Chapter 645 1.5 Billion Investment? 700,000 Return? The Domineering "Mr. Han"!

Chapter 645 150 million investment? 700,000 in return? The domineering "Mr. Han"!

When "Scorching Sun" led the movie box office market in early September with a weekly box office of 450 million yuan, the headlines of major entertainment news websites were suddenly dominated by a headline:

"Who said that artistic films can no longer compete with commercial films at the box office?"

Looking at the terrifying results, for a while, the entire film industry once again lamented the achievements of Leap Film and Television.

Whether it is a literary film or a commercial film, even if the film copyright income is not calculated, the cost can be recovered based on the box office results alone. This ability is simply terrifying!

Looking around, throughout the first ten days of September, whether it was domestic movies or imported movies, without exception, they were all under the hammer of "Scorching Sun".

"Elysium", "SuperAgent", and "Time Lovers" are simply better than the other.

In contrast, no matter how loudly other film and television companies brag, they still can't cover up their "waste" image.

Not surprisingly, the film bureau began to convene experts and critics in the industry again to analyze why domestic films frequently turn out to be bad.

Invitations were even sent to Feiyue Film and Television.

After Chen Fei glanced at the content of the invitation letter, he made some disdainful remarks: "Having such inconsequential bullshit meetings all day long and then failing to implement the results is a waste of time. What a waste of time." use?"

Then, he threw the invitation letter directly to the secretary: "Go to the public relations department to find a deputy manager and arrange for him to make an appearance on behalf of the company.

In the future, if you encounter similar seminars, research meetings, analysis meetings, etc., they will all be arranged in this way, so there is no need to show them to me. "

"Okay, Mr. Chen."

The secretary nodded and quickly left the office.

…

As time passes into mid-September, two new pieces of news came back from Hollywood.

"Big Hero 6" controlled by DreamWorks Animation and "Now You See Me 2" controlled by Volton Pictures have both reached their final moments.

"I will follow up the entire process in the later stage, including the finalization and publicity, all of which will be carried out simultaneously..."

Natasha was already very familiar with the post-production arrangements of these film projects. Everything was handled in an orderly manner, and Chen Fei didn't need to worry about it at all.

"Okay, if you have any questions, remember to call me."

After chatting for a while, Chen Fei suddenly remembered another thing, and immediately asked: "How are the arrangements at the Venice International Film Festival?"

Natasha: "Don't worry, everything goes well. According to your instructions, I have already released the relevant information on the opening ceremony of the film festival.

If nothing happens in the future, the copyright of that movie will never be sold. Even if you are lucky enough to find a buyer, the price will be as low as possible..."

"OK."

Chen Fei responded with satisfaction.

Ever since he learned that Bona and Hua Xing were going to the Venice International Film Festival to sell the rights to "The Legend of the White-Haired Witch", he had already made corresponding arrangements.

With Volton Pictures' influence in the European and American film and television circles, it couldn't be easier to pay for a movie's copyright fees.

Natasha specially arranged for people to reveal the news that "The Legend of the White-Haired Witch" was a "bad movie", which directly scared off a lot of film producers!

Filmmakers buy back film and television rights to make money. If this is really a bad movie, wouldn't it be in their hands after buying it back?

Therefore, the copyright sales process for "The Legend of the White-Haired Witch" has become extremely difficult!

The domestic box office has been completely ruined. Under the attack of countless netizens, the daily new box office has unexpectedly dropped below 5 million.

It is impossible to break 300 million, and there is even a possibility of being canceled by theaters in advance.

With the goal of repaying their money, Yu Dong and Xiang Huasheng, who have been at the center of public opinion recently, went to the Venice Film Festival together.

One is to avoid the limelight, and the other is to sell the film rights at a high price.

However, what made the two of them feel very frustrated was that even though they invested a lot of money in publicity and various movie viewing activities, the European and American film producers did not chip in at all.

It seems to them that this movie has become synonymous with notoriety.

Even after waiting until the end of the Venice Film Festival, the film rights were still not sold!

"Mr. James, are you kidding me? 700,000 euros? The price you quoted is simply an insult to my movie!"

In the hotel room, Yu Dong hung up the phone angrily and threw the phone directly on the table.

I spent more than 100 million to make a movie, but these European and American film producers are only willing to spend 700,000 euros to take it away. This is simply nonsense!

His psychological expectation is at least 20 million euros, and there is no need to discuss anything below this number!

But embarrassingly, the figure of 700,000 was already the highest offer he had heard in more than a week.

This horse riding is so fucked!

The prices of the literary and artistic films sold here from China are not less than 1 million euros. How come his commercial film, which was shot at a high price, can be sold for so much money?

"What part of the problem went wrong? Didn't it mean that European and American film producers have a soft spot for domestic martial arts-themed movies? Why can't our movies sell at high prices?"

Yu Dong glared angrily at Xiang Huasheng, who was sitting opposite him, and once again had the illusion that he had been deceived by this group of people in Hong Kong.

"I heard a piece of news." Xiang Huasheng frowned and said in a deep voice: "I don't know who revealed to the outside world that our movie's domestic reputation has plummeted, so that European and American film companies are very unfavorable to our movie. .

Not surprisingly, the quote of 700,000 euros is already the highest price we have access to. "

700,000?

Highest?

When he heard these two words, Yu Dong was immediately laughed out of anger: "The film was made with labor and capital of more than 100 million, and it only sold 700,000? Isn't this a joke?"

The total investment in the film is as high as 150 million, of which 100 million is allocated by Bona. The remaining 50 million also includes investment in publicity and distribution, and China Star is responsible for this part.

It was agreed when the two companies first cooperated that Bona would be mainly responsible for paying, while China Star would be responsible for pre-production and post-production of special effects.

Now it's fine, the movie's box office losses are a mess, and the copyright can't be sold. Isn't this just a waste of money?

Thinking about the huge loss, Yu Dong felt a sharp pain in his heart for no reason!

"Now that the matter has come to this, we can only try our best to negotiate with those film producers and try to get more than 1 million euros. It's better than that..."

Before Xiang Hua finished speaking, Yu Dong, who was sitting across from him, immediately slapped the table and stood up!

"What nonsense are you talking about? Is this the result you promised me back then? You also said that you are guaranteed to make a profit without losing money, and that the copyright will be sold at a high price...

What now? I lost money by riding a horse! You have to pay 100 million! Do you know what 100 million is?

Bona's stock price has even been affected by the plummeting box office and reputation. Who will compensate for this loss? It's you? Or is it loud and clear? "

After fussing angrily, Yu Dong picked up his cell phone, turned around and walked out of the room.

Things have evolved so far, and the results are already very obvious.

Not only did the movie lose money, it even affected Bona's stock.

It was useless to say anything now. At this point, he could only try his best to recover the losses and save the plummeting stock price.

As for future cooperation with Huaxia Star...

What a shitty cooperation! It’s completely finished!

It's not like Yu Dong was a bad person, he just let it go if he was tricked once. How could he give others a second chance to trick him?

In the room, looking at Yu Dong slamming the door and leaving, Xiang Huasheng froze on the spot and could not recover for a long time.

After a while, he took out his mobile phone and dialed Xiang Huaqiang's number in Xiangjiang, briefly describing the current situation.

After a long time, a voice sounded on the phone: "Bona's line... is completely disconnected."

"Then what should we do next?"

I finally found a route that can connect to the mainland cinema market, but now it is completely disconnected due to the failure of a movie. This is so fucked up!

"Let's be quiet for a while first. China Film Group is going to change the subject soon. I have to find a suitable opportunity to talk to that director."

"What about the copyright of the movie?"

"Come back quickly. What's there to discuss about 700,000 euros? It's not enough to invest in publicity at the film festival."

…

Bona and Hua Xing eagerly wanted to suppress the discussion and enthusiasm about "The Legend of the White-Haired Witch", but they did not know that there was still an evil "big hand" stirring up trouble.

On the day Yu Dong returned to China, a lot of news suddenly appeared on the Internet.

"The Peacock Princess came to the house with her daughter, and she is suspected of asking for her status!"

"According to foreign media reports, "The White-Haired Witch" performed extremely poorly at the Venice Film Festival, and the relevant copyright fee offered by the film company was only 700,000 euros!"

"Both the film's box office and reputation plummeted, investors Bona and China Star lost hundreds of millions, and Bona's stock price plummeted..."

With the emergence of these related news, the Internet is full of applause:

"Okay, it's a good loss, it's a great loss!"

"When will this crappy movie be taken off the shelves? I get a headache just looking at the relevant promotional posters."

"It's really shameful that Donnie Yen is still defending the movie. Fan Bingbing and Huang Xiaoming have both apologized. How can he be so proud?"

There were a lot of discussions on the Internet, and at the same time, a phone call came from the mainland to Xiangjiang.

"Help me keep an eye on the Huaxia Star. If there is any movement, remember to notify me in time."

"Haha, you are so cruel. In just a few days, Huaxia Star's share price has already reached three levels."

"No! This is not enough!"

Chen Fei's eyes were full of coldness: "I want them to completely withdraw from the two industries of film and television drama production and film distribution."

Huaxia Star Group is a listed company whose main businesses include film production, film distribution and TV series production, sales of health care products, investment and gaming, property and hotel investment, and property development.

Chen Fei can't control those things behind him for the time being, and he doesn't plan to get involved in industries such as real estate and hotels.

But in the film and television related industries, he no longer wants to see the name "China Star Group".

Huo Qigang, who was on the phone with him, responded without any hesitation: "I will join forces with Yinghuang and Media Asia in the name of Golden Harvest to compress and seize China Star's film and television-related business."

"It's best to force them to go to Neon again. I still have a big move waiting for them over there!"

"Okay, I understand."

Huo Qigang finally responded and then hung up the phone.

After going through the subsequent plans in his mind and confirming that there were no problems, Chen Fei showed a faint smile on his face.

The long-awaited opportunity has finally come!

This time, he will kill with one blow!

…

Perhaps because it is the beginning of the school year, some new faces about the three major colleges will appear in the media from time to time.

During this period, Chen Fei often saw the media promoting a new student as "Little Fan Bingbing", "Little Liu Yifei", "Little Zhang Ziyi", "Little Gong Li" and so on.

What's more outrageous is that there are even photos and news about "copycat Liu Xiaoli" on the Internet.

Because of his daughter, Liu Xiaoli has also become a little popular on the Internet.

It's just that the name "Yang Caiyu" makes Chen Fei feel familiar. He always feels that he seems to have heard of this name somewhere, but he can't remember it for a while.

Soon, Zhou Shouzi's call interrupted his thinking.

"Boss, according to your instructions, I have acquired Shanda Literature, a subsidiary of Shanda Group, including Jinjiang Literature, and have achieved full control, with a total cost of up to 800 million US dollars..."

Success?

Chen Fei's eyes lit up when he heard Zhou Shouzi's news.

He actually started planning the relevant plan a long time ago, but because Shanda Group never let go, the acquisition process was extremely difficult.

Unexpectedly, at the end of 2013, there was news of success!

With the success of this acquisition, Longxiang Capital controlled by Chen Fei has become the owner of the leading male and female online literature.

In the future, if you want to shoot a work adapted from an online novel, you don't have to bother to buy the copyright, you can just use it!

Thinking of this, Chen Fei couldn't hide his excitement.

"Is the acquisition process going smoothly?"

"It's not bad, actually." Zhou Shouzi thought for a while and replied, "Tencent and Alibaba seem to have acquisition intentions, but they acted too late. By the time they reacted, our contract had already been signed."

"Haha, I guess both Mr. Ma are a little depressed now."

After chatting for a while, Chen Fei ended the call with Zhou Shouzi and flew to Shanghai in a very low-key manner.

And when he showed up at Shanda Literature, as expected, he was directly shocked by a large group of senior executives!

Everyone knew that the company had a new boss, but they never expected that the new boss would be this well-known big shot in the industry!

After staying for a day and dealing with various disputes and problems between the company's current founding team and professional management team, Chen Fei gave them new tasks.

"You should all know about the You Yao Qi comic platform, right? This is our next goal to integrate... After the acquisition is successful, we can select some suitable works and launch them in the form of comics and animations first, and in the future we can even extend them to the direction of live-action film and television dramas..."

After the meeting, Chen Fei returned to the capital.

ByteDance, which was invested by Longxiang Capital in March last year, has recently started to raise Series B financing for its subsidiary Toutiao. Although he does not need to invest energy, he has to pay attention to it from the side.

He has high expectations for this company, and the degree of importance he attaches to it is almost equal to that of CATL.

…

The post-production progress of "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" is very smooth, but because the on-site sound recording effect is not very good, actors are often invited to do secondary dubbing.

Han Sanping is the most diligent one among this group of actors.

Of course, being diligent does not mean that he is idle.

Every time he finishes the dubbing work, he will "drop by" in Chen Fei's office and talk to him about some related shooting plans for "The Hundred Regiments Offensive".

And on this day, when he appeared in Chen Fei's office again, the whole person seemed to be filled with a temperament of "the sky is the biggest, the earth is the second, and labor is the third".

Seeing him in this state, Chen Fei was quite surprised: "Hey? Mr. Han? Did you encounter something good today? Why are you so excited?"

Han Sanping responded casually: "I was complained again, and I was named. A group of foreigners, except for protesting, they have no ability at all..."

Chen Fei was quite clear about the fact that San Ye was reported.

Recently, the capital held another Sino-foreign cultural exchange meeting. A foreign film company made a complaint on the spot at the meeting, saying that China Film always excluded imported blockbusters from the high-quality schedule, which was obviously an unfair practice...

As the current head of China Film, Han Sanping was naturally the first to bear the brunt.

However, perhaps because he was about to retire, San Ye had been acting so domineering recently.

A group of foreigners nagging him at the meeting, but he ignored them at all.

After the meeting, he still did what he had to do, and adjusted the schedules of two imported blockbusters together, letting them kill each other. It was really brave!

For a long time, many people in the circle have scolded Han Sanping behind his back, saying that he is too domineering.

This is also the origin of the name "Zuoshan Diao".

However, in terms of resisting Hollywood imported blockbusters, he has made real contributions!

Although he is not very friendly to some low-cost movies and art films, commercial films invested by many film and television companies in the circle have received his "favor".

And now, he is about to retire, which means that the "Domestic Film Protection Month" that is tacitly accepted by the industry is likely to disappear.

For a time, all major companies in the industry are in danger!

No one knows what style the new person has.

However, given that he has always been in charge of the introduction of imported films, I am afraid that the survival difficulty of domestic films will increase sharply in the future!

What "Domestic Film Protection Month" is probably going to become a thing of the past!

However, none of this affects Chen Fei.

While many film and television companies in the industry are nervous about the change of leadership in China Film, he leisurely went with Liu Yifei to pick up the customized suits and dresses.

Zhu Yawen's wedding is approaching, and as old classmates, the two naturally cannot be absent.

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