Entertainment, I just like making movies

Wang Zhongjun's confusion also lingered in the minds of Wang Changtian and Li Ziming.

The three of them are traditional filmmakers. They are very good at producing and distributing movies, and they also have a lot of experience.

But they are blind to the pan-entertainment path taken by Tengxun, Alibaba and Baidu.

The three companies looked at their dizzying operations and were confused.

The three of them were curious and looked at Fang Ziheng expectantly, hoping that he could answer their questions.

"Film and television IP is just one of them."

"As the domestic people's demand for cultural products has increased in recent years, in addition to the booming development of movies, TV series, and variety shows, many animation, online novels, and games have also ushered in new developments!"

As a company that started off by relying on social platforms and games, Tengxun will naturally not let go of these areas.

The businesses in Tengxun's entertainment segment mainly fall into four categories, namely Tengxun games, Tengxun animation, Tengxun literature and Tengxun Pictures.

I don’t need to say more about games. The literature section, animation, and film and television sections are the focus of Tengxun’s future development! "

“Literature is the source of creation. With these novel websites, Teng Xun will have endless resources, whether it is developing games, film and television dramas, or animations.

With Tengxun's leading position in social platforms, even with huge traffic, it can create a number of hit IPs! "

Fang Ziheng spoke calmly and explained Teng Xun's layout in the field of entertainment.

At the beginning of this year, Tengxun Animation was established, and subsequently launched a large-scale copyright cooperation with Xiaozhi Shueisha, and won the online copyright of 11 classic comics.

The exclusively introduced comic works include "Naruto", "One Piece", "Saint Seiya" and many other works, laying the foundation for the development of Tengxun animation industry.

This time Tengxun has won many novel websites, not only to open up the film and television IP link, but also to open up all channels of pan-entertainment.

With each popular novel IP, we develop various peripheral industries such as games, film and television, animation, and novel publishing.

After hearing Fang Ziheng's popular science, the three of them suddenly realized.

Wang Changtian pushed up his glasses and revealed a hint of his original expression: "Looking at it this way, the routes taken by Tengxun, Alibaba, and Baidu are very similar to Director Fang's Hengyu Media!"

"Hengyu Media Group has businesses that the three companies have, and Hengyu Media Group also has businesses that the three companies don't have."

"Movies, TV series, variety shows, games, novels, video websites, special effects companies, theaters, artist agents, and any industry related to entertainment, Hengyu Media owns them all."

Wang Changtian said while counting on his fingers.

It’s not that I don’t know, it’s just that I was shocked.

While they were still lamenting the tyranny of the three Internet gangsters, Fang Ziheng unknowingly invested in so many businesses, completely opening up Tengxun and Alibaba to create a pan-entertainment industry circle.

Upon hearing this, Wang Zhongjun and Li Ziming blinked twice and could not regain their senses for a long time.

Damn it.

The true God is by their side!

Novel IP incubation, film and television production, publicity and distribution, video playback, game special effects, Hengyu really has no shortage of any one of them.

What's even more frightening is that Hengyu has made these projects the best in the industry, and its achievements are beyond the reach of traditional film and television companies like them.

Wang Zhongjun touched his chin, looked at Fang Ziheng with a look of new understanding, and said in a tentative tone: "Director Fang, is Hengyu Media taking too many routes?

It’s not my brother’s fault to talk too much. There are so many fields and no company can have enough energy to take care of them. "

In his heart, he had already made a small calculation.

He was thinking whether the Huayi brothers should also take a stake in one or two novel websites.

Forget about video websites, that thing is too expensive!

Fang Ziheng didn't know Wang Zhongjun's calculations, so he smiled and shook his head and said: "Hengyu mainly produces movies, TV series, and variety shows. The other businesses are small and small, selling peripheral products to earn some pocket money."

Pocket money!

Thank you for saying it!

We really don’t think we know the situation of Tudou Video, Qidian Chinese website, and Hengyu Games, right?

Wang Zhongjun and Wang Changtian rolled their eyes and wished they could kick him.

They had seen pretentious people before, but this was the first time they had seen Fang Ziheng's pretense.

As the topic came to this, naturally it couldn't go on any further.

Li Ziming pointed to the lounge and invited a few people to sit there for a while. He was the oldest and his calf couldn't stand standing and chatting all the time.

Immediately, the four of them came to the lounge, lit a cigarette and continued talking.

Li Ziming remembered that a few days ago, Liu Debing, the head of Baoliwanhe Cinemas, reported to him on recent business, one of which was related to Hengyu Media.

"Director Fang, I suddenly remembered that you recently established a company."

"Director Li is talking about the Big Dipper Publishing Company, right?" Fang Ziheng smiled and took the initiative to take up the topic.

"Yes, it's the Big Dipper!"

Li Ziming took a long puff of cigarette, gave a thumbs up and said in admiration: "Director Fang is so courageous. He united with the four major theater chains to establish a distribution company, and controlled 25% of the country's theater chains in one fell swoop."

The reason why he said this was because Liu Debing reported to him that Hengyu occupies the majority shareholder position in Beidou Qixing Distribution Company and handed over the distribution rights of two movies to this company.

Since the four theater chains did not participate in film production, the newly established Big Dipper Distribution Company had to rely on Hengyu Media to deliver film projects in the initial stage.

In this way, Hengyu has monopolized the power and easily owns a publishing company that is among the best in the country.

If Big Dipper develops in the future and releases more than ten movies a year, it will be fine, and the four theater chains can follow suit to make money.

If it doesn't develop, it's over.

The new company became a subsidiary of Hengyu Media, and the four theater chains also became working for him, Fang Ziheng!

At that time, Hengyu will send a few movies every year to sign a low-price distribution ratio, and only pay a small part of the profits to call on the four major theaters to increase the number of movies.

Li Ziming only realized the situation after listening to Liu Debing's detailed report.

He couldn't point out the problem directly, so he could only ask Liu Debing to build a good relationship with Fang Ziheng, develop Beidou Seven Stars, and build the reputation of this distribution company, so as to attract many film projects released every year by many producers in the industry.

Old fox!

The old paper has divided the distribution interests of the two movies, and it is still not satisfied.

One look at Li Ziming's expression, and Fang Ziheng guessed what he meant.

"Don't worry, Director Li, Beidou Qixing is committed to promoting more excellent film projects and is not a distribution company of any one person."

"In the future, in addition to Hengyu Media's films, Beidou will also contact other film producers in the industry to help them promote their films to theaters across the country."

"Haha, that's good. I'll wait for the day when the Big Dipper becomes famous."

Li Ziming laughed and tacitly ignored the topic.

Fang Ziheng and Hengyu Media are not what they used to be. Even if he is the vice director of Baoli Group in charge of the film and television industry, he can only greet each other with a smile and cannot easily manipulate each other.

By then, Wang Zhongjun and Wang Changtian were watching the show silently, thinking that Fang Ziheng had finally done something stupid.

He actually gave up the profits from the distribution of two movies and generously distributed tens of millions of banknotes.

The total box office of "Strategy of the Exes" is at least 380 million. Based on 10% of the distribution, it will have a distribution profit of at least 30 million.

Another "National Security 1", this movie has three linked TV series as a boost, the total box office is probably higher than "The Expedition", and the distribution profit is at least 40 million.

Fang Ziheng opened his mouth and directly gave away 70 million in profits.

It’s grand enough and stupid enough!

The corners of their mouths raised, and their moods were visibly relaxed.

Fang Ziheng lowered his eyes and didn't care at all about the two people's reactions. He was too stupid to look at the future.

It's only 70 million, he can afford it.

As long as the four major theater chains and the Hengyu Alliance can be stabilized, it doesn't matter if they give away 70 million every year.

No matter how awesome you Wang Zhongjun is, you still have to bow to the theater chain and take the initiative to increase the theater chain's bill sharing ratio, so that the theater chain will increase the number of movies released by Huayi.

7 p.m.

At the beginning of the premiere, Lin Chaoxian came to the front stage with Zhang Yi, Wang Ou, Louis Koo, and Guo Tao.

As the host stirred up the atmosphere, Fang Ziheng and Li Ziming also came on stage to say a few words.

Both "Drug War" and "National Security 1" are invested by Paul Li Group, and Li Ziming is one of the producers of the two films.

The themes of both films involve gunfights and require police assistance.

Baoli's brand is strong, and with Baoli's help, the film encountered almost no problems from project establishment to filming and release.

"Director Lin is a senior director that I admire very much. He has unique insights and arrangements in presenting gunfights in movies.

I have watched "Drug War" in advance, and I can tell you responsibly that this is a thrilling police and gangster shootout movie that can stand up to scrutiny! "

Fang Ziheng blew the water and boasted about Lin Chaoxian and "Drug War", and finally returned to his seat with unsatisfied feelings.

At half past seven, the movie was shown on time.

The opening of the movie is different from the original version. It does not show the scene of human body movement immediately, but gives the perspective to Louis Koo.

At the beginning of the new version of "Drug War", Louis Koo's DU manufacturing factory had a problem and a big explosion occurred. He narrowly escaped death and drove a vehicle to escape.

The police received the report and rushed to the scene of the explosion.

In the second act, a bus on the highway appeared, and a criminal gang carrying human bodies appeared.

The anti-drug captain played by Zhang Yi received a text message and the team told him that an explosion occurred in a factory, suspected to be a dupe manufacturing factory.

Just when Zhang Yi frowned and thought, the bus arrived at the toll station, and the criminal leader jumped off the bus and ran away when he saw that the situation was not going well.

The police have already laid out a dragnet to bring all criminals to justice.

In the hospital, Zhang Yi accidentally saw Louis Koo who had crashed into a car. His professional instinct allowed him to see the bad scars on the other person's face.

This is a DU vendor!

Since then, the two lines have converged, not only explaining the antecedents, but also laying out the subsequent plot.

After Fang Ziheng's refinement, the suspenseful atmosphere of "Drug War" has been raised by a notch, and the gunfight scenes have also become several levels more grand.

The production budget of the original version was less than 20 million, and the investment of 50 million for this version can completely arrange a large-scale gun battle.

The ending of the movie has also been changed accordingly.

There is no bloody version of the original version. The police paid a certain amount of sacrifice and dispatched special police to kill all DU with thunderous force.

The plot of the original version is too shabby, just like a Hong Kong police movie.

In the Mainland, there is no room for rampant DU dealers. No matter how arrogant or powerful the criminal gang is, once they are caught by the police, they will be on the street.

………

Two hours later, the movie ended.

In the screening room, the audience breathed a long sigh of relief and could not extricate themselves from the exciting gun battle in the movie.

"It was so exciting. The long street shootout at the end was a masterpiece!"

"That's amazing, my brother. I never thought that the mainland could produce fierce gun battles that are not inferior to those in Hong Kong movies!"

"Have you noticed that "Drug War" is more reasonable than the Hong Kong film? After one round of bullets is fired, both the police and DU dealers have to change bullets!"

"It should be made according to real logic. Hong Kong police and gangster movies are unreasonable. Dozens of bullets are fired from the pistol, and you will be afraid of ghosts!"

Along with the endless applause, the audience also started talking, and they were very satisfied with tonight's visual feast.

On the first row of seats.

Lin Chaoxian stood up slowly and secretly clenched his fists.

The audience's reaction gave him hope.

With "Drug War", he will definitely be able to establish a foothold in the mainland film industry, or even go further.

This hope was brought to him by the young people beside him.

Lin Chaoxian turned around, looked at Fang Ziheng, and solemnly thanked him: "Director Fang, thank you for giving me the opportunity."

"Director Lin, you're welcome. I'm here for mutual win-win cooperation."

Fang Ziheng waved his hands and said with a smile on his face: "The movie is very good. With an investment of 50 million, it has been produced to the level of over 100 million. I believe it won't be long before I will hold a celebration banquet for Director Lin."

Lin Chaoxian smiled. He also hoped to hold a box office celebration party for the movie he directed, as Fang Ziheng said.

"Director Fang, how much box office do you think the movie can have?"

At this time, Zhang Yi, Wang Ou, and Louis Koo came forward. Wang Ou stared at Fang Ziheng with charming eyes and asked crisply.

"Five billion!"

Fang Ziheng turned his palm over and said with a smile: "My minimum box office bottom line for "Drug War" is 500 million. If it cannot reach 500 million, it means that your starring role does not have enough box office appeal!"

hiss..

Several people held their breath and looked at each other.

Five hundred million!

A number that is not too high, but not too low either.

Looking around today, any movie that can exceed 500 million is famous.

Can "Drug War" really break 500 million?

Not only Zhang Yi, Wang Ou, and Louis Koo, but also director Lin Chaoxian is also very active and looking forward to the movie.

As for saying that it was their starring role that failed to break the 500 million mark, they did not accept it and automatically filtered it out as a joke.

After the premiere.

As usual, Hengyu Media arranged a dinner at a nearby hotel to thank the guests who came to support the event.

Fang Ziheng drank a few drinks, chatted with Lin Chao for a long time, and took the initiative to invite him to join Hengyu Media.

Lin Chaoxian was a little moved, but stopped thinking about joining Hengyu, saying that he would wait until the movie's total box office came out before watching it.

However, he patted his chest and expressed his position, saying that he was definitely not waiting for a price, but hoped to join Hengyu in a decent way.

He is from Hong Kong Island and hopes to announce his arrival to the mainland through a movie first.

This kind of mentality, Fang Zihengdong!

Just like Xu Ke who filmed "Detective Dee: The Empire of Heaven", Lin Chaoxian also has a sense of pride like his mentor.

I always feel that if I don’t prove my worth when I come to the Mainland for the first time, I will be inferior to the Mainland people.

"Well, I'll wait for Director Lin's reply on the day of the celebration party."

Fang Ziheng smiled understandingly, had a drink with Lin Chaoxian, and then ended the dinner trip.

Lin Chaoxian is a master director of gunfight films, and he is an indispensable one in Hengyu Media's director territory.

Fang Ziheng is very optimistic about Lin Chaoxian and hopes that he can shoot a gunfight-type movie on his behalf.

It's okay to wait and give the other party a step up and a buffer period.

Alibaba Pictures Headquarters!

At executive meetings.

Zhang Qiang's face was solemn, and he held a copy of the zero-point box office and first-day box office data of "Drug War" in his hand.

On his left and right sides, Zhang Wei, Gu Yong, and Deng Kangming were sitting.

In front of the three of them, one person had a high-end laptop computer and was browsing reports and comments about "War on Drugs" from the media and audiences.

Reports on the Internet are almost unanimously positive.

If nothing else happens, "Drug War" will be another small blockbuster movie that uses small things to make big things.

Everyone knows what Zhang Wei and the other three are thinking, and they want to block Heng Yu's new movie.

However, Zhang Qiang had a different idea. He put down the A4 data sheet, clicked his knuckles, and said in a solemn voice: "The box office at midnight is 4.6 million, and the box office on the first day is 45 million!"

“Three of you, I think it’s necessary to remind you that one of the producers of “Drug War” is the Baoli Group.

We at Alibaba Pictures cannot afford to offend this company! "