A Makeshift Team

"It's a choice between two options. Since Lin Jia is giving me these two options, she must be confident she can make her capital back. I don't believe anyone in the world would do a losing business.

A price of 280 million isn't small. If we went to court, even if it was judged in the Nanshan District court, the maximum compensation would be a few million.

The question is, where is their point of turnaround?

The public opinion is so negative, the movie will be jointly boycotted when it's released."

After Jenny and Lin Jia talked twice in two days, Lin Jia gave two options: a one-time buyout of 280 million for the rights to 2 and subsequent installments, or 200 million for ninety percent of the revenue from this installment, leaving ten percent for Goose Factory.

This means that ten percent of the revenue from Kuala Lumpur Affairs 2 is worth eighty million. If it were for 1, this price would be low. Given the current public opinion, with Chen Yuanguang not only not apologizing but also adding fuel to the fire, the box office definitely won't exceed 800 million.

Jenny was very conflicted. She was sure that Lin Jia had a secret to turn things around, but she couldn't guess what it was, and the other party wouldn't possibly tell her the secret.

"How is it?" Jenny asked.

Guo Wei didn't get a promotion, only a raise, and his job level was only increased by zero point one. It sounded a bit disheartening, but that's how it is in the workplace – no credit, only hard work.

Where did the credit go? To the leaders.

"I had someone ask around. A friend of a colleague works at the Gates Foundation, and they generally said they hadn't heard of inviting Chen Yuanguang.

At the same time, Kate on Twitter can be found in their internal email system, and with the identity verification on Twitter, it can be confirmed that he is a Gates Foundation employee.

He has a YouTube channel. I pretended to be a passerby and tipped him fifty dollars, asking him about this matter.

The fifty dollars I tipped him should be the most he's received since he started his YouTube channel. I estimate he might not have received any before. He said with one hundred percent certainty that no invitation had been sent out.

Later, he even replied that if there was such a thing, he would kiss a donkey's butt to apologize."

Tipping means giving a reward.

The Gates Foundation sending an offer to Chen Yuanguang was the only point of turnaround Jenny could think of, but now it seemed to be ruled out.

She couldn't think of a solution, and finally, at her suggestion, Goose Factory internally decided to package and sell Kuala Lumpur Affairs 2 to Lin Jia.

Jenny's suggestion was to value it at 200 million and keep ten percent for themselves. However, Mark directly said, "I don't think that's necessary. Let's just sell it all to them.

Let's see what they can do to turn things around."

Mark explained at the meeting, "There's no need to earn all the small change. This concession is for future cooperation.

If Chen Yuanguang can turn the tide, they will feel like they got a good deal from Goose Factory, and we can cooperate in the future. If he can't turn things around, then we've made a profit, and there's no need for future cooperation.

Does keeping ten percent this time have any meaning for Goose Factory?"

In the end, this business worth hundreds of millions was completed based on YouTube tips, questions, and internal inquiries for commercial due diligence. When Lin Jia talked about this with the person in charge at Goose Factory, she felt it was unbelievable.

Then, recalling the messy affairs in her own family, she felt a sense of resonance: "This world is a huge makeshift team."

"Yuanguang, Goose Factory has compromised. All the revenue from Kuala Lumpur Affairs 2 has been sold to me for 280 million," Lin Jia said triumphantly. What she had lost before was recovered in one go.

She knew deeply how negative the public opinion was now, and how fierce the reversal would be after Microsoft helped explain. This kind of natural marketing event was a rare opportunity, a complete win, and twice over.

Chen Yuanguang applauded, "Congratulations, this is your credit. If it were me, I wouldn't have been able to connect these dots at all."

Lin Jia said angrily, "It's because the people at Goose Factory started putting on airs after finding a loophole. Now that I've seized the opportunity, I have to give them a good show too.

This is called reciprocity."

Sigh, but 280 million is a bit too high. I'll have to go back and beg the Old Man for this authority. My family's film and television investment company definitely doesn't have that much money on its books. We'll have to get a bank loan or borrow from within the group.

I really don't want to ask him. If I ask him for an internal loan and only give him interest, he definitely won't agree. He'll definitely want a share.

How much interest can you give up at most?"

Chen Yuanguang said, "You discovered the opportunity, so you call the shots. On my own, I only have a two percent investment limit."

Lin Jia shook her head, "No, no, no, you unearthed this opportunity. So, between the two of us, we'll split it eight-two. If the Old Man wants an investment percentage, we'll give him twenty percent at most. If he doesn't agree, we'll figure something else out.

If worst comes to worst, we'll find Lei Jun. It's a waste not to fleece the senior brother."

Chen Yuanguang asked, "Eight-two? You eight, me two?"

Lin Jia shook her head helplessly, "How could that be? Of course, it's you eight, me two. Vision isn't worth much. There are plenty of people who can connect this matter with recovering the equity, but you are the only Chinese person who can become the chief scientist at the Gates Foundation."

Chen Yuanguang had no objection to this. To be honest, he would agree even if Lin Jia wanted eight, because he didn't care much about these things. The most important thing was how to bring more future technology into the modern era.

"A 280 million investment limit, Lei Jun, let alone being just a senior brother, he wouldn't agree even if he were my biological brother," Chen Yuanguang said, puzzled.

Lin Jia snorted, "You underestimate him too much. His investment acumen is no less than his marketing talent. The success of Kuala Lumpur Affairs 1 is obvious. Since we are willing to take over 2, he will definitely be willing to listen to our plan. We just need to show him the invitation letter, and this investment can be approved.

Maybe Lei Jun isn't as ruthless as the Old Man. He hasn't given the Old Man face these past few times, so it might be a bit difficult. Forget it, let's just go directly to Lei Jun. I don't want to go back and see his sour face.

Don't you have his WeChat? Just arrange to meet him and say you have a big business deal for him."

"I chatted with my junior brother recently and learned that he did indeed receive an offer for chief scientist at the Gates Foundation, but he didn't make it clear. It's not the Gates Foundation, but the chief scientist of the Gates Foundation Global Health Program, and his annual salary is indeed 5 million."

Lei Jun first posted a Weibo with a photo of him and Chen Yuanguang, and then reposted this Weibo:

"It's hard to believe that someone so young can receive an offer with an annual salary of 5 million US dollars. Before, I said I invited him to join Xiaomi and offered an annual salary of 2.01 million, which was conservative. The unit of annual salary I mentioned was only RMB."

As soon as Lei Jun's Weibo was posted, it instantly reignited the matter.

His Weibo was flooded with netizens. As the number one internet celebrity among entrepreneurs, Lei Jun knew this matter was very popular, but he didn't expect it to be so popular, much more frantic than the netizens asking for prices under Weibo before the launch of Xiaomi's new flagship.

"President Lei, why are you also speaking up for Chen Yuanguang?"

"Where's the evidence? You need evidence to say that."

"Lei Buqun, you wouldn't be helping him explain because he's an alumnus, would you?"

Are these chapters okay? Aren't commercial plots an important part of black technology novels?