The Paper reporter Fan Jialai
After the TV series version of "Three-Body Problem" became popular, the IP copyright owner "Three-Body Problem" received widespread attention from the outside world.
On February 6, The Paper exclusively learned that the content development and commercial derivatives of "Three-body" exclusive copyright party Three-Body Universe (Shanghai) Cultural Development Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Three-Body Universe") will have a major equity change. The establishment of a new company plans to acquire the equity of Santi Universe, with the goal of attracting more high-quality investors to jointly build Santi IP.
A person close to Three Body Universe revealed that Chengdu Siyuan Enterprise Management Company (hereinafter referred to as "Chengdu Siyuan") has been established in 2022, and will acquire the existing equity of Three Body Universe Company and become the company's major shareholder, with a shareholding ratio expected to reach 70%. %.
The internal management and corporate structure of Trisolaris will not change accordingly.
YOOZOO affiliates are no longer shareholders
The reporter's query on the Tianyancha APP shows that the current major shareholder of Chengdu Siyuan is Anji Shundian Equity Investment Partnership (Limited Partnership), with a shareholding ratio of 95.97%, followed by Hangzhou Huaxing Venture Communication Technology Co., Ltd., with a shareholding ratio of 3.84%. The three major shareholders are Chengdu Singer Enterprise Management Co., Ltd., with a shareholding ratio of 0.19%.
According to the Tianyancha APP, Zhao Jilong, the current CEO of Three Body Universe, is one of the shareholders of Chengdu Singer, holding 50% of the shares.
The above-mentioned person told the reporter that Chengdu Siyuan, which is currently established, has introduced multi-party investment and will improve the existing equity structure of Three Body Universe.
"The Three-Body Problem" is one of the masterpieces of Chinese science fiction writer Liu Cixin.
In 2018, Lynch, the founder of Youzu Networks (002174), led the acquisition of the copyright of "Three-Body Problem", becoming the sole copyright owner of "Three-Body Problem", and specially established Three-Body Universe to promote and implement IP projects.
In 2020, Lynch died unexpectedly, which made the adaptation of "Three-Body Problem" full of variables.
According to Tianyancha APP, currently the largest shareholder of Santi Universe is Shanghai Qixin Yongyan Investment Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Shanghai Qixin Yongyan"), with a shareholding ratio of 59.15%. Shanghai Qixin Yongyan is owned by Shanghai Youzu Technology Group Co., Ltd. holds 100% of the shares, and Youzu Technology is an affiliated company of Youzu Network.
The second largest shareholder is Suzhou Santi Jianjian Enterprise Management Center (Limited Partnership) (hereinafter referred to as "Suzhou Santi"), with a shareholding ratio of 17.1%. Zhao Jilong is the major shareholder of Suzhou Santi, with a shareholding ratio of 99%.
Shanghai Kuanyu Digital Technology Co., Ltd. (ie Station B) holds 5% of the shares.
In addition, Lin Xiaoxi, Lin Ruijing, and Lin Li, the children of Lin Qi, the former CEO of Youzu Network, hold a total of 14.25% of the shares of Three Body Universe.
According to The Paper reporter, after Chengdu Siyuan’s acquisition of Three Body Universe is completed, there will be no Youzu affiliated companies among the shareholders of Three Body Universe.
Three-body IP market value accumulatively reaches 2 billion yuan
It is worth noting that, before the three-body universe changed the company's equity, Youzu Network also experienced equity changes.
In January of this year, Youzu Network announced that Lin Xiaoxi, Lin Ruijing, Lin Li, the heirs of the company's original controlling shareholder and actual controller Lin Qi, and their legal guardian XU FENFEN (Chinese name: Xu Fenfen) and Shanghai Jiayou Enterprise Management Partnership , signed the "Share Transfer Framework Agreement" on December 30, 2022. The transferor intends to transfer the 113 million shares it holds (accounting for 12.34% of the total share capital) to Shanghai Jiayou through agreement transfer.
The announcement shows that after the completion of the share transfer, Shanghai Jiayou will become the largest shareholder of Youzu Network.
Previously, Youzu Network announced that some of the shares of companies under the names of Lin Xiaoxi, Lin Ruijing, and Lin Li had been re-frozen by the judiciary. The equity ratio is 10.23%.
The starting date is December 7, 2022.
Although it is the "incubator" of the three-body universe, Yoozoo Network is not responsible for the IP adaptation of the three-body universe.
In 2021, Youzu Networks responded to investors’ questions about the “Three-Body Problem” on the Interactive Platform of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange for many times, saying that the companies under the shareholders of the Three-Body Universe Company are not the main body of the listed company system, and listed companies have obtained the “Three-Body Problem” through authorization. The game adaptation rights; the filming of the "Three-Body" TV series has nothing to do with the listed company; the company does not own the "Three-Body" series of novels, film and television drama adaptation rights.
According to the above-mentioned sources, the equity change of Three Body Universe has nothing to do with Youzu Network.
What is the current revenue of Trisolaris?
According to public information, as of 2022, the market value of three-body IP commercial operation projects including consumption and experience has accumulated to 2 billion.
Previously, the company has launched "Three-Body Problem" radio drama and audio novels, animation "My Three-Body Problem" and other works.
In an interview with The Paper reporter before, Zhao Jilong once said that IP incubation takes time, and the early stage is a process of continuous accumulation of investment.
"In the past two years, we have seen that the 'Three Body' IP has achieved considerable returns purely from a financial point of view, including commercial licensing business, which is also the leader in the domestic IP licensing field. I am still very confident in the overall situation. "