Ah Tanuki Pictures, Fan Luyuan, like everyone else, also thinks that Tang An is in a hurry.

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

However, some people still care more about what Tang An said, and COO Deng Kangming said with some doubts, "The project of "Legend of the Gods" does have a lot of problems, and the quality still needs to be checked. ”

Fan Luyuan nodded, "I also know that those two directors are really not very good, but Xiang Huaqiang found Ye Weixin to be the producer, and I also let Chen Kexin go, plus Ye Xuan, it shouldn't be too bad." ”

Among the few directors of Ye Weixin's northward trip, there are few who can make achievements, and several action movies around ten years ago had a good box office, but the cost is high.

"Slaying the Wolf 2" also sold for 700 million, although it has the bonus of Wu Jing's "Wolf Warrior", but the film itself has a very good reputation.

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

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

Two professionals, plus Ye Xuan, the big housekeeper, and powerful actors like Li Lianjie and Liang Jiahui, even if the director is not good, it will not be bad.

In terms of cost, in order to board the two express trains of the domestic film industry at high speed, Xiang Huaqiang also invested in blood, and originally raised 400 million funds, 300 million spent on production.

Deng Kangming said, "If that's the case, I'm not worried, I'm afraid that Wang Zhongjun will see the money, this movie was filmed in the mainland, and Huadao is all connected by Huayi behind the scenes, and if the two directors want to develop in the mainland, it will be easier for Huayi to win." ”

"You mean?" said Fan Luyuan, somewhat uncertain.

It is very common for film and television companies to pit investors, and it is really hard to say that Huayi wants to attack Xiang Huaqiang's 300 million.

Although the production right is in the hands of Xiang Huaqiang, in the mainland, Huayi has a lot of means.

As for whether the two directors will sell Xiang Huaqiang, it's impossible to say, when the time comes, they will run to the mainland and be afraid of nothing.

And one of the directors opened a special effects company, and some of the special effects of the movie were contracted to him, and some of the more difficult shots were also used by him to contact the special effects company in South Korea.

The cost of special effects for this kind of blockbuster is often tens of millions and hundreds of millions, and it is difficult to be tempted.

For such a large project, the investor lacks deterrence and effective supervision, so there will be countless people from top to bottom who will come up and take a bite, and half of the 300 million yuan will be eaten.

Wang Zhongjun also cheated Zhou Xingchi for 80 million before, and with his urine nature, it's really hard to say.

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

After all, the main control is Xiang Huaqiang, and the main operation is Huayi, Ah Lifu just symbolically invested a little, and jointly issued it with Huayi.

Deng Kangming thought for a while and suggested, "Why don't you remind Xiang Huaqiang?"

"No, no!"

Fan Luyuan immediately denied, "In case it reaches Wang Zhongjun's ears, it won't look good, the most important thing at present 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 the alliance can't do without Huayi." ”

It's not ten years ago now, whether it's Yinghuang, Huanya, or Xiang Huaqiang, they are no longer in the eyes of large mainland companies.

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

Then Fan Luyuan chatted with Deng Kangming about the company's later development, and it didn't take long to receive a call from Zhang Wei.

"What!"

"New culture?"

"What's going on?"

......

Fan Luyuan hung up the phone with a gloomy face, and his face was very ugly.

There is a saying that "if you fight, your bicycle becomes a motorcycle, and if you gamble, a motorcycle becomes a Land Rover." Now there are more and more bets and guarantees in the film and television industry.

Not only in the film and television industry, but also in almost all industries.

At the beginning of the century, Mengniu gambled with Da Mo, Xiangjiang CDH and the English Union of England with a compound annual growth rate of not less than 50% as a financial indicator, and Mengniu won.

Yongle Electric Appliances and Dinghui, which were once among the top 10 in the retail industry in the country, gambled on the net profit in 2007, but the VAM failed, resulting in the loss of control and was eventually acquired by Gome.

The founder of Prince Milk likes to gamble, and in 93 he borrowed 100,000 yuan from the bank, printed a batch of *** wall calendars, and became rich overnight.

In 2007, it signed a VAM agreement with three foreign investors to ensure that the performance increased by more than 50% within three years, and finally the VAM failed, and Prince Milk was taken over by three foreign investment banks.

Even Hua Yan, a giant giant, lost 900 million yuan because of the failure of the bet with Da Mo 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 VAM agreements.

Regardless of the fact that those stars and directors have not completed the bet, the film and television company must have made money anyway.

With Hua Yi's precedent, other companies are also looking for people to bet on everywhere, and those directors and stars with appeal are the most popular.

Ah Li's eyes on Zhou Xingchi, this is also no way, Ning Hao, Wu Ershan, Xu Zheng their agents are in Han and Tang, Feng Xiaogang and Hua Yi signed, Zhang Yimou's contract is in Leshi.

Fan Luyuan is very confident in winning Zhou Xingchi, signing bets is all for money, and the most important thing for Ah Lik is money.

And in terms of related resources, there is no shortage of raccoon dogs.

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

It's normal to not talk about it once or twice, big directors have this capital, so it's important to bargain.

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

Sensing that Fan Luyuan's expression had obviously become wrong, it was definitely not a trivial matter to make him lose his temper like this, Deng Kangming immediately spoke.

"Fan Dong, what's wrong?"

"Zhou Xingchi didn't talk about it over there!"

Fan Luyuan's tone was a little solemn, and he sat up straight unconsciously, "Zhou Xingchi has signed a contract with the new culture of the magic capital, and now there are few directors with box office appeal in the film industry. ”

"It shouldn't be. ”

Deng Kangming's face was puzzled, "Mr. Zhang went in person, we gave the greatest sincerity, and there is basically no one higher than us in terms of resources and prices, let alone a new culture." ”

For binding Zhou Xingchi, the senior management of Ahri Pictures is very confident.

First of all, Zhou Xingchi is not a pure director, he spends no less time on flipping houses than movies, and under the impact of capital, there are basically no pure directors in the entire film and television industry, and they all have another identity - businessmen.

Zhou Xingchi has been firing the building for more than ten years, at least it proves that he will not be the kind of person who has no desires and no desires, and only has movies in his life.

Moreover, when Zhang Wei went to contact for the first time, the conversation went quite 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 Lik is not afraid of any competition.

If you want to talk about bad results, they have also imagined that after all, Tengxun and Wanda are not bad at all, and directors who also continue to be able to give will not be worse than Ah Tanuki.

It would be okay if Zhou Xingchi cooperated with Wanda and Tengxun, but what is the matter with the new culture?

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

Whether it is background, financial resources, or resources, Fan Luyuan thinks that the new culture and Ah Tanuki are completely any Kobe, and that is not a factor in this regard, there must be something hidden in it!

In the afternoon of the same day, 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, and Fan Luyuan and the company's senior executives were waiting in the conference room.

"Fan Dong, everyone!"

Zhang Wei was not verbose, and after saying hello, she got down to business.

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

Without waiting for Zhang Wei to finish speaking, someone immediately spoke, "In other words, Zhou Xingchi had already signed a contract with New Culture before talking to Mr. Zhang, which shows that he didn't think about us at all!"

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

"The main business of new culture has always been TV dramas, why did you disrupt the situation this time?"

One person said Rory, Fan Luyuan frowned, and said in a loud voice, "Mr. Zhang continued. ”

Zhang Wei said, "I didn't understand it at first, Zhou Xingchi didn't say anything, I knew it from his assistant, or because of Hua Yi and "Journey to the West", he was a little repulsed by Hua Yi, including several major companies, so he found a new culture that had been doing TV dramas before, and New Culture also invested in "Journey to the West", and it seems that there is also the influence of Xu Ke. ”

Is it still related to Huayi?

A rat poop spoiled a pot of porridge, and the stupid things Wang Zhongjun did actually made Zhou Xingchi feel bad for several major companies.

Fan Luyuan never thought that this was the reason.

Ah, the other people in the senior management of Tanuki Pictures also didn't think that this was the reason, so they almost scolded it directly.

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

"I don't know the specifics, and his assistant didn't say much. ”

Zhang Wei then said everything she knew, and New Culture acquired more than half of the shares of Zhou Xingchi's High-quality Data Co., Ltd. at a high price, although the price was uncertain, but at least more than one billion.

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

There is also the fact that Xu Ke and Yang Zhenhua are acquaintances, when Yang Zhenhua was still working at the Cultural Publishing House under the Modu Cultural Bureau, he once led people to block the airport in order to get a copy of the videotape of Jin Yong's martial arts drama.

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

Yang Zhenhua himself has been to Xiangjiang and has been in contact with some directors and companies that have adapted Jin Yong's martial arts into movies, so he naturally knows Xu Ke.

Xu Ke was also there when Yang Zhenhua went to South Korea, but Zhang Wei is not sure whether 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 Eastern Pictures, which opened in the magic capital.

......

There was too much information for Fan Luyuan to sort it out, and only after a while did he say, "In this way, Xu Ke and Zhou Xingchi don't want to be bound to any big company, and they want to be their own?"

Zhang Wei nodded, "Xu Ke has been in the big companies before, it is very likely that this idea is this, after Zhou Xingchi was put on the table by Wang Zhongjun, it is estimated that he also has 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 unwilling to be subservient to others, thinking that they can break out of the world without taking refuge in anyone.

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

But it's useless, in the face of a behemoth like a raccoon, one by one either loses to money, or doesn't even get the money, and exits in disgrace.

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

Since the binding of Zhou Xingchi failed, Fan Luyuan no longer bothered about this matter, 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 40% of the shares of Zhou Xingchi's Quality Data Co., Ltd. at a price of 1.25 billion, becoming a major shareholder of Quality Data, and Quality Data will have no less than 20% of the investment rights in Zhou Xingchi's films in the next four years.

Mr. Zhou also holds a 49 percent stake, and the other 11 percent was acquired by Mr. Yang Zhenhua, chairman of New Culture, at a 100 percent owned company in Xiangjiang on the same day.

In other words, New Culture has a controlling stake in high-quality data.

1.25 billion to acquire 40% of the shares, and the valuation of high-quality data in this round of acquisition reached 3.125 billion.

Immediately, professionals gave high-quality data on the asset situation, with total assets of about 85 million.

The acquisition of 36 times the premium, Huayi's previous acquisition of Dongyang Latin America worth 14,000 at a valuation of 1.5 billion reached a premium of 107 times.

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

But Zhou Xingchi sold 51% of his shares and got nearly 1.6 billion in cash, far more than Feng Xiaogang and Zhang Guoli got that time.

earned 1.6 billion cash at one time, and the entire film and television industry was stunned, and had to sigh the madness of capital and the envy of Zhou Xingchi.

If you want to earn 1.6 billion yuan just by terms of salary, it is almost unimaginable that even if you have 20 million films, you have to make 80 movies!

Of course, this is also conditional, and capital is not a good money boy.

There is also a performance bet announced together with the acquisition, which is basically that high-quality data will achieve a net profit of 1.25 billion in the next four years.

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

A net profit of 1.25 billion yuan in four years, 300 million yuan a year, is simply a fantasy for a company with assets of less than 100 million.

......

"It's crazy!"

Tang An, who was in the company, also knew the news for the first time, but fortunately he was a little cultured, so he could only say "".

It is not surprising that Zhou Xingchi and the capital made a bet, the original time and space did so, but the amount increased by 200 million, and it was 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, and it is also a rare sequel, and Zhou Xingchi did not shoot "Kung Fu 2", which was very popular with the audience.

However, the cycle of "Mermaid 2" is a bit long, and it cannot be released on the scheduled schedule, so "The King of Comedy 2" was temporarily made.

Zhou Xingchi, who has been sharpening his sword for four years, has also begun to become prolific, and when "The King of Comedy 2" was released, "Mermaid 2" was almost done in the later stage, and it was announced that a "Kung Fu 2" would start preparations.

Another director "degenerated", and in the end he lost to the money of capital.

Tang An sighed twice and swiped Weibo again.

Zhou Xingchi's fans are still very happy, and many of his fans left messages, saying that thanks to the new culture and Zhou Xingchi's bet, Zhou Xingchi will have to make a few more movies, so they don't have to wait for one in four years, and it is best to see Zhou Xingchi's movies every year.

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

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

"The King of Comedy 2" is even worse, Jiang Lang has come out with all these words.