Chapter 1174 Opponents (Part 1)

"Great Expectations" has a lot to do with Chang Cheh's "Shanghai Thirteen Taibo"...

There is a sentence in the play that sums up the masters in the play: Nan Xiaodu, Bei Laojiu, the invincible thirteen Taibao, the beggar instructor Na Sanshao, the coachman master Xiao Aqiao, the blind man, the drunkard, the black and white impermanent dragon and tiger Leopard!

These are the fifteen masters who appear in the whole play, sixteen to be precise, and one Hui Wuchang.

In addition, there is Chu Hao, the son of the beggar Chu Tianshu, who can beat up the rickshaw driver.

At the end of the play, few of the sixteen people survived, and almost all of them died while escorting Liang Xingyi out of the city...

Chen Sicheng was very ambitious and added content from "The Deer and the Cauldron" and "Shanghai Beach".

The whole drama involves the gang struggle between Yongxin Company and the Eight-Party Party, and also involves the growth of the dock workers' union, the checks and balances between the British and French Concessions, Shanghai's Thirteen Taibo, each doing its own thing, and other small forces interspersed in it.

After Yu Mengzhu appeared on the scene, the wave of student movements was pushed into the main line of the story, and by the way, the entangled love relationship of Hong San, Yi Ye, Qi Lin and Yu Mengzhu was formed...

At first glance, it seems quite confusing, but the whole story moves very smoothly. With new characters constantly appearing, problems with old characters unresolved, and entanglements between various forces escalating, the script is very clean and neat.

It’s a pretty good script!

It's just...the gang fight is the best, and the love scenes are poorly written!

Coupled with Chen Sicheng's greasy and exaggerated acting skills...

The image is too ugly: with flirtatious eyes, dimples, and small bangs...

Disgusting…

Especially since the first seven or eight episodes are all Chen Sicheng's scenes, +10086 to persuade him to quit...

If you change the protagonist and look less oily, you can at least get two extra points!

However, the role of Hong Sanyuan is difficult to master. He combines the personalities of Wei Xiaobao and Xu Wenqiang.

He has a humorous, cunning and cynical side, but he is also a real man who values ​​love and justice.

Kind of the opposite meaning.

Chen Sicheng is too far behind Zhou Xingchi. After watching "The King of Comedy", you know that although Zhou Xingchi can do exaggerated performances, he can control the balance between comedy and character creation, but Chen Sicheng's acting skills are far from good.

However, Chen Sicheng has a good attitude...

When promoting the movie, he took the initiative to bring up the old joke of "Knife in hand, kill Chen Gou": "Thank you everyone for giving me the most resounding name on the Internet."

Then the whole audience shouted: "Knife in hand, kill Chen Gou."

My mentality is indeed very stable, and I can adapt to the needs of my parents.

Therefore, Shen Xudong said it bluntly: "A ruler has its own strengths and an inch has its shortcomings. People should act according to their abilities and position themselves correctly. You should not star in the show..."

"ah?"

"It's not like you don't know how bad your reputation is in the eyes of the audience..."

Chen Sicheng retorted; "I don't rely on personality..."

Shen Xudong shook his head; "Today's social platforms are so advanced that they have brought the audience and artists closer. If you do a good thing, no one may know about it, but if you do a bad thing, then... your image will be linked to the scandal." Well... this cannot be compensated by one or two or even several high-quality works!"

Chen Sicheng thought for a while and then said: "Are you saying that gossipy news affects the audience's sense of involvement?"

"Yes," Shen Xudong added: "So, the artist's moral character is very important, as important as the actor's acting skills. Think about it, if an artist has bad deeds, the audience will be shocked when they see the artist's face. If you think it is fake, the audience will not believe it even more when the work is performed..."

Chen Sicheng nodded: "Then I have to choose an actor carefully..."

"Well, in his twenties..." Shen Xudong suddenly thought of an actor: "There is a young actor named Peng Yuchang who is good. You can try it."

"The cost of my play may exceed 400 million..."

Shen Xudong waved his hand: "Whatever, PPTV is not unaffordable!"

Chen Sicheng raised his glass...

…

Huayi Brothers also held a celebration banquet...

This year's Lunar New Year holiday, "Youth" and "Ex's Raiders 3" have both achieved great success...

Due to the impact of "Cohabitation in Time and Space", the box office of "Ex Ex Raiders 3" was not as outrageous as that of "Original Time and Space", but it still received 800 million box office.

For Huayi, this is already considered a great success!

After proposing to de-film, Huayi's performance in the film market has deteriorated year by year.

Especially after Tianmei came to power.

In the beginning, Tianmei had to add Jiahe to compete with Huayi. Later, Tianmei directors became more and more popular, and one hit movie after another... the Huayi brothers were no longer their opponents!

At this stage, Tianmei is one of the two major film production companies. Tianmei mainly focuses on the mainland market, while Golden Harvest focuses on Southeast Asia, one in the south and one in the north. Together with PPTV, it has firmly occupied the first echelon of content production in Asia!

The Huayi brothers have no idea of ​​seizing the lost position - Jianghu is no longer what it was back then.

In recent years, Huayi Brothers has focused on real estate...

What is the magic of real estate?

The greatest power in this business is that he can always solve many problems quietly, especially money.

You can get as much money as you want, because real estate can be used as leverage, and the return on this money is greater than the limit you imagined. It is almost a waste of money.

At the end of 2014, Huayi’s Huang Zhonglei outlined his blueprint to the outside world: it will be launched in 20 cities in 4 to 5 years and contribute US$18 billion in revenue to Huayi every year.

A simple calculation shows that one project generates an average revenue of 6 billion per year.

To be honest, this tone is far better than that of ordinary real estate companies.

How did they do it?

First, he hooked up with China's biggest rich man: Ping An.

What can we do for them? Help them with financing and land evaluation.

At that time, the film market was at its peak, and it could be financed very well. The mortgage was nothing more than empty IP.

As for land evaluation, it is also very simple. Ping An has invested in real estate companies such as Greenland, Country Garden, and CIFI, and with the entry of Huayi Film Concept, the value of a piece of land can increase by 30% without moving anything.

So they hit it off like this, and Ping An gave Huayi a huge promise: a loan of 30 billion yuan to the Huayi brothers, and at the same time, it contacted its developers to help them cooperate.

In 2015, we joined hands with Jianye to build the Zhengzhou Movie Town project, which is such a typical example.

The ultimate interpretation of this template is: the cooperation between Huayi and Evergrande.

That's right, that's Evergrande...

According to the plan: the two parties will cooperate to develop 100 small towns in the future, and Huayi will receive 100 million in brand fees plus 10% of the shares for each small town project.

It is equivalent to doing nothing, just showing your face when submitting the report, and pocketing 100 million and 10% of the shares that will not lose money.

It’s so easy to make money!

Why is Evergrande willing to do it?

They also benefited from this, using this gimmick (cultural town) to acquire a large amount of land from various places at extremely low prices.

At that time, small towns were popular all over the country, and it was no wonder how cheap land was through this outlet.

The two companies unexpectedly cooperated. In this situation, Huayi’s boss Huang Zhongjun also shouted the slogan: If I give out 100 million, I will take back 10 billion.

Well, it’s even more awesome than small goals.

What kind of movie? How can you make money quickly by engaging in real estate?

Then, Huayi Brothers acquired all the equity and debt rights of Huayuan Jiali, a subsidiary of Huayuan Real Estate. With this shell, they can independently acquire land in the market.

Why take the land yourself?

Because after a year of cooperation, Huayi discovered another truth about real estate: as long as it is delayed, the land will increase in value and all problems can be covered up.

Accumulated over the years, the total investment in Huayi Brothers' live entertainment projects has exceeded 50 billion yuan, and the available land reserves across the country are nearly 14,000 acres. This number is undoubtedly a top 100 real estate company among real estate companies.

Therefore, there has been news about the Huayi Brothers’ land cooperation, but the projects that can be produced are lackluster.

But after all, Huayi started out in the movies, and the two movies were huge hits. This is already the best market performance of the Huayi brothers in the past three years. It is understandable to have a celebration party to celebrate!