1993 My China Entertainment Age

Chapter 378 Winning over the great director and having a night talk with Sissi!

However, most film and television companies in the mainland do not have much money. Many companies use bank loans or financing to invest in the production of movies and TV series.

Let's not talk about other things, let's talk about Huayi Brothers. From 2004 to 2006, Huayi's net cash flow from operating activities was always negative. It was not until the first half of this year that it turned from negative to positive, becoming 1312.72 million yuan.

The reason why there is negative cash flow is because there is a time difference between the initial investment and the later income of movies and TV series. The investment can be recovered through various channels after the screening?

Of course, negative cash flow does not mean that the company is unprofitable. It just means that the company needs loans and financing to ensure the supply of cash.

Moreover, with the rapid expansion of Huayi's business scale, the demand for funds has also increased rapidly. In the past three years, the company has increased capital and shares three times, and the asset-liability ratio at the end of 3 was 2005%.

In fact, many years ago, Wang Zhongjun figured out the secrets of capital operation during this process.

During the sluggish period of the film and television industry in the 90s, Huayi had difficulty financing in its early stages. The loan threshold was too high and investment was very small. In order to make a movie, Wang Zhongjun had no choice but to mortgage all his collection of paintings and houses. Taking out a loan to make a movie.

After gaining some reputation and the financing environment became more relaxed, Wang Zhongjun even started playing the game of "equity financing + equity repurchase". He first repurchased equity from the original shareholders, then sold equity financing to new investors, and successively obtained Yahoo China, Focus Media and other institutions have more than 4 million yuan in funding.

Subsequently, it pioneered the use of film and television copyrights as collateral to obtain bank credit. Feng Xiaogang's "The Night Banquet" received a guaranteed loan of 1 million yuan from Shenzhen Development Bank; China Merchants Bank's Ma Weihua went one step further and pledged the global copyright of "Assembly Number" The subject provided an unsecured credit loan of RMB 5000 million to Huayi.

Although Jiang Xiaofeng's methods of playing capital are far inferior to Wang Zhongjun's, and he is not as flexible as Wang Zhongjun, but what makes him better than Wang Zhongjun is that he has accumulated capital early by developing in Hong Kong, producing records, holding concerts, and filming advertisements.

Therefore, Century Group has had very sufficient cash flow along the way, with almost no financing or loans, and its development has been very stable.

This time Jiang Xiaofeng asked so many people to participate in the financing in order to make Century Group bigger and become a large company with strong competitiveness.

March 5th, late.

Jiang Xiaofeng, director Tsui Hark and others appeared at a restaurant in Yanjing for a dinner party. The two of them were dressed in a very low-key manner.

Tsui Hark even wore a cap, a half-sleeved shirt and an electric mask. His outfit looked a bit exaggerated. Jiang Xiaofeng also wore a simple black casual outfit.

The two of them had a dinner together not only to reminisce about old times, but also to discuss matters related to cooperation.

Like many Hong Kong and Taiwan directors who came to the mainland to develop, "genius director" Tsui Hark can be regarded as a favorite in the eyes of the bosses of larger film and television companies.

Not only did the Huayi brothers extend an olive branch to him, but Jiang Xiaofeng also extended invitations to him many times.

Tsui Hark knows very well that among all the current film and television companies, only Jiang Xiaofeng's Century Group can have enough funds to allow him to make the movies he wants to make.

Moreover, no one will have trouble with money. In order to get close to Tsui Hark, Jiang Xiaofeng not only paid out 1800 million signing bonuses and 5 movie contracts, earning an average of 300 million yuan per movie, but also gave away 50 original shares of Century. , it can be said to be full of sincerity.

After weighing the pros and cons, Tsui Hark looked at Jiang Xiaofeng seriously and said, "Director Jiang, I have thought it over carefully and am willing to join your company."

Seeing that Tsui Hark finally made a decision, Jiang Xiaofeng was also very pleased. He raised his glass with a smile and said, "Director, welcome to join our century family! I hope we can have a happy cooperation, here we go!"

Tsui Hark also raised his glass and replied with a smile: "Happy cooperation!"

"Cheers!" The two of them said in unison, and drank the wine in one gulp.

After drinking two glasses of wine, Tsui Hark also told Jiang Xiaofeng about his shooting plan. He has always had a wish to shoot the sequel to "New Dragon Gate Inn" - "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate".

Speaking of the classic martial arts movie "New Dragon Inn" filmed in 1992, Tsui Hark has always had a regret, because originally the male protagonist Zhou Huaian of this movie, he hoped to cooperate with Jet Li, and indeed invited Jet Li.

As a result, Jet Li quit not long after, because his agent Cai Ziming was killed and shot twice and died. In the end, this movie made another actor.So this time, Tsui Hark wants to shoot the sequel to "Dragon Gate Inn" - "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate". The male lead must be played by Jet Li, which can be regarded as fulfilling one of his regrets.

Jiang Xiaofeng thought that if Jet Li could star in the movie "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" and the movie was released, as long as the box office was not too bad, it would definitely do more good than harm to the company's stock price.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xiaofeng said readily: "Director Xu, I can tell you responsibly that I will definitely work hard to help you realize this wish, and I will definitely invite Jet Li to collaborate with you in "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate"."

"But I think the big-budget movie "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" cannot be rushed. It can be postponed for another two years, because as you know, our company will be listed soon, and the funds are relatively insufficient. Just hire Jet Li. It may be nearly [-] million."

"I want to wait until the company is listed before we start preparing for this movie. Moreover, our stocks will have a two-year lifting period. We can shoot this movie again after two years..."

After listening to Jiang Xiaofeng's analysis, Tsui Hark also felt that it was feasible and nodded: "Okay, since we haven't made "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" yet, then we can make another movie first."

Jiang Xiaofeng asked with great interest: "Can you tell me what movie it is?"

Tsui Hark said seriously: "I want to make a movie about Dee Renjie. This movie has action, suspense, history, and plot..."

Jiang Xiaofeng felt that something was wrong, and immediately asked: "Has the script you mentioned been completed?"

Tsui Hark nodded: "The script was developed last year, but due to funding issues, it has been shelved until now."

Jiang Xiaofeng immediately replied: "Well, Director Xu, then you can have someone bring the script to my office tomorrow. If I think it's OK, the first drama we will collaborate on will be Di Renjie."

Tsui Hark didn't expect Jiang Xiaofeng to be so cheerful and happy. He smiled and nodded: "Okay, I will have someone send it to you tomorrow morning."

When the two came out of the restaurant, it was already 9:[-] in the evening. After chatting for a while, they waved to each other, and then Jiang Xiaofeng got into the business car that had come to pick them up early in the morning.

10 pm.

Yujing Garden.

Seeing Jiang Xiaofeng return home smelling of alcohol, Liu Qianqian, who was watching TV, immediately stood up and put Jiang Xiaofeng into slippers.

Liu Qianqian frowned and asked with concern: "Dad, are you drinking again? Didn't you promise mom that you would drink less?"

While Jiang Xiaofeng was changing his shoes, he smiled helplessly and said, "Oh, there's nothing we can do about it. We can't help ourselves in the world."

Before Liu Qianqian could answer, Jiang Xiaofeng saw that she was alone in the living room, and then asked: "Qianqian, did your mother sleep with your sister?"

Liu Qianxi nodded: "Yes, my sister has to go to school tomorrow, so she goes to bed early."

"Dad, please sit down for a while and I'll make you some tea."

Jiang Xiaofeng said "hmm", then sat on the sofa and praised with a smile: "Sissi, you are really a good daughter of my father. You are becoming more and more sensible. My father really does not love you in vain!"

Hearing Jiang Xiaofeng's praise, Liu Qianqian was happy, but also felt shy and embarrassed. Her mood was very complicated. She smiled and replied: "Dad, it doesn't matter what, they are all what I should do. There is no need to praise me."

Looking at the fairer and more beautiful Liu Qianqian in front of him, Jiang Xiaofeng felt a little uncomfortable, because as Liu Qianqian's father, he really couldn't bear to let her be ruined by other men.

In Jiang Xiaofeng's eyes, there are few men in the current entertainment industry who are worthy of his fairy daughter.

(End of this chapter)