Entertainment, I just like making movies

"Chairman, Alibaba's style has always been like this. I heard that every acquisition is done at a premium. Fan Luyuan is a direct senior executive of Alibaba. He must have brought this unhealthy trend to the film and television industry."

Sun Chen, director of Bona's distribution department, sighed and said with a bit of anger.

The practices of Alibaba Pictures and Tengxun Pictures are the same as those of the bathing centers that drove up prices after Douyin came into existence in the previous generation. There is no difference.

One takes advantage of money to hit people, and the other takes advantage of scarcity of resources to raise prices. They are both bastards.

Bona, Huayi, and Guangxian all scorned this method of raising prices.

It’s so untechnical!

At the Huayi headquarters, Wang Zhongjun also cursed, and he and Chen Wu from Tengxun Pictures also scolded each other.

After scolding, Wang Zhongjun shook his head at Chen Guofu and said with a sinister smile: "Look, in the history of Chinese movies for hundreds of years, no one with money can have fun. Alibaba Pictures and Tengxun Pictures, these two troubled Shitsticks are just trying to scare other companies away.”

"Hmph, Fan Luyuan and Chen Wu have thought too much and underestimated our giants!"

I have to say that Wang Zhongjun’s guess was very accurate.

The quotations of Alibaba Pictures and Tengxun Pictures are based on power, hoping to scare away several other film and television companies.

This idea is stupid, very stupid!

The minimum distribution guarantee for a movie can range from two to three billion, to over one billion, and even more, like "The Mermaid," it can reach as high as 2.6 billion.

But no matter how high the price is, it will not deter the four giants from being able to pay for it.

The single-film guarantees for the two movies "A Good Show" and "Havoc in Tianzhu" are only 700 million or 800 million at the top of the sky. I'm afraid!

The current overall size of the film and television industry is not large. Which of the four giants cannot afford big casts and big productions?

For example, the four giants have 2 billion in cash, and Alibaba Pictures and Tengxun Pictures have 10 billion in cash.

It seems that Alibaba Pictures and Tengxun Pictures are big players with big capital, but both sides face the same problem for the two movies, and they only need to spend more than 1 billion in cash.

It’s no use having money. Do Alibaba Pictures and Tengxun Pictures still dare to offer a guarantee of more than 1 billion for a single film?

It's impossible. No matter how much potential Huang Bo and Bao Qiang have, they are not as good as Wu Jing and Xu Zheng, or as good as Jiang Wen and Feng Pong.

Alibaba Pictures dared to offer a guaranteed price of 1 billion for "One Step Away" and would never offer the same price for "A Good Show" and "Havoc in Tianzhu".

Da Sui Dong, Wang Zhongjun, Wang Changtian and others didn't believe it.

The bosses of several major companies, after scolding each other in the office, sneered and continued to quote.

500 million, 520 million, 530 million, 540 million.

Huang Bo and Bao Qiang's team received quotes from major film and television companies one after another, and the prices were higher than the others.

In just one day, the guaranteed box office reached 550 million.

This price was personally quoted by Lin Wei, vice president and director of the distribution department of Hengyu Media.

At the same time, Fang Ziheng, who was far away at the Sanqingshan Film and Television Base, also received calls from Huang Bo and Bao Qiang.

"Haha, I knew you would call me."

"Bozi, don't be stressed. Yes, listen to everyone's quotations!"

"Baoqiang, I know your temper, I understand, I understand, and I also hope that the guarantee will be higher."

"OK, you can always communicate with me if you need anything."

During the phone call, Fang Ziheng said nothing. Instead, he comforted Huang Bo and Bao Qiang, telling them not to feel stressed and not to take into account his personal relationship.

Not to mention that because Hengyu Media controls the movie, the two of them cannot make objective judgments.

In everything, movie revenue comes first!

An understatement, focusing on film revenue first, and a phone call from the standpoint of Huang Bo and Bao Qiang, received very good feedback.

Huang Bo and Bao Qiang were extremely grateful on the phone. They patted their chests and said that they would definitely choose Hengyu at a similar price.

Fang Ziheng was very satisfied with the two people's attitude. He laughed loudly in the movie and made an appointment to eat skewers together after returning to the imperial capital.

He was right about Huang Bo and Bao Qiang. Neither of them were profit-seeking people, and Hengyu Media always had a place in their hearts.

At a similar price, you must choose Hengyu, that’s enough!

In the blink of an eye, two days passed.

While major film and television companies are competing for the guaranteed release of two new films, the film market is booming at a speed visible to the naked eye.

After "The Return of the Great Sage" took in 134 million at the box office on the first day, it went on to win 145 million and 149 million on the second and third days, respectively.

429 million in three days!

"The Return of the Great Sage", with its loud enough IP and near-perfect animation effects, boldly opened the door to Chinese animated films.

In just three days after its release, there was a wave of watching "The Return of the Monkey King" during the Lunar New Year all over the country.

The rise of animated films and the advent of the animation era.

Many original creators and staff engaged in animation and animation, and even young ladies who are not involved in the second dimension, shouted at the top of their lungs for "The Return of the Great Sage".

The happiest person is Wang Wei, the director and president of Tudou Video, a literary young man who loves animation and short videos.

The rise of animated films illustrates a series of issues.

The group of friends who used to sit in front of the TV and watch animations as soon as school was over have grown up and already have a certain amount of spending power.

Animation was the first to take the lead, and cartoons followed closely behind. The essence of Chinese culture can become the creative source of both.

Wang Wei excitedly talked to Fang Ziheng for more than an hour, and held several senior management meetings of Tudou Video.

At the meeting, it was officially decided to put animation and TV series on Tudou Video’s new strategic direction, keeping pace with TV series, variety shows, and online movies.

Currently, Tudou Video has two pillar businesses, TV series and variety shows.

All TV series and variety shows produced by Hengyu Media designate Tudou Video as the exclusive online video broadcast platform.

No matter that Tengxun Video, Youku Video, iQiyi, and LeTV increased their prices, Hengyu Media never sold the copyright and followed the path of Mango TV alone.

And because Tudou Video already owns a huge library of copyrights, after two years of competition, it successfully surpassed Youku and became the number one video website in China.

No way, who let Youku be listed on Nakedas!

Wang Weiyi always wanted to start the other two pillar businesses, online dramas and animation, but was held back by Fang Ziheng several times.

Internet dramas have to be produced, but not now. The difficulty of producing high-quality Internet dramas is comparable to that of theatrical movies. Production costs, teams, and excellent actors are all major problems.

After all, stars above the first and second tiers rarely deign to star in a pure web drama.

As for simultaneous release online and offline, it is simply impossible. Anyone who dares to set this precedent will be torn apart by the theater chain.

Animation series, this is the right time to start.

Last year, Hengyu Media made the decision to develop copyrights for novels and animations as a starting point. It can take greater steps and work hard with Tudou Video to develop the third largest business segment.

With "The Return of the Great Sage" flying, it can indeed create a secondary wind in a short period of time.

However, the quality must be controlled well. The audience is too young, and we cannot harvest leeks by relying on the expectations and hopes of young people.

If you want to do it, you have to do it well!

The blazing film market has slightly eased the film industry's attention on Huang Bo and Bao Qiang's new films, and most of their eyes are on the Lunar New Year movies.

December 1st.

Known as an epic love masterpiece produced by a large cast, "The Wheel" held its world premiere.

Film director Wu Baige appeared with Zhang Ziyi, Jin Chengwu, Huang Xiaoming, Song Qiaohui, Tong Dawei, and Nagasawa Masami, which attracted the attention of all media and guests present.

In the inner court of the National Center for the Performing Arts, endless applause came and resounded throughout the venue.

"Taiping Wheel"!

Wu Baige's masterpiece, which took five years to create, is finally about to be unveiled and meet the audience.

Hundreds of reporters crowded under the center of the stage of the Grand Theater, holding microphones high to ask questions to Wu Baige.

After five years, Wu Baige's new movie was finally released, and it became a hit and became very popular.

Five years!

Director Wu, Director Wu, what have you been doing in the past five years!

The reporters rushed to ask questions, eager to rush to the stage, knock Wu Baige out and take him away.

At this moment, Wu Baige seemed to be enveloped by a halo, and five years would be enough to wipe out the backlash of "Red Cliff".

"Actually, I haven't relaxed in the past five years!"

When faced with reporters' questions, he refused to accept anyone who came, and with a somewhat confident smile, he talked eloquently: "The Waterloo of "Red Cliff" did not shock me. After only two months of rest, I started to work on "Red Cliff". Preparations for "The Taiping Wheel".

After more than 1,600 days and nights, this world-class disaster romance blockbuster was finally released successfully.

The reason why my team and I have spent so long and painstakingly polishing this work over the past five years is to tell the world that Chinese-language films are no worse than Hollywood.

Hollywood can produce "Titanic", and we can also have "Titanic", an Eastern-style disaster love romance!

An epic disaster movie must have an unforgettable romantic love. The movie conveys reality and illusion through the characteristics of the characters, and witnesses the true meaning of love through the rise and fall of history and the changes in world affairs! "

Wu Baige still has the same smell, and it gets louder as soon as it comes in.

It’s as if he’s afraid that others won’t know how awesome he is and how awesome “Tai Ping Wheel” is.

Bang bang bang...

Bang bang bang...

The applause started again, and the guests and the audience gave Wu Baige a lot of face.

"Peace Wheel" has a total investment of 400 million and brings together popular actors from China, Japan and South Korea. Like "Red Cliff", it is divided into two parts.

Moreover, the movie has already been sold and distributed at a guaranteed price. LeTV Films bought out the distribution rights for the first and second movies from Pony Galloping with a guarantee of 800 million.

In addition, in addition to Galloping Pony, China Film and Huayi also participated in the film, each accounting for 15% of the investment share.

In general, including the overseas copyright fees sold, "Taiping Wheel" has recovered three-quarters of the cost ahead of schedule.

Everything that follows has nothing to do with Galloping Horse, China Film, and Huayi. The pressure is on LeTV.

At the scene, LeTV Chairman Jia Yueting attended tonight's premiere ceremony and sat in the front row with LeTV Pictures CEO Zhang Zhao.

Lao Jia was still personable, and there was no hint of urgency on LeTV's face as he looked at the creative team going through the process on the stage with a smile.

Zhang Zhao gently clasped his hands and asked sideways: "Chairman, the price of Huang Bo and Bao Qiang's new film has been increased to 550 million by Hengyu Media. Look..."

"Continue to increase the price, don't be petty, increase it to 600 million in one go, and be sure to get me two new movies!"

Jia Yueting remained motionless, squinting her eyes and looking directly at the stage, and said firmly.

The momentum and attitude were well grasped. Zhang Zhao was stunned for a moment, and the worry deep in his heart that "LeTV will run out of money" disappeared instantly.

A shot of chicken blood that was not chicken blood was absorbed by him, and he had full confidence in LeTV Group.

Behind the two, Hengyu Media and Hengyu Mutual Entertainment came over to support Chang Jihong and Wen Muye who happened to hear what Jia Yueting said.

Chang Jihong blinked and bumped into Wen Muye, asking him to pass the news back.

Wen Mino understood instantly, took out his mobile phone and edited a text message to Zhong Lifang. Then with a shake of his hand, he copied the text message and sent it to Fang Ziheng using WeChat.

In less than ten seconds, Fang Ziheng replied to WeChat.

"Don't listen to Lao Jia's nonsense, they are about to take the pill!"

Wen Muye, Chang Jihong: "."

what's going on?

Who wants pills!

LeTV, Lao Jia, or Zhang Zhao!

hiss..

What did the chairman know?

The two took a breath, looked at each other, and fell silent. They secretly looked at Jia Yueting and Zhang Zhao in the front row.

On the stage, reporters continued to ask questions.

The reporter from Imperial Entertainment grabbed the fourth question and asked Wu Baige an extremely sharp question.

"Thank you, Director Wu, "The Return of the Great Sage" and "The Wheel" are the two most watched movies during the Lunar New Year holiday. The former has a box office of 429 million in three days, and its momentum is huge and unstoppable.

I would like to ask Director Wu, how much do you think the box office of "The Wheel" can be on the first day, and can it maintain the impact of "The Return of the Great Sage"? "

Wow.

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a commotion in the inner court.

Everyone looked towards the center of the stage, staring at Wu Baige, wanting to see how he would answer this question.

"Shou" represents the view of Imperial City Entertainment, as well as the thoughts of most of the guests and the audience at the scene.

The invincible potential of "The Return of the Great Sage" is that the total box office is at least 1 billion, 1.5 billion, 1.6 billion, or even 2 billion is possible.

Subconsciously, everyone placed "Taiping Wheel" at the bottom and didn't have much confidence in the movie's total box office.

The sharp question also made Wu Baige's expression change, his smile faded, and he took a deep look at the reporter from Imperial Entertainment.

grass..

Whoever didn't open the door let you in!

He cursed in his heart, raised the microphone in his hand, looked around and spoke loudly: "I can responsibly tell you that "The Wheel" is definitely a wonderful movie, whether it is the plot, the scenery or the costumes. , the team and I strive for perfection and are committed to creating a high-level, epoch-making masterpiece.

The actors Zi Yi, Cheng Wu, Xiao Ming, Qiao Hui, and Da Wei are also very dedicated, and every performance is impeccable. I believe "Tai Ping Wheel" will definitely satisfy the audience! "

"When it comes to box office, we have discussed it privately and believe that 1.6 billion is not a problem. We can look forward to 2 billion!"

Having said this, Wu Baige turned slightly to look at Zhang Ziyi, Jin Chengwu, and Huang Xiaoming with a smile in his eyes.

1.6 billion!

2000000000!

Zhang Ziyi, Jin Chengwu, Huang Xiaoming, Song Qiaohui, and Tong Dawei's hearts jumped suddenly, and they quickly smiled and nodded.

In their hearts, these people felt like they were being trampled by ten thousand draft horses, making crazy complaints!

I'm crazy...

Director, how come we don’t know your ambitions?

Can you stop pretending and be more real?

Not only the leading actors, but also the reporters, guests, and audiences in the audience were stunned, and some were choked by Wu Baige's awesomeness.

In particular, a group of film and television company executives, including Wang Zhonglei, Song Ge, Chang Jihong, Wen Muye and others, had uncomfortable expressions of wanting to laugh but being embarrassed and holding back.