The resources of the fashion circle may be extremely scarce for other stars, but they are not so important to Zhou Bai, this is just the icing on the cake, what makes him settle down is his own acting skills, his team, and his capital, definitely not this kind of so-called fashion sense and talent that people in the fashion circle say are amazing, if Zhou Bai wants to rely on the fashion circle to eat one day, it can only mean that he has fallen too much.

This is the confidence of a person with capital, the ability to resist risks is much stronger than those who are very thin and rely on a single market to feed, one day Zhou Bai does not act, he can be a producer, a director, or even change careers to manage his investment team, no matter how bad it is, he will go home to inherit his father's family property, and be a rich second generation who eats and waits for death.

Su Mang's understanding of Zhou Bai is not shallow, and she knows that some things are not just rumors, so she does not feel exaggerated about Zhou Bai's light-hearted attitude, and not showing the mountains does not mean that he has no strength, in fact, Zhou Bai is one of the people in the entire film industry who can eat with those bigwigs at any time.

"I heard that your company is going to open eight movies next year, and I already think it's not a small amount to invest in four movies this year, but I'm not afraid of losing money by investing so much next year?"

Last year, there were only about 100 films produced in China, and if the main theme films invested by the public are excluded, in fact, only a few dozen appeared on the market, and very few of them can be profitable, and they can even be counted on two hands, so you can imagine how shocking it is to invest in seven or eight films in one go.

From the creation of the company in 98 to the present, Huayi, a company that has made a name for itself in the industry, has invested in about fifteen movies in six years, and some of these fifteen films are only a small share of investment, and Zhou Bai's investment this year and next year will soon catch up with this number, if it is announced, it will definitely surprise the eyeballs.

"There is such a plan, eight movies seem to be a lot, there are only three commercial productions at present, the investment scale is okay, the other five are art films, the cost is not high, as long as there are no accidents in commercial films, even if the other five are lost, it doesn't matter, it can't hurt the bones. Zhou Bai nodded and said with a smile, it's just that the number of eight movies is bluffing, in fact, the investment in art films is not large, and it doesn't even add up to the same as the budget of one of the commercial films.

"It seems that you are confident, I forgot, since your debut, investment has never failed, if you are not sure, you will not make an easy move, it seems that I am worried. Su Mang looked at the confident smile on Zhou Bai's face and reacted, the pressure of ordinary people to vote for eight movies at a time will be very high, but when is this person in front of him an ordinary person.

After a long period of downturn, the domestic film market has gradually begun to recover, Zhou Bai, who has been observing the market-related data for a long time, clearly feels this sign, last year's domestic annual total box office exceeded 1 billion has made filmmakers thankful, and this year's breakthrough of 1.5 billion is definitely a sure thing, and even 1.8 billion is not unthinkable.

It seems that 1.5 billion or 1.8 billion is not a great number, and the annual box office champions will be much higher than this number after more than ten years, but that is the result of more than ten years of rapid development, and people in the future simply can't imagine the hardships experienced by people who have experienced the cold winter of the film industry.

Compared with those film companies that are struggling on the survival line, Zhou Bai is undoubtedly lucky, he has the advantage that others do not have, cut into art film investment at the most appropriate time, focus on the overseas copyright market, accumulate a certain amount of capital and then go back to cultivate the domestic market, from small-cost art films to commercial films, every step is steady and steady, and the results have proved that this strategy is correct.

The first investment in "Xiao Wu" made Zhou Bai make a small profit, and then "Suzhou River", "That Mountain, That Man and That Dog" were on the right track, opening up overseas copyright market channels, and "Fifty First Loves", "My Savage Girlfriend", "Painless Lovelorn", "Blind Well" and other art and business have both made efforts, and talents and capital have been further accumulated.

"You think too highly of me, the movie is actually gambling every time, the reason why I haven't missed is because I don't invest in many projects, plus good luck, if there is no pressure to invest in eight movies in one go, it is impossible, plus the cooperation with Huayi, this number may exceed ten, it is impossible for every one to make money, some dramas I invested money in it completely with the idea of cultivating talents, it is nothing more than that the investment is not very acceptable to lose money, it is a pity not to shoot such a good story. Zhou Bai explained that he himself doesn't think that these movies can make money, and if they can make a profit on the whole, they can be regarded as achieving the goal.

Next year's film plan has been steadily implemented, Zhou Bai himself starred in one, Liu Ye starred in two, these three are commercial films, and in terms of art films, Jia Zhangke's "The Good Man of the Three Gorges", Ning Hao's "Green Meadow", Chen Er's "The Third Man", Li Yu's "Red Face", and Ma Liwen's "The Two of Us" are all in the plan, and it will take a long time to verify the results.

"Exchanging Lives" and "Cheap Life" are film plans for the second half of this year, both of which will be launched in the second half of this year, and the expected release time is at least in the second half of next year.

In terms of funds, Zhou Bai has never been worried, even if the funds of the film investment have been recovered for a long time, there has never been any pressure on cash, Google's shares cannot be sold due to the restrictions of the US Securities and Exchange Act, with this kind of high-quality assets in hand, the banks in the United States are waiting for Zhou Bai to lend to Zhou Bai.

In fact, Zhou Bai knows the studio's financial situation well, and Yuan Xi is also communicating with him from time to time, since the beginning of the previous year, he has a large amount of cash in his hand waiting for the right project, even after investing in "Fast Pursuit", "No Thieves in the World", and "Wulin Gaiden", the cash in the account still exceeds 100 million, and with the follow-up of movies such as "My Sassy Girlfriend", this number is getting more and more.

The house is a good investment object, but there are more than two houses in the hands of Zhou Bai and Yuan Yu, and there is really no need to buy more before there is no goal that makes him happy, so a considerable part of the funds Zhou Bai has invested in the special effects department.

Rich and easy to do, after more than half a year of digging the wall, the existing team has brought together first-class industry elites at home and abroad, although it is not as good as the world-class special effects team, there is no problem in Asia.

The special effects team is a long process of accumulating technology, even if Zhou Bai has the intention to shorten this time, it is not something that can be done in a moment, some things can not be done just by burning money, the next task of the special effects team is to continue to provide technical support for the company's film projects, and strive to absorb Hollywood's technology in the future project cooperation with Hollywood, so as to form their own real core technology.