Huayu Shen Gongbao

Chapter 32: Another Trick to Huayi

After securing Jackie Chan's support, Shen Gongbao knew that his plan was 70% successful. The next key step was to lay the trap.

After filming the afternoon's scenes, Shen Gongbao went home.

At 7 p.m., he took Da Li Xue to the Chinese restaurant at the China World Hotel.

Inside the private room, the two kings from Huayi were already seated, along with Zong Shuai, the head of Huayi's brokerage business.

Upon seeing Shen Gongbao's report, the three of them stood up together.

After exchanging pleasantries and ordering the food, Wang Zhongjun said, "Xiao Shen, you're a smart man. You must know why we're here to see you."

I don't know what you're thinking?

Wang Zhongjun immediately used negotiation tactics, flattering Shen Gongbao and asking him to speak first, in order to understand Shen Gongbao's needs.

But Shen Gongbao didn't play by the rules; he revealed his hand directly.

"I'm planning to start a studio with Bingbing. Jackie Chan has already agreed to invest in our studio."

Upon hearing this, the Wang brothers' expressions changed.

It's one thing if they can't sign Shen Gongbao, but if Li Bingbing also leaves on her own, that would be a really ugly situation.

The outside world will question whether Huayi has the ability to retain its stars, casting a shadow over its listing journey from the very beginning.

Wang Zhongjun looked at Li Xue and asked for confirmation, "Is what Xiao Shen said true?"

Li Xue smiled and nodded: "Yes, we've already thought of a name for our studio: Snow Leopard Studio."

The Wang brothers never imagined that Li Xue would be so devoted to Shen Gongbao that she would bypass Li Bingbing and make the decision for her.

In their haste, they didn't even think to verify with Li Bingbing.

But then Shen Gongbao said, "Bingbing still has a lot of feelings for Huayi. She always says that Huayi is her father and Huajie is her mother."

In addition, Jackie Chan has a close relationship with the two Mr. Wangs and is unwilling to be a backstabber.

Therefore, they entrusted me to discuss cooperation with you.

Wang Zhonglei frowned and asked, "You mean, you want us to invest in your studio too?"

For Huayi, simply investing in a studio as a minor shareholder is not very meaningful.

Moreover, Huayi didn't have much cash to invest in the studio at the moment, which is why Fan Bingbing kept dragging her feet.

Shen Gongbao made a strange hand gesture, giving people a very confident feeling.

He said, "That's right! I can let you hold 60% of the shares!"

This is equivalent to Snow Leopard Studio being a subsidiary of Huayi Brothers. From the outside, it appears that both Bingbing and I are artists signed by Huayi Brothers!

Upon hearing this, Wang Zhongjun sat up straight. After thinking for a moment, he said directly, "If we can become the major shareholder of the studio, then we are very interested."

However, the funds need to be received in installments. With "Assembly" and "The Forbidden Kingdom" starting filming consecutively, the company's investment expenditures are quite large.

Shen Gongbao shook his head and said with a smile, "You don't need to contribute a single penny. I heard from Li Xue that you are implementing a share incentive plan internally."

So I came up with a solution that would satisfy both sides.

Wang Zhongjun immediately echoed, "Please speak."

Shen Gongbao took a sip of tea and explained, "Jackie Chan will provide a sum of money, and you will contribute a certain number of Huayi shares to jointly invest in our studio, holding a total of 60% of the shares."

For example, if Jackie Chan invests 1000 million yuan in cash, and you invest an equivalent amount of 1000 million yuan in internal shares, the total of 2000 million yuan will give you 60% of our studio's shares.

However, in practice, Jackie Chan would pay 1000 million in cash to buy 1000 million of your internal shares, and you would then invest another 1000 million in our studio.

Jackie Chan's shares are held by Huayi Brothers on his behalf.

This means that Huayi Brothers can renew Li Bingbing's contract, sign the strongest newcomer Shen Gongbao, and even get Jackie Chan's investment by giving up a certain amount of shares!

Once this news is released, you can imagine how positive the market reaction will be; it will definitely boost your IPO plans!

After hearing Shen Gongbao's proposal, Wang Zhonglei was completely shocked and subconsciously exclaimed, "That's fucking awesome!"

Wang Zhongjun's eyes lit up, thinking the plan was excellent!

For Huayi Brothers now, shares are the least valuable asset; they're just something to use to trap celebrities.

Shen Gongbao's current plan not only allows Huayi to sign two celebrity artists, but also forces Jackie Chan to join them.

This is absolutely awesome!

perfect!

Absolutely perfect!

Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei exchanged a glance, both thinking it was brilliant.

Unexpectedly, Shen Gongbao had another trick up his sleeve. He said, "If the negotiations go smoothly, I would also like to bring Liu Yifei to our studio. This would be equivalent to you signing another Liu Yifei."

In addition, you can use the funds you're saving to renew Li Bingbing's contract to renew Fan Bingbing's contract or invest in her studio!

By renewing Li Bingbing's contract, Huayi Brothers has won this battle!

By signing me, the strongest rookie, you've won again!

Partner with Jackie Chan, and win again!

Signing the wildly popular Liu Yifei means they can win even more!

Turn around and take down Fan Bingbing, win, win, win!

You guys are absolutely ecstatic!

Do you feel anything?

Shen Gongbao emphasized the last sentence, "Did you feel anything?" and the Wang brothers answered in unison, "Yes, we felt it! We felt it so much!"

Seeing this, Li Xue was dumbfounded, as was Zong Shuai.

It can only be said that Shen Gongbao's plan was indeed perfect. Combined with his words and actions, it triggered a seductive effect, and the Wang brothers are now filled with excitement.

Shen Gongbao's tone suddenly turned somber: "But there is a difficulty now."

Wang Zhongjun immediately asked, "What's the difficulty?"

"Jackie Chan felt that Huayi Brothers would have difficulty going public, and that buying your shares would be too risky, so he was unwilling to take the risk."

Hearing this, the Wang brothers were not surprised at all. In fact, they had tried to sell their company's shares to Jackie Chan, but he refused.

After all, Huayi Brothers genuinely wanted to curry favor with Jackie Chan and collaborate with him long-term.

This is indeed a difficult problem.

Shen Gongbao continued, "To put my elder brother at ease, I agreed to sign a betting agreement with him."

If Snow Leopard Studio's profits or dividends do not reach a certain level, the mandatory redemption clause will be triggered. I will redeem the studio's shares and Jackie Chan's Huayi shares at an annualized principal and interest rate of 20%.

"Sigh, I've really given my full guarantee this time. Any good resources the company has going to offer must be prioritized for me and the artists from Snow Leopard Studio."

Upon hearing this, Wang Zhongjun felt that Shen Gongbao was simply a saint! An angel sent by God to solve Huayi's difficulties!

He immediately assured them, "No problem, the company will prioritize your resources going forward; this can even be written into the contract!"

With this guarantee, the basic framework for the studio's collaboration was established.

Shen Gongbao was very satisfied.

Under his design, when Snow Leopard Studio was established, Huayi Brothers and Jackie Chan each held 30% of the shares, while he, Li Xue, Li Bingbing, and Liu Yifei each held 10% of the shares.

The absence of a single dominant shareholder creates a good balance of power.

If we redesign the voting system, the studio will definitely be under our control and Li Xue's control, and will not be subject to anyone else's control.

This way, you get Jackie Chan and Huayi Brothers as teammates, allowing you to mess with them, and you also gain access to resources in the entertainment industry.

Most importantly, the performance-based agreement designed by Shen Gongbao allows him to deliberately fail to meet the performance targets in the future, triggering a mandatory redemption clause to reclaim all the studio's shares, and even the shares of Huayi Brothers held by Jackie Chan.

At that time, not only will they be able to control the studio, but Huayi stock will also be a huge fortune!

In reality, the biggest winner is still Shen Gongbao!

He grasped the needs of multiple parties, ultimately completing this collaboration, as well as setting up foreshadowing and traps that would harm his teammates.

In Huayi's view, their shares will eventually have to be given away. Being able to tie themselves to Jackie Chan, sign Li Bingbing, Liu Yifei, and Shen Gongbao, and even leave money to deal with Fan Bingbing, would be a huge win.

As for who will hold the shares after they are given away, Huayi doesn't care.

The most important thing right now is the IPO plan, which must be heavily promoted.

In Jackie Chan's view, investing in a mainland brokerage company was a way to avoid Lin Fengjiao's entanglement, and signing a betting agreement was a sure-fire way to make money.

As for Huayi Brothers' shares, Jackie Chan really doesn't want them now.

After all, in the Hong Kong entertainment circle, listed companies such as Golden Harvest, Media Asia, and Yinghuang all want to tie Jackie Chan down with their shares, but Jackie Chan doesn't care about these things.

Huayi will successfully go public and have a high market value in the future. This is the unique informational advantage of Shen Gongbao, a company that has been reborn.

When Huayi's stock became available for sale in early 2011, Shen Gongbao spent tens of millions to redeem the studio and shares, and then sold the stock for several hundred million.

This isn't just getting something for nothing; it's getting a studio for free and making hundreds of millions in profit. Huayi Brothers and Jackie Chan will definitely be very "happy" then.

Thinking of all this, Shen Gongbao couldn't help but stand up and toast Wang Zhongjun with a glass of wine.