Chapter 337: Gaffes and Capital Attention

Wang Zhongjun's rage was beyond Zong Lei's expectations. He had never seen his boss lose his temper like this.

Even though Wang Jinghua took most of her artists and left, Wang Zhongjun was very angry, but he did not lose his composure like this.

But in this situation, he knew that the best thing he should do was to remain silent.

Wang Zhongjun also knew that this was somewhat inappropriate in front of his subordinates. He had always presented himself as someone who was calm and composed in the company.

But this time he really couldn't control his rage.

Wang Zhongjun didn't believe at all that Mr. Zhou was willing to pay the penalty to join Jiahe.

In his opinion, Golden Harvest was poaching star shareholders in order to make them look more luxurious and increase the popularity of the company's listing.

To be honest, I did underestimate Liu Zhou at the beginning.

But between the fledgling Liu Zhou and the long-established Feng Kuzi, anyone with a clear head would know what to choose, not to mention that Feng Kuzi was a member of the Beijing circle.

So when Feng Kuzi and Liu Zhou stood on opposite sides, it was only natural for Feng Kuzi to stand on Feng Kuzi's side and suppress Liu Zhou.

But no one expected that Liu Zhou would rise so quickly, and within a few years the business he built was even bigger than his own.

If Wang Zhongjun felt regretful for not winning over Liu Zhou at the beginning, he no longer had that feeling afterwards.

Given Liu Zhou's ability and the ambition he showed, he was not the type to be under someone else's control for long, so he and he were destined not to be able to get along.

So instead of wasting your energy on him, you might as well just pull Feng's pants together.

Let them be enemies, Wang Zhongjun, who has the support of the Beijing circle, didn’t think it was a big deal, and even suppressed the other party occasionally.

However, it was unexpected that Liu Zhou was not affected at all. Not only did he become more and more powerful in the film industry and acquired the old film company Golden Harvest, he even made a gorgeous turn and took over Sina, becoming an Internet tycoon.

This makes Liu Zhou's strength and influence in the circle no less than his own, and his wealth far exceeds his own.

However, Huayi encountered many twists and turns. First, Feng Kuazi left Huayi because he wanted to venture out and start a company with Zhang Guoli.

Although he later failed to make it and came back, it still had some impact on the development of Huayi.

Afterwards, Wang Jinghua took many artists under Huayi and left to join Chengtian, which dealt a heavy blow to Huayi.

At that time, Wang Zhongjun was a little nervous, fearing that Liu Zhou would take advantage of his misfortune.

So he didn't say anything about Liu Zhou snatching away Huang Xiaoming, whom he had been trying to win over for a long time, and poaching Fan Xiaopang, one of the only two popular artists at Huayi.

Isn't he angry in his heart?

Of course angry!
But the situation was stronger than the people at that time, so even if we were angry, we dared not speak out.

In fact, he was even angrier towards Liu Zhou than towards Wu Kebo. After all, it was even more annoying to find someone who took advantage of someone's misfortune.

That’s right, in Wang Zhongjun’s eyes, Liu Zhou’s successive snatching of Huang Xiaoming and Fan Xiaopang was just adding insult to injury.

However, Liu Zhou had already become powerful by then, and no matter how angry he was with him, he did not dare to do anything to him. In order to prevent Liu Zhou from doing anything else to Huayi, he even had to take the initiative to find the other party to reconcile.

Although the two sides will not interfere with each other in the future, he will always remember this aggrieved feeling in his heart.

He had wanted to wait for Huayi to recover and get back at the place so that he could vent out his frustration, but he didn't expect that Liu Zhou and Jiahe would run wild and develop at a speed beyond his imagination.

Not only did it leave Huayi far behind, it also became the largest private film and television company, and its network of relationships was even larger than its own.

So later on, whether it was the company's strength, influence in the industry, or the connections he had been proud of, in just two years, they were all inferior to the other party.

He has even stepped out of the small circle of entertainment and has become famous in the entire domestic business circle. His influence is completely beyond his reach.

Therefore, he had to hold back his frustration.

However, Wang Zhongjun is not someone who is easily discouraged. Although his overall wealth and influence are not as good as yours, he can at least compete with you in his own old profession, the film and television industry.

Therefore, he has always taken Golden Harvest as his goal and devoted all his efforts to developing Huayi, hoping to be able to compete with the other party in the film and television industry.

But as the other party acquired a Hollywood film company and extended its tentacles into Hollywood, his fighting spirit was weakened.

After all, Huayi has only been operating in the mainland so far, and has not even ventured into Hong Kong and Taiwan.

But they have already crossed the Pacific Ocean and radiated their influence to Hollywood, the center of world cinema.

The gap is quite big indeed.

If Golden Harvest's acquisition of Summit Entertainment made him realize that there was a huge gap between Huayi and Golden Harvest, then Golden Harvest's financing and preparation for listing this time made him clearly understand how big the gap between the two companies is.

He was very clear that the valuation of the entire Huayi Group would not exceed 1.5 billion, and about half of this valuation was supported by its original advertising business.

He didn’t know if it was his illusion, but Wang Zhongjun always felt that because of Liu Zhou’s rise, Huayi had lost many opportunities in the film and television industry.

But these feelings are no longer important. The fact is that the value of Huayi and Jiahe differs by seven times. In terms of specific data, Jiahe's value is RMB 93 billion higher than Huayi, a number that makes people feel a little powerless.

When Wang Zhongjun saw this gap, he actually had no intention of arguing with Liu Zhou about who was better.

But he did not expect that Liu Zhou completely ignored him and did not take him seriously at all.

Wang Zhongjun openly poached Huayi's top artist and accepted Liu Yifei, who was banned by Huayi, without giving Huayi any face. When he suddenly heard the news that Zhou Gongzi and Liu Yifei were going to join Jiahe, he felt powerless in the face of Jiahe, humiliated by being ignored by Liu Zhou, jealous of Jiahe and Liu Zhou, and angry about being poached.

All these things erupted at once, causing Wang Zhongjun to lose control of his emotions.

But after his rage, Wang Zhongjun found that he could do nothing. He still had to endure this frustration and humiliation.

The office was silent for several minutes. Wang Zhongjun, who had calmed down a little, finally spoke:
"Zong Lei, go talk to Master Zhou again and tell her that she can choose any of Huayi's resources from now on. Do your best to keep her here."

"Okay Mr. Wang."

"Besides Mr. Zhou, we also need to stabilize the company's other artists and make sure they are not poached again."

"Ok."

"Okay, then go ahead and do your work."

After Zong Lei left, Wang Zhongjun's younger brother Wang Zhonglei bent down and picked up the pen holder that his brother had just smashed.

Fortunately, the office had a thick carpet and the pen holder was sturdy, so it didn't break after being hit like that.

"Brother, Master Zhou may not be able to stay."

"I know, but no matter what, I still have to try to see if I can keep her.

If Mr. Zhou joins Golden Harvest, it will not only dim the artist group of our company, but also be a blow to our Huayi’s reputation in the industry.”

"So what should we do next? Should we continue planning to list Huayi?"

"Yes, why not? Without Miss Zhou, the world won't fall. Without her, we can just train another one. As long as Xiaogang is still here, Huayi will still be Huayi."

Wang Zhongjun gradually realized this truth after Wang Jinghua left.

For Huayi, celebrity artists are not the most important at all. Feng Xiaogang, who can create huge value, is the pillar of Huayi.

He was so angry because Jiahe didn't take him seriously at all and openly dug up Mr. Zhou.

Otherwise, if the company let an artist go, even if he was a popular one, he wouldn't lose his composure like this.

In fact, Liu Zhou has had some grudges in the entertainment industry only with a group of people in Huayi. As for some barking dogs in the Hong Kong circle, he doesn't take them to heart at all. They have no right to make enemies with him.

Therefore, regarding the sensational news of Golden Harvest's financing and valuation of over 10 billion, only Huayi and the Wang brothers in the circle would have so much drama in their hearts.

However, the others shared the same emotion as the Wang brothers, which was shock.

Not to mention the celebrities in the circle, let alone hundreds of billions, even if it is one hundred million, there are only a handful of people in the entertainment industry who have this net worth.

However, this level of capital is too far away from them. Although they are extremely shocked, they will not think too much about it. They may think more about whether they can join Golden Harvest.

Relatively speaking, the ones most shocked are the bosses of film and television companies in the industry.

At this time, not only the Wang brothers, but almost all the bosses of film and television companies saw this news.

In the new picture, Zhang Weiping finished reading the newspaper and kept smoking, while Zhang Yimou next to him was shocked for a moment, but he couldn't help shaking his head and then a smile appeared on his face.

Then he looked at Zhang Weiping and knew that he could not discuss anything with him today.

At the same time, Wang Changtian, who was quietly developing Guangxian Media, also smoked non-stop, showing that he was not calm at the moment.

In Hong Kong, Emperor Entertainment Group's boss Yang also looked at each other in bewilderment with Jackie Chan.

Boss Yang was even more shocked, because he knew better than anyone what had happened to Jiahe before, and its stock was about to fall to penny stocks.

More importantly, Emperor Entertainment Group has already been listed, so this is not just a valuation; its actual value is clear at a glance.

Based on the current stock price, Emperor Entertainment Group’s market value is less than HK$2 billion, five times that of Golden Harvest.

What made him feel a little ironic was that not long after the news of Golden Harvest’s financing came out, Emperor Entertainment’s share price actually rose slightly.

"Mr. Liu is really not an ordinary person." Cheng Long said with admiration.

He was promoted by Golden Harvest and he had been in Golden Harvest for more than 20 years. His most glorious period was also in Golden Harvest.

There was really nothing he could do when he left Jiahe.

After Zou Wenhuai retired, Golden Harvest has been on a downward trend. At that time, Golden Harvest could no longer support a superstar of his level.

He couldn't stay with Jiahe forever, he also had to consider himself and those who followed him.

So he left Jiahe and started a company with Boss Yang.

Now that I see Golden Harvest is developing so well, even better than its peak period, I can’t help but feel complicated.

What everyone in the entire entertainment industry doesn’t know is that the impact of Golden Harvest’s super-high valuation financing is far greater than they imagined.

Because this has allowed more and more capital to begin to pay attention to the previously inconspicuous entertainment industry.

(End of this chapter)