After all of them were reborn, who would still be an actor?

Chapter 612: Investing in Sugar Man
Office of the Vice President.

Liu Shishi hid behind Li Mingyang, her eyes wide open, listening to the quarrel between Aunt Xia and Cai Yinong in disbelief!
Aunt Xia is just like that. When there is a quarrel or fight between classmates, the teacher will call the parents of both parties. Aunt Xia is the most unreasonable and protective parent...

Liu Shishi was shocked! She didn't expect that the approachable Aunt Xia could quarrel so well.

Sister Cai switched to Minnan dialect, and Aunt Xia followed suit.

Sister Cai switched to Cantonese, and Aunt Xia also knew how to speak Cantonese.

"Auntie, that's amazing!" Shishi exclaimed.

"Arguing loudly doesn't mean you win. In the end, it all comes down to who has more cards."

It seemed that the godmother won, but in fact Cai Yinong was just observing and warming up.

Li Mingyang walked towards the refrigerator, and Shishi followed closely behind him.

Taking a bottle of soda water from the refrigerator, Li Mingyang came to his godmother, put the soda water on the table, and patted

Godmother's shoulder, "Godmother, you take a break. I want to have a good chat with Mr. Cai."

Xia Yuhe nodded. They hadn’t had a fight for a long time, and it made her head hurt.

The most important thing is that the argument didn't make any sense and Cai Yinong didn't respond.

She wanted to characterize the matter as a private matter between Li Mingyang and Liu Shishi.

Cai Yinong denied it and played the emotional card, saying that she had helped Li Mingyang in the past, taking him in and letting him join the crew of Sugar Man, otherwise Li Mingyang would not have been able to stay in Hengdian.

Li Mingyang asked Liu Shishi to help his godmother to rest on the sofa opposite. He sat in his godmother's seat, leaned back, and said calmly, "Mr. Cai was very kind to me and helped me a lot later. Without Mr. Cai's support, I would not be where I am today."

Cai Yinong let out a long breath. The negotiations were ongoing now. "Just remember it."

"Of course I remember. I still remember that we signed a five-party bet contract that year. If Tang Ren's after-tax profit does not reach 200 million within three years, the Bouquet Hotel will be given to Tang Ren."

Liu Shishi and Xia Yuhe stared in amazement, totally unaware.

Cai Yinong chuckled, took out a copy of the gambling contract from that year from her bag, and slapped it on the table.

"Half of the time has passed, and Tangren's net profit is at least 100 million. This bet cannot threaten me."

"At worst, we can die together." Cai Yinong's eyes were stern, and he said very bluntly, "I can do nothing. When the time comes, if you don't give me the Bouquet Hotel, I will sue all of you. The Bouquet Hotel will become a disputed asset! It can no longer be mortgaged!"

Li Mingyang frowned slightly. Cai Yinong's biggest trump card was the gambling contract from two years ago. At that time, he was competing with Feng Kuazi and needed funds for ticket subsidies.

A five-party contract was signed, with the Bouquet Hotel used as collateral to Tangren, who then took out 10% of its shares and distributed them to Guangxian, Huace, and Perfect.

This gambling agreement will be void if Tangren’s net profit in three years is less than 200 million.

Once the bet fails.

He will have to compensate the sugar man and the bouquet hotel.

"You have a mandatory requirement of six TV series that meet the standards over three years."

"How can I take pictures if you kidnapped Shishi?"

Cai Yinong said unhappily, "If it doesn't work, then sue me. I have plenty of time to play with you. A lot of people are eager for me to sue you."

Using someone else's force to counter him will lead to endless trouble.

However, since Li Mingyang had thought of the gambling agreement, he was naturally not afraid that Cai Yinong would go all out.

"What I'm least afraid of is being threatened. I do have many enemies, and you can indeed find a lot of strong supporters." Li Mingyang held up a finger. "If a bouquet hotel can bring down Sugar Man, I believe Huace, Huanrui, Xinli, and Fatty Yu will be more than happy to see this loss. What do you think, Mr. Cai?"

Bang!
Cai Yinong slammed the table and stood up, "Li Mingyang, don't go too far! Check your conscience, how have I treated you, have I ever harmed you, I have been neutral, but every time at the critical moment, I always stand on your side! Liu Yifei stabbed you in the back, you forgave her and even cooperated with her, why do you want to kill me when it comes to me! Who did I offend..."

As Cai Yinong spoke, she became overwhelmed with sorrow and tears welled up in her eyes, she burst into tears.

The crying godmother was in a depressed mood and kept shaking her head.

The crying Shishi was in a depressed mood, pursing her lips and biting her lower lip.

This bitch is so sinister! She actually brought up Liu Yifei...

Female celebrities have a very strong competitive spirit.

Shishi actually cares a lot about being called Little Liu Yifei.

Anyone would feel uncomfortable if they are described as a substitute for someone else.

Especially after becoming famous, these are past events that are hard to look back on, and I care about them particularly.

Female star just debuted and is trying to gain popularity by being called 'Little Liu Yifei'!

After becoming famous, the first thing to do is to get rid of that label.

In fact, Tianxian cares more about the label of Little Liu Yifei than Shishi... I didn't expect Liu Shishi to become so popular!
Cai Yinong mentioned Liu Yifei in front of Shishi, her intention was sinister!

Shishi was easily soft-hearted. She held two tissues in her hand and handed them to Cai Yinong.

Cai Yinong took the tissue and wiped her tears while talking about the past.

From acquaintance to understanding, they became like sisters... To be fair, Cai Yinong was really good to Liu Shishi. It can be said that she was the best person to her except for her parents.

Shishi looked embarrassed, her eyes wandering between Li Mingyang and Cai Yinong.

She didn't know what to say, but both of them were the people she cared about most.

She now regretted very much that she had listened to Liu Xinyuo and left the crew of The Desert Ballad quietly. Maybe if she had discussed it with Cai Yinong, there wouldn't be such a big conflict later.

Everything is still the same as before...

"Mingyang, let's just forget it. Sugar Man is very good to me. I don't want it to fall apart because of me..." Liu Shishi said with tears in her eyes, feeling very uncomfortable.

"You can't trust crocodile tears..."

pat.

Li Mingyang lit a cigarette and tapped his fingers rhythmically on the table.

"Everything started because of me... Sister Cai, I won't leave. I will fulfill the contract. Can you stop?" Liu Shishi held Cai Yinong's hand tightly. "You once said that you hope I can find my own happiness. I have found it, but I don't want to lose you either. You and Mingyang are the most important people in my life."

Cai Yinong's tears stopped, but a myriad of thoughts surged into her mind.

She couldn't give up, otherwise the candy man would not be hers.

The domestic entertainment and film circles are besieging him, but they can’t do anything about it. Behind this is the power of capital!
Capital needs him to break the connection between film and television companies...

The sugar man has been targeted by Alibaba and iQiyi, and Li Mingyang has enough bargaining chips to make Alibaba or iQiyi give the sugar man to him.

Li Mingyang's talent is so terrifying that even making movies and creating content are not his real strengths.

What he is best at is playing capital games!
If she stops now, the sugar figure she worked so hard to make will no longer be hers!

"Are you okay?" Liu Shishi asked, with unspeakable sadness in her voice.

One sound, please?
It disrupted Cai Yinong's thoughts.

Looking at her most outstanding work, the number one sugar man.

Liu Shishi, the childish girl who likes to stick to me.

Cai Yinong suddenly let go of Shishi's hand and said through gritted teeth, "No! Shishi, don't be fooled by her. He doesn't have you in his heart at all. He treats you well just because he wants to eat the candy man."

Shishi looked at Cai Yinong quietly, blinked gently, and two lines of tears slid down her face...

"But he treats me as a living person..."

boom!
Cai Yinong was stunned on the spot. She wanted to refute, but the words were scattered in her mouth and she couldn't say it...

……

Xia Yuhe put her arm around Liu Shishi's shoulders, left her office, and sent Liu Shishi back to her room to rest.

She couldn't realize how powerful Liu Shishi's last words were.

But Cai Yinong was indeed devastated by that sentence.

Before leaving, she looked back at the closed room.

She couldn't see Yangyang clearly anymore.

She was a completely different person from the Yangyang in his memory. She originally thought it was because of the sunglasses.

Actually not...

Yangyang is already an adult, and looks very much like his mother Chen Fang.

Cold-blooded cruelty...even more complicated.

The entertainment industry is too complicated and not something that ordinary people can understand.

In the office, Li Mingyang said frankly, "Tangren is not worth my personal effort. Your current situation is entirely your own fault. Do you think that just because Tangren can create high-quality content, Internet capital can be manipulated by you?"

"Big mistake!"

"BAT is actually in the same group. They can give you money, but they can't give you power. If you don't want to be killed, you have to sign a surrender agreement, obey their arrangements, and play by their rules."

"I am a living example. Since I entered the industry, Internet capital has been following me like a shadow, like a dog-skin plaster, and I can't get rid of it at all."

"If Tangren doesn't go public, it will definitely be dismantled. I can't control this because those companies that want to dismantle Tangren are more obedient than you!"

"BAT doesn't care about money. They really don't care. A few hundred million is just a number in their eyes, an insignificant number."

"You only have one way to go now, and that is to go public! With the help of Liu Shishi and Hu Ge, you can at least make money! Everyone can have a decent ending and get what they deserve."

"So, how much are you going to give me!"

Cai Yinong listened to Li Mingyang's talk, her face changing from gloomy to bright. Li Mingyang said the truth. Being in the vortex of capital, she deeply understands it. Internet capital has poured in on a large scale, and now the market competition in the domestic entertainment industry has become fierce.

It's no longer a question of whether you've done a good job or not. Everyone is fighting over money. If you want to use this actor today, someone else will poach him tomorrow at three times the price, including the main creative staff.

Due to the flood of capital, many of Tangren’s projects have come to a standstill.

Cai Yinong is very unfamiliar with the current market. It is profit and traffic oriented and you cannot create any content you want.

There are also many problems with the artists. Those with capital all want to go solo, and Lin Genxin, who has close ties with Wanda, is one of them.

Cai Yinong has already fired his agent and put Lin Gengxin on ice.

"How much do you want?"

"10%."

Cai Yinong can accept this ratio.

But after it goes public, it’s hard to say.

She only holds 50% in total, and with the artists under her and various investors...she will have even less shares.

"I want to go public with an AB equity structure," said Cai Yinong.

"AB shares can easily lead to dictatorship, and the interests of shareholders cannot be guaranteed. If you want to go public with AB shares, you must accept a very strict bet agreement. In addition, the share price of AB shares will be lower than expected, but the advantage is that it can prevent the company from being maliciously acquired."

Cai Yinong nodded. This was what she was guarding against.

"You are not considering a hostile takeover... The market trend changes very quickly. After Huace acquired Croton, it will be the number one TV drama company in China. Tangren is a latecomer, and the market reaction will not be too good. Huace must firmly occupy the number one TV drama company to have more money, and it will definitely target all TV drama companies."

"Your ideas are still stuck in the past, while Boss Zhao is using money to attack people, creating a pay barrier that will make you bleed."

"The higher the cost, the greater the risk of loss. When the cost reaches 200 to 300 million, all companies that cannot keep up with the times will be eliminated."

"Without the backing of Internet capital, who can afford to produce a TV series with a budget of 200 to 300 million? If a TV series is not satisfactory, it will cause serious damage or even bankruptcy."

Li Mingyang grinned, "Boss Cai, to be honest, you don't have much leverage. Tangren has indeed filmed a lot of hit TV series in recent years, but Tangren's output is too low, and the tolerance rate is too low, which is a high risk."

"Tangren is still a golden signboard. TV stations and investors recognize it. What you said is derogatory to Tangren. If Tangren is really not good, why do you still want shares and put extreme pressure on Mango TV!" Cai Yinong said confidently, "As long as there is sufficient funding, Tangren will still be the best film and television company in the market. Tangren's dramas are very popular!"

Cai Yinong is right...

Tangren is indeed a rare film and television company in the market.

In the eyes of the audience, Tangren is much better than New Classics, Huanrui and Huace.

This is thanks to Tangren’s online marketing.

Sugarman has company fans...

Even though Tangren fell behind in the previous life, it is still a well-known film and television company in the domestic entertainment industry.

Unlike Rong Xinda, Rong Xinda relies on Li Shaohong.

Li Shaohong's network of contacts is extremely extensive, with a large number of close friends both in the academic community and in various departments.

However, her ability to produce dramas declined, The Red Mansion in the Underworld collapsed, and its reputation was ruined. Rong Xinda lost the self-produced drama that she was best at, which was quite fatal.

Tangren’s production team is still there, and as long as they manage it with care, they can still gain a foothold in the market.

As long as Hu Ge doesn't leave and Liu Shishi is still here, Mina should just get used to it. She can train a few new people and strengthen her ties with the Shanghai circle. The sugar man's life will be too good.

Fans criticized Tangren’s artist management, but in fact, Tangren’s artist management has a good future.

Agents from the Hong Kong and Taiwan circles have always been the backbone of the domestic entertainment industry.

"If you want AB shares, then take AB shares. I want 10% of the shares. If you agree, we will sign the agreement." Li Mingyang said.

“How much will you pay for the 10%?”

The purchase and sale of shares is related to valuation, which is what Cai Yinong cares about most.

Cai Yinong was talking about valuation, while Li Mingyang wanted the priority purchase right for online broadcasting copyright.

Online copyright will become more and more popular in the future.

Want to buy the copyright all at once? Impossible! Copyrights are sold every one or two years and are the lifeblood of a film and television company.

Without copyright, a company is just an empty shell.

After Tangren fell behind, he was able to remain in business and still have the energy to make TV series and support artists thanks to film and television copyrights.

The Legend of Sword and Fairy 1, The Legend of Sword and Fairy 3, and Startling by Each Step can generate tens of millions of revenue for Tangren every year.

Excellent film and television copyrights are truly pension insurance for film and television companies.

The two sides argued for three or four hours.

Finally, an agreement was reached to purchase 3.8% of Tangren’s shares for RMB 10 million.

The gambling contract is modified and supplemented on the basis of the gambling contract of the current year.

The bet on the Bouquet Hotel was cancelled.

Tangren will be filming four TV series in the next two years.

Huashu Entertainment paid 1.5 million yuan in advance to purchase the three-year online broadcasting rights for these four dramas.

There is gold everywhere in the domestic entertainment industry. Tangren wants to achieve a bet of more than 2 million net profits in three years. As long as he doesn't cheat, it will be very easy.

Li Mingyang invested 1.5 million to buy the online copyright, which was equivalent to directly completing the previous bet.

Cai Yinong approved of this agreement very much and was grinning from ear to ear. All her needs were met.

There are many reasons why Li Mingyang did not lower the price, the main one being that he did not want to lose money.

With Hu Ge, Liu Shishi and Mina as the cast in this TV series, it’s hard to lose money!

If all else fails, there’s still Mimi.

Li Mingyang had never imagined the possibility of losing money.

In addition, Cai Yinong said that there was a way to reverse the public opinion about the essay and clear Li Mingyang's name, so Li Mingyang agreed.

After signing the draft agreement, Li Mingyang asked Cai Yinong to clear his name quickly.

Cai Yinong told Li Mingyang not to be anxious, she would treat him to dinner in the evening and they could talk about it then.

After saying that, without waiting for Li Mingyang to react, Cai Yinong took the agreement and ran away.

At around seven in the evening, Cai Yinong treated us to dinner at the restaurant on the second floor of the Huazhu Hotel.

Li Mingyang, Liu Shishi and Xia Yuhe all went.

During the dinner, Cai Yinong changed her face. She was no longer hostile, but smiling all the time. She praised Li Mingyang as the best in the world.

The joyful scene made Liu Shishi and Xia Yuhe feel very uncomfortable. After all, they were fighting to the death during the day...

Li Mingyang didn't care about Cai Yinong's compliments. He was more concerned about how Cai Yinong would solve the problem of the short composition.

That little essay is pretty powerful.

Now all the entertainment agencies in China are extremely wary of Li Mingyang, fearing that their artists might be abducted!

Huayi, in particular, has already issued a death order to its artists: anyone who contacts Li Mingyang privately will be banned!

Special attention was paid to Huang Xiaoming and Li Bingbing.

These two people don’t dare to meet him at all now, but the phone calls have never stopped.

Li Mingyang has never taken action against celebrities because this would affect the foundations of many companies and they would fight to the death!

Netizens watched the fun and gossiped about Li Mingyang and Liu Shishi 'eloping'.

It's a big earthquake in the industry.

"Mr. Cai, stop talking about these nonsense and tell me how to clear my name." Li Mingyang took a sip of wine and said impatiently.

"Director Li, don't be anxious. If I, Cai Yinong, say it's okay, then it must be okay." Cai Yinong smiled and shook Liu Shishi's hand, saying, "Director Li, when will your Witch 2 start filming? I heard that you have finished the script!"

When Liu Shishi heard this, she looked at Li Mingyang excitedly.

The Witch is her masterpiece.

“Wait until I finish filming Seoul Spring.”

Li Mingyang didn't want to dwell on this matter.

Jing Tian made an extreme one-for-one exchange, and he couldn’t take Shishi to film a movie anymore.

And Witch 2 is not for Shishi...

But it is for the chosen witch Jin Duomei!
The most regrettable thing for Li Mingyang when he went to Korea to develop his career was that he didn't find Kim Da-mi!
Kim Tae-ri found it...

Kim Tae-ri is not young anymore, she is already 22 years old this year...

By this calculation, she was 26 years old when she made her debut in the film "Prostitute"... According to the Korean age convention, she was years old!
It’s not unusually late to debut!

This girl is a handyman and a minor supporting role in the troupe, a little cow horse...

Li Mingyang comforted Shishi with a guilty conscience and turned the topic to the Tang people's Desert Ballad.

Li Mingyang meant to stop filming and change the script.

(End of this chapter)