struggling.

Director Guan's few words completely broke down their defenses.

He just made an arrangement, but it scared Zhang Yiming so much that he didn't know what to do for a moment.

"Director Guan, please raise the price a little bit."

Zhang Yiming gave a bitter smile and finally stopped being so arrogant. Instead, he completely let go of himself.

At this moment, there is really no choice.

But 200 million is too little for Zhang Yiming.

For ByteDance, even less.

"Raise the price?" Guan Ling sneered softly. The laugh was very light, but it was as painful as a needle. "But this is the only price you have now..."

These words were a bit hurtful, but for a moment, Zhang Yiming really couldn't refute them.

It was fine when the traffic was high before, but now that it has been crushed by Toutiao, there is really nothing we can do.

The most indifferent tone of voice is the most hurtful. Guan Ling's few words made people feel extremely embarrassed.

Zhang Yiming suddenly felt that he was indeed being too pretentious.

In fact, it was they who suggested having a chat with Liu Yan, the enemy.

Now you are making all kinds of excuses, which seems to be unreasonable.

"To be honest with you, Mr. Zhang, if I want to, I can squeeze out all your existing content at any time so that there will be no new users."

Guan Ling smiled. Zhang Yiming was a little embarrassed by what he had done. "So I really gave him a lot of face."

numb!

Zhang Yiming was completely numb!
Guan Ling's words were another heavy blow! This time, it hit Zhang Yiming's pride in survival!
The product concept and technological accumulation that he was proud of were belittled into the insignificant “no more new users”!
At a certain moment, Zhang Yiming felt a fishy and sweet taste rising up his throat.

He almost had to bite his teeth to pieces in order to suppress the blood.

Zhang Yiming's eyes were red, like a trapped beast that was completely enraged. He looked at Liu Yan woodenly, his chest heaving violently, but he could not refute a word.

Because what the other party hit was precisely the core pain points of Toutiao's slow product iteration and inaccurate algorithms, which were exposed by Toutiao's precise attacks in the past few months, and the huge consequences caused!
"That's true. Director Guan has really given me a lot of face."

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Yiming finally squeezed out his voice from between his teeth, and with bloodshot eyes he had to admit the fact.

Although Guan Ling spoke in a loud voice.

Zhang Yiming also agreed. He knew very well that
The reason why Toutiao.com has been able to rise is only because of Director Guan’s resources in the entertainment industry and the traffic he created by spending a lot of money!

And the sinking market brought by Liu Yan and others. On the core technology...

Half a catty.

Unfortunately, many things in this world are not just about the technical core.

Considering everything, if you make a mistake at one step, all steps will naturally go wrong.

When Zhang Yiming reluctantly accepted his fate,
Guan Ling's words made him feel that things had taken a turn for the better, and suddenly there was light again.

"Mr. Zhang, what you did just now was my method."

Guan Ling's words made Zhang Yiming prick up his ears. "From now on, Toutiao will also be incorporated into ByteDance. This is my trust in you. Although I have equal voting rights in the shares, you are still the helmsman of ByteDance. How do you think?"

Guan Ling explained his methods clearly without any hesitation.

His words stunned everyone present.

Originally they thought Guan Ling was planning to let Toutiaoke swallow them up.

Now it seems that Toutiao has been swallowed up by them, right?

Director Guan, is it because of these people?

From the beginning, it was all for these people?
Who here is not a smart person?

When Guan Ling finished speaking, everyone looked at each other. Zhang Yiming raised his eyebrows slightly, as if he had heard an extremely childish joke. He leaned forward slightly, spread his hands apart, and casually placed them on the edge of the table, his eyes fixed on the video in Liu Yan's hand as if it were real.

"Director Guan, are you serious?"

"You don't think I left you guys a way out because I'm kind, do you?" Guan Ling's tone was as calm as if he was talking about today's lunch. "From the beginning, all I cared about was you guys."

Guan Ling paused. On the other end of the video, his eyes moved away from Zhang Yiming's face, as if he was talking about something insignificant. His slender fingers unconsciously tapped twice on the smooth table.

"From the beginning, I was here for your project," Guan Ling's voice was filled with a hint of nostalgia, "I came here just for you."

He raised his eyes and looked at Zhang Yiming again, with a hint of innocent inquiry in his eyes: "Why? Mr. Zhang, don't you feel flattered at this time?"

"Om-!"

Zhang Yiming felt as if his brain was stuffed with ten thousand bees.

The sharp buzzing sound completely overwhelmed his hearing.

Everything in front of me began to spin and blur.

Are you coming for me?

I couldn't sleep for half a year, and now you say you are doing it for me, can you just communicate directly? It's not that I can't lower the price for you.

You want to give me 200 million, but you also earned several hundred million by running Toutiao yourself. If you give all this money to me, everyone will be happy, right?

So it’s just to kick out all competitors?

You set up such a big trap for me?

Zhang Yiming's head was buzzing, and his mind was full of the discomfort of being framed by capital.

He fought hard and couldn't sleep for half a year to prepare for the battle... but it turned out that the other party was just valuing him and eliminating all competitors for fun during the break in filming? !
Absurd! Extremely absurd! Yet it also brought with it a despairing, irrefutable sense of crushing power!
A chill instantly rushed up from Zhang Yiming's tailbone to his head, causing his angry body to shiver uncontrollably.

Following the previous huge feeling of collapse, there was a deeper and more biting fear.

If...if what the other party said is true...

The man in front of me, his understanding of technology, his grasp of user psychology, his ultimate pursuit of efficiency, and even his emphasis on himself

...What height has it reached?
Will a gentleman die for his friend?

Zhuge Liang captured Meng Huo seven times?
That’s all, isn’t it?

At this moment, Liu Yan stood up at the right time, her movements were so precise as if they had been rehearsed countless times.

She took out a thicker document with a much more exquisite binding from the exquisite briefcase she carried with her.

She didn't say anything, but placed the document steadily on the table in front of Zhang Yiming with both hands. "This is the merger agreement of Toutiao. Mr. Zhang just needs to sign the first agreement. This is the gift from Director Guan to Mr. Zhang."

She paused slightly, as if giving Zhang Yiming time to digest the information.

Dead!

The only sound in the conference room was the low and monotonous roar of the air-conditioning system, like the sigh of a dying person.

Zhang Yiming stood frozen in place, like a sculpture whose soul had been instantly drained away.

A sense of luck for surviving a disaster and an inexplicable feeling of happiness suddenly came over him. If Guan Ling's previous method was to suppress him, the gift at this moment was a sincerity greater than the sky.

How could he refuse?
It turned out that the opponent's previous oppression was just a test.

Thinking about it now, it is even more puzzling. Zhang Yiming doesn't even know why Guan Ling insisted on portraying himself as so ruthless.

Is business war so fierce?

But this time, he felt that what he signed was not a "contract of sale", but a partner, because from being oppressed and swallowed up skin and bones before, to now still being the captain at the helm of the ship, in just a few minutes, his status seemed to be completely different.

So he finally signed his name.

On the other end of the phone, Guan Ling smiled brightly.

"Mr. Zhang, welcome to Lingyun Media. In the future, ByteDance will be a subsidiary of Lingyun Media Group, but Mr. Zhang will have autonomy in all business dealings."

Zhang Yiming also smiled and said, "Thank you Director Guan for your support. I will definitely not let down the profound thoughts that Director Guan's headline guest has given me..."

"Look at you, you're not blaming me, are you?"

"I am just grateful, sentimental, and moved..."

"real or fake?"

"It's more real than real gold." Zhang Yiming said while gritting his teeth.

At this moment, the previous huge anger, the humiliation of being played, the pain of being sold at a low price, and the unfathomable fear of the man in front of him... countless extreme emotions were like boiling magma, colliding and tearing wildly in his chest! Burning his internal organs and twisting them!

I hate it so much that it makes me feel itchy all over.

The meeting was over and everything was completed successfully.

…………

Inner Mongolia.

Zhang Junning handed Guan Ling a cup of coffee and asked with a smile, "Director Guan, you're holding back and then letting go, like giving a stick first and then two sweet dates. It's just such a small company, why is Director Guan so attentive?"

He really didn't know why Guan Ling was here.
To be honest, now even if Director Guan wants to own part of the shares of JD.com, Jumei, or even Taobao, he can get it.

Only the little-known ByteDance seems incredible.

Guan Ling glanced at Zhang Junning and said, "Let me ask you a question. Do you think the attitude of those old men in the circle towards me right now is more like praising me or scolding me?"

This was the first time Guan Ling asked this question, but it was not the first time Zhang Junning was prepared. She knew that Guan Ling was referring to those vested interests in directing power and the acting circle.

"Of course I scold you, calling you a little thief, a rebellious thief, and thinking that sooner or later someone will take you in."

Zhang Junning frowned slightly, but still answered calmly.

"Pretty much what I thought."

Guan Ling stretched out his hand calmly and gently picked up the cup of coffee on the table in front of him with his fingertips. After taking a sip, he slowly brushed off the annoying coffee stains on the cover of the script. His movements were as elegant as brushing off a speck of dust.

He closed the script that symbolized the film that had a huge impact on Chinese science fiction.
What he was thinking about in his heart was the document in Liu Yan's hand, which was like a shackle for ByteDance's future, and his heart was filled with pride.

Yes, Zhang Junning is right, you guys call him a thief,

But how do they know what they stole from the agreement and contract they signed today?

Is it public opinion?
Is it the control of future technological development and the end point of the video industry?
Is it the biggest promotional channel for TV series and movies?
Is it a propaganda channel covering everyone in the country and even everyone in the world?
Guan Ling pulled a smile from the corner of his mouth.
Yes, they will never understand. (End of this chapter)