After the company goes public, there is a lot more room for operation within the equity.
Lu Hao designed that DreamWorks' original equity be divided into four parts.
Thirty percent of it is held by Zhou Xiaomeng.
The other 30% is held by Chu Wen through an overseas company. The biggest advantage of this is anonymity and the identity does not need to be exposed.
Of the remaining 40 percent...
Twenty percent will be used to establish a family foundation. This money will cover other expenses such as parents' retirement and children's support, and will be handed over to a professional foundation for operation.
Another 20 percent will serve as an option pool for the company's core employees, listing costs, and investment amounts from other institutions.
Of all the 100% shares, he gave away 99% and only retained 1% as a symbol.
But at the same time, the company's listing will adopt an AB share structure, in which it will obtain 68% of the absolute voting rights with 1% of the shares, thereby controlling the company's daily operations.
For example,
If the company is compared to a ship, the owners of this ship are Xiao Meng, Chu Wen, the family foundation, and other shareholders, and they all share the profits.
And you are the lifelong captain of this ship, and you must decide the route and direction by yourself.
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After the news of DreamWorks' preparation for going public spread, it attracted considerable attention not only within the company but also in the entire financial community.
Basically, all the well-known securities firms in China have sent messages to inquire about the authenticity of this matter and the possibility of discussing subsequent cooperation.
In the current sluggish market, DreamWorks is undoubtedly an extremely high-quality asset. If it can be successfully listed, it may even become the largest IPO project in China this year.
After all, DreamWorks' market value is now over 30 billion, and its profitability is very good. Even if it is valued at a price-to-earnings ratio of five times, it is still worth 150 billion.
Hundred billion club!
Lu Hao did not hide anything in response to inquiries from major securities firms, and the company has already issued an announcement to announce the matter.
As the news was thoroughly confirmed, it caused an uproar within the company.
In the past, everyone knew that DreamWorks did not have options, but the salaries and bonuses were very high. Now, the company is going public, which is definitely an opportunity for many veterans to get rich quickly.
Even if it is just a few tenths of an option, it is enough to achieve personal financial freedom in the face of a market worth hundreds of billions of dollars.
Ever since the news was announced, executives from all over the company have been running to Lu Hao's office whether they have something to do or not. Lu Hao was a little annoyed by this and handed all the matters over to Wang Hui to handle.
Going public and sharing the money is not a bad thing.
Anyway, it’s not your money that is being divided, but the shareholders’ money.
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No one else had any right to comment on the equity distribution, but Xiao Meng and Chu Wen were both shocked.
Lu Hao had indeed said something like this before, but he said it when he was drunk and impulsive, so the two of them didn't care at all, nor did they need to care.
It really doesn’t matter whether we separate or not.
However, Lu Hao's actions now really revealed a sense of weirdness, and there was a faint feeling that he had retired from the world.
This made them feel a little uneasy.
But Lu Hao did not explain much, just said that it was to facilitate financial operations, and that he had too many things on hand and many things in the company could not be handled.
I will gradually reduce my workload at DreamWorks and focus more on the Film Guild and DreamWorks University.
This reason can be considered a barely acceptable one.
The two of them had no doubts and handled the equity change smoothly.
Each person has 30% of the original shares. If such a share quota is successfully listed, the market value will be at least 30 billion.
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Most of the shares of DreamWorks were given to Chu Wen and Xiao Meng.
As for Bai Zijin, Lu Hao set up a new trust foundation and distributed 10% of his shares in Dream Video Company.
This trust foundation was established in secret and is still operated through overseas channels and agents. The ultimate beneficiary of the foundation is his daughter Bai Lu, and the guardian beneficiary is Bai Zijin.
However, if the guardian remarries or commits other violations, his/her benefit eligibility will be revoked.
This is also the ratio and plan that Lu Hao finally determined after weighing the pros and cons.
When Dream Video was established, it existed independently of DreamWorks. In addition to the shares transferred in the first round of financing, Lu Hao is still the undisputed major shareholder.
As an Internet company, although it has not yet gone public, its valuation is no less than that of DreamWorks.
Ten percent, if it were to go public, it would be worth at least tens of billions.
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After doing all this, Lu Hao once again had a different feeling in his heart.
Suddenly I feel that something as intangible as emotion is really hard to quantify.
Whether it is the feelings for a woman, or the feelings for a child, the feelings for a legitimate child, or the feelings for an illegitimate child, it is hard to describe in a few words, it is too difficult.
As a man with flesh and blood, conscience, bottom line, sense of responsibility, and who has indeed done things, just weighing all these makes Lu Hao feel extremely painful.
Love affairs between young people are so annoying.
But capital is the fairest.
It can be clearly quantified to one dollar.
It can be a reward or an incentive.
It can also be a whip to drive.
At least after distributing so much money, Lu Hao felt that he had gained a kind of spiritual peace.
The incident involving Bai Zijin and the crisis it might have caused, thus, came to a relatively satisfactory conclusion.
Lu Hao even thought about...
What would happen if Xiao Meng and Chu Wen knew about this?
Needless to say.
It must be a divorce.
Lu Hao knew them both too well.
On that sleepless night, he even decided several times to confess, accept all the bitter consequences, leave the house, and use everything he has now to make up for his past mistakes.
But after thinking about it all night, I decided to endure it.
There is still a lot of work to be done.
Institutional reform of the film guild.
The creation of DreamWorks University.
Chinese films going overseas.
All these things are waiting for me to deal with. This is a career and also a dream. In comparison, feelings seem too insignificant.
Moreover, to some extent, it may even become a burden.
I'll give myself five years, until I'm done with this term as president, when all the issues that need to be resolved have been resolved, all the things that need to be done have been done, all the movies I wanted to make have been filmed, and my personal life will no longer have any impact on my career...
By that time, Lu Hao felt that no matter what happened, it wouldn't matter anymore.
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