At Chang'an Club, Zhang Ran met with Wu Ruide of Idg to discuss the issue of shares redemption.

Two years ago, Zhang Ran mortgaged his creative advertising shares to IGG and borrowed 20 million US dollars from IGG. The two parties agreed to repay 30 million within two years. If Zhang Ran is unable to repay, the shares belong to IGG.

After sitting down, Wu Ruide spoke first: "I just read the newspaper. Your movie "The Aviator" won 11 nominations at the Golden Horse Awards. Congratulations!"

Zhang Ran smiled and waved his hand: "There is nothing to congratulations. If it weren't for Hou Hsiao-hyun's call to invite me, I wouldn't have thought about registering. Let's talk about the serious business. The two-year agreed time will be soon. I have enough funds in my hand. It's time to redeem the shares!"

Wu Ruide sighed and said, "What I don't want most now is that you will pay back the money! The preparation for the creative advertisement is almost done, and it will be launched in December! As soon as you repay the money, the cooked duck will fly!"

Zhang Ran smiled and said, "Don't just see the immediate benefits. I said at the beginning that I will start the first step of my own planning almost a year and a half, or two years later. Now I have enough funds, but what I said at the beginning is still valid. If you invest ten million US dollars, I will give you 5% of the shares."

Wu Ruide was stunned: "Oh, the conditions you need are ripe?"

Zhang Ran smiled and nodded: "I originally planned to do this at the beginning of this year, but because I was going to film "The Aviator", it has been delayed until now!"

Wu Ruide shook his head. If it were him, he would definitely do the project first: "You really like movies!"

Zhang Ran said: "Walter Disney once said that I am not making movies for money, I am making money for more movies. My idea is similar to him. I am not making movies for money, I am making money for movies I want to make.”

Wu Ruide said: "You always said that the conditions were not ripe, but you refused to disclose them more. Can you tell me what conditions are now?"

Zhang Ran did not hide it: "Broadband technology has been popularized now; lash technology has been popularized, and its market share has reached 92%; video equipment and technology have also begun to become popular. These are the three conditions I need!"

Wu Ruide immediately reacted: "Do you want to make a video?"

Zhang Ran nodded secretly. Wu Ruide had a good vision and raised his thumb and said, "Yes, a website that is as simple as possible, easy to use as possible, uploaded in the shortest time, and will never go down." He was not afraid of leaking his plans. If someone works on a video website with him at the same time, he believed that his opponent would not be able to do it.

Wu Ruide's eyes lit up, and his eyes were indeed amazing. He had expected all this two years ago and said sincerely: "I believe that I will succeed if you do it!"

Zhang Ran has been working in film and television websites for several years before, and he is indeed confident in doing this: "My interest is movies, and it is not what I want to do. Actually, I am looking for you today. In addition to paying back the money as agreed, there is another reason. In August, I registered a company and mainly engaged in genuine film and television dramas. In the past month, I have been busy with the acquisition of film and television dramas. I need someone to manage this company. This person must understand the Internet and study the film industry as well as the best."

As an angel investor of IDG, Wu Ruide maintains close contact with domestic Internet companies. He knows many executives of the company: "You want me to help you find an eO. If you only ask that those who understand the Internet are easy to find, such as Cao Guowei from Xinlang, and those who only understand movies are easy to find, such as Gao Jun from Xinying League, but they know almost nothing about both. After all, the Internet and movies are completely different industries, and this is too fragmented!"

Zhang Ran took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "I know one!"

Wu Ruide thought to himself that you could just find him, so why did you come to me? Suddenly, a light of inspiration passed by in my mind: "You are not talking about me, are you?"

Zhang Ran smiled and said, "I just like to talk to smart people and don't waste words."

Wu Ruide smiled and shook his head: "I am a lazy person. I am too tiring to run a business. It is suitable for me to be an angel investor. And I have no management experience. You are looking for the wrong person for me!"

Zhang Ran initially planned to wait for the company to have a certain scale before finding a professional manager to do eO. However, now he found that it was not possible, and LeTV's website was launched; and LeTV's vice president was a CCTV person before, with very strong connections. Qiu Yuanxu encountered certain resistance in the acquisition work, and he could not spare time in the company's management. So Zhang Ran planned to find a professional manager to be responsible for the company's operations, and Qiu Yuanxu was responsible for the film and television part.

However, Zhang Ran had never found a suitable person until the repayment date of IDG was approaching, and he suddenly thought that Wu Ruide was an excellent candidate.

Zhang Ran said lightly: "It doesn't matter if you don't have experience. Jack Ma and Ma Huateng didn't have experience at the beginning. You have not thought about building a business, but you just haven't waited for the right opportunity. If you were asked to be Tencent's eO and Alibaba's president, would you refuse?"

Wu Ruide said bluntly: "You can't refuse. But your company is not Tencent or Alibaba!"

Zhang Ran was not angry and smiled and said, "At the beginning of Tencent's establishment, Ma Huateng wanted to sell QQ by 1 million, but the senior executives of China.com and Sina refused. In the end, Ma Huateng had to continue doing it himself, which led to Tencent today! Let me ask you a question, compare the Internet to a chaotic world, and now the heroes are rising together, competing for the world. How many people do you think can become kings?

Wu Ruide pondered: "Shanda has been listed on the Nasdaq in the United States, and now it has a net worth of more than one billion US dollars. Now he has a large amount of funds and wants to build his own empire, he can be king! Alibaba's Jack Ma is the leader of e-commerce, no one can defeat him, he can become king! Tencent's Ma Huateng has hundreds of millions of users, which is his biggest capital in the world; Xinlang is the first portal, and the influence cannot be underestimated, NetEase's Ding Lei and Sohu's Zhang Chaoyang are not underestimated!"

Zhang Ran shook his head slightly: "Chen Tianqiao is a master of capital, but he is not a down-to-earth person. He is too gambled. Now he concentrates all his strength and is preparing to build the Internet Disney. This is another gambling. He won the bet on "Legend", but can he still win this time? I deeply doubt it. Shanda's core is games, but the games are basically not developed by Shanda itself, and it is difficult to form a real competitive advantage. On the contrary, Baidu's search, Tencent's social networking, and Alibaba's e-commerce are all basic functions in the Internet era, so I believe that they will divide the world in the future. Speaking of this, Zhang Ran paused, stared at Wu Ruide, and said seriously: "But we also have advantages that others can't match. If we can develop steadily, we have a chance to divide the world in four!"

Wu Ruide was stunned: "Then what are your advantages?"

Zhang Ran smiled and started talking slowly.

The two talked for nearly four hours, from the Internet to film and television, online to offline, and from China to Hollywood. During these four hours, Zhang Ran used his deception skills to the extreme, which could make everyone alive.

Wu Ruide is the manager of IDC and an angel investor. He has seen all kinds of fools. In his opinion, Zhang Ran is a little different from these fools. His understanding of the Internet is a terrible level. More importantly, he has an extremely clear understanding of what he needs to do, knowing where his advantages lies and where his shortcomings lies.

Wu Ruide has never been a person who can easily admit defeat. He has a sense of arrogance, but after talking about these four hours, he was really convinced by Zhang Ran. He really couldn't understand why a person from the director department had such in-depth research on the Internet? Apart from genius, he really couldn't think of a better reason!

If it was the Three Kingdoms era, Wu Ruide would probably hold his fists and shout that his lord was on the way.

Wu Ruide took a sip of coffee, looked at Zhang Ran, and talked deeply: "Do you know what you feel?"

Zhang Ran pondered: "Do you think I am a monster?"

Wu Ruide couldn't help laughing: "So you know it yourself, too?"

Zhang Ran smiled and said, "I just thought a little more than others. I am serious. In fact, you and I are the same type of people. We are not willing to be mediocre. If you work with me, you can get what you want!"

Wu Ruidedao: "My position and rights?"

Zhang Ran smiled and said, "I am the chairman. You serve as the president and eO. You are fully responsible for the company's daily management, long-term strategy, group operations, foreign investment and capital operations, etc.!"

Wu Ruide had no expression on his face, but just nodded firmly: "Then thank you, Mr. Zhang for your trust, I will definitely live up to my expectations. By the way, I don't know what the company is called?"

Zhang Ran said: "The peak of the century!"

In this way, nearly two months after Century Peak was established, the core management personnel finally finalized. Zhang Ran served as chairman, Wu Ruide served as president and eO, and Qiu Yuanxu served as vice president. Wu Ruide was in charge of the website, Qiu Yuanxu was in charge of the film and television part, and Zhang Ran was the boss of the hand-off.

In terms of treatment, Zhang Ran did not treat Wu Ruide badly, offered an annual salary of one million and a share option of 2 million.

After the matter was finalized, Zhang Ran took Wu Ruide to visit Century Peak. The company's office address was in Zhongguancun Science and Technology Park, and was in the same building as Tiangong Chongcai. However, at this moment, the entire company was empty except for the four big signs with the words "Century Peak" hanging at the door, and there was not even a table.

Wu Ruide was a little stunned. He thought that the company had been established for more than a month and at least the prototype should have been. Now it seems that it is still in an embryonic state! He couldn't help but ask: "Can I ask, do I have many people in the company now?"

Zhang Ran smiled and said, "You, me, Qiu Yuanxu!"

Wu Ruide almost spit out a mouthful of old blood. There were only three people in the entire company, one chairman, one president, and the other vice president. This was even more leather bag than a leather bag company!

Seeing Wu Ruide's face was depressed, Zhang Ran hugged his shoulder and smiled, "Why, does it feel like he is falling into a pit?"

Do you know too? Wu Ruide looked at Zhang Ran speechlessly and said, "I feel like I've fallen into the fire pit! Forget it, it's good, from nothing to something, it's more fulfilling to do it little by little!" He looked up at the sign of the peak of the century. Seeing this sign seemed to see a future big company rising.

Although Wu Ruide has no experience in managing a company, he has been an angel investor for several years and has invested in many Internet companies. In a very short time, he recruited a group of people with online video experience and started the website construction work.

Zhang Ran has always believed that directors are much more important than stars for film companies. In 2005, Orange Sky almost hollowed out Huayi's actors. Many people thought that Orange Sky would rise strongly, and Huayi would not recover. However, just five years later, Orange Sky was finished, and Huayi became the leader of domestic film and television. The difference is that Huayi has a director led by Feng Xiaogang. The stars were poached and they could continue to praise them; while Orange Sky has stars, but there is no good director and cannot produce good works, so the stars can only gradually get out of date. So after the company officially opened, the first thing at the peak of the century was to sign a contract with Ning Hao.

After completing the signing, Ning Hao quickly put his new film plan in front of Zhang Ran and the others. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!