Huayu started as a substitute director

Chapter 277 The Strong Create Opportunities

High box office is inevitably accompanied by endless controversy, and this controversy is the infringement of "Lost in Thailand".

The one that was invaded was its predecessor "Lost on Journey"!
It was plagiarism before, and now it is infringement. Some people call Yutu a den of "literary thieves".

But that's the situation. If the other party wants to sue, just deal with it. It won't affect the box office much.

The subsequent box office of "Lost in Thailand" is very stable, hovering around 40 to 50 million. It depends on the performance of the upcoming "Chinese Zodiac" and "The Great Shanghai" after their release.

After returning to the capital, Fang Hong is still working. He has a lot of things to do recently and seems to be plotting something, because there is a rumor that the production cost of "Now You See Me" is 3 million yuan and it will be released on February 2.

That is, the Spring Festival, and it was released at the same time as "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons".

There is also news that Tu Piaopiao is about to start its second round of financing.

This has made Huayi very nervous. The purpose of financing is to make money. The principal is obviously coming for them again. They have to inquire about the news from various sources. Is it true or false?
The main reason is that I am afraid that the principal will start using capital again. This strategy is very unsolvable. It is to make huge investments regardless of cost and lose hundreds of millions without blinking an eye. Who can bear this?

I have to ask for help from Alibaba’s father!
Even Stephen Chow started to take it seriously. He paid attention to the principal, a man who had never lost.

We have faced Huayi several times and have always emerged victorious.

In fact, the 300 million yuan investment in the production cost is just nonsense. Except for a few main leaders of Yutu, no one knows how much money was invested in "Now You See Me".

In addition to the public opinion on film and television recently, the biggest gossip in the entertainment industry is the Liu Tianxian incident.

There is a short essay on the Internet, which lists the times Liu He met each other from the beginning of filming to eating, shopping, and watching concerts, and when "The Legend of the Hongmen Feast" was released, he said that there was only one woman in his eyes.

They wore the same necklace together, printed the letter "F" on their hair, and ran away together at the recent doomsday.

All the interactions and photos were compiled into a short essay, titled: A Detailed Look at the Relationship between Liu and Zeng.

The article also pointed out that Zeng was originally a homosexual, and had forcefully kissed girls in the past and dressed like a boy. If this style of dressing is not homosexual, then what is it?

Such short essays are everywhere. If you slightly modify them and add your own opinions, they can become original content.

The pictures and the melons were already available, it was just that the collected evidence was sufficient and concentrated together to explode.

Some netizens even went to the brand endorsed by Liu Tianxian and asked the customer service: "Are your products for homosexuals?"

This question and answer was also posted online.

Seeing all kinds of hype online, the photos and interactions of Liu and Zeng together, those netizens who think Liu Tianxian is a normal woman have to think that she is a lesbian.

Even fans who were concerned about the relationship between Liu Tianxian and the principal and thought that the two were having an affair had to doubt their own illusions.

Due to excessive controversy, the red carpet evening party announced that Liu Tianxian would be cancelled from attending the red carpet.

This made the haters and fans of competitors very happy.

"Such a person does not deserve to be here."

"How can people of the same gender appear in public? They should be banned."

“The higher-ups should take care of this.”

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There are many such discussions.

Even the renewal negotiations for some brands have been slowed down to see how things develop.

Liu Tianxian was as calm as ever. After winning the Macau Best Actress award, she kept laughing all the way. She was so happy when she got home that she showed off in front of her mother.

She held the trophy and walked around in front of her mother like a lively little girl.

This made Liu Xiaoli laugh and cry: "It's just an award, why are you showing off?"

"This is my first best actress award in my life, which proves that I'm making progress," said Liu Tianxian.

"That's true. My daughter has made progress."

Liu Xiaoli was also happy for her daughter. She took the trophy from her hand and looked at it carefully: "Not bad, not bad. If there is a first, there will be a second."

"Hey, hey, I'll get more."

Liu Tianxian smiled adorably and took the trophy: "I'll put it away."

After she said that, she ran upstairs.

Liu Xiaoli looked at her daughter's cheerful back with a gentle gaze, and decided in her heart that she would be the bad guy.

In the past few days, she has been paying close attention to the public opinion storm surrounding her daughter. Apart from seeing sporadic news about her winning awards, most of the other news are about the same incident.

It has already broken out, and it is obvious that someone is fanning the flames.

Liu Tianxian ran back upstairs and entered the study. It was exquisite and clean, with many books placed here. The air was filled with a scholarly scent.

She walked to a wooden bookcase against the wall, took out a book from one of the compartments and placed it on the table, then placed the trophy on it.

Then he turned around, squatted down, opened the cabinet under the desk, and took out another trophy.

This was Fang Hong's Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor. Fang Hong threw it away casually without cherishing it at all, so she took it back.

She placed the two trophies together, and then placed the finished photo frame next to it.

The frame showed a picture of the two people being polite and bending over to present an award to each other.

Seeing the two of them in this state, she wanted to laugh.

After everything was arranged, Liu Tianxian stepped back and admired it with his chin in his hand for a while, took a picture with his mobile phone, and then sent it to Fang Hong.

Text: "Our trophy."

Fang Hong was in the company when his cell phone dinged. He couldn't help but smile when he saw the content of the photo.

"Fine, are you okay?" he texted.

When Liu Tianxian saw this message, her originally happy expression turned into lost. She knew that the next sentence was asking her about her recent situation and how she felt.
Although she didn't see this online, she learned about it from people around her, such as Shu Chang, who had talked to her about it.

I even supported it online, but the impact was too small to help. Fang Hong on the other side looked at the message for a long time without any response, and put down his phone.

My mother-in-law should be anxious, but why is she not doing anything?
On this day, Fang Hong was discussing something with Chen Zhixi. The Film Bureau recently issued a document.

This document is an internal document and is only sent to film and television companies. If a press release is to be issued, it will probably be in January next year.

That is, the six major companies, namely China Film, Star Media, Huayi, Light Media, Bona Film Group, and Yutu, succeeded in boycotting the excessively high revenue sharing of 30 major national cinema chains, including Wanda and Shanghai United Theater Chain.

Yutu is just a figurehead, not the dominant one. The boss of China Film Group is here.

And this matter is also beneficial to Yutu.

The alliance among various theater chains was broken up by the distributor and they agreed to adjust the profit sharing.

For theaters that refuse to readjust their revenue sharing, then just show the film less or not at all, and give the film to theaters that are willing to adjust their revenue sharing.

If the producers unite, they can also get a hold of the movies. That is, a movie that was originally scheduled to be released this year can be released next year by the producers.

Anyway, the hard drive is here, and it can be put away for a few months or a year or two, as its value is still there. But the cinema cannot be delayed, as physical items incur costs every day.

As the market grows, the number of cinemas increases and they also need content to fill them.

If the producers lose their enthusiasm, the cinema will become a decoration.

After this adjustment of the profit sharing, the ratio of taxes and funds remains unchanged. The share of the theater chain will be negotiated by the theaters themselves and will not be borne by the producer.

The cinema chains want a high market share, and theaters can rely on other cinema chains, which are generally 2% to 7%. Some cinema chains offer a 2% share in order to attract theaters.

The adjusted cinema ratio is 55%, of which 2% are cinema chains.

The producer's share was adjusted from around 43% to 45%, which includes distribution. How to divide it will be discussed between the two parties.

It is 100 yuan, minus 8.3 yuan in taxes and funds, there is still 91.7 yuan.

Cinema chains and theaters take 55%, or 50.435 yuan; production and distribution take 45%, or 41.265 yuan.

In this case, it is exactly 91.7 yuan.

These are the highest proportions for mainstream producers. If you have no prestige in the circle, then this proportion will be lowered, that is, only the top companies and big directors can enjoy it.

Yutu is also considered a large company, holding a 45% stake, of which 8% is for distribution, 3% for Tupiaopiao, and 5% for China Film.

This means that Yutu can get a 37% share for one movie.

This was the era when producers started to make money, and it was also the beginning of the prosperity of the film market. Bad movies were produced in large quantities starting from 13, and exploded from 14 onwards.

Shows like "Where Are We Going, Dad?" and "The Voice of China" can become movies, and anyone can make a movie.

There's nothing else to say. With this adjustment, it's damn profitable. The market is huge, so a box office of tens of millions can make tens of millions.

How much does it cost to make a movie? If you hire a few popular stars, you can make a movie with 10 or 20 million.

The document will be published in January.

Of course, "Lost in Thailand" can enjoy this ratio. If it does not enjoy this ratio, not only Huayi, Bona, Guangguang, and Yutu will not agree.

Those small film and television companies also refused, as there are so many movies scheduled for the Lunar New Year holiday.

"It wasn't easy, but I finally made it." Fang Hong put down the document issued by the Film Bureau.

With this ratio, it is time for Yutu to take off, because Yutu has been in the planning for so long, and it has a lot of copyrights and scripts, so it can be mass-produced.

"Haha, yes, but you're working in vain." Chen Zhixi said with a smile.

After the release of this document, the stock prices of other companies will surely rise rapidly. Not only Yutu will take off, but other film and television companies can also take off.

As soon as this document was released in the previous life, Huayi’s stock price took off like a rocket, soaring to 30 to 40 billion.

Fang Hong worked so hard to defeat the enemy, but it was not as effective as the document above, so all his efforts were in vain!

"It's just a castle in the air. We have to strike back. Otherwise, they will think I'm easy to bully. We can't stop working on Now You See Me. We have to lure them into the trap," he said.

"Aren't you afraid of offending Ali?" Chen Zhixi said.

"If we are afraid of this and that, then we should just be content to be a small rich man. When others take a step forward, we take a step back. When others take two steps forward, we take two steps back. Sooner or later, there will be no way to retreat, and there will be a cliff behind us." Fang Hong said.

Chen Zhixi also knew that it would not be smooth sailing if he wanted to rise, but he still advised: "Wait for the opportunity. Alibaba has just entered this field."

"Opportunities are not something you wait for, but something you create. While you are waiting for an opportunity, others may already be plotting to create it," said Fang Hong.

These words made Chen Zhixi realize that the current principal has changed. In the past, he always went with the flow and used the power of others to his advantage. For example, when resisting the profit-sharing, he just went with the flow and didn't take the lead.

For example, the hit on Huayi’s stock price was because Huayi had problems itself, and they were taking advantage of the situation to hit it.

The current principal creates opportunities for himself to attack, and will fabricate trouble even when there is nothing happening.

All strong people are like this. No one will wait for you to be prepared. They will create opportunities to kill you.

Just like the Liu Tianxian incident this time, Liu Tianxian wanted to get away with it and downplay the matter, so her opponents didn't give her any chances and even created opportunities to suppress her.

In fact, the essence is that Fang Hong now has a lot of uncertainties about the future, and the butterfly effect affects many things, so he wants to be the one playing chess.

If you wait for others to make mistakes for everything, then what if you show up and others don’t make mistakes?
What if things don’t go as planned? Just like the Liu Tianxian incident, it didn’t go as planned.

"Dong dong dong."

As the two were talking, the secretary knocked on the door and stood at the door to report: "Mr. Fang, there is a Ms. Liu outside who wants to see you."

"Which Ms. Liu?" Fang Hong wondered.

"She said her name was Liu Xiaoli," said the secretary.

"Let her in."

Fang Hong straightened his clothes and stood up, saying to Chen Zhixi, "You go first."

(End of this chapter)