China Entertainment: I have been a director since 05

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The man wearing glasses is naturally Chen Dong.

In later generations, until 2026, Chen Dong still has not retired and continues to write about the vast fantasy world in his mind.

Became an evergreen in the online literature circle

For example, some people have finished Tang, such as Tiancan Mashu, who started live streaming and can write 2,000 words a day...

Everyone has a bright future.

But Chen Dong is indeed a model worker.

The three people who had just got off the plane at this moment, Zhou Binglin, was the editor-in-chief of Qidian Chinese Network at the time, and Wu Laogou, was naturally the boss of Qidian at that time.

This nickname was given to him by Meng Rushenji.

The three of them were all feeling somewhat uneasy.

Although Wu Laogou's Qidian had become a big name in the online literature circle at this time, he had suppressed novel websites such as Zhongwen Online and Zongheng Novel Network.

But after all, one of the latter two is a state-owned enterprise, and the other has swallowed up most of the great authors on Qidian.

So it’s not entirely true to say that the current starting point is stress-free.

The major literary websites have become more detailed in their subdivisions and are gradually showing their advantages in the reading competition, but original online literature is somewhat lacking in motivation.

Wu Laogou and Zhou Binglin both have some idea about these.

Moreover, the recent data made the two of them feel a little disappointed.

截至2012年6月底，我国网络文学用户数为1.9亿，较2011年底减少4.0%。

Over the past decade, as the number of Internet users has grown, the number of online literature users has continued to rise, but in June 2012 it saw a decline against the trend for the first time.

The reasons for this are that the quality of works has not been significantly improved and innovation has shrunk, which are manifested in the similarities of subject matter, dragging plots, cumbersome texts and even involvement of violence and pornography.

Online literature has been developing in China for 15 years. Compared with user groups of other age groups, the user group aged 30 to 39 has the highest usage rate of online literature.

Therefore, the mainstream reading population has a growing demand for the maturity of online literary works, and it is inevitable that some users will "go offline", which has issued a warning that online literature may face a bottleneck.

At the strategic meeting of Qidian Chinese Network, although Wu Laogou's eyes were clear, he felt nervous for the first time.

Regarding the current situation and prospects of online literature.

Wu Laogou always had hope.

Otherwise, he would not have set up a novel website after graduating from Peking University.

However, with the sudden rise of mobile Internet, online novels have indeed encountered major changes that have not been seen in the past 15 years.

Online literature has begun to shift towards digital publishing. NetEase Reading, Douban Reading, Chuangshi Chinese Network, and more platforms are slowly emerging, and a reshuffle is taking place undercurrent.

Wu Laogou knew that with these subtle changes, the pressure on Qidian would become greater and greater in the future.

If you take a wrong step, perhaps the entire landscape of online literature will change.

For him, this is definitely not the most difficult time for Qidian. When it was the most difficult time, Xuehong and Wandering Toad had helped Qidian to hold up half of the country. Now, with the emergence of the new god, Qidian has stabilized a little.

But as I said before, Qidian is still the industry leader.

But for Wu Laogou, growth is more important than status.

As a leader who had fought two large-scale battles with the authors, he naturally knew that these authors were sometimes unruly and unruly.

Give them some dog food though and they might come back.

But if there is less dog food, these authors may not come back.

Now, the decline in the number of people has inevitably sounded the alarm for Wu Laogou.

At this time, he received a call from Fang Ping.

"Mr. Wu, if you have time, come to Beijing. Director Guan may want to discuss a big business with you."

"Director Guan?" Old Dog Wu was a little confused.

He has been in the martial arts world for many years, but he has no impression of Director Guan.

"Lingyun Media, Guan Ling." Fang Ping paused and said the full name.

Then, Fang Ping heard that Wu Laogou had fallen into silence on the other side.

until now.

Even though he had already landed in Beijing, Wu Laogou still felt as if he was in a dream.

It feels a little unreal.

Just a few days ago, Guan Ling was at her best at the Venice International Film Festival, stunning directors all over the world.

The domestic entertainment industry was devastated like a tsunami.
The wind is rising and the clouds are moving.

At the age of only 29, he has already built a huge family business.

Although it’s not on the market yet.

However, the industry generally believes that Lingyun Media’s current market value has already exceeded 300 billion.

US dollars.

Moreover, according to Guan Ling, her performance has always been either award-winning or box office-winning.

Even the achievement of 200 billion RMB is not Guan Ling's end.

In the past two days, a lot of news has continued to flow out.

The Venice Golden Lion Award-winning film "Perfect Strangers" will be released at the end of this month, and the remake rights have already been sold to 54 companies in the European and American markets.

This is not the buyout price for the batch of films released.

Nor is it the licensing fee for allowing the film to be shown locally.

But the right to remake.

In other words, whether the original Chinese version of "Perfect Strangers" is released locally is another matter.

However, these countries have bought the remake rights first, and they can then carry out localized adaptations themselves.

Wu Laogou didn't know how much these were worth in total, but he gave a rough estimate.

At least 20 million US dollars.

This translates to 1.6 million RMB.

This is not a patch advertisement, nor is it the box office revenue, and it does not include any licensing fees.

A movie made a net profit of 1.6 million just by showing at the film festival.

I don’t know how many people in the circle were jealous.

The most important thing is that Guan Ling personally confirmed that the film was shot in just ten days...

There is almost no one in the entire Chinese film industry who doesn't curse.

Everyone was furious about Guan Ling's Ten Days Golden Lion Award.

The key is that you still make money!
Compare him with that guy Jia Zhangke!
You make so much money!
Wu Laogou also saw the news, which is why he was nervous. If Qidian is talking about pure electronic copyright now, it is probably impossible to earn even this much.

The entire Shanda Literature Network can only earn 100 million yuan.

Qidian accounts for 70% of Shanda Literature's profits, which is already quite good.

How could Wu Laogou’s face not twitch?
How can I not be nervous?

Compared with Guan Ling, even if Guan Ling had not been listed, it would be easy to crush Qidian...

Compared with Guan Ling, he really had no qualifications to sit at the table.

If the entertainment industry is afraid of capital.

For Wu Laogou, he can be considered as capital, but compared with Guan Ling, this capital is too small.

……

Standing in front of Lingyun Media.

The expressions of the three people gradually stabilized.

The driver from the airport just arrived at the parking lot downstairs.

The three of them saw a vigorous middle-aged man waiting.

"Mr. Wu, everyone, Director Guan is waiting in the office."

Several people accompanied the middle-aged man into the elevator and soon arrived at Guan Ling's office.

Compared to the last time Jackie Chan came, Guan Ling's office had changed a lot.

Some time ago, Lingyun Media purchased an office building in Beijing.

It cost about 500 million yuan.

It was only after the purchase that Guan Ling realized that one of the building's competitors was Jia Yueting.

Perhaps this is the LeTV building in the previous life.

In this case, you can make a profit at this price.

At this moment, Guan Ling was sitting in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window, looking at the scenery outside.

Tall buildings stand in rows.

Like small boxes,
Isolate people.

Countless invisible people were like little ants, moving around in each house and tall building.

Looking down at the tall buildings in the distance from above.

Guan Ling did not have any emotional fluctuations.

For the capital city.

Even for any city, any circle.

The truth of this world is that money makes the world go round.

Guan Ling has reached the top in the entertainment industry.

But they are still not the richest people in the world.

Thinking of this, Guan Ling thought of Bitcoin.

Instead, we decided to hire a professional team to specialize in cryptocurrency trading and investment.

Guan Ling had no hesitation in investing in iQiyi.

That is to build a full-platform industrial chain.

But in reality, it is difficult for iQiyi to make much money.

Now, the balance of income and expenditure is already good.

But many people who know they can make money but don’t do so are simply mentally ill.

Meituan, Ele.me, Pinduoduo, ByteDance. If you can buy some in the angel round, you won’t have to worry about money in the future.

Even if not much.

Many times, entrepreneurs don’t take money from just anyone.

Because what they want is not just money, but also the resources behind it.

Guan Ling has huge advertising resources.

good smell.

For many people, Guan Ling is already a person that is difficult to reach.

...

"Mr. Guan, please sit down."

When Wu Laogou and the other three arrived at the office on the top floor, they saw Guan Ling standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window.

Younger than he looks on TV.

He was about 1.81 meters tall and looked relaxed. When he saw the three of us coming in, he came to the door to greet us.

Shake hands.

"Mr. Guan."

"You don't have to call me Mr. Guan, just Director Guan will do."

Guan Ling looked at the three people in front of him and smiled.

"Okay, Director Guan."

"Be more casual." Guan Ling nodded towards the outside, and soon, the secretary came up to pour tea for the four people.

"I got this tribute tea from Mr. Han."

Guan Ling gently picked up the teacup, took a sip of the tea, and said softly, "Boss Wu, you guys try it."

"Gongcha?!"

Chen Dong suddenly looked up and was startled.

"The one who drank it."

Guan Ling added, "Special edition."

After these words were spoken, Wu Laogou and Wu Binglin also felt a little frightened.

Am I worthy? !

Chen Dong was caught off guard and shuddered.

That one.

These two words, although they said nothing.

But it seemed as if he had said everything.

"Director Guan invited us to come, and we were a little nervous. Now they are offering tribute tea, so we can't accept it without any merit..."

"We may have to talk for a long time, so don't worry about it, just drink your tea."

Guan Ling said.

A few people ate and drank and chatted for a while.

It was also at this time that several people discovered that Guan Ling was actually very familiar with online novels.

After further chatting, I found out that it was Guan Ling who bought the copyrights of "Ghost Blows Out the Light", "The Three-Body Problem", "Nirvana in Fire" and other works.

"Director Guan is very different from what I remembered. He understands everything. I used to think that Director Guan only understood movies," said Wu Binglin.

"Director Guan is the author of The Suspect, and he is also the winner of the Oscar for Best Screenplay. He also just broke the record of the three major European film festivals, winning three awards."

Wu Laogou found an opportunity and immediately took advantage of the editor-in-chief's words to praise him.

Wu Binglin looked stunned.

This is the workplace.

If you are not careful, you will be stepped on.

But if the boss steps on me, I'll just accept it.

Chen Dong was serious and just listened slowly.

The few of them continued to exchange pleasantries.

Let’s talk about the rolling wave of online literature.

Talking about "Celebrating Yu Nian", Mao Ni's writing is really good, but it's a bit literary.

Talk about Dou Qi Hua Ma and Tang San.

We got excited while chatting.

Old Dog Wu couldn't help but clap his hands!
“When I read the news about the entertainment industry, there was fighting everywhere. I thought Director Guan was an executioner who killed people without blinking an eye and scared everyone he killed.

Seeing you in person today, I realized that Director Guan’s reputation is just a misunderstanding of you by outsiders.

Director Guan’s vision, pattern, and learning ability have indeed exceeded our imagination.”

Old Dog Wu said with a smile.

"It's not a misunderstanding actually." Guan Ling said, "If they are something I am sure of and it affects my strategy, I will not be afraid to spend money and I must get it."

These words made Wu Laogou narrow his eyes.

He didn't know whether Guan Ling said this to him on purpose.

But it didn't stop him from keeping these words in mind.

The room soon fell silent.

The chat is over.

Everyone knows that it’s time to get down to business.

Guan Ling glanced at the three of them.

"Then I'll start?"

Chen Dong nodded indifferently, while the other two looked at each other with heavy hearts.

"I want to acquire Qidian. Fang Ping should have told you about this."

Guan Ling said: "Lingyun Media has always been involved in the entire industry chain. We have our own cinema chain, Dadi Cinema Chain. Lingyun Media is the leading film and television production company in China, and has also cooperated with many other companies to establish many subsidiaries.

In Hollywood, our bet with Lionsgate Films has been basically completed, and we will soon hold shares in each other.

We have our own TV drama platform and have long expressed our intention to cooperate with iQiyi, and I don’t mind telling Mr. Wu.

Although I am not the actual controller of iQiyi now, I am one of its shareholders.

Regarding the animation company, we have also reached a preliminary agreement with Huaqiang Fangte.

Special effects company, maybe you will see news about it by the end of the year.

Overall, our industrial chain has basically been opened up.

The only thing missing is the source.”

As Guan Ling spoke every word, waves of shock surged in everyone's heart.

This is nothing to say about movies and TV series.

Hollywood has its own company, too.

Everyone knows this.

They even know that Guan Ling and Wanda have now set up a distribution company together.

But~
Who is the actual controlling shareholder of iQiyi?
Animation company acquires Huaqiang Fangte?

Special effects company before the end of the year?
Where did all this come from?

There were four people in the room.

Guan Ling's voice was very soft.

But among the remaining three people, except Chen Dong, the other two were already in turmoil.

For a moment, both of them were silent.

I don't know what to say.

"Qidian, as the leader of online literature, is the last insurance I want to provide for the entertainment industry. I am willing to give Mr. Wu enough benefits so that Qidian can be incorporated into Lingyun's territory. What do you think, Mr. Wu?"

silence.

Old Dog Wu was silent for a long time.

He heard the pattern from Guan Ling's words.

Enough interest has been heard.

But there was no talk of money.

"How much money is Director Guan prepared to pay?" Wu Laogou asked softly.

Guan Ling held out three fingers.

Old Dog Wu understood instantly.

"I can negotiate with you for a higher price than this."

Guan Ling said, "But I won't give you too long."

Guan Ling said in a deep voice:
“Three months, I won’t wait even a day longer.

I will let Fang Ping and Qidian have a detailed discussion. I have a lot of copyrights now. If we can’t come to an agreement, then we can only be rivals.”

In the room, Old Dog Wu suddenly became alert.

"Director Guan, do you think you want to compete with other literary websites? We are the leader here."

he asked.

Guan Ling didn't respond.

Chen Dong sighed secretly.

He felt that this scene was very familiar.

Especially like the boasting Wang Chengkun in his novel.

My son Wang Teng has the qualities to be a great emperor.

Wu Laogou kept saying that he was the leader, but Guan Ling didn't seem to take him seriously at all.

Just a plain smile. (End of this chapter)