Chapter 174 Changes in Leshi.com
To be honest, there are quite a few stars from Blue Island.
Among the most popular stars at present, Huang Bo is the one in the film industry, and Huang Xiaoming is naturally the one in the TV industry.
There have been many rumors about Huang Xiaoming circulating on the Internet, and the most classic one is that "every time he shoots a good drama, he rewards himself with a domineering president."
It has to be said that many people have an image of him similar to that of a "domineering president", and this naturally includes Meng Bai.
However, after meeting the real person, I found that this brother's daily "style" is indeed a bit big, but it is not to the level of a "domineering president".
Meng Bai thought that he was looking for him to talk about the cooperation with Taiyang Chuanhe, but he didn't expect that after a few words, he found that he seemed to be just getting to know him.
"We are all from the same hometown, and it's rare that we can work together. If there is anything in the future, let's help each other more." Huang Xiaoming looked at Meng Bai and said, with a bit of the demeanor of a "leader".
Faced with this kind of "olive branch", Meng Bai was naturally happy to accept it: "Brother Xiaoming is too polite. I'm afraid there will be trouble in the future."
After a few words, the topic turned back to the agency.
Yang Ming told the two that the equity division of Taiyang Chuanhe has been basically completed.
As the major shareholder, he owns 40% of the company's shares. The second is Huang Xiaoming and Yang Tianbao's investment company "AB Capital", which together holds 25% of the shares.
As the cornerstone strategic partner of Taiyang Chuanhe, Arclight Film and Television holds 20%.
In fact, Meng Bai doesn't care too much about the number of shares. Originally, the cooperation with Taiyang Chuanhe was to have a place to sign a group of their own people. Anyway
, Arclight didn't pay for these shares, and directly participated in the form of film and television project cooperation.
"My plan for Taiyang Chuanhe is divided into two parts. One is the normal film and television artist agency, and the other is to try to be an 'Internet celebrity MCN' agency." Yang Ming said.
The old agency has been in business for many years and has occupied a lot of resources and channels in the traditional market. As this batch of "newcomers" who have just entered the market, they naturally need to open up more new areas.
For example, Lehua Entertainment, which focuses on the idol market, Yixin Entertainment, which takes the black-and-red marketing route, and Hesong Media, which excels in business, including Huanyu Entertainment and Jiaxing, which have been very popular in the past two years, all have their own advantages.
On the other hand, Yang Ming has shifted his focus from the traditional film and television industry and plans to explore the nearby "Internet celebrity" self-media market.
"Internet celebrity brokerage" is similar to the online drama market, which is a new outlet that has emerged with the rise of Internet platforms in recent years.
Especially with the gradual expansion of the influence of Weibo, the number of fans and influence of some top "Internet celebrities" are no less than that of first-line stars.
"I have a classmate who has been working on online self-media accounts. I plan to use her as an entry point to see if it can work." Yang Ming said.
"Is your classmate, senior brother?" Meng Bai asked curiously, "Is she also from the Central Academy of Drama?"
Yang Ming nodded, "She is in the same class as me, but she is in the mixed class of directing and acting. Oh, she is a woman named Jiang Yilei, and her account name is 'papi sauce'."
The so-called "mixed class of directing and acting" is a major that puts directing and acting together.
The acting department of the Central Academy of Drama is second to none in the industry. Secondly, the drama
and literature department where Meng Bai is located has a high status because of the support of the People's Art Theater. However, the remaining majors are not as outstanding as those of similar institutions.
Especially the directing department, there are some, but not many directors have been trained, and most of them focus on TV dramas.
After all, it is a "drama academy", so it is definitely not as good as the Beijing Film Academy next door in this aspect.
This "directing and acting mixed class" is somewhat similar to the "People's Art Theater class" mentioned earlier. Both are training programs launched separately in a certain year.
Meng Bai recalled that he had no impression of this senior sister named "Jiang Yilei", and he had never heard of her account.
"It's normal. She has been studying for a master's degree in the past few years, and her account has not been properly managed." Yang Ming said, "When you return to Jingbei, I will introduce you to each other."
In addition to the business model, Yang Ming also talked about the company's current artist planning.
The "No. 1 Sister" is naturally Yang Tianbao. Since "Running Man" became popular overnight last year, she has directly risen to the first-line, and is called "Double Yang" together with Yang Mi, the leader of the "85 Flowers".
As a shareholder of Taiyang Chuanhe, Yang Tianbao is quite serious and also pulled Chen Chichi, who is on the same show, to come over.
In addition, Yang Ming and Zhou Dongyu's agent are also very familiar. It just so happens that the other party's contract with the previous company has expired recently, and they have already had a preliminary intention to cooperate. Recently, they are discussing the specific contract.
The top of Taiyang Chuanhe is basically these three people. For a newly established agency, it can be said that they have pillars.
With the top, new people below are also necessary. It just so happens that "Arc Light System" has signed a number of new people, so it's just right to merge them together.
After talking about the business, the three people gradually talked about the issue of new people.
"By the way, I heard that when Leshi Pictures was raising funds before, you, Meng Bai, also invested some money?" Huang Xiaoming asked.
"I followed the trend and invested some money, but it was only 18 million, just a small amount." Meng Bai said: "I remember that you, Xiaoming brother, also invested more than 10 million, right?"
"Now it's 20 million." Huang Xiaoming smiled and said: "This wave of 'B+ round' financing has added some more."
For ordinary audiences, Huang Xiaoming is just an actor. But in fact, in the industry, he is also a well-known investor in the capital market.
A popular target like Leshi Pictures will naturally not be missing him.
When mentioning Leshi Pictures, Meng Bai couldn't help but think of his previous doubts.
But after thinking about it, he didn't ask much. After all,
it was just the first meeting, and everyone was not very familiar with each other. Regarding the issue of investment, it was a bit too complicated.
The three chatted for a while and then said goodbye to each other.
Thinking of Leshi, Meng Bai called Liu Jun again.
"We have a tacit understanding in cooperation. I was just about to call you."
Liu Jun said jokingly, but a hint of fatigue could be heard in his tone.
"What's the matter, brother?" Meng Bai asked, "What do you want to talk to me about?"
"Nothing, I have some news that I want to tell you."
After working together for so long, they are half of each other's family. Liu Jun has nothing to hide and said directly: "We just had a meeting a few days ago, and the board of directors decided to set up a new copyright operation center."
"Copyright operation center?"
"How should I put it? You can understand it as another web drama production department." Liu Jun explained.
"Doesn't that conflict with your current position, brother Liu?" Meng Bai asked puzzledly.
"Haha." Liu Jun sneered: "It's more than a conflict, it's basically starting a new business, directly splitting our web drama center in half."
(End of this chapter)
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