Actor: Thank you.

Before long, Duowan Games' annual meeting came to a close.

A group of leaders and senior executives took the stage to deliver speeches.

Mr. Lei was also invited to the stage to say a few words.

Don't be fooled by the fact that this person is from an older generation.

Born in 69, he was already over 40 in 2010.

But he has no aversion to games at all; on the contrary, he knows a lot about them.

Because back then, Kingsoft spent 2000 million yuan to launch the "Pangu Components"... which was the early version of WPS.

Due to piracy and Microsoft's strong market strategy in China, they lost everything.

It almost caused Kingsoft to go bankrupt, and directly broke Jun'er's spirits, who was then the general manager in charge of the project.

It took me half a year to recover.

During those six months of leisure at home, he became a moderator on CFIDO BBS, and through this, he met Ma Huateng and Ding Lei, who were internet moguls at the time who had not yet made their fortunes.

Six months later, the "Dragon King returned." At that time, Kingsoft only had two paths: sell health products or make money in real estate.

Shi Yuzhu's Giant Group ended up selling health supplements.

But Lei Jun and his mentor Qiu Bojun ultimately decided to sell their house and car and continue developing software, specifically WPS.

However, they also developed Kingsoft PowerWord, Kingsoft Video Player, and even Kingsoft Game Ranger to subsidize the development of their main projects.

"Swordsman Love" was also a project put together by Lei Jun, using the game to subsidize WPS.

So this person is not only good at playing games, but also at game development and project management.

Known as the "God of Games," Shigeru Miyamoto, the legendary Nintendo veteran who created the "Mario" IP, is revered as an idol by people all over the world, including many in China.

This person has a famous saying: "Because I can't do anything else, I can only be a producer."

The original meaning of this statement is that Shigeru Miyamoto is being humble, feeling that he is not as good as professionals at anything, that he is not as good as designers in painting, musicians in composing music, or coders in programming.

But this person is a master of everything, capable of anything, and extremely skilled at overall management and uniting various departments.

However, some domestic bosses have misinterpreted this statement as meaning that "to be a manager, you have to know nothing!"

If I, as the boss, can do all of this, what do I need you subordinates for?
Some leaders who believe in "second-hand success theories" would say this.

In reality, truly excellent managers need to have a deep understanding of every aspect of the team in order to manage a company well.

Take Zhang Yuan as an example. If he had never worked on a film crew before, and the production company reimbursed him 8 for a palace lantern and 10 for a sword, you would sign the contract.

That would be disastrous.

Many coal mine owners and mine owners have been swindled out of their money in this way.

What's impressive about Mr. Lei is his hands-on approach. He knows everything, and even if he doesn't know something, he'll try it out himself.

This is already the best quality a manager can have.

Zhang Yuan did not go on stage to speak, but simply applauded from below the stage.

After adjusting your mood, look at it with a calm mind.

Even if others don't like you, you shouldn't hold a grudge.

They are still quite strong after all.

He only went up on stage for the final group photo.

I even moved to a less conspicuous spot, standing on the side.

Just think of yourself as an artist who's simply there for a gig.

"Mr. Li, I'll contact you later." After finishing, Zhang Yuan prepared to leave.

I greeted Mr. Li, the owner of Duowan.

Just as I was about to turn around and say a few words to Jun'er, he called me back.

"There's something I need to inform all the shareholders about."

The other person looked serious, so Zhang Yuan gestured for his men to wait a moment.

I gathered a group of shareholder representatives and took this opportunity to briefly discuss something.

“A company has sent us a full takeover offer.”

"And a quote was given."

Everyone is usually busy, so this person is taking advantage of the fact that everyone is here to talk.

"I will have someone send both electronic and paper versions of the specific acquisition plan to your email addresses and addresses respectively."

In fact, as early as 08, someone had already proposed an acquisition.

The company that wants to acquire Duowan is none other than Mr. Shi, the owner of Giant Interactive, which once transformed into selling Brain Gold.

The offer they made at the time was $5000 million!
Mr. Li was somewhat tempted, and many shareholders were also interested.

If the company had been sold at that time, most investors could have earned a return of 5 to 15 times their initial investment, which was quite tempting.

But after discussing it with General Manager Lei, Li Xuelin ultimately decided to maintain the status quo.

Jun'er has seen the world and thinks that 5000 million US dollars is nothing special.

Now, more than a year has passed, and because YY Voice was launched and became a great success, another potential buyer has come knocking.

This time, the initiator is even more powerful.

"Who wants to acquire it?" Jun'er asked the crucial question.

“Penguin!” Mr. Li replied in a low voice.

"The asking price is $1.5 million."

Upon hearing this price, many shareholders' eyes lit up.

Over one hundred million US dollars is quite impressive!
Zhang Yuan remained silent after listening.

Because Li Xuelin most likely didn't disclose all the conditions.

If someone wants to acquire him, they'll likely offer him, the CEO and founder, some special benefits, perhaps quite substantial.

It may even involve a small amount of penguin equity.

"I think this is very important."

"After everyone has reviewed the other party's detailed conditions, we will hold another meeting to reach a conclusion."

"Okay." Everyone said they understood.

They then dispersed.

"President Lei," Zhang Yuan called out to Jun'er, who was walking out.

At this moment, he was not at all pretentious, and unlike some bosses, he wasn't surrounded by a bunch of bodyguards and assistants.

I was alone and planned to take a taxi.

"We have a large group and have chartered a bus to the airport. Let's go together."

"No need, don't trouble yourself." Mr. Lei is still a bit socially awkward.

Maybe he just wanted some peace and quiet.

"Okay, you must be quite busy... By the way, I remember what Mr. Li mentioned earlier. You and Mr. Ma from Tencent are quite close, right?"

"I know him." This person was not talkative and was cautious.

"Penguins are very famous, and Mr. Ma must have a broad vision and unique perspective."

"They're willing to offer such a high price to acquire Duowan."

"I think it's a good thing," Zhang Yuan said with a relaxed expression.

"Oh, you think it would be better to sell it?" Jun'er looked at him closely.

"No, I think Mr. Ma's optimism proves that Duowan has great potential, which gives me more confidence to hold it for the long term."

"Selling and cashing out would be easy, but my original intention in investing in this company was to grow with it and pursue greater long-term goals."

"Okay," Jun'er nodded in reply, without saying anything more.

But he had other ideas in mind.

He had seen the reactions of the others when Li Xuelin brought it up earlier.

Everyone knows in their hearts that they want to sell.

But this artist made it clear that he didn't want to sell, which is quite unusual.

Because he didn't approve of selling it either!

With Li Xuelin, Lei Zong, and Zhang Yuan's shares, the three of them together hold more than 50% of the company. In other words, as long as he can get Li Xuelin on board, the deal can be finalized.

However, Jun'er did not overreact and remained calm without expressing any opinion.

After a polite farewell, he left alone.

"That's enough." Zhang Yuan waved his hand.

It's enough to show that you're on the same side as the "general trend".

Because the premise of cooperation is "shared ideals and goals".

Make your stance clear first; there might be opportunities in the future.

We boarded the bus, ready to catch a plane back to Beijing.

"what!"

Zhang Yuan was leaning back in his chair, closing his eyes to rest, thinking about how to spend the money he had swindled from Hua Yi.

But then he heard a gasp from behind him.

"Why are you making such a fuss!"

Looking back, I saw Jiang Xin and Zhao Liying playing on their phones.

He then shoved the phone into his face.

"look."

Zhang Yuan rubbed his eyes and took it.

The two of them are browsing Weibo.

After Zhang Yuan attended the Sina Gala and it gained special attention, most of the people in the company also started to pay attention.

Zhang Yuan glanced at the Weibo topics they were following.

Fahrenheit lip-syncing...

It has already been read more than 500 million times.

Zhang Yuan frowned.

Wow, the members of this team are truly "like-minded".

But it's still hiding it quite well.

The standard boy band setup continues the formula from the island nation.

It's a complete continuation, after all, the most famous talent agency in Japan, Johnny & Associates, is already quite extreme.

A few days ago, during a commercial performance, the sound system malfunctioned halfway through the song, so these performers had to sing a cappella.

As a result, he was transferred... He was able to travel from Guangdong Province to Siberia.

Because the difference from before was so obvious, everyone realized that you guys were lip-syncing all along!
This group is an idol group, so they rely on their looks.

In the world of singing, live performances rely on lip-syncing, and CDs rely on auto-tuning.

Who told you female fans to love "brother" so much?

After this incident, the team lost money, their career suffered, their performance fees plummeted, they were in a bad reputation for a long time, and their popularity took a sharp downturn.

"We were lip-syncing just now, we won't get caught, will we?"

“After all, this matter is being strictly investigated now.” Jiang Xin leaned her head out from behind the chair.

She was lip-syncing at the company's annual meeting just now.

"Did you get paid for lip-syncing just now?"

"No."

Have tickets for the company's annual meeting been sold yet?

"no."

“Yeah, there were no tickets sold, and you didn’t get any direct payment, so it’s not a commercial activity. What’s the rush? It’s just something to do for fun.” Zhang Yuan flicked her forehead.

"Don't be so guilty, okay?"

The bus arrived at the airport, and the group chartered a plane back to the capital.

After resting at home for a night, Cheng Hao arrived the next day with a newspaper in hand as he was slurping soy milk from a bowl.

"Ziyi is really something."

"Knowing her brother is like this, why does she keep using him?"

As she spoke, she handed him the newspaper.

Zhang Yuanteng started eating while watching.

"Heh." He then let out a cold laugh.

"What do you mean her brother has a problem?"

"You make it sound like she's perfect, without any problems whatsoever."

Zhang Yuan pointed to himself.

"If someone from our company makes a mistake outside, especially if they are inhumane, act arrogantly, or cause trouble."

Is this solely the artists' problem?

"Up to the agent, and then up to me, there's responsibility."

"Just like when children make mistakes, don't parents bear any responsibility?"

And this time, you even provided written evidence yourself.

Zhang Ziyi already had a poor reputation, and now it's only made matters worse.

This is what they mean by "birds of a feather flock together".

The more their defenses are breached, the more it proves they are telling the truth.

"Are you feeling better now?" Cheng Hao asked him with a smile.

After all, he had been scolded by Zhang Ziyi before.

Now someone has reported it.

"What's so enjoyable about it?"

There's a mad dog barking at you from the roadside.

"If you get beaten up in a few months, would you feel good?"

"If I even glance at him, I've already lost."

"This means I'm on the same level as him."

What level are you that I even need to pay attention to?

It's just a mad dog on the roadside.

"However, things have been rather turbulent lately, so it's best to keep a low profile."

"Boss." A short while later, Zeng Jia came to the door.

"I was just looking for you."

"Inform all artists to keep a low profile recently."

Zeng Jia thought to herself, "Let's all keep a low profile."

Aren't you the most high-profile one?

"The matter you asked me to contact has been resolved."

"What is it?" Zhang Yuan asked, his eyes wide.

Zeng Jia had no choice but to hold back.

"You're the one who asked me to contact Beijing TV about the interview."

"Ah... I remember now." Zhang Yuan nodded vigorously. He hadn't taken it too seriously; he'd forgotten about it if it weren't mentioned.

“Uh…” But Zeng Jia was not as relaxed as him.

Not only was his expression serious, but he also spoke hesitantly.

"Just say what's on your mind." Zhang Yuan noticed that the other person's behavior was unusual.

Zeng Jia frowned: "There's something wrong with this..." (End of Chapter)