When the time came to March 20, after more than a month of release, "Single Men and Women" broke through the mainland box office of 100 million as desired, so far, Xu Jinglei was officially promoted to the first female director in the Chinese film industry to break 100 million at the mainland box office, and the miracle was once again created by Shuguang Films.

On the weekend, together with Xu Jinglei's other friends, such as Jiang Wen, Wang Shuo and others, a large group of people celebrated warmly at the Sanlitun Bar.

"You keep drinking, I'll go out and take a breath first." After saying hello to everyone, Lin Yuquan got up and walked out of the bar.

"Hello, Director Lin, can you excuse me?" A voice came from behind him.

Lin Yuquan turned his head to look, and it was a middle-aged man who spoke, as Jiang Wen had introduced before, that it was a partner who co-founded a film company with him, named Ma Ke, and immediately smiled: "Oh, is there something wrong with Mr. Ma?" ”

"Director Lin, that's the case, we are very happy that the film company is about to start making a movie, this movie is directed by Jiang Wenhe, the script has been written since 07, and now it is about to be completed, I don't know if you are interested in investing?" Marco said respectfully.

"Really? But why didn't Director Jiang Wen tell me himself? Lin Yuquan had a smile in his eyes.

"Director Lin, don't get me wrong, it's definitely not disrespecting you, in fact, the two of us have a clear division of labor in the company, he is responsible for making movies, and I am responsible for fundraising, publicity, and distribution, without interfering with each other, and each doing what he is good at." Marco hurriedly said.

"Of course there are interests, but as you know, I'm a director myself, so I have to read the script to decide." Lin Yuquan chuckled.

"Of course, that's as it should be." Marco busy.

"Okay, I'll give you a phone number from our Dawning Film Company producer, and if the script is finished, you can contact him directly." Lin Yuquan smiled slightly, and then told Ma Ke Qiu Qingyi's phone number.

Jiang Wen's new movie. What kind of movie would that be? Lin Yuquan's heart inevitably had some expectations.

After the end of the weekend, on the Monday of the new week, Lin Yuquan came to Shuguang Film Company again.

"Boss, this is the script of "Dragon Gate Flying Armor" that has been revised, and this is the script of "Step by Step" that has been created." In the conference room of Shuguang Film Company, Qiu Qingyi handed the two scripts in his hand to Lin Yuquan. After three months, the two scripts were finally completed, and they are not ordinary scripts, but works that Shuguang Film is bound to devote huge manpower and material resources to carefully produce.

"What do you think of these two scripts?" After Lin Yuquan took over the script, he didn't read it immediately, but first looked at Qiu Qingyi and asked.

""Dragon Gate Flying Armor" is undoubtedly a high-quality commercial movie script, re-revised and improved according to your boss's ideas, not to mention better than some previous martial arts classics. But at least there is no obvious illogicality, and "Step by Step", I think that after the joint adaptation and creation of screenwriter Feng Li and screenwriter Wang Lizhi, it is even better than the original novel in details. Qiu Qingyi said without any consideration.

"Really? can make Tsing Yi so optimistic about you, it seems that these two scripts are very unusual, then I have to take a good look. Lin Yuquan opened the script of "Dragon Gate Flying Armor" while speaking with satisfaction, and looked at it quickly, it was indeed as Qiu Qingyi said. If the original script seems flawed, the revised script not only makes the plot more exciting. There is no past thunderous plot, and "Step by Step" is even more satisfying.

"Very well, let's start preparing according to this script, and go all out to achieve the goals set for them."

"Okay, boss, but things have changed in Dragon Gate Flying Armor. Director Xu Ke wanted to make it into a 3D movie. Qiu Qingyi said.

3D movie, Lin Yuquan was stunned at first, and then smiled, a 3D version of a martial arts movie is obviously very interesting, speaking of which. Xu Ke did what he was going to do in advance, but unfortunately the time was too tight, otherwise he would have shot the 3D version of "Immortals" directly.

"What do you think?" Lin Yuquan looked at the others in the conference room.

"Of course, you can shoot it, but you must make sure that you reach the technical level, Cameron's "Avatar" took several years before and after, boss, your "Wild Story: Battle of the Hundred Clans" is expected to take two years to produce special effects, if you want to shoot the 3D version of "Dragon Gate Flying Armor", we must at least ensure that the special effects production takes more than one year, otherwise the shooting is nondescript, and it will only smash the signboard of our dawning movie, but in this way, the production cost is bound to be extremely high, and the pressure to recover the cost is very great." Ding Wei shook his head and said, before this, Qiu Qingyi discussed with him, as the person in charge of a film company, he had to be cautious about this kind of big production, and the script had not been created yet, so he did not report to Lin Yuquan, in fact, according to Lin Yuquan's requirements, unless there is a major disagreement, all matters must be clarified before reporting to him, so as to reduce the heavy workload.

"Indeed, if according to the consistent standards of our Dawning Films, and "Dragon Gate Flying Armor" is the first international production scheduled in addition to your boss work, the production cost of the 3D version is conservatively estimated to be no less than 250 million, if you want to start a heavyweight star, the production cost will not even be less than 300 million, and if you only rely on Chinese-speaking regions, the box office must reach at least 1 billion to barely recover the production cost and publicity costs, and the difficulty coefficient is very high." He Liwen said.

"The use of heavyweight stars is certain, since we want to target the international market, we naturally need stars with international influence." Xiao Ran said.

Lin Yuquan nodded slightly, and then looked at Qiu Qingyi: "Qingyi, what do you think?" ”

"I think we should make it, not to mention anything else, the first Chinese martial arts 3D masterpiece is a good selling point. Cameron made a 3D blockbuster, boss, you also made a 3D blockbuster, 3D movies may also become popular and become people's first choice for watching movies, in this case, why not launch it before other movies? Qiu Qingyi said conclusively.

Lin Yuquan's smile became more and more satisfied: "Then how much budget do you expect to need?" ”

"At least 300 million, as Lao He said, this is our first international production other than your boss's movie, so we must also strive to reach an international level." Qiu Qingyi said calmly and powerfully.

"Heh, do you think you can recoup your costs?" Lin Yuquan smiled.

"It's not for sure, but if it meets the level we expect. I think so. Qiu Qingyi said.

"OK, why don't you shoot it? I have an idea, though. Lin Yuquan paused, and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly: "In this 3D version of "Dragon Gate Flying Armor", I am ready to involve Huayi Brothers, Guangguang Media, and Poly Bona for two reasons, one is that I am not sure that "Dragon Gate Flying Armor" will definitely be able to successfully recover the cost. We can share the investment risk, and the second is that we occupy a lot of shares in the three companies, and these three companies are preparing to go public, and in the case that our own listing is far away, we can not only promote the listing of the three companies, but also get greater profits if the film is successful. ”

"Boss, I understand what you think, but will this be considered by the audit agency as a transfer of interests and related party transactions? Instead, it will affect the listing of three companies? Ding said.

"Lao Ding, your consideration is very correct, there is indeed a high probability that such a situation will occur, so we have to continue to convey our philosophy to the review agency, we are doing this to create an internationally competitive Chinese film, and we must continue to emphasize the reality of Hollywood blockbusters and American cultural invasion, if we can't work together with these leading domestic film and television companies, we will only be broken by Hollywood blockbusters, and as long as we work hard. The leaders above can be seen. Lin Yuquan said confidently that he might have been worried about this problem. But with more contact with Ma Yun and others, he naturally learned more about the situation, according to Ma Yun and others, as the richest man in China, and more importantly, as China's most influential figure in the world, he has already entered the sight of the leadership above. The same is true of what is done, and the so-called policy is not static.

"Anyway, let's try it first, we have to try to try it first, if we really can't convince the audit agency. At that time, it would be good to let the three companies withdraw, there is always a way. Lin Yuquan added.

"Okay, so how should the investment ratio be divided?" In fact, as early as the time of financing and shareholding, the two parties had considered that they could not be approved for listing due to the impact of intra-industry competition and related party transactions, so when the agreement was signed, the conditions had been reached, if the three companies were still not listed due to the impact of Shuguang Group, then Shuguang Group would initiate the acquisition of the three companies in the form of cash plus shares of Shuguang Group.

"In this way, the initial budget is tentatively set at 300 million, the upper limit is tentatively set at 400 million, and the investment ratio of 20% of the upper limit is given to each of the three companies, so that they can consider how much to invest themselves?" Lin Yuquan said with a smile.

"Okay, boss, I'll arrange it later." Ding Zhidao.

"In addition, I have another idea, I agreed with director Xu Anhua before, after she is busy with "Night and Fog in Tin Shui Wai", she will shoot a film that uses the lineup won at last year's commendation conference as much as possible, calculate the time, and soon start preparations, my idea is that this film is also invested with the three companies of Huayi Brothers, not only that, this year's commendation conference, and even the future commendation conference will be funded by our four companies, and the proportion of investment will be according to the proportion of investment in each film in the future. You pass the idea on to them. Lin Yuquan said with a smile, in fact, he had such an idea for a long time, and he was originally going to wait for the success of the film production, and then take this opportunity to make an invitation, but due to the current extraordinary relationship with the Huayi brothers, it can be advanced.

"Wow, that's a great idea, I'll arrange it right away." Ding's eyes lit up.

Lin Yuquan smiled slightly, this is just a warm-up, and after Huayi Brothers, Poly Bona, and Guangguang Media are listed, the real big action will start.

"It's not a good habit to get them to get up to speed with us as soon as possible."

"Understood." Ding Wei said with a smile.

"The next topic, hasn't Tang Film made a breakthrough in acquisitions?" Lin Yuquan looked at Ding Value.

"No, Cai Yinong is a person with a very good vision and skill, her reason is that she hopes that Tang Films will continue to maintain free creation, not to mention acquisitions, and even investment in shares will not be accepted, saying that there is no consideration of listing in the short term, but everyone in the acquisition team and I think she is waiting for the best time to make a move and strive to achieve better value." Ding Wei shook his head and said.

"Really? Sure enough, she is a very ambitious and capable woman! Lin Yuquan smiled slightly, among all the helmsmen of film and television companies in the mainland, Cai Yinong is a rare woman, and she is one of the best in terms of achievements, "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" is a representative example.

"In this case, we don't have to waste time and energy on Tang movies for the time being, who can say what will happen in the future? The investment risk in the film and television industry is quite high, and due to its own financial strength, Tang Films will sooner or later invest in the arms of capital, and it is not too late to start, just pay a little more. ”

"So should we change the target?" Ding Wei then asked.

"Of course, lock in Huace Film and Television, and strive to take it down as soon as possible, and the game company will increase its efforts."

"Understood."

"Hasn't Spartan 300 Warriors been reviewed yet?" Lin Yuquan then asked.

"No, the film bureau still thinks that the scene was bloody in the past." Ding Wei smiled bitterly, seeing that "Spartan 300 Warriors" will be released worldwide on April 17, this is really bad news.

"Well, who left us without a grading system?" Lin Yuquan also said helplessly, but he was not too disappointed, as early as when he watched the edited version, he knew that it was difficult for the mainland to pass the trial.

"It doesn't matter if it's gone, do a good job in the publicity of "Immediate Rescue", the opening cannon has been fired, and this second cannon can't be dumb." Lin Yuquan said with a smile.

After more than a month of screenings, "Boxer" and "Single Men and Women" basically announced the end of their own box office journey, "Boxer" has now received more than 55 million US dollars at the box office, and the final box office is expected to be about 57 million, far exceeding expectations, and the successive overseas releases have also won a box office of more than 20 million US dollars, and the overseas box office is expected to break 45 million US dollars, which is already enough to achieve profitability through other channels. And "Single Men and Women" has so far collected 100 million Hong Kong dollars at the domestic box office, and more than 11 million Hong Kong dollars and more than 43 million Taiwan dollars in Hong Kong and Baodao respectively, which is extremely gratifying.

"How can it be dumb, if boss, your movies are all squibs at the box office, who else doesn't have squibs?" Ding Wei said with a smile.

"Agreed." "That's right." Others agreed.

Lin Yuquan smiled: "There are no absolutes in the world, okay, move on to the next topic." (To be continued.) )