Chapter 1360 1462. Puppet
Once you make up your mind about something, the rest will be easy.
Wang Zhonglei's 0.5% of Fanxing shares are worth about the same as Huayi's current 6% shares, but in the end Nie Wei only gave up about 5.5% of the shares, because according to the contract, Nie Wei's Huayi shares were sold at the highest market value of Huayi.
Wang Zhonglei was very dissatisfied with this, but there was nothing he could do except being dissatisfied.
Because Nie Wei's shares were unsalable, and there would be no such store after this village, Wang Zhonglei had to swallow them even if he was angry.
As for the remaining shares, Nie Wei also sold them to Wang Zhonglei in accordance with the agreement, with a term of ten years. Of course, the interest should not be bad, and the contract stipulates that if Wang Zhonglei fails to pay on time, then after a certain number of years, the shares will be returned to Nie Wei unconditionally, and Wang Zhonglei will only return 50% of the money he paid.
When Wang Zhonglei saw this, his face was almost as black as ink.
Later, during the entire negotiation process, Wang Zhonglei did not say a word to Nie Wei, but Nie Wei did not care about it.
In fact, during the last conversation, Nie Wei had already learned from someone that after the last tea party, Wang Zhonglei had been furious in the office and scolded Nie Wei for being ungrateful.
When Nie Wei heard this news, he was speechless.
He remembered that his former master had told him that when negotiating a business, if one party starts to talk about gratitude and feelings with you, if this person is not giving money and making concessions, then this person is actually trying to take advantage of you.
Wang Zhonglei is obviously the latter.
Over the years, how much growth has Nie Wei brought to Huayi, and how much has Wang Zhonglei's value increased? Nie Wei did not dare to attribute all the credit to himself, but at least most of it was because of him. It can be said that these things are enough to repay Wang Zhonglei's "favor of knowing and meeting".
Now that he can't take advantage of it, he scolds Nie Wei for being ungrateful, which seems a bit low in Nie Wei's eyes.
Of course, whether this incident happened or not, Nie Wei would not show mercy to Wang Zhonglei during the negotiation. However, after this incident, Nie Wei really didn't even bother to talk to Wang Zhonglei, and the whole process was just official business.
The negotiation took three days, and Nie Wei's shares temporarily belonged to Wang Zhonglei. The moment he signed his name, Nie Wei looked relaxed, while Wang Zhonglei was excited.
Because at this moment, he finally had the capital to control the entire Huayi Company.
With Nie Wei's departure, Wang Zhonglei was basically the only choice for the leader of this company. There was no one in the company with more experience than him, and no one understood the rules of the entertainment industry better than him, so he felt that he was almost certain to sit on the throne of the executive president.
Now the only thing that bothered him was how to get back the rights that belonged to him.
Last time, Nie Wei's thunderous counterattack drove away many of his loyal subordinates, and those who were sitting in those positions were all Nie Wei's people. Although Nie Wei no longer had shares, Wang Zhonglei knew very well how high Nie Wei's prestige was within the company. If he supported these people "shamelessly", these people would not make mistakes, and then Wang Zhonglei really had no good reason to take them down.
Fortunately, his confusion was solved by Nie Wei not long after.
After the negotiation, Nie Wei directly took out a list and asked Wang Zhonglei to dismiss them according to the contract. The names on this list were all Nie Wei's confidants, including company executives such as Luo Yuan and Luo Kai, as well as a film shooting team that had been cooperating with Nie Wei, and even a Sichuan chef.
In short, there were all kinds of people on the list, with high and low positions, and a total of 52 people.
Among them, Wang Zhonglei did not want to dismiss some of them as Nie Wei wished, such as several photographers and lighting directors, whose abilities were among the best among all the talents in the company.
Wang Zhonglei couldn't bear to let go of this kind of people who would not affect his rights and could bring actual benefits to the company.
So Wang Zhonglei wanted to talk.
"Nie Wei, forget about these people. They are all old people in the company. I can't bear to let them go, and I guess they don't want to leave either." Wang Zhonglei smiled and begged: "Just give me some face, and I will let Luo Yuan and others go immediately, and compensate them twice as much."
"Sign it."
"That's easy, I..."
"I mean, I want all the people on this list." Nie Wei looked at Wang Zhonglei and said seriously.
Wang Zhonglei choked up, looking at Nie Wei's eyes with a full sense of oppression, it felt like a sword was hanging over his head, making his forehead sweat.
At this moment, he suddenly hated himself for why he understood the meaning of Nie Wei's eyes at a glance, that was definitely a threat.
"No room for negotiation?" Wang Zhonglei asked again in a deep voice.
"No room for negotiation." Nie Wei answered with certainty.
Wang Zhonglei stopped talking, holding the pen tightly, his fingertips turned white because of excessive force. After a few seconds of silence, Wang Zhonglei signed his name hastily on the termination contract as if to vent his anger.
"I don't have the right to dismiss Luo Yuan, Luo Kai, Hu Liang, etc. They must apply for resignation themselves, and then the company's board of directors will decide and approve it." Wang Zhonglei said with some heartache.
None of the people he wanted stayed, and those he wanted to get rid of couldn't leave for a while.
"It doesn't matter. You will receive the resignation report when you return to the company, and then you can give them a holiday. During this period, can't you take some action? To be honest, I still hope to see you take control of Huayi, which is better than those outsiders who know nothing." Nie Wei said with a smile.
Hearing this, Wang Zhonglei's eyes immediately lit up, and his face instantly brightened.
Before, he only thought about how to drive away Nie Wei's minions as soon as possible, but he forgot that there were countless "hungry wolves" staring at the power vacuum left after the expulsion. Even if he was the only one in power, he would have to fight for food among these "hungry wolves", and he was destined to lose some of the rights that should have been in his hands.
Now after listening to Nie Wei's words, Wang Zhonglei felt that it was not bad that he could not dismiss Luo Yuan and his group for a while.
Giving them a holiday is equivalent to letting them delegate their power, and the time to handle the resignation procedures is just right for me to intervene in these departments. With Nie Wei's tacit consent, I will definitely be able to easily arrange for staff. By the time those "hungry wolves" react, the meat has been eaten by me, and they can't do anything even if they are greedy.
"Haha, don't worry, they work so hard and give so much to the company, of course I have to give them a good holiday." Wang Zhonglei's mood finally became smoother, and there was a smile on his face.
Looking at Wang Zhonglei like this, Nie Wei was too lazy to say anything, nodded at him, and left with the team.
The negotiation and signing of the contract between the two this time were completed in a third-party hotel. Nie Wei finally retained 1 share and a seat as a director, and agreed with Wang Zhonglei to officially resign after half a year.
Because Wang Zhonglei needs a buffer period of half a year.
He was also afraid that Nie Wei's sudden departure from Huayi would bring too much impact to Huayi's market value, but with this half year as a buffer, he could arrange many means to deal with the impact caused by Nie Wei's departure from Huayi in the future.
When he thought of this, he was naturally in a very good mood.
On the other side, Nie Wei also called Li Binbin on the way back to Fanxing.
"Sister, I have sold my shares to Wang Zhonglei." As soon as the call was connected, Nie Wei smiled and reported such good news.
Li Binbin was stunned, obviously shocked by the news. After coming to his senses, he hurriedly said: "Then it's a deal. After my contract ends in three months, I will go to you."
"Of course I welcome it." Nie Wei smiled.
After chatting with Li Binbin, Nie Wei called Zhang Ziyi again. The content of the conversation was similar, but Zhang Ziyi still had a one-year contract with Huayi. On the phone, Zhang Ziyi also expressed that she was willing to follow Nie Wei to switch to Fanxing, but the contract issue must be resolved clearly.
The remaining artists Zhou Xun, Cheng Kun, Huang Xiaoming, Wang Baoqiang, Jing Bairan, Yuan Hong, Alan, Zhang Liangying, Jiang Xin, Lin Shishi, Zheng Shuang, Chen Qiaoen, and Jing Tiantian, Nie Wei called them one by one to explain the news of his departure from Huayi.
Some of these artists had heard the rumors earlier, and some did not know, but all the artists Nie Wei contacted by phone said that they would join Nie Wei and Fanxing after the contract ended. Many even said that if Fanxing could help solve the contract problem, they would immediately cooperate to change jobs.
Nie Wei was on the phone all afternoon, and the artists who contacted and expressed their willingness to join Nie Wei accounted for nearly 80% of the number of well-known artists in Huayi.
Nie Wei was able to call so many people to follow him, in addition to his many years of prestige, more importantly, these people could see the benefits they could get after following Nie Wei.
The fame of these people is inseparable from Nie Wei, so they believe in Nie Wei, even if they change companies, Nie Wei can lead them to thrive in the entertainment industry.
Due to personal connections and the involvement of interests, Nie Wei seems to have not intervened in Huayi's affairs in recent years, but his influence has actually penetrated into the hearts of every Huayi employee and artist. He is like an uncrowned king, hiding behind Wang Zhonglei.
Wang Zhonglei is like a puppet king. He seems to be glorious, but in fact, he is full of strings, and the person who controls these strings is Nie Wei.
This can be seen from the fact that Huayi's development route in recent years has basically followed the route planned by Nie Wei.
At nine o'clock in the evening, Nie Wei was ready to go to bed, and suddenly received a call from Zhang Ziyi, who asked Nie Wei to meet at Fanxing Company.
It was obvious that Nie Wei had something important to discuss so late at night. Nie Wei thought it was related to the phone call during the day, so he agreed. Nie Wei did not wake up Cheng Zimo, and went to the garage to pick a more popular Audi A6 and drove towards the company.
After Nie Wei arrived at Fanxing, as soon as he entered the door, a security guard in the guard room reported to Nie Wei that Zhang Ziyi had arrived here twenty minutes ago.
Nie Wei then met Zhang Ziyi in his office.
"This is my first time in your office in Fanxing, and it's still the same." Zhang Ziyi said with a smile after seeing Nie Wei enter the room.
"I'm nostalgic." Nie Wei replied with a smile, and then asked: "What do you want to drink? Tea or coffee?"
"I drink mineral water, but I've already taken it myself." Zhang Ziyi picked up the mineral water on the table and shook it towards Nie Wei with a smile.
"You're really rude."
"Why should I be so polite to you and me." Zhang Ziyi sat crookedly on the chair because she had a waist injury, so it was more comfortable to sit like this.
Of course, this is only in front of Nie Wei. When facing the public, she always holds her head high with a graceful and dignified posture, like an international Zhang.
Nie Wei also took a bottle of mineral water, sat down and asked directly: "Tell me, why do you want to talk to me in person so late at night?"
"My contract is almost a year away, what should I do?" Zhang Ziyi asked directly.
She signed Huayi for Nie Wei, and now that Nie Wei has left Huayi, she naturally doesn't want to stay in that company for another day.
"Don't worry, it will be done within a month." Nie Wei answered confidently.
This surprised Zhang Ziyi a little, because she knew her own value very well. Nie Wei no longer held shares in Huayi, so how could he help her solve the contract problem?
As for breach of contract, Zhang Ziyi never thought about it. On the one hand, it was the penalty for breach of contract, and on the other hand, it was also concerned about her reputation. Any star, whether right or wrong, would be involved in breach of contract, which was actually a damage to his own image and would cause problems in "integrity".
Like those traffic artists who broke the contract and jumped to other companies, no matter how their fans cleaned up, this kind of breach of contract was destined to create a bad image of dishonesty in the minds of some passers-by and manufacturers.
"How can you get it done within a month? Tell me, otherwise I'm unsure." Zhang Ziyi asked quickly.
Nie Wei smiled and replied: "You forgot that when you signed the contract, it was stated in your contract that the company would not force you to participate in any activities, nor could it force you to act in the company's movies and TV series."
"In the next year, if you don't work at all, Huayi actually has no way to deal with you."
"You won't really let me not work for a year? And I have a TV series to shoot." Zhang Ziyi said speechlessly. She thought Nie Wei's idea was too bad.
"Do you think I would come up with such a stupid idea? Of course, there is a back-up plan." Nie Wei rolled his eyes at Zhang Ziyi and continued.
"Luo Yuan still has nearly 0.6% of Huayi shares, plus several important positions. I will use this to exchange with Wang Zhonglei. I believe he will agree. After all, he also knows that Huayi can't keep you. Instead of dragging it on and making everyone so stiff, it's better to part ways amicably and exchange some real benefits."
Thank you Jingzhi for the generous reward.