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Chapter 594: Chapter 499 Acquisition Plan (Please Subscribe!)_2
Having leveraged some connections, Comet Film and Television Company had rented half of the 19th floor. Tang Qing had initially considered whether it was necessary to spend money on renting an office building. However, bearing in mind that the company aimed to expand globally, it was not avoidable to rent a nice office place when there wasn’t much capital to build one from scratch.
When they arrived, it was past the rush hour, hence the elevator ride wasn’t crowded.
There were a total of twenty-six elevators in the Jin Mao Tower. It wasn’t crowded enough to cause any inconvenience, but Tang Qing had underestimated the number of people going up and down. By the time they reached the nineteenth floor, the elevator had stopped seventeen times. Yes, it had stopped on every floor except the second one.
Well, then.
Tang Qing didn’t feel like coming again after this.
The nineteenth floor.
As soon as the elevator doors opened, Tang Qing saw a large reception desk to his left. It had ’Shanghai - Comet Film and Television Company’ written on it.
"Good morning, General Shen."
Seeing Shen Yi, the two beautiful receptionists hurriedly got up to greet him. Being the face of the company, naturally, they had to hire pretty ones. Of course, looks alone were not enough; they also had to possess excellent interpersonal skills. Looks were just an icing on the cake.
"Good morning to you too, this way please." Shen Yi led the way without introducing Tang Qing to the receptionists, as everyone in the company knew that the Chairman was visiting today.
As they watched Shen Yi leading Tang Qing and others away, both receptionists had stars in their eyes; Is this the Chairman? So handsome and so young. Too bad he seems to be taken.
In all fairness, Pu Chaodong should have come out to welcome Tang Qing, but Tang Qing didn’t want to cause any trouble. He was just there to call a meeting. However, even though Tang Qing had not asked to be picked up at the gate, it didn’t mean he didn’t want to be greeted at the door of the meeting room.
As they passed through the office area, seeing the incredibly busy employees, Tang Qing smiled. There was a time when he used to pretend to be busy to impress the leaders, and now he was watching others being busy.
Although some people were pretending to be busy, Tang Qing didn’t think much of it. Work needs to be done, and done well, that’s all that matters. What difference would it make if you are busy or not? For instance, a project plan, passing in one go is capability, going through ten rounds signifies an issue. There’s not much you can do but be busy.
Seeing a group of people standing at the door of the meeting room, Tang Qing walked up and shook hands with Pu Chaodong and two other vice presidents. Everyone had seen each other in the last video conference, so they weren’t strangers.
"Boss Tang, please this way," Pu Chaodong said respectfully.
Tang Qing nodded and turned to Lin Jiaxue and Li Kai, "You two, go sit in the reception room. I’ll be finished soon. You can roam around in the meantime."
"Alright," Lin Jiaxue uttered.
"Sure, no problem," Li Kai agreed excitedly.
Pu Chaodong immediately assigned someone to take them to the reception room and entertain them.
They entered the meeting room.
Then took turns to sit down.
"I won’t say much. I’m here today just to meet everyone. The main concern of the company right now is choosing the first movie. I have seen all ten screenplay submissions, and they’re all good. The special effects team has no issues so far. As for which one to shoot, you can consider Director Zheng’s opinion."
Tang Qing honestly didn’t know any good science fiction movies from the future. It seemed like there weren’t many. They were all messing around, using the name of science fiction for nothing. Therefore, he had no references and preferred to hand it over to professionals. After all, all ten screenplays were decent, and he didn’t mind which one was picked. To avoid any pointless disagreements, he just let Zheng Lin and Pu Chaodong decide.
If it’s a movie decided by Zheng Lin, domestically, the screening volume and publicity would be overwhelming.
Given the situation,
Tang Qing casually handed over the reigns, knowing that with the special effects of the command room and the final review, the movie would definitely not have any quality issues. If he wasn’t satisfied, they could make changes later. He wasn’t in a hurry to release the movie and make money.
"Yes, Boss Tang. Director Zheng said he would give me an answer tomorrow. He will select three screenplays. Finally, we and the director will decide on which one to shoot," said Pu Chaodong. He had no choice but to acknowledge Tang Qing’s casual handover. As long as they had money, they could shoot anything, just as long as it wasn’t too inferior.
This logic.
Was truly extravagant.
"Also, how is the acquisition plan of ’Qi Dian Chinese Network’ progressing?" Tang Qing asked.
Tang Qing had initially planned to create a science fiction literature website. However, building one from scratch wasn’t as good as directly acquiring ’Qi Dian Chinese Network’. In the future, whether it’s adopting science fiction, fantasy, or adventure, it would be a promising choice.
In the options of Huaxia’s cultural output,
Fantasy was also an indispensable element. To secure a position, he considered buying out ’Qi Dian Chinese Network’. The reason was... many of the novels he liked ended up being made into something horrible, which infuriated him just by watching. He couldn’t stand the sight of good content being ruined.
Last year, ’Qi Dian Chinese Network’ was acquired by Shanda at a price of more than two million dollars. Now, more than a year later, Tang Qing had ordered the company to offer Shanda four million dollars, insisting on acquiring it. If not, he would have to build one and compete with ’Qi Dian Chinese Network’.
This message was also conveyed to Shanda.
"Boss Tang, we have already contacted Shanda. President Chen is quoting a price of 50 million RMB," Pu Chaodong reported.
Initially, Shanda was not willing to sell as it was their long-term plan. But Tang Qing had commanded, so Pu Chaodong had to make it work and not act merely as a messenger. Thus, he had to find ways to fulfill it. Eventually, he told Shanda they were willing to pay any price to get a share of the online literature market, which made Shanda hesitate.
Especially after investigating the shareholder information, Shanda finally chose to compromise. As a leading tycoon domestically, Chen Tianjiao had to give in when faced with the Chai Family, the Zheng Family, and a seemingly more influential Tang Qing.
"50 million RMB, haha, okay, I agree. You guys hurry up and start negotiating with them. Have everything settled before the middle of next month," Tang Qing agreed satisfactorily, thus, solving the problem of script source.
Using special effects technology, and digging up a few good science fiction or fantasy IPs, it would be easy to make this website a leader in the web literature field. It’s simple. Only products from this website could be adapted, using his special effects technology. It would be clear where the authors would run to.
"Sure," Pu Chaodong responded immediately, visibly thrilled - he had thought Tang Qing would ask him to bargain further. He hadn’t expected Tang Qing to be unconcerned about spending one to two million more RMB.
"Also, let the director know when casting for the movie, we need suitable actors, not those who just have a pretty face," Tang Qing reminded again.
"Understood," Pu Chaodong nodded. He agreed with Tang Qing’s philosophy. They wanted to create classics, focusing on suitability first and fame later. It was straightforward. Those who disagreed were eliminated during the casting calls.
Subsequently, there wasn’t much to discuss. Tang Qing gave a little pep talk and left the company. Of course, Shen Yi didn’t leave with him. He had to start working. There were many chores and tasks related to the movie preparation and filming to take care of.
They had plenty to keep them busy.
