China Entertainment: I have been a director since 05

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"Let Brother Chen Kai send out the invitations for this premiere himself."

Guan Ling made a few casual arrangements. Lingyun Media took charge of the promotion of this film. Regarding small details such as the invitation letter, Guan Ling thought it would be better to let Brother Chen Kai have some presence.

Chen Guofu nodded and asked, "What about the TV series that Director Guan and Brother Hu just mentioned that could reach the top? Do you have a script in mind?"

"Yes, we will adapt the copy of Nirvana in Fire that the copyright department purchased earlier."

Chen Guofu subconsciously asked, "Are you so confident?"

Then, he met Guan Ling's deep eyes.

Then, after saying this, Chen Guofu himself began to laugh, "I spoke too fast, it was me who spoke too fast."

If Guan Ling's words did not have confidence and weight, he would not have left his job trembling in that car.

Thinking of this, Chen Guofu suddenly remembered what Guan Ling had said to him.

Thinking about Huayi again, there was no need for him to even look at her now.

Pony.com and Pentium.com are both developing rapidly, Wanda is aggressively acquiring cinema chains, Bona is reaching cooperation with the six major Hollywood companies, and Huayi, once the leading private enterprise in the entertainment industry, has long disappeared from sight.

After Chen Guofu left, Guan Ling looked at the interview transcript of Big Dog on the Internet again.

The corners of his mouth were slightly raised.

During this period, a series of news has turned the entire Chinese-language film industry upside down.

Big Dog is the more jumpy one.

"Are you going to benchmark Lingyun Media, benchmark me?"

Guan Ling suddenly smiled, "But you are still far from it. You are the boss, but you have not yet transformed into capital."

Today, the Pony is only one step away from going public, but there is a rope around its neck.

With rapid development, huge financing, widespread attention, successful listing and win-win results, Big Dog has sufficient reasons to indulge in the dream of the capital game.

But he certainly didn't know that the rope was absolutely deadly.

If you want to swallow what you can't swallow, you will swallow what others want you to swallow.

In his previous life, Big Dog was completely taken advantage of by Che Feng from Hong Kong, and a series of projects before the listing of Pony.com were completely aborted.

"People who immerse themselves in their work and those who only engage in capital operations cannot get along with each other. In the era of financialization, either you firmly grasp the control of the project, or you will be swallowed up by many inappropriate eyes." Guan Ling thought of the endings of Xiao Ma Pentium and Big Dog Brother, and sighed.

"After this time, will Zhong Lifang accept it?" Guan Ling suddenly thought of something.

"A beautiful producer? That's not impossible."

……

"What's the situation at Cat's Eye?"

After calling Fang Ping, Guan Ling was still very concerned about the entire industry chain of Internet entertainment services.

Last time, we talked about cooperating with Wanda, so Guan Ling naturally wanted to realize the layout of the entire industrial chain. Now Guan Ling has the foundation in production, theaters, Internet channels, Hollywood film companies and other aspects.

The only thing is that it does not have much say in the online movie ticketing business.

In fact, Lingyun had its own online movie platform within Dadi Cinema Line before, but Guan Ling did not vigorously promote it after several discussions.

Before the Hundred Regiments Campaign began, they did publicity and promotion in advance, using all their own profits and money.

After the Hundred Regiments Campaign began, it would not be too late for Guan Ling to intervene.

For such service providers, if they want to hold a controlling stake, it is only worthwhile to burn money if they go public, because what they gain at this time is market share, and market share is money.

In the first two years before the company went public, all the extravagance was consuming its own profits.

Now that Lingyun is preparing for its IPO, it can naturally leverage the Internet platform to control the online ticketing platform. At the same time, it can also reach in-depth cooperation with service providers such as Meituan to ensure the traffic resources of the online ticketing platform.

Tao Piaopiao has not come out yet, but on the Meituan side, Guan Ling can take advantage of the first-mover advantage and reach strategic partnerships with Wanda, Tencent and others to capture market share in one fell swoop.

"Meituan is very interested in Director Guan's proposal," Fang Ping said. "The rest of the matter will be up to us to sort out. Director Guan, rest assured, I have confidence."

Guan Ling nodded and said, "I'll leave this matter to you. It must be fast, steady, accurate and ruthless. We not only need Meituan to continue to support Maoyan's traffic, but also make Meituan feel that this transaction is worth the money. For example, for some movies, we only promote them based on Maoyan, which may increase Meituan's download volume in the early stage..."

Guan Ling said a few words casually, "Anyway, we need to decide on it as soon as possible."

Fang Ping agreed repeatedly, "Director Guan, don't worry."

……

The superhero movie "The Avengers" has received good reviews. After more than two weeks of release, the domestic box office has exceeded 5.7 million yuan.

Very deterrent.

In North America, this movie released by Disney Pictures continued to top the weekly box office, and its overseas box office also continued to rise.

Although there are many new films competing for the market, the only one worth mentioning is "Avengers". After more than two weeks of release, the North American box office has reached a staggering 4.3 million US dollars. The cumulative box office has exceeded 14 million in just 4 days, which beat "The Dark Knight"'s 18 days and ranked first in film history.

Almost single-handedly, it helped Disney set the best box office record in history in just over two weeks of its release.

People are predicting that the final box office revenue of this movie might make it into North America's "Five-Star Club," completely eliminating Star Wars' fifth place in the film and television rankings.

Although the release of "Men in Black 3" has caused them quite a shock, the pressure is still not that great.

However, when comparing the global box office and the Chinese film box office, Disney and Marvel are still a little dissatisfied.

This country, which is known as the second largest box office base in the world, provides too small a bonus to this movie.

"We have to make a decision based on Guan's suggestion."

In the conference room, Robert from Disney, Iger from Marvel, and a group of bigwigs are sitting here.

"Judging from the current trend, it will definitely be more beneficial for us if we don't give Guan the investment amount, because our box office is getting higher and higher, just as expected."

Iger spoke first, "Even if China Film's box office gives us a bonus, let's assume it's 10 billion, which is only million US dollars. The final profit sharing will not be that much. Even if we give Lingyun Media % of the share, we may have to pay more than that in the end."

"But what if we add the investment amount of Aquaman 2?"

Someone expressed a different opinion, "Then our overall profit may not be much different. But we can get the long-term benefits of the Chinese market and Guan Ling's friendship. Moreover, the number of Hollywood movies released in China is increasing. If Guan Ling's words are effective, we can't just consider the immediate benefits."

Everyone was silent.

No one dares to say that the Chinese market is not important.

No one dared to say that they must become enemies with Guan Ling.

In Hollywood, Skyrim is not an ant that can be easily crushed to death. Now the cooperation between Skyrim and Lionsgate Films is a done deal, and the six big names who are trying to take a small gamble for a big gain are dazzled.

And in China, Lingyun Media is completely untouchable.

Disney is also jealous of the box office of "Aquaman".

There was silence in the room.

Disney boss Robert said: "My idea is that we might as well wait until Scarlet Witch is released before making a decision."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone nodded secretly.

Yes, "Aquaman" proved Guan Ling's potential, but "Scarlet Witch" was an independently developed film by Ling Yun and DC. If this one can also be popular, then Disney will have more references.

Everyone was admiring Robert's wisdom and bravery, but only Iger from Marvel was suddenly stunned.
"Scarlet Witch?"

In the silent room, Egg suddenly muttered to himself.

"We seem to have forgotten something..." Iger looked up at everyone's eyes, "If Scarlet Witch is broadcast and performs well, perhaps the right to choose will not be entirely in our hands..."

"Our Avengers already has Scarlet Witch's role, and if this role is stripped away in advance, we will have to give up this role in subsequent movies."

"This role was authorized by DC to Guan, and has nothing to do with us. DC owns all the copyrights of Scarlet Witch, and we just stripped it away. Imagine if the other side was against us over this character, perhaps the movie would be caught in a long tug-of-war over copyrights... Moreover, their movie came first, and we came later. If Fan Bingbing no longer plays the role in the third and fourth movies, will it affect the box office? You know, she has already made her own independent movie."

The room suddenly became silent.

"So he was planning this two years ago, right?"

Robert took a sip of coffee and his face turned pale.

"So, this is his real back-up plan?" A back-up plan that lasted for two years, just to get part of the investment in "Avengers"? Worth it?
When the people in the room thought of this, they were all shocked!
……

China Film.

"Guan Ling has not been involved with Wanda recently?"

There was a cup of hot tea on the table. Han Sanpin picked up the tea and wanted to take a sip, but after thinking for a moment, he put the tea down and finally let out a long sigh.

"There is no news at the moment." The secretary said, "Director Han has been worried since he attended the celebration banquet last time."

"I have nothing to say when Guan Ling asks me this." Han Sanpin blew on the hot tea and shook his head. "I can't make the decision about the license, but I know that I feel a little sorry for those eager eyes."

"Don't worry about these things, Mr. Han," said the secretary, "You have done enough for them."

"You can lie to others, but not to yourself." Han Sanpin said, "Take Guan Ling for example. I have never done anything for him. Up to now, Guan Ling has been working hard for China Film and Huaxia Film."

"..."

The secretary was at a loss for words.

It would be wrong to say more, there is definitely no way to say more.

In the midst of sighing.

Suddenly someone came over again.

"Director Han, Uncharted and Scarlet Witch have passed the film review process. We can review them now."

"I won't go." Han Sanpin said, "It will be fine if it's a little more relaxed."

The people below nodded and left after receiving the order.

After everyone left, the secretary said, "Boss Han, you see, I told you that you did a lot to help the directors. If it weren't for your arrangements, they wouldn't have been able to be released so quickly."

Han Sanpin asked, "Do you really think that whether the release is fast or slow, it will be a favor to Guan Ling and the others?"

He chuckled and said, "A good movie is not afraid of the release date or the speed."

Han Sanpin stood up and said, "If we were not from China Film, we would have been wiped out by Guan Ling long ago. Don't you understand?"

There was actually a hint of anger in these words.

"He is the one who makes more friends and fewer enemies. Our role is just to act as a glue and mediate. If you don't understand this, you won't be able to move forward in the future."

The secretary lowered his head and dared not keep silent.

Han Sanpin knew very well that the current situation would be fine if there was no third license plate, and he could still complete this last journey with Guan Ling with a good relationship.

He couldn't explain what happened afterwards.

And if there is a third license, it is not Lingyun Media's...

That would be a big deal.

……

"Something happened to Zhang Yimou."

In Hong Kong, Guan Ling, who was filming "Train to Busan", suddenly received a message.

"I was called away directly at the scene of "Record of Jianghu Sword Fighting"."

"What's going on?" This news made Guan Ling a little confused.

"It's said to be a promotional video shot two years ago for the station. It cost 19 million for five minutes. There's something going on in it."

Chen Guofu said, "As for whether Zhang Yimou had any problems in the meantime, we don't know. But the money wasted by stopping the production of "Record of Jianghu Swordplay" is not a small amount."

"Let's take a few days off first. Let's see how things go."

Guan Ling was really confused by this news. He seemed to have never seen such news in his previous life.

The next day, the Economic Information Daily published related news, which instantly caused an uproar in the industry.

The promotional video for "China Railway" shot on the road to the station was not publicly tendered as required. It was directed by Zhang Yimou and cost 19 million for five minutes, which is more expensive than the average minute investment of "The Flowers of War".

“It’s really against the will of heaven.”

Guan Ling couldn't help but sigh. This was a big deal. TDB, Zhang Yimou, and his new company were all thoroughly investigated.

Fortunately, I received news from Zhang Yimou on the third day.

He had no problem with it, the contract amount was not a yin-yang contract, and he just charged the normal price.

……

"Gu Jian Qi Tan" is still exploding with power on TV.

There is no other highlight in the news about the film industry.

Domestic films have been beaten so badly that they have no temper at all.

For example, the optoelectronics project was approved, and the "Life and Death in Lop Nor" with an investment of more than 10 million yuan from all levels of the Western Region was released with great fanfare, but the box office was almost non-existent. A good and strange project in China was finally filmed as industrial propaganda.

The cumulative box office of "Shadow Lover" only won 1800 million, and Jingtian once again filled in the actual performance.

In the few movies that Zhang Baizhi starred in after her comeback, probably because people had seen her coolness and beauty clearly, the movies in which she wore clothes were no longer so attractive.

Everyone always puts themselves in it.

The slogan includes the splendor of flowers, the coldness of snow, and the dilemma of love.

It only makes people feel the brilliance below, but the coldness inside, it is really difficult to listen to the wind.

Now Zhang Baizhi has turned into box office poison.

"What happened to Zhang Baizhi?" became a hot topic in the media.

Many netizens said that her skin was not swollen because they had seen that it was indeed not swollen.

Some people also said that her face might be swollen because she was beaten by Xie Tingfeng.

It's quite fun.

……

Soon, June arrived.

Brother Chen Kai’s home.

"Director Guan has given you the power for this premiere. Who are you going to invite?"

"Of course, everyone who can be invited will be invited."

Brother Chen Kai is in high spirits.

"Director Guan's script is very interesting this time, but I'm even better. I shot many scenes in it into a legendary style that feels like a blockbuster. In terms of plot, Director Guan is awesome, and in terms of pictures, I'm awesome. Together, we have two swords, plus Director Guan's bold words at the celebration banquet. If I don't take this opportunity to show off, how else can I have another chance?"

“Is this movie so great?”

"I can only say that the aftereffect is very strong!" Brother Chen Kai said, "Very strong! Do you believe it?"

"I don't believe you, but do you also not believe Director Guan?" Cheng Hong said, "I'll believe you for now."

Brother Chen Kai was furious, "Do you still need to use Guan Ling as a reference to see if I'm strong or not? Come out and take my blow."

Brother Chen Kai began to reach out.

"Old husband and wife, do you really need to do that? You are already sixty years old, you can't do it anymore."

"What's wrong?" Brother Chen Kai said, "The old chicken is lying on its side, so you can do whatever you want, okay?!"

Soon, the whole room, Li Chenghong, began to tremble.

"I don't know how powerful Director Guan is this time to make this old man so energetic?"

Cheng Hong thought to herself. (End of this chapter)