Chapter 180 Ambition and Returning to China

After all, Chen Tianqiao was not an ordinary person. After being shocked, he quickly reacted and his face returned to calm.

He smiled and said with emotion:

"Boss Liu, you really shocked me this time. I didn't expect that while we were fighting, you would be the one who benefited."

Liu Zhou also smiled and replied:

"Mr. Chen, whether I can make a profit in the end depends on whether you agree to sell Sina shares to me."

"Aren't you afraid that I will spread the news that you want to take over Sina?"

"I believe in Mr. Chen's character."

“But I don’t even believe in myself!”

Seeing that Chen Tianqiao was trying to get to the bottom of things, Liu Zhou also spoke frankly:

“In fact, I don’t have any urgent need or desire to take over Sina. If I succeed, I’ll be lucky. If I fail, I’ll be doomed.

So if Mr. Chen spreads this news, the worst that can happen is that I will continue to maintain the status quo and be the largest shareholder of Sina in name only, since Sina’s stock price will continue to rise anyway.”

Liu Zhou did not lie to Chen Tianqiao, he really had this idea.

His original intention of buying the bottom of these three portals was purely to make money.

And making money is for one's own entertainment career.

So when acquiring Golden Harvest, Liu Zhou sold Sohu's shares without hesitation.

In order to inject funds into Golden Harvest, he also decisively reduced his holdings in Amazon shares.

The share prices of these two stocks are rising day by day.

But who can blame Sina for giving so many opportunities?
Even though he had no ambitions for Sina, he couldn't help but have some inappropriate thoughts.

What's more, Sina is the number one portal, and in the future there will be Weibo, an application that is of great importance to the entertainment industry.

If Liu Zhou can control this portal website, it would be equivalent to controlling some of the media's voice.

Not only can it greatly improve one's status, it will also be of great help to one's entertainment career.

If these considerations only made Liu Zhou interested, then the fact that all of Sina's major shareholders cashed out part of their shares, eventually making him the largest shareholder of Sina, made him really consider the feasibility of this matter.

As for Wangyi, there is no chance for it to enter the three domestic portal websites, Ding Lei has a tight grip on them.

Sohu is similar. Zhang Chaoyang played the same way in his previous life, and still firmly controls the company.

Only Sina has a very dispersed shareholding, and the control of the company relies on the shareholders' meeting and the board of directors.

If Shanda had not acquired Sina, Liu Zhou would have planned to slowly nibble away at the company, then strive to become the chairman of Sina's board of directors, and finally gradually control Sina.

Liu Zhou also believes that in a few years, he will have the strength and qualifications to take control of this old Internet company.

But now the Shanda incident has given Liu Zhou an opportunity to take over Sina at this time.

As long as Liu Zhou can take over 19.5% of Shanda's shares, he will hold more than 30% of Sina's shares and become Sina's true absolute majority shareholder.

Besides, Liu Zhou has not shown too much aggressiveness. As long as he can win over some other shareholders and ensure their interests, it will be highly likely that he will successfully take over Sina.

Therefore, the most important thing now is to acquire Sina shares held by Shanda, otherwise taking over Sina will only remain in the plan.

After hearing what Liu Zhou said, Chen Tianqiao couldn't help but smile bitterly.

He believed that what Liu Zhou said was true, and it was because it was true that he felt it was a bit ironic.

The things that I tried so hard to accomplish but failed, others seemed to be able to complete them step by step and smoothly, and with my help.

"Mr. Liu, I don't know whether to say that you are lucky or that you have excellent vision, but no matter which one it is, I am a little envious."

"Mr. Chen, you are joking. Sina is just the icing on the cake for you. Isn't Shanda doing very well now? I don't know how many people out there envy you!"

Chen Tianqiao became the richest man in mainland China just after he turned 30. I wonder how many people call him a child of destiny!
"You're right, I'm a little too dissatisfied."

"Mr. Chen, what do you think about selling Shanda's shares to me?"

Chen Tianqiao was silent for a while and then said:
"This is not a trivial matter, and it happened so suddenly that I cannot give you an answer now."

"Understood. If Mr. Chen has considered selling the shares to me, you can contact me at any time. I will give Mr. Chen a satisfactory price."

Hearing Liu Zhou's last words, Chen Tianqiao couldn't help but laugh:

"I originally wanted to buy something from you, but I didn't expect that you would buy something from me."

"It's all the same. The most important thing is that we hope we can reach a cooperation."

"Mr. Liu, if I agree to sell you Sina shares, but the prerequisite is that you sell Zhoushan Literature to me, will you agree?"

When Liu Zhou heard what Chen Tianqiao said, he fell silent.

Although he said this jokingly, sometimes jokes can actually be the real truth.

Although Sina is very important to Liu Zhou, Zhoushan Literature is equally important to his future career.

If Liu Zhou had to choose one, he would of course choose Sina.

The current structure of portal websites has been fixed, but online literature is still in its infancy. Liu Zhou can completely use money to create another Zhoushan Literature.

But Liu Zhou didn't want to make a choice, he wanted both of them.

If Chen Tianqiao does not sell Sina shares to him, Liu Zhou can only adopt a slow nibble strategy at most. He still has a great chance of taking control of Sina, it's just a few years later.

Liu Zhou would rather delay it for a few years than be coerced. So Chen Tianqiao just saw Liu Zhou shaking his head and said:
"Sorry, I probably wouldn't agree!"

"Why? Compared to Sina, Zhoushan Literature is simply not worth mentioning."

“Having said that, Zhoushan Literature is also very important to me. As for Sina, I can take my time.

Even if I cannot take over Sina, I can still exert influence as the largest shareholder and director of Sina.

After hearing what Liu Zhou said, Chen Tianqiao completely let go of those little thoughts.

I thought that if Sina couldn't take it, it would be fine if Zhou Shan Literature could take it.

But I didn’t expect Liu Zhou to be so confident that he wouldn’t even let go of Zhou Shanwenxue.

“Well, it seems like we’re still bound to have a fight in the field of online literature.

As for the matter of Sina shares, I need to discuss it with the people in the company before I can reply to you.

And don't worry, I will keep your plan to acquire Sina a secret for you."

"Thank you, Mr. Chen. I'll wait for your good news."

“It could also be bad news, haha!”

After finishing the business, Liu Zhou and Chen Tianqiao chatted for a while and then got up to say goodbye.

Chen Tianqiao looked at Liu Zhou's departing back and couldn't help falling into deep thought.

This meeting with Liu Zhou can be said to have been fruitless, but through this meeting he truly got to know Liu Zhou as a person, so the trip was worthwhile.

Chen Tianqiao felt that the bigwigs in the mainland might not have noticed Liu Zhou, the so-called great director, writer and owner of a film and television company.

When he emerges from his hiding place, he will surely shock everyone.

On the other hand, after finishing his meeting with Chen Tianqiao, Liu Zhou stayed with Anne Hathaway for another two days.

At that time, he was also about to join the crew to shoot the movie "The Devil Wears Prada", and Liu Zhou also flew back to China.

After returning to the capital, Liu Zhou adjusted the time difference and immediately rushed back to the "Red Cliff" crew.

Liu came back on Monday and saw that everyone greeted him very warmly.

He thought they were so enthusiastic because they hadn't seen each other for a long time, until he met Zhang Yimou and understood the reason.

It turned out that the movie "Source Code" shot by Liu Zhou in Hollywood had a high box office and there was a high probability that it would exceed 100 million US dollars. When this news spread back to China, it immediately caused a sensation.

Not only were the southern media advocating for Liu Zhou, Han Shanping also arranged for his media to focus on promoting this matter.

The Sixth Princess even published a special issue of "China Film Report" to introduce and promote this matter.

This caused Liu Zhou's popularity, which had been somewhat dormant after the Zhang Yu incident, to suddenly surge.

Liu Zhou is a filmmaker who was born and raised in mainland China. Now that he has achieved good results in Hollywood, the mainland media will of course brag about it.

In addition to the media, the industry was also very surprised by Liu Zhou's performance in Hollywood this time.

This period of time was when Chinese filmmakers returned home from their failed stints in Hollywood.

Not to mention Wu Baige and Chow Runfa, even Jackie Chan had a hard time in Hollywood because of the failure of the movie "Around the World in Eighty Days".

Now only the "Rush Hour" series can support him.

But as the third film is completed and Jackie Chan starts to get older, he will bid farewell to Hollywood completely.

However, Liu Zhou went against the trend and made a breakthrough in Hollywood at this time, which shocked and impressed people in the industry.

Anyone who has made it into Hollywood knows very well how difficult it is to make it in Hollywood.

Thanks to the strong influence of Hollywood on Chinese filmmakers and audiences at that time, Liu Zhou's influence in the industry has also reached a new level.

"Liu Zhou, congratulations. I didn't expect that a young man like you would be the first to make a name for yourself in Hollywood."

"Director Zhang, please stop praising me, you are the more powerful one.

I make Western films, so achieving some success is nothing. What is truly amazing is that I can make Chinese films a high box office in the United States.

Among the current mainland directors, your movie "Hero" has the highest box office in Hollywood, right?"

“Haha, you are still too modest. Even if you made a Western movie and it was a success, it means you are very capable.

Haven't you seen Wu Baige from Hong Kong? She is being praised to the sky."

"I really can't compare myself to Wu Baige now. He has achieved success several times in Hollywood, but I only succeeded once by chance."

"So do you have any plans for Hollywood in the future?"

"Not yet. I've been busy lately. Even if there is, it will be next year."

“Well, now that you’re back, just enjoy the shooting.

You've taken more than ten days off, and there are a lot of scenes to make up for, so you might be a little tired recently."

"Director Zhang, don't worry. I'm ready."

"Do you need to rest for another day to adjust your condition?"

"No, I can start shooting now."

(End of this chapter)