With the completion of the first phase of the Ark Cultural Headquarters Park, the company began to slowly move to Ningyun Cultural Industrial Park.

The first phase of the project was completed in the headquarters building, as well as the Nebula Animation Building.

On the day of completion, Fang Xing took the company's senior management to tailor.

There are many news reporters from economic channels, as well as entertainment reporters who came to interview.

However, the completion of the Ark Cultural Headquarters building is not strictly speaking entertainment news, so it has not attracted widespread attention.

With the completion of the first phase of the company's headquarters park, the scale of the company is getting bigger and bigger.

The whole company can't revolve around just one person's projects, but will develop more projects.

After all, Fang Xing may only make one film and television drama a year, and it is impossible for the company to stop operating when he is not filming.

Therefore, the company's investment department, like other film and television companies, has been investing in film and television projects since last year.

Since it is an investment, it is natural to make and lose.

Last year's investment department's revenue was a small profit, and there were no surprises.

In fact, for other film and television companies, as long as they don't lose, they make money.

After all, no one in the film and television industry can guarantee that they will earn forever, except for Fang Xing.

Sometimes, when the investment department finds a project with good potential, it may directly take the project to make it.

Zhang Yigao has been in the company for more than three years, most of the time as an assistant director for Fang Xing, and occasionally as a director, mainly shooting MVs.

Although he is an assistant director, his resume is quite scary.

The names of TV series such as "Wulin Gaiden", "The Beginning", "The Pretender", "Hurricane", "Langya Bang" and "Dark Glory" are written on resumes, and in the film and television industry, it is quite scary.

Film and television companies often come to Zhang Yigao and want to invest in him to make dramas.

However, Zhang Yigao basically refused.

He knows very well that the popularity of the TV series filmed before was all because of Fang Xing, without Fang Xing as the director, he had no bottom at all.

In fact, Zhang Yigao's directorial experience and knowledge are sufficient, but he lacks a little market vision.

In the past few years with Fang Xing, there has definitely been progress, but it's hard to say whether you can make a hit drama.

It is impossible for Ark Culture to shoot only one person's drama, so when they see a suitable script and project, they will consider taking it over and making it themselves, and the director will let Zhang Yigao take the role.

Fang Xing did not shoot a drama this year, but the company's film and television production department was not idle and filmed a web drama directed by Zhang Yigao.

A-level production, Ark Culture led the investment of 30 million, and recruited 50 million investment from film and television investment companies such as Penguin and Qingti Film and Television.

This investment scale is considered to be in the middle of the A-level.

If it is another film and television company, if it wants to prepare such an A-level production, it may take a long time to recruit investment.

After all, the money of film and television investment companies is not blown by the wind, and every time they invest, they think that they will make money before they make a move.

However, this drama is produced by Ark Culture, although the director is not Fang Xing, but the name of Ark Culture is there, even if the director is not Fang Xing, it should not be a loss.

Moreover, the crew team of this TV series is only missing the director Fang Xing, and the other director teams, such as Fuhuadao, are all the royal team of Ark Culture.

There may be a reduction, but the foundation is still there.

Therefore, it is very easy to recruit investment for this project, and almost as soon as the news is released, it has already received investment from a number of film and television investment companies.

After all, this project is an 80 million project, although Fang Xing is not a director, but the project is to be discussed at the company's regular meeting.

Therefore, Fang Xing read the script a little.

The script is a very solid ancient puppet.

This genre is indeed stable, even if it is filmed very ordinary, it will not lose much.

Even if the shooting is really bad, it won't lose much.

When casting, the director team found the actors who were in middle school before filming "Dark Glory".

Because the original audition actor was to go to the school to find students to audition, these young actors have already filmed "Dark Glory" and have a little fame, but they have not starred in the hit drama, so the salary is not high.

Although the salary is not high, these actors have all auditioned for Fang Xing, and their acting skills are all passable.

Therefore, in terms of the salary of the leading actors, a lot of money was saved, and the money saved was used on the costume and the set, so that this A-level production had an entry-level S-level texture with an investment of 100 million.

This drama was broadcast in the summer in July, and the broadcast results were not bad.

Although it is not at the level of popular dramas, it is visible to the naked eye that it is profitable.

Although it did not become a big hit, this drama was produced by Ark Culture, and it was not the first TV series directed by Fang Xing, so it is more important to be successful.

……

With the completion of the first phase of the Ark Cultural Headquarters Park, the funds for the second phase have also been put in place, and the bank has issued more lenient loan conditions.

This made Ark Culture's funds much more abundant, and the number of investment projects began to increase.

With the increase in investment projects, the three major video websites in China all hope to cooperate in depth.

Ark Culture has always had a deep cooperative relationship with Penguin Video, but this depth is relatively limited.

After all, Penguin Video belongs to the Penguin Group, and many decisions are not made by Penguin Video independently.

As for the other two video websites, in the past three years, they have been rubbed on the ground by TV series produced by Ark Culture in turn, and it must be false to say that they are not uncomfortable.

In business, though, there is no real enemy.

Even if you are a business opponent, it doesn't mean that you can't become a partner in the next second.

Especially when it comes to a company of the level of Ark Culture, no one wants to be a rival with such a company.

Therefore, Fang Xing is occasionally invited by the presidents of Taro Video and Pea Video to participate in dinners, anniversaries and other activities.

Of course, Fang Xing went when he had time, and he didn't have time to pull it down, and then sent Qiao Yinghong to socialize.

……

Three years ago, when Fang Xing was just filming "Wulin Gaiden", he once looked for Pea Video, but was tricked once by the director of the film selection department of Pea Video at the time.

Then, that year, Penguin Video released the big hit "Wulin Gaiden", and three years later, this drama is still the first on the comedy list.

Pea Video opened the director of the film selection department that time.

It's just that this pain is not completely good for Pea Video yet.

Of course, that incident is an isolated case.

In the past three years, Wandou Video has been bombarded by Ark Culture and Penguin Video in turn, and now it is still stable in the position of the three major video websites, which also shows that this company still has strength.

Moreover, Pea Video is still the strength to compete for one, and it is on a par with Penguin Video.

"Boss, Gong Jianbin , the president of Pea Video, invited you to dinner for the third time, do you want to see it? Mr. Gong is very sincere. Before, I used the boss to accompany the boss to the competition, and I didn't have time to prevaricate. I really can't push it off this time. After the regular work meeting, Qiao Yinghong asked Fang Xing alone to report the invitation.

"Pea video? Have I met their president before? Fang Xing wasn't very sure, he had heard the name, and he couldn't match his face all of a sudden.

The main thing is that the president of Pea Video is relatively low-key and rarely appears in the news.

"I've seen it, at a dinner party." Qiao Yinghong took out her mobile phone and searched out a photo for Fang Xing to see.

"Oh, it's him, I've got an impression. I talked a lot with him at that dinner, and this person was okay in the world. It's no wonder that Pea Video can sit firmly in one of the three major video websites. Fang Xing commented.

Qiao Yinghong introduced the president's information a little: "Gong Jianbin is the founder and CEO of Wandou Video. At present, it holds 32% of the shares and is the largest shareholder of Pea Video. ”

Under normal circumstances, when a company grows to a valuation of 1 billion, it will encounter a bottleneck.

It is an inevitable choice for the company to continue to develop, introduce investment, expand its scale, and occupy the business territory.

Therefore, a company with a valuation of 20 billion yuan like Pea Video will have a complex shareholding structure.

It is rare for Fang Xing to hold more than ninety percent of the shares and have a valuation of more than 10 billion yuan.

Moreover, Ark Culture has not really entered the capital market, so there is no accurate valuation, and if it really wants to IPO, it is not enough to triple the valuation.

"Boss, do you want to go to an appointment?" Qiao Yinghong asked again.

"When?"

"Tomorrow night, the anniversary celebration of Pea Video, Mr. Gong said that he can bring his wife to the banquet."

"You can agree first. I have time to go, whether Lu Xiang'er is going or not, I'll go back and ask. Fang Xing agreed first.

"Okay, then I'll call Mr. Gong back." Qiao Yinghong agreed.

"Did Gong Jianbin personally call and invite?" Fang Xing asked again.

"Yes, it was Gong Jianbin who made the call himself, not the assistant, so I said that Mr. Gong was very sincere." Qiao Yinghong replied.

"Okay, I got it." Fang Xing nodded.

……

The next night.

Pea Video Anniversary Dinner.

The website's anniversary celebration started a week ago, and there are also offline events.

Of course, Fang Xing did not participate in the anniversary celebration, but participated in the dinner in the evening.

Half past six in the evening.

Fang Xing took Lu Xiang'er's hand and came to the dinner scene together.

The waiter at the door should have been told in advance, and when he saw Fang wake up, he didn't ask for the invitation, and led him inside.

However, Fang Xing still took out the invitation card from the inner pocket of the suit and showed it.

Entering the banquet hall, a female assistant wearing a beige skirt greeted her and greeted her warmly: "Mr. Fang, Mr. Lu, I am Assistant to Mr. Gong, you can call me Xiao Tang." Mr. Gong is drinking tea with a few bosses over there, can I lead Mr. Fang over? ”

Assistant Xiao Tang led the way in front very enthusiastically, and praised as he walked: "Teacher Lu is so beautiful tonight." ”

"Call me Mr. Fang, call her Mr. Lu, what kind of generation is this?" Fang Xing joked.

Assistant Xiao Tang hurriedly explained: "Because I admire Teacher Lu too much, I also studied violin for a period of time when I was a child, but I had no talent and couldn't persevere. Mr. Lu is simply the light of the country. ”

Lu Xiang'er hurriedly said modestly: "Don't dare to be it, it's too much of a boast, I can't stand it." ”

"Afford it."

While talking, the three of them went to a reception room next to the venue.

As soon as Fang Xing and Lu Xiang'er entered, Gong Jianbin hurriedly got up to greet him: "Welcome, welcome, welcome Mr. Fang." There is also Miss Lu Xiang'er, the gold medals of Paganini and Tchaikovsky, and the glory of violin performance. ”

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be." Lu Xiang'er hurriedly waved her hand, still a little uncomfortable with this kind of compliment.

In this reception room, in addition to Gong Jianbin sitting, there is also a middle-aged man.

Gong Jianbin introduced: "This is the president of our Pea Film and Television, Zhou Ning. ”

Pea Film and Television is a subsidiary of Pea Video, which is responsible for producing Pea's self-made dramas.

In the past two years, the reason why Pea Video has developed so well is due to the fact that they took the lead in setting off a trend of self-made dramas.

TV series produced by other film and television companies, in order to maximize profits, basically do not choose to broadcast exclusively when they can choose multi-platform simulcasts.

Unless the price is high enough for the exclusive.

It's just that the major video platforms have given 70% of the accounts for popular dramas, and the video platforms only take 30%.

Excluding the operating costs of video websites, in fact, the profits of video websites are very low.

Don't look at the video websites that are getting bigger and bigger, they look very beautiful, but in fact, some of the three major video websites are still burning money.

The reason why Pea Video is firmly in the position of the three major video websites is that its self-made dramas are relatively successful and have made profits.

Moreover, self-made dramas have an advantage, that is, they can be broadcast exclusively.

Exclusive broadcast means that if the audience wants to watch it, they can only open a membership on Pea Video.

This makes the number of members of Pea Video the largest among the three major video websites.

The number of members is the largest, but it is not the first of the three major websites, that is because Penguin Video has the Penguin Group as a backer, and there is a huge amount of traffic poured in, which has a natural advantage.

In addition to the three major video websites, there is another video website that is more special, that is, Xiangguo Video.

Xiangguo Video has the exclusive resources of Xiangjiang Satellite TV, and the cost of buying film and television dramas and variety shows is very low, so it is also profitable.

Among the three major video websites, the situation of Taro Video is not very good, burning money to maintain, and also following the trend to produce self-made dramas, but it started late and the team is not good, so the results of self-made dramas are not good.

Of course, Pea Video also faces a very big challenge.

Wandou Video can stand firm on the three major video websites, relying on self-made dramas, that is, stable content output.

However, as Penguin Video, Taro Video, and Xiangguo Video have begun to invest in self-made dramas, the advantages of Pea Video will be slowly diluted.

Moreover, if you rely on content to develop a website and the content is good enough, you will win all battles, but no one can guarantee that every self-made drama produced will become a hit.

As a result, the pressure on the pea video is also high.

Pea Video has relied on exclusive content to gain a firm foothold, and in the past few years, Penguin Video has had dramas of Ark Culture, all the way to conquer the city.

As a result, Pea Video is also in trouble.

On the battlefield of video websites, if you don't advance, you will retreat, and if you want to eat your old book, you will wait to be eliminated.

Therefore, Gong Jianbin wanted to "visit the thatched house three times", personally called to invite, and finally invited him for the third time, and invited Fang Xing.

In the reception room, it was obvious that the bosses of the two parties wanted to talk about business.

At such times, family members usually go outside to socialize at dinners.

Gong Jianbin 's assistant Xiao Tang was very clever, and after leading Fang Xing and the two to the reception room, he went to report to Gong Jianbin 's wife.

So, this side just finished saying hello.

Gong Jianbin's wife went to the reception room and greeted him generously: "How was the chat?" ”

"Come, come, get to know, this is my wife. These two are the directors of Ark Culture, as well as our country's violinist Miss Lu Xiang'er. Gong Jianbin introduced.

Mrs. Gong stretched out her hand, took Lu Xiang'er's hand, and praised her dignified and gentle: "I have admired the name for a long time, I said last time that I wanted to go to Moscow to watch your game, but the matter of Lao Gong's company was delayed a lot." ”

"Thank you, Mrs. Gong." Lu Xiang'er agreed with a smile.

"Let's go, let them talk about things, and I'll take you to the wives of tonight, they're all your fans." Mrs. Gong took Lu Xiang'er and left.

Fang Xing looked at the backs of them leaving, and said with a smile: "Mr. Gong's wife is really a virtuous helper." ”

(End of chapter)