The Wind of China Entertainment 2005

Chapter 544 The handle
"Big Dog has taken a big step, and the company is flourishing in all aspects."

Ning Hao looked melancholy: "Last year, we built cinemas in third- and fourth-tier cities such as Cixi, Huai'an, and Dadukou. This year, we raised funds to acquire the Hollywood special effects company Digital Domain."

Digital Domain was once the second-largest special effects company in Hollywood and participated in the production of "Titanic".

Huang Bo scratched his hair and sighed: "Isn't the digital field a lesson for us? Because of blind expansion, it has become insolvent and is now facing bankruptcy."

"Not only that, the company also signed a bet agreement with China Construction Bank Culture last year." Ning Hao said again.

"Did you really sign it?" Lu Yuan was surprised. They had discussed this matter before in front of the General Administration.

Pony.com started out as an advertising company and was founded by Li Ming in 1994.

In 2004, he produced his first TV series "The Sky of History". After tasting the sweetness, he switched to the film industry and collaborated with directors such as Ning Hao, Zhang Yibai and Wu Yusen.

Generally speaking, everything went smoothly. Although I didn't make much money, I didn't lose money in any of the investment projects.

As the company is developing rapidly, it is natural for it to plan to go public.

Last year, it completed its last round of financing before its listing, with an amount of 7.5 million yuan, even exceeding the 9950 million US dollars of Polybona's IPO on Nasdaq.

This round of financing was led by China Construction Bank Culture and is currently the largest financing in China's film and television industry.

At that time, I heard Ning Hao say that this might involve a bet, but I didn't expect it to be actually signed.

A bet agreement is no joke, nine out of ten times you will lose.

A bet is actually a form of option, where the investor makes an agreement regarding uncertain future situations.

The content can be performance, listing, etc. If the agreed conditions are met, the financing party can exercise certain rights.

If the standards are not met, the investor can exercise another right, and the terms are designed to effectively protect the interests of investors.

"Yes, it has been signed." Ning Hao replied.

“Last year, Big Dog signed an Investment Supplementary Agreement with Jianyin Culture.

The agreement stipulates that if the company fails to achieve qualified listing before December 2013, 12.

The investor, Jianyin Culture, has the right to require the actual controller of Xiaoma Pentium to purchase the equity of Xiaoma Pentium held by Jianyin Culture at a one-time purchase at any time after December 2013, 12, subject to the requirements of the laws and regulations at that time.

In simple terms, if the company fails to go public within the specified time, then the company will have to spend money to buy the shares held by Jianyin Culture. If there is no money, then the founder's shares will be auctioned off and the company will be used to pay off the debts.

Lu Yuan remembered his second uncle's instructions during the New Year.

The emergence of a bet agreement essentially stems from the fact that investors lack trust in entrepreneurs.

Investors need short- to medium-term returns on their investments, while entrepreneurs need long-term, stable cash flow. There is an inherent contradiction between the two.

As an entrepreneur, you can never win in a betting game.

Because in a bet agreement, entrepreneurs face investors like they face the dealer in a casino, and the probability of winning has already been calculated.

He shook his head: "The investors are not easy to deal with. It is not necessarily a good thing for the money to come too quickly."

Huang Bo said: "I have met Mr. Li several times. He is a person who focuses on work. It is destined that he will not be able to get along with someone who only does capital operations."

"I also told him that it would be better to just focus on producing content, but he didn't listen." Ning Hao was helpless.

Huang Bo picked up the drink cup and said, "Okay, let's not talk about this. That's the big boss's business. He wants a lot, and we are not qualified. Uh."

He paused and looked at Lu Yuan. This man seemed to be a boss as well, having earned 3 million from a single play.

"Uh what? Let's go." Lu Yuan picked up the soda.

Huang Bo and Ning Hao left in a hurry that night and rushed to the next city for promotion.

The two of them are the biggest publicity points for their respective works, and their schedules are quite tight.

Within two days, Huang Xiaoming also came to visit the set, and Lu Yuan took him to dinner again.

After Huang Xiaoming left, Lu Yuan refused requests from outsiders to visit the set, as visits would delay the crew's filming progress.

After the initial adjustment, the crew's efficiency improved significantly.

Time passed quietly.

On April 4, "Pifu" was released.

On April 4, "The Golden Robbery" was released.

On April 4, "Killing" was released.

Because the three films were released within a short time interval, and Lu Yuan was busy filming in Hong Kong, he simply did not attend any of the three premiere ceremonies.

Let Wu Lang go to show his support on his behalf.

He himself helped to promote the event on Weibo.

The box office results for the premiere of "Ordinary Man" are out, and the results are dismal, far below expectations.

The box office for the midnight show on the 23rd was 1.92, and the box office on the first day was only 115 million. It can basically be said that this film is hopeless.

Investing more than 20 million yuan, there is no hope of getting 70 million back.

The media was buzzing about Huang Xiaoming's investment, and netizens went to his Weibo account to ask him if he regretted it.

Compared to the failure of "Ordinary Man", "The Golden Robbery" had a box office of 382 million at the midnight show and 1237 million on the first day.

After three years, Ning Hao brings his work to meet everyone again. It is also Ning Hao's transition work from small and medium-cost comedy to mainstream commercial films, and it is quite attractive.

However, the word of mouth after its release was not good, and the audience's reviews were mixed.

Some people support Ning Hao, but some viewers think that the film has lost the flavor of "Crazy Stone" period, the lines are not as refined as before, as a period drama, the logic is not tight enough, and many details are too abrupt.

However, the character of Xiao Dongbei, played by Guo Jingfei, received considerable attention for his nonchalant appearance and excellent acting skills.

Some careful netizens discovered that this guy was actually signed to Yuanfang Media. His popularity increased instantly and the number of his Weibo fans skyrocketed.

Jiang Qiuyun worked behind the scenes to start building up his image as an actor.

"Killing" was released on the 28th, but the results were not as expected, with a box office of 236.3 million on the first day, which was well received but not popular.

All in all, domestic films in the April film market had a difficult time.

May 5st, Labor Day, Hong Kong.

Early in the morning, Lu Yuan woke up in the hotel bedroom and found the room gray.

He turned on his mobile phone and the promotional reports for the three domestic films were still going on.

"The Golden Age" grossed 9400 million in eight days, "The Killing" grossed 1174 million in four days, and "The Ordinary Man" grossed a pitiful 1968 million in nine days.

"Brother Xiao Ming suffered a huge loss this time."

Lu Yuan flipped through the reports on the Internet, and all of them were press releases like "Huang Xiaoming, do you regret it?"

After much consideration, he called this senior brother.

"Dudududu!"

"Hey."

"Brother, I."

"I know it's you. Today is May Day and you have a day off."

"I don't have time to rest. I just got up and will go to the set soon."

"Oh, so that's the case. Tell me what's the matter." There was no obvious change of emotion in Huang Xiaoming's tone.

Before Lu Yuan could answer, Huang Xiaoming blocked his mouth and said with a smile: "If you want to comfort me, you don't have to. You know, I only invested 500 million and I can afford to lose.

Besides, although the box office of "The Ordinary Man" was not as expected, the box office is not the only criterion for evaluating the value of a movie.

The significance of "Ordinary Man" to me cannot be represented by the box office. It was my first time as a film producer and I grew a lot."

Huang Xiaoming said a lot of insincere words.

Lu Yuan thought this senior brother was quite interesting. He kept telling lies in front of him. Who was he pretending for?

He also wrote a special consolation: "It's good to think this way. The domestic film market is booming. For us, film is a dream. This dream requires countless young creators to follow one after another. They may be immature and inexperienced, but which current master did not have a humble first time?

It is better to encourage than to laugh, it is better to participate than to watch. Since you have the ability, don’t care what others say, and do your best to help everyone weave a wanton and crazy movie dream. "

"Hmm." Huang Xiaoming pondered for a long time on the other end of the phone, not knowing what he was thinking about.

After finishing the call with Huang Xiaoming, Lu Yuan washed up, had breakfast, and rushed to the crew to shoot today's scenes.

The crew of "New World".

A motorhome slowly stopped.

Sitting in the car was a woman who looked to be in her twenties. She was wearing a beige coat, a high ponytail, bright eyes, and a small round face that looked very childish.

This person is one of the members of the Twins group, Charlene Choi.

She plays the role of Li Zicheng's wife in the play.

There are only two Hong Kong actors in the entire drama "New World", one is Liang Jiahui who plays Ding Qing, and the other is her.

She was able to get this role thanks to her signing company Emperor Entertainment Group.

Her father, Cai Jiusheng, is a figure in the entertainment industry and a senior executive of Hong Kong Fengsheng Xingye Entertainment Company. Her family is very well-off.

When she was 12 years old, her parents broke up due to emotional incompatibility, and she lived with her father.

Her father has extensive connections and has some relationship with Emperor Entertainment Group's Albert Yeung, so she was able to sign a contract with Emperor Entertainment Group smoothly after entering the entertainment industry.

That year, Albert Yeung decided to create a female singing duo and selected her and Gillian Chung from many candidates.

Not long after the Twins debuted, they became famous overnight, captured a large number of fans, and became the most popular female singing group in the music industry.

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. The Chen photography incident was exposed and Gillian was involved, causing the public image of the Twins group to plummet.

Under the arrangement of the agency, Gillian Chung temporarily retired from the entertainment industry, and she started to work solo to continue her acting career.

He released a new music album and participated in many film and television productions, but the attention he received was not as high as before.

In addition, at the end of 2010, she and Zheng Zhongji announced their divorce, which made many fans unbelievable and broke their defenses. Her personality also began to collapse.

It turns out that the well-behaved, gentle, innocent and kind Ah Sa had already been secretly married for four years.

What good girl, what innocent little white rabbit, they are all liars, big liars.

Her fans couldn't accept it, and without the support of this group of people, her career inevitably went downhill.

The mainland market is the future, and she realized this very early on.

Therefore, Yang Shoucheng used his connections to introduce her to the resources of "New World".

When she first arrived at the set, Charlene Choi was not in a hurry to get out of the car. She was playing with her mobile phone, first to check if there were any updates on Liu Shishi and Lu Yuan’s Weibo.

This is related to her next plan.

On the other hand, Huang Xiaoming updated a Weibo post early in the morning, which topped the list, in response to the poor box office performance of "The Ordinary Man".

Huang Xiaoming V: "I think there are two types of actors. One type is talented, like my senior Liang Jiahui and my junior Lu Yuan, who are full of acting wherever they go.

There is another type of actor who has little talent but works extremely hard. I think I belong to the second type. I cannot control whether I have talent or not, but what I can control is to give my all without reservation.

Many people asked me if I regretted the loss of "Pifu".

My answer is, no regrets.

Before I started filming, I knew very well that this was not a particularly big movie, and the director Yang Shupeng was not a big-name director, but Yang Shupeng's personal style attracted me.

So even though I knew this movie might only have a 20% to 30% chance of success at the box office, I still invested in it and starred in it.

I may not make money, but I feel that I am doing the right thing, and that is what is important.

The domestic film market is booming. For me, movies are a dream, and this dream requires countless young creators to follow suit.

They may be immature and inexperienced, but which current master did not have a humble first time?

Since I have the ability, no matter what outsiders say, I will continue to pay attention to the works of young directors, and if there is a suitable opportunity, I will contribute money and effort without hesitation.

To help everyone weave a wild and crazy movie dream.

I don’t ask myself which efforts are right and which persistence is wrong.

Just love movies and dream, and work hard like a fool."

"Tsk tsk tsk, go help everyone weave an unbridled and wild movie dream."

Cai Zhuoyan frowned and muttered in her heart, based on this sentence and this situation, that little bitch Yang Ying was really marrying up.

Because she divorced Zheng Zhongji in 2010, she officially announced her relationship with Chen Weiting in less than three months.

At that time, Yang Ying was sarcastic to her, implying that she and Chen Weiting had secretly gotten pregnant and was unfaithful in her marriage.

Not willing to be outdone, she wrote a short essay in response. The secret fight between the two quickly escalated and became full of tension.

Thus, the complicated and entangled love triangle between Yang Ying, Zheng Zhongji, Li Fei'er, Huang Xiaoming and Chen Weiting surfaced from underwater.

Therefore, her relationship with Yang Ying was quite bad.

"Huh." Cai Zhuoyan let out a breath, then opened Liu Shishi's Weibo.

Most of Liu Shishi's Weibo content is related to Lu Yuan, unilaterally sharing every detail of their lives.

Through these, plus some revelations on the Internet, she thought she had figured out Lu Yuan's preferences.

For example, she specially sprayed peach-flavored perfume and bought peach-flavored milk tea. According to Liu Shishi's Weibo, Lu Yuan seemed to like this flavor of lipstick very much.

Yes, she planned to hype up the scandal, or to get hold of Lu Yuan's weakness, and follow the path she took when she debuted.

There is no doubt about Lu Yuan's popularity. He has many labels, including the number one young actor in mainland China, the best actor of the younger generation, and his first film as a director broke the record for the highest box office of domestic films.

What’s even more incredible is that he has zero scandals after debuting for so many years.

Charlene Choi doesn’t believe that there are any men in this world who don’t cheat. Her previous boyfriend, Zheng Zhongji, was a well-known playboy, and her current boyfriend, Chen Weiting, is also a playboy.

She thought she was still quite pretty, and faced with her throwing herself at him and sending him flirtatious glances, how many men could resist?

With Lu Yuan's current status, as long as he is tied to him and has something to hold against him, there will be no shortage of resources in the mainland.

As for Liu Shishi, she didn't care at all.

What does a lucky person who relies on her boyfriend to get ahead and has no shining points count for?

Compared with Hong Kong female artists, mainland actresses are too immature in this regard. It is necessary to let this lucky person see the "power" of Hong Kong girls.

Thinking of this, she picked up the hot milk tea on her left and pushed the door open.

(End of this chapter)