China Entertainment: The happiness of being a director is as simple as that

Chapter 173 Media: Behind Lu Ping'an's Glory is a Loneliness Engraved (Two in One)

Xiang Guoqiang has a heavy task recently.

He is in charge of Execute Special Effects Company. After the special effects of "Wonderful Night" are produced, he is also responsible for personally escorting them back and forth between the capital and Los Angeles.

In addition to the special effects company, Lu Ping'an's funds are also temporarily managed by him.

Buy stocks, make money, and use the money earned to invest in various fields designated by Road Ping An.

He is in charge of the income and expenditure of every fund, as well as the legal affairs of every fund.

In addition, Lu Pingan now has photography technology in his hands.

This involves the realization of technology and the development of theater distribution.

This is also Xiang Guoqiang's job.

It can be said that as a worker, Xiang Guoqiang has achieved the ultimate within his ability.

And such work naturally does not match the pay.

So Xiang Guoqiang mentioned the salary increase for the first time after receiving Lu Ping'an's call.

Lu Pingan agreed without hesitation.

His offer is about to expire in 3 years, and it's time to talk about the salary.

Lu Pingan doesn't mind giving him a little more. A person with such ability should not be treated badly.

So soon, after an hour of telephone communication, the new treatment was reached.

Xiang Guoqiang is still Lu Ping An's assistant in secret, but he will be the president of all Lu Ping An's industries except Star Film and Burger King.

The most important company among them is "Small Target Capital", and all future industrial expansion of Road Ping An will be inseparable from it.

Xiang Guoqiang's salary has been raised to 200 million yuan per year plus a step-by-step salary increase, as well as a step-by-step equity incentive from 0.5% to a maximum of 5%, and countless benefits.

The remuneration is relatively reasonable.

100% loyal after all.

You don't have to worry about betrayal, it's equivalent to your own family, and you give a little more than the market, so it's not a big problem.

In this way, it can be managed for at least ten years, which is not bad.

Things are done, the next step is to work.

In terms of the film industry, the current top priority is still the distribution channels in the mainland, that is, the expansion of movie theaters.

It is now April, and the number of Ping An Road's stores has expanded from 4 to 8.

These movie theaters are scattered, some were originally movie theaters, and some were shops.

Road Ping An's plan is to make these theater chains, and then join the mainland theater chains that have already invested as a whole, so as to obtain relevant qualifications, and apply for independent theater licenses at an appropriate time in the future.

There are 26 cinemas, and the standard for each cinema is to have at least 6 cinema halls, and at least one of the 6 cinema halls is a large cinema hall that can adapt to the giant screen in the future.

And the 26 companies are far from the focus. Road Ping An's plan is to complete the investment of 5 million yuan this year.

At present, Lu Ping An has quite a lot of funds in his hands.

Of the 2.62 million US dollars earned by NetEase, 9000 million US dollars have been spent, which were used to invest in Summit, purchase copyrights, invest in Golden Harvest and mainland theater companies, and prepare for the production of "Batman".

Of the remaining 1.7 million U.S. dollars, 1.2 million is prepared to buy land for the capital and build buildings.

The remaining 5000 million US dollars can be used for theater expansion.

In addition, Lu Pingan's box office and some disc income from Hollywood's "Chain Saw" and "Death Day" have also arrived, adding up to nearly 7000 million US dollars.

In this way, this year's plan to spend 5 million yuan on the expansion of theaters in the mainland can be realized.

At present, there must be people who are engaged in movie theaters, and there are many, but who would use such a large amount of 5 million yuan to do it?

If Lu Ping'an's behavior was publicly known, he would be called a fool.

Hardcover theaters with land are heavy on assets. At present, the potential of the film market is small. Few people think that it will become so big in the future, and real estate may not always rise in the future.

Playing like this is simply a desperate gamble!
But Lu Pingan still doesn't know the future development.

Calculate the accounts carefully, no matter what, you can make a profit without losing money.

In the future, the movie theater business will continue to thrive for at least 15 years.

In addition to this, there are also shops and land. What Lu Pingan requires is not real estate in fringe cities, but real estate in first- and second-tier cities.

Therefore, according to the increase in housing prices, in the next ten years, the value of these real estates alone, Lu Pingan will be able to make a profit.

It doesn't matter whether you earn or not, and how much you earn, as long as you don't lose money.

The most important thing is that the most important thing is to obtain a guaranteed right to speak through this generous effort.

For movies, production is one aspect, and distribution is another aspect.

If 5 million yuan is spent this year, there will be at least one or two hundred theaters, and each theater will have 5 large screens. The market share that this adds up to will not be a small amount.

Of course, this is only an ideal state. According to the actual situation, it is quite good to reach 50 theaters before the release of "Wonderful Night" this year.

But that's enough.

50 theaters, hundreds of big screens, and colleagues in the industry try to talk to me aloud?
5 million is used for the expansion of theater chains, and the remaining 6000 million US dollars also has a place to go, that is, to invest in some Internet companies.

In June this year, Penguin will be listed on the Hong Kong stock market.

During Penguin's financing stage, Lu Pingan was not easy to participate in. Now that it's listed and has money, it's natural to participate.

The total market value of Penguin at the initial stage of listing was only a few billion Hong Kong dollars, and the issue price was 7 Hong Kong dollars. By July, when the stock price was at its lowest, it was below 7 Hong Kong dollars.

At that time, half of Lu Pingan's "Latent" account will be credited, and his funds will exceed [-] million US dollars by then.

Therefore, it is easy to acquire 10 to [-] million penguin tradable shares, and the shareholding ratio will easily reach more than [-]%.

10% of the shares, among other things, just say that the stock appreciation will make a lot of money in the future!
In addition to Penguin, Internet companies such as Netease also want to continue to hold.

With so much money spent, I have earned myself a big future, which is worth it no matter what.

Only in this way, the funds in Ping An's hands will bottom out in the next few months.

That’s okay though, all the funding for near-term projects has already been set aside.

Except for "Batman", Lu Ping'an's movies are not big-budget movies, so the financial pressure is not big.

After several recent projects are completed, funds will be abundant again.

So money is really not a big problem for him, the problem is just time.

After the arrangements were made, Han Sanpin called and said that "Happy Death Day" almost failed to pass the screening.

The reason is that after the schedule was previously set, the higher-ups verbally conveyed instructions. Starting from this year, June and July will be the domestic film protection month.

Oral communication, no document issued, intended to consciously cooperate with each theater.

And such rules will continue until 2023 in the future.

"Happy Death Day" has been scheduled a few days in advance, and this movie is relatively special because the director is Lu Ping'an.

So this year's Domestic Protection Month will run from June 6 to August 25.

Han Sanpin said that this is some kind of care given by the superiors, otherwise "The Day of Death" would have to be released after May or August.

In this way, the encirclement of "House of Flying Daggers" in "House of Flying Daggers" remains unaffected.

The higher ups will not be unaware of this.

Han Sanpin said that this also shows that Lu Ping'an is getting more and more important in the eyes of the boss.

Ok.

Lu Pingan can only say: "I will make persistent efforts and continue to work hard."
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Time has entered May, and the lukewarm mainland film scene gradually began to boil.

The main force stirring up the market is still the much-anticipated "House of Flying Daggers".

In mid-May, "House of Flying Daggers" competed at the Cannes Film Festival.

Although it was not shortlisted, the media manuscript was very high-profile.

"Zhang Yimou's new film "House of Flying Daggers" has been highly recognized by foreign fans."

Still the same taste.

It was just screened, not shortlisted, and got nothing, and it became a good news when it was reported in the mainland.

But who let this time not be the information age for all.

What happens abroad depends on what the media says.

So the publicity effect of "House of Flying Daggers" is very good.

And the promotion of "House of Flying Daggers" by the new screen does not stop there.

Since "the film gained a reputation in Cannes, France", various promotional texts have been released one after another, and the promotional film flower and theme song have also announced the release time.
A series of various propagandas have made the public have high expectations for "House of Flying Daggers".

It's just that the propaganda and control of "House of Flying Daggers" hasn't lasted long.

Lu Pingan, another great director of commercial films in China that cannot be ignored, has also released news about his new film.

And once released, it is a series of news.

First of all, "Happy Death Day" is scheduled for June 6th.

After seeing the news, domestic movie fans were filled with excitement.

They knew the relevant background information about the film.

In addition to being a work directed by Lu Pingan in Hollywood, this is also a film for Lu Pingan to gain a firm foothold in Hollywood, which is of great significance.

After "Latent" became a big hit, many domestic media have already reported on Lu's safe road to Hollywood.

Lu Pingan entered Hollywood for the first time and became a blockbuster with "Chain Saw 1".

But still can't get any big productions.

This is unfair treatment. If other directors had his achievements, the second film would cost at least 5000 million to start, but what Lu Pingan got was only 500 million!
In the face of discrimination and injustice, Lu Pingan didn't complain at all. He knew that if he wanted to be respected by others, he had to become stronger!

So he was still very competitive in the second movie, and made "Happy Death Day" with a mere 400 million US dollars. In the end, it won a global box office of 1.15 million US dollars under the overwhelming public opinion, making it a blockbuster again!
Through this film, Lu Ping'an's director's worth has also reached 300 million US dollars, becoming the number one among Chinese directors.

Not only that, Lu Pingan also got an investment opportunity for the third movie.

However, there was an opportunity, but the script submitted still had no potential, and Lu Pingan's own script was not recognized.

Only now did Lu Pingan know that the success of the two films still failed to bring him the respect he wanted.

So Lu Pingan once again decided to show his super talent!
In the third film, Lu Pingan used his career as a gamble, and under tremendous pressure, "Latent" with a production cost of only 80 US dollars scored a global box office of 2 million US dollars.

After "Latent", Hollywood finally recognized Lu Pingan, and even gave him the title of "King of Horror"!

Lu Ping'an's director's net worth soared to 1000 million US dollars!And completely secured the position of director of "Batman".

As for the several director changes that the director of "Batman" has experienced, what kind of secrets are there.

The media didn't say it, they only said that they won't know until "Batman" is released.

However, the media also quoted a line from last year’s Milk Tea Week “In the Name of the Father”: “Behind the glory, there is a loneliness.” hardships
What an inspiring article.

No one can be confused.

This is the pride of the Chinese people!

The Light of the Chinese!

In this era, any Chinese who has achieved success in the Western world will be given this aura.

Dayao is like this. He played in the NBA and became famous.

The same is true for Lu Pingan, he has made his mark in Hollywood, and his fame is also skyrocketing.

Therefore, domestic movie fans' views on Lu Pingan have also reached a new level, and everyone hopes that he will go higher and higher.

This also makes everyone look forward to Lu Pingan's works more and more.

Lu Ping'an's three "magic works" in Hollywood, the first and the third are horror films, which cannot be introduced into the country. Now that "Death Day" is released, many fans have given it extremely high praise enthusiasm.

Everyone wanted to see what kind of movie could make Lu Pingan convince Yankees in Hollywood.

However, the finalized news about "Death Day" is only one of a series of news.

The second message is also about a movie, which is also Lu Pingan's new movie "The Hunger Platform".

Compared with "The Day of Death", this film is relatively unfamiliar to domestic movie fans.

Everyone only knows that this film competed in Berlin this year, but it didn't win an award.

However, everyone is interested in it.

After all, this is the second movie that Lu Pingan and Jiang Wen have collaborated on.

The media also said that this movie has a large scale and is the most explicit of Lu Pingan's "brain hole" movies!
So many movie fans were happy: buddies like the explicit ones!

Compared with these two pieces of news, the appearance of the third piece of news completely set the entire movie world abuzz.

"Lu Ping'an's new work "Codename 9527" is officially finalized, and the new title is "Museum Wonderful Night", which will be released on July 7."

A week after the news of the first two films came out, "Night of Wonderful" also started promotion.

For some movies, you can probably know what the movie is about just by looking at the name.

This is the case with "Night at the Museum". Everyone can guess it when they see the name. This is probably a story that happened in a museum.

As for what the hell is going to happen.

This time the media also revealed.

"When objects in a museum come to life overnight"

Sometimes all you need to promote a movie is an idea.

Things in the museum come alive.

Just such an idea can arouse the interest of countless people.

Of course, if the movie has a good idea, it depends on who directs it.

For the same movie, if there are mainland directors and Hollywood directors, fans will of course choose Hollywood.

Because that is the guarantee of quality.

However, when mainland directors shoot these, there is a high probability that they will not be able to produce the taste they want, and they will appear dubious.

So that some people often feel that such and such a movie would be made by Hollywood.
But now, that worry no longer exists.

Because Lu Pingan is a Hollywood director, and a very successful Hollywood director.

Combined with the high-quality assurance that Road Pingan Movies has always been.

So in just one sentence, it ignited the interest of countless movie fans.

And the official announcement of "Wonderful Night" is not just this sentence.

In the report, "Wonderful Night" also released stills of various characters again.

In addition to the characters, there are also dinosaurs, African animals, ancient battlefields with galloping horses and so on.

Among them, the one that makes people laugh the most is the still photo of Fan Wei's bewildered + stunned expression.

Careful people found that there are rows of sharp teeth around the stills of this expression.

Soon someone guessed it, this must be the resurrection of the dinosaur skeleton!

Discussions started immediately on the Internet, guessing the plot, guessing the characters.

There are quite a lot of elements in the released stills, and the topic of speculation is also quite hot.

So "Wonderful Night" did nothing, just released a soft article, and its publicity effect seemed to overwhelm all the movies currently being promoted.

At this time, if there is a software that can collect fans' "want to watch" data, "Wonderful Night" will probably surpass the long-promoted "House of Flying Daggers".

Netizens reported high expectations, and the media and industry insiders also discovered the interesting point immediately.

""House of Flying Daggers" encounters Flying Daggers."

The movie fans were happy, and so were the people who eat melons. People in the industry didn't express their views, but they couldn't stop their desire to watch the excitement.

Zhang Weiping was very speechless, he felt that Lu Pingan really didn't talk about martial arts.

But he also knows that even without those two films, if only "Wonderful Night" and "House of Flying Daggers" are left alone, the current situation has already shown that Lao Mouzi's family is no longer the only one in domestic commercial films.

It seems that it is not easy for "House of Flying Daggers" to create a publicity effect that can overwhelm the audience.

However, this does not mean that he will admit defeat.

In his opinion, now the other party has shown their cards and announced the name of the film, although the popularity was so high that he was a little surprised.

But the announcement of the movie does not rely solely on this wave.

There are still at least two months before the film is released, and the battle for the box office has only just begun.

The publicity plan of "House of Flying Daggers" is extremely complete, at the level of an atomic bomb, and without the strong support from above, the film quality and distribution channels of the new screen are not comparable to that of Lu Pingan, a small company.

So wait and see!

(End of this chapter)