Chapter 25: The Mysterious Yellow Sky

  Two people partner up to start a company, and the distribution of shares must be negotiated well, this is the biggest prerequisite for cooperation.

  How to divide shares depends on the contribution of both parties.

  All he can afford is one million, and he has nothing else to offer.

  Li Wenhua can invest 700,000 yuan, all his energy, professional knowledge, and sensitivity to the book market. Additionally, although his father is in prison, the publishing network of his vast pirated empire has not been completely destroyed. Those distributors and agents who depend on Li Guiyou for survival have a good relationship with the Li family, even if it's just an interest-based relationship. Li Wenhua also has confidence in pulling some of them into his own camp to improve his distribution network. Although the profit from genuine books is not as high as that from pirated books, as long as they sell well, the quantity can make up for it.

  But Li's culture has all these virtual ones, which are not as real as 1 million. He hesitated a bit, should he want 20% or 30%?

  "In this way, we each take half of the shares, I'll put up the money and you can manage the business." He Mu said his own thoughts.

  "No way, that's too unfair for you." Li Wenhua shook his head in disagreement, thinking that this was more like He Mu being charitable to him.

  "How did I lose out? I'm holding real gold and silver, you're holding real talent and knowledge. Maybe in the end, I'll still come out on top." He absolutely trusted Li Wen Hua's abilities, he seemed to have a natural intuition about what kind of books would be bestsellers. Even when they were in high school, Li Gui You would often follow Li Wen Hua's reading list to decide which books to pirate, and the results were always very profitable.

  "I can accept at most 30%," Li Wenhua said stubbornly. "You're taking on more risk than I am, so you should enjoy greater returns."

  Li Wenhua may look like a smiling Maitreya Buddha, but he can be quite stubborn when he wants to. He Mu retreated a step and said, "Alright, let's split 40-60. If you still don't agree, then forget it, I'll just go my separate way and we won't partner up."

  No big deal, I'll just sell some of my shares to him later, thought He Mu.

  Li Wenhua smiled slightly, "Alright, I'll also take a step back, let's say 35%, and I won't give up a single penny." The money in his hand Li Wenhua still had to keep for tuition fees and living expenses at school, he could no longer rely on his family now.

  "I didn't mean for you to spend money anyway." He Mu and Li Wen Hua's hands clasped together, and the matter was settled just like that.

  He Mu invested 1 million yuan, holding 65% of the company's shares, and Li Wenrui joined with his human resources, holding 35% of the company's shares, to establish a cultural media company engaged in book planning, publishing and sales.

  "What's a good name for this company?" He Mu asked Li Wenhua to take charge.

  Li Wen Hua thought for a moment: "The company name must definitely have my name in it."

  "Nonsense! You're already saying it's Cultural Media Co., Ltd., how could your name not be on it?!"

  "I've got it. I thought of a phrase from a book I read when I was young, let's use that as the company name, I think it sounds very impressive."

  "Could it be 'Jin Ping Mei'?" He Mu covered his mouth, feigning surprise.

  "That was a sex education book. I'm talking about when I was little and just learned to read, my dad gave me a small book - 'Thousand Character Classic'!"

  "What sentence is it from 'Thousand Character Classic'?" He Mu asked with interest.

  "Of course it's the first sentence of the opening."

  "In other words, our company name is..."

  "Yellow is the color of the sky and the earth!"

  ……

  Due to the strict domestic speech regulation, private capital has not been allowed to enter the publishing industry, so more than 540 domestic publishers are state-owned enterprises, among which more than 110 are named after universities and affiliated with famous domestic universities. The China Media University where Li Wen is located also has a publisher under its name, usually publishing university textbooks, which can be considered as one of the profitable points of the school. However, Li Wen knows that their profits are actually very thin, after all, the types of books are too single, basically only for the media majors of this school and some other schools. Although sales are stable, they cannot be compared with those large publishers.

  Li Wenke's Tian Di Xuan Huang Cultural Media Co., Ltd. wants to do is best-selling books, and if they want to make money, it's a good business. As a small company that has not yet been established, relying on a publishing house can support itself, facilitate the auditing of books, and obtain an ISBN number, which is a relatively wise approach, provided that you can help them make money, just like Guo Jingming's Ke Ai Cultural Media Co., Ltd. later relied on the Yangtze River Literature and Art Publishing House. Therefore, Li Wenke also began to frequently contact the Communication University of China Press while registering the company.

  As a school celebrity, Li Wen Hua had many conveniences when starting his business. When the open-minded school leaders learned that he wanted to start his own cultural company, they only encouraged him not to neglect his studies and then gave him the green light all the way. Even some of the company's procedures were handled by the Communication University of China Press, which made Li Wen Hua full of energy and enthusiasm for the future.

  When Li began to build the team of Tian Di Xuan Huang, another partner of the company, He Mu, had already arrived at Hu Lang Company. After meeting his teammates, he would start his formal journey in the entertainment circle.

  In the small conference room of the company, Datang introduced his entire team members to him.

  The first to be introduced is Dolly, a man in his thirties, a well-known image designer and beautician in China, who used to be the chief image consultant of Xin Si Lu male model. Recently, he attended an event in Paris, which was what Da Tang had been waiting for. He is now the image consultant of He Mu, fully responsible for He Mu's styling in public.

  Don't be misled by his name, Dolly is actually a man, but he's not exactly a pure guy either. He almost got He Mu confused with his elaborate attire and heavily made-up face, and nearly called out "sister", but fortunately stopped himself in time and changed it to "brother".

  Seeing Dolly's attitude, He Mu was very worried. If he wanted He Mu to follow his route, would He Mu rather die than obey or simply break the appointment?

  The second one is named Hu Man, about 30 years old, not talkative and smiling, looking very powerful. According to Da Tang, this Miss Hu was poached by Xiao Zong from Zhong Qian De Long Brokerage Company at a high price, now serving as his chief of public relations, responsible for his image positioning and publicity planning.

  The beautiful woman with big eyes beside Hu Man is Cao Qian, who is in charge of media relations. Later, she will be responsible for helping He Mu deal with the media.

  The last one looked young and seemed to have just graduated from school, a girl named Mi Min, was He Mu's assistant, responsible for He Mu's daily life and work-related matters.

  Dolly, Hu Man, Cao Qian and Mi Min, plus the overall controller Da Tang, this is the entire brokerage team surrounding He Mu, giving people a feeling of being overly yin and weak yang, especially Dolly who is really good at being sinister.

  Everyone has met each other, but they haven't particularly understood yet, especially their understanding of He Mu is limited to superficial things. To develop the most suitable development route for He Mu and create a unique star brand image, in addition to considering the current market demand and company resources, the most important thing is still to see what qualifications the star has.

  "What are your strengths or what are the unique shining points about you?" Now that they had entered the work program, Qī Xuan Huò Màn started asking questions, "Apart from being handsome."

  He murmured to himself for a moment, then launched into a torrent of words like beans pouring out of a bamboo tube: "First of all, I'm a practitioner's son. I've been following my grandfather in practicing Bajiquan since I was a kid. Let me tell you, when I was only four years old..."

  Xiao put in a sentence after He Mu finished speaking: "This is true, his brother is known as 'thousand people enemy' in our army, although it's a bit exaggerated, but one can still take down ten, Xiao Mu's family learning is profound, that's not bragging."

  "But I didn't practice much after I was 12 years old, I had some foundation, but definitely not as good as my brother. At that time, I started to like painting, a classmate's father was a middle school art teacher, so I followed him to learn painting, including Chinese painting, sketching, oil painting, and calligraphy."

  Xiao Fang sighed, what a pity. But Hu Man nodded, able to write and fight, not bad at all. Although He Mu's education was only high school, his cultural cultivation seemed to be quite good, even better than some university-educated celebrities who looked more refined.

  "I also like food, and my cooking skills are not bad. My friends all like the dishes I cook, especially meat dishes. By the way, my dad used to be a butcher, and now he runs a meat processing factory." He Mu said frankly.

  Xiao Fang nodded, five years ago he sent He Zao back home, He's father had just transformed from a butcher to a boss, taking over a poorly managed meat processing plant in the city, and the He family transitioned from being moderately well-off to being relatively wealthy.

  Hu Man's pen paused for a moment, and he said, "In the future, don't proactively mention your family in front of the media, especially your father's previous occupation. I don't have any other meaning, it's just that the entertainment circle is a flashy and extravagant circle. If some things are known by the media, it will hinder you from integrating into this circle, and it will also cause trouble for your family."

  He nodded slightly with a hint of disdain on his face, but he had never looked down on his father's profession. However, Hu Man's words also made some sense.

  "Anything else? Special talents, hobbies, or even some small quirks are all fair game." Hu Man guided.

  "I like reading books, especially history ones. I think my writing is also okay, and I persist in writing a diary every day."

  Originally we would have opened a blog for you and had Mi Min help you write it, but since you think your writing is decent, just do it yourself, who knows, maybe you can become a talented writer.

  Blogging is very popular now, especially after celebrities like Xu Jinglei, Han Han and Pan Shiyi started their blogs, attracting a large number of readers, becoming a beautiful thing in the cultural entertainment industry. Gradually, blogs have also become one of the bridges for stars to expand their influence and communicate with fans.

  He Mu then went on to talk about his various hobbies and specialties, and it's hard not to say that He Mu's interests are indeed diverse and quirky, with many bright spots. He even knows a few tricks of the trade in acrobatics and traditional magic, which Hu Man carefully recorded for future reference when making plans. At the same time, he thought to himself that He Mu was indeed extraordinary, no wonder Old Master Xiao treated him like a treasure...

  Although our ranking on the list has been falling again, and urban novels have fallen out of the top ten, far from last week's performance, Lao Fo can hold on and will seriously complete each chapter. We are a niche novel with a small reader base, which is unavoidable. This week, we haven't been recommended yet, but Lao Fo still hopes that everyone can save their votes for "Big Arm". The results do not affect Lao Fo's writing attitude, but they do affect the readers' confidence in "Big Arm". Now it's already the third week of "Big Arm", and our days on the list are numbered. Lao Fo thanks you here~ Third update is presented~