Entertainment: God-level director

Chapter 241: Taking Advantage of Capital

At 12:15 noon the next day, the plane landed at the Capital International Airport on time.

“Go directly to the company. Lin

Ran ordered after getting into the nanny car that Zhao Wu came to pick up.

“yes.”Zhao Wu responded, started the car and drove to Ranmeng Pictures.

Today, Ranmeng Pictures is still in a period of rapid expansion, with the number of employees exceeding 300. From time to time, employees are running around with documents, and when they see Lin, they say hello excitedly. Say hello.

Lin Ran is usually busy filming movies and rarely comes to the company. Many new employees have never seen him after joining the company. Now that they see Lin Ran, they are all very excited. Come to

Wang Ziwen’s general manager’s office Lin Ran knocked on the door and opened the door when he heard someone calling him in.

“Lin Ran, why did you come to the company directly? Don’t you need to take a rest?”

Seeing that Lin Ran was coming, Wang Ziwen smiled and greeted her personally.

“Have a good rest on the plane”

“Congratulations, the global box office of”The Return of the Clown” has exceeded US$500 million. You are now an international director. Wang

Ziwen joked after making Lin Ran a cup of coffee.

“Haha, if you want to become a real international director, you must at least have a movie with a box office of 1 billion US dollars. I am far behind now.”

Lin Ran waved his hand.

Wang Ziwen smiled and said:”You are too humble. Even for those big IPs in Hollywood, it is not easy to get 1 billion U.S. dollars in box office.”

“Right, so now is not the time to be proud. Lin

Ran nodded.

After chatting for a while, Wang Ziwen started to get down to business:”As for financing, I have had several rounds of talks with Alibaba, Tencent, and Sequoia, but they can only offer up to 24 billion.””

“Only 24 billion?”

Lin Ran frowned, very dissatisfied with this valuation.

You know, he was expecting 30 billion, and the bottom line was 26 billion. Now he is only given 24 billion, which is a full 2 billion difference.

“There is no way. Who knew that the Fan Ye incident would break out? I heard from Uncle Wang (Wang Xiaohui, the top leader of the Film Bureau mentioned earlier) that the higher-ups intend to rectify the entertainment industry, and they will take action soon. This was mentioned by you before That’s right, film and television may really usher in a cold winter next.”

Wang Ziwen was also a little helpless.

When Lin Ran heard this, he suddenly realized.

Just a few days ago, the conflict between Feng Dapao and Xiao Cui was finally detonated after the launch of”Mobile Phone 2″. After the broadcast of”Mobile Phone”, Xiao Cui endured After being stigmatized for many years, now seeing that Feng Dapao continued to film”Mobile Phone 2″, he couldn’t bear it anymore and went crazy on Weibo to attack Feng Dapao.

Feng Dapao was very smart and did not respond directly, but Mr. Fan didn’t know that he was being influenced by Instigated by the Wang brothers and Feng Dapao, they were still hot-headed and posted an insinuation on Weibo to support Feng Dapao. The furious Xiao Cui immediately pointed the muzzle at Mr. Fan, directly exposing Mr. Fan’s yin and yang contract, which instantly caused a stir has attracted huge attention from netizens across the country.

Although the relevant departments have not yet asked the entertainment industry to conduct tax inspections, how sensitive is the sense of smell for companies of the level of Alibaba, Tencent, and Sequoia Capital?

Combined with the previous CCTV exposure of the high salaries of celebrities, and In the past year or so, no film and television company has been able to list in the A-share market. These three companies all have a vague feeling that the entertainment industry is going to be rectified.

Under the bad environment, Ranmeng Pictures naturally cannot stay alone, even if Ranmeng Pictures Dream Pictures’ profitability is very strong, and its valuation will still be lowered. This is inevitable.

“If this valuation……”

Lin Ran frowned, thinking about whether to agree or not.

The valuation of 24 billion would definitely not meet Lin Ran’s psychological expectations, but he knew that the film and television industry would be difficult in the next two to three years. If he refused now, the valuation might be even lower in the future.

But he was very unwilling!

“Lin Ran, they also proposed another plan with a valuation of 30 billion, but……”

Just when Lin Ran was struggling, Wang Ziwen suddenly said

“What harsh conditions do they have for gambling?”

Lin Ran was not too excited. Capital is greedy and will not give you an advantage in vain.

“Yes, in addition to requiring you to complete bets of 600 million, 800 million, and 1 billion in the next three years, you are also required to give up at least 25% of your shares.”

Wang Ziwen truthfully stated the requirements of the three companies.

“Oh, what a big appetite!”

When Lin Ran heard this, he laughed angrily. Sure enough, capital is shameless. As long as there is a chance, he will definitely want to bite a piece of meat from you.

If it is just this gambling agreement, Lin Ran is willing to agree. For other For film and television companies, this performance requirement is definitely demanding. Few film and television companies can achieve such a high net profit every year.

But for Ranmeng Pictures, this is not a problem.

After all, Lin Ran is here, and Ranmeng All the projects launched by the film industry will make money without exception, it is just a matter of making more or less.

However, Lin Ran could not agree to sell more shares. He worked hard to make the movie, but I don’t want to end up working for capital.

“They all promised to give up their voting rights and not interfere in the company’s operations.”

“No way! Lin

Ran refused without hesitation:”If you only ask for a bet, I agree, but I can only give up 10% of the shares at most, otherwise I would rather not accept this financing.””

“ok, I get it.”

Seeing Lin Ran’s resolute attitude, Wang Ziwen said no more.

Then, she remembered another thing and said with a smile:”By the way, the final version of”Nezha” has passed the review of the radio and television, and it is finalized. , do you want to take a look?”

“certainly.”

Lin Ran’s eyes lit up and he immediately agreed. He had been looking forward to”Nezha: The Devil Boy Comes to the World” for a long time.

Wang Ziwen had nothing urgent to do, so she followed Lin Ran to the animation studio. Dumpling saw Lin Ran Ran and Wang Ziwen came and hurriedly came out to greet them. After a while of greetings, they called Tian Xiaoguang, the director of”The Return of the Great Sage”, and several others to come to the screening room.

This company’s internal screening room is not big, with only more than ten seats, and the screen It is not a giant screen or IMAX. For special effects action blockbusters such as”Nezha: The Devil Boy Comes to the World”, the viewing effect will be greatly reduced, but it is still enough for internal viewing.

Lin Ran, Wang Ziwen and others are in the Sitting down on the sofa in the second row, Diaozi went to operate the projection in person, then turned off the lights, and everyone watched quietly.

Although he had watched it several times in his previous life, Lin Ran still watched it carefully, and he was very satisfied with the result. In this life, there is more financial support, the special effects are better than in the previous life, and some areas that have been criticized have been modified under Lin Ran’s suggestions. The viewing experience is even better than in the previous life.

In the blink of an eye, two hours later it’s over

“Director Lin, how do you feel?”

Dumpling looked at Lin Ran with a look of anticipation and some anxiety.

“Very good, I have a feeling it will definitely be a hit! Lin Ran praised without hesitation.

Hearing this, Dumpling also laughed honestly.

“Director Lin is right. Compared with my”The Great Sage”, Dumpling’s”Nezha” not only has better special effects, but also has a much higher degree of content completion, truly reaching the level of a first-class Hollywood animated film.”

Tian Xiaoguang also praised unabashedly.

“Lao Tian, where is the progress of”Monkey King 2″ now?”

Lin Ran asked without waiting for Dumpling to speak.

“It’s almost halfway done.”Tian Xiaoguanghui reported.

Lin Ran nodded. Shortly after”The Return of the Great Sage” was released, Tian Xiaoguang began to write the script, and then Ranmeng Pictures invested and produced it as usual.

“It will be released in one month, so you need to pay more attention to the subsequent promotion of Ziwen.”

Then, Lin Ran turned to Wang Ziwen and said

“Don’t worry, I will catch it myself.”Wang Ziwen smiled and nodded.

With her professional vision, she can naturally see the quality of”Nezha”. Not to mention the box office reaching 3 billion or 4 billion, but 2 billion is definitely no problem.

This will give Lanmeng another chance. The film industry brought in a huge amount of revenue. As the CEO of Ranmeng Pictures, how could Wang Ziwen not be excited!

After discussing the announcement for a while, the afternoon passed. Lin Ran had dinner with them, and then went back Villa No. 1.

When he arrived at home, Lin Ran went directly to the room to take a bath and relax. Unexpectedly, just as he lay down, his cell phone rang. It turned out to be a call from Song Zuer.