Huayu started as a substitute director

Chapter 266 It’s rude to come and not return.

After the filming of "Now You See Me" was completed, it was not over yet, but entered the post-production stage. The post-production of this movie was also very troublesome.

Not only does the editing require attention, but there are also many special effects shots to produce, which can be said to be very time-consuming.

Fang Hong must keep an eye on it, otherwise it would be bad if the effect was different from what he wanted.

In essence, this movie is made for foreigners.

In addition to this matter, Fang Hong and Chen Zhixi discussed expanding the production volume. They had previously set up a group of extras, and now the number of extras who have applied to join the group has increased to more than a thousand.

Even so, the number is still increasing, and it will only increase in the future, not decrease.

It is not an easy task to arrange work for so many extras. For a crew as large as "Now You See Me", there are only about six or seven hundred people at most.

The others are special effects personnel and behind-the-scenes staff.

At least two such large crews are needed to fill the schedule, but Yutu simply does not have such a large crew to arrange right now.

It's considered good if a film has an investment of over 100 million yuan. How can we shoot so many? The money doesn't allow it, and our ability doesn't allow it.

There are three ways now. The first is to expand the production of TV dramas. By expanding the production of TV dramas and taking control of the production model, you can not only absorb internal personnel, but also absorb external temporary workers.

Before, it was semi-outsourced, that is, we brought in an outside team to produce it and then found a director. Now we produce it all by ourselves.

Of course, the director still looks for someone from outside.

It’s not enough to just rely on the movie. Now Yutu has more and more logistics personnel. Not to mention the producers, there are thousands of people in post-production.

The reason why Huayi is so powerful is that it is also powerful in the field of TV dramas and it started planning in the early years.

"Soldier Assault", "Dwelling Narrowness", "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber", "The Deer and the Cauldron" and other TV works have all been very popular.

The reason why Zhang Da Huzi stopped associating with Liu Tianxian in the early years was that Zhang Da Huzi joined Huayi and became their shareholder.

After Liu Tianxian and Hua Yi had a falling out, they could only choose one side.

In the domestic film and television environment at that time, with all the movies and TV series being a hit, Huayi could really form a soft ban.

Someone just reveals some information and invites you to work on a film or TV show. Do you want to make the money or not?

Is there any celebrity who doesn’t envy Huayi’s resources?
Moreover, Huayi has also been very successful in music. Yu Quan and Jane Zhang were once artists of this company.

It can be said that this company is a hit in the three areas of film, television and music.

But now there is a variable like Fang Hong!
Therefore, Huayi is very powerful, not only in the film industry, but also in TV dramas. It is not something that Fang Hong can defeat with just one or two strikes.

Yutu can only be regarded as a local lord, and this is when he is supported by the United States. If he is not supported by the United States, he will be just little Cami.

You can’t turn the situation around and call yourself a giant just by making a few blockbuster movies.

Happy Twist has made so many blockbuster movies. People like Ning Hao, Chen Sicheng, and Jia Ling later started their own companies and made much more money from the movies they made. Who dares to call themselves a giant?
Huayi has a strong foundation and can survive by relying on copyrights and investing in variety shows even if it is on the decline.

The reason why the stock market can hold up so high, almost reaching 100 billion, is not as simple as the influx of hot money, but the fact that people are also flourishing in variety shows.

Huayi has participated in the investment of "Running Man", "Ace vs. Ace", "Idol Producer" and other programs.

I've gone off topic. The second one is to get involved in variety show production. Variety shows are already showing signs of taking off, so it's quite promising.

As long as we learn from South Korea and organize outdoor variety shows, such as Running Man, we can still absorb a lot of reserve personnel.

At least you need someone to move things and do the hard labor.

Fang Hong has contacted Li Meijing and asked her to help buy all the copyrights of "Running Man".

You can't just copy blindly. If you copy from abroad, people in China can copy you and then say that they copied from Korea, and you will be speechless.

Buy it. At least Fang Hong is a domestic enterprise and is not so easy to bully.

The third one is to open up a new track: online drama!
Online dramas are not mature yet, simply because 4G has not yet been rolled out and wireless networks are still in the free-access stage, which are not available in every household.

Also, Fang Hong wanted to create his own video platform, and he already had a small website.

Just let it continue to develop and improve, adjust operations, optimize the interface, etc.

"This is a TV drama project that we are going to shoot. It has been planned and discussed." Chen Zhixi pushed a piece of information over.

Fang Hong picked it up, flipped it open and took a look: "Let's Get Married" has 49 embedded ads. This is too much."

"The investment is high, and without implants, where do you get the money?" Chen Zhixi asked back.

The movie "Now You See Me" alone took away more than 100 million yuan, and when you add the investment in other TV shows and movies, several hundred million yuan is gone.

Fang Hong was speechless because he was blocked. It was true that there was no money to subsidize him from overseas. He had to rely on loans to make ends meet and worked tirelessly for the bank.

Of course there must be funds in the company account, otherwise it would not be able to operate.

The TV series "Let's Get Married" has an investment of 70 million yuan. It is a project cooperated with CCTV and it can be broadcast on CCTV in due time. This is guaranteed.

The bulk of the revenue comes from Yutu, and CCTV just takes up a share!

The director was Liu Jiang, who was the one who introduced Director Ouyang to Fang Hong in the Liu Tianxian homosexual incident.

It's like returning a favor.

"How much did you charge for this implant?" he asked.

"Currently 2160 million." Chen Zhixi said.

"It's just a small amount, but that guy implanted 20 of them and earned 2 million." Fang Hong was talking about Feng Kuzi's movie "If You Are the One ".

"Personal Tailor" is even more exaggerated. It earned 80 million yuan from advertising placement and made a profit before it was even released.

Other directors are not as tasteless as Hua Yi.

"There is a difference between TV series and movies. Movies are marketed through advertisements, trailers, and information before they are released, and their influence is much greater than that of TV series." Chen Zhixi explained casually.

Fang Hong knew that the movie broadcast time was more concentrated, which meant that it could gain extremely high exposure within a few days or even more than ten days.

The duration of a TV series is several months.

Today's TV series cannot compete with movies in terms of commercial value like in the later traffic era.

At that time, everyone had a mobile phone.

At this stage, the commercial value of movies will be higher, and the level of prestige has always been very high. Fang Hong looked at other film and television projects. "Family" is an adaptation of a novel, and the copyright was acquired for 3 million yuan.

The TV adaptation of "Love Is Not Blind" originally belonged to Yutu.

"Fleeting Time" is also copyrighted by Yutu.

These are the TV series that have been launched so far. Except for "Let's Get Married" which has a large investment, the investments for the others are relatively small.

Actors who can use Yutu will use Yutu, for example, the male lead in "Let's Get Married" was given to Guo Jinfei, and the male lead in "Family Status" was given to Zhou Yiwei.

Both of them now have their brokerage business at Yutu.

In addition to these upcoming films, with "Legend of Lu Zhen", "My Love from the Stars" and "The Heirs", Yutu can be said to have officially entered the field of TV dramas.

Currently, Yutu has only broadcast "Beijing Love Story", and that was Chen Sicheng who found Chen Zhixi himself.

This marks Yutu's official entry into the field of TV dramas. Before this, they would just shoot whenever they thought of it.

Chen Zhixi leaned back in his chair, his chest bulging, it seemed that he had been developed: "How are you going to deal with that matter before?"

She was talking about the trouble caused by extras.

"Of course I retaliated. It's rude not to reciprocate. They have come to my door and if I don't show any reaction, it will damage my reputation as the principal." Fang Hong said with a smile.

Chen Zhixi smiled and asked again: "Then how do you plan to retaliate?"

"I haven't thought about it yet. I'll wait until I think about it. Anyway, it's almost the Lunar New Year and Spring Festival time, so there are plenty of opportunities." Fang Hong was not in a hurry.

"Spring Festival?" Chen Zhixi was puzzled.

"Yes, during the Spring Festival, Master Xing's film Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons should be scheduled for this period. Of course, this is just my guess," Fang Hong remedied.

This movie is jointly invested by Huayi and Alibaba!
Moreover, this movie can be said to have opened the first year of the Spring Festival box office in mainland China. Stephen Chow is awesome.

"That movie has Alibaba's investment, real investment, so don't do anything rash," Chen Zhixi reminded.

If they give out ticket subsidies like they did last time, Alibaba won't be as easy to bully as Huayi.

He doesn't have much of anything, but a lot of money!

Tu Piaopiao is not a direct subsidiary of Tencent in any way, and Tencent has also invested in Huayi, so it is difficult for it to come up with so much money to help.

"I know." Fang Hong certainly understood.

In order to promote themselves, the two of them even held a "Fantastic Dialogue" at a university.

However, they only collaborated on this one movie and never worked together again. It must have been because of the disagreement over money.

Huayi and Stephen Chow broke up over 80 million.

We all love money. Saying that we don’t love money is bullshit.

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Recently, more than a month has passed in the third quarter of "Honor of Kings". This game has been unstoppable since it was launched in South Korea for more than three months.

It quickly surpassed the two games "Aion" and "League of Legends". It seems that Korean players prefer the colorful "Honor of Kings".

And the hero design also conforms to their aesthetics.

The current aesthetics of "League of Legends" is terrible, just like that skull face, so ugly.

The style of "League of Legends" changed, and it became much better when it was completely acquired by Tencent.

Yutu started out as a film producer and is also developing animations. It has a large number of art staff and its aesthetics take into account not only Asia but also Europe!
Now, "Honor of Kings" has more than 4500 million registered users worldwide and more than million concurrent online users. This does not include China, so it can be said that it is developing very fast.

At this time, "Dota 2" is still in the testing phase and has not yet been officially launched.

It is equivalent to "League of Legends" and "Honor of Kings" dividing the world. Who will defeat whom depends on the subsequent operations.

"League of Legends" has a big problem. When it is updated, the entire equipment and the entire system are changed, making it like a new game for old players and completely unable to familiarize themselves with it.

"Heroes of Glory" is gradually changing to allow players to adapt. There are changes and a sense of freshness, but they are within an acceptable range. Unless the player has not played the game for a long time, the sense of familiarity will not fade.

The gaming division’s financial report now shows that global sales, excluding China, are US$9613 million.

Among them, South Korea received 1965 million US dollars, which is quite impressive!

The rest of the sales are basically contributed by Europe, the United States and other regions, while the contribution from Southeast Asia is a bit small, only a few hundred thousand.

It seems like the game "Heroes of Glory" is not welcome here.

The profit of 9613 million US dollars is only 2883 million US dollars, and the share that goes to Yutu is 864 million US dollars, which means a profit of 6054 million US dollars.

It’s okay. This year I have already spent the money on developing language versions, optimizing the client, combating plug-ins, setting up servers, network maintenance, and building a customer service team.

"Heroes of Glory" has a dedicated global customer service team whose purpose is to provide good service.

Moreover, global e-sports competitions also require promotion and provision of services to players, all of which cost money.

This profit has exceeded expectations. You should know that Fang Hong had no intention of making money in these two years and used all the extra money for maintenance and construction.

Since we have made a profit, we will set aside 50 million and give it to the small broken station department. First, we will provide live broadcast services for "Heroes of Glory"; second, we will prepare to receive traffic.

Because "My Love from the Star" will be broadcast on Bilibili next.

The small broken station is a video service. When there is too much traffic, it will cause paralysis of the platform system and server.

It looked good, but then it collapsed.

The only way to solve this problem, apart from the data center, is through technical optimization and upgrades.

October 10th is the day when the first round of the global finals of "Heroes of Glory" begins.

The competition venue is Shanghai Oriental Sports Center.

This is the first domestic gaming e-sports competition held here, and everything is still in the exploratory stage.

As early as a month ago, Li Min led the referee team and technical team to the Oriental Sports Center e-sports venue for arrangements.

Fang Hongye and Liu Tianxian set off for Shanghai.

(End of this chapter)