Chinese Entertainment: Starting from 1996

Chapter 533: Planning of Jiahe Film and Television Base

After more than half a year, I came to Golden Harvest Film and Television Base again, and it felt completely different.

When the launching ceremony was held, the land was being leveled, but now there are quite a few buildings, and it looks like a large construction site from a distance.

"Mr. Zhang, which ones have already been built?"

This time Liu Zhou came to Hangzhou just to see the situation there, so he was very low-key and did not inform the Hangzhou authorities. There were only him, Zhang Zhao and several people from the group's related departments.

Zhang Zhao is specifically in charge of the Jiahe Film and Television Base. He has been personally involved from site selection to construction, and he is most familiar with the situation here.

Liu Zhou wanted to know the situation here in detail, so of course he had to take him with him.

"At present, only two small studios have been completed. One of them has been transformed into the recording venue of The Voice of China. The others are still under construction."

"I see construction going on all over the site. Are all the buildings being built together?"

"That's right. In order to save time, we hired a Chinese-speaking construction company to do the work. They have enough equipment and manpower, as well as enough experience to avoid chaos.

So we let them plan and work together, otherwise it will be difficult to complete all the projects next year."

"Will there be any problems with quality if the time is too tight?"

"Don't worry, Mr. Liu. I have specially hired a quality inspection team from Hong Kong to supervise the quality of each project. There will be absolutely no quality problems."

"That's fine." Liu Zhou said with a smile, "No wonder it requires an investment of 2 billion this year and next year. But as long as the quality is good and it can be completed earlier, that would be great. In this case, many of our departments can also be moved here."

After the Golden Harvest Film and Television Base is completely completed and put into use, Golden Harvest Group's Golden Harvest Film and Television, Golden Harvest Pictures' production and post-production departments, Golden Harvest Productions and Golden Harvest Special Effects Studio will all move here.

Of course, the production departments of Golden Harvest Pictures, Golden Harvest Films and Golden Harvest Productions are the specific working departments moved here, but the decision-making bodies are still in Beijing.

After the completion of the Golden Harvest Film and Television Base, the production of a movie or TV series can be completed in one go from project establishment, shooting, post-production, special effects, etc.

Therefore, this place will become Golden Harvest's production center in the future, and all related departments will move here to work.

However, Beijing is the film and television center of the mainland after all. Except for the Golden Harvest Special Effects Studio which moved there as a whole, the decision-making bodies of other branches and other non-production departments also remain in Beijing.

This will kill two birds with one stone. Not only will it save costs and fully utilize the functions of the Golden Harvest Film and Television Base, it will also make the Sina Building less crowded.

With the development of Sina Group, the number of employees in the company is increasing. Previously, the Sina Building was just enough for three companies to work in and there was even some space left, but now it is a bit crowded.

Liu Zhou realized this problem last year, so he arranged for his Zhoushan Asset Management Company to purchase another piece of land and build a building.

After nearly a year of site selection and negotiation, Zhoushan Asset Management Company has reached a deal with relevant departments in Beijing and purchased a commercial land of nearly 10,000 square meters in the FT District for approximately 650 million yuan.

The average price is about 65,000 yuan per square meter, which is five or six times the price of the land at the foot of Sina Building.

And you should know that Sina Building is located on the banks of Liangma River in Chaoyang District, within the Third Ring Road, and not far from Dongjiaominxiang, which is definitely the core urban area of ​​Beijing.

Although Fengtai is right on the edge of Xicheng District, it is already on the Fifth Ring Road. Its geographical location is completely incomparable to that of Sina Building. It is conceivable how much the land prices in Beijing have risen in the past two years.

The overall construction cost of Sina Building is only 700 to 800 million yuan, but now you can’t even buy the land under your feet with 700 to 800 million yuan.

The total value of the 28-story Sina Building is at least 3 billion yuan now, and it may even be worth 10 billion yuan in a few years.

This is the madness of the real estate industry. To be honest, when Liu Zhou thought of this, he couldn't help but be tempted to invest in real estate. It's so damn profitable.

But in the end, I thought about it and gave up. The money from real estate is beyond my understanding. I can make money now because the market is good, but I don’t know when I will have to pay it back.

It's good like this now. Just build two buildings, because this is what I need. The increase in the value of the buildings is just a by-product and a bonus of the times.

A 28-story building will be built on this piece of land in the FT area. At that time, Jiahe Group and Zhou Shan Wenxue will move there. Then the Sina Building will be completely used by the Sina Group, making the building worthy of its name.

Of course, the property rights of this building in the FT area also belong to Zhoushan Asset Management Company, and after the building is completed, it will be rented to two companies for use.

Then money will also have to be paid for the naming rights of the building. At that time, it will most likely be acquired by the Jiahe Group. After all, the Jiahe Group should be a large listed company with a market value of hundreds of billions by then, and the Jiahe Building will sound impressive.

Zhoushan Asset Management Company is Liu Zhou’s private company. The assets in it are all fixed assets, which he intends to pass down to his family.

Although Sina and Golden Harvest are companies that they control, they do not completely belong to them after all, and they must clearly distinguish between public and private.

Liu Zhou's private jets were all purchased in the name of Jiahe Group and then designated for use by Liu Zhou, the chairman of the group's board of directors.

What he did was relatively restrained. If Liu Zhou was more shameless, he would have purchased the plane privately and rented it to the company, and then let the company designate it for his own use.

In this case, the company will maintain the plane for you. You only need to pay for the purchase of the plane and you don’t have to pay a penny otherwise. Then you can use the private plane at will.

Some people are even more shameless and ask the company to guarantee a loan for them to buy a plane, set a repayment period of a certain number of years, and then sell the plane or sell it directly to the company.

That means you don't have to spend a penny and you can get the right to use a private jet for several years for free. If you sell it to a company, you can even continue to use it.

Don't think this is exaggerated, some people do this.

For listed companies, the actual controller of the company has the power to make all shareholders and stockholders pay for all expenses in his work and life.

Of course you have to lead the company to be profitable and allow shareholders and stockholders to make money. Otherwise, if you still do this even when the company is losing money, people will criticize you to death.

Now that Liu Zhou is running Jiahe Group so well, no one would say anything if he did that, and what he did was not too excessive.

However, Liu Zhou has spent most of his time in China in the past two years and has used his private jet relatively rarely, so sometimes he would give the jet to several senior executives of the company for use.

They also knew what the plane was all about, and unless time was urgent, they would not borrow Liu Zhou's private plane.

Now, the various business sectors of the Golden Harvest Group should have started up, and the various departments have almost stabilized, and the number of employees should not increase too much. In addition, a considerable number of people from the Golden Harvest Group have moved to the Golden Harvest Film and Television Base in Hangzhou, but the scale of Zhoushan Literature should expand in the next few years.

Especially with the development of Bilibili, it has now become a gathering place for the second dimension on the entire Internet. Its fame has been growing, and it has attracted the attention of many investment companies, and many of them have come to invest.

Therefore, Zhoushan Literature will enter a period of rapid development in the next few years, and the number of personnel will definitely increase.

In this case, the building in the FT area should be just enough by then.

If there is an opportunity or need, Liu Zhou can also build another Zhoushan Building and give it to Zhoushan Literature for use.

"Mr. Zhang, please take me for a walk."

"Mr. Liu, many buildings are not yet completed. It's just a big construction site and there's nothing much to see. I can introduce you to the branches of the Golden Harvest Film and Television Base based on the concept map."

"Ok."

Liu Zhou thought about it and agreed. There were construction sites everywhere and if he went there it would disturb other people's work. He also didn't need to pose for photos or do superficial work.

What's more, the site is too large, with a total area of ​​20 square kilometers, and it may take a whole day to go around it.

Later, through Zhang Zhao's introduction, Liu Zhou had a more intuitive understanding of the Golden Harvest Film and Television Base.

Twenty square kilometers of land is quite large, but half of it will be used for the construction of studios and Jiahe office buildings.

Jiahe Film and Television Base has planned more than ten studios, including not only super large studios but also professional studios for underwater shooting, etc. Each studio is very advanced and can accommodate more than twenty crews at the same time.

In addition to the studio, there are two twelve-story office buildings. In addition to Jiahe's own use, Zhejiang Optoelectronics also has an office here, which can directly handle the project filing and even review of film and television dramas.

In the past, this power belonged to the General Administration of Optoelectronics. Just last year, the authority was officially released. In order to promote the development of the domestic film and television industry, this power was delegated to the provincial optoelectronics departments.

Doing so really saves the crew a lot of trouble, as they don't have to rush to the capital city all at once, which greatly improves the production efficiency of a movie or TV series.

As a key project in Hangzhou's efforts to build a famous city of film and television culture, Jiahe Film and Television Base naturally has more policy support.

Not only are there relevant tax incentives, but the Zhejiang Optoelectronics Office has also been dispatched, thus truly realizing a one-stop service, where all steps from project approval to screening can be completed right within the base.

In addition to the Jiahe Film and Television Base, Zhejiang Optoelectronics has another distribution office in Hengdian.

Hengdian can be said to be the number one film and television city in China. It has completely formed a scale effect. Even when major film and television cities across the country were making losses, Hengdian was still able to make a profit.

Not only does it have a relatively complete range of film and television cities from various dynasties or eras, but it also has the most complete supporting facilities. Therefore, many crews go to Hengdian to film in order to save trouble.

There will be no conflict between Jiahe Film and Television Base and Hengdian. After all, the former is a studio for shooting scenes, while the latter is generally used for real-life shooting.

Even some of Hengdian's supporting facilities can provide some support to the Jiahe Film and Television Base. After all, Hengdian is not very far from Hangzhou, so at least problems like extras can be solved.

In addition to being used by Golden Harvest itself, these two buildings will only be rented out to special effects companies.

According to Golden Harvest’s plan, the Golden Harvest Film and Television Base will be built into a domestic special effects center.

Because most of the movies and TV series shot at Golden Harvest Film and Television Base will use special effects, otherwise there is no need to set up the scene in the studio.

So Liu Zhou moved the Golden Harvest special effects studio completely here. In addition, Golden Harvest will also invite other domestic special effects companies to come here.

Creating a scale effect here will not only facilitate communication between each other, but also reduce the cost of special effects production for movies and TV series.

There are not many special effects companies in China now, and the strongest one is Golden Harvest Special Effects Studio, which is far ahead of its domestic counterparts and has already begun to compete for a living in Hollywood.

However, the domestic special effects market will be quite large in the future. After all, ancient idol and fairy tale dramas will be the dominant force in the future, and special effects will be used in almost all of them.

By then, there will surely be many special effects companies emerging. If Golden Harvest Film and Television Base can form a scale effect, they will probably come here without Golden Harvest even having to invite them.

One of the two buildings is prepared for the special effects company. If the space is not enough, another one can be built. Anyway, the space has been reserved.

Of course, this office building can only be rented out and not bought or sold, otherwise the film and television base will not be a film and television project, but a real estate project.

Apart from the studio, the other half of the place is more mixed.

According to the plan, a four-star hotel and a three-star hotel will be built to provide accommodation for film crews coming here to shoot.

In addition, a small and medium-sized film and television city will be built, which will include characteristic buildings, streets and gardens from various dynasties, as well as a small Republican city.

Large dynasty palaces like that were not built. After all, there are one-to-one restored palaces of various dynasties in Hengdian not far away.

This film and television city within the Jiahe Film and Television Base is mainly designed to meet the basic shooting needs of the crew, otherwise it would be troublesome for the crew to change locations just for a little bit of scenery.

In addition to the film and television city, a twelve-story office building will also be built, which will be rented out specifically to other film and television companies as offices.

The clients of this office building are mainly large film and television companies. Since they have many projects, they may stay here for a long time.

Having an office can also be a lot more convenient. For example, the Tangren crew almost always stays in Hengdian, so they have a white building in Hengdian, which is very famous in the circle.

In fact, in addition to Tangren, companies like Huayi, Guangxian and Bona also have offices in Hengdian, but unlike Tangren, they did not directly build a four-story building.

Then a food street was built to provide a snack for the crew members. Although the crew will provide boxed lunches and the hotel also has a restaurant, the snack street will definitely be popular.

Finally, there is an area which is the office location for extras management and other supporting management departments such as costumes, makeup, props, equipment rental, etc.

The overall planning is well organized because the place is large enough and does not appear crowded. Even the greening is well done. After all, tourism income is also a major source of profit.

(End of this chapter)