Financial freedom starts from graduation

Chapter 200: "Job"

First of all, Zhou Wang has never worked.

Secondly, it is unlikely that he will go to work in the future, or even if he does, he will not be able to sit in an office from nine to six.

So Zhou Wang was really curious about the daily life of ordinary cows...ordinary wage earners.

But soon, he realized that Wuyou Media was probably quite different from ordinary real economy companies.

In other words, new Internet companies like MCN, which rely on influencers and internet celebrities for their development, cannot be compared with ordinary companies in terms of the atmosphere and tone.

Forget about the gym, most large companies will have one...

But what kind of company have you ever seen that would set up a billiard room, KTV, game room, massage room, dance hall in the company headquarters building...

Starting from the first floor, as the tour went up, Zhou Wang was stunned by the explanation of "Don't eat things with peach flavor".

"Hehe, in fact, in addition to being used by employees during their breaks, Mr. Zhou, you can also regard this as a filming resource. This way, you don't need to set up a set or find a location. You can do it directly in the company..."

"understood."

Zhou Wang suddenly realized.

Internet celebrities must be very productive, especially in the early stages of accumulating fans. If they can’t even update once a day, what’s the point of being an internet celebrity?
With the size of Wuyou, although famous internet celebrities rarely stay in the company, there are still many new people joining here every day. The diversity of the company's scenes can also meet their various needs for shooting short videos...

Zhou Wang took a closer look and found that the KTV room in Wuyou Media really seemed familiar. He might have seen it in a short video before.

"Mr. Zhou, do you want me to sing two songs with you?"

Seeing Zhou Wang stopping in the KTV room and looking very interested, Taozi suggested with a smile.

"No need...let's go."

Zhou Wang glanced at her, and for a moment he couldn't tell whether she really didn't understand or was pretending not to understand——

A man and a woman singing alone, is this serious?

After passing the entertainment areas on the first few floors, we finally arrived at the formal office area. Most of the people sitting next to the rows of workstations were young people.

"Operation, editing, influencer management, post-production, human resources, administration... but the most important part is operation. Competition is fierce in every field now, so the operation position is very important."

Taozi, who is often in the company, is obviously very familiar with each department. She explains things in detail and basically answers all questions.

Xiao Biao didn't know whether he was trying to avoid suspicion or for some other reason, but he kept some distance from the two of them and just hung there from a distance.

In the eyes of Wuyou’s staff, many people mistakenly thought that Zhou Wang, this handsome young man, was a host who had just signed with the company... after all, his external conditions were there.

Thanks to this, Zhou Wang saw their true working conditions.

His first reaction was that it was quite a blessing to work in this company...

Because you can watch short videos openly.

He saw not only one computer playing web-based versions of a certain audio, but also a buddy who was probably an editor was watching a lot of videos. When Taozi talked to him, he called it "looking for inspiration"...

After hearing this reason, Zhou Wang thought that even if he was a manager, he could not blame him as long as he completed the work on time and in full.

Because most of them are young people, the overall atmosphere is very relaxed. They are not surprised by Taozi's intrusion. The bolder ones will even joke with Taozi, and Taozi will respond with a smile.

After going up one more floor, the environment began to become quiet. What we saw were no longer large office areas, but independent rooms.

"This area is an exclusive lounge for artists with a certain number of fans. It can also be seen as an independent live broadcast room. The company's signing room is also here..."

Taozi came closer, and the fragrance from her body went straight into Zhou Wang's nose. When she was quietly introducing him, a slightly sharp voice suddenly came from the side:

"Xiao Xiao, please, I can call you Miss, okay? You ruined such a good opportunity last night. Can you tell me what you think about every day?"

Zhou Wang turned around in surprise and saw two women facing each other in a lounge with the door half open.

Facing Zhou Wang was a woman wearing a white silk nightgown with her makeup half done. At this moment, she was so angry and aggrieved that her plump breasts, outlined by the nightgown, rose and fell, which was very eye-catching.

The woman was Wang Xiaoxiao whom Zhou Wang had met last night. The woman in professional attire opposite her was probably her agent or something like that. When Zhou Wang looked over, Wang Xiaoxiao just started to speak:
"Sister Yan, but Mr. Zheng clearly has bad intentions towards me. I told him I couldn't drink anymore but he kept forcing me to drink. He...he even wanted to touch my thigh..."

"How much flesh will be lost by touching you? President Zhang has stressed countless times that management cannot abuse their power for personal gain. If you don't want him to do that, how dare he do it?"

The woman called Sister Yan sneered when she heard this.

"But……"

Wang Xiaoxiao wanted to argue, but when she raised her eyes, she saw Zhou Wang outside the door and was stunned.

At this time, Taozi, who was following Zhou Wang, finally reacted. She hurried over and closed the door of the lounge, then turned around and smiled awkwardly at Zhou Wang:

"It's quite common for managers and artists to have some disagreements over work matters in our industry..."

Zhou Wang didn't comment, just nodded and smiled.

"Mr. Zhou, please come this way. I will continue to show you around..."

Taozi quickly regained her previous smile. Zhou Wang, who already knew part of the cause and effect, did not take Wang Xiaoxiao's experience seriously. He just wondered in his heart whether he would run into Hua Suisui and Endme...

However, nothing happened until we finished visiting the artists' rest area and arrived at the management area where the company's top executives were.

When they reached the end where facial recognition was required, Taozi stopped and looked hesitantly at Biaozi behind him.

Xiao Biao had already walked up quickly, nodded and smiled at Taozi, "Thank you for your hard work, Taozi, you can go and rest now."

"Okay... See you later, Mr. Zhou~"

Taozi greeted Zhou Wang playfully again, then walked away with a jumpy look on her face.

When they turned the corner, Taozi looked back quietly, and saw the glass door leading to the president's office open. A tall middle-aged man came out with a smile, stretched out his hands and shook hands tightly with Zhou Wang...

Oh my god, Mr. Zhang actually came out of the office to greet that man in person!

Taozi first clenched her fists excitedly and praised herself for her cleverness, but then she became a little discouraged.

Although she was much more enthusiastic than usual, and even gave Zhou Wang some invisible benefits, the problem was...

Zhou Wang didn’t know what she was like in normal times, so he might not be able to understand her enthusiasm!

Forget it, as long as it doesn’t leave a bad impression.

"It doesn't taste like peach." After thinking carefully, Zhou Wang felt that there should be nothing that made him dissatisfied, so he skipped away humming a little tune.

……

Wuyou Media, the CEO's office with panoramic floor-to-ceiling windows.

Zhang Shihao laughed loudly, put his arm around Zhou Wang's shoulders and led him to sit down, then waved his hand to let Biaozi go aside, and he sat behind the tea table himself to make tea.

"Your age is already surprising enough to me. Now look at your image and temperament. You are much better than most of the anchors in our company. Why do I feel like all the good things in the world have been taken by you, brother?"

Zhang Shihao was fiddling with the tea set while sighing.

Zhou Wang didn't know whether Zhang Shihao was really his true character, but that was the message Zhang Zhiyuan conveyed to him. At this first contact, Zhang Shihao gave Zhou Wang a very real feeling, without too much politeness, so he behaved very relaxed.

"I believe other people's envy of me, but I don't quite believe you, second brother." Zhou Wang replied with a smile.

"Why?" Zhang Shihao asked curiously.

"Young Master Zhang told me that your experience is the life template that everyone aspires to. When you were young, you could do everything, including rock and roll, fighting, extreme sports... You experienced everything, and the girlfriends you dated ranged from famous ladies to actresses in the entertainment industry."

Zhou Wang sighed, "Later, he turned back and set his sights on the emerging field of live streaming by internet celebrities, and successfully cut a large piece of the pie from it... Second brother, tell me yourself, whose life can be as unrestrained and wonderful as yours?"

"Hahaha... don't listen to Zhiyuan's nonsense. Those were all embarrassing things that happened to me when I was young that I can't even show off. How can they be glorious?"

Zhang Shihao laughed loudly and waved his hands repeatedly.

Although Zhang Shihao was refusing, Zhou Wang could see that he was really happy...

As for the so-called "embarrassing thing", in fact, when Zhang Shihao was young, he wanted to join the Gu Ganzai and almost had his legs broken by Zhang Dashao's grandfather. This was the real embarrassing thing, but Zhou Wang of course wisely did not mention it.

"Mr. Zhou."

After the greetings, Zhang Shihao suddenly addressed Zhou Wang in a serious manner, which made Zhou Wang realize something and he also became serious.

"I always like to talk about business first and then talk about personal matters, so at this moment, Mr. Zhou, I will have the following conversation with you as the CEO of Wuyou Media."

As he spoke, Zhang Shihao placed a recorder on the table and said, "Our conversation at this moment will be kept as internal company information so that other shareholders can review it when needed."

"Okay, Mr. Zhang."

Zhou Wang nodded in response. He didn't feel uncomfortable at all. Instead, he quite liked the feeling of clearly distinguishing between public and private.

Zhang Shihao first winked at Biaozi on the side, and Biaozi understood and immediately brought over a large stack of information. Each document had a signature stamp for internal information.

"This is a financial report from the past five years audited by a well-known local accounting firm... This is a development plan for the company drafted by me personally... And this one, for reference only, is the company's current shareholder list... And these..."

Except for the list of shareholders, other information is very thick. Fortunately, those reports are considerate enough to provide a simplified version with pure data, which is obviously convenient for Zhou Wang to understand the company's situation in the shortest time.

Zhou Wang did not hide anything and read it carefully.

This was not the first time he had come across similar documents, after all, there was already a precedent for the Dianwang Club. However, the scale of the two clubs was not comparable at all, and he had almost entrusted the operation of the Dianwang Club to Xu Wenxi and Jiang Qingkui, and had not actually intervened much.

The office fell silent. Zhang Shihao drank tea and waited patiently, answering Zhou Wang's questions when he needed them.

The first is the revenue issue that Zhou Wang himself is most concerned about.

As the industry's leading MCN agency, Wuyou Media has undoubtedly passed the most money-burning expansion period. Although it is still expanding its business, it has achieved substantial profits since several years ago.

Taking the recent year of 2023 as an example, Wuyou Media’s revenue exceeded 12 billion and its net profit was about 4.3 million. Of course, this size cannot be compared with many industries, but in the MCN world, it is undoubtedly an industry giant...

"Mr. Zhou, because you and the original shareholders had an agreement when signing the transfer contract, you can participate in the 2023 dividend. The money will be deposited into Wangzhou Culture's account before October..."

“Ah, can I get a share of the 2023 dividends?”

Zhou Wang was stunned when he heard this.

After all, the system acquired shares in July 2024, but he is about to get the money from 7. Isn’t that too ridiculous?

Zhang Shihao was also confused. You acquired the shares yourself, don’t you know it?

Zhou Wang also realized that he might have acted a little silly, but he quickly explained calmly: "I authorized the law firm to carry out the acquisition. Well, because there were quite a few companies acquired at the same time, my memory is a little confused..."

It sounds like nonsense, but Zhang Shihao was instantly filled with awe. Why?
Because as far as he knew, Zhou Wang had just completed the acquisition of 22.6% of BSK's shares today...

As we all know, no matter how powerful the capital is, it must conduct detailed background checks before deciding to acquire a company's shares. This is destined to be a long and tedious process.

Therefore, Zhou Wang definitely did not act on a whim to take action against Wuyou Media and BSK. He must have prepared for a long time before he could acquire the shares of the two companies in one fell swoop.

The acquisition of multiple companies was carried out at the same time, over a long period of time, and it was not done personally. It is normal to make mistakes!
After some thought, Zhang Shihao automatically rationalized Zhou Wang's explanation. Suddenly he understood, he gave Zhou Wang a thumbs up, and continued to explain attentively.

"Is such that……"

After comparing it with the contract backup stored in the system and listening to Zhang Shihao's explanation, Zhou Wang finally understood.

Because it is not a listed company, Wuyou Media can set its own dividend distribution time. According to the company's articles of association, the time for shareholder dividends is before October of the next fiscal year...

Very loose.

This was a decision made in order to ensure that the company always has sufficient cash flow, and it has been supported by all shareholders.

There are two situations when equity transfer occurs. When the original shareholder wants to retain the previous dividend rights, Zhou Wang can offer a lower price. However, the contract Zhou Wang signed with the original shareholder through Yunshangyun belongs to the second situation...

That is, the original shareholders did not retain the dividend rights of the previous year. The system has paid the acquisition price according to the previous average profit premium, so the dividend rights for 2023 have been transferred to Zhou Wang...

Tongzi is so kind!
Zhou Wang, who understood the whole story, couldn't help but secretly give the system a thumbs up.

With a net profit of 4.3 million, according to the equity ratio, Zhou Wang can actually take away 4300 million...

This is more than a year’s “salary” for him!

As long as Wuyou Media doesn't go bankrupt and he holds these shares, Zhou Wang will have a happy life year after year...

Cool!
Without showing any excitement, Zhou Wang continued to look at other documents.

More than half an hour later, Zhou Wangcai roughly went through the documents in his hand. Of course, he didn't finish reading them... but it gave him a different perspective on Wuyou Media.

Among the paper shareholders of Wuyou Media, Zhou Wang ranks third, the second is Zhang Shihao, and the first is the Zhang Group behind him.

Although it is not known how many other ingredients are involved, there is no doubt that Zhang Shihao currently has absolute control over Wuyou Media.

"Mr. Zhou, if you have finished reading this, the next thing we want to discuss is your position."

Seeing Zhou Wang put down the last report, Zhang Shihao also spoke.

"Mr. Zhang, please go ahead."

"I can first tell you about Wuyou's current situation. The company currently does not have a board of directors, and there are no other shareholders working in the company, not counting the artists who have received equity incentives. So now, you can think of it as the company's management, and I actually have the final say."

Zhang Shihao said this frankly first, and then said with a smile: "If you are willing, Mr. Zhou, you can come to Wuyou Media as the deputy general manager and continue to make Wuyou bigger and stronger with me..."

After Zhang Shihao finished saying this, Zhou Wang didn't think anything of it, but Biaozi on the side was a little surprised and couldn't help but glance at Zhang Shihao.

Zhou Wang didn’t know, but Biaozi knew it clearly.

Zhang Shihao has never been willing to let other shareholders interfere in the company's operations. At the beginning of the company's establishment, he had clearly told other shareholders not to even think about the board of directors, and not to come to him to make decisions. Whoever makes a fuss will be kicked out of the car...

Of course, that’s not how it’s said, but the meaning is the same.

And now, Zhang Shihao actually took the initiative to invite Zhou Wang to join Wuyou Media as vice president...

Biaozi found that he still underestimated Zhou Wang's position in Zhang Shihao's heart.

Biaozi didn't know that this was still due to the impact of Zhou Wang's light-speed acquisition of BSK shares...

If that incident hadn't happened, Zhang Shihao wouldn't have made such a proposal.

Damn it, he had exerted so much effort to barely get a small share of BSK and was able to squeeze into the express train of the Magic City store. Zhou Wang made a move and directly took away more than 20 shares of BSK, which had already entered a stable profit model, which really shocked Zhang Shihao.

All his suggestions at this moment were thought of at noon.

Otherwise, even with the relationship with Young Master Zhang, Zhang Shihao would not have shown such great sincerity to Zhou Wang...

"As for the vice president, I don't think I can handle the job now..."

Zhou Wang did not hide anything and spoke frankly.

He knew his own limitations. No matter how much theoretical knowledge he learned, it was still just theory. If he really wanted to practice, he shouldn't have set such a high starting point...

It hurts when you fall.

Zhang Shihao's eyes flashed with admiration, and he did not persuade him any more. After a moment's hesitation, he suggested, "Then I wonder...are you interested in the position of supervisor?"

"Supervisor?"

Zhou Wang's eyes lit up slightly, "But the company should have a supervisor now, right?"

Supervisors and directors are generally only held by shareholders of the company. However, given the size of Wuyou, according to the law, supervisors are positions that must be established, so Zhou Wang asked this question.

"He can resign at any time."

Zhang Shihao said bluntly.

Zhou Wang immediately understood that this supervisor who was theoretically responsible for overseeing the company's operations was also Zhang Shihao's man...

"Then I think I can give it a try."

Zhou Wang didn't hesitate for too long, he quickly made a decision, nodded and smiled.

The position of supervisor is indeed the most suitable for his current situation. He does not need to be under the jurisdiction of Zhang Shihao, and can directly supervise the company's operations and management. At the same time, in this process, he can become familiar with all the company's business processes.

Even if Zhou Wang really requested it, Zhang Shihao would have to report the company's operating conditions to him at any time...

In short, this is a position that depends on the individual and can play a huge role at critical moments.

Forget about the deputy general manager, after all, he might be sidelined, but Zhang Shihao actually proposed that he be a supervisor...

At this moment, Zhou Wang was sure that Zhang Shihao treated him with true sincerity and did not use any old businessman's tricks.

At the same time when Zhou Wang nodded in agreement, the system prompt sounded as expected.

……

Ding!
[Good wind helps me soar into the sky]

[It was detected that the host had successfully performed his duties at Wuyou Media, and the "Job-taking Gift Pack" had been distributed to the warehouse]

【First finish the road you should take, then you can walk the road you want to walk】

Gift pack coming?

The serious business came to an end, and while Zhou Wang was chatting and laughing with Zhang Shihao, he directly found the gift package in the system warehouse and clicked to open it.

Ding!
[Host opens the "Zhazhi Gift Pack" and obtains the following rewards]

[680. "Maybach S1" vehicle *]

[1. Hangzhou "Binjiang Ginkgo Club" real estate *]

【2. Random Vacheron Constantin watches*】

Ding!
[The host has obtained the blessing of "Mythical Chessboard·Crouching Dragon Realm", and the reward has been automatically upgraded. The reward after reset is]

[1. "Rolls-Royce Phantom"*]

[1. Hangzhou "Greentown·Taohuayuan" real estate*]

[1. One random Patek Philippe watch and one random Richard Miller watch]

……

(End of this chapter)