This director needs to apologize

Chapter 163 The road ahead for restructuring
When it comes to buying a house, it is definitely better to consult the local master of Shanghai - Jack Ma.

After returning to the company after more than two months, Chen Yiming felt as if he had entered another world. The twins at the front desk were nowhere to be seen, which made him think that he had entered the wrong building again.

After bypassing the screen wall and entering the large room, Old Jia's scolding voice came from the large conference room, and Chen Yiming regained some of his previous sense of familiarity.

"Director Chen, you are here. Would you like some tea?"

Chen Yiming came back to his senses and found a smiling girl in front of him. He didn't know if she was the elder or younger twin.

"Ah, no, thank you." Chen Yiming waved his hand and walked to his office.

"Director Chen, your office has been converted into a small conference room." The girl left Chen Yiming speechless with just one sentence. After being away for two months, his home was stolen.

Chen Yiming temporarily changed direction and went straight to Director Ma's office.

Pushing the door open, Da Zhuang was talking to Old Tang, and Xiao Mei sat beside him, holding a laptop and typing away.

Da Zhuang turned his head when he heard the sound and saw Chen Yiming at a glance. He smiled and said, "Hey, our billionaire director is back. He's finished his vacation. When will work start?"

Chen Yiming laughed angrily, "I just started working after a few days of rest. The landlord's donkey can't be used like this. You continue to be busy and don't worry about me. I have no place to come and find a place to sit."

Old Tang and Xiao Mei were very sensible and quickly packed up their things and left. Before leaving, they even closed the door of the office to make room for the two big bosses of the company to chat privately.

Da Zhuang then explained, "The company is expanding too fast and the existing office cannot fit in. I am planning to move. Who knew you would come back so soon."

Chen Yiming smiled and said, "I didn't say anything. I came here today to talk to you about personal matters. I'm still on vacation."

Da Zhuang suddenly became interested, "Master Zhu actually has private affairs outside of movies? For more than a year, I thought you only had movies in mind. Tell me, what's going on?"

"I plan to buy a house in the magical city. I really can't find a way out of town, so why don't I ask Mr. Ma to come here?"

"Hey, what do I mean? Buying a house isn't just a matter of making a phone call, it's worth a special trip. It's simple. Wherever you like a property, I'll find someone to help you get the lowest price."

"If I have time to research real estate, why would I need to find you?"

"That's right. How about you buy one in my neighborhood and we can be neighbors."

"So I don't want to deal with the young master. Your tone of buying a house is like buying groceries. You really deserve a beating. Do you know? You live in a bungalow in the second ring road. I, a commoner class, can buy it if I want." Did you buy it?”

"You damn civilian class, do you want me to tell you how much you can get from the company's dividend after the Spring Festival? You have to face the fact that you are a rich man."

"How much money I have will be a matter of next year. Now I am a working-class person with a net worth of 260 million. I just want to take out a loan to buy a three-bedroom apartment with an elevator. Why, Mr. Ma thinks this business is too shabby, right?"

The two of them exchanged words with each other, but they dispersed the unfamiliarity they had not seen for many days and found the tacit understanding of the past.

Ma Yunteng put away his smile, walked around from behind the executive desk, and sat on the single sofa next to Chen Yiming.

"Yiming, you came just in time today. There is something that has been on my mind for a long time. Let's take this opportunity to have a good chat."

Chen Yiming was stunned and laughed at Da Zhuang's seriousness, "What kind of national event is this, with such a solemn expression?"

"Well, I just have a vague feeling about this. If I hadn't woken me up last time I went home, it might have been delayed a lot of time.

I've thought about it over and over these days, and I think this matter is really urgent, so I brought it up to discuss with you.

Our Platinum Company needs to change! "

Chen Yiming didn't understand for a moment, and reflexively asked, "Change the company? Why do you want to change? How do you want to change?"

Da Zhuang sat upright and leaned on the back of the chair, crossing his legs, as if talking or telling.

“Platinum Jue is a structure that we hastily discussed when we started our business. In terms of business, I am outside and you are inside, and in terms of shares, I am six and you are four.

Now Platinum Jue has transformed into a film company. You, the creator, are the core and soul of the company. The old structure is obviously not in line with the company's current situation and development.

One is that it cannot reflect your value. Please stop talking and listen to me.

My dad reminded me that except for financial companies that specialize in helping directors pay their bills, no film and television company can survive on just one or two creators.

It’s not just that your contribution cannot be reflected. In the future, Platinum will inevitably introduce more creative personnel and open more projects under your leadership. How to measure their contributions and how to realize them is also an important issue.

Yiming, don’t forget that you are still the creative director of the company. In addition to the projects you directly handle, you will definitely also be indirectly managing projects as a producer or supervisor in the future. The entry and exit of these projects are also closely related to the company’s structure.

The industry actually has existing experience in this regard, namely the studio system.If you don't object, I plan to start preparing for Yiming Studio immediately. We can discuss a share conversion ratio later.The more I think about it, the more confused I become these days.

Yiming, tell me, which direction will our company, or if it's a little bigger, the Chinese film industry, go in the future?

I agree with your firm confidence in China's film industry, but there is no good way to do it.

For example, in the past few years, major directors have been making blockbusters, with big investments and big scenes. As a result, the slogans were loud, but the one that broke the ceiling was "1" with a cost of 1951 million.

The other option, making customized award-winning films and selling copyrights, seems to be getting narrower and narrower.

Now I am particularly confused, what should Platinum Jue do in the next few years?
The advice my dad gave me was that if the two of us can reach an agreement on this issue, then we should follow the unified ideas.

If you cannot reach an agreement, follow the path with the least risk, strictly control the size of the company, and treat Platinum Jue as a brokerage company that serves you alone.

I was discussing this issue with Lao Tang just now. Because he didn't want to be idle after finishing "1951", he applied to me to form a distribution team to take on external work. Lao Jia was in favor of this move because his online publicity team was also very busy. pain.

It is easy to expand enrollment, but the business must keep up, otherwise it will be overstaffed.

The problem now is that I am not sure about the direction in which to expand my business. "

As Da Zhuang spoke, Chen Yiming gradually put away the smile on his face.

Because of Da Zhuang's confusion, he recalled the magical film development history of China in the more than ten years after 2010 in his previous life.

After "Avatar" swept the world, the reputation of Chinese filmmakers is almost the same as that of the national football team. Even they themselves have despaired of catching up with Hollywood.

However, theater chains and theater owners are not desperate, but are working hard.

Because "Avatar" made the price of movie tickets exceed [-] yuan in one fell swoop, the Chinese film market is actually doubling in size.

Thus, two years later, the miracle of counterattack by the low-budget comedy "囧囧" made Chinese filmmakers realize that in addition to the route of special effects blockbusters, there is also the life-saving straw of local comedy.

It is very joyful to stand in the lower reaches of history and look back at the years before the release of "Wolf Warrior 2".

Because those who persisted in catching up with technology during that period were Hong Kong filmmakers who were always ridiculed for their lack of background and small scale.

Mainland directors, on the other hand, are making comedies, youth films, and chick flicks to make a big difference out of small things.

If you look at the annual top ten list, you will know that those who shoot special effects blockbusters with traditional cultural IP are all Hong Kong teams.

"Havoc in Heaven", "Conquer the Demons", "Destroy the Demon" and "Three Strikes of Bone Demons" originated from the "Journey to the West" IP, two "Monster Hunting" originated from the "Liao Zhai" IP, and "Monster Hunt" originated from the "Di Renjie" IP Tsui Hark Universe.

The mainland movies on the list for the same period are "To Youth", "Tiny Times", "BJ Meets in Seattle", "Beautiful Heart", "The Breakup Master" and "Charlotte".

The only two exceptions are "The Return of the Great Sage", which is a cartoon; and the other is "The Secret of the Dragon", directed by 523, who also filmed "Painted Skin 2", which can be regarded as a legacy of mainland special effects fantasy blockbusters.

During the Lunar New Year holiday in 2016, "The Great Wall", a Chinese-US masterpiece and a Chinese-American co-production, took in 9 million at the box office, but lost more than 7000 million U.S. dollars, putting the final straw in the coffin of domestic special effects blockbusters.

The 2017 "Wolf Warrior 2" is undoubtedly a landmark domestic film. It directly raised the domestic box office to a high of 56 billion, and gave a very intuitive reporting performance to the theater construction in the past ten years. .

This is the second wave of in-depth audience expansion in China after "Avatar".

This time, the number of screens and seats is enough to handle the largest flow of people. Ticket prices have been reduced to the lowest after several years of money-burning Internet ticket subsidy. More importantly, residents’ income has increased significantly.

This is the truth behind the box office explosion of "Wolf Warrior 2".

The huge demand for movie viewing inspired by "Wolf Warrior 2" has provided an opportunity for the primary "genreization" of domestic films.

Since then, "Detective Chinatown" has created the suspense theme, "Operation Red Sea" has created the war theme, "I Am Not the God of Medicine" has created the reality theme, and "The Wandering Earth" has created the science fiction theme.

Without "Wolf Warrior 2", these genre films are doomed to be niche, and it would be unthinkable to break into the top ten at the box office.

Before Chen Yiming's time travel, China had become the world's number one vote bank, and the officials even started "industrialization" with gongs and drums.

A cultural industry actually wants to "industrialize"!
Chen Yiming is not sure whether "industrialization" can be achieved. What he is sure of is that "typification" has definitely not yet been achieved.

Because for several years after "The Wandering Earth", only Guo Fan could make science fiction films. For several years after "Operation Red Sea", war films still seemed to have to rely on Lin Chaoxian.

A genre needs to be tied to a director, and if someone else comes, it will not work. With such a studio habit, I don’t know who gave me the courage to talk about "industrialization".

(End of this chapter)