Who are you calling powerful?

After returning from his hometown, Wei Yang visited his wives and children one by one and dealt with some personal relationships.

Before joining the crew of "Chi Le Chuan", he took the time to care about the relevant work of various companies and this year's layout.

On the Red Shark side, Wei Yang basically did not interfere with the specific work.

It was different for PPTV and Blue Whale and other related companies. After staying in PPTV for two days, Wei Yang came to Blue Whale for a meeting and listened to several executives report on the opening and Spring Festival.

The opening was only briefly mentioned, after all, a lot of information and data had been reported to Boss Wei before the Spring Festival holiday.

So the main focus of the meeting was on the Spring Festival and the work after the Spring Festival.

The head of the film department opened the PPT in the conference room and introduced the situation to Wei Yang and many executives-

This year's Spring Festival movie market, although without Boss Wei, is also quite lively.

Many movies were released one after another, among which the movies produced and invested by Blue Whale are "Operation Red Sea" and "Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back".

Of the two films, the one that the industry and Blue Whale executives are more optimistic about is "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons 2".

Although it was not directed by Stephen Chow himself, he also served as the producer and invited Xu Ke to star in it.

The lineup is also impressive, with the most popular Coral No. 1 Zhang Ruoyun participating in the film, and the other is Mao Zijun, who is strongly promoted by Bingyang Entertainment. Both are considered popular young actors.

Many stars were invited to play supporting roles, including powerful big stars and popular small stars such as Yan Ni and Lin Yuner.

However, the most noteworthy thing is that it is consistent with the style of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons 2", which topped the film and television industry that year, and belongs to Stephen Chow's Journey to the West universe.

This is also the biggest selling point of the movie "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons 2".

And this year, "Monster Hunt 2" is regarded as the biggest rival of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons 2".

Many people believe that this year's Spring Festival champion will basically come from these two movies.

Although "Monster Hunt" was overshadowed by Boss Wei's "Detective Chinatown" that year, and the box office was also controversial, the public data is indeed amazing.

The first film was a big hit, and the outside world has high expectations for this IP. Some even think it is the second "Detective Chinatown".

The third place is also from the Journey to the West series, that is, "Journey to the West: The Women's Kingdom".

King Guo, Huang Xiaoming, Dilirouba, Xiao Shenyang, Gigi Leung, and Sister Zhiling, if we only talk about the luxurious lineup, this movie is the first in the Spring Festival.

The previous "Havoc in the Sky" and "Three Strikes on the White Bone Demon", although the reputation is very bad, the box office has always been good, and both are around 1 billion.

Therefore, it is considered to be the existence of the Spring Festival to maintain the third and hope for the second.

If "Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back" and "Monster Hunt 2" do not perform well, maybe it can still compete for the championship.

In contrast, "Operation Red Sea", which has no accumulation and popularity of the previous work and is still a main theme military theme, is not very optimistic.

Of course, the outstanding performance of "Operation Mekong" and "Wolf Warrior 2" in recent years also proves that the dark horse attribute of this theme is not low.

The most important thing is that "Operation Red Sea" is produced by Blue Whale Investment.

Even if everyone thinks that "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" is the highlight, the golden signboard of Blue Whale has also brought uncertainty to "Operation Red Sea".

So although this movie ranks fourth, it is very close to "Journey to the West: The Women Kingdom" and is regarded as a dark horse that may break the pattern of the Spring Festival.

There are two other movies that are simple.

One is the old friend "Boonie Bears" series, which is indispensable in the Spring Festival every year, with medium and low box office, and steadily harvests the children's market.

The other is "Ancestors 19th Generation" directed by Xiao Hei Pangzi of Deyun Club, starring Xiao Yueyue, who is currently popular, and there are also a group of apprentices of Xiao Hei Pangzi and many guest stars. It is really lively, but not many people take it seriously.

Deyun Club and Xiao Hei Pangzi are very popular and well-known, and they are indeed strong in the crosstalk world, but as for movies, those who understand will understand.

To be frank, if the movie is in a certain period, it will be regarded as cannon fodder by everyone, ranking at the bottom, and even below the "Boonie Bears" movie.

The black fat guy himself had a good attitude. He probably didn't have high expectations, but he just said a few words to save his face.

In general, Blue Whale is still in a relatively strong position in the entire Spring Festival.

The result was the same, and it was better than expected, but the direction was different from what was expected.

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"... We initially focused on "Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back", striving for more than 25% of the screenings, and the first day box office was also good, 350 million, ranking second."

"But soon we found that the reputation and box office trends of this movie were somewhat different."

"..."

Unlike the Spring Festival in previous years, Boss Wei participated in most of them, and those who did not participate also gave arrangements and instructions.

This year's Spring Festival, Wei Yang truly delegated power, with almost no arrangements, and Blue Whale and the crew played freely.

This also directly led to Blue Whale's mistakes in the initial decision-making during the Spring Festival.

The importance of "Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back" was placed before "Operation Red Sea".

Wei Yang saw it all, but he didn't remind them. Or maybe he was deliberately investigating the executives of Blue Whale.

After all, Boss Wei's cheating only lasted a few years.

Therefore, Wei Yang has been preparing for a rainy day, and the production is on the right track. Even if Wei Yang doesn't have a third eye, Blue Whale can still produce relatively stable works above the standard.

But it's hard to say what the senior executives' vision, decision-making and specific operations are.

This can be regarded as a hidden danger of Blue Whale. In the past, Wei Yang was somewhat arbitrary in Blue Whale.

There was no way, there were many things that Wei Yang couldn't explain. During the entrepreneurship and growth period, he couldn't just let the opportunity slip away, he could only forcefully cheat.

Even if the senior executives have different opinions, they will be suppressed violently. The senior executives are only responsible for obeying and doing things.

Later, it was proved that Boss Wei was always wise and powerful, and his vision and courage were comparable to those of heaven.

As a result, Wei Yang's prestige in the company continued to increase, and the senior executives were convinced. Later, they even had almost pathological trust in Boss Wei. Whatever Wei Yang said was taken care of.

Even if occasionally some of Wei Yang's judgments and commands were biased or even made mistakes.

In the face of Boss Wei's other brilliant achievements, they would also express their understanding, and even take the initiative to use various excuses to explain and excuse Wei Yang.

In short, the boss must be right, it was all the fault of accidents and improper implementation.

Frankly speaking, Wei Yang was immersed in this deified state for a while, but later he became sober.

Prudence, calmness and self-awareness have always been the few advantages of Boss Wei.

However, due to development needs, situation changes and many other reasons, Wei Yang did not wait until the Blue Whale had completely reached the top in the past two years.

Consciously reduce the frequency of cheating and cultivate the independent awareness and ability of senior executives.

In case one day in the future, Wei Yang is unable to open his eyes and the magic is no longer there, the Blue Whale has a group of "stooges", and we all add fuel to the flames.

This time during the Spring Festival, Wei Yang simply became an "outsider" because he wanted to see the true level of Blue Whale executives.

How should I put it? Wei Yang was a little disappointed at first.

In particular, these people made the wrong choice of focus in "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" and "Operation Red Sea".

Of course, Wei Yang also understood that from a normal perspective, the two movies "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" did sell better.

However, what makes Wei Yang somewhat gratified is that although they paid more attention to "Journey to the West", the executives did not neglect "Operation Red Sea", but kept a steady hand.

This decision also directly saved Blue Whale from its early mistakes in the Spring Festival.

Two days after the Spring Festival, although "Journey to the West: Conquering Monsters" did well at the box office, Blue Whale executives, who sensed something was wrong, quickly held a meeting and made an accurate judgment.

"Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" has a mediocre reputation and is likely to be weak in the mid-term and lack stamina.

At the same time, they also set their sights on "Operation Red Sea". Although its box office in the first two days was not as good as "Journey to the West: Conquer the Monsters", the trend was good and on the rise.

More importantly, this movie has an excellent reputation and can even be said to be the number one movie during the Spring Festival.

A movie with a mediocre reputation is likely to decline or even collapse in the future, but it is currently doing well at the box office.

It has an excellent reputation and has considerable room for future box office growth, but its prospects are uncertain as to how far it will go.

The executives present discussed it for most of the night. It is said that the entire conference room was filled with smoke, and those who did not come were all sitting in front of their computers, and finally made up their minds.

Shift the company's focus during the Spring Festival to "Operation Red Sea" and vigorously support it.

This decision is risky!

Even from a practical point of view, the executives should remain the same, so the final results of Blue Whale may not be bad.

Like now, if you take the initiative to point out mistakes and win, it is just to atone for your sins, but not necessarily to please. If you mess up, it is adding sin to sin.

But regardless of his public motives, he still felt that Boss Wei had a unique vision and did not dare to fool him.

In the end, Blue Whale executives collectively showed great courage.

Previously, they put their eggs in two baskets and did not neglect "Operation Red Sea". This also made the conditions for all parties involved in "Operation Red Sea" good, and they were not pushed too far away by the movies of the same period, and there was a certain basis for a comeback.

As soon as Blue Whale invested resources and vigorously supported it, the effect was immediate, and "Operation Red Sea" quickly became a super dark horse.

Starting from the afternoon of the third day, with word-of-mouth and publicity gaining momentum, the box office of "Operation Red Sea" continued to rise, reaching the top spot on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, beating "Monster Hunt 2" hard.

You know, "Operation Red Sea" only exceeded 500 million in the first three days.

But it only took two days to go from 500 million to 1.1 billion, with a box office of over 600 million!

Moreover, as of the end of the Spring Festival period on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, the box office of other movies has plummeted, but the box office of "Operation Red Sea" has not fallen but has increased.

Breaking 1.5 billion in seven days!

Breaking 2 billion in nine days!

The estimated box office of "Operation Red Sea" on Hualuo.com has exceeded the 2 billion mark from the initial 1 billion mark, and then exceeded the 3 billion mark.

Ten days after its release, the estimated total box office data will exceed 3.5 billion+.

After "Wolf Warrior 2", the momentum of the main theme military theme was extinguished by Da Hei Niu's "Sky Hunter".

Unexpectedly, a few months later, "Operation Red Sea" would ignite this fire again.

But once in a while, Da Hei Niu used his miserable personal experience to let everyone understand that the theme of the theme does have a clue, but it depends on who will film it...

Some people are beautiful, while others are silent!

The super dark horse "Operation Red Sea" started based on the movies of the same period.

"Monster Hunt 2", regarded as the biggest hit, had a bright moment when it broke 500 million in box office on its first day, but it was poorly received and lacked stamina.

"Journey to the West: Conquering Monsters" and "Monster Hunting 2" are not much different.

After all, Blue Whale had almost no involvement in the production of this movie. It has its own foundation and style. Even if it has different actors than the original version, it will only be slightly better.

Among the films publicly invested and produced under the name of Blue Whale, the quality and reputation of "Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back" can compete with the top three.

This made the executives of Blue Whale very happy, if they had maintained the status quo at that time.

Even if "Operation Red Sea" can still make efforts in the later stage and delay the best harvest period of the Spring Festival, it will inevitably affect the box office. It is hard to say whether it can have such momentum.

It is a small matter to be suppressed by "Monster Hunt 2" at the box office with only "Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back". It would be troublesome if it affected the reputation of Blue Whale.

At present, although "Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back" has also affected Blue Whale to some extent, the stronger performance of "Operation Red Sea" has offset these negative effects to the greatest extent. Blue Whale is still a [high-quality blockbuster film and television] processing factory.

Wei Yang is also quite satisfied with the performance of the executives.

Although there were some problems in the early stage, it was reasonable. The most important thing is to quickly discover the mistakes and correct them decisively, and the subsequent series of remedial measures are also good, which means that it is still trustworthy.

Therefore, Wei Yang also praised and affirmed the executives in the meeting to increase their confidence and avoid asking him for advice when something happened.

Judging from the current situation, Blue Whale has been a great success during the Spring Festival this year.

The box office of "Operation Red Sea" is expected to reach more than 3.5 billion yuan, and "Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back" should have no problem reaching more than 1.5 billion yuan, but how much [+] depends on luck.

For the two movies, even if the miscellaneous expenses and dividends are deducted, Blue Whale has to have several small goals in terms of actual box office profit.

Counting the equally profitable opening year, Blue Whale had a beautiful start in 2018.

In addition, Boss Wei did not care about any early mistakes, but gave a very high evaluation, and the atmosphere on the scene suddenly became much more relaxed and heated.

Taking this opportunity, Wei Yang simply announced another good news.

After negotiations, PPTV agreed to acquire 20% of Blue Whale's shares at a valuation of 65 billion yuan, to be paid in 3 to 5 years.

There is no way. PPTV can't really pay 13 billion in cash at one time. Even if it can, it can't pay, otherwise the website will have no money to develop.

Therefore, after discussion between the two parties, the payment was made in installments, and the conditions were very relaxed, taking care of PPTV's financial pressure as much as possible.

Obviously, this was intentional by Boss Wei.

After all, he is the buyer and the seller, and the two companies are considered to be one family. As long as the amount of money is not a problem, some specific terms don't have to be so harsh.

Besides, Wei Yang is the chairman of PPTV, and he has to sign whenever he pays the money, so there is no need to worry about being cheated.

The market value of 65 billion, some people think it is expensive, some people think it is sold cheaply, and again, different positions and personal valuations make it difficult to have an accurate and objective standard.

It's not much different, so let's cut the Gordian knot quickly.

First, let the two sides put aside the dispute, become a family, get closer, and work together.

Second, Wei Yang also took into account the series of impacts brought about by Huayi's explosion later, the entire industry was hit, and Blue Whale might also be affected, so the sooner it is settled, the sooner it will be at ease.

Blue Whale executives were happy about the good news, but they were still a little disappointed.

After all, no matter how much the shares were sold for, they would belong to Boss Wei, and they could not share it. In fact, Blue Whale executives preferred to exchange shares with PPTV.

It was just that this matter was too complicated. Wei Yang's attitude was ambiguous, PPTV was firmly opposed, and there were some frictions between the two companies, as well as the struggle for discourse power between the producer and the platform, and finally the exchange of shares was not successful.

Nowadays, Blue Whale cannot affect PPTV, and although PPTV has 20% of Blue Whale's shares, it is more symbolic. With Boss Wei as a major shareholder, Blue Whale still remains independent.

So, this transaction seems to have many benefits on the surface, but it seems to be no different from before.

The two companies are independent and work closely together, and Boss Wei still firmly controls the two companies.

Well, if you have to find a change, it is that Boss Wei quietly took away 13 billion yuan...