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Chapter 829 Such an awesome existence is not allowed!

"OPERATION RED SEA" broke the 40 billion mark, and filmmakers in the industry had foreseen this day half a month ago.

Although they have been prepared for a long time, when this number is really in front of them, no one can remain calm.

No matter who is the CEO of any company, he can't calm down when faced with a box office of 40 billion for a single film.

"It can't go on like this!"

Ah Li Films, Fan Luyuan discussed with several senior executives of the company for a morning, and finally made a decision.

The original intention of the establishment of Ahli Films is not only to make up for an important part of the entertainment business department, but also to grasp the largest voice in the film and television industry, no matter how bad it is, it will be one of the largest.

Although there were three old giants Huayi, Bernard, and Guangxian before, as well as the upstart Hantang in the entertainment industry, and Wanda who entered the market in an all-round way, for Ahli, this is not a problem.

With money and resources, not to mention that the film and television industry has entered the Internet age.

It acquired the listed company Culture China as soon as it made a move, and its market value soon exceeded [-] billion, and it invested in several blockbuster movies in a row.

However, the movement was quite loud, but the response was mediocre.

Fan Luyuan's tenure was not much better, that is, "Pancake Man" was an unexpected hit.

When Fan Luyuan first took office, he was full of confidence. He was confident that he would lead Ahli Films to the top of the industry within three years.

After all, several major state-owned banks and the China Banking Regulatory Commission were dealt with by his radical means, which directly laid the foundation for Ahli's financial business.

However, the reality gave him a blow. Two years after he took office, the general structure of the film and television industry has not changed much. Huayi, Bernard, and Guangxian are still giants. Wanda is also one of the giants, but Hantang has gone a step further.

And if it weren't for fare evasion, Li Films would not even be able to enter the first echelon.

Ahli Films is now well-capitalized, but Huayi, Guangxian, Bernard, Wanda, Hantang, and other major companies will not lose to Ahli in any aspect.

Huayi, Xu Jiayin, and Ping An Insurance are together, and in terms of capital, they can spend more than 20 billion to bet against their directors and actors, and they will not be short of money.

In terms of resources, it has joined forces with Moying Group and Western Sichuan Film Group, and has two of the top ten cinema chains in the country.

Berna and Wanda have teamed up, and their hard power is even stronger than Huayi.

Guangxian and Fujixun acquired Maoyan, and they still occupy a dominant position, much better than Ahli in terms of publicity.

These companies are not too bad, after all, there is not much difference between them and Ahli.

But Hantang has completely widened the gap with them. Even if Huayi has the title of the first film and television stock and a market value of nearly 800 billion, it can no longer claim to be the largest private film company.

But judging from the development of the Han and Tang Dynasties and Tang An's personal box office, this gap will only gradually widen.

In the end, the structure of the film and television industry will be a situation of one superpower and many strong ones.

If you want to be the top in the industry, you must pull Hantang down.

But Fan Luyuan, who has a high self-esteem, has to admit that it is impossible to drag Han and Tang from the throne by relying on Ahli alone.

Especially "Operation Red Sea" won 40 billion box office, how can this be played!
You must know that there is no other Chinese-language film that exceeds 20 billion, and the box office of Ahli's annual release is not 40 billion!

40 billion this year, in two years time it will be 70 billion, the box office of one person will exceed the annual box office of a big company!
Moreover, it takes dozens of movies for other companies to get a box office of 40 billion a year, and the cost of these dozens of movies is at least more than one billion.

As for Tang An, the cost of a movie is astonishing [-]-[-] million, that is, the profit of a movie exceeds the annual profit of a giant, which is simply a world of difference.

What's more, there are several actors and directors under him who have great box office appeal, and the two or three giants can't compare.

Backed by Ahli, it is impossible for Fan Luyuan to be willing to be like this now. This is not what Ahli's top management needs. After all, Dawen Entertainment is already one of the important business divisions of Ahli Group.

The Ahli family alone can't pull Hantang down, so they will join forces with other companies. Fan Luyuan believes that no matter whether it is Huayi, Bernard, Wanda, Guangxian, or Fujixun, they don't want to see a film and television company surpass them. Above everyone, dominate the entire industry!
After discussing with a group of executives, Fan Luyuan directly ordered, "Everyone go to contact other companies separately, and make sure to facilitate these cooperations!"

"Don't worry, Director Fan, as long as there are enough benefits, no one will refuse, not to mention that it is also a good thing for them!" Zhang Wei, the president, said with some satisfaction.

Fan Luyuan's plan is to unite as many major film and television companies as possible and participate in their respective major projects. When these key projects are released, several major companies will work together to provide support from various aspects such as production, film arrangement, publicity, distribution, and ticket subsidies. Full support.

If you want to form an alliance, you must have a relationship of interest, otherwise, even the most reliable ally will become an enemy at any time.

If I have no money to earn, whoever is full will work hard!
In just over a week, Fan Luyuan has already learned about all the recent major projects of several major companies.

"The Great Wall", "Operation Mekong", "Journey to the West: Three Fighting Bones", "Omen 3", "Jedi Escape", "Ip Man 3", "The Capital Meets Seattle 2", "Grand Trail", " Journey to the West 3", "Legend of the Gods", "Journey to the West to Subdue the Demons", "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Sword of Qingming", "Havoc in Tianzhu", "Kung Fu Yoga", "The Legend of Wukong", "The Battle of England", "Chasing the Dragon", "Legend of the Demon Cat", "Blood of the Machine".
In the next two years, Fan Luyuan will send someone to contact any films that are not from the Han and Tang dynasties and have the potential to sell well at the box office.

These films either have famous directors, stars, IPs, or series films, and most people don’t accept money from them.

But if enough resources can be provided, then investment becomes easy, after all, the resources they put out will be of great benefit to the box office.

If several major companies work together to participate in these potential films, arrange the film reasonably, average to each popular schedule, and do not conflict with each other, it will be beneficial to everyone.

After all, if you give up a little share of your own project, you also get a share of other people's films.

The idea is good. Once we can negotiate with several major companies, then the future film industry will really be discussed with them, and they will cut a piece of cake and distribute it separately.

Even together, they control nearly half of the theaters and the three major ticket buying platforms. It can be said that any movie can get as much box office as it wants.

For those who don't play with them, arrange a few movies to attack together, and give an all-round attack on film scheduling and marketing.

Fan Luyuan's idea is too crazy. He wants to completely control the domestic film market with a few big companies, which is better than the Big Six in Hollywood!

However, some people also raised doubts.

"Director Fan, I don't think it's that easy. Yu Dong, Wang Changtian and Tang An have always had a good relationship. In addition to Han Sanping's line, Jiang Defu is also easing the relationship between Wanda and Hantang."

"It's okay!"

Fan Luyuan waved his hand and said, "But it needs a little price. At worst, I will sell them half of the box office proceeds of "Unbelievable" in the National Day file at a low price, and Wang Baoqiang's "Havoc in Tianzhu" will also share a part of it."

"As long as there are enough interests, let alone them, even brothers have to turn against each other!"

Fan Luyuan immediately made another joke, "Believe it or not, as long as Wang Zhonglei is given enough benefits, he can betray his elder brother!"

Everyone laughed. Indeed, there are many scenes of father and son turning against each other and brothers becoming enemies.

"What about Tang An, he is the core of the Han and Tang Dynasties. Judging from "Operation Red Sea", next year if his new film still earns 40 billion at the box office, all of our things will be meaningless!" COO Deng Kangming said again.

Executive Director Liu Chunming nodded and agreed, "That's right, as long as Tang An breaks the record next year, even if we win two or three schedules together, it will be useless!"

The others also nodded. After all, a record-breaking phenomenal movie is enough to overwhelm the light of all movies. At that time, people will only remember that Tang An broke the record again, not that their movie won a May Day, National Day box office champion.

As for arranging more than a dozen movies to snipe Tang An's new movie?

That's impossible, even if Fan Luyuan wanted to do it, other companies would not agree.

This is an unsolvable problem. The Han and Tang Dynasties can develop now, and it can be said that the biggest reliance is Tang An alone.

Without any of the theaters, ticketing platforms, and ground distribution networks, Han and Tang would not be hurt.

But without Tang An's big-selling movie every year, it is absolutely impossible for Han Tang to develop to such a degree in the cracks between several big companies.

It is because of Tang An's big-selling movie every year that he has a good relationship with theaters all over the country. After all, movie theaters like movies that can sell money most, so they can build a ground distribution network all over the country. I don’t like you, unless one movie theater sends money to one movie theater, and sends a lot of money.

Without the relationship with the cinema, it is impossible for the online ticketing platform to connect to cinemas across the country so quickly.

The importance of Tang An to Han Tang is self-evident. It can be said that Han Tang and Tang An can be equated. Once Tang An fails for the first time, it is not just a matter of a movie.

But Fan Luyuan doesn't expect to beat Tang An now, that's a box office of 40 billion, I dare not even think about it.

Fan Luyuan smiled mysteriously, and said, "As far as I know, Tang An's new movie is very complicated. Nearly a quarter of Tiangong Yicai's employees have been modeling various animals for three consecutive years. I guess one or two years ago for such a complicated movie. This is our chance!"

what?
Any news about Tang An's new film?
"Director Fan, what is the theme of Tang An's next movie?"

Everyone quickly asked.

Generally, before Tang An finished a movie, he would start another movie every two or three months, and it was still early.

Fan Luyuan shook his head, "I don't know yet. The information I got from Tiangong Yicai is only about the modeling of animals. There are all kinds of animals. The specific estimates are only known to Xiao Yang and a few high-level executives. Moreover, Optoelectronics has no record. Lian Han Tang’s internal producers couldn’t get any news.”

"The news is so strictly kept secret, it must not be a simple movie!" Everyone said awe-inspiringly.

It took only three years for the preliminary modeling, and nearly a quarter of Tiangong Yicai's employees were employed.

Today, Tiangong Yicai has undertaken a large number of Hollywood businesses, and has more than 2500 employees.

Tang An's previous movie cycle was at most one and a half to less than two years, but this time it seems to be a big move!
But Zhang Wei said, "No matter how his new film is, if it's so troublesome, it won't be released within two years. It's a good opportunity for us. Who can resist us without Tang An's film in these two years?" Family join hands!"

"I can't find out the specifics. It's just that a producer heard Tang An mutter a few words, saying that it was filmed for audiences all over the world, and he also said that he wanted to show the film industry of Huaguo." Fan Luyuan said.

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Wei sneered, "Hua Guo owns the film industry?"

Fan Luyuan shook his head and smiled, "We can't guess what the great director is thinking, but taking advantage of Tang An's absence of new movies in the past two years is indeed our best chance."

Tang An didn't have a new movie released, so whether it was Xu Zheng or Wu Ershan, Fan Luyuan was more or less confident.

It is inevitable that the "Fengshen" series will sell well, but with a production cost of up to 20 billion, apart from Tang An, Fan Luyuan does not believe that other directors can make money at the box office.

It's no problem for Xu Zheng's "囧" series to earn more than one billion at the box office, but "Pancake Man" is almost breaking one billion. Also as a half-way monk, Dapeng is no worse than him, and there is Wang Baoqiang.

Deng Chao has a lot of movies, but he is still worse than Xu Zheng.

Immediately afterwards, several senior executives of Liying Films went to contact several other major companies.

For this joint venture, Fan Luyuan is full of confidence. He believes that several major companies will not allow such a powerful existence of Tang An and Han Tang.

(End of this chapter)