Chapter 1513: Make a Decision

At twelve o'clock, the luncheon officially began. Everyone paused the conversation, listened to the leader's speech, then started eating, and changed the topic to continue chatting.

Naturally, the recent youth-induced youth cannot be avoided.

With a production cost of 20 million, the box office is expected to exceed 200 million, and the profit of a single project will not be less than 50 million. Seriously, ignoring those large state-owned enterprises and only talking about private enterprises in China, how many of them can earn more than 50 million a year?

It was too profitable.

Over the past few years, Chinese, Guangguang, Hairun, etc. have mainly focused on TV dramas. Now, the prospects of the film industry are quite clear, so of course they can no longer be dull.

However, what to do, I couldn't figure out the direction for a while.

Jinshu seems to have made a series of successful cases in recent years. According to Hong Kong, it is just to follow suit.

The problem is, things are not that simple at all.

In the opinion of ordinary people, Chinese films in the 1990s should have been extremely decadent. There were not many films in a year, and only Zhang Guoshi and Feng Kuo could attract some attention.

Actually not.

In fact, the production of movies in China has always been quite high, with hundreds of movies every year. Although most of them are water-injected works by major state-owned studios in order to meet the targets, there are definitely not a few who hope to hit the theaters and win the box office.

However, why are there only a few successful ones?

The reasons are very complicated and cannot be explained clearly in one or two sentences. However, one thing is very certain, the movie is not so easy to do.

What should I do?

"Actually, piracy is still a very important reason," said Mr. Liu of Hairun, "Zhiqing can sell more than 200 million this time, which is inseparable from the hundreds of people escorting copies. I talked with Shanlin before, and they plan to add Make great efforts to extend the original two weeks without piracy to one month as much as possible, at least to prevent piracy from spreading across the country, and for this reason, additional manpower has been sent to patrol around to prevent those escorts from making mistakes."

Rongxinda's female founder, Mrs. Li, was both emotional and curious: "A team of hundreds of people should cost a lot of money, right?"

Mr. Liu shook his head: "It's not as many as you imagined. Based on the calculation of about 300 people this time, a month's time, salary plus travel and accommodation, each person is about 2,000 yuan, and 300 people are 600,000 yuan. Compared with the box office of more than 200 million Come to think of it, 600,000 is nothing."

Mr. Li found a problem, and asked: "Usually, these people can't just quit after using them?"

Mr. Liu said with a smile: "Jin Shu has been raising them all the time, employing veterans, who can still serve as security guards. Shanlin also said that if we need it, we can call it at any time, but the fee must be charged."

Everyone nods together.

Guangguang’s Mr. Wang expressed emotion again: “Actually, I just thought that the country should make great efforts to completely suppress piracy, just like in the United States. If it can be regulated, the film and television industry will be completely revived.”

Xingmei's Mr. Qin shook his head: "Old Wang, you are expecting extravagantly. How can the domestic VCD industry support tens of billions of dollars. If piracy is banned, how many ordinary people can afford genuine ones?"

Wang Da also answered with a smile: "Also, Old Wang, think again, who is the biggest shareholder behind the largest VCD manufacturer in China?"

Mr. Wang smiled wryly, of course he knew: "Anyway, it can be considered that the fat and water will not flow to outsiders."

Mr. Li of Rongxinda said again: "There is still publishing, we probably won't be able to get a publishing license in the short term, but do you think Jinshu has something to do this time?"

Mr. Qin said: "Jin Shu should be even more useless, right?"

After the change of office last year, various reforms continued to advance. Regarding the film industry, according to the rumors from above, distribution channels are also planned to be opened to the private sector. However, even if it is liberalized, it will definitely be a pilot project in the short term, and it will definitely be aimed at enterprises with 100% mainland capital.

This is the biggest problem Jin Shu has to face.

On the face of it, Jinshu is also a mainland capital, but in fact, as we all know, it is a vie structure enterprise that has gradually become popular in recent years. Capital establishes wholly-owned subsidiaries in mainland China, and then uses the wholly-owned subsidiaries as shells to further invest in related industries, so as to bypass the barriers that do not allow foreign capital to enter in some domestic fields.

On the surface, this approach seems to be deception, but in actual operation, it is feasible.

This is mainly due to the current reform process in China. Many things are legally inconvenient to let go immediately, so I turned a blind eye and closed one eye, and let the next one try. If it is done well and it is beneficial to the national economy and the people's livelihood, then put it on the table and formally pass it. Once it is messed up, it is not in compliance with the regulations, and a ban can seal the hole again.

Regarding the doubts of Mr. Li and Mr. Qin, the Wang brothers and other well-connected people obviously disagreed.

Wang Da waited for the waiter to serve a dish of squirrel mandarin fish and then left. He also glanced at the direction of the main table not far away, lowered his voice slightly, and said, "This matter should be fine," he said, pointing upwards with his chopsticks: " You know the behind-the-scenes of Jinshu, and they have a very good relationship with the higher-ups. Moreover, even if the matter of distribution is not let go, it has never been a problem for anyone to want to make a movie, and Kataisi is useless at all."

Mr. Liu of Hairun and others nodded in agreement.

Behind the Jinshu Department is the Westeros system, and how good the relationship between the Westeros system and China is, you can see the number of times a company related to the Westeros system or a young tycoon has logged into China's core media over the years One spot.

Besides distribution, even if you don’t let it go, it’s true.

In fact, the fact that distribution is limited to state-owned studios has been cracked in the 1980s.

It's nothing more than spending money to buy a factory label.

Just like the current Jinshu, although it is not eligible for distribution, it has produced several blockbuster films that have caused widespread influence in the past few years. It's just that, on the surface, those films are produced by state-owned studios, that's all.

Everyone also understood what Wang Da meant by looking in the direction of the main table.

Once Jin Shu gets the publishing qualification, China Film, which is currently working happily, should be under pressure.

The China Film Group was established last year in order to gather a group of China's top film resources to set an industry benchmark, which belongs to the kind with the mission of revitalizing the Chinese film industry. If he is thrown off by Jin Shu in the future, the gap is not too big and it is justified. If the gap is too big, his face will not be too good-looking.

If it's other private film companies, just like CCTV does to local stations, everyone has to call Dad, whoever dares to provoke you, it's easy to deal with you openly and secretly. However, for Jinshu, if it is not comparable in legitimate business, it is impossible for China Film to start from other places.

Again, Jinshu is really special.

But, everyone thought of this, and soon felt that this would not be a problem.

A certain important person behind Jinshu's scenes is very good at being a man, and the senior executives of Jinshu, looking at the warm relationship between Wu Shanlin and Mr. Han of China Film Group, are obviously the kind who are also very good at being a man. Since everyone can realize the truth, it is impossible for them not to understand. Therefore, China Film will definitely not be caught in a certain situation.

Let’s just talk about the current Chu Han, isn’t it because Jin Shu took the initiative to give up the initiative to do it together with China Film.

Immediately, the topic came to the most critical part.

What to do, how to do it?

"Actually, it's people first, we have to find reliable talents," Wang Da once again talked about his feelings after watching Zhiqing in the morning: "Didn't there be a petition group in Hong Kong a few days ago, I think the above will definitely Considering opening up to Hong Kong and Taiwan, this is our opportunity. I think we should take the initiative to recruit those people and use them for our use, instead of letting them continue to stick together and become our competitors."

When Wang Da said that, everyone else nodded.

If it was the past, facing the Hong Kong and Taiwan circles, the mainland side would instinctively feel inferior to the other party, let alone the matter of inclusion.

Now, everyone is full of confidence.

Because the backing of the Jinshu Department, the Westeros system, is much more solid than the gang in Hong Kong. Not only that, but the cooperation with Hong Kong and Taiwan in recent years and the strength of the Jinshu Department can be regarded as setting an example for the affiliated schools.

Everyone is familiar with the situation there.

Since you come to the mainland to beg for food, then, if you are a dragon, you have to coil up, if you are a tiger, you have to lie down, work honestly, no one wants to be a master, or get out.

He also said that this time, for such a big project as Chu Han, Zhang Guoshi's initial casting tendency was also known to everyone who watched closely.

In the end, the four leading actors, one from the Hong Kong and Taiwan circles are useless, all of them are from the mainland, and in the end even the supporting roles are all excluded from the Hong Kong and Taiwan circles. Even from a commercial point of view, there will be some hesitation. It's reliable, but in the bottom of my heart, everyone still feels quite refreshed.

As a result, Jin Shu has set an example for several years in a row, and everyone unconsciously loses the mentality of looking up to those artists from Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Everyone nodded, and Mr. Liu, who also thought of something, said again: "There are also those exchange talents who just came back from Hollywood. Last year, Jinshu mainly sponsored them. This year, we also took out a sum of money. The 5 million subsidy for them to make films is actually cultivating talents for ourselves, if we can produce another Cao Jingchu, we will make a lot of money."

Sitting here echoed it again, but Rong Xinda's President Li said: "The problem is, if there is a real talent, who will it belong to?"

Wang Dao: "Everyone chooses someone to sign the contract, and whoever wins the contract will of course belong to him."

"Then we will definitely not be able to compete for Jinshu," President Wang of Guangguang gestured towards the main table: "Which one is a good seedling and which one has the potential to be cultivated, Jinshu has a clear idea, otherwise they would not have picked Cao Jingchu to hold the contest. lead to youth."

Hairun Mr. Liu said: "How about this, we asked Shanlin to have a good talk in the last two days, everyone knows that the United States sets the tone, Jin Shu can't eat alone, even if we don't get the best You can’t just pick the rest.”

Mr. Guangguang Wang echoed: "That Ms. Chen said at the party two years ago, ah, it was the meaning of Mr. Westeros who passed it on. Only with strength can the cake be made bigger and everyone can share more.”

When Mr. Wang said this, everyone remembered again.

However, that Ms. Chen did not speak so tactfully at that time, but rather aggressive. Generally speaking, Jinshu's family is advancing by leaps and bounds, and after all, it will have limited impact on China's film and television industry, and it will also hinder the jealous people in various ways. In comparison, Jinshu and a group of partners work together to make the cake bigger and bigger. At the same time, no matter how big the cake is, it is surrounded by its own people. Even, some people have developed to a certain extent and do not want to be their own people, and want to fly solo.

This is obviously threatening.

It's just that, thinking about it more, it's actually quite exciting to reach that level. After all, when the time comes, even if they can't be the emperor of Zhou, they can become princes of one side.

Throughout the luncheon, everyone just chatted like this, talking about distribution, marketing, talents, and future plans. They also talked about some specific investment projects that each company had recently begun to quietly look for. In the end, China Film and Television

The industry closely revolves around several major hilltops of Jinshu Media, and at this luncheon, the basic development ideas were finalized.

The luncheon starts at 12:00 noon and ends gradually at 2:00 pm.

The Wang brothers were the last to leave at this table. Everyone bid farewell to the leaders of the China Film and Film Bureau and the core creators of the Chu-Han crew. Finally, they walked out of the hotel with Wu Shanlin and other Jinshu executives. Regarding the things we talked about, we also made an appointment with Wu Shanlin to have another dinner tomorrow night, so we could have a detailed chat.

Wu Shanlin also agreed.

In fact, if he could eat alone, Jin Shu would certainly like to have his family alone. However, Wu Shanlin's pattern in the past few years can be regarded as being sharpened by the Ms. Chen who represents someone on the other side of the ocean who keeps staring at him and beating him, and has gradually recognized a certain idea.

After all, if Jinshu's family were so outstanding, it would be too eye-catching.

Chinese people have always paid attention to moderation, and brocade books are too eye-catching, which will inevitably become an eyesore in the eyes of some people. In this case, it may be good at the beginning, but the further you go, the greater the resistance will be. In comparison, if we can unite a group of partners to move forward together, the road will become wider and wider.

Everyone was talking about things and came downstairs, and as soon as they got out of the elevator, a middle-aged man with a split head rushed over, grabbed Wu Shanlin's arm and refused to let go: "Mr. Wu, Mr. Wu, and, hey, everyone, you must To save my little brother, I will be the host at night, heaven and earth, how about heaven and earth?"

It was the sap superstar Mr. Deng that Mr. Hairun Mr. Liu mentioned before the luncheon.

Seeing Wu Shanlin being pulled away, everyone didn't help to pull him away, they just watched the fun with a smile, seeing Mr. Deng talking about heaven and earth, and Mr. Guangwang standing next to Mr. Xingmeiqin gave him a playful wink. This famous nightclub is the property of the Tan Brothers. Of course, Mr. Wang didn't know that the Westeros system had also quietly invested in the heaven and earth a few years ago, and Mr. Qin would not take the initiative to say it, but just smiled back.

Wu Shanlin was quite patient, but he was not polite when he refused: "Old Deng, it's okay to entertain, and I understand that you worshiped the wrong temple. I didn't instigate this matter. Of course , It’s not what China Film said, anyway, you’d better go back to Guangzhou, follow the rules, do what you want, and it’s useless to ask for mercy.”

With a mournful face, Mr. Deng still took Wu Shanlin's arm and walked out: "Mr. Wu, you can show me a clear way, even if you let me kneel down here immediately, I won't blink. Please show me a clear way, please." .”

As he walked through the hotel lobby, Wu Shanlin continued to shake his head: "Old Deng, I didn't lie to you, and I can't show you the way, otherwise my journey will be over. What I just said is your last A good way out, hurry back and deal with everything that can be dealt with.”

After such a dragging and tugging all the way out of the hotel, everyone separated. When they got into the car, they looked at Mr. Deng who was hanging on the side of the road. Everyone probably understood. Hearing what Wu Shanlin said, it was obvious that it was the ruthless Ms. Chen who made the move. . In this case, Mr. Deng obviously won't have any further problems.

Everyone even felt sorry for Mr. Deng.

It's not good to provoke anyone, but to provoke someone with the worst temper.

However, while feeling pity, I also secretly reminded myself not to make the same mistake as Mr. Deng, even if it provoked Simon Westeros. Well, to provoke Simon Westeros, in China, then It is also equivalent to provoking that Miss Chen, and it is still a dead end.

In short, don't think too much about it.