[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-intelligence-king-of-chinese-entertainment":3,"chapter-the-intelligence-king-of-chinese-entertainment-the-intelligence-king-of-chinese-entertainment-chapter-329":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Intelligence King of Chinese Entertainment",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2260632,4411,"Chapter 329: Big Meeting Inside a Small Meeting, Hulao Pass, Bottoming Out Jingdong","the-intelligence-king-of-chinese-entertainment-chapter-329",329,"\u003Cp>“What’s this ‘New Yi’an’? Sounds like some Hong Kong gang.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li looked at the news outside and couldn’t help but complain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it’s understandable—after the merger, Yi’an Cinema Chain vanished entirely, leaving only the Yi’an brand; the new company, Yi’an Entertainment, had some changes from the original Yi’an Film, so adding ‘New’ made it easier to distinguish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No need to overthink it—it’s just a transitional term; once Yi’an Entertainment stabilizes, the ‘New’ will naturally disappear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Merging two companies isn’t just about swapping a signboard—there’s a lot to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li brought both sides to agreement, reached consensus on key points, and passed the hardest hurdle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then came negotiating terms, drafting contracts, and handling procedures—after this step, the merger was officially complete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What remained was integration: the two companies and their departments jockeying for power and influence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every advantage has a downside; the merger’s overall direction and corporate interests were undeniably positive, but internal friction and bickering were unavoidable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, originally Yi’an Film produced movies and handled distribution through Yi’an Cinema Chain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the two companies cooperated under normal rules, it was at most strategic cooperation, with some preferential treatment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now it became a conflict between two departments or two business units—who leads, how do they coordinate, how are profits and performance split? All became problems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the new company needed long-term integration and adjustment; for cases like this, they had to devise rules that served corporate interests and were acceptable to both sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This would take a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even basic integration, clarifying systems and processes, would take months; full fusion might not be achieved in one or two years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li had long prepared for this—this was how things were when companies grew large.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention merging two companies—even if he started a cinema chain from scratch, the fighting would still happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Didn’t Yi’an Film and the Distribution Department used to be scheming and restless, factionless and chaotic?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Conflict meant they all wanted to improve; no conflict would be worse—it meant they had no ambition for the company or their careers, just a bunch of people giving up, and the company would be doomed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li couldn’t stop the fighting, but he could use various means to reduce its intensity, minimize internal waste, and turn it into healthy competition for the company’s benefit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it was Yi’an Film or Yi’an Cinema Chain, Yan Li was the most influential founder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Put plainly, all the executives and employees of both companies were his subordinates; Yan Li was confident he could hold the line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t underestimate this—many company mergers involve big swallowing small or uncontrollable suspicion chains leading to fierce internal strife.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as founder of both companies, all employees trusted Yan Li; some even saw him as judge and protector, allowing him to control the situation and complete integration smoothly and at low cost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, both companies were still in negotiations, but it was merely a battle over interests and influence—the merger was unstoppable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Yan Li directly convened a joint meeting of both companies’ senior executives to lay out the integration plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was somewhat poignant—the offices of Yi’an Film and Yi’an Cinema Chain happened to be directly above and below each other; now that they were merging, it was incredibly convenient, no need to move, just minor adjustments and a new sign.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Boss Yan repeatedly claimed he originally placed them together just for his own convenience, to make it easier to negotiate with property management.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now many suspected that even back when both companies moved in, Yan Li had already been planning the merger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the very least, he had the idea—if it failed, it was convenient for his work; if it succeeded, upstairs and downstairs became one company.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What a sneaky bastard!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Specific implementation didn’t require Boss Yan’s concern—he had dedicated personnel to devise and execute plans; his job was just to chant slogans and beat the drum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That meant showing his stance, more bluntly: painting a picture + saying the ugly truth upfront.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the merger, everyone gets a feast—I eat the meat, you drink the broth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyone who pretends to comply but secretly sabotages him shouldn’t expect mercy—he’d show no pity and forget old ties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the big meeting came the small meetings; the merger couldn’t be hidden from core executives—all of them knew the score and had already aligned their thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li demanded they actively supervise and pay close attention to the merger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ordinary executives and middle managers might suffer losses in authority or benefits due to the merger, but core executives were highly likely to receive some original shares; the merger favored listing, so everyone could earn more—thus their loyalties had to be firmly on the right side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, Yan Li kept the HR Director behind to discuss recruiting a CEO or deputy CEO skilled in capital operations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this stage, with both companies merging, only Yan Li could hold things together; but after rough integration, planning for an IPO would begin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li was inexperienced in this area, so he needed someone to steer the ship and drive Yi’an’s listing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Money and original shares were easy; the key was real ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li pursued two paths: instructing HR to search, while also using his system to cast a wide net.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The latter required luck, but its value was high, and it could cooperate with HR for review and selection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many talents at Yi’an and Weibo had been dug up by Yan Li through his system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To some extent, the HR Director was just a puppet; the intelligence system was Yan Li’s true [HR].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing his business, Yan Li checked his phone for various social invitations and chose “overtime.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For this past period, he hadn’t been in Beijing due to Hong Kong filming; returning twice for the success of “Painted Skin” and the Yi’an merger, coinciding with the financial crisis and bankruptcy rumors, too many people wanted to talk to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Annoyed by the constant interruptions, he ignored them all, stayed put to monitor a few companies’ operations, then returned to Hengdian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arriving at his office, Yan Li turned on his computer and scrolled through Weibo to see how the outside world viewed the Yi’an merger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As expected, this move delivered a massive blow to the bankruptcy rumors about Yan Li.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone had roughly estimated that after the merger, the combined valuation had jumped from billions; Yan Li held a large share, and his personal fortune surged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t bankrupt—he was richer than ever!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But some held opposing views, like former Southern Metropolis Daily reporter Pang Yidian—this guy was a staunch supporter of the “Yan Li Bankruptcy Theory.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This bastard had once been a partner of Yi’an, taking money to write articles for them, but he constantly delayed submissions and broke promises, until Yi’an, fed up, terminated the partnership.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, this shameless Pang Yidian had developed a grudge against Yi’an and Yan Li.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Pang Yidian had once been somewhat famous on his blog, he later joined Sina Microblog’s rival, Sina Weke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rumors about Yan Li’s bankruptcy had been amplified by him and a few other so-called big V’s on blogs, Weke, and Tianya.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, Weibo supported several counter-voices to clarify Yan Li’s position, partly to clear his name, but mostly to reclaim traffic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Weibo had more users and wider reach, it even forced some of them to register on Weibo, shifting the main battlefield there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, seeing the bankruptcy theory suffer a major blow, Pang Yidian reappeared to spout nonsense again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He posted seven or eight Weibo messages, arguing from multiple angles that Yi’an’s merger was precisely Yan Li’s death throes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li was trying to prove he wasn’t bankrupt, but the merger of the two companies didn’t help his financial situation—it was a burden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, Yi’an Film was profitable, Yi’an Cinema Chain was losing money; after merging, Yi’an’s profits flowed directly into Yi’an Cinema Chain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li lost a crucial cash pool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The film industry was notoriously high-risk; if they lost money one day, funds would be tied up by the cinema chain, Yi’an’s cash flow would snap, and the whole thing could collapse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a terrible move, a stupid move—Yan Li had lost his composure; the glorious birth of New Yi’an was merely the beginning of the building’s fall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once Yi’an fell, Weibo would be next.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Yan Li were smart, he’d sell Weibo now and salvage something for his wife’s dowry; otherwise, they’d both plunge into the abyss together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching this guy jump around, seeing his supporters in the comments, Yan Li was utterly speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A man with a bottle half-full, sloshing around—how could so many believe him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was understandable—this was the era of Yi Lin, Zhi Yin, and street-market “antiques”; people believed even that the air in America tasted sweet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention 2008—based on fragments of future intelligence Yan Li had seen, even ten years later, there were still plenty who believed rumors and conspiracy theories; every platform had its group of Storytellers and their followers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li didn’t retaliate against Pang Yidian—any platform needed more than just positive accounts; it needed some clowns and trash bins, as the future would call them, electronic pets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Pang Yidian seemed like a decent candidate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, give him some traffic, wait for the right moment to humiliate him, make him black but famous, and provide entertainment for Weibo users.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li ignored Pang Yidian and browsed Weibo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whenever he had time, he scrolled Weibo almost daily, and every ten days or so, he thoroughly combed through everything to experience Weibo’s changes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By now, Weibo had passed its initial explosive growth phase and entered a steady, steady-state growth period.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Attracting new users mattered, but more important was keeping users active and willing to spend more time on Weibo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides Sina Weke, NetEase and Sohu’s microblogs had also launched; Fanfou received investment and expansion; the half-dead QQ Microblog began revamping, adding features close to Weibo to attract celebrities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earlier clashes with Weke were just a trial; now the real Weibo war had officially begun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Weibo had deployed its ultimate weapon: the Hot Search List.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The effect was good, but the time was still short—it hadn’t yet generated sufficient influence and needed time to accumulate and ferment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In addition, Weibo rolled out endless activities and features, striving to maintain its lead; the rest was fighting other platforms, burning cash and resources.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who could hold on, held on; those who couldn’t, got the hell out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Yan Li’s view, NetEase and Sohu weren’t serious about the Weibo war—they realized they couldn’t quickly grow and surpass Weibo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given Weibo’s nature, being second or third didn’t matter much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, both were gambling, hoping to snatch a share in the chaos, so they still supported their own platforms, but due to poor prospects, their investments were restrained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sina was slightly better—they entered earlier and had a bit more hope, so they gritted their teeth and stuck with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fanfou was special—an independent platform, dependent on its future prospects and backing from its investors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If prospects were strong, someone might challenge Yan Li; if not, it’d be abandoned as cannon fodder—a high ceiling, low floor existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And QQ was the most special!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of QQ’s strength and Weibo’s future, Yan Li had been most wary of QQ from the start—even more than Sina.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet now, nearly a year after Weibo’s launch, QQ’s performance had shocked him.\u003C\u002Fp>",1913,"2026-06-19T16:16:54.562Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","2cf032b60c966caab4a49a5dc2f6847124f207db7faabbff23060da63963751e","the-intelligence-king-of-chinese-entertainment-chapter-330","the-intelligence-king-of-chinese-entertainment-chapter-328",405,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-intelligence-king-of-chinese-entertainment-cover.jpg"]