A dark horse appeared in the National Day file, with a 5% film schedule, and became the box office champion all the way.

After the total box office of "Spirited Away" surpassed that of "Detective Rock 2", it attracted many netizens to discuss it on Weibo and other online platforms.

What the people who eat melons like to see the most is unusual and unexpected things.

If any of "The Legend of God of War" and "Detective Rock 2" wins the box office championship of the National Day file, the people who eat melons feel that it is normal, and there is not much need to discuss it.

However, the movies released on the National Day, one month after the release, "The Legend of God of War" and "Rock Detective 2" were released one after another.

"Detective Rock 2" got a box office of 1.77 billion, which once made people think that it would be the box office champion of the National Day file.

It's just that among the many movies released on the National Day, there is a dark horse, which is very completely black.

This made netizens who eat melons enthusiastic about the discussion:

[Postponed!] It's been postponed! "Spirited Away" has been confirmed to be postponed, looking at the trend of the box office, this is going to run for 2.5 billion. 】

[One month after its release, there are still more than 10 million box office on weekdays, and the stamina is indeed a bit fierce. 】

[At first, I thought it would be good if the box office of this broken cartoon could break 100 million, but now my face is swollen. 】

[Fortunately, I'm smart, when I was in "Wulin Gaiden", my face was swollen, and this time I have a long memory. Fang Xing this thing, it's not strange to come up with anything. 】

["Spirited Away" is really good-looking, I checked it, the animation studio that produced it is called Liang Whale Studio, are there any other works in this studio? 】

[With such a strong film, the opening picture only has 5% of the box office, and the film industry is really not easy to mix. If it weren't for Fang Xing's angry smashing of 100 million yuan in publicity, I am afraid that he would have been drowned in those special effects blockbusters in the National Day file. 】

[I never chase stars, but I will watch songs, TV series, and movies as soon as I wake up in the future. "Wulin Gaiden" YYDS, "Spirited Away" will also inevitably be recorded in the history of animation films. 】

……

"Spirited Away" is still in theaters, the box office is still growing, and according to the stability of the box office, the final box office that will be postponed for a month should be around 2.5 billion.

The 2.5 billion is the total box office, not the money that Ark Culture can get.

Among the 2.5 billion, the first thing to do is to deduct the business tax, theater account distribution and theater chain account sharing.

In the end, what can go to Ark Culture and Penguin Pictures will be about 40%, that is, 10 billion.

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Liang Whale Studio is the producer, but in terms of animation production, they have already taken money.

The production cost of "Spirited Away" is 30 million.

The 30 million is used to make animation, most of which is the salary of Liang Whale Studio for making animation, including painting fees, coloring fees, etc.

Therefore, Liang Whale Studio has no account sharing in this project, only an additional three points of reward given by Fang Xing.

After deducting all the shares, the final amount of money that Ark Culture can get will be about 600 million.

An animated film earns 600 million, 30 million investment, and a 20 times rate of return.

This is simply a super case in the field of film and television investment.

Before the release of "Spirited Away", many capital companies valued Ark Culture at only three or five billion.

However, Fang Xing first used an album to achieve 120 million sales.

Then he used an animated film to create a myth of 2.5 billion box office.

A movie can earn 600 million, but before the movie is released, the investment company only gives a valuation of 500 million.

Xu Guangyi, as the general manager of the investment department of Penguin Group, finally understood what Fang Xing said at the beginning after seeing the box office counterattack of "Spirited Away", and then talk about what it means to inject capital after the movie is released.

Two months ago.

When Fang Xing, Zhang Changfeng, and Xu Guangyi discussed issuance and investment cooperation, Fang Xing insisted on smashing 100 million yuan in publicity.

According to the estimation at that time, it was difficult for Ark Culture to earn back 100 million in publicity costs.

According to the investment strategy, when a company is about to lose money on a project, the best strategy is to wait until the loss occurs and the company's valuation declines before investing.

Therefore, Xu Guangyi also thinks that it is better to wait for the release of "Spirited Away" to talk about investment.

It's just that now the situation is not developing according to their expected script.

"Spirited Away" counterattacked and became the box office champion of the National Day file, and the final box office is expected to exceed 2.5 billion.

This also means that the valuation of Ark Culture will skyrocket, and it will increase several times.

……

It's November.

Penguin Group hopes to complete the injection of capital into Ark Culture this year to stabilize this content production company.

As long as you count the content produced by Ark Culture along the way, you will know how valuable this company is.

The songs are unreasonable to dominate the charts, and there is no need to discuss with other record companies, and they can dominate the charts as much as they want.

Fang Xing's new album reached 120 million sales in the first month of its release, and even the king of Merlin Records was cut down.

Now, the songs produced and sung by Fang Xing have occupied half of the Penguin Music platform list.

Moreover, the long-term earnings of the song are very high.

After the song became popular, KTV singing, music platform listening, singer covers, etc., all had stable income.

In addition to the songs, Ark Culture has two TV series, one of which is now at number one in the comedy category.

It's been a year and a half since it was broadcast, and it still ranks first in the comedy category, which is not reasonable at all.

Now, another animated movie has come out, which has won 2.5 billion at the box office.

The value of such a content output company can be imagined.

Therefore.

"Spirited Away" has not yet been released, Xu Guangyi personally took the team to the Ark Cultural Headquarters to talk about capital injection, and gave a new capital injection plan.

Two months ago, the investment plan given by the Penguin Investment Department was to inject 100 million yuan, accounting for 20% of the shares of Ark Culture.

At that time, the investment industry valued Ark Culture at 500 million.

However, after the release of "Spirited Away", this was not the case.

Xu Guangyi took the initiative to increase the valuation and gave a new capital injection plan, wanting to inject 200 million yuan and acquire 20% of the shares of Ark Culture.

Fang Xing did not agree to this plan.

After several rounds of negotiations, Fang Xing finally reached a cooperation with Penguin Pictures to carry out cross-shareholding.

Penguin Pictures became the second largest shareholder of Ark Culture, holding 9.6% of the shares.

Ark Culture holds a 1% stake in Penguin Pictures, becoming the fourth largest shareholder.

There are additional clauses in the contract, and Penguin Group is not involved in the operation and management of Ark Culture.

After this investment was made, Ark Culture was labeled as a penguin.

So that the capital companies in the investment industry do not dare to play tricks easily.

……

Capital companies such as Pengcheng Capital and Dingsheng Capital know that it is difficult to inject capital into Ark Culture.

However, they found a new target, and that was Liang Whale Studios.

Liang Whale Studio, which produced "Spirited Away", is an independent studio, founded by Liang Whale and several animators, and does not belong to any film and television company.

"Spirited Away" became popular, and the value of Liang Whale Studio also rose.

Therefore, a lot of capital wants to buy Liang Whale Studio, and the price is not low.

After all, it is a studio that produces 2.5 billion box office animated films, and the value naturally skyrockets.

Although Liang Whale Studio is named after Liang Whale, the studio was founded by five people together.

Therefore, if the other founders disagree, Liang Whale can't just go his own way.

Two months ago.

Fang Xing talked to Liang Whale, hoping to inject 50 million yuan, acquire 80% of the shares of Liang Whale Studio, and then develop Liang Whale Studio into an animation company.

At the time, Liang was willing, but the other founders of the studio disagreed.

Therefore, the matter was put on hold.

A month after the release of "Spirited Away", Liang Whale Studio also became a fan outlet with this movie.

Many investment companies, through various channels, have found several founders of Liang Whale Studio to discuss cooperation.

However, Liang Whale still hopes to continue to cooperate with Fang Xing.

He cares more about making the animation itself, and the script for "Spirited Away" was given by Fang Xing.

He knows how important it is for "Spirited Away" to succeed and how important it is for Fang Xing to wake up.

The other four founders of Liang Whale Studio, of course, did not rule out cooperating with Fang Xing, after all, they successfully cooperated in the production of "Spirited Away".

If there are successful projects ahead, it is of course best if you can continue to work together.

Of course, there is a precondition that the money is in place.

After talking to several founders of Liang Whale Studio in several capital companies such as Pengcheng Capital and Dingsheng Capital.

November 3rd.

The five founders of Liang Whale Studio came to see Fang Xing together and wanted to talk about follow-up cooperation.

Fang Xing is still interested in Liang Whale Studio, just see what can be negotiated.

"Mr. Fang, we have discussed a few times, and this time we came over together and wanted to talk to Mr. Fang about the acquisition." Liang Whale took the initiative to start the topic.

"Tell me what you think." Fang Xing asked them to talk first.

One of the animators, who is mainly responsible for coloring, preemptively said: "That's right, in the past month, more than a dozen companies have talked to me, and the purchase price has exceeded 100 million. ”

Another founder continued: "Of course, we still hope to cooperate with Ark Culture. ”

Liang Whale saw that several colleagues talked about money too bluntly as soon as they opened their mouths, and hurriedly explained: "Mr. Fang, we want to make a good animation, and the acquisition plan can be discussed again." If it is acquired by Ark Culture, it will be much lower than other capital companies. ”

Fang Xing smiled at the corner of his mouth and nodded noncommittally: "What else?" ”

The colorist named Wang Hongyuan immediately answered: "In fact, the purchase price of 100 million yuan is not much, and a few of us will divide it into 10 million or 20 million."

"With the results of "Spirited Away", most of the investment companies are willing to give this price, and those investment companies also promise to give us options after the acquisition.

"Therefore, if Ark Culture wants to acquire our studio, it should be more sincere."

In fact.

Two months ago, Liang Whale Studio was penniless.

At that time, Liang Whale Studio said that it was valued at 30 million, and that was because the investment in "Spirited Away" was 30 million.

At that time, Fang Xing was ready to acquire Liang Whale Studio, and doubled the price, 50 million to acquire 80% of the shares.

At that time, the price was already a high premium.

When talking to Liang Whale, Liang Whale was willing.

But the other founders of Liang Whale Studio were unwilling, feeling that the price was low, and wanted to bet that after the release of "Spirited Away", the studio's valuation would rise.

In fact.

Fang Xing knew very well in his heart that after the release of "Spirited Away", the valuation of Liang Whale Studio would definitely rise.

Now there are investment companies that have offered hundreds of millions of dollars to Liang Whale Studio.

Before the release of "Spirited Away", the valuation of Ark Culture was 500 million, which is still the case of two popular TV series and dozens of songs that dominate the charts.

In this comparison, the valuation of Liang Whale Studio is more like a bubble.

After Fang Xing listened to their request, he already understood their thoughts.

In the final analysis, the other founders of Liang Whale Studio want to get more money.

Because "Spirited Away" became the box office champion of the National Day file, but the money shared by Liang Whale Studio is actually not much.

Although Liang Whale Studio is the producer of "Spirited Away", the investors and producers are Fang Xing.

Not only that, but the script was also given by Fang Xing.

Liang Whale Studio is only responsible for the production of animation, and the 30 million investment in the pre-production of animation is the remuneration of the studio's employees.

In other words, Liang Whale Studio was paid.

As for the animated film produced, whether it is a hit or a hit on the street has nothing to do with them.

If "Spirited Away" is released and the box office hits the streets, Fang Xing will lose more than 100 million.

If it really loses so much money, Liang Whale Studio doesn't need to lose money.

Similarly, "Spirited Away" made money, and Liang Whale Studio naturally did not get a share of the box office.

Of course, Fang Xing still gave them a reward of three points, and there were tens of millions.

A few founders and employees can also get a few million.

Now, there is capital entering the market and wants to acquire Liang Whale Studio, and the opening price has exceeded 100 million, if the acquisition is reached, then the founders of several studios will each be able to share 20 million.

With so much money, of course they didn't want to let go.

After listening to their request, Fang Xing smiled and said: "Actually, two months ago, I offered 50 million, and I had already calculated the premium after the release of "Spirited Away".

"So, my current plan is still the same, 50 million, 80% of the shares, and the remaining 20% will be left to you."

Colorist Wang Hongyuan frowned and said, "Mr. Fang, things are not talked about like this. Other investment companies have already offered a price of 100 million, and you directly cut it in half, which is too ruthless. ”

Fang Xing spread his hands and said, "I'm sorry, I decided on this matter a long time ago. I also believe that someone is willing to give you 100 million, and I also wish you better development in the future. ”

Having said that, there is obviously nothing left to talk about.

The founders of Liang Whale Studio did not have no other choice, so they politely said goodbye and left.

Although the acquisition was not negotiated, the two sides successfully cooperated with "Spirited Away" after all, and there is still a friendship, so the attitude is very friendly.

After the founders of Liang Whale Studio left, Fang Xing sent a WeChat message to Liang Whale, asking him to come again in the afternoon.

In the afternoon.

Fang Xing saw Liang Whale and asked a question: "Do you still think the same as two months?" ”

"Yes, I still hope to continue to cooperate with Mr. Fang." Liang Whale nodded.

"Well, I've asked people to inspect a few animation companies, and the day after tomorrow you and the head of the company's investment department will go to see those animation companies, and then decide which one to buy. Then you're ready to take your team to work at your new company. Fang Xing directly arranged the work.

"Good!" Liang Whale knew that it would be difficult for the entrepreneurial team of his studio to continue, so he made a decisive decision.

(End of chapter)