Chapter 190: The Final Stage

The two-in-one chapter is finally about to start shooting.

The influence of the Oscar is undoubted, Lin Yuquan was on the way to the banquet hall, his mobile phone was already vibrating, Liu Shishi: "Congratulations on winning the award, when you come back, I will invite you to dinner, this time I will pay, hehe!" Wang Luodan: "Okay, until now I still think it's incredible, the guy who suddenly took a break from school to study directing two and a half years ago has even won an Oscar, although it's not the Best Director Award, but you're amazing enough." Liu Yifei, who had been ignoring Lin Yuquan a few days ago: "Brother Yuquan, congratulations on your award, I knew you could win the award, but it's a pity that I missed the best foreign language film, come on!" Zhou Xun: "Congratulations to your great director, Oscar, it's amazing, it seems that my decision is right, now I'm waiting to go to the Kodak Theater with you next year." Relatives and friends who knew the news, former classmates, friends in the entertainment industry, and executives of Shuguang companies sent congratulatory text messages.

Browsing the text messages, Lin Yuquan couldn't help but have a happy smile on his face, and it wasn't until he arrived at the banquet hall that he put away his mobile phone, now is not the time to reply to text messages.

After the Oscars, while the celebrity guests were busy participating in various celebrations, countless media reporters around the world were busy, striving to report the relevant Oscar reports as soon as possible.

AFP: "'Crash' was a blockbuster, low-cost display of culture clashes. ”

"Associated Press": "Li Yu won the Oscar for Best Director, rewriting Chinese history." ”

Reuters: "'Oscar' helped Hoffman realize his dream of being an actor. ”

Los Angeles Times: "Sure enough, Reese of "Unstoppable". Witherspoon. ”

Almost all the media have labeled this year's Oscars with a political label in their reports, and the mainstream reports in Europe and the United States naturally focus on the four most important awards of Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Actress, just as every Oscar will have controversial places, and this Oscar is no exception, and the main controversy is focused on the best picture competition between "Brokeback Mountain" and "Crash".

The Washington Post's headline described it as "surprised." The report pointed out that the "crash" that explores racial conflicts in the Los Angeles area unexpectedly won the Best Picture award. replaces the original high-profile "Brokeback Mountain", which may be related to the theme of the movie. "Brokeback Mountain" explores gay themes, which are more offbeat and outside the mainstream scope of the Oscars.

The New York Times pointed out that "Crash", which has a completely different style from "Brokeback Mountain", staged a shocking reversal, but this is thanks to Los Angeles, the home of Hollywood, because the vast majority of film school judges are Los Angeles.

CNN: In a year when the nominated films were in a state of controversy, the American Film Institute awarded top honors to "Crash," the most incisive attack on the issue.

Even Ang Lee himself said: "I don't know the answer, I'm in the background, but this year's result surprised me." ”

It's no wonder that there is such a huge controversy as zĂ i. You must know that until the awards, "Brokeback Mountain" has been widely optimistic, and has successively won the most weighty best film at the Critics' Choice Awards, Directors Guild Awards, and Golden Globe Awards, and "Crash" is good, but it is at best a screenwriter-led film, the overly elaborate structure and repeatedly highlighted themes make the film surprise at first glance, but it can't withstand scrutiny when you look closely, and the overall small family spirit can't be compared with the graceful and scattered "Brokeback Mountain" like prose. Not to mention the breakthrough in the subject matter and the novelty of the perspective.

Arguably. Although it did not win the award, "Brokeback Mountain" is a well-deserved best film in the eyes of countless experts, not to mention. Even without this award, Li Yu has rewritten the history of Chinese directors in Hollywood.

The award won by Lin Yuquan is not the focus of media reports in Europe and the United States because it is not heavy, but it is only briefly mentioned in the report, but for his award, almost all European and American media use surprise to describe it, yes, surprise, Lin Yuquan's deepest impression in Europe and the United States is his kung fu. Otherwise, he wouldn't be called Kung Fu Lin, an action actor who won the award for best costume design. Isn't that a surprise what is it? Considering Lin Yuquan's other identities such as director and screenwriter, it is even more surprising.

Major domestic entertainment media also reported on the Oscars on the front page. It's just that unlike overseas, Lin Yuquan has received no worse attention in China than Li Yu, who won the Best Director Award, and even surpasses it, after all, Li Yu is not a Chinese director in the pure sense, but a Chinese-American, and "Brokeback Mountain" is not a domestic-invested movie, but an outright American movie, which is completely different from Lin Yuquan's situation, not to mention that in China, Lin Yuquan's popularity is much higher than that of Li Yuquan.

"Xinglang Entertainment": "Lin Yuquan won the Oscar for the first time, and Li Yu won the best director crown. ”

"Sohu Entertainment": "The light of the Chinese shines, Li Yu won the best director, and Lin Yuquan won the best costume design. ”

"Kyoto Daily": "The most unserious award, no, Lin Yuquan once again showed an all-round demeanor." ”

"Times News": "The 78th Academy Awards were announced, and Li Yuquan and Lin Yuquan both won the award. ”

In the report, the media have praised Lin Yuquan, who was nominated for an Oscar at the age of 22, and regretted that "Red Cliff" missed the Best Visual Effects Award, the Best Art Direction Award, and the Best Foreign Language Film Award, especially in the best art direction.

And because of the Oscar award, Lin Yuquan's upcoming "Painted Skin" suddenly received more attention than before, everyone knows that the investment in this film is larger than "Red Cliff", and whether Lin Yuquan, who just won the Oscar, can create brilliance at next year's Oscars with this film is undoubtedly a concern for many people.

Lin Yuquan was in the busiest stage, and after attending the governor's dinner, he rushed back to Kyoto almost non-stop to attend the press conference to be held at the Dynasty Hotel the next day of "Painted Skin".

Lin Yuquan arrived in Kyoto on the evening of March 7, and the press conference for "Painted Skin" officially began at 2 p.m. on March 8, but he was not idle in the morning, because he was about to go to Hengdian to shoot. He immediately notified the heads of the Yuquan family, Shuguang.com, and Shuguang Cinema Line, which was preparing to be established, to gather at Shuguang Film Company to discuss this year's work arrangement.

In the spacious and bright conference room of the Dawning Film Company, the long conference table is full of people. As the boss, Lin Yuquan sat at the front of the conference table, and on both sides sat Ding Zhi, Chang Jihong, Pan Hongchang, Fang Tao and others.

Ding Wei sat in the first position of Lin Yuquan's hand. This position also means that his status in the entire conference room is only below Lin Yuquan, and others have no opinion on such an arrangement, not to mention He Liwen, Xiao Ran and others of Shuguang Film Company for the time being, Chang Jihong, Pan Hongchang and others will never be dissatisfied with you.

Although strictly speaking, Shuguang Film Company, Yuquan Family, Shuguang Network, Shuguang Cinema Line, Shuguang Film and Television Base, and BE in the United States are all independent corporate units, not subordinate departments, nor are they subsidiaries under the same group company. It stands to reason that it should be in the same equal position, but who here does not know that Shuguang Film Company is the core company, and other companies are almost all established by the funds of Shuguang Film Company, such as Shuguang Network, Shuguang Cinema Line, Shuguang Film and Television Base, and BE are also established by Ding Value Zhang Luo, with his qualifications and the core position of Shuguang Film Company, it is natural that he is in the second place in the entire Shuguang system.

As for such a meeting, everyone is not surprised, because whether it is Shuguang Film Company or Yuquan Family. It is still Shuguang Network and Shuguang Cinema Line, all of which belong to companies owned by Lin Yuquan personally, without any equity split. He can decide everything in the company, not to mention just having a meeting together, and in addition to the new Fang Tao, who has already had a meeting together, he knows that such a meeting form is conducive to mutual understanding and work.

Looking at the people at the conference table, Lin Yuquan felt infinite satisfaction in his heart, this is his own company, compared with the acquisition of Shuguang Film Company two years ago, the scale of the company is much larger now. And it is expected that in the future, with further expansion. In this way, the number of participants in the conference will also increase.

At this time, everyone in the conference room had a financial statement of Shuguang Film Company in front of them, and Ding Zhizheng introduced the income and expenditure of Shuguang Film Company as of last week: "First of all, let's give a warm round of applause to the boss who just won the Oscar. Okay, under the leadership of our wise boss, we invested in the filming of two movies and three TV series last year, the TV series is a small profit, and the movie is an amazing return, especially the boss's "Red Cliff", you can see the financial statements in your hand for details"

It's no wonder that Ding is so excited, last year, the film company invested in the filming of "Red Cliff", "Crazy Stone", "Happiness Like Flowers", "The Age of True Love", "I am a special soldier", of which the domestic box office of "Red Cliff" is 267 million yuan, the global box office is 413 million US dollars, and the after-tax income is 864 million yuan, the domestic box office of "Crazy Stone" is 41.6 million yuan, the total box office is 52.78 million yuan, and the after-tax income is 17 million. The broadcast of the movie channel brought in an income of 4.8 million, the after-tax income of "Happiness Like Flowers" was 27.3 million, the after-tax income of "The Age of True Love" was 25.5 million, and the after-tax income of "I Am a Special Soldier" was 28.2 million, with a total income of 940 million yuan.

In terms of expenditure, not counting the various expenses that have been deducted before, the production cost of "The Age of True Love" is 20 million yuan, the production cost of "I am a special soldier" is 25 million yuan, and about 60 million yuan is spent on employee salaries and office expenses, in addition, the cost of the company's upcoming filming of "Painted Skin" is 300 million yuan, "Soldier Assault" is 30 million yuan, "Love Call Transfer" is 20 million yuan, "New Shanghai Beach" is 35 million yuan, Lu Ding Ji" 40 million yuan.

If you add the cash figures in the company's previous account, the total amount of funds that the company can use at will is 500 million yuan, of course, 200 million of which are ready to be invested in the formation of Shuguang Cinemas, but the remaining 300 million is also a very large number.

"Well, that's a startling number." Lin Yuquan looked at the financial statements with satisfaction, and the sufficient capital situation can allow several major companies of Shuguang to continue to maintain a strong expansion momentum in the next time.

Receiving Lin Yuquan's appreciation, Ding Zhi, He Liwen and others all showed proud smiles, while Chang Jihong, Pan Hongchang and others next to them showed a look of amazement, except for the Yuquan family. Dawning.com, BE, and Dawning Film and Television Base have not yet made a profit, and they have been in a state of spending money.

Especially be, who has already ascended to the leading throne of global video websites, is completely smashed with money. In addition to the initial investment of 6 million US dollars, Lin Yuquan added 80 million yuan. A total of 21.35 million US dollars in the follow-up audio-visual copyright and other income of "Huo Yuanjia" has also been invested, and this is not the end, the follow-up income of "Huo Yuanjia" will continue to be invested in it this year.

As for Fang Tao, who just joined, he was completely excited, he left Xingmei Cinema in the hope of having a better development opportunity, and at present, Shuguang Film Company's strong ability to attract money, or Lin Yuquan's strong ability to attract money, makes him full of confidence in the future, as long as he has sufficient financial support, he will definitely be able to lead Shuguang Cinema Line to catch up with Xingmei Cinema Line in a few years.

"Sister Chang, Mr. Pan. Let's talk about the company's finances, too! Lin Yuquan then said with a smile.

"Okay, but we can't compare our revenue to Shuguang Films, but the good news is that although we have only been in existence for a year, we have already achieved a good profit." Chang Jihong had a bright smile on his face: "This is mainly due to the strong commercial ability of our members of the Yuquan family, of course, the biggest contribution is the boss you, last year the boss you had two commercial advertising contracts, one is Pepsi Cola for two years of 8 million US dollars, and the other is a mobile company, 40 million yuan for two years." In terms of film and television dramas, "Red Cliff" has a package income of 25 million, and "I Am a Special Soldier" has 2 million. The total income is 80.5 million, contributing 8.05 million income to our Yuquan family, in addition, Xu Jinglei's income is 13 million, Liu Ye is 19 million, Jiang Wenli is 15 million, Liu Yifei is 12 million, Jiang Yan is 3.6 million, and after deducting our previous investment and various expenses, we have made a profit of 12.3 million. ”

"That's so much, it's so exciting." Lin Yuquan smiled. He didn't want to make money from the Yuquan family, but he didn't expect to make money. Thinking that the 'Forbes China Celebrity List' was about to be released again, he asked again: "Does Forbes call to count income?" ”

"Of course. We have so many well-known artists in Yuquan family, how can they not call, boss, are you worried about your income? Don't worry, didn't we collect remuneration for film and television dramas because of this in mind? I reported 80.5 million, although this number is still quite amazing, but with Yao Ming in front of him, it will not be so ostentatious. Chang Jihong said with a smile.

"I'm relieved." Lin Yuquan said with a smile.

After Pan Hongchang talked about the financial situation of Shuguang.com, everyone also talked about the plans of various companies this year.

"This year, our goal for Shuguang Film Company is to invest in 3 movies and 6 TV series, and after a year of brewing last year, it is expected that our TV series revenue should increase significantly this year."

"Since the establishment of the copyright department last year, we have accumulated 2.7 million funds for the acquisition of novel copyrights, and this year we will increase investment in this area, it is expected to invest about 6 million, the scope of the novel will be further extended, and the online novels that are becoming popular will invest huge energy"

"BE has completed the coverage of colleges and universities and major urban areas in the United States, and the next plan is to expand into Canada, Mexico and other regions."

"The preliminary construction of the Dawning Film and Television Base has ended, and now you need the boss to instruct you on the next engineering tasks."

"Last year, we successively absorbed Xu Zheng, Huang Bo, and Zhou Xun, and this year in addition to improving our own construction, we will focus on artists whose contracts have expired and introduce them."

"We have purchased more than 160 movies and more than 120 TV series video broadcast rights, and this year our goal is 200 movies, 300 TV series, and 20 variety shows, so as to achieve the uniqueness of high-quality film and television programs for a long time."

"According to the funds provided by the boss, I made a plan, this year we will build 8 8-hall theaters in first-tier cities, and 8 large-scale theaters of the same size in key second-tier cities, and in the next 3-5 years, we will strive to cover all first-tier cities and key second-tier cities."

The plan of Shuguang Film and Television Base and Be is reported by Ding Wei, the affairs of these two companies have always been in charge of his contact, Lin Yuquan is mainly listening, occasionally according to their plan to put forward their own construction, and make financial arrangements, Shuguang Film and Television Base will invest another 50 million, Shuguang Network will invest another 50 million in the future, in fact, he still has more ideas, such as establishing a film branch in North America, forming a global distribution network, etc., but unfortunately there are many existing funds, But he couldn't support such a huge plan for him, so he could only take his time.

The meeting lasted until 12 noon, everyone ended the meeting, had lunch together, and then did not rest, Lin Yuquan and the relevant personnel of Shuguang Film Company and Chang Jihong rushed to the Dynasty Hotel, in fact, as early as the morning, Shuguang Film Company had arranged personnel to arrange on the scene.

Because Lin Yuquan just won the Oscar, the already eye-catching press conference was crowded with media reporters who wanted to take this opportunity to interview him for the Oscar award, which made the press conference very lively, not to mention, in order to enhance the publicity effect, Lin Yuquan discussed with Chang Jihong earlier, and officially announced that Zhou Xun joined the Yuquan family at the press conference, and then held a grand party in the evening to celebrate Zhou Xun's joining. (To be continued) R580