China Entertainment: Gao Yanei wants to be the best actor

After Gao Fei sent out the film list, it quickly caused an uproar in the circle.

The reason is very simple. It is nothing more than that the combined budgets of the films "Wandering Earth", "Crazy Alien", "Wolf Warrior", "Weather Pre-Explosion" and "Detective Chinatown" are too scary.

By the way, there is also a "Get Out, Mr. Tumor".

If this film is included, the total budget will almost steadily exceed one billion.

In front of this number, who do you think can survive?
The actors are alright, although they are a little scared by Zhou Yi's big hand.

However, due to the influence of Digital Domain's backdoor listing in Hong Kong stock market not long ago, it quickly accepted it.

It was only after he had made a lot of money that he spent money a bit extravagantly.

So envy is envy, but the action is not dissatisfied at all.

After all, with so many movie projects, how many roles do you have to have!
Thinking of this, almost one of the ladies and handsome guys in the circle had an orgasm.

Almost as soon as Gao Fei's message was sent out, the phone calls of Han Li and others rang.

Even some supernatural beings found Gao Fei's side.

It caused Gao Fei to be unbearably disturbed, and this wave can be regarded as self-inflicted.

But when Gao Fei was flirting with others in the office, he would never have thought that his actions would inadvertently hurt others again!

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"Billion budget? Is he crazy?"

In the box of Xiaoyun No. [-] nightclub, Mr. Wang couldn't help cursing with astonishment when he put down the phone.

In such a situation, Feng Xiaogang and others on the side were a little confused.

In the end, the assistant behind them took a laptop and placed it in front of them, and everyone immediately understood.

So in the blink of an eye, the atmosphere that was still erosive and ambiguous before was swept away.

Although Huayi has wasted money and missed opportunities in the past few years.

But there are still three catties of nails in the rotten boat.

With Huayi's accumulation and background, naturally he would not be so willing to be under the pressure of Gao Fei.

So after the Chinese New Year, the brothers of the Wang family contacted everywhere and were busy for a while.

It was to tell Gao Fei that what they lost would be taken back with their own hands.

In order to regroup, Hua Yi announced that it will produce ten films this year at the beginning of the spring:
"The Famous Sword of Yu Lin Tian Xia" "Manhattan"

"Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf: The Adventures of Pegasus"

"Literary Love in the Wechat Era", "Military Paradise" and "A Tale of Three Cities"

"Old Paoer", "Old Society", "Fury", "Wolf Flag"

It can be said that Huayi really went ruthless this time.

To be honest, Hua Yi's move was indeed a big deal before Zhou Yi released the film list announcement.

After all, there is one film and television company in the industry, and almost none of them have the ability to do this.

Of course, not so much money is one of the reasons.

But what's more, several film and television companies, including Optical Fiber Pictures, do not have so many professionals who can manage so many film projects at the same time.

From this point of view, Huayi's advantages are still obvious.

Therefore, in recent days, whether it is the media or the public opinion in the industry, the evaluation of Huayi has gradually improved.

Even many old people in the industry think that as long as the Wang brothers don't commit suicide, there is still a possibility to stage a drama of the return of the king!

But it's not terrible to bump into a shirt, whoever is ugly is embarrassed!
The previous film list that made the Wang brothers proud in the industry is not enough in front of Zhou Yi's announcement.

After all, although they have many film projects, most of them are medium-cost films.

Even "Old Paoer", starring Feng Xiaogang himself, had a movie budget of only 6000 million.

Therefore, although Huayi's film list looks bluffing, in fact, the total budget is not even half of Zhou Yi's.

Others don't know about this situation, but the happy group of people in the box don't know about it right now!

So soon these were very discerning and made excuses to withdraw.

And after everyone else left, Feng Xiaogang pondered for a long time before he couldn't help saying:

"Old Wang, don't think my words are ugly."

"Everyone wants to do big things with a small amount of money, but the times are different. You can't always think about small costs and big box office."

"...The money that should be spent still needs to be spent!"

In fact, Feng Xiaogang has been holding back these words for a long time.

Regardless of the fact that he has made a lot of money for Huayi in the past few years, Huayi's market value is also tens of billions.

However, Huayi has become more and more conservative in its investment in movies.

Even after "[-]" was well-received or not, I became less and less willing to invest in blockbuster films.

If not, he would not have improvised a "Private Order" to save face.

It was the same after the failure of "The Banquet".

If he hadn't produced another "Assembly Number" later, his status in Huayi would have collapsed long ago.

But after knowing each other for so long, Feng Xiaogang has already seen clearly the true nature of the Wang brothers.

They just use people to face forward, not to use people to face backward.

It is not too much to say that quick success and short-sightedness are short-sighted.

If not, Huayi would not have broken up because of the quarrel between 8160 million and Zhou Xingxing a year ago.

After this turmoil broke out, many netizens did not understand.

They don't understand why Huayi and Master Xing have a falling out when Zhou Xingxing's new film is a hit at the box office?
However, Gao Fei, the president of Zhou Yi, received some gossip vaguely.

Only then did the Wang family brothers understand their logic.

How should I put it, things are actually very simple.

The Wang family brothers simply think that Zhou Xingxing's sword is old and only knows how to travel to the West.

Simply put, it is useless.

That's why he chose to tear his face apart for 8000 million and Zhou Xingxing.

Even later, President Xiao Wang publicly satirized Zhou Xingxing for "he doesn't understand movies at all"!
It's just that when President Xiao Wang said something arrogantly, he probably never dreamed of accidentally hurting Feng Xiaogang.

On the other side, after Feng Xiaogang finished speaking, he put down his glass and left without caring about the reaction of the Wang family brothers.

Seeing this situation, President Xiao Wang's face suddenly became more and more ugly.

Even Wang Zhongjun, who had been keeping calm all this time, couldn't help frowning at this moment.

Of course he knew about Feng Xiaogang's knot in his heart.

You must know that in 2003, Feng Xiaogang parted ways with Huayi once.

At that time, he and Zhang Guoli jointly established a company called Taihe People.

Of course, in the end, this company must be yellow, otherwise Feng Xiaogang would not return to Huayi again.

Therefore, the relationship between Feng Xiaogang and the Wang family brothers is actually not as close as outsiders think.

And at this critical juncture, Wang Zhonglei naturally wouldn't let Feng Xiaogang's ballast stone have any more accidents.

So after pondering for a moment, he quickly made a decision.

So the next day, the news that Huayi lent Zhang Guoli 1.52 million to buy Huayi stock soon spread.

Of course, after getting rid of the unstable factor of Zhang Guoli, Wang Zhonglei on Feng Xiaogang's side will naturally not let it go.

It's just that the details are not enough for outsiders.

It's actually quite funny.

Gao Fei obviously never thought of targeting Hua Yi this time, but it happened that Hua Yi was the one who got hurt the most!

There is nothing more wonderful than this!
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There are two flowers, one on each side.

Speaking of which, after Gao Fei announced his new film project, there was an interesting situation.

That is, the stock price of Zhouyi has fallen, but the stock price of Digital Domain has risen.

The reason for Zhouyi's stock price drop is not difficult to understand.

After all, Gao Fei's move is one billion yuan, so the risk is not small, and it is normal for the stock price to fluctuate, and Gao Fei has long been psychologically prepared.

But the rise in Digital Domain's share price was beyond Gao Fei's expectations.

You must know that he just made an announcement, and he hasn't invested much money yet. There are rumors in the Hong Kong stock market that Digital Domain has great benefits.

This surprised Gao Fei, but he also had to sigh that they still knew how to play.

Of course, this wave of high flying did not suffer.

After all, the movie has not started shooting yet, and it has already started to make money.

Seeing that the total market value of Digital Domain has increased by several hundred million, Rao Yifei's heart can't help but be a little tempted.

However, it was precisely because of this incident that Gao Fei finally understood why the Wang family brothers became more short-sighted and frequently made foolish tricks after Huayi went public.

After all, I still can't escape the four words "benevolence makes wisdom faint"!
If Gao Fei hadn't seen more exaggerated scenes back then, I'm afraid he would have been dazzled by this easy wealth!

Thinking of this, after regaining his composure, Gao Fei casually threw several "guaranteed issuance" contracts into the trash can.

And this is actually the biggest difference between him and the Wang family brothers.

Although the Wang family brothers kept saying that they should focus on making movies, their minds were still a little messy after all.

If this were not the case, last year there would not have been a "guaranteed issuance" model in order to increase the stock price.

Forcibly turning entertainment products such as movies into financial products.

Although Huayi did earn a lot of money by releasing "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" last year with a guarantee.

But Gao Fei is not optimistic about this kind of sideways approach.

At least, this shouldn't be what a film and television company should do.

Because once immersed in this routine of making quick money, you will become more and more lazy to do it yourself.

This is the same as gambling. Over time, it will degrade people's ability to work normally.

In this way, it is tantamount to giving up the root and chasing the end, drinking poison to quench thirst.

So no matter how profitable the "guaranteed release" model is, Gao Fei is not prepared to touch it.

Because for film and television companies like Zhouyi, "guaranteed release" is like a poisonous cockle wrapped in honey, and if you eat too much, something will happen.

However, after Gao Fei rejected the cooperation intentions of several financial investment companies, these people still did not give up.

They thought that Gao Fei was not satisfied with the price, so they gritted their teeth and offered a higher price.

I have to say that this group of financial people is really rich.

Especially those few financial companies that do p2p, it is simply not taking money as money.

For several film projects that are still on paper, the actors have not yet been finalized, so they dare to call out a price of several hundred million.

Even Gao Fei was a little speechless when he saw that extravagant demeanor.

It's just that after being surprised, Gao Fei felt that there was something tricky about it.

So even though their words were full of love, Gao Fei remained unmoved.

Of course, that's all he can do.

After all, the financial circle has always been more chaotic than the entertainment circle, so he doesn't want to be a fool.

In case Zhou Yi suffers a disadvantage, no one in the circle appreciates it.

After dismissing the group of financial hyenas, Gao Fei immediately attracted attention to the application report just sent by Jiang Hong.

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Speaking of which, Jiang Hong's application this time actually has something to do with finance.

As a CEO with a background in finance, Jiang Hong discovered some potential risks within Digital Domain soon after taking office.

The first to bear the brunt is the game business that is most favored by the capital market.

In the office, after reading the documents, Gao Fei Dang even asked with a slight frown:
"If you make a game, you just make a game. Why did you buy a payment license?"

"Is it just to recharge the game?"

Facing Gao Fei's questioning, Jiang Hong didn't go around the bush, and went straight to the point:

"Although major game companies are doing game payment business now, and it seems that it is not difficult technically, it is actually hovering on the verge of breaking the law."

"As far as I know, since the central bank officially issued payment licenses in 2011, there have been clear laws and regulations on Internet payment."

"So now the secondary liquidation business provided by major game companies for players actually has great legal risks and system security risks."

"Although it seems that unlicensed payment in the game field is not a big problem."

"But once someone targets it, it will undoubtedly be a big trouble."

Hearing this, Gao Fei immediately nodded slightly.

This is indeed a good point. To run a company, you have to take a long-term view, and you can't just find a solution when the problem is imminent.

But after pondering for a moment, he suddenly frowned and said:

"Since there are risks without a license, why not find a professional financial payment company?"

"I believe there should be many such third-party payment platforms?"

The reason why Gao Fei said that was not because he was stingy and didn't want to spend money.

Instead, he was worried that Jiang Hong wanted to do all kinds of business, and in the end, he was distracted and couldn't do anything.

However, Jiang Hong has another explanation for this.

"On the surface, e-commerce and financial companies have the greatest demand for payment licenses among various industries at present."

"Because their transaction volume is large, instead of paying tens of millions of fees a year, it is better to buy a license to do it yourself, which is more cost-effective and more convenient."

"Especially in the prepaid card business, user funds deposits and interest, to some extent it is like opening a bank."

"But in fact, if you simply compare transaction flow, even if the game industry is not as good as e-commerce and financial companies, it must be the third place."

"We must know that as early as 2001, the turnover of the Legendary game company had reached 6.33 million yuan. Even if the major e-commerce companies were added together at that time, it was estimated that it would not be enough for Legendary."

"Although the growth of the game industry is not as fast as that of e-commerce, there are still a few games with daily transaction volume of tens of millions."

Speaking of this, Jiang Hong rarely showed a trace of excitement in his eyes.

"If you just need an Internet payment service, there is really no need to buy a payment license, because this is not an easy business."

"But we are different!"

"Today's payment license is like the bank in the past, and has become an indispensable part of the ecology of the connected system."

"We can temporarily use it, but we can't do without it!!!"

Out of professional sensitivity, Jiang Hong learned from friends that since 2011, the central bank has issued nearly 200 payment licenses in the past three years.

And the interval is getting longer and longer, and the frequency is getting lower and lower.

It is almost a domestic feature to let the nascent industry develop on its own first, and then the authorities formulate industry norms.

Therefore, Jiang Hong has reason to suspect that when a group of powerful third-party payment companies change from unlicensed to licensed, the issuance of payment licenses may stop in the future.

Although this is just a conjecture, it is always right to be prepared.

It has to be said that Jiang Hong's reason is very strong.

So when she finished speaking, Gao Fei was successfully persuaded by her.

But then again, even though Gao Fei agreed with Jiang Hong's point of view, he still felt a little distressed when he signed the contract.

There is no way, this flimsy payment license is really too expensive.

Be aware that payment licenses are geographically restricted.

A non-national payment license that can only engage in business in a designated area, the current asking price basically ranges from 5000 million to 8000 million.

As for national payment licenses, they are now basically worth hundreds of millions.

This price~ has almost caught up with Gao Fei's expenses for backdoor listing on the Hong Kong stock market.

You must know that Gao Fei only spent a little over [-] million to buy the "shell".

But even if he felt sorry for Gao Fei, he had no choice but to sign.

Because as Jiang Hong said, paying for licenses may not be useful for ordinary companies.

However, for group companies that have reached a certain scale, payment licenses are still gradually becoming the key underlying infrastructure for building an enterprise ecosystem.

It's like a key, you can use it, but you can't.

Otherwise, you will not be able to break through the closed loop in the transaction and organically combine all the companies.

From this point of view, Jiang Hong's strategic vision is still as good as ever.

Of course, the so-called "buying a license" naturally does not really have to go to the central bank to buy it, otherwise you don't know how you died.

In actual operation, it only needs to acquire a company with an Internet payment license.

Therefore, after discussing with Jiang Hong, Gao Fei decided to set up a separate "Easy Payment" under Xiongan Holdings as a third-party payment platform to provide payment services to other brother companies.

Originally, Jiang Hong, the president of Digital Domain, wanted to call it "Digital Payment", but Gao Fei resolutely rejected it.

But in this way, in the future, whether it is Zhouyi Film and Television, Bizhan, or Digital Domain, as long as there is a need, they can use "Easy Payment" to conduct Internet transactions.

And Xiongan Holdings, the entertainment group created by Gao Fei, is beginning to look less and less like a traditional film and television giant.

If BAT is the representative of the Internet’s intrusion into the film and television industry, then Xiongan Holdings is the representative of the film and television industry’s intrusion into the Internet.

(⊙o⊙)...Uh, no, to be precise, it should be the only seedling!

From this aspect, this is probably the biggest difference between Gao Fei and the Wang brothers!
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By the way, Jiang Hong's visit this time was not all about paying for the license plate.

So when the problem of Internet payment was solved, Jiang Hong talked about the modeling of game characters by the way.

Currently, the three game projects that Digital Domain is preparing are all film and television IP adaptations.

Therefore, when character modeling, it is natural to inevitably involve the issue of actor portrait rights.

Although live-action animation is inevitable, the prototypes of the characters can still be seen, as if there were many game characters in Fusang that looked like Cheng Long.

Seeing Jiang Hong mentioning this matter, Gao Fei immediately shook his head after pondering for a moment and said:
"Forget it, it's okay to use the video material of the film and television version when promoting it."

"But when it comes to actual production, let the game studio develop the character image."

"After all, game fans and fans of film and television dramas do not completely overlap. It is enough to use film and television dramas to attract traffic in the early stage, and there is no need to add superfluous things later."

Seeing that Gao Fei had said so, Jiang Hong naturally had no other opinions.

In this way, it saved her a lot of trouble.

After all, besides the movie version, "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" also has an online drama version.

Therefore, if you really want to model according to the film and television image, which version to use is also a problem.

Thinking of this, Jiang Hong turned around and left neatly.

It's just that as soon as Jiang Hong opened the door, she saw Zhao Liying standing at the door pretty and ready to come in.

Seeing this situation, Jiang Hong suddenly thought of some gossip she had heard recently, and smiled knowingly.

So after nodding to Zhao Liying with a smile on her face, Jiang Hong let Zhao Liying in, and then took the initiative to close the door.

Gao Fei couldn't help the corners of his eyes twitching, and he couldn't help sighing in his heart, "The reputation is bad"!
And Zhao Liying came here for business, but when she made such a move, she suddenly felt a little uncomfortable...