This man knows how to hype

Chapter 653 Eating Dividends

When Zhou Zhou arrived at Pingxing Chongcai, it was already 11: in the morning.

At this time, there is still half an hour before "Journey to the West: The Sequel" is officially launched.

Under the guidance of the front desk, he stood at the entrance of the office area and was stunned.

He knew that the parallel lottery would be very lively today, but he didn't expect it to be so lively.

What happened?
Did I accidentally walk into some celebrity award ceremony, or did Xiao Moss and Xuejian move their office here?
Why are there artists everywhere I look?
Some were chatting, some were signing autographs and taking photos with others, and some were even handing out milk tea to people. In short, every single one of them was a well-known artist.

Some of them were created in collaboration with Xu Xiyu.

There are some others... I don't think I've ever worked with Xu Xiyu?

Doubts are accompanied by curiosity.

However, no matter how curious he was, Zhou Zhou did not ask any more questions.

He didn't ask, but Xu Xiyu, who came to greet him, took the initiative to introduce: "Since 9 o'clock today, our front desk has not stopped.

People from my other companies, representatives from dozens of large third-party companies I cooperate with, and some colleagues in the gaming industry have basically all arranged for people to come.

They said they wanted to witness the official launch of Journey to the West: The Sequel. Fortunately, the company's place is quite large, otherwise it would not be able to accommodate so many people.

These artists are quite special. Some of them participated in the production of Journey to the West: The Sequel, so they also invited their friends to come and play.”

"These artists participated in the production of Journey to the West: The Sequel?" Zhou Zhou was stunned and his thoughts were stuck.

"They were used in facial capture, motion capture, and dubbing for some characters in the game. Oh, and they also sang some of the music," Xu Xiyu explained.

Zhou Zhou finally reacted and couldn't help but praise: "Boss Xu, I'm not flattering you, this is just you. Others don't have the funds and face to get so many big artists to be the face models for the game."

"Hahaha, actually, not many are needed." Xu Xiyu smiled and shook his head.

To be honest, with his status in the film and television industry, he can really use an all-star cast in "Journey to the West: The Sequel".

At first, he did have this idea, but later he gave up.

If used too much, it will be detrimental to the subsequent peripheral development of "Journey to the West: The Sequel" and there is also a risk of being implicated by the artists.

What if an artist suddenly loses his reputation?

Who can say for sure?
Therefore, there are indeed not many celebrity face models used in "Journey to the West: The Sequel".

Even if it is used, there are some changes in the image so it is not exactly the same.

"Mr. Xu, speaking of facial models, have you made a facial model for the characters in the game? After all, with your image and fame..." Zhou Zhou suddenly became curious.

Xu Xiyu laughed and shook his head: "Not really."

"It's such a pity." Zhou Zhouruo also laughed.

In fact, Xu Xiyu made the facial model for "Journey to the West: The Sequel", and the character he matched was called "Qiao Ling'er".

In fact, not only him, Lu Qinyao also captured Bai Lianhua (because the word has a bad meaning, it was changed to Bai Qinghe), Ke Xinying captured Biyou Fairy, and Yang Xueqing captured Wu Zhen.

It must be said that the relationship between Qiao Ling'er and these three people is really very similar to the relationship between Xu Xiyu and the three of them.

Because they were too similar, Xu Xiyu finally canceled this plan because it would cause unnecessary trouble.

Some things should be done in private, and never show off in public.

Besides, the game is a game after all, and the protagonist controlled by the player is not Qiao Ling'er. Therefore, Qiao Ling'er's scenes are not that many, and she serves more as a thread running through the main plot.

The reason why he was arranged to engage in a "love triangle" like in the original drama was mainly to achieve the effect of satirizing "Tathagata" in the original drama.

In this way, Xu Xiyu and Zhou Zhou chatted all the way into an office.

After opening the door, Zhou Zhou was stunned again because he saw Hu Ningwei and Yu Yuyu sitting side by side on the sofa.

"They are both major shareholders of Parallel Chongcai. To be honest, it was Xiaoyu who introduced me to Parallel Chongcai." Xu Xiyu said as he extended his hand to invite Zhou Zhou to sit down.

After Zhou Zhou sat on a single sofa, he first greeted Hu Ningwei.

Then he turned to Yu Yuyu and said seriously, "Sister Xiaoyu, what project are you going to invest in next time? Can you take me with you?"

The word "sister" made Xu Xiyu and Hu Ningwei purse their lips at the same time.

Even Yu Yuyu was called out in a "reserved" state. She just waved her hand and said, "Just call me Xiaoyu, don't call me sister."

Zhou Zhou still looked sincere when he heard this, and even had a hint of envy in his sincerity: "You have to call me sister. Not only me, but anyone who sees you today will have to call you sister. Your investment vision is amazing!"

Yu Yuyu's incredible investment experience has really spread all over the Beijing circle. It's simply unreasonable.

Thinking of this, Zhou Zhou couldn't help but glance at Xu Xiyu again... Well, there is still someone unreasonable here.

Two unreasonable people get together, no wonder they can make money no matter what they do.

No.

This won’t work. I have to join it quickly.

So Zhou Zhou got straight to the point: "Mr. Xu, I know you are busy, so I won't waste your time chatting. The purpose of my coming here today is the same as last time. I want to talk to you about Wan Daying..."

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by a sudden loud "cheers".

When the people in the office heard the voice, they all instinctively looked towards the door.

Then, Yu Yuyu took the initiative to stand up and walked to the door. After opening the door and asking a few questions, she closed the door and smiled at the few people: "Sales have exceeded 1200 million, and people are celebrating outside."

She said this with ease and joy.

But to Zhou Zhou, it sounded like "magic sound filling his ears", so tempting and so loud.

Holy shit, the sales of this game are going crazy!
Wasn't it 1000 million this morning? How come it became 1200 million in just this morning?

If this was a game invested and developed by Wanda Pictures, the stock price would have taken off by now.

Thinking of this, Zhou Zhou started to congratulate: "Congratulations, President Xu, congratulations, President Hu, congratulations, President Yu!"

Hu Ningwei was amused by Zhou Zhou's expression and said happily, "Mr. Zhou, please continue talking about Wan Da Films."

"Mr. Hu, there is not only Wanda Pictures, but also Wanda Paradise." Zhou Zhou corrected him, and then smiled at Xu Xiyu, "Mr. Xu, last time I gave you three plans, what do you think?"

Zhou Zhou mentioned three options. One is to acquire Beijing Wantou, which owns 20% of the shares of Wanda Pictures. The 51% stake of the company is priced at 21.26 billion yuan, with a total price of about 42 billion yuan.
The second one is to use 10 billion plus 5% of the shares of Dixing Group to acquire 100% of the shares of Jingwan Investment through cash and share exchange.

The third option is to purchase Wanta Theme Park to prepare for the IP produced by the Dixing Group in the future and build its own "Disney" theme park.

It should be said that each of these three plans is more cost-effective than the other. For Xu Xiyu, spending more than 51 billion in cash to buy % of Jingwan Investment's shares is really a bit... Tsk, I don't know how to describe it.

In short, the company's working capital cannot be spent like this.

In addition, Xu Xiyu did not want to give 5% of the shares of Dixing Group.

Don’t underestimate this 5%. As the group grows larger, it is easier to disperse the equity, so 5% is not a small amount.

So, Xu Xiyu smiled and said, "Mr. Zhou, let's talk about Wanda Park slowly. As for Wanda Pictures, I actually have a plan here as well."

"You say."

“I have a movie on hand called Wandering Blue Star. When I was shooting this movie, Huahai and I were having a disagreement, so I didn’t invite other companies to invest.

In other words, the production and dividend rights of this movie basically belong to Xiao Moss. The Dixing Group has no plans to introduce new shareholders for the time being, and it is not easy for me to come up with billions of cash in a short time.

So, I'm thinking, what do you think about using 80% of the global box office dividends from "Wandering Blue Star" to exchange for 100% of your shares in Jingwan Investment?"

As soon as these words came out, Zhou Zhou quickly did some calculations in his mind.

The current valuation of Beijing Wantou is 42 billion. According to this calculation, the global box office dividends of "Wandering Blue Planet" must reach 52.5 billion, and this 80% can be enough to share the 42 billion.

The dividends must reach 52.5 billion, which means the global box office must reach at least 150 billion.

is it possible?

This is simply not possible.

So Zhou Zhou smiled and said, "Mr. Xu, I am definitely confident in the box office of your movie, but the scale of the movie market is indeed limited."

Xu Xiyu naturally knew that this was unrealistic. Where would "Wandering Blue Planet" get the box office revenue of 150 billion?

He just smiled and said, "How about this, I still have a lot of film projects on hand, I will pick four projects that I am more optimistic about, and use their 50% box office dividend rights to exchange for 100% of Jingwan Investment's shares.

Let's use 42 billion as our target and sign a bet agreement. We'll split the profits 5% from the four films in five years, and I'll make up the difference for you, and give you an extra 4 million as interest.

If the box office of these four movies exceeds 4 billion, the excess will be considered as your additional income. What do you think of my plan?"

Zhou Zhou fell silent after hearing this.

To be honest, gambling is very common in the film and television circles.

Therefore, Xu Xiyu's plan is not special.

If there is anything special about it, it is that the expectations for the movie box office are too high. In order to achieve this dividend, each movie must get a box office of at least 60 billion.

60 billion box office, if it were someone else, Zhou Zhou would immediately laugh at him and call him a "foolish dream".

But the person opposite is Xu Xiyu.

A global box office of 60 billion is entirely possible for him, and he can even get more.

tangled.

Embarrassed.

Zhou Zhou fell into long thought.

He didn't know how long he thought about it, but another round of cheers interrupted his thoughts.

This time, Yu Yu didn't need to go out to ask. Shan Xinbao, who was waiting outside, knocked on the door, poked his head in and asked, "Two things. First, are you guys eating? There are lunch boxes."

"Bring a few in." Xu Xiyu said with a smile, "What's the second thing?"

"Boss, guess how many people are online at the same time?"

This question made Zhou Zhou stop thinking. He looked at his watch: Oh my god, it's already 12:20? Have I been thinking for so long?

Just as he was sighing, he heard Xu Xiyu's guess: "30?"

"wrong."

"50?" Zhou Zhou also guessed. After all, it had only been online for 20 minutes and it was already noon. Therefore, even if 1200 million copies were sold, the number of people online should not be large.

"No, it's 117 million. We broke the record again."

"Wow, 117 million?" Zhou Zhou was shocked. For a moment, he suddenly remembered "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets".

Coincidentally, Shan Xinbao also spoke at this time: "Guess how many people are online for Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets now?"

"200?" Zhou Zhou guessed low.

"No, it's 13 people."

"How many? 13 people, how can they run this business?" Zhou Zhou was really dumbfounded.

"They also broke the record, hahahahahaha..." Shan Xinbao said, then he closed the door and went out to get his lunch box.

Zhou Zhou looked at the closed door for several seconds, then he couldn't help but take out his mobile phone to check the online reactions to "Journey to the West: The Sequel".

But as soon as I opened it, I found that the screen was full of blessings from celebrities and artists.

The area where most people take photos is the parallel heavy-colored background wall outside.

Of course, this is not important. What is important is that Zhou Zhou saw an extremely strange piece of news.

The title reads: [Huahai Media's share price (Hong Kong stocks) plummeted 11.6% today. The company's mysterious senior executive said Xu Xiyu may return to Huahai in the near future]

The moment Zhou Zhou saw this title, his first reaction was to sneer: "The news nowadays is really a mess. Some people actually said that you are going to return to Huahai. Isn't this a rumor?"

"Haha." Xu Xiyu laughed briefly when he heard that.

This laugh made Zhou Zhou's "sneer" gradually disappear, and his head, which was originally lowered to look at the phone, slowly raised up.

Then he asked tentatively: "You are not really going to..."

"Hahaha, let's not talk about this for now, let's talk about Wanta Pictures first." Xu Xiyu waved his hand.

Seeing this, Zhou Zhou inexplicably developed a sense of urgency. Huaqing was the starting point of Xu Xiyu's career, it was like his first love, so Xu Xiyu might not necessarily want to go back.

If he plans to return to Huaqing, will he still have the funds and energy to acquire Wanta Pictures?

Also, if Xu Xiyu returns to Huaqing, can Wanta Pictures still monopolize the dividends of "Xu Xiyu concept stocks"?
No.

It can't be delayed.

We have to settle the matter quickly. Right now, "Journey to the West: The Sequel" is very popular and has achieved great results. After settling the matter, we can also reap the benefits of the stock price!
(End of this chapter)