Chapter 98 Yin-Yang Contract

Early the next morning.

Starlight Films.

As soon as Li Gui stepped into the company, he was stopped by several shareholders who were waiting on the first floor.

"We've hooked Sihai!!" Several long-time shareholders were moved to tears, for the first time they had a chance to outmaneuver the behemoth, Sihai Group, strategically.

"Li Gui, you're a major contributor to the company this time, the director of Wanxia last night..."

"Don't talk here, there are too many people watching. Let's talk in the office." One shareholder forced himself to calm down, interrupted the other shareholder, and followed Li Gui back to his office.

In the office, the head of the marketing department reported: "Mr. Li, last night you said that after the director of Wanxia notified us, Sihai started to take the bait. In one night, they poured in at least 30 million US dollars, and there is no sign of stopping. As of now, the box office of 'All-People Heroes Alliance' has skyrocketed to 273 million yuan, and 'Iron Man' is not far behind, with a box office of 356 million yuan."

When the head of the marketing department gave his report, he became somewhat incoherent.

After pausing for a minute, he reorganized his thoughts: "The hype is too high. I think the Four Seas Group's ambitions go beyond this. They may break the box office record, so the subsequent investment will definitely not be less than 100 million US dollars, and it may be more."

"Wonderful...wonderful!" Li Gui was quite impressed with Wanxia's team after listening to the marketing department's data report.

With so much money being spent, it will only benefit the sunset and starlight in the end.

"Li Gui, go ask Director Zhang of Wanxia what our Starlight's further plans are." These shareholders felt that those were all real money.

"There's no need to ask anymore. We've already discussed many details. Now, what Xingguang needs to do is put some pressure on Sihai and encourage them to increase their investment." Since Sihai has taken the bait, Li Gui believes that the only thing Xingguang can do is to increase its investment.

"How much will be added this time?" a shareholder asked.

Li Gui: "20 million US dollars."

One of the shareholders asked, "We've already invested 20 million, and now we're adding so much more... Will we really be able to break even on the monetization of traffic?"

These shareholders were essentially asking whether they should have Wanxia sue Sihai right now.

Li Gui squinted: "Not enough, not enough. We need to get Sihai to invest at least 100 million. Even if we don't break even, we definitely won't lose too much, because all that traffic will eventually turn into box office revenue. When it comes to the final settlement, we at Starlight will make a profit. Most importantly, we've secured the Sold-Out perpetual usage rights, and we only need to pay $1 per year."

“Okay, we’ll go talk to the chairman about the details ourselves.”

...

Sihai Group.

The office of the Minister of Music.

Kimura Taro arrived here early in the morning to report on his work from the previous night.

Furthermore, they provided an update on the situation at Starlight: "Minister, Starlight added another 20 million ten minutes ago, and the buzz is getting stronger. How much should we add this time?"

“30 million, throw it in.” Noda Kazuto’s smile widened: “We’re throwing money in to generate buzz for our own company. If Starlight throws in so much money and then finds out it’s just benefiting Sihai, will the head of Shinkwang jump off a building?”

Kimura Taro revealed a sinister smile: "I don't think he would commit suicide by jumping off a building; he would probably commit seppuku."

"Yoshi..." Noda Kazuto chuckled twice before getting down to business: "How's the contract going?"

“Originally, Mu Zi wanted to draft the contract himself, but I didn’t give him the opportunity. We had to draft it, and it’s already been drafted,” said Taro Kimura. “None of the conditions I promised Mu Zi were included in the contract, and the contract states that the acquisition fee for the sold-out copyright is $100,000.”

This is a dual contract (one for official purposes and one for private purposes).

"Did you sign it?" Noda Kazuto asked.

"Don't worry, Minister, it hasn't been signed yet. I said three days later last night. These two days are enough for us to operate. When Starlight's working capital is overwhelmed by us, we won't have to worry about Starlight acquiring the copyright of Sold Out. At that time, Mu Zi will have no choice but to sell Sold Out to us at a low price."

Taro Kimura is very familiar with this kind of operation. It's a piece of cake for him to manipulate a new songwriter.

The idea of ​​buying out all the copyrights of "Sold Out" for 50 million, or promising them a job with a base salary of 60,000, is wishful thinking. Sihai is not a charity.

After this incident, if Mu Zi doesn't completely break off relations, it might be possible to have him sign with Sihai Composition Department, since they are quite good at lyrics and music.

"Yoshi, I trust you with your work." Noda Kazuto concluded, "Start adding more funding. Let's try to crush Starlight before noon tomorrow. Then our Sihai Group will have one less competitor in the film and television industry."

Originally, they intended to criticize Sunset, but unexpectedly, they received a pleasant surprise. Starlight came to them on its own, and Sihai simply dealt with Sunset while also taking care of Starlight Films.