Chapter 250: 100 million temptations
"Create a film and television company?" Tang Xiaosheng frowned slightly, a little puzzled.
Zhang Yidong looked at Tang Xiaosheng and said bluntly: "Have you ever thought about creating a film and television company by yourself?" With your current popularity, connections, and resources, it's actually perfectly okay to consider. ”
Tang Xiaosheng's popularity is now booming, and every drama he shoots has become the hottest TV series of the year in the country, not only ranking firmly in the ratings championship, but also constantly refreshing the ratings records of various local TV stations.
In terms of income, his films have also set many records for domestic film and television dramas, becoming the most profitable TV series in the past two years.
Take "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" released last year as an example, in the more than half a year since it was broadcast, the income from TV alone has exceeded 500 million yuan, and Tang Xiaosheng also got 25 million yuan because of the five-percent dividend.
Although 25 million yuan is already a lot of money, if Tang Xiaosheng has his own film and television company and invests in the filming of "Heaven and Dragon Slayer", then the money he will earn in the end will not be 25 million, but 500 million, or even more. Because 500 million is just the income of TV.
It is not easy to start a film and television company, and it is not even possible to do it if you have money, after all, filming film and television dramas is an industry with a relatively high degree of professionalism, and laymen who rashly enter this field may not know how to operate.
In the eyes of Zhang Yidong and Zhou Wanyun, Tang Xiaosheng now has the conditions to start a film and television company on his own.
Tang Xiaosheng himself is not only the most popular actor in China, but also the most authoritative martial arts instructor in China. Whether it is popularity or professional level, he is the best. If he starts a film and television company, whether it is to attract movie stars to join. or to attract investment from producers, there are obvious advantages. The name "Tang Xiaosheng" itself is the best advertisement, and it is a golden signboard.
More importantly, Tang Xiaosheng himself is the vice president of the Martial Arts Association, and most of the martial artists in the association are very obedient to him, if he wants, he can freely deploy more than 1,000 martial artists in the entire Martial Arts Association. Compared with other film and television companies, this undoubtedly has a huge advantage when filming film and television dramas.
At the same time, Tang Xiaosheng also has his own kung fu school, which can become a base for selecting and training actors. The best new actors can be selected and trained to provide a strong backing for the development of film and television companies.
In addition, after nearly two years of hard work, Tang Xiaosheng himself has set up a very professional shooting team - Tang Jiaban.
Therefore, whether it is from the perspective of film and television majors. Or from the perspective of market risk, Tang Xiaosheng already has the conditions to set up a film and television production company by himself. If there is anything he lacks now, it is probably a lack of funds.
Tang Xiaosheng's current savings are also tens of millions. If it's just for living expenses, it's enough. But if you are setting up a film and television company, it is a little less. It is necessary to start a film and television company with a certain scale. The number one filmed in the domestic film and television industry requires at least hundreds of millions of yuan.
Zhang Yidong and Zhou Wanyun naturally knew this, they came to Tang Xiaosheng today to discuss this matter, Zhang Yidong said bluntly: "Xiao Tang, if you are willing to start a film and television company by yourself, Mr. Zhou and I are willing to invest 500 million yuan each, a total of 1 billion yuan, to help you start the company first." As for the distribution of benefits after the establishment, it will be discussed slowly, and everything is easy to say. ”
When he heard the number "1 billion", Tang Xiaosheng was still taken aback. Although he has been famous for more than two years and has seen this world, in the end, he is actually only an actor. Two years ago, I was still running around in order to make ends meet.
Suddenly, someone was ready to throw him 1 billion yuan and let him start a film and television company, but Tang Xiaosheng still felt flattered. The only thing he is good at is acting, and he doesn't know anything about running and managing a company, so it is obviously too irrational to accept this suggestion rashly. …,
If you can really start your own film and television company, you will indeed be much more free in terms of filming, but Tang Xiaosheng feels that he is not ready at all, and this matter still needs to be considered in the long run, and said: "Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhou, thank you for your trust." It's just that I don't have much experience in starting a film and television company, not to mention, my contract with Mengjie Entertainment Media has more than a year to expire, and I'm afraid it's not suitable to jump out and go it alone now. ”
Upon hearing this, Zhang Yidong couldn't help but smile and said: "The contract with Mengjie Entertainment Media is a trivial matter, and it is a big loss of money. After a pause, he said, "Xiao Tang, you may still not understand what I mean." With your current influence in the film and television industry, plus the resources you have in your hands, as long as you make good use of it, once the film and television company is established, what will happen to the companies such as Mengjie Entertainment and Blue Sky Entertainment if you live here. Your film and television company can become a giant in the film and television industry. ”
Although Zhang Yidong and Zhou Wanyun are laymen in the film and television industry, they also have a clear view of Tang Xiaosheng's status in the current film and television industry.
First of all, the martial arts association was founded by Tang Xiaosheng, although he is currently only the vice president, but all the martial arts of the association know that Tang Xiaosheng is the soul of this association, and more than eighty percent of the martial arts are willing to join this association, all of which are for Tang Xiaosheng. As long as Tang Xiaosheng is willing, he will have absolute control over the entire Martial Arts Association.
At present, the Wuxing Association has signed contracts with more than half of the domestic film and television companies, and can control the Wuxing Association, to some extent, it can control half of the film and television industry.
Second, Tang Xiaosheng's martial arts concept has brought a major revolution to the filming of martial arts scenes in the entire film and television industry. In the past year, almost all film and television companies have been studying and researching Tang Xiaosheng's martial arts concept, and are trying to film according to this martial arts concept, because this is currently the most popular shooting concept among audiences.
Since watching Tang Xiaosheng's martial arts dramas, the current audience no longer watches the previous martial arts dramas, because in terms of martial arts design, they are not of the same grade at all. If there is a film and television company that shoots martial arts dramas in the past way, it will definitely lose money, because the audience will not buy it.
And this martial arts concept, except for Tang Xiaosheng, no one knows about it so far, even directors such as Wu Gang and Zhang Zhizong who have worked with him are all half-understood. In other words, Tang Xiaosheng has the core technique of filming martial arts scenes in his own hands, and with this technique, he can monopolize the martial arts scenes in the entire film and television industry in a certain sense.
Third, Tang Xiaosheng has a large number of human resources, some of which are potential and some of which already exist. Including his super popularity, his kung fu school, his martial arts association, etc., if these resources are effectively integrated and a film and television company is established, it can undoubtedly attract a large number of people in the film and television industry to join. Whether it's a director, or an actor, this has a fatal attraction.
In this way, a large-scale film and television company is just around the corner, and even has the opportunity to become the largest film and television company in China.
It is with these in mind that Zhang Yidong and Zhou Wanyun are willing to contribute 500 million yuan each to support Tang Xiaosheng. Because once the company is established, as long as the right script is selected and two TV series are filmed in a year, these investments will basically be recovered, and the profits will not be lost.
"Don Jr., what do you think of this idea?" Zhang Yidong asked again after briefly saying his thoughts.
Hearing this, Tang Xiaosheng also knew that if he agreed to this matter and everything went well, his identity would increase exponentially, and he might be worth hundreds of millions of dollars within two years.
Being able to make so much money is indeed very confusing, Tang Xiaosheng thought about it, but still politely refused: "Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhou, I understand your kindness." However, since I still have a one-year contract with Mengjie Entertainment Media, I still want to make other plans when the contract expires. ”…,
Tang Xiaosheng decided this way, not because he couldn't get along with money, on the one hand, because he didn't want to be a person who forgot his righteousness for profit, and he didn't want to terminate the contract with the brokerage company because he made money; On the other hand, he also has a long-term plan.
If you accept the investment of Zhang Yidong and Zhou Wanyun, even if this film and television company is established in the future, it is actually not Tang Xiaosheng's own, Zhang Yidong and Zhou Wanyun are the investors of this company, and they are naturally the bosses.
For Tang Xiaosheng, the biggest advantage of creating his own film and television company is not to make more money, but to be able to film more freely. Therefore, he still hopes that the film and television company is founded by himself.
With his current net worth, it may be a bit difficult to start a film and television company, so he feels that he should plan well for the next year or so, and make plans when the time is ripe.
After politely declining Zhang Yidong and Zhou Wanyun's kindness, Tang Xiaosheng left the Long family.
After he left, Long Tianhao, Zhang Yidong, and Zhou Wanyun couldn't help but chat again.
"It seems that I lost." Zhang Yidong sighed and said to Long Tianhao.
Long Tianhao smiled and said, "This is what I expected, with Tang Xiaosheng's personality, it is impossible for him to agree to your investment." ”
It turned out that Zhang Yidong, Zhou Wanyun and Long Tianhao made a bet today. Zhang Yidong just told Tang Xiaosheng about the creation of a film and television company, but in fact he was just testing him. He felt that anyone would agree to such a good thing, and Tang Xiaosheng was definitely no exception.
However, Long Tianhao had the opposite opinion, he felt that Tang Xiaosheng was a very assertive person, and he was afraid that he would not easily agree to Yidong's proposal.
Zhang Yidong and Long Tianhao had already seen each other, so the two decided to make a bet.
Now that Tang Xiaosheng is gone, the result has been known, Zhang Yidong naturally lost the bet, but he still didn't understand it, and said to himself: "I can't think of people who don't want to make money now." Old Long, this son-in-law of yours is not simple! ”
Long Tianhao smiled. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )