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Chapter 704 "Lei Zhenzi Family Money Laundering Legend"!
In any industry, when every newcomer first enters the industry, he wants to become a blockbuster and soar into the sky.

Entrepreneurs in the Internet industry all think that they are the next Ma Yun.

Those who write novels want to make a book a god, sell the copyright, and beat all the platinum gods.

The students of the film school want to become famous in one fell swoop, and they can see themselves wherever there are people.

Those who are directors also want to make their debut work a hit at the box office and become guests of major film and television companies.

In the past, those film and television giants who didn't believe in themselves and refused to invest were chasing after each other. All the stars were crying and clamoring to be in their own movies and in their own beds.

As a newcomer film director, Chen Shicheng had never fantasized about this.

As a half-newcomer, Chen Shicheng also has this capital. After all, the TV series version of "Beijing Love Story" has also become popular. Whether it is a TV station or a video website, the ratings and hits are the highest in the same period.

The first time I made a TV series, it became a big hit, and then I was full of ambitions to make a movie.

But after all, there are two fields. When he approached Xinli Media with a proposal, he was still declined.

The first time I met Xinli Media CEO Wang Ziwen, I was rejected.

The second time I found Cao Huayi directly, it was the same.

Although the excuse was very good, regardless of Chen Shicheng, he still saw a trace of disapproval from their words and eyes.
You must know that the TV series "Love Story in Beijing" brought Xinli Media hundreds of millions of income, which almost supported Xinli's annual financial report.

If Chen Shicheng is the hero of the novel, then Xinli Media is simply the perfect "villain".

If Xinli didn't invest, even if Chen Shicheng had a good family background, he still wouldn't be able to spend so much money.

He had no choice but to look for investment again, Jiangsu and Zhejiang Satellite TV, Jiangsu and Zhejiang Blue Sky, Yinghuang, Jiangning Satellite TV, and Jiangning Satellite TV also got an advertiser and a clothing company to invest a little.

Then Chen Shicheng also approached the Youth Film Studio affiliated to the Beijing Film Academy, and successively raised a little investment.

At that time, Wanda became a shareholder of Xinli Media and became the No. 11 major shareholder of Xinli. Wanda and Chen Shicheng, who had just entered the film and television production industry, hit it off and contributed the rest of the funds to raise enough money.

The standard protagonist template, at the beginning, the TV series became popular, but the movie was not favored, and then found other investment, the movie became popular, and the company that refused to invest before felt extremely regretful.

Chen Shicheng imagined that the movie would become popular, and he had thought about it more than once.

However, the achievement of over [-] million on the first day is still a great surprise. Judging by the box office on the first day alone, he can already be ranked among the top ten in the country.

Coupled with the vigorous praise of the media, wherever the publicity goes, the team, the reporters, the specifications are no worse than the famous director.

The top ten newcomer directors ranked by many media ranked him first, surpassing Zhao Wei, who had a box office of [-] million, and Wu Ershan, who had two billion-dollar blockbusters in his hand, and he was almost in the sky.

Chen Sicheng also enjoyed it, as long as he has the strength, he is not afraid of being praised.

With the data exceeding 8 million on the first day, even if it does not reach [-] billion, it will be more than [-] billion in the end.

Although it fell by half in the next two days and weekends, it was still [-] million in three days.

However, it fell by more than half again on Monday, from breaking through 2100 million in a single day to [-] million in a single day. In only four days, it was cut twice from the middle. This drop is also rare.

If things go on like this, don't even think about [-] or [-] million people. If you cut them again in two days, you will lose [-] million or [-] million people.

Monday's box office brought Chen Shicheng back to reality, and it was impossible to soar.

Although this data is quite good for a love movie with an investment of nearly 5000 million, it is only a dark horse.

Zhao Wei's "To Youth" invested less than this, and took [-] million at the box office. Deng Chao's "The Breakup Master" also had a higher box office than "Beijing Love Story".

The drop in the box office was followed by a sudden downturn in the direction of the media, and the manuscripts that were so popular before seemed to have disappeared in an instant.

In four days, I made two half-folds, which was even harder than last summer's "Tomb Raiders Notes".

All kinds of criticism, belittling, and insulting voices came out, and a dark horse movie was belittled in various ways.

Looking at the completely different news on the Internet, Chen Shicheng smashed his keyboard depressedly, turned off the computer, and prepared to deal with the media that changed his face.

It was unexpected for some film and television companies in the circle that a dark horse that had emerged on Valentine's Day fell quickly.

It was unexpected that it broke [-] million on the first day, and it was even more unexpected that it was cut twice in a row. This drop is unprecedented in the history of mainland film.

Breaking the rules means that the market has changed, which is very sensitive and very important to all filmmakers.

Guangxian Media, Wang Changtian has been researching since the first day of "Love Story in Beijing" exceeded [-] million.

This data is definitely abnormal, even if it is a dark horse, it is too dark.

In the past two years, Guangxian was still the company with the strongest publicity ability in China. No matter whether it was Huayi, Bernard or Hantang, they could not compare with Guangxian.

The propaganda network covering hundreds of TV stations across the country was enough to beat everything when the Internet did not explode!
It is only now that the Internet era has fully arrived, and Hantang Media has overtaken it.

After many discussions, I came to the conclusion that the most important influence is the joint promotion of the film and peripheral products, as well as the coincidence of the Valentine's Day schedule.

This is the only explanation, otherwise, after Valentine's Day, it would be cut in half the next day.

Valentine's Day has such a big bonus, which is beyond Wang Changtian's expectation.

But now that we have figured it out, there is nothing to pay attention to. Let the production department and distribution department find suitable romance films and test the waters.

For Wang Changtian now, the most important thing is the acquisition with Fujixun.

In the second half of 12, he spent nearly 6 million yuan to buy a 28% stake in Xinli from Wang Ziwen.

Up to now, this 28% stake has been worth nearly one billion.

As long as it is sold to Fujixun, with the one billion yuan and Guangxian's cash reserves over the past few years, it is enough to complete the acquisition of Maoyan.

Although Guangxian has always been a minor player in movies, relying on the revenue from TV networks and variety shows, his profitability has always been among the top three domestic film and television companies, and he is not short of money.

Meituan itself lacks funds and is unable to maintain the development of Maoyan, so it plans to spin off for financing.

Wang Changtian, who has always been stingy, plans to play big this time, spending 20 billion to acquire Maoyan, take control, and thoroughly expand Guangxian's film business.

However, Fujixun has not yet settled. This time Fujixun not only wants the 28% of the shares, but also wants to acquire the entire Xinli Media to form a new film and television company.

Fujixun Films has always been established based on Fujixun Video, and it can be regarded as serving Fujixun Video, and the new film and television company will really enter the film and television industry and enter the big screen!

Ahli, Fujixun, and Wanda, the competition in the future will be unprecedentedly fierce. Wang Changtian wants to not be left behind, and the acquisition of Maoyan is also to occupy a place in the future film and television industry.

Huayi Brothers and Wang Zhongjun also understood the reason for the outbreak of "Beijing Love Story" on the first day.

"I didn't expect such a big bonus on Valentine's Day. Tang An picked up another bargain."

Wang Zhonglei said, "The marketing is also done well, and all resources are exchanged, without spending much money."

It is also admirable to get no less than 7000 to [-] million publicity resources without spending money.

The publicity resources provided by Shonan TV in "Where's Dad?" can be worth [-] million yuan, but almost all of Shonan TV's investment is. The [-] million resources are still spent on themselves, which can also be counted as costs.

But the replaced resources of "Love Story in Beijing" are not really cost, which is amazing.

"Marketing is key."

Wang Zhongjun nodded, and then said, "Well, don't we still have two romance films "A Coquettish Woman's Best Life" and "Little Love: Gradually Getting Better" that are going to be released for the Lunar New Year? Choose one to be released on Qixi Festival and see the effect .”

It's normal to follow suit in the film and television industry. A romantic movie broke [-] million on the first day of Valentine's Day, just like the previous Double Eleven, and it has also become the goal of many people.

It's just that some people drink soup and some have the northwest wind.

Wang Zhonglei was a little worried, "Now Valentine's Day is more popular in China than Qixi Festival in the West, so I'm afraid there may be a difference in the effect."

That's right, Western festivals are popular now, whether it's Valentine's Day or Christmas, they are becoming more and more popular.

Wang Zhongjun thought for a while and said, "Let's find a few companies to do a survey, and look at the comparison of the occupancy rate, flower shop sales, and movie theater attendance rate between Qixi Festival and Valentine's Day in the past two years. Pick one to watch on Chinese Valentine’s Day.”

"Okay, I'll do it right away."

Wang Zhonglei nodded, flipped through the calendar, and said with a frown, "But this year's Qixi Festival is on August 4nd, there are "Transformers 3" and Tang An's "Mysterious Superstar", as well as "Little Times [-]", "The Future Will Be Endless" ", "The White-haired Witch", the schedule may be very tight."

Wang Zhongjun waved his hand, "Investigate first, "Transformers 4" will be released at the end of June, Han Han's movie and "Tiny Times 6" should not have much influence."

The word-of-mouth of "Little Times" has been rotten, and Wang Zhongjun doesn't care about the third one.

Also rotten is Guo Jinming's word-of-mouth. Now Han Han, who is also a best-selling author, will definitely be affected. Wang Zhongjun doesn't believe that he can make a decent film by himself as a book writer.

Although "White-haired Witch" is not a big IP, it is quite well-known, and Xu Ke, who is good at martial arts films, is the producer, so he will be a rival.

Moreover, Huayi didn't have any films in the summer, so he tried his best to release them, and it was no problem to win some of them.

Wang Zhonglei remembered something, and said again, "By the way, big brother, Xiang Huaqiang is going to make a big production, the investment is estimated to be around [-] to [-] million, and we are in contact with Yu Dong, do we want to participate?"

Xiang Huaqiang?Three or four billion?
Wang Zhongjun immediately became vigilant, "Don't participate in this kind of investment, and you can't touch it in the future."

Where did Xiang Huaqiang get so much legal money, even if he had it, it was impossible to invest in a movie.

Wang Zhongjun knew what Wang Zhongjun meant. The entertainment industry was already under the spotlight, and Huayi was the film and television company with the highest market value in China. Black money should not be touched, especially with such a large amount.

He leaned over and whispered something in Wang Zhongjun's ear, Wang Zhongjun thought for a while, then nodded.

Although the money is not white, it is not black, but gray.

It's no wonder that Yu Donghui went to contact it. If it was really black, "Aomen Fengyun" wouldn't only have such a small box office.

This movie was invested by Sun Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Omen casino tycoon, to promote Omen and the casinos in Macau. As long as Yu Dong accepts it, it will not be difficult to double the box office.

Zhou Zhuohua of Sun Entertainment also approached Yu Dong, wanting to push the box office, but Yu Dong still refused.

There is a lot of this kind of gray money in the entertainment industry, and there is basically no risk after some operations.

However, it was the first time that such a large sum of three or four billion yuan was paid at one time.

The risk is close to zero, and there are benefits, Wang Zhongjun weighed it and did not veto it.

He asked, "What subject does Xiang Huaqiang plan to shoot, science fiction or costume?"

An investment of [-] million to [-] million yuan, of course, it should be a little bit more realistic. If you say [-] million yuan in modern romance movies, you really think everyone else is stupid.

Ancient costume wars are much easier to operate. If there are big scenes of war scenes, thousands of pieces of clothing, armor, weapons, etc. can make at least [-] million accounts.

Our films are well-made, there is no way, every piece of clothing and props is high-quality goods, and a knife can cost thousands of dollars. In ancient times, it would be a treasured knife at the level of Dragon Saber!

Wang Zhonglei said, "It's a mythological theme. Isn't the Han and Tang Dynasty preparing for the "Fengshen" series?

"Fengshen"?
It's okay, there are still few mythological themes nowadays, and the audience should be interested.

"Director. Forget it, let's get in touch with Xiang Huaqiang first."

Wang Zhongjun just wanted to ask who he planned to invite to shoot, but with such a large amount of gray money, it is impossible for a well-known director to accept it.

As for actors, money is not a problem.

Wang Zhonglei said, "There is no director yet. As for the actor, Xiang Huaqiang should be able to find some big names, but if he wants to praise his son, he is probably the number one male."

Xiang Huaqiang's eldest son?
Acting as the leading actor in a [-] million investment blockbuster?

Even Wang Zhongjun, who had seen a lot, was speechless.

But anyway, it's a steady profit business, so Xiang Huaqiang should support his son.

Not to mention praising his son, it doesn't matter if his dog plays the role of Xiaotian dog or the protagonist of Xiaotian dog.

When the movie is released, the "Fengshen" series of the Han and Tang Dynasties should be similarly filmed, and we can still take advantage of the wind at that time.

Wang Zhongjun also decided to participate in this "Legend of Lei Zhenzi Family Money Laundering".

(End of this chapter)