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

Chapter 844 Only the money you put in your own pocket can be considered yours
Ever since making the bet with Chen Fei, Zhang Qi has been paying close attention to what's going on at Feiyue Film and Television.

Now, with the two projects "Zhu Xian" and "Princess Agents" confirmed one after another, he feels the pressure doubled!

Although compared to the already very popular "Eternal Love", the IP popularity of "Zhu Xian" and "Princess Agents" is not very high.

But the problem is that the original novels of the latter two are of good quality and have high fan stickiness.

And the most important thing is that Feiyue Film and Television’s slogan of “only producing high-quality products” has spread in the film and television circles and even on the Internet.

In this case, once the work goes online, many passers-by fans will naturally be attracted to it.

In addition, the casts of these two works are all first-class in the circle, which greatly increases the success rate of the works after they are launched.

Yang Mi faced off against Zhao Liying; Jing Tian and Yang Yang faced off against the "Xianjian" combination of Hu Ge + Liu Shishi + Tang Yan.

Looking around, it suddenly became unknown who would win or lose between the two lineups!
"This bet is not easy to win!"

In the office, Zhang Qi murmured to himself and began to think about how to make subsequent arrangements so as to keep the popularity of "Eternal Love" at the top of the hot search list.

After much thought, the "golden finger" of "big data" soon appeared in his mind.

"If I deliberately target a certain group of fans and audiences with promotional resources, I think they will definitely participate in the topic discussion, and then expand from there, I think it will definitely have a good effect..."

The more Zhang Qi thought about it, the more he felt that this method was very feasible. He immediately called the project leader and asked them to make a detailed PPT plan and start implementing it immediately.

At the same time, at Huayi, the two Wang brothers felt a nameless anger rising in their hearts as they watched "I Am Not Madame Bovary" being relegated to seventh place on the hot search list.

"Haha, you want to grab the hot search, right? You Feiyue Film and Television are really awesome. I want to see how long you can keep doing this!"

Wang Zhonglei's face looked very ugly. If looks could kill, Chen Fei would have been pierced by thousands of arrows long ago.

He had originally wanted to let "I Am Not Madame Bovary" stay on the hot search list for a few more days and take the opportunity to raise the stock price.

But what no one expected was that within just a few hours, the hot search had been suppressed.

The expected goals were not achieved at all. I can’t even describe how depressing it feels!

At this time, Wang Zhongjun suddenly spoke up: "If that's the case, then let's spread the news. This time, we can also counterattack Feiyue Film and Television!"

"Okay, I'll make arrangements right away."

When Wang Zhonglei heard this, he immediately walked out happily and went straight to the public relations department.

If you listen carefully, you can still hear him muttering in the corridor: "There's no way we can cut all the leeks, so why don't we just cut one and another will grow?
The corrupt official He Shen once said that only the money in your own pocket is yours! This is a classic saying! You must learn to apply it..."

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17th, morning.

Just as many media outlets were reporting that the first-day box office of the Hollywood imported blockbuster "Ant-Man" reached 8588 million, several announcements released by Huayi once again dominated major domestic entertainment information websites and social platforms.

"After full approval by the board of directors, Huayi will now acquire 10.5% of the shares of Dongyang Meila Film Company founded by Feng Xiaogang for RMB 70 billion, and the two parties have subsequently voluntarily signed a gambling agreement.

The terms of the agreement are: Dongyang Mela needs to make a net profit of no less than 2016 million yuan after tax every year from 2020 to 15, and increase by % every year...

If the transaction fails to be completed, Feng Xiaogang will have to make up the profits and hand them over to the company to cover the liquidated damages incurred during the signing of the gambling agreement."

"At the same time, with the approval of all members of the board of directors, Huayi will also pay RMB 7.56 million in cash to acquire 70% of the shares of Dongyang Haohan Films, which was founded by Yang Ying, Chen He, Feng Shaofeng, Zheng Kai, Li Chen, Du Chun and others. The two parties have also voluntarily signed a gambling agreement later.

The terms of the agreement are: all contracted stars, actors, artists, singers, etc. under Dongyang Haohan Film must achieve quantitative performance targets in the next five years, and increase them at an annual rate of 5%.

If the transaction fails to be completed, the individual must make up the profit and hand it over to the company to cover the liquidated damages incurred during the signing of the gambling agreement. "

"Sina Entertainment reported: It is understood that Dongyang Meila, founded by Feng Xiaogang, was established less than two months ago, and the company is the co-producer of Huayi's new film "I Am Not Madame Bovary."

"Tencent Entertainment reported: Dongyang Haohan Films was founded less than a week ago. The company is suspected to be a shell company, and its office address has not yet been officially disclosed to the public."

"Huayi's move is actually overdrawing the company's potential and putting shareholders in an irreparable situation..."

With Huayi’s two announcements and in-depth follow-up reports from many professional media, the entire entertainment industry was in an uproar for a while!

You know, the "betting agreement" between Jiaxing Media, which was jointly founded by Yang Mi and Zeng Jia, and Shangshi Pictures is still high on the hot search list.

But unexpectedly, Huayi turned around and launched a bet, and it was an "acquisition + bet", which was exactly the same as the bet signed with Zhang Guoli before!
Dongyang Haohan, Dongyang Mela...the two companies together received RMB 18.06 billion in cash!
This news quickly topped the headlines of major entertainment information websites, sparking heated discussions among countless people.

The internet was flooded with doubts from netizens and stockholders, all expressing their confusion about Huayi's move.

How can these two companies have such high valuations when they were founded so recently? Are you kidding me?

At the same time, many people in the circle were confused by Huayi's move.

Everyone starts a company and works hard to get it listed, naturally all for the goal of "money".

But you can't make money this way. If you're not careful, something terrible could happen!
It is taboo in listed companies to turn shareholders' money into one's own money so blatantly!
At this time, at Feiyue Film and Television, Su Guohai was looking at Chen Fei with a confused look on his face, and asked curiously, "Are they buying at a premium of nearly 100 times? Aren't they afraid that the Municipal Supervision Bureau will come to investigate?"

"Why should I be afraid?" Chen Fei looked at him calmly, "There is nothing illegal or non-compliant about their operation. They also set the market value of the acquired company themselves. It is all within the prescribed range."

Hearing this, Su Guohai couldn't help but frowned.

He always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't put his finger on it.

These actions of Huayi seem to be legal and compliant, but they also vaguely reveal a sense of "conspiracy", and it is obvious that they are carried out for their own selfish interests.

"No need to guess." Chen Fei smiled and explained, "As long as you look at it from the perspective of the stockholders, you will find that this matter is of no benefit to the stockholders.

Huayi will definitely be the one to gain the most profits, while Dongyang Mela and Dongyang Haohan will not actually lose money either.

After all, prices are rising all the time, and being able to get this money in advance will definitely bring a lot of benefits!"

Hearing this, Su Guohai smacked his lips, a bit of fear showing on his face: "This...isn't this just digging up the roots of your own company?"

"No, no, no!" Chen Fei added, "Strictly speaking, Huayi no longer belongs exclusively to the two Wang brothers. From the day it was successfully listed, this company belongs to the shareholders.

What they are doing now is just making money from shareholders, not from the perspective of a film and television production company."

"But if we continue like this, won't something go wrong?"

"hehe."

Chen Fei smiled and said meaningfully, "Perhaps in a few years, you will see news about Huayi's market value falling from tens of billions to tens of billions, and then being targeted, investigated, and closed down."

“Will there ever be such a day?”

"Don't worry, everything they are doing now is just playing with fire. Sooner or later, they will get burned!"

Chen Fei's tone was very firm, as if he had already seen Hua Yi's ending.

At this moment, the assistant suddenly opened the office door and walked in, holding two file bags in his hands: "Director Chen, President Su, these are two documents sent from the Film Bureau."

"Huh? So soon?"

Chen Fei muttered in surprise, took the two file bags and opened them directly.

At a glance, one of them was the filming permit for "In the Name of People", and the other was the filming permit for "Operation Red Sea".

"As expected, it still needs official endorsement. No one dares to block it. It can pass without changing a single word..."

While sighing, Chen Fei picked up the file bag containing the filming permit for In the Name of People, handed it to his assistant, and instructed: "Thank you for taking the trouble to run this trip. Take this document to Director Kang Honglei. He knows what to do."

"Okay, Mr. Chen." The assistant took the file bag and quickly left the office.

Then, Chen Fei handed the script of "Operation Red Sea" to Su Guohai: "The preliminary preparations for this project can also begin. The Navy will assist throughout the process."

Su Guohai took the document, looked through it, and nodded slightly to indicate that he understood.

With the experience of preparing "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" and "Operation Mekong", he is now familiar with the early preparation work of main theme movies.

What's more, there is assistance from official departments, so it will definitely be a green light situation all the way.

"Apart from the Navy, are the investors still the same ones as last time? Should I just send out the invitation letters?"

"No, not anymore." Chen Fei shook his head slightly and said softly, "This time, I plan to change the previous share distribution. The existence of some investors is completely unnecessary. Giving so many investment shares is a pure waste of resources."

"Ok?"

Su Guohai was stunned, and instantly guessed which side Chen Fei was talking about.

Thinking back on the man's behavior during this period, he couldn't help feeling a little indignant!
"Indeed, times have changed. We naturally cannot act too easy to bully, otherwise the outside world will look down on us."

"Okay, go ahead and do your work. I'll send the invitation list to your email later, and you can send out the invitations according to that list."

"Ok."

Su Guohai finally responded and turned to leave Chen Fei's office.

At this time, the outside world had already launched a new round of sensation!

Originally, everyone's focus was on the news that Huayi spent nearly 20 billion to acquire shares of two "shell companies", but with the two latest notices released by the Film Bureau, the attention of most people in the industry was immediately drawn to it.

"The anti-corruption drama "In the Name of People", adapted from the novel of the same name by contemporary writer Zhou Mei, has now been officially approved.

The drama will be jointly produced by the Supreme People's Procuratorate Film and Television Center, JS Provincial Party Committee Propaganda Department, Golden Shield Film and Television Center, Navy Political Department, and SD Radio and Television Station.

The production company has been confirmed to be Feiyue Films, the director is Kang Honglei, a national first-class director and vice president of the China Broadcasting Association Directors Committee, and Chen Fei will be the producer.

"The main theme war and action movie script "Operation Red Sea" controlled by the Naval Political Department Television Art Center and written by Chen Fei himself has been approved for review, and the filming license has been issued to Feiyue Film and Television Company."

These two seemingly ordinary announcements caused a huge sensation in the film and television industry!
What many people paid attention to first was not "Operation Red Sea" but "In the Name of People".

You know, after Li Lu finished writing this script, in order to attract investment, he visited almost all the film and television production companies in the mainland.

However, after reading the script of In the Name of People, everyone "respectfully" asked him to leave the company and did not dare to keep him for a moment.

That's the people's... name! Which film and television company dares to invest in it?

If there is any part that is not filmed well or the procedures are not implemented properly, it will affect the future development of the company!
But no one expected that this script would actually be taken up by Feiyue Films, and that so many official departments would be involved in the investment.

This is very interesting!

At Huayi, Wang Zhonglei frowned, puzzled.

"His Feiyue Films is a private film and television company, and there are no state-owned enterprises involved in its investment. How can it attract so many official endorsements?"

Wang Zhongjun looked very unhappy when he saw that the hot search that he had finally obtained was suppressed again.

However, compared to the hot-tempered Wang Zhonglei, he is more calm and rational.

"Operation Mekong" directed by the Golden Shield, Operation Red Sea directed by the Navy, and "The Hundred Regiments Offensive", "The Founding of an Army", and "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy"..."

Wang Zhongjun muttered to himself, and his expression kept changing.

Finally, he came to the conclusion: "If my guess is correct, the mainstream commercial films produced by Feiyue Films should have brought a lot of benefits to those official departments, and even great political achievements.

By giving back to others, it would be easy for him to get official endorsement.”

Wang Zhonglei was a little bit unconvinced: "Can a mainstream film have such an effect?"

"Of course there are no ordinary mainstream movies, but if you look closely, whether it's Taking Tiger Mountain or Operation Mekong, are they ordinary mainstream movies?"

After hearing this, Wang Zhonglei was speechless.

Which mainstream theme movie can reach 20 billion or even 30 billion at the box office? How can this be an ordinary mainstream theme movie?
He has both achievements and influence, so it would be strange if his superiors didn't like him!

"So what should we do now? The trending search has been suppressed again."

"What can I do? Just let it go. Do you have any other tricks?"

"..."

"..."

The two brothers looked at each other and fell silent.

~

"Boss Wang, don't worry. You will definitely get your share. But you have to be mentally prepared this time. There are many investors in this movie."

"Director Ren? Let's meet on the 20th. Yes, come directly to my company."

"Qigang, get ready. See you at the company at 20 a.m. on the 10th. Remember to bring the official seal."

"Director Lin, just come over when the time comes. I will complete all the formalities in advance, and your 20% will be written into the contract."

"On your honeymoon? That's right... the role I gave you is in this mainstream movie."

After receiving dozens of calls, Chen Fei finally turned off his phone, which made him feel much more peaceful.

Influenced by "The Taking of Tiger Mountain" and "Operation Mekong", the entire entertainment industry is now very clear that "Operation Red Sea", a main theme movie controlled by the Navy Political Department, will definitely be the biggest, most fragrant and top-notch "cake" in the current film industry.

Once you can join in, it means you can successfully ride on the bandwagon to a box office of 30 billion.

Let me ask you, faced with such top resources, who in the circle would not be tempted?
However, as more and more people in the circle paid attention to the movie "Operation Red Sea", Jiang Zhiqiang's face became more and more ugly.

Missing out on "Operation Mekong" before had already caused huge losses to Enlight Cinemas, and now, if it continues to miss "Operation Red Sea", I'm afraid those shareholders will eat it alive!

After considering this situation, he publicly "protested" at the joint research conference held the next day by Hong Kong, Taiwan, Mainland China, theaters, and production companies:
"According to the statistics, Operation Mekong has achieved a 'box office monopoly' during the National Day holiday, and their unilateral ban on Enlightenment Cinemas has clearly violated the law. I implore the General Administration to intervene immediately..."

His words sounded righteous, but the vast majority of people in the meeting gave him sarcastic looks.

Complaining that Feiyue Films violated the law in the mainland? Isn't this just asking for trouble?

As expected, the next second, Zhang Hong, who was in charge of presiding over the meeting, waved his hand impatiently: "Don't bring this kind of thing up at the meeting. Box office monopoly? Tell me how to monopolize the box office? Have you read the definition of the anti-monopoly law? You are just talking nonsense here..."

Below the stage, Jiang Zhiqiang was suddenly speechless.

He subconsciously wanted to find allies, but looking across the entire venue, everyone's eyes revealed a hint of sarcasm, and no one was willing to speak up for him.

Even companies like Bona, Huayi, and Chengtian, which are in strong competition with Feiyue Films, pretended not to see his "cry for help."

"Operation Mekong" is not only a mainstream movie, but also has such good box office performance, it must have been listed here by the General Administration.

Want to target this movie?
Are you dissatisfied with your life being too comfortable and wanting to put some pressure on yourself?
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