China Entertainment Times

Chapter 842
Ah Li Films, Fan Luyuan, like everyone else, thought Tang An was in a hurry.

Before the fight between the two sides started, Tang An was forced to mess up. Fan Luyuan couldn't be happier.

However, some people still cared more about what Tang An said, and COO Deng Kangming said with some doubts, "The project "Legend of the Gods" does have many problems, and we still have to check the quality."

Fan Luyuan nodded, "I also know that. Those two directors are really not very good, but Xiang Huaqiang asked Ye Weixin to supervise, and I also let Chen Kexin go. With Ye Shun, the filming should not be too bad."

Ye Weixin is one of the few directors who went north to be able to achieve results. A few action films around ten years ago did well at the box office, but the cost was high.

"Slaying the Wolf 2" also sold [-] million yuan. Although Wu Jing's "Wolf Warrior" was a big hit, the film itself has a very good reputation.

There is also the "Ip Man" series. "Ip Man 3" released at the end of the year is estimated to have a stable box office of one billion yuan.

Not to mention Chen Kexin, he has also made blockbuster war movies, and his control over big productions is one of the best among Xiangjiang directors.

Two professionals, plus the big butler Ye Shun, and talented actors like Li Lianlian and Liang Jiahui, even if the director is not good, it will not be so bad.

In terms of cost, in order to board the two express trains of the domestic film industry, Xiang Huaqiang also spent a lot of money. Of the [-] million funds originally raised, [-] million were spent on production.

Deng Kangming said, "If that's the case, I'm not worried. I'm afraid that Wang Zhongjun will see Qian. This movie was shot in the Mainland, and Fu Huadao was contacted by Huayi behind the scenes. If the two directors want to develop in the Mainland, It will be easier for Huayi to win."

"You mean?" Fan Luyuan said with some uncertainty.

It's very common for film and television companies to cheat investors. It's really hard for Hua Yi to start with Xiang Huaqiang's [-] million yuan.

Although Xiang Huaqiang has the right to produce, in the mainland, Huayi has a lot of means.

As for whether the two directors will sell Xiang Huaqiang, they are not sure, and they will not be afraid of anything when they go to the mainland.

Moreover, one of the directors owns a special effects company, and part of the special effects of the film is outsourced to him. For some difficult shots, he also contacted the special effects company in South Korea.

The special effects cost of this kind of blockbuster is tens of millions or hundreds of millions, so it's hard not to be tempted.

For such a large project, if investors lack deterrence and effective supervision, there will be countless people from top to bottom to take a bite, and half of the [-] million yuan will be considered good.

Wang Zhongjun cheated Zhou Xingchi for 8000 million before, but it's really hard to say with his urine.

"Legend of the Conferred Gods" is an important project, and Fan Luyuan doesn't want to see it become so dirty, but there is no better way to prevent it for a while.

After all, Xiang Huaqiang is the main controller, and Huayi is the main operator. Ah Li just made a symbolic investment and issued it jointly with Huayi.

Deng Kangming thought for a while and suggested, "How about reminding Xiang Huaqiang?"

"No, no!"

Fan Luyuan immediately denied it, "If it gets to Wang Zhongjun's ears, it won't look good. The most important thing right now is to maintain the alliance of the eight major companies."

He stewed and said, "Xiang Huaqiang is insignificant to us, it doesn't matter how he is, but Hua Yi cannot be left out of the alliance."

It is not ten years ago now, whether it is Yinghuang, Huanya, or Xiang Huaqiang, they are no longer regarded by big mainland companies.

Of course, unless you give money, then we can still be friends.

Then Fan Luyuan chatted with Deng Kangming about the future development of the company, and received a call from Zhang Wei not long after.

"what!"

"New culture?"

"what happened?"

Fan Luyuan hung up the phone with a gloomy expression on his face.

There is a saying that goes, "Take a gamble, and a bicycle becomes a motorcycle; take a gamble, and a motorcycle becomes a Land Rover." Nowadays, more and more bets and guarantees are made in the film and television industry.

Not only the film and television industry, but almost all industries have performance-to-performance bets.

At the beginning of the century, Mengniu wagered against Morgan Stanley, CDH, and the British Federation of England, taking Mengniu's annual compound growth rate of not less than 50% as the financial indicator, and Mengniu won.

Yongle Electric, which was once one of the top ten retailers in the country, bet against Dinghui on the net profit in 2007, but the bet failed in the end, resulting in the loss of control, and was eventually acquired by Gome.

The founder of Taizimilk likes to gamble heavily. In 93, he borrowed 10 yuan from the bank, printed a batch of calendars of ***, and became rich overnight.

After founding Prince Milk, he spent 8888 Marriott to bet on CCTV’s title. In 2007, he signed a VAM agreement with three foreign investors, guaranteeing a 50% increase in performance within three years. In the end, the VAM failed, and Prince Milk was taken over by three foreign investment banks.

Even Huarun, the giant, lost [-] million because of the failure of the bet with Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse.

In just one or two years in the film and television industry, more than 20 stars, directors, major film and television companies, and investors have signed a gambling agreement.

Regardless of whether the stars and directors have not completed the bet, the film and television company must have made a profit anyway.

With the precedent set by Huayi, other companies are looking for people to gamble everywhere, and those directors and stars who have appeal are the most popular.

Ah Li has his eyes on Zhou Xingchi, there is no other way, Ning Hao, Wu Ershan, Xu Zheng and their agents made an appointment in the Han and Tang Dynasties, Feng Xiaogang signed with Hua Yi, and Zhang Yimou's contract is happy.

For winning Zhou Xingchi, Fan Luyuan is very confident. The signing and betting is all about money, and the most important thing for Ahli is money.

In terms of related resources, Ah Li is not short.

However, Zhang Wei, who is now in charge of negotiating with Zhou Xingchi, actually told him that the negotiation failed.

It's normal to fail to negotiate once or twice. A big director has the capital, so it's important to bargain carefully.

But not only did they fail to negotiate, Zhou Xingchi had already signed a contract with another company, so there was nothing to talk about.

Sensing that Fan Luyuan's expression was obviously not right, and it must not be a trivial matter to make him lose his composure, Deng Kangming spoke up immediately.

"Fan Dong, what's wrong?"

"Zhou Xingchi didn't talk about it!"

Fan Luyuan's tone was a bit dignified, and he sat up straight unconsciously, "Zhou Xingchi has already signed a contract with Shanghai New Culture, and now there are not many directors with box office appeal in the film industry."

"Shouldn't be."

Deng Kangming was puzzled, "Mr. Zhang went there in person. We have shown the greatest sincerity. In terms of resources and prices, there is basically no one that is higher than ours, let alone a new culture."

For binding Zhou Xingchi, the executives of Ah Li Films are very confident.

First of all, Zhou Xingchi is not a pure director. He spends no less time on real estate speculation than on movies. In addition, under the impact of capital, there are basically no pure directors in the entire film and television industry. There is another identity - a businessman.

Zhou Xingchi has been fired for more than ten years, which at least proves that he is not the kind of person who has nothing but movies in his life.

Moreover, the first time Zhang Wei contacted her, the conversation went smoothly.

With Zhou Xingchi's temper, being able to talk about it means that he also has that idea.

As long as Zhou Xingchi has that will, Ah Li will not be afraid of any competition.

If there is a bad result, they have also imagined it. After all, Fuji Xun and Wanda are not bad at all, and directors who continue to be capable will not be worse than Ahli in terms of overweight and resources.

It would be fine if Zhou Xingchi cooperated with Wanda and Fujixun, but what about New Culture?

Fan Luyuan shook his head, "I don't know the specific situation, and I can't explain a sentence or two on the phone. Let's talk about it when Mr. Zhang comes back."

Regardless of background, financial resources, or resources, Fan Luyuan thinks that the new culture and Ah Li are completely Kobe-like. That is not a factor in this aspect, and there must be something hidden in it!

That afternoon, Zhang Wei flew back to Beijing from South Korea.

The special effects of "Mermaid" were made by the South Korean MACROGRAPH company, and Zhou Xingchi was still in South Korea at this time.

After getting off the plane, Zhang Wei hurried back to the company. In the meeting room, Fan Luyuan and the company's top management were waiting.

"Director Fan, everyone!"

Zhang Wei didn't talk too much, and after saying hello, she got down to business.

"The situation is almost clear. Zhou Xingchi has already signed a contract with New Culture. It was signed before I went to South Korea. I also met Yang Zhenhua in South Korea."

Before Zhang Wei could finish speaking, someone immediately said, "In other words, Zhou Xingchi signed a contract with New Culture before talking with Mr. Zhang, which means he never considered us at all!"

"That's right, what's going on, what conditions did Yang Zhenhua give?"

"New Culture's main business has always been TV dramas, why did it disrupt the situation this time?"

Fan Luyuan frowned and said in a louder voice, "Boss Zhang continued."

Zhang Wei said, "I didn't understand at first. Zhou Xingchi didn't say anything. Did I know it from his assistant, or because of Huayi and "Journey to the West"? It was only then that I found New Culture, which has been making TV dramas before, and New Culture also invested in "Journey to the West: Fu Yao", and there seems to be Xu Ke's influence in it."

Also related to Huayi?

A piece of rat droppings ruined a pot of porridge, and Wang Zhongjun's stupid things made Zhou Xingchi feel bad about several big companies.

Fan Luyuan never thought that this was the reason.

Ah, the other high-level executives of Liying Films also didn't think that this was the reason, so they almost scolded them directly.

"But what does this have to do with Xu Ke?" someone asked again.

"I don't know the specific situation, and his assistant didn't say much."

Zhang Wei then told what she knew. New Culture bought more than half of the shares of Quality Data Co., Ltd. under Zhou Xingchi at a high price. Although the price is uncertain, it is at least more than one billion.

I don't know about the performance of the game, but high-quality data participated in the investment in "Journey to the West", and Zhou Xingchi's other films will definitely participate in the follow-up.

Another thing is that Xu Ke and Yang Zhenhua are acquaintances. When Yang Zhenhua was still working in the Cultural Publishing House under the Shanghai Cultural Bureau, he once led people to stop at the airport in order to get a copy of the videotape of Jin Yong's martial arts drama.

In the 80s, Jin Yong martial arts dramas were the most valuable thing in the TV drama industry.

Yang Zhenhua himself has been to Xiangjiang, and has contacted some directors and companies who adapted Jin Yong's martial arts novels into movies, so he naturally knows Xu Ke.

Xu Ke was there when Yang Zhenhua went to South Korea, but Zhang Wei is not sure if there is such a relationship, after all, Yang Zhenhua also participated in the investment of "Mermaid".

However, judging from Xu Ke's recent movements, in order to win over Chen Kun, he gave up part of the share of "Journey to the West" to Chen Kun's Dongsen Pictures, which opened in Shanghai again.

There was too much random information, Fan Luyuan didn't sort it out at once, and said after a while, "So, Xu Ke and Zhou Xingchi don't want to be tied to any big company, and want to form their own faction?"

Zhang Wei nodded, "Xu Ke had a lot of success in various major companies before, and it is very likely that this is the idea. After Zhou Xingchi was put together by Wang Zhongjun, he probably had an idea in his heart."

"I really thought everyone was Tang An!"

Fan Luyuan shook his head a little ridiculously, there are always some people who are not willing to be inferior to others, and think that they can break through the world by themselves without relying on anyone.

Fan Luyuan has seen too many people like this over the years, all of them are ambitious and talented.

But it's useless. Facing a behemoth like Ah Li, one by one either lost to money, or left without even getting money.

In his opinion, whether it is Xu Ke or Zhou Xingchi, they will eventually lose to the capital, otherwise why would Zhou Xingchi accept the VAM agreement.

Since the binding of Zhou Xingchi failed, Fan Luyuan didn't worry about it anymore, and then held a meeting to discuss the next National Day file.

Within two days, the listed company Modu New Culture Media Group issued an announcement, announcing that it would acquire 12.5% of the shares of Quality Data Co., Ltd. under Zhou Xingchi at a price of 40 billion, and become a major shareholder of Quality Data. No less than 20% of investment rights in Zhou Xingchi's movies.

Zhou Xingchi also holds 49% of the shares, and the other 11% was acquired by Yang Zhenhua, the chairman of New Culture, in a 100% holding company in Xiangjiang on the same day.

In other words, New Culture has already controlled high-quality data.

12.5 billion to acquire 40% of the shares, and the valuation of high-quality data in this round of acquisitions reached 31.25 billion.

Immediately, professionals gave the asset situation of high-quality data, and the total assets were about 8500 million.

The acquisition at a premium of 36 times, Huayi’s previous acquisition of Dongyang Latin America worth 15 at a valuation of 1.4 billion reached a premium of 107 times.

Although judging from the premium ratio, Huayi was even more exaggerated that time.

But Zhou Xingchi sold 51% of the shares and got nearly 16 billion in cash, far more than what Feng Xiaogang and Zhang Guoli got that time.

Earning 16 billion in cash at one time, the entire film and television industry looked sideways, and had to lament the madness of capital and the envy of Zhou Xingchi.

Based on the salary alone, it is almost unimaginable to earn 16 billion. Even if it is 2000 million, you have to make 80 movies!
Of course, this is also conditional, and capital is not a boy who is good at money.

Announced together with the acquisition is a performance bet, which basically means that high-quality data will achieve a net profit of 4 billion in the next four years.

If not, the original shareholder, Zhou Xingchi, will make cash compensation or repurchase shares.

A net profit of 12.5 billion in four years and [-] million a year is simply a fantasy for a company with assets of less than [-] million.

"too crazy!"

Tang An, who was in the company, also knew the news at the first time. Fortunately, he is a bit educated, so he can't just say "shit".

It's not surprising that Zhou Xingchi and the capital bet against each other. Yuan Shikong did it like this, but the amount has increased by [-] million, making it more difficult to complete the bet.

In order to complete the bet, Zhou Xingchi opened "Mermaid 2" after the box office of "Journey to the West" was not satisfactory.

But "Mermaid 2" had a long cycle and couldn't be released on the scheduled schedule, so "The King of Comedy 2" was improvised.

Zhou Xingchi, who has honed his sword for four years, also began to become productive. When "The King of Comedy 2" was released, the later stage of "Mermaid 2" was almost done, and he announced that he would start preparations for "Kung Fu 2".

It was another director who "degenerated", and finally lost to the capital's money.

Tang An sighed a few words, and swiped Weibo again.

Zhou Xingchi's fans were still very happy. Many of his fans left messages, saying thanks to New Culture and Zhou Xingchi for signing the match. You can see Zhou Xingchi's movies every year.

Be happy, just don't curse people when the movie is released.

Tang An shook his head. The reputation of "Journey to the West" is far worse than that of "Journey to the West", and the box office is not as good as expected.

"The King of Comedy 2" was even worse, Jiang Lang did all he could to say this.

(End of this chapter)