Dominating Hollywood: Starting with Scarlett

Chapter 40 Parting ways
  Apollyon also expressed shock at Tang De's speech.

"Forty percent is too much, Tang De."

"Then what do you think is appropriate?" Tang De looked at the two of them with a half-smile, and Jimmy also raised his eyebrows.

"Fifteen percent, Tang De, you don't know, there are many things that advertising companies need to spend money on. Such as contacting people, such as crew members, such as scene decoration, such as factory samples." Apollyon listed one item after another, but he With every word he said, Tang De smiled more and more on his face.

"Apollyon, you can't do this, our profits are very thin!" Maroni also echoed: "I agree to 13% at most, no more!"

"Maroni!" Apollyon stared straight at him. In the end, Maroni was defeated and said to Tang De: "Okay, at most fifteen percent, no more."

"Forget it." Tang De clapped his hands and laughed: "Since the company is so difficult, why can't I help you and quit?"

Jimmy followed suit: "I'm quitting too."

"What!" Apollyon and Maroni were both shocked, but compared to Apollyon's completely unexpected shock, Maroni's shock was more artificial.

"Don De! You've thought about it a long time ago, haven't you?" Maroni looked indignant: "You just hugged the thigh of the Heinz Group, right? I know Henry promised you benefits! But let me tell you, If you leave the Lions, no one will be willing to give you shares! You can only get a dead salary!"

"Maybe you're right!" Tang De smiled, stood up, and walked out with Jimmy.

And Apollyon also stood up and shouted: "Jimmy, I gave you a job! Are you going to leave me now?"

Jimmy turned around and apologized: "Apollyon, you are a good big brother, I will always support you. You can call me anytime when you need it. But these are two different things. Tang De is right, he is obviously very important, but he is not It’s not fair to be treated accordingly.”

"Then what is fairness? Is it fair that we have worked hard to create the company, maintain the operation of the company, and then hand over all the profits to Tang De?" Maroni sneered and advised the somewhat tangled Apollyon: " Don't stop it, Apollyon, they have already agreed, no matter how much you give him, he will not keep it."

This sentence is actually correct.

Tang De's request for more shares today was just to find a way out for Jimmy and himself.

He knew that Maroni and Apollyon would not be willing to give up such a large piece of cake.

Jimmy was a little angry when he saw Maroni like this: "It's because of you, Maroni! Do you think you can handle all your customers? Just dream about your sports car!"

The two walked out of the Lion Company and got into the car, just like when they signed the contract. However, in just one month, the two parties parted ways.

"Tang De, is the new company really okay?" Although Jimmy supported Tang De unconditionally in the conference room, he still had some doubts in private.

Tang De leaned back in his chair and said, "You know what? Jimmy, many people have an illusion."

"What illusion?" Jimmy looked confused.

"They always feel that there is no threshold for words, and there is no threshold for creativity! Everyone can come up with good ideas, just like Maroney, he is a practitioner of this idea. So he often criticizes my creativity. .”

Tang De's tone was full of ridicule: "But in fact? There are so many advertising companies! A company that can truly stand at the top of the pyramid must be very professional and respect advertising creativity! The so-called reputation of Lion Company is just in the water. The moon, without creative support, will soon be shattered.”

"And they always have a petty attitude. They seem to think it's harmless for us to leave the company, so they refuse to share the cake with us."

Jimmy agreed: "That's right, fifteen percent? It's really confusing."

"So we need to have our own company. We don't need too many employees. The crew will be outsourced, and I'll leave it to you to solve the advertising project."

"Okay, no problem." The two people drove around to look around the office space, and soon found a two-story building near the Bronx. It was located near a commercial street, with convenient transportation and a good environment.

It's just that the rent is a little more expensive than other places, but for Tang De, a perfectionist, renting is good. He is not willing to keep moving in the future.

After confirming the office location, Tang De entrusted lawyer Kirk to help him handle the company affairs. After successfully setting up the company three days later, he named it Supreme Creative.

Afterwards, he came alone to the office of Henry, CEO of Heinz Group.

"Hey, Tang De, I postponed the meeting immediately after I received your call. What, do you have any ideas?" Henry was wearing a dark blue striped suit today. Every time Tang De came to see him, he was dressed differently. It can be seen that he is indeed very rich.

"Of course, Henry, it's just that it may be different from what you think." Tang De smiled and sat on the sofa with him and explained: "Maroni and I broke up. He said that I couldn't gain a foothold in the advertising industry, but I I want to prove it to him.”

"Maroney? Of course he is wrong! How could a creative genius like you not be able to gain a foothold in the advertising industry!" Henry looked surprised, and then he realized something: "So you plan to start your own company? Am I right? ?”

Tang De nodded: "Supreme Creativity, my own company."

In fact, during this period of interaction with Henry, Henry had already changed from soliciting with a condescending tone to equal communication, because those advanced Internet words in Tang De's mouth made him feel that Tang De was far from human.

And after understanding the meaning of these words, he felt like a treasure.

So much so that he often used it in meetings after learning it.

So now the senior management of Heinz Group basically occupy the minds of users one by one, improve the granularity, use creative thinking to form a logical closed loop.

If you don't add a few sentences to your speech, others will think you don't understand it at all.

Therefore, Henry now really hopes that Tang De will join his company and become his capable man.

But now Tang De said that he had established a company, which made him regretful, but a mature professional would not back down because of a little trouble, so he quickly came up with a new idea.

"So Tang De, do you need investment? I can inject you one million US dollars on behalf of the Heinz Group. What do you think?"

Tang De thought great!
  But on the surface, he still pretends to be entangled. After all, rushing is not a deal, and he has to be begged to gain greater initiative.

"Don't worry, we won't take most of your shares." Henry knew his doubts and said proactively: "I'm just very optimistic about your development, 20%, one million US dollars, how about it?"

Tang De made up his mind. He had planned to imitate Facebook's shareholding ratio. He would hold 65%, Jimmy would hold 5%, and other investors would hold 30%.

Such a shareholding structure can ensure that one retains absolute control over the company after listing. Therefore, the 20% proposed by Henry was exactly what he wanted, and he could find investors for future expansion.

"Henry, thank you for your generosity." After Tang De agreed, Henry took out the champagne again: "I'm just investing in advance, Tang De."

“Trust me, you’ll be happy with your investment today in the future.”

"I hope so, cheers."

"cheers."

(End of this chapter)