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Chapter 716 It's still him who goes around!
"On behalf of the raccoon film industry, I will offer a guarantee of 21 billion!"

After Fan Luyuan said this lightly, he smiled and waited for their reply.

Since Fan Luyuan took over Ahli Films, apart from announcing six film lists at one time, there has been no major action.

And unless these six films are all successful, Ah Li Films will still lose money this year.

At present, the four major ticketing platforms are competing to fight each other, and the share of each point is very important, and the money invested is hundreds of millions or even more than one billion.

Nuomi Movies started the fastest, and almost any movie theater in the country has a ticket machine for Nuomi Movies.

Moreover, Nuomi Films has an absolute advantage that Ah Li, Fujixun, and Meituan do not have.

Hantang Media and Hantang Films have hundreds of ground distribution personnel all over the country, and Nuomi Films also recruited a large number of promotion personnel when they distributed ticket collection machines across the country.

This is still being edited. As far as Fan Luyuan knows, Hantang has already found a large number of temporary workers on the basis of nearly a thousand promoters, and the promotion team has expanded to 5000 people, which is not available in the other three companies.

There is such a large number of promoters, enough to cover every movie, and promote Nuomi movies to movie fans, theaters, and peripherals.

This is why fare evasion tickets and micro-tickets are only more than half a year behind. All models are used by Nuomi Movies after a change. With the traffic of the two major companies, they still lag behind Nuomi Movies.

That is QQ, Weixin, and Zhifubao, each of which has hundreds of millions of users, and is also the key to the survival of the two major companies!
However, it was impossible to quickly form a large-scale and effective local push team in a hurry. The 5000 local push personnel of Nuomi Films, including the ground distribution staff of Hantang Cinema, smoothed the traffic entrance lightly.

Magnesium Group does have an 8000-strong ground push iron army, but it is not enough by itself, so how can it be used for Maoyan.

Now Nuomi Movies occupies 27% of the market share of online ticket sales, 22% of fare evasion tickets, 19% of Maoyan, and 16% of Weipiaoer.

The four major platforms accounted for 84% of the share, and more than a dozen platforms, including Dianping, Glava, Shiguang, Damai, Douban, Wanda, and Ha Piao, shared the remaining 16%.

These small platforms will be annexed sooner or later, as is the case in the Internet industry, with continuous mergers and acquisitions and financing, and finally there are only two or three companies left.

Two or three companies cannot coexist. The first eats meat, the second drinks soup, and the third drinks northwest wind, and they may go bankrupt at any time.

However, the length of this process depends on the strength of several companies. If the strength gap is large, mergers and acquisitions will be very fast, and industry unicorns will be born quickly.

Otherwise, it is a long process.

This is the case with the ticketing platform, although micro-tickets have the least share, but the traffic of QQ and Weixin is not a decoration.

Maoyan has Guangxian and Fujixun as shareholders, so it will not die for a while.

The same goes for Nuomi Movie, which has raised 20 billion this year, which is enough to show Tang An's determination.

It won't be clear in the online part for a while, but it's impossible for Ah Li and Teng Xun to lose. It depends on when Guang Xian and Han Tang can't hold on.

In terms of movie theaters, Ahli Films also wants to acquire some to form a theater chain, or simply merge and acquire a theater chain directly.

But the theater chain is a business that can make money without losing money, and Ah Li just bought a stake in Dadi, taking more than 10 shares.

There has been no breakthrough in these two aspects for the time being, so film and television production and distribution are the focus.

Although the previous six films are promising projects, their potential is limited, and they cannot be compared with Zhou Xingchi's "Mermaid".

Ma Yun personally won the 5000 million investment share, and naturally he didn't want to let go of the distribution rights.

It's just that Han and Tang took the lead, reporting directly from 13 billion to 20 billion.

Although there were a few days between these four quotations, Fan Luyuan knew that the more successful the person, the greater his determination. After the last 18 billion, he guessed that Han Tang might increase his price in the end.

The 20 billion minimum guarantee is extremely risky. After all, the shooting has not started yet, and everything is unknown.

But since Tang An was interested, Fan Luyuan discussed with the company's senior management and decided to follow up.

Of course, the most important thing is the combination of Zhou Xingchi + Deng Chao, and now that the youth films that sell emotions are on the rise, the feelings of selling Zhou Xingchi will definitely not lose.

Not everyone would trust Tang An absolutely, at least not for outsiders.

Everyone has independent thoughts, and the same nine-year compulsory education can teach people with completely different views, not to mention that Tang An's actions can affect so many people.

Fan Luyuan also followed up on the movie "Charlotte's Annoyance" invested by Han Tang in the drama adaptation of Happy Mama Flower, but it was a step too late. Han Tang had already invested 1200 million, and Happy Mama Hua invested 800 million.

I wanted to use a 2000 million guarantee to win it, but the production cost was [-] million, and a [-] million guarantee is definitely a high price.

However, the discussion did not come to an end, and Hantang added 5000 million at a time, and finally Hantang added 5.5 million.

It's crazy, Shen Teng has attended the Spring Festival Gala for two years, acted in several dramas, and even opened a guarantee of 5.5 million.

I am also crazy, just like a competition, I followed it up, but fortunately I held on in time, otherwise, if Han and Tang didn't follow, it would be a big loss to spend [-] million to [-] million to guarantee such a film.

If the box office of [-] million is so easy, he will immediately gather those sketches and cross talk actors who often appear in the Spring Festival Gala to make a film.

Fan Luyuan suddenly offered a guarantee of 21 billion, which stunned Wang Changtian, Lin Sheng, and Chen Zhenyu.

Chen Zhenyu looked at the two of them, but didn't say anything. Zhou Xingchi and Xinghui were only responsible for making the movie well, and they didn't have much to do with other announcements.

It doesn't matter which publisher it is, as long as it has the strength.

Lin Sheng and Wang Changtian looked at each other, and Wang Changtian spoke first.

"President Fan is going to release "The Mermaid"?"

Fan Luyuan smiled, "That's right, I am also very optimistic about this movie, it's worth the risk."

"But Ah Li's publicity ability." Lin Sheng reminded.

Now Ahli Films is still a younger brother. In the future, online ticket purchases account for 90% of the share, and fare evasion tickets account for 90% of the 30%. Shake the status of several giants.

Don’t forget, Ahli has no ground distribution channels, and the ticketing platform currently only accounts for 60% of the share. Even if fare evasion accounts for 22% of the share, it is far from enough.

As for publicity, even if there are some advantages, they are not that big.

Both China Film and Guangxian are much stronger than Ahli's publicity.

Fan Luyuan also knows that Li Films is far inferior to Han and Tang in terms of publicity, and it is not as good as the other two parties on the scene.

He said, "With a guarantee of 21 billion, Ahli will try its best to do a good job in publicity and distribution. At least [-] million will be spent on publicity and distribution to guarantee the box office and the interests of Ahli and everyone."

21 million.

Wang Changtian quickly weighed it for a while, and it was beneficial to him to pay back the payment two years in advance, even if he gave up the distribution share.

After all, no matter how high the box office is, it cannot be much higher. If the box office is not as good as expected, the loss will be huge.

"In this case, let's see the reaction of Han and Tang. If they don't follow, it will be released by Ah Li Films. What do you two say?" Wang Changtian asked Lin Sheng and Chen Zhenyu.

"No problem," Chen Zhenyu nodded, Zhou Xingchi had already given him the expected number.

"I'll go back and ask Chairman Kang." For such a big project, Lin Sheng had to go back and ask Kang Pei for his opinion, and it had to be discussed at a high-level meeting.

For state-owned enterprises, the more important the event, the more meetings are required.

"Then let's wait for Han Tang's response."

Fan Luyuan breathed a sigh of relief. It is easy for foreign capital to play in the film and television industry, but it is not so easy to become the top in the industry.

Previously in charge of Zhifubao, he handled hundreds of billions of funds, so Fan Luyuan did not pay attention to a small film and television industry.

At that time, he was dealing with big banks and the China Banking Regulatory Commission, and he still had a head-on collision. He dared to cross the red line of the law and unilaterally open fast payment. Now he doesn't pay much attention to the film and television industry.

But since taking office, there have been a lot of troubles, the theater chain has not disappeared, and the projects invested are not that simple.

Those few projects were basically in charge of Chen Kexin and Wang Jiawei, and there were a lot of tricks in them, and none of them were restless.

But this time, the fight for distribution rights is based on real money!
Fighting for money, Fan Luyuan has absolute confidence in this aspect, even if all the film and television companies add up, they can't fight it!
This is the biggest advantage of the raccoon, and it is an advantage that is completely crushed, and it is also what the raccoon is best at!
Two days later, Hantang Films responded with a guaranteed offer of 22 billion yuan!

Without further ado, Fan Luyuan immediately added it to 23 billion.

Hantang Films added another 24 million, [-] billion!
At the high-level meeting of Ahli Films, several company decision-makers gathered together.

"24 billion, nearly 4 million more than Tang An's "Interstellar", I don't know how they got so confident." COO Deng Kangming sighed.

Guaranteeing the bottom line is a gamble, but right now there is only one movie with a domestic box office of over 20 billion, and the box office record in film history is 20 billion.

It is absolutely crazy to directly offer a guarantee that is nearly [-] million higher than the film history box office record.

In contrast, Ah Li snatched the distribution rights of "One Step Away" from Wanda with a high guarantee of 10 billion, which is still a bargain.

President Zhang Wei showed disdain, "Hmph, Tang An is getting more and more crazy. According to his behavior, the future Han and Tang Dynasties are nothing to worry about."

Hantang is Ahli's biggest opponent, and the opponent is so crazy, which is naturally welcome.

Madness is the beginning of the end!
Even if Ah Li offered a guarantee of 23 billion, he didn't really believe that the film could sell for 23 billion. If it could have a box office of 20 billion, it would be Amitabha. With performance, the project itself would not lose money.

Fan Luyuan didn't expect that Han Tang would dare to follow him, and he offered a guaranteed price of 24 billion.

It's money compared to Ah Li!
Fan Luyuan twitched a bit of disdain, and said to them, "In that case, we followed suit with 25 billion. The publicity department and fare evasion tickets are now preparing marketing plans. In addition, this number is too high. Before the 16 Spring Festival, our publicity It is unknown to what extent the development capability can be achieved, and we should need a partner."

Even if Fan Luyuan is not afraid of losing money, who would want to lose money if he can make money.

25 billion minimum guarantee, if there are only 20 billion box office, it can barely protect the capital, but if it is short of [-] million box office, it will be considered a failure after all. The minimum guarantee fee paid in advance will have a lot of interest for two years.

Besides, Liying Films is a listed company, so the accounts must be good.

Find a strong partner again, and the box office will be more guaranteed.

After discussing for a while, I finally decided to find China Film Group, which is also one of the investors after all.

Moreover, Wang Changtian has always been playing small things and making big gains with small things, and rarely participates in high-risk projects, so Fan Luyuan stopped looking for Wang Changtian.

Fan Luyuan went to meet Kang Pei in person and expressed his cooperation intention.

25 billion guarantee.
Kang Pei was a little vacillating. This figure was outrageous, not to mention that China Film Group was preparing to go public. Once it failed, the impact would be great.

However, thinking of Tang An's insistence on this film, Kang Pei gritted his teeth and agreed without hesitation.

Stealing Tang An's project is also a great pleasure!
With a price of 25 billion, Fan Luyuan and Kang Pei are also full of confidence. This figure has already exceeded this era. It is still unknown whether there will be a movie breaking through this figure in the next three years.

The four investors got together again, and Wang Changtian was a little dazed when he learned that Ahli and China Film jointly offered a guarantee of 25 billion.

The four major investors, if there is no guarantee, should be jointly issued by China Film, Guangxian, and Ah Li.

But now Ahli and China Film have cooperated, and the two of them cooperate without envy.

Wang Changtian was sullen in his heart, but he didn't show it, on the surface he still looked normal.

He adjusted his glasses and said with a smile, "Director Fan is so courageous. If that's the case, let's see if Hantang will increase the price."

Fan Luyuan smiled, "Wang Dong thinks they will add?"

Wang Changtian said, "I don't think Director Tang will give up so easily."

Fan Luyuan chuckled and didn't say much.

After leaving the clubhouse and getting into the car, a glint of gloom flashed in Wang Changtian's eyes.

Who will distribute the film is actually decided by their four major investors.

If Zhou Xingchi doesn't get involved in the distribution, that's the business of the three of them. As long as the three of them work together, this matter can be settled.

25 billion, the three companies jointly guarantee the bottom line, the risk is also small, and there are investment returns, and the overall will not lose money.

It's just a fight, Wang Changtian is not afraid!
But now that Ah Li and China Film have joined forces, the three major companies are all so optimistic about this project.

Wang Changtian wondered if he could join forces with Han and Tang, and the two sides will jointly guarantee the bottom line.

But after thinking about it, it has already reached 25 billion. If you add another [-] million, it will not only be [-] million, but it means that the risk is infinitely high.

"Forget it, the risk is too great, let them play."

Wang Changtian shook his head and stopped thinking about it.

Three days later, Hantang Films once again offered a high price guarantee of 26 billion, matching Ahli and China Film.

But this time, Kang Pei no longer followed.

China Film Co., Ltd. has been listed for 16 years. Once the film fails, or even makes a big splash, which leads to the failure of the listing, it will be in big trouble.

Moreover, this guarantee fee has to be paid in advance, even if half of it is paid, it will cost more than 4 million yuan, and it will take a few months after the Spring Festival in 16 to recover the money.

If the business is not so good after this year, so that it cannot be profitable this year and fails to meet the listing requirements, it will be over, at least he will be over.

China Film Group's net profit last year was only 4.9 million yuan. This year, it paid more than 4 million yuan at one time, and the investment amount exceeded [-] million yuan, which was higher than last year's profit.

Kang Pei couldn't afford this bet.

In the end, China Film didn't follow, and it was difficult for Liying's side to continue, and they couldn't find anyone to take over, so they had to give up.

In the end, Hantang Films won the distribution rights of "The Mermaid" with a guarantee of a sky-high price of 26 billion, defeating the alliance between Ah Li and China Film in terms of money.

In Daya Bay, Zhou Xingchi, who was inspecting the location, also got the news immediately.

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Xingchi sighed helplessly.

"After turning around, it will still be handed over to the Han and Tang Dynasties for distribution."

He didn't want his film to have anything to do with Tang An, but now he couldn't stop it, after all, he couldn't fight against the big group.

Even though he is a great director, he is always under the control of others in the mainland. Several big companies, especially super giants like Hantang, are far from what he can compare.

26 billion, this is also a number that Zhou Xingchi cannot refuse, not to mention him, other investors cannot refuse either.

The news spread slowly, and the 26 billion sky-high guaranteed price shocked the entire entertainment industry!
PS: Continue to code Chapter 2.

(End of this chapter)