Chapter 88: Don't Let Others Sleep Soundly
This week, there is some good news, but there is also bad news. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
For example, Zhengdong Pictures' solicitation of director Dai Zimo ultimately failed. Zhuo Qinglian had been vaccinated before, and Zhou Yi was not surprised. For him, this is nothing at all, it can only be said that there is no fate.
Life is unsatisfactory, ten constants**, occasionally a little unsatisfactory, and it is not worth mentioning.
Zhou Yi will not be angry, angry, or even retaliate because of this little thing, that is not enough. Everyone has their own ambitions, and they can't be forced. No matter how much potential and fame he has, it is impossible for everyone to like him unconditionally, love him, and be willing to support him. It's normal for people not to come. If you want to be angry even about this kind of thing, be careful that your anger hurts you!
It is advisable to look at the scenery, Zhou Yi took it to Zhao Yanqin at the beginning, but he also had to do it himself.
Zhou Yi also did some understanding of this matter, at least to know who the flowers were and what attracted Director Dai. Zhuo Qinglian told Zhou Yi that in the end, Director Dai was recruited by a newly established Tianzi Film Company in the industry and became one of its signed directors.
"Tianzi Pictures?"
As soon as he learned the news, Zhou Yi was a little surprised: "It's too arrogant to take this kind of name, what is the origin?" is more arrogant than Daqin, not afraid of being suppressed in the circle? "Most people don't give the company such an arrogant name, so as not to upset people.
"As far as I know, there should be a Jiangsu and Zhejiang consortium behind this Tianzi Pictures, which has accepted the injection of 'famous venture capital'." Zhuo Qinglian said.
"Oh? I see, then it doesn't hurt. β
"By the way, I heard that this consortium likes to engage in political speculation, and is also suspected of manipulating the US presidential election, donating large political donations, and has been investigated by US intelligence services, I don't know what happened."
"Haha! It's not that serious, it's all in the past. That's not the behavior of a consortium, it's the wife of a certain unobtrusive consortium boss, who can't stay idle at home, tosses around herself, and donates some money to others, but is exposed by the media and takes it out to hype. "Of course, Zhuo Qinglian won't say much about the specific situation.
Who knows if this is the case?
This kind of thing obviously won't be groundless, and Zhou Yi feels that this kind of approach is too unreasonable.
It's just none of his business.
"What's going on with this Tianzi Pictures?" Zhou Yi asked.
Zhuo Qinglian explained: "Tianzi Pictures is controlled by Chunqiu Ding Culture Media Co., Ltd., the composition of this company's shares is quite complicated, and it used to be one of the competition fields between the Jiangsu-Zhejiang consortium and the North China consortium. In the early days of their business, they started with the domestic agency distribution of Dongying comics, and their reputation was not obvious, but they worked silently, and absorbed a large number of coffee houses, cold drink rooms, rental book houses, comic shops and other small consumption places in major provinces and cities across the country to join their animation chain, and had a good physical channel, and later had their own brand magazine "Ding Dynasty", which slowly grew bigger and completed the initial accumulation of funds, and then they began to lay out the youth culture and entertainment industry, focusing on youth brands, and now they have games, anime, magazines, novels, talk shows, websites, publishing houses and many other resources, and also signed a number of young writers, cartoonists, Internet celebrities and well-known anchors. Now their company has many high-quality copyrights and outstanding talents, and has received several capital injections from the North China Consortium and the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Consortium, and it is easy to transfer to the film and television industry with a famous pedigree. With this advantage, they naturally want to integrate resources, expand channels, and develop in this direction. β
Of course, Zhou Yi can understand that the development of cultural media has reached this point, which is an inevitable choice, and it is not surprising.
"It looks like they're a lot bigger than we are."
"People have a long development time, and they have ten years of accumulation, which can be regarded as ten years of sharpening a sword. Our company still needs time. And it's not just a matter of company size. Although we are also a new company, in terms of temperament, we are more like a traditional old film company, while their Tianzi Pictures is an emerging film company that started and transformed from the Internet, whether it is the style of action or the corporate culture, the difference is quite obvious. But it doesn't matter, whether it can be developed or not is not based on these superficial things after all. There are many old companies in the industry, and there are few emerging ones, and they often disappear after a few years. If the background is not enough, and it is still eager for quick success, this is often the result, but this Tianzi Film Company has a very strong capital and is qualified to enter the market. β
"Huh! Good birds choose trees to perch. Director Dai Zimo did choose a good owner, but it's no wonder that he is. β
Zhou Yi was not angry.
However, Zhuo Qinglian said: "Actually, this company has something to do with us. β
"Oh? How so? β
"Their Tianzi Pictures started like us, and they all took shape quickly through the acquisition of companies in the industry. For example, several second-tier film and television production companies in Yanjing, such as Chishi Pictures, Baidai Pictures, Clover Pictures, etc., have been directly acquired by them, so that they can quickly integrate resource channels, develop and grow in the shortest time, quickly pass the birth period, and enter the growth period. β
"Oh! It's the ones who poached us in the first place. β
"Not bad!"
Of course, Zhou Yi knew that Zhuo Qinglian also asked people to drive to hit the boss of the chime stone company, deliberately scaring him to stop.
Although the other party withdrew, he may not hold a grudge in his heart.
"Are those second-tier companies willing to be acquired?"
"Now there are so many film and television companies, the business in the circle is not good, they have been going downhill recently, and the results of some film and television dramas are not very ideal, although it is not like our former Aurora Pictures, the boss vomited blood and was hospitalized, but it also suffered a lot of losses. If the purchase price is right, of course they will. Besides, according to the news that Manager Zheng and the others heard, the bosses of those companies still retain a certain amount of shares in the new company, which can be regarded as a joint expansion. Although he has lost his dominance, it is not a good thing to be able to make money lying down. Through acquisition, Tianzi Pictures has completed the first step of resource integration in the shortest time, and with the help of the resources and channels of these companies, it can quickly gain a foothold in the circle. β
Zhou Yi expressed his understanding.
Just like Zhengdong, if you develop from scratch, you may not have the current results so quickly.
"It is said that the new castle and the griffin side that we have worked with have been poached a bit."
"How's it going?" Zhou Yi was curious.
"They didn't suffer much. The new castle has just completed the acquisition, and the boss behind the scenes is not short of money, and it has gradually stabilized. Boss Huang of the Gryphon has other industries, and he is also not short of money, he just wants to do business, and he will not accept acquisitions. I heard that Director Wan was poached on their side, and it is estimated that the main purpose of Tianzi Pictures is Director Wan, but Director Wan refused, he is old and has no ambition to start a career, and it is good to retire in Griffin. What's more, Boss Huang has always treated him well, how can he be poached so easily. Zhuo Qinglian introduced.
"In addition, there are also people in our east who have been poached by them, and there are executives and crews in the administrative department, like Manager Zheng, especially the other party has offered Director Zhao a very high price, it seems that their main focus is still on the director, and Director Zhao has proven himself with many films, and he will not lose money by digging in the past, but they did not succeed."
This is not at all expected by Zhou Yi, Director Zhao is very smart, and he is not young, so he will not be seduced.
What's more, the company is in a period of rapid growth, who wants to jump ship and leave at this time, isn't it stupid to go home? In particular, the company has always been very generous in terms of bonuses and dividends, and the boss is not the kind of miser, and has a solid and reliable background, so why bother to seek the near and far?
Zhou Yi smiled: "Of course they can't dig it up." Now is not the time for the aurora. Our company's salary is so high, how can anyone leave? If you go to their company to work part-time, and you can't be a boss, you may not earn as much as our company, and the prospects may not be as good as our company. No matter how many companies they buy in the industry, they are still new after all, and they don't know if they can succeed or not, who will give up a stable job and take risks with them, and they may not be able to make more money! After all, our company has already proved it with the box office, and the other party has no proof of anything. Don't talk about the prospects, most people only look at the present. As long as our technical backbone is there, it is not the same who will replace the executives. Executives certainly won't be gone. β
Zhuo Qinglian said: "That's true. However, Director Dai Zimo has no choice, it is said that Daqin Pictures also intends to recruit him, but it has failed, not to mention our Zhengdong Pictures. Tianzi has a large number of high-quality copyrights and film and television projects, and even they have published a number of horror thriller novels, as well as related magazines, which will definitely provide a lot of horror film ideas and content resources. People have things that they can really get their hands on, and it is naturally difficult for us to win people's trust with empty words. It is normal for Director Dai to choose them. β
Zhou Yi laughed: "It's okay, they don't pose a threat to us." If there are content resources, now the entertainment industry is not the big one in China, the content of those online book stations is not more, I don't see anyone who can gain a foothold in the film and television industry, this line is not so simple. Besides, the six major Chinese don't know how many things have piled up in their script libraries, and there are not a large number of films that fail every year, and not all of them are successful. This is the case with the six major Chinese companies, let alone a start-up company. Content resources also depend on what content is and in whose hands. β
Zhou Yi himself has a lot of resources in hand, of course he doesn't care.
No matter how many resources the other side has, but it has not been proven, who knows whether it is a success or a failure. In fact, there are many companies like this in the industry, but Tianzi Pictures happens to be on the edge of the couch in the east.
And they also stretched out a hand and wanted to dig people.
On the edge of the couch, how can you allow others to sleep soundly!
Actually, it's nothing.
Whether the other party can develop depends not only on their copyright resources, but also on whether they can cultivate their own superstars. If there is no super giant bracing scene, it will not work after all, but this kind of thing often depends on luck.
If you poach superstars from other companies, the cost is too great, and it is not so easy.
If an external superstar is hired to star, which superstar's salary is not 10 plus 10, or even 20 plus 20, under normal circumstances, it is unaffordable. Even if the film is a big success, most of the profits will be taken away by the superstars, and if it fails, it will be even more doomed, which is even more dangerous than gambling. What's more, it is difficult to say whether it will be suppressed by the six major Chinese congresses. Having a consortium background does not mean that it is invincible, who will not have a background?
Under normal circumstances, emerging companies still have to start with small cost films.
Like Zhengdong, the 500 million threshold and the 1 billion mark must be crossed step by step by themselves.
If you want to make quick success, in a very mature industry market, there is no possibility at all.
And the channel is king, or the content is king, and it cannot be generalized.
This life is not the past life after all, especially the producer and the theater side are strictly separated, and there is no soil for the formation of monopoly, otherwise it will definitely be investigated and prosecuted by relevant departments, and finally spun off, there are precedents for these things.
The other party looks menacing, but in terms of distribution channels, it may not be much stronger than the current Zhengdong, and even Zhengdong has the support of Taj and is still in the leading position at the starting line, as for content resources, they may not be stronger than Zhengdong. What's more, they don't have a potential star like Zhou Yi as the company's profit support point. In other words, there is no faΓ§ade.
Whether they can use their own resources to pick up their own artists is still a huge test for them.
Especially for the six Huaxia Six, they are emerging competitors, not like Zhengdong, who have what the other party needs and can cooperate.
For the Chinese entertainment industry, there will only be six majors, and there will be no seven, if you can't see this clearly, you will suffer sooner or later. Daqin can see clearly, so he will help Long Xiang, give them a hand, help them with the bouquet of flowers, and get support. Liansheng has the support of the military, but Wang Suqing will also not change the pattern of the six majors, will not touch the cake of the six majors, and will only focus on the main theme of the film, find his own foothold, and seek development. Zhengdong has the support of military commanders, but it also has no impact on the six major Chinese congresses. Whether it is Liansheng's military background or Zhengdong's military background, they all limit the future development to death, and the development of the two will have convenient conditions, but it will not develop to the level of the six Chinese congresses, then it will cross the line, and the country will definitely not tolerate such a mess. The previous Liansheng was destroyed, not without this factor, you must know how to stop in moderation, and don't touch things that shouldn't be touched.
Like Yousheng and Huanyu, they sometimes make concessions to Zhengdong and will not suppress them, also because everyone understands this.
If it doesn't pose a threat, but it's good for you, of course you will give it a boost.
Anyone who wants to destroy the six major patterns will be blocked and destroyed, which is also an unspoken rule in the circle, and it will not be explicitly stated.
Even if the newly established Tianzi Pictures has the support of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang consortiums, it is no play.
This is the reason why Zhuo Qinglian is not in a hurry at all, and he knows these situations very well.
They Tianzi Pictures do have some high-quality copyright projects, which goes without saying. Benefiting from the Internet ecosystem, they have good derivatives in anime, literature, and games. As long as there are good stories and characters, successful film and television works can indeed be derived. Especially in the past few years, popular copyrights have indeed entered the public eye, and have been constantly hyped, with many film and television companies competing for them. However, most of the participants in the competition are emerging companies, and the six major Chinese companies do not participate much.
Even if you succeed with one or two popular projects, you will return to your original shape when it is over.
Whether the company can continue to develop depends on its hard power.
Zhou Yi understands this, or down-to-earth development, will not go to the hot chase of a certain project, is to follow the step-by-step, steady progress, do a good job in each of their own projects, this is enough, their own projects are not necessarily the hottest, but stable is good.
is like his two small-budget films with a total box office of more than 800 million, but he has not won a weekend box office championship. It's like his TV series ratings broke three, but he is not the annual ratings champion, which is a lot worse! There are also those popular variety shows, talk shows, and online skits or something, he didn't get involved at all. But no one in the industry can ignore Zhengdong's film and television drama achievements, and the awards will give certain recognition. With Zhou Yi's current fan popularity, he can only do this, let alone the artists of emerging companies.
Steady progress is the right way.
Zhou Yike will not make drastic moves and mess around with quick success, which will definitely be rejected and suppressed in the circle.
However, for Tianzi Pictures, Zhou Yi is not completely without ideas.
He felt that this neighbor's character was not very good, so he communicated with Zhuo Qinglian.
"They robbed the people I wanted, it doesn't matter, each depends on their ability, but they came to dig up my people like this, and they didn't say hello in advance, it's really unscrupulous. Do you think that with the support of a consortium behind you, you can do whatever you want? This is fishing out of bounds. β
This kind of behavior will inevitably be retaliated against, and it is not uncommon in previous lives, and Zhou Yi knows it.
If you dig up my company's executives, I'll kill you in the theater.
There are even companies that send people directly to prison.
Digging people is indeed a very offensive thing.
In the past, Zhengdong had just acquired Aurora, so he didn't care, he left if he was willing to go, anyway, Zhou Yi couldn't look down on it, and he would reduce the burden on the company when he left, as long as the backbone of the business stayed, then there would be no problem.
But now that Zhengdong has developed, it will be different, how can people poach people casually and be indifferent?
Wouldn't that show weakness to the industry, and you can all poach my people at will?
"Sister Zhuo, you help me investigate and see what projects they have recently, if there is a similar type of project, we will release it on the same schedule, or broadcast it, snipe them, and teach them how to behave. It's not a messy circle. I don't think the Sixth National Congress of China would be willing to see a film company with the support of a consortium grow and grow, which is completely different from our military background. β
Zhuo Qinglian couldn't help but smile: "Ah Yi, it seems that you are still very unhappy. treated Lang Jun like this, I didn't see you like this. β
Zhou Yi laughed: "That's because Lang Jun is willing to let me take advantage of him, of course I will be kind to him occasionally." Besides, the company they acquired has artists poached from us, and if our own artists are not as good as them, we can't explain it, right? β
To put it bluntly, this is still a matter of face after all. It's not that I can't see that others are good, it's that I can't see that you are better off than me.
Zhuo Qinglian understood very well and said with a smile: "This is also true!" β
(I was very tired in the past two days, and my physical condition was also very poor, so I took a leave of absence for two days, so please be considerate.) (To be continued.) )