China Entertainment: Starting from 07 Kuainan

Chapter 507 Mergers and Acquisitions and North American Box Office Top 30
Although the first-day sales of the new album "Human World" in the mainland did not exceed one million, the album's overseas sales have achieved impressive results.

Liben: Sales volume reached 20 on the first day

Bangbang: 5

America: 48

England: 7

France: 7

Australia: 12

New Town: 13

……

Excluding the mainland, global first-day sales were 183 million. If mainland China is included, first-day sales exceeded 200 million.

The underlying logic of Chinese songs and foreign-language songs are also different. English songs place emphasis on arrangements and light on lyrics. Many popular songs, if translated into Chinese, would be just saliva songs.

The Chinese-speaking market is already big enough.

To be fair, Lu Yuan was happier to see the sales of "In the World" exceed two million on the first day than to win a Grammy.

Just like a fan economy movie, the box office on the first day was surprisingly high.

6800 million on the first day!
5200 million the next day!
Breaking 100 million in two days!

In my previous life, in terms of global influence, even Korean songs were inferior.

At last.

Don’t wonder why sales were so high on the first day.

The sequel to "Tiny Times" has been officially approved.

Why go to all the trouble to develop overseas markets?
Thankless.

The fans who bought this album overseas are the kind of die-hard fans who will buy it even if they don't understand Chinese, just by reading the translation.

The reason why the Chinese music scene cannot break out is not only the overall national strength, but also the lack of aggressiveness of Chinese musicians in foreign countries.

Xiaosi is satisfied with this box office trend, and Xinli Media is also very satisfied.

Despite falling off a cliff, the movie still made money.

This is the box office trend of "Tiny Times", which was released during the Lunar New Year period.

Chinese songs, on the other hand, pay more attention to harmony.

Rihanna and Eminem are equivalent to the Phoenix Legends in China.

Chinese is one of the three major languages ​​in the world, but the presence of the Chinese music scene is not very strong.

Pay equal attention to lyrics and music.

It shocked a lot of people’s eyes!
However, by the fifth day, a week had not passed, and the box office had almost been cut in half, with a single daily revenue of only 15 million.

Even the lyrics are a little more important than the arrangement.

The contextual advantage is there and no one can ignore it.

There is no internal promotion, and there are obvious external disadvantages. Over time, the Chinese music scene will naturally not expand externally.

What's more, what Lu Yuan wants to do is not to spread Chinese songs around the world. That is unrealistic. He just wants more people to understand China.

Less prejudice and more ability to think independently.

but.

Compared with music, the communication effect of movies is obviously stronger. After all, movie images are more intuitive and provide a dual visual and auditory experience.

This is not.

The natural scenery presented in "Zhu Xian" has attracted a number of overseas tourists.

During the overseas promotion of "Zhu Xian", Lu Yuan received a call from Brother Xiao Ma.

Tengxun intends to promote the merger of QQ Music and Kugou in exchange for equity.

According to the plan proposed by Tengxun, after the merger of the two companies, Lu Yuan will probably get about 27%-30% of the equity.

If you include Kugou founders and managers’ shareholdings, the ratio is about 34-37%.

Tengxun mainly covets independent musicians under Kugou.

Among thousands of independent musicians, although only a few dozen are truly famous, there are millions of people behind them.

It’s not like Tengxun has never copied independent musicians.

However, Penguin can't do this.

As an Internet company, they prefer to use data to measure everything, and all musicians are labeled. Musicians signing with Penguin are more like signing with a certain label.

Penguin Music operates on a label model.

Within Kugou, the team responsible for the independent musicians section is from Xiami Music, and they are all people who love music.

One word difference makes a world of difference.

Tengxun’s idea is very simple, if you can’t beat it, then buy it!
Can't buy it.

Then do mergers and acquisitions!

Penguin has done due diligence internally. If the two platforms merge, the new Penguin Music will become the top music platform.

The kind that breaks gears and leads.

At that time, Penguin Music was fully qualified to launch an IPO.

Whether it is Hong Kong stocks or US stocks, they are both good choices.

Brother Xiao Ma mentioned all these plans to Lu Yuan.

in fact.

Penguin covets the independent musicians under Kugou, so why doesn’t Lu Yuan covet Penguin’s traffic portal?
In the mobile Internet era, traffic entrance is very important.

Without exposure, no matter how good your work is, it will be difficult to get ahead.

Lu Yuan is not opposed to mergers and acquisitions. Now the focus of both parties is on the independent musician sector.

Compared to ten years later, Penguin's reputation is somewhat diminished now.

The founding teams of both Kugou and Xiami have doubts about mergers and acquisitions, although Lu Yuan is the largest shareholder and can make a decision with one word.

But a man alone cannot get far.

If people's hearts are lost, how can they lead the team?
Therefore, the two sides are still negotiating, mainly with the teams of Kugou and Penguin Music. Only after they come up with an appropriate plan or reach a dead end, Lu Yuan and Xiao Ma will step in.

Although no agreement has been reached yet, the intention of the two parties to merge is already clear.

How could something that was decided by two big bosses fail?

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3 month 6 number.

On the 25th day after its release, "Zhu Xian" grossed a single-day box office of 3280 million and a cumulative box office of 13.7 billion, officially breaking the highest box office record in film history set by "Avatar."

As of today, the total box office of "Zhu Xian" in North America has officially exceeded US$100 million.

For a movie with no Hollywood actors and an Eastern theme, it really shocked many people that the box office could exceed 100 million.

When the movie was released, most forecasting agencies gave box office estimates of between 6000 and 8000 million.

After all, a person's name, a tree's shadow, and a movie with Lu Yuan joining the cast are at least worth this price.

But the result was a slap in the face for many people.

《诛仙》的累计票房很可能达到1.1-1.2亿美刀，以2012年的票房市场，票房1.1-1.2亿美刀至少能够排入年度票房前25名。

A foreign language film ranks among the top 30 at the North American box office. How many years has this not happened?
Although this is only the first film, Americans also know how to guard against the slightest.

The follow-up is worthy of attention.

If it just happens by chance, then there is no need to be serious. If you have money, everyone will make it together.

However, if the forbidden area is really touched and it is time to suppress it, giants such as Sony, Universal, Warner, and Disney will not be lenient.

Cultural input, they agree.

They export, yes!
Being exported?
NO!

It's such a double standard.

Fortunately, anti-globalization has not yet begun. If we wait a few years, the North American box office market, even if it does not close the door, will not allow "Zhu Xian" to open in more than a thousand theaters.

the other side.

After the North American box office of "Zhu Xian" exceeded 100 million, the domestic media once again laid the groundwork to report on "Zhu Xian", which is far more powerful than breaking the box office in film history.

Because the nature is different.

Previously, several movies produced by Star Media, although they were domestically produced, were actually Hollywood-style.

However, Xianxia is a native Chinese culture.

This is serious cultural output!

(End of this chapter)