On the other hand, Fang Li also went to the capital in person.

Last time at Ding Sanshi's dinner, Fang Li had a good chat with Chang Chaoyang, so this time Fang Li came, Chang Chaoyang took him to visit Sohu headquarters.

"Mr. Fang's visit this time should not be as simple as asking me to drink?" Chong Chaoyang invited Fang Li into the office and said with a smile.

Fang Li nodded: "Last time at the World Internet Conference, I heard Mr. Zhang say that Sohu would increase investment in film and television content. I don't know if there is a gap in funding. It just so happens that I have some spare money recently. Why don't we cooperate with each other?"

When the rising tide Yang saw Fang Li not like a joke, he pondered for a moment: "I don't lack funds, but since Mr. Fang is interested, it's okay to cooperate."

Fang Li rolled his eyes secretly. With Sohu's current financial resources, he would not believe that he would not believe that he would not be short of money to kill him. This person is still as arrogant as ever.

In fact, it is no wonder that Sina, Sohu, and NetEase, as the three major portals that initially led the Internet trend in China, had no worse status than Alibaba and others at all, and even higher than the courtesy Alibaba received when it was listed on the Nasdaq.

Unfortunately, NetEase has changed its business and made a lot of money. Sina's Weibo has created new glory, while Sohu is declining. This is also the reason why Changchaoyang made a harsh statement this time and invested 2 billion to build the film and television industry chain.

In the afternoon of the same day, Fang Li returned from Beijing and came back with a lot of heat. The reason was that the Lion of Chuanyang spoke loudly. At the wine table, Chuanyang talked about his imagination of the film and television industry, and said that Sohu Video's future market share will definitely surpass Youku, and he didn't care about the remaining Penguin Video and iQiyi.

After some preparation, Changchaoyang was only willing to sell 8% of Sohu Video's shares, and the price was as high as 600 million yuan. Fang Li almost squirted to death with Erguotou.

You should know that in 2015, Sohu's market value was only 1.8 billion US dollars, while Sohu Building office buildings reached 1.1 billion US dollars according to the current housing price, which means that all Sohu's businesses combined are worth 700 million US dollars.

Of course, this statement is also biased. After all, the market value does not reflect the true value of a company, but the price of 600 million RMB 8% shares is really outrageous. Since then, Fang Li has never mentioned investing in Sohu Video. After having a meal, he found an excuse.

However, after calming down, Fang Li couldn't help but feel a little depressed. To build a film and television industry chain, a video platform must be available. Originally, Sohu was the best choice at present, but now this road is not working, so we must find a backup solution.

Since the copyright positioning war started, the competition for video platforms has been less chaotic than before. Some small players have left one after another, but the competition for the industry's top leaders has become more intense.

Currently, Youku Tudou, iQiyi and Penguin Video all occupy about 20% of the market share, and the gap between the three parties is also very small. Sometimes, you only need a popular drama to jump to the top, which also makes the three companies pay more attention to copyright purchases.

Compared with the second tier of Sohu, LeTV, PPTV, Mango Satellite TV, Fengxing.com and Storm Video, the team seems much larger, but the ones that are truly competitive in the market are actually Sohu and LeTV PPTV.

Sohu is no longer there. As for pptv, it has also accepted Suning’s strategic investment. According to Suning’s boss Zhang Jindong’s personality, it is unlikely that he will accept investment from others.

You know, when Gome Huang boss wanted to acquire Suning, Zhang Jindong made a statement on the spot: If Suning can't do you, I will give it to you, and you don't need to buy it.

It seems that only LeTV is left, which is embarrassing. Fang Li had previously fought with Accountant Jia online, and the conflict between the two sides was almost public.

Of course, Fang Li believes that if he said he wanted to invest in LeTV, Accountant Jia would definitely laugh happier than anyone else, but Fang Li is not stupid. LeTV is now completely messy and can't even figure it out. Sun Hongbing invested 15 billion and wasted all the money. How could he give Accountant Jia pocket money at this time?

However, LeTV will collapse in another two years, and Accountant Jia will run away to the United States. At that time, Fang Li will come again as a savior, which is a good plan.

Of course, two years have been too long, and Fang Li doesn’t have so much time to wait for Accountant Jia to be finished, so Accountant Jia must be allowed to run away as soon as possible.

......

Accountant Jia was busy preparing for the next press conference, but suddenly shivered all over and looked at the air conditioner in confusion. He was clearly on, but why did he suddenly feel a chill on his back?

During the period after the release of LeTV mobile phone, Accountant Jia was not idle at all. He began to hold press conferences crazily, almost every three days.

Various terms like "running blindfolded" and "suffocating for dreams" kept popping up from his mouth, and even creatively invented Internet slander such as "ecological anti-epidemic".

"Did you turn the verb today?" It became a popular term on the Internet for a time, and many people in the Internet circle were often asked by reporters: What does ecological turn the verb mean?

Even Alibaba, known as the birthplace of Internet slander, couldn't help but accept the disadvantage.

Of course, Accountant Jia's hard work in holding press conferences still played a certain role. Since the end of January, LeTV's stock price has seen multiple daily limits, with a market value of nearly 40 billion yuan.

Accountant Jia also took the opportunity to pledge and release the equity with his sister many times, and took a lot of cash out of it. As for where this cash went, it is unknown.

......

Another time, the negotiations between Wang Xing and Shanda Literature have also entered a substantial stage. Both parties actually have little significance for Shanda Literature's assets. The key is the price. The acquisition price given by Penguin is 4.2 billion yuan. This price has already made Liang Xiaodong excited.

However, Wang Xing raised the price to 4.3 billion. For a moment, Penguin was a little confused whether Shanda was fearless or raised the price out of thin air, and the negotiations were in a deadlock.

Liang Xiaodong was also dragging both sides, not signing the contract, which made Wang Xing curse behind his back, but he was helpless.

In response, Fang Li advised: "Shanda is preparing to make the last money for retirement. It doesn't matter. The most important thing is that Penguin cannot get Shanda Literature. In this way, you will directly raise the price to 4.5 billion tomorrow and tell Liang Xiaodong that if he does not agree to sign the contract, we will withdraw from the acquisition."

Wang Xing was a little worried: "It's just that, we have no way out. What if Liang Xiaodong doesn't agree?"

Fang Li smiled and said, "How come there is no way out? I'm just a way out? If it really doesn't work, I'll go there myself. I'll just transfer you back then."

Turning around, Wang Xing gave Liang Xiaodong a surprise. The price of 4.5 billion made him very moved, but he still wanted to test Penguin's bottom line again, saying that he would not agree to sign the contract on the spot, and set the signing time in the afternoon on the grounds of modifying the contract.

Wang Xing had no choice but to agree.

So Liang Xiaodong made an appointment with Penguin’s negotiating team again, and raised his chin to tell the other party that unless their bid was higher than 4.5 billion, the negotiations would be shattered.

Penguin's negotiating team was extremely angry and almost turned the table up. Isn't this a joke? I just applied for 4.4 billion yuan from the headquarters, but the price was to rise again? How did they explain to the headquarters?

However, Liang Xiaodong was unmoved at all: "How to explain is your problem. You just need to tell me if you can get a higher price than 4.5 billion."

The negotiation team could only suppress their anger and report the situation to Liu Zhiping. Liu Zhiping was also very annoyed about this, but he still asked cautiously: "It is not difficult to get a higher price than 4.5 billion. The key is, can you be sure that Liang Xiaodong will not change his mind again?"

The negotiation team looked at each other in a glance. Obviously they could not guarantee that, judging from Liang Xiaodong's performance, Shanda had no choice but to cash out and leave. Maybe they had just raised the price and turned around, Liang Xiaodong shouted to raise the price again.

"In this way, you can't leave him alone for a day. I'll talk to him in person!" Liu Zhiping said.

Penguin rejected Liang Xiaodong's request with a tough attitude. Liang Xiaodong didn't care about this, so he turned around and agreed to Wang Xing's acquisition price of 4.5 billion.

In the afternoon, the two sides signed an agreement in a pleasant atmosphere. Seeing Liang Xiaodong signing his name, Wang Xing finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After a while, Penguin's negotiating team met with Liang Xiaodong again, but Liang Xiaodong did not refuse. However, when the other party made a request to no longer raise the price, Liang Xiaodong expressed regret.

"Sorry, because of your hesitation, I have sold Shanda Literature to others."

The negotiation team was shocked: "Who did you sell it to?"

"Wang Xing from Food Network, oh, to be precise, it should be Tianyuan Investment."

“…”

After hearing the report from the negotiation team, Liu Zhiping was so angry that he threw down his beloved purple clay teapot: "Liang Xiaodong, this bastard, has caused me a big deal!"

The negotiation teams were all as quiet as a cicada. They worked hard for so long, but they were picked by peaches when the melon was ripe. As a matter of fact, they could not escape the charge of ineffective work.

After hanging up the video link, Liu Zhiping rubbed his temples and had a headache. Tianyuan Technology acquired Shanda Literature, which means that the two sides will compete in new fields. It is undoubtedly a dangerous signal for the penguin, which is committed to promoting "new cultural and creative".

"There is another bad battle to fight!" Liu Zhiping sighed.

"Wait, Tianyuan Technology acquires Shanda Literature, which means it wants to seize the upstream resources of the film and television industry. Then his next step should be the video platform!" Liu Zhiping suddenly woke up.

So, Liu Zhiping immediately sent someone to inquire about the news on the market. Once Tianyuan Technology has contact with any video website, it will destroy it. If it really doesn't work, it will be impossible to acquire the other party, and it is not impossible.

What made Liu Zhiping breathe a sigh of relief was that Fang Li and Chang Chaoyang did not seem to be happy, and there was no follow-up progress between the two sides.
Chapter completed!