China Entertainment Times

Chapter 502

On the sofa in the office, Tang An sat down next to Xu Manyun, and asked with a smile after listening to her.

"Man Yun, do you think I'm too radical?"

Xu Manyun didn't beat around the bush, and said directly, "9 movies, if you add your new movie this year, that's 10 movies. On average, there will be one movie every month. The schedule is a big trouble."

"And the distribution rights of these six films were all due to the company's outstanding performance in the past two years, and none of the films failed. If there are more films that fail at the box office next year, it is easy for outsiders to question our distribution capabilities."

"I've considered what you said. These 6 films are all low-cost films. The production cost of "The Wind Listener" with the largest investment is 7000 million, "Cold War" 4000 million, "Little Times" 3000 million, "Stolen" "These Five Years" was compressed to 1500 million, except for the difficulty of paying back the cost of "The Listener", there is basically no difficulty."

Originally, "Little Times" was actually filmed in two episodes, and it was hard-edited into 4 episodes.

After the filming of the last episode, the material was actually not enough to be edited into two movies, but it was edited with the time.

The picture is not enough for the music, the story is not enough for the slow motion MV, the duration of two movies can always be made up, and finally two movies are released.

Originally, the production cost of the first two parts, namely the last episode, was 4400 million yuan, but now it has been changed to three parts, the production budget of the first part is 3000 million yuan.

Not to mention how good the filming is, at least four parts have been compressed into three parts, the plot should be more compact.
"The Wind Listener" is a spy film, and Mei Ya and Hua Ce invested 7000 million yuan in production costs, which is enough to save money.

"Cold War" has a large-scale shootout scene. The crew wanted to rebuild a viaduct in a busy city, but they got a lot of sponsorship from HTC, Longines, etc., and the production cost was only 4000 million.

This is also why digital cameras are now used for filming. Otherwise, five years ago, switching to film would have cost a lot of money.

As for "Happy Home", Shonan TV reported that the production cost of this film was 2000 million, plus the publicity fee, and they had to pay 9000 to [-] million at the box office to pay back.

But even if it only sells for tens of millions at the box office, it can't be blamed on the issuer.
It's really because the box office of the movies made before the base camp is too bad, and the reputation is also bad.

As for the five TV series, it will invest jointly with its studios and other TV stations and TV series production companies.

Although all aspects have been considered and there is no need to put all the pressure on the company, Xu Manyun still feels that the next year's plan is a bit too heavy.

Huayi, which focuses on film and television production, will not have 15 projects next year.

Tang An didn't hide his own thoughts, and said directly, "Ah Li and Teng Xun's preparations for the film and television company have officially started, and I heard that Ah Li is looking for a suitable empty shell listed company, and plans to set up a film and television company and then go public through a backdoor .”

"Baidu is currently busy acquiring iQiyi, and the establishment of a film and television company is coming soon."

"By the end of next year at the latest, the film and television companies under the three major Internet companies have basically taken shape. With their channels and capital, they can complete the layout of the entire industrial chain in at most four years. By then, we will not be as easy as we are now. "

Tang An's expression became a little serious, and Xu Manyun continued, "If, as you said, the three of them are really determined to eat the cake of the film and television industry, then why don't you raise money? As long as there are enough funds in four years, we can get through Online and offline channels, double or triple the size of theaters, don’t you have more capital to compete with Internet giants?”

Tang An smiled, "Who said I won't raise funds? The company's seven studios can be expanded into a film and television production company. After the "Martian" is divided, each studio will inject 7 million yuan. In addition to these five TV series, each studio must produce at least one more film and television series."

These seven major studios either have box office directors like Xu Zheng and Wu Ershan, or A-list stars like Liu Ye, Yang Mi, Tang Yan, Deng Chao, and Sun Li.

Coupled with the production of several high-quality film and television dramas, the valuation will go up in two years.

With the popularity of film and television stocks, attracting investment couldn't be easier.

When the valuation rises, and some of the shares are sold, the seven studios can get a lot of cash in exchange.

There is also a theater chain, which invested 100 million yuan to build 20 movie theaters, and more than [-] are under construction. It can also be financed externally to accelerate expansion. It is enough to keep the holdings. Don’t let the market in third-tier cities be preempted by Dadi Cinemas. .

After hearing Tang An's plan, Xu Manyun was stunned for a moment, and then he understood.

"So you plan to "raise" the studio so that you can sell it for money?"

"Your analogy is very appropriate. It's almost what it means. It's inevitable. With five first-tier stars, there are so many film and television dramas, and two more, plus a large number of second- and third-tier stars, the company simply can't take care of them." Come on, if you don’t find other capital to join, sooner or later the contract expires and you will leave.”

"At that time, it can be listed on the New Third Board, preferably through a backdoor listing."

"What about the group, has it not accepted financing?"

"It hasn't reached the point where it must be melted down. Just look at the overseas box office of "The Martian"."

"All right, don't forget that the bank still owes a large loan."

It is inevitable to use the studios of these stars and directors to attract capital. There will be more top 5 first-line stars in the future.

Hantang Media does not need financing, neither lacks money nor channels. Even BAT will take at least three or four years to complete the siege of the media industry, and there is still time.

The development of the Internet is not fast enough, and it has not reached the level of four or five years later, and BAT has no money now.

But its studios must have it. Like the later Yang Mi studio, it is impossible to achieve a market value of 50 billion with her as a first-line star.

After Jiahang Media bought a new three-board shell for 2000 million yuan, it accepted financing from Shangshi Films, and behind Shangshi is Oriental Pearl Media with a market value of nearly [-] billion.

With the support of Hantang Media, the 7 studios have been fully developed, and they have been able to attract financing from several large media companies. Not only have they made money, but they have also found a partner for themselves.

In the afternoon and evening, Tang An approached Zhou Shiwei, Zhou Jia, Chang Jihong and others respectively, asking them to expand the studio, establish a film and television production department, and go to various film and television schools to sign some newcomers.

After spending a whole day dealing with the matter, on the morning of Thursday, January 1th, Tang An took the crew to the United States by plane.

We departed on the morning of the 5th and arrived on the morning of the 5th, as if the time had never changed.

Zhang Yi, head of the North American distribution department, and a vice president of [-]th Century Fox in charge of international theater distribution received the reception.

"Hi Mr. Jamie."

"Hello, Mr. Tang, welcome to the country of America."

After chatting for a while, I went to a hotel near the premiere theater.

It will be officially released tomorrow, and it will premiere tonight, and there is no advance screening.

Zhao Yilai, head of the North American distribution department, reported on the release of the movie tomorrow.

With the success of "Edge of Tomorrow" and Wendy Deng's strong support, this time "The Martian" got an opening scale of 2200 movie theaters in the second weekend after Christmas.

After resting in the hotel for a day, I fell jet lagged, and went out to the theater after five o'clock in the afternoon.

However, as soon as the car arrived at the theater, there were many people around the entrance, and two of them were holding a banner. It seemed that they were quite excited, and the theater security was maintaining order.

Tang An carefully looked at the words on the banner, frowned, and then chuckled.

"The American people don't seem to welcome me very much!"

PS: It will be delivered at the third watch, good night everyone.

A lot of readers talk about the monopoly of BAT, and I have thought about it too, but now the book is only in early 2012, and the Internet has not yet fully developed.

Of course, I don't quite understand either, I'm a dick on the street.
(End of this chapter)