Chapter 668: Equal Status!
Time flies, and the National Day file has begun, but it has nothing to do with Hantang Media, and it has nothing to do with Tang An.
It's just that Nuomi Movie is about to usher in another war, and the market competition with ticketing platforms such as Maoyan, Taopiaopiao, and Weipiaoer is about to be warned.
The four major platforms, plus small and medium-sized ticket-buying websites such as Guevara, are expected to invest nearly 150 million yuan in the National Day file.
The ticket subsidy war is to throw money and publicity, and fight for hard power, money and offline and online channels.
At present, with the large investment of the four major platforms, other old ticket-buying websites have basically fallen behind.
The global box office of "Interstellar" has also been settled, plus half of the domestic follow-up settlement, and some other revenues, 870 million yuan will be recorded again.
Originally, there were 2.7 billion yuan in the account, and with the 870 million, there was a total of 3.57 billion.
However, the two new films are about to be approved, and Tang An repaid the bank loan of 2.3 billion, leaving a loan of 1 billion.
In addition, through the matchmaking of Zhang Wall, Tang An acquired the old film and television company Forbidden City Pictures.
Behind the Forbidden City Pictures is Beijing TV and Beijing Television and Radio Media, and the two sides have begun to cooperate.
Among them, the publicity and distribution business was spun off and merged into Hantang Film Group.
As for the film and television production business, it was retained and the Forbidden City Media was established.
Forbidden City Pictures has basically not produced or distributed any film and television dramas in recent years, and it is still priced at 1.2 billion, and now all film and television companies are inflated.
Tang An spent 500 million yuan in cash to leave the film and television production business, and another 700 million yuan worth of publicity and distribution business was merged into the Hantang Film Group, and Jingcheng TV and Jingcheng Television and Radio Media owned 7.87% of the shares of the Hantang Film Group.
Hantang Film Group, which was merged into Nuomi Film and withdrew a large number of people and businesses from Hantang Media, is now valued at 8.9 billion.
It is not much less than the market value of Guangxian's listing at the beginning, and even higher than the market value of Berner today.
No way, now the prospects of the film and television industry are very good, Huayi announced the establishment of Kyushu Distribution a few days ago, the acquisition of a game company, and the market value has soared to 24 billion.
After the release of "Di Renjie's Divine Dragon King", Huayi will acquire Zhang Guoli's National Changsheng at a premium, and the market value will skyrocket to 36 billion yuan, or even higher, as in history.
In two years at most, it will reach an unprecedented 80 billion!
More and more capital is pouring into the film and television industry.
Sometimes, money is just a bunch of numbers.
In the blink of an eye, there is less than 800 million left, but those two projects can borrow a large amount of money at any time, and now there is no shortage of money.
Nuomi Films, Tengxun, Ahri, and Meituan frantically competed for the market, and "Shendu Dragon King" slaughtered all sides on the National Day, collecting 60 million box office on the first day.
Tang An doesn't care about these things, Tang An doesn't care about those film and television dramas under his umbrella, it doesn't matter if he makes money or loses.
lost a few films, which is just a drop in the bucket for a huge group, and has no impact at all, Tang An doesn't pay attention to every film at all.
The script of "Operation Red Sea" is still under review, and more than a dozen departments, even if they move around a lot, are not so simple, after all, there are too many things involved.
The script of "Mysterious Superstar" has also sorted out a complete plot, and even the location team has been sent to the counties and cities around the capital to find suitable location locations.
The actor is not in a hurry, but he has to determine the heroine first, and he has to receive a month or two of professional training.
Actors have to audition, and Tang An has asked people to collect information on actresses of all ages across the country and pick out more than a dozen auditions.
Playing a teenage girl, unlike other characters, after Tang An finalized the main plot and character design, he could immediately find seven or eight suitable candidates in his mind.
It's not a very biased role, the right actors are too easy to find, as long as you know all the actors in the circle, you can find them even with your eyes closed.
Although Tang An knows most of the actors very well, even the characteristics of many young actors are clear.
But at this age, it is not so simple to be able to support a commercial movie and play with a few powerful actors.
Unlike those who are pure, charming, and long-legged, these actors are too easy to find, and they have a lot of baskets casually.
It's rare to have a relatively large-scale audition, and Tang An hasn't auditioned for a long time.
But there is still an important thing at the moment, at two o'clock in the afternoon, Tang An and Zhang Wall received the three directors Ning Hao, Xu Zheng and Wu Ershan in the conference room.
At the end of 09 years ago, Tang An set up a studio for Xu Zheng and Wu Ershan, and now there are still two years to go.
With the situation of the two of them at the beginning, the contract was still very good.
But now, Xu Zheng's personal box office is more than 2 billion, and the box office of "Hypnotic Master", which does not rely on embarrassment, is also very good.
Wu Ershan has two 1 billion box office movies in hand, and his personal box office is nearly 3 billion.
Any one of them, put in other companies, is qualified to become a faΓ§ade.
At least the three major companies of Ahri, Tengxun, and Wanda have contacted them more than once.
Although it can still be squeezed for two years, Tang An doesn't mind letting them earn a little more if they have the ability.
The film and television production business of Forbidden City Pictures was spun off and Forbidden City Media was established for the two of them.
10% of each person's shares, Ning Hao is also willing to invest.
Although he left LeTV and established Bad Monkey Pictures by himself, Ning Hao's films still have to accept investment from large companies.
There are only a few large companies, and Ning Hao must also recognize the boss, in comparison, Hantang Media is quite good in terms of strength and treatment.
Working together as a shareholder, rather than signing a director, Tang An gave them an equal footing.
No one wants to be subservient, Feng Xiaogang doesn't want to stay in Huayi even when he is old, let alone even younger ones.
In the future, the films made by the three of them will be jointly shot by Forbidden City Media and their own company, and Zhang Wall will also serve as the general manager of Forbidden City Media.
It was negotiated before, and the contract was signed soon.
From today onwards, Xu Zheng and Wu Ershan are no longer the contracted directors of Hantang Media, but shareholders of Forbidden City Media.
Although there is a huge gap between their status and Tang An, at least in terms of their current status, they are at the same level.
Wu Ershan didn't have any special feelings, he just made more money.
was free enough, there was no interference in what movies he made, and even now he has to spend more than a billion yuan to shoot a project with a cycle of at least three or four years, Tang An supports him.
But Xu Zheng was a little excited, the studio was written off, and he was finally free.
All the directors in the country, at least he is the freest of the people.
Although it is not a shareholder of Hantang Media, in addition to mainly participating in the production of the three of them, Forbidden City Media will also absorb other directors, depending on the director's identity, status, and ability, or give a little share, or sign a contract.
Although there is only 10% of the shares, this is not only the income from the movies shot by themselves, but also the films of Ning Hao and Wu Ershan, and more and more directors' films in the future can share the benefits.
What's more, his own films, his own Zhenle Dao Film and Television can account for 30% of the share, which is completely his own.
This treatment is much higher than Feng Xiaogang of Huayi and Zhang Yimou of Lay's.
Feng Xiaogang has to sign a billion-dollar gambling contract with Huayi for the money, and once he loses, he has to work for Huayi again.
From actor to director, and then to capital, Xu Zheng only took a few years to stand at the top of the food chain of the film and television industry.
Tang An doesn't care what they think, give them enough benefits, it's not that they are generous, this is what they deserve.
The big head is still here in Tang An, not to mention that no matter whether it is True Le Dao or Bad Monkey, he has no ability to issue.
The publicity and distribution business of Forbidden City Media was also spun off and merged into the Hantang Film Group.
Only by mastering publicity and distribution can we have the greatest right to speak, and it is impossible for this mouth to be opened to the outside world.
Just like when Western countries imposed a technological blockade on China, the key thing is not to give it to you.
Not only will he not be able to open it, but all large companies will not be able to open it.
Holding the publicity is equivalent to getting most of the profits.
After signing the contract, drink tea and chat.
Tang An said with a smile, "Director Ning, how is the preparation of "Heart Flower Road", if you need help during the production process, just say it." β
Ning Hao said, "It's ready, and it will be ready to start in half a month." β
Tang An said, "You three iron triangles are now the strongest combination in the domestic comedy field, and I am a little looking forward to the results of next year's National Day." β
Xu Zheng smiled and said, "Tang Dong is polite, you are going to make a comedy, it is better to release it first, and then our "Heart Flower Road" will be dull." β
Tang An waved his hand and said, "This is my first time trying a comedy theme, and I am not as good as you in this regard, and "Mystery Superstar" is more like an inspirational movie." β
Ning Hao and Xu Zheng are polite, and when it comes to other things, they are naturally inferior, but in terms of comedy, except for Zhou Xingchi and Feng Xiaogang, there is really no one in China who is looked down upon by them.
After chatting for a while, Wu Ershan took out the script of the "Legend of the Gods" trilogy again, and everyone discussed it together.
After nearly a year, with the three screenwriters and their respective screenwriting teams, the first version of the script of this masterpiece has finally been completed.
Ning Hao and Xu Zheng also knew that Wu Ershan was preparing to play big, so they took the script with a curious face.