China entertainment that year eighteen

Chapter 236 Lu Heng's Ambition, I Miss You (Two in One)

Tom's questions, of course, are all about the future.

Such as cooperation model, such as company resident, such as management model and so on.

As for Lu Heng's reply, the first one is that the new company will be headed by Tom, and he and his team can participate in the shares.

"The company's investment amount and your own job conversion, etc., must be evaluated by a third-party company. I will account for at least 51% of the total investment amount evaluated, and you will allocate the rest yourself. If you don't have that much investment, spare it I will make up for it, and my proportion will also increase accordingly.”

Lu Heng's method is not complicated. For example, if the valuation is 1000 million, Lu Heng will invest at least 510 million in holdings, and they will discuss the allocation of the remaining 490 million. Their positions can also be included in the investment, but if they add up to only 300 million, then Lu Heng will make up the remaining 190 million, and Lu Heng's investment will no longer be 510% of 51 million, but 700% of 70 million.

Tom is very satisfied with this method. He can be the shareholder and the person in charge, while the other Lu Heng will take care of it.

Although he no longer relies on Industrial Light & Magic, does not have the connections and influence like Lucas, and no longer does projects as soon as they come, but needs to pull projects by himself, but the percentage he can get is higher than now Even if the cost of the project is only one-fifth of the previous one, his personal income will be much higher.

Besides, he has been in Hollywood for these years, and he also has his contacts and connections, plus his technology and reputation-after all, he can be the leader of one of the project teams in Industrial Light and Magic, and the technology must be excellent, and post-production requires Constantly communicating with the producer, if his eloquence is not good, he is not qualified to be the project leader, and this makes it easy for him to go out to pull the project without too much effort.

Therefore, Tom doesn't worry too much about future projects. If he can't get a big project, there shouldn't be a big problem with medium-cost films.

But starting this kind of special effects company, equipment, etc. is a huge investment. Given Tom's current economic situation, it is definitely unaffordable to start, but Lu Henglai's investment accounts for the majority, and the problem is easily solved.

Although before he came, he only knew of a Chinese actor like Lu Heng, and he only knew the name by accident. The only Chinese actors he really knew were Shuang Li, Yi Cheng and Gong.

But what he saw and heard after he came here, and what he learned in the past few days, he also had a clear understanding of Lu Heng, and the more he knew, the more surprised he became.In the end, it was the same as Quentin learned the "quintessence of China" from Jiang Wenna, only two words in silence - NB!

Each of the TV series that Lu Heng wrote and invested in is very popular in China, with at least a few million dollars in profit, as well as the awards he won at the Montreal Film Festival and the Edo Film Festival, etc.

His records are even more popular, selling well in Japan, South Korea and even Southeast Asia. The sales of tens of millions of single records prove his extremely high influence in Asia.

The most important thing is that Tom knows the identity of Han Ping, who has a good relationship with Lu Heng and who often comes to the set to watch the progress, the chairman of Huaying Group. If foreign films want to enter Huaxia, they must go through this department!

With such a background, even Hollywood has to pay attention!
"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was released in China earlier this year, with a box office of more than 3000 million yuan. Last year's "Pearl Harbor" also had a box office of more than 2000 million yuan in the mainland. Both of these films were made by Tom, and For them to come in, Huaying Group is indispensable.

Not to mention that "Titanic" a few years ago had a box office of more than 4000 million yuan in the mainland.And what was the economic level of Huaxia at that time, what is it now?
Just because he knew this background, Tom agreed without hesitation!

Of course, Lu Heng's establishment of this company is also a commercial act. Making money is definitely the purpose, but more is to support future movies.

Just like ten years later, Disney bought Lucasfilm for 40 billion US dollars, and it includes not only the special effects company Industrial Light and Magic, but also sound effects companies, license management and distribution companies, publishing companies, and animation companies. , game companies, etc., and the most important thing is the film investment and production company.

Among these subsidiaries, it would be nice if Industrial Light and Magic had one-tenth of its market value.

As for Lu Heng, a new company, at least in the next few years, the revenue may not be able to catch up with them, but by controlling special effects to make movies, the profits will be much higher.

More importantly, you can use this opportunity to enter Hollywood, and then use Hollywood as a springboard to market in the Americas and even Europe.

Therefore, Lu Heng mostly takes the controlling stake. He has the final say, but usually it is managed by Tom, and Lu Heng will not interfere. As long as there is no problem with the financial report, everything is easy to talk about.

"As for the location of the company, you are the person in charge, and you have the final say. Of course, it's limited to Magnesia or Huaxia."

Tom suddenly said: "Why not set up one in Magnesia and one in Huaxia?"

Lu Heng was taken aback for a moment, looked at Tom who was blinking, and immediately recalled it, laughing loudly.

Sure enough, this guy is still reluctant to part with Chinese food!
Seeing Lu Heng smile, Tom knew that Lu Heng had guessed what he was thinking, but he didn't have any embarrassment, shrugged and said:
"I just think this will make it easier to work in the future. This time I came to China and saw this kind of development. I feel that your films will have more and more needs for post-production special effects in the future."

Lu Heng thought that you felt right, but he smiled and said:
"No need to explain, as I said just now, you are the person in charge, you decide for yourself."

Tom immediately said, "Then let's set up one in each of the two places."

Lu Heng nodded.

In other respects, the two communicated for a while, until the next filming, and started a new busy.

The rest of the time is for Tom to work on his team.

There are more than 30 people in the team, and most of them are willing to start a business with him in the end. After all, it is not directly headquartered in Huaxia, and Magnesia also has an office.

Besides, they used to travel around for this job before, not only in America, some movies in Europe, but also in Australia, etc., they often go out for a few months, and they have long been used to it.

Just like when Zhao Kuangyin added a yellow robe back then, he not only had his own ideas, but also the ideas of his subordinates, because when Lao Zhao became the emperor, they could also be promoted along with him.And Tom became the boss, and these people can also be the project leaders.

But in Industrial Light & Magic, the development has stabilized now, and if you want to be in charge, you have to compete not only with people in their group, but also with other groups.

There are more opportunities now. Once you become a project leader, not only will your position be promoted, but your income will also increase.

As for the future, Lu Heng said, his background and funds plus the qualifications and skills of people like Tom, the combination of two swords will never fail!

They may not be able to get the films produced by the National University of Magnesium. After all, there are Industrial Light & Magic and Weta Digital above their heads, but they are very competitive for medium-cost films. so high.

However, there are far more medium-budget films than blockbuster films. I guess it's not because I can't get projects, but because I'm afraid I won't be able to handle it.

After discussing this matter with Tom, Lu Heng took a cigarette from his hand, smoked it slowly, walked out of the studio, and looked up at the cloudless sky.

The sky was clear and everything went well.

At first, Lu Heng felt that he was really lucky now, but after thinking about it, he did have luck, but in fact... it still depends on ability, especially money ability.

Just like the rich second generation, with the same appearance, his success rate in chasing girls must be much higher than ordinary people, is this luck?Of course, the luckiest thing is that he is the rich second generation, and for Lu Heng, his luck has been set since his rebirth.

His fame and capital, as well as his relationship with Han Ping, are all attractive to Tom.

So it's not that difficult to cooperate successfully, and there's no need to even negotiate——Lu Heng's generosity makes Tom consciously flattered, so he can't ask for a controlling stake, right?
And Lu Heng also knows that it is Tom and the others who are really doing things, from technology to receiving projects, now until ten years later, there are still a few Chinese who can use post-production special effects, and most of the market is still in Europe and the United States, including management and so on.

It is the same as the previous release of shares and those co-produced TV dramas by TV stations and private film and television companies. The least money can do the most.

Another aspect of Lu Heng's luck is that just this year, the movie theater chain was restructured. After ten years of exploration and practice, it broke the market monopoly divided by administrative regions and formed a competitive market structure.

You must know that Huaying Company used to be the underwriter. All film studios only need to shoot, and they have a pocket income. In addition, the more copies they sell, the more profits returned to the film studios.

But now they are all self-portraited and self-sold, and they are responsible for their own profits and losses.And the "box office sharing" model also has a clearer specific operation mode. Because of this, "Hero" caught up with such a time. A lot beyond the present, the combination of the three is the reason for the explosion of this movie, reaching a box office of 2.5 million.

However, Tom and Lu Heng's company cannot be established immediately.

"The production of a film has been negotiated before, and the contract has been signed. Our team needs to make this film before we can leave."

Lu Heng thought of a movie at the time, and asked curiously, "Who directed it?"

"Gore, he's not very famous, you probably don't know him, but he just directed a remake of the neon movie "Midnight Ring", you should know about that." Tom said casually.

Lu Heng said in his heart, of course I know, not only do I know but I have seen it, even though Tom only said the name "Gore", and there is the midnight bell, the movie he is about to make is about to come out.

"Pirates of the Caribbean"!
Indeed, Gore is not well-known now. Even the "Magnesium Version of Midnight Bell", which cost more than 4000 million yuan in his previous life and raked in a box office of 5000 million yuan, has just finished filming and will be released in the second half of the year. Naturally, he doesn't have much qualifications.

Even including "Pirate", Disney was not very optimistic about it before production, and if it wasn't for the insistence of the producer Bruckheimer, the filming plan of this film would have to be cancelled.

Although this Bruckheimer is unattractive, his job and status in Magnesia, or in Hollywood, is somewhat similar to that of Han Ping in China.

Of course, Han Ping has an innate advantage by relying on Huaying, while Bruckheimer has become No. 1 on the Hollywood power list only by himself, that is, in the past two years.

He relied on his identity as a producer.

Although there were some misses, most of them came back with full rewards. Not to mention Lu Heng’s accumulated box office of more than 200 billion yuan before his rebirth, even now, the combined box office of the films he handled exceeds 50 billion yuan. This is 02 Year!
And "Pirate", which Disney is not optimistic about, not only filmed under his insistence, but also will be a film series project that lasts for more than ten years, including Disney-related parks, and peripheral sales, which will bring them huge profits.

And the film has also achieved world-renowned success, not only at the box office, but also in influence!

"When will that movie be shot?" Lu Heng asked calmly.

"It should be in the second half of the year." Tom said uncertainly:
"Gore's "Midnight Ring" is still in post-production. After the production, there is still some work to be done. His work on this film will be considered over, and it will take at least two more months."

Lu Heng nodded, suddenly there was an impulse in his heart, let Tom introduce him by taking advantage of Tom's opportunity to communicate with them?
And at that time, the later stage of "Red Cliff" had already been finished, and the best time would be to go to Magnesia to promote it.

But before that, the release of Neon needs to be put on the agenda.

Only the high box office with neon screens can be convincing, and it can move him even more, as well as the producer Bruckheimer, and Disney behind it.

Of course, it would be even better if you could invest in it... Didn't it mean that Disney was not optimistic about it and almost withdrew its investment?

As for the reasons, one is that they don’t quite approve of the script, and the other is... Although the customer base of Disney theme parks is not limited to children, this kind of pirate-oriented and dark-style films are still very different from their previous styles. There are many internal opposition voices, worried that the signboard will be smashed.

And such an opportunity is an opportunity for Lu Heng.

Bring money into the group?Not necessarily.

But now we have to quickly make "Red Cliff" before we can look forward to the future.

Later, Lu Heng stepped up post-production with them, but it has been done for nearly three months now, which is almost the same.

And Sister Hong came again today.

She was alone. She came to the shooting location to have a look at the scene, and then chatted with Lu Heng for a while.

In the evening, Lu Heng naturally needed to treat her to dinner, so Tom and the others ate by themselves. They were also very familiar with the surrounding area, so it didn't matter.

And Lu Heng finished the meal with her, and after the meal, Lu Heng said: "Should I take you back, or take a walk?"

"Let's go." Sister Hong said.

So the two walked side by side and talked about some things in the past, but mainly Sister Hong said and Lu Heng listened.

When we came to a street full of sycamore trees, and when the dense sycamore leaves blocked the street lights and became dim, Sister Hong suddenly turned around, hung around Lu Heng's neck, and came over with a hot scent:

"I miss you~"

(End of this chapter)