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Chapter 354 Acquisition, Hantang Media Group! (The third update asks for subscription!)

In mid-November, Tang An invited Yu Dong, Pang Hong, Wang Changtian, and Zhou Yongqiang, director of the board of directors and president of Singapore New Media Group, to discuss the investment and distribution of "Painted Skin 11".

They had already met once before and initially reached a verbal agreement, this time they came to sign the contract.

In addition to Bernard and Ningxia Film Studio, Tang An also brought in Guang Xian.

This is also because Guangxian did not release a single movie in July this year. Even in July and August during the entire summer vacation, Guangxian invested in and released only one film directed by Chen Musheng and starring Guo Fucheng and Shu Qi. Released in month.

Bernard is similar, "The King of Guns" in early July, and "The Inn of the Deserted Village" in early August.

Most of the other movies in the summer file are released by China Film, and some are from Moying and Huayi.

With the joint release of these two giants, the summer file can at least have a positive wave in the face of "Tangshan Earthquake".

Zhou Yongqiang is the president of New Media. This time he came to the mainland to discuss cooperation with CCTV, and happened to come to discuss this project.

Last year, "Painted Skin" sold more than 400 million US dollars in Southeast Asia, and the box office cut alone was almost enough for them to recoup their costs, as well as income from video tapes and other copyrights.

This year's sequel will certainly not be missed.

Arriving at the hotel on time, Wang Changtian and Pang Hong had already arrived, and Yu Dong and Zhou Yongqiang also arrived not long after.

As the initiator of the project and the largest investor, Tang An spoke first.

"Everyone, before the cost issue, we have done our own calculations. The production cost is 5500 million, and the publicity cost is 2500 million. The total cost is 8000 million!"

"According to our previous agreement, I will invest 3000 million, accounting for 50% of all proceeds."

Yu Dong said, "Berna invested 1500 million, accounting for 25% of all proceeds!"

Pang Hong went on to say: "Our Ningxia factory is small and small. Last year, we shared a share with President Tang and Yu Dong. This year, we will invest another 900 million, accounting for 15% of the proceeds."

Wang Changtian smiled and said, "I'm really grateful that everyone thought of me for such a good project this time. I'll pay 10 million for the remaining 600%."

Zhou Yongqiang, President of Star Media, finally laughed, "Last year's "Painted Skin" sold more than 400 million US dollars in Asia. This year, we are willing to invest 2000 million yuan in the Asian copyright of this second film!"

Newcorporation is the largest media group in Singapore, and it is also the number one giant in Southeast Asia.

The Indonesian media giant Archipelago Impression Media, Yuenan International Media and other media giants in various Southeast Asian countries are their partners, and their distribution capabilities are at the forefront in Southeast Asia.

The first film sold more than 400 million. Now that the foundation of the first film is established, the box office will definitely increase. 2000 million is not too expensive.

In 2000, 25% of the cost was shared, and the actual cost was only 6000 million. Even if the box office was only as much as the first film, it was enough to pay back.

Next, the contract was signed, and the specific details have been discussed. This time, Bernard and Guangxian will jointly publish the book, and the publishing fee will be 10% in total, and each party will get half of it.

In fact, judging from the 8 million box office of the first film, this second film is fully qualified to pay only [-]% of the distribution fee.

However, next year Feng Xiaogang's "Tangshan Earthquake" has been confirmed to be released in the summer, and Bernard and Guangxian will be required to support the distribution as much as possible. The fee is set at 10%, and Pang Hong also agreed.

After the business talk, it was time to eat and drink. Tang An immediately asked the hotel to bring up the dishes and set up a table full of them.

Tang An poured himself a glass, raised his glass and smiled at everyone, "For this cooperation, I would like to offer a toast to everyone, and I also hope that "Painted Skin 2" will be a big hit at the box office next year!"

"Come on."

"cheers."

Chinese people can never just eat at the dinner table, drink before taking two bites, and talk about work while drinking.

Wang Changtian touched Tang An with a cup, and asked with a smile, "Why did Mr. Tang think of looking for me this time when something good happened?"

Tang An drank all the wine in his glass and laughed loudly, "If you have money, let's make money together. Don't forget me if Director Wang has any good projects in the future!"

"Then why doesn't Mr. Tang look for Wang Dong?"

There is never a pie in the sky, Tang An is currently serving as the art director of Huayi, so there is no reason to come to Guangxian for cooperation.

"Doesn't it mean that there will be Director Feng's "Tangshan Earthquake" in the summer vacation next year? It's impossible for Huayi to release two blockbuster films at the same time."

"Then Mr. Tang is fighting Wang Dong, isn't he afraid that Wang Dong will be unhappy?" Wang Changtian wondered again.

Tang An sighed, "It can't be helped, the Lunar New Year slots are already too crowded, and the market for National Day slots is too small after all, not to mention that they may not be released at the same time, but we can discuss the specific time."

Wang Changtian didn't ask any more questions, he just didn't want to eat a piece of cake in such a daze.

Yu Dong next to him was also a little puzzled, but he didn't think too much about it.

Tang An looked at Zhou Yongqiang again, and had a drink with him, "President Zhou, I need your help in next year's promotion."

Zhou Yongqiang smiled and said, "It's easy to say, I will arrange it when the time comes, and Mr. Tang can rest assured."

He naturally knew what Tang An meant. In the past two years, New Media acquired 27% of the shares of Dahe Media, one of the largest advertising companies in China, and became the second largest shareholder of Dahe Media.

After the dinner was over, Tang An immediately asked Xu Manyun to take the contract to the bank to apply for a loan, so there was no need to use the cash on the studio's account.

In the next few days, the disintegration of Poly Huayi was imminent, but such a big company, or a company whose performance continued to decline, no one would take over.

A week later, Tang An took Xu Manyun to Poly Group to discuss the acquisition.

In the eyes of the person in charge of the acquisition team of the Poly Group, it is simply a fantasy for a mere director to acquire a large media group.

If it weren't for Tang Anda's name, he probably wouldn't have seen him in person.

In the end, Tang An proved his financial ability, and the other party was willing to sit down and talk.

In less than half a month, four negotiations were carried out, during which there were rumors from the outside world, but no one took it seriously.

It is more reliable to say that Zhang Yimou acquired the new screen than this.

However, someone with a heart was already investigating Tang An. When he learned that all his remaining 160 houses had been mortgaged with a large amount of cash in the past few days, they realized something was wrong.

At the end of November, Tang An came to Poly Group for the fourth time, accompanied by the largest domestic team of lawyers who are good at mergers and acquisitions, including nearly 11 accountants!
After a series of cumbersome procedures, Tang An finally acquired Poly Culture Media, Oriental Dragon Film Company and other companies with 2.8 million cash.

Compared with the valuation of 3.5 million yuan, it is 7000 million yuan less, but Poly has spun off its subsidiaries such as Poly Theater Management Co., Ltd., Poly International Auction Company, and Shenzhen Poly Art Plaza Co., Ltd.

In addition, Tang An also reached a cooperation with Poly, and invested 6000 million yuan in Poly Wanhe Cinemas, accounting for 10% of the shares, becoming one of the shareholders of this top ten cinemas in China.

The chairman of Poly Group signed several documents and shook hands with Tang An, "Congratulations, Director Tang, Poly Culture will be yours from now on!"

"Thank you, Director He, but it's not Poly Culture, but Hantang Media Group!"

".That's right, Hantang Media Group, remember to let me know when the development conference will be held."

"Must be sure, please congratulate Dong for the honor!"

After leaving the Poly Group, looking at the sky that was not too blue, Tang An breathed a sigh of relief.

It's been 5 years, and it's still not much different from an ordinary director. He doesn't even have a team of assistants, and he pretends to be unambitious and happy with the situation.

However, now that film and television production, distribution, publicity, advertisements, and theaters are all available, the sky is high from now on!

But there are still a lot of things to do in the future, and the personnel and business of the new company have to be readjusted.

Fortunately, Poly has already helped to separate Poly Culture, otherwise it will take a lot of effort.

During this period of time, the entertainment circle was full of noise. I don't know how many calls came in every day, and the mailbox was almost full.

As soon as he left the Poly Building, dozens of reporters who had been waiting for a long time surrounded him.

However, Tang An was not in the mood to accept an interview at this time, and got into the car under the protection of more than a dozen security guards photographed by Baoli.

(End of this chapter)