China Entertainment's My Artistic Career

Chapter 276

The end of the year always passes quickly. After finishing the work at hand, He Hua and Liu Yifei returned to their families, and the two families had a fairly lively New Year.

They rested until the Lantern Festival was over before they returned to the rhythm of work, and it was already the end of February.

He Hua was drinking tea in his office while reading the Lunar New Year data report produced by the company:
No this year, last year's Lunar New Year market was quite hot. This hotness not only refers to the number of nearly 60 films squeezed into this period, which brought together a number of well-known directors and actors, but also refers to the audience's enthusiasm for watching movies. , from late November to the end of December last year alone, the total box office of the movie market reached 11 billion, accounting for 12% of the entire year's market.

"Zodiac" became the biggest winner during this period, taking over 10 billion at the box office in one fell swoop, becoming the second domestic film to hit over [-] billion. This made the film's producers Fang Huayi and Ying Huang happy. For this reason, they continued to do so in a short period of time. Three celebration banquets were held.

The results of other movies have also come out. "Life of Pi" was both a critical success and a box office success, with a box office of 6.5 million;
Followed closely was Feng Xiaogang's "4.3". Although it was ridiculed by netizens, thanks to the continuous success of Huayi stars in the later period, the movie also achieved a box office of [-] million. It seems that Huayi Brothers is the only one You can't lose a small goal, maybe half of it.

No. 4, the Hong Kong film "Cold War", which is very exciting to the Hong Kong circle, has grossed nearly 3 million yuan at the box office.

"Big Shanghai", "Blood Drops", and "The King's Feast" were wiped out during this period, and producer Fang Xingmei was unlucky.

Turning to January 2013, the market is still hot, with movies such as "The Grandmaster", "Skyfall" and "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" still attracting large numbers of audiences to the market.

Among them, Zhou Xingchi's "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" is the most popular. Since its release on the Spring Festival on February 2, it has accumulated a box office of 10 billion in 18 days, setting a single-month box office record for Chinese-language films and the fastest Chinese-language film to break 11 billion. record.

In addition, there was 7865 million on the first day, breaking the first-day box office record for Chinese-language films; 1.62 million in two days and 2.44 million in three days, making it the fastest-making Chinese film.

On Valentine's Day, February 2, it also broke the previous single-day box office record of 14 million held by "Transformers 1.22" with a single-day box office of 1.12 million.

He Hua was stunned when he saw it. He was aiming for the top spot in the box office of domestic movies.

In the 2013 box office rankings, "Journey to the West: Conquer the Demons" topped the list, followed by "4" with a box office of nearly 007 million and "The Grandmaster" with a box office of 3 million.

He Hua flipped through the pages and soon saw the company's film results last year:
In 2012, Youhua Entertainment Company participated in three movies in the mainland market, including "囧" (3 billion), "A Day Trip" (11.23 million), and "To Our Perishable Youth" (3.35 billion). 6.42 million), although the number is small, all of them are high-quality, and the cumulative box office has exceeded 20 billion yuan.

而这个成绩，可以横向对比下，华艺兄弟年初公布了去年的财报，说他们实现了年初规划的20亿票房的目标，制作发行了8部影片，部部过亿：《逆战》（1.3亿）、《LOVE》（1.1亿）、《好梦一日游》（3.4亿）、《画皮2》（7.0亿）、《太极1》（1.1亿）、《太极2》（1.0亿）、《1942》（4.3亿）、《十二生肖》（截至12月31日为6.1亿），市场份额高达15%。

Yes, they shamelessly included "Sweet Dreams". He Hua was speechless, but someone did invest in the movie, so forget it.

Comparing the two sides, the results are similar, but the cost investment is less than a quarter of theirs. It can be imagined how much money Youhua Company made last year. It is no wonder that so many PEs want to encourage Youhua to go public. route.

Every Chinese New Year, He Hua receives dinner invitations from these people, such as Sequoia Capital, IDG Capital, Today Capital, and Alibaba Venture Capital. There are so many people that he can’t even remember their names. He only knows that they are among the best in the field of venture capital today. figure.

After looking at last year’s results, here are the movies to be released this year:
The first was "BJ Falls in Love with Seattle", yes, it was this movie. He Hua never thought that the movie, which was only decided at the beginning of last year and started shooting in August, would have to be completed first without "Xiu Chun Knife".

Since it was completed first, it should be released first, so the movie is scheduled to be released on April 4.

Although it will face a lot of competitors in this schedule, there was competition from "Special Forces 2" and "The Croods" before, and later it was blocked by "Iron Man 3". It is not yet known who will step in, but Yu The names of China Entertainment and Xue Xiaolu are not built on. Over the years, Youhua Entertainment has repeatedly made great achievements in small ways, and Xue Xiaolu has the background of her previous work "33 Days of Love". The new work is still a light love comedy that she is good at. Who dares to underestimate it? this movie.

It’s hard to say that some movies that are under great pressure to return their money will have to make way for it, for fear that if this movie becomes popular, their own movies will not be able to withstand it.

Next came "Xiu Chun Dao". Lu Yang finally gave a deadline for the film to be completed by the end of April.

This movie not only makes He Hua and Huang Lan anxious, but also the leading actors of the movie are unconvinced. It is a good thing for the director to pursue the quality of the work, but this is too frustrating. They are waiting for the movie to be released, so take it easy. Fighting for a turnaround.

The movie is scheduled to be released in early July, which is when college students are on summer vacation.

The next one is "Super Body". Now China Film is already communicating with companies in Hollywood. There is no need to worry about the Big Six. They mainly distribute films invested and produced by themselves, as well as a very small number of films that buy out the copyrights.For "Super Body", Han Sanping and He Hua still have high hopes, and of course they don't want to charge only a small amount of copyright fees.

So the main targets they are negotiating with now are Lionsgate, Weinstein Pictures, and Relativity Media. The best among them should be Lionsgate, which can be said to be the most commercially successful independent film and television distribution company in North America. , with its help, the channels through which "Super Body" can be spread will be wider, but its conditions are also relatively harsh.

Weinstein Pictures, its reputation in the Chinese film industry is not very good. It has been trying to profit from domestic films by plundering the pie, defaulting on accounts, defrauding producers, etc. Moreover, the company's financial situation is not very good. , so it is the next best choice.

Relativity Media Company, this company has close ties with China. It has previously reached a strategic cooperation with China Film Group Corporation and is preparing to produce several large-scale modern Chinese-themed films. All films will be released for the domestic and foreign markets at the same time. The 08 "The King of Kung Fu" by Fang Long, Li Lianjie and Liu Yifei was their work.However, this company also has shortcomings, that is, its channel structure relies mostly on external components, and its own distribution capabilities are relatively weak.

So the priorities of these three companies are Lionsgate, Relativity, and Weinstein Pictures.

While negotiating with local distribution companies in North America, China Film and Youhua are also looking for partners around the world, trying their best to expand their own channels, in order to one day distribute movies globally on their own.

Bangzi Country has already approached CJ Group, and Guizi Country has also approached Kadokawa Pictures Co., Ltd. The three parties have worked together to create "20 Again" and at the same time provide each other with certain help in the introduction of the film. By then, they will be responsible for "Super Body" issued.

The issuance in Southeast Asia is left to Emperor. Emperor has been deeply involved in these areas for a long time, making it easier to operate.

"Xiu Chun Dao" + "Super Body", this is the arrangement of Youhua Entertainment in the summer season this year.

During the National Day holiday, Youhua Entertainment will launch the first animated film "White Snake: The Origin" produced by Lighthouse Animation.

This movie took a lot of energy from Lighthouse Animation. In the past few years, Lighthouse Animation has not only devoted itself to Hollywood and learned how to make animated films, but the remaining time and manpower have basically been devoted to the production of this movie.

He Hua had seen the semi-finished film and felt that, at least for a layman like him, it was no different from the original work in his mind, in terms of visual effects.

So I decided to try it out at the National Day stall.

Finally it was the New Year's Eve. He Hua looked at the words "Back to 20" on it and felt that it was not enough.

He thought for a while, then called Huang Lan over and threw her a comic:
"I saw this comic online and I think it's pretty good. You should contact it and see if you can get the rights to adapt it."

When Huang Lan saw the name of the comic: "Get Out, Mr. Tumor", it felt very familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere.

It doesn’t matter if she forgot, she quickly contacted her assistant to communicate with the development and project side, and sure enough, there was a clue soon: “We also noticed this comic before and wanted to get its copyright, but the author didn’t Agreed, oh, the author is the heroine in the comics, Xiong Dun who is suffering from cancer."

After the people from the development department finished speaking, the project manager quickly took over: "Later we heard that a producer had got this project and was looking for investment. We also went over and asked, but"

Huang Lan was impatient to hear so much and asked directly: "Why didn't the producer agree?"

"We have discussed this project and feel that we can make it into a Chinese version of "Fighting Cancer". It has an inspirational theme and should be very popular." Needless to say, the lack of cooperation is naturally due to people's disapproval.

"Fighting Cancer" Chinese version?Huang Lan flipped through the comics in his hand and nodded. This was indeed a good choice.

I disagree, what does the producer want the movie to be like?While she was thinking, she turned her attention to a few capable men, and after a moment of hesitation, she said:

"Ask the producer to come over with the script."

The next day, He Hua saw the script of "Get Out, Cancer King" in his office. He was stunned for a moment and then asked Huang Lan:

"The script is out? Who wrote it?"

"The author of the comic, Xiong Dun."

He Hua was silent for a moment, flipping through it carefully, marking several places with a pen, and then handed the script back to Huang Lan:
"There is no need to make any major changes to the script. Once the details are dealt with, the director will decide on Han Yan. We will fight for it."

At this point, he paused, and after thinking about it, he decided to forget it. The quality of the movie was more important.

"So be it."

Huang Lan nodded to show that she understood. She could guess a bit of He Hua's unfinished intentions, but she was quite satisfied with the company's project arrangement this year. After all, 5-6 films were already much more than last year. , and these are only projects controlled by Youhua.

In addition, there are many others that are not in control, such as "The Story of the Ex" by new director Tian Yusheng who will participate in the production, Wanda Film and Television and the star-studded project "Police Story 2013" with only a small investment; Ning Hao's new work "The Road to Love" "etc.

So she is not impatient.

However, the project thing really comes as a matter of fact, especially when He Hua has reached this point, there are always people introducing him to various projects, all of which require investment.

These middlemen also know He Hua's level, and of course they will not bring projects that are unreliable and look like pitfalls, nor will they have good commercial projects, because such projects are all up for grabs in the industry. There is no shortage of funds at all.

The films that were brought over were all movies with literary and artistic themes. As long as the director's level is good and he doesn't mess around, the movies won't be any worse. It's just about the box office, so there's no guarantee.

The same is true for the project introduced by Teacher Gu Yan tonight. The script is very well polished and He Hua liked it very much after reading it. However, the director is a newcomer and the movie is also an art film.

However, the director was also a senior student of He Hua Zhong Opera, so he was very interested and chatted for a while.

As they chatted, he gradually felt that something was wrong: "Brother Diao, why do I hear that you mean that the movie is already being shot?"

Diao Yinan was also stunned and turned to look at Gu Yan: "Didn't you tell him?"

Well, this is it. In fact, the film "Fireworks in the Day" has been prepared for filming a long time ago. However, because the cycle was too long, many things happened in the middle. Many investors withdrew their capital. The main controller, Xingfu Blue Ocean Company, I really want to support them in continuing this project, but they can no longer get the money.

Now that the matter was deadlocked, Liao Fan, the male protagonist of the movie, thought of He Hua. Didn't they just collaborate on "A Dream Day Trip"? He knew that He Hua was a big boss who was not short of money.

So today, Diao Yinan found someone from Gu Yan and came to He Hua to attract investment.

After hearing this, He Hua asked speechlessly: "Why didn't Liao Fan call?" It's not like they couldn't talk to each other, and he wasn't the kind of character who would turn his back on others after working together, so he was just trying to build a relationship by turning around like this. ?
Diao Yinan hurriedly explained: "Liao Fan was about to call, but I stopped him. I thought I couldn't explain it clearly on the phone." Then he patted the script on the table: "Everyone is Screenwriter, I thought it would be perfect to come up with this.”

Yes, it’s true, no matter what you say, it’s really not as good as the script coming from He Hua.

"Gu Yan also met at school this morning. I just mentioned this matter to him, and he enthusiastically organized the game."

Gu Yan also smiled and nodded.

He Hua had nothing to say, so he could only pick up the script again and flip through it: "How many have you filmed? How much is left?"

Diao Yinan was a little excited: "In fact, the filming is not far off, but there is no money in the later stage. They invested about 1000 million before, and now I am thinking of another 500. No, 300 is enough."

While speaking, he kept watching He Hua's face carefully, fearing that he would show a dissatisfied expression.

"what?"

"200 is not impossible."

Well, He Hua suddenly felt that his current life was quite luxurious. He spent more than this amount just in Sanya this year.

"In this case, you can come to our company with the producers of the production team in the next few days, and we will also make an evaluation." At this point, he couldn't help but mention:
"Is 500 enough? You can tell me more then."

Anyway, in the end it was Youhua who went to talk to the other investors of the film.

It was also the first time that Diao Yinan met an investor who took the initiative to raise the price. He excitedly picked up the wine dispenser and offered one to He Hua.

There are probably two taels, white ones.

(End of this chapter)