Xiang Guoqiang has a very heavy task in his hands recently.

He managed the Ex special effects company, and after the special effects of "Wonderful Night" were produced, he also personally escorted them back and forth between Beijing and Los Angeles.

In addition to the special effects company, Lu Ping'an's funds are also temporarily managed by him.

I bought stocks, made money, and used the money to invest in various areas designated by Lu Ping'an.

The income and expenditure of every fund, as well as the legal affairs of each fund, are operated by him.

In addition, now Lu Ping'an still has filming technology in his hands.

This involves the realization of technology and the development of theatrical distribution.

This is also done by Xiang Guoqiang.

It can be said that as a worker, Xiang Guoqiang has achieved the ultimate within his ability.

And such work naturally does not match the pay.

Therefore, after Xiang Guoqiang received a call from Lu Ping'an, he mentioned the salary increase for the first time.

Lu Ping'an agreed without hesitation.

His offer is almost 3 years away, and it's time to talk about treatment.

Lu Ping'an didn't mind giving him a little more, this kind of capable person can't be treated badly.

So soon, after an hour of phone calls, the new treatment was reached.

Xiang Guoqiang is still Lu Ping'an's assistant secretly, and on the surface, he will serve as the president of all other industries of Lu Ping'an except for Xingchen Film and Television and Hamburg Emperor.

One of the most important companies is "small target capital", which is inseparable from all the industrial expansion of Lu Ping An in the future.

Xiang Guoqiang's treatment has been increased to 2 million yuan per year, plus a stepped salary increase, as well as a stepped equity incentive from 0.5% to a maximum of 5%, and countless benefits.

This remuneration is relatively reasonable.

After all, 100% loyal.

Don't worry about betrayal, it's equivalent to your own family, giving a little more than the market, it's not a big problem.

In this way, it can be managed for at least ten years, which is not bad.

With that out of the way, the next step is to get to work.

In terms of the film industry, the top priority at present is still the expansion of mainland distribution channels, that is, cinemas.

It's April now, and Lu Ping'an's hands have expanded from 8 a year ago to 26.

These cinemas are scattered, some of which were originally cinemas, while others were shops.

Lu Ping'an's plan is to make these into cinema chains, and then join the mainland cinema chains in which they have already taken shares, so as to obtain relevant qualifications and apply for independent cinema licenses in the future.

There are 26 theaters, and the standard for each theater is to have at least 6 movie theaters, and at least one of the 6 theaters is a large theater that can adapt to the giant screen of the future.

And 26 is far from the focus, Lu Ping'an's plan is to complete the investment of 500 million yuan this year.

At present, Lu Ping'an has quite a lot of funds in his hands.

Of the $262 million earned by NetEase, 90 million of which has been spent to invest in the summit, buy copyrights, invest in Golden Harvest and mainland cinema companies, and prepare for the production of "Batman".

Of the remaining $170 million or so, $120 million is intended to buy land and build buildings in the capital.

The remaining $50 million can be used for theatrical expansion.

In addition, Lu Ping'an's box office and part of the disc revenue of Hollywood's "Chainsaw" and "Death Day" have also arrived, adding up to nearly 70 million US dollars.

In this way, this year's plan of 500 million yuan for the expansion of mainland cinemas can be fully realized.

At present, there must be people who run movie theaters, and there are many of them, but who will use such a big sum of 500 million to do it?

If Lu Ping'an's behavior is known publicly, he will inevitably be called a fool.

Hardcover theaters with land, heavy assets, and few people think that the potential of the film market will become so big in the future, and real estate may not always rise in the future.

Playing like this is a desperate gamble!

But Lu Ping'an is still unclear about the future development.

The accounts are carefully calculated, and no matter what happens, they are sure to make a profit and not lose money.

In the future, the cinema business will be prosperous for at least 15 years.

In addition to this, there are also shops and land, and Lu Ping'an is not asking for real estate in marginal cities, but in first- and second-tier cities.

Therefore, according to the increase in housing prices, in the next ten years, the value of these real estate will be doubled.

It doesn't matter if you make money or not, or how much you earn, as long as you don't lose money.

The most important thing is that through this large-scale transaction, you can get a guaranteed right to speak.

Film, production is one thing, distribution is also another.

This year, 500 million yuan will be smashed, at least there will be one or two hundred theaters, and each theater will have 5 big screens, which will add up to a large market share.

Of course, this is only an ideal state, according to the actual situation, it is quite good to be able to achieve 50 theaters before the release of "Wonderful Night" this year.

But that's enough.

50 theaters, hundreds of big screens, my peers in the industry and I want to talk loudly?

500 million yuan is used for the expansion of the theater chain, and the remaining 60 million or so US dollars also has a place, that is, to invest in some Internet companies.

In June this year, Penguin will be listed on the Hong Kong stock market.

In the Penguin financing stage, Lu Ping'an was not easy to participate, but now that he is listed and has money, he naturally has to participate.

At the beginning of the listing, the total market value of Penguin was only a few billion Hong Kong dollars, the issue price was 7 Hong Kong dollars, and the lowest share price was less than 4 Hong Kong dollars in July.

At that time, Lu Ping'an's "Latent" will also receive half of the account, and the funds in his hands will exceed 100 million US dollars by then.

Therefore, it is easy to acquire one or two hundred million shares of Penguin's outstanding shares, and the proportion of shares will easily reach more than 10%.

10% of the shares, not to mention anything else, just say that the stock appreciation can make a lot of money in the future!

In addition to penguins, Internet companies such as NetEase also want to continue to hold.

Throwing so much money down, earning yourself a big future, no matter what, it's worth it.

It's just that in this way, the funds in the hands of the current road safety will bottom out in the next few months.

But it doesn't matter, all the funds for the upcoming projects have been set aside.

And Lu Ping'an's movies are not big-budget films except for "Batman", so there is not much financial pressure.

After the completion of the recent projects, the funds will be abundant again.

So money is really not a big problem for him, the problem is just time.

After the matter was arranged, Han Sanpin called here and said that the finalization of "Happy Death Day" almost failed to pass.

The reason is that after the schedule was set before, the instructions were verbally conveyed from above, starting this year, June and July are the months for the protection of domestic films.

Oral communication, no document was issued, and the intention was that all theaters consciously cooperated.

And such rules will continue until 2023 in the future.

"Happy Death Day" set the schedule a few days in advance, and this movie is relatively special, because the director is Lu Ping'an.

Therefore, this year's domestic protection month will start from June 25th to August 15th.

Han Sanpin said that this is some care given by the above, otherwise "Death Day" will have to be placed after May or August.

In this way, the "Ten Sides Ambush" encirclement of "Ambush on All Sides" is still unaffected.

The boss won't be unaware of this.

Han Sanpin said that this also shows that Lu Ping'an's weight in the eyes of the top is getting heavier and heavier.

All right.

Lu Ping'an could only say: "I will make persistent efforts and continue to work hard"

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Time entered May, and the warm mainland film industry gradually began to boil.

The main force stirring up the market is still the much-anticipated "Ambush on All Sides".

In mid-May, "Ambush on All Sides" competed at the Cannes Film Festival.

Although it was not shortlisted, the media contribution was very high-profile.

"Zhang Yimou's new film "Ambush on All Sides" has been highly recognized by foreign fans."

Still the same taste.

It's just a screening, no shortlisted, nothing gets, and it has become a lot of optimism when it comes out of the mainland newspaper.

But who makes this time not the age of information for all?

What happens abroad, the people all depend on what the media says.

So the publicity effect of "Ambush on All Sides" is very good.

And the new picture's promotion of "Ambush on All Sides" does not stop there.

Since "the film gained a reputation in Cannes, France", various promotional copies have also been released one after another, and the promotional video and theme song have also been announced.

A series of various propaganda has made the public have high expectations for "Ambush on All Sides".

It's just that the situation of "Ambush on All Sides" to promote the control of the field has not lasted long.

Lu Ping'an, another big director of commercial films in China who can't be ignored, has also released the news of his new film.

And as soon as it is released, it is a series of messages.

First of all, "Happy Death Day" is scheduled for June 24.

After domestic fans saw the news, they were excited.

They know the background information about the film.

In addition to being Lu Ping'an's work in Hollywood, this is also a film in which Lu Ping'an has completely gained a foothold in Hollywood, which is of great significance.

After the explosion of "Latent", many domestic media have reported on the safe road to Hollywood.

Lu Ping'an first entered Hollywood and became a blockbuster with "Chainsaw 1".

But I still can't get any big-budget films.

This is unfair treatment, if other directors had his achievements, the second film would have to start at least 50 million yuan, but Lu Ping'an only got 5 million!

In the face of discrimination and injustice, Lu Ping'an has no complaints, he knows that if he wants to be looked at, he has to become stronger!

So in the second movie, he was still very competitive, and made "Happy Death Day" with a mere $4 million, and finally won the global box office of $115 million under the decline of a downturn, and became a blockbuster again!

Through this film, Lu Ping'an's director is also worth 3 million US dollars, becoming the first Chinese director at present.

Not only that, Lu Ping'an also got an investment opportunity for the third film.

However, there is an opportunity, but the script handed over still has no potential, and Lu Ping'an's own script is not recognized.

Lu Ping'an knew at this time that the success of the two movies still failed to bring him the respect he wanted.

So Lu Ping'an once again decided to show his super talent!

In the third film, Lu Ping'an used his career as a bet, and under huge pressure, "Latent", which only cost $800,000 to produce, cut down the global box office of $200 million.

After "Latent", Hollywood finally recognized Lu Ping'an, and even gave him the title of "King of Thrillers"!

Lu Ping'an's director's worth has also soared to $10 million! and completely secured the position of director of "Batman".

And about the several director changes that the director of "Batman" has experienced, what kind of hidden secrets are there.

The media didn't say it, only that it would be known after the release of "Batman".

But the media also quoted a lyric from last year's Milk Tea Week's "In the Name of the Father": "Behind the glory, there is a loneliness engraved", as the only mainland director who broke into Hollywood, Lu Ping'an's success is far more difficult than imagined

What a passionate and inspirational article.

Whoever sees it must not be confused.

This is the pride of the Chinese!

The light of the Chinese!

In this era, any Chinese who has succeeded in the Western world will carry this halo on his body.

Da Yao is like this, he played in the NBA and became famous.

The same is true for Lu Ping'an, he played in Hollywood, and his fame is also skyrocketing.

Therefore, the views of domestic fans on Lu Ping'an have also come to a new height, and everyone hopes that he will go higher and higher.

This also makes everyone look forward to Lu Ping'an's works more and more.

Lu Ping'an's three "masterpieces" in Hollywood, the first and third are horror films, which cannot be introduced into China, and now that "Death Day" can be released, many fans have high enthusiasm for it.

Everyone wants to see what kind of movie can make Lu Ping'an convince the Yankees in Hollywood.

However, the news about the finalization of "Death Day" is only one of a series of news.

The second message is also about the movie, which is also Lu Ping'an's new film "Hunger Platform".

Compared with "Death Day", this film is relatively unfamiliar to domestic fans.

Everyone only knows that this film competed in Berlin this year, but it didn't win the award.

But there's a lot of interest in it.

After all, this is the second movie that Lu Ping'an and Jiang Wen have collaborated on.

The media also said that this movie has a large scale and is the most explicit in Lu Ping'an's "brain hole" film!

So many fans are happy: buddies like explicit ones!

Compared with these two pieces of news, the appearance of the third news completely made the entire film industry boil.

"Lu Ping'an's new work "Code 9527" is officially finalized, and the new film is called "Wonderful Night at the Museum", which is scheduled for July 30."

A week after the news of the first two films came out, "Wonderful Night" also began to be promoted.

Some movies, just look at the name, you will probably know what the movie is about.

This is the case with "Wonderful Night at the Museum", everyone can guess when they see the name, this is probably a story that happened in the museum.

As for what exactly will happen.

This time the media also revealed.

"When objects in museums come to life overnight"

Sometimes, it's just an idea to promote a movie.

The things in the museum come to life.

Just such an idea can arouse the interest of countless people.

Of course, the idea of a movie is good, it depends on who directs it.

For the same movie, if it is a mainland director and a Hollywood director, fans will of course choose Hollywood.

Because that's the guarantee of quality.

And when mainland directors shoot these, there is a high probability that they will not be able to shoot the desired taste, and they will seem inconsistent.

So much so that some people often sigh that it would be nice if Hollywood made such and such a movie.

Now, though, that fear is gone.

Because Lu Ping'an is a Hollywood director, and he is a very successful Hollywood director.

Combined with the high quality assurance that Lu Ping An Film has always had.

So in just one sentence, it detonated the interest of countless fans.

And the official announcement of "Wonderful Night" is not just this sentence.

In the report, "Wonderful Night" also released stills of various characters again.

In addition to the characters, there are dinosaurs, African animals, ancient battlefields where thousands of horses galloped, and so on.

One of the most unbearable is Fan Wei's stunned + stunned expression stills.

Attentive people found that the stills of this expression were surrounded by rows of sharp teeth.

Soon someone guessed that this must be the resurrection of the dinosaur skeleton!

The first time to start a discussion on the Internet, guess the plot, guess the character.

There are a lot of stills released elements, and the topic of speculation is also quite hot.

So "Wonderful Night" didn't do anything, just released an advertorial, and its publicity effect seemed to overwhelm all the movies that are being promoted.

At this time, if there is a software that can collect the "want to see" data of fans, "Wonderful Night" is estimated to have almost surpassed the long-promoted "Ambush on All Sides".

Netizens had high expectations, and the media and industry insiders also discovered that interesting point for the first time.

"Ambush on Ten Sides" encountered an ambush on all sides."

The fans are happy, the people who eat melons are also happy, and the insiders have not expressed their position, but they can't stop the desire to watch the excitement.

Zhang Weiping was speechless, he felt that Lu Ping'an was really a little unmartial artistic.

However, he also knows that even if there are no two movies, only "Wonderful Night" and "Ambush on All Sides" are left to work alone, the current situation already shows that the current domestic commercial films are no longer dominated by Lao Mouzi's family.

"Ambush on All Sides" wants to make a publicity effect that overwhelms the audience, and it seems that it is not easy at present.

But that doesn't mean he's going to throw in the towel.

In his opinion, now the other party has shown his cards and revealed the name of the film, although it was so hot that he was a little surprised for a while.

But the promotion of the movie is not just relying on this wave.

It's at least two months before the film's release, and the box office battle has only just begun.

The publicity and distribution plan of "Ambush on All Sides" is extremely complete, belonging to the atomic bomb level, and at the same time, without the strong support from above, the film quality and distribution channels of the new picture are not comparable to Lu Ping'an's small company.

So we'll see!

(End of chapter)