Huayu: As a child star, I just want to be famous

Chapter 581 The Big Crocodile Enters the Market (6K)

In fact, at the beginning, when various official media praised Chen Linfeng highly in their reports, many people felt that this wave of flattery was too stiff.

Things like "recognized as the strongest", "film history", "Chen Linfeng's 2013" are too much.

This is how the official media is. When they want to promote someone, they always do something awkward like this.

Yes, many people have actually noticed that the official has been promoting Chen Linfeng recently.

After all, the symbols are somewhat obvious, and those who pay more attention to official news can see some signs from them.

But when Time magazine released its Person of the Year candidate list, everyone was stunned.

No, it turns out that the authorities are the ones who fully understand and have foresight.

Our mom is awesome!
The media went wild.

This time it's not just the official media, many private media outlets have also joined in, such as QQ Million and Tencent, which put the related news on the front page.

Chen Linfeng is selected as a candidate for Time Magazine's Person of the Year

"For the first time in the country, a non-political figure is expected to be selected as the Person of the Year"

"A look at other celebrities in history who have been selected as Person of the Year"

"..."

At first, the public didn't quite understand what was so hyped about Time magazine's selection of the Person of the Year.

But the media always has a way of making the public understand the importance of an award or list.

The answer becomes clear when we look at the celebrities who have been selected as Person of the Year in the past.

In the early part of the last century, it was mainly well-known political figures.

Roosevelt, Stalin, Gandhi, Truman, Churchill...

This includes Kennedy, Nixon, etc., and of course some politicians from other countries and even Asia.

Subsequently, some celebrities also gradually made the list, such as Martin Luther King, Bill Gates, and Zuckerberg.

What the media are more concerned about is that if Chen Linfeng can successfully defeat other candidates and make the list this time, he will be the first cultural celebrity to be selected.

Some may say that he benefited from China's economic boom, and many foreign media also say so.

This is actually the truth.

The main reason given by Time magazine for his inclusion on the candidate list is:
"Chen is the most typical representative of the rising China. He is young, wise, and full of endless imagination. The ancient Eastern Empire is showing a brand new look."

In this regard, Neon News explained:

"Chen Linfeng is now the most representative Chinese. When many foreigners are asked about Chinese people, the first person they think of is him. For this reason, many people have even improved their impression of China."

European media simply called him "Bruce Lee of the New Age".

“It is no longer the stereotype of only knowing kung fu, but has become a symbol of genius and wisdom.”

This craze continues to spread along with the news that Lord of Mysteries is still selling well.

There were some signs of overheating.

However, there is no need to worry about too many lice. To Chen Linfeng himself, this public opinion is nothing, he has long been accustomed to it.

He still had the heart to go to school and pay attention to the new class of students he was going to teach.

The new semester has started for several months, and the students who have chosen his class have already been screened.

Considering that he will not organize any filming for at least the next six months.

Therefore, the internship locations of these students were changed to the crews of other directors.

Among them are many crews of the Longlin TV series.

Perhaps the new batch of students will have to take TV dramas as their first step into the industry after graduation.

This is a good thing to some extent.

In the film and television industry, TV dramas are also an important part.

Nowadays, there is actually a huge gap in talent for TV dramas.

Especially as Internet companies have entered the film and television industry in the past two years, they have been constantly poaching talent.

As a result, most of the domestic film and television production companies have been affected.

Longlin was the least affected.

Chen Linfeng is very generous in paying his employees salaries, and gives generous bonuses when they achieve good results.

He was also learning from Tang Ren's lesson.

In his previous life, many of Tang Ren's talents were poached, which led to the overall decline.

In this life, it seems that we are still following the original path.

Chen Linfeng is different. He understands the importance of behind-the-scenes staff to the quality of the work, so he is willing to spend money from the beginning.

Speaking of Internet capital, a major event happened in the industry recently.

That is, Alibaba acquired China Culture Media and renamed it "Ali Pictures", announcing its official entry into the film and television industry.

The whole incident caused an uproar in the circle.

Alibaba is now at its peak and is almost the top Internet company in the country. It is really scary to see such a big player entering the market.

This brand of Chinese Culture is not very well-known outside the circle, but it is actually very famous within the circle.

Movies such as "If You Are the One", "The Emperor and the Assassin", "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Peacock" were all invested, produced or distributed by China Culture.

It has a subordinate film and television company called Jinding Film and Television, which mainly produces TV series. Zheng Xiaolong's team is mainly based in this company.

In addition, it also invested in the media "Beijing Times".

It means a large company that is involved in film, television, publicity, and distribution.

No wonder Alibaba is interested in it.

Chen Linfeng is also paying close attention to this matter.

Alibaba started at least half a year earlier than in its previous life and spent a lot more money, spending a full 80 billion to buy 6% of China Culture Media’s shares, which was truly a big deal.

This is not surprising. Under the influence of Chen Linfeng, the film and television industry today is much better than in the past.

Let’s not talk about TV series, let’s talk about movies.

The 20 billion movie came out a few years ago.

Nowadays, there are several billion-level movies, and it is almost becoming the norm.

Looking down, there are countless movies with investments of tens of millions and box office of hundreds of millions.

The overall box office market has maintained extremely rapid growth.

To the outsider, the film industry is indeed a little too prosperous.

It would be strange if external capital was not tempted.

Not only Alibaba, but Penguin is also speeding up its pace, although its moves are slightly smaller, but its progress is not slow.

There is even Chen Linfeng acting as a guide here.

He sold part of Qidian’s shares to Penguin, and Penguin also participated in Maoyan’s financing.

As long as we learn from Alibaba and acquire or set up a film and television production company, we can provide a full range of services including content, production and distribution.

Before the 10th, Chen Linfeng would definitely not do this.

But after the 3Q war, Penguin's style suddenly became low-key and less aggressive, and it became a relatively good partner.

Alibaba is much worse. Not only does he always want a larger share, he also likes to give orders and make others listen to him.

These Internet capitals cannot be stopped.

They are obsessed with entering the film and television industry and painting a rosy picture for investors.

If they are not recruited in the name of cooperation, Qidian and Maoyan may soon have rivals.

The emergence of Chuangshi Chinese Network and Taopiaopiao in the previous life was not without reason.

Now that Penguin has successfully acquired shares, Genesis will probably not appear.

It is estimated that you will have to try Taopiaopiao once in a while.

However, Maoyan is currently performing very well and has a good relationship with cinema chains, without the overbearing style of its past.

I think it should be able to suppress Tao Piaopiao.

Then, they pulled Alibaba into the category of shareholders, and carried out the familiar operation of "treating, beheading, and accepting as a dog".

Since hearing about the establishment of Alibaba Pictures, Zheng Zhihao became anxious. He discussed it with Chen Linfeng as soon as possible and then formulated the above plan.

He comes from an Internet company and understands the aggressiveness of these big Internet companies best.

In fact, in the entire film and television industry, there are quite a few people who understand this.

On the eve of Chen Linfeng's departure for Los Angeles, he was called out by his leader.

"Xiao Chen, you have the greatest influence in the film and television industry. The industry is a little unstable right now, so I think it would be best if you could come and listen. It would be best if you could offer some suggestions."

The Film Bureau and the Ministry of Culture took the lead, and several state-owned studios such as Huaying and Shenying initiated the movement.

In addition, film and television companies such as Qilin, Huayi, Longlin, Guangxian, Bona, Wanda, Xiaoma Pentium, Ciwen, and Yinghuang also participated in an industry symposium, which was held in Yanjing.

Almost all the companies with significant influence in the market came.

Chen Linfeng actually rarely participated in such meetings before. He usually either sent Sister Mei or asked Zheng Zhihao to attend.

In fact, many film and television companies do the same and send senior executives to participate.

But this time, it was obviously different, most of the people who came were bosses.

The leader specifically called him, so he must have some ideas.

Chen Linfeng didn’t know whether they had worked together to discuss countermeasures in their previous life, but in this life, it was obvious that everyone felt the pressure.

"Mr. Chen, you're here. Congratulations! You're Time's Person of the Year. You're amazing."

"Hey, there's nothing to say about it."

"Director Chen, it's rare to see you attend such an occasion."

"Mr. Chen, congratulations!"

When a group of people saw Chen Linfeng appear, they all surrounded him and tried to get close to him.

After Chen Linfeng greeted them one by one, he sat in his seat.

There is a sign with his name on the table, which makes it easy to recognize.

Chen Shantong also came, but he did not chat with his colleagues. At most, he just nodded from a distance.

It's a bit awkward for the father and son to appear together.

Who do you let those bosses talk to?

Chen Shantong could not introduce his son to his colleagues as he did in the novel, saying, "This is my son. Please take good care of him in the future."

Who is taking care of whom?
So, it’s better to just nod.

"What's going on this time? Why are they all here?"

Dad has always been very popular in the circle, so Chen Linfeng simply asked directly.

Chen Shantong took out his notebook and pen from his bag calmly, spread them out on the table, and then said,

"It's mainly because of Alibaba's acquisition. In the past few years, Penguin and Baidu have also made moves. Now Alibaba has made its cards clear, and everyone is a little anxious."

"No, why are you so anxious? Alibaba Pictures has just acquired us, and it's still unclear whether it can do a good job."

Zhao Yifang from Huace Film & TV, who was sitting next to them, couldn't help but interrupt and said, "We have experience here. The Qilin you created back then also became a leader in just a few years.

Mr. Shan's Long Lin also grew up very quickly.

The big guys with resources come in and take over the territories of us little guys.”

Well, it turns out that he was the one who made the sample.

“Boss Zhao, that’s an exaggeration. Huace is by no means small. In today’s market, Huace is always present in outstanding TV series.

My dad always tells me that he wants to learn from you."

Chen Shantong nodded silently, yes, I did say that.

Zhao Yifang took a deep breath. This Mr. Chen was really ungentlemanly. He was such a big boss, yet he still acted like a young boy in front of her.

It’s the same with Mr. Shan. The father and son teamed up to cheat and launch a surprise attack, right?

"Mr. Chen, you are joking. Now Longlin and Qilin are the two companies that are in charge of TV dramas and movies respectively. These two are the real leaders. Everyone is watching you two."

Chen Shantong smiled and said, "We don't know what the situation is yet. Let's see what the leader says later."

Zhao Yifang had no choice but to temporarily drop the topic.

Chen Shantong explained in a low voice to his son who was not quite clear about the situation.

"Before, some companies were instigating that the leading companies in the industry should work together to find a way to talk to the higher authorities and ask them to not allow Internet companies to enter the market on a large scale and to introduce a policy to restrict it."

Chen Linfeng shook his head speechlessly, "This is too wishful thinking. The big guys in the Internet have money and influence (power).

People are coming in now and want to make money. How can we drive them out? "

"That's the truth."

Chen Shantong also thought so, this is totally unrealistic.

They have been operating for so many years, so they do have some connections, but they are definitely not pushovers.

In terms of influence in this area, Xiaofeng can hardly surpass the two Ma.

Culture and business are also different fields, so it is actually not easy to compare them.

"So your idea is to just watch?" Chen Shantong asked.

Chen Linfeng didn't say anything.

Off-the-board tactics are useless, so all we can do is watch and see.

In fact, he is not very suitable to speak about the film and television industry's fight against Internet capital.

Qilin is indeed his company, but V站 and Maoyan are also in his hands.

There is also a newly added starting point.

These three are typical Internet companies.

So it’s hard to say which side he belongs to.

If relevant policies are really to be introduced, what would he say?
So this path is really not feasible.

On the stage, the leader began his speech, and right at the beginning he talked about the current development issues in the film and television industry.

The big picture is good, but now there is foreign capital wanting to join in. Will this cause vicious competition and affect the entire industry? This is a question that needs to be discussed.

Also, there are many companies that have just developed in the industry today, and we can’t just watch them die.

Therefore, we have to find ways to help, at least to relieve the tension.

That's what symposiums are for.

After the leader finished speaking, several state-owned factories expressed their views, followed by private enterprises.

Director Li asked Chen Linfeng to speak first, but he declined, wanting to see what other people thought first.

Wang Zhongjun of Huayi said, "I don't think this is a big deal. There will always be people who want to enter the market to compete. The market is here and we can't stop them. In fact, competition is a good thing."

As he said this, he looked at Chen Linfeng standing beside him.

It would be best to bring this guy down from this position.

A Qilin company that hadn't even gone public turned out to be listed on Huayi, which really made him feel a little uncomfortable.

Chen Linfeng saw Wang Zhongjun's gaze and looked back in confusion.

He immediately turned his head.

Ok?
Then, Yu Dong from Bona said, "I think we should think of countermeasures. In our industry, capital is generally not sufficient, and we cannot compete in terms of resources. We are at a big disadvantage. This is not fair and legitimate competition."

"Yes," Wang Changtian also said, "BAT is a wealthy company. We cannot compete with them in terms of resources. Even in terms of publicity, we cannot compete with these Internet companies."

You know, a very important part of distribution ability is publicity.

Guangxian attaches great importance to publicity, and they understand the strength of BAT best.

Then, Chen Shantong, Zeng Maojun, Ma Zhongjun, Zhao Yifang and others spoke one by one.

From what I heard, only a few companies like Huayi and Wanda are not too worried, while most film and television companies are worried.

After a round, Chen Linfeng was the only one left, and everyone looked at him.

"Mr. Chen, come and have a chat."

"Yeah, tell me about it."

Everyone wanted to know what Chen Linfeng thought about this matter.

Qilin is undoubtedly the number one in the current film market, and almost all high-grossing movies are related to it.

With the entry of Internet capital, Qilin is likely to be affected.

Chen Linfeng adjusted the microphone in front of him and said calmly,

“Actually, it’s not that easy for Internet capital to enter the film and television industry.”

Wang Changtian asked hurriedly, "What do you mean?"

“Filming a movie or TV series is, after all, a very professional thing.

We all do this, so we should all know that, generally speaking, newcomers to the industry, even if they have a certain status, should, according to convention, try to avoid their participation in the specific filming process.

It’s not that I don’t trust you, but professional fields are indeed different. We can’t use the examples of laymen to guide experts.

But do you think those Internet companies will abide by this rule?"

Zeng Maojun seemed to be thinking about something. Wanda has also been trying its hand at film and television production in recent years.

Wanda Film and Television Media, which was established, has produced several films.

There are losses and gains, but overall more money is lost.

Wanda still has cinema chains, which can minimize the extent of losses, but it is still losing money.

So where did they make a mistake that led to this result?

Chen Linfeng continued, "I have heard about some of Alibaba's ideas. They like to use formulas, don't like content creation, and even think that screenwriter is a useless position."

He threw up his hands helplessly, "Under such circumstances, it would be strange if we could make a good movie."

Ma Zhongjun, the CEO of Ciwen, was skeptical. "So we don't need to care about him at all and just wait for him to fail?"

“It’s not that simple. If you suffer a lot of losses, you will always gain some experience. The top Internet companies are wealthy and have enough capital to try and make mistakes.

Even a blind cat will catch a dead mouse, and you may get caught a few times."

Chen Linfeng took a sip of water to moisten his throat and continued, "In the long run, several large companies will definitely be able to take root in the industry, and everyone must be prepared.

For film and television companies, the key is content production. It is easy to deal with those companies now, but it may not be the case in the future.

As the scale of the film market continues to expand, there will definitely be outsiders trying to dig into the gold mine. If we want to maintain the current situation, we still have to work hard on producing content and capabilities.”

This is a bit deep.

But the logic is indeed correct.

The film and television companies present have experienced the entry of external capital.

The coal bosses at that time were a typical example.

But the current wave of Internet is obviously different. They not only invest, but also intervene in management and content creation.

This infringes upon core interests.

That's why everyone reacted so strongly.

But no matter what, Chen Linfeng's explanation finally made people less panicked.

After everyone took turns speaking, there were no more rules.

Zhao Yifang: "Since those big guys still have to pay tuition for a few more years, there's no need to be too anxious for now."

Ma Zhongjun: "Didn't you hear what Mr. Chen said? It's only a few years. It won't be so easy to make money in the future."

"It's not easy to make a lot of money in any business. I've made quite a bit of money in the past few years, which is pretty good."

Han Shanping changed his perspective. "Right now, the BAT companies are spreading to the upstream and downstream of the film and television industry. In fact, this impact is even greater."

He looked at Zeng Maojun and asked, "Have you received any investment intentions from Wanda?"

Zeng Maojun nodded, "Yes, the cinema chain is definitely the first target. President Han must have heard something, right?"

“Well, there are some rumors, which are nothing more than means of acquiring shares and acquisitions. I think some small cinema chains will not be able to withstand it in the future.

In fact, these are fine. The cinema industry is just like this. No one can do anything special. "

Han Shanping looked worried. "What worries me most is the film industry. I don't know whether it is a good thing or a bad thing to add a bunch of Internet people into the industry."

As the head of Huaying, what he hopes most is that China's film industry will become more and more prosperous.

What I fear most is unexpected situations.

Although the film industry has some problems nowadays, it is still developing smoothly. He is indeed worried that outsiders will cause an impact.

Although I don’t know the specific impact, I have a vague feeling that it’s not good.

Speaking of this, several leaders at the top became concerned.

Director Zhao said, "This is what we are worried about, so we are anxious for everyone to discuss it."

The head of the Ministry of Culture nodded slightly, "The film and television industry is very important. Some excellent cultural enterprises are even going overseas. This must not be affected."

Obviously, the most critical companies here are Qilin and Longlin.

Whether it's movies or TV series, they have the greatest influence overseas.

"Indeed, this is the key point," the leader of Optoelectronics looked over here, "Boss Shan, what do you think, is there any actual impact?"

Chen Shantong paused, "So far, there hasn't been any particularly big impact, just a little bit."

"Which piece do you mean?"

"Pay."

Chen Shantong sighed, "The actors' pay is really getting higher and higher, which makes the investment and cost continue to increase. In order to maintain the profit point, the price must also be increased.

But this is actually not conducive to going out to sea.

There must be many reasons for this, which is due to the entry of external capital.

We all know that Internet capital is not short of money.

If they really try to push up the pay, the cost of future TV series will be further reflected in the pay, while the improvement in production quality will be limited.

If this continues, the outcome will be hard to predict.”

These words directly hit the nail on the head for many companies present.

(End of this chapter)