Chapter 397 Big Mimi
Wangjing, International Business Center.
At the entrance of the office area, photos of more than a dozen artists formed a huge poster wall. In the middle, Yang Mi, the top "85 Flower". Next to the poster wall is the name of the company - Jiaxing Media.
"What is the situation now?"
In the president's office, Zeng Jia frowned and asked the head of the publicity department in front of him.
Because of publicity reasons, many outsiders will mistakenly think that Yang Mi is the big boss of Jiaxing Media, but in fact, she does not have many shares and can only be regarded as a "partner + senior worker".
Just as Meng Bai is hidden behind Li Qin, there are also three women standing behind Yang Mi, including the former agent Zeng Jia, Zhao Ruoyao and Li Juan from PricewaterhouseCoopers. They are the helmsmen and actual controllers of Jiaxing.
Especially Zeng Jia, who is not only the founder of Jiaxing, but also the chairman and general manager, the number one person in the company. The name "Jiaxing" comes from her.
Since Jiaxing was delisted from the New Third Board in the middle of the year, she has been busy with new financing and IPO matters. Many specific matters of the company are handled by people below.
The film crew had already told them about the replacement of the role in "Assassination of Novelist", and Zeng Jia didn't take it too seriously - not to mention that it was just a verbal statement from the director, even if it was a formal contract and then a replacement, it was common in the circle.
Yang Mi's popularity is indeed first-line among the current domestic entertainment actresses, but it is only limited to the field of TV dramas. What's more, it was Arc Light who "wanted to leave" the role this time, so they didn't take it seriously.
Unexpectedly, it was the fans below who made a fuss, and the movement was not small. What's more frowning is that these fans saw that Jiaxing didn't make any move, and actually ran to denounce Li Qin and Arc Light Films.
After Zeng Jia received the feedback from the people below, she almost cursed.
These fans really don't understand what "fans' behavior, the owner pays the bill" means. If you use your brain to think about it, they dare to take the role so directly and easily, doesn't it mean that they don't care about Jiaxing's strength at all!
"For now, it's just the fans of both sides quarreling, and neither Li Qin nor Hu Guang have said anything." The person in charge introduced the situation, and then continued: "Boss Zeng, this kind of fan quarrel happens every day, there shouldn't be anything to worry about."
"Of course there's nothing wrong with quarreling, but the problem is who the opponent is." Zeng Jia sighed, "What's more, the company is in a turbulent time now. It's good enough to solve its own problems. How can we have the strength to provoke Hu Guang?"
The person in charge of publicity and distribution fell silent after hearing this, and dared not speak again.
After waiting for a long time, she finally heard Zeng Jia speak again: "I remember Mi Mi is in Jingbei recently. You can contact her and come to the company, and say I have something to talk to her."
The person in charge was stunned when he heard this, and subconsciously said: "Ah? Sister Yang Mi is busy dealing with..."
Halfway through the words, she looked at her boss's gaze on her, and cleverly turned around: "Okay, I'll contact him right away."
Seeing his subordinates go out, Zeng Jia rubbed his eyebrows, stood up and looked at the busy streets downstairs outside the window, and fell into deep thought.
Last year was definitely the most glorious year for Jiaxing. The huge success of Eternal Love not only allowed them to exceed the "three-year bet" with Shangshi Pictures ahead of schedule, but also brought in a perfect 500 million yuan in financing, with the company's valuation reaching 5 billion yuan.
A large number of artists under the company have become popular under the influence of this drama. In particular, Reba has become the new "trump card" of Jiaxing after Yang Mi.
However, since the beginning of this year, Jiaxing's situation has taken a sharp turn for the worse. In the middle of the year, it cancelled its listing on the New Third Board for a better IPO. Unexpectedly, the contract incident of the "Cell Phone 2" crew occurred within two days, opening the curtain of the capital retreat in the film and television industry.
Immediately afterwards, Li Juan, one of the "three giants" of Jiaxing and mainly responsible for financing and capital operation, resigned from the position of secretary to the board after cashing out through dividends, and also took her husband, the financial director, with her.
Although she still symbolically retained the title of director, everyone knows that this is just to save face for each other. In fact, she no longer cares about the subsequent development of Jiaxing.
Not long ago, with the release of the "Seven New Regulations", the risks of the film and television industry were completely determined, and the capital behind each company began to shrink.
Just like Alibaba's previous move on Straw Bear, and Great Wall Films' withdrawal from Gu Changwei and Jiang Wenli's company Premiere Era not long ago, Happy Twist was sold off by Guoying Culture behind the scenes because of the poor performance of the National Day movie "Li Cha's Aunt"...
Even Shangshi Pictures, which had just completed a bet with Jiaxing, has recently sold its shares to the outside world.
In this film and television winter, each film and television company has only one chance. Once a mistake is made, the capital behind them will abandon them without hesitation.
Wang Changtian, the boss of Guangguang Media, recently predicted in a speech that in the next two to three years, at least 2,000 film and television companies in the circle will go bankrupt. And even if they can survive, except for the top companies, others can only survive.
It's not cold when it snows, but it's really cold when the snow melts. For small and medium-sized film and television companies, no one dares to be sure that they can definitely survive this winter.
The same is true for Jiaxing. It seems that it is still flourishing, but in fact, only bosses like Zeng Jia know that the company is not in a good situation now.
Li Juan's departure caused Jiaxing to lose its biggest pillar in the capital market. The cancellation of the listing on the New Third Board was originally intended for IPO, but it has become the most wrong move in the current situation.
Although the company still has Yang Mi and Reba, one has too many bad dramas that have affected its reputation, and the other has been affected by the previous "Water Flooding Golden Eagle" and its popularity has dropped sharply, and they are no longer safe.
At this time, any disturbance may affect Jiaxing's future survival. But these fans are confused and are stubborn to rush to Arclight.
And what worries her most is whether Arclight will think that Jiaxing is retaliating for "being robbed of the role", so it deliberately incites these fans to start a war.
The person in charge of publicity and promotion said that the other party did not speak out, maybe they didn't care, but there is also a possibility that they are waiting for Jiaxing to express their position.
Zeng Jia sighed in her heart, saying that they are good at capital operation, but Arclight Film and Television itself is the capital. Who can guarantee what such industry leaders think? For
small and medium-sized companies like theirs, they can only believe it. Regardless of whether they care or not, it is always better to explain things clearly first.
That was why she wanted to find Yang Mi. After all, if she wanted to explain, she had to talk to her first.
As Zeng Jia expected, Yang Mi had indeed been in Jingbei recently to deal with personal matters. She also knew about the recent controversy among fans, but she didn't expect the company to take it so seriously.
It was already afternoon when she arrived at Jiaxing. She greeted Zeng Jia casually, but her face was a little gloomy.
Zeng Jia just thought she was upset about her recent personal affairs, so he didn't ask much and introduced the situation directly.
"Is this matter so serious?" Yang Mi asked with a frown after listening.
Zeng Jia sighed and smiled bitterly, "This is not a question of whether it is serious or not, but we are not qualified to judge whether it is serious or not now."
"..."
Yang Mi pursed her thin lips. Indeed, the feeling of not being able to judge whether the result is good or bad is the worst.
She felt a little annoyed, and her tone was a little aggressive: "So, what do you need me to do?"
"Actually, you don't really need to do anything..."
Zeng Jia was a little confused after being inexplicably confronted. Seeing Yang Mi looking at her with a sullen face, she vaguely understood something.
"No, there seems to be some misunderstanding in our communication." Zeng Jia slowed down her tone, "I asked you to come here to say that you know Tong Liya, she is familiar with that Mr. Meng. Can you ask her to make a match and arrange a meeting with him?"
"Ya Ya? Make a match?" Yang Mi was stunned, "That's it?"
"What else?"
Zeng Jia laughed, "You don't think I asked you to go... Ha, my teacher Yang, even if there is really such a need, there are so many new people in the company, you don't need to go."
Yang Mi was a little embarrassed. When she answered the phone before, she really thought Zeng Jia wanted her to go to Meng Bai for "deep communication" and plead for mercy, so she was angry when she came.
Of course, this kind of anger has nothing to do with integrity and morality, it is simply that she feels insulted by someone close to her.
She and Zeng Jia have been friends for more than ten years. They have grown from newcomers to famous people, and then started their own business. Although their relationship has become a little distant due to interests in recent years, there is still an old relationship.
As a result, for the sake of interests, I have to sell myself out to solve the problem, which is equivalent to a betrayal. She has been mentally exhausted by similar things recently, so
she is a little sensitive. But she can't be blamed for thinking too much. After all, according to Zeng Jia's previous statement, everyone would think that she wanted to be seduced.
This is also what made her angry - if I was seduced when I was not famous, and if I was seduced after I became famous, then my name would be in vain!
Unexpectedly, it was her misunderstanding.
Fortunately, she is also a woman who has experienced many ups and downs for many years. She said calmly: "Okay, then let me ask Yaya. Speaking of which, I have heard of this Mr. Meng for a long time, but I have never met him in person. I really want to meet him."
The misunderstanding in her heart was resolved, and Yang Mi became interested in Meng Bai again.
As early as several years ago, she actually heard Tong Liya say that she had a junior brother who opened a film and television company. It's just that Arclight Pictures was still in its development stage at that time, and its scale was not even as large as the current Jiaxing Media.
Unexpectedly, in just a few years, they have soared to become a big boss in the industry. Even if I am considered a first-line star, I still have to look at other people's faces. Even if the role is taken away, I can only blame myself for my bad luck.
Yang Mi, who grew up in the entertainment industry, is already accustomed to such things and has no psychological fluctuations at all.
After all, this circle is so realistic. She is quite interested in Meng Bai.
In terms of the most basic desires of people, men and women are actually the same. They all fantasize about sleeping with a member of the opposite sex with a high status. What's more, the other person is also very beautiful, so I will not suffer any loss at
all. It's a rare opportunity to have an intersection this time, and it would be a pity not to try it.
Thinking of this, she called Tong Liya, introduced the ins and outs of the matter, and finally said that she wanted her to see if she could ask the person out.
"I don't think Meng Bai would care about this." Tong Liya said over the phone, "But since you are worried, I will ask for you. But let me make it clear first, I can't guarantee whether he will come out."
"It's okay, I believe you can do it." Yang Mi said in her unique coquettish tone.
"What's the use of you believing... OK, I'll try my best."
After hanging up the phone, Yang Mi looked at Zeng Jia across the phone again: "If he agrees to meet, I will go."
"You?"
Zeng Jia glanced at her and reacted after a while: "You and your family..."
"The agreement was signed a few days ago, but there are still some assets to be dealt with, so I plan to announce it later." Yang Mi said with an unchanged expression.
"Ah, so..."
Zeng Jia couldn't help but sigh when he heard this.
What Yang Mi has been busy with recently is the divorce with Liu Kaiwei. There are many reasons. The main reason is that Liu Kaiwei had cheated on her before, and the other is the emotional alienation caused by being apart for a long time.
In the past few years, in order to make a "three-year bet" for Shangshi Pictures, as Jiaxing's largest ATM machine, Yang Mi had to accept acting jobs like crazy to make money. Thirteen dramas in three years, which is equivalent to living on the set all year round. Even when she was pregnant, she still participated in variety shows.
It has to be said that among the "85 flowers", it is okay to talk about character and acting skills, but when it comes to career or ambition, no one can surpass her.
The result was not bad. She successfully completed the bet and turned over to become capital, but the price was the collapse of her family.
Zeng Jia, as the ultimate vested interest, didn't have any thoughts. It's just that when you think back to when she announced her marriage at the height of her popularity, and now it's a mess, it always makes people feel emotional.
"That's good, congratulations on regaining your freedom." Zeng Jia smiled teasingly and said, "Okay, then I'll leave this matter to you. Uh, and... be careful."
"Don't worry, I'm not a little girl."
"By the way, when we talk, you can also ask if Arc Light is interested in financing Jiaxing." Zeng Jia said, "It seems that Arc Light is one of the few companies in the circle that still has the energy to expand externally."
Yang Mi asked doubtfully, "They have their own production companies, brokerage companies and distribution channels. Is it necessary for them to invest in us?"
"This..."
Zeng Jia spread his hands, "So I asked you to ask, what if? In the current situation, unless we have another big hit like "Three Lives Three Worlds", we can only hope that the blind cat will hit the dead mouse."
"Okay, then I'll ask, but don't hold too high hopes."
Yang Mi was not very enthusiastic about Zeng Jia's plan. She currently holds less than 10% of the shares, and it doesn't matter much to her whether there is financing or not.
(End of this chapter)
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