Chapter 721: Being

"Chairman Cao, why are you wandering outside?"

Surrounded by staff and assistants, Lin Nan had just stepped out of the elevator when he saw Cao Guowei's figure at the corner; the latter was standing at the door of the large conference hall, looking into the distance through the floor-to-ceiling windows.

"Lin Dao, it's not that everyone hasn't arrived yet, I'm welcoming everyone outside, I can't really let myself go downstairs to welcome them, right?"

Cao Guowei looked over upon hearing the sound and greeted with a smile.

"That's not necessary. There are many people downstairs, and it's quite chaotic." Lin Nan joked as he walked up, patted Cao Guowei on the shoulder, and shook hands.

"Lin Dao, you are an original shareholder, you must be mentally prepared for today's shareholders' meeting."

Hearing the other party's low whisper, Lin Nan didn't say much, but nodded "Hmm" very seriously.

Although he didn't know the specific content of today's shareholders' meeting, he thought it definitely wouldn't be a small matter; as for how big, he would know in a while.

Entering the conference hall, in the room of more than 400 square meters, what caught his eye was a huge rectangular conference table, which could seat at least forty people;

And the surrounding layout was even more fully prepared, with a circle of seats, obviously arranged for staff such as meeting secretaries, secretaries, and assistants.

The twenty-something shareholders and shareholder representatives who were socializing and socializing on the scene looked at Lin Nan who walked in in unison;

Whether they knew each other or were familiar with each other, everyone smiled and nodded at him.

In fact, all shareholders "knew" Lin Nan, but the great Lin Dao didn't know the vast majority of them;

Because although Lin Nan is a top-tier big director and top-tier capital, he is a relatively homebody big director and capital who doesn't like socializing.

So his circle of friends is naturally not big, or even can be said to be very small.

"Lin Dao, your seat is the third one on the right of the main seat."

A Weibo executive greeted him and leaned into Lin Nan's ear to introduce him in a low voice.

Following the sound, Lin Nan looked over, and sure enough, he saw his meeting nameplate on that seat, which was very conspicuous;

After all, at this moment, almost no one was seated at the conference table, everyone was busy chatting, laughing, and socializing.

And looking at the other meeting nameplates, they mostly appeared with the names of companies and institutions, and individual shareholders were too rare.

"Hmm, I know, you go and get busy."

After finishing speaking, Lin Nan led his assistant to sit on the sofa left for the staff on the periphery. He was too lazy to deal with those pure capital parties.

But sometimes, reality is contrary to expectations, the tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop.

"Lin Dao Nan, I've heard a lot about you."

Lin Nan, who had just closed his eyes and was preparing to close his eyes and rest for a few minutes, was woken up by this.

He opened his eyes, looking at the three middle-aged men in their forties or fifties he didn't know, and for a moment he didn't react, and was a bit puzzled.

Taiwan accent?

"Is there anything, the three of you?"

At the same time Lin Nan asked this sentence, Zhang Qiang in the crowd in the distance was also implicitly looking at this side, with a playful smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Lin Dao Nan, sometimes when we do things, being too serious is actually not good."

Hearing this, Lin Nan almost laughed. There was actually a fool who wanted to teach him how to be a person?

He looked at the Hong Kong accent on the left, and asked back with a smile that wasn't a smile: "How do you say that?"

"It's just a movie, just an actor, it doesn't need a big director of your level to speak out.

It was a sesame-sized thing that could have been turned into a small matter, why must it be made so big? Making everyone very embarrassed now, suffering heavy losses..."

Hearing the Mediterranean man with a Taiwan accent say this, Lin Nan instantly understood—just like Han Sanping's reminder to him a few days ago:

"You must be mentally prepared, this time after the authorities set the tone, you will have completely offended many people. Hong Kong and Taiwan are the most, and even, even a very small number in the mainland..."

At this moment, Lin Nan was incomparably certain in his heart that these three goods in front of him were three heads or three among the many "people" he offended!

"Speaking of the problem of how to be a person, the three of you should not be qualified to preach to me, right? Do you know where this is?

Less than 6 kilometers away, less than a 15-minute drive is Tiananmen, this is the capital! Why, are the three of you crooked and want to rebel? Or should we go out and shout slogans now?"

Lin Nan's few sarcastic remarks directly made the three speechless and their faces turned iron blue.

They never expected that Lin Nan would be so barbaric and "not know how to be a person," actually slapping their faces and scolding them in person.

In the distance, some people nearby had already noticed the strangeness here and cast their eyes one after another.

"Alright, today I have seen Lin Dao's toughness. Since we don't agree, we won't say much. Our place is small, Lin Dao's company's movies should not be looked down upon..."

Looking at the Taiwan capital in the middle of the three, Lin Nan immediately interrupted the other party's words with a sneer:

"That market is indeed quite small, and I haven't taken the box office there seriously all these years.

How about this, in the future, my company's movies won't be released there; your business, don't come to the mainland either, what do you think?

I guess, in the future, the authorities should also pay close attention to your business in the mainland, especially the small actions and small tricks outside of business! Be careful, heh."

Before Lin Nan could finish laughing, the three had already flicked their sleeves and left; it could be seen that they were all in a state of burning anger after losing face.

Not long after, the large and small shareholders and shareholder representatives arrived one after another, Cao Guowei entered the venue last, and the door of the conference hall closed immediately.

Everyone sat down according to the pre-listed positions, and the surrounding staff also took their places together, and the scene was suddenly solemn and quiet.

Lin Nan was the third seat on the right of the main seat, and the second seat diagonally opposite him was Zhang Qiang of Alibaba Pictures.

At the conference table, the further away from Cao Guowei, the less the shareholding ratio;

And those present who could attend the shareholders' meeting, without exception, were all capital parties with a shareholding of more than 0.5 points.

"This shareholders' meeting is held temporarily. As for the reason, I won't deceive myself here, I think everyone knows it in their hearts...

The platform's previous management and operations had some loopholes, which led to mistakes and touched the red line.

Here, I represent myself and the management to make a deep review to all shareholders..."

Cao Guowei went straight to the point as soon as he came up, and the expressions on the faces of many people suddenly became very good-looking.

Stiff, playful, watching the fun, teasing, frosty... In short, all kinds, each different.

"In addition, several shareholders, because of some of their own reasons, have communicated with me and the board of directors in advance, and they will sell and reduce their shares in their hands respectively...

Today's shareholders' meeting, let's also discuss this matter by the way.

After all, according to the previous agreement, shareholders transferring all their shares or reducing their holdings must prioritize trading to the company, and must not exceed the market price;

Other original shareholders have the power of priority increase and acquisition, and ordinary shareholders are secondary. In this case, the company will act as a platform and intermediary to facilitate internal transactions and digestion."

As soon as Cao Guowei's voice fell, the scene was instantly chaotic. Where is this a "by the way" matter, this is the "proper business" of today's shareholders' meeting, right?!

"Some of their own reasons?"

Lin Nan muttered with a smile in his heart. Where is this a voluntary reason? This is the reason why the authorities let you "voluntarily"!

"I voluntarily transfer all the Weibo shares in my hands, hoping that the company can complete the capital handover as soon as possible. As for which shareholder will take over later, I am not interested;

If there is a result, please notify me as soon as possible, Chairman Cao. I won't disturb everyone for now, goodbye..."

With the first shareholder standing up, everyone's eyes instantly focused on him.

Lin Nan narrowed his eyes and looked at the other party, because the one who spoke was the Taiwan capital that greeted him first just now.

"I represent my side, and it's the same meaning. Chairman Cao, everyone, see you later."

"Chairman Cao, let's cooperate again if there is a chance in the future. The transfer contract we signed is already with you, so I won't stay much longer."

"I'm leaving too, everyone continue the meeting..."

Four people stood up one after another and wanted to leave the conference hall together; the three "goods" that were confronted by Lin Nan just now were among these four... No wonder!

No one at the scene tried to persuade or stay, and Cao Guowei just nodded "Hmm" in response. It could be seen that his attitude was quite cold, and even a trace of disgust flashed away.

"I represent Alibaba to announce that we voluntarily reduce our holdings by 5%..."

Zhang Qiang's voice made the venue, which was already a bit noisy, quiet to deathly silence again.

Everyone saw it, one "being" reduced, four "being" cleared out, these are obviously all capital involved in that movie a few days ago?!

Alibaba was originally a major shareholder of Weibo and is still an industry benchmark. The authorities should have left some face and just hit a board;

While the other four were all capital from outside the mainland, to be precise, it was a question of position. So the authorities decisively gave them "decency" and let them "voluntarily" withdraw from Weibo...

At this moment, Lin Nan also reacted, it turns out that the matter of *No Other Love* also involved other capital?

"No wonder those three people were looking for trouble before the meeting started? It turns out it wasn't meddling, but they were caught after doing small actions! But don't say, hiding behind Alibaba, they were hidden quite deeply!" Lin Nan muttered in his heart.

"There are actually not many original shareholders of Weibo, most of the shareholders joined one after another after the first round of financing;

Now let the original shareholders express their stance first, those who are willing to increase their holdings, please sign up, and we will further discuss the allocation of shares after we go down. Lin Dao?"

Cao Guowei first named Lin Nan, and everyone looked over upon hearing the sound.

For being named first, Lin Nan was mentally prepared.

Although he is not one of the largest shareholders, he is an original shareholder, and he was there at the beginning of Weibo; and his voting rights have always been entrusted to Cao Guowei.

After thinking for a few seconds in his mind, Lin Nan decisively made a decision. He looked at Cao Guowei and nodded: "I'll follow."

"Controlled and produced by Huace Film, starring Huang Xiaoming, Song Qian, Sheng Yilun, Zhang Li, Zhai Tianlin, and others, the large-scale ancient fantasy romance drama *A Life Time Love* officially wrapped up this morning."

"Controlled by Tang De Film, jointly produced by Aimeishen Film, Youku, and Evergrande Film, with an investment of up to 500 million RMB, the large-scale historical ancient TV series *Win the World* was officially publicized."

"It is reported that Fan Bingbing will serve as the producer again and star in the Warring States background theme big heroine TV series *Win the World* for the first time;

She will play the role of the ancient legendary female entrepreneur Ba Qing, who wanders among various historical figures against the vast historical background, and finally becomes the richest woman in the Great Qin..."

"Tang De Film released an announcement: The TV series *Win the World* has quietly completed casting, Gao Yunxiang, Yan Yikuan, Ma Su, Zhang Guoli, Xu Fan, Pan Yingzi, and others will partner with Fan Bingbing and officially start filming in early August..."

After barely staying for a luncheon, Lin Nan hurried away from the China World Hotel.

Following the news of the official release of several films, news of two major TV series productions emerged on the internet. It's just that one is wrapping up, and the other is preparing to start filming.

But then again, what kind of TV series costs 500 million? The previous *Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace* just broke the sales record for TV series, and here it broke an investment record again?

How does this sound, it gives people a feeling that the money is too dirty? Hmm, anyway, Lin Nan subconsciously thought so!

When he returned home, Lin Nan found that the two who were eating and drinking were here again.

Han Jia is shabu-shabu beef, ready to feast at any time, while Liu Qianqian and Shu Chang are peeling boiled shrimp, with dipping sauce in front of them.

The three not only chose clear soup hot pot, but also opened red wine, really knowing how to enjoy!

"Today is not a special day, why did you think of gathering for a meal again?" After Lin Nan changed out of his formal wear, he also sat at the dining table.

"Isn't it because you two are about to join the crew again, let's celebrate." Han Jia answered preemptively.

"What's that, it was her proposal. Said it was to celebrate that her masterpiece completed the first proofreading, I asked her what the theme was, but she wouldn't say."

Liu Qianqian complained to Lin Nan with a smile, and Shu Chang echoed from the side: "Arrogant, like a little hen that won a battle, heh..."

"How do you talk, believe it or not, I'll knock you."

After Han Jia "threatened" Shu Chang, she looked at Lin Nan again: "Senior Brother Lin, are you going to rest after filming *Hanson and the Beast*?"

"Hmm, I'm resting. There is only a plan for these two plays this year, and I might have to prepare for another big film later." Lin Nan opened his mouth and accepted Liu Qianqian's feeding.

"Then, should I bring my script over later?" Before Lin Nan could reply, Han Jia added like a bristling hair:

"At the Shanghai International Film Festival last year, you promised me that when I wrote a masterpiece, you would be the director for me! Don't go back on your word!"

"Did I promise her? Why can't I remember?"

Lin Nan swallowed the shrimp meat in his mouth, looked at Liu Qianqian and then at Shu Chang, and asked with a smile that wasn't a smile.

"Hmm, let me think, I don't seem to have any impression either." Miss Liu raised her head, pretending to try hard to recall.

"I have no impression at all, I guess she is scamming you. You are so busy, how could you promise an inexplicable script." Shu Chang took the opportunity to "revenge."

"Alright, alright, teaming up to bully me, right? When did our family's old Han not be able to lift the knife?" Han Jia patted the table, looking like she was about to do it.

"Alright, alright, wait until the script is completely done, bring it to me to see first. If it's okay, I'll see if there is a schedule, if it's not okay, then I can only heh."

Looking at Han Jia's boisterous manner, Lin Nan stopped teasing her. After all, he had said a few days ago that he would repay Han Sanping's favor through Han Jia.

... ===== CHAPTER 722 =====