Chapter 273: Just for Fun

Chen Xinyao spoke very directly to Chen Feng. This was his personality. Another reason was that he was now in urgent need of selling Xinyao Film and Television. Unfortunately, he had not met a suitable buyer in the past two or three months. Even those who came to inquire about the price wanted to take the opportunity to desperately lower the price and pick up a bargain, which made him exhausted and annoyed.

If it weren’t for his sense of responsibility and his consideration for his own reputation and credit, he would have applied for bankruptcy long ago.

Seeing that he spoke directly, Chen Feng also spoke very directly, “Your offer of 50 million is too outrageous. The most valuable thing in your company now is the film and television copyrights of the few films you have shot before, but only a few of them have been popular, so the commercial value is really not high.”

Chen Xinyao quickly said, “We have a ‘River and Mountain Order’ that we invested more than 20 million in filming. If we sell it, we can earn at least 30 to 40 million.”

Chen Feng smiled slightly, “As far as I know, your TV series has not passed the review yet and has not obtained a license. The reason why the higher authorities did not pass it, I think it has a lot to do with the theme of this TV series, male-male love. Even if you have made many revisions, it is still a bit sensitive. I think it is very difficult for the higher authorities to pass it. This TV series is very likely to rot in your hands.”

Seeing that Chen Feng knew, Chen Xinyao sighed in frustration, “This can only be said to be our company’s bad luck, but this drama will not necessarily rot in our hands. Didn’t a popular drama before also be adapted from a BL novel and passed the review?

“And as far as I know, not long ago, a similar TV series also passed the review smoothly and has signed a broadcast contract with Yiqi video website. It will be broadcast on that website in a month at most.

“So, I believe that as long as we can find a good way, or find someone with enough weight to lobby, plus some necessary revisions, our drama still has a great chance of passing the review and being sold successfully.”

What he said was the truth, and Chen Feng also believed it. However, business was business, and he certainly couldn’t accept the other party’s offer of 50 million.

“I’m here to talk to you with great sincerity, but your offer of 50 million is really outrageous. I won’t talk nonsense with you either. My highest offer is 28 million. This is the maximum valuation of your company by the most professional asset appraisal company I have found. If it exceeds this price, I can completely go to acquire other film companies with higher cost performance. You know, there are many such film companies in our country now.”

“28 million is too little!” Chen Xinyao was a little dissatisfied. “Our company has shot more than ten film and television dramas before. Their copyrights alone are worth at least 20 million. And the ‘River and Mountain Order’ we just finished producing is worth more than 20 million. If it is successfully released, it will be worth at least 30 million. This is also the main basis for my offer of 50 million.”

Chen Feng smiled and said, “In that case, the TV series ‘River and Mountain Order’ can be separated from your company. I don’t want it. It will continue to belong to you. I will spend 20 million to acquire your company.”

Chen Xinyao was suddenly dumbfounded and speechless for a long time.

If “River and Mountain Order” could pass the review and be successfully released and sold, would he still have to sell the company?

It was precisely because he had tried his best before and found many ways, but he had not passed the review. Moreover, a big shot in the review department had even publicly criticized that their “River and Mountain Order” was full of a rotten smell, the theme was negative, and the atmosphere was foul. As long as he was in office, this drama would not pass.

This was what finally made Chen Xinyao give up and decide to sell the company.

“You can think about it carefully. I’ll give you three days. After three days, if you don’t reply, I’ll assume you don’t agree.”

Chen Feng didn’t say anything more and stood up to leave.

Although this company was the one he most wanted to acquire among the three, it was not necessarily the only one.

Even Chen Feng was not as strong as before in his desire to continue to acquire a film company and be the boss because he had successfully become the second boss of Dianchuang Culture.

He had worked at Dianchuang Culture for several years before, and he was very familiar with the business content of Dianchuang Culture Company. But he was completely ignorant of film companies, and he really didn’t have much confidence in doing it well.

More importantly, he was relatively lazy and didn’t want to work hard for the film company.

After leaving this dimly lit office building, Wu Mengting asked, “Brother, is the price you offered a little low?”

The investigation report was very detailed. The asset appraisal of Xinyao Film and Television reached 40 million. Among them, it was not that the “River and Mountain Order” which had not yet been released was very valuable, but because of the contracts of several artists in their hands. There were a total of five artists, two men and three women. The oldest was only in his early thirties. He was a second- or third-tier actor and had played many supporting roles in film and television dramas. He was considered an old actor with very good acting skills.

The other two female artists were actresses from a professional background. They had previously starred in Xinyao’s film and television dramas and had signed long-term contracts. They were also somewhat famous, but their exposure was not enough. They could barely be considered third-tier artists. These two had only graduated for one or two years, and the oldest was only twenty-five. They were good-looking and had good acting skills.

The investigation report was very clear. It was very optimistic about these two female artists from a professional background. As long as they were given opportunities and enough exposure, they had the potential to become popular.

As for the last two male artists, they were the two pretty boys who starred in “River and Mountain Order”. One of them was a male model, twenty-three years old, and the other was from a professional background, twenty-two years old. They were very popular with fans, especially with female fans.

If “River and Mountain Order” could be successfully released, they would definitely become popular. Even if this TV series could not be released, as long as it was properly packaged and promoted, it should have the possibility of a small explosion.

The contract appraisal value of these five people in the investigation report was at least 15 million. Among them, the two pretty boys were the most valuable.

As for the value of “River and山令”, the investigation report stated that it was worth at most 5 million, and it was possible that it would rot in their hands.

It could be said that this investigation report was really detailed and comprehensive. Wu Mengting was very satisfied with it and believed it more. Therefore, she did not quite understand why Chen Feng had lowered the price to 28 million.

According to her understanding, the other party would definitely not sell at this price, so they would miss this company with good qualifications.

“28 million is actually not low,” Chen Feng explained slightly. “And I don’t have a lot of funds on hand now. I should save as much as I can. If it’s too expensive, I might as well buy a small film company to play with.”

Chen Feng’s words were not false. Although he had earned a lot from the stock market before, he had also spent a lot. He had just spent more than 20 million to acquire Dianchuang Culture Company. If he really wanted to spend 50 million to acquire this film and television company, his money would not be enough.

He didn’t want to continue to make money from the stock market, so he could only compress the funds for acquiring the film and television company.

“It seems that it’s very difficult for the other party to acquire this company. The difference in their offers is too big.”

Wu Mengting said with some disappointment.

“If it doesn’t work, then forget it. Anyway, there are many film companies. At worst, we can just set up one ourselves. In that case, it should be more money-saving.”

“I’m just afraid that it will be time-consuming and laborious, and the gain will not make up for the loss.”

“We’re not in a hurry. I don’t expect to make money from the film company. As long as I don’t lose too much money, I’m just playing around.”

“Are you setting up a film company just for fun?”

“Yes, isn’t it fun to make movies and TV shows? In the future, I can film the novels you write.”

“…Thank you.”

In her heart, of course, Wu Mengting had long had such a wish. This time, Chen Feng planned to acquire a film and television company, and she had a vague impulse, hoping that her novel could be adapted into a film and television drama and broadcast on the screen in the future.

Now that Chen Feng said it directly, she really couldn’t refuse.

Seeing her serious thanks, Chen Feng couldn’t help but reach out and touch her head, saying with a smile, “You are a woman who is determined to be my woman. As your future man, of course I won’t be stingy. I will help you realize your wish of turning your novel into a film and television drama.”

Wu Mengting enjoyed his intimate gesture a little. Hearing his words, she was also a little moved in her heart. She thought, could it be that he had the idea of acquiring a film and television company to help me realize my dream? The more she thought about it, the more she felt that this was possible, and the more moved she was in her heart.

After they went back, Chen Feng temporarily put the matter of acquiring the film and television company to the back of his mind. He was just waiting for Chen Xinyao’s reply in three days. It would be good if he agreed to Chen Feng’s offer. If he didn’t agree, Chen Feng didn’t care. At most, he would turn his target to the other two companies.

He was not worried that the other two companies would be bought by others. One was that there were not many people who acquired film companies, and the other was that the other two companies also had debt problems.

Besides, even if the other two companies were acquired, there were still other options. As mentioned before, at worst, he could just spend money to set up one himself.

Wu Mengting was more concerned. She began to contact the other two companies, sent them acquisition intentions, and asked them to make offers.

However, although the other two companies had the intention to sell, their offers were obviously a bit high. If they wanted to lower the price, they had to continue to meet and negotiate. Chen Feng was too lazy to go in person for the time being, and Wu Mengting, this assistant, could not make a decision, so she could only wait for the result from Xinyao Film and Television.

In Wu Mengting’s opinion, it was impossible for Xinyao to agree to Chen Feng’s offer. But only a day later, on the third day after their meeting, Chen Xinyao took the initiative to contact her, saying that the price could be discussed again, but the price of 28 million was really too low.

Wu Mengting told Chen Feng. After thinking for a while, Chen Feng raised the price to 30 million. This was originally his psychological price. At the same time, he said that if the other party still couldn’t accept this price, then there was really nothing to talk about.

After Wu Mengting expressed her meaning, Chen Xinyao was silent for a long time. Finally, he said he would consider it again and asked her to wait for his call.

Then, only half an hour later, the other party called again and agreed to the offer of 30 million.

The reason why Chen Xinyao agreed to this low offer was very simple. The creditors had come to his door. Among them, a commercial bank, which was a major creditor of their company, had directly sued their company, asking the court to freeze their company’s assets for auction. In addition, several other units had also begun to sue them for debts. The employees and crew members who were owed wages also called to urge for their wages every few days.

Chen Xinyao and the other three small shareholders of the company couldn’t stand it anymore. Otherwise, if they waited, the result for their company would be that their assets would be frozen and then auctioned off. At that time, they would definitely lose everything.

Now that they sold it for 30 million, after they paid off the debt of nearly 20 million, they would have at least 10 million to share.

After Chen Xinyao agreed, Chen Feng also brought the professional lawyer he had hired, as well as Wu Mengting, and went directly to sign the contract.

When he saw Chen Xinyao again, his expression was even more dejected. He said to Chen Feng with a bitter smile, “I can tell you responsibly that you have definitely made a profit by buying my company at this price. I have definitely lost money. But this is fate. I believe in fate.”

So, the matter was so smooth. Basically, he bought this company at Chen Feng’s psychological price.

After signing the contract and transferring the money at the bank, the remaining matters were all handed over to Wu Mengting and his own lawyer to handle, including repaying the original company’s debts, re-recruiting employees for the film and television company, changing the name of the film and television company, and so on.

And after he signed the contract and transferred the money, he went to have a tryst with Zhang Yuxi.

Zhang Yuxi had come to Xiuzhou two days ago to participate in several local commercial activities. She was only free today, and she could only stay here for one more day at most. Then she would fly to another place early tomorrow morning.

So, of course, Chen Feng didn’t want to waste time.

This time, the place they chose for their tryst was the ancient house villa hotel where Chen Feng had stayed with Xiao Ya last time. The environment was pleasant and very quiet. It used to be an ancient village, and the houses were all ancient buildings. This time, he had booked an independent courtyard villa.

He paid the money, but the person who lived there was Zhang Yuxi.

The two of them met in this ancient courtyard villa. There was no one else. It was just after noon, the sun was warm, and the temperature was comfortable.

Chen Feng didn’t rush to do anything. Instead, he sat with her at the stone table in the courtyard. There was a tea set on the table.

He watched her tea ceremony performance and then drank tea with her.

Chen Feng took a sip of the small cup and smacked his lips, “The tea from this hotel’s own tea garden really tastes very ordinary, with a bit of bitterness.”

This hotel, which was converted from an ancient village, was surrounded by many tea gardens, which were all the hotel’s property. The hotel hired people to pick and make tea, and gave it to the guests to taste.

Hearing Chen Feng’s words, Zhang Yuxi said with a smile, “You’re a bit unromantic. The tea from the tea garden here is of course not as good as those famous teas. The rare thing is the natural and wild taste. Although it’s a bit bitter, it’s also sweet in the bitterness, which can be considered a top-grade. The most important thing is that you can’t buy it outside.”

Chen Feng said frankly, “I don’t know anything about tea ceremony. Compared to tasting tea, I prefer to taste people, especially a beauty like you.”

Zhang Yuxi burst out laughing, looking very happy.

Chen Feng also looked at her with a smile.

After she finished laughing, she looked at Chen Feng with a playful look and said, “Brother Feng, you’re pretending to be a playboy, but I know you’re not a real playboy.”

Chen Feng was stunned and asked back, “Why do you say that?”

“If you were a real playboy, you would definitely pretend to be elegant in front of me, instead of pretending to be vulgar like you,” Zhang Yuxi said with certainty.

Chen Feng shook his head and said, “I’ve always been a vulgar person.”

As he spoke, he reached out and grabbed her slender jade hand, pulling it over rudely and kissing the back of her hand.

Zhang Yuxi just looked at him with a slight smile, not angry at all. The mottled sunlight scattered through the swaying leaves shone on her beautiful face, which was as smooth as jade. It was red and white, white and red, as gorgeous as a peach blossom, and as a red lotus in the snow.

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