Entertainment, I only like to make movies

Chapter 335 North America Reached the Top, Planning to Follow Up!
It took a full hour for Lin Ruohua to explain clearly the earnings of the fourth quarter.

"PUBG Mobile".

"Left Ear".

"Four Famous Catch".

"National Security".

The four movies brought a total of 14 billion profits to the group.

"Ghost Blowing Lantern: Longmen Misty Cave".

"Under Zhengyang Gate"

"Rebirth"

"Flower Thousand Bones"

The four TV series brought a total of 3.8 million profits to Hengyu.

Hengyu has a total of ten TV dramas this year, all of which are aired, and almost all of them are high-quality products, and have achieved quite good ratings.

Among them, the most outstanding ones are "The Pretender", "Let's Get Married", "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: Longmen Miku", "Under the Zhengyang Gate", and "A Thousand Bone Flowers".

These five dramas have sold three rounds of broadcasting rights, and the revenue of each drama is as high as hundreds of millions.

Besides.

The profits of Hengyu Games, Hengyu Brokerage Company, and Qidian Chinese Online Submission are also considerable.

Hengyu Games turned in a total of 18 billion profits after deducting taxes in the fourth quarter, which is the most among its subsidiaries.

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has exploded into popularity, competing with "League of Legends" and monopolizing the end game market in Huaguo.

In 2012, "PUBG Mobile" sold 1200 million accounts alone.

Calculated at 99 yuan, 1200 million is 11.8 billion, a crazy sub-batch.

"League of Legends" has entered the skin-sweeping stage. Hengyu Games humbly learns from the big brother Teng Xun in the game industry, and also allows players to embark on the road of charging money.

Starting point Chinese website, for the fourth time handed in 2 million revenue.

This income is the income for the whole year of 2012, no more and no less.

However, the value of literature cannot be calculated based on real-time benefits alone, and the development value of subsequent works far exceeds the current one.

Fang Ziheng attaches great importance to the starting point Chinese website, his idea is very simple, and he is very independent.

Treat the novel IP of the website as the vegetable garden of Hengyu Media, water and fertilize it from time to time, and select a few ripe fruits every year to develop copyright surroundings.

The copyright price will not be low, and it will definitely meet the expectations of online writers.

According to the agreement between Hengyu Media and Qidian internal and web writers.

The copyright of a novel is very finely divided. For movies, TV, games, and animation, the copyright fee can be less than a million, and it can be tens of millions or even more than [-] million.

The current film technology is not up to the standard, and the fantasy, fairy tale, and mythological works in Qidian's library are not ready yet.

Otherwise, the copyright fee for the work will be even higher.

In addition, starting from this year, Qidian Chinese.com will go public. Wu Wenhui is leading the team to prepare for the listing of Qidian.

It is expected to officially file an application report next year, and strive to be listed at the end of 2016 or mid-2017.

Fang Ziheng remembers that China Literature, the parent company of Qidian in the previous life, went public in November 2017, and its stock price has soared since then.

At the peak of the market value, it once reached 700 billion soft sister coins, becoming the undisputed sacred place for online literature in Huaguo.

In this life, Qidian has also embarked on the road of joint mergers, integrating multiple novel platforms, computer terminals, clients, works publishing and other copyright peripheral developments.

At the request of Wu Wenhui and others, Fang Ziheng did not upgrade the starting point to Hengyu Literature Group.

And let the starting point upgrade itself next year, and establish a new starting point cultural and creative group.

However, he put forward a principle that the current shares of Qidian Wenchuang Group must not be changed before it goes public.

Even if someone wants to cash out to improve their lives, they have to sell their shares to Hengyu Media.

We must not secretly sell to Tengxun or Ali.

This principle is an iron rule. Fang Ziheng, as the chairman of the starting point, has already signed an agreement with Wu Wenhui and other founders.

Decentralization is fine, but you can't stab a knife in the back!
After the reports from the Propaganda Department, Publishing Department, and Finance Department, it was the turn of Hengyu Brokerage Company.

Hengyu Brokers encountered a bottleneck period this year. Although profits continued to rise, there was no qualitative change.

The reason is simple, Fang Ziheng does not allow Hengyu Brokerage to expand its scale.

No matter how many times the person in charge Chang Jihong typed the application report, he ignored it and refused to give it.

There is no way, the industry will be rectified in a few years.

According to the current standards of Hengyu Brokerage, a new artist must sign a contract of at least three to five years.

If it is a college student at school, the contract period can even be set at seven to ten years.

after all!

Cultivating a new artist requires resources, and Hengyu Media does not engage in idolization. Newcomers have to go through at least three or four film and television dramas before they can take on the leading role.

It will take two to three years for Hengyu Brokers to earn back the cost of resources invested in the early stage.

Human nature cannot stand the test.

Once a new artist makes his debut, he will inevitably compete with his old club and have more interest demands.

This is what it should mean, people go to high places!

Hengyu Brokerage is not a bloody capitalist either, and has set several levels of contracts, which can be flexibly changed according to the artist's status and commercial value.

But no matter how humanized the contract is, some people will still be dissatisfied, feeling that they get less and the company gets more.

After the artist became popular, all kinds of temptations came one after another, and other brokerage companies were also eyeing him.

If it's just a conflict of interests, or if there are different ideas, that's okay, Hengyu Brokers can choose to let go, and everyone will be well.

I'm afraid that once an artist becomes popular, people will follow suit, play big names, engage in peers, this is not good, that is not good.

He even got into bad habits and practiced crooked ways.

In the end, the artist's house collapsed, and the company behind it also suffered bad luck.

Fang Ziheng is someone who has experienced it, and he has always felt sorry for the collapse of the artist's house a few years later.

So from the very beginning, he strictly limited the pace of Hengyu Brokerage's expansion.

The steps must not be too big. Before every artist enters Hengyu, he has to do a survey of the front.

For this reason, Fang Ziheng also specially issued a notice.

Every time Hengyu Broker joins an artist, he has to make an application report to him, and he can accept it only after he agrees.

He disagreed, no matter how valuable that artist is, Hengyu Broker wants him as much as he wants, but it won't work.

in the conference room.

While listening to Chang Jihong's report, Fang Ziheng's thoughts wandered, thinking of the two applications and two artist profiles he saw in the office this morning.

The application was submitted by Chang Jihong two days ago, and Andy read it and signed the agreement.

He came to the company this morning to take a look at it, but he hasn't had time to reply.

Both artists belong to the drama bones of Acting Online, one is Zhang Songwen and the other is Zhang Yu.

Chang Jihong has also learned to be good. Instead of looking for newcomers before, he went the other way and started recruiting Mesozoic actors in the industry.

It has to be said that Chang Jihong's vision is very accurate.

Zhang Songwen and Zhang Yu are both excellent actors with outstanding acting skills and many years of ups and downs. They only need one chance to surface and soar into the sky.

This point has been verified in the previous life!

Fang Ziheng had dealt with the two when he was in Hengdian in his last life, and Zhang Songwen even acted in a TV series he made.

I remember that once he drank two more glasses at the finale, and he once let go of Zhang Songwen, saying that you, Lao Zhang, have accumulated a lot of money, and you will definitely be popular in the future.

But at that time, both of them belonged to small roles in the entertainment industry, and no one would take this kind of cheering words to heart.

Zhang Songwen also graduated from Nortel. After graduation, he stayed in school to become an acting teacher. Speaking of which, he still has a bit of a close relationship with Fang Ziheng.

Either way.

Today, when the heat hits, I will take your old Zhang under his command!

Fang Ziheng was determined, interrupted Chang Jihong's report with a wave, and said with a smile: "Old Chang, I have read the application you submitted, and it is very good. I agree with these two artists, and you can sign the contract with them later. "

Chang Jihong was standing under the multimedia and was reporting the annual income and profits of his artists, when his efforts were interrupted, and he was subconsciously confused.

Then he heard Fang Ziheng's words, his whole body was shocked, and he went from enlightenment to surprise in an instant.

"Really, that's great, thank you Fang Dong!"

Mother too!

This way is finally on the right track!
I said why so many newcomers who were selected before did not pass the test. It turns out that Fang Dong likes actors with acting skills!

Got it, got it!

A joyful smile appeared on Chang Jihong's face, secretly thinking that Hengyu Brokers finally had a new colleague joining, so they don't have to face a group of Yingying Yanyan all day long.

Those aunts and grandmas called her mothers and mothers all day long, calling her old.

Fortunately, the company has a lot of resources, so artists don't have to fight for drama appointments, and they can all eat to their fullest.

Otherwise, she would really be one head and two big, and even more upset!
The meeting lasted until noon and ended with Fang Ziheng's concluding speech.

The next executive meeting will have to be held after the Spring Festival, when "The Founding of a Nation" has already started, and the others are no longer in the imperial capital.

noon.

in the chairman's office.

Fang Ziheng and Lin Feifei were sitting on the reception sofa having lunch, chatting about the premiere of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" while eating.

"Sister, I don't have time to attend the premiere, you take me to say hello to Stephen Chow."

"Well, Ziheng, do you want to bring Zhou Xingchi to Hengyu?"

Concubine Lin nodded slightly, and picked up a piece of braised pork ribs while asking, seeing how much fat was on it, she sent it to Fang Ziheng's bowl without thinking.

Fang Ziheng shook his head, put the ribs into his mouth with the rice, chewed and spit out the bones, and said in a concentrated voice: "I don't have this plan, I just want to maintain a good relationship with Zhou Xingchi between the investor and the director, and I want to invest in him. One step movie."

As he spoke, he also picked up a piece of sausage and brought it to Concubine Lin's mouth.

Hey..
Sister Lin never ate fat meat since she was a child, but she has a soft spot for sausages.

Concubine Lin moved back, gave him a blank look, then took a bowl to catch the sausage, and said with doubts: "Is that so, can I be in a hurry, at the speed of Zhou Xingchi's creation, the next movie will take at least three years Time, there is no need to make friends so early, right?"

"It's okay, the relationship is mutual, the longer the time, the more stable the relationship will be."

Fang Ziheng smiled faintly, accelerated his movements, and finished the rice in the bowl in two or three mouthfuls.

After "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", Zhou Xingchi also fell in love with conceptual comedies, and he came up with "The Mermaid" not long after polishing.

A "Mermaid", with a total investment of 3.5 million, and a box office of more than 30 billion, is simply lucrative.

It was this movie that he took a fancy to. Even if he couldn't win the investment share in the early stage, he still had to win the follow-up guaranteed release.

These two goals require Zhou Xingchi to nod, and it is very necessary to establish a good relationship in advance.

even
Fang Ziheng still has an idea in his heart, when the dispute between Zhou Xingchi and Hua Yi breaks out, he can definitely make a move.

After Zhou Xingchi was exhausted in Huayi, Hengyu came forward to send a bonus check for "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons".

This kind of cutting operation can definitely gain the favor of the other party, and thus take advantage of the opportunity to win the investment of "Mermaid".

Director Zhou was terrified, and had an almost unusually keen sense of money.

This kind of touch does not mean that he likes to spend money lavishly, is not greedy, and is greedy for wealth.

Instead, I have developed a sensitivity to money since I was a child, and I don’t want to be a wage earner for capital, hoping that my efforts will be rewarded as they should be.

It can be seen from Zhou Xingchi's charitable actions only that his love for money belongs to the right way to get it, and it belongs to the character cultivated by life experience.

It is essentially different from greedy businessmen, it is not a channel at all!
After dinner.

Fang Ziheng lay leisurely on the sofa, stroking his belly very comfortably.

Concubine Lin tidied up the coffee table, stood up and gave him a glance with a smile, and asked, "Are you going back to the Li Palace tonight or the Fuxing Building?"

"what happened?"

"Ion has an appointment for a mahjong game tonight. Me, Ion, and Sissy are missing one, and one person is missing."

"Tiezi, where's Andy?"

"Tiezi has to go home for a few days, and Andy is also busy these days, so he can't stay up late, and Tiantian doesn't have time to promote "The Great Wall."

"That's fine, I'll try my best to play a game with you."

Fang Ziheng was extremely comfortable, and waved his hand to accept tonight's mahjong game, then he tilted his body and lay on the sofa.

"OK, let's go back to the Li Palace tonight."

The corners of Concubine Lin's mouth turned up, she picked up the lunch box and turned around leisurely, a sly joy flashed in her eyes.

Just promise.

They haven't slaughtered a little man for a long time, and this time they made 200 billion, so they don't have to give them some pocket money.

Hum
The gift promised two days ago has not been seen yet, so he must be treated.

Poor Fang Ziheng once again stumbled into the charming formation set up by the girls.

Tonight, he had to bleed again.

咚咚
咚咚
Two in the afternoon.

Fang Ziheng was taking a nap when he heard someone knocking on the door in a daze.

He rubbed his eyes, turned over and sat up, and muttered towards the office door: "Who, come in."

The office door was pushed open.

Lin Yuyu, the chairman's secretary, swayed in and saw that he had just woken up with an embarrassed smile, and said softly, "Mr. Fang, there is news from North America!"

With that said, Lin Yuyu handed over a document form, then turned around and walked to the lounge inside to fetch water for Fang Ziheng to wash his face.

Fang Ziheng didn't blame her for interrupting his lunch break. He patted his cheek and came to the window, lighting a cigarette happily while flipping through the document list.

On the A4 paper, a line of bold characters appeared.

【北美市场，2013年度1月28号至2月4号周票房数据】

No.1: "The Great Wall".

It was released for ten days, with a weekly box office of 4600 million U.S. dollars and a total box office of 7400 million U.S. dollars.

No.2: "Warm Corpse" was released for three days, with a total box office of 2100 million US dollars.

No.3: "Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters" was released for ten days, with a weekly box office of 920 million US dollars and a total box office of 3450 US dollars.

Chinese movie "The Great Wall"!
Defeating the last two or three films with an extremely powerful attitude, it became the champion of the North American film market week, overwhelming the top ten North American films.

Seven days, $4600 million at the box office!

This data is very awesome!
In particular, it overturned the No.2 "Warm Corpse" in one fell swoop, which is really surprising.

The film is adapted from Marion's novel "Warm Body" of the same name. It has the reputation of the zombie version of "Twilight Saga".

It hit 2100 million US dollars in three days after its release. If "The Great Wall" hadn't taken the first-mover advantage and entered theaters three days in advance, it is still unknown who will win this week!

Fang Ziheng took a deep drag on his cigarette, and suddenly remembered another movie that was about to be released in North America. He took out his mobile phone and dialed Deng Wendi's ocean line.

"Hi, Ms. Deng, hello."

"Yes, I just saw the North American box office of "The Great Wall".

"Haha, I'm happy with you, I have to thank 21st Century Fox for the announcement, and thank Ms. Deng for her help."

After exchanging a few pleasantries.

Fang Ziheng changed the subject, and asked loudly: "That's it, Ms. Deng, I would like to ask about the upcoming release of "Identity Thief" in North America, how is the announcement of this movie going?
"Identity Thief?"

On the other end of the phone, Wendi Deng, who was about to take a rest, was surprised.

She cleaned the empty room, put on her coat and came to the computer.

Turning on the computer, he asked, "What does Director Fang mean, can this movie threaten "The Great Wall"?"

"Yes, I have a hunch that "Identity Thief" comes with bad intentions, and "The Great Wall" has to be guarded against!"

"Ms. Deng, if possible, you can discuss it with Wanda Film and Television, and you can increase the promotional lineup of "The Great Wall" as appropriate."

"No, no, Ms. Deng, you are overthinking. If "The Great Wall" tops the weekly box office rankings in the North American film market for two consecutive weeks, it will definitely give you more voice in Fox!"

"Okay, okay, let's talk later!"

After hanging up the phone, Fang Ziheng let out a sigh of relief.

If he remembers correctly, Identity Thief grossed over $5000 million in its first week of release.

It failed to hold its ground in the second week, and the box office dropped sharply.

But even so, it will be the biggest opponent of "The Great Wall" next week, bar none.

$5000!

A peak sitting in front of the "Great Wall".

Needless to say, the film can easily become popular in North America, and then spread to other overseas markets by virtue of its influence.

If there is only one North American weekly champion, "The Great Wall" can't do anything even if it is a bull.

When the fourth week came, the potential of the film was gradually exhausted, and its influence was getting weaker and weaker. It was estimated that the box office of 1.5 million US dollars had reached its peak.

1.5 million US dollars in North America!

But it was far from Fang Ziheng's psychological expectation.

Far from it!

(End of this chapter)