Chapter 375 Please, Mr. Meng, let me do anything.
Throughout history, humans have always been particularly interested in rankings and inventories. Lists such as the "Top Ten Combat Powers", "Top Ten Generals", "Top Ten Beauties", and "Top Ten Richest People"
have always been talked about. Especially in modern society, financial power has replaced military power as the new standard. People are also particularly interested in the question of "who is the richest person", and even a special industry has been derived.
The two most famous ones are Forbes and Hurun.
In comparison, Forbes has a longer history and a wider range. The targets involved cover all fields in hundreds of countries around the world and have a stronger influence.
Hurun was established much later and is relatively less authoritative. However, because the content is mainly based on China and Chinese, its influence in China is not much different from Forbes.
These lists only had the most basic rankings of the rich at the beginning, but as the scale develops, more and more subdivided fields have begun to appear.
Like the interview that Meng Bai was invited to this time, the theme is to introduce the "young elite entrepreneurs under the age of 30" in China.
As for how to judge what is considered a "young elite", it's very simple, just look at the assets.
So to some extent, this can also be regarded as an inventory of young rich people under the age of 30.
"Hello, Mr. Meng, I am a reporter for Hurun Report magazine, my last name is Wang."
In the reception room of Arc Light, a middle-aged man stood in front of Meng Bai and introduced himself.
"Hello, reporter Wang."
Meng Bai shook hands with the other party and nodded to the other people who were setting up the machine and waiting to record.
It can be seen that Hurun attaches great importance to himself, and sent four or five people over for a simple interview.
"Who else is on this special topic besides me?"
"It's like this, Mr. Meng. This time we are doing this 'Young Elite Entrepreneurs Under 30', which is mainly divided into two parts. One is young entrepreneurs who started from scratch like you, and the other is the second generation who inherited the family business. There are four people in each part, a total of eight."
Reporter Wang introduced that in addition to Meng Bai, the self-made part also includes Nie Yunchen, the founder of "Heytea", Wang Shuo, the co-founder of Deel, and Lu Jianxia of Manner Coffee.
All four of them are "post-90s". According to the ranking of personal assets, the lowest is Lu Jianxia, ​​who just received the A round of financing not long ago, and the highest is naturally Meng Bai.
Meng Bai asked curiously, "How much assets did you count for me?"
"Because our data mainly comes from the integration of various public information, it may not be accurate." Reporter Wang first passed on the blame, and then continued, "According to our research and statistics, Mr. Meng's current recognized assets are about 15.3 billion."
"Ha." Meng Bai laughed, "How did you get this number?"
"The main part comes from Arc Light Pictures under your name, and the benchmark is the 15 billion acquisition price offered by Tencent last year. In addition, there are some companies associated with you, such as Taiyang Chuanhe, Qiyi TV, etc."
"Does the failed negotiations with Tencent also count?" Meng Bai said with a smile, "Besides, it was just a quote."
"This, haha...because Arc Light Pictures has never raised funds, it is really difficult for us to calculate this valuation issue." Reporter Wang said with a little embarrassment, "Although the transaction was not successful, the endorsement of Tencent's investment is still relatively representative, so we finally chose to use this as the benchmark for calculation."
Each of the major capital giants in the country has a strong influence on other investment institutions. Since Tencent offered 15 billion to ArcLight Pictures, it means that ArcLight is indeed worth this price in the capital market.
Meng Bai was a little emotional. This is the real power of top capital. Even if it is just a quotation, it can become the valuation anchor of a company.
However, he also confirmed that Hurun must not know the situation of Qiming Venture Partners, otherwise the number would have to be increased by another 60 to 70 billion.
Hurun's interview is actually no different from interviews with other news media. Basically, they introduce the history of entrepreneurship and talk about the development process.
Meng Bai is very familiar with these old topics. Just slightly change the content of other interviews, and it will be a new one.
However, he did not forget the real purpose of this interview.
Therefore, in the middle of the conversation, he "inadvertently" mentioned that he had invested in an e-commerce platform.
"Oh, Mr. Meng, have you ever done venture capital?"
"No, but I felt that the risks in the film and television industry were quite high at the time, so I thought that all my eggs should not be put in one basket. I happened to have the corresponding funds on hand, so I found some good start-ups to learn about them, and finally chose one."
"Then it seems that Mr. Meng is quite cautious in business." Reporter Wang asked casually, "I wonder how the company you invested in, Mr. Meng, is developing now?"
"It's developing quite well. It has caught up with the e-commerce boom and is growing very fast." Meng Bai said calmly, "It went public not long ago, and I can be said to have seen a return."
"Really? That's not... huh?"
Reporter Wang was stunned, "Investment three years ago", "e-commerce platform", "just went public"...
Why does this description sound so familiar?
"Uh, Mr. Meng." Reporter Wang asked cautiously, "Can you tell us what the e-commerce platform you invested in is called?"
"What's inconvenient about that?" Meng Bai said "generously," "Pinduoduo, which just went public some time ago."
"..."
There was silence in the room. Several staff members of Hurun looked at each other and saw surprised expressions on each other's faces.
Originally, I came here for a simple interview. Who would have thought that there would be unexpected gains!
Reporter Wang didn't want to continue the original interview topic at the moment. He was full of surprise and curiosity and interviewed about the story of "investing in Pinduoduo".
Seeing that the other party was so open, Meng Bai was naturally happy to introduce the specific situation in detail. He started from the initial angel round investment and talked about the current Qiming Venture Partners.
Of course, the latter part is emphasized.
After all, his purpose was not to show off, but to let other companies in the industry know that Arclight now has strong capital, and those who have projects can come to discuss cooperation.
While asking, reporter Wang solemnly asked the video reporter and staff who followed him to record in detail what Meng Bai said.
He really encountered big news this time! Reporter Wang thought in his heart.
As a staff member of Hurun, he naturally knew the influence of Pinduoduo, which had just gone public, in the capital market.
Angel round entry, holding for three years, nearly 100 times of return... These keywords added up, a "10w+" hot search reservation.
He did not doubt that Meng Bai was bragging, after all, Pinduoduo is a listed company, and this information is all public, and you can tell the truth with a casual check.
In the current situation, he was both happy and headache.
The joy was naturally to get such valuable news, but the headache was that he had no preparation before, resulting in no information at hand, and could only ask some content based on experience.
At the same time, he was still entangled in his heart, and the material of this Mr. Meng was enough for an exclusive interview. If it is still included in this special topic, not only will the space be insufficient, but it will also be a waste of topic.
More importantly, if the valuation of Arclight Pictures is a bit imaginary, then the investment shares of Pinduoduo are real assets.
The combined asset size of the two is nearly 22 billion, and there is no need to rank any "elites under 30 years old", just rank directly on the overall list.
Reporter Wang recalled the Hurun rankings in the first half of the year. Those in the 22 billion range also include Chi Yufeng of Perfect World, Lai Meisong of ZTO Express, and Wu Guangming and his son of Yuyue Medical, all of whom are leading bosses in a certain industry field in the industry.
Of course, this does not mean that Meng Bai's strength has surpassed these people. Personal assets and corporate assets are still different.
Just like Huawei's CEO Ren, his net worth is only 13.5 billion, which is not as high as the valuation of Arclight Pictures, but the resources and energy in the hands of the two are incomparable.
However, the new rich are also expensive. For him, a small reporter, they are all big guys anyway.
He pondered for a long time, until Meng Bai had almost finished speaking, then he asked carefully: "Mr. Meng, I would like to trouble you again. I wonder if your time is convenient."
Meng Bai nodded: "You say."
"It's like this, the news about Pinduoduo is quite sudden, and we didn't make any preparations in advance, so we may only have a brief understanding today."
Reporter Wang said carefully: "Do you think we can follow our original topic first, and then we will hurry up to prepare in the next few days. When you are free, we will do an exclusive interview, is that okay?"
"Exclusive interview... OK." Meng Bai didn't care, "Then you prepare first, but I'm not sure when I will have time, I'll notify you then."
"No problem, no problem, it depends on your convenience, we can do it anytime." Reporter Wang said immediately.
After speaking, he hesitated and asked: "Then for this special issue, do you think we need to mention the matter about Pinduoduo first?"
Meng Bai thought for a while: "Then let's follow your original topic first, and the part about Pinduoduo can be discussed separately during the exclusive interview."
He was not in a hurry for a while, it didn't matter if it was ten days or half a month sooner or later.
"Okay, okay, let's stop here today. After I go back, I will talk to our editor-in-chief about the situation, and then contact your company."
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Hurun's speed was quite fast. The next issue of the magazine published this special feature, and a few copies were specially sent to Huguang.
For ordinary people, this kind of news is just a casual look, as a topic of conversation after dinner.
But for the capital market and insiders in related industries, it is not just a simple look.
Meng Bai thought that this special feature only mentioned Huguang, and valuation is not a secret in the circle, so there will be no discussion.
Unexpectedly, after the article was sent out, Huguang received more calls and invitations immediately, almost all of which were from various small and medium-sized film and television companies seeking cooperation.
Liu Jun and others asked and found out that it was mainly because Meng Bai mentioned in the interview about Huguang Film and Television that as the company's scale expanded, the current project output was a bit low, so he had been looking for suitable projects or investments. You know
, it is now the time when capital is ebbing, and most companies in the film and television industry have to reduce production.
As a result, someone suddenly stood up and said that they felt that their own production was not enough. This is like a light bulb in the dark, shining and dazzling!
Another point is that for most small and medium-sized film and television companies, there is actually no big difference between 15 billion capital and 23 billion capital, anyway, they are all big guys.
This situation was a little beyond Meng Bai's expectations, but it was not a bad thing.
Anyway, the initiative to cooperate or not is in the hands of Arclight. Just pick these projects slowly, and you never know if there will be something good.
For those small companies, this is also a good thing.
Everyone in the film and television industry knows that Arclight Film and Television is a "hit-making machine." Most of the projects produced over the years are popular dramas.
In this situation, it is rare for a leading company to stand up and give everyone some opportunities to eat. It is right not to be selected. If you can cooperate, at least you can drink some soup.
For a while, Arclight Film and Television and Meng Bai's influence and recognition in the industry soared.
If it weren't for the fact that Mr. Meng has always been low-key, everyone would have given him the nickname "Chaoyang Timely Rain".
...
"Haha, timely rain in the morning sun!"
Li Yitong looked at the gossip on the Internet and teased Meng Bai: "I didn't see it, Mr. Meng. In a few years, you will be able to make a call, wear a yellow robe, and enforce justice on behalf of heaven."
"If you say you read books, these three words are not from the same person. If you say you don't read books, at least you are in the same dynasty."
Meng Bai shook his head, with an expression of "I told you to read more, but you insisted on feeding pigs.
" "Humph, I just said it casually."
Li Yitong wrinkled her nose, and then moved closer to Meng Bai and asked curiously: "So, are you really going to help those small companies?"
"Not to help, just want to see if there are any good projects, and by the way, brush up the industry influence of Arclight."
"Oh, have you received any good projects?"
Meng Bai shook his head: "The project department is still selecting, but I took a look at a few before, they are all very old-fashioned things, nothing interesting."
"Well, so..."
Li Yitong said with some disappointment.
Meng Bai glanced at her: "Why, Boss Li, are you hinting that I should help you find more resources?"
"No, I don't lack dramas to shoot, I'm asking for Da Xi." Li Yitong said: "When we chatted a few days ago, she said that she hasn't been in the crew for almost a year."
"Her company rejected her, what can I do." Meng Bai spread his hands.
He had contacted Tangren when he was filming "Secret and Great", but the company didn't let him, so there was no need for him to forcefully snatch her.
"Her contract will expire next year anyway, so a few months won't make a difference." Meng Bai comforted her, "I'll see if there's a suitable one then and I can recommend one to her."
"Wow, President Meng is so nice!" Li Yitong squinted her eyes and smiled like a "funny" emoticon, "You don't want to take this opportunity to make Daxi grateful to you, and then you can take advantage of the opportunity to move in."
"Come on, she's so skinny, who would care about her?"
"Aha, it's exposed! If you didn't secretly pay attention to Daxi, how would you know her figure!"
"...Do I still need to pay attention to something that's so obvious?" Meng Bai took a deep breath, "Okay, to prove my innocence, I decided to ban her from the arc range. If she asks me later, I'll say it was your request."
"No, no, no, I'm just kidding." Li Yitong begged for mercy after hearing that, "Please help Daxi look for someone."
Meng Bai glanced at her sideways, lay down on the sofa, and said calmly, "You can look for someone, but there has to be an exchange."
Li Yitong pretended to be stupid and asked, "What's the exchange?"
"That depends on you. Boss Li, you don't want your good friend to be jobless, do you?"
Li Yitong rolled her eyes, but still cooperated and said: "Well, please, Boss Meng, help Daxi, let me do anything."
"Really? Anything."
"Of course." Li Yitong opened her deer eyes and looked at him watery.
Meng Bai said: "Okay, then you sign up for the postgraduate entrance examination."
"..."
Li Yitong stood up slowly, and then a "rocket headbutt" hit Meng Bai's arms: "Let you take the postgraduate entrance examination! I let you take the postgraduate entrance examination!"
The furious Boss Li turned on the "violent mode" and "chased" Meng Bai all the way from the living room into the bedroom.
Then he was put on the bed neatly, and experienced the story of "the elf princess fighting against the human warrior, and finally became a fallen elf due to exhaustion."
(End of this chapter)
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