China Entertainment: I have been a director since 05

Chapter 66 Theater discussion, a message for Cheng Long
"Hello, Director Guan, I am Wanda's vice president, Ye Ning."

The man from Wanda Cinema is a young man wearing glasses, in his thirties, very young, looks thin, but very capable.

"Hello, Mr. Ye." Guan Ling shook hands with the other party.

"Actually, I should have come to visit a long time ago. Wanda Cinemas has just been established and needs to cooperate with a well-known director like you, Director Guan. This will be beneficial to both parties. But because I was too busy a while ago, and Director Guan also frequently visited me. We are shooting new movies at home and abroad, so we don’t have time to meet them. This time we can meet, it can be regarded as getting what we wanted."

Guan Ling listened with great interest. He had to say that the thirty-year-old vice president who was able to get along well in a group like Wanda spoke like a spring breeze.

"I really didn't expect that people from the theater chain would come to Lingyun Media today." Guan Ling motioned for Ye Ning to sit down.

"When "Shark Beach" was released, the theaters of Wanda Cinema were almost full. Only then did I truly understand what Mr. Wang meant by that sentence."

Ye Ning smiled and said,

"Mr. Wang said that film is an industry with no ceiling. I used to believe it just because I trusted the leaders, but in China I didn't see the real potential.

But it wasn't until I saw the miracle created by "Shark Beach" that I realized that the Chinese film industry is an unexplored blue ocean.

And the cooperation between you and me can make this blue ocean churning.

Wanda has this ambition and needs excellent directors like Director Guan to create content. "

During the communication, Guan Ling discovered that Ye Ning admired Mr. Wang very much, and the words he said were all the famous aphorisms said by Mr. Wang in Wanda’s work summary in July this year.

"With an investment cost of 1000 million, it has only taken a little over a month, and the box office in the Mainland has exceeded 9000 million. This achievement has only been achieved by Guan Guan in China."

Regarding the miracle created by Guan Ling's "Shark Beach", the melon-eating public saw the comparison between "Shark Beach" and "Baby Project" and saw the failure of "Baby Project", but in the eyes of theaters, what they saw was money.

"Shark Beach" brought more than 1000 million yuan in profits to theater companies across the country, a net profit.This is not a profit share from the theaters owned by the theater chain, but a free profit earned by the theater chain solely by virtue of its profits.

Scheduled in October, this result is enough to drive theaters crazy.

Since theater chains have to guide franchised theaters in various places and handle various matters, the theater chain's expenses are not small. According to the previous cold schedule, it is good for the theater chain not to lose money.

Others say that theater chains make money in vain, but that’s a joke. Theater chains seem to do nothing, but their self-built theaters and franchised theaters suffer losses, which damages the theater chain’s reputation. They have to spend a lot to avoid this. Something happens.

During the chat, the host and guest enjoyed themselves. Ye Ning could talk. Guan Ling was actually wondering why the other party would leave Wanda and switch to Huayi in the future, which eventually led to the separation of Wanda and Huayi. But at this moment, Guan Ling could feel that the other party was indeed Working at Wanda brings great enthusiasm.

When we talked about "Hearing Girl", Wanda said that it would make good arrangements for the filming of "Hearing Girl". Ye Ning has this authority. Even if "Mo Gong" is strong, Wanda will not swallow up the filming schedule of "Hearing Girl". This is the letter of nomination provided by those who want to cooperate.

Talking about Hollywood blockbusters again, Wanda wants to participate in the investment. Although Wanda has not yet established Wanda Film and Television, the Wanda behind them determines their qualifications to participate.

They have the funds to start from the downstream, first build commercial real estate and support theater terminals, and then go upstream to form a closed loop, Wanda will be a giant.

Guan Ling clearly stated that he would pay a premium, and Wanda, with its deep pockets, said that money was not an issue.

Mr. Wang said it during the meeting, and he also praised what Guan Ling said. One hundred million is just a small goal. Mr. Wang said that this kind of lofty ambition was the same as what he was thinking in his heart, but he didn't have the chance to say it. .

Wanda and Guan Ling have the same goals, the stars and the sea.

"Currently, the number of theaters and screens in the country is still small," Guan Ling said. "The stars and the sea are still far away. When I shoot this blockbuster, I also want to force the domestic theaters to develop rapidly. If you find that the number of your screens cannot match The amount of money you make will drive you crazy."

Ye Ning looked at Guan Ling's lofty ideals and felt suspicious, but she didn't show it.

There are not many movies that can force the rapid development of domestic theaters. In Ye Ning's opinion, it will take a few years.He regarded Guan Ling's words as bold words.No movie could do this, he firmly believed.

When the conversation was almost over, Ye Ning finally asked.

"Director Guan, I have another purpose for coming here this time. Mr. Lu asked me to ask Director Guan, can Director Guan decide the role in the movie?"

"Mr. Lu?"

"Yes, Mr. Lu has a friend's child here who is from Beiwu. He is preparing to take the Nortel exam. If he wants to participate, he can play a supporting role in any small way. It's not just polite words, he just shows his face."

Guan Ling guessed that Beiwu would take the Nortel exam, which was very sweet.This person is not easy to touch. Shaanxi Suobao Film and Television and BJ Stars are all opened for this person. After all, he is the person who gave flowers to Clinton when he was a child.

"If it's a supporting role, no problem. There will be a lot of Chinese people in the play." Guan Ling said, because it involves China's Noah's Ark, so there will be several Chinese characters. The family of the Chinese engineer, just add a female character. As for the role, Jingtian can adapt to this movie.

Ye Ning was very excited over there and held Guan Ling's hand, "Thank you so much. I originally thought I couldn't get the role and it would be hard to explain to Mr. Lu when I went back."

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Guan Ling actually wanted to talk to Wanda about theater issues, but thought for a while but didn't say anything.

Although the establishment of Wanda Cinema Line was an accident, they cooperated with Warner to invest in real estate and support theater chains. However, due to policy reasons, Warner withdrew and Wanda had no choice but to take over the theater chain. WB became WD. However, in just two years, In practice, five theaters last year had a box office of 500 million, and this year 1.8 theaters have reached a box office of [-] million.

Wanda at this year’s conference.

Mr. Wang has proposed to make Wanda Culture the third leg of the group.To serve as a pillar.This shows how vicious Mr. Wang’s eyes are.

At this juncture, it is actually difficult to win share from Wanda.Even investing in new companies, cooperating to invest in theaters, and establishing theater chains is enough.

If I really want to cooperate with Wanda to establish a theater chain, at least I have to wait until Guan Ling's position in the upstream is completely established.And it has to be the kind of stability that is beyond reproach by others!

The release of "2012" will be the opportunity. If Wanda does not agree, Guan Ling can invest in the construction himself, or join forces with Dadi Cinemas to enter first-tier cities.

For Guan Ling now, it is somewhat difficult to get involved with Wanda Cinemas.

On the contrary, Dadi Cinema Line is a good choice. Although Dadi Group behind Dadi Cinema Line is also a commercial real estate company, its theater chain company itself is not the main company of the group company, but a company that evolved from a digital IT company. Guan Ling thought It's much easier to cooperate.

The communication with Yan Yu was also good. They wanted to talk about future cooperation matters. Dadi has already invested in the construction of its first cinema in September. "Shark Beach" is a good start for them. Since they focus on the second to fifth tiers The city urgently needs upstream producers like Guan Ling who have good production content, and the whole country relies on big directors to survive.

Otherwise, in small cities, no one would go to the cinema.

This time I came here, firstly to sell well with Guan Ling, and secondly to test out the share situation. Guan Ling's answer made Dadi retreat. Those shares were not something they could win, and there was no way the parent company would agree to such a deal. Big investment.Before leaving, Guan Ling called out to Yan Yu.

"I heard that Dadi's theaters are very different from other theaters?"

"We are a chain of digital screen theaters, and we want to get rid of the disadvantages of film projection." Yan Yu said. As a theater investment management company transformed from an IT company, Dadi believes that it will inevitably turn to all-digital projection in the future, even if this The decision is a little crazy at the moment.

You know, almost most of the cinemas in China now show film.

"Your idea is correct. The future development will be dominated by digital cinemas." Guan Ling said, "Your franchise method is also reasonable, but if you fully invest in second- and third-tier cities, the box office revenue will not be high. First-tier cities are The main place where movie box office dollars are spent.”

"Of course we understand what Director Guan said, but the investment in the first tier is too big, and we can't compete with companies like Wanda. The investment in the second and third tiers is small, but we believe that there will be more and more movie consumers in small cities in the future. "

"Go back and ask. Lingyun wants to cooperate with Dadi. While building second- and third-tier theaters by itself and joining theaters, we will also prepare for the construction of theaters in first-tier cities." Guan Ling said it very casually, but in fact he was very optimistic about Dadi. Afterwards, The facts prove that in the process of Wanda becoming the hegemon in major cities, Dadi Cinemas cleverly used the strategy of surrounding cities from rural areas to encircle and suppress other domestic cinema chains.Profits are also rising.

Yan Yu was a little surprised, but then became excited. Ling Yun's cooperation meant that Dadi had a big investor and the appeal of a well-known director. This opportunity was very gratifying.

On the third day, several major companies gathered in Lingyun.

Bona, Guangxian, Emperor, Wanda, and Dadi withdrew. They were more interested in Lingyun and Dadi's cooperation in laying out theater lines.

Galloping Pony didn't come, and they were still in the stage of making a TV series. The movie was considered to be overpriced, and Chung Lifeng later withdrew.

Apart from Zhang Yimou’s movies, there isn’t much interest in the new scenes.

"Everyone, Shanghai Film Studio wanted to invest more, but I rejected it. There is still US$500 million left for this movie.
I will bring three companies into the game together, so a premium is inevitable.

If you can sit in front of Lingyun's conference room, you will know the rate of return of my movies. With this movie, I am confident that you can make money.

But as for the price, I can only say that the one with the highest price will get it.However, I have an estimate. If your total amount does not reach 300 million, you can withdraw or continue to make offers, but if you cannot reach this share, I will not make a move. "

Guan Ling's words made the four of them look at each other, a bit harsh, 1.5 times the premium.But after all, he is Guan Ling, and this is indeed very conscientious.

Bona Yudong was very happy. He roughly calculated that the quoted price of 500 times of 750 million was 780 million, so he turned around and wrote [-] million.This number is higher than the average, and Yu Dong thinks that the money must be stable.

The second person Guan Ling agreed to was Wanda. Rich people are rich. The 800 million offer was made without blinking an eye.
The Emperor did not win, because although Wang Changtian gritted his teeth and stamped his feet when writing the data, he took a gamble.The writing is higher than that of the King of England.

It was purely because of "Shark Beach" that Wang Changtian had already fired the guy who sold Liu Yan to Ling Yun.

It is said that they were very angry, saying, "Don't you know what company Lingyun is?"Ling Yun wants to buy a little-known little character and sell him as a pure fool at a low price.

Now this situation has basically become the consensus of other companies.

With her bikini, Liu Yan's popularity in China has surpassed that of Fan Bingbing, and she has become the dream of tens of millions of otakus.

This was the first time that Enlight got involved in investing and distributing a film this year. Since the big director was not available for Enlight, Wang Changtian chose Hong Kong directors Lau Wai-keung and Mak Siu-fai to make "The City".

This time, Wang Changtian really wanted to get a share of the investment in Guan Ling's new movie. When he got acquainted with it, he had to ask Guan Ling, how could he directly promote a small host to become a domestic first-line actress?

It's too bullshit.

The share of US$500 million was sold for US$340 million. Guan Ling was happy, because at this time, he had completely filled in the gap of US$3000 million that he boasted, otherwise he would have to take out a loan. .

At the end of the day, Guan Ling revealed a piece of news to several people.

"This movie has Chinese characters, but the scenes are very small, only a few minutes. I will give priority to choosing from your company."

The three major investors have gone crazy, and this news can make domestic entertainment crazy.

Even if they are not paid for a few minutes of acting in a Hollywood production worth [-] million US dollars, domestic actors will fight for it.

What's more, once the movie becomes a success, it can be said that these actors selected by Guan Ling will become popular in China!
Ye Ning knew that Jingtian was stable.

Wang Changtian and Bona have already begun to think that such a good opportunity is the most suitable to promote newcomers.

After it was over, the Emperor's people were left behind by Guan Ling. This time the Emperor came over, not Liang Lin, nor Huo Wenxi, the well-known agent over there.

It was a male producer named Lu Chao.

"Does Director Guan want to say something by keeping me here?"

"When I was on the phone with Mr. Ren, I learned that Emperor and Shanghai Film Studio established Shanghai Emperor Cultural Development Co., Ltd. this year. Do you want to cooperate?"

"What Director Guan said is that there is indeed such a thing, but the cooperation project has not been finalized yet."

"I have an idea here." Guan Ling said. "But I need authorization from Cheng Long Emperor Company. But that's a story for later. I have something special to do with you. When I go back this time, help me bring a message to Brother Cheng Long."

"Okay." Lu Chao nodded and said it was okay, but he didn't understand why Guan Ling didn't call directly, but insisted on taking the message through him.

"Bring what?"

"Please help me ask Brother Cheng Long, although "Around the World in 80 Days" failed miserably, does he want to fight back again?" Guan Ling looked at Lu Chao, "With a real blockbuster."

Lu Chao swallowed.

"I can see that Brother Cheng Long has been seeking transformation in the past few years. The disastrous failure in Hollywood is nothing, and the failure at the domestic box office is nothing."

Guan Ling said every word,
"The failure of New Police Story, the failure of Shinhwa, the failure of Project Baby, and even the failure of the Best Actor Competition at the Hong Kong Film Awards are nothing.
He's right for Hollywood.

If he is willing, I will take him back to kill him. "

(End of this chapter)