Huayu: From an ordinary person to a happy director

Chapter 136 Be Prepared
Shi Lei finally decided that if Penguin Video was burning money, he would use annual animation to attract a group of stable users and protect the basic base.

Of course, he will also make a listing plan as a plan B. If he cannot protect the basic situation, he will start making plans for listing and financing.

Having made up his mind, Shi Lei called Liu Yan into his office.

He told Liu Yan about his worries in detail, and then instructed: "Make a financing and listing plan to see how the listing is more suitable for the company's current situation. Should we integrate it into Taolin Film and Television Group for listing, or split Feixun Technology off and list it independently? Make a detailed plan and analyze the pros and cons clearly."

"By the way, this matter must be kept secret and not leaked."

Financing is just a backup plan, and now we are just preparing in advance.

"Boss, are we really going to go public?" Liu Yan frowned. As Shi Lei's secretary, and one with whom she had frequent in-depth communications, she knew some of Shi Lei's thoughts.

There is definitely no plan for financing or listing.

"That's not necessarily true. I just want you to do an analysis and make a plan." Shi Lei explained, and then added: "In fact, people's ideas change all the time. If I ask you to make a plan now, I might regret it after a while and stop the plan."

"You can do it first. I prefer not to go public right now."

"Don't tell anyone about this."

He did not hide his hesitation to avoid any misunderstanding on Liu Yan's part.

There are generally two situations for financing and listing. One is to raise funds through listing to allow the company to further develop; the other is to raise money through listing and cheat shareholders' money.

No matter which one it is, the artists of Taolin Film and Television need to be given shares. If Liu Yan misunderstands and sends out bad signals, causing the company's artists to misunderstand, that would be bad.

When the artists hear that the company may go public, they will certainly be eager to get shares. As a result, if the company delays distributing shares, they will become suspicious of them, which is not conducive to the unity of the company.

Liu Yan was stunned, a little confused. After thinking for a while, she stared into Shi Lei's eyes and asked, "Boss, do you owe usury to a loan shark?"

The ratings of several dramas released one after another this year have been good, and the record sales of Phoenix Legend have reached a new high. The company must have made money. Even if "A World Without Thieves" did not have high box office, the company's financial situation is excellent.

Although not as good as the peaches in North America, the net profit in the first three quarters was 3 million, which is a very healthy figure.

Therefore, the crisis that Taolin Film and Television is facing may be that Shi Lei lost the bet, owed a lot of debts, and needed to withdraw money from the company.

Shi Lei rolled his eyes at Liu Yan and said, "Don't think too much. I don't owe any loan sharks. I've had bad luck since I was a child. I always lost a lot when I gambled. I was afraid of losing when I was a kid, so I never gambled after I grew up."

He was talking about his past life. For some reason, he always lost whenever it came to gambling, and it had left him with psychological trauma.

That was his annual New Year's money, and it was a very painful realization.

"Our company is not short of money! Why are we making this plan?" Liu Yan asked curiously.

"Taolin Films is not missing, but Feixun Video under Feixun Technology may be missing."

"Boss, the domestic online broadcasting rights are not expensive. Even the prices for high-quality North American dramas are very cheap. How could Feixun Video be short of money?" "How should I tell you?" Shi Lei pondered for a moment and continued, "Let me put it this way. There are several video websites online in China now. They may spend a lot of money to create high-quality online dramas to grab users."

"You know what a high-quality web drama is, right? Just like Soldier Assault, it was first broadcast on a video website."

"The advertising efficiency of video websites is not high now. The first broadcast on video websites is just a loss-making gain."

"Film and TV production companies naturally don't want to lose money, so video websites can only pay to buy them or produce them themselves."

"If other video sites start to produce a large number of online dramas to grab users, Feixun Video may have to keep up, so Feixun Video may be short of money in the future."

Liu Yan was stunned for a moment. She had opposed the premiere of "Soldier Assault" on the video website before, but she didn't say anything because modern military dramas like "Soldier Assault" really couldn't be sold at a high price.

"Boss, why do you think they spend so much money on video sites?"

Shi Lei explained earnestly: "Video websites will surpass television in the future. This is an inevitable trend of the development of the Internet. With the increase in home computers, young people's viewing habits will also change. The dramas on video websites can be saved for a few days before watching, while TV dramas need to be watched regularly every day. If you don't have time one day and miss it, it will be troublesome.

Compared to watching two episodes a day on TV, it is more enjoyable to watch a whole series in one go on a video website.

If it were you, would you prefer to watch it on TV or on a video website? "

Liu Yan thought about it for a moment and said helplessly: "Well, I do prefer to watch it on the computer."

"Okay, just do as I tell you." Shi Lei waved his hand and asked Liu Yan to do his job.

In the future, smartphones will replace computers and become the new generation of Internet access tools.

However, he did not tell Liu Yan that it was still early and that it would have to wait until 4G became popular before it would surpass computers.

Liu Yan nodded and turned to leave.

Shi Lei began to write the animation production plans for "Boonie Bears" and "Purple River" on the computer.

"Boonie Bears" is a childish animation aimed at children, while "Purple River" is aimed at teenagers and adults.

The reason why I chose "Zichuan" is because it is not a story about cultivating immortals, has few special effects, but is famous and exciting enough.

If the special effects in the animation of cultivating immortals are not done well, they will be rubbish, and if they are done well, they will be expensive.

The popular urban animations now are all about gangsters, and urban fights are easily banned.

It is not cheap to make technological animation look technological.

"Purple River" is very suitable.

(End of this chapter)