Chapter 106: Annexing Zhou Yi, Huayi Listed

At the beginning, at the *Space Cruise* celebration banquet, Lin Nan had the idea of eating Zhou Yi for the first time.

Up to now, more than three years had passed.

A few days ago, Lin Nan let Yue Jun make a final contact with Jiang Xuerou...

Today, that side gave a reply.

"How is it?" Lin Nan looked at Yue Jun who walked into the office and asked.

"She invited us to go to Zhou Yi."

Yue Jun's face couldn't see any expression.

"Still dragging?" Lin Nan frowned slightly.

"Not really, Jiang Xuerou said she hoped we would go over to see the Zhou Yi company, and then talk face-to-face.

Whether it succeeds or not, she will definitely give us an accurate answer."

Hearing this, Lin Nan understood.

"Hehe, the final bargaining! Then take a few professional employees, and we'll go over together..."

"Mm, I'll book the tickets now."

Lin Nan told Liu Yifei that he was going on a business trip, so she wouldn't call him again when she didn't see him in the evening.

Lin Nan, Yue Jun, and several others appeared at the airport, which was quite attractive to reporters' eyes.

But they just couldn't guess what Lin Nan and the others were going to do, and could only directly issue press releases.

"Lin Dao Nan and his party board the plane, destination unknown..."

……

After three o'clock in the afternoon, the party landed in Coconut City.

This weather was much hotter than the capital.

Lin Nan's thoughts drifted to 2005 unconsciously.

That time, he came over to participate in the Golden Rooster with *Blind Mountain*, and by the way, started filming *Space Cruise*.

As a result, at the awards ceremony, he confusedly carried the sedan chair for others.

But it was also that time that Liu Yifei took the first step very boldly.

The girl ran over from Hollywood early, exploring his set, which made Liu Mu very angry.

"Lin Dao, what are you laughing at?"

Yue Jun asked

Yue Jun asked suspiciously.

"Nothing, just thought of some unforgettable things." Lin Nan couldn't help but smile.

Although Zhou Yi's financial situation wasn't good now, there were still cars to pick them up at the airport.

"Lin Dao, Director Yue, shall we go back to the company?"

Several people from Zhou Yi who came to pick them up were very cautious.

Not only because Lin Nan was a rare big director in the industry, but also because the company's future boss was very likely to be him.

There was nervousness, and there was excitement!

"Okay, let's go."

Several cars sped along the highway, heading toward the Zhou Yi headquarters.

At this time, except for the signed actors and those in the *Kong Que Feather* crew, all other employees of Zhou Yi were present.

"They really are impatient." Jiang Xuerou sighed.

She had only replied to Yue Jun in the morning, and they arrived in the afternoon.

Jiang Xuerou walked around the company's various departments again and again.

It had been over ten years; many people were old-timers who had stayed at Zhou Yi since they entered the industry, and she was very reluctant to let go.

But what could she do if she was reluctant?

Selling to Lin Nan might be the best ending; at the very least, everyone could continue to work in this industry.

"General Manager Jiang, is our company really going to be sold to Lin Nan Film Industry?"

The head of the screenwriting department asked. He was asking on behalf of all the screenwriters.

Jiang Xuerou smiled helplessly.

"Yes, when they come over, we'll talk about this. Maybe we can still work together, but don't call me General Manager Jiang in the future..."

Everyone knew clearly that the company had been getting worse year by year, just barely hanging on, and now it couldn't hang on anymore.

"General Manager Jiang, Lin Dao and the others are arriving soon."

An administrator took a call and ran over to report.

In an instant, the surroundings went quiet; one could even hear the sound of breathing.

"Okay, I know."

Lin Nan had arrived.

He heard that Zhou Yi hadn't changed its office location for so many years.

In this area, there were quite a few smaller film and television media companies, and someone recognized Lin Nan.

"Lin Dao Nan! Why did he come here?"

It wasn't until Jiang Xuerou's figure appeared that many people realized Lin Nan was here for Zhou Yi.

"Lin Dao, Director Yue, welcome. Please follow me into the company."

"General Manager Jiang, please."

The news of Lin Nan appearing at Zhou Yi was posted on Weibo and spread rapidly.

Jiang Xuerou took Lin Nan and his group to tour the company.

Zhou Yi was quite large, not just this office location, but also its age and qualifications.

In the work exhibition room, Lin Nan saw Zhou Yi's achievements over the years.

Starting from *Love in the Green River*, *The Outsider*, *Li Wei the Magistrate*, *Young King*, *The Little Hero*, *Water Moon Cave Heaven*...

"Lin Dao, shall we go to the conference room?"

"I'll listen to General Manager Jiang."

Lin Nan was very curious; why did he only see Jiang Xuerou today? Where was her husband?

In the conference room, at the long table, on one side was Lin Nan's group, and on the other was Jiang Xuerou and Zhou Yi's financial director and others.

Lin Nan originally thought the face-to-face talk would be a very drawn-out bargaining process, but it turned out not to be at all; Zhou Yi really couldn't hold on anymore.

And what surprised him was that the financial situation was so rotten, yet they were still stubbornly filming *Kong Que Feather*.

The outside world was very lively right now.

Everyone in the circle knew that Lin Nan had taken Yue Jun to Zhou Yi, and all kinds of guesses appeared on the internet.

"Is there a project collaboration?"

"Did Lin Dao Nan agree to invest?"

Karen Tsai also saw this news; she understood the extent of Zhou Yi's former glory.

That was a company that could settle down and produce good dramas...

"A big company with a big director sitting in charge, why would they invest in the dying Zhou Yi? What a joke..."

Karen Tsai mocked, but suddenly, she thought of another possibility.

"No way, right?"

Lin Nan and Yue Jun listened to Jiang Xuerou's "quote."

"Assume all of Zhou Yi's debts."

"Support *Kong Que Feather* to successfully wrap up."

"Accept all of Zhou Yi's employees. I know what Lin Dao values are the screenwriting, lighting, and photography departments."

"Give me a sum of money..."

Scattered and fragmented, Jiang Xuerou said a lot.

When she looked at Lin Nan with an inquiring gaze, the latter appeared very indifferent.

"I agree to all these conditions; from now on, we're all on the same team. Tonight, I'll treat all the company's employees to a meal..."

In Lin Nan's view, the most valuable things about Zhou Yi were those people, and a small portion of the copyrights they held.

Jiang Xuerou revealed a relaxed expression; letting go was truly very relaxing.

"From now on, I'll focus on working for Lin Dao."

"Haha, you're too polite."

In the evening, Yue Jun booked a star-rated hotel to host a banquet for everyone at Zhou Yi.

After a while, there would be no more Zhou Yi.

Lin Nan, Yue Jun, and Jiang Xuerou, along with several Zhou Yi executives, sat at one table.

He finally knew why he didn't see Jiang Xuerou's husband today.

Not everyone has dreams, and not everyone can persist.

The extra money Jiang Xuerou asked for was the divorce settlement fee; the man no longer wanted to work in this industry, and both of them had problems, so from then on, they went their separate ways.

The next day, Jiang Xuerou personally sent Lin Nan and his group to the airport.

"Lin Dao, we will pack up as soon as possible."

"Okay, I'll hold a welcome banquet for you all then."

Arrived yesterday, going back today.

Lin Nan's mood was completely different.

As soon as the group left Capital Airport, they were instantly surrounded by reporters who had been lying in wait.

"Lin Dao, may I ask if your trip to Zhou Yi was to discuss a collaboration?"

"Is it to collaborate on a TV series or a movie?"

"We did discuss a collaboration; everyone will know in a few days."

Without saying more, the few of them quickly got into the car.

Back at the company, Lin Nan instructed Yue Jun to break up the Zhou Yi people when the time came.

"Establish a new screenwriting department and production department, and let Jiang Xuerou be the director of the production department."

"Okay, I'll go arrange it later."

Lin Nan had essentially bought *Kong Que Feather*; if possible, he would support filming all of *Seven Weapons*.

Three days later, Jiang Xuerou was the first to report to the company, followed by all the original Zhou Yi staff.

It's just that from now on, they were all people from Lin Nan Film Industry; there was no more Zhou Yi.

Yue Jun used the company's official Weibo to post two messages.

"Welcome Ms. Jiang Xuerou to join Lin Nan Film Industry as the director of the production department."

"Welcome the original colleagues from Zhou Yi to join Lin Nan Film Industry..."

After these two messages were posted, the film and television circle was shaken.

Zhou Yi, which had existed for over a decade, had been swallowed by Lin Nan!

"Now, he has completely filled the gap in the TV series sector..."

Many film and television companies realized this problem.

Unknowingly, Lin Nan Film Industry had grown to this point!

Congratulatory messages kept coming in.

Han Sanping, Wang Changtian, and others even called directly.

"You always do big things without a sound, scaring people at critical moments!"

"Haha, Director Han, you're joking. Developing on one's own takes too much time; this way is faster..."

Karen Tsai didn't expect that she had really guessed correctly.

Having swallowed Zhou Yi, Lin Nan would likely not collaborate with Tang Ren again in the future.

Now there was only one TV series investment relationship left.

Just as the industry was fiercely discussing Lin Nan's acquisition of Zhou Yi, another bigger piece of news came.

Huayi successfully listed on the Growth Enterprise Market!

The first film and entertainment company in the mainland to list on the local Growth Enterprise Market was born.

The Wang brothers successfully ate the crab!

The issue price was 28.58 yuan, and the stock price soared to a maximum of 91 yuan on the day of listing...

Huayi originally wanted to raise 700 million through the additional issuance of shares, but in reality, they received several times that amount.

For a time, China Film, Shanghai Film, Bona, Enlight...

These groups or companies that had long planned to go public all had red eyes.

People in the circle were like they had been injected with chicken blood, once again pulling out the shareholder list previously announced by Huayi.

Calculated according to the highest stock price of the day.

Feng Xiaogang, Zhang Jizhong, and Huang Xiaoming's net worth successfully exceeded 100 million; Zhou Xun had over 90 million, and Ren Quan, Li Bingbing, and others were all multi-millionaires with over 30 million.

Although these stocks could not be traded within one year, and the stock price would fluctuate, that didn't affect their current value at all.

A large number of eyes looked at Lin Nan again, just because he had 8 million shares!

700 million!

"Lin Nan, you're really amazing, hee hee..."

Liu Yifei hugged Lin Nan's neck and kissed him hard, looking incredibly excited, completely unaware of Liu Xiaoli in the distance.

"Okay, okay, Auntie is watching."

Lin Nan said softly, and Liu Yifei instantly let go, looked in the direction of her mother, her cheeks flushed red, very cute...

At this moment, the phone vibrated.

The caller ID was Zhou Xun.

"Brother Xun, she must be calling to thank me, haha."

Lin Nan said with a smile. In front of Liu Yifei, he directly turned on the speakerphone.

A bold laugh came from the phone, "Lin Nan, I love you to death, haha..."