After finishing the murder scene on a rainy night, in the next week, Zhang Xiao followed the Wu army to fight the Vietnamese army, and was eventually beheaded by a general of the Vietnamese army.

"It's finally finished."

Standing up from the pool of blood, Zhang Xiao breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Mr. Zhang, congratulations." Zhang Yimou came over with a Chinese woman from the crew and congratulated Zhang Xiao.

Zhang Xiao asked: "Director Zhang, there should be no night show tonight, right?"

"No!" Zhang Yimou nodded and asked, "What's the matter? Do you want to treat me?"

Zhang Xiao nodded and said: "How about Zuixianlou? You can order any good wine or food."

Zhang Yimou smiled and said: "That's no problem, that's it."

From the beginning of the filming of "Sleeping on Fire to Taste the Dares" until now, Zhang Yimou has been busy almost non-stop every day, and he really needs to relax.

After a closing banquet, Zhang Xiao and Yang Mi returned to Yuzhou.

Yang Mi's scene was completed three days ago and she has been waiting for Zhang Xiao.

When the two returned home, Zhang Xiao immediately entered the post-production of "War for the Planet of the Apes".

Originally, he said he wanted to release the movie during the Spring Festival, but he didn't know when the financial crisis would come, so it was better to get it ready and release it quickly.

Before filming "The War for the Planet of the Apes", most of the post-production work for "War for the Planet of the Apes" had been completed, so it only took Zhang Xiao one week to finish the latter part.

"What? Going overseas?" Zhang Xiao received a call from Douyin CEO Zhang Yiming.

Zhang Mingming on the other end of the phone said: "Yes, Mr. Zhang, after three years of preparation, we plan to enter the overseas market."

At this juncture, Zhang Xiao felt a little pain in his head by going overseas to develop.

But he couldn't directly say that he had predicted the financial crisis, so Zhang Xiao said: "Yi Ming, are you free now? Let's go to the teahouse opposite the company to have a drink and chat."

"Okay, then I'll go and book a location now."

Half an hour later, Zhang Xiao saw Zhang Mingming in the teahouse box where he had previously purchased ByteDance shares.

Zhang Xiao saw the somewhat overweight Zhang Yingming and said with a smile: "It seems that the company has been developing very well recently."

Zhang Yiming patted his belly and said with a wry smile: "When you reach middle age, it is difficult not to gain weight. Unlike Mr. Zhang, he has always maintained such a good figure."

Zhang Xiao said: "There is no way. I have to spend two hours every day boxing. As an actor, you need self-discipline."

After the two chatted for a while, they quickly got down to business.

Zhang Yiming said: "Mr. Zhang, Douyin has been preparing to enter overseas markets over the years. After research by the board of directors, we believe that the time is now ripe. I don't know what you think!"

Zhang Xiao did not answer directly, but took a sip of tea and asked: "Do you want to raise funds again?"

Zhang Yiming nodded and said: "Yes, we are preparing to raise US$12 billion."

Zhang Xiao asked again: "What should I do if things don't go well?"

Zhang Mingming said: "No, we are 80% sure that Douyin will be successful in overseas markets."

Zhang Xiao sighed and said, "I personally think it's best to wait."

Zhang Yiming showed an expression that was indeed true and said: "Mr. Zhang, don't you think highly of us?"

Zhang Xiao said: "The economic situation abroad is not very good right now. The international environment changes every moment. I am indeed not optimistic about your plan."

Zhang Yiyi fell silent and said: "Mr. Zhang, you were so optimistic about our company at the beginning, why did you suddenly..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhang Xiao said with a smile: "Maybe I'm overthinking it, but no matter what, you'd better think again about entering overseas markets."

Zhang Mingming said: "The board of directors has made a decision, and all shareholders have agreed."

Zhang Xiao glanced at Zhang Yingyi and said: "Let's get together and part ways, Yingyi, I have 20% of the shares in my hand, and now I want to use 150 billion U.S. dollars to

The price sells them.”

"The old rule is that these shares cannot fall into the hands of overseas capital. For the rest, I only recognize money, not people."

Once the financial crisis breaks out in the West, all plans of Zhang Yiming's company will be ruined, and Zhang Xiao doesn't want to get involved in it stupidly.

What's more, the development of Douyin has reached its limit today. Even if it succeeds in the West, Zhang Xiao will not be able to obtain greater benefits, so it is better to quit early.

Zhang Yingming exclaimed: "Twenty percent, not a single bit left?"

Zhang Xiao smiled and said: "Well, I won't leave any part. Are you interested?"

Zhang Mingming pursed his lips and said: "I am interested, but I have no money."

Zhang Xiao said: "Then show your fun in China. I believe there will be many big companies interested."

Zhang Yiming frowned and said, "Mr. Zhang, are you so unfavorable to our overseas plans?"

Zhang Xiao said: "One, to tell you the truth, except for some core industries, I have prepared to sell my shares in other industries. In the past two years, the overseas environment has been very bad. I am worried that problems will arise.

You should have already evaluated it, right?"

Zhang Yiming nodded and said: "The company has also established an investment department. They found no abnormalities. Other shareholders are also very optimistic about Douyin's overseas development, so they unanimously approved the plan."

Zhang Xiao said: "I hope my worries are unfounded."

The two chatted for more than an hour. Before leaving, Zhang Mingming said: "Mr. Zhang, can I ask you a favor?"

Zhang Xiao was stunned and asked: "What are you busy with? Let me tell you first."

Zhang Mingming said: "I hope you will not sell these 20% shares to one person, let alone other shareholders."

Zhang Xiao immediately understood what he meant. He was just worried that other shareholders would threaten Zhang Yiming's position in the company after buying the shares, so he made an OK gesture and said: "No problem."

Zhang Yiming stretched out his hand and said gratefully: "Mr. Zhang, I am very grateful for your help all the time. Without you, Douyin and I would not be where we are today. Although we will no longer be colleagues in the future, I hope we can become friends."

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Zhang Xiao laughed, held his hand, and said jokingly: "What friend? When you first met me, you clearly said that you were my die-hard fan. Why now that you have grown up, you want to upgrade!"

Zhang Yiming also smiled and said: "I don't dare, I will always be your fan."

Soon, the news that Zhang Xiao was selling 20% ​​of his shares in Douyin caused a turmoil in China's business circles.

No one understands why Zhang Xiao, who has never been short of money, sold his shares in Douyin.

The explanation given by Zhang Mingming is that the concept does not drink, and everyone must not believe this explanation.

That night, Hangzhou Ma called Zhang Xiao.

"Boss Ma, is it a matter of Douyin?" Zhang Xiao asked helplessly while lying on the sofa.

Hangzhou said straightforwardly: "Yes, Zhang Xiao, it took me half an hour to call. Don't tell me, someone has already logged in first."

Zhang Xiao said: "I just said that your rival Shenzhen Ma called me and wanted to buy 20% of Douyin's shares from me."

This is the first phone call between Zhang Xiao and the CEO of Penguin Company. In the past, Penguin Company sent a vice president to contact Zhang Xiao. Now, Zhang Xiao is no longer what he used to be, let alone him.

Even Yang Mi was received by him personally.

This is a manifestation of strength.

Hangzhou Ma's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly asked: "Did you sell it to him?"

Zhang Xiao said with a smile: "I originally planned to sell it to him, but didn't I see that your number kept coming in, so I didn't agree for the time being."

Hangzhou Ma said happily: "That's great, Zhang Xiao, how about I give you 32 billion US dollars to take 20% of Douyin's shares?"

Zhang Xiao curled his lips and said: "Boss Ma, your price is a bit petty. The penguins are paying 32.5 billion US dollars."

Boss Ma said suspiciously: "You kid didn't coax me on purpose, did you?"

Zhang Xiao said: "If I lie to you, my whole family will die, okay? I don't understand. You have ant short videos and penguins have penguin short videos. Why do you have to click on everyone else's Douyin short video? Well, development

Isn’t my short video APP great?”

Boss Ma said angrily: "Isn't it true that I have wronged you? When you gave Zhang Yiyi 6 billion US dollars, you caught us off guard and allowed the Douyin short video APP to occupy more than 80% of the market share.

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"In the field of Internet, every step is slow and every step is slow. Although many short video APPs have successively introduced upper limits, they have lost the best opportunity and cannot shake Douyin's status."

"By the way, why did you suddenly sell your shares in Douyin?"

Zhang Xiao said: "Didn't Zhang Yiming say that our ideas are inconsistent?"

Boss Ma sighed and said, "Don't use this excuse to dismiss me."

"It's really a disagreement!" Zhang Xiao explained: "Zhang wanted to take Douyin overseas to develop, but I wasn't optimistic about it, so we parted ways."

Boss Ma asked: "Why are you not optimistic about it?"

Zhang Xiaodao: "The first is the Western system, and the second is the investment environment. I think these two aspects will impose great restrictions and constraints on the development of Douyin APP."

"Of course, it's possible that I made a mistake in judgment, but it doesn't matter, I've already made a lot of money anyway."

Boss Ma exclaimed: "With a capital of four billion US dollars, after six or seven years, it was sold for more than 70 billion US dollars. Even Buffett is far behind you."

Zhang Xiao chuckled and said, "Thank you for the compliment."

Ma Laodaodao: "Okay, stop talking nonsense, 33 billion US dollars, more than 20% of Douyin shares, what do you think."

Zhang Xiao said: "Sorry, Boss Ma, I can only sell you 8% at most."
To be continued...