Entertainment: The opening and the official announcement of the national goddess

Chapter 567 The Battle of Chibi, Global Suppression
Yang Mi said angrily: "Honey, it seems that you really don't care about the entertainment industry at all. Huayi held a press conference yesterday to prepare to shoot a historical blockbuster "Battle of the Red Cliff."

Zhang Xiao was taken aback, and said, "The Battle of Chibi? Who is the director, and who is the actor?"

Yang Mi said: "The actor has not been announced yet, the director is your old acquaintance Chen Gang."

"I'll go!" Zhang Xiao was stunned.

Although Chen Gang has also made several period films, and his directing ability is not bad, Zhang Xiao really does not have much confidence in him for epic masterpieces like "Battle of the Red Cliff".

Yang Mi continued: "Chen Gang publicized "Battle of the Red Cliff" and said that the script was produced by him in two years and with his own screenwriting team. The investment is at least one billion yuan, and it is divided into domestic and international versions. , released simultaneously worldwide."

"This will be the first major drama that Universal and Huayi will cooperate with."

"This time has already caused an uproar in the entertainment industry. Many actors are going crazy, and they have submitted their resumes to Hua Yi, hoping to be able to participate in this movie."

Zhang Xiao asked again: "Does the actor of Sunny Sky want to go?"

Yang Mi said: "There must be. I want to go myself, but unfortunately people have said in private that we don't want our sunny actors."

At this time, Reba also said indignantly: "Hua Yi is really too young. Which of the film and television works we invest in does not have Hua Yi's actors, and they actually do this, it is simply too annoying."

Zhang Xiao smiled and waved his hands and said, "There's no need to be so miraculous. To be honest, I don't like this "Battle of the Red Cliff"."

"Why?" Yang Mi asked quickly!
Zhang Xiao explained: "The first is the director Chen Gang, who is not good at shooting such epic war movies, and the second is that in "Battle of the Red Cliff", there are at least forty characters with names and surnames."

"Even if everyone is willing to lower the price to act, at least 20 million will be spent on film remuneration, plus film shooting, publicity and distribution expenses, let alone one billion, even [-] billion may not be enough."

Reba tilted his head and asked, "Brother-in-law, if you come to shoot, how much money will you need?"

Zhang Xiao thought for a while, and said: "Based on my standards, if such a large-scale war is to be filmed well, it needs at least [-] million U.S. dollars. Including the actors' remuneration and publicity expenses, it should not be less than [-] million U.S. dollars. .”

Yang Mi immediately exclaimed and said: "My God, this is close to 30 billion. Are you filming a movie? This is burning money."

Zhang Xiao shrugged his shoulders, and said: "It was originally a waste of money, otherwise, the Battle of Chibi is such a good subject, it would have been filmed by other domestic directors."

Yang Mi asked again: "Then husband, why didn't you go to shoot?"

Zhang Xiaodao: "It's too troublesome, and I'm not sure I can shoot this kind of scene well."

Reba said in disbelief: "Even if you're not sure about your brother-in-law, wouldn't it be even worse for Chen Gang?"

Zhang Xiaodao: "I think Universal and Huayi may think this drama is too simple, but Chen Gang should be very clear in his heart, but he needs this drama too much to turn around, so even if he knows, he will won't say it."

Yang Mi gloated and said, "Then wait and see the good show!"

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The next day, Zhang Xiao took his family to New York, the lighthouse country, for vacation.

Sunny Entertainment headquarters.

Chen Ya called Yang Mi, and said with a full face, "Mimi, something serious happened."

Yang Mi was taken aback, and asked, "What's the matter?"

Chen Ya said: "The other three major video networks in China have taken action against us. I just called a TV drama producer. They originally promised to sell us the online copyright of the TV drama. I didn't expect them to change their minds."

"After questioning, he told me that Penguin Video Network is not allowed to share the online copyright of this TV series with us, and the other two video networks have also issued this order."

Yang Miliu frowned slightly, and said: "Sharing Internet copyright is not allowed, what do they mean, do they want to isolate us?"

Chen Ya nodded and said: "It's very possible. The number of members of our Qingtian Video Network has exceeded [-] million, which has seriously affected the interests of the other party. They obviously don't want us to become bigger and stronger."

Yang Mi pondered for a while and said: "Who is the middleman? You must know that these three websites are originally incompatible opponents. It is absolutely impossible for ordinary people to let them put down their grievances and unite together."

Speaking of this, the two thought of it almost at the same time, and said in unison: "Universal Pictures!"

Yang Mi patted his thigh fiercely, and said: "That's right, only Universal Pictures, their film and television network copyrights have always been sold to these three companies at the same time, with Universal as the tandem, plus the threat brought by the sunny day." , the three websites joined forces to suppress us, so it is logical."

Chen Ya asked: "Then what should we do now? They are all online video giants, and we simply cannot compete with them."

Yang Mi said: "Wait a moment, I will discuss with my husband, he has a good relationship with Boss Ma, go check it out."

There are ants on the back of the U pants, and finding the horse boss is one step away.

At this time, Zhang Xiao's family had been playing in the manor for a week. Hearing Yang Mi's words, he called Boss Ma directly.

Boss Ma seemed to have expected that Zhang Xiao would look for him, and said with a smile, "Mr. Zhang, is it something about the sunny video site?"

"That's right!" Zhang Xiao nodded, and said, "Boss Ma, the three of you video sites have joined forces to suppress a sunny day that just went online. Isn't that a little disrespectful of martial arts!"

Boss Ma said angrily: "Do you think this is a martial arts competition? You still talk about martial arts, this is a normal commercial competition!"

"I just spoke to Luo Yong, the CEO of U Pants, and his opinion is very clear. You will absolutely not allow the rise of Sunny Network."

"Zhang Xiao, although we are good friends, but when it comes to business issues, I can't abandon the public for personal reasons. I hope you can understand."

Zhang Xiao said with a smile: "Public is public and private is private. I am very clear about this. I am not trying to make you merciful when I make this call. I mainly want to ask you a question."

"Is the alliance of the three major video sites a global bridge?"

Boss Ma was silent for a while, and said: "Zhang Xiao, I'm sorry, this is a commercial secret, I can't answer you."

Zhang Xiao smiled and said: "Your silence just now has answered me, Boss Ma, my wife has spent nearly 20 billion US dollars to buy hundreds of film and television network copyrights, and she will definitely not retreat here, and I will certainly Full support for her."

"So, if I offend you in any way in the upcoming competition, please forgive me."

When Boss Ma heard this, he said, "You kid, what about playing with me first with courtesy first and then with soldiers?"

Zhang Xiaodao: "I'm just reminding you in good faith. After all, the three of you are all leaders in the industry for more than 20 years. If you want to survive in a sunny day, you will definitely not be able to do anything special."

Ma Laodao: "Then I have to learn more about it. See you on the battlefield."

Zhang Xiao said: "Okay, see you on the battlefield."

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Xiao closed his eyes and began to plan countermeasures.

After a while, Zhang Xiao suddenly opened his eyes, found Yang Mi and said.

"Mimi, you guessed it right, the joint suppression of us by the three video networks is basically the fault of Universal."

(End of this chapter)