Chapter 229 Breaking up Leshi, the new official took office
. Faced with the sudden reversal of the situation, Zhang Qi decisively stopped today's negotiations.
Meng Bai did not rush to leave, but strolled to Liu Jun's office.
When he reached the door, he took a look at the self-made drama center.
There were a few people sitting in the entire work area, which did not look like a core department of a large company at all.
"Why doesn't Mr. Meng go in and sit down?"
Liu Jun's secretary Sister Su came over and greeted him familiarly.
"There are a lot fewer people." Meng Bai gestured.
Sister Su's smile faded a little: "Since the end of last year, the Copyright Operation Center has transferred a lot of people there on the grounds of insufficient manpower. Those who are still here are either unwilling to leave or are not wanted by others."
Meng Bai was stunned when he heard this. He really didn't expect Liu Jun's situation to be so bad.
But this is not bad, so that he doesn't have to work hard to persuade him to leave Leshi.com.
After sitting in the office for a long time, he finally waited for Liu Jun to come back.
"What do you mean?"
"Oh, what else can you say? You're pointing at my nose and asking me how I got this contract approved."
Liu Jun leaned back in his office chair and said nonchalantly, "MD, it was his mother's plan that was approved at the meeting, not me alone. Are you blaming me now?"
Meng Bai took a bottle of water from the small refrigerator in the office and handed it over, "Who is this Zhang? I don't think I've seen him before?"
"He just came here at the end of last year. He's from Leshi Films."
No wonder.
After drinking a sip of water, Liu Jun looked at Meng Bai, "I have something to ask you first. Have you decided not to cooperate with Leshi.com anymore?"
"If you don't know me, you know me, Brother Jun."
Meng Bai said straightforwardly, "Indeed, I've been waiting for this opportunity for a while."
From the beginning, he was not rushing to settle the payment. He
just wanted to take this opportunity to take back the adaptation rights of the "Green Ivy Series" and then leave Leshi.com, a big ship that had already started to take on water.
So in fact, whether Zhang Qi's attitude is good or bad, the result is the same.
"That's right, there's no need to tie the arcs together anymore."
Liu Jun nodded, and asked, "What are we going to do next?"
"We don't have any leverage now, but they are the ones who have concerns." Meng Bai smiled knowingly, "I guess we should still play the emotional card."
...
As he expected, Meng Bai received an invitation the next day.
"Long time no see, President Jia."
Meng Bai said with a smile, "I thought it would be Sister Weiwei who came to see me."
"There's no need to bother her with business matters." Boss Jia also smiled and said, "Besides, I don't think you, Meng Bai, are the kind of person who would give up an idea because of friendship."
"Sure enough, President Jia sees things clearly."
The two sat down and did not rush to talk about the dispute, but exchanged pleasantries first.
"I heard that Arclight invested in a movie some time ago?"
"Yes, it's already being filmed."
"When is the release date set? Don't let it conflict with our project, haha."
"Summer season, there shouldn't be any conflict."
"..."
Meng Bai didn't quite understand if these big bosses all liked to do this. They didn't say anything directly, but had to be roundabout and tactful to appear to be calm and indifferent.
But he didn't say it out loud. If you want to be roundabout, then I'll accompany you.
Anyway, I'm not the one who's anxious. Sure enough, seeing Meng Bai's calm and unpretentious look, Boss Jia sighed in his heart and took the initiative to bring up the topic.
"The people below said that there seemed to be some misunderstandings between our cooperation."
"I don't think this is a misunderstanding." Meng Bai said.
Boss Jia smiled: "Really? But in my opinion, isn't this a rare opportunity for Arclight to get rid of Leshi.com?"
Meng Bai's mind moved.
Sure enough, his plan was still seen through.
He did not deny it and nodded, "Indeed."
Boss Jia sighed, "You seem to have never been optimistic about Leshi.com."
"Boss Jia, I have no interest in your company's planning and development. Why do you insist on asking me to tell you the truth that no one likes to hear?"
Meng Bai's meaning was very clear. Everyone knew what Leshi.com was like and what you were like, so there was no need to speculate.
"It seems that our misunderstanding is indeed quite deep."
Boss Jia insisted on this, but he did not persuade him any more: "Well, since Arclight has no intention of continuing the cooperation, there is no need to force it. Let's part ways in peace."
He emphasized the last half of the sentence.
Meng Bai naturally understood the other party's subtext - we agree with your request, but you should not do anything weird to the outside world.
The progress was smoother than he expected. He thought they would have to argue for a few more rounds.
What he didn't know was that as soon as they met today, Boss Jia had already determined that he couldn't convince him.
In this case, it would be better to save time and discuss a plan that everyone can accept.
"Leshi.com will settle all the revenue shares before next month. At the same time, the film and television adaptation rights of the 'Green Ivy Series' and subsequent projects will be taken back by Arc Light."
Meng Bai looked normal, and these were all expected.
Boss Jia continued: "At the same time, all other rights of the previous cooperation projects except for online broadcasting will also be returned to Arc Light Film and Television."
Hearing this, Meng Bai raised his eyebrows - this was really a pleasant surprise.
The so-called "other rights" is a very wide range. Including film and television adaptation, overseas copyright, peripheral development, etc.
In short, except for this drama remaining on Leshi.com for broadcast, Arc Light can do whatever it wants.
"However, we at Leshi.com also have conditions." Boss Jia continued.
Since they gave such a big gift, there is no reason not to listen.
Meng Bai nodded, indicating that the other party could say whatever he wanted.
"I hope the details of Arclight and Leshi.com's termination of cooperation can be kept private for the time being."
"For the time being?"
"At least until the end of June."
Looking at Boss Jia's expression, Meng Bai roughly understood.
The most important thing for Leshi.com now is the "merger and acquisition" with Leshi Pictures.
At this time, any disturbance may trigger a chain reaction.
As Leshi.com's most important content partner in the past two years, Arclight's sudden announcement of the end of cooperation will inevitably attract a wave of attention and suspicion.
Meng Bai thought about it and decided that if the news was not announced "for the time being", it would mean that Arclight would not be able to publicly look for a new cooperation platform.
The development of the next project of the "Green Ivy Series" would be suspended for a while.
Now there are still four months until the end of June, which is not too long.
And even if there is no way to find a new platform, Arclight can start the project and prepare for it. It will not be too late to find a cooperation platform after the deadline.
Thinking about it this way, it is still a good deal.
"Deal!"
Meng Bai stood up and stretched out his hand.
Boss Jia also stood up, shook hands with him and said, "Then I wish our last cooperation a success."
After walking out of the Leshi.com building, Meng Bai looked back.
More than two years ago, I took the first step here.
I don't know if I will have the chance to come again in the future.
——Because
of the silence of both parties, the termination of cooperation between Arclight Film and Leshi.com was not known to the outside world except for the senior executives of both parties.
However, it is not without any special circumstances.
In early March, Leshi.com's intranet released a personnel change information.
[Liu Jun, former deputy general manager of the entertainment department and director of the self-made drama center, resigned, and the relevant work was taken over by the copyright operation center]
On the other side, in the office building of Arclight Film and Television, Meng Bai prepared a grand welcome ceremony.
"Everyone, let us welcome the new general manager of Arclight Film and Television, Mr. Liu Jun, to take office!"
"Pa pa pa..."
A round of applause sounded, and the already crowded office suddenly became even noisier.
"Thank you everyone."
Liu Jun waved to everyone: "In fact, I am not completely a newcomer. Many people in Arclight should know me. This time I finally return to the team."
Several cheers rang out from the audience.
Indeed, it was like Meng Bai going home to Leshi.com. Although Liu Jun was not that familiar with Arc Light, he was not completely unfamiliar with it.
He said a few more words to boost morale, painted a rosy picture for everyone, and then the welcome to the film and television was over.
"I didn't expect that we have already grown to such a large scale."
Liu Jun wiped his sweat and sighed.
The last time he came here was before the New Year. At that time, there were already quite a few people, and now there are more.
"There are not so many people at ordinary times. This is to call everyone who is in Jingbei today."
Meng Bai said with a smile. He was very satisfied with Liu Jun's address of "we".
"What do you need me to do?"
"No hurry, I happen to have a project being filmed there, you can get familiar with the situation during this time."
Meng Bai thought for a while, and said, "By the way, there is something you can be responsible for first."
"No problem, what is it?"
"Moving."
(End of this chapter)
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