It's reasonable for me, a stuntman, to live a crazy life, right?

Chapter 645: 1.5 million investment? 70 return? The domineering "Mr. Han"!
When "The Burning Sun" led the movie box office market in early September with a weekly box office of 4.5 million yuan, the headlines of major entertainment news websites were suddenly dominated by a headline:
"Who says that art films can't compete with commercial films at the box office?"

Looking at that horrific result, for a moment, the entire film industry once again marveled at Feiyue Film and Television's achievements.

No matter it is an art film or a commercial film, even without taking into account the income from the film copyright, the cost can be recovered based on the box office performance alone. This ability is simply terrifying!
Looking around, throughout the early September, both domestic and imported films, without exception, were all overwhelmed by "The Sun Also Rises".

Movies like "Elysium", "Super Agent" and "Time Lovers" are all worse than the last.

In contrast, no matter how loudly other film and television companies boast, they still cannot cover up their "waste" image.

As expected, the Film Bureau has once again gathered together experts and scholars in the industry to analyze why bad films frequently appear in domestic films.

The invitation letter was even sent to Feiyue Film and Television.

After taking a look at the content of the invitation letter, Fade Chen complained with disdain: "Holding such irrelevant and useless meetings all day long, and then not being able to implement the results, it's a complete waste of time, what's the point?"

Then, he threw the invitation letter directly to his secretary: "Go to the public relations department and find a deputy manager and arrange for him to appear on behalf of the company.

In the future, if you encounter similar seminars, research meetings, analysis meetings, etc., all of them should be arranged in this way, and there is no need to show them to me specifically. "

"Okay, Mr. Chen."

The secretary nodded and quickly left the office.

……

As time entered mid-September, two new pieces of news came back from Hollywood.

"Big Hero 2", directed by DreamWorks Animation, and "Now You See Me ", directed by Wall Street Studios, have both reached the final stage of filming.

"I will follow up the whole process later, including the release date and publicity, which will be carried out simultaneously..."

Natasha was already very familiar with the post-production arrangements for these film projects. Everything was handled in an orderly manner, so Chen Fei didn't need to worry about it at all.

"Okay, if you have any questions, remember to call me."

After chatting for a while, Fade Chen suddenly remembered something else and asked, "How are the arrangements for the Venice International Film Festival going?"

Natasha: “Don’t worry, everything is going well. As you instructed, I have released the relevant information on the opening day of the film festival.

If nothing unexpected happens, the copyright of that movie will definitely not be sold. Even if we are lucky enough to find a buyer, the price will definitely be kept to the lowest..."

"OK."

Chen Fei responded with satisfaction.

Ever since he learned that Bona and Huaxiaxing were going to take "The White-Haired Witch" to the Venice International Film Festival to sell the copyright, he had already made corresponding arrangements.

With the influence of Walt Disney Studios in the European and American film and television circles, it is easy to get the copyright fee for a movie.

Natasha specially arranged for someone to leak the news that "The Bride with White Hair" was a "bad movie", which directly scared away a lot of film producers!

The film producers buy the copyrights of films and TV series to make money. If this is really a bad movie, wouldn't they lose money after buying it?

Therefore, the copyright sales process of "The Legend of the White-Haired Witch" became extremely difficult!

The domestic box office has been completely ruined. Under the attack of countless netizens, the daily box office has unsurprisingly fallen below 500 million.

It is impossible to break 3 million, and there is even a possibility that the film will be withdrawn early by theaters.

With the purpose of making a profit, Yu Dong, who has recently been at the center of public opinion, went to the Venice Film Festival with Xiang Huasheng.

One reason was to avoid the spotlight, and the other was to sell the film copyright at a high price.

However, what made the two feel very frustrated was that even though they invested a large amount of money in publicity and various film-watching activities, the European and American film producers simply did not get involved.

It seemed as if to them the film had become synonymous with notoriety.

We even waited until the end of the Venice Film Festival, but the film rights still haven't been sold!
"Mr. James, are you kidding me? 70 euros? The price you quoted is an insult to my movie!"

In the hotel room, Yu Dong hung up the phone angrily and threw the phone directly on the table.

This group of European and American film producers only wanted to take away the movie they had spent more than 1 million euros to make for 70 euros. This is simply a pipe dream!
His minimum psychological expectation is 2000 million euros, and nothing below this number will be discussed!
But the embarrassing thing is that the figure of 70 is already the highest offer he has heard in more than a week.

This is so fucked up!
The price of those art films that come here from China to sell copyrights is no less than 100 million Euros. Why can this commercial film that cost a lot of money sell for so much?

"What went wrong? Aren't European and American film producers particularly fond of Chinese martial arts films? Why can't our films be sold at high prices?"

Yu Dong glared at Xiang Huasheng who was sitting opposite him, and once again felt that he had been fooled by these people in the Hong Kong circle.

"I got some news." Xiang Huasheng frowned and said in a deep voice, "I don't know who leaked the news that our movie's reputation in China has plummeted, so that European and American film producers are very pessimistic about our movie.

If nothing unexpected happens, the 70 euro offer is the highest price we can get.”

70?
Highest?
When Yu Dong heard these two words, he was so angry that he laughed: "I spent more than 70 million to make this movie, but it only sold for ? Is this a joke?"

The total investment in the film is as high as 1.5 million yuan, of which 1 million yuan is allocated by Bona, and the remaining 5 million yuan also includes the investment in publicity and promotion, which is the responsibility of Hua Xia Star.

When the two companies first cooperated, it was agreed that Bona would be mainly responsible for paying the money, while China Star would be responsible for pre-production shooting and post-production special effects production.

Now, the movie has lost a lot of money at the box office and the copyright can’t be sold. Isn’t this just a fucking loss?
Thinking about the huge loss, Yu Dong felt an inexplicable pain in his heart!
"Now that things have come to this, all I can do is try my best to negotiate with the film producers and try to get a price of more than 100 million euros. It's better than..."

Before Xiang Huasheng could finish his words, Yu Dong, who was sitting opposite him, slammed the table and stood up!

"What kind of bullshit are you talking about? Is this the result you promised me? You also said that you would make a profit and the copyright would definitely be sold at a high price...

What about now? I lost money! I lost 100 million! Do you know what 100 million means?
Bona's stock price has even been affected by the plummeting box office and word of mouth. Who will compensate for this loss? You? Or Xiang Huaqiang?"

After a burst of anger, Yu Dong picked up his phone, turned around and walked out of the room.

As things have evolved to this point, the result has become very obvious.

Not only did this movie lose money, it also affected Bona’s stock price.

There is no point in saying anything now. Now that things have come to this, he can only try his best to recover the losses and save the plummeting stock price.

As for future cooperation with Huaxia Star...

There is still a shitty cooperation! It's completely over!
Yu Dong is not a fool. It’s okay for him to be cheated once, but why would he give others a chance to cheat him a second time?

Inside the room, Xiang Huasheng was stunned when he saw Yu Dong slamming the door and leaving, unable to come back to his senses for a long time.

After a moment, he took out his cell phone and called Xiang Huaqiang who was far away in Hong Kong, and briefly described the current situation.

After a long time, a voice came from the phone: "The Bona line...is completely cut off."

"Then what should we do next?"

We finally found a route to connect to the mainland cinema market, but now it’s completely disconnected because of the failure of a movie. This is so fucking terrible!
"Let's keep quiet for a while. The person in charge of China Film Group will be replaced soon. I have to find a suitable opportunity to talk to that boss."

"What about the copyright of the movie?"

"Come back quickly. There's nothing to negotiate about 70 euros. It's not even enough to cover the publicity at the film festival."

……

Bona and Huaxiaxing are eager to suppress the discussion and heat about "The Legend of the White-Haired Witch", but they don't know that there is an evil "big hand" stirring up trouble.

On the day Yu Dong returned to China, a lot of news suddenly appeared on the Internet.

"Princess Peacock brought her daughter to the house, and it seems that she is going to ask for a legitimate status!"

"According to foreign media reports, The White-Haired Witch performed very poorly at the Venice Film Festival, and the film company only offered 70 euros in copyright fees!"

"Both the film's box office and reputation plummeted, and investors Bona and China Star suffered losses of hundreds of millions. Bona's stock price plummeted..."

As these related news appeared, there was a chorus of applause online: "Great, good loss, great loss!"

"When will this crappy movie be taken off the shelves? I get a headache just looking at the related promotional posters."

"Zhen Zixuan is still defending the movie. What a fool! Fan Bingbing and Huang Xiaoming have apologized, but why is he still so proud?"

Various discussions on the Internet were spreading like wildfire. At the same time, a phone call came from the mainland to Hong Kong.

"Help me keep an eye on Huaxia Star. If there is any movement, remember to notify me in time."

"Haha, your move is really ruthless. In just a few days, Huaxiaxing's stock price has already hit the limit down three times."

"No! That's not enough!"

Chen Fei's eyes were full of coldness: "I want them to completely withdraw from the two industries of film and television drama production and film distribution."

China Star Group is a listed company whose main businesses include film production, distribution of films and television series production, sales of health products, investment in gambling, property and hotel investment, and property development.

Chen Fei couldn't take care of the things behind for the time being, and he didn't plan to get involved in industries like real estate and hotels.

But in the film and television related industries, he doesn't want to see the name "Huaxia Star Group" anymore.

Huo Qigang, who was on the phone with him, did not hesitate at all and agreed directly: "I will unite Yinghuang and Media Asia in the name of Golden Harvest to reduce and seize Hua Xia Star's film and television related business."

"It would be best if we could force them back to Neon. I have a powerful move waiting for them there!"

"Okay, I see."

Huo Qigang responded with one final word and then hung up the phone.

After going over the subsequent plans in his mind and confirming that there were no problems, Chen Fei showed a faint smile on his face.

The long-awaited opportunity has finally come!
This time, he wants to kill with one blow!

……

Perhaps because it is the beginning of the school year, new faces about the three major universities appear in the media from time to time.

During this period, Chen Fei often saw the media promoting a certain freshman as "Little Fan Bingbing", "Little Liu Yifei", "Little Zhang Ziyi", "Little Gong Li" and so on.

What’s even more outrageous is that there are even photos and news about a “copy of Liu Xiaoli” appearing online.

Because of her daughter, Liu Xiaoli became a little famous on the Internet.

It was just that the name "Yang Caiyu" made Chen Fei feel inexplicably familiar. He always felt as if he had heard of this name somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a moment.

Soon, a call from Zhou Shouzi interrupted his thoughts.

"Boss, according to your instructions, I have taken over Shanda Literature, a subsidiary of Shanda Group, including Jinjiang Literature, and have achieved full control of it. The total cost is as high as 8 million US dollars..."

Succeeded?
After hearing Zhou Shouzi's news, Chen Fei's eyes suddenly lit up.

He actually started planning the related plan a long time ago, but because Shanda Group had never let go, the acquisition process was extremely difficult.

Unexpectedly, at the end of 2013, news of success came!
With the successful acquisition, Longxiang Capital controlled by Chen Fei has become the owner of the leading male and female online literature.

In the future, if you want to shoot a work adapted from an online novel, you don’t have to go through the trouble of purchasing the copyright, you can just use it directly!

Thinking of this, Fade Chen couldn't hide his excitement.

“Is the acquisition process going smoothly?”

"It's not bad actually." Zhou Shouzi thought for a moment and replied, "Tencent and Alibaba also seem to have acquisition intentions, but they acted too late. By the time they reacted, our contract had already been signed."

"Haha, I guess both Mr. Ma are a little depressed right now."

After chatting for a while, Fade Chen ended the call with Zhou Shouzi, and then flew to the Magic City in a very low-key manner.

And when he showed up at Shanda Literature Company, as expected, he caused a great deal of shock among the senior executives!
Everyone knew that the company had a new boss, but no one expected that the new boss would be this well-known big shot in the industry!
After staying for a day and dealing with various disputes and problems between the company's current founding team and professional management team, Chen Fei gave them new tasks.

"You should all be familiar with the YouYaoQi comic platform, right? This is our next target for integration... After the acquisition is successful, we can select some suitable works and launch them in the form of comics and animations first. In the future, we can even expand to the direction of live-action film and television dramas..."

After the meeting, Chen Fei returned to the capital.

ByteDance, which was co-invested by Longxiang Capital in March last year, has recently prepared to start the B round of financing for its subsidiary Toutiao. Although he does not need to invest energy in it, he still has to pay attention to it.

He has high expectations for this company, and the level of importance he attaches to it is almost the same as that of CATL.

……

The post-production of "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" progressed smoothly, but because the on-site sound recording was not very good, actors were often invited to do secondary dubbing.

Han Sanping is the most diligent one among this group of actors.

Of course, running hard doesn't mean he is idle.

Every time after completing the dubbing work, he would "drop by" Chen Fei's office to chat with him about some related filming plans for "The Hundred Regiments Offensive".

And on this day, when he appeared in Chen Fei's office again, his whole body seemed to be filled with a temperament of "the sky is the biggest, the earth is second, and I am third".

Seeing him like this, Fade Chen was quite surprised: "Hey? Mr. Han? Did something good happen to you today? Why are you so excited?"

Han Sanping responded casually: "I have been complained about again, and they were named. A bunch of foreigners, except for protesting, they don't have any skills..."

Chen Fei was quite clear about the fact that the Third Master had been reported.

Recently, the capital held a Sino-foreign cultural exchange meeting. A foreign film company made a complaint at the meeting, saying that China Film Group always excluded imported blockbusters from the prime schedule, which was obviously an unfair practice...

As the current head of China Film Corporation, Han Sanping is naturally the first to bear the brunt.

However, perhaps because he is about to retire, the Third Master has been acting so domineering recently.

A group of foreigners were trying to nag him at the meeting, but he ignored them.

After the meeting, he continued to do what he was supposed to do. He even adjusted the release dates of two imported blockbusters together, letting them fight each other. He was so brave!
For a long time, many people in the circle have been cursing Han Sanping behind his back, saying that he is too domineering.

This is also the origin of the name "Zuoshan Diao".

However, he has made real contributions in resisting imported Hollywood blockbusters!

Although he is not very friendly to some low-budget movies and art films, many commercial films invested by film and television companies in the circle have received his "favor".

And now, he is about to retire, which also means that the "Domestic Film Protection Month" tacitly accepted by the industry is likely to disappear.

For a time, all major companies in the industry were in a state of crisis!

No one knows what style the new person has.

However, given that he has always been in charge of the introduction of imported films, I am afraid that the survival difficulty of domestic films will increase dramatically in the future!

What is "Domestic Film Protection Month"? I'm afraid it will become a thing of the past!

However, none of these could affect Chen Fei.

While many film and television companies in the circle were nervous about the change of leadership at China Film, he leisurely went with Liu Yifei to pick up his custom-made suits and dresses.

Zhu Yawen's wedding is approaching, and as old classmates, the two naturally cannot be absent.

……

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