Huayu started as a substitute director

Chapter 377: The Talent of a Hero
Regarding the acquisition of Shanda Literature, the basic intention has been reached. Fang Hong does not need to negotiate the follow-up in person. Zhang Lidong, Hua Wei, and Zhang Zhun will form a team to discuss the details.

Let's just discuss this matter first, and once it's done Fang Hong will sign the contract.

It only needs to be acquired at a price below 5 billion. If any competitor, Tencent, raises the price, Fang Hong will not want it. It all depends on what Chen Tianqiao thinks.

However, things were not as people imagined. Liu Zhiping was entrusted by Tony Ma to meet with Chen Tianqiao, but was directly rejected by Chen Tianqiao.

When he went to visit, he met Chen Tianqiao, but Chen Tianqiao said, "Are you sending away beggars?"

This left Liu Zhiping speechless. The other party was obviously angry and it was not about the 500 million or so.

He wanted Chen Tianqiao to calm down with 500 million and wipe out all past grudges. Don't even think about it, unless it's a few billion more. Several billion will be enough, and he doesn't care about a few hundred million at all.

Chen Tianqiao is already selling assets now, and he can at least sell them for three-digit billions, so he doesn’t care about these few hundred million.

What he wanted was face and pride. At least the principal promised him that he would not let Wu Wenfei and others take over.

Even if Tencent acquires it, Wu Wenfei and his team will still be the new owners. So why did he fight for so long? It was not in vain, and his anger was not in vain.

How dare you lick my face like this?
It can be said that their conflict was very serious and there was a sense of irreconcilability, only because of Fang Hong's joining.

If he had not joined, Chen Tianqiao would have insisted on compromising. It would be impossible for Shanda Literature to become worthless and go against the money.

At least they are valuable now, and the purchase prices are almost the same, so why not choose one that makes you feel comfortable.

This made Wu Wenfei very depressed. He didn't expect that a Cheng Yaojin would pop up halfway through. Their previous strategy had always been to force Shanda Literature into a corner and then acquire it.

We had discussed the acquisition before, but fell through because of the price issue. I didn't expect that I would end up losing more than I gained and ended up making things difficult for the other party.

Now Chen Tianqiao has the desire to sell, so he lowers the price, but not to them.

"No, Chen Tianqiao won't even see me now." Liu Zhiping sat opposite Tony Ma again.

"It seems that we fought too hard and got angry. It doesn't matter. Shanda Literature is nothing great. It's best to have it, but it doesn't matter if we don't." Tony Ma said without caring.

In fact, Tony Ma doesn't really care. They are already engaged in the field of literature. WeChat has WeChat Reading, QQ has QQ Reading, and if they add the Chuangshi platform, the whole thing will be no worse than Qidian.

These two platforms are the ones with the largest traffic. Everyone is also involved in the literature field, and it is still unknown who will win and who will lose.

We have just entered the era of mobile Internet, and this starting point is still blank.

It's nothing more than that they have accumulated readers and content. This just takes some time and is no big deal.

As for Shanda Literature, only its starting point is okay, but the others are not so good. In fact, Tony Ma should also consider it carefully if he buys the entire Shanda Literature just for the starting point.

This is a three-way struggle. Chang'e Technology cannot face Tencent head-on. Everything depends on Chen Tianqiao's determination.

In fact, it is quite passive, but there is nothing we can do about it, we are weak.

"The Shallows" was recently introduced and distributed by Tupiaopiao and has been released in theaters nationwide on September 9th.

Since it is an imported film, the release date is not that good, and Tupiaopiao did not do much promotion. They just sent some promotional posters to major cinemas, which caused some discussion on the Internet.

In addition, a splash screen ad was placed on the Tupiaopiao platform, and there was also a scrolling ad on the homepage.

Tupiaopiao now has several million monthly active users, and more than 20 million of them are users attracted by Meituan.

So now Tupiaopiao is also a promotional channel. There is no advertising. As long as someone buys movie tickets, they can see what movie is showing.

After all, we have been working on it for several years, so we must have some achievements.

However, the box office of "The Shallows" on the first day was not high, 688 million, and 557 million on the second day, which was lower and lower every day.

I won’t talk about one or two million, two or three million is fine. It’s enough if the final box office can exceed 100 million. I don’t ask for too much.

"Moonlight" was released in 48 countries around the world, and only earned US$40.1 in North America in its first week, which was a dismal performance.

Not to mention the UK, France and Germany, which only had tens of thousands of US dollars in the first week.

This movie was able to earn 9 million US dollars in the past because of its politically correct extra-long screening, from September to March of the following year, which was more than half a year. Which movie can do that?
Moreover, the Oscars are held in February and March every year, which has given this movie great popularity.

It is still the same now. As soon as this movie was released, it was unanimously praised by all major media, and it was even said that it would participate in the Oscars.

The Rotten Tomatoes freshness rating is even more rare, 100%.

It is in such a context that this movie is endowed with a different value. It is politically correct. Those who understand will understand.

Fang Hong didn't care about the movie and told him to let it run slowly, any time would do.

Universal doesn't care. As long as it is shown, they can make money. It doesn't matter. Everyone knows what the movie is like.

It's neither over-exaggerated nor tainted.

Yu Xian was quite depressed, as this was his lowest-grossing movie. It looked like he wouldn't be able to recoup his costs for the time being.

If you want to win an award, you can't ask for too much. It's not possible to have everything.

This year's domestic National Day schedule is still intense.

Huayi's "Dragon King" is scheduled to be released on the 28th. This movie was originally supposed to be a blank slate for Jade Rabbit.

Unexpectedly, Jade Rabbit did not accept the challenge. It let you release it and was not afraid of you. It had to give up in frustration.

In addition, Bona's "A Way Out" will be released on the 30th. Both films feature big-name actors and directors.

Other movies like "White Fox" and "Mind War" are all bad Hong Kong movies, so let's not talk about them. In addition, there is a follow-up to the "囧" series, "Goodbye to You", starring Bao Beier and one person, which is also terrible garbage.

The previous life was starred by Bao Beier and Chen Sicheng, but Chen Sicheng did not participate in this life. He is too busy with his own things now to have time to make such a crappy movie.

This movie was also produced by Hong Kong team Wen Jun and Ye Weimin.

Given Hong Kong's current creative level, it's no wonder that the audience didn't buy into it later.

The release dates of these movies have been set. If they don’t, Yutu probably won’t release any movies. This time, Yutu is going to release "Lucky Key".

The director of this film is Guo Fan, and the actors are Xiao Yang and Yu Hewei.

The role was originally scheduled to be played by Guo Jingfei and Liu Yijun, but the producer felt that the two were too serious and didn't look like they were suited for a comedy, so he changed the actors.

I found Xiao Yang myself. I watched his short film "Old Boy" and thought he was a good fit, so I chose him.

Xiao Yang's current acting style is a bit nonsensical and has a comedic quality, but his acting is not distracting or embarrassing, which is very rare.

There aren't many people in the entertainment industry who can act nonsensically without looking awkward.

He and Yu Hewei are nine years apart in age, which is a suitable age. Both of them are handsome, funny, and have great acting skills. It remains to be seen what kind of chemical reaction they can produce.

The female lead is Wan Qian and Song Jia, but it doesn’t matter, as long as it’s a woman, she can play the role, there is no limitation on who can play it.

As long as she looks decent, it's fine.

The box office performance of this movie is uncertain as all the actors are newcomers, but the subject matter is fresh, the identities are swapped, and it has comedy elements.

This subject matter is not available on the market. It is not like in the past when South Korea or Japan filmed it first and the audience no longer feels fresh about it.

This subject matter is now original to Yutu and has not been seen by the audience.

The plot of the filming is similar to the original version, with identity swapping and emphasis on love, which adds to the fun.

In fact, there is not much difference between the Chinese version and the Korean version in the previous life, and Xiao Yang’s performance is even better. Why didn’t the box office explode?

There are many reasons. At least the audience has no expectations and doesn't know what the plot of your movie is.

As for the deeper reasons, I can’t elaborate!

This life is still unknown. The actors have changed, the directors have changed, and basically all the creators behind the scenes have changed.

"Lucky Key" launched a promotion across all platforms, utilizing resources such as Tupiaopiao, Bilibili, and Chang'e Video.

Social platforms such as Weibo, Space, and Tieba, and portals such as Sina and NetEase have also launched promotional modes.

This was initiated by Chen Zhixi. The fact that she could launch such a large-scale publicity campaign proves that this movie has its merits and highlights.

In fact, before the movie is released, the producer knows whether it is good or not, and he also has an idea in mind whether it can be a hit or not.

At least there is nothing wrong with Chen Zhixi's vision.

Fang Hong seems to have stopped caring about Yutu and has been busy with Chang'e Technology recently.

That day he welcomed another person named Zhang Yiming, who was introduced by Zhang Lidong. Fang Hongke had to receive this person personally, as he was a very capable person.

In the future, he will become the richest man in 2024, what an amazing person.

"Hello!"

Fang Hong and Zhang Yiming shook hands and greeted each other.

Zhang Yiming has a baby face, wears gold-rimmed glasses, and appears to be relatively small, looking like a high school student.

Now he's young, that's it.

"Let's sit down and talk."

Li Lidong motioned for them to take their seats.

The three of them did not sit together, but sat on three sides, forming a triangle.

In fact, Zhang Lidong was able to recommend Zhang Yiming because Zhang Yiming had poached him. He was originally going to go to ByteDance but felt it was boring to stay in Chang'e Technology.

Because he felt that the principal was not a person who could get things done. He seemed to not understand many things and lacked courage. He seemed to be hesitant in doing anything.

The management is also chaotic and indecisive.

This was his initial opinion of Fang Hong, but Fang Hong's article on the partnership system made him change his mind.

Just because the principal is willing to cut flesh and delegate power, he is very courageous and makes the top management full of motivation. This is a qualified leader.

In addition, in order to acquire Shanda Literature, he used any means necessary to achieve his goal, which shows that he is a capable person.

In fact, Fang Hong has always been like this, but after spending so much time with Liu Tianxian, he has been influenced to become kind.

The most important thing is that Chang'e Technology gave a lot, and after going to ByteDance for financing several times, who knows how much it will have left, 1% would be good enough.

So they pulled Zhang Yiming to Chang'e Technology.

(End of this chapter)