Entertainment, I only like to make movies

Chapter 284 The Unsightly Ali Films Vs Xing Ye Beishang
"The "囧 series"?"

In a small meeting room of the hotel, Fang Ziheng looked surprised, looking at Zhang Qiang and Zhao Yanzi who were sitting opposite.

"Yes, Director Fang."

"Ali Pictures and Ms. Zhao are very optimistic about the follow-up of the "囧 series", and hope to cooperate with Hengyu Media to develop the third "囧 series" movie."

Zhang Qiang is over forty years old, with a big back, sitting on the sofa and chatting, talking about the past glory of "囧 series".

Zhao Yanzi on the side smiled without saying a word, with the attitude of a socialite and lady.

In March of this year, Ali Pictures was established, officially entering the field of first-line film production.

Zhang Qiang, who had just served as the deputy general manager of China Film Group for half a year, was invited to serve as the CEO of this new company.

Through her husband's relationship, Zhao Yanzi obtained a lot of shares in Ali Pictures and became the first film and television star in the strategic plan of Ali Entertainment.

After Ali went public, Zhao Yanzi and his wife became Ali's second largest shareholder in one fell swoop, and they were so awesome that they had no friends.

Papa Ma loves swallows, this is one of the internet jokes of the next few years.

Fang Ziheng also knew that within two years, Li Lianjie would also join Ali and become an independent non-executive director of Ali Pictures.

After the establishment of Ali Pictures, through a series of mergers and acquisitions, it integrated all its cultural entertainment and film and television resources, and was upgraded to Ali Entertainment Business Group in June 14, fully entering the film and television industry.

Since then, Internet hooligans have finally freed up their hands and extended their grasp to all walks of life in the entertainment industry. In just two years, a three-big structure has been formed, overwhelming traditional film and television companies.

The major film and television companies in the entertainment industry are either Tengxun or Ali. Only a few hard-core companies still maintain their independence.

"Do you want to start early?"

Fang Ziheng's eyes were slightly fixed, as if he saw the pattern of the entertainment industry in a few years, big IP, big data, traffic, ratings, box office, and box office.

As soon as a film project was established, the investment share was transferred several times, and was operated into the stock market, becoming a hot spot pursued by shareholders.

As soon as the film was finished, some people shouted for a guaranteed release at a sky-high price of 10 billion, 20 billion, and 30 billion.

Thousands of film and television companies and external capital are chasing after each other, pouring in desperately.

The unprecedented prosperity of the film market is like a raging fire,
The entire entertainment industry has completely become a feast for capital!

Greedy capital has refreshed people's moral bottom line again and again, and the dazzling riot operations have turned the entire industry into a mess and a miasma.

That is to say, from then on, the film and television industry, which had a good ecological environment, entered the reverse direction of history and gradually embarked on a crooked path.

If it weren't for the emergence of the main theme movie, which broke the shackles of capital, the film and television industry would eventually enter a cold winter, and the industrial system accumulated with great difficulty would be completely destroyed.

The source of all this begins with the three Internet hooligans.

Fang Ziheng sighed!
He couldn't stop them, he could only watch them enter the arena helplessly.

The only thing he can do is to lead Hengyu Media, spare no effort to deliver a series of high-quality works for Chinese films, and set an example for some conscientious filmmakers.

Drive filmmakers to standardize industry standards and protect the ecological environment of the film and television industry.

Thinking of this, Fang Ziheng's expression became solemn, and he said in a quiet tone: "Mr. Zhang, Ali has just been established, and he still doesn't have the ability to operate a blockbuster comedy. "囧 series" is one of Hengyu's key projects. I can't take this A gold mine to risk."

He was not polite at all, and directly pointed out that Ali is an empty shell subsidiary company, and he does not have the strength to make a good "囧 series" at all.

"Fang Dong is too worried. Ali will not intervene in the film production, just pay for the investment, and let Hengyu Media and Director Xu Zheng be responsible."

"How much share does Ali want?"

"No less than 40%, and the joint distribution rights of the third film of the "囧 series"!"

Zhang Qiang smiled slightly, raised four fingers, and the lion opened his mouth wide.

40%!

Do you really dare to think?
Fang Ziheng shook his head and laughed, wondering where this guy got his confidence.

Not to mention that you Zhang Qiang is just the CEO of Alibaba Pictures, even if Alibaba Chairman Hang Chengma came in person, Lao Zhi might sell his account.

Zhang Qiang seemed to understand his sarcastic smile, his eyes were condensed, he took a deep breath, retracted his raised finger slightly, then grasped it tightly in the air, and said solemnly: "Fang Dong, Ali has brought great sincerity! "

"Three hundred million!"

"Ali is willing to buy 40% of the third film of the "囧 series" with [-] million soft sister coins!"

hiss..
There was a sound of gasping in the meeting room.

Zhao Yanzi stared wide-eyed, opened his mouth slightly, and stared blankly at Zhang Qiang, his eyes filled with disbelief.

3 billion!
Mr. Zhang, when did Ali give you such a big authorization?

I do not know how!
Compared to the startled Zhao Yanzi, Fang Ziheng remained motionless, without blinking his eyelids.

He believed that Zhang Qiang's quotation was true, and he also understood the reason why Ali gave [-] million yuan.

More than a month later, in order to win Dong Ping's Wenhuahuaguo company and meet the qualifications for a quick listing, Ali Pictures spent 62.44 billion soft sister coins in one go.

After obtaining the qualification, the first task of Alibaba Pictures is to control or distribute an influential and blockbuster movie.

As the saying goes, before the soldiers and horses move, the food and grass go first!

Wenhua Huaguo is there, and it cannot escape. With the relationship between Hangcheng Ma, Zhao Yanzi's husband Huang Youlong, and Dong Ping, this company has always been the meat in the bowl of Alibaba Pictures.

Ali Pictures, on the other hand, can select high-quality film investment projects in advance, and then work together to secure listing qualifications and film distribution.

Fang Ziheng can think of Ali's show operation with his toes, and won the "囧 series" to make a big publicity, and everyone knows it.

After the movie was sold well, the company perfectly leveraged its strength to go public in one fell swoop, and then bought stocks like crazy, earning a lot of money.

Ha ha
With the Alibaba Group behind it, even if the stockholders have lost their minds, they will know that they will give priority to buying the shares of Alibaba Pictures.

This is the terrible operation of the capital predators. They are interlocking, which not only avoids unreasonable things, but also integrates multiple resources to complete the reorganization and listing on time.

Fang Ziheng even suspected that for the 3 million soft sister coins issued by Alibaba Pictures, his company only needs to pay a small amount of principal, and most of them will be resold to the secondary market.

After all, Ali later set up Yu'e Bao, which used ordinary people's money to invest in movies. If it makes a profit, it belongs to Ali, and if it loses, it belongs to the common people.

That rascal!
A veritable face of a profiteer!
"Hehe, Mr. Zhang, the box office revenue of the third film of "囧 series" may not be 3 million."

"If Alibaba Pictures loses money, I will be embarrassed to say hello to Chairman Ma when I see him in the future."

Fang Ziheng leaned back, put the topic aside with a smile, and at the same time secretly accused Alibaba Pictures of impure intentions.

Zhang Qiang's confident smile froze, and he picked up the cigarette on the coffee table and lit it to hide his inner embarrassment.

At this moment, his heart was both helpless and angry!
But Fang Ziheng was too shrewd to see through the real purpose of their trip at a glance.

Angry because he received this stupid investment task, he is not a capital expert, but a serious filmmaker.

Long before joining China Film, he served as the general manager of the Forbidden City Film Company, and he is a veritable person in the film industry.

It was Ali's decision to come to Tangcheng to find Fang Ziheng today, not his idea.

In Zhang Qiang's view, with a cash flow of [-] million yuan, he can invest in the production of a blockbuster movie in a serious manner, and there is no need to engage in franchising.

There is no need to buy the "囧 Series" project at a sky-high price. Even if you are optimistic about Fang Ziheng, [-] million is too much.

But there is no way, he just joined Alibaba Pictures, and besides him, the regular CEO, the company also has three vice presidents.

One is Zhao Yanzi next to him, and the other is Zhang Wei, the former vice president of Alibaba's strategic investment department.

Another one is Gu Yong, the president of Youku Video.

Among the three vice presidents, two are the direct descendants of Ali Airborne, and Zhao Yanzi is a shareholder and part-time shareholder, belonging to the personal relationship of that Chairman Ma.

None of these three people are easy to mess with.

Zhang Qiang had a vague premonition that his development path in Ali might not be smooth.

Not only is it not a smooth road, it is simply a difficult and dangerous road, okay!

If Fang Ziheng could see through Zhang Qiang's premonition, he might laugh like a pig. No one knows Ali's virtue better than him.

Unloading mills and killing donkeys, crossing rivers and demolishing bridges, these two idioms are the best portrayal of the meritorious personnel who joined Ali halfway.

Zhang Qiang was just one of them, and sooner or later Ali kicked him away.

At this moment.

Zhao Yanzi, who sat there as a familiar face, smiled and said to Fang Ziheng, "Director Fang, can you see if this works? The "囧 series" will continue to cooperate as usual. You can give me the share, and the price is up to you!"

"Alibaba Pictures has just been established, and really needs an influential movie to open up the situation. Director Fang and Director Ma are acquaintances, and I hope you will raise your hand and help Ali Pictures."

Lao Zhi and Hang Chengma are not acquaintances!

No!

Fang Ziheng yelled in his heart, wishing he could throw the words in Zhao Yanzi's face.

"The "囧 series" just came out last year, and it's not suitable to release a sequel this year. In addition, Xu Zheng wants to shoot "The Master of Hypnotism", so there is no extra time."

"Next year, when the "囧 series" project is established next year, if Ali Pictures still has the willingness, we can talk about it at that time."

Fang Ziheng rejected the two again, raised his hand to check the time, stood up and said: "It's almost there, let's talk here tonight, I asked the front desk to book a room, the two of you will stay first, and I will show you the crew tomorrow."

"There is a director of labor!"

Zhang Qiang breathed a sigh of relief, then got up and stretched out his hand towards Fang Ziheng.

Zhao Yanzi stepped forward, opened her slender arms, and gave Fang Ziheng a farewell hug.

The two watched Fang Ziheng leave, looked at each other, and both smiled helplessly.

This time, he returned without success!

Three hundred million soft sister coins failed to impress this young international director, which was a failure.

"Miss Zhao, go back to your room and rest first, I'll meet a friend."

Zhang Qiang put on his coat, nodded to Zhao Yanzi, and followed Fang Ziheng out with great strides.

In the conference room, only Zhao Yanzi was left.

She looked at Zhang Qiang's back, took out her mobile phone, and slowly dialed her husband Huang Youlong's number.

"Hey, Old Huang!"

"The matter didn't get done, Fang Ziheng looked down on the little Ali Pictures."

"Okay, I see, I will go to Xu Zheng's side again in a few days."

call.
After making a phone call, Zhao Yanzi also let out a long sigh of relief, showing a gentle smile.

No matter what, her husband always supported her career, and that was enough.

If we say that the mainland film market in April belongs to "Titanic 3D".

The film market in May was dominated by another Hollywood blockbuster "The Avengers".

1.3 million for two days of release, and 2.2 million for seven days in the second week.

Most of the movie viewing traffic brought by the May [-]st file was harvested by "The Avengers", and other movies in the same period could only share some soup.

During this period of time, "The Great Wall" completed all the scenes in Xiangyang Tangcheng, moved to Dunhuang, Mobei, and moved into Tianque City.

Starting from Tianque City, the scenes of "The Great Wall" are more difficult than the previous ones. There are very few literary dramas, and almost all of them are circus, fighting scenes, and big battle scenes.

The location of Tianque City is [-] kilometers north of Dunhuang City, in a tourist attraction.

Hengyu Media, Wanda Group, and Dunhuang Municipal Government jointly invested in the construction. The city was built with imitation green bricks and large-scale timber.

Wanda Group is a master at repairing houses. It started construction at the end of 10, and it took more than a year to pull up the outer city wall.

The city wall was also purposely made old, making it look like it has been through thousands of years and endured the baptism of endless wars.

The scenic spots in the city, such as the city lord's mansion, the general's mansion, restaurants, inns, etc., have been preliminarily decorated and can be used for shooting.

Just as Fang Ziheng was working hard and going all out to shoot the battle scenes of "The Great Wall", Zhou Xingchi, who was far away on Hong Kong Island, left for the mainland.

With the work he has honed his sword for three years, "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" is going to be released by a film and television company with weight and energy.

It stands to reason that one of the movie's producers and investors is the Huayi Brothers, and the distribution can also be handed over to Huayi.

But Master Xing is an insecure master. He feels that all eggs should not be put in the same basket.

Only by separating production and distribution can his interests be maximized.

As soon as the news came out, the major film and television companies took notice.

Find a distribution company for Zhou Xingchi's new film!

This is a big business, it's like sending money to your door.

Wanda Film and Television made the first move. Song Ge picked up Zhou Xingchi in a luxury Bentley at the Imperial Capital International Airport in front of many media who had heard the news.

Since the beginning of this year, Wanda's theater chains have become more and more aggressive, and they have steadily entered the top three national theater chain rankings.

Zhou Xingchi is going to listen to Song Ge's quotation first. If the cooperation is successful, with the help of Wanda Cinemas, the film will get more films after its release.

This is also the reason why he looks down on Brother Huayi.

Although because of Fang Ziheng's intervention, Wang Zhongjun gave up the movie town plan and stepped up the construction of Huayi Cinemas, but it is difficult to see results in a short time.

Wang Zhongjun is not Fang Ziheng. He didn't know that these few years are the critical moment for the construction of theater chains. He didn't invest a lot of money in it, but took it slowly.

The Huayi Cinema Line does not have Wanda Group to help build a bridge, not to mention the slow construction speed. Except for a few front-end stores in the Imperial Capital and Shanghai Metropolis, the locations of other theaters are not very good.

In addition to the name of the leading company and the relationship with the theater chain that the brothers and sisters ran down in the early years, Hua Yi has not made any breakthroughs in film distribution.

Since the listing of Guangxian and Bona, in terms of distribution, Huayi has rarely been able to win over the two companies, and most of them distribute film projects invested by themselves.

After Wang Zhongjun learned that Zhou Xingchi had asked outsiders to distribute the film, he immediately slapped the table angrily, scolding the other party for being confused and falling into the eyes of Qian.

But anger is anger, the movie is Stephen Chow's project, Wang Zhongjun can only stare blankly.

Huayi is only one of the producers, not the main controller. Zhou Xingchi is the director and investor, and has the decision-making power for "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons".

Hengyu Media Group also received news that Concubine Lin really wanted to win the release of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons".

She called Fang Ziheng, and after discussing with each other, they finalized a quotation with guaranteed release.

At the same time, Zhao Yanzi, who just came out of Xu Zheng's crew, also took action, and immediately notified Zhang Qiang of Alibaba Pictures.

Guangxian, Bona, Galloping Pony, Xingmei Group, well-known film companies in the entertainment industry were all moved.

Everyone knows that distributing Zhou Xingchi's movies is definitely a profitable business.

Most importantly, what Zhou Xingchi wanted this time was a guaranteed release, and he wanted to recover the cost of the movie in advance.

This is in the hands of the major film companies, and the release is guaranteed. If the box office sells well, they will earn more than the normal release.

Even Wang Zhonglei received a call from his elder brother Wang Zhongjun, asking him to find a chance to treat Zhou Xingchi to dinner and see if he could win a guaranteed release.

Zhaoyang District, the imperial capital, Wanda Ruihua Hotel, the top luxury hotel under Wanda.

Penthouse luxury suite.

Song Ge opened a bottle of six-figure red wine, handed Zhou Xingchi a glass, and asked straight to the point: "Director Zhou, how much guaranteed release do you need for a price quote?"

"Buy it now, 7 million soft sister coins from the Mainland!"

Zhou Xingchi smiled slightly, shook the red wine glass and said the expected price in his heart!
　Wrong wrong! ! !
　　The last poker card that should not be used should directly connect with the plot of the arrival of Alibaba Pictures, Xiaodao will pay attention to it in the future!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)