Chapter 202 Sensation and Huge Response

"A shocking change! Liu Zhou takes over Sina!"

"Liu Zhou acquires Shanda's shares in Sina and becomes Sina's largest shareholder!"

"Liu and Zhou hold 34.2% of Sina's shares and have a veto power!"

"The Sina dispute, Director Liu Zhou's annual business drama to kick off the new year!"

"Liu Zhou and Duan Yongji had a heated argument in the board of directors!"

"Without martial ethics, Liu Zhou and Duan Yongji fought each other and staged a full-scale fight!"

……

As Sina's annual shareholders' meeting and board of directors meeting came to an end, the changes that took place at Sina inevitably reached the ears of major media outlets.

The media stationed outside the gate of Sina headquarters were going crazy with joy!
I thought it was an ordinary meeting, and everyone just came to learn about the latest policies and New Year plans of Sina, the Internet giant, and at most gossip about changes in the board of directors and management.

But they didn't expect that Sina would give them such a big surprise this time.

Damn, Sina is actually staging a palace fighting drama, and the control has changed.

Liu Zhou crossed the river in white clothes and became the new leader of Sina. The former Sina controller Duan Yongji was careless and lost Jingzhou and was defeated.

It was especially shocking to see Duan Yongji, who always appeared in public with a gentlemanly, calm and composed image, walking out of the Ideal International Building in a rage.

Facing the media reporters who came forward to interview him, Duan Yongji angrily said:

"Sina encountered shameless and brutal robbers!"

The reporters wanted to ask more questions, but Duan Yongji got into the car and left under the escort of security guards.

Although everyone doesn't quite understand what exactly happened at Sina, seeing that even the big boss Duan Yongji is no longer as calm as before, it is obvious that something big happened.

As they were close to the situation, they reported the news to the headquarters immediately. After inquiring around, the headquarters immediately understood what was going on.

Needless to say, all the original front pages were replaced. What could be more explosive than this?

Sure enough, the newspapers were sold out the next day.

People who are familiar with these two people, and those who pay attention to the Internet and the entertainment industry, are all shocked by this incident!

Even ordinary people are quite curious about the changes in Sina. Although it has nothing to do with them, the fight between the two big guys can be something to talk about when they drink and chat.

At China Film Group, Han Shanping is discussing the overseas distribution of The Promise with Chen Shishi in his office.

But suddenly, the head of the distribution department of China Film Group came over in a hurry.

The two thought that something had happened. After all, the terrible reputation of "The Promise" in mainland China had already made them a little nervous.

The distribution manager didn't say anything, but just placed several newspapers in front of the two people.

The two were still a little surprised, but when they picked up the newspaper and took a look, they were shocked into silence by the words and pictures on the front page without even turning the page.

After a long while, poet Chen said in disbelief:

"Boss Han, is this Liu Zhou who acquired Sina really the Liu Zhou we know?"

At this moment, Han Shanping suddenly smiled and replied:

"Isn't there a picture in the newspaper? Who else could it be if not him?

I've never seen this guy so cocky, with a fleet of cars and black suits, he looks even more bossy than Li Zicheng in his movies!"

Han Shanping can laugh, but poet Chen can't.

Poet Chen had a good impression of Liu Zhou before.

But recently, people often compare him with themselves. It would be fine if it was just a comparison, but they always use themselves and "The Promise" to highlight the excellence of Liu Zhou and "New World".

It's okay once or twice, but if someone keeps saying this to you, and you open your computer and read the newspaper, you'll see almost all news like this, which makes poet Chen very annoyed.

This led to the poet Chen unconsciously hating Liu Zhou in his heart, and he even felt very uncomfortable when he heard the name.

But not long after, you told me that Liu Zhou had become a business tycoon and was no longer in the same class as you.

How does he cope with this?
Poet Chen felt like a joke!

He had been thinking about avenging his previous humiliation in the future.

But now, even if I can avenge my previous shame, what can it do?
People won’t care at all!

The gap between the two sides is now so big that poet Chen can't even feel jealous.

Seeing that poet Chen remained silent, Han Shanping also stopped smiling.

He could probably guess what poet Chen was thinking, but he wouldn't say much.

However, Liu Zhou's sudden exertion still shocked him.

Liu Zhou's current status is even inferior to his, although the Internet and the film and television industry do not go very well together.

I just don’t know whether Liu Zhou will make movies in the future. If not, it will be a real loss for Chinese films.

"Boss Han, just hand "The Promise" over to Miramax. They are very good at Oscars operations. I want to give it a try!"

"All right!"

In addition to China Film Group and Huayi Brothers headquarters, the Wang brothers also looked at each other in surprise in the office after seeing the news.

After a while, Wang Zhonglei put down the newspaper and said with an inexplicable emotion:

"Brother, this Liu Zhou is too weird. A director has become an Internet tycoon."

Wang Zhongjun also sighed and said:

"If I had a son, I'd want him to be like Liu Zhou!"

Not long ago, Huayi just signed an investment agreement with Jack Ma of Ali, and Wang Zhongjun is preparing to do a big thing.

Although they have reconciled with Liu Zhou, the competition still needs to happen. Huayi is not inferior to others and cannot always let Golden Harvest take the lead.

But when he was ambitious and wanted to make a move, he found that Liu Zhou was actually of the same status as Jack Ma.

Even if he wanted to compete now, his opponent would at most be Zhang Zhao, not Liu Zhou.

Although Wang Zhongjun was arrogant, in the face of facts and the gap, he could only sigh.

"Fortunately, we have reconciled with Liu Zhou, otherwise we would definitely suffer if we fought him again."

"Zhonglei, don't do anything tricky anymore. Follow the rules."

"I know bro."

He is not stupid and cannot see the situation clearly. He is still stubborn and wants to make things difficult for Liu Zhou. His arrogance is only directed at ordinary celebrity artists.

In addition to the Huayi brothers, the same is true for their big director Feng Kuzi. He is narrow-minded and still remembers the grudges from seven years ago.

But now Feng Kuazi is relieved, thinking that it may have been just his wishful thinking and the other person never took him seriously at all.

Another famous director, Zhang Yimou, was relatively calm when he saw the news. He just smiled and lamented Liu Zhou's ability to stir up trouble.

But Zhang Weiping, who was sitting opposite him, was different. He was shocked at first, and then became a little nervous.

He was worried that Liu Zhou would poach Zhang Yimou away from him.

He knew how well Liu Zhou and Zhang Yimou got along during the filming of Three Kingdoms.

He saw it all and was anxious at the time, but they were working and he couldn't interrupt them.

Liu Zhou’s status is very different now, and he is fully capable of providing better conditions for Zhang Yimou.

He was aware of how he treated Zhang Yimou.

Especially during the filming of "Red Cliff", at Liu Zhou's suggestion, Zhang Yimou was directly given a salary of 10 million yuan. Although Zhang Yimou repeatedly refused, Liu Zhou still insisted on giving it.

I have never paid him so much money, even when Hero and House of Flying Daggers made a lot of money. But now I can only hope that Liu Zhou can show some martial ethics and Zhang Yimou can value feelings.

Otherwise, if Zhang Yimou is lost, it may be a bit exaggerated to say that New Picture will be disbanded immediately, but it will also have no status at all.

By then, they may not even be as good as Chengtian now. At least they have money and abundant artist resources, while Xin Pingmiao may only have money.

At the same time, there was a lot of discussion about this in Liu Zhou’s alma mater, the Central Academy of Drama, and everyone’s topic seemed to revolve around Liu Zhou.

Liu Zhou may be the first business tycoon to emerge from the Central Academy of Drama.

Within Jiahe Media and Zhoushan Literature, this incident was also very sudden for the people in both companies, but after the shock, they were excited.

The stronger the boss is, the better the company will develop, and he will even have more face when he goes out and chats with other people.

Liu Zhou's classmates, as well as some people who knew him or were familiar with him, also found it hard to believe at first.

Afterwards, he wanted to call Liu Zhou to congratulate him, but suddenly stopped and called Zeng Li, Zhang Tong, Huang Xiaoming and Fan Xiaopang instead.

Because these people are all artists under Liu Zhou, but more people still called Zeng Li, because many people in Liu Zhou and Zeng Li’s circle of friends know the relationship between them.

Not only in the mainland, the news of Liu Zhou taking over Sina soon spread to Hong Kong.

Liu Zhou became a well-known figure in Hong Kong's entertainment circle because of his acquisition of Golden Harvest, and he also has a great reputation in Hong Kong's financial circle.

Unexpectedly, more than a year later, Liu Zhou did such a big thing again.

Both entertainment media and financial media were reporting the important news of Liu Zhou taking over Sina.

Emperor Entertainment Group's boss Yang immediately set off for Beijing, while Xiang Huaqiang lamented to his wife, Mrs. Chen, at home.

As for the three women in Hong Kong who had relationships with Liu Zhou, they were staring at the newspaper in a daze, their eyes becoming brighter and brighter.

Compared to these people in the entertainment industry, the bigwigs in the Internet and investment circles knew about the changes at Sina that same night.

Not surprisingly, these bigwigs were also shocked.

Some people marveled at Liu Zhou's methods, some people were shocked by Duan Yongji's failure, but more people were interested in Liu Zhou as a person.

In the past, he was best known as a director. Although he invested in several Internet companies, which made him somewhat famous, people in the industry did not consider him a colleague.

Therefore, he would not be invited to participate in some conferences or activities in the industry, such as the West Lake Sword Conference.

But with Liu Zhou officially taking over Sina, his identity will be very different and everyone must re-examine his status.

If he can completely defeat Duan Yongji's subsequent counterattack and maintain his current position, he will be Sina Liu in the future.

He will be a figure as famous as Sohu Zhang, Wang Yiding, Ali Ma, and Penguin Ma.

Among these four people, except Ali Ma, the other three have a close relationship with Liu Zhou.

Zhang Chaoyang, who has a more eccentric personality, called Liu Zhou as soon as he heard the news.

But he called several times but the other party was always on the phone. After finally getting through, he immediately asked:

"Liu Zhou, why did you go to Sina?"

Liu Zhou said dissatisfiedly:
"Lao Zhang, why are you talking so harshly? What do you mean by 'do'?"

"Oh, you know what I mean. You didn't have any plans for Sina in the past few years, did you?"

"What are you talking about? Don't you know how strong I was at that time? How could I have such a big ambition?"

"That's right. At that time, he was just a small director."

Hearing Zhang Chaoyang's words, Liu Zhou immediately frowned and said unhappily:
"You called me just to talk nonsense. I'm busy now. If there's nothing else, I'll hang up."

"Okay, we can get together in a few days."

"Okay, you can arrange it."

Zhang Chaoyang hung up the phone, lost in thought.

Thinking that I currently hold 33.6% of Sohu's shares, it is relatively safe and I don't have to worry.

On the other side, Liu Zhou, who had just hung up the phone with Zhang Chaoyang, heard his cell phone ring again. He saw it was Ding Lei calling.

Compared to Zhang Chaoyang, Ding Lei's call was definitely not just a simple greeting, and Liu Zhou knew this very well.

Taking a deep breath, Liu Zhou answered the phone.

"Boss Liu, you are so shocking."

"Haha, this is just the right opportunity for me."

"You are too modest, but no matter what, congratulations to Mr. Liu on becoming a major shareholder and chairman of Sina."

"Thank you!"

On the other end of the phone, Ding Lei hesitated for a moment and said:

"Mr. Liu, since you have become the controller of Sina, it is a bit inappropriate for you to hold so many shares of NetArt."

"Boss Ding, I understand. I will sell all of my shares in Wangyi. However, this is not a small amount after all, and it will take quite some time to sell it off."

"Don't worry about that. As long as Liu Zhou is willing to sell, I can take over all your shares."

Hearing Ding Lei's words, Liu Zhou's mouth curled up slightly. He guessed that Ding Lei would not give up his shares, especially after he took over Sina.

Ding Lei has a very strong desire for control. Even though he now holds more than 40% of NetEase's shares, he does not feel safe. He will not feel at ease until he increases his holdings to more than half.

"That's great, but there's one thing I need to tell you. I've already sold 4.2% of NetEase's shares to someone else, so I can only sell you 8.2%."

"Sold to whom?"

"You should have heard of Chen Liwu from Walden International."

Hearing that it was Chen Liwu, Ding Lei's expression softened a little and he said:
"Mr. Chen, that doesn't matter."

"As long as you don't mind."

"Then when you are done, let's sit down and discuss the transaction of Wangyi shares."

"no problem."

After hanging up the phone, Liu Zhou also breathed a sigh of relief.

Compared with Ding Lei, Liu Zhou felt that he was more relaxed getting along with Zhang Chaoyang.

Although he lost his shares in Sohu, he still held more than 10% of NetEase's shares. However, Liu Zhou and Ding Lei did not communicate much.

On the contrary, she communicated more with Zhang Chaoyang, and because he was also preparing to enter the entertainment industry during this period, they were both in Beijing, so they met each other more often.

Finally, Liu Zhou received the call from Xiao Ma Ge as he had expected.

Liu Zhou and Xiao Ma Ge also have a very good relationship and often communicate on the phone.

But this time Liu Zhou clearly felt that in addition to congratulations, Xiao Ma Ge also had some other emotions.

Liu Zhou knew what Xiao Ma was worried about, so he told him directly that he would continue to hold his shares on his behalf and that the voting rights would also be given to him.

After hearing this, Xiao Ma Ge's tone completely relaxed.

After a few more congratulations, Xiao Ma Ge hung up the phone.

Liu Zhou couldn't help but sigh. This was the impact of acquiring a company midway.

No matter what means you use, it always gives people a feeling of unfair and malicious robbery.

So Xiao Ma Ge would be worried. Ding Lei wanted to buy back the shares, and Zhang Chaoyang also came to greet him specifically.

Only when Liu Zhou leads Sina to achieve more brilliant results will these negative effects gradually disappear.

(End of this chapter)