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Chapter 549 "The Return of the Great Sage" (Please subscribe for the first update!)
Today, Hantang Media Group is the largest film and television company in China in terms of size, scale and valuation.

The downturn in the domestic film market in the first half of the year made the overall situation of film and television culture stocks mediocre. Huayi had no films released in the first half of the year, and its market value fluctuated around 100 billion, which could not be stabilized at more than [-] billion.

More than 50% of Guangxian's business is in program production, which is quite stable.

Bernard's listing on NASDAQ is also tepid.

Huace's main business is to produce TV series. Although there are not many phenomenal TV series, the business is still good.

Moreover, "The Listener", which Huace invested in, did well at the box office, which is considered to be in relatively good condition.

TV drama production companies have always been more stable than movies. Find a reliable screenwriter and a bit famous actor. The investment is not too big, and you can basically make money if you can get on the stars.

Cheng Tian, ​​an established film company, is almost doomed, and has switched to a theater chain.

The current valuation of Hantang is worth two Huayi, and the company has more than 3000 employees all over the country.

The company's film distribution team alone has more than 500 people in the headquarters and resident in various provinces and cities across the country, and the film promotion and marketing team is no less than this.

The distribution and marketing teams of TV dramas also have hundreds of people.

At present, the company is still following the path of an old-school distribution company, and ordinary companies can't play at all.

In two years, after the Internet is fully mature, the threshold for distribution will be lowered, and hundreds of distribution companies will suddenly appear.

After not persisting for two years, another large area died.

The poor die the fastest when there is a famine, and they die quietly.

A hundred of those small companies died without the shock of a giant closing down.

I ate at the company at noon, and spent more than three hours looking at the company's business in the past four months.

At this point, there is no need for Tang An to say which TV series will be a big hit. Your TV drama department will make this movie, which movie is a big dark horse, send someone to discuss this project, or which director's new movie will be a big hit, so get involved in advance.

These things are handled by the people below. With the current scale and channels of Hantang, a large number of scripts are received every day, and directors continue to come to seek investment with projects.

The films invested by other companies do not have their own distribution channels. The first thing that comes to mind is that these giants have no business at all.

No, the two movies "Little Times" and "The Listener" in the summer period were very popular, and the distribution department of the company has received distribution business for several movies in the past few months.

"National Witness" invested by Weike Media.

"101 Marriage Proposals" invested by Xinli Media and Asia Times Media.

"Rooftop Love" invested by Hengda Pictures and Yindu.

Tang An had only seen these three, and there were a few others that hit the street.

With resources and channels, some people will take the initiative to send money to the door, and those who do things will never have the resources and channels to make money.

There are even more investments to be made. Most of the more than ten movies have never been heard of before. These distribution departments and production departments will make their own evaluations, and Tang An will just take a look.

Except for a few that will hit the box office, Tang An will mark it up, and the people below will pay special attention to it.

No, among the more than ten films seeking investment, there is one "Journey to the West: The Return of the Great Sage".

It started production a few years ago, and there are ten investors, but the only big companies are Hengdian Film and Television, and Ludong Film and Television, which makes TV dramas, is a bit famous, and the others are all small and miscellaneous companies.

Judging from the documents, at the beginning of the year Guangxian also participated, but later withdrew.

The total investment is 7000 million RMB, and there is still a quota of 2000 million RMB.

The evaluation given by the production department is also not optimistic. Although animation films are improving now and the subject of Journey to the West is well-known, it is a problem to recover the cost.

If the issuance income is included, the investment is less than 30%, and the probability of returning the capital is relatively high.

However, the cycle given by the production team will take 15 years to complete the production. At this time, the investment and payment cycle will be three years.

No matter where you look at it, it is a loss-making business.

It is also correct for Wang Changtian not to participate, after all, not everyone can foresight.

Tang An thought for a while and called Zhao Jun, director of the production department, in.

"Old Zhao, this animated film "Journey to the West: The Great Sage Returns" can be invested with 2000 million yuan, you go talk to the other party, push the production cycle for another year, and try to release it in 14 years, no matter if you are short of money or people , we all solve it."

"Journey to the West: The Return of the Great Sage"?
Zhao Jun was a little surprised. He was not optimistic about this film, and the cycle was too long. It can be seen from the fact that few film and television companies in the circle have invested in it for so many years.

But being able to put it in front of Tang An also has its merits. Zhao Jun believes that animation films are gaining momentum nowadays.

Moreover, it is said that "Havoc in Heaven" will be released in 14 years, and it may be able to drive the popularity of Journey to the West, which can be regarded as the popularity.

However, all of Zhao Jun's evaluations were written in the document. Since Tang An had read the document and decided to invest, Zhao Jun agreed and was going to find the producer.

"By the way, our investment should include copyright, and we should discuss it with Hengdian and issue it together." Tang An urged again.

"The Return of the Great Sage", it is this movie that has completely driven the domestic animation film industry, and it can be described as a milestone.

But unfortunately, there is no second animated film with a box office close to one billion.

There is still a difference between the production of animation films and films. Most of the art talents in this area are concentrated in state-owned studios, and private film and television companies have money but no one.

To crush Ling Xiao, to be reckless and unruly.

What will happen if "The Return of the Great Sage" and "Havoc in Heaven" collide together!

Donnie Yen asked which one audiences prefer, the muscular monkey or the skinny sage.

However, "Havoc in Heaven" was invested and issued by China Film Group. If you fight against China Film Group, even if you win, you will offend the other party in the future.

However, "Lost in Hong Kong" will be on the Spring Festival file in 13, and "Detective Chinatown 14" should be on the Spring Festival file in 2.

If "Havoc in Heaven" is still released in the spring of 14, then Tang An can take the initiative to find China Film, lower his posture a little, and say that "Detective Chinatown 2" and "Havoc in Heaven" will not compete, and give up the schedule to China Film. Watch movies of the same type as "The Return of the Great Sage" and drink some soup.

It is not a problem to release it one and a half years earlier. The production team has been working on it for eight years because they have no money. Otherwise, it is not a masterpiece like "Avatar", so why would it take so long.

There are still 15 months, enough.

"Detective Chinatown 2" was replaced by a little-known animated film, and it was too late for China Film to be happy. After all, the first "Detective Tang" made a box office hit of 10 billion.

Even if "The Return of the Great Sage" kills "Havoc in Heaven", it is unlikely that China Film will hold Tang An in a grudge.

On the contrary, if "Detective Chinatown 2" is released as planned, the two parties will become enemies.

The big sales of Westward Journey movies will definitely drive the rise of Westward Journey, a big IP, and "The Return of the Great Sage", which killed "Havoc in Heaven", will surely get more cakes in this IP feast.

However, Hengdian Film and Television is the main investor, so we still need to convince the other party first.

After reading these documents, I called the secretary to send them back to the various departments.

"Have they arrived?" Tang An stretched his arms and asked.

"Already waiting, chairman, when do you think it will start?"

Tang An looked at the time, "Like now, make me a cup of tea and bring it here."

It's not easy to work as soon as you come back.

Came to the No. [-] conference room, opened the door and went in. The general managers of the four studios, as well as the shareholders and artists in the capital all came.

There are a total of seven studios, each of which originally held 60-80% of the shares in Han and Tang Dynasties. Although each studio invested another 2000 million before, each shareholder also invested money in, and the shareholding did not change much.

Yang Mi and Tang Yan Studio accounted for 82% and 77% of the shares respectively.

Xu Zheng's studio accounted for 61%, and Wu Ershan's studio accounted for 73%.

Yang Wenjun's studio accounted for 86% of the shares, and his reputation was the lowest in comparison. Tang An arranged for two other directors to join in.

Chang Jihong's company holds 72% of the shares, and Liu Ye and Sun Li are also shareholders.

Zhou Shiwei's studio accounted for 75% of the shares.

The seven major studios have established joint-stock film and television companies before.

Today is the general manager and celebrity shareholder of the four major brokerage companies.

Tang An greeted everyone and got straight to the point.

"From the end of 09 to the present, it has been almost three years since everyone joined the group. Three years have passed, and the development is not bad. This year, we have invested in several TV series one after another."

Three years in the entertainment industry is not short, enough for an unknown newcomer to rise up, but also for a popular star to fall quickly.

The four star-based companies have already signed many artists, and they have businesses such as film and television production, publicity and public relations.

However, the other three director-based companies did not involve in the artist brokerage business.

Everyone didn't know what Tang An wanted to say, and they didn't say anything, waiting for him to continue.

Tang An continued, "Although the film and television industry was not so hot in the first half of this year, it will definitely usher in a new peak after the Lunar New Year holiday. The outside world and the media circle will pay more attention to this industry."

"Now the future of our companies is very bright, and many people are eyeing them. I blocked them before, but for the rapid development of everyone, it is necessary to attract external capital and resources."

"Today I'm here to tell you about this. In the next year, your companies will raise funds one after another."

Everyone was a little surprised. Hantang Media never accepted outside capital, so why would they use their companies for financing at this time.

Although there were some surprises, the four general managers Zhou Jia, Chang Jihong, Liu Yu, and Zhou Shiwei were still very happy.

A number of film and television companies have gone public one after another and made a lot of money, and they are not reconciled to just being a small brokerage company.

If there is no financing, there is no way to keep Han and Tang, unless those artists are willing to be actors and just get paid for filming, and at most participate in a part of the investment.

Who doesn't want to make more money? Later, if a big-name celebrity owns seven or eight companies, if you become your own boss, whoever will work for you.

Even Wang Baoqiang dared to release Ning Hao's movie with a guarantee of 28 billion. Once he made the right bet, he would make more money than he has made in several years of filming.

Tang An took a look at their expressions and continued, "Currently four companies, Oriental Pearl Group, DMG Entertainment Media Group, Great Wall Film and Television Media Group, and Wentou Holdings, intend to invest. If you have no questions, I will send someone to discuss the specifics. Funding and proportionality."

Oriental Pearl Group is a state-owned enterprise, a subsidiary of Modu Cultural Broadcasting Group, and the first cultural company listed in China. Its current market value is nearly 400 billion, which is higher than the combined market value of Gehua, a subsidiary of Jingcheng Optoelectronics, and China Television, a subsidiary of CCTV.

Most of Fengxing.com's shares are in the hands of Oriental Pearl, and the other party is willing to sell it to Hantang Media, but they also want to have a hand in the film and television industry.

DMG Media Group is one of the largest independent communication organizations in China, with a market capitalization of tens of billions, and has participated in the investment of blockbuster films such as "The Founding of a Nation", "Resident Evil", and "Looper", and is in the process of post-production "Iron Man 3" also has investment from DMG Media.

Jiangsu-Zhejiang Great Wall Film and Television Media Group is one of the largest TV drama production and distribution organizations in China.

Wentou Holdings is also a cultural industry, but it didn't do film and television before.

Everyone at the scene immediately weighed it in their minds. Among the four companies, accepting investment from Oriental Pearl TV and SMG Media is the best for the company's development.

But the decision was in Tang An's hands. They couldn't say it in public, so they could only go to Tang An in private.

Tang An knew what they were thinking. It was far more than these four companies that wanted to invest, but the first two had the most resources and channels. The TV production business of Great Wall Film and Television Group was the top in China, and it had no relationship with many TV stations including CCTV. Shallow, has been shooting documentaries for major TV stations all the year round.

As for Wentou Holdings, it switched to the film and television industry and was not short of money. Later, it acquired several medium-sized film and television companies in a row, and also acquired the shares of Wanda Films, becoming the third largest shareholder after Wanda Group and Ahli.

These four companies are the investors for the four brokerage companies. As for the companies of several directors, whether it is Xu Zheng or Wu Ershan, their films are all billion-level, and they are in their hands for the time being.

In two years, when their contract is still one year away, Tang An is going to learn a lesson. Later, Dong Ping got Huanxi Media, and then set up a company to give each of these directors a share.

It is necessary to share profits, but the big head is still in hand, and there is still distribution.

Dong Ping is a businessman, and Huanxi Media does not even have the ability to distribute, so a lot of money has been made by others.

The four general managers agreed after thinking about it, and asked themselves to inject capital.

The meeting is just an intention, and the specifics need to be discussed with other companies slowly.

After the meeting ended, Zhou Jia, Liu Yu and the others looked at each other, chatted with each other for a while before leaving the meeting room.

The four major studios also have a competitive relationship with each other. After all, many places still rely on the group.

After leaving the meeting room, Zhou Jia winked at Yang Mi, who immediately understood and walked towards Tang An's office.

The other three families also had no choice, Tang Yan was still filming in Xiangjiang.

They also tried to find a few good seedlings to approach Tang An, of all heights, shapes, and ages, and almost all the artists under their banner, but none of them could climb into Tang An's bed, so they had to stop thinking about it.

(End of this chapter)