"Damn, it turns out that rumors are really not just rumors!"

After Wang Wei and the others returned to the company, they told the news revealed by China Television openly and secretly, which immediately caused Zhou Lin to exclaim.

"Rumors? What rumors? ”

Wang Wei and the others were a little confused.

"Actually, it's not a rumor, it's just, now many people outside call us Dunhuang the sixth largest film company in China Entertainment, and some people are even betting on which giant we will squeeze out of the top five first......"

In other words, Zhou Lin is regarded as a strong contender for the best photography of the next Tianma Awards because of a "Silence of the Lambs", and it has become more popular in the circle, and the scope of "Hunting for Beauty" has become wider.

This has brought another impact - this guy is almost the most well-informed person in Dunhuang, no, all kinds of gossip about Dunhuang outside have been told by him in one breath.

You must know that in the Chinese entertainment industry, secrets and rumors are like inseparable light and shadow, and many facts will be presented in the form of rumors. But the hardest part is that you never know what's behind those rumors.

Sometimes the more plausible the answer, the less credible it is, and the most terrifying rumors turn out to be true, but sometimes the opposite is true.

How to distinguish the truth from rumors is an impossible task for most insiders, and they actually don't care so much, and many times they just want to have fun.

But for the people of Dunhuang, Huashi's extraordinary actions, combined with some "rumors" in the circle, are largely one step closer to the truth.

"This is probably the problem, Dunhuang is too popular, the trees want to be quiet and the wind does not stop." When Wang Wei heard this, his eyes lit up.

Whether it is the Chinese entertainment industry or Hollywood, it is a circle jointly controlled by giants, and they can cooperate and compete with each other, but new entrants are never allowed to rush to the same level.

In the final analysis, the five major film companies can be reduced and become the big four, or even the big three, but they are absolutely unwilling to become the big six.

As soon as a new strong challenger emerges, they will join forces to suppress it.

In a way, it's the same situation with the big rogue clubs at the United Nations, uh, the Security Council.

Changing Wang Wei to sit in the position of the Big Five, every day when he sees a "Sixth Big" in the back, he will also feel too dazzling.

The most beautiful time is often the most dangerous time, and the ancients did not deceive me.

"We, have we really reached the point where we are going to be suppressed by the five major alliances?"

The worst conjecture has been confirmed from several aspects, and Lao Wang is shocked and ...... Enjoy.

"Surprise" is easy to understand, and "joy" is because it proves that he finally led Dunhuang back to a strong period - after all, if Dunhuang is a mess, the five will definitely not bother to look at it.

Others just want to give him a roll of the eye.

What is the momentum of Dunhuang now, hasn't he counted it in his heart?

Let's put it this way, let's look at the most intuitive share of box office revenue - the number of films produced in Dunhuang this year is less than one-third of any of the big five, but its box office revenue exceeds that of three of the big five.

And if you look at the return on investment of the film business, Dunhuang has dominated the list for three consecutive years, and it is all exaggerated to the point of not knowing how to describe the return multiple.

It's no wonder that there are rumors in the circle - if Dunhuang is allowed to continue to soar, who dares to say that it will not squeeze anyone out of the Big Five?

This is also the reason why no one in Dunhuang suspects that Huashi is bluffing in order to acquire Dunhuang, after all, hints can deceive people, rumors can deceive people, but data will not deceive people.

Moreover, the five follow-up trends will definitely reveal more clues.

"If I'm not mistaken, the other four of the Big Five will soon come to the door and want to include us under its umbrella." Xu Daoxing said in a deep voice.

"Lao Xu, you know the Big Five very well." Zhou Lin looked sideways.

"It's almost, the five major suppression of the new forces, back and forth, are all so many moves, nothing new." Xu Daoxing shook his head.

As a rare "old man" who has completely experienced the whole process of Dunhuang's joint suppression, stubborn resistance, struggle to survive, and regain its glory, Xu Daoxing is no stranger to this topic.

"First of all, of course, Zhao'an. This is the most direct and effective way, whether it is a stock exchange, or throwing money, as long as the opponent becomes your own person, that is, hello, I am good, everyone. ”

"If you don't eat the toast, then you will naturally be punished for drinking." Lao Xu pondered and said, "The methods of the five major encirclement and suppression of the new forces can be described as diverse, but in the final analysis, there are only a few directions, either in the production or in the publicity and distribution channels, or in suppression of ......."

——These are the tears that Dunhuang has shed and suffered.

The restrictions on production are mainly to dig up the foot of the wall - Dunhuang was poached by the five major directors and producers after the old man died, which directly caused Dunhuang's production level to fall to a new level.

After Lao Wang took over, he invested in production several times in a row, and it is difficult to say that there are no factors in this regard.

But—

Lao Xu glanced at Wang Wei and thought: This time, even if the five major ones encircle and suppress again, the trick of poaching people will basically be abolished.

- There are producers with Wang Wei's bug, and ordinary directors can also produce relatively high-quality content, but there is no shortage of ordinary directors in the Chinese entertainment industry, but Wang Wei can't be poached.

As for the publicity and distribution channels, Dunhuang has suffered countless losses.

In the era when it was suppressed by the five major alliances, Dunhuang did not produce blockbuster films, but because of the narrow publicity channels, even if it made money, the income was not rich; This also led to Dunhuang's lack of sufficient financial and material resources to create a certain number of blockbuster IPs...... In the end, unless every work performs well, if there is a major mistake or a sustained slump, there will be an immediate financial crisis.

Until now, the publicity and distribution channels have been Dunhuang's hard wounds, but the times are different, and the situation is a little different.

At least, because of the rise of the Internet, Dunhuang cannot be regarded as a little helpless in media channels.

It was also at this time that they realized how far-sighted Wang Wei's early layout on the Internet was!

"Of course, once all the five major ones turn their faces, our disadvantages in publicity and distribution channels will still be unable to make up for a while, and we will suffer a big loss." Lao Xu paused for a moment and asked solemnly, "So, should we adhere to Dunhuang's previous path of independence, or should we consider taking a new path of cooperation?" ”

"Well...... this"

Lao Wang hesitated.

He understood what Lao Xu meant-

The previous road of Dunhuang, and the so-called "new road", are actually only one in essence -

Is it to challenge the old order!

Because as long as you still want to challenge the domination of the five major entertainment circles in China, Dunhuang will not be able to stop the coveting and targeting of the five major ones forever.

Unless Dunhuang collapses, people feel that there is no threat, just like Dunhuang half dead two or three years ago; Or Dunhuang has the same ability as the five, then the five pinched their noses and recognized it.

Lao Wang was still thinking, but Wang Wei could see it clearly, shook his head and said: "This is not a question of whether to challenge the old order, nor is it a mission or anything, but the existence of Dunhuang itself is a challenge." ”

Just like a certain eastern power in another time and space, in the eyes of Western countries, the threat is not what she does or does not do, but that even her existence is wrong.

"Are you saying that even if we agree to exchange shares, Dunhuang will inevitably be spun off!?"

Shen Zhenyi immediately understood what Wang Wei meant.

"How fresh, can you really believe the nonsense of the other party's promise of 'having the right to dominate'?"

Wang Wei pursed his lips and said: "For example, if Dunhuang joins the China Television system, should the distribution network be spun off?" Definitely, there is no such thing as a system having two distribution networks. ”

"And as long as there is no distribution network of its own, Dunhuang has no independence to speak of. At that time, even if Dunhuang regrets it, it will be too late, after all, it is easy to set up a spin-off of the distribution network. ”

Lao Wang thought about it and shook his head, "Maintaining independence is the last stubbornness of Dunhuang, which cannot be ignored." ”

More than ten years ago, when Dunhuang was at its peak, the old man did not let it lose its independence;

A few years ago, when Dunhuang was at its most depressed, Lao Wang did not let it lose its independence;

Now, Dunhuang has risen again, if independence is buried in their hands, the old man is afraid that he will jump out and scold him for being unfilial.

"Even if it is death, you must take charge of your own death."

- The old man's chicken soup quotations .jpg.

Lao Xu stopped saying anything when he heard this.

Shen Zhenyi said thoughtfully: "Isn't it possible for the five to differentiate?" Although based on a common ruling position, it is possible to jointly suppress the challengers, but do the other four really want to see one of them take Dunhuang into their arms and thus increase their strength? ”

After all, in the adult world, how can there be so many partners who are heart-to-heart and don't care about interests?

"You're right!"

Wang Wei nodded,

"You say, if Dunhuang opens up the investment share of the film list, can it play a role in differentiating the five majors?"

"Hey! I have wanted to say for a long time, as long as we in Dunhuang change our attitude of eating alone, the pressure will definitely not be so great. Zhou Lin agreed, "Aren't most of the movies in the circle in the form of a large number of investors - they are produced entirely with their own funds, and the benefits of success are great, but the risks and cost pressures are also great!" ”

Although it is said that since Dunhuang has a perverted existence like Wang Wei, not to mention that it has never failed, and even the ministries have made a lot of money.

——This not only requires strong ability and perverted market sense, but also requires strong luck against the sky.

But as long as you are a serious businessman, you can't completely pin your hopes on ethereal luck.

Moreover, Dunhuang's current stall is very large, because it is completely made by its own funds, and the capital chain is actually quite tight.

Originally, there was no problem, because after all, Dunhuang made a lot of money from several films in a row, and even if it was slowly repaid, it could afford to operate several tens of millions of projects at the same time.

It's just that if it is encircled and suppressed by the five major at the same time, because of the disadvantages of publicity and distribution channels, it is easy to cause the film to not fully burst out of its market potential at the hottest stage.

And if a large amount of money is missing, once the project does not shrink, it may face the danger of breaking the capital chain later.

You must know that there are not a few companies with hundreds of millions or even billions of assets that go bankrupt because of a gap in the capital chain of tens of millions or even millions.

At this time, don't talk about the financial assistance of "overseas financiers" - their current loose financing conditions are a good situation in Dunhuang, and they are required to take Dunhuang to make money;

Once Dunhuang is faced with a bad situation, it is strange that they don't open their mouths and offer more stringent conditions!

This is both the greed of human nature and the nature of businessmen.

Considering the stability of the capital chain, even Lao Wang, who can't wait to eat alone forever, can't help but nod.

Speaking of which, isn't what he is best at making his own movies with other people's money?

Wang Wei does not reject this.

He didn't have to eat alone.

And investing in one movie to get all the proceeds, or investing in two movies and getting part of the proceeds each, in fact, there is no absolute question of which is better.

However, the fact that he does not eat alone does not mean that the Big Five do not eat alone.

"It's still a question of dominance. Everyone also knows that the Big Five have always liked to eat alone for film projects such as popular movies and sequels to popular movies. ”

Wang Wei said cautiously: "A single movie is fine, but if it is a series of movies, it is actually conceivable that the Big Five want to kick us away in the sequels in the future, produce them wholly and then eat alone." This bullshit is no less than a share exchange. ”

Several other people looked at each other, but they had to admit that Wang Wei had a point.

At least, they have seen a lot of things in the circle that should be a win-win situation, but there is no winner.

- Whether it is a person or the world, many times it is not so reasonable.

That's all for later, though.

Dunhuang now doesn't know if it can rely on the trick of "sharing investment rights" to divide the five major "encirclement and suppression".

Just when several people expressed their opinions and slowly perfected Dunhuang's coping strategy, Lao Wang's mobile phone rang.

He looked at the number and exchanged glances with everyone, "It's an old acquaintance of China Media Group." ”

——The second "Zhao'an" is here!

“…… Hello Mr. Zhao, there are some things you want to talk to me about deepening the cooperation between the two companies? It just so happens that I have this idea too, okay, let's make an appointment for a specific time......"

When he put down his phone, his eyes were a little complicated.

If there was a bit of luck before, now it's almost certain -

The Five Great Congresses have reached a certain consensus on restricting Dunhuang.

Now, it is the "toast" before the "punishment of wine", but it is also the "toast" that Dunhuang does not want to drink!

The situation is not grim, but Wang Wei is inexplicably melancholy.

Yes, not fear, but melancholy.

——Originally, I wanted to develop obscenely first, but when the Internet era came in an all-round way, Dunhuang staged a gorgeous "Thirty Years of Hedong, Thirty Years of Hexi......

Unexpectedly, the force was too violent, and the eyes of the five major were recruited early.

Alas, change is always faster than planned.

It's all to blame for this broken system!

Wang Wei glanced distractedly at the system that had not been managed for a while, and then "saw" a pile of treasure chests that had accumulated glistening-

This is the reward for breaking countless records for The Silence of the Lambs!

Well, Tongzi is still a little fragrant - with these rewards, if the Big Five don't be a man, he won't be a man, and he won't be a man.

As the saying goes, come on, hurt each other!

……

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(End of chapter)