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Chapter 706 The Age of Oligarchs!Big moves continue! (Two-in-one chapter please subscribe!)

In Zhuozhou, "Mysterious Superstar" is still being filmed in an orderly manner. Although there have been bumps and bumps, the scene is simple, and the other actors have no problems, mainly the heroine played by Xiao Di.

Some scenes that focus on expressing the inner emotions of the characters and their emotional changes have to be polished slowly, and it is considered good to shoot a shot seven or eight times, or more than ten times.

Fortunately, there are no other problems, and everything is still in the expected arrangement.

February passed quickly, and the Spring Festival stalls were really over.

The situation has not changed much. With a super high box office of 12 billion, "The Return of the Great Sage" won the box office champion of the 2014 Spring Festival without any suspense.
This is also the third consecutive year that movies with billions of dollars have appeared in the Spring Festival file, and Hantang Media has won the box office champion of the Spring Festival file for the third consecutive year.

And the live-action movie "Havoc in Heaven" with the same theme ended in the box office of over 8 million yuan. Although the reputation is poor, the IP of Journey to the West is still very strong. It didn't completely collapse like the later "Naughty Girl". end.

Although the variety show "Where's Dad?" collapsed even more in the later period, it finally broke through the [-] million mark thanks to the high box office in the early stage.

However, "The Wind and Cloud of the Omen", which was at the bottom of the list before, showed a good trend under the circumstances of average word-of-mouth and average film schedule, and finally reached the [-] million threshold at the box office.

2800 million on the first day, and [-] million at the final box office. This ratio is absolutely rare in the current movie market.

We must know that the ratio of the box office on the first day to the total box office can reach this ratio, which is basically a movie with explosive word-of-mouth.

Generally speaking, the total box office is ten times the box office on the first day. For example, "Where is Dad?" 5100 million on the first day, and [-] million in the end.

"Havoc in Heaven" surpassed [-] million on the first day, and finally reached [-] million.

The first day of "Private Customization" was 7000 million, and the final [-] million.

"Police Story" received more than 6000 million on the first day, and ended up in the early [-] million.

The ratio is almost maintained at 10:1, even for blockbusters with good reputations such as "Tai囧" and "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" series, they are almost the same.

Only "Interstellar" achieved a ratio close to 20:1. "Wolf Warrior" made 2800 million on the first day, and the final box office reached 28 million. The ratio reached 1:[-], which is an exception.

Although "Omen" has less film schedules in the early stage, but more than 20.00% of the film schedules are completely enough, and the attendance rate is not as high as other films.

The filming in the early stage was enough, and the reputation was not good, but it was able to counterattack in the end.

It is another film that breaks the rules. Every time this kind of film appears, for example, "Love Story in Beijing" sold 33 million on Valentine's Day, and "[-] Days of Broken Love" on Double Eleven was a big hit, which caused a lot of damage to the industry. influences.

In the more than half a month since "Love Story in Beijing" was released, the box office in the mainland has reached 4.35 million. Although the trend is not good, it can still hit [-] million.

Breaking [-] million is considered a dark horse, after all, there are too many dark horses before.

But Valentine's Day breaks [-] million on the first day, which is rare, even not much less than the [-] million box office impact of Zhao Wei's "To Youth".

The success of "To Youth" made youth movies one of the best choices for low-cost movies, and even once overshadowed the limelight of comedy themes.

He Jiong is going to shoot "Gardenia Blossoms", Guang Xian's "You at the Same Table" will be released before May [-]st, and "The Year in a Hurry" and "Left Ear" will be launched.

For three youth films, Wang Changtian, who is petty and stingy, released three small and medium-budget films in a row, spreading the risk. Even if one hits, it will be profitable. This is to carry out the obscene development to the end.

After "Thirty Broken Lovers", a lot of low-budget comedies broke [-] million at the box office, and even [-] to [-] million, and November is no longer a dispensable taste before the Lunar New Year, and it is slowly becoming popular.

Every time an unconventional movie appears, it will cause a little change in the market.

"Omen Wind and Cloud" can be regarded as breaking the rules, with a bad reputation, and the trend can be called against the sky.

Hundreds of film and television companies across the country, as well as countless investors, paid no less attention to "Omen" than "The Return of the Great Sage".

After all, comparatively speaking, the latter is not so easy to shoot, they can't replicate this success, and "Omen Wind and Cloud" seems a little more reliable.

Just like Tang An's three sci-fi blockbuster hits in a row, no one dared to make a sci-fi movie.

If you can't shoot it, and you don't follow suit, they are not fools.

After the Spring Festival, in addition to these films, "The Hobbit 2" took nearly [-] million box office, which is considered a very good result among Hollywood blockbusters.

Among some small and medium-budget domestic films, the love movie "Man and Woman Crossing the Boundary" starring Chen Kun and Liu Jialing earned 1400 million at the box office.

The third part of the "Painted Skin" series has not yet started planning, and the "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" series has also temporarily stopped, and two consecutive parts have been released, and Lu Chuan's "Tomb Raiders Notes" has also had a certain impact on this theme.

There are too many films of the same type, and it is easy to get tired of aesthetics, and it is impossible for the male lead of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" to use Chen Kun all the time.

Without these two series, Chen Kun, who had always been the leader among Mesozoic male actors before, gradually fell behind.

However, Chen Kun and Zou Xun had a share in Chen Guofu's Kung Fu Films, and they were regarded as minority shareholders.

Chen Guofu's binding of these two actors will definitely not be wasted, and the copyright of the sequel of "Painted Skin" has already been passed.

This is what Tang An was going to give him. In the first four years of the company's establishment, thanks to Chen Guofu's help, the copyright of a sequel to "Painted Skin" is nothing.

Moreover, it is impossible for Wu Ershan to make a third film, unless "Fengshen Series" hits the street.

Chen Kun has been tepid in the past two years, lacking luck, not being able to receive good films, and staying in the small company of Longxinda will not have any resources.

Ability and lack of contacts may not be useful. For example, Lei Jiayin's ability to star in Ning Hao's "Golden Robbery" depends on contacts.

When Ning Hao couldn't find a suitable actor, Xu Zheng recommended his colleague and alumnus, Lei Jiayin, who is also at the Shanghai Theater, this is his network.

Ability is not necessarily useful, but it is not necessarily useless. Dasheng International is preparing to shoot a magical blockbuster "Zhong Kui", and the leading actor is looking for Chen Kun, because he is interested in his previous success in the same theme.

The box office has just exceeded [-] million, even with Chen Kun and Liu Jialing starring, it can't even make a splash in the movie market, and it doesn't even have the qualifications to be on the salary wave hot search list and Baidu hot spot.

Others such as "Chrysanthemum Terrace", which Jay Chou didn't even know about, "Love at Night", "The Cabin in the Woods" starring the original cast of "All the Way to the West", and "Jiangnan Love Story", the brother of "BJ Love Story", also had no sound , In this increasingly hot box office market, there is a three-day trip to the cinema.

Throughout the Lunar New Year file, the biggest winner is undoubtedly Hantang Media, and secondly, Guangxian Media made a fortune from the release of "Where is Dad?"

Bernard has also gained a lot. Shaw Brothers and Sun Entertainment want to turn "Omen" into a series and are preparing the script for the second part.

Wanda earned a publishing fee for "Havoc in Heaven", and "Beijing Love Story" just doubled the investment in the guarantee fee, and there was also a share beyond the department, which was not a small gain.

"Havoc in Heaven" has a total investment of 2.5 million yuan, but it is actually only 2.5 million yuan, and the other [-] million yuan is the special effects fee, and the overseas copyright is pledged to the special effects producer.

In the 1.4 million publicity fee, there are also 6000 million replacement resources, and the above publicity is 8000 million.

8X0.33-0.8=1.84亿，2.5亿成本换回1.84亿的收入。

However, Xinghao is the main controlling publisher, and there is still some money to be made from the box office alone, plus pre-roll ads and other copyrights, the income is good.

It's a success, of course a sequel is going to be made, Xinghao is already starting the next one, and he's still working with China Film Corporation.

Shonan Satellite TV also gained a lot of money in this Spring Festival. It successfully operated one of its variety shows into a blockbuster movie. Movies and variety shows can complement each other. It also shows the feasibility of variety shows and has developed a new one for Shonan Satellite TV. Profit direction.

At the same time, it also broadens the audience for variety shows. After all, the audience who watch movies and the audience of TV programs do not overlap very much, which can further drive the audience rating.

Everyone is happy, and each of the major companies has its own gains.

When the harvest is over, it's time to plant the seeds and wait for the harvest to continue next year.

In just half a month, Bernard, Guangxian, Wanda, and China Film Group held press conferences and announced several new films.

Wanda has officially completed the acquisition of Legendary Films, with a price of 28 billion US dollars, and a merger of up to [-] billion, which has attracted the attention of the film and television circles.

This figure is even higher than the 26 billion for the previous acquisition of AMC. In the domestic film and television industry, it is basically impossible for such a large number of mergers and acquisitions to occur.

At the same time, Wanda announced that Legendary Pictures will start filming the sequel of "Pacific Rim", and also inadvertently revealed that a Chinese actress will be added to the sequel.

Didn't mention the name, probably to whet the appetite and make publicity.

However, everyone in the circle knew who the default was. Except for Jing Tian, ​​it was impossible for Ye Tuo to arrange other actresses, otherwise the richest man Wang would not agree.

Moreover, Wang Changtian held press conferences one after another, announcing that he would sell 12% of Xinli Media's shares held by Guangxian to Lin Zhitengxun at a premium price of 28 billion.

Linzhi Tencent is a company under Fujixun, specializing in acquisitions, mergers and acquisitions, investment and other businesses.

Immediately afterwards, Fujixun announced that it had won the remaining 60% of the shares of Xinli Media and became the absolute controlling shareholder of Xinli Media.

Before the acquisition of Xinli was over, Fujixun immediately completed the capital injection into Huanrui and other film and television companies.

Everyone knows that Fuji Xun has officially sounded the charge for the film and television industry.

Holding Xinli Media, it is estimated that it will soon change its reputation like the original Wenhua Zhonghua, or directly merge into Fujixun Films.

But this is not over yet, the film and television industry has made big moves one after another.

Hantang Films completed the B round of financing, raising 160 billion at a valuation of 20 billion, which will be used for this year’s ticket subsidies for Nuomi Movies, as well as investment in film and television dramas and theaters. After financing, the valuation will reach 180 billion.

Wang Changtian, Wang Xing of Meituan, and Lin Ning, CEO of Weiying Times, jointly held a press conference, announcing that Maoyan Films of Meituan was officially spun off to form Maoyan Film Culture Media Company.

Guangxian Holdings, Guangxian Media, two companies controlled by Wang Changtian, and Weiying Times, based on the valuation of Maoyan Movies at 23 billion, the three parties injected 10 billion, 8 million, and 8 million respectively into Maoyan Movies.

After the capital injection, Maoyan’s valuation reached 49 billion, Enlight Holdings holds 20.41% of the shares, Guangxian Media holds 16.33% of the shares, Weiying Times holds 16.33% of the shares, and Meituan still has 46.93% of the shares.

The combined shares of Guangxian and Fujixun have surpassed that of Meituan. Before the combination, Guangxian sold Xinli to Fujixun to raise funds. The two sides are obviously on one side.

For the new Maoyan Film Culture, Wang Changtian will be the chairman, and Meituan president Zheng Zhihao will be the CEO.

As early as 2006, Zheng Zhihao served as the vice president of the social network business group at Fujixun, responsible for QQ Zone, and successively created a series of QQ Zone games such as QQ Farm and Ranch.

The new Maoyan is actually controlled by Guangxian and Tengxun, the leading party is still Wang Changtian, and Meituan only has the name of a major shareholder.

However, Meituan is now facing competition from many companies such as Nuomi.com, Ele.me, and Dianping. It needs a lot of money, and there is really no extra money to invest in the ticketing platform.

The big move is much more than that, I don't know if it was an appointment or a coincidence.

Berner officially submitted an application for delisting to Nasdaq. The once largest private distribution company in China and the first Huaguo Film and Television Company to be listed on the US stock market finally exited sadly.

The market value did not increase much from when it was first listed, while Huayi and Guangxian, which had a market value of about [-] billion, have at least doubled or tripled now.

Bernard's delisting can be said to have overshadowed any previous news.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is an earthquake in the film and television industry, after all, it is a listed company in the US stock market!
Among the top ten stock exchanges in the world, the New York Stock Exchange ranks first with a market value of 16.6 trillion US dollars, followed by Nasdaq with a market value of 4.6 trillion US dollars.

Although companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq are not better than those listed on other stock exchanges, listing on a world-renowned stock exchange is itself a recognition of the market.

Bernard's delisting has also had a certain impact on domestic film and television stocks on the GEM, and the stock prices of several companies have declined to varying degrees.

In early March, two days after Bona officially submitted its delisting application, Bona announced that all of its nearly [-] cinemas would join Wanda Cinemas.

First it was delisted, and then its cinemas joined Wanda Cinemas.

Following the cooperation between Wang Changtian and Fujixun, Bernard, another giant, finally chose to cooperate with Wanda.

In just one month, a new pattern has emerged in the domestic film and television industry.

Originally, there were six giants of Hantang, Huayi, Bernard, Guangxian, Xiaoma, and Xingmei. With the addition of Wanda, they became the seven giants.

However, Xiaoma is about to fall apart. SMI focuses on the theater business and reduces the film and television production business. It only uses the group's advantages in theaters to participate in investment and distribution.

It has changed, and it is still the four giants of the previous few years, plus Wanda, the fifth giant.

However, Leshi came from behind, and many films such as the "Little Times" series and "The Expendables 2" were successful.

He also signed a contract with Zhang Yimou, and won the guaranteed release of Wu Yusen's new film "Taiping Wheel" at a price of 8 million yuan. Zhang Yimou's new film "Return" will also be released this year.

Over the past few years, Lay's has invested hundreds of millions of dollars and formed a ground distribution team covering 136 cities across the country, with 1200 movie theaters and a complete ground distribution network.

However, Lay's is still unable to shake the position of the five giants, and is only in the leading position in the second echelon.

The domestic film market is still dominated by the five giants. Although Ah Li is coming aggressively, "To Youth" is also a great success.

However, "Tomb Raiders Notes" was defeated by Han and Tang during the summer vacation. In addition to getting "One Step Away" from Wanda with a guaranteed price of 10 billion yuan, and Chen Kexin from Guangxian with a guaranteed price of [-] million yuan, Zhao Wei, Except for the distribution rights of "Dear" starring Huang Bo, there is no other action.

Fujixun Films is a subsidiary of Fujixun Video, which belongs to the network media business group. It mainly focuses on self-made dramas, self-made variety shows, film participation and other businesses.

With the video platform as the core, it cooperates extensively with foreign film and television projects, and participating in film investment is not the main business.

As for Baidu, it also established iQiyi Films, but there are few self-made variety shows, and all the energy is devoted to online dramas and online dramas, which are larger than any other video platform.

However, it cannot be compared with Tudou. After all, there are big IPs such as "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" and "Tomb Notes", backed by Hantang Media, and cooperating with the group and its major subsidiaries, which is not comparable to other online dramas.

However, iQiyi has a large volume. Last year, 800 major online movies were launched online, and iQiyi accounted for nearly 500, with an average of 1.6 movies per day.

Only last year, the total box office of these 800 online movies was less than 4 million.

Moreover, online movies now have no prospects at all, and almost 99% of them are shoddy.

Due to the account sharing method, the producers have all developed opportunistic methods.

In the past, the accounting rules of the major platforms were to watch more than "6 minutes" to count as a valid broadcast. The price of an effective broadcast is between 1-6 yuan due to exclusive and non-exclusive factors, and the contract shall prevail. , This has formed the "6-minute law" of big online movies.

Watching 6 minutes counts as a valid broadcast, that is to say, it counts as a "ticket", no matter what the story is, first trick the audience into 6 minutes and then talk about it!
In order to attract netizens and obtain traffic to the greatest extent, most big online movies rack their brains on the first 6 minutes, wishing to pile up all the wonderful scenes and suspense in the first 6 minutes.

However, the plot after 6 minutes often shows a landslide collapse, so that for many big online movies, it is considered unfinished after 6 minutes!

However, some of the major video sites canceled the first 6 minutes of trial viewing, or began to implement new accounting rules.

But even so, online movies are still a pile of garbage, with millions of garbage, and it is not easy to find a few movies that can be watched.

Therefore, Baidu's Aiqiyi Films is not considered to have entered the mainstream film and television industry. This time, Fujixun acquired Xinli Media and invested in several other film and television companies. Many people wanted to see if Baidu would make any moves.

But no matter how much he inquired, there was no movement from Baidu, and he had no intention of entering the film and television industry at all.

Guangxian cooperated with Fujixun, Bernard cooperated with Wanda, and only Huayi and Hantang were left to fight alone.

But just one day before and after, Ah Li Films was unwilling to be lonely, and was going to make a sound and show off, lest people forget that there is such a giant in the film and television industry.

Within a month, big moves continued to come, and the media also ran around.

At the press conference, Fan Luyuan, chairman and CEO of Ahli Films, presided over the meeting in person.

After some opening greetings, Fan Luyuan immediately started the topic.

"Good morning, friends from the media. It's a great honor to invite you to attend the new film conference of our film industry."

New film launch!
The reporters present were keen to capture the key points.

Ah, raccoon film industry is going to invest in a new film, and the chairman will personally preside over it, it will definitely not be an ordinary film.

Over the past month, reporters have participated in various press conferences, and the general news has long been immune.

However, Ah Li seemed to be making a big move, which aroused the interest of the reporters present.

Fan Luyuan didn't whet his appetite either, and immediately began to introduce.

The big screen behind it started to light up, and a huge poster appeared.

Bai Baihe, Yao Chen, Yang Ying, Guo Fucheng, Wen Zhang, and Wang Yibo, three men and three women stood in a row, each with a different image, and the film title "Dream Partner" was written on it.

A heavenly king, a four-star actress, a Huayi first sister, two popular stars, and a South Korean boy group member.

This lineup is definitely not bad, and the scene suddenly burst into a crackling sound.

Fan Luyuan continued to introduce the project, and invited the main creator to the stage.

Six actors, the director is Zhang Dawei, the director of South Korea's phenomenal TV series "My Love from the Star", and Chen Kexin, the famous director of Xiangjiang, also appeared on stage as the producer.

After a brief introduction, I answered some reporters' questions and continued to the next project.

"Unbelievable" directed by Sun Zhou, starring Wang Baoqiang, Xiao Shenyang, and Dapeng.

"Pancake Man" directed and acted by Dapeng, starring Yuan Shanshan, Liu Yan, Wu Junru, Zheng Zhiwei and Yue Yunpeng.

The Vice President of Sohu Video came to visit this movie. This is a collaboration between Sohu and Ah Li. Dapeng's "The Man with the Silkies" is a self-produced drama of Sohu Video.

It is also produced by Chen Kexin, and his wife also starred.

Produced by Wong Kar-wai, directed by Zhang Jiajia, "The Ferryman" starring Liang Chaowei, Jin Chengwu, Chen Yixun and Yang Ying

Announced four movies at once, and the lineup is not bad at all.

"Dream Partner" has Tianwang and several popular stars.

"Unbelievable" is a comedy, and the three leading actors Wang Baoqiang, Xiao Shenyang, and Da Peng are just right. They are all very famous comedians, except that Da Peng is appearing on the big screen for the first time.

"The Ferryman" is not to mention, the king of heaven Liang Chaowei, and Wang Jiawei once again cooperate, which is very interesting.

There is also the "Asian superstar" Jin Chengwu, the song god Chen Yixun, and the new four little female stars Yang Ying, a proper star lineup.

I'm afraid that only the lineup of "Pancake Man" is a bit shabby, and Dapeng is only an Internet celebrity, even if there is Chen Kexin as the supervisor, it is just a supervisor.

As for the actors Liu Yan, Yuan Shanshan, and Wu Junru, they don't have much appeal.

Four films were announced at one time. Before Fan Luyuan finished, he announced that Ah Li Films would invest in the costume war action masterpiece "White Ghost: Escape" starring Liu Yufei and Nicolas Cage, as well as the Hollywood series "Mission: Impossible 5".

Big news one after another, six projects in a row, made the reporters on the scene dizzy.

After introducing these projects one by one, and the reporter asked some questions, more than an hour passed.

There are too many questions, so many projects, so many actors. For example, after learning that "Dream Partner" is centered on three heroines and tells a story of inspirational entrepreneurship, some reporters immediately asked whether it was an imitation of Tang An's " Chinese Partner".

But it was all prevaricated, and Fan Luyuan immediately started bragging.

"Our future goal of Fox Films is to become an "international film and television group" like the Hollywood Six. Whether in the group's annual report or at the just-held shareholders' meeting, the company has repeatedly reiterated that internationalization is the future of the group. One of the most important directions of development.

Just last month, I took a group of executives of the group and flew to Hollywood for "investigation and study" to find future partners.The "Mission: Impossible 5", which is cooperating with Paramount this time, was initially discussed when it met with the chairman of Paramount Pictures in Los Angeles.

Investing in "Mission: Impossible 5: The Mysterious Kingdom" is the beginning of the company's internationalization. In the future, we will look for opportunities for cooperation with more overseas film companies in investment, distribution and e-commerce. Ah Li Films has established a company in Los Angeles Team, there will be more news about cooperation with Hollywood films in the future. "

Wanda has also called out this word of mouth for building a global film and television group at every turn, but they have taken practical actions. AMC Cinemas and Legendary Pictures are real.

The news of the press conference quickly spread to the ears of most of the companies in the circle, and everyone understood that there has been no action. This time, ah raccoon made a big move directly. The six major projects are enough to see ah raccoon. determination.

Now the domestic film and television industry is very clear. Wanda, Bernard, Guangxian, and Tengxun are closely cooperating, as well as Ahli, Huayi, and Hantang. The pattern of the six giants is reborn.

It is not even appropriate to call it a giant, and it is not an exaggeration to call it the six big oligarchs.

At present, Huayi, the film and television company with the highest market value in China, has a market value of more than 400 billion, but it is the weakest of the six major forces, and it can be called the biggest change in the entertainment industry.

The domestic film and television industry has experienced Poly Huayi, New Picture, and Huayi’s tripartite confrontation at the beginning of the century. A situation in which the six major oligarchs competed was formed.

Chinese-language films have officially entered the era of oligarchs, and the gap with the second-tier film and television companies is getting wider and wider.

(End of this chapter)