Chapter 579: A New Generation of Documentaries

This time he didn't stop in Pengcheng, Zhou Shi flew directly from Xiangjiang to Yanjing, and just got off the plane when he heard an unexpected news.

"Mr. Zhou, Huayi's stake in Miramax is yellow!" Zhang Zhao gloated in front of Zhou Shi. Starlight Film and Television did not succeed in listing in 09 and this year, and there is a reason why the Huayi Wang brothers are behind it, but this is harmless to Zhou Shi, but Zhang Zhao and others hold a grudge.

"Are they short of money?" Zhou Shi thought that domestic film and television companies had not yet made money, and it was a bit radical to invest abroad at this time.

"Where, this time it was cut off by the Chinese Cultural Industry Fund. "Zhang Zhao

"What kind of fund is this, I haven't heard of it. "Zhou Shi

"This is the first cultural industry private equity fund established last year and approved by the National Development and Reform Commission in China, with a scale of about 5 billion soft sister coins. The chairman is Li Ruigang (in fact, he should have become the chairman in 12 years, but the middle is arranged like this!), the president of Shanghai Media ...... "Zhang Zhao said eloquently, it is also a national enterprise, it seems that China has really increased investment in the cultural industry.

"You said they wouldn't think about the dove occupying the magpie's nest, right?" Zhou Shi had a whim

"This shouldn't be enough!" Zhang Zhao, he knows what Zhou Shi's strength is, this kind of tycoon who eats all in China and Hollywood, where he can do anything......

"Forget it, don't talk about this, what's wrong with the Wang brothers, they are so willing to be bullied?" Zhou Shi was very curious, what kind of reaction and performance these entertainment bigwigs would have when they encountered this kind of thing.

"What else? I can't twist my arms around my thighs, and besides, you didn't say that you would let Huaying decide the other five percent of the equity distribution. "Zhang Zhao

Zhou Shi recalled, it seemed that it was true, and he just said casually, he didn't want Starlight Film and Television to participate in Miramax. He is looking for so many shareholders because the amount of investment in Hollywood films is getting bigger and bigger, and the time to recover costs is also extended, and he can make the most profits with his own funds, but the risk is very high. For the same script, different directors will shoot completely different effects. Releases at different times will also get very different box office. Except for movies like "Twilight" and "The Hunger Games", which are sure to make money, he wants to find someone to share the cost of other movies and use other people's money to make money for himself, which is the rule of the game for his Wall Street and Hollywood counterparts. His design of Starlight Film and Television was originally focused on China and became one of the top giants in China. Contributing to the revival of Chinese culture is not to make him fall to Hollywood.

"It seems that Huayi is quite wronged. "Zhou Shi doesn't care who it is, a company with stronger capital is a better partner.

"Mr. Zhou, our listing is one step closer, the plan for the merger of Starlight Culture into Starlight Film and Television has been basically determined, and now we are doing an employee equity incentive plan, do we want to allocate some shares to its actors. "Zhang Zhao

"Do you want to learn from Huayi and use star shareholders to increase the company's valuation?" Zhou Shi knew what he was thinking when he heard it.

"Yes, there is this idea. "Zhang Zhao

"No, our most important capital is not star resources (A-list stars are certainly not the same as superstars), but the ability to create and distribute. Our route is to speak with the work, not with the stars. It is good to discriminate and allocate shares according to their contribution to the company (contribution? this can be operated) rather than popularity. "Zhou Shi

"Okay, by the way, Mr. Zhou, are we going public as a whole or spin-off?" Zhang Zhao asked again, although film and television companies and cultural companies have the highest profits, but the development of its animation industry is also good, especially the Xiyangyang series, which has a high popularity and market share. On the premise of insisting on excellence, the praise rate of the works is also very high. Although the box office of the big animated movie is not very good, it is still profitable.

Starlight Film and Television is a large-scale comprehensive cultural and entertainment group, including film and television production (including movies, TV series, animation), variety show production, music and performing arts program production (including drama, opera, etc.), and also developed consumer product departments, such as publishing, periodicals and magazines, franchises and so on.

"Let's go public as a whole!" Zhou Shi thought for a long time, although there would be more room for maneuver in the spin-off and listing, for example, Jabbs was dumping listed and unlisted assets, so that his bubble continued to blow for a long time. But a great business has to face difficulties from the very beginning. He wants to make Starlight Film and Television a century-old enterprise, not to make money. Like Huaxia's automobile industry, SAIC is listed as a whole, FAW, hehe......

"It's good to go public as a whole. "Zhang Zhao, for business operators, the management of listed companies is not something that shareholders can remove at will, and the overall listing is more beneficial to him.

"By the way, do you think we should take more responsibility?" Zhou Shi

"What responsibility?" Zhang Zhao didn't know why Zhou Shi suddenly said this.

"To disseminate and revive the traditional culture and morality of China. "Zhou Shi

"This proposition is a bit big!" Zhang Zhao

"The cultural industry, especially the cultural industry in China, is seriously restricted by the government, so how to break through this restriction is only for us to be approved by more people. Doing more doesn't necessarily make money, but something valuable, helps us a lot. Of course, this can also be understood as an ideal and extravagant. "Zhou Shi

"Do you want us to make more literary films?" Zhang Zhao

"MD, your literary movie, I won't watch it. "Zhou Shi doesn't like literary movies, of course not all, Lao Mouzi's hawthorn tree and return are good, and there are many good literary movies, but this is the same as commercial films, there are many more bad movies than good films.

"Then I'll understand......" Zhang Zhao

"Documentaries, high-quality documentaries. Zhou Shi, he has a good impression of "A Bite of China", "I Repair Cultural Relics in the Forbidden City", "The Great Craftsman", and he is also amazed by many BBC documentaries. The world is always in need of something that seems useless in the business world.

"Documentary, Mr. Zhou, this thing can't make money in China. "Zhang Zhao

"But we can't work for money in everything, we need to attract more talented people to our team with ideals. And why do you say that so many companies continue to do charity, and what is their purpose?" Zhou Shi, it is difficult for domestic and foreign enterprises to avoid taxes by relying on charity, and this is generally not the purpose.

"Popularity, reputation, I know that this can establish our corporate image, can make our film and television promotion more labor-saving......" Zhang Zhao

"We can invest a certain percentage of money in these seemingly useless things on the premise of making a profit. "Zhou Shi

"Okay, you're always right, so what are the requirements for our documentary?" Zhang Zhao

"Tell new stories with new audio-visual and new perspectives, and make a new generation of documentaries!" Zhou Shi