Be reborn and be happy to the fullest

Chapter 738: Using both hard and soft tactics to dominate the entertainment industry (1)

Zhang Nianhua would only sigh "bad luck" but would not really wonder about his failure.

Because he and Li Shuo both understood that a bad teammate is worse than any great enemy. If Zhang Nianhua did not have Zhang Xiang as a big burden, he would not have ended up selling Century Huayue to Li Shuo at a low price in disgrace.

Similarly, although "Yunguo" Film and Television is inconspicuous and has never been taken seriously, Fu Chengguo and Tang Yunyi have a great teammate like Li Shuo!

The Disguiser project alone directly turned Yunguo Films from a virtual reality into a real one, and Wei Ni and Zheng Yingshan joining the SHN project directly rewrote "history", turning "SHN48" into "SHN12" and making their debut ahead of schedule...

This is something for later, let’s not mention it for now.

Li Shuo's acquisition of Century Huayue was only the starting point of his return to Lenghai. The next day, Li Shuo brought Yuan Ke and people from Shuoguo Culture to the headquarters building of Century Huayue and signed a share transfer agreement with Zhang Nianhua.

Coupled with the "stock-debt swap agreement" signed by You Dongjie and Zhang Xiang yesterday, Li Shuo became the major shareholder of Century Huayue.

世纪华悦股份构架变为：云果15%、李硕35%、游东杰（代持）5%、硕果文化5%、司嘉雯5%……

Shuoguo Culture and Si Jiawen's shareholding in the company was a hidden chess piece left by Li Shuo. It was not used at all this time, but it is a necessary process for acquiring a company. Even a lion will use all its strength to fight a rabbit.

In addition, because he controlled absolute shares, Li Shuo had the final say over Century Huayue. So in the afternoon of the day he took over Century Huayue, while the people who came to attend the shareholders' meeting had not left yet, he named the remaining small shareholders and wanted to have one-on-one conversations with them!

The small shareholders trembled with fear, and then they all went to Han Renyi, the boss of Hua Le Daily: Hua Le Daily and Century Huayue hold shares in each other. The former is small in scale, but it owns about 10 points of Century Huayue's shares. It is the institution with the largest shareholding among the remaining shareholders.

"Old Han, your son is so promising, the worst that can happen is he will just quit, what are you afraid of!"

"Yes, even if Li Shuo has such a great reputation in Lenghai, do you think he dares to offend your son?"

The other two small shareholders who are good friends with Han Renyi cheered him up together. Of course, they also gathered together to keep each other warm and cheer themselves up!

Han Renyi quickly said modestly: "My second son is just lucky and happened to be at the forefront of the times. How can he be compared with Mr. Li..."

"Haha, don't be modest, everyone knows the name of Mr. Han II!"

"Yeah, Li Shuo is also in the entertainment industry, why didn't he become one of the Four Young Masters?"

"I heard that Li Shuo was scolded by Zhang Yi this time..."

"Huh? Isn't the person Zhang Yi sprayed the young man who was newly signed by Sony Management?"

"Don't you know? Rumor has it that our young master Li is actually X..."

Han Renyi wasn't that nervous at first, but after listening to what these people were saying, he inexplicably felt as if he had severely offended his boss!

At this moment, the new boss's beautiful secretary came out, stretched out her hand to him and invited him, "Mr. Han from Huale Newspaper, please follow me..."

Han Renyi took a deep breath, stood up and followed the beautiful secretary into the chairman's office: This used to belong to Zhang Nianhua. On the wall were many traces of Century Huayue's honors, especially the regional honors of Lenghai, which covered the entire wall. Among them, Han Renyi also saw a photo of his son Han Er and Zhang Nianhua...

"After I took over Century Huayue, the first thing I heard was news about President Han. I didn't expect that you could actually train a young talent like the Second Young Master Han. I'm so sorry..."

Li Shuo stood up and took the initiative to extend his hand to Han Renyi. Although these words were just greetings, they also carried some real sighs: It seemed like a coincidence that he had encountered things related to the "Four Young Masters" one after another recently. He really didn't expect that the son of Han Renyi, the founder of "Hua Le Bao", was actually Han Er!

Feeling Li Shuo's "sincerity", Han Renyi also breathed a sigh of relief. He first thanked Li Shuo for the compliment, and then said repeatedly: "...Compared to Master Li, I am still far behind. If you were born in their era, Master Li would definitely be the leader of the four great masters..."

"Oh? Really? I thought so too!"

"Ok?"

However, Li Shuo nodded as a matter of course and said, "I just don't know if President Han really thinks so?"

Han Renyi couldn't keep up with Li Shuo's pace, and nodded quickly: "Of course this is Han's true thought, I think..."

Before he could finish, Li Shuo interrupted him and asked, "In that case, what's the matter with Huale Newspaper's comments on X?"

"what?"

In an instant, a big drop of sweat appeared on Han Renyi's forehead: he had just heard that Li Shuo was X, and this guy immediately made it clear. Is it necessary to be so sensitive? Moreover, he had agreed to "come in to discuss the future development plan of Century Huayue", why was he entangled in such a trivial matter?

"Why didn't Mr. Han say anything? Are you trying to tell me that you don't know about this?"

“No, no, no… Yes, that’s right, I really didn’t think of you as X before…”

The more Han Renyi stuttered, the more urgent Li Shuo's questioning became, and the greater the pressure he gave.

He frowned and said in a deep voice, "Yes, yes. No, no, yes. If Mr. Han feels that the comment about X is correct, just admit it to me. If Mr. Han feels that the comment is wrong and he didn't know that I was artist X before, then just admit it now and say sorry to me. Given our current relationship, what else can I do to Mr. Han?"

This actually didn't give Han Renyi a second choice. He nodded quickly and said with a wry smile, "Okay, Huale Newspaper's slanderous comments about X were indeed my intention, because I really don't think it's a big deal for X to adapt a song. Of course, I didn't know that Mr. Li was X before. I swear, if I knew about this, even if Mr. Li didn't take over Century Huayue, I would never let Huale Newspaper publish a critical article..."

"Because you and I are both from the Lenghai Circle. We are family, so we must unite!"

What Han Renyi said might be true, but Li Shuo was determined to find fault, so he would not let her off so easily.

"Well, it's not too late to know now. Mr. Han, why don't you ask Huale Newspaper to draft an apology article and publish it on the front page tomorrow? How about that?"

"Ah? Master Li... But if we apologize rashly, it will affect the reputation of Huale Newspaper. Now it is also an asset of our Century Huayue. Master Li, what do you think..."

"Snapped"

Li Shuo slammed the table and shouted angrily: "Han Renyi! Am I giving you too much face?"

Pointing at Han Renyi's forehead, he said, "You said you didn't know I was X, and I believed you! You said you treated me like one of your own, and I believed you too!"

"What's the result? You won't even ask Huale Newspaper to apologize and clear my name? I didn't even ask you, the founder of Huale Newspaper, the former director of Lenghai Cultural Station, and the father of the great talent, to apologize in person!"

Every time Li Shuo mentioned Han Renyi's name, the flesh on his face trembled, because each name put him under tremendous pressure. If he apologized to Li Shuo with these names, things would gradually deteriorate.

Just like the first fight between Li Shuo and Zhou Huanian in Beijing, it was only because the final result was that the two of them "shared the cake equally". Afterwards, Zhou Huanian was upset about it and directly alienated Yu Jianhai, the deputy director of "Palace", which laid the fuse for the direct falling out between the two later...

It can be said that people in the circle value face and reputation very much. Even if they are really wrong, once they apologize, it means admitting that they are inferior to others. From then on, they will have no face to live in the cultural circle!

"Mr. Li, you are too kind..."

Han Renyi could not give in on matters of principle, but as soon as he opened his mouth, Li Shuo immediately said:

"Okay, President Han still thinks I'm wrong? In that case, why don't I invest and buy out the remaining Century Huayue shares in President Han's hands? How about we keep to ourselves and not interfere with each other in the future?"

This is actually a good idea, and it was also Han Renyi's bottom line before coming in.

Of course, he still had to be "humble" on the surface: "Well, Mr. Li, that's not what I meant. I still want to cooperate with Mr. Li..."

The next moment, Li Shuo sneered: "Of course you need to cooperate with me!"

"First, you entered the Century Huayue board of directors by exchanging shares with the Huale Newspaper. So, if Century Huayue reassesses the value of the Huale Newspaper, you may be left with nothing!"

"Secondly, the Lenghai circle is very small. The former President Han was at least a respected literary and artistic predecessor. You don't want to run into obstacles everywhere in your own circle in the future, right? You know, I have that ability!"

"Third, cold art and cold literature are closely related to our cultural people, especially the Lengwen Publishing House. As far as I know, it has cooperated with you a lot..."

As they were pointed out one by one, Han Renyi's face became as solemn as water. He had just thought it was simple, but now that Li Shuo mentioned it, he suddenly realized that if he withdrew his shares, it would be equivalent to breaking up with Li Shuo. In Lenghai's small circle, who doesn't know that Li Shuo has the taste of a boss? Whoever breaks up with him will be unable to move forward!

The next moment, the idea of "leaving Century Huayue to Li Shuo" completely disappeared. Han Renyi lowered his head and sighed:

"Hey, Mr. Li, I really don't mean to slander you... If you want me to apologize, then I will apologize..."

"Actually, you don't really have to apologize..."

"Ok?"

"Old Han, let's not beat around the bush. Your apology is not important. What's important is that X was criticized by the industry media! I need Huale Daily to change its attitude towards X, or even turn it into a media outlet that cheers for X: Recently on Weibo, Zhang Yi had a big fight with other industry insiders because of "X". You can intervene first..."

Letting Han Renyi "get involved first" is to let him submit a letter of allegiance, and then there will be no problem.

Suddenly, Han Renyi felt like he had found a way out. He even wanted to say: That's it? Why didn't you say it earlier? Although I am a traditional cultural person, in the media, we don't have to be so shameless. I can make up for yesterday's shit today...

"Okay, I understand. I'll mobilize the editors of Huale.com right away..."

Li Shuo nodded and watched Han Renyi leave, but there were still many thoughts in his mind that he had not revealed: letting Huale.com post water is only the first step in the counterattack!

Afterwards, the secretary called other shareholders. Li Shuo checked their information and either appeased or suppressed them one by one. The remaining shareholders were weaker than Han Renyi, so they were naturally more controlled by Li Shuo...

……

That day, Han Renyi worked overtime until 10 o'clock in the evening. He only breathed a sigh of relief after the editors of Huale Daily published the "battle surrender article" and carefully checked it.

The subordinate editor whispered, "This is the latest review of X tomorrow. We have almost gone through all of X's songs and deduced from various aspects. Finally, we came to the conclusion that 'X is a super musical genius'. Mr. Han, are we going a bit too far?"

Han Renyi said unhappily, "What do you mean by 'excessive'? X is Li Shuo, our boss. Do you think it's excessive when you see a media outlet praising their boss? You guys, you must adjust your thinking in time..."

He talked a lot, but in fact, Li Shuo put too much pressure on him today. He was very afraid of Li Shuo, even extremely terrified. If he really failed to serve this "future most powerful person in Lenghai Circle", then his future...

"hiss"

That night, Han Renyi even woke up from his sleep several times. When his wife asked him what happened, he said with horror: "I had a nightmare!"

In a daze, time came to 8 o'clock the next morning. The electronic report of Huale Daily was sent on time. In addition, the "Today's Highlights" were also described on the official website and Weibo.

On Weibo, Hualebao directly apologized to X, claiming that after understanding the situation, they found that X's composition style was completely original, imaginative and full of personal characteristics...

"Boss Han, the phone number is... Mr. Li's..."

The second half of the sentence was spoken in a low voice.

Han Renyi was startled and answered the call nervously: "Hello, Mr. Li..."

"Old Han, you are indeed a veteran writer. I read the report and it is very well written, with first-rate writing style..."

Li Shuo's voice was enthusiastic and high-pitched, and he seemed to be in a good mood. Han Renyi also breathed a sigh of relief and thought to himself: I finally served this gentleman well.

"It seems that Huale Newspaper is still quite powerful. Old Han, do you mind if Century Huayue takes more shares of Huale Newspaper? Well, if you take another 25% of Huale Newspaper's shares, Century Huayue's shareholding will exceed 75%, and I will personally increase my investment in Century Huayue for this purpose..."

"Well, after the additional investment, your small stake in Huale Newspaper will continue to be diluted, but you will get about 125 million yuan in working capital. The company will transfer the money to your personal account through dividends and other means. In simple terms, I will spend 125 million yuan to buy back some more shares of Huale Newspaper from you. What do you think?"

Han Renyi felt like a pie had fallen from the sky and hit him on the head: "What? 125W? Buying shares of Huale News? Uh, ok, of course... Thank you, thank you Mr. Li..."