Popular entertainment circle, you call it a little hobby

Wang Xuan was not kidding, Zhang Rongsheng was definitely making a lot of money.

After all, if calculated at 15 billion, how much would Zhang Rongsheng’s 25% share cost? Less than 4 million. But he used it as a shareholding in exchange for 3% of New Era Cinema's shares. Wang Xuan made a few popular movies, and Zhang Rongsheng earned 4 million, and continued to pay dividends in the future.

Furthermore, Times Cinema has been losing money for many years in the hands of Zhang Rongsheng and others, but it can definitely be revived by Tianhai. After revitalization, the popularity increased, and Zhang Rongsheng made a lot of money.

Don’t underestimate the earning power of theater chains.

When the movie is released, theaters make a lot of money! !

For Star Cinema, it is not a problem to make three to four billion a year.

Times Cinema suffers from the fact that the theater location is not as unique as Star Cinema. After all, Star Cinema is located in Star Plaza. Star Sky Plaza is one of the top commercial centers in China, integrating shopping, leisure, entertainment, catering, office, residence, and culture, covering supermarkets, department stores, restaurants, home appliances, video games, KTV, movie theaters, fashion boutique streets, trendy clothing streets, Various business formats such as catering and food streets. Such a strategic location and high popularity made Star Cinema quickly become a cinema giant.

Coincidentally, Huamei Cinema is similar to Times Cinema. It is also opened in Huamei Plaza. Huamei Plaza is also an urban complex similar to Star Sky Plaza, but it cannot compete with Star Sky Plaza. Therefore, Huamei Cinema ranks second in the theater chain and occupies the first place in the theater chain market. Two large shares.

The locations of Times Cinemas are similar, they are all located in commercial plazas. It's just that these commercial plazas can't compete with Starlight Plaza and Huamei Plaza, and the traffic flow is average.

Not only did Star Cinema and Huamei Cinema grab the market share of theater chains, but Starlight Plaza and Huamei Plaza also grabbed the market share of many commercial plazas. But it doesn't matter. In fact, Tianhai's most advantageous weapon in acquiring Times Cinema is the movies shot by Wang Xuan and the movies written by Wang Xuan and starring Wang Xuan.

"Shaolin Temple", "Farewell My Concubine", "A Better Tomorrow". Which one didn't become a hit? As long as Wang Xuan produces a few movies every year, the popularity of Times Cinema will not be much different. At worst, it will be an exclusive broadcast.

"I heard that Times Cinema also has several cinemas abroad, right?" Wang Xuan asked.

"Yes. There are three in Eagle Country, two in Light City, and two in Berlin. But they are not very popular, and few foreign directors are willing to show their movies in Times Cinema." Li Tao said.

"It doesn't matter. When the time comes, I'll make a few blockbusters for foreign audiences. I'd like to see if those foreigners come to watch movies in our theater." Wang Xuan said confidently. It is difficult for Chinese-language films to open up the market abroad, but he does not only make Chinese-language films.

"The Lord of the Rings", "Pirates of the Caribbean", "The Fast and the Furious", "Spider-Man", "Superman", "Saw", "The Pianist". Wang Xuan really doesn't believe that those foreign movie fans can refuse.

After the transaction is completed, there is no need for both parties to keep it secret. The news that Times Cinema changed owners spread quickly. After learning that the new owner of Times Cinema could actually be Tianhai, the Internet went wild.

"I'll go! Awesome!"

"Okay, okay, there will be one more place to watch movies in the future."

"Is Tianhai's wholly-owned acquisition of Times Cinema so impressive? This is the fifth largest theater chain in the country."

"I can only call 666. Wang Xuan has only been in charge of Tianhai for a few years, and now he even has a theater chain."

"Yes. When Wang Xuan took over Tianhai, Tianhai was an empty shell. Now it even has a theater chain, and it's a big theater chain like Times Cinema. It's really awesome. But it seems normal. Now Tianhai should be the most profitable company in the entertainment industry, right?"

"It shouldn't be as profitable as the three giants Huayi, Starry Sky and Great Wall. After all, it is a listed company."

"Yes. The three giants Huayi, Starry Sky, and Great Wall can no longer be simply called entertainment companies. Relying on the listing, their tentacles have extended to many places. If Tianhai is not listed, it is impossible to make more money than Huayi. From these giants.”

"I think it's hard to say. Don't take listed companies so seriously. Look at Huayao, it's not listed, but how many domestic listed companies can compare to Huayao's earning power? Back to Tianhai, if Wang Xuan opens In order to make money, is it really that it can’t compete with giants like Huayi, Starry Sky, and Great Wall?”

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Indeed. Wang Xuan is keeping it all now. If you don't accept endorsements, commercial performances, or variety shows, even if you hold a concert, you'll lose money and make a profit. The only place where I make money is probably from the movies and TV series I shoot.

If Wang Xuan started making money, it would not be a problem for him alone to make two to three billion a year. Coupled with Tianhai's other people and other businesses, can't its earning power really be comparable to giants like Huayi, Starry Sky, and Great Wall?

Not necessarily?

Huayi, Starry Sky, and Great Wall, the three giants, can earn 4 to 5 billion a year, which is absolutely unparalleled.

"I said you are all boring, why do you care about this?"

"Yeah, if you care about this, you might as well care about whether Tianhai can revitalize Times Cinema. As far as I know, Times Cinema has a normal flow of people now. Think about it, Times Cinema was the largest theater chain in the country before, and now..."

"Believe Wang Xuan! Since Tianhai dares to acquire Times Cinema, it will definitely revitalize Times Cinema."

Compared with the melon-eating masses, the industry has smelled the smell of "crying wolf".

"Tianhai is already very strong, and now there is a theater chain like Times Cinema. Who can stop Tianhai in the future?"

"So what? If the sky falls, someone will hold it up."

"Yes. It's not us who should be worried, but the giants like Huayi, Xingkong and Great Wall. Tianhai is obviously going to these giant companies. And for us, it's a good thing."

"Yes, it's a good thing. In the future, when our movies are released, we will have multiple choices. The previous Times Cinema has declined and is not very popular. There is not much difference whether the movie is played in Times Cinema or not. If Tianhai can revitalize Times Cinema, we The box office of the movie can at least increase a bit, after all, Times Cinema has hundreds of theaters."

Indeed, for entertainment companies in the industry, Tianhai’s acquisition of Times Cinema is a good thing. Because except for Huayi, Starry Sky, Great Wall, and Jinhui, all entertainment companies in the industry do not have theaters and have no competitive relationship with Tianhai.

As for suppressing Tianhai, that is also a matter for Huayi, Xingkong, Great Wall and Jinhui. At the scale of Tianhai, except for a few giant companies, other companies have already fallen behind.

The giants of Huayi are now speechless. The directors of several giants held a group meeting again to discuss this matter.

"It's over. Tianhai has a theater chain. We can't get stuck even if we want to."

"I'm just curious, why was Times Cinema suddenly sold? Wasn't it running well before? It seems like it made a few hundred million in profit last year, right?"

"Hundreds of theaters only make a few hundred million a year. After deducting rent and other factors, how much do you think is left? If you include equipment depreciation and other factors, it will be good to maintain capital preservation."

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"The major Star Cinema and Huamei Cinemas are coming fiercely. In fact, if the theaters we control had not had our own film sources, they would most likely be worse off than Times Cinema."

"Yes. Star Cinema and Huamei Cinema are coming fiercely. If Times Cinema is not sold, it will be very sad in the future. It's a pity. In fact, I originally planned to wait for Times Cinema to make a loss to negotiate the acquisition, but I didn't expect that it would be sold by Tianhai Let’s start first.”

"What should we do now?"

"It's cool. Do you still want to continue to block Tianhai's neck? It can't be blocked anymore. Tianhai has become the leader. But don't worry too much. No matter how strong Tianhai is, it is impossible to swallow us. At most, it will become the fourth giant in the future. "

"You guys think, can we join forces with Star Cinema and Huamei Cinema to suppress Tianhai's Times Cinema? After all, the cinema market is also a big piece of cake. Star Cinema and Huamei Cinema shouldn't want to see the rise of Times Cinema, right?"

"It's difficult, Wang Xuan's appeal is too terrifying. And with Wang Xuan's status, Star Cinema and Huamei Cinema are probably not willing to offend Wang Xuan to death."

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"Be mentally prepared to stand on all fours."

In the end, this meeting came to nothing.

Over there, Li Tao also went to the front line to inspect the Times Cinema in each place. After acquiring Times Cinema, there are still many things waiting for them to do. We have to talk about renewing the lease or something.

Zhang Rongsheng still knows how to behave. Personally accompany Zhu Xu to Times Cinemas in various places and introduce relevant situations to Zhu Xu.

As for Wang Xuan, of course he will continue filming the MV.

Three more days passed and the MV was finally shot. Then Wang Xuan handed over the follow-up to Chen Kai and Gu Jiahui. He himself started preparing for the filming of "Once Upon a Time".

There are a total of 7 movies in the "Once Upon a Time" series starring the Kung Fu Emperor, but the most classic is of course the second one "Once Upon a Time: Men Should Be Strong". This is also the film that Wang Xuan is going to shoot.

After finishing this film, "Once Upon a Time in China" and "Once Upon a Time in the Lion King" may be filmed in the follow-up, with the former as a prequel and the latter as a follow-up. As for the other films, they will not be filmed.

Several other movies, such as "Once Upon a Time: The Wind of the King", "Once Upon a Time: The Iron Rooster Fights the Centipede", "Once Upon a Time: Dragon City Destroyer", "Once Upon a Time: The Lion of the Western Regions"... are just trying to make money. That’s all.

Wang Xuan had already written the script for "Once Upon a Time in China". Not only the script, but also the split shots, Wang Xuan has also finished. Because he originally planned to make this movie, but later he finally changed his mind and just made "Dragon".

Zhu Xu was not here, and neither was Li Tao. Wang Xuan had no choice but to come to the directing department in person to choose a director for the crew.

When Wang Xuan came to the director's department, the director's department exploded. When it was learned that Wang Xuan was going to choose an assistant director to shoot the movie, the director department was even more excited. Because who in the director’s department doesn’t know that following Wang Xuan will lead to meat?

Like Du Feng and Wang Wei, they were just newcomers at first. They filmed several film and television dramas with Wang Xuan, but now they are on their own. It is said that Wang Xuan even wrote the script himself for the two of them to practice. Who wouldn’t be jealous of such treatment?

It's a pity that there are too many monks and not enough meat. In the end, Wang Xuan chose three directors. The executive director was Lu Yang, who joined Tianhai midway. He had directed two movies and a TV series before, and his results were decent. There are also two young directors, one named Li Sicheng and the other Wang Long. These two are complete newcomers and have just graduated from the directing department of Shanghai Film Academy.

After choosing a director, it’s time to choose a photographer, lighting engineer, etc. But this is simple, just use the equipment engineer, lighting engineer and photographer who have worked with Wang Xuan before.

In fact, Wang Xuan originally wanted to choose a newcomer, but Li Tao and Zhu Xu strongly opposed it. It is said that it is a waste for Wang Xuan to train new people. If he has that time, he might as well use the old people who are handy to make two more movies.

Wang Xuan thought so and accepted Zhu Xu and Li Tao's opinions.

After selecting the lighting engineer, the crew of "Once Upon a Time in China" has been officially established.

Next comes casting.

When it comes to casting, we already have the number one leading actor, Li Ze.

But the number one villain, Nalan Yuanshu, has not yet been chosen.

Thirteenth Aunt and Liang Kuan have not been chosen yet.

As for Thirteenth Aunt, it should be no problem to let Li Jianing play the role. If Liang Kuan is the case, there will be no suitable candidate within Tianhai.

Of course Lin Quan can, but Wang Xuan doesn't want Lin Quan to play Liang Kuan.

(End of this chapter)