The richest person in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 347: Having a child to strengthen the "brother-sister relationship"

The top floor of Chenguang Building, Zhang Chen’s independent office floor

"you win."

Li Yanhong, with shiny hair, decent clothes but bloodshot eyes, sat dejectedly opposite Zhang Chen.

"Boss Li, our relationship now can't just end with a verbal admission of defeat."

"What else do you want?"

"What else do you want?"

Zhang Chen looked at Li Yanhong with amusement, and found that she was still pretending to be stupid at this time.

This isn't a fight between children. We can't just apologize and let it go.

Now the dispute between the two companies has spread from domestic to international. If there is no decent result, the reputation of Chenguang Group and Zhang Chen will be lost.

From now on, everyone will think that Zhang Chen is easy to bully, and everyone will want to come and make trouble for him. Anyway, all they have to do is apologize afterwards.

If this precedent is set, the future development of the group will inevitably be full of difficulties.

"Now that my company has been shut down, you've let go of your anger, right?"

"I put so much thought into this, and you think I'm just venting my anger?"

"Then what else do you want?" Li Yanhong's heart tightened.

"Look, in order to expose the evil deeds of your company, I made a movie and used $1 million to help you compensate those who were harmed by the black-hearted hospital. In addition, there are some expenses that you can't see. What do you think I want?"

Zhang Chen began to settle the accounts with Li Yanhong one by one. Every number he said made Li Yanhong tremble in her heart.

It is true that Baidu has been listed on the stock market and that it has raised capital, but he cannot touch that money. The funds raised from the listing are to pave the way for the company's future development, not to be used for compensation.

But today, it seems like he has to pay this money.

"I'll compensate!" Li Yanhong gritted her teeth. Everything would be fine as long as the company could get back up and running.

Now is not the time to worry about the fact that Zhang Chen’s movie has made a ton of money.

"Gone?"

"Baidu will hold a press conference to apologize for what it did before."

"anything else?"

"I will hand over the person who devised the plan to use your fame to increase the popularity of the forum."

Zhang Chen, who was originally nonchalant, became more interested after hearing this: "Is there really such a person?"

"Have!"

Although he was the one who made the final decision, he didn't think there was anything wrong with the person who proposed the plan having to take the blame.

Who made that guy get involved with Zhang Chen, a man who would bring disaster to Baidu?

"Is that all?" Zhang Chen leaned back and looked at the other person intently.

"not enough?"

This time, Li Yanhong really had nothing to come up with.

The money, the reputation, the guilt, have all been handed over.

He couldn't think of anything else that Zhang Chen needed.

"Why don't you resign or something?" Zhang Chen directly stated his purpose.

However, what Zhang Chen did not expect was that Li Yanhong was not angry at Zhang Chen's exorbitant behavior. Instead, she stared into Zhang Chen's eyes and said very seriously: "I dare to give it, do you dare to take it?"

"Why don't you dare?"

"You already have Weibo. If I'm not mistaken, you should also have a lot of shares in Penguin. Why are you getting involved with us, Baidu?"

Li Yanhong didn't continue.

But Zhang Chen understood what he meant.

As a voice channel on the Internet, Penguin has over 8000 million registered users, and the actual number of users will not be less than million. However, this is an instant communication and interactive platform, and it mainly focuses on interactions between acquaintances.

But Weibo is different. As of the end of last year, Weibo had 6584 million monthly active users and 1241 million daily active users, including a large number of official agencies, public figures, companies, and personal certified accounts. The open communication mechanism has made Weibo a "public forum" in China.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Morning Glory Group, which controls Weibo, is the manipulator behind the domestic Internet public opinion.

Based on this point, Baidu, with the help of some powerful people, wanted to open up another public opinion platform from another direction, and Tieba came into being.

The purpose is to balance the influence of Weibo and prevent Weibo from dominating the market.

Unfortunately, after a year of hard work and trying every possible means, he was ultimately defeated by Zhang Chen.

However, anyone can control Baidu except Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen also understood this clearly.

A company that can completely control public opinion cannot exist.

So, Li Yanhong was right to ask Zhang Chen if he dared to accept it.

"Don't worry about other things, just tell me whether you still want the company."

"Are you so brave?" Li Yanhong was really shocked by Zhang Chen's big appetite this time.

Is Zhang Chen stupid or simply not afraid of death?

"Zhang Chen, you are not the only one in the country who can save Baidu."

"But I am the only one who can let my mother go."

Zhang Chen would not give Li Yanhong a chance to struggle.

There are indeed companies in the country that can help Baidu get back on its feet.

For example, in August, Alibaba formed a strategic alliance with Yahoo, with the latter exchanging US$10 billion in cash plus all of Yahoo China's assets for a 40% stake in Alibaba Group.

This transaction can actually be divided into four parts:
Transaction 3.6: Yahoo acquires all of Taobao’s shares held by SoftBank for US$ million;
Transaction 3.6: SoftBank will cash out $2770 million from Taobao shares, and use half of it to take over million Alibaba shares transferred by Alibaba's first three rounds of investors;

Transaction 3.9: Yahoo purchased the remaining 6000 million Alibaba shares held by Alibaba's first three rounds of investors (except SoftBank) at a cost of US$ million;

Transaction 2.5: Yahoo will exchange US$2.016 million in cash + Taobao shares purchased from Softbank + all assets of Yahoo China for Alibaba Group to issue million additional shares to Yahoo.

After the completion of these four transactions, Alibaba Group formed a three-way shareholder structure: Yahoo held 40%, Jack Ma's team held 31%, and SoftBank held 29%.
What Li Yanhong meant was that Baidu could humble itself and ask Alibaba for help.

As long as Baidu can connect with the giant Yahoo, it will be able to continue to develop in the domestic market with Alibaba as its backing.

But the premise of all this is that Zhang Chen, major Hollywood film and television companies, the world's seven major record companies, most of the world's singers and a few movie stars can give up the lawsuit against Baidu.

If Zhang Chen was not there, then this would be a business case of foreign capital encircling a domestic Internet company, and naturally someone related would come forward to protect it.

But the problem is that the leader of this matter is Zhang Chen, and he has a lot on his plate, so he can only let Chenguang Group and Baidu decide the winner themselves.

Now that the outcome has been decided, it depends on when Zhang Chen is willing to let go.

"Then let's see what it means."

After finishing the conversation with Li Yanhong, Zhang Chen went straight home.

But when he got home, he met someone who surprised him greatly.

"Auntie, why are you here?"

Zhang Chen hurried forward and greeted the visitor.

He never expected this person to come to his house.

"I'm going to New York next month and I'll stop by to see you."

Zhang Chen's aunt was still kind and gentle, and spoke softly to Zhang Chen. After all, she had watched him grow up, and even though he had become an international star, he still looked like the somewhat reserved young man she saw backstage at the Spring Festival Gala.

“Is it the 60th anniversary?”

"Correct."

"Do you need my help to arrange a place for you there? You know I only have a little money, but I have a lot of houses."

"It's enough that you have this intention. I will have someone here to arrange our affairs, so you don't have to worry about it."

"Yes, then I'll be relieved."

"I'm here to talk to you on behalf of the association."

"Musicians' Association?"

"Ah."

Hearing this name, Zhang Chen's thoughts suddenly went back to a few years ago.

At that time, this association caused him a lot of trouble.

The so-called "dispute between the two Zhangs" between him and Zhang Guorong was exactly the problem they posed.

At that time, I heard that if you passed the so-called test, you could be accepted.

However, Zhang Chen's action was a direct slap in the face of the other party.

So since then, there has been no contact between Zhang Chen and the association, and they just turned a blind eye to his various behaviors.

What Zhang Chen didn't expect was that the other side asked his aunt to come and talk to him directly.

"Aunt, is there anything else?" Zhang Chen felt that things were not that simple, so he asked straight to the point.

"Focus on your music career. You haven't released any decent songs recently. I haven't received your album this year."

"I'm busy now," Zhang Chen said with a wry smile.

It seems like I haven't given my aunt an album for two years. I only visited her once last year, but just like this year, I didn't give her an album.

However, his purpose was not to give her an album, but he did not expect that his aunt would bring up this matter.

"I know what you've been busy with lately, but don't neglect your career."

"The company is also my business." Zhang Chen said halfway, looking up in surprise, "Auntie, are you reminding me?"

"As the chairman of a group company, how can I remind you?" Auntie said with a smile, and then said seriously, "You have become more and more like a glutton in the past two years."

Zhang Chen was shocked when he heard this, and cold sweat broke out on his back.

Taotie, the characteristic that most wants to live is greed.

Zhang Chen also remembered Li Yanhong's reminder during the day. Before he could think carefully about the countermeasures, the knock came.

But fortunately, the person who came was his aunt, otherwise it would be hard to say.

"Then," Zhang Chen was a little embarrassed, "We can't just let go of what they did to me, right?"

"Do you want to take control of this company?"

After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Chen nodded.

"Then have you ever thought that what you hold in your hands has made many people wary?"

Zhang Chen nodded again.

"So what do you want?"

Zhang Chen was silent for a moment and then said, "I'm afraid there will be a next time, so I won't feel at ease unless I hold it in my own hands."

"If you think so, do you think some people would feel at ease with the things you hold in your hands?"

"I didn't do anything, did I?" Zhang Chen said hesitantly.

"Didn't you see that group of artists recently called on their fans to boycott that company?" Zhang Chen's aunt stared into Zhang Chen's eyes and said to him with a serious expression for the first time, "Do you know how big this matter is?"

Zhang Chen remained silent.

On the surface, this incident encouraged nearly 10 million people to boycott a company, but if we dig deeper,
"I've told you so clearly, do you still want it now?"

Zhang Chen thought about it, turned his face away and whispered: "We can't just let it go like this."

"You, you really are..." Zhang Chen's aunt looked at the big star she had watched grow up with amusement, "Now you are throwing a tantrum at me like a child."

"Then you don't even see how badly they slandered me before. If I hadn't been upright and hadn't been afraid of my own shadow, and hadn't done so many good things for the country and earned so much face for the country, and if the people also remembered my good deeds and were willing to speak up for me, I'm afraid I would have fled abroad for asylum by now."

"Okay, okay, okay. I know you're a good kid and I won't let you suffer any loss."

She also has a headache.

What Zhang Chen said was just short of saying directly: I have shed sweat and blood for someone, and I cannot let his efforts go to waste.

What my aunt couldn't refute the most was that Zhang Chen was telling the truth.

"I also know your money-hungry nature."

"I don't really need money, right?"

By the end, even Zhang Chen didn't believe it and could only smile awkwardly.

"I never told you to give up what you deserve."

"Then?" Zhang Chen looked at his aunt in confusion.

This made him a little confused. One moment he was told not to think about having everything, and now he was said to let him get everything. Isn't that contradictory?
Auntie didn't answer directly, but pointed to Liu Yifei who was petting a cat and watching TV not far away and asked Zhang Chen: "How are you and this girl doing?"

"Me and her?" Zhang Chen was stunned. He was a little caught off guard by the topic. "We both eat well and sleep well. We are pretty healthy."

"I mean, emotional development."

The aunt was also helpless. Zhang Chen, this slippery guy, always avoided the important issues. If it weren't for the fact that he was grown up now, she really wanted to beat him up a few times to vent her anger.

"Feelings. Haha." Zhang Chen glanced around awkwardly, "It's okay."

"I heard that you risked your life to save her last month. I don't believe that you, a coward who always has a wingman accompanying you on a plane, have no feelings for her at all."

Zhang Chen looked at his aunt's playful expression and knew he couldn't hide it anymore: "That's my sister, I can't just watch her get into an accident, can I?"

"Look at you, your mouth is the hardest thing in your body!"

The aunt pointed at Zhang Chen unhappily and said pointedly, "I was thinking, if you and her are in a stable relationship and are going to get married in the future, let her hold some things first, because they will eventually go into your pocket, right?"

"what do you mean?"

"Don't pretend you don't understand me now, okay?"

"But, is it feasible? She is not yet an adult."

"It won't be like that in half a month, right?"

"Will they agree to let a little girl like this go there and give them orders?"

"Who's standing behind her?"

Zhang Chen was silent. He was behind Liu Yifei.

With him around, whatever Liu Yifei said over there would be equivalent to his words.

But this.
If he really does this, it will be difficult for him and Liu Yifei to end up not getting married, right?
Is this what they call "having a child to strengthen the sibling relationship?"

However, this matter really needs to be carefully considered, as there are too many things involved.

　There have been a lot of chores at home recently, and my mood for typing is always interrupted.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)