Chapter 240 Buying Potatoes
January 14, 2007.△
In the fourth week of "You, the Deskmate" released, the number of days was 22. The box office in the fourth week came out, and while the first three weeks were hit more than 70 million, the fourth week fell a lot, with the box office reaching only 17.95 million.
But such results are already amazing, with a total box office of 92.85 million.
One day in the first week - 10.42 million. Seven days in the second week - 3699. Seven days in the third week - 2749. Seven days in the fourth week - 1795. A total of 22 days of release, with a box office of 92.85 million.
With such achievements, the "phenomenal" setting is inseparable from it, and it even supports at least one-third of the box office because of this title.
If there were no accidents, "You, My Deskmate" is about to exceed 100 million.
Wang Meng knew that when "You, My Deskmate" exceeded 100 million, public opinion would definitely start to hype again.
I believe that the box office of "You Are the Deskmate" will exceed 100 million in the next week, the fifth week will be released in 29 days. As for how much it exceeds 100 million, it depends on the potential of "You Are the Deskmate". Wang Meng is expected to reach 120 million yuan.
In that case, DreamWorks will be divided into 35% of the revenue, which is 42 million yuan. If it subtracts nearly 14 million yuan, it will be 28 million yuan of net income, and if it subtracts 5% of the tax, it will be more than 26 million yuan.
The box office revenue is 26 million yuan. If the copyright of peripheral DVDs and other videos is added, plus online broadcasting and TV station broadcasting, you can still receive at least more than 10 million yuan.
In this way, the income of the movie "You, My Deskmate" is more than 40 million.
Not to mention that those released overseas are all net income.
If DreamWorks acquires a video website, as long as the video is uploaded, it will have some revenue from broadcast volume every year, and maybe it will make money in decades.
This is also Wang Meng's idea of acquiring a video website.
On January 15, 2007, "You Are the One" in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and other regions was released, on January 18, six Southeast Asian countries were released, and on January 21, Japan, South Korea and other places were also released.
News is expected to be heard in February in the box office of these places.
After Wang Meng sorted out the preliminary work of "Painted Skin" a few days ago, she will discuss the acquisition of potatoes today.
I have been discussing with potatoes for several months, and DreamWorks has also caught them for several months.
It's almost the end of the year, and Wang Meng has time, so he wants to make a decision as soon as possible.
Tudou.com is the earliest and most influential online video platform in China and is a leading brand in China's online video industry. It was officially launched on April 15, 2005 and is one of the earliest video websites in the world.
However, due to lack of funds and the fact that online videos today are not the biggest mainstream, Tudou.com before 2010 has not had much assets, and its influence is not as great as that of later generations.
Originally, Wang Meng was optimistic about Youku, but the acquisition capital was too high. In addition, Youku had just received capital injection recently and was ambitious to develop greatly. Wang Meng had to target Potato.
In fact... it is okay to create a video website yourself, but it is too troublesome. There are no talents in this area yet.
Wang Meng has vision and the vision of the previous life, but it won’t work on it yourself.
Therefore, after Wang Meng acquires his professional work, he can guide the development direction, and there is no need to operate it himself.
Even if you do it yourself, you can't play it.
On the 16th, the main personnel of DreamWorks and legal personnel, and a team of Wang Wei in charge of the negotiations began.
Wang Wei is the founder of Tudou.com.
Before founding Tudou.com, Wang Wei was the corporate development director of the German Bertelsmann Group headquarters and the executive president of Bertelsmann Online China.
During this period, Wang Wei was responsible for the strategic planning of Bertelsmann Group in China and the restructuring of Bertelsmann Online China.
From 1997 to 2001, Wang Wei worked at Hughes Corporation in the United States. During his tenure as business development manager, Wang Wei was responsible for satellite broadband and satellite TV business in the Asian market.
Wang Wei also participated in Hughes' strategic planning and mergers and acquisitions in Asia.
Of course... this is Wang Meng’s understanding of Wang Wei in his previous life. There are differences in this life, and perhaps the butterfly effect will be here.
At this moment, Tudou was the earliest video website in China, but due to the emergence of Youku, Tudou is not so glorious at this moment. The lack of funds has made Tudou’s development not very potential at this moment.
When Wang Wei just received the advice from DreamWorks, he didn't care at the beginning.
However, as he investigated Wang Meng, his discovery became increasingly incredible.
Especially after Wang Meng's business talent was exposed, this young director has already gained nearly 200 million yuan, not to mention the effect brought about by "You, the Deskmate" after the release.
"Manager Wang, to be short, our conversation has been going on for a day or two. Now, on behalf of DreamWorks, I officially solicit opinions on the acquisition of Tudou.com. What do you think, or what conditions do you have? " Wang Meng said straight to the point.
The two families have been in contact for a day or two, and they both know each other.
Moreover, the reason why Wang Wei came is that he has the intention to cooperate, otherwise he would not have come.
So, Wang Meng said directly - if you have any objections to your acquisition, you can say.
"Director Wang, I know about your legend and I also hope to cooperate with you, but you know that Tudou.com was created by me hard-workingly, just like my child, can I listen to your opinions on how to acquire Tudou? Or do you think there is a prospect in the Internet industry, especially the video website industry?" Wang Wei asked.
It's nothing more than temptation to Wang Meng.
If Wang Meng was in a hurry and had too much money in her hands, Wang Wei naturally disagreed.
As he said, Potato is like his child. I really hope Potato will develop, not the toy in Wang Meng's hands.
"Don't worry, Mr. Wang, I understand this. Your feelings for potatoes are just like my dream factory. When you come, you should have seen the company spirit and culture of our company, right?" Wang Meng asked.
"Yes, I saw:——(a factory for film and television dreams, a factory for celebrity dreams, a gathering place for people with dreams.) To be honest, I am envious of seeing such spirit. Moreover, Wang Daozheng led the dream factory to realize it step by step." Wang Wei replied.
Obviously, he is optimistic about DreamWorks' prospects, even Wang Meng's prospects.
"That's right. In fact, if you analyze it like this, you will understand that a factory for film and television dreams and a factory for celebrity dreams cannot be separated from the channels of publicity and broadcasting.
Although our film and television works can be broadcast on theaters and TV stations, the Internet will be the second largest broadcast channel in the future. This is my original intention. I hope to cooperate with Tudou.com to find one leg and two legs for the company's film and television works.
Moreover, my plan for a video website is like this...
It is a broadcasting media similar to a TV station. Not only DreamWorks' film and television works, but also other companies' works can also be purchased slowly and broadcast them by borrowing Tudou.com.
We can even start news programs, entertainment variety shows, talk shows on the website, and even shoot short films, current affairs, news, etc. on our own; its future will have a large traffic and broad development potential, comparable to or even surpass some major TV stations..."
Wang Meng started brainwashing Wang Wei and his team based on projects from certain video websites in later generations.
Everyone was secretly incredible.
Sometimes rebirth is like this. You can use other people's achievements to highlight your own vision. Don't be as light as it seems to be a joke.
But this is the charm of the development of the times, because what you said did not expect others to do, this is the idea of a genius.
If you say this to Wang Wei ten years later, you will be driven out by him. But now, at the beginning of the video website, Wang Meng's idea is a golden idea, so everyone is surprised and understandable.
"Director Wang, are you saying true? Can video websites really do this? Are you optimistic about the future Internet?" Wang Wei asked.
"Yes, I'm very optimistic. If I don't, there will be no negotiations today. Manager Wang, you should understand that my country's Internet speed is constantly improving, and it is even among the top ten in the world. Internet speed has increased. Do you still think what I said cannot be achieved?
The network card you are afraid of will be gone forever; the one you are afraid of will become a reality with the progress of the times. So based on the above, I have confidence in video websites and the Internet economy as well.”
The group of people from DreamWorks took deep breaths at the prospects depicted by Wang Meng, as if they saw that they would be realized tomorrow.
Not to mention this, the professional team led by Wang Wei is what they know best and feel personally.
"Director Wang, I'm convinced. As everyone said, you know this way not only the director genius, business gigantic, but also the Internet industry. I am looking forward to our cooperation."
After hearing Wang Meng's answer, Wang Wei exchanged views with the group he brought.
Almost 90% of the people said they were very good, and Wang Wei also made a decision.
"Haha... Our cooperation is definitely the most wisest cooperation. Don't worry, Mr. Wang, you will see what I said soon." Wang Meng sighed and finally got it done.
Although only two people have a conversation, this can only be achieved if the situation has been laid out in the early stage.
With the blueprint drawn by Wang Meng, Wang Wei and his group decided.
The final negotiation result was that Wang Meng invested 15 million yuan and occupied 85% of the absolute equity of Tudou.com.
The remaining 15% is the original equity of the founder of Wang Wei's team and also belongs to shareholders, but it is not as much as Wang Meng's.
And Tudou.com has officially changed its name to the "Dream Chasing" video website.
Wang Wei originally disagreed, but he was convinced by Wang Meng.
New company and new atmosphere.
Besides! Wang Meng has absolute controlling rights and the right to change his name.
After a heart-warming discussion, I finally settled down.
Chapter completed!