Chapter 237: Strike Again!
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"Good!"
"Everyone is unwilling to admit defeat, which is good, as a director, of course I am with you!"
Fang Ziheng stood up and smiled quite happily.
The tempers of the creators have finally been lifted.
"This year's annual box office champion, our "Looking for the Dragon" is about to be decided!"
"Yes, it's decided!"
"Come on, everyone, win the championship together!"
"Starting tomorrow, the crew will start work an hour earlier and leave work an hour later every day, let's strive to finish it before September and reserve more time for the post-special effects!"
"No problem, director, I'll be the first on set tomorrow!"
"Director, just look at it, we definitely won't drop the chain!"
In this way, with the help of Liu Qianqian, the sluggish atmosphere of the crew in the past few days has been swept away, whether it is the actors or ordinary staff, they are all screaming.
Fang Ziheng did what he said, came to the set at 7 o'clock in the morning of the past two days, and started work an hour early.
If you want to catch up with the Chinese New Year in December, you must finish it before September, and reserve at least three months of post-production time.
He has already thought about it, first hurry up to shoot the time, and strive to catch up with the New Year stalls, but he really can't catch up with the Spring Festival stalls.
Under Fang Ziheng's deliberate actions, the crew of "Looking for the Dragon" was much tighter, like an alarm clock on a clockwork, and no time was wasted.
Liu Ye, Liu Qianqian, Huang Bo, Xia Yu, Liu Jialing, and Zou Zhaolong are not complaining about the heat, they start filming on time every day, make up in advance, and rehearse the shooting details of the day in advance.
The crew of "Looking for the Dragon" is in full swing, and the glory of "Transformers 3" in the outside world is still there.
In the second week, it hit 370 million soft girl coins, and the total box office was as high as 787 million in 11 days of release.
The strong box office is terrifying and suffocating.
"Manslaughter 1" was steady and steady, and it was not messed up because of the strength of "Transformers 3", and it got a box office of 50 million again in seven days, and the total box office came to 390 million soft girl coins.
"Modern Age" completely hit the streets, with a weekly box office of less than 20 million, and a total box office of 80 million.
Seeing the wind, the theater chain once again adjusted the number of films, "Transformers 3" accounted for 60%, "Manslaughter 1" accounted for 25%, and the rest of the films were divided into 15%.
August 15th.
"Manslaughter 1" was released for 25 days, and the total box office successfully reached 420 million.
On August 21, the fifth week of the release of "Manslaughter 1", Wobbly once again won 22 million box office.
successfully broke 400 million, and the total box office foothold was around 460 million.
And "Transformers 3" finally ushered in a big dive after the explosion in the first two weeks.
160 million in the third week, 65 million in the fourth week, and the total box office just exceeded 1 billion.
On this day, the crew of "Looking for the Dragon" came with endless cheers.
Major film and television companies and many filmmakers in the entertainment industry showed a long-lost smile on their faces.
"Transformers 3" can't take away the box office champion of Chinese film and television.
With the current box office trend, it is impossible to break the box office record of 1.346 billion for "Edge of Tomorrow".
The media doesn't care about this, as if they didn't see the decline of "Transformers 3", and continued to praise the stinky feet of the movie.
What's more, they are exporting against the wind, hyping up this year's summer file, and domestic films have not held their ground.
Southern urban entertainment is the most happy, and it has come up with a title of "The Back Garden of Hollywood Movies".
The following is full of tirade, from the film system, film style, film technology, production funds, etc., to scold the domestic films released in June and July one by one.
Southern Metropolis Entertainment has sprayed "Martial Arts", "Modern Times", and "Eavesdropping" on bullshit, and even the production cost of 30 million and the box office of 450 million "Manslaughter 1" only said one sentence remarkable.
In the end, Southern Urban Entertainment came to a conclusion, the summer file has been reduced to the territory of imported films, and has become the backyard of Hollywood movies.
The most annoying thing is that this media also @ Fang Ziheng, Lao Mouzi, Feng Pants, Chen Daren, Uncle Long, and Xing Ye on Weibo one by one, and secretly asked them what they thought.
At this time, the popularity of "Transformers 3" has just dissipated, and the summer file has come to an end.
The melon-eating masses who had finished eating melons on the Internet and were ready to beat the drums to withdraw their troops joined a new round of tearing war before they had time to take a breath.
There is only one theme of tearing, praise high and low, the director you like is the best, and the rest are all Lulu.
Many media also took advantage of the situation and held high the banner of defending the summer file, attracting netizens to roast the six big directors on the fire.
The media shouted: It is because of the collective departure of Huaguo University directors from this year's summer file that Haolaiwu movies are raging.
From "Pirates of the Caribbean 4" to "Kung Fu Panda 2", from "Harry Potter" to "Transformers 3", one after another Hollywood blockbusters, they are at their disposal in the Chinese film market just like shopping.
It's a shame like never before!
In the summer of previous years, no matter how cruel the movies released in Haolaiwu were, they were not as arrogant as this year when facing the films directed by Hua Guoda.
Especially last year, several Hollywood movies released in the summer were overturned by Fang Ziheng and Feng Pants.
All kinds of remarks on the Internet are flying, and the general meaning is just one, the reason for the fiasco of this year's summer file is to blame the director of Huaguo for not participating in the war.
Boy!
After seeing these news, Fang Ziheng called out to the good guy!
Out of nothing, darkness is scarce.
Imagination, fabrication.
The words of the media made him lie down and was shot, and he was not even given a chance to defend himself.
Who made you make movies so slowly, and you are to blame if you can't catch up with the summer file!
He was too lazy to take care of the media, and devoted himself to filming the last scene of "Looking for the Dragon" in Qinghai.
Fang Ziheng didn't talk, other directors don't have such a good temper.
Taking the opportunity of the start of "1942", Feng Pants was the first to stand up and fire.
"There are no tigers in the mountains, and monkeys become kings."
"Next summer, "1942" is waiting for a good dock movie!"
Feng Pants was ambitious, and at the launch press conference, in front of a group of media, he shouted that next year's summer file "1942" will definitely win 1.2 billion box office.
Lao Mouzi opened his mouth for the second time, and under the coaxing of Fang Ziheng, he announced in a high-profile manner that "The Year of Chasing Dreams" was set for the New Year, vowing to win this year's annual box office champion.
Uncle Long didn't show weakness, and the third one was interviewed and broke out that he was preparing "Zodiac", and he was happy to book next year's box office champion, pointing to the box office of 1.5 billion.
Besides.
Xu Ke, who was filming "Dragon Gate Flying Armor" in the desert, was not willing to be lonely, and pulled Deng Chao and Zeng Li to appear frequently.
said that "Dragon Gate Flying Armor" is a martial arts blockbuster that surpasses the top level, and it is definitely the favorite to win the championship in this year's Chinese New Year, with a box office of 1 billion.
The slogans were shouted louder and louder, and the media and the people who ate melons were crazy.
Only Chen Daren and Xing Ye are relatively low-key, one is licking his wounds, and the other can't come out in "Journey to the West".
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September 3rd.
On the day when "Looking for the Dragon" was completed, a piece of news broke the earth, which plunged the entertainment industry that had just calmed down into endless excitement.
After several months of negotiations, Baoli Group finally chose to cut through the mess quickly and announced to the outside world that it would transfer 51% of the equity of Baoli Huayi Media.
Its subsidiaries Oriental Shenlong Film Company, 15% of the shares of Xinbaoyuan, 2o% of the shares of British Film and Television, and the Qiansi Advertising Landing Publicity Company in the first and second tier cities across the country, all four companies were sold.
As soon as this news came out, many aspiring capitals in the entertainment industry rushed out to win this big cake.
Fang Ziheng notified Concubine Lin and Andy as soon as possible and asked them to prepare cash.
He didn't even participate in the finale banquet, and drove directly to Qinghai Airport to rush back to the imperial capital as quickly as possible.
Before he got on the plane, he received the first call from Concubine Lin, is the 600 million cash ready and can be mobilized at any time.
After getting off the plane, I received a second call from Andy, and Baoli quoted 500 million internally, with the purpose of selecting a group of speculators.
In the early morning of September 4th.
Fang Ziheng returned to the duplex building, the living room was brightly lit, and Concubine Lin and Andy were waiting for him with a stack of documents.
Concubine Lin brought him a cup of warm boiled water, and said softly: "Tired, why don't you go take a bath first?" ”
"No, we'll talk about it later."
Fang Ziheng waved his hand, took the water cup and drank it dry, took off his coat and sat down on the sofa in the living room, and said, "How is the data collected?" ”
"It's all here."
Andy flipped through several documents, which showed the business scope of Huayi Media and the four sons, as well as the financial situation and valuation of several companies.
"According to the current market value, the total value of the five companies is about 370 million soft sister coins, and Baoli offers 500 million, which is completely taking the investor as the big one."
"What about the other capitalists who came in, what happened to them?"
"What else can I do, except for our Hengyu, who wants to be a fool, those investors are shrewd, and when they heard the offer of 500 million, they immediately shrunk their necks."
Andy was disdainful and looked down on speculators very much.
Fang Ziheng smiled, picked up the documents and looked at them one by one.
Hengyu must win Huayi and make up for his last two shortcomings.
Not to mention anything else, just Huayi's publicity and distribution channels, as well as the landing publicity team of Oriental Shenlong Film Company and Qiansi Advertising, Hengyu Media is salivating.
September 5th.
Fang Ziheng rested at home for a day, and took Concubine Lin, Andy, the company's investment department, and legal department to Baoli Group.
The lineup is very strong, Fang Ziheng was worried that the legal department was not manpowered, and specially hired a professional legal team.
When the Hengyu convoy arrived at Baoli Daxia, it instantly attracted the attention of reporters squatting outside.
A reporter was holding a camera to the car door, about to take a photo, and couldn't help but exclaim when he saw the person getting out of the car.
"Damn, who's that guy?"
"Fang Ziheng, why did he come here?"
The reporter next to him was also stunned, rubbing his eyes, looking incredulous.
Dozens of people got down from the convoy, Fang Ziheng took the lead, Concubine Lin and Andy followed left and right, and walked into the Baoli building under the reception of the vice president of Baoli.
Kaka.
Freeze the frame, a side face of Fang Ziheng walking into Baoli Building, like a lightning bolt spreading wildly on the Internet.
"The big commercial director acquires Baoli Huayi!"
"Fang Ziheng shot again, and brought Hengyu and the two female generals to Huayi Media!"
"Hengyu Media set sail again, with the attitude of a snake swallowing an elephant, showing unrivaled ambition!"
"Fang Ziheng officially launched the harvest of Huayi Media to build an entertainment empire!"
In just two hours, newspaper reports filled all corners of the Internet as if they had grown wings.
Fang Ziheng's mobile phone rang then, and he turned it off directly, knowing with his toes that it was a call from a peer in the industry.
Huayi, Bona, Guangxian, Pony Galloping, China Film Group, these film and television giants were shocked by this news.
Huayi Media!
Wang Zhongjun stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of the office and asked his younger brother Wang Zhonglei intently: "Where did he get the money, 500 million, didn't he just spend 100 million US dollars before?" ”
"Brother, according to the news I heard, Fang Ziheng's "Edge of Tomorrow" earned at least 700 million, which happened to be on top of the potato video."
"The 500 million this time should be the money earned by "The Four Famous Catches" and "Thai Embarrassment" last year."
Wang Zhonglei frowned, and broke his fingers to calculate little by little.
"Impossible!"
Wang Zhongjun didn't believe it, and then said: "The profits of these two films, Hengyu, have invested in this year's project, and he controls seven movies and six TV series a year, not to mention five or six billion!" ”
"Brother, you forgot about variety shows, "Run, Brother" and "The Voice of China" are outrageously popular, Hengyu accounts for half of the share, and the advertising fees of the two variety shows alone earned three or four billion!"
"!"
Wang Zhongjun scolded secretly, almost forgetting this stubble.
In this year's summer file, there are "Transformers 3" in the film market, and "Run, Brother" and "The Voice of China" are also on TV.
With two variety shows, Zhedong Satellite TV has occupied the weekend 8 o'clock file in the past two months, and its old rival Mango Satellite TV is dizzy and scattered.
After thinking about it, Wang Zhongjun said again: "Zhonglei, you go and ask Fang Ziheng if he needs money, I can provide him with an interest-free loan of 500 million." ”
"Ah, no interest, this is too cheap Fang Ziheng, right?"
Wang Zhonglei was startled, his head instantly shook even more rattle, and there was a big reluctance written on his face.
"You know what?"
Wang Zhongjun glared at his younger brother, walked back to the desk and took out a cigar from the drawer and lit it, hating iron and steel: "Next year, Hengyu Media will definitely launch "Tang Detective 2" and "Four Famous Catches 2", what level of these two projects, I don't need to say more!" ”
"Then you don't have to be interestless, brother, what's the difference between you and giving money!"
Wang Zhonglei is unhappy, he has never had a good impression of Fang Ziheng, thinking that in addition to making movies, the other party will shoot girls.
took shit luck and tied Concubine Lin and Andy to his side, helped him fight the world, and made several hot movies without scruples.
This kind of operation is the same as Lao Mouzi and Zhang Weiping.
It's just that Lao Mouzi's methods can't work, but Zhang Weiping, who was originally an assistant, rode on his head to and pee.
And Fang Ziheng is much more shrewd, and uses hue to attract two beauties to help him develop the company.
Not to mention the others, just the publicity lineup of "Tang Detective" and "Edge of Tomorrow" when they were released, without the help of Concubine Lin, so many satellite TV evening news across the country would definitely not take care of Fang Ziheng.
"Zhonglei, take a long-term view."
Wang Zhongjun smoked a cigar and said earnestly to enlighten his younger brother: "Compared with the interest-free loan of 500 million, Huayi's stock price is the most important!" ”
"We don't send money to Fang Ziheng, others will send it to him."
"You must know that Bona, Guangxian, and CTI are all listed companies, and these three companies are all eyeing Fang Ziheng's project next year.
Hehe, the cash in their hands is not much less than Huayi! ”