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Arrived at the viewing area smoothly.

The design of Grand Hyatt Cinema already reflects the design of cinemas ten years later, with beautiful light strips, specially designed stickers and soft bags, large dolls on display, and so on.

“There are quite a few people.”

Looking at the dense crowds of people in the waiting area, Xu Liang was a little surprised.

"According to statistics, the number of moviegoers nationwide this year is about 130 million, more than half the 89 million last year. In first-tier cities, the number has almost doubled.

Wait a few years, when you come to the theater again, there will be even more people watching it." Fatty Fan said with a smile, hugging his arm.

"Boss, here are the tickets."

Xu Liang took two from her and said, "Give them some too."

"Um."

He helped Fat Fan find an empty seat and sat down.

"How many days has "Tiger Pass" been released?"

"It's been a week, and the box office has exceeded 128 million Chinese Yuan."

“It seems to be doing better than the last one.”

Fat Fan also smiled and nodded.

After "Hulao Pass" was released last year, the box office revenue was less than 90 million in one week.

"According to the company's internal calculations, if the release period is extended, the domestic box office could exceed 300 million Chinese yuan."

Xu Liang: "Have you discussed with the overseas distribution channels?"

"We discussed it. Bandai is responsible for the distribution in Japan, Universal has prepared 800 screens for us in the United States, and Vivendi has prepared 560 screens for us in Europe.

Overall, it's in better condition than the first one.

If nothing unexpected happens, the box office of "Hulaoguan" will exceed 1 billion Chinese yuan."

The Three Kingdoms-themed stories are quite popular in Japan.

The first part of the film earned 430 million Chinese yuan at the box office, and the box office in all regions around the world totaled over 870 million Chinese yuan.

Although it is far from comparable to "Kung Fu Panda" and "Black Cat Sheriff [Zootopia]", it is also a major breakthrough.

It has greatly increased the influence of Golden Wah Entertainment Group in the global film industry, especially in China.

"Have you made plans for next year's filming?"

Xu Liang asked.

“It’s basically confirmed.

In terms of animation, "Kung Fu Panda 2" was released.

In addition, we also plan to start producing the 'Fengshen Universe' that you mentioned earlier.

The first one is "Jiang Ziya".

Then there is the adaptation of the old IP of Shanghai Film Studio.

This year we plan to produce The Story of Avanti.”

Xu Liang nodded and agreed with the development plan of Jiahua Animation Department.

New IPs need to be developed, but the classic IPs accumulated by Shanghai Film Studio over the past half century cannot be buried.

Using new technologies and new story lines to give them new life can also bring more revenue to the company.

Moreover, as those born in the 70s and 80s grow up, just the memories are enough to make them pay for a movie ticket.

"Shanghai Film Studio's IP is very valuable. If there is no suitable script, we would rather leave it undeveloped," Xu Liang warned.

"Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on it myself."

Now the 'animation department' is Jiahua's money-making tool.

The combined box office revenue of "Kung Fu Panda" and "Zootopia" exceeds $1.5 billion.

It also contributed two classic IPs to Jiahua that can be continuously explored.

Naturally, Fat Fan was very concerned about this.

"What about adult films?"

"We have acquired all the copyrights of Ghost Blows Out the Light and plan to advance the TV series and the movie simultaneously.

But I’m afraid the TV series won’t be approved.”

"Ghost Blows Out the Light" can easily fall into the situation of promoting feudal superstition. Even later, it was mainly broadcast on the Internet and never on TV. In addition, a large number of wonderful plots were deleted, making the TV series very difficult to watch.

"Forget about the TV series, the movie is fine, the key is the director." Xu Liang said.

"We are still selecting the director, but the key is that there are very few directors in China who are good at this type of work."

Although Xu Liang has seen many such movies, he really can't remember many directors except for the later hits that easily grossed billions of dollars.

Just ignore it, even if I lose money, it won't be much.

"Choose a director carefully, but don't choose a director who has too many ideas and changes the script at every turn."

"Um."

"Anything else?"

"The story outline of Lost on Journey that you gave me last time has been perfected by the screenwriting department. I'll give it to you when I get home tonight. If you take a look at it and it's ok, we'll plan to start filming."

Ever since "Kung Fu Panda" became popular, Fat Fan has been trying to get some scripts from him from time to time.

He wanted to refuse, but this woman could always accurately grasp his weaknesses.

Not only does it actively unlock various postures, but it also wears strange costumes.

Plus a beautiful face and a slim and plump figure.

Every time Xu Liang agreed to her in the gentle embrace.

"Lost on Journey" is one of them, and there is also "The Tuner" which was released this year.

“… Ning Hao has just written a script called Crazy Racing, which he plans to film next year.

That’s basically it.”

Xu Liang nodded. He still remembered the jokes in "Crazy Racing".

"Ghost Blows Out the Light", "Lost on Journey", and "Crazy Racing". With the current box office of the Chinese film market, three movies a year are enough.

"What about the TV series?" Xu Liang asked.

“The Soldier Assault you strongly requested has been finalized.

Our own productions include "Startling by Each Step", "The Lonely Empty Courtyard in Spring" and "Magic Phone".

We have already reached an agreement with Qilu TV Station. We will participate in the production of "Crossing the Guandong" with an investment of 15 million yuan, and obtain half of the profits from the TV series, as well as the online copyright.

CCTV refused us permission to participate in the production of The Legend of Bruce Lee. "

Xu Liang nodded. Jiahua had already tasted the sweetness of adapting online novels through its cooperation with Huanjian.

Two films were released this year.

Xu Liang: "How did the talk with Hou Hongliang and the others go?"

"We have almost reached the final stage of the negotiation. We will invest 30 million Chinese Yuan to jointly establish the 'Dongyang Noon Sunshine' company with them.

We hold 49% of the shares as the majority shareholder.

Hou Hongliang, Kong Sheng, Li Xue, Sun Molong and others jointly hold a 51% stake.

We are responsible for the main investment in the company's film and television dramas, but we cannot interfere with the creation and casting.

The profits from film and television dramas will be shared according to the investment ratio of both parties.

Half of the company's profits are used for dividends every year..."

After listening to the terms, Xu Liang thought for a while and said, "Hurry up and sign the contract. With them, Jiahua's TV drama business will not have to worry about the future."

Noon Sunshine is definitely the golden signboard of Chinese TV dramas.

"Nirvana in Fire", "The Pretender", "He's Coming, Please Close Your Eyes", "Ode to Joy", "If a Snail Has Love", "The Surgeons", "Nirvana in Fire: The Wind Rises in Longlin", "A Flowing River", "The Story of Minglan", "All Is Well", "I Am Yu Huanshui", "Mountains and Seas", "Children of the Qiao Family", "The Beginning", "Welcome", "County Party Committee Compound", "People in the Alley", etc. There are too many classics.

If we count the company's main creators who have also created "Crossing the Guandong", "Life and Death Line", "Iron Age", "A Family in Wenzhou", "Battle of Changsha", etc., they account for half of the Chinese TV drama industry.

Fan Xiaopang nodded. Having been in the film and television industry for so many years, she was also very clear about the abilities of these people.

"Where's Happy Twist?"

"The contract has been signed. The company will be acquired for 70 million Chinese Yuan. However, according to your instructions, I will take out 20% of the equity and establish an option pool," said Fat Fan.

If Noon Sunshine occupies half of China's TV dramas, then "Happy Twist" occupies half of China's comedy films.

Shen Teng once became another generation of comedy master after Stephen Chow, and "Teng content" became the standard for whether a movie can be a box office hit.

It's a pity that this guy didn't think about making movies, but started playing variety shows...

"With these two subsidiaries, Jiahua's presence in film and television dramas will be secure." Xu Liang said happily.

"You think so highly of 'Happy Twist'?"

With the outstanding performance of Noon Sunshine before her, she can understand why she is favored.

Although Happy Twist is thriving in the drama industry, it has made no achievements in the field of film and television.

"When have I ever been wrong?"

After hearing what he said, Fat Fan stopped asking questions. This man really had never made a mistake.

Li Jinling came over and reminded: "Boss Xu, the movie will start in ten minutes."

Xu Liang nodded and helped the pot-bellied Fan Xiaopang to stand up. "Let's go home after the movie."

"Um."

The two walked into the cinema.

"Hulao Pass" is not a giant-screen movie, but Zhang Yimou is indeed good at making blockbuster movies.

The pictures are magnificent and the war scenes are full of historical sense.

Jiahua spent enough money, and the scenes produced are more exquisite than those in "Hero".

Most of the casting choices are suitable for the roles. The appearance and temperament of Diao Chan played by Liu Qianqian are impeccable.

After watching the two and a half hour movie, it was already dark outside.

I found a restaurant, had some dinner, and was on my way home.

"There will be a large-scale merger and acquisition by Jiahua next year, so you should be prepared."

"Mergers and acquisitions?"

Fan Xiaopang was delighted.

In recent years, Jiahua Group has grown rapidly through mergers and acquisitions and has become the largest comprehensive film and television group in China.

Moreover, given the current size of China, she is looking forward to being able to be called a large-scale merger and acquisition by her man.

"What merger? Which company?"

"It's too early to tell now. I'll tell you when the time is right."

Xu Liang said with a smile.

He planned to have Facebook acquire EMI Music and then have Golden Wah acquire EMI's Greater China business.

The ultimate goal is for Golden Wah Productions to dominate Asia, for EMI and Universal to join forces to dominate Europe and the United States, and with the addition of Avex Music from Japan and SM from South Korea, Xu's group will become the world's number one music market leader.

However, if the company wants to acquire EMI, monopoly is an insurmountable obstacle.

Although Facebook's shares are dispersed and Xu Liang does not hold much, everyone who understands knows what is going on.

Especially his old rivals will definitely not be willing to be left out.

Whether the acquisition will be successful in the end remains a question.

Of course, Warner Music is also a good option.

In the end, which one to acquire depends on which one is more suitable.

——

Time flies, and New Year's Day is here in the blink of an eye.

Xu Yongpei and Wang Lingxiang, who shuttled between the various daughters-in-law, also returned from Singapore.

It is a tradition among Chinese people, especially those in the north, to eat dumplings on the day of reunion.

Wang Lingxiang was busy preparing the dumpling filling early in the morning.

In order to cater to the tastes of the whole family, three flavors were prepared: leek, celery and cabbage.

Together with the servants, they made at least a thousand dumplings in the morning.

Most of it was given to the bodyguards and servants at home.

The rest is eaten by my family.

At noon, Xu Yongpei and Wang Lingxiang sat in the main seats.

Xu Liang sat on the left, while Jiang Xiaoyang, Fan Xiaopang, Tong Yaya and Tang Yan each sat on both sides of the table with their children.

The chattering of several children made the whole restaurant noisy, but also full of life.

Wang Lingxiang saw this, and while she was happy, a hint of melancholy flashed across her eyes.

She subconsciously looked at her husband, and he happened to be looking at her too.

When a couple looks at each other, they know what the other is thinking.

After lunch, Wang Lingxiang called her son to the study.

"Mom, just tell me what's going on."

"Son, do you know how many children you have now?"

"Mom, look at what you said. How could my own child not know that?"

Xu Liang counted on his fingers.

Eight years after his rebirth, he gave birth to 27 children, 20 boys and 7 girls.

There are 11 pregnancies that have not yet been born, 7 boys and 4 girls.

By the end of next year, he will have 38 children.

After this calculation, Xu Liang was shocked.

"That's all?"

Wang Lingxiang rolled her eyes, "What do you think? Your father and I were always worried that you wouldn't have children. You're in your twenties and have had several wives, but you still don't have a child.

Now, once you open the floodgates, eggs come out in batches just like a hen laying eggs.

In just five years, there were more than twenty children born. If another five years pass, the number will at least double.

If another twenty years pass, it will definitely exceed 100.

If you find a few more women, it will probably cost less than two hundred.

Even King Wen of Zhou couldn't give birth to a child like you."

"Haha, Mom, you always said in the past that having many children, many grandchildren, and a long life would bring you happiness. Why did you change your mind now?"

"That's the old saying, but who would have thought you would have so many children! In the past few years, your father and I have been like migrating geese, flying all over the world.

You are not tired, we are all tired.

Son, forty grandchildren are enough, take a break.

If there are more, your father and I won’t be able to handle it.”

Seeing his mother's earnest words, Xu Liang smiled and comforted her: "Don't worry, I will definitely have fewer children in the future, and try not to have more than 100."

In his opinion, my mother was a little too worried.

Jiang Xiaoyang, Qiao Yuhui, An Kaiyue and some others who followed him earlier are now thirty years old.

The oldest, Jiang Xiaoyang, is 31 years old.

Women over 35 are considered elderly mothers, and even if they are willing, Xu Liang is not going to let them have more children.

Therefore, they can only get pregnant twice at most.

There is certainly nothing wrong with imitating 'King Wen's Hundred Sons', but if there are more, it won't be much more.

After comforting his mother who had been tired for a year, Xu Liang looked at the time and left home.

——

Future Science City was originally the 'Hongmeng Headquarters Project'.

The Hongmeng headquarters project was expanded from the famous unfinished project "World Customs Garden" in Sijiu City.

This mega project covering an area of ​​680 acres was originally planned to be built with many architectural styles including Greek palaces, Thai-style pagodas, traditional Chinese pavilions, Jiangnan-style courtyards by the water, European castles, Japanese-style buildings, etc., similar to the main park of Pengcheng's "Window of the World".

But due to some reasons, it ended badly.

Xu Liang valued it and acquired it, and together with the surrounding land, a total of more than 3,000 acres was built into a huge new science and technology landmark in Beijing - the "Future Science City".

When the planning was first done, the eighteen relatively high-level buildings in the "World Customs Garden" were retained and replanned.

Different names are given according to different design styles.

Because the greening rate generally exceeds 50%, it is particularly precious in the surrounding steel jungle. Therefore, once the 18 independent buildings were rented out, they were welcomed by many wealthy financial institutions.

For example, Sequoia rented the Windsor Castle, which was modeled after European castles.

SoftBank rented a "hot spring villa" that was modeled after a Japanese-style villa.

Xu Liang himself left behind the "Jin Garden" which was modeled after the Humble Administrator's Garden.

Jinyuan is not as big as the Humble Administrator's Garden. It covers an area of ​​about ten acres and has the unique style of Jiangnan gardens.

Pavilions, towers, fountains, pools and waterside terraces are all available.

Xu Liang also used this place as his office and to receive guests.

Two distinguished guests came today.

"Mr. Xu, the scenery of your residence is really nice! Lakes, valleys, forest parks, everything is included."

Xu Liang smiled and said, "Dr. Wang, if you like the quiet environment here, the company will give you a set when you join Hongmeng."

Wang Jian waved his hands quickly, "No, no."

He quickly reacted and smiled bitterly, "Boss Xu, please let me think about it again."

"Are you still considering it? MSN is now in decline, and Gates goes to this island or that island for vacation every day, and he doesn't care about the business in China at all.

Now it is Ballmer's turn to be in charge of Microsoft. The old man is not like Gates, who is a petty person.

It would be difficult for Microsoft Research Asia to continue the relaxed R\u0026D environment of the past.

Even existing R\u0026D projects and funding may have to be cut.”

Looking at Xu Liang who was commenting on Gates one moment and Ballmer the next, Wang Jian and Shen Xiangyang beside him could only smile faintly.

One of them is the dean of Microsoft Research Asia, and the other is the executive vice dean.

In front of these two subordinates, Xu Liang casually commented on the company's boss and second boss, telling them how to respond.

“And, I believe you have noticed.

Microsoft is old now, and it is becoming more and more decadent.”

Xu Liang sighed and said with regret:

"Gates no longer cares about the specific work of Microsoft and has stepped back.

He now focuses most of his energy on the Gates-Melinda Foundation and his family office, Cascade Investments.

Over the years, Gates has continued to sell off his holdings in Microsoft and invest the money in foundations and Cascade Investments.

I say this without any intention of disparaging your boss.

But he is old now, and has been the world's richest man for many years, a position that no one can shake. It seems that all work has lost its challenge for him.

He has been in the business world for 30 years, and it is time to take a break, enjoy life, and consider how to pass on the family wealth in an orderly manner. "

Seeing that the two technical guys didn't respond, Xu Liang immediately changed his strategy and stopped talking about Gates. He changed the subject and said:

“Let me talk about Hongmeng’s cloud computing and artificial intelligence projects.

As early as three or four years ago, Hongmeng began to develop cloud computing and big data. If I remember correctly, we should be the first private enterprise in China to invest in cloud computing and big data on a large scale and invest heavily in research and development. "

When it comes to cloud computing, the taciturn Wang Jian suddenly becomes excited.

"Mr. Xu, even now, the outside world is still questioning whether cloud computing can be truly realized.

You invested a huge amount of money, aren't you worried that it will all go down the drain in the end?"

Xu Liang smiled and said: "The embryonic form of cloud computing theory - public computing services - was first proposed by Professor John McCarthy, Turing Award winner and father of artificial intelligence, in 1961.

He said at the time: If the computer I envision supporting multiple people using it becomes a reality, then computing may one day be organized as a public service like the telephone...it will be the basis of an entirely new and important industry.

His theory draws on the traditional power plant model.

Simply put, computing resources are treated as an energy resource like electricity. Users can use computing resources anytime and anywhere, just like plugging a light bulb into a socket, and pay according to usage.

More than 40 years later, his theory has actually been verified.”

Seeing the two people's puzzled eyes, Xu Liang did not explain, but asked: "I wonder if you have heard of Salesforce?"

Shen Xiangyang nodded immediately. "I've heard that the founder left Oracle to start his own business. The company was listed on the New York Stock Exchange a few years ago. It has a strong growth momentum and a very innovative business model."

Xu Liang smiled and said, "Yes, Salesforce is translated as Software Marketing Team, or Soft Camp for short, and is also known as Software Terminator in the industry.

What’s interesting is that they don’t sell software services in the traditional way. Instead, they perfectly integrate software with the Internet to provide customized software services on demand.

Users only need to pay a rental-like fee every month to freely use various services on the website. These services cover all aspects of customer relationship management, from ordinary contact management to product catalogs, order management, opportunity management, sales management, etc.

Now they have more than 1 million subscribers, and even big companies such as Japan Post and Cisco have become their customers. The technology behind this is a SaaS platform.

The concept of cloud computing is very broad. SaaS is also a model for selling public computing service resources. Softcamp is at the forefront of the world in exploring cloud computing.

Wang Jian nodded slightly, his eyes thoughtful. "This can also be considered a kind of cloud computing, but they have not involved development platforms, virtual machines or storage resources. The exploration and application of cloud computing is still very superficial."

"Yes, cloud computing has not yet had a clear framework structure. In my opinion, it can actually be divided into three layers: SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS..."

Xu Liang briefly introduced his division of the three-layer cloud computing architecture, and then said: "The cloud computing we want to do naturally includes three layers to create a one-stop cloud service platform.

Among them, IaaS is undoubtedly the most difficult and requires the largest investment.

However, once it is done, domestic websites of all sizes will no longer need to purchase foreign servers, and can all rent our cloud services.

This will not only lower the threshold for starting a business, but also help domestic peers.

For example, Ali, I heard that they can hardly afford to buy servers. If they rent our cloud services, they can save some money to enter overseas markets, such as the United States, the home base of Amazon and eBay, and sell domestic products to the United States, thus driving the development of domestic small and medium-sized enterprises. This is a great benefit.”

Wang Jian smiled and said, "That's right. I heard that Ali has more and more e-commerce users, and the pressure on server expenditure is very high. Every year, they purchase a large number of Oracle and IBM servers."

Xu Liang nodded with a smile and continued, "IaaS can be classified as a heavy asset operation model because it requires building a data center and purchasing a large amount of hardware equipment.

Whether a cloud computing company can make a profit and how far it can go in the future depends on how prosperous the PaaS and SaaS ecosystems above the IaaS layer are.

For example, if Microsoft wants to do cloud computing, it may not be very successful in the early stage, but in the future, with its huge customer base, by integrating its own Windows, Office, SQL Server and other software with cloud services, its potential will be fully released. "

Shen Xiangyang pondered for a moment and nodded, "That's right. Cloud computing is essentially the leasing of server resources, selling computing power and storage.

The leasing model has a typical scale effect, that is, the more customers there are, the lower the marginal cost. "

Xu Liang smiled and said: "So, this is also a winner-takes-all track. Small players cannot play IaaS, they can only play PaaS and SaaS.

Our cloud computing service platform has been aimed at the global market since its inception.

Although Microsoft is powerful, Hongmeng is not bad either.

And we have a first-mover advantage.

Now Pangu has become the world's leading cloud computing service provider.

The only one that can compare with us is Amazon's AWS.

While this is a huge achievement, it is not enough in my opinion.

Microsoft, Google, Western Digital, and other European and American technology companies are all investing in cloud computing.

If we slack off, they will catch up immediately.

Therefore, we need more talents and more funds to invest in the research and development of cloud computing and build more data centers.

I believe that as long as we do our best, relying on the brains and capabilities of the Chinese people, the crown of global cloud computing will definitely belong to us in the future!"